UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS BayArena - Leverkusen Wednesday 14 September 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Bayer 04 Leverkusen Group E - Matchday 1 PFC CSKA Moskva Last updated 13/09/2016 03:26CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - PFC CSKA Moskva Wednesday 14 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit BayArena, Leverkusen Match background Bayer 04 Leverkusen and PFC CSKA Moskva will meet for the first time when they face off in their opening fixture in UEFA Champions League Group E. • CSKA will be keen to stop history repeating itself, having lost their opening group stage fixture in Germany 12 months ago, but they are up against a Leverkusen team with a strong recent home record in Europe. Match background Leverkusen • Third in last season's Bundesliga, Leverkusen are competing in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the fourth consecutive season. • Eliminated in the group stage last term, Roger Schmidt's men went on to reach the UEFA Europa League round of 16 before losing to Villarreal CF (0-2 aggregate). • Leverkusen are unbeaten at home in UEFA competition since November 2014. Their European record at the BayArena last season was P6 W3 D3 L0. • The Bundesliga club last faced Russian opposition in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League group stage when they beat FC Zenit both home (2-0) and away (2-1). CSKA • Like Leverkusen, this is the fourth successive group stage campaign for Russian champions CSKA. They will be eager to improve on last season's performance when they finished bottom of their group (W1 D1 L4). • CSKA have a 100% losing record in Germany: P5 L5. • They maintained their losing streak against Bundesliga sides when going down 1-0 against a VfL Wolfsburg side on matchday one of the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League. CSKA also lost the return fixture 2-0 in Khimki. Coach and player links • As FC Moskva coach, Leonid Slutski lost to Hertha BSC Berlin in the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup (0-0 away, 0-2 home). • Lacina Traoré appeared as a 90th-minute substitute in AS Monaco FC's 1-0 victory at Leverkusen in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League group stage. He had previously scored in Germany for FC Anji in a 1-1 draw at Hannover 96 in a 2012/13 UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie. • Aleksandar Dragović helped Austria earn a 1-0 home UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying victory over a Russia side containing Igor Akinfeev, Vasili Berezutski, Sergei Ignashevich and Alan Dzagoev. Both Dragović and Julian Baumgartlinger played when Austria won the return 1-0 in Moscow; Akinfeev and Berezutski were in Russia's team. • Dragović and Baumgartlinger faced Pontus Wernbloom in the same qualifying campaign when Austria and Sweden drew 1-1 in Vienna in September 2014. • Hakan Çalhanoğlu came up against Akinfeev and Vasili Berezutski in Turkey's 0-0 friendly draw with Russia on 31 August this year. • Dzagoev scored and Georgi Schennikov was sent off when their Russia team lost 2-1 to Kevin Volland's Germany in the group stage of the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship finals. • Zoran Tošić spent the second half of 2009/10 on loan at 1. FC Köln in the German Bundesliga. • International team-mates: Joel Pohjanpalo & Roman Eremenko (Finland) Match facts Leverkusen • Leverkusen began the season by edging fifth-tier SC Hauenstein 2-1 in the first round of the German Cup before a losing start to the Bundesliga, going down 2-1 to VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach despite a debut goal from substitute Joel Pohjanpalo. • Pohjanpalo, who had waited three years for his Leverkusen bow, came off the bench on Saturday to score a hat-trick against Hamburger SV, clinching a 3-1 win with two added-time goals. • Karim Bellarabi lasted less than a minute on Saturday before suffering a groin injury. • Lars Bender and Julian Brandt won silver medals with Germany at this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Bender suffered an ankle injury in the final against Brazil on 20 August and has not played since. 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - PFC CSKA Moskva Wednesday 14 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit BayArena, Leverkusen • On 22 August, Javier Hernández sustained a broken hand after falling down the stairs at home. He made his first Bundesliga appearance of the season on Saturday. • Kevin Volland broke a finger during Germany's 2-0 friendly win against Finland on 31 August and had to withdraw from the FIFA World Cup qualifier in Norway four days later. • Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored a deflected free-kick for Turkey in a 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw in Croatia on 5 September. • Admir Mehmedi was on target for Switzerland in a 2-0 win against European champions Portugal on 6 September. • Ukrainian midfielder Vladlen Yurchenko suffered a calf injury in training while on international duty and will be out until October. • Bellarabi and Wendell extended their contracts until 2021 at the end of August. CSKA Moskva • CSKA are six games unbeaten since losing the Russian Super Cup against Zenit on 23 July. • Saturday's 3-0 league defeat of FC Terek Grozny was CSKA's first at their new ground, the CSKA Moscow Stadium. • Before Saturday there had been only six goals in as many games involving CSKA this season, four for the Army Men and two for their opponents. • Igor Akinfeev, 30, won his 92nd cap in Russia's 1-0 friendly victory over Ghana on 6 September, breaking Rinat Dasaev's goalkeeping record Russia/Soviet Union. • Vasili Berezutski won his 100th cap against Ghana, the third Russian to reach the milestone. • Roman Eremenko was CSKA fans' player of the month for July and August after scoring three of the Army Men's four league goals over the first five matches. • Mário Fernandes returned to full training on 6 September after shaking off a thigh injury picked up ten days earlier and started against Terek. Alan Dzagoev is also fit after withdrawing from international duty but did not feature on Satiurday. • CSKA are 14 matches unbeaten in the Russian Premier League. 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - PFC CSKA Moskva Wednesday 14 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit BayArena, Leverkusen Legend 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. 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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 4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - PFC CSKA Moskva Wednesday 14 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit BayArena, Leverkusen 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.