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A Luz, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 - 20:45 CET Group D - Matchday 4

SL Benfica forced a 1-1 draw in the first match with Villarreal CF, and are now looking to utilise home advantage against the UEFA Champions League newcomers, who had never played a Portuguese club before Matchday 3. The Spanish side scored their first goal in the competition in the 18 October meeting, and, after three successive draws, are still searching for their elusive first victory in the competition.

Back in big time •Benfica, the 1961 and 1962 European champions, have returned to the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1998/99. They began with a home 1-0 win against LOSC Métropole, followed by a 2-1 defeat at Manchester United FC and the draw at Villarreal. Spanish first for Benfica •The reigning Portuguese champions played the first European game in their history against a Spanish club. In the 1957/58 European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round, Benfica were drawn against Sevilla CF, who won 3-1 in Spain before a 0-0 draw in Portugal. Two final successes •The Lisbon club won both their European Cup finals against Spanish clubs – defeating FC Barcelona 3-2 in 1960/61 and Real Madrid CF 5-3 the following year. The Eagles also have an unbeaten against Spanish visitors to protect. No defeats at home •In five previous games against Spanish opposition in Lisbon, Benfica have won two matches and drawn on three occasions.

•The best performance against a Spanish club was undoubtedly the 5-1 defeat administered to Madrid in the quarter-finals of the 1964/65 European Cup. Two goals from Eusébio led the way with José Augusto, Antonio Simões and captain Mário Coluna also on target. Madrid won the return leg 2-1, but the Portuguese team went all the way to the final, where they lost 1-0 to FC Internazionale Milano. Good away record •This is only Villarreal's fourth season in UEFA action, and their first in Europe's premier club competition. The previous campaigns have seen the Spanish side start in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, and in the past two seasons, Villarreal qualified for the UEFA Cup. The El Madrigal club reached the semi-finals in 2003/04 and the quarter-finals last term. •Villarreal have remained unbeaten on their travels in their brief European Cup history. The club reached the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 4-2 aggregate win against Everton FC, whom they overcame 2-1 in both legs. Luciano Figueroa and scored the goals at Goodison Park in the first leg, and Juan Pablo Sorín and

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Diego Forlán found the net in Spain. •Then the Spanish team went to LOSC Lille Métropole on Matchday 2 for their first away game in group competition and achieved a goalless draw at the Stade de France. Villarreal will be keen to maintain their unbeaten record and press for their first win, having broken their scoring duck in the competition proper with Juan Román Riquelme's penalty on Matchday 3.

Team facts: Benfica •Benfica are competing in the UEFA Champions League for the third time having missed out on the group stage on each of the past two seasons following elimination in the qualifying round.

•Although five of Benfica's seven finals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup came during the 1960s with two victores, the Portuguese club added two further appearances in the late 1980s albeit in defeat. Their last appearance came in the 1989/90 season when AC Milan prevailed 1-0, while two years previously, PSV defeated the Lisbon-based outfit on penalties after the match had remained scoreless after extra time. The opening penalty scored by PSV that night came from the foot of Ronald Koeman, now coach of Benfica.

•Last season, Benfica won the Portuguese SuperLiga by three points from FC Porto.

•The Portuguese champions got off to a flying start on the opening matchday as Italian striker scored the only goal of the game at home to LOSC Lille Métropole two minutes into added time at the end of the second half. They looked to have built upon that result on Matchday 2 at Old Trafford when Simão's 59th-minute goal cancelled out Ryan Giggs' opening goal six minutes before the break. But United were to have the last laugh as Ruud van Nistelrooij scored the winning goal five minutes from time.

•Despite scoring their first-ever UEFA Champions League goal, Villarreal CF were denied their inaugural victory in the group stage as Benfica battled back to snatch a 1-1 draw on Matchday 3 in Spain. After their first two encounters finished all square, Juan Román Riquelme's 72nd-minute penalty seemed to have earned the Spanish side three valuable points. However, an extraordinary long-range volley from Manuel Fernandes five minutes later restored parity, with Benfica's substitute goalkeeper, 19-year-old Rui Nereu, producing a brilliant debut display to help the away team to a draw. •Benfica need to score four goals to reach 300 in all European Champion Clubs' Cup matches. Currently they have found the net on 296 occasions in 156 matches with 75 wins, 36 draws and 45 defeats with 169 goals conceded. •Overall, the Portuguese side have played 262 matches in UEFA club competitions with 126 wins, 66 draws, 70 defeats, 460 goals scored and 275 conceded.

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Team facts: Villarreal •Villarreal have gradually advanced through various UEFA competitions in the past four seasons, reaching the UEFA Intertoto Cup finals in 2002, a competition they would enter in 2003 and 2004 to help sustain a long campaign in the UEFA Cup as qualification for semi-finals and quarter-finals in back-to-back seasons proves. •Their best performance in advance of qualifying for this season's UEFA Champions League came during the 2003/04 season when they qualified from the UEFA Intertoto Cup to eventually play in a UEFA Cup semi-finals only to exit 1-0 on aggregate to Valencia CF. •Villarreal ’s first match in UEFA club competition came on 6 July 2002 when they defeated Icelandic side FH Hafnarfjördur 2-0 in a 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup second round tie. •Villarreal finished third in last season's Spanish Primera División, 19 points behind champions FC Barcelona and 15 points adrift of second-placed Real Madrid CF. Real Betis Balompié followed three points behind in fourth place.

•Thus entering the UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round stage, Villarreal dispatched Everton FC in a 4-2 aggregate success, winning both legs 2-1. Villarreal took the lead in the opening leg on Merseyside through Luciano Figueroa after 27 minutes and though Everton equalised after 42 minutes through James Beattie, the visitors scored the winning goal on the stroke of half-time through Josico. The scoring followed a similar pattern in the return – Villarreal going ahead through Juan Pablo Sorín after 20 minutes, Everton equalising via Mikel Arteta after 69 minutes with the Spanish side going on to win, bagging the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time through Diego Forlán.

•Making their first appearance in the group stage proper against the side with the most matches under their belt in the competition, namely Manchester United FC with 113 before Matchday 1, did not deter Villarreal as they held their English rivals at bay to record a creditable scoreless draw. The same result followed on Matchday 2 at Stade de France against LOSC Lille Métropole.

•Despite scoring their first UEFA Champions League goal, Villarreal were unable to earn their inaugural victory as Portuguese visitors SL Benfica battled back to snatch a 1-1 draw on Matchday 3. After their first two encounters finished all square, Juan Román Riquelme's 72nd-minute penalty seemed to have earned the Spanish side three valuable points. However, an extraordinary long-range volley from Manuel Fernandes five minutes later restored parity, with Benfica's substitute goalkeeper, 19-year-old Rui Nereu, producing a brilliant debut display to help the away team to a draw. •Villarreal have played 51 matches overall in UEFA club competition, winning 24, drawing 21, losing six while scoring 70 times and conceding 31 goals. •Overall in the UEFA Champions League/European Champion Clubs' Cup, they are unbeaten in all of their five matches to date with two wins and three draws. In those

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games, the Spanish side have never trailed an opponent.

Match facts: Benfica v Villarreal •The weekend's encounter was the first match between Naval 1º de Maio and SL Benfica in the Portuguese top flight. The 1-1 draw ended Benfica's run of five consecutive league wins. •Goalkeeper Rui Nereu, 19, made his second start for Benfica at the weekend, quickly following his full debut in the Portuguese Cup match against Leixões SC last Wednesday with his first appearance in the Portuguese Liga.

•Rui Nereu will become the third Benfica goalkeeper to start a UEFA Champions League match this season, donning the gloves in the absence of José Moreira and Quim. •Sim ão played every minute of 44 consecutive Portuguese Liga games for Benfica but his impressive run was curtailed by a thigh strain which ruled him out at the weekend. The forward, who turned 26 on Monday, had previously only been sidelined through suspension since returning to his homeland from FC Barcelona in 2001. •By scoring against Naval at the weekend, his ninth goal in nine league matches, Nuno Gomes has now found the net against every side in the Portuguese Liga during his career.

•Nuno Gomes needs two goals to reach 20 in UEFA club competitions. The Portuguese striker is Benfica's top scorer in the UEFA Champions League despite having just five career goals in the tournament.

•Midfield player Giorgios Karagounis has the most UEFA Champions League experience in the Benfica squad, with 31 appearances. •Full -back Léo, sent off in the recent defeat against FC Porto, was deployed as a left- winger for the first time at the weekend.

•After failing to score in their first two league matches, SL Benfica are now to top scorers in the Portuguese Liga with 15 goals from nine matches. •Benfica coach Ronald Koeman should be well-prepared to face Spanish opponents, having spent six seasons with Catalan giants FC Barcelona between 1989 and 1995. Simão and Geovanni are also former Barcelona players. •Liverpool FC players have been adjudged to have strayed off only three times in the opening three matchdays of the competition, one behind SK Rapid Wien, FC Artmedia and Villarreal. Topping the rankings are FC Internazionale Milano (18) and Panathinaikos FC (17). •Rangers FC have committed the most fouls from the first three matchdays with 75 total infringements, nine clear of LOSC Lille Métropole. Avoiding referee interventions the

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most have been Villarreal (32), Olympiacos CFP (36) and SK Rapid Wien (38). •Villarreal's draw at Club Atlético de Madrid on Sunday maintained a frustrating record for the visitors. They have never won a league match at the Vicente Calderón, although only one of their five matches there has ended in defeat. •Sunday's meeting with Atlético was also the first time Juan Román Riquelme had come up against since the two played together at CA .

• coach José Pekerman has picked Juan Román Riquelme and Juan Pablo Sorín for two forthcoming international friendlies - against England on 12 November and then Qatar four days later. •Diego Forlán and Sebastián Viera will be with the Uruguay squad facing Australia on the same dates in the 2006 FIFA world Cup play-offs. Viera is expected to recover from his shoulder injury in time to feature.

•Diego Forlán was last week presented with the EFE trophy for being the best South American player in the Spanish Primera División.

•Diego Forlán and Juan Román Riquelme have both been listed among the 50 candidates for the France Football's Ballon d'Or award for the European Footballer of the Year, the winner of which will be announced on 28 November.

Competition facts UEFA Champions League: Did you know? •Only Group A in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage contains four domestic league champions from their respective 2004/05 domestic seasons. SK Rapid Wien won the Austrian Bundesliga by a point from Grazer AK. Club Brugge KV won the Belgian first division by three points from RSC Anderlecht. FC Bayern München won the German Bundesliga by 14 points from FC Schalke 04, while Juventus won the Italian championship by seven points from AC Milan, with FC Internazionale Milano and a further seven and 17 points behind.

•This season Manchester United FC have extended their consecutive participation in the UEFA Champions League to ten, a record in the competition. Bayern, PSV Eindhoven, Olympiacos CFP and Real Madrid CF are making their ninth consecutive appearance, one ahead of Arsenal FC. •In addition, Manchester United have qualified for the knockout stages of the competition for the each of the past nine seasons, winning the European Champion Clubs' Cup at the end of the 1998/99 campaign. The English club have also advanced as far as the semi-finals twice, the quarter-finals four times and the first knockout round twice in the other eight seasons.

•Of all 32 clubs competing in this season's UEFA Champions League, only Real Betis Balompié did not participate in a UEFA club competition during the 2004/05 season.

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•Six clubs competing in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League were involved in the competition when it started during the 1992/93 season with two rounds preceding the group stage. AC Milan were beaten finalists (to ), while Club Brugge, PSV, Rangers FC and FC Porto all participated in the group stage. FC Barcelona were knocked out in the second round, the last hurdle to enter the group stage. •Defending champions Liverpool FC entered the competition at the first qualifying round stage having not secured one of the automatic qualification slots available for finishing in the top four places in last season's English Premiership, but they are not the only club to have played six matches to advance to the group stage - a feat shared by FC Artmedia. Three clubs also made it from the second qualifying round: Rapid Wien, Anderlecht and FC Thun. •Both Arsenal and Schalke remain the only two clubs among this season's participants never to have played a UEFA Champions League qualifying-round match. At the start of the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League all of Arsenal's 68 matches were restricted to the group stage and beyond while Schalke's six matches had come in the first group stage of the 2001/02 season, their sole previous participation before this campaign.

•Only two of the former winners of the competition since it commenced in the 1992/93 season are not participating in this season's UEFA Champions League, namely Marseille (1992/93) and BV Borussia Dortmund (1996/97).

UEFA Champions League: All-time records

•Biggest wins Res Match Date 8-3 AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña 05.11.2004 7-0 Juventus v Olympiacos CFP 10.12.2003 7-2 Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK 24.10.2000 v Werder Bremen 08.03.2005 6-0 Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva 17.03.1993 Leeds United AFC v Besiktas JK 26.09.2000 Real Madrid CF v KRC Genk 25.09.2002

Monaco's record victory was achieved in part thanks to the exploits of Dado Pršo, who scored four of his seven 2003/04 UEFA Champions League goals that evening against Deportivo. Only one team has scored more than five goals in an away game, Manchester United FC winning 6-2 at Brøndby IF in 1998/99.

•Most goals in a season Goals Player Club Season 12 Ruud van Nistelrooij Manchester United FC 2002/03 10 Del Piero Juventus 1997/98 Mário Jardel FC Porto 1999/00 FC Barcelona 1999/00 Raúl González Real Madrid FC 1999/00 Ruud van Nistelrooij Manchester United FC 2001/02 Filippo Inzaghi AC Milan 2002/03

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Ruud van Nistelrooij has finished UEFA Champions League top goalscorer in three of the past four seasons, AS Monaco FC's Fernando Morientes pipping him to that feat with nine in 2003/04.

•Four goals in a match Player Match Res Date AC Milan v IFK Göteborg 4-0 25.11.1992 Simone Inzaghi S.S. Lazio v Olympique de Marseille 5-1 14.03.2000 Dado Pršo AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña 8-3 05.11.2003 Ruud van Nistelrooij Manchester United FC v AC Sparta Praha 4-1 03.11.2004

Of these four-goal hauls, Dado Pršo's against Deportivo was the quickest. He scored his first goal 26 minutes into the game and his fourth just 23 minutes later.

•Fastest goal in a match Player Match Time (sec) Date Gilberto PSV Eindoven 0-4 Arsenal FC 20.07 25.09.2002 Alessandro Del Piero Manchester United FC 3-2 Juventus 20.12 01.10.1997 Clarence Seedorf FC Schalke 04 2-2 AC Milan 21.20 28.09.2005 Mariano Bombardo Willem II 3-4 AC Sparta Praha 28.21 20.10.1999 Alexandros Alexoudis Panathinaikos FC 2-0 Aalborg BK 28.46 22.11.1995

AC Milan's joy at Clarence Seedorf's first-minute goal against FC Schalke 04 was short-lived - Søren Larsen equalised for the home side in the third minute.

•Fastest hat-tricks Player Match Time (min) Date Mike Newell Blackburn Rovers FC 4-1 Rosenborg BK 9 06.12.1995 Marco Simone Rosenborg BK 1-4 AC Milan 19 25.09.1996 Dado Pršo AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña 19 05.11.2003 Sigurd Rushfeldt Rosenborg BK 3-0 Galatasaray SK 21 21.10.1998 Simone Inzaghi S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille 21 14.03.2000

Rosenborg conceded 16 goals the season Mike Newell scored his rapid hat-trick, three fewer than the UEFA Champions League group stage record set by Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC the same season.

•Youngest players to score Player Match Age Date Peter Oforiquaye Rosenborg BK 5-1 Olympiacos CFP 17 y - 195 d 01.10.1997 Cesc Fabregas Arsenal FC 5-1 Rosenborg BK 17 y - 218 d 07.12.2004 Martin Klein Panathinaikos FC 2-1 AC Sparta Praha 17 y - 241 d 27.02.2002 Sammy Kuffour FC Bayern München 2-2 FC Spartak Moskva 18 y - 61 d 02.11.1994 Andriy Shevchenko FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-4 FC Bayern München 18 y - 70 d 07.12.1994

Peter Oforiquaye became the youngest player to score, but Celestine Babayaro is still the youngest player to appear, having begun RSC Anderlecht's game against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994 aged 16 years and 87 days.

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All-time statistics Head-to-head record Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 18.10.2005 UCL GS Villarreal CF - SL Benfica 1-1 Villarreal Overall record Pld W D L GF GA SL Benfica 1 0 1 0 1 1 Villarreal CF 1 0 1 0 1 1

Home team's record versus clubs from the away team's country Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 19.09.1957 UCL PR Sevilla FC - SL Benfica 3-1 Sevilla 26.09.1957 UCL PR SL Benfica - Sevilla FC 0-0 Lisbon 30.05.1961 UCL F SL Benfica - FC Barcelona 3-2 Berne 02.05.1962 UCL F SL Benfica - Real Madrid CF 5-3 Amsterdam 24.02.1965 UCL QF SL Benfica - Real Madrid CF 5-1 Lisbon 17.03.1965 UCL QF Real Madrid CF - SL Benfica 2-1 Madrid 15.09.1982 UCUP R1 SL Benfica - Real Betis Balompié 2-1 Lisbon 29.09.1982 UCUP R1 Real Betis Balompié - SL Benfica 1-2 Sevilla 11.12.1991 UCL R3 SL Benfica - FC Barcelona 0-0 Lisbon 15.04.1992 UCL R3 FC Barcelona - SL Benfica 2-1 Barcelona 25.11.1999 UCUP R3 RC Celta de Vigo - SL Benfica 7-0 Vigo 09.12.1999 UCUP R3 SL Benfica - RC Celta de Vigo 1-1 Lisbon 18.10.2005 UCL GS Villarreal CF - SL Benfica 1-1 Villarreal Overall record Pld W D L GF GA SL Benfica 13 5 4 4 22 24

Away team's record versus clubs from the home team's country Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 18.10.2005 UCL GS Villarreal CF - SL Benfica 1-1 Villarreal Overall record Pld W D L GF GA Villarreal CF 1 0 1 0 1 1

UEFA club competition record SL Benfica Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 156 75 36 45 296 169 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 42 21 13 8 67 34 UEFA Cup 64 30 17 17 97 72 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0

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UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 262 126 66 70 460 275 Villarreal CF Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 5 2 3 0 5 3 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup 24 11 9 4 35 15 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 22 11 9 2 30 13 Total 51 24 21 6 70 31

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) club record SL Benfica Pld W D L GF GA UEFA Champions League 17 6 7 4 20 19 Villarreal CF Pld W D L GF GA UEFA Champions League 3 0 3 0 1 1

KEY: All-time statistics Comp. - Competition, Res - Result Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup) (NOTE: For matches in the UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) club record, the fixtures played in the 1992/93 and 1993/94 first and second rounds are included in the statistics calculation) Current club names used for all clubs listed in these tables Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined. Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out.. ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA AP: Appearances QR2: Second qualifying round Champions League : Final QR3: Third qualifying round UCUP: UEFA Cup GS: Group stage R1: First round UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage R2: Second round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round R4: Fourth round EURO: UEFA European Football Championship QF: Quarter-finals SF: Semi-finals WC: FIFA World Cup QR: Qualifying round 1/8: Eighth-finals QR1: First qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals

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Squad list SL Benfica Current Season All-time UCLQ1 UCL2 League UCL3 UEFA4 No. Player Nat. DoB Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 José Moreira POR 20.03.82 - - 2 - 6 - 2 - 16 - 12 Quim POR 13.11.75 - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 7 - 24 Bruno Costa POR 28.08.86 ------43 Rui Nereu POR 04.02.86 - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - Defenders 3 Anderson BRA 27.04.80 - - 2 - 9 - 2 - 2 - 4 Luisão BRA 13.02.81 - - 3 - 9 - 3 - 16 - 5 Léo BRA 06.07.75 - - 2 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 13 Alcides BRA 13.03.85 - - - - 1 - - - 5 - 18 Manuel Dos Santos FRA 28.03.74 - - - - 1 - - - 37 2 22 Nélson CPV 10.06.83 - - 3 - 8 - 3 - 3 - 25 Tiago Gomes POR 29.07.86 ------1 - 27 João Pereira POR 25.02.84 - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 15 1 33 Ricardo Rocha POR 03.10.78 - - 3 - 8 - 3 - 19 - 42 Ricardo Nunes POR 18.06.86 ------44 Tiago Costa POR 22.04.85 ------ 6 Petit POR 25.09.76 - - 3 - 8 - 12 - 31 - 7 Carlitos POR 06.09.82 - - - - 1 - - - 2 - 8 Bruno Aguiar POR 24.02.81 ------6 - 10 Georgios Karagounis GRE 06.03.77 - - 2 - 4 - 31 3 53 4 14 Manuel Fernandes POR 05.02.86 - - 3 1 9 - 3 1 14 1 15 Nuno Assis POR 25.11.77 - - - - 4 - - - 2 - 16 Beto BRA 20.11.76 - - 2 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 17 Andrei Kariaka RUS 01.04.78 - - 1 - 4 1 1 - 5 1 26 Fernando Alexandre POR 02.08.85 ------28 Hélio Roque POR 20.07.85 ------39 João Coimbra POR 24.05.86 ------40 Luís Zambujo POR 29.09.86 ------41 Manuel Curto POR 09.07.86 ------Forwards 9 Mantorras ANG 18.03.82 - - 2 - 4 - 2 - 4 - 11 Geovanni BRA 11.01.80 - - 3 - 7 - 16 1 33 1 20 Simão POR 31.10.79 - - 3 1 8 3 18 1 42 7 21 Nuno Gomes POR 05.07.76 - - 3 - 9 9 8 5 41 18 30 Fabrizio Miccoli ITA 27.06.79 - - 2 1 5 1 8 2 11 4 35 João Vilela POR 09.09.85 ------46 Vasco Firmino POR 26.07.84 ------Coach Ronald Koeman NED 21.03.63 - - 3 - - - 29 - 37 -

KEY: Squad list

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Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically No - Number, Nat. - Nationality DoB - Date of birth, Pld - Matches played, Gls - Goals 1 - UCLQ: Total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds only 2 - UCL: Total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday 3 - UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition) 4 - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup)

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Squad list Villarreal CF Current Season All-time UCLQ1 UCL2 League UCL3 UEFA4 No. Player Nat. DoB Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Javier López Vallejo ESP 22.09.75 ------9 - 13 Sebastián Viera URU 07.03.83 - - 3 - 9 - 3 - 3 - 25 Mariano Barbosa ARG 27.07.84 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - 27 Juan Carlos ESP 27.07.87 1 ------1 - 31 Iván Pascual ESP 04.10.85 ------32 Vicente Flor Bustos ESP 05.11.87 ------Defenders 2 Gonzalo Rodríguez ARG 10.04.84 2 - 3 - 8 - 3 - 20 2 3 Rodolfo Arruabarrena ARG 20.07.75 2 - 3 - 9 - 3 - 43 1 15 Jan Kromkamp NED 17.08.80 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 16 - 16 Quique Álvarez ESP 20.07.75 2 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 41 - 17 Javi Venta ESP 13.12.75 2 - - - 7 - - - 31 2 22 Juan Manuel Peña BOL 17.01.73 1 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 14 - 28 Edu ESP 02.10.81 ------29 Samuel Álvarez ESP 17.10.85 ------1 - 30 Carlos Alcántara ESP 01.02.85 ------2 - Midfielders 4 César Arzo ESP 21.01.86 - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 13 - 6 Josico ESP 06.01.75 2 1 3 - 9 1 3 - 39 2 8 Juan Román Riquelme ARG 24.06.78 1 - 2 1 8 4 12 2 37 9 10 Roger García ESP 15.12.76 - - 2 - 7 1 6 - 42 8 11 ESP 12.05.78 ------17 3 12 Juan Sorín ARG 05.05.76 2 1 3 - 8 1 4 - 16 1 14 Héctor Font ESP 15.06.84 - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 23 3 18 Alessio Tacchinardi ITA 23.07.75 2 - 3 - 8 - 73 3 97 6 19 Marcos Senna BRA 17.07.76 2 - 2 - 7 2 2 - 15 - 20 Luis Valencia ECU 04.08.85 - - - - 2 - - - - - 21 Santi Cazorla ESP 13.12.84 - - 1 - 8 - 1 - 19 5 Forwards 5 Diego Forlán URU 19.05.79 2 1 3 - 9 3 23 3 28 4 7 ESP 23.04.80 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 34 7 9 Lucho Figueroa ARG 19.05.81 2 1 3 - 7 1 3 - 11 3 23 José Mari ESP 10.12.78 - - 1 - 9 4 8 4 64 18 26 Xisco Nadal ESP 27.06.86 ------5 - Coach CHI 16.09.53 2 - 3 - - - 3 - 25 -

KEY: Squad list Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically No - Number, Nat. - Nationality DoB - Date of birth, Pld - Matches played, Gls - Goals 1 - UCLQ: Total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds only 2 - UCL: Total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday 3 - UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only

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(NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition) 4 - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup)

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Match-by-match lineups - Group D Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts Manchester United FC 3 1 2 0 2 1 5 SL Benfica 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 Villarreal CF 3 0 3 0 1 1 3 LOSC Lille Métropole 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 Date Match Res Lineups 14/09/2005 Villarreal CF v 0-0 Villarreal: Viera, Gonzalo, Arruabarrena, Forlán, Josico (Tacchinardi Manchester United FC 46), Guayre (Lucho Figueroa 66), Sorín, Héctor Font (Roger 70), Kromkamp, Quique Álvarez, Senna Man. United: Van der Sar, Heinze (Richardson 33), Ferdinand, (Giggs 80), Rooney, Van Nistelrooij (Park 80), Smith, Scholes, O'Shea, Fletcher, Silvestre 14/09/2005 SL Benfica v LOSC Lille 1-0 Benfica: Moreira, Luisão, Léo, Petit (Karagounis 67), Geovanni Métropole (Mantorras 80), Manuel Fernandes, Simão, Nuno Gomes, Nélson, Miccoli, Ricardo Rocha (Anderson 46) Lille: Sylva, Rafael, Cabaye, Dernis (Lichtsteiner 84), Moussilou (Odemwingie 71), Gygax (Debuchy 46), Bodmer, Makoun, Tafforeau, Chalmé, Plestan 27/09/2005 LOSC Lille Métropole v 0-0 Lille: Sylva, Debuchy, Rafael, Moussilou (Fauvergue 74), Bodmer Villarreal CF (Dumont 46), Odemwingie, Ačimovič (Dernis 85), Makoun, Tafforeau, Plestan, Lichtsteiner Villarreal: Viera, Arruabarrena, Forlán (Guayre 84), Josico, Riquelme, Lucho Figueroa, Sorín (Senna 46), Kromkamp, Quique Álvarez (Gonzalo 57), Tacchinardi, Peña 27/09/2005 Manchester United FC 2­1 Man. United: Van der Sar, Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Van v SL Benfica Nistelrooij, Giggs, Smith, Scholes, O'Shea, Richardson, Fletcher, Bardsley Benfica: Moreira, Luisão, Léo, Petit, Manuel Fernandes (Geovanni 87), Beto (Mantorras 87), Simão, Nuno Gomes, Nélson, Miccoli (João Pereira 80), Ricardo Rocha 18/10/2005 Manchester United FC 0­0 Man. United: Van der Sar, Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Van v LOSC Lille Métropole Nistelrooij, Giggs (Park 83), Smith, Scholes, O'Shea, Fletcher, Bardsley, Silvestre Lille: Sylva, Debuchy (Keita 84), Tavlaridis, Rafael, Bodmer, Odemwingie (Moussilou 74), Ačimovič (Dernis 60), Makoun, Tafforeau, Chalmé, Vitakić 18/10/2005 Villarreal CF v SL 1­1 Villarreal: Viera, Gonzalo, Arruabarrena (Josico 46), Arzo, Forlán, Benfica Riquelme, Sorín, Kromkamp, Tacchinardi (Roger 84), Santi Cazorla, José Mari (Lucho Figueroa 80) Benfica: Quim (Rui Nereu 29), Anderson, Luisão, Petit, Karagounis (Kariaka 66), Geovanni (Beto 91), Manuel Fernandes, Simão, Nuno Gomes, Nélson, Ricardo Rocha 02/11/2005 LOSC Lille Métropole v Manchester United FC 02/11/2005 SL Benfica v Villarreal CF 22/11/2005 Manchester United FC v Villarreal CF 22/11/2005 LOSC Lille Métropole v SL Benfica 07/12/2005 Villarreal CF v LOSC Lille Métropole 07/12/2005 SL Benfica v Manchester United FC

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KEY: Match-by-match lineups Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points (NOTE: In the group stage, the group winners and runners-up advance to the UEFA Champions League knockout stage, the eight third-placed teams move into the UEFA Cup third round, and the eight fourth-placed teams are eliminated.)

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Booking list - Group D LOSC Lille Métropole 04/05 QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 5 Rafael Schmitz Y Y * 7 Yohan Cabaye Y 10 Daniel Gygax Y 20 Grégory Tafforeau Y 22 Milivoje Vitakić 2 Y 25 Nicolas Plestan Y Manchester United FC 04/05 QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 5 Rio Ferdinand Y 8 Wayne Rooney R 14 Alan Smith Y Y * 18 Paul Scholes R 22 John O'Shea Y 23 Kieran Richardson Y SL Benfica 04/05 QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 4 Luisão Y 21 Nuno Gomes Y 33 Ricardo Rocha Y Villarreal CF 04/05 QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 2 Gonzalo Rodríguez Y 3 Rodolfo Arruabarrena Y 14 Héctor Font Y 18 Alessio Tacchinardi Y 23 José María Romero 2

KEY: Booking list Y - Booked, R - Sent off, Y/R - Yellow + Direct Red - Suspension, ### - Suspension for at least 1 match, * - Misses next match if booked NOTE: this list is destined for the press. It is given to the competing clubs for information purposes only and therefore has no legal value. In the event of any discrepancy, only the correspondence addressed directly to the clubs will be considered as the authoritative version.

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Player statistics SL Benfica QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 Goalkeepers 1 José Moreira ------90 90 - - - - 12 Quim ------29(-) - - - 24 Bruno Costa ------43 Rui Nereu ------61(+) - - - Defenders 3 Anderson ------44(+) - 90 - - - 4 Luisão ------90 90 90 - - - 5 Léo ------90 90 - - - - 13 Alcides ------18 Manuel Dos Santos ------22 Nélson ------90 90 90 - - - 25 Tiago Gomes ------27 João Pereira ------10(+) - - - - 33 Ricardo Rocha ------46(-) 90 90 - - - 42 Ricardo Nunes ------44 Tiago Costa ------Midfielders 6 Petit ------67(-) 90 90 - - - 7 Carlitos ------8 Bruno Aguiar ------10 Georgios Karagounis ------23(+) - 66(-) - - - 14 Manuel Fernandes ------90 87(-) 90 - - - 15 Nuno Assis ------16 Beto ------87(-) 1(+) - - - 17 Andrei Kariaka ------24(+) - - - 26 Fernando Alexandre ------28 Hélio Roque ------39 João Coimbra ------40 Luís Zambujo ------41 Manuel Curto ------Forwards 9 Mantorras ------10(+) 3(+) - - - - 11 Geovanni ------80(-) 3(+) 89(-) - - - 20 Simão ------90 90 90 - - - 21 Nuno Gomes ------90 90 90 - - - 30 Fabrizio Miccoli ------90 80(-) - - - - 35 João Vilela ------46 Vasco Firmino ------

KEY: Lineups Lineups are ordered by position and then numerically No - Jersey number (-) - Denotes player substituted (+) - Denotes player introduced

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(*) - Denotes player dismissed (+/-) - Denotes player introduced and substituted

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Player statistics Villarreal CF QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 Goalkeepers 1 Javier López Vallejo ------13 Sebastián Viera ------90 90 90 - - - 25 Mariano Barbosa - - - - 90 90 ------27 Juan Carlos ------31 Iván Pascual ------32 Vicente Flor Bustos ------Defenders 2 Gonzalo Rodríguez - - - - 90 90 90 33(+) 90 - - - 3 Rodolfo Arruabarrena - - - - 90 90 90 90 46(-) - - - 15 Jan Kromkamp - - - - - 75(+) 90 90 90 - - - 16 Quique Álvarez - - - - 90 90 90 57(-) - - - - 17 Javi Venta - - - - 85(-) 15(-) ------22 Juan Manuel Peña - - - - 1(+) - - 90 - - - - 28 Edu ------29 Samuel Álvarez ------30 Carlos Alcántara ------Midfielders 4 César Arzo ------90 - - - 6 Josico - - - - 65(-) 90 46(-) 90 44(+) - - - 8 Juan Román Riquelme - - - - - 90 - 90 90 - - - 10 Roger García ------20(+) - 6(+) - - - 11 Javier Calleja ------12 Juan Sorín - - - - 90 90 90 46(-) 90 - - - 14 Héctor Font ------70(-) - - - - - 18 Alessio Tacchinardi - - - - 25(+) 8(+) 44(+) 90 84(-) - - - 19 Marcos Senna - - - - 89(-) 90 90 44(+) - - - - 20 Luis Valencia ------21 Santi Cazorla ------90 - - - Forwards 5 Diego Forlán - - - - 90 90 90 84(-) 90 - - - 7 Antonio Guayre - - - - 5(+) - 66(-) 6(+) - - - - 9 Lucho Figueroa - - - - 90 82(-) 24(+) 90 10(+) - - - 23 José Mari ------80(-) - - - 26 Xisco Nadal ------

KEY: Lineups Lineups are ordered by position and then numerically No - Jersey number (-) - Denotes player substituted (+) - Denotes player introduced (*) - Denotes player dismissed (+/-) - Denotes player introduced and substituted

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Head coach profiles Ronald Koeman Ronald Koeman bounced back quickly from a disappointing end to his reign at AFC Ajax in February 2005, taking up the vacant position at Portuguese champions SL Benfica following the departure of legendary Italian Giovanni Trapattoni. Ajax's fortunes suffered a steady decline after Koeman got off to a brilliant start at the ArenA, winning a domestic double in 2001/02. Despite regaining the title in 2003/04, Ajax had fallen behind rivals PSV Eindhoven as the Netherlands' top team, and Koeman resigned after the Amsterdam side were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by AJ Auxerre. Benfica fans may prefer to forget that Koeman was a member of the PSV Eindhoven side that overcame the Eagles in the 1988 European Champion Clubs' Cup final, the libero converting the opening kick in PSV's 6-5 penalty shoot-out victory after 120 goalless minutes in .

Koeman was admired not only as an accomplished sweeper but also as a free-kick expert, and it was from a dead-ball that he scored FC Barcelona's winning goal in the 1992 European Cup final. Koeman and brother Erwin started out at their father's old club, FC Groningen, and were later members of the Netherlands side which won the 1988 UEFA European Championship - the country's first and only major international honour. That triumph on home soil capped a momentous year, Koeman also winning the European Cup and Dutch double, and paved the way for a move to Barça in 1989 where he would win another four Spanish titles.

Manuel Pellegrini Manuel Pellegrini was chosen to replace Benito Floro after the latter's resignation from Villarreal CF in February 2004, but had to wait three months before assuming control of first-team affairs as Floro's assistant Francisco García took charge for the remainder of that season.

Once installed, the Chilean proved massively successful, guiding the club to a fourth- place finish in the Primera División to earn UEFA Champions League qualification for the first time. Villarreal also reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup having won the UEFA Intertoto Cup for the second successive year in summer 2004. Pellegrini's gift lies in getting the best from players who have failed to hit the heights at their previous clubs. Juan Román Riquelme and Diego Forlán, disappointing at FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC respectively, have flourished at El Madrigal, the latter finishing as Spain's leading scorer in 2004/05 with 25 goals. Pellegrini is a much-travelled coach enjoying his first stint in Europe. He coached nine clubs in Chile, Ecuador and Argentina, including giants CA River Plate, before being lured across the Atlantic. At Villarreal he has introduced a large South American presence, including Riquelme, Forlán, captain Juan Pablo Sorín and striker Luciano Figueroa. A total of eleven players in the club's UEFA Champions League squad hail from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia or Ecuador.

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Match officials Referee Frank De Bleeckere (BEL) Assistant referees Mark Simons (BEL), Peter Hermans (BEL) Fourth official Jean-Baptist Bultynck (BEL) UEFA Delegate Ellert Schram (ISL) UEFA Referee observer George Brian Smith (SCO) UEFA Media Officer Jørn Højmark (DEN) Referee

Name Nat. DoB UCL1 UEFA2 Frank De Bleeckere BEL 01.07.1966 16 35 Belgian referee Frank De Bleeckere is carrying on a family tradition which has endured for more than four decades. De Bleeckere's grandfather was a referee in Belgium in the 1950s and 1960s, and his father René a top-flight match official in the domestic game some 20 years ago.

The third generation of the De Bleeckere dynasty was born in Oudenaarde on 1 July 1966. A sales manager and commercial representative, he speaks English, Flemish, French and German. He started refereeing in 1984, oversaw his first Belgian top-flight match in 1995, before receiving his FIFA badge in 1998. The same year he officiated at his first UEFA tournament, the UEFA European Under-16 Championship in Scotland.

He then participated at the 2001 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup in Italy and quickly graduated to UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup duties, continuing his rise up the refereeing ladder with his appointment as one of four specialist fourth officials at UEFA EURO 2004™ in Portugal. There was also an appearance at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates.

De Bleeckere was in the middle for six Champions League matches in 2004/05, including the quarter-final first leg between Liverpool FC and Juventus, as well as regular FIFA World Cup qualifying appointments - notably Denmark's decisive final match against Greece on 8 October.

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 11.12.2002 UCL GS2 FC Barcelona - Newcastle United FC 3-1 Barcelona 26.02.2003 UCL GS2 Valencia CF - AS Roma 0-3 Valencia 27.08.2003 UCL QR3 SK Slavia Praha - RC Celta de Vigo 2-0 Prague 21.10.2003 UCL GS1 RC Deportivo La Coruña - AS Monaco FC 1-0 La Coruna 15.09.2004 UCL GS RC Deportivo La Coruña - Olympiacos CFP 0-0 La Coruna 18.10.2005 UCL GS Panathinaikos FC - FC Barcelona 0-0 02.11.2005 UCL GS SL Benfica - Villarreal CF Lisbon

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UEFA Champions League Other matches Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 04.08.1999 UCL QR2 ŠK Slovan Bratislava - Anorthosis 1-1 Bratislava Famagusta FC 02.08.2000 UCL QR2 FBK Kaunas - Rangers FC 0-0 Kaunas 25.07.2001 UCL QR2 FC Kutaisi Torpedo - FC København 1-1 Kutaisi 25.09.2001 UCL GS1 Fenerbahçe SK - Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 Istanbul 17.10.2001 UCL GS1 FC Bayern München - FC Spartak Moskva 5-1 28.08.2002 UCL QR3 Newcastle United FC - NK Željeznicar 4-0 Newcastle 02.10.2002 UCL GS1 AJ Auxerre - Arsenal FC 0-1 Auxerre 30.10.2002 UCL GS1 FC Internazionale Milano - Rosenborg BK 3-0 Milan 12.03.2003 UCL GS2 BV Borussia Dortmund - FC Lokomotiv 3-0 Dortmund Moskva 05.11.2003 UCL GS1 FC Internazionale Milano - FC Lokomotiv 1-1 Milan Moskva 10.08.2004 UCL QR3 FC Dynamo Kyiv - Trabzonspor 1-2 Kiev 28.09.2004 UCL GS Manchester United FC - Fenerbahçe SK 6-2 Manchester 24.11.2004 UCL GS AC Milan - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 Milan 23.02.2005 UCL 1/8 Werder Bremen - Olympique Lyonnais 0-3 Bremen 05.04.2005 UCL QF Liverpool FC - Juventus 2-1 Liverpool 09.08.2005 UCL QR3 Anorthosis Famagusta FC - Rangers FC 1-2 Nicosia

Other matches Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 26.04.1998 U16 GS - FT Croatia - Ukraine 2-0 30.04.1998 U16 GS - FT Rep. of Ireland - Spain 1-0 Stirling 05.05.1998 U16 SF Rep. of Ireland - Portugal 2-0 Perth 11.07.1998 UIC R2 FC National Bucuresti - Iraklis FC 3-0 Bucharest 27.08.1998 UCWC QR FC Araks Ararat - FC Lausanne-Sport 1-2 Yerevan 09.10.1998 U21 QR Italy - Switzerland 1-0 Cremona 21.10.1998 U18 PR Slovenia - Scotland 0-2 Beltinci 26.11.1998 U16 QR Germany - Serbia-Montenegro 2-0 Saarbrucken 04.07.1999 UIC R2 FC København - KSP Polonia Warszawa 0-3 Gentofte 16.09.1999 UCUP R1 Celtic FC - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 2-0 Glasgow 04.11.1999 UCUP R2 Juventus - PFC Levski Sofia 1-1 12.09.2000 UCUP R1 1. FK Drnovice - TSV 1860 München 0-0 Drnovice 26.10.2000 UCUP R2 Boavista FC - AS Roma 0-1 Porto 27.01.2001 MCUP GS - FT Cameroon - Italy 0-1 Bari 31.01.2001 MCUP GS - FT Mali - Portugal 2-2 Bisceglie 24.03.2001 WC QR Cyprus - Rep. of Ireland 0-4 Nicosia 07.07.2001 UIC R2 AIK Solna - Odense BK 2-0 Solna 06.10.2001 WC QR Moldova - Turkey 0-3 Chisinau 06.12.2001 UCUP R3 Leeds United AFC - Grasshopper-Club 2-2 Leeds 21.02.2002 UCUP R4 Olympique Lyonnais - FC Slovan Liberec 1-1 Lyon 07.09.2002 EURO QR Latvia - Sweden 0-0 Riga 10.04.2003 UCUP SF Celtic FC - Boavista FC 1-1 Glasgow 30.04.2003 FRIE. R1 Germany - Serbia-Montenegro 1-0 Bremen 11.06.2003 EURO QR Greece - Ukraine 1-0 Athens

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06.09.2003 EURO QR FYR Macedonia - England 1-2 26.02.2004 UCUP R3 Brøndby IF - FC Barcelona 0-1 Brondby 11.03.2004 UCUP R4 Villarreal CF - AS Roma 2-0 Villarreal 09.10.2004 WC QR Slovenia - Italy 1-0 Celje 17.11.2004 WC QR Armenia - Romania 1-1 Yerevan 03.09.2005 WC QR Sweden - Bulgaria 3-0 Solna 08.10.2005 WC QR Denmark - Greece 1-0

KEY: Match officials Nat. - Nationality, DoB - Date of birth Comp. - Competition, Res - Result 1 - UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. Matches where the match official has acted as a fourth official are not included in this statistic.) 2 - UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup. International matches or matches where the match official has acted as a fourth official are not included in this statistic.) ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA AP: Appearances QR2: Second qualifying round Champions League : Final QR3: Third qualifying round UCUP: UEFA Cup GS: Group stage R1: First round UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage R2: Second round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round R4: Fourth round EURO: UEFA European Football Championship QF: Quarter-finals SF: Semi-finals WC: FIFA World Cup QR: Qualifying round 1/8: Eighth-finals CONFCUP: Confederation Cup QR1: First qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals FRIE.: Friendly matches

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Domestic news Villarreal labour to make their point (Sunday, 30 October 2005) Diego Forlán scored a last-gasp header to secure Villarreal CF a point at Club Atlético de Madrid, but overall it was a disappointing weekend for the UEFA Champions League Group D contenders on their travels. LOSC Lille Métropole and SL Benfica also had to settle for 1-1 away draws, while Manchester United FC were heavily defeated at Middlesbrough FC.

Olympique de Marseille 1-1 LOSC Lille Métropole Lille returned to full strength to gain a draw at Marseille, having fielded a relative reserve side in Wednesday's French League Cup 2-0 win against AS Saint-Etienne. The visitors went into the break a goal behind against the UEFA Cup contenders following Spaniard Sergio Koke's close-range effort after 29 minutes.

Lille coach Claude Puel acted at half-time by replacing left-back Milivoje Vitakić with Geoffrey Dernis and the move paid off six minutes into the second half when Milenko Vitakić put the ball past .

"Our first half was very poor," said Puel, who remains without captain Stéphane Dumont as he continues his recovery from a knee injury. "But I was pleased with the way the team responded in the second half. I want to see that same spirit against Manchester United."

Middlesbrough FC 4­1 Manchester United FC United suffered their heaviest league reverse in more than 18 months at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday, leaving them 13 points behind Premiership leaders Chelsea FC. Their last three­goal defeat was in the derby against Manchester City FC, who won 4­1 in March 2004. Goalkeeper misjudged a speculative Gaizka Mendieta shot in the second minute as Middlesbrough took an early lead. Defender Rio Ferdinand was outmanoeuvred by for the second, and Ayegbeni Yakubu made it three from the penalty spot before half­time after Kieran Richardson tugged Stuart Parnaby's shirt. Mendieta added a fourth before substitute Cristiano Ronaldo headed United's 1,000th Premiership goal in low­key fashion during added time. Gary Neville (groin), (knee), Roy Keane (foot) and Ryan Giggs (cheekbone), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (knee) and (hamstring) were all out for United, while Wes Brown replaced Ferdinand as a late substitute after returning from achilles trouble. "It was a shocking performance," said manager Sir Alex Ferguson. "We conceded some terrible goals and we can't afford do that with what we're trying to achieve. On that form, we couldn't beat anybody. Defensively, we were very disappointing. But we will get the right response all right, that is without question."

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A. Naval 1º Maio 1­1 SL Benfica

Two great goals from Simão had given Benfica a 2­1 victory against Leixões SC in the Portuguese Cup at Estádio do Bessa on Wednesday but the Benfica captain later went off with a thigh injury that kept him out of Saturday's game against Naval 1º Maio. Missing his influence, Benfica were held to a draw.

Besides Simão, coach Ronald Koeman was also without goalkeepers José Moreira (knee) and Quim (groin strain), out for six months and one week respectively. Brazilian winger Geovanni was omitted due to personal problems, but Petit and Nuno Assis both returned. Léo and João Pereira replaced Simão and Geovanni. Benfica began well but could not convert their chances, while Andrei Kariaka and Nuno Gomes faded after a bright first half as heavy rain took its toll on the pitch. Bruno Fogaça scored for Naval in the 71st minute after a fast counterattack down the right. The Portuguese champions reacted swiftly and Nuno Gomes equalised ten minutes from time, after some great work by Nélson on the right wing.

Koeman said: "We felt the absence of Simão. It is only natural. Nevertheless, we played very well and we dominated the entire match. We deserved more than just a draw, but we did not take advantage of the opportunities we created. It was difficult because of the heavy pitch."

Club Atlético de Madrid 1­1 Villarreal CF

Diego Forlán scored a last­gasp header to secure Villarreal a share of the spoils against Atlético in the Spanish capital on Sunday evening in a match which saw both teams reduced to ten men. Manuel Luis Pellegrini's side had been trailing for much of the encounter after José Zahínos had broken the deadlock on four minutes and Gonzalo Rodríguez's dismissal seven minutes later left Villarreal with a mountain to climb. It got worse before it got better for the visitors, whose goalkeeper Sebastián Viera was forced off with a shoulder injury on the half­hour mark. Mariano Barbosa replaced him, and pulled off a series of stunning saves before Forlán clinched a late point to add to the three they picked up in the 3­2 win against Real Betis Balompié on Wednesday. Right­back Jan Kromkamp returned after missing that game in Seville, but Marcos Senna was only fit enough for a place on the bench, while Antonio Guayre remains sidelined. Pellegrini said: "We didn't give up today. Things weren't looking good when we were 1­0 down with a one­man deficit but we introduced [Juan Manuel] Peña because the key to getting back into the game was not allowing Atlético grab a second goal. This result will provide a confidence boost for our meeting with Benfica."

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Domestic league details SL Benfica (SuperLiga) Date Opponent Res Lineups 15.10.2005 v FC Porto (A) 2-0 Quim, Léo, Luisão, Anderson, Nélson, Petit, Manuel Fernandes, Simão, Nuno Gomes, Karagounis (Kariaka 55), Miccoli (Geovanni 15) 22.10.2005 v CF Estrela da Amadora (H) 2-0 Quim (Rui Nereu 40), Luisão, Ricardo Rocha, Anderson, Nélson, Petit, Manuel Fernandes, Kariaka (Karagounis 61), Simão, Geovanni (Beto 82), Nuno Gomes 29.10.2005 v A. Naval 1° Maio (A) 1-1 Rui Nereu, Nélson, Luisão, Anderson, Ricardo Rocha (Mantorras 69), Petit, Manuel Fernandes, João Pereira, Kariaka (Nuno Assis 69), Léo, Nuno Gomes Date Opponent Res Goalscorers 20.08.2005 v A. Académica de Coimbra (A) 0-0 27.08.2005 v Gil Vicente FC (H) 0-2 10.09.2005 v Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-2 Simão (A) 18.09.2005 v UD Leiria (H) 4-0 Own goal, Nuno Gomes (3) 23.09.2005 v FC Penafiel (A) 3-1 Nuno Gomes (2), Simão 03.10.2005 v Vitória SC (H) 2-1 Simão, Miccoli 15.10.2005 v FC Porto (A) 2-0 Nuno Gomes (2) 22.10.2005 v CF Estrela da Amadora (H) 2-0 Kariaka, Nuno Gomes 29.10.2005 v A. Naval 1° Maio (A) 1-1 Nuno Gomes 06.11.2005 v Rio Ave FC (H) 20.11.2005 v SC Braga (A) 27.11.2005 v CF Os Belenenses (H) 04.12.2005 v CS Marítimo (A) 11.12.2005 v Boavista FC (H) Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 SC Braga 9 7 2 0 10 1 23 2 FC Porto 9 5 3 1 12 6 18 3 CD Nacional 9 5 3 1 10 4 18 4 SL Benfica 9 5 2 2 15 7 17 5 Rio Ave FC 9 4 2 3 13 12 14 6 Sporting Clube de Portugal 9 4 2 3 12 13 14 7 Vitória FC 9 4 2 3 5 3 14 8 Boavista FC 9 3 5 1 14 9 14 9 FC Paços de Ferreira 9 4 1 4 11 13 13 10 A. Naval 1° Maio 9 3 2 4 12 12 11 11 UD Leiria 9 3 2 4 10 11 11 12 Gil Vicente FC 9 3 1 5 7 11 10 13 CF Estrela da Amadora 9 2 3 4 8 11 9 14 CF Os Belenenses 9 3 0 6 12 14 9 15 A. Académica de Coimbra 9 2 2 5 8 11 8 16 CS Marítimo 9 1 5 3 11 13 8 17 Vitória SC 9 2 1 6 5 14 7 18 FC Penafiel 9 1 2 6 6 16 5 KEY: Domestic league details - , Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points

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Domestic league details Villarreal CF (Primera División) Date Opponent Res Lineups 23.10.2005 v RCD Mallorca (H) 3-0 Viera, Gonzalo, Sorín, Quique Álvarez, Javi Venta, Josico (Arzo 28), Riquelme (Lucho Figueroa 82), Tacchinardi, Santi Cazorla, Forlán, José Mari (Roger 74) 26.10.2005 v Real Betis Balompié (A) 3-2 Viera, Javi Venta, Peña, Quique Álvarez, Arruabarrena, Josico, Tacchinardi, José Mari (Santi Cazorla 76), Riquelme (Lucho Figueroa 88), Sorín (Roger 85), Forlán 30.10.2005 v Club Atlético de Madrid (A) 1-1 Viera (Barbosa 29), Gonzalo, Arruabarrena, Sorín, Quique Álvarez, Kromkamp, Josico, Riquelme, Tacchinardi (Peña 20), Forlán, José Mari (Senna 62) Date Opponent Res Goalscorers 28.08.2005 v CA Osasuna (A) 1-2 Forlán 11.09.2005 v Sevilla FC (H) 1-1 Lucho Figueroa 18.09.2005 v Cádiz CF (A) 1-1 José Mari 21.09.2005 v RC Celta de Vigo (H) 1-2 Riquelme 24.09.2005 v RCD Espanyol (A) 2-1 Senna, Josico 02.10.2005 v Athletic Club Bilbao (H) 3-1 Riquelme, José Mari, Senna 15.10.2005 v Deportivo Alavés (A) 1-1 Roger 23.10.2005 v RCD Mallorca (H) 3-0 Riquelme, Forlán, José Mari 26.10.2005 v Real Betis Balompié (A) 3-2 José Mari, Riquelme (pen), Sorín 30.10.2005 v Club Atlético de Madrid (A) 1-1 Forlán 05.11.2005 v Valencia CF (H) 20.11.2005 v (H) 27.11.2005 v RC Deportivo La Coruña (A) 04.12.2005 v FC Barcelona (H) 11.12.2005 v Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A) Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 CA Osasuna 10 7 0 3 14 10 21 2 FC Barcelona 10 5 4 1 24 10 19 3 Real Madrid CF 10 6 0 4 21 11 18 4 Getafe CF 10 5 2 3 16 13 17 5 RC Celta de Vigo 10 5 2 3 12 10 17 6 Villarreal CF 10 4 4 2 17 12 16 7 Sevilla FC 10 4 4 2 10 6 16 8 RC Deportivo La Coruña 10 4 4 2 13 11 16 9 Valencia CF 10 4 4 2 15 14 16 10 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 10 5 1 4 15 19 16 11 Club Atlético de Madrid 10 4 2 4 11 10 14 12 Cádiz CF 10 3 4 3 7 9 13 13 Málaga CF 10 3 2 5 14 13 11 14 Real Zaragoza 10 1 7 2 12 14 10 15 Real Racing Club Santander 10 2 4 4 5 7 10 16 RCD Mallorca 10 2 3 5 9 18 9 17 Real Betis Balompié 10 2 3 5 7 17 9 18 Deportivo Alavés 10 1 5 4 8 14 8 19 RCD Espanyol 10 2 2 6 6 13 8 20 Athletic Club Bilbao 10 1 3 6 10 15 6 KEY: Domestic league details - , Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points

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UEFA information The week in UEFA •Record sales levels The UEFA Champions League remains not only a top-notch sporting competition, but also a high-quality commercial attraction. The next three seasons between 2006 and 2009 will produce record sales levels from a buoyant market and will also introduce new partners. The sales process, conducted on UEFA's behalf by its partners TEAM Marketing, has already seen the awarding of the broadcast rights in all the major European markets, with the full lineup of six top level sponsorship partners to be confirmed shortly.

"This successful picture underlines the attractiveness of the UEFA Champions League in its current 13-matchweek format," said UEFA. "The financial return to UEFA and the participating clubs for the 2006-09 period will comfortably outstrip the previous record of over CHF1bn per season, which was achieved when the previous 17-matchweek format was in place."

UEFA revamped the Champions League format for the 2003/04 season, introducing one group stage and a 16-team knockout phase to bring added excitement.

The mainstream broadcaster partners for the 2006-09 period in the major European markets are: UK: ITV and BSkyB / ESP: Antena 3 and Canal+ ITA: RAI (free-to-air), Mediaset (DTT) and Sky Italia (DTH) FRA: TF1 and Canal+ / GER: Premiere (free-to-air and pay TV) NED: NOS and UPC / Scandinavia: TV3 and Viasat GRE: ERT and Supersport. •Media hotel in Paris Fifty years after the first European Champion Clubs' Cup final was played at the old Parc des Princes, the final of Europe's leading club competition is returning to Paris. It will be played on Wednesday 17 May, kicking off at 20.45 at the Stade de France in Paris Saint-Denis. Press kits on Matchday 4 include the link to the hotel booking form for this season's UEFA Champions League final. The fact we are highlighting this so early in the campaign is a clear indication of how difficult it might be to obtain accommodation in Paris next May, bearing in mind that the city is a prime tourist destination.

The Holiday Inn La Villette has provisionally reserved rooms for media representatives who intend to cover the final. The hotel has 182 rooms with full facilities (including direct-dial telephones) plus fitness and business centres and a private garage. If you wish to make a booking you are urged to take action in good time. The deadline for reserving rooms at the Holiday Inn La Villette is Thursday 15 December. For full details, please access this page: http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/359592.pdf

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General competition information Competition summary UEFA's most prestigious club competition was originally created as the European Champion Clubs' Cup for the 1955/56 season, before its revamping as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. •Key dates: The draw for the first knockout round will take place in Nyon on 16 December with matches being played on 21/22 February and 7/8 March. The draws for the quarter-finals (to be played on 28/29 March and 4/5 April), semi-finals (18/19 & 25/26 April) and final are scheduled for 17 March 2006. This season’s showpiece will be played at the Stade de France, Paris on Wednesday 17 May 2006.

•Financial information: UEFA has estimated that the gross budgeted income for the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League will be €598m - higher than the revenue obtained last season. Based on those amounts, €453m would go to the 32 clubs, including €22.5m for the professional leagues of the participating associations, and €145m to UEFA for European football. Clubs in the group stage will receive a starting fee of €1.6m and a bonus of €321,000 per match.

Performance bonuses will involve €321,000 for a win and €161,000 for a draw in the group stage. The 16 teams playing in the first knockout round will receive €1.6m each, the eight quarter-finalists €1.9m each and the four semi-finalists €2.6m. The Champions League winners will receive €6.4m, and the runners-up €3.9m. This means that a total minimum amount of €3.5m per club is guaranteed for the group stage. A club could receive, at best, up to €18m, not counting the TV market pool share and gate receipts.

•Deadlines: UEFA Champions League press kits are provided to media by uefa.com. For every UEFA Champions League match, two press kits are issued: Sunday at 22:00CET with a match preview update on Monday at 22:00CET for Tuesday's matches. For Wednesday's matches, the press kit is issued on Monday at 22:00CET with the match preview update version published on Tuesday at 22:00CET.

•Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this press kit 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.

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