UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Málaga CF FC Zenit St Petersburg Group C - Matchday 5 Stadion Petrovski, St Petersburg Wednesday 21 November 2012 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings............................................................................................................. 2 Match background............................................................................................................. 3 Match facts........................................................................................................................ 4 Squad list........................................................................................................................... 6 Head coach....................................................................................................................... 8 Match officials.................................................................................................................... 9 Fixtures and results......................................................................................................... 10 Match-by-match lineups.................................................................................................. 14 Group Standings............................................................................................................. 16 Competition facts............................................................................................................. 18 Team facts....................................................................................................................... 19 Legend............................................................................................................................ 21
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE2012/13 SEASON
MATCH PRESS KIT
Málaga CFFC Zenit St PetersburgGroup C - Matchday 5
Stadion Petrovski, St PetersburgWednesday 21 November 2012
Wednesday 21 November 2012 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time)FC Zenit St Petersburg - Málaga CFStadion Petrovski, St PetersburgMATCH PRESS KIT
Match backgroundThe stakes are high for FC Zenit St Petersburg when they host Group C leaders Málaga CF at the Stadion Petrovskion matchday five.
• Bottom of the group with three points, Zenit need a victory. Should they fail to get one, they would be eliminated ifAC Milan overcome RSC Anderlecht in the other matchday five game.
• There are no such worries for Manuel Pellegrini's unbeaten Málaga whose draw at Milan last time out secured theirplace in the last 16. Their 3-0 defeat of Zenit on matchday one was the launchpad for an impressive campaign fromthe Spanish newcomers who require just a point in Russia to secure top spot and emulate the feat of Pellegrini'sVillarreal CF, who won their group as UEFA Champions League debutants in 2005/06.
Match background• Zenit have had mixed fortunes at home this term, losing 3-2 to Milan but then beating Anderlecht 1-0 on matchdaythree.
• The Russian title holders have got the better of Pellegrini in St Petersburg before, having beaten his Villarreal side1-0 in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup round of 32 – Pavel Pogrebnyak scoring – en route to an eventual away-goals triumphafter a 2-2 aggregate draw.
• Zenit suffered their only home reverse against Spanish opposition when losing 2-1 to Real Madrid CF in the 2008/09UEFA Champions League group stage. Danny scored for Zenit while Tomáš Hubočan was responsible for an owngoal. Their overall home record against Liga visitors, including the 2-2 second-leg draw with RC Celta de Vigo in the2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup final, is W2 D3 L1.
• Málaga have suffered only one defeat in 11 away games in UEFA competition. They won five and lost just one ofeight away fixtures in their only previous European campaign – encompassing the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup and2002/03 UEFA Cup – and this term have won at Anderlecht and drawn at Panathinaikos FC, in the play-offs, andMilan.
Team ties• As AS Roma coach, Luciano Spalletti recorded 2-1 home and away wins against Real Madrid in the 2007/08 UEFAChampions League round of 16. In the group stage a season earlier his Roma team lost 2-1 at Joaquín's ValenciaCF but won the return 1-0.
• In only his second European tie as Villarreal coach, Pellegrini oversaw a 3-2 aggregate victory against FC SpartakMoskva in the UEFA Intertoto Cup third round in 2004.
• Vyacheslav Malafeev, Aleksandr Anyukov, Sergei Semak, Roman Shirokov and Konstantin Zyryanov were part ofthe Russia squad beaten twice by Spain at UEFA EURO 2008.
• Malafeev, Anyukov, Shirokov, Zyryanov, Viktor Fayzulin and Nicolas Lombaerts featured in Zenit's 2007/08 victoryover Pellegrini's Villarreal. Shirokov was one of two Zenit players sent off in the second leg in Spain. Martín Demichelis'sFC Bayern München went down 5-1 to Zenit in the semi-finals of the same campaign.
• With Sevilla FC in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup, Javier Saviola scored in a 2-1 group stage loss at Zenit, then struck twicewhen the teams met again in the quarter-finals and Sevilla prevailed 5-2 on aggregate, going on to win the competition.Saviola appeared as a substitute in two Real Madrid wins against Zenit in 2008/09 and watched from the bench asBenfica eliminated the Russian club in the 2011/12 round of 16.
• Aleksandr Kerzhakov played for Sevilla between 2006 and 2008, scoring eight goals in 26 Liga appearances andwinning the UEFA Cup, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup.
• With R. Standard de Liège, Axel Witsel earned a 1-0 home success against Sevilla in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup groupstage. Oguchi Onyewu was in the Standard side with Witsel.
• Hulk helped FC Porto eliminate Club Atlético de Madrid in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League round of 16, thenscored in a 3-0 win at Atlético in the next season's group stage. In the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League, Hulk playedin Porto's 2-1 victory at Sevilla in the round of 32 and in both legs of the semi-final defeat of Villarreal.
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Match factsZenit
UEFA Champions League statistics• Zenit's 1-0 win against RSC Anderlecht and FC Spartak Moskva's 2-1 triumph over SL Benfica made matchdaythree the first UEFA Champions League matchday on which two Russian clubs registered victories.
• Zenit's 3-0 loss at Málaga CF on matchday one equalled their heaviest away defeat in the competition.
• Vyacheslav Malafeev, Aleksandr Anyukov and Aleksandr Kerzhakov have played every minute of Zenit's groupcampaign.
• Viktor Fayzulin and Roman Shirokov will incur a suspension with their next bookings.
International duty• Nine Zenit players were on senior duty during the international break: Anyukov, Renat Yanbaev, Igor Denisov,Shirokov, Kerzhakov (Russia), Bruno Alves (Portugal), Tomáš Hubočan (Slovakia), Axel Witsel (Belgium) and LukaDjordjević (Montenegro).
• Shirokov scored a penalty in Russia's 2-2 friendly draw against the United States on 14 November.
• Djordjević set up Montenegro's third goal in a 3-0 victory against San Marino which sent them to the top of FIFAWorld Cup qualifying Group H.
Miscellaneous• Zenit were trailing 1-0 at FC Dinamo Moskva on Saturday when the game was abandoned before the interval afterobjects were thrown on the pitch.
• Defeat by Anderlecht on matchday four ended Zenit's run of six straight victories in all competitions, their bestsequence since winning ten in succession between April and July 2010.
• Shirokov's seven goals for club and country this season have all come after half-time.
• Zenit will host FC Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Cup quarter-finals on 17 April.
• Domenico Criscito was ruled out for two weeks after sustaining a knee injury in the 2-1 win at FC Volga NizhnyNovgorod on 11 November.
Málaga
UEFA Champions League statistics• Málaga were the fourth debutants to win their first three games in the UEFA Champions League, after AC Milan(1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain FC (1994/95) and Juventus (1995/96).
• Málaga conceded their first goal of the group stage in Milan on matchday four; it was also the first time their defencehad been breached in Europe this season in their sixth outing. The Spanish side have conceded just eight goals in22 fixtures in UEFA competition.
• Willy, Weligton, Martín Demichelis, Ignacio Camacho and Eliseu have played every minute of Málaga's groupcampaign.
• Manuel Iturra serves a one-game ban after collecting his third yellow card of the group stage on matchday four.Demichelis and Sergio Sánchez will incur a suspension with their next bookings.
International duty• Málaga had two players on senior duty during the international break: Iturra (Chile) and Fabrice (Cameroon).
• Iturra played the first half of Chile's 3-1 defeat by Serbia, a result which led to the dismissal of coach Claudio Borghi.
• Fabrice scored a second-leg winner against Cape Verde on his debut for Cameroon, but the 2-1 triumph in Yaoundeon 14 October was not enough to reach the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
Miscellaneous• Málaga were held 0-0 on Saturday by a CA Osasuna side that began the day bottom of the Liga. It left ManuelPellegrini's team without a win in four games, their worst sequence since a run of two draws and five defeats lastDecember/January.
• Isco received his award for the Liga's 2011/12 breakthrough player of the year on 13 November.
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• Júlio Baptista, out of action for more than a year because of an Achilles problem, returned to full training on 7November.
• Málaga's 2-1 defeat by Real Sociedad de Fútbol on 10 November was their second consecutive reverse at LaRosaleda – their first back-to-back home losses since January.
• Club Atlético de Madrid ended Málaga's 11-game unbeaten run with a 2-1 win on 7 October. Ten matches camethis term, representing the Andalusian side's longest undefeated start to a top-flight season since 2002/03.
• Aged 16 years and 98 days, Fabrice became the youngest scorer in Liga history when he struck the only goal againstRC Celta de Vigo on 18 August.
• Málaga's fourth-place finish last term was their highest in the Liga. The team's previous best of seventh came in1970/71 and 1973/74. They ended 2011/12 with 58 points, beating their 2000/01 previous top-flight best of 56.
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Head coachFC Zenit St Petersburg: Luciano SpallettiDate of birth: 7 March 1959Nationality: ItalianPlaying career: AC Entella Chiavari 1914, Spezia Calcio 1906, FC Esperia Viareggio, Empoli FCCoaching career: Empoli FC, UC Sampdoria, Venezia Calcio, Udinese Calcio (twice), Ancona Calcio, AS Roma, FCZenit St Petersburg
• An industrious midfielder in his playing days, he started his coaching career in 1993/94 with former club Empoli andenjoyed immediate success with successive promotions.
• After a good first campaign in the top flight, Spalletti left to join Sampdoria but was sacked 28 games into the 1998/99season.
• Had brief stays at Venezia, Udinese and Ancona but returned to Udinese in summer 2002, steering them to sixthand seventh-placed finishes before guiding them into the UEFA Champions League for the first time in 2004/05. Thissuccess persuaded Roma to approach Spalletti, and he signed a two-year contract.
• In 2005/06 Roma set a record of consecutive Serie A wins (11) and finished fifth, with Spalletti subsequently namedSerie A coach of the year. Guided the Giallorossi to Coppa Italia success in 2007 and 2008 and two UEFA ChampionsLeague quarter-finals.
• After a difficult 2008/09, Spalletti resigned in September 2009, joining Zenit three months later on a three-year deal.Soon after he delivered their first Russian Cup in 11 years, and with his side going a record 23 games unbeaten fromthe start of the season, took the league title at the end of 2010, retaining it in the transitional 2011/12 campaign. Málaga CF: Manuel PellegriniDate of birth: 16 September 1953Nationality: ChileanPlaying career: CF Universidad de ChileCoaching career: CF Universidad de Chile, CD Palestino (three times), Chile Under-20, CD O'Higgins, CD UniversidadCatólica, LDU de Quito, CA San Lorenzo de Almagro, CA River Plate, Villarreal CF, Real Madrid CF, Málaga CF
• The former centre-back began his coaching career in 1988 with his sole club as a player, Universidad de Chile,before spending the next 16 years working with sides in Chile, Ecuador and Argentina.
• Took over at Villarreal in 2004, guiding them to third place in the Liga in his debut season and securing a place inthe UEFA Champions League for the first time. His side also reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.
• The following campaign, Villarreal defied all expectations by reaching the UEFA Champions League semi-finals,where they bowed out 1-0 on aggregate to Arsenal FC. Guided the club to second place in the 2007/08 Liga, a clubrecord, and the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals the following season, again being knocked out by Arsenal.
• Signed a two-year contract with Real Madrid on 2 June 2009, the club winning a then record 96 points in the Ligabut still finishing second behind FC Barcelona, prompting Pellegrini's dismissal in May 2010
• That November he succeeded Jesualdo Ferreira as coach of Málaga and in the following campaign oversaw afourth-placed league finish, the club's best ever, subsequently negotiating UEFA Champions League qualifying toreach the group stage for the first time.
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Match officialsReferee Olegário Benquerença (POR)Assistant referees João Santos (POR), Ricardo Santos (POR)Additional assistant referees Artur Soares (POR), Carlos Xistra (POR)Fourth official Rui Tavares (POR)UEFA Delegate Charles Schaack (LUX)UEFA Referee observer Donald Mcvicar (SCO)
RefereeUEFA matchesUEFA Champions
League matchesDate of birthName
762418/10/1969Olegário Benquerença
• Olegário Benquerença, an insurance broker based in Leiria, was born on 18 October 1969 and, having made fineprogress after officiating his first top-flight match in October 1995, won his FIFA international badge in 2001 at thetender refereeing age of 31.
• He earned his international stripes working in each of UEFA's age-group competitions – U17s, U19s and U21s –before gaining further experience in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League qualifying.
• Benquerença's first taste of UEFA Champions League group stage action came in September 2005 as UdineseCalcio defeated Panathinaikos FC 3-0 and he was also in the middle for a FIFA World Cup qualifier involving Italy,the eventual winners, and Moldova in Lecce.
• Other highlights include the 2002 and 2008 Portuguese Cup finals, the 2012 Portuguese Super Cup and his firstUEFA EURO 2008 qualifier as Romania won 2-0 in Albania. Benquerença, who lists music, photography and cyclingas his main hobbies, was fourth official at three matches in the final tournament in Austria and Switzerland.
• Has continued to feature regularly in the UEFA Champions League, taking charge of the 2009/10 semi-final first legbetween eventual winners FC Internazionale Milano and FC Barcelona and the Manchester United FC-Chelsea FCquarter-final the following season, overseeing three games at both the 2010 World Cup finals, notably theUruguay-Ghana quarter-final, and in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying.
UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this matchVenueResultAwayHomeStageCompetitionDate
Ruzomberok0-2PFC CSKA MoskvaMFK Ružomberok3QRUCL23/08/06Manchester3-3PFC CSKA MoskvaManchester United FCGSUCL03/11/09
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Málaga CFGoalscorersResultOpponentCompetitionDateFabrice 84RC Celta de Vigo (A)League18/08/12 1-0WDemichelis 17, Eliseu 34Panathinaikos FC (H)UCL22/08/12 2-0WJuanmi 76RCD Mallorca (H)League25/08/12 1-1D
Panathinaikos FC (A)UCL28/08/12 0-0DCamacho 56Real Zaragoza (A)League01/09/12 1-0WSaviola 27, Joaquín 59, Portillo 90+3Levante UD (H)League15/09/12 3-1WIsco 3, 76, Saviola 13FC Zenit St Petersburg (H)UCL18/09/12 3-0W
Athletic Club (A)League23/09/12 0-0DJoaquín 13 (p), Saviola 28, Amaya 72 (og), Isco 74Real Betis Balompié (H)League29/09/12 4-0WEliseu 45+1, 64, Joaquín 57 (p)RSC Anderlecht (A)UCL03/10/12 3-0WSanta Cruz 36Club Atlético de Madrid (A)League07/10/12 1-2LIsco 37, Joaquín 87Real Valladolid CF (H)League20/10/12 2-1WJoaquín 64AC Milan (H)UCL24/10/12 1-0W
RCD Espanyol (A)League27/10/12 0-0DOnyewu 4, Santa Cruz 22, 73, Duda 59 (p)CP Cacereño (A)Cup31/10/12 4-3WDemichelis 49Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (H)League03/11/12 1-2LEliseu 40AC Milan (A)UCL06/11/12 1-1DSaviola 37Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H)League10/11/12 1-2L
CA Osasuna (A)League17/11/12 0-0DFC Zenit St Petersburg (A)UCL21/11/12Valencia CF (H)League24/11/12CP Cacereño (H)Cup27/11/12Getafe CF (A)League01/12/12RSC Anderlecht (H)UCL04/12/12Granada CF (H)League08/12/12Sevilla FC (A)League16/12/12Real Madrid CF (H)League22/12/12RC Deportivo La Coruña (A)League06/01/13FC Barcelona (H)League13/01/13RC Celta de Vigo (H)League20/01/13RCD Mallorca (A)League27/01/13Real Zaragoza (H)League03/02/13Levante UD (A)League10/02/13Athletic Club (H)League17/02/13Real Betis Balompié (A)League24/02/13Club Atlético de Madrid (H)League03/03/13Real Valladolid CF (A)League10/03/13RCD Espanyol (H)League17/03/13Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (A)League31/03/13
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PtsGAGFLDWPldClubsPos.341539011112FC Barcelona1311125111012Club Atlético de Madrid22693222812Real Madrid CF320161542612Levante UD41991534512Málaga CF519221951612Real Betis Balompié618141843512Sevilla FC718141643512Valencia CF816161661512Real Sociedad de Fútbol916191461512Getafe CF1016291661512Rayo Vallecano de Madrid1115141753412Real Valladolid CF1215211570512Real Zaragoza1314261762412Athletic Club1412201363312RCD Mallorca1511181472312RC Celta de Vigo1611191172312Granada CF1710271864212RC Deportivo La Coruña189151173212CA Osasuna199201373212RCD Espanyol20
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Group HPtsGAGFLDWPldClub12490044Manchester United FC4542114Galatasaray AŞ4652114CFR 1907 Cluj3853014SC Braga
IstanbulManchester United FCGalatasaray AŞ20/11/12Cluj-NapocaSC BragaCFR 1907 Cluj20/11/12
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Competition factsUEFA Champions League: Did you know?
• Holders Chelsea FC are hoping to avoid becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stagesince the UEFA Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/2000and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage). In 1992/93, FC Barcelona were the reigning European ChampionClubs' Cup holders and lost 4-3 on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva.
• No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions League trophy with AC Milan (1989, 1990) the last clubto win consecutive European Cups. Milan (1994, 1995), AFC Ajax (1995, 1996), Juventus (1996, 1997) and ManchesterUnited FC (2008, 2009) have all returned to the UEFA Champions League final as holders only to lose.
• S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League having featuredagainst Real Madrid CF on matchday six in 2007/08 aged 43 years and 252 days. Alessandro Costacurta is the oldestoutfield player; the Milan defender was 40 years and 211 days when he played against AEK Athens FC in 2006/07.
• Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 37 years and 289 days, in Manchester United's1-1 draw at SL Benfica on 14 September 2011.
• Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared; he was 16 years and 87 days when he started forRSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994. He was sent off in the 37th minute.
• Peter Ofori-Quaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions League, aged 17 years and 195days. He found the net in Olympiacos FC's 5-1 defeat at Rosenborg BK on 1 October 1997.
• Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a match in Barcelona's 7-1 win against Bayer 04 Leverkusenon 7 March 2012. Eight players, including Messi, have scored four times in a game, most recently FC Bayern München'sMario Gomez on matchday eight last season.
• Before this season Barcelona had finished as group winners on 13 occasions, one more than Manchester Unitedand Real Madrid.
• Barcelona hold the record for successive wins in the UEFA Champions League proper with nine, between 18September 2002 and 18 February 2003. RSC Anderlecht's 12 straight defeats (10 December 2003 to 23 November2005) is also a competition record.
• Five teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (1992/93),Paris Saint-Germain FC (1994/95), FC Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03, first group stage) and RealMadrid (2011/12).
• Fifteen teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, includingVillarreal CF, FC Oţelul Galaţi and GNK Dinamo Zagreb in 2011/12.
• Barcelona scored 20 goals in the 2011/12 group stage, equalling Manchester United's competition record from1998/99. Barcelona scored 19 times in the 1999/2000 first group stage, a tally matched by Real Madrid last season.
• Only RC Deportivo La Coruña (2004/05) and Maccabi Haifa FC (2009/10) have failed to score in a group stage.
• Dinamo Zagreb conceded 22 goals in the 2011/12 group stage, a new record. The previous highest total was 19,shared by MŠK Žilina (2010/11), Debreceni VSC (2009/10), FC Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08) and Ferencvárosi TC (1995/96).
• No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (1992/93),Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/97 and 2004/05), Chelsea (2005/06), Liverpool FC (2005/06), Villarreal (2005/06)and Manchester United (2010/11) all let in just one.
• Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the 2006/07 campaign, Spartak Moskvawent 22 games without a victory in the competition.
• The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it since three points for awin was introduced in 1995/96 were Legia Warszawa that same season before Dynamo Kyiv managed it in 1999/2000and Liverpool in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven pointsin 2002/03, as did Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in 2005/06.
• Only two teams have ever won the UEFA Champions League on home soil: Borussia Dortmund (1997, final inMunich) and Juventus (1996, final in Rome), while Manchester United lost the 2011 final in London and 12 monthslater Bayern were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München.
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Team factsFC Zenit St PetersburgFormed: 1925Nickname: Sine-belo-golubye (Blue-White-Sky Blues)
UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)• UEFA Cup (1): 2008• UEFA Super Cup (1): 2008
Domestic honours (latest triumph in brackets)Soviet/Russian league title: 4 (2012)USSR/Russian Cup: 3 (2010)
Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless otherwise indicated)2011/12: round of 162010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-off round)2009/10: UEFA Europa League play-off round2008/09: UEFA Cup round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2007/08: UEFA Cup winners2006/07: did not compete in UEFA club competition2005/06: UEFA Cup quarter-finals2004/05: UEFA Cup group stage2003/04: did not compete in UEFA club competition2002/03: UEFA Cup first round
RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest home win8-0: Zenit v FC Encamp29/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg
• Biggest away win0-5: FC Encamp v Zenit15/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg
• Heaviest home defeat0-3: Zenit v Bologna FC16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg
• Heaviest away defeat5-0 twice, most recently v VfB Stuttgart01/11/89, UEFA Cup second round second leg
UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest home win3-1: Zenit v FC Porto28/09/11, group stage
• Biggest away win0-2: FC BATE Borisov v Zenit05/11/08, group stage
• Heaviest home defeat2-3: Zenit v AC Milan03/10/12, group stage1-2: Zenit v Real Madrid CF30/09/08, group stage
• Heaviest away defeat3-0: Málaga CF v Zenit18/09/12, group stage3-0: Real Madrid CF v Zenit10/12/08, group stage
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Málaga CFFormed: 1948Nickname: Los Boquerones (The Anchovies)
UEFA club competition honours• UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2002
Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)None
Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition2002/03: UEFA Cup quarter-finals
RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest home win3-0: Málaga v FC Zenit St Petersburg18/09/12, UEFA Champions League group stage3-0: Málaga v KAA Gent20/07/02, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg
• Biggest away win0-3: RSC Anderlecht v Málaga03/10/12, UEFA Champions League group stage
• Heaviest home defeatN/A
• Heaviest away defeat1-0: Boavista FC v Málaga20/02/03, UEFA Cup quarter-final second leg
UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest home win3-0: Málaga v FC Zenit St Petersburg (see above for details)
• Biggest away win0-3: RSC Anderlecht v Málaga (see above for details)
• Heaviest home defeatN/A
• Heaviest away defeatN/A
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LegendALL-TIME STATISTICSThe all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.
UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined asthe European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960-1999), the UEFA Europa League, theUEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (1973-to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (1960-2004). Matches in theInter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA ClubWorld Cup is excluded.
:: 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 hasacted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records.UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourthofficial are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records.
National team competitionsEURO: UEFA European Football ChampionshipWC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations CupFRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationalsU21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipU17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16ChampionshipU19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18ChampionshipWWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women'sChampionship
:: CompetitionsClub competitionsUCL: UEFA Champions LeagueECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions LeagueUEL: UEFA Europa LeagueUCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa LeagueUCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto CupICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
:: Other abbreviations:: Competition stagesNo.: Number(aet): Match decided after extra time3QR: Third qualifying roundF: Finalo.g.: Own goalaetps: Match decided after extra time
and penalty shoot-outR1: First roundGS: Group stageR2: Second roundGS1: First group stage
(P): Penaltyag: Match decided on away goalsR3: Third roundGS2: Second group stagePld: Matches playedagg: AggregateR4: Fourth roundKO1: First knockout roundPos.: PositionAP: AppearancesSF: Semi-finalsPR: Preliminary roundPts: PointsComp.: CompetitionR16: round of 16QF: Quarter-finalsR: Sent off (straight red card)D: DrawnR32: Round of 32QR: Qualifying roundRes.: ResultDoB: Date of birth1st: first legQR1: First qualifying roundsg: Match decided by silver goalGA: Goals against2nd: second legQR2: Second qualifying roundt: Match decided by toss of a coinGF: Goals forPO: Play-offFT: Final tournamentW: Wongg: Match decided by golden goal(Rep) : ReplayELITE: Elite roundY: BookedL: LostPO - FT: Play-off for Final
Tournament3rdPO: Third-place play-off
Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards)Nat.: NationalityProm/rel PO: Promotion/relegationplay-off
GS-FT: Group stage – finaltournament
N/A: Not applicable
:: Statistics(+) : Denotes player introduced(-) : Denotes player substituted(+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted(*) : Denotes player sent off
:: Squad list*: Misses next match if bookedD: Disciplinary#: Suspended for at least one matchS: Suspended
UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs onlyUCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchdayUCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final onlyUEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying
:: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication,no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness.Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competitionregulations available on www.uefa.com.
Legend21Last updated 20/11/12 00:52:48CET
Wednesday 21 November 2012 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time)FC Zenit St Petersburg - Málaga CFStadion Petrovski, St PetersburgMATCH PRESS KIT