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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS OSK Metalist Stadion - Kharkiv Wednesday 13 September 2017 20.45CET (21.45 local time) FC Shakhtar Donetsk Group F - Matchday 1 SSC Napoli Last updated 31/07/2018 22:04CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Competition facts 14 Team facts 15 Legend 17 1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SSC Napoli Wednesday 13 September 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit OSK Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/12/2012 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Juventus 0-1 Donetsk Kucher 56 (og) Bonucci 25; Alex 02/10/2012 GS Juventus - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 Turin Teixeira 23 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS 3-0 Willian 18, 58, 08/03/2011 R16 Donetsk Roma agg: 6-2 Eduardo 87 Raţ 28 (og), Ménez AS Roma - FC Shakhtar 61; Jádson 29, 16/02/2011 R16 2-3 Rome Donetsk Douglas Costa 36, Luiz Adriano 41 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers F. Inzaghi 66, 90+3, 06/11/2007 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AC Milan 0-3 Donetsk Kaká 72 Gilardino 6, 14, 24/10/2007 GS AC Milan - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-1 Milan Seedorf 62, 69; Lucarelli 51 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS 22/11/2006 GS 1-0 Donetsk Marica 61 Roma Taddei 67, Totti 76, 12/09/2006 GS AS Roma - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 Rome De Rossi 79, Pizarro 89 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - FC 1-1 24/08/2005 QR3 Milan Recoba 13; Elano 24 Shakhtar Donetsk agg: 3-1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Martins 68, Adriano 10/08/2005 QR3 0-2 Donetsk Internazionale Milano 78 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kaká 52, 90+2, 24/11/2004 GS AC Milan - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 Milan Crespo 53, 85 14/09/2004 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AC Milan 0-1 Donetsk Seedorf 84 2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SSC Napoli Wednesday 13 September 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit OSK Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Claudio López 48, 68, 25/10/2000 GS1 SS Lazio - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 Rome 90, Favalli 54, Verón 57; Vorobey 41 Claudio López 27, 12/09/2000 GS1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SS Lazio 0-3 Donetsk Nedvěd 68, S. Inzaghi 78 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vicenza Calcio - FC Shakhtar 2-1 Luiso 24, Viviani 70; 06/11/1997 R2 Vicenza Donetsk agg: 5-2 Atelkin 59 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Vicenza Zubov 56; Luiso 1, 89, 23/10/1997 R2 1-3 Donetsk Calcio Beghetto 49 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 08/12/1976 R3 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Juventus Donetsk Schevliuk 35 agg: 1-3 Bettega 16, Tardelli 24/11/1976 R3 Juventus - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 Turin 19, Boninsegna 38 SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/11/2016 GS SSC Napoli - FC Dynamo Kyiv 0-0 Naples Garmash 26; Milik 36, 13/09/2016 GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - SSC Napoli 1-2 Kyiv 45+2 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - 1-0 14/05/2015 SF Kyiv Seleznyov 58 SSC Napoli agg: 2-1 SSC Napoli - FC Dnipro David López 50; 07/05/2015 SF 1-1 Naples Dnipropetrovsk Seleznyov 81 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cavani 7, 77, 88, SSC Napoli - FC Dnipro 08/11/2012 GS 4-2 Naples 90+3; Fedetskiy 34, Dnipropetrovsk Zozulya 52 Fedetskiy 2, Matheus FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - 25/10/2012 GS 3-1 Dnipropetrovsk 42, Giuliano 64; SSC Napoli Cavani 75 (P) Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Shakhtar Donetsk 9 3 0 6 9 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 18 4 2 12 14 39 SSC Napoli 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 8 8 3 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SSC Napoli Wednesday 13 September 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit OSK Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv Match background • #EQUALGAME This week, football fans watching UEFA Champions League matches in stadiums, online and on TV will witness the premiere of the new UEFA RESPECT TV ads, called #EqualGame. The adverts feature Ada Hegerberg, Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, Cristiano Ronaldo and amateur players and will run throughout the season to promote inclusion, diversity and accessibility in European Football with the motto "Everyone has the right to enjoy football, no matter who you are, where you're from, or how you play." More information on the campaign and on the advertisements can be found in the accompanying media release and on the campaign website: www.equalgame.com. FC Shakhtar Donetsk and SSC Napoli have never met but both have plenty of UEFA Champions League pedigree as they kick off Group F. • Shakhtar have had 11 previous seasons in the UEFA Champions League group stage while this is Napoli's fourth group campaign. Match background Shakhtar • This is Shakhtar's seventh group stage campaign in eight seasons and their 12th overall – all since 2000. They have progressed to the last 16 on three occasions: 2010/11 (when they reached the quarter-finals), 2012/13 and 2014/15. • In 2016/17, the Ukrainian club lost to BSC Young Boys in the third qualifying round (2-0 home, 0-2 away, 2-4 on penalties). They eventually got to the UEFA Europa League round of 32, losing to RC Celta de Vigo (1-0 away, 0-2 home aet). • That Celta defeat ended Shakhtar's five-game winning run, and a nine-match unbeaten streak, at home in Europe. • The Donetsk team – who will play their UEFA Champions League home games in Kharkiv this season, due to the political situation in Ukraine – have won only three of their last 12 home fixtures in the competition, group stage to final. • Márcio Azevedo, Taison and Marlos all called the OSK Metalist Stadium home before joining Shakhtar from FC Metalist Kharkiv. • Shakhtar's last home game against Italian opposition was a 1-0 matchday six defeat by Juventus on 5 December 2012. • Their home record against Serie A clubs is W3 D0 L6; overall it is W4 D2 L12. Napoli • Napoli are in the group stage for the second year in a row. In 2016/17, the Partenopei lost to eventual champions Real Madrid CF in the round of 16, going down 3-1 away and at home. • Twelve months ago Napoli were also in Ukraine, visiting FC Dynamo Kyiv on matchday one. Arkadiusz Milik scored both goals in a 2-1 victory in a game played on 13 September 2016 – exactly a year before this fixture. • That was Napoli's first win in Ukraine, after a 3-1 loss to FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage and a 1-0 defeat away to the same opponents in the semi-final of the same competition two years later. • Napoli drew 0-0 at home to Dynamo in last season's group stage. Their overall record against Ukrainian clubs is W2 D2 L2. • The Italian side qualified for this season's group stage by beating OGC Nice 2-0 both home and away in the play- offs. • Napoli have lost just twice in nine European away games since the start of 2015/16 (W6 D1). Coach and player links • Marko Rog linked up with Shakhtar's Darijo Srna in the Croatia squad at UEFA EURO 2016. • Vlad Chiricheş was in the Romania team beaten 4-3 by Ukraine in a friendly on 29 May 2016. Andriy Pyatov, Bohdan Butko, Yaroslav Rakitskiy and Taras Stepanenko all featured for the winning side. • Marek Hamšík set up the only goal when Slovakia won 1-0 in Ukraine on 8 September 2014 in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying. Pyatov, Rakitskiy and Stepanenko appeared for the hosts. • Piotr Zieliński was in the Poland team beaten 1-0 by Ukraine at the OSK Metalist Stadion in Kharkiv on 11 October 2013. Pyatov, Rakitskiy and Stepanenko played for the opposition. 4 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SSC Napoli Wednesday 13 September 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit OSK Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv • Former Shakhtar forward Yevhen Seleznyov scored both Dnipro goals against Napoli in that 2014/15 UEFA Europa League semi-final, a 2-1 aggregate loss for the Neapolitans. • Zieliński and Milik helped Poland overcome Ukraine 1-0 in the group stage of UEFA EURO 2016. Pyatov, Butko, Stepanenko and Viktor Kovalenko all featured for Ukraine. • Rog was a late substitute when Croatia edged Ukraine 1-0 in FIFA World Cup qualifying on 24 March 2017. Pyatov, Butko, Stepanenko, Ivan Ordets and Kovalenko were involved for Ukraine. • Played together: Alan Patrick & Rafael Cabral (Santos FC, 2010–11) Match facts Shakhtar • Facundo Ferreyra scored twice as Shakhtar defeated Dynamo 2-0 in the Ukrainian Super Cup on 15 July.