UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT Rangers FC Sevilla FC Ibrox, Glasgow Tuesday 29 September 2009 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Group G - Matchday 2 Contents Match background.........................................................................................2 Match facts....................................................................................................4 Squad list.......................................................................................................7 Head coach....................................................................................................9 Match officials...............................................................................................10 Fixtures and results......................................................................................11 Match-by-match lineups...............................................................................13 Competition facts..........................................................................................14 Team facts....................................................................................................15 Legend.........................................................................................................18 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html Rangers FC - Sevilla FC Tuesday 29 September 2009 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ibrox, Glasgow Match background Previous meetings UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/09/62 R1 Sevilla FC - Rangers FC 2-0 Sevilla Dieguez 16, Mateos 48 agg: 2-4 05/09/62 R1 Rangers FC - Sevilla FC 4-0 Glasgow Millar 14, 17, 63, Brand 64 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Rangers FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 Sevilla FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 Rangers FC - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/07 GS FC Barcelona - Rangers FC 2-0 Barcelona Henry 6, Messi 43 23/10/07 GS Rangers FC - FC Barcelona 0-0 Glasgow UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/03/07 R16 CA Osasuna - Rangers FC 1-0 Pamplona Webó 71 agg: 2-1 08/03/07 R16 Rangers FC - CA Osasuna 1-1 Glasgow Hemdani 90+2; Raúl García 17 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/03/06 KO1 Villarreal CF - Rangers FC 1-1 Villarreal Arruabarrena 49; Løvenkrands 12 agg: 3-3 ag 22/02/06 KO1 Rangers FC - Villarreal CF 2-2 Glasgow Løvenkrands 22, Peña 82(og); Riquelme 8 (p), Forlán 35 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/10/99 GS Rangers FC - Valencia CF 1-2 Glasgow Moore 59; Mendieta 35, Claudio López 45 15/09/99 GS Valencia CF - Rangers FC 2-0 Valencia Kily González 57, 74 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/10/85 R1 CA Osasuna - Rangers FC 2-0 Pamplona Ripodas 13, Monreal 40 agg: 2-1 18/09/85 R1 Rangers FC - CA Osasuna 1-0 Glasgow Paterson 55 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/79 R2 Rangers FC - Valencia CF 1-3 Glasgow Johnstone 24; Bonhof 16, Kempes 43, agg: 2-4 77 24/10/79 R2 Valencia CF - Rangers FC 1-1 Valencia Kempes 24; McLean 45 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/03/67 QF Real Zaragoza - Rangers FC 2-0 Zaragoza Lapetra 24, Santos 86 (p) agg: 2-2 t 01/03/67 QF Rangers FC - Real Zaragoza 2-0 Glasgow Smith 9, Willoughby 27 Last updated 28/09/09 15:30:02CET Match background 2 Rangers FC - Sevilla FC Tuesday 29 September 2009 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ibrox, Glasgow European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/10/63 PR Real Madrid CF - Rangers FC 6-0 Madrid Puskás 3, 24, 49, Evaristo 10, Gento agg: 7-0 19, Félix Ruiz 78 25/09/63 PR Rangers FC - Real Madrid CF 0-1 Glasgow Puskás 86 Sevilla FC - record versus clubs from opponents' country None 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 Rangers FC 9 3 3 3 9 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 18 3 5 10 14 28 Sevilla FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 Recent history will persuade Rangers FC to treat their first home game in this season's UEFA Champions League with caution. The visit of Sevilla FC will remind the Scottish titleholders that they have not defeated visitors from Spain for over 20 years. • If that statistic was not concerning enough, Sevilla are the early pacesetters in Group G as goals from Luis Fabiano and Renato earned a 2-0 home win against debutants FC Unirea Urziceni on Matchday 1. Rangers, however, can take heart after Madjid Bougherra's late equaliser earned a 1-1 draw at VfB Stuttgart. Previous meetings • The teams' only previous meeting – and the only time Sevilla have faced opponents from Scotland – came in the 1962/63 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round. Rangers won 4-0 at home and survived a second-leg scare in Spain, where Sevilla won 2-0. • Rangers have not won in four home matches against Spanish sides, drawing three and losing the other. Home and away they have not won in nine outings (five defeats and four draws) and have not scored in their last three games. • Rangers' last victory against Spanish opposition came in the 1985/86 UEFA Cup first round when they beat CA Osasuna 1-0 in Glasgow only to lose the away leg 2-0. Match background • Rangers lost their last UEFA Champions League home game 3-0 against Olympique Lyonnais, resigning them to third place in the 2007/08 group stage. They had started off with a 2-1 win at home to Stuttgart before a goalless draw against FC Barcelona. • That Lyon defeat was Rangers' only dent in a sequence of 20 home games in UEFA club competition, including qualifiers, which includes ten wins and nine draws. • Their previous UEFA Champions League campaign, in 2005/06, was their most successful to date as Rangers became the first Scottish side to reach the knockout stages. At home they beat FC Porto 3-2 and followed that with draws against FC Artmedia Petržalka (0-0) and FC Internazionale Milano (1-1). In the first knockout round they drew 1-1 at Villarreal CF but lost out on away goals having drawn 2-2 at home. • In their only previous UEFA Champions League campaign two years ago, Sevilla started with a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal FC but then recorded victories at FC Steaua Bucureşti (2-0) and SK Slavia Praha (3-0) to finish top of the group. • In the first knockout round they lost 3-2 at Fenerbahçe SK and with the game in Spain producing the same score, the Turkish club went through on penalties. Team ties • Former manager Jock Wallace, who in 1976 and 1978 guided Rangers to the treble of league title, Scottish FA Cup and League Cup, was Sevilla coach between 1986 and 1987. Manuel Jiménez was among his charges at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, and Wallace made him vice-captain. • Sevilla have fond memories of Glasgow having lifted the 2007 UEFA Cup at Hampden Park with victory on penalties against Liga rivals RCD Espanyol following a 2-2 draw after extra time. Sevilla's goals were scored by Adriano and Frédéric Kanouté, while Andrés Palop made three saves in the shoot-out. Last updated 28/09/09 15:30:02CET Match background 3 Rangers FC - Sevilla FC Tuesday 29 September 2009 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ibrox, Glasgow • Kanouté and Rangers midfielder Pedro Mendes were team-mates at Tottenham Hotspur FC between 2003 and 2005. • Sevilla's Sébastien Squillaci and Jérôme Rothen of Rangers spent two seasons together at AS Monaco FC between 2002 and 2004, culminating in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League final and a 3-0 defeat by FC Porto. • Rangers striker Nacho Novo began his playing career in Spain with SD Huesca, then in the fourth tier. Match facts Rangers UEFA milestones • Rangers have conceded 198 goals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. UEFA Champions League statistics • None Latest domestic information • Saturday 26 September: Rangers FC 0-0 Aberdeen FC McGregor; Whittaker, Bougherra, Weir, Smith (Little 84); Naismith (Boyd 63), McCulloch, Thomson, Rothen; Novo, Miller (Fleck 84). • Walter Smith made five changes from the side that beat Queen of the South FC 2-1 in the Scottish League Cup third round on 23 September. Allan McGregor, Steven Smith, Lee McCulloch, Nacho Novo and Kenny Miller replaced Neil Alexander, Saša Papac, Pedro Mendes, the ill Steven Davis and Kris Boyd respectively. • It was Rangers' third consecutive Premier League goalless draw and it is now 293 minutes since their last league goal, their longest scoreless run in 15 years. • Smith's side are unbeaten in all competitions since their extra-time Scottish League Cup final defeat by Celtic FC on 15 March – a run of 20 matches. • Madjid Bougherra returned from domestic suspension and Alexander made his first competitive start of the season in the victory over second-tier Queen of the South. Steven Naismith and Nacho Novo got the goals to earn a quarter-final date away to Novo's former employers Dundee FC on 27/28 October. • Novo had made his first competitive start of the campaign four days earlier as Rangers were held to a goalless draw at Kilmarnock FC. Captain David Weir also returned to the starting lineup following an ankle injury but the game ended on a sour note as Walter Smith was sent to the stands after Mendes' dismissal.