UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Rhein-Neckar-Arena - Sinsheim Tuesday 15 August 2017 20.45CET (20.45 local time) TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Play-off, First leg Liverpool FC Last updated 14/05/2018 16:25CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 6 Match officials 8 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Team facts 15 Legend 17 1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - Liverpool FC Tuesday 15 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - Record versus clubs from opponents' country TSG 1899 Hoffenheim have not played against a club from their opponents' country Liverpool FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Origi 48, Coutinho 66, Sakho 78, Lovren Liverpool FC - Borussia 4-3 14/04/2016 QF Liverpool 90+1; Mkhitaryan 5, Dortmund agg: 5-4 Aubameyang 9, Reus 57 07/04/2016 QF Borussia Dortmund - Liverpool FC 1-1 Dortmund Hummels 48; Origi 36 1-0 25/02/2016 R32 Liverpool FC - FC Augsburg Liverpool Milner 5 (P) agg: 1-0 18/02/2016 R32 FC Augsburg - Liverpool FC 0-0 Augsburg UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Krzynówek 88; Luis Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Liverpool 1-3 09/03/2005 R16 Leverkusen García 28, 32, Baroš FC agg: 2-6 67 Luis García 15, John Liverpool FC - Bayer 04 Arne Riise 35, 22/02/2005 R16 3-1 Liverpool Leverkusen Hamann 90+2; França 90+3 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ballack 16, 64, Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Liverpool 4-2 Berbatov 68, Lúcio 09/04/2002 QF Leverkusen FC agg: 4-3 84; Abel Xavier 42, Litmanen 79 Liverpool FC - Bayer 04 03/04/2002 QF 1-0 Liverpool Hyypiä 44 Leverkusen Liverpool FC - Borussia 30/10/2001 GS1 2-0 Liverpool Šmicer 15, Wright 82 Dortmund 19/09/2001 GS1 Borussia Dortmund - Liverpool FC 0-0 Dortmund UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Salihamidžić 57, FC Bayern München - Liverpool Jancker 82; John 24/08/2001 F 2-3 Monaco FC Arne Riise 23, Heskey 45, Owen 46 2 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - Liverpool FC Tuesday 15 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - Liverpool 1-1 K-H. Rummenigge 88; 22/04/1981 SF Munich FC agg: 1-1 ag Kennedy 83 Liverpool FC - FC Bayern 08/04/1981 SF 0-0 Liverpool München European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - VfL Borussia 3-0 Kennedy 6, Dalglish 12/04/1978 SF Liverpool Mönchengladbach agg: 4-2 35, Case 54 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Hannes 28, Bonhof 29/03/1978 SF 2-1 Dusseldorf - Liverpool FC 90; Johnson 89 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - 2-1 Kotte 47, Sachse 52; 02/11/1977 R2 Dresden Liverpool FC agg: 3-6 Heighway 67 Hansen 14, Case 21, Liverpool FC - 1. FC Dynamo 58, Neal 43 (P), 19/10/1977 R2 5-1 Liverpool Dresden Kennedy 66; Häfner 76 UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Thompson 21, 6-0 McDermott 40, 56, 57, 06/12/1977 F Liverpool FC - Hamburger SV Liverpool agg: 7-1 Fairclough 84, Dalglish 88 Keller 29; Fairclough 22/11/1977 F Hamburger SV - Liverpool FC 1-1 Hamburg 65 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers McDermott 28, Smith Liverpool FC - VfL Borussia 25/05/1977 F 3-1 Rome 65, Neal 83 (P); Mönchengladbach Simonsen 51 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - 1. FC Dynamo 2-1 Case 24, Keegan 47; 17/03/1976 QF Liverpool Dresden agg: 2-1 Heidler 63 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - 03/03/1976 QF 0-0 Dresden Liverpool FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - 2-0 23/05/1973 F Monchengladbach Heynckes 31, 40 Liverpool FC agg: 2-3 Liverpool FC - VfL Borussia Keegan 21, 32, 10/05/1973 F 3-0 Liverpool Mönchengladbach Lloyd 61 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - 0-1 21/03/1973 QF Dresden Keegan 53 Liverpool FC agg: 0-3 3 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - Liverpool FC Tuesday 15 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim UEFA Cup Liverpool FC - 1. FC Dynamo 07/03/1973 QF 2-0 Liverpool Hall 25, Boersma 60 Dresden Boersma 1, Liverpool FC - Berliner FC 3-1 13/12/1972 R3 Liverpool Heighway 25, Dynamo agg: 3-1 Toshack 55; Netz 8 Berliner FC Dynamo - Liverpool 29/11/1972 R3 0-0 Berlin FC 0-0 26/09/1972 R1 Eintracht Frankfurt - Liverpool FC Frankfurt am Main agg: 0-2 Keegan 12, Hughes 12/09/1972 R1 Liverpool FC - Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Liverpool 75 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers G. Müller 25, 27, U. FC Bayern München - Liverpool 3-1 03/11/1971 R2 Munich Hoeness 58; Evans FC agg: 3-1 38 Liverpool FC - FC Bayern 20/10/1971 R2 0-0 Liverpool München UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Borussia Dortmund - Liverpool 2-1 Held 61, Yeats 109 05/05/1966 F Glasgow FC (aet) ET (og); Hunt 68 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers St. John 21, Hunt 36; 24/03/1965 QF (Rep) Liverpool FC - 1. FC Köln 2-2 (Rep) Rotterdam Thielen 40, Löhr 48 0-0 17/03/1965 QF Liverpool FC - 1. FC Köln Liverpool agg: 2-2 ag 10/02/1965 QF 1. FC Köln - Liverpool FC 0-0 Cologne Home Away Final Neutral Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liverpool FC 14 11 3 0 14 2 8 4 7 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 36 17 13 6 58 31 4 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - Liverpool FC Tuesday 15 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Match background Liverpool FC manager Jürgen Klopp returns to his homeland to take on continental debutants TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in an intriguing UEFA Champions League play-off tie. Previous meetings • This is Hoffenheim's first European tie, with the play-off first leg at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena in Sinsheim marking the start of their maiden continental campaign. • Fourth place in the 2016/17 Bundesliga was the south-west German club's best-ever league finish. • Liverpool are unbeaten in their last six encounters with German opposition; their overall record reads P36 W17 D13 L6 F58 A31 (W11 D3 L0 at home, W2 D8 L4 away). Match background • After a year's absence from European competition, Liverpool qualified for the play-offs by coming fourth in last season's Premier League. • Since 2009/10, when the Reds failed to get out of their UEFA Champions League group, this is their second appearance in the competition following another group-stage participation in 2014/15. • The aim for Liverpool, five-time European champions, is a tenth tilt at the UEFA Champions League group stage. • Their last European campaign, 2015/16, ended in a UEFA Europa League final defeat by Sevilla FC in Basel. • The last five European games at Anfield have produced a home victory; in fact, Liverpool are unbeaten in nine home matches in Europe, since a 3-0 reverse to Real Madrid CF on 22 October 2014. • In contrast, they have won just one of their last 12 European away fixtures (D6 L5), that victory coming at FC Rubin Kazan on 5 November 2015 in their UEFA Europa League group. Team and coach links • Klopp faced Hoffenheim 16 times as a manager during his career in Germany. His record was D1 L1 with 1. FSV Mainz 05, and W5 D5 L4 with Borussia Dortmund. • Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino was at Hoffenheim between 2011 and 2015, scoring 38 goals in 140 league games. • TSG's Nadiem Amiri, Sandro Wagner and Kerem Demirbay, together with Emre Can of Liverpool, helped Germany win the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia in July. Coach profiles • The Bundesliga's youngest-ever head coach when appointed Hoffenheim boss in February 2016, at the age of 28, Julian Nagelsmann initially helped stave off the threat of relegation with a combination of tactical know-how and excellent man-management. That same recipe, developed during a long coaching apprenticeship with FC Augsburg, TSV 1860 München and TSG, then fuelled their march to fourth place last term. • A UEFA Champions League runner-up as Dortmund coach in 2013, Klopp steered Liverpool into this month's play- offs at the conclusion to his first full season in English football. The league title and cup success that the charismatic 50-year-old enjoyed with BVB has so far eluded him, though he did lead the Merseysiders to the UEFA Europa League and English League Cup finals of 2016. 5 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - Liverpool FC Tuesday 15 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Squad list TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat.