UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT CFR 1907 Cluj Galatasaray AŞ Group H - Matchday 4 Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Wednesday 7 November 2012 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Match facts........................................................................................................................5 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Head coach.......................................................................................................................8 Match officials....................................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................13 Group Standings.............................................................................................................15 Competition facts.............................................................................................................17 Team facts.......................................................................................................................18 Legend............................................................................................................................20 CFR 1907 Cluj - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 7 November 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/10/12 GS Galatasaray AŞ - CFR 1907 Cluj 1-1 Istanbul Burak Yılmaz 77; Nounkeu 19(og) Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA CFR 1907 Cluj 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 Galatasaray AŞ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 CFR 1907 Cluj - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Galatasaray AŞ - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/09 GS FC Dinamo Bucureşti - Galatasaray AŞ 0-3 Bucharest Kewell 22, Nonda 24, Mehmet Topal 55 22/10/09 GS Galatasaray AŞ - FC Dinamo Bucureşti 4-1 Istanbul Kewell 32, Nonda 42, 46, Elano 58(p); Boştină 61 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/08/08 QR3 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Galatasaray AŞ 1-0 Bucharest Nicoliţă 57 agg: 3-2 13/08/08 QR3 Galatasaray AŞ - FC Steaua Bucureşti 2-2 Istanbul Nonda 19, 47; Dayro Moreno 5, Nicoliţă 13 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/04/89 SF Galatasaray AŞ - FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 Izmir Tanman 36; Dumitrescu 39 agg: 1-5 05/04/89 SF FC Steaua Bucureşti - Galatasaray AŞ 4-0 Bucharest Dumitrescu 7, Hagi 40, Petrescu 68, Balint 71 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/10/86 R1 Galatasaray AŞ - FC Universitatea Craiova 2-1 Istanbul Tanman 52, Kocabiyik 76; G Popescu agg: 2-3 38 17/09/86 R1 FC Universitatea Craiova - Galatasaray AŞ 2-0 Craiova Geolgau 57, Bicu 86 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/09/62 PR Galatasaray AŞ - FC Dinamo Bucureşti 3-0 Istanbul Oktay 13(p), Köken 51, Kutver 78 agg: 4-1 09/09/62 PR FC Dinamo Bucureşti - Galatasaray AŞ 1-1 Bucharest Pîrcălab 71(p); Oktay 53 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/56 PR Galatasaray AŞ - FC Dinamo Bucureşti 2-1 Istanbul Aytaç 42, Oktay 89; Suru 31 agg: 3-4 26/08/56 PR FC Dinamo Bucureşti - Galatasaray AŞ 3-1 Bucharest Voica 10, 67, Ene 84; Okay 77 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Last updated 06/11/12 00:49:41CET 2 Previous meetings CFR 1907 Cluj - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 7 November 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA CFR 1907 Cluj 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 Galatasaray AŞ 7 4 3 0 6 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 13 5 4 4 20 18 Last updated 06/11/12 00:49:41CET 3 Previous meetings CFR 1907 Cluj - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 7 November 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Match background Galatasaray AŞ go in search of a long overdue UEFA Champions League away win when they visit CFR 1907 Cluj on matchday four. • The Turkish title holders have not won on their travels in the competition proper since September 2002, when they prevailed 2-0 at PFC Lokomotiv Moskva. Including their narrow 1-0 reverse at Manchester United FC in September, they have lost eight and drawn one of nine away games since then. • The teams' 1-1 draw in Istanbul on 23 October pre-empted the departure of CFR coach Ioan Andone, who left the club by mutual consent 24 hours later. Paulo Sérgio has since taken over. Match background • CFR lost 2-1 to Manchester United in their first Group H fixture at the Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu but can take heart from 1-0 wins against FC Slovan Liberec and FC Basel 1893 in the qualifying rounds. • This is CFR's first home encounter with Turkish opposition but Galatasaray have a long history against teams from Romania – and a disappointing record from previous visits to the country. • Their continental debut came against FC Dinamo Bucureşti in the 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round, and ended in a 4-3 aggregate defeat after they lost the first leg 3-1 in Bucharest. • Galatasaray went down 5-1 on aggregate to FC Steaua Bucureşti in the 1988/89 European Cup semi-finals. That Steaua side included Gheorghe Hagi, who went on to serve Galatasaray as player and coach. • Galatasaray finally won in Romania at the sixth attempt on their most recent visit – 3-0 at Dinamo in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League group stage courtesy of goals from Harry Kewell, Shabani Nonda and Mehmet Topal. Gökhan Zan, Hakan Balta and Sabri Sarıoğlu all played. • The visitors' overall record in Romania is W1 D1 L4. Team ties • Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim captained Turkey in a 1-1 friendly draw with Romania at the Ali Sami Yen on 29 January 1983 and also played on 9 March that year, in Targu Mures, with Romania winning 3-1. Terim took on Romania four times as a player, recording two draws and two defeats. • Terim also failed to record a victory against Romania as Turkey coach. In August 2007 his side – including Hamit Altıntop, Gökhan and Sabri – lost 2-0 in Bucharest. In February 1995, during a previous spell in charge, Turkey were held 1-1 by Romania in Izmir. • Semih Kaya, Umut Bulut, Altıntop and substitute Emre Çolak were in the Turkey side beaten 1-0 at home by Romania in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 12 October. • Altıntop was in the FC Bayern München team that earned home and away victories over CFR in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Fernando Muslera played in Uruguay's 1-1 draw with Romania in Bucharest in February this year. • Nordin Amrabat struck PSV Eindhoven's second goal in a 2-0 win at CFR in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League group stage. • In that same group stage campaign, Pantelis Kapetanos scored in Steaua's 3-1 loss at Fenerbahçe SK. Kapetanos and Ionuţ Rada were in the Steaua team beaten home and away by Fenerbahçe and consigned to last place in their section. • Kapetanos and Steaua lost home and away to Cris's Olympique Lyonnais in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League group stage. • That same season Kapetanos had been an unused second-leg substitute when Steaua defeated a Galatasaray side including Hasan Şaş, now one of Terim's assistant coaches, and Hakan in the third qualifying round. • Gökhan conceded a decisive late penalty and was sent off playing for Beşiktaş JK in a 2-1 loss at FC Dinamo Bucureşti in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage. • Eleven Romanian players have represented Galatasaray and two, Hagi and Gheorghe Popescu, were in the team that Terim led to the 2000 UEFA Cup, Turkey's first European club trophy. Hagi was sent off four minutes into extra time in the final against Arsenal FC, which his side won 4-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw. Last updated 06/11/12 00:49:41CET 4 Match background CFR 1907 Cluj - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 7 November 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Match facts CFR UEFA Champions League statistics • This is coach Paulo Sérgio's first game in the UEFA Champions League. • The Romanian champions have scored 49 goals in UEFA competition. • CFR have managed 12 shots on target, the lowest total in the group stage along with Arsenal FC and RSC Anderlecht. • CFR's 2-0 victory against SC Braga on matchday one was only the third time a Romanian side had won away from home in the UEFA Champions League group stage, following FC Steaua Bucureşti (4-1 at FC Dynamo Kyiv in 2006) and CFR (2-1 at AS Roma in 2008). • Matías Aguirregaray serves a one-game ban following his red card on matchday three; Rafael Bastos' next booking will incur a suspension. Miscellaneous • Ioan Andone parted company with the club after matchday three and Paulo Sérgio was unveiled as his successor on 30 October in a deal that runs until the end of the season. • He took charge of his first game on Saturday having watched from the stands on 31 October as CFR won 2-0 at home against second-tier FC Botoşani to advance to the Romanian Cup quarter-finals. • That gave assistant Francisc Dican two victories out of two as interim boss, having also overseen a 3-1 league triumph at struggling CS Turnu Severin on 27 October. • CFR claimed their biggest win of the season on Saturday, beating FC Braşov 5-0 in Paulo Sérgio's first game in charge.