UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Louis II - Monaco Tuesday 16 September 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) AS Monaco FC Group C - Matchday 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Last updated 29/05/2015 07:15CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 AS Monaco FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Louis II, Monaco Match background AS Monaco FC are back in European competition after an absence of eight years, and their opening home encounter against Bayer 04 Leverkusen features new coaches on either side. Previous meetings • The sides met in the 1997/98 group stage, Monaco winning 4-0 at home and drawing 2-2 away. • The teams at Stade Louis II on 1 October 1997 were: Monaco: Barthez, Pignol, Djetou, Dumas, Konjić (Irles 46), Legwinski (Christanval 54), Collins, N'Doram (Benarbia 71), Henry, Trezeguet, Ikpeba. Leverkusen: Heinen, Živković (Rydlewicz 60), R Kovač, Happe, N Kovač, Emerson, Heintze, Lehnhoff (Rink 60), Lottner, Meijer, Feldhoff (Frydek 83). Match background Monaco • This is Monaco's fifth group stage campaign and their first since 2004/05, when they reached the round of 16. They were runners-up the previous year. • The French side, who replaced coach Claudio Ranieri with Leonardo Jardim in the summer, have lost only one of their past 18 European home games, winning 14. In the UEFA Champions League, qualifying included, they have lost one of their past 14 home games, winning 11. • Last season's Ligue 1 runners-up have won their last three home games with German clubs, scoring nine goals without reply. Their first three fixtures yielded two draws and a defeat. • Monaco's record against German opponents is W5 D4 L3. They lost the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup final 2-0 against SV Werder Bremen in Lisbon. Leverkusen • Leverkusen, where Roger Schmidt succeeded Sami Hyypiä as coach at the end of last season, qualified for their ninth group stage campaign with a 7-2 aggregate win over FC København in the play-offs, Stefan Kiessling scoring three. • After finishing second in their group last season, Leverkusen went out against French opponents in the round of 16, losing 2-1 at Paris Saint-Germain after a 4-0 home reverse. • The 2001/02 runners-up suffered a 4-2 away defeat at Manchester United FC on matchday one last year, the second successive campaign they had started with an away reverse following their 2-0 loss at Chelsea FC in 2011/12. • The Werkself won 1-0 at Real Sociedad de Fútbol in last year's group stage, their first UEFA Champions League victory outside Germany in 11 years and 16 matches. They also drew at FC Shakhtar Donetsk. • Leverkusen's 1-0 win at Olympique Lyonnais in the 2001/02 group stage is their only victory in France to date. Their record reads W1 D2 L3. Player links • Dimitar Berbatov played for Leverkusen from 2001 to 2006, scoring 68 goals in 154 Bundesliga matches. • Monaco's Daniel Subašić and Leverkusen's Dario Krešić are Croatia team-mates. • João Moutinho's Portugal lost 1-0 to a Germany side including Lars Bender in the UEFA EURO 2012 group stage. • Moutinho and Ricardo Carvalho lost the 2006 FIFA World Cup third place play-off 3-2 against Simon Rolfes' Germany. • Emir Spahić's Bosnia and Herzegovina were beaten 6-2 on aggregate by Moutinho's Portugal in the UEFA EURO 2012 play-offs. • Spahić also lost a 2010 World Cup play-off 1-0 against Carvalho's Portugal. • Geoffrey Kondogbia scored in France's 4-1 win against Hakan Çalhanoğlu's Turkey – the hosts – in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup round of 16. Match facts Monaco • Leonardo Jardim has overseen one win and three losses in five Ligue 1 games since arriving from Sporting Clube de Portugal this summer and is yet to record a home victory. At the same stage last term, Monaco were top of the 2 AS Monaco FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Louis II, Monaco league. • Dimitar Berbatov has scored seven goals in the club's last 11 games. • Monaco have scored at least once in each of their last 13 games. • Fabinho earned his first senior call-up for Brazil's recent friendly against Ecuador. • Layvin Kurzawa scored twice as France beat Kazakhstan 5-1 on 4 September to book a place in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs. Leverkusen • Leverkusen had won five out of five this season before Friday's 3-3 draw at home to SV Werder Bremen. They also began last term well, winning six of their first seven Bundesliga games. • Lars Bender captained the side on Friday, on his return from the thigh injury that ruled him out of the FIFA World Cup. • Leverkusen have scored 22 goals in six outings this season. • Stefan Kiessling has scored nine goals in six games this season. Five of them came in a 6-0 win at sixth-tier SV Alemannia Waldalgesheim on 15 August in the German Cup first round. • It took Karim Bellarabi nine seconds to score the first goal of their league season in a 2-0 win at Borussia Dortmund – the fastest ever Bundesliga goal. • Tin Jedvaj scored at both ends in Leverkusen's 4-2 win at home to Hertha BSC Berlin on 30 August. At 18 years and 275 days, he is the youngest player ever to do so in the Bundesliga. • Jedvaj made his Croatia debut as a substitute in the 2-0 friendly win against Cyprus on 4 September. • Simon Rolfes and Julian Brandt have been sidelined with ankle injuries while Kyriakos Papadopoulos dislocated his right shoulder in training. • Ömer Toprak was sent off in Turkey's 3-0 defeat away to Iceland in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying on 9 September. • During last season's group stage, Leverksuen suffered their heaviest home defeat in European competition (0-5 v Manchester United FC on matchday five) and recorded their biggest UEFA Champions League win (4-0 v FC Shakhtar Donetsk, matchday three). 3 AS Monaco FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Louis II, Monaco Legend ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. 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Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted 4 AS Monaco FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Louis II, Monaco Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness.