UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Leicester City Stadium - Leicester Tuesday 18 October 2016 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Leicester City FC Group G - Matchday 3 FC København UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Competition facts 15 Team facts 16 Legend 18 1 Leicester City FC - FC København Tuesday 18 October 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Leicester City Stadium, Leicester Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Leicester City FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Leicester City FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country FC København - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 16/03/2011 R16 Chelsea FC - FC København London agg: 2-0 22/02/2011 R16 FC København - Chelsea FC 0-2 Copenhagen Anelka 17, 54 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester City FC - FC 2-1 Bellamy 73, 79; 26/02/2009 R3 Manchester København agg: 4-3 Vingaard 90+2 Aílton 56, Vingaard FC København - Manchester City 19/02/2009 R3 2-2 Copenhagen 90+1; Onuoha 29, FC Ireland 61 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC København - Manchester 01/11/2006 GS 1-0 Copenhagen Allbäck 73 United FC Manchester United FC - FC Scholes 39, O'Shea 17/10/2006 GS 3-0 Manchester København 46, Richardson 83 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 05/11/1998 R2 FC København - Chelsea FC Copenhagen B. Laudrup 31 agg: 1-2 Desailly 89; Goldbæk 22/10/1998 R2 Chelsea FC - FC København 1-1 London 81 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Leicester City FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC København 4 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 1 3 4 5 11 2 Leicester City FC - FC København Tuesday 18 October 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Leicester City Stadium, Leicester Match background Leicester City FC will look to continue their 100% winning start in Group G when they host FC København on matchday three. Match background Leicester • The Premier League title holders have begun their campaign with back-to-back wins against Club Brugge KV (3-0 away) and FC Porto (1-0 home), becoming the first English club to win their first two games in the competition. • Claudio Ranieri's men are one of only four teams with maximum points after two matches – and one of four teams yet to concede a goal. They and Atlético are the only teams that have done both. • Leicester are facing Danish opposition for the first time. København • København are on an eight-match unbeaten run in this season's UEFA Champions League, having begun their campaign in Belfast on 13 July with a 3-0 second qualifying round win at Crusaders FC. • The Danish champions sit second in Group G with four points having drawn at Porto (1-1) and beaten Club Brugge (4-0), raising hopes of repeating their 2010/11 performance when they reached the UEFA Champions League round of 16. • FCK have never won in England (D2 L2). Their most recent visit was for a 0-0 draw at Chelsea FC in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (aggregate 0-2). • In Ståle Solbakken's first spell as coach they earned their only victory over Premier League opposition in eight previous attempts – 1-0 at home against Manchester United FC in the 2006/07 group stage. Coach and player links: • Solbakken was Wolverhampton Wanderers FC manager for six months (July 2012–January 2013). As a player he had a short spell at Wimbledon FC in 1997/98 (six appearances, one goal). • Daniel Amartey was a København player from June 2014 until January 2016. He made 43 Super League appearances for FCK and another 12 in European competition. • Jores Okore spent three seasons at Aston Villa FC from 2013 to 2016, making 38 Premier League appearances. • Andreas Cornelius had a seven-month stay at Cardiff City FC in 2013/14. He made eight substitute appearances in the Premier League and started three games in the domestic cup competitions before rejoining FCK. • Also played in England: Stephan Andersen (Charlton Athletic FC, 2004–07) William Kvist (Fulham FC, loan 2014; Wigan Athletic FC 2014–15) Ján Greguš (Bolton Wanderers FC, loan 2013 – no appearances) • Shinji Okazaki scored Japan's third goal in a 3-1 victory over Denmark in the group stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup – a result which eliminated the Danes. • Okazaki played for VfB Stuttgart against FCK in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage (0-0 h, 2-0 a). • Ján Greguš played for Slovakia in their 1-0 defeat by England in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Trnava in September. Jamie Vardy and Danny Drinkwater watched from the England substitutes' bench. • Played together in club football: Shinji Okazaki & William Kvist (VfB Stuttgart 2011–13) Marc Albrighton & Jores Okore (Aston Villa 2013–14) • Played together in international football: Kasper Schmeichel & Peter Ankersen, Stephan Andersen, Nicolai Boilesen, Andreas Cornelius, Thomas Delaney, Rasmus Falk, Mathias Zanka Jørgensen, Kasper Kusk, William Kvist, Jores Okore (Denmark). Match facts Leicester • Islam Slimani is a yellow card away from a one-match ban. • Leicester have conceded three or more goals in a game on four occasions in 2016/17; in contrast, last season they conceded more than twice in a match only once. • The Foxes have lost four of their eight Premier League fixtures this season, one more defeat than they suffered in 3 Leicester City FC - FC København Tuesday 18 October 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Leicester City Stadium, Leicester their title-winning campaign last term. • Okazaki (ankle) and Danny Drinkwater (groin) have been carrying injuries, but the latter played in Saturday's 3-0 defeat by Chelsea FC. Nampalys Mendy is out after undergoing ankle surgery. • Leicester have lost just two of their last 22 home games in all competitions, winning 13 and drawing seven. They have gone a whole year unbeaten at home in the Premier League. • Club record signing Slimani scored twice on his Premier League debut as the Foxes defeated Burnley FC 3-0 at home on 17 September. • Andy King won his 39th cap as a Leicester player in Wales' 1-1 draw with Georgia on 9 October, equalling the club record of John O'Neill (39 appearances for Northern Ireland). • Demarai Gray scored the only goal as England won in Kazakhstan on 7 October, booking their place in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. København • Greguš is available after serving a one-game ban following his dismissal on matchday one. • København had scored in 22 successive league games before the goalless draw at Viborg FF on 2 October. The club record, 23, was set in 2005. • Federico Santander broke his cheekbone against Club Brugge on matchday two but made his return in Saturday's 2- 0 win against Silkeborg IF. • FCK are unbeaten in their last 23 matches in all competitions – a sequence dating back to 22 May. • Mathias Zanka Jørgensen and Erik Johansson are unbeaten (W20 D10) when playing together since Johansson joined from KAA Gent in January. • København are unbeaten at home in the Superliga in 38 matches, stretching back to 15 August 2014. • Kasper Kusk had not started a game since 20 August until the Silkeborg win, but is still FCK's joint-top scorer in the domestic league with four goals this season. 4 Leicester City FC - FC København Tuesday 18 October 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Leicester City Stadium, Leicester Squad list Leicester City FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Kasper Schmeichel DEN 05/11/1986 29 - - - 2 - 6 - 2 - 3 - 12 Ben Hamer ENG 20/11/1987 28 - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Ron-Robert Zieler GER 12/02/1989 27 - - - - - 3 - - - 25 - Defenders 2 Luis Hernandez ESP 14/04/1989 27 - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 Ben Chilwell ENG 21/12/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Wes Morgan ENG 21/01/1984 32 - - - 2 - 8 1 2 - 2 - 6 Robert Huth GER 18/08/1984 32 - - - 2 - 7 - 10 - 23 1 17 Danny Simpson ENG 04/01/1987 29 - - - - - 7 - 3 - 10 - 27 Marcin Wasilewski POL 09/06/1980 36 - - - - - - - 3 - 35 1 28 Christian Fuchs AUT 07/04/1986 30 - - - 2 - 8 - 18 2 33 4 Midfielders 4 Danny Drinkwater ENG 05/03/1990 26 - - - 2 - 8 - 2 - 2 - 10 Andy King WAL 29/10/1988 27 - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 11 Marc Albrighton ENG 18/11/1989 26 - - - 2 1 7 - 2 1 6 1 13 Daniel Amartey GHA 21/12/1994 21 - - - 2 - 7 - 2 - 14 3 14 Bartosz Kapustka POL 23/12/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 15 Jeff Schlupp GHA 23/12/1992 23 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 22 Demarai Gray ENG 28/06/1996 20 - - - 2 - 4 1 2 - 2 - 24 Nampalys Mendy FRA 23/06/1992 24 - - - - - 1 - - - 2 - 26 Riyad Mahrez ALG 21/02/1991 25 - - - 2 2 8 1 2 2 2 2 Forwards 7 Ahmed Musa NGA 14/10/1992 24 - - - 2 - 5 - 22 3 28 6 9 Jamie Vardy ENG 11/01/1987 29 - - - 2 - 8 2 2 - 2 - 19 Islam Slimani ALG 18/06/1988 28 * - - 2 1 4 2 8 3 18 5 20 Shinji Okazaki JPN 16/04/1986 30 - - - - - 5 - - - 15 3 23 Leonardo Ulloa ARG 27/07/1986 30 - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 1 - Coach - Claudio Ranieri ITA 20/10/1951 64 - - - 2 - - - 42 - 94 - 5 Leicester City FC - FC København Tuesday 18 October 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Leicester City Stadium, Leicester FC København Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.