UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Bayer 04 Leverkusen Chelsea FC Group E - Matchday 5 BayArena, Leverkusen Wednesday 23 November 2011 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Match facts........................................................................................................................5 Squad list...........................................................................................................................7 Head coach.......................................................................................................................9 Match officials..................................................................................................................10 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................12 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................16 Competition facts.............................................................................................................17 Team facts.......................................................................................................................18 Legend............................................................................................................................21 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Chelsea FC Wednesday 23 November 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT BayArena, Leverkusen Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 13/09/11 GS Chelsea FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 London David Luiz 67, Juan Mata 90+2 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Chelsea FC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/02/07 R32 Blackburn Rovers FC - 0-0 Blackburn Bayer 04 Leverkusen agg: 2-3 14/02/07 R32 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 3-2 Leverkusen Callsen-Bracker 18, Ramelow 43, Blackburn Rovers FC Schneider 56; Bentley 38, Nonda 87 23/11/06 GS Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 0-1 Leverkusen Berbatov 35 Tottenham Hotspur FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/03/05 R16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Liverpool FC 1-3 Leverkusen Krzynówek 88; Luis García 28, 32, agg: 2-6 Baroš 67 22/02/05 R16 Liverpool FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-1 Liverpool Luis García 15, John Arne Riise 35, Hamann 90+2; França 90+3 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/02/03 2ndGS Newcastle United FC - 3-1 Newcastle Shearer 5, 11, 36(p); Babić 73 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18/02/03 2ndGS Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1-3 Leverkusen França 26; Ameobi 5, 16, LuaLua 32 Newcastle United FC 13/11/02 GS Manchester United FC - 2-0 Manchester Verón 42, Van Nistelrooy 69 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 24/09/02 GS Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1-2 Leverkusen Berbatov 52; Van Nistelrooy 31, 44 Manchester United FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/04/02 SF Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1-1 Leverkusen Neuville 45+2; Keane 28 Manchester United FC agg: 3-3 ag 24/04/02 SF Manchester United FC - 2-2 Manchester Živković 29(og), Van Nistelrooy 67(p); Bayer 04 Leverkusen Ballack 62, Neuville 75 09/04/02 QF Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Liverpool FC 4-2 Leverkusen Ballack 16, 64, Berbatov 68, Lúcio 84; agg: 4-3 Abel Xavier 42, Litmanen 79 03/04/02 QF Liverpool FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0 Liverpool Hyypiä 44 27/02/02 2ndGS Arsenal FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-1 London Pirès 5, Henry 7, Vieira 48, Bergkamp 83; Sebescen 86 19/02/02 2ndGS Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Arsenal FC 1-1 Leverkusen Kirsten 90; Pirès 56 Chelsea FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/07 GS FC Schalke 04 - Chelsea FC 0-0 Gelsenkirchen 24/10/07 GS Chelsea FC - FC Schalke 04 2-0 London Malouda 4, Drogba 47 Last updated 21/11/11 15:41:14CET 2 Previous meetings Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Chelsea FC Wednesday 23 November 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT BayArena, Leverkusen UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/11/06 GS SV Werder Bremen - Chelsea FC 1-0 Bremen Mertesacker 27 12/09/06 GS Chelsea FC - SV Werder Bremen 2-0 London Essien 24, Ballack 68(p) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/04/05 QF FC Bayern München - Chelsea FC 3-2 Munich Pizarro 65, Guerrero 90, Scholl 90+5; agg: 5-6 Lampard 30, Drogba 80 06/04/05 QF Chelsea FC - FC Bayern München 4-2 London J. Cole 4, Lampard 60, 70, Drogba 81; Schweinsteiger 52, Ballack 90+3(p) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/03/04 R16 Chelsea FC - VfB Stuttgart 0-0 London agg: 1-0 25/02/04 R16 VfB Stuttgart - Chelsea FC 0-1 Stuttgart Fernando Meira 12(og) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/99 GS Chelsea FC - Hertha BSC Berlin 2-0 London Deschamps 11, Ferrer 44 21/09/99 GS Hertha BSC Berlin - Chelsea FC 2-1 Berlin Daei 2, 69; Leboeuf 86 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 13/05/98 F Chelsea FC - VfB Stuttgart 1-0 Solna Zola 70 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 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 2 2 4 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 16 2 4 10 17 32 Chelsea FC 6 5 1 0 5 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 12 7 2 3 17 8 Last updated 21/11/11 15:41:14CET 3 Previous meetings Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Chelsea FC Wednesday 23 November 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT BayArena, Leverkusen Match background Bayer 04 Leverkusen trail Chelsea FC by two points as the race to finish first in Group E comes to the boil and their ambitions will be enhanced if they can inflict a first defeat on the London side in this season's UEFA Champions League. • A Chelsea victory would give them a place in the knockout rounds for the ninth successive season. • In the 13 September fixture between the sides – their first competitive meeting – goals from David Luiz and Juan Mata gave Chelsea manager André Villas-Boas a winning start in his first game in the competition. • Leverkusen then put their first points on the board with a 2-0 home win against KRC Genk before Valencia CF were beaten 2-1 at the BayArena, although they subsequently lost 3-1 in Spain. • The Blues drew 1-1 at Valencia on matchday two before a 5-0 defeat of Genk – their biggest home success in the UEFA Champions League – and another 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture in Belgium. Previous meetings • Leverkusen's last European home game against English opponents ended in a 3-2 defeat of Blackburn Rovers FC in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup round of 32, ending a run of four successive home losses to Premier League sides. • In a total of 16 fixtures against English opponents, the Werkself have won two, with ten ending in defeat; at home their record is W2 D2 L4. Chelsea have only lost three of their 12 European games against Bundesliga opponents, winning seven; in Germany their record reads W1 D1 L3. • Chelsea's sole success was a 1-0 win at VfB Stuttgart in the round of 16 of the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League. • They lost 3-2 at FC Bayern München in the 2004/05 quarter-final second leg but progressed having already won 4-2 at home. Michael Ballack scored a penalty for Bayern in the Stamford Bridge match. • Chelsea defeated German opposition to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in May 1998, Gianfranco Zola scoring the only goal against Stuttgart in Solna. Match background • Leverkusen are on course to match their achievement in their last UEFA Champions League group campaign seven years ago when they won all three home matches, against Real Madrid CF, AS Roma and FC Dynamo Kyiv. • Chelsea have lost just one of their last nine away group games, winning four. Team ties • Ballack is in his second spell with Leverkusen, returning there in summer 2010 after four seasons at Chelsea following his 2006 move from Bayern. He won three FA Cups with the London club, the last in 2010 to complete a double with the Premier League, and in 2008 scored their first goal in the shoot-out to decide the UEFA Champions League final with Manchester United. The scores were tied at 1-1 after extra time with United winning 6-5 on penalties. • Fernando Torres scored the winner for Spain in the UEFA EURO 2008 final in Vienna against a Germany side containing Ballack. In the quarter-finals Ballack and Simon Rolfes were involved as Germany won 3-2 against a Portugal team that included José Bosingwa and Paulo Ferreira, Ballack getting Germany's third goal. • Frank Lampard, John Terry and Ashley Cole all played for England against Germany in the last 16 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Stefan Kiessling was an 83rd-minute substitute for Germany, who prevailed 4-1. • When England played Germany at Wembley in August 2007, Gonzalo Castro and Rolfes were substitutes for the visitors, who won 2-1. Lampard scored the game's opening goal while Terry also featured for England. • Torres' Spain team were 2-1 winners against a Czech Republic team including Michal Kadlec and Petr Čech in a UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier in Granada on 25 March. • Florent Malouda's France won 1-0 in a 9 February friendly against the Brazil of David Luiz and Renato Augusto in Paris. • In June Tranquillo Barnetta and Eren Derdiyok were in the Switzerland team that drew 2-2 at Wembley against an England side including Cole, Terry and Lampard; Barnetta scored both the visitors' goals.