AC Milan - Vfl Wolfsburg MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45CET (20.45 Local Time) Group E - Matchday 5
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AC Milan - VfL Wolfsburg MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group E - Matchday 5 Contents 1 - Match background 6 - Competition facts 2 - Squad list 7 - Team facts 3 - Match officials 8 - Competition information 4 - Domestic information 9 - Legend 5 - Match-by-match lineups This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Cup match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html Match background Avoiding defeat at AC Milan could prove to be a major coup for VfL Wolfsburg, who are two points clear of the Italian giants at the top of Group E with finishing places a major factor in the draw for the UEFA Cup Round of 32. • Group winners will be paired with third-placed sides from other UEFA Cup sections, while second-placed finishers will be drawn against one of the eight sides who finished third in the UEFA Champions League groups. The UEFA Cup group winners and runners-up will play the second leg at home. • Milan confirmed their progress to the Round of 32 with a 2-2 draw at Portsmouth FC on Matchday 3 and were not in action on Matchday 4 when Wolfsburg beat the English side 3-2 to maintain their 100 per cent record and guarantee themselves European football in the spring. • This is Milan and Wolfsburg's first meeting in UEFA club competition. • Milan have played 34 games against German sides in UEFA club competition, with their record reading W17 D8 L9. • In Wolfsburg's only games against Italian opposition, they took on AC Perugia in one of the finals of the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup, losing 1-0 in Italy and 2-0 in Germany. Milan goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac kept a clean sheet in both legs of that game for Perugia. • Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti and Wolfsburg boss Felix Magath have faced each other in three games, twice as coaches and once as players, with both men ending up on the winning side once each. • Ancelotti's Milan met Magath's FC Bayern München in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League first knockout stage, the Rossoneri drawing 1-1 in Munich and winning 4-1 at home. • Ancelotti and Magath also crossed paths as players in 1986 as Italy lost 2-1 to West Germany in an international friendly game in Avellino. • Ancelotti's 12 games against German sides as Milan coach have left him with the record W7 D3 L2. Adding in his previous games as a coach against Bundesliga clubs, his record is W8 D4 L4. • Ancelotti also played eight games in UEFA club competition against German sides, ending with the record W3 D1 L4. • Wolfsburg boss Magath has coached in ten games against Serie A teams, his record reading W3 D2 L5. His five games as a coach in Italy have yielded a win and four defeats. That sole victory came in Milan, with his Bayern side beating FC Internazionale Milano 2-0 in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League. Last updated 16.12.2008 9:32:33CET www.uefa.com Match background 1 AC Milan - VfL Wolfsburg Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan • He also played in three UEFA club competition games against Italian sides, winning two and losing one, and scored the only goal of the game for Hamburger SV against Juventus in the 1983 European Champion Clubs' Cup final. • Wolfsburg boast Italian talent in the form of defenders Cristian Zaccardo and Andrea Barzagli, both of whom joined the club from US Città di Palermo in the summer. • Milan midfielder Emerson played in Germany with Bayer 04 Leverkusen from 1997 to 2000. • Milan have won both of their UEFA Cup home games this season. They have lost only one of their last 12 UEFA Cup home games – 1-0 to Roda JC in February 2002 – winning the remaining eleven. • Wolfsburg have won three of their last five European away games, with the other two matches ending in a draw and a defeat. They have earned a win and a draw on their travels already this season. • Portsmouth meet Heerenveen in Wednesday's other Group E game. Braga, who are also through, are the only team not in action in the section. • The draw for the UEFA Cup Round of 32 (when teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other) and Round of 16 will be held at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon on Friday 19 December at 13.00CET. Last updated 16.12.2008 9:32:33CET www.uefa.com Match background 2 AC Milan - VfL Wolfsburg Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Squad list Milan Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Dida BRA 07.10.1973 35 - - - - - 5 - 5 - 80 - 12 Christian Abbiati ITA 08.07.1977 31 - - - - - - - 19 - 47 - 16 Zeljko Kalac AUS 16.12.1972 36 - - - - - - - 16 - 33 - Defenders 3 Paolo Maldini ITA 26.06.1968 40 - - - - - 1 - 21 - 173 3 4 Kakha Kaladze GEO 27.02.1978 30 - - - - - 3 - 21 - 106 3 15 Gianluca Zambrotta ITA 19.02.1977 31 - - - - - 3 - 10 - 75 2 18 Marek Jankulovski CZE 09.05.1977 31 - - - - - 3 - 7 - 26 1 19 Giuseppe Favalli ITA 08.01.1972 36 - - - - - 2 - 29 1 77 2 24 Philippe Senderos SUI 14.02.1985 23 - - - - - 2 - 3 - 23 - 25 Daniele Bonera ITA 31.05.1981 27 - - - - - 3 - 22 - 38 - 36 Matteo Darmian ITA 02.12.1989 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 53 Nicola Pasini ITA 10.04.1991 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Emerson BRA 04.04.1976 32 - - - - - 5 - 19 2 86 11 8 Gennaro Gattuso ITA 09.01.1978 30 - - - - - 4 1 17 3 103 4 10 Clarence Seedorf NED 01.04.1976 32 - - - - - 4 - 22 3 136 14 21 Andrea Pirlo ITA 19.05.1979 29 - - - - - - - 10 - 90 6 23 Massimo Ambrosini ITA 29.05.1977 31 - - - - - 2 - 8 - 83 2 77 Luca Antonini ITA 04.08.1982 26 - - - - - 5 - 7 1 7 1 84 Mathieu Flamini FRA 07.03.1984 24 - - - - - 5 - 14 - 44 1 Forwards 7 Pato BRA 02.09.1989 19 - - - - - 4 1 4 1 6 1 9 Filippo Inzaghi ITA 09.08.1973 35 - - - - - 3 2 14 9 102 65 11 Marco Borriello ITA 18.06.1982 26 - - - - - 1 1 3 1 8 1 22 Kaká BRA 22.04.1982 26 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 64 24 76 Andriy Shevchenko UKR 29.09.1976 32 - - - - - 5 1 11 4 118 61 80 Ronaldinho BRA 21.03.1980 28 - - - - - 5 2 22 9 58 23 Coach - Carlo Ancelotti ITA 10.06.1959 49 - - - - - 5 - 23 - 127 - Last updated 16.12.2008 9:32:35CET www.uefa.com Squad list 1 AC Milan - VfL Wolfsburg Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Wolfsburg Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Diego Benaglio SUI 08.09.1983 25 - - - - - 5 - 8 - 8 - 12 Lenz André GER 19.11.1973 35 - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Patrick Platins GER 19.04.1983 25 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Cristian Zaccardo ITA 21.12.1981 26 - - - - - 3 - 13 1 19 2 3 Rodaigo Alvin BRA 25.11.1983 25 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Marcel Schäfer GER 07.06.1984 24 * - - - - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 Ricardo Costa POR 16.05.1981 27 - - - - - 4 - 10 1 25 2 6 Jan Šimůnek CZE 20.02.1987 21 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 17 Alexander Madlung GER 11.07.1982 26 - - - - - 4 - 13 - 13 - 33 Daniel Reiche GER 14.03.1988 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 37 Serges Karimow GER 21.12.1986 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 43 Andrea Barzagli ITA 08.05.1981 27 - - - - - 5 - 20 - 20 - Midfielders 7 Josué BRA 19.07.1979 29 - - - - - 5 - 5 - 5 - 13 Makoto Hasebe JPN 18.01.1984 24 * - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 14 Jonathan Santana ARG 13.10.1981 27 - - - - - - - - - - - 18 Jacek Krzynówek POL 15.05.1976 32 - - - - - 3 1 4 1 13 4 20 Sascha Riether GER 23.03.1983 25 - - - - - 5 - 5 - 5 - 25 Christian Gentner GER 14.08.1985 23 - - - - - 5 1 12 2 12 2 Forwards 9 Edin Džeko BIH 17.03.1986 22 - - - - - 5 4 6 4 8 4 10 Zvjezdan Misimović BIH 05.06.1982 26 - - - - - 5 4 13 5 13 5 11 Caiuby BRA 14.07.1988 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Mahir Sağlık TUR 18.01.1983 25 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 5 - 23 Grafite BRA 02.04.1979 29 - - - - - 3 3 3 3 3 3 24 Ashkan Dejagah GER 05.07.1986 22 - - - - - 5 - 8 - 9 - Coach - Felix Magath GER 26.07.1953 55 - - - - - 5 - 20 - 60 - Last updated 16.12.2008 9:32:35CET www.uefa.com Squad list 2 AC Milan - VfL Wolfsburg Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Match officials Referee Mark Courtney (NIR) Assistant referees Thomas Fairfield (NIR), Paul Munn (NIR) Fourth official Alan Black (NIR) UEFA Delegate Yoav Strauss (ISR) UEFA Referee observer Franz Wöhrer (AUT) Referee UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No matches found Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match No matches found Last updated 16.12.2008 9:32:36CET www.uefa.com Match officials 1 AC Milan - VfL Wolfsburg Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Domestic information AC Milan (Serie A) Comp.