UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio de la Cerámica - Villarreal Wednesday 17 August 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Villarreal CF Play-off, First leg AS Monaco FC Last updated 09/05/2017 22:54CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Team facts 15 Competition format 18 Legend 19 1 Villarreal CF - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/2005 GS Villarreal CF - LOSC Lille 1-0 Villarreal Guayre 67 27/09/2005 GS LOSC Lille - Villarreal CF 0-0 Paris UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 07/08/2002 SF ES Troyes AC - Villarreal CF Troyes Match forfeited f 31/07/2002 SF Villarreal CF - ES Troyes AC 0-0 Villarreal AS Monaco FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Raggi 17, Elderson 25/08/2015 PO AS Monaco FC - Valencia CF Monaco agg: 3-4 75; Negredo 4 Rodrigo 4, Parejo 59, 19/08/2015 PO Valencia CF - AS Monaco FC 3-1 Valencia Feghouli 86; Pašalić 49 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AS Monaco FC - Real Betis 2-2 Gerard 33, Maoulida 23/08/2005 QR3 Monaco Balompié agg: 2-3 63; Oliveira 17, 77 Real Betis Balompié - AS 09/08/2005 QR3 1-0 Seville Edu 90+3 Monaco FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Chevantón 22, Givet RC Deportivo La Coruña - AS 37, Saviola 39, 08/12/2004 GS 0-5 La Coruna Monaco FC Maicon 55, Adebayor 76 AS Monaco FC - RC Deportivo 28/09/2004 GS 2-0 Monaco Kallon 5, Saviola 10 La Coruña UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Giuly 45+1, 66, 3-1 06/04/2004 QF AS Monaco FC - Real Madrid CF Monaco Morientes 48; Raúl agg: 5-5 ag González 36 2 Villarreal CF - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal UEFA Champions League Iván Helguera 51, Zidane 70, Luís Figo 24/03/2004 QF Real Madrid CF - AS Monaco FC 4-2 Madrid 77, Ronaldo 81; Squillaci 43, Morientes 83 Rothen 2, Giuly 11, Pršo 26, 30, 45+2, 49, AS Monaco FC - RC Deportivo 05/11/2003 GS1 8-3 Monaco Plašil 47, Cissé 67; La Coruña Tristán 39, 52, Scaloni 45 RC Deportivo La Coruña - AS 21/10/2003 GS1 1-0 La Coruna Tristán 83 Monaco FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 09/03/2000 R4 AS Monaco FC - RCD Mallorca Monaco Simone 33 agg: 2-4 Stanković 42, 52 (P), Palma de 02/03/2000 R4 RCD Mallorca - AS Monaco FC 4-1 62 (P), Tristán 90; Mallorca Gallardo 2 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 13/04/1994 GS AS Monaco FC - FC Barcelona 0-1 Monaco Stoichkov 13 08/12/1993 GS FC Barcelona - AS Monaco FC 2-0 Barcelona Begiristain 16, 27 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 AS Monaco FC - Real Valladolid 20/03/1990 QF agg: 0-0 (aet, 3- Monaco CF 1pens) Real Valladolid CF - AS Monaco 07/03/1990 QF 0-0 Valladolid FC UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Petit 7, 50, Barberis 3-3 21; Morena 36, 01/10/1980 R1 AS Monaco FC - Valencia CF Monaco agg: 3-5 Kempes 74, Felman 77 Kempes 61, Morena 17/09/1980 R1 Valencia CF - AS Monaco FC 2-0 Valencia 90 (P) Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Villarreal CF 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 4 0 AS Monaco FC 9 5 3 1 9 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 18 6 4 8 30 28 3 Villarreal CF - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Match background Villarreal will not be relishing another meeting with Radamel Falcao as the Spanish side battle Monaco for a place in the UEFA Champions League group stage. Previous meetings • The clubs have yet to meet in a competitive game. • Villarreal's record in four encounters with French sides is W2 D2 L0 (W1 D1 L0 at home and away). They lost 2-1 at Troyes in a 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final decider, but were awarded a 3-0 win – and a final place – as their opponents were sanctioned for fielding an ineligible player. • Monaco's 18 matches against Spanish teams have ended W6 D4 L8 (W5 D3 L1 at home – W1 D1 L7 in Spain). Match background • This is Villarreal's first European fixture of the season and their first UEFA Champions League campaign since they bowed out at the end of the 2011/12 group stage. • The Yellow Submarine defeated Odense 3-1 on aggregate in their only previous UEFA Champions League play-off, in 2011/12. • Monaco eliminated Fenerbahçe to make it to the play-offs, Valère Germain's second in a 3-1 second-leg victory proving decisive in a 4-3 aggregate success. Team and coach links • Monaco's Marcel Tisserand and Villarreal's Cédric Bakambu are international team-mates with DR Congo. • Sporting director Antonio Cordón left Villarreal for Monaco this summer. • Villarreal's Alfred N'Diaye (Nancy 2008–11) and Bakambu (Sochaux 2010–14) have played in France. • Falcao (Atlético Madrid 2011–13), Ivan Cavaleiro (Deportivo La Coruña 2014/15) and Morgan De Sanctis (Sevilla 2007/08) have Spanish Liga experience. • Falcao scored five goals against Villarreal, including four in the first leg, as Porto beat the Yellow Submarine 7-4 on aggregate in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League semi-finals. João Moutinho was then – as now – one of his team- mates, while Mateo Musacchio, Bruno Soriano and Mario Gaspar featured for Villarreal. Coach profiles • A youth team player who never made the grade with Valencia, Fran Escribá began his coaching career in the club's youth setup in 2002. After serving as understudy to Quique Sánchez Flores at Valencia, Getafe, Benfica and Atlético Madrid, his first managerial post was with Elche in the second tier. He led the Valencian outfit into the Liga in his first season in charge before joining Getafe last summer. • Marcelino left Villarreal by mutual consent on 10 August having been coach since January 2013. Escribá was named as his successor the following day. • Appointed in June 2014, Leonardo Jardim has guided Monaco to successive third-place finishes in his two seasons in France. The Venezuelan-born Portuguese coach led Beira-Mar into Portugal's top division in 2009/10 and impressed with Braga, Olympiacos and Sporting CP before being hired by his current employers. 4 Villarreal CF - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Squad list Villarreal CF 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 Sergio Asenjo ESP 28/06/1989 27 - - - - - - - 5 - 29 - 13 Andrés Fernández ESP 17/12/1986 29 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Mariano Barbosa ARG 27/07/1984 32 - - - - - - - 4 - 13 - 31 Joan Femenias ESP 19/08/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Mario Gaspar ESP 24/11/1990 25 - - - - - - - 4 - 37 1 3 José Ángel ESP 05/09/1989 26 - - - - - - - 1 - 5 - 5 Mateo Musacchio ARG 26/08/1990 25 - - - - - - - 5 - 35 - 6 Víctor Ruiz ESP 25/01/1989 27 - - - - - - - 9 - 41 1 11 Jaume Costa ESP 18/03/1988 28 - - - - - - - - - 16 - 22 Antonio Rukavina SRB 26/01/1984 32 - - - - - - - - - 17 - 23 Daniele Bonera ITA 31/05/1981 35 - - - - - - - 31 - 60 - 30 Ramón Bueno ESP 07/04/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 32 Juan Fernández ESP 17/08/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 Miguel Llambrich ESP 18/01/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 37 Arnau Vega ESP 04/01/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Francisco Maldonado ESP 26/07/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Genís Montolio ESP 23/07/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 44 Miguel Leal ESP 01/02/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 4 Alfred N'Diaye FRA 06/03/1990 26 - - - - - - - - - 16 2 7 Denis Cheryshev RUS 26/12/1990 25 - - - - - - - 3 - 12 2 8 Jonathan Dos Santos MEX 26/04/1990 26 - - - - - - - 4 - 23 1 14 Manu Trigueros ESP 17/10/1991 24 - - - - - - - - - 22 - 16 Rodrigo Hernández ESP 22/06/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Samuel Castillejo ESP 18/01/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - 13 1 20 Roberto Soriano ITA 08/02/1991 25 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 21 Bruno Soriano ESP 12/06/1984 32 - - - - - - - 12 - 62 4 26 Pablo Larrea ESP 04/02/1994 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 27 Aitor Cantalapiedra ESP 10/02/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 28 Manu Morlanes ESP 12/01/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 29 Leonardo Suárez ARG 30/03/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 34 Javier García ESP 23/06/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Chuca ESP 10/06/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 38 Ramiro Guerra ESP 21/03/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 40 Álvaro Belizón ESP 14/05/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 43 Daniel Raba ESP 29/10/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Roberto Soldado ESP 27/05/1985 31 - - - - - - - 23 16 69 27 5 Villarreal CF - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Villarreal CF Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA 10 Pato BRA 02/09/1989 26 - - - - - - - 22 6 28 9 17 Cédric Bakambu COD 11/04/1991 25 - - - - - - - - - 13 9 24 Rafael Borré COL 15/09/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Mario González ESP 25/02/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Simón Moreno ESP 02/07/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Fran Escribá ESP 03/05/1965 51 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 Villarreal CF - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal AS Monaco FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.