UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio de San Mamés - Bilbao Wednesday 17 September 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Athletic Club Group H - Matchday 1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk Last updated 28/08/2015 23:20CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Group Standings 16 Competition facts 18 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 Athletic Club - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Athletic Club - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Athletic Club have not played against a club from their opponents' country FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Luiz Adriano 37, Alex FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Real 27/11/2013 GS 4-0 Donetsk Teixeira 48, Douglas Sociedad de Fútbol Costa 68, 87 Real Sociedad de Fútbol - FC 17/09/2013 GS 0-2 San Sebastian Alex Teixeira 65, 87 Shakhtar Donetsk UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC 0-1 12/04/2011 QF Donetsk Messi 43 Barcelona agg: 1-6 Iniesta 2, Daniel Alves FC Barcelona - FC Shakhtar 34, Piqué 53, Keita 06/04/2011 QF 5-1 Barcelona Donetsk 61, Xavi Hernández 86; Rakitskiy 60 UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Barcelona - FC Shakhtar 1-0 Pedro Rodríguez 115 28/08/2009 F Monaco Donetsk (aet) ET UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sylvinho 59, Busquets FC Barcelona - FC Shakhtar 09/12/2008 GS 2-3 Barcelona 83; Gladkiy 31, 58, Donetsk Fernandinho 76 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Ilsinho 45; Messi 87, 01/10/2008 GS 1-2 Donetsk Barcelona 90+4 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Matuzalém 49, Elano 2-3 83; Maresca 53, 15/03/2007 R16 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Sevilla FC Donetsk agg 4-5 (aet) Palop 90+4, Chevantón 105 ET Martí 8 (P), Maresca 08/03/2007 R16 Sevilla FC - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 Seville 88 (P); Hübschman 19, Matuzalém 60 (P) 2 Athletic Club - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Jádson 2, FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Valencia Fernandinho 28; 31/10/2006 GS 2-2 Donetsk CF Morientes 18, Ayala 68 Valencia CF - FC Shakhtar 18/10/2006 GS 2-0 Valencia Villa 31, 45 Donetsk UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC 07/12/2004 GS 2-0 Donetsk Aghahowa 14, 22 Barcelona FC Barcelona - FC Shakhtar Deco 15, Ronaldinho 29/09/2004 GS 3-0 Barcelona Donetsk 64 (P), Eto'o 89 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RC Celta de Vigo - FC Shakhtar 1-0 07/12/2000 R3 Vigo Catanha 28 Donetsk agg: 1-0 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - RC Celta 23/11/2000 R3 0-0 Donetsk de Vigo UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC 1-1 27/09/1978 R1 Donetsk Reznik 1; Krankl 34 Barcelona agg: 1-4 FC Barcelona - FC Shakhtar Krankl 1, Migueli 6, 13/09/1978 R1 3-0 Barcelona Donetsk Tente Sánchez 24 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 8 2 3 3 8 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 17 4 4 9 20 28 3 Athletic Club - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao Match background Athletic Club's second appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage – and their first since 1998/99 – begins with a home match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk in Group H. Match background Athletic • This is the first time Athletic have faced opponents from Ukraine. • In 1998/99 they finished in fourth place in their group on six points. They were unbeaten at home with one win and two draws. • Athletic have lost only one of their last 15 home European matches, winning eight. • A 3-1 home win over SSC Napoli in the play-offs – Aritz Aduriz scoring twice with Ibai Gómez adding a third – put the Basque club into the group stage with a 4-2 aggregate victory. Iker Muniain had opened the scoring in the first leg for Athletic. Shakhtar • Shakhtar were in Spain for matchday one 12 months ago, beating Real Sociedad de Fútbol 2-0. That extended their run of winning group stage starts in European competition to six in their last seven campaigns, and was a fifth matchday one success from six in the UEFA Champions League. • They also won 3-2 at FC Barcelona in the 2008/09 group stage, their first victory on Spanish soil at the sixth attempt. Shakhtar's overall record away to Liga clubs is W2 D1 L5. • Shakhtar lost the 2009 UEFA Super Cup 1-0 against Barcelona in Monaco. • The Ukrainian champions, taking part in the group stage for the tenth time, lost at Manchester United FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in last season's competition, finishing third in the group on eight points. • Transferring to the UEFA Europa League, they were eliminated in the round of 32, losing 2-1 at home to FC Viktoria Plzeň after a 1-1 away draw. • Shakhtar's best performance in the UEFA Champions League came in 2010/11 when they reached the quarter- finals. Player links • Dmytro Chygrynskiy joined Barcelona in 2009, playing in a 1-1 draw against Athletic at Estadio San Mamés, and again when Barça beat the same opponents 4-1 at Camp Nou. He returned to Shakhtar the following year. • Yaroslav Rakitskiy and Serhiy Kryvtsov played in Ukraine's 3-0 group stage defeat against a Spain side including Iker Muniain in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament. Mikel San José was on the Spain bench. Match facts Athletic • Athletic have scored three goals in both of their home games this season. They followed up their play-off second-leg victory against SSC Napoli with a 3-0 defeat of Levante UD on 30 August. • Athletic lost 2-0 at FC Barcelona on Saturday though Ander Iturraspe did become the first player this season to have a shot on target against the Catalan giants. • The Leones opened their Liga campaign with a 1-0 reverse at Málaga CF. • Mikel San José made his debut for Spain in their 1-0 friendly loss to France on 4 September. Iturraspe earned his second cap. Shakhtar • Shakhtar have won eight out of eight in all competitions in 2014/15, scoring 18 and conceding just once in the process. • The Pitmen have gone 512 minutes without conceding a goal in all competitions, since Artem Hromov's effort for FC Vorskla Poltava on 1 August. Shakhtar trailed in that game until they turned it around with two goals in the last ten minutes. • Olexandr Gladkiy has registered six goals in eight games in all competitions since joining Shakhtar from FC Karpaty Lviv, scoring on his debut in the 2-0 Ukrainian Super Cup victory over FC Dynamo Kyiv. • Andriy Pyatov has made just one league appearance this season, with Mircea Lucescu preferring Anton 4 Athletic Club - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao Kanibolotskiy in goal. • Shakhtar have scored at least once in each of their last 16 games in all competitions. • Shakhtar have won their last seven away games, scoring 18 and conceding only twice in the process. 5 Athletic Club - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao Squad list Athletic Club Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Gorka Iraizoz ESP 06/03/1981 33 2 - - - 3 - - - 57 - 13 Iago Herrerín ESP 25/01/1988 26 - - - - - - - - - - 28 Kepa Arrizabalaga ESP 03/10/1994 19 - - - - - - - - - - 42 Alejandro Remiro ESP 24/03/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Jon Aurtenetxe ESP 03/01/1992 22 - - - - - - - - 17 2 4 Aymeric Laporte FRA 27/05/1994 20 2 - - - 3 - - - 4 - 6 Mikel San José ESP 30/05/1989 25 2 - - - 2 - - - 19 3 12 Unai Bustinza ESP 02/02/1992 22 - - - - - - - - - - 15 Andoni Iraola ESP 22/06/1982 32 - - - - 1 - - - 41 2 16 Xabier Etxeita ESP 31/10/1987 26 - - - - - - - - 1 - 18 Carlos Gurpegi ESP 19/08/1980 34 2 - - - 3 - - - 26 2 24 Mikel Balenziaga ESP 29/02/1988 26 2 - - - 3 - - - 2 - 31 Unai Bilbao ESP 04/02/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - 32 Markel Etxeberria ESP 15/02/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - 34 Marcos Llorente ESP 30/01/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - 36 Iñigo Lecue ESP 04/05/1993 21 - - - - - - - - - - 44 Yerai Alvarez ESP 24/01/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Erik Morán ESP 25/05/1991 23 1 - - - - - - - 3 - 7 Beñat ESP 19/02/1987 27 2 - - - 3 - - - 2 - 8 Ander Iturraspe ESP 08/03/1989 25 2 - - - 3 1 - - 29 - 10 Óscar de Marcos ESP 14/04/1989 25 2 - - - 2 - - - 32 6 11 Ibai Gómez ESP 11/11/1989 24 2 1 - - 3 - - - 18 4 14 Markel Susaeta ESP 14/12/1987 26 2 - - - 2 - - - 35 9 17 Mikel Rico ESP 04/11/1984 29 2 - - - 3 - - - 2 - 19 Iker Muniain ESP 19/12/1992 21 2 1 - - 3 1 - - 35 9 23 Ager Aqueche ESP 30/12/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - 29 Unai Lopez ESP 30/10/1995 18 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 33 Óscar Gil ESP 14/06/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - 35 Gorka Iturraspe ESP 03/05/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - 39 Aitor Seguín ESP 27/02/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - 40 Iker Undabarrena ESP 18/05/1995 19 - - - - - - - - 1 - 43 Martin Bengoa ESP 21/11/1994 19 - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 2 Gaizka Toquero ESP 09/08/1984 30 - - - - - - - - 28 1 9 Kike