UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Düsseldorf Arena - Dusseldorf Monday 17 August 2020 21.00CET (21.00 local time) FC Internazionale Milano Matchday 12 - Semi-finals FC Shakhtar Donetsk Last updated 17/08/2020 18:40CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 18 Legend 20 1 FC Internazionale Milano - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Monday 17 August 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Düsseldorf Arena, Dusseldorf Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - FC 1-1 24/08/2005 QR3 Milan Recoba 13; Elano 24 Shakhtar Donetsk agg: 3-1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Martins 68, Adriano 10/08/2005 QR3 0-2 Donetsk Internazionale Milano 78 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Internazionale Milano 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 FC Internazionale Milano - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - FC Kuzmanović 30, 27/11/2014 GS 2-1 Milan Dnipro Osvaldo 50; Rotan 16 FC Dnipro - FC Internazionale 18/09/2014 GS 0-1 Kyiv D'Ambrosio 71 Milano UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Dynamo Kyiv - FC Shevchenko 21; Milito 04/11/2009 GS 1-2 Kyiv Internazionale Milano 86, Sneijder 89 Stanković 35, Samuel FC Internazionale Milano - FC 20/10/2009 GS 2-2 Milan 47; Mikhalik 5, Lúcio Dynamo Kyiv 40 (og) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Dynamo Kyiv - FC Diogo Rincón 85; 10/12/2003 GS1 1-1 Kyiv Internazionale Milano Adani 68 FC Internazionale Milano - FC Adani 23, Vieri 90; 30/09/2003 GS1 2-1 Milan Dynamo Kyiv Fedorov 34 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Atalanta Castagne 66, Pašalić 11/12/2019 GS 0-3 Kharkiv BC 80, Gosens 90+4 Zapata 28; Júnior Atalanta BC - FC Shakhtar 01/10/2019 GS 1-2 Milan Moraes 41, Solomon Donetsk 90+5 2 FC Internazionale Milano - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Monday 17 August 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Düsseldorf Arena, Dusseldorf UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 13/03/2018 R16 AS Roma - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Rome Džeko 52 agg: 2-2 ag FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS Ferreyra 52, Fred 71; 21/02/2018 R16 2-1 Kharkiv Roma Cengiz Ünder 41 SSC Napoli - FC Shakhtar Insigne 56, Zieliński 21/11/2017 GS 3-0 Naples Donetsk 81, Mertens 83 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SSC Taison 15, Ferreyra 13/09/2017 GS 2-1 Kharkiv Napoli 58; Milik 72 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/12/2012 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Juventus 0-1 Donetsk Kucher 56 (og) Bonucci 25; Alex 02/10/2012 GS Juventus - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 Turin Teixeira 23 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS 3-0 Willian 18, 58, 08/03/2011 R16 Donetsk Roma agg: 6-2 Eduardo 87 Raţ 28 (og), Ménez AS Roma - FC Shakhtar 61; Jádson 29, 16/02/2011 R16 2-3 Rome Donetsk Douglas Costa 36, Luiz Adriano 41 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers F. Inzaghi 66, 90+3, 06/11/2007 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AC Milan 0-3 Donetsk Kaká 72 Gilardino 6, 14, 24/10/2007 GS AC Milan - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-1 Milan Seedorf 62, 69; Lucarelli 51 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS 22/11/2006 GS 1-0 Donetsk Marica 61 Roma Taddei 67, Totti 76, 12/09/2006 GS AS Roma - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 Rome De Rossi 79, Pizarro 89 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kaká 52, 90+2, 24/11/2004 GS AC Milan - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 Milan Crespo 53, 85 14/09/2004 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AC Milan 0-1 Donetsk Seedorf 84 3 FC Internazionale Milano - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Monday 17 August 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Düsseldorf Arena, Dusseldorf UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Claudio López 48, 68, 25/10/2000 GS1 SS Lazio - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 Rome 90, Favalli 54, Verón 57; Vorobey 41 Claudio López 27, 12/09/2000 GS1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SS Lazio 0-3 Donetsk Nedvěd 68, S. Inzaghi 78 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vicenza Calcio - FC Shakhtar 2-1 Luiso 24, Viviani 70; 06/11/1997 R2 Vicenza Donetsk agg: 5-2 Atelkin 59 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Vicenza Zubov 56; Luiso 1, 89, 23/10/1997 R2 1-3 Donetsk Calcio Beghetto 49 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 08/12/1976 R3 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Juventus Donetsk Schevliuk 35 agg: 1-3 Bettega 16, Tardelli 24/11/1976 R3 Juventus - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 Turin 19, Boninsegna 38 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Internazionale Milano 4 2 2 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 3 0 13 7 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 12 5 0 7 12 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 24 7 2 15 20 49 4 FC Internazionale Milano - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Monday 17 August 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Düsseldorf Arena, Dusseldorf Match background Two former UEFA Cup winners have their sights set on a first UEFA Europa League triumph as Internazionale and Shakhtar Donetsk, both unbeaten in this season's competition, go head to head in a much-anticipated semi-final in Düsseldorf. • Inter entered the UEFA Europa League after failing to negotiate a way through their UEFA Champions League section, finishing third behind Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund. They cruised past Bulgarian champions Ludogorets in the round of 32 (2-0 a, 2-1 h) before overcoming Getafe 2-0 in a single-leg round of 16 encounter in Gelsenkirchen and Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in their quarter-final in Düsseldorf, Nicolò Barella and Romelu Lukaku scoring the goals. • Shakhtar's hopes of prolonging their UEFA Champions League campaign into the spring were dashed by a closing 0-3 home defeat by Italian debutants Atalanta, who thus pipped them to the runners-up spot behind Manchester City. Benfica, who had also moved across from the UEFA Champions League, were then overcome in the round of 32 (2-1 h, 3-3 a) before the Ukrainian champions won both round of 16 matches against Wolfsburg (2-1 a, 3-0 h) and then overwhelmed Basel 4-1 in their quarter-final in Gelsenkirchen with goals from Júnior Moraes, Taison, Alan Patrick (penalty) and Dodô. Previous meetings • The clubs have been drawn together just once before in UEFA competition, Inter beating Shakhtar 3-1 on aggregate in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, a 1-1 draw in Milan following a 2-0 win in Donetsk. Shakhtar's coach at the time was Mircea Lucescu, formerly of Inter. • Inter are undefeated in their eight UEFA encounters against Ukrainian sides (W5 D3), most recently beating Dnipro twice (1-0 a, 2-1 h) in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage, with Danilo D'Ambrosio scoring the winner in Kyiv. The 2005/06 qualifier against Shakhtar is Inter's only previous knockout tie against Ukrainian opposition. • Shakhtar's record against Italian clubs in UEFA competition is W7 D2 L15, with a win and a defeat already this season against Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League. They have won only one of their five knockout ties against Italian opposition, 6-2 on aggregate against Roma in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (3-2 a, 3-0), although the Giallorossi got their revenge at the same stage of that competition seven years later, Shakhtar going out on away goals (2-1 h, 0-1 a). This is the Donetsk club's first encounter with Serie A opponents in the UEFA Europa League. Form guide Internazionale • Fourth in Serie A in 2018/19, Inter's European campaign ended with defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 after they had finished third in their UEFA Champions League section behind Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur – the first time the Nerazzurri had failed to progress from their group in nine UEFA Champions League campaigns. • History repeated itself this season as Inter could only manage another third place in their UEFA Champions League group, a closing home defeat to Barcelona scuppering their chances and leaving them with seven points – one fewer than in the previous campaign. • Victory over Ludogorets took Inter into the UEFA Europa League round of 16 for the fourth time, and the win against Getafe ended a run of three straight eliminations at that stage of the competition. This is their first UEFA Europa League semi-final, though they reached the last four of the UEFA Cup on seven occasions; they won four and lost three, with a defeat in the most recent, against Feyenoord in 2001/02 (0-1 h, 2-2 a).