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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 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS 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 2 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia 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 3 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia 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 5 Valencia CF - FC Zenit Wednesday 16 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp de Mestalla, Valencia 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.