UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio Vicente Calderón - Madrid Wednesday 25 November 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Club Atlético de Madrid Group C - Matchday 5 Galatasaray AŞ Last updated 23/11/2015 17:37CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 Club Atlético de Madrid - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 25 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Match background Triumphant when the teams met on UEFA Champions League matchday one, Club Atlético de Madrid host Galatasaray AŞ requiring only a draw to reach the knockout stage. • While a point will suffice for Atlético, victory is essential for Cimbom to still have a chance of going through. • Atlético got their campaign off to a successful start as Antoine Griezmann doubled his tally of UEFA Champions League goals in a 2-0 win in Turkey on 15 September. Previous meetings • Galatasaray have drawn both previous away games against Atlético: 0-0 in the 1973/74 European Cup first round and 1-1 in a 2009/10 UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie. • In the most recent game, Kader Keïta cancelled out José Antonio Reyes's 23rd-minute opener. • The lineups at the Estadio Vicente Calderón on 18 February 2010 were: Atlético: De Gea (Asenjo 71), Valera, Forlán (Jurado 58), Raúl García, Agüero, Paulo Assunção, Ujfaluši, Domínguez, Reyes (Salvio 86), Simão, Perea. Galatasaray: Leo Franco, Uğur Uçar, Elano (Ayhan Akman 82), Arda Turan (Barış Özbek 90), Keïta, Neill, Mehmet Topal, Mustafa Sarp, Hakan Balta, Servet Çetin, Caner Erkin (Dos Santos 36). • Hakan Balta played in both legs of the tie while Sabri Sarıoğlu and Emre Çolak also remain in the Galatasaray squad. Match background Atlético • The 2014 finalists continued their sixth group stage campaign with a 2-1 home loss to SL Benfica on matchday two, their first continental defeat at the Vicente Calderón since a 2-0 reverse against FC Rubin Kazan in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 in February 2013. • Atlético are taking part in the competition for the third year in a row – the first time they have achieved that feat. • Last season they put together four successive home victories, winning their three group games in Madrid with a 10-0 aggregate score. They overcame Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0 at home in the round of 16 to draw the tie 1-1 on aggregate, winning the ensuing penalty shoot-out 3-2. • The Rojiblancos then drew 0-0 at home to city rivals Real Madrid CF in the quarter-finals before bowing out 1-0 on aggregate. • Atlético have lost just one of their 13 fixtures against Turkish sides, 1-0 at MKE Ankaragücü in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup first round second leg having won 3-0 at home. Galatasaray • The Turkish double winners continued their 14th group stage campaign with a 2-2 draw at FC Astana on 30 September. • On matchday three they recorded their first European victory in 11 games with a 2-1 defeat of Benfica, who prevailed by the same scoreline in the reverse fixture. • In last season's group stage Galatasaray suffered successive 4-1 defeats on their travels – against Arsenal FC and Borussia Dortmund – before a 2-0 reverse at RSC Anderlecht. They finished bottom of Group D. • Galatasaray have not won an away UEFA Champions League match since a 3-2 success at FC Schalke 04 in the 2012/13 round of 16 second leg – their third away victory in a row and one that secured a 4-3 aggregate triumph. Their away record since then is D2 L8. • Cimbom's best performance came in 1988/89 when they reached the European Cup semi-finals. • The 3-2 defeat of Real Madrid in the 2012/13 quarter-final second leg (3-5 overall) ended Galatasaray's 12-game winless run against Spanish sides stretching back to another 3-2 success against the Merengues in the 2000/01 quarter-final (another 5-3 aggregate defeat). • Their record against Liga opponents is W8 D6 L16 (W1 D4 L9 away). Coach and player links • While with SS Lazio, Diego Simeone lost 1-0 to Galatasaray in the 2001/02 first group stage. • Galatasaray signed José Rodriguez from Atlético's city rivals Real Madrid in summer 2015. 2 Club Atlético de Madrid - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 25 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid • Wesley Sneijder (2007–09) and Hamit Altıntop (2011/12) have had spells at Real Madrid. • Have played together: Diego Godín & Fernando Muslera (CD Nacional, 2006/07) Godín, José María Giménez & Muslera (Uruguay) Óliver Torres & José Rodriguez (Spain Under-21) Yannick Carrasco & Jason Denayer (Belgium Under-21) Match facts Atlético • Atletico are eight games unbeaten (W5 D3) since their matchday two loss to Benfica. • Fernando Torres is on 99 goals in all competitions for Atlético. He has not scored since 19 September. • Filipe Luís's first international goal helped Brazil to a 3-0 defeat of Peru in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 17 November. • Luciano Vietto returned from appendicitis as a second-half substitute in Sunday's 1-0 win at Real Betis Balompié. He had not played since equalising against Real Madrid on 4 October. • José María Giménez (thigh) and Juanfran (adductor) are doubtful; Jackson Martínez (ankle) has been ruled out. Galatasaray • Selçuk İnan and Burak Yılmaz are serving one-game bans. • Galatasaray parted company with Hamza Hamzaoğlu on 18 November, naming goalkeeping coach Cláudio Taffarel as his temporary replacement the following day. • Taffarel watched his side squander the lead three times on Saturday in a 3-3 home draw with Antalyaspor. • On Monday Mustafa Denizli, who had spells as coach of Galatasaray between 1987 and 1989, and from 1990 to 1992, agreed an 18-month deal to replace Hamzaoğlu. Taffarel will remain in charge against Atlético. • Appointed last December, Hamzaoğlu guided Cimbom to the Turkish Super League title, Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup. His record as Galatasaray coach was: P52 W33 D9 L10. • Galatasaray's eight-match unbeaten run ended with defeat by Benfica on 3 November. They lost again four days later – 4-3 at Rizespor, who struck twice in added time – their cause harmed by the 88th-minute dismissal of Umut Bulut. • The Turkish double winners, having led 2-0, drew 3-3 with Bosnian champions FK Sarajevo in a friendly on 14 November. Olcan Adın and Sinan Gümüş were among the scorers. • Hamit Altıntop has resumed training, having undergone a left knee operation in early August. Lionel Carole (out since 25 October, hamstring) is still injured. • Emre Çolak earned his second cap, three years and one month after his first, as Turkey drew 0-0 with Greece on 17 November. 3 Club Atlético de Madrid - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 25 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Legend ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. 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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