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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Camp de Mestalla - Valencia Wednesday 16 September 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Valencia CF Group H - Matchday 1 FC Zenit Last updated 26/10/2020 02:35CET

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Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 7 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 15 Group Standings 16 Team facts 18 Legend 20

1 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia

Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Valencia CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - FC Kuban Paco Alcácer 67; 12/12/2013 GS 1-1 Valencia Krasnodar Melgarejo 84 FC Kuban Krasnodar - Valencia Paco Alcácer 73, 03/10/2013 GS 0-2 Krasnodar CF Feghouli 81

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - FC Spartak Sánchez 38, 46, 12/11/2002 GS1 3-0 Valencia Moskva Fábio Aurélio 78 FC Spartak Moskva - Valencia Angulo 6, Mista 71, 25/09/2002 GS1 0-3 Moscow CF Sánchez 85

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sánchez 7, 23, Ilie 18, Valencia CF - FC Chernomorets 5-0 27/09/2001 R1 Valencia Salva Ballesta 53, Novorossiisk agg: 6-0 Rufete 69 FC Chernomorets Novorossiisk - 19/09/2001 R1 0-1 Novorossiisk Mista 55 Valencia CF

UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shinnik Yaroslavl - Valencia 1-0 25/07/1998 R3 Yaroslavl Yuminov 12 CF agg: 2-4 Farinós 11, Roche 25, Valencia CF - FC Shinnik 18/07/1998 R3 4-1 Valencia Claudio López 48, 89; Yaroslavl Serebrennikov 50

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - FC Spartak 2-0 Solsona 31, Moreno 08/12/1982 R3 Valencia Moskva agg: 2-0 84 24/11/1982 R3 FC Spartak Moskva - Valencia CF 0-0 Moscow

FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rondón 48, Hulk 72; 2-2 23/04/2015 QF FC Zenit - Sevilla FC St Petersburg Bacca 6 (P), Gameiro agg: 3-4 85

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UEFA Europa League Bacca 73, Suárez 88; 16/04/2015 QF Sevilla FC - FC Zenit 2-1 Seville Ryazantsev 29

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Alderweireld 74 (og); 26/11/2013 GS FC Zenit - Club Atlético de Madrid 1-1 St Petersburg Adrián 53 Miranda 40, Arda Club Atlético de Madrid - FC 18/09/2013 GS 3-1 Madrid Turan 64, Baptistão Zenit 80; Hulk 58

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Danny 49, Fayzulin 21/11/2012 GS FC Zenit - Málaga CF 2-2 St Petersburg 87; Buonanotte 8, Seba 9 18/09/2012 GS Málaga CF - FC Zenit 3-0 Malaga Isco 3, 76, Saviola 13

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Raúl González 25, 57, 10/12/2008 GS Real Madrid CF - FC Zenit 3-0 Madrid Robben 50 Danny 25; Hubočan 4 30/09/2008 GS FC Zenit - Real Madrid CF 1-2 St Petersburg (og), Van Nistelrooy 31

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Franco 75, Tomasson 21/02/2008 R3 Villarreal CF - FC Zenit Villarreal agg: 2-2 ag 90; Pogrebnyak 31 13/02/2008 R3 FC Zenit - Villarreal CF 1-0 St Petersburg Pogrebnyak 63

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 06/04/2006 QF FC Zenit - Sevilla FC St Petersburg Hyun 51; Kepa 64 agg: 2-5 Saviola 14, 80, Martí 30/03/2006 QF Sevilla FC - FC Zenit 4-1 Seville 54 (P), Adriano 90+2; Kerzhakov 45 Kerzhakov 11, 88; 24/11/2005 GS FC Zenit - Sevilla FC 2-1 St Petersburg Saviola 90+3

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arshavin 35; Júlio 25/11/2004 GS FC Zenit - Sevilla FC 1-1 St Petersburg Baptista 71

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UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Popovich 30, 63; 2-2 22/08/2000 F FC Zenit - RC Celta de Vigo St Petersburg Karpin 83, McCarthy agg: 3-4 89 Karpin 22, Juanfran 08/08/2000 F RC Celta de Vigo - FC Zenit 2-1 Vigo 90; Igonine 3

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Valencia CF 5 4 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 7 2 1 21 3 FC Zenit 8 2 5 1 6 0 0 6 2 0 1 1 16 2 6 8 18 31

4 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia Match background

Valencia will look to maintain Zenit's record of having lost every game in Spain when the teams meet in their opening Group H fixture at Mestalla. • It is the first UEFA Champions League match as a coach for Valencia's Nuno Espírito Santo and comes against André Villas-Boas, an old colleague from their days at FC Porto under José Mourinho. Match background Valencia • Fourth in the Spanish Liga last term, Valencia reached the group stage with a 4-3 aggregate play-off success over AS Monaco FC. Their 3-1 first-leg win against the Ligue 1 side extended their unbeaten European run at Mestalla to seven matches. • This is Valencia's first UEFA Champions League campaign since 2012/13, when they reached the round of 16. • Valencia were absent from Europe last season but in 2013/14 reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League. • Valencia have never lost at home to a team from Russia (W4 L1). When they last faced Russian opponents – FC Kuban Krasnodar in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage – Paco Alcácer scored in both their 2-0 away win and 1-1 home draw. Zenit • For Zenit this is the fifth consecutive season of UEFA Champions League group stage football. Last season they finished third in their group and went on to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League. • Zenit's run in last season's UEFA Europa League ended with a 4-3 aggregate defeat by Sevilla FC. Their 2-1 first-leg loss in Seville maintained their miserable record on Spanish soil, where Zenit have lost on all seven previous visits. • Zenit are on a nine-game winless streak against Spanish sides dating back to their triumphant 2007/08 UEFA Cup run when they beat Villarreal CF 1-0 at home in the round of 32 to set up an away-goals success. Aleksandr Anyukov, Viktor Fayzulin and Vyacheslav Malafeev played in that match.

Coach and player links • Villas-Boas's first UEFA Champions League away game as a coach was a trip to the Mestalla with Chelsea FC for a 1-1 draw in September 2011. He later oversaw a 3-0 matchday six home victory over Valencia which took Chelsea into the knockout stage. • Villas-Boas's Porto side won two-legged ties against both Sevilla and Villarreal during their triumphant 2010/11 UEFA Europa League campaign. • Nuno was reserve goalkeeper at Porto when Villas-Boas was working as Mourinho's assistant coach from 2002–04. • Nuno later played alongside Danny for FC Dinamo Moskva (2005–2006) and was in the same Porto squad as Hulk (2008–10). • Aymen Abdennour scored Monaco's first goal in the 2-0 win over Zenit that confirmed the Russian side's UEFA Champions League exit on matchday six last season. • Sofiane Feghouli faced Fayzulin, Aleksandr Kerzakhov and Oleg Shatov at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, when his Algeria side eliminated Russia with a 1-1 draw in their final group fixture. • Players who have played together: Álvaro Negredo, Dani Parejo & Javi García (Real Madrid Castilla 2006–07) André Gomes, Rodrigo Moreno, Enzo Pérez & Ezequiel Garay, Axel Witsel (SL Benfica) Rodrigo & Javi García (Benfica 2011–12) João Cancelo & Garay (Benfica 2013–14) Lucas Orbán, Pérez, Pablo Piatti & Garay (Argentina) André Gomes & Danny (Portugal) Parejo & García (Spain Under-21) Match facts Valencia • Valencia drew both of their opening Liga games, 0-0 at Rayo Vallecano and 1-1 with RC Deportivo La Coruña, making this their worst start to a campaign since 1999/2000, the year they reached the UEFA Champions League final. • They looked certain to draw three in a row, but Paco Alcácer struck in added time to secure a 1-0 win against

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Sporting Gijón on Saturday. • Goalkeepers Diego Alves (cruciate ligament damage, not in the UEFA Champions League squad) and Matthew Ryan (knee) are sidelined. • André Gomes missed pre-season and the first two Liga fixtures with a thigh injury but has since returned to training. Zenit • Zenit have lost their last two home league matches – 2-0 to FC Krasnodar and 3-1 against PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara. They suffered only one Premier-Liga defeat at Stadion Petrovski last season and three in the championship overall. • Villas-Boas was given a six-game touchline ban after being sent to the stands during the Krylya Sovetov Samara fixture on 29 August. • The Portuguese announced on 10 September that he will leave Zenit at the end of the season. • The Blue-White-Sky Blues are six points behind leaders PFC CSKA Moskva after seven matches – at the same stage last term they had a 100% record. • Zenit will play third-tier FC Volga Tver in the first round of the Russian Cup on 23 or 24 September. • Artem Dzyuba registered the only goal as Russia edged Sweden in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying on 5 September and was then on target four times in the 7-0 defeat of Liechtenstein. Prior to the Sweden game he had scored twice at senior international level. • Hulk scored in Brazil's friendly victories over Costa Rica (1-0) and the United States (4-1). • Garay missed Argentina's friendlies against Bolivia and Mexico due to hamstring and thigh problems respectively.

6 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia Squad list

Valencia CF Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 13 Yoel ESP 28/08/1988 27 ------24 Jaume Doménech ESP 05/11/1990 24 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 25 Mathew Ryan AUS 08/04/1992 23 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 20 - 35 Antonio Sivera ESP 11/08/1996 19 ------Defenders 2 João Cancelo POR 27/05/1994 21 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 3 Rúben Vezo POR 25/04/1994 21 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - 4 Aderlan Santos BRA 09/04/1989 26 ------2 - 5 Shkodran Mustafi GER 17/04/1992 23 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 3 - 6 Lucas Orbán ESP 03/02/1989 26 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 14 José Gayà ESP 25/05/1995 20 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 5 - 19 Antonio Barragán ESP 12/06/1987 28 - 2 - - - 2 - 6 - 22 1 23 Aymen Abdennour TUN 06/08/1989 26 - - - - - 1 - 6 1 8 1 36 Antonio Latorre ESP 21/11/1997 17 ------Midfielders 8 Sofiane Feghouli ALG 26/12/1989 25 - 2 1 - - 2 - 15 3 34 7 10 Daniel Parejo ESP 16/04/1989 26 - 2 1 - - 2 - 8 - 31 3 12 Danilo Barbosa BRA 28/02/1996 19 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 15 Enzo Pérez ARG 22/02/1986 29 - 2 - - - 1 - 16 - 33 - 18 Javi Fuego ESP 04/01/1984 31 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 12 - 20 Rodrigo De Paul ARG 24/05/1994 21 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 21 André Gomes POR 30/07/1993 22 - - - - - 1 - 4 - 14 - 28 Tropi ESP 12/05/1995 20 ------30 Fran Villalba ESP 11/05/1998 17 ------33 Nacho Gil ESP 09/09/1995 20 ------Forwards 7 Álvaro Negredo ESP 20/08/1985 30 - 2 1 - - 3 1 15 6 27 8 9 Paco Alcácer ESP 30/08/1993 22 - 2 - - - 2 1 - - 13 7 11 Pablo Piatti ARG 31/03/1989 26 - 2 - - - 2 - 6 - 23 3 17 Rodrigo ESP 06/03/1991 24 - 2 1 - - 2 - 15 2 30 7 22 Santi Mina ESP 07/12/1995 19 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 34 Andrés Pascual ESP 18/11/1996 18 ------Coach - Nuno Espírito Santo POR 25/01/1974 41 - 2 ------2 -

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FC Zenit Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Yuri Lodygin RUS 26/05/1990 25 - - - - - 8 - 13 - 27 - 16 Vyacheslav Malafeev RUS 04/03/1979 36 ------20 - 71 - 41 Mikhail Kerzhakov RUS 28/01/1987 28 ------7 - Defenders 2 Aleksandr Anyukov RUS 28/09/1982 32 - - - - - 4 - 27 - 83 1 4 Domenico Criscito ITA 30/12/1986 28 - - - - - 7 - 23 - 38 2 6 Nicolas Lombaerts BEL 20/03/1985 30 - - - - - 2 - 30 1 71 2 13 Luís Neto POR 26/05/1988 27 - - - - - 7 - 5 - 18 - 19 Igor Smolnikov RUS 08/08/1988 27 - - - - - 8 2 10 - 21 - 24 Ezequiel Garay ARG 10/10/1986 28 - - - - - 8 - 29 1 62 3 Midfielders 5 Aleksandr Ryazantsev RUS 05/09/1986 29 - - - - - 4 - 14 1 51 7 10 Danny POR 07/08/1983 32 - - - - - 7 3 26 6 65 13 14 Artur Yusupov RUS 01/09/1989 26 - - - - - 6 - - - 10 2 17 Oleg Shatov RUS 29/07/1990 25 - - - - - 8 4 13 1 37 4 20 Viktor Fayzulin RUS 22/04/1986 29 - - - - - 4 - 25 2 55 4 21 Javi García ESP 08/02/1987 28 - - - - - 7 - 34 2 64 3 28 Axel Witsel BEL 12/01/1989 26 - - - - - 8 - 33 1 73 11 Forwards 7 Hulk BRA 25/07/1986 29 - - - - - 8 5 43 13 77 28 22 Artem Dzyuba RUS 22/08/1988 27 - - - - - 8 1 5 - 26 7 Coach - André Villas-Boas POR 17/10/1977 37 ------13 - 59 -

8 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia Head coach Nuno Espírito Santo Date of birth: 25 January 1974 Nationality: Portuguese Playing career: Vitória SC, SC Vila Real, RC Deportivo La Coruña, CP Mérida, CA Osasuna, FC Porto (twice), FC Dinamo Moskva, CD Aves Coaching career: Rio Ave FC, Valencia CF • A journeyman goalkeeper as a player, Nuno made his professional debut with Guimarães side Vitória before moving across the frontier from Portugal to Spain to join Deportivo in 1997. • He also played for Spanish sides Mérida and Osasuna, as well as Dinamo Moskva in Russia, but experienced his greatest success in two spells with Porto, where he won four Liga titles and three Portuguese Cups; was an unused substitute during the Dragons' 2003 UEFA Cup and 2004 UEFA Champions League final victories. • After completing his coaching qualifications in Scotland – like compatriot and former boss José Mourinho – Nuno cut his teeth with Portuguese outfit Rio Ave. He inspired the modest club to a highest ever sixth-place Liga finish in his first season and the following year led them to two cup finals for the first time in their history, as well as earning the side a maiden UEFA Europa League berth. • Those feats earned Nuno the top job at Valencia in July 2014, and he propelled the Mestalla outfit to fourth place during his first campaign, thus securing their UEFA Champions League return after a two-season absence. • Renowned for his exciting brand of intense, rapid counterattacking football, Nuno built his early successes at Valencia on strong home form and a goal threat from many positions. He has also developed a reputation for putting his faith in fresh, young talents. André Villas-Boas Date of birth: 17 October 1977 Nationality: Portuguese Coaching career: A. Académica de Coimbra, FC Porto, Chelsea FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, FC Zenit • An amateur player in his teens with Ramaldense FC and Clube Marechal Gomes da Costa, Villas-Boas never played professional football, laying the groundwork for a coaching career with a spell as a teenage talent scout during Sir Bobby Robson's spell as coach of Porto in the mid-1990s. • Still in his 20s, he took on a role as technical director with the British Virgin Islands Football Association in 2000, but was back working with Porto's youth players by the time José Mourinho took him into his inner circle following his appointment as Porto coach in January 2002. • Initially detailed to scout upcoming opponents, he followed Mourinho from Porto to Chelsea and FC Internazionale Milano before striking out on his own as coach of Académica in October 2009. An 11th-placed finish in his only season in Coimbra was enough to persuade Porto to bring him in as Jesualdo Ferreira's replacement; hired in June 2010, he became the club's youngest ever coach aged just 32. • Oversaw a memorable 2010/11 campaign at the Estádio do Dragão, becoming the first Portuguese to guide a side through a Liga campaign unbeaten, winning the Super Cup, national championship and Portuguese Cup as well as the UEFA Europa League after beating SC Braga in the Dublin final. • Joined Chelsea in June 2011 but lasted just nine months By the start of 2012/13 he was at Tottenham, who he guided to fifth with a club record Premier League points haul, before departing after a poor start to the following season. In March 2014 took over at Zenit, guiding them to the Russian Premier League title in his first full season in charge.

9 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia Match officials

Referee Craig Thomson (SCO) Assistant referees David McGeachie (SCO) , William Conquer (SCO) Additional assistant referees Steven McLean (SCO) , John Beaton (SCO) Fourth official Douglas Ross (SCO) UEFA Delegate Rainer Koch (GER) UEFA Referee observer Alain Hamer (LUX)

Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Craig Thomson 20/06/1972 32 84

Craig Thomson Referee since: 1988 First division: 2000 FIFA badge: 2003

Tournaments: 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, UEFA EURO 2012, 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Finals 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 24/10/2007 UCL GS Rosenborg BK Valencia CF 2-0 Trondheim 15/09/2009 UCL GS Club Atlético de Madrid APOEL FC 0-0 Madrid 23/11/2010 UCL GS AFC Ajax Real Madrid CF 0-4 Amsterdam 06/04/2011 UCL QF FC Barcelona FC Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 Barcelona 23/08/2011 UCL PO Villarreal CF Odense BK 3-0 Villarreal 27/09/2011 UCL GS PFC CSKA Moskva FC Internazionale Milano 2-3 Moscow 19/10/2011 UCL GS Bayer 04 Leverkusen Valencia CF 2-1 Leverkusen 14/02/2012 UCL R16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen FC Barcelona 1-3 Leverkusen 23/10/2012 UCL GS FC BATE Borisov Valencia CF 0-3 Minsk 20/02/2013 UCL R16 AC Milan FC Barcelona 2-0 Milan 09/04/2013 UCL QF Borussia Dortmund Málaga CF 3-2 Dortmund 20/08/2014 UCL PO R. Standard de Liège FC Zenit 0-1 Liege 01/10/2014 UCL GS PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Real Madrid CF 1-2 Sofia

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 31/03/2003 U19 2QR Spain Israel 2-0 Ales

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Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 24/07/2004 UIC R3 FC Spartak Moskva Villarreal CF 2-2 Moscow 13/12/2006 UEL GS US Città di Palermo RC Celta de Vigo 1-1 Palermo 02/06/2007 EURO QR Latvia Spain 0-2 Riga 04/10/2007 UEL R1 R. Standard de Liège FC Zenit 1-1 Liege 24/10/2007 UCL GS Rosenborg BK Valencia CF 2-0 Trondheim 06/09/2008 WC QR Spain Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 Murcia 04/12/2008 UEL GS KKS Lech Poznań RC Deportivo La Coruña 1-1 Poznan 27/08/2009 UEL PO Villarreal CF NAC Breda 6-1 Villarreal 15/09/2009 UCL GS Club Atlético de Madrid APOEL FC 0-0 Madrid 01/04/2010 UEL QF Valencia CF Club Atlético de Madrid 2-2 Valencia 23/11/2010 UCL GS AFC Ajax Real Madrid CF 0-4 Amsterdam 17/02/2011 UEL R32 Sevilla FC FC Porto 1-2 Seville 26/03/2011 EURO QR Armenia Russia 0-0 Yerevan 06/04/2011 UCL QF FC Barcelona FC Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 Barcelona 23/08/2011 UCL PO Villarreal CF Odense BK 3-0 Villarreal 27/09/2011 UCL GS PFC CSKA Moskva FC Internazionale Milano 2-3 Moscow 19/10/2011 UCL GS Bayer 04 Leverkusen Valencia CF 2-1 Leverkusen 14/02/2012 UCL R16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen FC Barcelona 1-3 Leverkusen 19/04/2012 UEL SF Club Atlético de Madrid Valencia CF 4-2 Madrid 23/10/2012 UCL GS FC BATE Borisov Valencia CF 0-3 Minsk 20/02/2013 UCL R16 AC Milan FC Barcelona 2-0 Milan 09/04/2013 UCL QF Borussia Dortmund Málaga CF 3-2 Dortmund 20/03/2014 UEL R16 FC Anji Makhachkala AZ Alkmaar 0-0 Ramenskoye 20/08/2014 UCL PO R. Standard de Liège FC Zenit 0-1 Liege 01/10/2014 UCL GS PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Real Madrid CF 1-2 Sofia

11 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia Fixtures and results

Valencia CF Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 19/08/2015 UCL AS Monaco FC (H) W 3-1 Rodrigo 4, Parejo 59, Feghouli 86 22/08/2015 League Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (A) D 0-0 25/08/2015 UCL AS Monaco FC (A) L 1-2 Negredo 4 30/08/2015 League RC Deportivo La Coruña (H) D 1-1 Negredo 45 12/09/2015 League Real Sporting de Gijón (A) W 1-0 Paco Alcácer 90+1 16/09/2015 UCL FC Zenit (H) 19/09/2015 League Real Betis Balompié (H) 22/09/2015 League RCD Espanyol (A) 25/09/2015 League Granada CF (H) 29/09/2015 UCL Olympique Lyonnais (A) 04/10/2015 League Athletic Club (A) 17/10/2015 League Málaga CF (H) 20/10/2015 UCL KAA Gent (H) 25/10/2015 League Club Atlético de Madrid (A) 01/11/2015 League Levante UD (H) 04/11/2015 UCL KAA Gent (A) 08/11/2015 League RC Celta de Vigo (A) 22/11/2015 League UD Las Palmas (H) 24/11/2015 UCL FC Zenit (A) 29/11/2015 League Sevilla FC (A) 06/12/2015 League FC Barcelona (H) 09/12/2015 UCL Olympique Lyonnais (H) 13/12/2015 League SD Eibar (A) 20/12/2015 League Getafe CF (H) 30/12/2015 League Villarreal CF (A) 03/01/2016 League Real Madrid CF (H) 10/01/2016 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A) 17/01/2016 League Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (H) 24/01/2016 League RC Deportivo La Coruña (A) 31/01/2016 League Real Sporting de Gijón (H) 07/02/2016 League Real Betis Balompié (A) 14/02/2016 League RCD Espanyol (H) 21/02/2016 League Granada CF (A) 28/02/2016 League Athletic Club (H) 02/03/2016 League Málaga CF (A) 06/03/2016 League Club Atlético de Madrid (H) 13/03/2016 League Levante UD (A) 20/03/2016 League RC Celta de Vigo (H) 03/04/2016 League UD Las Palmas (A) 10/04/2016 League Sevilla FC (H) 17/04/2016 League FC Barcelona (A) 20/04/2016 League SD Eibar (H)

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Valencia CF 24/04/2016 League Getafe CF (A) 01/05/2016 League Villarreal CF (H) 08/05/2016 League Real Madrid CF (A) 15/05/2016 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Barcelona 3 3 0 0 4 1 9 2 Real Madrid CF 3 2 1 0 11 0 7 3 RC Celta de Vigo 3 2 1 0 8 4 7 4 Villarreal CF 3 2 1 0 7 3 7 5 SD Eibar 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 6 Club Atlético de Madrid 3 2 0 1 5 2 6 7 RC Deportivo La Coruña 3 1 2 0 4 2 5 8 Valencia CF 3 1 2 0 2 1 5 9 Real Betis Balompié 3 1 1 1 2 6 4 10 Athletic Club 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 11 Granada CF 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 12 RCD Espanyol 3 1 0 2 2 9 3 13 UD Las Palmas 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 14 Levante UD 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 15 Málaga CF 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 16 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 17 Real Sporting de Gijón 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 18 Sevilla FC 3 0 2 1 1 4 2 19 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 20 Getafe CF 3 0 0 3 2 6 0

FC Zenit Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 19/07/2015 League FC Dinamo Moskva (H) W 2-1 Hulk 44 (P), Shatov 67 26/07/2015 League FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (A) W 4-1 Dzyuba 20, Hulk 50 (P), 70, Danny 90+1 01/08/2015 League FC Terek Grozny (H) W 3-0 Smolnikov 7, Shatov 11, Danny 90 09/08/2015 League FC Ufa (A) W 1-0 Danny 86 15/08/2015 League FC Krasnodar (H) L 0-2 24/08/2015 League FC Rubin Kazan (A) W 3-1 Shatov 16, 84, Hulk 78 PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara 29/08/2015 League L 1-3 Nadson 49 (og) (H) 12/09/2015 League PFC CSKA Moskva (A) D 2-2 Hulk 39 (P), Smolnikov 88 16/09/2015 UCL Valencia CF (A) 20/09/2015 League FC Amkar Perm (H) 23/09/2015 Cup Volga Tver (A) 26/09/2015 League FC Spartak Moskva (A) 29/09/2015 UCL KAA Gent (H) 03/10/2015 League FC Rostov (H) 16/10/2015 League FC Kuban Krasnodar (A) 20/10/2015 UCL Olympique Lyonnais (H)

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FC Zenit 24/10/2015 League FC Anji Makhachkala (H) 30/10/2015 League FC Mordovia Saransk (H) 04/11/2015 UCL Olympique Lyonnais (A) 06/11/2015 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (A) 20/11/2015 League FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (H) 24/11/2015 UCL Valencia CF (H) 27/11/2015 League FC Terek Grozny (A) 01/12/2015 League FC Ufa (H) 09/12/2015 UCL KAA Gent (A) 04/03/2016 League FC Krasnodar (A) 11/03/2016 League FC Rubin Kazan (H) PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara 18/03/2016 League (A) 01/04/2016 League PFC CSKA Moskva (H) 08/04/2016 League FC Amkar Perm (A) 15/04/2016 League FC Spartak Moskva (H) 22/04/2016 League FC Rostov (A) 30/04/2016 League FC Kuban Krasnodar (H) 06/05/2016 League FC Anji Makhachkala (A) 10/05/2016 League FC Mordovia Saransk (A) 13/05/2016 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (H) 21/05/2016 League FC Dinamo Moskva (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 PFC CSKA Moskva 8 7 1 0 13 4 22 2 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 8 5 2 1 14 7 17 3 FC Zenit 8 5 1 2 16 10 16 4 FC Spartak Moskva 8 5 1 2 12 7 16 5 PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara 8 4 1 3 9 7 13 6 FC Krasnodar 8 3 3 2 9 4 12 7 FC Rostov 8 3 3 2 9 6 12 8 FC Dinamo Moskva 8 3 3 2 11 12 12 9 FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 8 2 3 3 10 13 9 10 FC Terek Grozny 8 1 6 1 8 9 9 11 FC Amkar Perm 8 2 2 4 6 9 8 12 FC Mordovia Saransk 8 1 4 3 5 7 7 13 FC Rubin Kazan 8 2 0 6 6 13 6 14 FC Anji Makhachkala 8 1 2 5 7 13 5 15 FC Ufa 8 1 2 5 5 12 5 16 FC Kuban Krasnodar 8 0 4 4 4 11 4

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Group A Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts FC Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malmö FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paris Saint-Germain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real Madrid CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15/09/2015 Paris Saint-Germain Malmö FF Paris 15/09/2015 Real Madrid CF FC Shakhtar Donetsk Madrid

Group B Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts Manchester United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PFC CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PSV Eindhoven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VfL Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15/09/2015 VfL Wolfsburg PFC CSKA Moskva Wolfsburg 15/09/2015 PSV Eindhoven Manchester United FC Eindhoven

Group C Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts Club Atlético de Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Astana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Galatasaray AŞ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SL Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15/09/2015 SL Benfica FC Astana Lisbon 15/09/2015 Galatasaray AŞ Club Atlético de Madrid Istanbul

Group D Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manchester City FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sevilla FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15/09/2015 Manchester City FC Juventus Manchester 15/09/2015 Sevilla FC VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Seville

Group E Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts AS Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC BATE Borisov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Group E

16/09/2015 Bayer 04 Leverkusen FC BATE Borisov Leverkusen 16/09/2015 AS Roma FC Barcelona Rome

Group F Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts Arsenal FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olympiacos FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16/09/2015 GNK Dinamo Zagreb Arsenal FC Zagreb 16/09/2015 Olympiacos FC FC Bayern München Piraeus

Group G Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts Chelsea FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16/09/2015 Chelsea FC Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC London 16/09/2015 FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Porto Kyiv

Group H Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts FC Zenit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KAA Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Valencia CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16/09/2015 Valencia CF FC Zenit Valencia 16/09/2015 KAA Gent Olympique Lyonnais Ghent

17 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia Team facts

Valencia CF Formed: 1919 Nickname: Blanquinegros (White and Blacks) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup: (2000), (2001) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1980 • UEFA Cup (1): 2004 • UEFA Super Cup (2): 1980, 2004 • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 1998 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 6 (2004) Spanish Cup: 7 (2008) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: UEFA Europa League semi-finals 2012/13: round of 16 2011/12: UEFA Europa League semi-finals (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: round of 16 2009/10: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals 2008/09: UEFA Cup round of 32 2007/08: group stage 2006/07: quarter-finals 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup final matches Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Valencia v KRC Genk 23/11/11, UEFA Champions League group stage • Biggest away win 0-5: SK Sturm Graz v Valencia 07/03/01, UEFA Champions League second group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-5 twice, most recently v FC Internazionale Milano 20/10/04, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Karlsruher SC v Valencia 02/11/93, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 7-0: Valencia v KRC Genk (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-5: SK Sturm Graz v Valencia (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Valencia v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Real Madrid CF v Valencia 24/05/00, final (neutral venue) 3-0 twice, most recently v Chelsea FC 06/12/11, group stage

FC Zenit Formed: 1925 Nickname: Sine-belo-golubye (Blue-White-Sky Blues)

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UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (1): 2008 • UEFA Super Cup (1): 2008 Domestic honours (latest triumph in brackets) League title: 5 (2015) USSR/Russian Cup: 3 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless otherwise indicated) 2014/15: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: round of 16 2012/13: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: round of 16 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2008/09: UEFA Cup round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: UEFA Cup winners 2006/07: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2005/06: UEFA Cup quarter-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Zenit v FC Encamp 29/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Encamp v Zenit 15/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zenit v Bologna FC 16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 twice, most recently v VfB Stuttgart 01/11/89, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Biggest home win 3-1: Zenit v FC Porto 28/09/11, group stage • Biggest away win 0-2: SL Benfica v Zenit 16/09/14, group stage 0-2: FC BATE Borisov v Zenit 05/11/08, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 2-4: Zenit v Borussia Dortmund 25/02/14, round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: FK Austria Wien v Zenit 11/12/13, group stage 3-0: Málaga CF v Zenit 18/09/12, group stage 3-0: Real Madrid CF v Zenit 10/12/08, group stage

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ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.

Match officials

UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records.

UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

20 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.