UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Wojska Polskiego - Warsaw Wednesday 7 December 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Legia Warszawa Sporting Clube de Group F - Matchday 6 Portugal Last updated 08/12/2016 19:34CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 17 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 Legia Warszawa - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 7 December 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - 27/09/2016 GS 2-0 Lisbon Ruiz 28, Dost 37 Legia Warszawa UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - 1-0 23/02/2012 R32 Lisbon Fernández 84 Legia Warszawa agg: 3-2 Wawrzyniak 37, Gol Legia Warszawa - Sporting Clube 16/02/2012 R32 2-2 Warsaw 79; Daniel Carriço 60, de Portugal André Santos 88 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Legia Warszawa 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 5 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 Legia Warszawa - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Legia Warszawa have not played against a club from their opponents' country Sporting Clube de Portugal - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Sporting Clube de Portugal have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 Legia Warszawa - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 7 December 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Match background Third place in Group F will be settled when Legia Warszawa host Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six. • Third-placed Sporting hold a two-point advantage over Legia and need only avoid defeat to secure their entry into the UEFA Europa League. • As for Jacek Magiera's bottom-placed Legia, they must beat Sporting to snatch third place – and, in the process, end their 21-year wait for a UEFA Champions League group stage victory. Previous meetings • Sporting overcame Legia 3-2 on aggregate when the teams faced off in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League round of 32. • Sporting scored late in both legs, drawing the first 2-2 in Warsaw only after an 88th-minute equaliser from substitute André Santos, then winning 1-0 in Lisbon through Matías Fernández's 84th-minute free-kick. • The line-ups for the first game in Poland, on 16 February 2012, were: Legia: Kuciak, Jędrzejczyk, Żewłakow, Komorowski, Wawrzyniak, Żyro, Vrdoljak, Rzeźniczak (Wolski 71), Gol, Rybus (Kosecki 61), Ljuboja (Hubník 82). Sporting: Rui Patrício, Pereira, Onyewu, Anderson Polga, Insúa, Carrillo (Santos 74), Rinaudo, Fernández, Schaars (Pereirinha 46), Izmailov (Carriço 46), Van Wolfswinkel. Match background Legia • Legia are seeking their first UEFA Champions League group stage victory since October 1995, when they beat Blackburn Rovers FC 1-0 in Warsaw through a Jerzy Podbrożny goal. • Legia's five games in Group F have produced an unprecedented 32 goals – an average of 6.4 goals per game. At home they have lost 6-0 to Borussia Dortmund – the heaviest defeat in their European history – and held holders Real Madrid CF 3-3. • In conceding 24 goals so far, Legia have equalled the record of FC BATE Borisov, set in 2014/15, for most goals leaked in a UEFA Champions League group stage campaign. Sporting • Sporting defeated Legia 2-0 in Lisbon on matchday two. • Sporting's last away victory in the UEFA Champions League came on 9 December 2008 – a 1-0 win at FC Basel 1893 in which Adrien Silva featured as a second-half substitute. They have lost five of their six subsequent games in the competition proper. • Jorge Jesus's men remain without a point from their travels in this season's competition following narrow defeats at Madrid (1-2) and Dortmund (0-1). Coach and player links • Jesus's first European game as a coach, in July 1998, was a 1-1 draw for CF Estrela da Amadora at Polish club Ruch Chorzów in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup. His Estrela side also drew the home leg 1-1 before edging the tie 4-2 on penalties. • Michał Pazdan and substitute Tomasz Jodłowiec were in the Poland side ousted on penalties by the Portugal of Rui Patrício, William Carvalho and Adrien Silva in the UEFA EURO 2016 quarter-finals. • Nemanja Nikolić scored past Rui Patrício for Videoton FC in a 3-0 victory over Sporting in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage. Nikolić was subsequently on the receiving end of a 2-1 defeat in the return fixture at the José Alvalade. • During a loan spell at Gil Vicente FC in 2011/12, Guilherme suffered a 6-1 league thrashing at Sporting but later prevailed 1-0 at the Alvalade in the Portuguese Cup. • Guilherme and João Pereira were both at SC Braga in 2009/10 but never started a first-team match together. Match facts Legia • Sebastian Szymański is suspended; Bartosz Bereszyński and Guilherme are a booking away from a ban. • Legia have scored four goals in three of their last four fixtures. • Aleksandar Prijovic has five goals in his past four appearances in all competitions. 3 Legia Warszawa - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 7 December 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw • The 8-4 loss to Dortmund on matchday five is Legia's only defeat in their last eight games, five of them wins. Sporting • Gonçalo Vieira and João Pereira are suspended, while Joel Campbell and Marvin Zeegelaar will incur a ban with their next booking. • Alan Ruiz scored his first goal for Sporting as the Lions defeated FC Arouca 1-0 on 30 November in their Portuguese League Cup group stage opener. • Luc Castaignos came off the bench during the second half against Arouca but left the field before full time with a knee problem. • Rúben Semedo was sent off seven minutes from time as Sporting triumphed 1-0 at Boavista FC on 26 November, Bas Dost with the winner. • Ezequiel Schelotto was ruled out for four weeks after limping off against Boavista with a left calf injury. Chapecoense commemoration Teams taking part in all of the matchday six UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches will observe a minute's silence to pay respect to the victims of last week's air disaster involving the Chapecoense team and accompanying delegation. The Brazilian club lost most of their players and coaching staff in the accident, which occurred in Colombia, where Chapecoense were due to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Nacional. "European football is united in expressing its deepest sympathy to Chapecoense, the Brazilian Football Confederation [CBF], CONMEBOL and the families of all the victims," said UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin. "This tragedy has shaken the world of football, and we would like to send our support to all of those affected by it." 4 Legia Warszawa - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 7 December 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Squad list Legia Warszawa 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 Arkadiusz Malarz POL 19/06/1980 36 - 6 - 4 - 17 - 4 - 20 - 30 Radosław Majecki POL 16/11/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 Radosław Cierzniak POL 24/04/1983 33 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 - Defenders 2 Michał Pazdan POL 21/09/1987 29 - 5 - 2 - 10 - 2 - 17 - 4 Jakub Czerwiński POL 06/08/1991 25 - - - 4 - 8 1 4 - 4 - 5 Maciej Dąbrowski POL 20/04/1987 29 - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 7 1 14 Adam Hloušek CZE 20/12/1988 27 - 5 - 3 - 12 - 3 - 18 1 19 Bartosz Bereszyński POL 12/07/1992 24 * 3 - 5 - 10 - 5 - 28 - 25 Jakub Rzeźniczak POL 26/10/1986 30 - 1 - 4 - 14 - 4 - 60 2 28 Łukasz Broź POL 17/12/1985 30 - 6 - - - 10 - - - 29 - 52 Mateusz Wieteska POL 11/02/1997 19 - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - Midfielders 3 Tomasz Jodłowiec POL 08/09/1985 31 - 6 - 5 - 11 - 5 - 60 3 6 Guilherme BRA 21/05/1991 25 * 3 - 5 - 13 4 5 - 27 2 7 Steeven Langil FRA 04/03/1988 28 - 3 - 2 - 6 1 6 1 9 1 8 Vadis Odjidja BEL 21/02/1989 27 - 2 - 5 1 13 1 5 1 47 4 9 Valeri Kazaishvili GEO 29/01/1993 23 - - - 2 - 5 - 2 - 6 - 15 Michał Kopczyński POL 15/06/1992 24 - 4 - 4 - 13 - 4 - 8 - 22 Kasper Hämäläinen FIN 08/08/1986 30 - 2 - - - 13 3 - - 25 2 32 Miroslav Radović SRB 16/01/1984 32 - - - 5 2 10 4 6 2 68 18 53 Sebastian Szymański POL 10/05/1999 17 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 75 Thibault Moulin FRA 13/01/1990 26 - 6 - 4 1 16 - 4 1 10 1 77 Mihail Alexandrov BUL 11/06/1989 27 - 5 - 2 - 6 1 8 - 34 1 Forwards 11 Nemanja Nikolić HUN 31/12/1987 28 - 6 5 5 1 17 8 5 1 38 12 18 Michał Kucharczyk POL 20/03/1991 25 - 6 1 3 1 13 2 3 1 54 12 26 Sandro Kulenović CRO 04/12/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 99 Aleksandar Prijovic SUI 21/04/1990 26 - 5 1 3 2 14 5 3 2 25 8 Coach - Jacek Magiera POL 01/01/1977 39 - - - 4 - - - 4 - 4 - 5 Legia Warszawa - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 7 December 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Sporting Clube de Portugal Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.