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AC Milan were confirmed as winners of Group H despite losing their unbeaten record against AEK Athens FC twoweeks ago so the main focus in this game is whether LOSC Lille Métropole can qualify alongside them - to do so theyhave to better AEK's result at RSC Anderlecht. Lille have six points, one behind the in-form Greek outfit, but if theteams finish level the French side will progress thanks to their superior head-to-head record.

• Yet it is also possible for Claude Puel's side to miss out on qualification for the UEFA Cup as well and finish in lastplace. If they lose and Anderlecht beat AEK then that would put the Belgian champions equal on six points with Lillebut in third position on head-to-head.

• Milan's defeat in Athens was a surprise because before Matchday 4 AEK had gone 21 games in the competitionwithout sampling victory. But the 1-0 win against Lille transformed confidence and they then defeated their Italianvisitors by the same scoreline, Júlio César's 32nd-minute free-kick hoisting AEK up into second place. It inflicted theRossoneri's first defeat in the section and their first away from home in the competition in seven games.

Man on a mission• Meanwhile Lille's hopes were experiencing a downward turn as they were held 2-2 at the Stade Félix-Bollaert byAnderlecht. Peter Odemwingie put the home team ahead but Mbo Mpenza was a man on a mission for the visitorsand having equalised that goal he struck again at the start of the second half after Nicolas Fauvergue had restoredLille's lead.

• In the Matchday 2 fixture between the teams a combination of spirited teamwork and Milan's wayward finishingenabled Lille to claim an impressive 0-0 draw against the six-time European champions. Some believed Lille's porousdefence would provide rich pickings for their opponents but ultimately they had as many good chances as the visitorsto take victory.

• It was the first time the teams had met. Milan traditionally have the upper hand against French opponents at home- winning seven and drawing two of the nine games which began with the narrow UEFA Cup first-round defeat of AJAuxerre in 1985.

Recent semi-final• Last season, Carlo Ancelotti's team drew 0-0 against Olympique Lyonnais at the Stade Gerland before winning thehome leg 3-1 to set up a UEFA Champions League semi-final with eventual winners FC Barcelona. One notable Milandefeat by French opposition was the 1-0 loss to Olympique de Marseille in the 1992/93 UEFA Champions Leaguefinal, a game which featured current stars Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta.

• Lille have faced only two other Italian teams in UEFA competition and in each case experienced the winning feelingaway from home. In the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round they won 2-0 at Parma FC, a resultwhich meant they qualified for the group stage for the first time. After the group campaign they then went into theUEFA Cup where in the third round they beat ACF Fiorentina 1-0 in Tuscany and 2-0 at home.

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AC Milan v LOSC Lille MétropoleMATCH PRESS KITStadio Giuseppe Meazza, MilanWednesday, 6 December 2006 - 20:45CETGroup H - Matchday 6

Team facts

UEFA club competition milestones• Milan have been crowned champions of Europe six times, making them the second most successful club in thehistory of the competition behind Real Madrid CF. They won the UEFA European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1962/63,1968/69, 1988/89 and 1989/90 before lifting the UEFA Champions League with a 4-0 victory against FC Barcelonain 1993/94 and most recently in 2002/03 when they triumphed on penalties after a goalless draw with Juventus FC.

• Alongside their success in the European Cup, Milan also lifted the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup twice - defeatingHamburger SV 2-0 in the 1967/68 final and Leeds United AFC 1-0 in 1972/73 thanks to a Luciano Chiarugi goal afterjust four minutes in Saloniki. The following season they were runners-up against German side 1. FC Magdeburg.

UEFA club competition honours• European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1962/63, 1968/69, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1993/94, 2002/03• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1967/68, 1972/73• European/South American Cup: 1969, 1989, 1990• UEFA Super Cup: 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003

Ten-year record (including current season)• Milan are making their fifth successive appearance in the UEFA Champions League and their seventh in eightseasons. They got past FK Crvena Zvezda in the third qualifying round to reach this stage.

1997/98: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1998/99: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1999/00: UEFA Champions League - first group stage2000/01: UEFA Champions League - second group stage2001/02: UEFA Cup - semi-finals2002/03: UEFA Champions League - winners2003/04: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals2004/05: UEFA Champions League - runners-up2005/06: UEFA Champions League - semi-finals2006/07: UEFA Champions League - group stage

2005/06 seasonDomestic record: Milan ended the Serie A season in second place but a 30-point deduction following a sportingfraud investigation in Italy meant they were relegated to third and did not get an automatic place into the UEFAChampions League group stage. They were the highest goalscorers in the league, scoring 85 times in 38 games.

European record: Milan coasted through the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, losing once at PSVEindhoven, before a 5-2 aggregate win against FC Bayern München in the first knockout round secured their last-eightplace. After drawing 0-0 at Olympique Lyonnais, Milan won the second leg 3-1 but their path to a second successivefinal was blocked by FC Barcelona in the semi-finals - the eventual winners triumphing 1-0 over two legs.

Key facts• Milan have played a total of 301 matches in UEFA club competition, in which they have won 162, drawn 69 and lost70, with 504 goals scored and 262 conceded.

• In the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, Milan have played 190 games, winning 104,drawing 44 and losing 42. They have scored 337 goals and conceded 160. While in the UEFA Champions League(group stage to final), Milan's record reads: played 107, won 54, drawn 30, lost 23 with 156 goals scored and 85conceded.

Records


AC Milan v LOSC Lille MétropoleMATCH PRESS KIT

UEFA club competition• Biggest win8-0: AC Milan v US Luxembourg12.09.1962, 1962/63 European Champion Clubs' Cup, preliminary round, first leg

• Biggest home win8-0: AC Milan v US Luxembourg (see above for details)

• Biggest away win0-6: FC København v AC Milan20.10.1993, 1993/94 European Champion Clubs' Cup, second round, first leg0-6: US Luxembourg v AC Milan19.09.1962, 1962/63 European Champion Clubs' Cup, preliminary round, second leg

• Heaviest defeat6-0: AFC Ajax v AC Milan09.01.1974, 1973 UEFA Super Cup, final, second leg

• Heaviest home defeat0-2: AC Milan v AFC Ajax23.11.1994, 1994/95 UEFA Champions League, group stage0-2 AC Milan v Parma AC02.02.1994, 1993 UEFA Super Cup, final, second leg0-2: AC Milan v RCD Español21.10.1987, 1987/88 UEFA Cup, second round, first leg0-2: AC Milan v FC Barcelona04.11.1959, 1959/60 European Champion Clubs' Cup, first round, first leg

• Heaviest away defeat6-0: AFC Ajax v AC Milan (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest win0-4: Fenerbahçe SK v AC Milan23.11.2005, 2005/06 UEFA Champions League, group stage4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk24.11.2004, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, group stage0-4: RC Deportivo La Coruña v AC Milan24.09.2002, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League, group stage4-0: AC Milan v FC Barcelona18.05.1994, 1993/94 European Champion Clubs' Cup, final4-0: AC Milan v IFK Göteborg25.11.1992, 1992/93 UEFA Champions League, group stage

• Biggest home win4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details)4-0: AC Milan v IFK Göteborg (see above for details)

• Biggest away win0-4: Fenerbahçe SK v AC Milan (see above for details)0-4: RC Deportivo La Coruña v AC Milan (see above for details)



• Heaviest defeat4-0: RC Deportivo La Coruña v AC Milan07.04.2004, 2003/04 UEFA Champions League, quarter-finals, second leg

• Heaviest home defeat0-2: AC Milan v AFC Ajax (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat4-0: RC Deportivo La Coruña v AC Milan (see above for details)

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UEFA club competition milestones• Although crowned French champions in 1946 and 1954, and have five French Cups to their name, Lille had to waituntil 2001/02 to play their first European game, knocking Parma FC out of UEFA Champions League in the thirdqualifying round before going out in the group stage after being drawn alongside RC Deportivo La Coruña, OlympiacosCFP and Manchester United FC.

• Winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2004, Lille have twice reached the last 16 of UEFA Cup but arguably theirgreatest night came during the 2005/06 season when Les Dogues overcame Manchester United 1-0 at the Stade deFrance to finish ahead of the English giants in third spot in their UEFA Champions League group.

UEFA club competition honours• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004

Ten-year record (including current season)• Their appearance in the UEFA Champions League this season is their second in a row and third in six seasons.This season, Lille booked their place in the group stage with a 4-0 aggregate success at FK Rabotnicki's expense.

1997/98: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1998/99: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1999/00: Did not compete in UEFA club competition2000/01: Did not compete in UEFA club competition2001/02: UEFA Champions League - group stage2002/03: Did not compete in UEFA club competition2003/04: UEFA Intertoto Cup - runners-up2004/05: UEFA Cup - round of 16 (having qualified for the competition as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners)2005/06: UEFA Cup - round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League, group stage)2006/07: UEFA Champions League - group stage

2005/06 seasonDomestic record: Lille snatched third place in Ligue 1 in the last moments of the season, coming back from 2-0 downto draw 2-2 against Stade Rennais FC thanks to goals from Nicolas Fauvergue and Mathieu Bodmer. It was enoughto earn a place in the third qualifying of the UEFA Champions League, as they finished nine points behind FC Girondinsde Bordeaux and 22 off champions Olympique Lyonnais.

European record: Playing their home games at the Stade de France in Paris, Lille only scored one goal in the groupstage of the UEFA Champions League although, against Manchester United, it was enough to finish ahead of theformer winners and claim third spot and a place in the UEFA Cup. There they defeated FC Shakhtar Donetsk in theRound of 32 before losing 2-1 on aggregate to eventual winners Sevilla FC.



Key facts• Lille have played 21 games in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League. In that time, theyhave won six, drawn nine and lost six, scoring 20 goals and conceding 15. In the UEFA Champions League (groupstage to final) proper, Lille have played 17 matches in which they have won three, drawn nine, lost five with 14 goalsscored and 14 conceded.

• In all UEFA club competitions, Lille have played a total of 51 games with 22 wins, 19 draws and ten defeats. In thattime, they have scored 56 goals and conceded 33.

RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest win3-0: LOSC Lille Métropole v FK Rabotnicki09.08.2006, 2006/07 European Champion Clubs' Cup, third qualifying round, first leg3-0: LOSC Lille Métropole v NK Slaven Koprivnica28.07.2004, 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup, semi-finals, first leg

• Biggest home win3-0: LOSC Lille Métropole v FK Rabotnicki (see above for details)3-0: LOSC Lille Métropole v NK Slaven Koprivnica (see above for details)

• Biggest away win0-2: UD Leiria v LOSC Lille Métropole24.08.2004, 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup, final matches, second leg0-2: Aston Villa FC v LOSC Lille Métropole07.08.2002, 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup, semi-final matches, second leg0-2: FC Gloria 1922 Bistrita v LOSC Lille Métropole20.07.2002, 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup, third round, first leg0-2: Parma AC v LOSC Lille Métropole08.08.2001, 2001/02 European Champion Clubs' Cup, third qualifying round, first leg

• Heaviest defeat2-0: Sevilla FC v LOSC Lille Métropole15.03.2006, 2005/06 UEFA Cup, round of 16, second leg2-0: VfB Stuttgart v LOSC Lille Métropole27.08.2002, 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup, final matches, second leg

• Heaviest home defeat0-1: LOSC Lille Métropole v AJ Auxerre10.03.2005, 2004/05 UEFA Cup, round of 16, first leg0-1: LOSC Lille Métropole v Parma FC22.08.2001, 2001/02 European Champion Clubs' Cup, third qualifying round, second leg

• Heaviest away defeat2-0: Sevilla FC v LOSC Lille Métropole (see above for details)2-0: VfB Stuttgart v LOSC Lille Métropole (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest win3-1: LOSC Lille Métropole v AEK Athens FC17.10.2006, 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, group stage3-1: LOSC Lille Métropole v Olympiacos CFP25.09.2001, 2001/02 UEFA Champions League, first group stage



• Biggest home win3-1: LOSC Lille Métropole v AEK Athens FC (see above for details)3-1: LOSC Lille Métropole v Olympiacos CFP (see above for details)

• Biggest away winNo away victories recorded to date in the competition

• Heaviest defeat1-0: AEK Athens FC v LOSC Lille Métropole01.11.2006, 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, group stage1-0: Villarreal CF v LOSC Lille Métropole07.12.2005, 2005/06 UEFA Champions League, group stage1-0: SL Benfica v LOSC Lille Métropole14.09.2005, 2005/06 UEFA Champions League, group stage2-1: Olympiacos CFP v LOSC Lille Métropole17.10.2001, 2001/02 UEFA Champions League, first group stage1-0: Manchester United FC v LOSC Lille Métropole18.09.2001, 2001/02 UEFA Champions League, first group stage

• Heaviest home defeatNo home defeats recorded to date in the competition

• Heaviest away defeat1-0: AEK Athens FC v LOSC Lille Métropole (see above for details)1-0: Villarreal CF v LOSC Lille Métropole (see above for details)1-0: SL Benfica v LOSC Lille Métropole (see above for details)2-1: Olympiacos CFP v LOSC Lille Métropole (see above for details)1-0: Manchester United FC v LOSC Lille Métropole (see above for details)

Last updated: 24 November 2006



Match facts

Milan

• Three Milan players have featured in all seven UEFA Champions League matches to date, including qualifying: Dida,Clarence Seedorf and Kaká. Marek Jankulovski, meanwhile, has played in all the first five Group H games. OnlyKaká has played all 450 minutes in the group stage so far.

• Paolo Maldini is in line to make his 100th UEFA Champions League appearance against LOSC Lille Métropole.Raúl González, Roberto Carlos and David Beckham have already reached that landmark while Oliver Kahn couldalso bring up his century on Matchday 6.

• Cafu, meanwhile, made his 50th appearance in the competition in the reverse fixture against Lille on Matchday 2,the eleventh Milan player to achieve that feat. The full-back has since taken his total to 52 games.

• Maldini also leads the way in terms of UEFA club competition appearances having played 162 times.Alessandro Costacurta (121 appearances) and Seedorf (117) have also passed the century mark whileAlessandro Nesta is currently on 91 appearances, one more than Kakha Kaladze.

• Filippo Inzaghi is Milan's top scorer both in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA club competition overall with35 goals in the former and 55 in total. Kaká is next with 16 goals, all of which have come in the UEFA ChampionsLeague.

• Yoann Gourcuff made his debut in the UEFA Champions League group stage on Matchday 1 and marked theoccasion with the second goal against AEK. It was the former Stade Rennais FC midfielder's seventh Europeanappearance and his first goal, although he had to wait for the Matchday 4 meeting with Anderlecht to make his secondappearance.

• Daniele Bonera made a less successful UEFA Champions League debut on Matchday 3 at Anderlecht as he wassent off for a second bookable offence early in the second half.

• Kaká is the joint leading scorer in this season's UEFA Champions League after five matches; Didier Drogba andFernando Morientes also have five goals to their name.

• Alberto Gilardino's goal on Matchday 4 was his first in the competition in his ninth appearance.

• Kaká has had 12 shots on goal so far, the most in the competition. Inzaghi has had eight attempts.

• Seedorf has had eight shots wide after five games, four less than Boubacar Sanogo and Robin van Persie whohave had the most. Kaká has had seven shots miss the target.

• Inzaghi has been caught offside six times in the first five games, with Francesco Totti and Mohamed Tchite havingbeen penalised on 13 occasions.

• Gennaro Gattuso has committed 12 fouls after Matchday 5, eight fewer than the most penalised player in thecompetition, Brandão. The Milan midfielder has also been impeded on nine occasions, two fewer than Gourcuff.

• Milan have had a total of 72 shots so far, two fewer than Real Madrid CF and four less than Lille, who have had themost.

• Madrid have managed the most shots on goal to date with 39, three more than Valencia and four higher than Milan.



• With an average of 34 minutes of possession per game, only Arsenal FC have surpassed Milan's average of 33minutes in each match after five games. Arsenal and Madrid, meanwhile, have had an average of 56 per centpossession per match, one per cent higher than Milan and FC Barcelona.

• Only PFC CSKA Moskva, with 38, have won more corners than Milan's total of 33.

• Roland Juhász's goal for Anderlecht on Matchday 4 was the first Milan had conceded in this season's competition.

• Zeljko Kalac, who replaced Dida for the last 12 minutes in Athens a fortnight ago, celebrates his 34th birthday on16 December.

• Costacurta became the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League when he played against AEK.The veteran defender was aged 40 years and 211 days, 94 days older than previous record holder, Club Brugge KVgoalkeeper Dany Verlinden when he played the full 90 minutes against AFC Ajax on 9 December 2003.

• Laurent Blanc is currently the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 36 years and 339 days having foundthe net for Manchester United FC in their 3-2 defeat of Olympiacos CFP on 23 October 2002.

• Costacurta has only scored twice in 456 league appearances for Milan, his last goal coming in the 1991/92 season.He has also never scored in 65 UEFA Champions League outings, or in 121 UEFA club competition matches. Nooutfield player has ever played as many UEFA games without finding the net.

• In terms of UEFA Champions League outfield players, only former Milan team-mate Michael Reiziger of PSVEindhoven (73) and current colleague Nesta (66) have played more games without scoring. Nesta did find the net,however, in the 2003 final shoot-out as Milan beat Juventus 3-2 on penalties after a goalless draw in Manchester.

• AC Milan could only manage a draw away to Cagliari Calcio on Sunday. Milan broke the deadlock with a Gilardinoheader but had to come from behind after conceding two quick goals. Marco Borriello got the equaliser for theRossoneri. Milan finished the game with ten men after Andrea Pirlo was sent off towards the end.

• "I'm not angry," said coach Carlo Ancelotti. "We wanted a victory and, although we didn't get one, we played wellenough. We even did well when we were down to ten men, which is a good sign for the future. This will be a difficultseason for us and we didn't get off to the start we wanted. Our goal is to finish in the top four in Serie A and I'm surewe can still achieve it."

• Nesta will undergo surgery on his left shoulder on Monday and could face a long spell on the sidelines. Left-backSerginho will also undergo surgery on his hernia on Wednesday.

• The penalty awarded to Cagliari was the first given against Milan in Serie A this season.

• Milan had not scored two goals in the same game since 28 October.

• Pirlo and Kaká have both been named in the FIFPro best XI of 2006.

• Four days after the defeat at AEK, Milan overcame FC Messina Peloro 1-0 thanks to a header by captain Maldini.The Rossoneri dominated and Kaká hit the bar with a right-foot shot in the second half.

• "We earned three important points that will allow us to play with a bit more composure in the future," said Ancelotti."We still have to improve and work hard but I liked our pace in the later stage of the game. During the first half wewere slow but everything became easier once we broke the deadlock."

• The victory against Messina was Milan's first in Serie A since a 1-0 win at AC Chievo Verona on 25 October andtheir fifth in 13 games. The Rossoneri had lost three of their previous four Serie A games.



• Milan forwards Ricardo Oliveira and Inzaghi have only scored one league goal each this season.

• Inzaghi has not scored since the 3-0 home win against AEK on 13 September.

• When Kaká hit the crossbar it was the 13th time that Milan have struck the woodwork in as many Serie A gamesthis season.

• Maldini's goal was his first for more than a year. The Milan captain's last effort came in the Serie A 2-1 win againstReggina Calcio on 3 October 2005.

• On 29 November Milan won 2-1 at Brescia Calcio to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia 6-3 on aggregate.Milan went into the match with a 4-2 lead from the first leg and Oliveira extended their advantage by putting thevisitors ahead with a first-half header. Davide Zoboli then added an own goal four minutes later before teenagemidfielder Marek Hamsyk scored a consolation for the visitors.

• Ancelotti was satisfied with his team's performance, saying: "I'm very happy about Oliveira's goal - goals are alwaysimportant for forwards. Gourcuff is showing more and more confidence and character. He will become a very importantplayer for us. Now our main objective is to try to get back all the players that are currently out with injuries."

• Oliveira's goal was his first since the Serie A opening game against S.S. Lazio, a run of 844 minutes without scoring."This could be a turning point in my season," he said. "I did not score for a long time but now I want to repay Milan'sfaith."

• Oliveira's goal was the first away goal scored by Milan in 334 minutes in all competitions; the last away goal wasin the 1-0 victory at Chievo.

• Seventeen-year-old defender Matteo Darmiani made his Milan debut against Brescia, coming on at half-time.Midfielder Gastone Bottini also made his first appearance in the same game, replacing Borriello.

• Pirlo will receive a special award at the FIFA World Player of the Year gala in Zurich on 18 December. The Milanmidfielder has been nominated as one of the three best players at this year's FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.

• Milan have slashed the price of tickets for the game with Lille to just €1. The club said in a statement that all fanswho hold season tickets for the Serie A season would be able to buy seats for the match for the special discount pricewhile fans who have purchased special UEFA Champions League mini-season tickets would be able to buy anadditional ticket at the vastly reduced rate.

Lille

• Eight Lille players have featured in all five UEFA Champions League matches to date: Tony Sylva,Grégory Tafforeau, Nicolas Plestan, Mathieu Bodmer, Jean II Makoun, Matthieu Chalmé, Peter Odemwingieand Kader Keita. Sylva, Tafforeau, Plestan, Bodmer, Chalmé and Keita have played all 450 minutes in the groupstage so far.

• Tafforeau became the first player in the Lille squad to make ten UEFA Champions League appearances againstMilan on Matchday 2. Sylva reached double figures against AEK in the third round of matches while Bodmer andMakoun brought up that landmark in Athens before Chalmé and Odemwingie made their tenth appearances againstAnderlecht a fortnight ago.

• Tafforeau also has the most UEFA club competition experience in the Lille squad having featured 39 times. Sylva(34 appearances), Milivoje Vitakić and Rafael Schmitz (both 31), Bodmer and Chalmé (both 30), Souleymane Youlaand Makoun (both 27) and Efstathios Tavlaridis (25) have all played in 25 matches or more.



• Nicolas Fauvergue's goal on Matchday 1 was only Lille's second in the UEFA Champions League proper. Tafforeauand Youla have also found the net once each in the competition.

• On Matchday 3, Daniel Gygax, Makoun and Matthieu Robail all scored their first goals in the UEFA ChampionsLeague. Odemwingie then got his first in the competition against Anderlecht two weeks ago, when Fauvergue againfound the net.

• Only five Lille players have scored more than once in UEFA club competition: Youla (seven goals), Fauvergue(four), Odemwingie (three) and Gygax and Tafforeau (both two). Eight players have scored once in Europe.

• Fauvergue has scored twice in the first five games, one of 22 players to do so. Didier Drogba, Fernando Morientesand Kaká are the current top scorers with five goals each.

• Keita is one of 18 players to have provided two assists in this season's competition prior to Matchday 6; JuninhoPernambucano has created the most goals, with five.

• Odemwingie has had seven shots on goal in the first five matches, five fewer than Kaká. Fauvergue has managedsix attempts.

• Keita and Odemwingie have had nine shots wide so far, three less than Boubacar Sanogo and Robin van Persie.Bodmer has missed the target seven times.

• Keita committed 16 fouls in the first five games, with Brandão the most penalised player having been pulled up on20 occasions. Bodmer has been penalised 12 times.

• Lille have had a total of 76 shots so far, the most in the competition. Only Real Madrid CF, with 39, and ValenciaCF (36), have had more shots on goal than Lille's total of 35.

• Lille have been caught offside four times so far, together with FC Bayern München the lowest total of the 32 teamsin the group stage.

• Lille have collected 13 yellow cards so far, three fewer than FC Shakhtar Donetsk who have the most in thecompetition.

• Bodmer turned 24 on 22 November, the day after the Anderlecht match. Grégory Malicki was 33 a day later andYoula celebrated his 25th birthday on 29 November. Johan Audel is 23 on 12 December and Schmitz 26 five dayslater.

• Lille inflicted a first home defeat of the season on UEFA Cup hopefuls AS Nancy-Lorraine as they recorded a 3-1victory on Sunday night. After a tight first half, Nancy broke the deadlock just after the break through BenjaminGavanon. Bodmer levelled from close range shortly after the hour and Mathieu Debuchy put Lille ahead with a finefree-kick. Youla then rounded off the scoring in the final minute from a counterattack.

• Bodmer's goal was his seventh of the season. He is currently Lille's top scorer, finding the net one more time thanOdemwingie. All of Bodmer's efforts have come in the league.

• The three points meant that Lille joined RC Lens on 29 points in the Ligue 1 standings, just behind their rivals inthird position on goal difference.

• Lille have not lost in the league since 23 September, when they went down 4-1 at Olympique Lyonnais. Puel's playersare now on a nine-game unbeaten run in Ligue 1.



• This season Lille are yet to lose a game in which they have scored the opening goal. Before this weekend's triumphat Nancy they had not won after conceding first.

• Forwards Odemwingie and Keita were both rested ahead of the Milan game while defender Peter Franquart (thigh),midfielder and captain Stéphane Dumont (knee) and striker Audel (shoulder) were all ruled out with injury.

• Audel, who has been sidelined with a shoulder injury, resumed training on 29 October. He could return to the Lilleside before the end of the year.

• Lille's problems increased after the Nancy match as goalkeeper Sylva and right-back Tafforeau both picked upinjuries. The Senegalese custodian was forced to leave the field late in the second half with a broken finger whileTafforeau completed 90 minutes but complained of a groin problem.

• Coach Claude Puel said: "We were unhappy to give away the first goal from a deflection but I got the reaction Iwanted in the second half. It was a hard-fought win but it was tarnished by Sylva's injury. I think he has a broken fingerand we'll miss him for a long time now, especially in Milan."

• On 25 November, Lille drew 1-1 at home to Ligue 1 strugglers AS Monaco FC, with only Bodmer's late strike earninga point. It was a result that continued a six-year run without a win for Lille at home to Monaco.

• After the draw against his former side, Puel said: "I want to congratulate my players for their second-half performance.We deserved to draw level and a strong reaction is always necessary when trying to get back into a game againstsuch experienced opposition. The players who came off the bench also brought something to the game."

• Promising midfielder Matthieu Robail is an emerging talent after winning a regular role in the first team and scoringan important goal in the 3-1 home win against AEK. Now the 21-year-old wants to play alongside his twin brotherSamuel Robail in the first team, saying: "We have experienced the same ups and downs together. We have been inthe same side since we were 13. It is our dream to walk out at the Stade Grimonprez-Jooris together for the Lilleteam."

• Lille's new stadium is scheduled to be completed in 2010. A brand new training facility at Camphin-en-Pévèle is dueto be ready next June.



Competition facts

• UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones

Holders FC Barcelona are not having an easy ride this time around. Failure to beat Werder Bremen would make themthe first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions League began. (Thisrecord, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/00 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage)

In 1992/93, Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten 4-3 on aggregatein the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva.

Manchester United FC could become the first team to win their first three games in a group stage and still not progressif they fail to pick up at least a point against SL Benfica.

Alessandro Costacurta will extend the UEFA Champions League oldest player record he set on Matchday 5 to 40years and 226 days if he features against LOSC Lille Métropole. Against AEK Athens FC on Matchday 5, the veterandefender was 40 years and 211 days, 94 days older than previous record holder, Club Brugge KV goalkeeper DanyVerlinden when he played the full 90 minutes against AFC Ajax on 9 December 2003. Laurent Blanc is currently theoldest player to score in the competition, aged 36 years and 339 days having found the net for Manchester UnitedFC in their 3-2 defeat of Olympiacos CFP on 23 October 2002.

For those already-qualified clubs considering giving a chance to young players, Celestine Babayaro is the youngestplayer to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSCAnderlecht against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994. He was then sent off in the 37th minute.

PFC Levski Sofia have double incentive for wanting to do well at Chelsea FC. They are aiming to avoid joining 1. FCKošice in being the only team to have played in the UEFA Champions League and never picked up a point. TheSlovakian side did just that in their maiden campaign in 1997/98, and have not returned to the competition since. Onlyfive other teams have ever gone through a single group stage campaign without picking up a point namely SK RapidWien (05/06), RSC Anderlecht (04/05), FC Spartak Moskva and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (02/03, first and second groupstage respectively) and Fenerbahçe SK (01/02, first group stage).

Levski have also shipped 15 goals in their first five outings this term, just four short of the record number let in duringa group stage set by Ferencvárosi TC (19) in the 1995/96 campaign.

Spartak have not won in their last 22 games in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK AthensFC on Matchday 3 this season. AEK ended their run of 21 games without a win with a 1-0 home victory against LOSCLille Métropole on Matchday 4.

Spartak extended their sequence without a win to 22 games with the 2-2 home draw against FC Bayern München onMatchday 5. Those 22 games are made up of 17 defeats and five draws. The last time Spartak won was 22 November2000 with a 4-1 second group stage victory at home against Arsenal FC. Interestingly, Spartak’s last away win wasat Sporting Clube de Portugal, their Matchday 6 opponents, when they won 3-0 in Lisbon on 17 October 2000. Theyhave not won in their last 12 away games in Europe’s premier club competition.

For all their defensive solidity, CSKA have only scored two goals in the first five games. They can take comfort fromthe achievement of Villarreal CF last season and AS Roma in the 2002/03 first group stage, as both clubs advancedto the next phase with just three goals to their name. Villarreal are a particularly noteworthy example, as they madeit all the way to the semi-finals in their debut campaign in the competition.



AEK and AS Roma can still go through with seven points. The first to do it since three points for a win was introducedin 1995/96 were Legia Warszawa that season before Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/00 and Liverpool FCin 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 2002/03, afeat achieved by Rangers FC and Bremen last term.

• UEFA Champions League: Did you know?

Domestic champions: This season's competition features 16 domestic league winners from last season, but noneof the eight groups comprising the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League features four champions. Only Group A featuresthree league winners from the last campaign with England, Spain and Bulgaria represented by their champions,namely Chelsea FC, FC Barcelona and PFC Levski Sofia. The fourth club in the group, Werder Bremen, finishedsecond in last season's Bundesliga, five points behind FC Bayern München. All of the remaining groups feature twodomestic league winners with the exception of Group H, where Belgian side RSC Anderlecht are the only champions.Group rivals AEK Athens FC were runners-up in Greece, while LOSC Lille Métropole and AC Milan were classifiedin third place in Ligue 1 and Serie A respectively. Alongside 16 champions, there are nine runners-up and six third-placedfinishers. Arsenal FC are the only club in the group stage to have finished in fourth place in their domestic leaguechampionship last season.

Consecutive participations: This season, Manchester United FC have extended their consecutive participation inthe UEFA Champions League to eleven, a record in the competition. Bayern, PSV Eindhoven, Olympiacos CFP andReal Madrid CF are making their tenth consecutive appearances, one ahead of Arsenal.

Knockout streak: In qualifying for the 2005/06 knockout phase, Real Madrid CF equalled Manchester United FC'srecord of nine consecutive seasons in advancing past the group stage. While United's streak came to an end lastseason, Madrid have featured in the knockout phase every time since the 1996/97 campaign. In those nine seasons,United won the competition once while they also advanced as far as the semi-finals twice, the quarter-finals four timesand the first knockout round twice in the other eight seasons. Madrid, meanwhile, have won the competition threetimes in the last nine years while they advanced as far as the semi-finals twice and the quarter-finals twice. However,in the last two seasons their interest in the competition has ended at the first knockout round.

European return: Of all 32 clubs competing in this season's UEFA Champions League, only FC Spartak Moskvaand FC Girondins de Bordeaux did not participate in a UEFA club competition during the 2005/06 season. Indeed,the two clubs are making their first appearance in UEFA club competition since the 2003/04 season.

Past masters: Four clubs competing in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League were involved in the competition whenit started during the 1992/93 season. AC Milan were beaten finalists (losing to Olympique de Marseille), while PSVEindhoven, PFC CSKA Moskva and FC Porto all participated in the group stage. In addition, AEK Athens FC and FCBarcelona were knocked out in the second round, the last hurdle before the group stage.

Long road for debutants: Five clubs have advanced to the group stage from the European Champion Clubs' Cupsecond qualifying round including this season's two debutants, FC København and PFC Levski Sofia. They are joinedby FC Spartak Moskva, FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Steaua Bucuresti as clubs who had to play four matches to claimtheir place in the group stage of the competition. A debutant has not won the competition since Juventus in 1995/96,the Italian side becoming the third club to achieve this following Olympique de Marseille (1992/93, first UEFA ChampionsLeague final) and AFC Ajax (1994/95).

No qualifiers: Of the 32 clubs involved in the group stage, only AS Roma and FC Girondins de Bordeaux have yetto play a qualifying round match in order to reach the UEFA Champions League. Roma are making their fourthappearance in the competition, while Bordeaux are involved for the second time.



Pedigree: Four of the former winners of the competition since it included a group stage element from the 1992/93season are not participating in this season's UEFA Champions League, namely Olympique de Marseille (1992/93),AFC Ajax (1994/95), Juventus (1995/96) and BV Borussia Dortmund (1996/97). The last ten winners of the competition,Real Madrid CF (three), Manchester United FC, FC Bayern München, AC Milan, FC Porto, Liverpool FC and FCBarcelona are involved in this season's group stage. Only three winners from the last ten UEFA Cup finals are notinvolved in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage, namely Parma FC (1998/99), Feyenoord (2001/02)and Sevilla FC (2005/06). Liverpool and Porto have won both competitions in the past decade, while the remainingUEFA Cup winners in that time are FC Internazionale Milano, Galatasaray SK, Valencia CF and PFC CSKA Moskva.

• UEFA Champions League: All-time recordsBiggest wins8-3: AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña (05.11.2003)7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP (10.12.2003)7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK (24.10.2000)7-2: Olympique Lyonnais v Werder Bremen (08.03.2005)6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (17.03.1993)6-0: Leeds United AFC v Besiktas JK (26.09.2000)6-0: Real Madrid CF v KRC Genk (25.09.2002)Monaco's record victory was achieved in part thanks to the exploits of Dado Pršo, who scored four of his seven2003/04 UEFA Champions League goals that evening against Deportivo. Only one team has scored more than fivegoals in an away game, Manchester United FC winning 6-2 at Brøndby IF in 1998/99.

Most goals in a season12: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC, 2002/03)10: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus, 1997/98)10: Mário Jardel (FC Porto, 1999/00)10: Rivaldo (FC Barcelona, 1999/00)10: Raúl González (Real Madrid CF, 1999/00)10: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC, 2001/02)10: Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan, 2002/03)Andriy Shevchenko finished as top scorer in 2005/06 with nine goals, three behind the record mark set for one season.

Four goals in a matchMarco van Basten (AC Milan 4-0 IFK Göteborg, 25.11.1992)Simone Inzaghi (S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille, 14.03.2000)Dado Pršo (AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña, 05.11.2003)Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC 4-1 AC Sparta Praha, 03.11.2004)Andriy Shevchenko (Fenerbahçe SK 0-4 AC Milan, 23.11.2005)Of these four-goal hauls, Dado Pršo's against Deportivo was the quickest. He scored his first goal 26 minutes intothe game and his fourth just 23 minutes later.

Fastest goal in a match20.07 secs: Gilberto (PSV Eindhoven 0-4 Arsenal FC, 25.09.2002)20.12 secs: Alessandro Del Piero (Manchester United FC 3-2 Juventus, 01.10.1997)21.20 secs: Clarence Seedorf (FC Schalke 04 2-2 AC Milan, 28.09.2005)25.40 secs: Marek Kincl (Club Brugge KV 3-2 SK Rapid Wien, 02.11.2005)28.21 secs: Mariano Bombarda (Willem II 3-4 AC Sparta Praha, 20.10.1999)AC Milan's joy at Clarence Seedorf's first-minute goal against FC Schalke 04 in the 2005/06 group stage was short-lived- Søren Larsen equalised for the home side in the third minute.



Fastest hat-tricks9 mins: Mike Newell (Blackburn Rovers FC 4-1 Rosenborg BK, 06.12.1995)19 mins: Marco Simone (Rosenborg BK 1-4 AC Milan, 25.09.1996)19 mins: Dado Pršo (AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña, 05.11.2003)21 mins: Sigurd Rushfeldt (Rosenborg BK 3-0 Galatasaray SK, 21.10.1998)21 mins: Simone Inzaghi (S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille, 14.03.2000)Rosenborg conceded 16 goals the season Mike Newell scored his rapid hat-trick, three fewer than the UEFA ChampionsLeague group stage record set by Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC the same season.

Youngest players to score17 years, 195 days: Peter Oforiquaye (Rosenborg BK 5-1 Olympiacos CFP, 01.10.1997)17 years, 218 days: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal FC 5-1 Rosenborg BK, 07.12.2004)17 years, 241 days: Martin Klein (Panathinaikos FC 2-1 AC Sparta Praha, 27.02.2002)17 years, 353 days: Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Rosenborg BK, 06.12.2005)18 years, 61 days: Sammy Kuffour (FC Bayern München 2-2 FC Spartak Moskva, 02.11.1994)18 years, 70 days: Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-4 FC Bayern München, 07.12.1994)Peter Oforiquaye became the youngest player to score, but Celestine Babayaro is still the youngest to appear, havingbegun RSC Anderlecht's game against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994 aged 16 years and 87 days.

• UEFA club competition and UEFA Champions League: All-time record appearances and goalscoring

Appearances: UEFA club competitionNote: Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup)

120+162 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)133 Luís Figo (Sporting Clube de Portugal, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano)130 Frank de Boer (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK)129 Oliver Kahn (Karslruher SC, FC Bayern München)122 Zinédine Zidane (AS Cannes, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid CF)121 Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan)

110-119117 Giuseppe Bergomi (FC Internazionale Milano)117 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Milan)116 Phillip Cocu (BV Vitesse, PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona)114 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)114 Roberto Carlos (FC Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid CF)112 Stefan Reuter (1. FC Nürnberg, FC Bayern München, Juventus, BV Borussia Dortmund)111 David Beckham (Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)110 Pavel Nedvěd (AC Sparta Praha, S.S. Lazio, Juventus)



100-109109 Amedeo Carboni (UC Sampdoria, AS Roma, Valencia CF)108 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC)108 Claude Makelele (FC Nantes Atlantique, RC Celta de Vigo, Real Madrid CF, Chelsea FC)108 Vítor Baía (FC Porto, FC Barcelona)107 Stefan Klos (BV Borussia Dortmund, Rangers FC)107 Roar Strand (Rosenborg BK)106 Filip De Wilde (KSK Beveren, RSC Anderlecht, Sporting Clube de Portugal)106 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)106 Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid CF)105 Michel Preud'homme (R. Standard de Liège, KV Mechelen, SL Benfica)105 Alessio Tacchinardi (Juventus, Villarreal CF)105 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC)105 Gary Neville (Manchester United FC)105 Lilian Thuram (AS Monaco FC, Parma FC, Juventus, FC Barcelona)104 Gert Verheyen (RSC Anderlecht, Club Brugge KV)103 Ciro Ferrara (SSC Napoli, Juventus)102 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)101 Edgar Davids (AFC Ajax, AC Milan, Juventus, FC Internazionale Milano, Tottenham Hotspur FC)101 Bülent Korkmaz (Galatasaray SK)101 Manuel Sanchís (Real Madrid CF)100 Lothar Matthäus (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano)100 Javier Zanetti (FC internazionale Milano)

95-9999 Bixente Lizarazu (Athletic Club Bilbao, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, FC Bayern München)99 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC)99 Edwin van der Sar (AFC Ajax, Juventus, Fulham FC, Manchester United FC)99 Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid CF, AS Monaco FC, Liverpool FC, Valencia CF)98 Angelo Peruzzi (AS Roma, Juventus, S.S. Lazio)97 Francisco Gento (Real Madrid CF)97 Patrick Kluivert (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Newcastle United FC, Valencia CF)97 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano, Servette FC)96 Marc Overmars (AFC Ajax, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)96 Michael Reiziger (AFC Ajax, AC Milan, FC Barcelona, Middlesbrough FC, PSV Eindhoven)95 Ray Clemence (Liverpool FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC)95 Rui Costa (SL Benfica, AC Fiorentina, AC Milan)95 Gheorghe Hagi (CF Sportul Studentesc, FC Steaua Bucuresti, Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK)95 Erik Hoftun (Rosenborg BK)

Appearances: UEFA Champions LeagueNote: This list considers group stage to final only; Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competition

100+106 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)104 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF)101 David Beckham (Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)

90-9999 Oliver Kahn (FC Bayern München)99 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)95 Gary Neville (Manchester United FC)94 Luís Figo (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano)



80-8989 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC)89 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC)87 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, AC Milan)83 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC)83 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)81 Frank de Boer (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK)80 Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid CF, AS Monaco FC, Liverpool FC, Valencia CF)80 Hasan Salihamidžić (FC Bayern München)80 Zinédine Zidane (Juventus, Real Madrid CF)

70-7979 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)79 Guti (Real Madrid CF)79 Iván Helguera (Real Madrid CF)78 Claude Makelele (FC Nantes Atlantique, Real Madrid CF, Chelsea FC)78 Alessio Tacchinardi (Juventus, Villarreal CF)77 Míchel Salgado (Real Madrid CF)76 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF)74 Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona)74 Edgar Davids (AFC Ajax, AC Milan, Juventus, FC Internazionale Milano)74 Robert Pirès (Olympique de Marseille, Arsenal FC)74 Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Manchester United FC)74 Sylvain Wiltord (FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Arsenal FC, Olympique Lyonnais)73 Michael Reiziger (AFC Ajax, AC Milan, FC Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven)72 Samuel Kuffour (FC Bayern München)72 Rivaldo (FC Barcelona, AC Milan, Olympiacos CFP)71 Roy Keane (Manchester United FC)

Others (involved in this season's competition only)69 Mehmet Scholl (FC Bayern München)68 Patrick Kluivert (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona)67 Mikaël Silvestre (FC Internazionale Milano, Manchester United FC)67 Patrick Vieira (Arsenal FC, Juventus, FC Internazionale Milano)66 Alessandro Nesta (S.S. Lazio, AC Milan)65 Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan)62 Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal FC)62 Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona)61 Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona)

Goals: UEFA club competitionNote: Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup)

50+62 Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München)56 Eusébio (SL Benfica)56 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)56 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)55 Filippo Inzaghi (Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan)51 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)50 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF)50 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC)



45-4947 Carlos Santillana (Real Madrid CF)46 Henrik Larsson (Feyenoord, Celtic FC, FC Barcelona)45 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)45 Jupp Heynckes (Hannover 96, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Goals: UEFA Champions LeagueNote: This list considers group stage to final only; Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competition

40+54 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)47 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)43 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan)42 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC)

30-3937 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)35 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)32 Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid CF, AS Monaco FC, Liverpool FC, Valencia CF)

20-2929 Patrick Kluivert (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona)28 David Trezeguet (AS Monaco FC, Juventus)27 Roy Makaay (RC Deportivo La Coruña, FC Bayern München)27 Rivaldo (FC Barcelona, AC Milan, Olympiacos CFP)25 Mário Jardel (FC Porto, Galatasaray SK)24 Giovane Elber (FC Bayern München, Olympique Lyonnais)24 Hernán Crespo (Parma FC, S.S. Lazio, FC Internazionale Milano, Chelsea FC, AC Milan)24 Luís Figo (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano)23 Jari Litmanen (AFC Ajax, Liverpool FC)21 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC)20 Serhiy Rebrov (FC Dynamo Kyiv)20 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC)20 Marco Simone (AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain FC, AS Monaco FC)

Others (involved in this season's competition only)19 Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Manchester United FC)

Goals: UEFA Champions League/European Champion Clubs' CupNote: This list considers the all-time goalscorers list in both competitions including all qualifying round matches;Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competition

50+54 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)52 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan)51 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)

40-4949 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF)47 Eusébio (SL Benfica)42 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC)



UEFA information

First knockout round drawThe 2006/07 UEFA Champions League first knockout round draw will take place from 12.00CET on Friday 15 Decemberat UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners will be drawn against the eight runners-up intotwo-legged ties to be played on 20/21 February and 6/7 March. Clubs from the same country cannot be drawn againsteach other while teams who met in the group stage will also be kept apart. Group runners-up must play the first legat home. The quarter-finals will follow on 3/4 and 10/11 April, with the semi-finals on 24/25 April and 1/2 May. Thefinal will be played in Athens on 23 May. The full visual identity for the showpiece event will be unveiled during thedraw. Media representatives wishing to attend have to apply via email to [email protected] before midday on14 December.

Player registrationThe 2006/07 UEFA Champions League regulations state that for all matches from the start of the first knockout round,a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players for the remaining matches in the current competition.Such registration must be completed by 1 February. One player from the above quota of three who has played inUEFA club competition matches for another competing club in the current season may be exceptionally registered,provided that the player has not been fielded in the same competition for another club and/or for another club that iscurrently in the same competition.

UEFA Executive CommitteeThe UEFA Executive Committee holds its final meeting of a hectic year at the House of European Football in Nyon,Switzerland on Thursday and Friday. The UEFA club competition access list for the 2007/08 season will be examined,together with requests by the associations of San Marino and Andorra for one place in the UEFA Champions League.Terms of reference for the new European Professional Football Strategy Forum promoting and developing dialogueon the European club game will also be discussed.

European Union affairsConcerted co-operation between UEFA and the European political authorities, and the protection of sport's specificnature in future EU legislation, are crucial for football's wellbeing. This was the message from the fourth UEFA Seminaron European Union Affairs held last Thursday and Friday at the Belgian FA headquarters in Brussels, attended bysenior EU officials, members of the European parliament and representatives of UEFA's 52 member associations.The seminar put particular focus on the Independent European Sport Review, which has UEFA's full endorsement,and which contains key recommendations for football's wellbeing. The Brussels gathering also gave an update onthe current state of UEFA's essential dialogue with the European authorities, and on developments in EU policies andwhat these mean for European football.

Medical symposiumAlso last week, UEFA vice-president Senes Erzik welcomed medical experts from across the sporting world to thefourth UEFA Medical Symposium in Istanbul. In his opening address, he said: "Sports medicine plays an increasinglyessential role in modern football. Players now play more matches than ever before and in doing so they place theirbodies under excessive physical strain. As the demands on top level players intensify, greater importance is placedappropriate and specific medical support. It is this increase in importance and the constantly changing nature of sportsmedicine that makes a football specific medical symposium necessary."



Head coach profiles

Carlo AncelottiDate of birth: 10 June 1959Nationality: ItalianPlaying career: Parma FC, AS Roma, AC MilanCoaching career: AC Reggiana, Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan

One of only five people – the others being Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff and Frank Rijkaard – tohave lifted the European Champion Clubs' Cup as both a player and coach, Carlo Ancelotti is one of the mosthighly-regarded coaches in European football. He claimed the UEFA Champions League in 2003 in only his secondseason at the AC Milan helm - he would have added a second but for Liverpool FC's stunning fightback two yearslater - and has added Serie A and Coppa Italia medals to an individual trophy cabinet teeming with honours.

His coaching career is proving every bit as illustrious as his days as a no-nonsense midfielder. Ancelotti started outat AS Roma, winning the Scudetto in 1983, before moving to Milan three years later after his hometown club deemedhim too injury-prone. He quickly went about proving them wrong, thriving at San Siro in five years of unyielding successwhich brought two more Serie A crowns and back-to-back European Cup wins in 1989 and 1990.

He started his coaching career in similar vein, leading AC Reggiana to promotion in his debut season in 1996 andwent on to Parma FC who he guided to an unprecedented second-placed finish. By 1998 he was at Juventus andalthough he never managed to better runners-up spot, Ancelotti did earn a return to San Siro in summer 2001. Therehe thrived, winning the UEFA Champions League, Coppa Italia and UEFA Super Cup in his second season andcompleting the set with the Serie A title in 2003/04. He guided the Rossoneri to second in the next two campaigns,although they were subsequently demoted to third last term following the Italian sporting fraud tribunal. In March, heextended his contract until summer 2008.

Claude PuelDate of birth: 2 September 1961Nationality: FrenchPlaying career: AS Monaco FCCoaching career: AS Monaco FC, LOSC Lille Métropole

LOSC Lille Métropole coach Claude Puel may not be the most high-profile figure at the helm of a UEFA ChampionsLeague side but he is no stranger to big European nights having spent 22 years as player and coach at AS MonacoFC. Puel amassed 488 league games as Monaco's midfield anchorman, winning two French titles (1982 and 1988)and the 1991 French Cup in addition to reaching the 1992 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final and the UEFA ChampionsLeague semi-finals two years later.

When appointed Lille coach in the summer of 2001, Puel focused on the long-term, laying down the foundations fora five-year plan; his ambitions came to fruition well ahead of schedule as he steered his team into Europe's premierclub competition in less than four years thanks to a second-placed finish in Ligue 1 in 2004/05. Although Lille failedto progress from the UEFA Champions League group stage the next season, the club went on to the UEFA CupRound of 16 - losing to eventual winners Sevilla FC.

Puel's coaching philosophy is simple: assemble a team with high fitness levels, stamina and speed in abundance anda miserly defence and - with a bit of luck - any team is beatable. Such virtues helped Monaco to the French title in2000 and earned Lille a UEFA Intertoto Cup victory in 2004 before the northern club secured second place in Ligue1 in 2005 - their best finish for 50 years. They earned another tilt at the UEFA Champions League after finishing thirdin the French top flight in 2006 and defeating F.Y.R. Macedonia's FK Rabotnicki in the third qualifying round thatAugust with Puel having signed a new contract earlier in the year.



Squad list

MilanAll-timeCurrent Season

UEFAUCLLeagueUCLUCLQGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldDoBNat.PlayerNo

Goalkeepers-64-57-12-5-207.10.73BRADida1-26-2-2-1--16.12.72AUSZeljko Kalac16-10--------27.04.69ITAValerio Fiori29

Defenders277252-8-4-207.06.70BRACafu23162299111-3--26.06.68ITAPaolo Maldini339035618-2--27.02.78GEOKakha Kaladze4-121-65-2-1-224.04.66ITAAlessandro Costacurta5191-66-9-3--19.03.76ITAAlessandro Nesta13357-24-7-2-212.11.75CRODario Šimić17-11-7213-5--09.05.77CZEMarek Jankulovski18271132-3-1-108.01.72ITAGiuseppe Favalli19-25-2-7-2--31.05.81ITADaniele Bonera25364250-1---227.06.71BRASerginho27----------11.02.87ITALuca Antonelli31-27-16110-4-130.01.76ITACristian Brocchi32----------02.12.89ITAMatteo Darmiani36

Midfielders383158-9-4-209.01.78ITAGennaro Gattuso8

10117687214-51201.04.76NEDClarence Seedorf101913-513-111.07.86FRAYoann Gourcuff20373354-13-4-219.05.79ITAAndrea Pirlo21

1643164021355-222.04.82BRAKaká22265245-6-2-229.05.77ITAMassimo Ambrosini23----------31.07.89ITAAlex Guerci28

Forwards41518112-4--06.05.80BRARicardo Oliveira7

55873560112142209.08.73ITAFilippo Inzaghi952911321213-205.07.82ITAAlberto Gilardino11-6-316-1-118.06.82ITAMarco Borriello15

Coach-78-56---5-210.06.59ITACarlo Ancelotti



Squad list

LilleAll-timeCurrent Season

UEFAUCLLeagueUCLUCLQGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldDoBNat.PlayerNo

Goalkeepers-34-12-15-5-117.05.75SENTony Sylva1-8---2---123.11.73FRAGrégory Malicki16-1--------08.03.81FRALaurent Pichon30----------19.07.88FRAAlexandre Oukidja40

Defenders----------10.04.84FRAAlexis Zywiecki3-25-719-3-125.01.80GREEfstathios Tavlaridis4-31-9-11-3-217.12.80BRARafael5-2--------04.01.85FRAPeter Franquart19239113-15-5-229.09.76FRAGrégory Tafforeau20131-3-3-1--16.05.77SCGMilivoje Vitakić22117-7-12-5-102.06.81FRANicolas Plestan25-17-5-14-1-216.01.84SUIStephan Lichtsteiner26----------28.02.86FRADieudonné Owona28

Midfielders118-615-2--28.07.85FRAMathieu Debuchy2-1-------119.02.84FRAFlavien Le Postollec6-14-6211-4-214.01.86FRAYohan Cabaye713-2-8-21102.08.83BRAMichel Bastos819---2--1112.12.83FRAJohan Audel92813-111--28.08.81SUIDaniel Gygax10130-11715-5--22.11.82FRAMathieu Bodmer12----------10.08.86FRAFaycal Nini15127111-1515-229.05.83CMRJean II Makoun171413-713-102.06.85FRAMatthieu Robail18-30-10-15-5-207.10.80FRAMatthieu Chalmé21----------02.06.85FRASamuel Robail24-17-2-8---106.09.82FRAStéphane Dumont29----------08.12.88FRAJerry van Dam31----------19.01.86CMRHenry Ewane Elong34

Forwards7271615-3-229.11.81GUISouleymane Youla1141326213241113.10.84FRANicolas Fauvergue1332011061415-115.07.81NGAPeter Odemwingie14-11-6315-5-106.08.81CIVKader Keita23-8-4-7-2-205.10.87BELKevin Mirallas27----------14.10.87FRAKamulète Ntuluengani32

Coach-53-17---5-202.09.61FRAClaude Puel



Match-by-match lineups - Group H

PtsGAGFLDWPldClubs10281135AC Milan7742125AEK Athens FC6561315LOSC Lille Métropole3952305RSC Anderlecht

VenueResultsMatchDateBrussels1-1Anderlecht v Lille13.09.2006

Goals: 1-0 Pareja 41, 1-1 Fauvergue 80Anderlecht: Zítka, Deschacht, Vanderhaeghe, Biglia (Juhász 68), Van Damme, Tchite, Ahmed Hassan, Boussoufa,Goor, Pareja, Vanden BorreLille: Sylva, Rafael, Cabaye (Fauvergue 60' ), Bastos (Youla 60' ), Bodmer, Odemwingie (Lichtsteiner 88' ), Makoun,Tafforeau, Chalmé, Keita, PlestanReferee: Stuart Dougal (SCO)

VenueResultsMatchDateMilan3-0Milan v AEK13.09.2006

Goals: 1-0 Inzaghi 17, 2-0 Gourcuff 41, 3-0 Kaká 76Milan: Dida, Cafu, Maldini, Oliveira (Seedorf 71), Gattuso, Inzaghi, D. Šimić, Favalli (Jankulovski 79), Gourcuff, Kaká,Brocchi (Ambrosini 75)AEK: Sorrentino, Moras, Cirillo, Delibašić, Pautasso, Tziortziopoulos, Emerson (Tőzsér 70' ), Liberopoulos, Kapetanos(Lagos 46' ), Dellas (Ivić 55' ), Júlio CésarReferee: Mike Riley(ENG)

VenueResultsMatchDateAthens1-1AEK v Anderlecht26.09.2006

Goals: 0-1 Frutos 25, 1-1 Júlio César 28AEK: Sorrentino, Moras, Cirillo, Kiriakidis, Lagos, Udeze, Georgeas, Kapetanos (Liberopoulos 46), Hetemaj (Delibašić70), Tőzsér, Júlio César (Lakis 55)Anderlecht: Zítka, Deschacht, Biglia, Van Damme, Tchite, Leiva, Boussoufa (Legear 81' ), Goor, Pareja, Frutos,Vanden BorreReferee: Claus Bo Larsen (DEN)

VenueResultsMatchDateLens0-0Lille v Milan26.09.2006

Goals: -Lille: Sylva, Tavlaridis (Rafael 85), Bodmer, Fauvergue (Cabaye 62), Odemwingie, Makoun, Tafforeau, Chalmé,Vitakić, Keita, PlestanMilan: Dida, Cafu, Kaladze, Gattuso, Seedorf, Gilardino (Inzaghi 76' ), Nesta, Jankulovski, Pirlo, Kaká, AmbrosiniReferee: Manuel Mejuto González(ESP)

VenueResultsMatchDateLens3-1Lille v AEK17.10.2006

Goals: 1-0 M. Robail 64, 1-1 Ivić 68, 2-1 Gygax 82, 3-1 Makoun 91Lille: Sylva, Tavlaridis, Cabaye (Mirallas 64), Bodmer, Odemwingie (Youla 78), Makoun, M. Robail (Gygax 78),Tafforeau, Chalmé, Keita, PlestanAEK: Sorrentino, Cirillo, Papastathopoulos, Zikos, Lakis (Delibašić 71' ), Udeze, Emerson, Georgeas, Liberopoulos,Tőzsér (Ivić 56' ), Júlio CésarReferee: Florian Meyer (GER)

VenueResultsMatchDateBrussels0-1Anderlecht v Milan17.10.2006

Goals: 0-1 Kaká 58Anderlecht: Zítka, Deschacht, Vanderhaeghe (Ahmed Hassan 70), Biglia, Tchite, Boussoufa (Serhat 84), Goor,Juhász, Frutos, De Man, Vanden Borre (Legear 84)



Milan: Dida, Kaladze, Oliveira (Cafu 50' ), Gattuso, Inzaghi (Gilardino 72' ), Seedorf (Brocchi 81' ), Nesta, Jankulovski,Pirlo, Kaká, BoneraReferee: Luis Medina Cantalejo(ESP)

VenueResultsMatchDateAthens1-0AEK v Lille01.11.2006

Goals: 1-0 Liberopoulos 74AEK: Sorrentino, Moras, Cirillo, Zikos, Emerson (Kapetanos 47), Georgeas, Liberopoulos, Dellas, Hetemaj (Kiriakidis88), Tőzsér, Júlio César (Manduca 58)Lille: Sylva, Tavlaridis, Cabaye, Bodmer, Odemwingie (Youla 57' ), Makoun (Fauvergue 77' ), M. Robail (Debuchy57' ), Tafforeau, Chalmé, Keita, PlestanReferee: Stephen Bennett(ENG)

VenueResultsMatchDateMilan4-1Milan v Anderlecht01.11.2006

Goals: 1-0 Kaká 6, 2-0 Kaká 22, 3-0 Kaká 56, 3-1 Juhász 61, 4-1 Gilardino 88Milan: Dida, Maldini, Oliveira (Pirlo 73), Seedorf, Gilardino, Nesta (Cafu 19), D. Šimić, Jankulovski, Gourcuff (Gattuso66), Kaká, BrocchiAnderlecht: Zítka, Deschacht, Vanderhaeghe (Serhat 39' ), Biglia, Tchite, Ahmed Hassan, Boussoufa (Mbo Mpenza80' ), Goor, Juhász, De Man, Vanden Borre (Legear 85' )Referee: Herbert Fandel (GER)

VenueResultsMatchDateLens2-2Lille v Anderlecht21.11.2006

Goals: 1-0 Odemwingie 28, 1-1 Mbo Mpenza 38, 2-1 Fauvergue 47, 2-2 Mbo Mpenza 48Lille: Sylva, Rafael, Bodmer, Fauvergue (Bastos 71), Odemwingie (Mirallas 75), Makoun, M. Robail (Debuchy 55),Tafforeau, Chalmé, Keita, PlestanAnderlecht: Schollen, Deschacht, Biglia (Juhász 93' ), Van Damme, Tchite, Mbo Mpenza (Boussoufa 66' ), AhmedHassan (Vanderhaeghe 83' ), Goor, Pareja, De Man, Vanden BorreReferee: Tom Henning Øvrebø(NOR)

VenueResultsMatchDateAthens1-0AEK v Milan21.11.2006

Goals: 1-0 Júlio César 32AEK: Sorrentino, Cirillo, Manduca, Tziortziopoulos (Moras 78), Papastathopoulos, Zikos, Emerson, Liberopoulos,Dellas, Tőzsér (Kiriakidis 66), Júlio César (Hetemaj 86)Milan: Dida (Kalac 78' ), Maldini, Costacurta (Jankulovski 46' ), Oliveira (Borriello 70' ), Inzaghi, Seedorf, Gourcuff,Pirlo, Kaká, Bonera, BrocchiReferee: Eric Braamhaar(HOL)

Brussels-Anderlecht v AEK06.12.2006Milan-Milan v Lille06.12.2006



Bookings list - Group H

AEK Athens FCFSFQFKO1Matchday

2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st654321PlayerNoYTraianos Dellas55

YNikos Liberopoulos33YEmerson25YIfeanyi Udeze24

YStavros Tziortziopoulos14*YYBruno Cirillo5

SNikolaos Georgeas31YDániel Tozsér88

*YYJúlio César99YPantelis Kapetanos35

YEvangelos Moras4YSocratis Papastathopoulos15

RSC AnderlechtFSFQFKO1Matchday

2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st654321PlayerNo*YYBart Goor14*YYAhmed Hassan10SRJelle Van Damme6*YYAnthony Vanden Borre37

YMohamed Tchite7YMbark Boussoufa11

YNicolas Pareja26YLucas Biglia5

LOSC Lille MétropoleFSFQFKO1Matchday

2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st654321PlayerNoSRYEfstathios Tavlaridis4

YNicolas Plestan25YSouleymane Youla11

YGrégory Tafforeau20YJean II Makoun17

SYYYYohan Cabaye7*YYKader Keita23

YMatthieu Robail18

AC Milan



FSFQFKO1Matchday2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st654321PlayerNo

YPaolo Maldini3YClarence Seedorf10

YMarek Jankulovski18YKakha Kaladze4

YGennaro Gattuso8YAlberto Gilardino11SRDaniele Bonera25

YRicardo Oliveira7



Domestic information

AC Milan (Serie A)

LineupsResOpponentDateKalac, Maldini, Jankulovski, Bonera (Nesta71), D. Šimić, Gourcuff, Kaká, Pirlo,Brocchi, Gilardino (Borriello 86), Inzaghi(Seedorf 72)

1-0v FC Messina Peloro (H)25.11.2006League

Kalac, Antonelli (Gilardino 62), Bonera,Kaladze (Darmiani 46), Jankulovski, D.Šimić, Brocchi, Gourcuff, Pirlo, Borriello(Bottini 76), Oliveira

2-1v Brescia Calcio (A)28.11.2006Cup

Kalac, Bonera, Kaladze, Maldini,Jankulovski, Gourcuff, Brocchi (Inzaghi 68),Pirlo, Seedorf, Gilardino (D. Šimić 76),Oliveira (Borriello 46)

2-2v Cagliari Calcio (A)03.12.2006League

GoalscorersResOpponentDateInzaghi 26, Oliveira 702-1v S.S. Lazio (H)10.09.2006LeagueSeedorf 25, Kaká 85(pen)2-0v Parma FC (A)17.09.2006LeagueJankulovski 681-0v Ascoli Calcio 1898 (H)20.09.2006League

0-0v AS Livorno Calcio (A)23.09.2006League0-0v AC Siena (H)01.10.2006League

Kaladze 841-1v UC Sampdoria (A)14.10.2006League0-2v US Città di Palermo (H)22.10.2006League

Jankulovski 301-0v AC Chievo Verona (A)25.10.2006LeagueSeedorf 51, Gilardino 76, Kaká 903-4v FC Internazionale Milano (H)28.10.2006League

0-2v Atalanta BC (A)05.11.2006LeagueBorriello 61, 86, Brocchi 65, Inzaghi 784-2v Brescia Calcio (H)08.11.2006CupBrocchi 561-2v AS Roma (H)11.11.2006League

0-0v Empoli FC (A)18.11.2006LeagueMaldini 131-0v FC Messina Peloro (H)25.11.2006LeagueOliveira 14, Own goal2-1v Brescia Calcio (A)28.11.2006CupGilardino 49, Borriello 692-2v Cagliari Calcio (A)03.12.2006League

v Torino FC (H)10.12.2006Leaguev ACF Fiorentina (A)16.12.2006Leaguev Calcio Catania (H)20.12.2006Leaguev Udinese Calcio (A)23.12.2006Leaguev Reggina Calcio (H)14.01.2007Leaguev S.S. Lazio (A)21.01.2007Leaguev Parma FC (H)28.01.2007Leaguev Ascoli Calcio 1898 (A)04.02.2007Leaguev AS Livorno Calcio (H)11.02.2007Leaguev AC Siena (A)18.02.2007Leaguev UC Sampdoria (H)25.02.2007Leaguev US Città di Palermo (A)28.02.2007Leaguev AC Chievo Verona (H)04.03.2007Leaguev FC Internazionale Milano (A)11.03.2007Leaguev Atalanta BC (H)18.03.2007Leaguev AS Roma (A)01.04.2007Leaguev Empoli FC (H)07.04.2007Leaguev FC Messina Peloro (A)15.04.2007Leaguev Cagliari Calcio (H)22.04.2007Leaguev Torino FC (A)29.04.2007League



PtsGAGFLDWPldClubsRank361429031114FC Internazionale Milano1321132221014AS Roma228182741914US Città di Palermo320262045514Calcio Catania420151545514AS Livorno Calcio519101237414Empoli FC618132253614S.S. Lazio717222155414Atalanta BC817151455414Udinese Calcio917161346414AC Siena1017171055414Torino FC1116212164414UC Sampdoria1215141339214Cagliari Calcio1314221665314FC Messina Peloro1412141445514AC Milan1510191384214AC Chievo Verona169271293214Parma FC178152152714ACF Fiorentina18621986014Ascoli Calcio 1898192191555414Reggina Calcio20



Domestic information

LOSC Lille Métropole (Ligue 1)

LineupsResOpponentDateSylva, Tavlaridis, Rafael, Tafforeau,Debuchy, Cabaye, Bastos (Keita 65),Makoun, Chalmé, Fauvergue (Bodmer 58),Mirallas (Odemwingie 73)

0-0v FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (A)18.11.2006League

Sylva, Tavlaridis, Tafforeau, Plestan,Lichtsteiner (Keita 47), Debuchy, Cabaye(Mirallas 69), Makoun, Chalmé, Fauvergue(Bodmer 47), Odemwingie

1-1v AS Monaco FC (H)25.11.2006League

Sylva (Malicki 73), Tavlaridis, Tafforeau(Chalmé 67), Plestan, Lichtsteiner,Debuchy, Bodmer, Makoun, Youla,Fauvergue (Cabaye 46), M. Robail

3-1v AS Nancy-Lorraine (A)03.12.2006League



GoalscorersResOpponentDateBodmer 10, Keita 422-1v Stade Rennais FC (A)05.08.2006LeagueBodmer 13, Odemwingie 33, 57, 674-0v RC Lens (H)13.08.2006League

0-1v Paris Saint-Germain FC (A)19.08.2006LeagueCabaye 28, Bodmer 37, Odemwingie 573-0v FC Girondins de Bordeaux (H)26.08.2006LeagueOdemwingie 111-1v FC Nantes Atlantique (A)09.09.2006LeagueTavlaridis 351-3v Toulouse FC (H)16.09.2006LeagueOwn goal1-0v FC Istres (A)19.09.2006CupOwn goal1-4v Olympique Lyonnais (A)23.09.2006LeagueFauvergue 681-0v OGC Nice (H)30.09.2006LeagueKeita 481-1v ES Troyes Aube Champagne (A)14.10.2006LeagueBodmer 36(pen)1-0v FC Lorient (H)21.10.2006League

0-2v Stade Rennais FC (H)24.10.2006CupKeita 41-1v Le Mans UC 72 (A)28.10.2006LeagueFauvergue 24, Odemwingie 61, Cabaye90

3-0v Valenciennes FC (A)04.11.2006League

Bodmer 451-0v Olympique de Marseille (H)12.11.2006League0-0v FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (A)18.11.2006League

Bodmer 761-1v AS Monaco FC (H)25.11.2006LeagueBodmer 61, Debuchy 68, Youla 903-1v AS Nancy-Lorraine (A)03.12.2006League

v AS Saint-Etienne (H)10.12.2006Leaguev CS Sedan-Ardennes (A)16.12.2006Leaguev AJ Auxerre (H)23.12.2006Leaguev RC Lens (A)13.01.2007Leaguev Paris Saint-Germain FC (H)24.01.2007Leaguev FC Girondins de Bordeaux (A)27.01.2007Leaguev FC Nantes Atlantique (H)03.02.2007Leaguev Toulouse FC (A)10.02.2007Leaguev Olympique Lyonnais (H)17.02.2007Leaguev OGC Nice (A)24.02.2007Leaguev ES Troyes Aube Champagne (H)03.03.2007Leaguev FC Lorient (A)10.03.2007Leaguev Le Mans UC 72 (H)17.03.2007Leaguev Valenciennes FC (H)01.04.2007Leaguev Olympique de Marseille (A)07.04.2007Leaguev FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (H)14.04.2007Leaguev AS Monaco FC (A)21.04.2007Leaguev AS Nancy-Lorraine (H)28.04.2007Leaguev AS Saint-Etienne (A)05.05.2007Leaguev CS Sedan-Ardennes (H)09.05.2007League



PtsGAGFLDWPldClubsRank431032111416Olympique Lyonnais129152535816RC Lens229142435816LOSC Lille Métropole329162135816FC Sochaux-Montbéliard427192553816AS Saint-Etienne525131454716AS Nancy-Lorraine625201971816FC Girondins de Bordeaux724152163716Olympique de Marseille824182053715Toulouse FC920141365516Stade Rennais FC1020211948416Le Mans UC 721120201665516FC Lorient1218191466416AJ Auxerre1317201665415Paris Saint-Germain FC1417241492516Valenciennes FC1516191984416AS Monaco FC1614191485316OGC Nice1714231585316ES Troyes Aube Champagne1812231286216FC Nantes Atlantique1910301987116CS Sedan-Ardennes20



Match officials

Graham Poll (ENG)RefereePeter Kirkup (ENG), Darren Cann (ENG)Assistant refereesMike Dean (ENG)Fourth officialEduard Dervishi (ESP)UEFA Delegate

Referee

UEFAUCLDoBNat.Name603129.07.1963ENGGraham Poll

Graham Poll is one of the most experienced referees in Europe, his status earning him a wealth of big-gameappointments over the years.

The 43-year-old from Tring, just north of London, spent five years in the English professional game as an assistantreferee having reached the national list in that role at the surprisingly early age of 22. He graduated to the middle in1991, took charge of his first Premiership match two years later and made it to the international referees' list in 1996.The same year, he officiated at the UEFA European Under-16 Championship in Austria before going on to the FACharity Shield between Arsenal FC and Manchester United FC in 1998.

He took charge of two matches at UEFA EURO 2000™ in Belgium and the Netherlands - having refereed the secondleg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid CF and FC Bayern München in May 2000 - andhas regularly officiated at the highest levels in continental and domestic competition ever since, not least the last FACup final at the old Wembley Stadium between Chelsea FC and Aston Villa FC in May 2000. Poll also oversaw theLeague Cup showpiece between Blackburn Rovers FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC in 2002 before being selected forthat summer's FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan.

A familiar face around the world, Poll has had the honour of officiating in club matches in places as far-flung as Jamaicato the Middle East. Other notable games include a Unite against Racism friendly played in Moscow in June 2003 andthe World Cup play-off between Bahrain and Uzbekistan in October 2005. A more recent foray beyond this continentsaw him referee Al Ittihad's 1-0 victory against Al Ahly at the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup in Tokyo.

By that time, Poll had already taken charge of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup final, won by PFC CSKA Moskva at SportingClube de Portugal's home stadium in Lisbon, and 12 months later he earned his second World Cup call. Poll officiatedthree matches at the finals in Germany before announcing his international retirement. At club level he was back forMatchday 2 of the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League as Real Madrid CF won 5-1 against FC Dynamo Kyiv beforetravelling to Athens for AS Roma's 1-0 win at Olympiacos CFP on Matchday 3.

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this matchVenueResMatchStageComp.DateLeverkusen1-1Bayer 04 Leverkusen-S.S. LazioGS1UCL14.09.1999Moscow1-2FC Spartak Moskva-FC Girondins de

BordeauxGS1UCL20.10.1999

Athens2-1Olympiacos CFP-Olympique LyonnaisGS1UCL20.09.2000Helsingborg1-1Helsingborgs IF-Paris Saint-Germain FCGS1UCL08.11.2000La Coruna0-1RC Deportivo La Coruña-AC MilanGS2UCL06.12.2000Lille0-1LOSC Lille Métropole-Parma FCQR3UCL22.08.2001Rome1-2AS Roma-Real Madrid CFGS1UCL11.09.2001Turin1-0Juventus-Rosenborg BKGS1UCL17.10.2001Lyon2-3Olympique Lyonnais-FC BarcelonaGS1UCL23.10.2001Barcelona1-2FC Barcelona-JuventusQFUCL22.04.2003Turin4-2Juventus-Real Sociedad de FútbolGS1UCL21.10.2003



VenueResMatchStageComp.DatePorto1-0FC Porto-Olympique de MarseilleGS1UCL04.11.2003Prague0-0AC Sparta Praha-AC Milan1/8UCL24.02.2004Basle1-1FC Basel 1893-FC Internazionale MilanoQR3UCL11.08.2004Solna1-4Djurgårdens IF FF-JuventusQR3UCL25.08.2004Milan1-0AC Milan-FC BarcelonaGSUCL20.10.2004Munich0-1FC Bayern München-JuventusGSUCL03.11.2004Porto1-1FC Porto-FC Internazionale Milano1/8UCL23.02.2005Sevilla1-0Real Betis Balompié-AS Monaco FCQR3UCL09.08.2005Lyon2-1Olympique Lyonnais-Olympiacos CFPGSUCL19.10.2005Eindhoven1-0PSV Eindhoven-AC MilanGSUCL01.11.2005Athens1-2Panathinaikos FC-Udinese CalcioGSUCL22.11.2005Turin2-1Juventus-Werder Bremen1/8UCL07.03.2006Athens0-1Olympiacos CFP-AS RomaGSUCL18.10.2006

UEFA Champions League Other matchesVenueResMatchStageComp.DateSiauliai1-1FK Kareda-Anorthosis Famagusta FCQR1UCL30.07.1997Gent0-2K. Lierse SK-Bayer 04 LeverkusenGSUCL26.11.1997Eindhoven4-1PSV Eindhoven-NK MariborQR2UCL26.08.1998Istanbul2-1Galatasaray SK-Athletic Club BilbaoGSUCL30.09.1998Kiev2-0FC Dynamo Kyiv-FK Žalgiris VilniusQR2UCL28.07.1999Zagreb0-0NK Dinamo Zagreb-MTK BudapestQR3UCL11.08.1999Porto1-1Boavista FC-FeyenoordGS1UCL29.09.1999Munich2-1FC Bayern München-Real Madrid CFSFUCL09.05.2000Athens0-0*(0-0)Panathinaikos FC-FC PortoGS2UCL21.11.2001Madrid3-0Real Madrid CF-AC Sparta PrahaGS2UCL12.03.2002Kiev1-0FC Dynamo Kyiv-PFC Levski SofiaQR3UCL28.08.2002Munich2-3FC Bayern München-RC Deportivo La CoruñaGS1UCL18.09.2002Bruges0-1Club Brugge KV-FC BarcelonaGS1UCL29.10.2002Dortmund1-1BV Borussia Dortmund-Real Madrid CFGS2UCL25.02.2003Trondheim0-0Rosenborg BK-RC Deportivo La CoruñaQR3UCL13.08.2003Leverkusen3-0Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Real Madrid CFGSUCL15.09.2004Bucharest2-1FC Steaua Bucuresti-R. Standard de LiègeQR3UCL23.08.2006Madrid5-1Real Madrid CF-FC Dynamo KyivGSUCL26.09.2006

Other matchesVenueResMatchStageComp.Date

3-0France-SpainGS - FTU1601.05.19963-2Israel-GermanyQFU1606.05.19965-4Aalborg BK-Hapoel Haifa FCGSUIC23.06.19961-0Switzerland-AzerbaijanPRU1804.10.1996

Novi Sad3-0Serbia-Czech RepublicQRU2109.11.1996Baku1-2Azerbaijan-FinlandQRWC02.04.1997Helsingborg0-1Helsingborgs IF-Ferencvárosi TCQR2UCUP12.08.1997Istanbul1-2Fenerbahçe SK-FC Steaua BucurestiR1UCUP30.09.1997Valladolid1-2Real Valladolid CF-FC Spartak MoskvaR2UCUP04.11.1997

2-0Valencia CF-RCD EspanyolSFUIC05.08.1998Zurich0-2Grasshopper-Club-ACF FiorentinaR2UCUP20.10.1998San Sebastian2-1Real Sociedad de Fútbol-Club Atlético de

MadridR3UCUP24.11.1998

Athens0-4Panionios NFC-S.S. LazioQFUCWC04.03.1999Lausanne0-0Switzerland-ItalyPREURO09.06.1999Bologna1-1Bologna FC-Galatasaray SKR3UCUP23.11.1999Monaco1-0AS Monaco FC-RCD MallorcaR4UCUP09.03.2000



VenueResMatchStageComp.DateBruges1-2Czech Republic-FranceGS - FTEURO16.06.2000Arnhem0-0Slovenia-NorwayGS - FTEURO21.06.2000Rotterdam0-2Netherlands-PortugalQRWC11.10.2000Athens0-1AEK Athens FC-FC BarcelonaR4UCUP15.02.2001Kaiserslautern1-01. FC Kaiserslautern-PSV EindhovenQFUCUP08.03.2001Ljubljana2-1Slovenia-RussiaQRWC01.09.2001

0-4Paraguay-ColombiaQRWC14.11.2001Milan3-1FC Internazionale Milano-AEK Athens FCR4UCUP21.02.2002Dortmund4-0BV Borussia Dortmund-AC MilanSFUCUP04.04.2002Ibaraki1-2Italy-CroatiaGS - FTWC08.06.2002Kaunas0-2Lithuania-GermanyQREURO07.09.2002Porto3-0FC Porto-RC LensR3UCUP28.11.2002Istanbul1-2Besiktas JK-S.S. LazioQFUCUP20.03.2003Copenhagen1-0Denmark-NorwayQREURO07.06.2003Brussels2-1Belgium-CroatiaQREURO10.09.2003Valencia2-1Spain-NorwayP-OEURO15.11.2003Eindhoven3-0PSV Eindhoven-AJ AuxerreR4UCUP25.03.2004Riga0-2Latvia-PortugalQRWC04.09.2004Lisbon1-3Sporting Clube de Portugal-PFC CSKA

MoskvaFUCUP18.05.2005

Riga1-1Latvia-RussiaQRWC17.08.2005Madrid1-1Spain-SerbiaQRWC07.09.2005Prague1-0Czech Republic-NorwayP-OWC16.11.2005Gelsenkirchen3-0FC Schalke 04-US Città di Palermo1/8UCUP16.03.2006Frankfurt am Main2-1Korea Republic-GS - FTWC13.06.2006Hamburg0-4Saudi Arabia-UkraineGS - FTWC19.06.2006Stuttgart2-2Croatia-AustraliaGS - FTWC22.06.2006Warsaw1-1Poland-SerbiaQREURO06.09.2006



Competition information

UEFA's most prestigious club competition was originally created as the European Champion Clubs' Cup for the1955/56 season, before its revamping as the UEFA Champions League in 1992.

• Locally-trained players rule: In February 2005, UEFA announced that the 'A' list that teams submit for UEFA clubcompetitions will continue to be limited to 25 players, and from season 2006/07, at least four places on this list willbe reserved for players trained by the club's own football academy of which half can be players trained by other clubsfrom within the same association of the said club.

The 'B' list will also continue to exist - involving an unlimited number of Under-21 players who have been at the clubfor two seasons. In 2007/08, the number of locally-trained players in a squad will increase to six before rising to eightin 2008/09, with up to half of each figure allowed to be association trained.

A club-trained player is defined as a player who has been registered for a minimum of three seasons with the clubbetween the age of 15 and 21, whereas an association-trained player is one who has been registered for at leastthree seasons by the club or by other clubs affiliated to the same association between the age of 15 and 21.

UEFA is concerned some clubs are not training enough of their own players, but simply taking them from elsewhere.The proposed measures have the objective of creating a better balance in domestic competitions, preventing clubsfrom simply 'hoarding' players in squads and creating a system whereby locally-trained players would be given agreater opportunity to play regularly in club sides - ensuring a large reservoir of talent for national teams as aconsequence.

• Financial information: UEFA says the estimated budgeted income for the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League is€750m – higher than the 2005/06 campaign revenue which amounted to CHF943m (approx. €610m).

Under the competition regulations, 75 per cent of the total revenue received from television and commercial contractsconcluded by UEFA, up to a maximum of €530m will go to the 32 clubs taking part in the group stage of Europe'spremier club competition. The remaining 25 per cent is earmarked for European football and remains with UEFA tocover organisational and administrative costs, as well as for solidarity payments to associations, clubs and leagues.

It is also stipulated that participating clubs will receive 82 per cent of any revenue received from the same stream inexcess of € 530m, with the remaining 18 per cent allocated to UEFA for European football. In addition, 50 per centof the revenue received from new media contracts concluded by UEFA will also be available for distribution to theclubs, and the remaining 50 per cent will be allocated to the above-mentioned European football portion/quota.

The gross income for 2006/07 is estimated at €750m, and according to projections, will be made up of € 743.3m fromTV and commercial contracts and €6.7m from new media contracts.

The fixed amount to the clubs is €276.6m. Each of the 32 clubs in the group stage will receive a starting bonus of€2m. In addition, they will receive a match bonus of €400,000 per match. Performance bonuses will amount to €600,000for a win and €300,000 for a draw in the group stage. The 16 teams playing in the first knockout round will receive€2.2m, the eight quarter-finalists €2.5m each and the four semi-finalists €3m each. The UEFA Champions Leaguewinners will receive €7m, and the runners-up €4m.

This means that a total minimum amount of €4.4m per club is guaranteed for the group stage. A club could receive,at best, up to €22.7m, not counting the market pool share and gate receipts.

The remaining €270.4m will be distributed according to the proportional value of each TV market represented by theclubs taking part in the UEFA Champions League, and to be split among the number of teams – four, three, two orone – participating from a given association.



• Format: The UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 24 August saw the 32 teams divided intoeight groups of four. Clubs from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each club plays onehome and one away match against each other club in its group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for adraw and no points for a defeat. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, thefollowing criteria are applied to determine the rankings.

a) higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;b) superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;c) higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;d) superior goal difference from all group matches played;e) higher number of goals scored;f) higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question as well as its association, over the previousfive seasons.

The eight group-winners and eight runners-up of the group stage qualify for the first knockout round, to be playedover two legs on 20 February and 7 March 2007. The clubs that finish this stage in third position in their group moveinto the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. The clubs that finish this stage in fourth position in their group are eliminatedfrom UEFA club competition for the season.

• Deadlines: UEFA Champions League matchday stats packs and match-by-match press kits are provided to mediaby uefa.com. For every matchday, a global stats pack is created and issued once matches from the previous matchdayhave been completed and the data verified. For every UEFA Champions League match, two press kits are issued inEnglish: Sunday at 22:00CET with a match preview update on Monday at 22:00CET for Tuesday's matches. ForWednesday's matches, the press kit is issued on Monday at 22:00CET with the match preview update version publishedon Tuesday at 22:00CET. Multilingual versions of press kits, determined on a match-by-match basis, are also issuedwith similar deadlines.

• Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document isaccurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressedor implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the useor interpretation of information contained herein.



Legend

:: All-time statisticsThe all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competitions: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFAclub competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA CupWinners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (from the 1973 competition), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and theEuropean/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities’ Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are included only forinformation purposes as these competitions were not held under UEFA auspices.

Goals for/against: Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result isdetermined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out after a tieended in a draw.

:: Squad listThe eligible list of players ordered first by playing position and then numeric order.

Current season - UCLQ: Total UEFA Champions League appearances in qualifying rounds only.Current season - UCL: Total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to thecurrent matchday.All-time - UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from the 1992/93 season, group stage to finalonly. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.All-time - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competitions (as defined above) including all qualifying roundmatches. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.

:: Bookings listThe current disciplinary situation in the competition.*: Misses next match if booked#: Suspended for at least one match+: Provisionally suspendedR: Sent off (red card)S: SuspendedY: Booked (yellow card)Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct red)R*: Sent off (red card) in the UEFA CupS*: Suspended following cautions received in the UEFA CupY*: Booked (yellow card) in the UEFA CupY/R*: Sent off (yellow card then direct red) in the UEFA Cup

Note: The bookings list is destined for the press. It is given to the competing clubs for information purposes only andtherefore has no legal value. In the event of any discrepancy, only the correspondence addressed directly to the clubswill be considered as the authoritative version.

:: Match officialsThe match officials appointed to officiate the fixture.

UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only.Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the officialstatistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.



UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches. Matches wherethe official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics consideredvalid for communicating official records in the competition.

:: CompetitionsClub competitionsECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions LeagueUCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup

National team competitionsEURO: UEFA European Football Championship • U21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipWC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations CupFRIE: A International friendly matches • U21 FRIE: Under-21 international friendly matchesU19: UEFA European Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 ChampionshipU17: UEFA European Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 ChampionshipRCUP: UEFA Regions' Cup • MERI: UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup

:: Competition stagesF: FinalGS: Group stageGS1: First group stageGS2: Second group stageKO1: First knockout roundPR: Preliminary roundQF: Quarter-finalsQR: Qualifying roundQR1: First qualifying roundQR2: Second qualifying roundQR3: Third qualifying roundR1: First roundR2: Second roundR3: Third roundR4: Fourth roundSF: Semi-finals1/8: Eighth-finals1/16: Sixteenth-finals1st: First leg2nd: Second leg



:: Other abbreviationsAP: AppearancesComp: CompetitionD: DrawnDoB: Date of birthGA: Goals againstGF: Goals forL: LostNat: NationalityN/a: Not applicableNo: NumberPld: Matches playedPos: PositionPts: PointsR: Sent off (red card)Res: ResultW: WonY: Booked (yellow card)Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct red)

:: Statistics(-): Denotes player substituted(+): Denotes player introduced(*): Denotes player dismissed/sent off(+/-): Denotes player introduced and substituted



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