UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Galatasaray AŞ CFR 1907 Cluj Group H - Matchday 3 Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Tuesday 23 October 2012 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Match facts........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................5 Head coach.......................................................................................................................7 Match officials....................................................................................................................8 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................9 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................12 Group Standings.............................................................................................................14 Competition facts.............................................................................................................16 Team facts.......................................................................................................................17 Legend............................................................................................................................19 Galatasaray AŞ - CFR 1907 Cluj Tuesday 23 October 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Previous meetings Head to Head None Galatasaray AŞ - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/09 GS FC Dinamo Bucureşti - Galatasaray AŞ 0-3 Bucharest Kewell 22, Nonda 24, Mehmet Topal 55 22/10/09 GS Galatasaray AŞ - FC Dinamo Bucureşti 4-1 Istanbul Kewell 32, Nonda 42, 46, Elano 58(p); Boştină 61 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/08/08 QR3 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Galatasaray AŞ 1-0 Bucharest Nicoliţă 57 agg: 3-2 13/08/08 QR3 Galatasaray AŞ - FC Steaua Bucureşti 2-2 Istanbul Nonda 19, 47; Dayro Moreno 5, Nicoliţă 13 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/04/89 SF Galatasaray AŞ - FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 Izmir Tanman 36; Dumitrescu 39 agg: 1-5 05/04/89 SF FC Steaua Bucureşti - Galatasaray AŞ 4-0 Bucharest Dumitrescu 7, Hagi 40, Petrescu 68, Balint 71 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/10/86 R1 Galatasaray AŞ - FC Universitatea Craiova 2-1 Istanbul Tanman 52, Kocabiyik 76; G Popescu agg: 2-3 38 17/09/86 R1 FC Universitatea Craiova - Galatasaray AŞ 2-0 Craiova Geolgau 57, Bicu 86 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/09/62 PR Galatasaray AŞ - FC Dinamo Bucureşti 3-0 Istanbul Oktay 13(p), Köken 51, Kutver 78 agg: 4-1 09/09/62 PR FC Dinamo Bucureşti - Galatasaray AŞ 1-1 Bucharest Pîrcălab 71(p); Oktay 53 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/56 PR Galatasaray AŞ - FC Dinamo Bucureşti 2-1 Istanbul Aytaç 42, Oktay 89; Suru 31 agg: 3-4 26/08/56 PR FC Dinamo Bucureşti - Galatasaray AŞ 3-1 Bucharest Voica 10, 67, Ene 84; Okay 77 CFR 1907 Cluj - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Galatasaray AŞ 6 4 2 0 6 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 12 5 3 4 19 17 CFR 1907 Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Last updated 23/10/12 00:13:09CET 2 Previous meetings Galatasaray AŞ - CFR 1907 Cluj Tuesday 23 October 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Match background Galatasaray AŞ will look to revive their UEFA Champions League ambitions when they take on CFR 1907 Cluj in Istanbul on matchday three. • The Turkish title holders are bottom of Group H after defeats by Manchester United FC and SC Braga, three points behind CFR and second-placed Braga. Match background • CFR are seeking a fourth straight away victory this term having prevailed at FC Slovan Liberec and FC Basel 1893 in qualifying and Braga on matchday one. • Galatasaray, by contrast, have won none of their last four home outings in UEFA competition. If they lose, they will have started a UEFA Champions League group stage with three defeats for only the second time – the previous instance was in 1997/98 when they finished bottom of their section. • While this is CFR's first encounter with Turkish opponents, Galatasaray have a long history with teams from Romania and are unbeaten at home against Romanian opposition, their record reading W4 D2 L0. Their continental debut came against FC Dinamo Bucureşti in the 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round, and ended in a 4-3 aggregate defeat. • Galatasaray lost 5-1 on aggregate to FC Steaua Bucureşti in the 1988/89 Champion Clubs' Cup semi-finals. That Steaua side included Gheorghe Hagi, who went on to serve Galatasaray as player and coach. Team ties • As Turkey captain, Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim met Ioan Andone, his CFR counterpart, in a 1-1 friendly draw with Romania at the Ali Sami Yen on 29 January 1983. They went head to head again on 9 March that year, in Targu Mures, Romania winning 3-1. Terim took on Romania four times as a player, recording two draws and two defeats. • Terim also failed to record a victory against Romania as Turkey coach. In August 2007, his side – including Hamit Altıntop, Gökhan Zan and Sabri Sarıoğlu – lost 2-0 in Bucharest. In February 1995, during a previous spell in charge, Turkey were held 1-1 by Romania in Izmir. • Semih Kaya, Umut Bulut, Altıntop and substitute Emre Çolak were in the Turkey side beaten 1-0 at home by Romania in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 12 October. • Altıntop and Hakan Balta played in Turkey's 2-0 friendly home win against Romania in August 2010. • Altıntop was in the FC Bayern München team that earned home and away victories over CFR in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Fernando Muslera played in Uruguay's 1-1 draw with Romania in Bucharest in February this year. • Nordin Amrabat struck PSV Eindhoven's second goal in a 2-0 win at CFR in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League group stage. • In that same group stage campaign, Pantelis Kapetanos scored in Steaua's 3-1 loss at Fenerbahçe SK. Kapetanos and Ionuţ Rada were in the Steaua team beaten home and away by Fenerbahçe and consigned to last place. • Kapetanos and Steaua lost home and away to Cris's Olympique Lyonnais in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League group stage. • That same season Kapetanos had been an unused second-leg substitute when Steaua defeated a Galatasaray side including Hasan Şaş, now one of Terim's assistant coaches, and Hakan Balta in the third qualifying round. • Gökhan conceded a decisive late penalty and was sent off playing for Beşiktaş JK in a 2-1 loss at FC Dinamo Bucureşti in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage. • Eleven Romanian players have represented Galatasaray and two, Hagi and Gheorghe Popescu, were in the team that Terim led to the 2000 UEFA Cup, Turkey's first European club trophy. Hagi was sent off four minutes into extra time in the final against Arsenal FC, which his side won 4-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw. FARE Action Week • Matchday three of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League will contribute to the fight against all forms of discrimination in football stadiums as UEFA gives its full support to Europe's biggest anti-discrimination campaign – the FARE Action Week. Forty matches across the competitions on 23, 24 and 25 October will restate UEFA's commitment to ensuring that European football is free of racism, intolerance and xenophobia. Last updated 23/10/12 00:13:09CET 3 Match background Galatasaray AŞ - CFR 1907 Cluj Tuesday 23 October 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Match facts Galatasaray UEFA Champions League statistics • Burak Yılmaz has this season become the first Turkish player to represent four different clubs in the UEFA Champions League. He had previously featured for Beşiktaş JK, Fenerbahçe SK and Trabzonspor AŞ. • Felipe Melo's next yellow card will incur a ban. International duty • There were 13 Galatasaray players on senior international duty last week: Aydın Yılmaz, Burak, Hakan Balta, Emre Çolak, Hamit Altıntop, Selçuk İnan, Semih Kaya, Umut Bulut (Turkey), Johan Elmander (Sweden), Emmanuel Eboué (Ivory Coast), Dany Nounkeu (Cameroon), Fernando Muslera (Uruguay) and Nordin Amrabat (Morocco). • Burak (hip), Hakan (groin) and Selçuk (thigh) missed Turkey's FIFA World Cup qualifiers because of injury. • Emre Çolak made his senior Turkey debut in the 1-0 qualifying defeat by Romania on 12 October. • Elmander was among the scorers as Sweden came from four down to draw 4-4 with Germany in qualifying on 16 October. • Amrabat completed the scoring in added time on 13 October as Morocco beat Mozambique 4-0 to seal qualification for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Miscellaneous • Fatih Terim's side have gone four games without a win, Galatasaray's worst sequence since March/April 2011. • Galatasaray's non-internationals lost 2-0 to Romanian side FC