UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Parc des Princes - Paris Tuesday 13 September 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Paris Saint-Germain Group A - Matchday 1 Arsenal FC Last updated 15/06/2017 16:18CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 7 Head coach 10 Match officials 11 Fixtures and results 13 Match-by-match lineups 17 Competition facts 18 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 Paris Saint-Germain - Arsenal FC Tuesday 13 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Parc des Princes, Paris Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 12/04/1994 SF Arsenal FC - Paris Saint-Germain London Campbell 7 agg: 2-1 29/03/1994 SF Paris Saint-Germain - Arsenal FC 1-1 Paris Ginola 50; I. Wright 35 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Paris Saint-Germain 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 Arsenal FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 Paris Saint-Germain - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester City FC - Paris 1-0 12/04/2016 QF Manchester De Bruyne 76 Saint-Germain agg: 3-2 Ibrahimović 41, Rabiot Paris Saint-Germain - Manchester 06/04/2016 QF 2-2 Paris 59; De Bruyne 38, City FC Fernandinho 72 Diego Costa 27; Chelsea FC - Paris Saint- 1-2 09/03/2016 R16 London Rabiot 16, Ibrahimović Germain agg: 2-4 67 Paris Saint-Germain - Chelsea Ibrahimović 39, 16/02/2016 R16 2-1 Paris FC Cavani 78; Mikel 45+1 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cahill 81, Hazard 96 Chelsea FC - Paris Saint- 2-2 11/03/2015 R16 London ET (P); David Luiz 86, Germain agg: 3-3 ag (aet) Thiago Silva 114 ET Cavani 54; Ivanović 17/02/2015 R16 Paris Saint-Germain - Chelsea FC 1-1 Paris 36 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Chelsea FC - Paris Saint- 2-0 08/04/2014 QF London Schürrle 32, Ba 87 Germain agg: 3-3 ag Lavezzi 4, David Luiz Paris Saint-Germain - Chelsea 02/04/2014 QF 3-1 Paris 61 (og), Pastore FC 90+3; Hazard 27 (P) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester City FC - Paris Saint- 03/12/2008 GS 0-0 Manchester Germain 2 Paris Saint-Germain - Arsenal FC Tuesday 13 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Parc des Princes, Paris UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/11/2004 GS Chelsea FC - Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 London Paris Saint-Germain - Chelsea Terry 29, Drogba 14/09/2004 GS 0-3 Paris FC 45+1, 76 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - Paris Saint- 2-0 Fowler 11, M. Wright 24/04/1997 SF Liverpool Germain agg: 2-3 78 Paris Saint-Germain - Liverpool Leonardo 11, Cauet 10/04/1997 SF 3-0 Paris FC 43, Leroy 83 Arsenal FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 Giroud 36, Ramsey 17/03/2015 R16 AS Monaco FC - Arsenal FC Monaco agg: 3-3 ag 79 Oxlade-Chamberlain 90+1; Kondogbia 38, 25/02/2015 R16 Arsenal FC - AS Monaco FC 1-3 London Berbatov 53, Carrasco 90+4 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arsenal FC - Olympique de 26/11/2013 GS 2-0 London Wilshere 1, 65 Marseille J. Ayew 90+3 (P); Olympique de Marseille - Arsenal 18/09/2013 GS 1-2 Marseille Walcott 65, Ramsey FC 83 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arsenal FC - Montpellier Hérault Wilshere 49, Podolski 21/11/2012 GS 2-0 London SC 63 Belhanda 9 (P); Montpellier Hérault SC - Arsenal 18/09/2012 GS 1-2 Montpellier Podolski 16, Gervinho FC 18 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arsenal FC - Olympique de 01/11/2011 GS 0-0 London Marseille Olympique de Marseille - Arsenal 19/10/2011 GS 0-1 Marseille Ramsey 90+2 FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kanu 53; Kapo 8, 22/10/2002 GS1 Arsenal FC - AJ Auxerre 1-2 London Fadiga 27 3 Paris Saint-Germain - Arsenal FC Tuesday 13 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Parc des Princes, Paris UEFA Champions League 02/10/2002 GS1 AJ Auxerre - Arsenal FC 0-1 Auxerre Gilberto Silva 48 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bergkamp 33; 21/02/2001 GS2 Arsenal FC - Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 London Edmílson 90 13/02/2001 GS2 Olympique Lyonnais - Arsenal FC 0-1 Lyon Henry 59 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Nouma 72; Henry 42, 20/04/2000 SF RC Lens - Arsenal FC Lens agg: 1-3 Kanu 86 06/04/2000 SF Arsenal FC - RC Lens 1-0 London Bergkamp 2 Sibierski 13, 58, 3-3 Vahirua 80; Grimandi 09/12/1999 R3 FC Nantes - Arsenal FC Nantes agg: 3-6 25, Henry 31, Overmars 43 Overmars 15 (P), 25/11/1999 R3 Arsenal FC - FC Nantes 3-0 London Winterburn 82, Bergkamp 90 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/11/1998 GS Arsenal FC - RC Lens 0-1 London Debeve 72 Vairelles 90+2; 16/09/1998 GS RC Lens - Arsenal FC 1-1 Lens Overmars 51 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 16/03/1995 QF AJ Auxerre - Arsenal FC Auxerre I. Wright 16 agg: 1-2 I. Wright 60; Verlaat 02/03/1995 QF Arsenal FC - AJ Auxerre 1-1 London 63 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Paris Saint-Germain 7 3 3 1 8 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 15 4 6 5 16 18 Arsenal FC 11 5 3 3 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 13 6 3 30 16 4 Paris Saint-Germain - Arsenal FC Tuesday 13 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Parc des Princes, Paris Match background Two of European football's most illustrious names meet on matchday one when Arsenal FC defend their unbeaten record away to French clubs with a visit to Paris Saint-Germain. Previous meetings • The sides' only previous meeting came in the semi-finals of the 1993/94 European Cup Winners' Cup when George Graham's Arsenal edged through 2-1. • The line-ups in Paris on 29 March 1994 were: Paris: Lama, Llacer (Bravo 46), Ricardo, Sassus, Colleter, Fournier, Guérin, Le Guen, Ginola, Weah, Valdo. Arsenal: Seaman, Dixon, Bould, Adams, Winterburn, Jensen, Selley, Davis (Keown 83), Merson, Smith (Campbell 83), Wright. • A 1-1 draw in the French capital, in which Ian Wright's first-half goal was cancelled out by David Ginola for Artur Jorge's team, set the Gunners up for an aggregate victory, secured by Kevin Campbell's seventh-minute winner at Highbury. Arsenal went on to beat Parma FC 1-0 in the final. Match background Paris • The French champions, who have Unai Emery in charge after replacing Laurent Blanc in June, lost 3-2 on aggregate to Manchester City FC in last season's quarter-finals. It was the fourth successive year they met defeat at that stage. • The teams drew 2-2 in Paris but Paris were beaten in the return, unable to repeat their success against another English opponent in the round of 16. A 2-1 win over Chelsea FC at the Parc des Princes was matched by the same score in London. • In Group A Paris had set high standards, scoring 12 goals and conceding only one in an away defeat at Real Madrid CF. • Two home wins in the group – and a 0-0 draw with Madrid – helped maintain their impressive record on their own soil. In a run of 39 home European games (25 wins, 13 draws) since losing to Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage, Paris have lost only once, 3-1 against FC Barcelona in the 2014/15 quarter-final first leg. • Their 2-0 matchday one home victory over Malmö FF 12 months ago reacquainted Paris with the opening-night winning habit: they have won five of the last six such fixtures in European football. • The Parisian club have played 17 matches against English sides with the record W4 D6 L5. At home it is W3 D3 L1. • Emery's last encounter with English opponents, in May, brought him a notable success, guiding Sevilla FC to the UEFA Europa League crown for a third year in a row with a 3-1 win over Liverpool FC. Arsenal • In their 19th successive group stage campaign the Gunners will be hoping to break their round of 16 hoodoo: they have fallen at that stage in each of the last six campaigns. • They began last season with a 2-1 defeat at GNK Dinamo Zagreb, the second successive year they had lost on matchday one after a run of ten unbeaten such fixtures (winning eight). • In the 2014/15 round of 16 second leg, their last encounter with a French side, they won 2-0 at AS Monaco FC through Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey but it was not enough to rescue the tie after a 3-1 defeat at home, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scoring.