UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Arsenal FC Olympiacos FC Group B - Matchday 2 Arsenal Stadium, London Wednesday 3 October 2012 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Match facts........................................................................................................................5 Squad list...........................................................................................................................7 Head coach.......................................................................................................................9 Match officials..................................................................................................................10 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................11 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................13 Group Standings.............................................................................................................14 Competition facts.............................................................................................................16 Team facts.......................................................................................................................17 Legend............................................................................................................................19 Arsenal FC - Olympiacos FC Wednesday 3 October 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arsenal Stadium, London Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/12/11 GS Olympiacos FC - Arsenal FC 3-1 Piraeus Djebbour 16, David Fuster 36, Modesto 89; Benayoun 57 28/09/11 GS Arsenal FC - Olympiacos FC 2-1 London Oxlade-Chamberlain 8, André Santos 20; David Fuster 27 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/12/09 GS Olympiacos FC - Arsenal FC 1-0 Piraeus Leonardo 47 29/09/09 GS Arsenal FC - Olympiacos FC 2-0 London Van Persie 78, Arshavin 86 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Arsenal FC 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 5 5 Olympiacos FC 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 5 5 Arsenal FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/04 GS Arsenal FC - Panathinaikos FC 1-1 London Henry 16(p); Cygan 75(og) 20/10/04 GS Panathinaikos FC - Arsenal FC 2-2 Athens González 65, Olisadebe 82; Ljungberg 18, Henry 74 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/10/01 GS Arsenal FC - Panathinaikos FC 2-1 London Henry 23, 52(p); Olisadebe 50 26/09/01 GS Panathinaikos FC - Arsenal FC 1-0 Athens Karagounis 25 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/12/98 GS Panathinaikos FC - Arsenal FC 1-3 Athens Sypniewski 74; Boa Morte 64, 86, Anelka 80 30/09/98 GS Arsenal FC - Panathinaikos FC 2-1 London Adams 62, Keown 75; Pereira Da Silva 87 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/97 R1 Arsenal FC - PAOK FC 1-1 London Bergkamp 22; Vryzas 87 agg: 1-2 16/09/97 R1 PAOK FC - Arsenal FC 1-0 Salonika Frantzeskos 61 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/81 R1 Arsenal FC - Panathinaikos FC 1-0 London Talbot 53 agg: 3-0 16/09/81 R1 Panathinaikos FC - Arsenal FC 0-2 Athens McDermott 34, Davis 72 Olympiacos FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/03/08 R16 Chelsea FC - Olympiacos FC 3-0 London Ballack 5, Lampard 25, Kalou 48 agg: 3-0 19/02/08 R16 Olympiacos FC - Chelsea FC 0-0 Piraeus Last updated 01/10/12 23:16:29CET 2 Previous meetings Arsenal FC - Olympiacos FC Wednesday 3 October 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arsenal Stadium, London UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/03/05 R16 Newcastle United FC - Olympiacos FC 4-0 Newcastle Dyer 18, Shearer 45, 69, Bowyer 54 agg: 7-1 10/03/05 R16 Olympiacos FC - Newcastle United FC 1-3 Athens P. Djordjević 14(p); Shearer 12(p), Robert 33, Kluivert 68 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/12/04 GS Liverpool FC - Olympiacos FC 3-1 Liverpool Sinama Pongolle 47, Mellor 80, Gerrard 86; Rivaldo 27 28/09/04 GS Olympiacos FC - Liverpool FC 1-0 Piraeus Stoltidis 17 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/10/02 GS Olympiacos FC - Manchester United FC 2-3 Athens Choutos 70, P. Djordjević 74; Blanc 21, Verón 59, Scholes 84 01/10/02 GS Manchester United FC - Olympiacos FC 4-0 Manchester Giggs 19, 66, Verón 26, Solskjær 77 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/10/01 GS Manchester United FC - Olympiacos FC 3-0 Manchester Solskjær 79, Giggs 88, Van Nistelrooy 90+4 10/10/01 GS Olympiacos FC - Manchester United FC 0-2 Athens Beckham 66, Cole 82 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/00 R3 Liverpool FC - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Liverpool Heskey 28, Barmby 60 agg: 4-2 23/11/00 R3 Olympiacos FC - Liverpool FC 2-2 Athens Alexandris 65, 89; Barmby 38, Gerrard 66 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/11/72 R2 Olympiacos FC - Tottenham Hotspur FC 1-0 Athens Argiroudis 44 agg: 1-4 25/10/72 R2 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Olympiacos FC 4-0 London Pearce 11, 58, Chivers 35, Coates 48 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/12/65 R1 Olympiacos FC - West Ham United FC 2-2 Athens Bovington 58(og), Polychroniou 81(p); agg: 2-6 Peters 28, 53 24/11/65 R1 West Ham United FC - Olympiacos FC 4-0 London Hurst 23, 43, Byrne 65, Brabrook 82 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Arsenal FC 7 5 2 0 7 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 14 7 3 4 19 14 Olympiacos FC 10 4 3 3 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 20 4 3 13 15 44 Last updated 01/10/12 23:16:29CET 3 Previous meetings Arsenal FC - Olympiacos FC Wednesday 3 October 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arsenal Stadium, London Match background Arsenal FC and Olympiacos FC will hold few surprises when the teams meet in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the third time in four seasons. • While Arsenal opened Group B by coming from behind to win 2-1 at Montpellier Hérault SC, Olympiacos went down at home to FC Schalke 04 by the same scoreline. Previous meetings • This was also the fixture on matchday two last season, Arsenal winning 2-1. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain marked his UEFA Champions League debut with an early goal and André Santos scored his first for the club to secure the points despite David Fuster's 27th-minute response. • The lineups in north London on 28 September 2011 were: Arsenal: Szczęsny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Rosický, Arteta, André Santos, Oxlade-Chamberlain (Ramsey 68), Song, Arshavin (Gibbs 83), Frimpong, Chamakh (Van Persie 71). Olympiacos: Costanzo, Mellberg, Ibagaza, Fejsa, Djebbour, Mirallas (Abdoun 75), Fuster (Pantelić 80), Holebas, Marcano, Orbaiz (Modesto 75), Torossidis. • Arsène Wenger's team also came out on top in the 2009/10 group stage, Robin van Persie and Andrey Arshavin scoring in the last 12 minutes for a 2-0 victory on matchday two. • In both seasons the reverse fixture was won by Olympiacos, who were 3-1 victors in Piraeus last season with Rafik Djebbour, Fuster and François Modesto on target. Leonardo scored the only goal of the December 2009 encounter. Match background • Arsenal, who finished third in the 2011/12 Premier League, are taking part in the group stage for the 15th season in a row. For only the second time in seven campaigns they did not have to negotiate a qualifying round. • In 2011/12 Arsenal departed in the round of 16 for the second season in a row. It was the 12th successive time that they had made it through the group and only the second campaign since 2006/07 that they had failed to reach the quarter-finals or better. • Wenger's side won four of their five home games in last season's competition, the exception a 0-0 draw with Olympique de Marseille on matchday four. Apart from the victory over Olympiacos they also saw off Udinese Calcio in the play-off round 1-0 and Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the group stage before beating AC Milan 3-0 in the round of 16 second leg, bowing out having lost 4-0 in Italy. • Olympiacos are in their 14th participation in the UEFA Champions League, reaching the round of 16 in 2007/08 and 2009/10. They lost two away games in last season's group stage, going down 1-0 at Dortmund in addition to the Arsenal reverse, but won 1-0 at Marseille on matchday five to help them finish third in Group F. Team ties • Bacary Sagna and Djebbour were team-mates at AJ Auxerre from 2000 to 2003, Abou Diaby joining them in 2002. • Ariel Ibagaza and Santi Cazorla played together at Villarreal CF from 2008 until 2010. Fuster joined them in 2009/10 after a one-season loan at Elche CF. • Sébastien Squillaci and Modesto were team-mates at AS Monaco FC from 2004 to 2006. • Roy Carroll recorded a win, a draw and a defeat in three games at Arsenal for Manchester United FC. He was also on the winning side in the 2003/04 FA Cup semi-final against the Gunners but in the following season's showpiece Arsenal won 5-4 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes. • Wenger's Monaco lost to Olympiacos 2-1 on aggregate in the 1992/93 European Cup Winners' Cup second round. • Marouane Chamakh scored FC Girondins de Bordeaux's second goal in a 2-1 win at home to Olympiacos in the second leg of a UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie on 17 March 2010 to confirm progress.