UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arsenal Stadium - London Tuesday 1 October 2013 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Arsenal FC Group F - Matchday 2 SSC Napoli Last updated 01/10/2013 09:45CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Match facts 7 Squad list 8 Head coach 11 Match officials 12 Fixtures and results 13 Match-by-match lineups 17 Group Standings 19 Competition facts 21 Team facts 22 Legend 24 1 Arsenal FC - SSC Napoli Tuesday 1 October 2013 - 20.45CET, (19.45 local time) Match press kit Arsenal Stadium, London Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Arsenal FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Koscielny 7, Rosický 06/03/2012 R16 Arsenal FC - AC Milan London agg: 3-4 26, Van Persie 43(P) Boateng 15, Robinho 15/02/2012 R16 AC Milan - Arsenal FC 4-0 Milan 38, 49, Ibrahimović 79(P) 1-2 Di Natale 39; Van 24/08/2011 PO Udinese Calcio - Arsenal FC Udine agg: 1-3 Persie 55, Walcott 69 16/08/2011 PO Arsenal FC - Udinese Calcio 1-0 London Walcott 4 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 11/03/2009 R16 AS Roma - Arsenal FC agg: 1-1 (aet, 6- Rome Juan 9 7pens) 24/02/2009 R16 Arsenal FC - AS Roma 1-0 London Van Persie 37(P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 Fàbregas 84, 04/03/2008 R16 AC Milan - Arsenal FC Milan agg: 0-2 Adebayor 90+2 20/02/2008 R16 Arsenal FC - AC Milan 0-0 London UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 05/04/2006 QF Juventus - Arsenal FC Turin agg: 0-2 Fàbregas 40, Henry 28/03/2006 QF Arsenal FC - Juventus 2-0 London 69 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vieri 33; Henry 25, 85, FC Internazionale Milano - 25/11/2003 GS 1-5 Milan Ljungberg 49, Edu 88, Arsenal FC Pirès 89 Arsenal FC - FC Internazionale Cruz 22, Van der 17/09/2003 GS 0-3 London Milano Meyde 24, Martins 41 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vieira 12; Cassano 11/03/2003 2ndGS Arsenal FC - AS Roma 1-1 London 45+2 2 Arsenal FC - SSC Napoli Tuesday 1 October 2013 - 20.45CET, (19.45 local time) Match press kit Arsenal Stadium, London UEFA Champions League Cassano 4; Henry 6, 27/11/2002 2ndGS AS Roma - Arsenal FC 1-3 Rome 70, 75 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/03/2002 2ndGS Juventus - Arsenal FC 1-0 Turin Zalayeta 76 Ljungberg 21, 88, 04/12/2001 2ndGS Arsenal FC - Juventus 3-1 London Henry 28; Taylor 49(og) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/10/2000 GS SS Lazio - Arsenal FC 1-1 Rome Nedvěd 24; Pirès 88 27/09/2000 GS Arsenal FC - SS Lazio 2-0 London Ljungberg 42, 56 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/10/1999 GS Arsenal FC - ACF Fiorentina 0-1 London Batistuta 75 14/09/1999 GS ACF Fiorentina - Arsenal FC 0-0 Florence UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-2 Mancini 14, Bellucci 20/04/1995 SF UC Sampdoria - Arsenal FC agg: 5-5 (aet, 2- Genoa 82, 85; Wright 61, 3pens) Schwarz 88 Bould 34, 36, Wright 06/04/1995 SF Arsenal FC - UC Sampdoria 3-2 London 69; Jugović 51, 77 UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Boban 41, Massaro 08/02/1995 F AC Milan - Arsenal FC Milan agg: 2-0 65 01/02/1995 F Arsenal FC - AC Milan 0-0 London UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/05/1994 F Arsenal FC - Parma FC 1-0 Copenhagen Smith 22 1-0 15/03/1994 QF Arsenal FC - Torino FC London Adams 66 agg: 1-0 02/03/1994 QF Torino FC - Arsenal FC 0-0 Turin UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 23/04/1980 SF Juventus - Arsenal FC Turin Vaessen 87 agg: 1-2 Bettega 85(og); 09/04/1980 SF Arsenal FC - Juventus 1-1 London Cabrini 11(P) SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 3 Arsenal FC - SSC Napoli Tuesday 1 October 2013 - 20.45CET, (19.45 local time) Match press kit Arsenal Stadium, London UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Drogba 29, Terry 47, 4-1 Lampard 75(P), 14/03/2012 R16 Chelsea FC - SSC Napoli London agg 5-4 (aet) Ivanović 105 ET; Inler 55 Lavezzi 39, 65, 21/02/2012 R16 SSC Napoli - Chelsea FC 3-1 Naples Cavani 45+2; Juan Mata 27 Cavani 17, 49; 22/11/2011 GS SSC Napoli - Manchester City FC 2-1 Naples Balotelli 33 14/09/2011 GS Manchester City FC - SSC Napoli 1-1 Manchester Kolarov 74; Cavani 69 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gerrard 76, 88(P), 89; 04/11/2010 GS Liverpool FC - SSC Napoli 3-1 Liverpool Lavezzi 28 21/10/2010 GS SSC Napoli - Liverpool FC 0-0 Naples Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Arsenal FC 13 8 3 2 13 5 4 4 3 1 1 1 29 14 8 7 35 24 SSC Napoli 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 8 10 4 Arsenal FC - SSC Napoli Tuesday 1 October 2013 - 20.45CET, (19.45 local time) Match press kit Arsenal Stadium, London Match background Arsenal FC's first home game in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League brings them up against a SSC Napoli team who are facing English opponents for the fourth successive year in European competition. • Each opened Group F with a 2-1 win, Arsenal emerging victorious at Olympique de Marseille and Napoli holding off last year's runners-up Borussia Dortmund. Previous meetings • Although the teams are meeting for the first time, Napoli have a wealth of recent experience against English sides. • Two seasons ago, in their first UEFA Champions League group campaign, they drew 1-1 away at Manchester City FC before a 2-1 home success. They advanced to the round of 16 where they appeared to have the measure of Chelsea FC, winning 3-1 at Stadio San Paolo. • However the London club, under a new manager with Roberto Di Matteo having succeeded André Villas-Boas, hit back in the return, winning 4-1 after extra time to go through. Gökhan Inler got Napoli's goal. • The Italian side also lost 3-1 at Liverpool FC in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Arsenal have frustrating memories of their last contest with a Serie A side. Facing AC Milan in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League round of 16, they looked out of it after losing 4-0 away but responded in style in the return. Laurent Koscielny and Tomáš Rosický scored inside the first 30 minutes, but the eventual 3-0 win was not enough. • It was the Gunners' fourth victory in their last five home games against Italian teams without conceding; the other game ended goalless. • In 14 home games against Italian opponents Arsenal have won eight and lost two; the most recent reverse came against FC Internazionale Milano, who triumphed 3-0 in the 2003/04 group stage, before Arsenal embarked on that current run of four wins in five games. Match background • Arsène Wenger's team, who finished fourth in the 2012/13 Premier League, are in the group stage for the 16th season in a row. For the sixth time in eight campaigns they had to negotiate a qualifying round, dispatching Fenerbahçe SK 5-0 on aggregate in the play-offs with Aaron Ramsey scoring three times. • Last year Arsenal departed in the round of 16 for the third season in row, losing 3-1 at home to FC Bayern München and then bowing out on away goals despite a 2-0 success in Munich. It was the 13th successive time that they had made it through the group. • After Inter's 2003 victory, the Gunners remained unbeaten in home matches against non-English opposition for nine years and were 16 European games undefeated against all-comers in north London until FC Schalke 04 won 2-0 in last season's group stage, becoming the first foreign visitors to win at the Arsenal Stadium. • Napoli struggled on their travels in last season's UEFA Europa League; in the group they lost 3-0 at PSV Eindhoven and 3-1 at FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk before a 2-1 win at AIK. Their hopes ended in the round of 32 when FC Viktoria Plzeň won 3-0 in Naples en route to a 5-0 aggregate triumph. Team ties • Rafael Benítez guided Liverpool FC to a 5-3 aggregate win over Arsenal in the 2007/08 quarter-finals, drawing 1-1 away before a 4-2 home win. • Benítez never managed to win at the Arsenal Stadium in his six seasons in charge at Anfield. His record overall was W4 D5 L8 and in London W0 D3 L5. • As Chelsea's interim manager last season, Benítez masterminded a 2-1 home win over Arsenal in the Premier League.