UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena Națională - Bucharest Tuesday 16 August 2016 20.45CET (21.45 local time) FC Steaua Bucureşti Play-off, First leg Manchester City FC Last updated 15/03/2017 23:52CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Match officials 8 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Team facts 13 Competition format 15 Legend 16 1 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Manchester City FC Tuesday 16 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Steaua Bucureşti - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Chelsea FC - FC Steaua 11/12/2013 GS 1-0 London Ba 10 Bucureşti Ramires 20, 55, FC Steaua Bucureşti - Chelsea 01/10/2013 GS 0-4 Bucharest Georgievski 44 (og), FC Lampard 90 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Juan Mata 34, Terry Chelsea FC - FC Steaua 3-1 14/03/2013 R16 London 58, Torres 71; Bucureşti agg: 3-2 Chiricheş 45+1 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Chelsea 07/03/2013 R16 1-0 Bucharest Rusescu 34 (P) FC UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Steaua Bucureşti - Liverpool Éder Bonfim 61; 02/12/2010 GS 1-1 Bucharest FC Jovanović 19 J.Cole 1, Ngog 55 (P), Liverpool FC - FC Steaua 16/09/2010 GS 4-1 Liverpool 90+1, Lucas 81; C. Bucureşti Tănase 13 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arsenal FC - FC Steaua Diaby 8, Bendtner 42; 12/12/2007 GS 2-1 London Bucureşti Zaharia 68 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Arsenal 02/10/2007 GS 0-1 Bucharest Van Persie 76 FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Maccarone 33, 89, Middlesbrough FC - FC Steaua 4-2 27/04/2006 SF Middlesbrough Viduka 64, Riggott 73; Bucureşti agg: 4-3 Dică 16, Goian 24 FC Steaua Bucureşti - 20/04/2006 SF 1-0 Bucharest Dică 30 Middlesbrough FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - FC Steaua 1-0 27/11/2003 R2 Liverpool Kewell 50 Bucureşti agg: 2-1 2 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Manchester City FC Tuesday 16 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest UEFA Cup FC Steaua Bucureşti - Liverpool Raducanu 68; Traoré 06/11/2003 R2 1-1 Bucharest FC 22 FC Steaua Bucureşti - 1-0 15/10/2003 R1 Bucharest Raducanu 83 Southampton FC agg: 2-1 Southampton FC - FC Steaua Phillips 52; Raducanu 24/09/2003 R1 1-1 Southampton Bucureşti 20 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers West Ham United FC - FC Steaua 0-0 04/11/1999 R2 London Bucureşti agg: 0-2 FC Steaua Bucureşti - West 21/10/1999 R2 2-0 Bucharest Roşu 40, Sabin Ilie 57 Ham United FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Aston Villa FC - FC Steaua 2-0 Milošević 71, Taylor 09/12/1997 R3 Birmingham Bucureşti agg: 3-2 86 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Aston Ciocoiu 30, 32; Yorke 25/11/1997 R3 2-1 Bucharest Villa FC 55 Manchester City FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester City FC - FC 2-0 Wright-Phillips 43, 26/08/2010 PO Manchester Timişoara agg: 3-0 Boyata 59 FC Timişoara - Manchester City 19/08/2010 PO 0-1 Timisoara Balotelli 72 FC Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Steaua Bucureşti 9 5 2 2 9 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 18 5 4 9 15 26 Manchester City FC 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Manchester City FC Tuesday 16 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Match background Steaua Bucureşti will look to ensure Josep Guardiola has a tough start in his new job as Manchester City manager when the teams go head-to-head in Romania in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off tie. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Steaua's 18 games against English clubs have ended W5 D4 L9 (W5 D2 L2 at home – W0 D2 L7 in England). The second leg will be their first competitive game in Manchester. • City's only previous encounters with Romanian opponents came during the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League play-offs, when they beat Timişoara 3-0 on aggregate. • Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, David Silva and Yaya Touré featured in the tie. Steaua's Alexandru Bourceanu started both legs for Timişoara. Match background • Steaua defeated Sparta Praha 3-1 on aggregate in the third qualifying round. • Both of Steaua's UEFA Champions League play-offs to date have ended level on aggregate; they overcame Legia Warszawa on away goals in 2013/14 but lost to Ludogorets Razgrad on penalties in 2014/15. • This is City's first UEFA Champions League play-off. Team and coach links • City defender Bacary Sagna and Steaua's Mihai Pintilii, Adrian Popa and Nicolae Stanciu met in the opening match of UEFA EURO 2016, as hosts France overcame Romania 2-1. • Guardiola's Barcelona team-mates as a player included two Romanian greats, Gheorghe Hagi and Gheorghe Popescu. • Steaua defender Gabriel Tamaș played in England for West Bromwich Albion (2010–2013), Watford (2014–2015) and Cardiff City (2015). • City's Kevin De Bruyne came on for the final ten minutes of Chelsea's 1-0 UEFA Champions League group stage win against Laurențiu Reghecampf's Steaua in December 2013. Pintilii and Stanciu were among his opponents. • City full-backs Gaël Clichy and Sagna took on Steaua with Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 2007/08; the Gunners won both matches, 1-0 and 2-1. • City winger Jesús Navas helped Sevilla defeat Steaua 2-1 and 2-0 in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage. Coach profiles • Reghecampf won two titles as a midfielder with Steaua and two more in his first stint as coach, from 2012 to 2014. He returned to Bucharest in December 2015 after a spell at the helm of Saudi Arabian outfit Al-Hilal and in Bulgaria with Litex Lovech, with whom he won a championship as a player in 1998/99. • This is Guardiola's first UEFA tie since taking over as Manchester City coach in the summer. The former Barcelona midfielder coached his old club to three Liga titles and two UEFA Champions League successes before winning three consecutive Bundesliga crowns at Bayern München. 4 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Manchester City FC Tuesday 16 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Squad list FC Steaua Bucureşti 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 Florin Niță ROU 03/07/1987 29 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 3 - 12 Valentin Cojocaru ROU 01/10/1995 20 - - - - - 2 - - - 5 - 21 Ionuţ Poiană ROU 11/01/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Gabriel Simion ROU 22/05/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Bogdan Mitrea ROU 29/09/1987 28 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Gabriel Tamaş ROU 09/11/1983 32 - 2 - - - 3 - 4 - 37 1 13 Alin Toşca ROU 14/03/1992 24 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 7 - 15 Marko Momčilović SRB 11/06/1987 29 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 14 1 23 Ovidiu Popescu ROU 27/02/1994 22 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Midfielders 5 Jugurtha Hamroun FRA 27/01/1989 27 - 1 - - - 3 1 - - 8 2 6 Mihai Pintilii ROU 09/11/1984 31 - 2 - - - 2 - 4 - 24 1 8 Lucian Filip ROU 25/09/1990 25 - - - - - - - 3 - 21 1 10 Nicolae Stanciu ROU 07/05/1993 23 - 2 3 - - 3 1 6 - 31 8 11 Muniru Sulley GHA 25/10/1992 23 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 12 2 16 Robert Vâlceanu ROU 29/03/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 17 Mario Mihai ROU 16/02/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 18 Vlad Mihalcea ROU 28/10/1998 17 - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 19 Adnan Aganović CRO 03/10/1987 28 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 8 - 20 Vlad Achim ROU 07/04/1989 27 - 2 - - - 2 1 - - 2 - 24 Dan Popescu ROU 20/02/1988 28 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 25 Rareş Enceanu ROU 05/08/1994 22 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 27 Cristian Onțel ROU 05/04/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 44 Gabriel Enache ROU 18/08/1990 25 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 25 2 55 Alexandru Bourceanu ROU 24/04/1985 31 - - - - - 2 - 5 - 50 1 77 Adrian Popa ROU 24/07/1988 28 - 2 - - - 3 1 5 - 40 2 Forwards 9 Alexandru Tudorie ROU 19/03/1996 20 - 2 - - - 3 1 - - 5 - 14 Bojan Golubović SRB 22/08/1983 32 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 5 - 28 Sebastian Chitoşcă ROU 02/10/1992 23 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Laurenţiu Reghecampf ROU 19/09/1975 40 - 2 - - - - - 6 - 28 - 5 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Manchester City FC Tuesday 16 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Manchester City FC 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 Joe Hart ENG 19/04/1987 29 - - - - - - - 39 - 61 - 13 Willy Caballero ARG 28/09/1981 34 - - - - - 1 - 10 - 12 - 54 Angus Gunn ENG 22/01/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 60 Kjetil Haug NOR 12/06/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 64 Billy O'Brien WAL 21/11/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 79 Daniel Grimshaw ENG 16/01/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Bacary Sagna FRA 14/02/1983 33 - - - - - 1 - 53 - 83 - 5 Pablo Zabaleta ARG 16/01/1985 31 - - - - - - - 24 1 63 1 11 Aleksandar Kolarov SRB 10/11/1985 30 - - - - - 1 - 29 3 45 5 22 Gaël Clichy FRA 26/07/1985 31 - - - - - 1 - 68 - 77 - 24 John Stones ENG 28/05/1994 22 - - - - - 1 - - - 3 - 28 Jason Denayer BEL 28/06/1995 21 - - - - - - - 4 - 13 - 30 Nicolás Otamendi ARG 12/02/1988 28 - - - - - - - 29 - 44 1 50 Pablo Maffeo ESP 12/07/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 53 Tosin Adarabioyo ENG 24/09/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 58 Charlie Oliver ENG 17/11/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 69 Jose Tasende ESP 04/01/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -