UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski - Sofia Wednesday 28 September 2016 PFC Ludogorets 1945 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Paris Saint-Germain Group A - Matchday 2 Last updated 23/10/2019 16:17CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 16 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country PFC Ludogorets 1945 have not played against a club from their opponents' country Paris Saint-Germain - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Toko 20, 81, Paris Saint-Germain - PFC 5-1 Bathenay 66, N'Gom 28/09/1982 R1 Paris Lokomotiv Sofia agg: 5-2 84, Lemoult 89; Bogdanov 48 PFC Lokomotiv Sofia - Paris 15/09/1982 R1 1-0 Sofia Milanov 15 Saint-Germain Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA PFC Ludogorets 1945 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paris Saint-Germain 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 2 2 PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match background Matching 1-1 draws were a feature of the opening night in Group A and the two teams who lost leads in those games, PFC Ludogorets Razgrad and Paris Saint-Germain, now come face to face in Bulgaria. • The clubs have not met before and this is the first time Ludogorets have faced opponents from France. Match background Ludogorets • Two years ago, in the Bulgarian side's only previous group stage campaign, they lost all three away fixtures so their draw at FC Basel 1893 on matchday one represented an improvement. They led through Jonathan Cafú's goal before the hosts cancelled it out with 11 minutes remaining. • In 2014/15 Ludogorets picked up four points, beating Basel at home in what was the first-ever victory by a Bulgarian team in the competition. They also drew 2-2 with Liverpool FC. • After winning the Bulgarian title for the fifth season in a row, Ludogorets scored 15 goals in the qualifying campaign to book their return to the group stage. • They first dispatched FK Mladost Podgorica 2-0 at home and 3-0 away. Against FK Crvena zvezda they followed a 2-2 draw at home with a 4-2 extra-time victory away. Wanderson claimed three of the goals in that away leg. • In the play-offs, a 2-0 home success over FC Viktoria Plzeň set up a 4-2 aggregate triumph. Paris • Edinson Cavani's first-minute header against Arsenal FC on matchday one was Paris's fastest UEFA Champions League goal. The Gunners equalised late on and more disappointment arrived for the Parisians in added time when Marco Verratti, along with Oliver Giroud, was sent off. • The French champions, who have Unai Emery in charge after replacing Laurent Blanc in June, lost 3-2 on aggregate (0-1 away) to Manchester City FC in last spring's quarter-finals. It was the fourth consecutive year they met defeat at that stage. • In the group Paris scored 12 goals and conceded only one, in an away reversal against Real Madrid CF. • They won all three of their other away games in the competition – netting three without reply at FC Shakhtar Donetsk on matchday two and five at Malmö FF on matchday five. In the round of 16 they prevailed 2-1 at Chelsea FC after the same score at home. • Paris's first-ever match in UEFA competition came at Vasil Levski stadium 34 years ago with a 1982/83 European Cup Winners' Cup first-round tie against PFC Lokomotiv Sofia. They went down 1-0 in Sofia but won 5-1 at home; this is their first encounter with Bulgarian opponents since then. Coach and player links • Claudiu Keșerü played for FC Nantes (2004–10), Angers SCO (2010–13), and SC Bastia (2013/14). • Jesé came on as a substiture during Real Madrid's 4-0 home thrashing of Ludogorets in the UEFA Champions League group stage on 9 December 2014. Match facts Ludogorets • Ludogorets are nine matches unbeaten in all competitions, winning six of them. • Jonathan Cafú, on target twice in the 5-1 victory at Vereya on Friday, has scored four goals in his last three appearances. • On 20 September, the Eagles progressed to the last 16 of the Bulgarian Cup, defeating POFC Botev Vratsa 4-0 away from home. • Gustavo Campanharo scored his first goal for the club against Botev Vratsa. Paris • Paris lost 2-0 at Toulouse FC on Friday. With the game goalless, Emery's team had Serge Aurier sent off a minute into the second half. • Paris have suffered as many Ligue 1 defeats this season, two, as they did in the whole of their title-winning campaign last term. • Cavani struck four times before the break in Paris's 6-0 victory at SM Caen on 16 September. 3 PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia • The Uruguay forward has nine goals in nine appearances for club and country in 2016/17. • Christopher Nkunku extended his contract by two years, until June 2020, on 15 September. • Lucas Moura has found the net in three of his last four Ligue 1 outings – all of his goals bizarrely coming in the 67th minute. 4 PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Squad list PFC Ludogorets 1945 Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Milan Borjan CAN 23/10/1987 28 - - - - - 4 - 1 - 1 - 21 Vladislav Stoyanov BUL 08/06/1987 29 - 6 - 1 - 3 - 6 - 57 - 90 Ivan Atanasov BUL 06/08/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 91 Vasil Simeonov BUL 04/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 4 Cicinho BRA 26/12/1988 27 - 1 - - - 4 1 - - 2 - 5 José Luis Palomino ARG 05/01/1990 26 - 3 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 4 - 6 Natanael BRA 25/12/1990 25 - 6 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 7 - 25 Yordan Minev BUL 14/10/1980 35 - 5 - 1 - 3 - 6 1 45 1 27 Cosmin Moţi ROU 03/12/1984 31 - 6 2 1 - 4 1 7 - 65 3 32 Igor Plastun UKR 20/08/1990 26 - 5 - 1 - 4 1 1 - 6 - 55 Georgi Terziev BUL 18/04/1992 24 - - - - - 2 - 4 1 9 1 77 Vitinha POR 11/02/1986 30 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 4 - Midfielders 8 Lucas Sasha ITA 01/03/1990 26 - 6 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 16 3 10 Gustavo Campanharo BRA 04/04/1992 24 - 2 - - - 5 - - - 2 - 12 Anicet Abel MAD 16/03/1990 26 - 3 - 1 - 4 - 5 - 21 1 18 Svetoslav Dyakov BUL 31/05/1984 32 - 6 - 1 - 3 - 7 - 37 1 98 Svetoslav Kovachev BUL 14/03/1998 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Forwards 11 Júnior Quixadá BRA 12/12/1985 30 - 3 - - - 6 1 2 - 15 3 22 Jonathan Cafú BRA 10/07/1991 25 - 6 2 1 1 5 3 1 1 7 3 28 Claudiu Keșerü ROU 02/12/1986 29 - 6 2 - - 5 3 - - 15 7 80 Denislav Aleksandrov BUL 19/07/1997 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 84 Marcelinho BUL 24/08/1984 32 - 6 - 1 - 6 4 7 1 37 7 88 Wanderson BRA 02/01/1988 28 - 6 4 1 - 6 3 5 - 15 6 92 Jody Lukoki NED 15/11/1992 23 - 3 3 - - 4 - 4 - 11 4 93 Virgil Misidjan NED 24/07/1993 23 - 3 2 1 - 5 1 6 - 28 4 Coach - Georgi Dermendzhiev BUL 04/01/1955 61 - 6 - 1 - - - 1 - 7 - 5 PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Paris Saint-Germain Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Kevin Trapp GER 08/07/1990 26 - - - - - 4 - 10 - 19 - 16 Alphonse Aréola FRA 27/02/1993 23 - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 6 - 40 Rémy Descamps FRA 25/06/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Thiago Silva BRA 22/09/1984 32 - - - 1 - 2 - 52 4 52 4 3 Presnel Kimpembe FRA 13/08/1995 21 - - - - - 6 - - - - - 5 Marquinhos BRA 14/05/1994 22 - - - 1 - 4 - 22 3 22 3 12 Thomas Meunier BEL 12/09/1991 25 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 36 3 17 Maxwell BRA 27/08/1981 35 - - - 1 - 3 - 91 - 99 1 19 Serge Aurier CIV 24/12/1992 23 - - - 1 - 4 - 6 1 6 1 20 Layvin Kurzawa FRA 04/09/1992 24 - - - - - 4 2 9 - 12 2 Midfielders 4 Grzegorz Krychowiak POL 29/01/1990 26 - - - 1 - 3 - 7 - 28 2 6 Marco Verratti ITA 05/11/1992 23 - - - 1 - 4 1 30 1 30 1 7 Lucas BRA 13/08/1992 24 - - - - - 7 4 31 2 31 2 8 Thiago Motta ITA 28/08/1982 34 - - - 1 - 7 - 74 5 83 6 10 Javier Pastore ARG 20/06/1989 27 - - - 1 - 4 - 33 4 46 7 11 Ángel Di María ARG 14/02/1988 28 - - - 1 - 7 - 56 11 80 17 14 Blaise Matuidi FRA 09/04/1987 29 - - - 1 - 7 - 38 4 51 4 24 Christopher Nkunku FRA 14/11/1997 18 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 25 Adrien Rabiot FRA 03/04/1995 21 - - - 1 - 6 - 19 3 19 3 33 Alec Georgen FRA 17/09/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 34 Lorenzo Callegari FRA 27/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Nanitamo Ikone FRA 02/05/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Edinson Cavani URU 14/02/1987 29 - - - 1 1 6 6 37 18 56 32 21 Hatem Ben Arfa FRA 07/03/1987 29 - - - - - 4 - 23 2 37 7 22 Jesé ESP 26/02/1993 23 - - - - - 3 - 17 1 17 1 29 Jean-Kévin Augustin FRA 16/06/1997 19 - - - - - 3 1 1 - 1 - 35 Hervin Ongenda FRA 24/06/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Unai Emery ESP 03/11/1971 44 - - - 1 - - - 25 - 102 - 6 PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Head coach Georgi Dermendzhiev Date of birth: 4 January 1955 Nationality: Bulgarian Playing career: PFC Slavia Sofia, PFC Yantra Gabrovo, PFC Spartak Plovdiv Coaching career: PFC Spartak Plovdiv, OFC Sliven 2000, PFC Ludogorets Razgrad • As a defender, Dermendzhiev won the Bulgarian Cup with Slavia Sofia in 1980.