UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2013/2014 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio Vicente Calderón - Madrid Wednesday 18 September 2013 Atlético 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) Zenit Group G - Matchday 1 Last updated 17/09/2013 03:56 CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Match facts 5 Squad list 7 Head coach 11 Match officials 12 Fixtures and results 13 Match-by-match lineups 17 Group Standings 19 Competition facts 21 Team facts 22 Legend 24 1 Club Atlético de Madrid - FC Zenit Wednesday 18 September 2013 - 20.45CET, (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Club Atlético de Madrid - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Rubin Kazan - Club Atlético 0-1 21/02/2013 3R Moscow Falcao 84 de Madrid agg: 2-1 Club Atlético de Madrid - FC Gökdeniz Karadeniz 14/02/2013 3R 0-2 Madrid Rubin Kazan 6, Orbaiz 90+5 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bilyaletdinov 27, FC Lokomotiv Moskva - Club Odemwingie 61, 64; 25/10/2007 GS 3-3 Moscow Atlético de Madrid Agüero 16, 85, Forlán 47 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Spartak Moskva - Club 1-2 Khusainov 59; 08/11/1972 R2 Moscow Atlético de Madrid agg: 5-5 ag Salcedo 11, 55 Aragonés 79(P), Ovejero 86, Becerra Club Atlético de Madrid - FC 25/10/1972 R2 3-4 Madrid 90; Piskarev 39, Spartak Moskva Redin 46, 87, Bulgakov 77 FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Danny 49, Fayzulin 21/11/2012 GS FC Zenit - Málaga CF 2-2 St Petersburg 87; Buonanotte 8, Seba 9 18/09/2012 GS Málaga CF - FC Zenit 3-0 Malaga Isco 3, 76, Saviola 13 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Raúl González 25, 57, 10/12/2008 GS Real Madrid CF - FC Zenit 3-0 Madrid Robben 50 Danny 25; Hubočan 30/09/2008 GS FC Zenit - Real Madrid CF 1-2 St Petersburg 4(og), Van Nistelrooy 31 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Franco 75, Tomasson 21/02/2008 3R Villarreal CF - FC Zenit Villarreal agg: 2-2 ag 90; Pogrebnyak 31 2 Club Atlético de Madrid - FC Zenit Wednesday 18 September 2013 - 20.45CET, (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid UEFA Cup 13/02/2008 3R FC Zenit - Villarreal CF 1-0 St Petersburg Pogrebnyak 63 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 06/04/2006 QF FC Zenit - Sevilla FC St Petersburg Hyun 51; Kepa 64 agg: 2-5 Saviola 14, 80, Martí 30/03/2006 QF Sevilla FC - FC Zenit 4-1 Seville 54(P), Adriano 90+2; Kerzhakov 45 Kerzhakov 11, 88; 24/11/2005 GS FC Zenit - Sevilla FC 2-1 St Petersburg Saviola 90+3 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arshavin 35; Baptista 25/11/2004 GS FC Zenit - Sevilla FC 1-1 St Petersburg 71 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Popovich 30, 63; 2-2 22/08/2000 F FC Zenit - RC Celta de Vigo St Petersburg Karpin 83, McCarthy agg: 3-4 89 Karpin 22, Juanfran 08/08/2000 F RC Celta de Vigo - FC Zenit 2-1 Vigo 90; Igonine 3 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Club Atlético de Madrid 2 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 2 9 10 FC Zenit 6 2 3 1 4 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 12 2 4 6 13 23 3 Club Atlético de Madrid - FC Zenit Wednesday 18 September 2013 - 20.45CET, (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Match background FC Zenit will want to avoid an unwanted case of deja vu when they kick off their UEFA Champions League Group G campaign against Club Atlético de Madrid in Spain. • Luciano Spalletti's men visit Atlético exactly a year ago to the day since they went down 3-0 at Málaga CF, a result they never fully recovered from as they ended up finishing third in their group behind the Spanish side and AC Milan. • Like Zenit, Atlético are in the group stage for the fourth time and have their own demons to exorcise having exited the UEFA Europa League last season after a home defeat against Russian opponents FC Rubin Kazan in the round of 32. Match background • Atlético have a formidable recent home record in Europe. They have won 12 of their last 13 fixtures at the Vicente Calderón in UEFA competition, the exception being their 2-0 reverse against Rubin in February. It was a result which rendered their subsequent 1-0 second-leg win in Russia insufficient and knocked Diego Simeone's UEFA Europa League holders out of the competition. Cristian Ansaldi played in both legs for Rubin. • Rubin's visit was Atlético's first home fixture against a Russian side since a 4-3 loss to FC Spartak Moskva in the 1972/73 European Cup Winners' Cup second round. Just like last year, Atlético won the second leg but it was not enough, the 2-1 win eliminating them on away goals. • Zenit's five trips to Spain have all ended in defeat, starting with a 2-1 loss at RC Celta de Vigo in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup. • Zenit's only previous trip to the Spanish capital came in their inaugural UEFA Champions League group stage campaign in 2008/09 when they went down 3-0 at Real Madrid CF. • Zenit have already won twice on the road in this season's competition – beating Denmark's FC Nordsjælland 1-0 and Portugal's FC Paços de Ferreira 4-1 in the qualifying rounds – but did not fare so well on their European travels in 2012/13, losing four games out of five. Their one victory came at Milan (1-0) in the UEFA Champions League group stage last December. Team ties • As an FC Internazionale Milano player, Simeone won 2-1 at FC Spartak Moskva in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup semi- finals. He faced the same opponents in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League group stage, playing in a 2-1 home victory and scoring in a 1-1 draw in Moscow. • Playing for SS Lazio, Simeone kicked off the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League group stage with a 3-0 win at an FC Shakhtar Donetsk side including Anatoliy Tymoshchuk. • As coach of AS Roma, Spalletti recorded 2-1 home and away wins against Real Madrid in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League round of 16. In the previous season's group stage his Roma team lost 2-1 at Valencia CF but won the return 1-0. • Cristian Rodríguez is an old team-mate of Hulk at FC Porto and was on the bench when Porto lost 3-1 at Zenit in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Hulk helped Porto eliminate Atlético in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League round of 16, then scored in a 3-0 win at Atlético in the next season's group stage. In the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League, his Porto team got past Sevilla FC and Villarreal CF en route to lifting the trophy. • In Spain's opening UEFA EURO 2008 group game, David Villa hit a hat-trick against a Russia side that included Aleksandr Anyukov, Roman Shirokov, Konstantin Zyryanov and Vladimir Bystrov. Andrey Arshavin was also involved as Spain beat Russia again in the semi-finals, when Villa picked up an injury that ruled him out of the final. • Shirokov was sent off in Spain when Zenit lost 2-1 at Villarreal in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. • Aleksandr Kerzhakov scored three times against Sevilla in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup. He hit both goals when Zenit beat the eventual winners 2-1 at home in the group stage, then was on target again in a 4-1 defeat in Spain when the clubs were reunited in the quarter-finals. Kerzhakov later joined Sevilla and scored eight goals in 26 Liga appearances between 2006 and 2008, winning the UEFA Cup, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup. • Axel Witsel's R. Standard de Liège earned a 1-0 home success against Sevilla in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage. • Witsel and Nicolas Lombaerts are Belgium colleagues of Thibaut Courtois and Toby Alderweireld, while Danny and Tiago Mendes are Portugal team-mates. 4 Club Atlético de Madrid - FC Zenit Wednesday 18 September 2013 - 20.45CET, (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Match facts Atlético UEFA milestones and competition statistics • Atlético have conceded 249 goals in UEFA competition. • Atlético's last UEFA Champions League campaign – in 2009/10 – saw them eliminated at the group stage. They finished third, transferring to the inaugural UEFA Europa League which they subsequently won. • Diego Costa begins a two-match ban following his red card against FC Viktoria Plzeň on matchday six of last season's UEFA Europa League. Summer transfers • In: David Villa (FC Barcelona), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea FC, loan), Léo Baptistão (Rayo Vallecano de Madrid), José María Giménez (Danubio FC), Daniel Aranzubia (RC Deportivo la Coruña), Toby Alderweireld (AFC Ajax), Joshua Guilavogui (AS Saint-Étienne).