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Camp Nou - BarcelonaWednesday 18 October 201720.45CET (20.45 local time)

Group D - Matchday 3 Olympiacos FCLast updated 11/04/2018 17:50CET

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Previous meetings 2Match background 6Squad list 8Head coach 10Match officials 11Fixtures and results 13Match-by-match lineups 16Competition facts 18Team facts 19Legend 21

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Previous meetingsHead to HeadNo UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams

FC Barcelona - Record versus clubs from opponents' countryUEFA Champions League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

24/11/2010 GS Panathinaikos FC - FC Barcelona 0-3 Athens Pedro Rodríguez 27,69, Messi 62

14/09/2010 GS FC Barcelona - Panathinaikos FC 5-1 Barcelona

Messi 22, 45, Villa 33,Pedro Rodríguez 78,Dani Alves 90+3;Govou 20

UEFA Champions LeagueDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

02/11/2005 GS FC Barcelona - Panathinaikos FC 5-0 Barcelona Van Bommel 1, Eto'o14, 40, 65, Messi 34

18/10/2005 GS Panathinaikos FC - FC Barcelona 0-0 Athens

UEFA CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

27/11/2003 R2 FC Barcelona - Panionios GSS 2-0agg: 5-0 Barcelona Saviola 33, Luis

García 44

06/11/2003 R2 Panionios GSS - FC Barcelona 0-3 AthensLuis García 43,Kluivert 47, XaviHernández 90+2


09/04/2002 QF FC Barcelona - Panathinaikos FC 3-1agg: 3-2 Barcelona

Luis Enrique 23, 49,Saviola 61;Konstantinou 8

03/04/2002 QF Panathinaikos FC - FCBarcelona 1-0 Athens Basinas 79 (P)


22/02/2001 R4 FC Barcelona - AEK Athens FC 5-0agg: 6-0 Barcelona

Luis Enrique 21, 30,58, Rivaldo 55,Gerard 87 (P)

15/02/2001 R4 AEK Athens FC - FC Barcelona 0-1 Athens Luis Enrique 42


01/10/1975 R1 FC Barcelona - PAOK FC 6-1agg: 6-2 Barcelona

Neeskens 23 (P), 59(P), Rexach 44, 64,81, Cruyff 54;Anastasiadis 77

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16/09/1975 R1 PAOK FC - FC Barcelona 1-0 Thessalonica Koudas 72

Olympiacos FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' countryUEFA Champions League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

26/11/2014 GS Club Atlético de Madrid -Olympiacos FC 4-0 Madrid Raúl García 9,

Mandžukić 38, 62, 65

16/09/2014 GS Olympiacos FC - Club Atlético deMadrid 3-2 Piraeus

Masuaku 13, Afellay31, Mitroglou 73;Mandžukić 38,Griezmann 86

UEFA Europa LeagueDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

21/02/2013 R32 Olympiacos FC - Levante UD 0-1agg: 0-4 Piraeus Martins 9

14/02/2013 R32 Levante UD - Olympiacos FC 3-0 Valencia Ríos 10, Barkero 40(P), Martins 56


06/11/2007 GS Olympiacos FC - Real Madrid CF 0-0 Piraeus

24/10/2007 GS Real Madrid CF - Olympiacos FC 4-2 Madrid

Raúl González 2,Robinho 68, 83,Balboa 90+3; Galletti7, Júlio César 47


22/11/2006 GS Valencia CF - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Valencia Angulo 45, Morientes46

12/09/2006 GS Olympiacos FC - Valencia CF 2-4 PiraeusKonstantinou 28,Castillo 66; Morientes34, 39, 90, Albiol 85


06/12/2005 GS Olympiacos FC - Real Madrid CF 2-1 Piraeus Bulut 50, Rivaldo 87;Ramos 7

28/09/2005 GS Real Madrid CF - Olympiacos FC 2-1 Madrid Raúl González 9,Soldado 86; Kafes 48


23/11/2004 GS Olympiacos FC - RC DeportivoLa Coruña 1-0 Piraeus P. Djordjević 68

15/09/2004 GS RC Deportivo La Coruña -Olympiacos FC 0-0 La Coruna

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25/11/2003 GS1 Olympiacos FC - Real Sociedadde Fútbol 2-2 Athens

Stoltidis 59, Castillo71; Gabilondo 31,Schürrer 74

17/09/2003 GS1 Real Sociedad de Fútbol -Olympiacos FC 1-0 San Sebastian Kovačević 80 (P)


31/10/2001 GS1 Olympiacos FC - RC Deportivo LaCoruña 1-1 Athens Alexandris 51;

Capdevila 84

18/09/2001 GS1 RC Deportivo La Coruña -Olympiacos FC 2-2 La Coruna

Fran 22, Valerón90+4;Giannakopoulos 80,Ofori-Quaye 83


25/10/2000 GS1 Olympiacos FC - Valencia CF 1-0 Athens P. Djordjević 65 (P)

12/09/2000 GS1 Valencia CF - Olympiacos FC 2-1 Valencia Baraja 36, Diego 45;P. Djordjević 74


26/10/1999 GS1 Real Madrid CF - Olympiacos FC 3-0 MadridRaúl González 21,Morientes 64, RobertoCarlos 82

15/09/1999 GS1 Olympiacos FC - Real Madrid CF 3-3 Athens

Giovanni 11, 64,Zahovič 67; Sávio 24,Roberto Carlos 32,Raúl González 80


05/11/1997 GS Olympiacos FC - Real Madrid CF 0-0 Athens

22/10/1997 GS Real Madrid CF - Olympiacos FC 5-1 Madrid

Šuker 34 (P), 66 (P),Morientes 44, Víctor85, Roberto Carlos90; Dabizas 18


31/10/1995 R2 Olympiacos FC - Sevilla FC 2-1agg: 2-2 ag (aet) Athens

Sapanis 72,Juskowiak 93 ET (P);Šuker 110 ET

17/10/1995 R2 Sevilla FC - Olympiacos FC 1-0 Seville Juanito 89

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04/11/1993 R2 Olympiacos FC - CD Tenerife 4-3agg: 5-5 ag Piraeus

Christensen 14, 34,84, Ioannidis 57;Felipe Miñambres 25,Chano 49 (P),Amanatidis 79 (og)

19/10/1993 R2 CD Tenerife - Olympiacos FC 2-1 Santa Cruz deTenerife

Llorente 39, Del Solar77; Christensen 10

UEFA Cup Winners' CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

18/03/1993 QF Club Atlético de Madrid -Olympiacos FC

3-1agg: 4-2 Madrid Manolo 10, 59, Alfaro

67; Tsalouchidis 60

04/03/1993 QF Olympiacos FC - Club Atlético deMadrid 1-1 Athens Vaitsis 64; Moya 11

Home Away Final TotalPld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA

FC Barcelona 6 6 0 0 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 9 1 2 33 5Olympiacos FC 14 6 6 2 14 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 28 6 8 14 31 53

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Match backgroundIt is top against bottom on matchday three when FC Barcelona welcome Olympiacos FC to the Camp Nou with sixpoints already separating the sides in Group D.

• While Ernesto Valverde's current team have won their first two games, scoring four goals and conceding none,Olympiacos are still without a point and could have their work cut out to get off the mark in their first encounter withBarcelona.

• The match pits Valverde against one of his former clubs, the Barcelona coach having won three league titles in twospells at Olympiacos.

Match backgroundBarcelona• The Blaugrana have won nine of their 12 fixtures against Greek opponents, losing two. They have won all six homegames, scoring 26 goals and conceding three.

• Barça have won their last three matches against teams from Greece, all against Panathinaikos FC, including home(5-1) and away (3-0) victories in the 2010/11 group stage. Lionel Messi got three of those goals and was also ontarget in the 5-0 thrashing of the Greens in 2005/06.

• The Spanish side are unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Greek opposition, home and away, winning six.

• This is Barcelona's record-equalling 22nd UEFA Champions League group stage campaign, and 14th in succession.They last failed to reach the last 16 in 2000/01, although they did not take part in 2003/04.

• The Blaugrana last failed to progress beyond the round of 16 in 2006/07; their last two campaigns have been endedin the quarter-finals, by Juventus last season and by Club Atlético de Madrid in 2015/16.

• The 0-0 draw with Juve in last term's quarter-final second leg was the only time former Barcelona coach LuisEnrique failed to win a home game in the UEFA Champions League, having previously mustered 15 straight victories.

• Barcelona are unbeaten in 22 matches at home in the competition, a run that started in September 2013 (W20 D2);they were 3-0 victors against Juventus on matchday one.

Olympiacos• The Thrylos have never won in Spain, where their record reads W0 D2 L12.

• They have been beaten on their last five trips to Liga teams, most recently going down 4-0 at Atlético in the 2014/15group stage; they last avoided defeat in Spain when holding RC Deportivo La Coruña 0-0 in the 2004/05 UEFAChampions League group stage.

• Olympiacos succumbed 2-0 at Juventus on matchday two, but have won three of their last five European awaygames, including the first two this season. In their last UEFA Champions League group campaign, in 2015/16, theywon two of their three away fixtures.

• Olympiacos opened this season with a 5-3 aggregate success over FK Partizan in the third qualifying round (3-1away, 2-2 home). They then got the better of HNK Rijeka in the play-offs, coming through 2-1 at home and 1-0 away.

• Olympiacos are in the group stage for an 18th time. They lost to Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC in last season's thirdqualifying round, the first time they had missed out on the UEFA Champions League group stage since 2010/11.

• In 2016/17, the Greek side went on to make the UEFA Europa League round of 16, falling 5-2 on aggregate toBeşiktaş JK.

• The Piraeus club earned a place in this season's qualifying rounds by lifting their 44th Greek championship in2016/17 – their seventh in a row.

Coach and player links• Valverde had two stints as Olympiacos head coach (2008/09 and 2010–12), leading them to three Super Leaguetitles and two Greek Cups. Assistant coach Jon Aspiazu and fitness trainer José Antonio Pozanko were with him atOlympiacos and have followed him to Barcelona.

• Alberto Botía joined the youth ranks of Barcelona aged 14, spent three years in their B side and made his sole seniorappearance in the final Liga game of 2008/09, a 1-1 draw against Deportivo La Coruña.

• Botía also had stays at Sporting de Gijón (2009–12), Sevilla FC (2012/13) and Elche CF (2013/14). His recordagainst Barça was W0 D1 L8.

• Marko Marin and Diogo Figueiras were part of Sevilla's UEFA Europa League-winning squad in 2013/14.

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• Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe scored in Legia Warszawa's 3-3 draw with Real Madrid CF in last season's group stage.

• Mehdi Carcela-González is on loan at Olympiacos from Granada CF.

• Have played in Spain:Saša Zdjelar (RCD Mallorca, 2017)Karim Ansarifard (CA Osasuna, 2014/15)Mehdi Carcela-González (Granada CF 2016–17)

• Has played in Greece:Aleix Vidal (Panthrakikos FC, 2009)

• Have played together:Nélson Semedo & Mehdi Carcela-González (SL Benfica, 2015–16)Sergio Busquets & Alberto Botía (Barcelona B, 2007–08)Thomas Vermaelen & Guillaume Gillet (Belgium)

Match factsBarcelona• Semedo will incur a suspension with his next booking.

• Barcelona were the only team with a 100% record after seven games of the Liga season, but required a late LuisSuárez goal to salvage a 1-1 draw at Club Atlético de Madrid on Saturday.

• Messi has 17 goals in 16 outings for club and country this term.

• Messi's 44th career hat-trick earned Argentina a 3-1 victory away to Ecuador on 10 October, booking their place atthe 2018 FIFA World Cup.

• Luis Suárez scored twice that same evening in Uruguay's qualification-sealing 4-2 defeat of Bolivia.

• Gerard Piqué and Jordi Alba featured in Spain's 3-0 home win against Albania on 6 October, a result that rubber-stamped their ticket to Russia. Sergio Busquets played three days later as Israel were beaten 1-0.

• Arda Turan won his 100th cap in Turkey's 3-0 home defeat by Iceland.

• André Gomes came off the bench as Portugal qualified by defeating Switzerland 2-0 in Lisbon, ruining theiropponents' hitherto 100% Group B record.

• Ousmane Dembélé will miss the rest of the group stage with a hamstring injury sustained in the 2-1 comebackvictory at Getafe CF on 16 September.

• Messi is among the final three nominees for the Best FIFA Men's Player 2017. The winner will be announced on 23October.

• Messi and Suárez are on the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, the winner of which will be revealed in December.

Olympiacos• The Piraeus outfit have 11 points from seven Greek Super League games – seven fewer than they had at the samestage last season.

• Olympiacos had lost their last three matches in all competitions – their worst run of form since February 2009 – priorto Saturday's 4-3 victory at Panionios GSS.

• Ben Nabouhane suffered a hip strain in the 1-0 home loss to Atromitos FC on 1 October and is expected to besidelined until the end of the month.

• Kostas Fortounis and Panagiotis Tachtsidis started Greece's last European Qualifier, a 4-0 home victory overGibraltar on 10 October that secured Michael Skibbe's men a play-off berth.

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Squad listFC Barcelona

Current season All-timeUCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA

No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld GlsGoalkeepers

1 Marc-André ter Stegen GER 30/04/1992 25 - - - 2 - 8 - 34 - 44 -13 Jasper Cillessen NED 22/04/1989 28 - - - - - - - 12 - 33 -31 Adrián Ortolá ESP 20/08/1993 24 - - - - - - - - - - -

Defenders2 Nélson Semedo POR 16/11/1993 23 * - - 2 - 4 - 13 1 13 13 Gerard Piqué ESP 02/02/1987 30 - - - 2 - 6 1 91 11 95 1114 Javier Mascherano ARG 08/06/1984 33 - - - - - 4 - 94 - 108 118 Jordi Alba ESP 21/03/1989 28 - - - 2 - 7 - 48 2 63 319 Lucas Digne FRA 20/07/1993 24 - - - - - 2 - 20 - 22 122 Aleix Vidal ESP 21/08/1989 28 - - - 1 - 5 - 2 - 14 223 Samuel Umtiti FRA 14/11/1993 23 - - - 2 - 6 - 14 - 32 225 Thomas Vermaelen BEL 14/11/1985 31 - - - - - - - 31 1 57 233 Sergi Palencia ESP 23/03/1996 21 - - - - - - - - - - -34 Dani Morer ESP 05/02/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - -35 Rodri Tarín ESP 05/07/1996 21 - - - - - - - - - - -36 Cucu ESP 22/07/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - -

Midfielders4 Ivan Rakitić CRO 10/03/1988 29 - - - 2 1 8 - 45 5 83 95 Sergio Busquets ESP 16/07/1988 29 - - - 2 - 8 1 86 4 89 46 Denis Suárez ESP 06/01/1994 23 - - - - - 6 2 1 - 24 47 Arda Turan TUR 30/01/1987 30 - - - - - - - 32 9 82 198 Andrés Iniesta ESP 11/05/1984 33 - - - 2 - 7 - 124 11 132 1112 Rafinha ESP 12/02/1993 24 - - - - - - - 16 - 17 115 Paulinho BRA 25/07/1988 29 - - - 2 - 7 2 2 - 15 220 Sergi Roberto ESP 07/02/1992 25 - - - 2 - 7 1 27 3 28 321 André Gomes POR 30/07/1993 24 - - - 2 - 4 - 18 1 31 226 Carles Aleñá ESP 05/01/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - -28 Ferrán Sarsanedas ESP 11/02/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - -30 Oriol Busquets ESP 20/01/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - -

Forwards9 Luis Suárez URU 24/01/1987 30 - - - 2 - 5 3 35 19 73 4010 Lionel Messi ARG 24/06/1987 30 - - - 2 2 8 11 117 96 121 9911 Ousmane Dembélé FRA 15/05/1997 20 - - - 1 - 2 - 11 2 11 216 Gerard Deulofeu ESP 13/03/1994 23 - - - - - 6 - 3 - 8 -17 Paco Alcácer ESP 30/08/1993 24 - - - - - 2 - 8 - 23 727 Carles Pérez ESP 16/02/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - -29 Abel Ruiz ESP 28/01/2000 17 - - - - - - - - - - -

Coach- Ernesto Valverde ESP 09/02/1964 53 - - - 2 - - - 16 - 89 -

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Olympiacos FCCurrent season All-time

UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFANo. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld GlsGoalkeepers

1 Lefteris Choutesiotis GRE 20/07/1994 23 - - - - - - - - - - -24 Silvio Proto BEL 23/05/1983 34 - - - 1 - 2 - 19 - 74 -27 Stefanos Kapino GRE 18/03/1994 23 - 4 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 9 -99 Dimitris Skafidas GRE 05/08/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - -

Defenders3 Alberto Botía ESP 27/01/1989 28 - - - - - 1 - 9 1 23 114 Omar Elabdellaoui NOR 05/12/1991 25 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 13 - 20 -23 Leonardo Koutris GRE 23/07/1995 22 - 4 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 7 126 Jagoš Vuković SRB 10/06/1988 29 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 14 -40 Björn Engels BEL 15/09/1994 23 - - - 2 - 3 1 3 - 12 -43 Dimitris Nikolaou GRE 13/08/1998 19 - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 1 -44 Saša Zdjelar SRB 20/03/1995 22 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 7 -77 Diogo Figueiras POR 07/01/1991 26 - 3 - 2 - 7 1 2 - 39 1

Midfielders4 Alaixys Romao TGO 18/01/1984 33 - 4 1 2 - 6 - 7 - 23 16 Panagiotis Tachtsidis GRE 15/02/1991 26 - - - - - 2 - - - 2 -7 Kostas Fortounis GRE 16/10/1992 25 - 3 1 2 - 4 4 8 - 26 38 Vadis Odjidja BEL 21/02/1989 28 - 4 1 2 - 6 1 8 1 56 510 Marko Marin GER 13/03/1989 28 - 4 1 2 - 5 1 8 1 49 813 Guillaume Gillet BEL 09/03/1984 33 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 12 - 71 1132 Thanasis Androutsos GRE 06/05/1997 20 - 1 - - - 3 - - - 6 -33 Mehdi Carcela-González MAR 01/07/1989 28 - 4 1 1 - 4 - 10 - 41 290 Felipe Pardo COL 17/08/1990 27 - 2 - 2 2 5 - 8 5 14 592 Sebá BRA 08/06/1992 25 - 4 - 1 - 7 - 7 - 40 6

Forwards9 Uroš Djurdjević SRB 02/03/1994 23 - - - 1 - 4 1 1 - 8 429 Emmanuel Emenike NGA 10/05/1987 30 - 1 1 2 - 4 - 6 2 23 831 El Fardou Ben Nabouhane COM 10/06/1989 28 - 4 2 1 - 2 - 1 - 5 2

Coach- Takis Lemonis GRE 19/02/1960 57 - - - 1 - - - 18 - 30 -

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Head coachErnesto ValverdeDate of birth: 9 February 1964Nationality: SpanishPlaying career: Deportivo Alavés, RCD Espanyol, FC Barcelona, Athletic Club, RCD MallorcaCoaching career: Athletic Club (twice), RCD Espanyol, Olympiacos FC (twice), Villarreal CF, Valencia CF, FCBarcelona

• Known as 'Txingurri' – or worker ant – as a player, former striker Valverde scored 44 goals in 170 appearances overa six-year stay with Athletic. Had previously helped Espanyol to a third-place Liga finish in 1987 and an appearance inthe following season's UEFA Cup final, which they lost on penalties to Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

• Began coaching career in Athletic's youth ranks before stepping up to handle first-team affairs with the Basque clubin 2003/04; guided the Leones to UEFA Cup qualification in his first term in charge.

• Valverde again found himself losing a UEFA Cup final on penalties in 2007 – this time as coach of Espanyol – withLiga rivals Sevilla FC emerging victorious in Glasgow.

• In his first season outside Spain, steered Olympiacos to a Greek league and cup double in 2008/09 before signing aone-year deal with Villarreal in June 2009. Was sacked the following January with the Yellow Submarine in tenth.

• Rejoined Olympiacos in August 2010, lifting another championship at the end of his first campaign. Added a seconddomestic double the next year but then stood down, taking the Valencia helm in December 2012 on a deal until theend of the season. Reappointed by Athletic in June 2013 and took them to fourth in the Liga in his first term back,winning the 2015 Spanish Super Cup with a 5-1 defeat of Barcelona – where he succeeded Luis Enrique as headcoach in May 2017.

Takis LemonisDate of birth: 13 January 1960Nationality: GreekPlaying career: Olympiacos FC, Levadiakos FC, Ionikos FC, Panionios GSS, Ethnikos Piraeus FCCoaching career: Asteras Zografou FC, Olympiacos FC (four times), APOEL FC, Kallithea FC, Levadiakos FC,Skoda Xanthi FC, Panionios GSS, AC Omonia, Panetolikis FC, Levadiakos FC, Al-Raed FC

• Born in Athens, Lemonis joined Olympiacos as a midfielder in 1978 from local club APO Attikos; between then and1987 he won five league titles and two caps for Greece, prior to spells at Levadiakos, Panionios, Ionikos and EthnikosPiraeus.

• Studied coaching in England before taking his first job at modest Asteras Zografou in 1996; returned to Olympiacosfor the first time in 2000 as assistant coach, but was given the top job in November that year following the dismissal ofIoannis Matzourakis, winning titles in his two seasons in charge.

• After a stint in Cyprus, and spells with several other Greek clubs, Lemonis started a second spell at Olympiacos inDecember 2006, winning two more titles before moving on again in 2008.

• Subsequent adventures included a Cypriot title with Omonia in 2009/10. He celebrated a fifth Greek title withOlympiacos in 2016/17 after being brought back to the club in March 2017, and returned for a fourth spell inSeptember the same year, following the departure of Besnik Hasi.

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William Collum (SCO)Francis Connor (SCO) , Douglas Ross (SCO)

John Beaton (SCO) , Kevin Clancy (SCO)Douglas Potter (SCO)

Nebojša Ivkovic (SRB)Jørn West Larsen (DEN)

Match officialsRefereeAssistant refereesAdditional assistant refereesFourth officialUEFA DelegateUEFA Referee observer

Referee

Name Date of birth

UEFAChampions

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William Collum 18/01/1979 33 87

William CollumReferee since: 1993First division: 2005FIFA badge: 2006

Tournaments: UEFA EURO 2016, 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship,2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Finals 2015 UEFA Super Cup2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countriesinvolved in this match

Date Competition Stagereached Home Away Result Venue

29/09/2010 UCL GS Panathinaikos FC FC København 0-2 Athens06/12/2011 UCL GS FC Barcelona FC BATE Borisov 4-0 Barcelona18/09/2013 UCL GS Club Atlético de Madrid FC Zenit 3-1 Madrid27/11/2013 UCL GS Real Madrid CF Galatasaray AŞ 4-1 Madrid21/10/2014 UCL GS FC Barcelona AFC Ajax 3-1 Barcelona09/12/2014 UCL GS Juventus Club Atlético de Madrid 0-0 Turin22/11/2016 UCL GS Sporting Clube de Portugal Real Madrid CF 1-2 Lisbon21/02/2017 UCL R16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Club Atlético de Madrid 2-4 Leverkusen22/08/2017 UCL PO Sevilla FC İstanbul Başakşehir 2-2 Seville

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved inthis match


14/07/2008 U19 GS-FT Germany Spain 2-1 Plzen03/12/2008 UEL GS FC Metalist Kharkiv Olympiacos FC 1-0 Kharkiv05/11/2009 UEL GS CD Nacional Athletic Club 1-1 Funchal29/09/2010 UCL GS Panathinaikos FC FC København 0-2 Athens

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12/10/2010 U21 PO Croatia Spain 0-3 Varazdin14/04/2011 UEL QF FC Twente Villarreal CF 1-3 Enschede03/11/2011 UEL GS AEK Athens FC FC Lokomotiv Moskva 1-3 Athens06/12/2011 UCL GS FC Barcelona FC BATE Borisov 4-0 Barcelona15/03/2012 UEL R16 PSV Eindhoven Valencia CF 1-1 Eindhoven16/10/2012 WC QR Slovakia Greece 0-1 Bratislava18/09/2013 UCL GS Club Atlético de Madrid FC Zenit 3-1 Madrid27/11/2013 UCL GS Real Madrid CF Galatasaray AŞ 4-1 Madrid21/10/2014 UCL GS FC Barcelona AFC Ajax 3-1 Barcelona09/12/2014 UCL GS Juventus Club Atlético de Madrid 0-0 Turin31/03/2015 FRIE. GS-FT Netherlands Spain 2-0 Amsterdam11/08/2015 SCUP Final FC Barcelona Sevilla FC 5-4 Tbilisi17/03/2016 UEL R16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Villarreal CF 0-0 Leverkusen22/11/2016 UCL GS Sporting Clube de Portugal Real Madrid CF 1-2 Lisbon21/02/2017 UCL R16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Club Atlético de Madrid 2-4 Leverkusen20/04/2017 UEL QF KRC Genk RC Celta de Vigo 1-1 Genk22/08/2017 UCL PO Sevilla FC İstanbul Başakşehir 2-2 Seville


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W 3-0

W 1-0

W 3-0D 1-1

Fixtures and resultsFC BarcelonaDate Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers20/08/2017 League Real Betis Balompié (H) Toşca 36 (og), Sergi Roberto 3926/08/2017 League Deportivo Alavés (A) Messi 55, 6609/09/2017 League RCD Espanyol (H) Messi 26, 35, 67, Piqué 87, Luis Suárez 9012/09/2017 UCL Juventus (H) Messi 45, 69, Rakitić 5616/09/2017 League Getafe CF (A) Denis Suárez 62, Paulinho 84

19/09/2017 League SD Eibar (H) Messi 20 (P), 59, 62, 87, Paulinho 38,Denis Suárez 53

23/09/2017 League Girona FC (A) Benítez 17 (og), Gorka Iraizoz 48 (og),Luis Suárez 69

27/09/2017 UCL Sporting Clube de Portugal(A) Coates 49 (og)

01/10/2017 League UD Las Palmas (H) Sergio Busquets 49, Messi 70, 7714/10/2017 League Club Atlético de Madrid (A) Luis Suárez 8218/10/2017 UCL Olympiacos FC (H)21/10/2017 League Málaga CF (H)24/10/2017 Cup Real Murcia CF (A)28/10/2017 League Athletic Club (A)31/10/2017 UCL Olympiacos FC (A)05/11/2017 League Sevilla FC (H)19/11/2017 League CD Leganés (A)22/11/2017 UCL Juventus (A)26/11/2017 League Valencia CF (A)29/11/2017 Cup Real Murcia CF (H)03/12/2017 League RC Celta de Vigo (H)

05/12/2017 UCL Sporting Clube de Portugal(H)

10/12/2017 League Villarreal CF (A)17/12/2017 League RC Deportivo La Coruña (H)23/12/2017 League Real Madrid CF (A)07/01/2018 League Levante UD (H)14/01/2018 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A)21/01/2018 League Real Betis Balompié (A)28/01/2018 League Deportivo Alavés (H)04/02/2018 League RCD Espanyol (A)11/02/2018 League Getafe CF (H)18/02/2018 League SD Eibar (A)25/02/2018 League Girona FC (H)28/02/2018 League UD Las Palmas (A)04/03/2018 League Club Atlético de Madrid (H)11/03/2018 League Málaga CF (A)18/03/2018 League Athletic Club (H)01/04/2018 League Sevilla FC (A)08/04/2018 League CD Leganés (H)

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W 3-1D 2-2W 2-1

W 4-1

W 1-0W 1-0D 1-1

L 2-3

D 1-1W 2-1L 2-3L 0-2

15/04/2018 League Valencia CF (H)18/04/2018 League RC Celta de Vigo (A)22/04/2018 League Villarreal CF (H)29/04/2018 League RC Deportivo La Coruña (A)06/05/2018 League Real Madrid CF (H)13/05/2018 League Levante UD (A)20/05/2018 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts1 FC Barcelona 8 7 1 0 24 3 222 Valencia CF 8 5 3 0 21 10 183 Real Madrid CF 8 5 2 1 15 7 174 Club Atlético de Madrid 8 4 4 0 13 5 165 Sevilla FC 8 5 1 2 9 4 166 CD Leganés 8 4 2 2 7 3 147 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 8 4 1 3 19 17 138 Villarreal CF 8 4 1 3 11 10 139 Real Betis Balompié 8 4 1 3 17 17 1310 RC Celta de Vigo 8 3 2 3 18 13 1111 Athletic Club 8 3 2 3 10 9 1112 Levante UD 8 2 4 2 8 10 1013 RCD Espanyol 8 2 3 3 7 11 914 Getafe CF 8 2 2 4 10 9 815 RC Deportivo La Coruña 8 2 2 4 9 16 816 SD Eibar 8 2 1 5 3 17 717 Girona FC 8 1 3 4 7 13 618 UD Las Palmas 8 2 0 6 7 18 619 Deportivo Alavés 8 1 0 7 3 12 320 Málaga CF 8 0 1 7 4 18 1

Olympiacos FCDate Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers25/07/2017 UCL FK Partizan (A) Ben Nabouhane 6, 56, Emenike 90+102/08/2017 UCL FK Partizan (H) Carcela-González 22, Fortounis 5116/08/2017 UCL HNK Rijeka (H) Odjidja 66, Romao 90+3

19/08/2017 League AE Larissa FC (H) Fortounis 33 (P), 76, Pardo 67, Figueiras74

22/08/2017 UCL HNK Rijeka (A) Marin 2526/08/2017 League Lamia (A) Fortounis 29 (P)09/09/2017 League Xanthi FC (A) Engels 12

12/09/2017 UCL Sporting Clube de Portugal(H) Pardo 89, 90+3

16/09/2017 League Asteras Tripolis FC (H) Djurdjević 90+3 (P)19/09/2017 Cup Asteras Tripolis FC (H) Emenike 71 (P), 7824/09/2017 League AEK Athens FC (A) Marin 22, Odjidja 4627/09/2017 UCL Juventus (A)

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L 0-1

W 4-3

01/10/2017 League Atromitos FC (H)

14/10/2017 League Panionios GSS (A) Cissé 19, Ansarifard 37, 45, Fortounis 87(P)

18/10/2017 UCL FC Barcelona (A)22/10/2017 League PAOK FC (H)25/10/2017 Cup Acharnaikos (A)28/10/2017 League Panathinaikos FC (A)31/10/2017 UCL FC Barcelona (H)05/11/2017 League Platanias FC (H)18/11/2017 League Levadiakos FC (H)

22/11/2017 UCL Sporting Clube de Portugal(A)

26/11/2017 League Kerkyra FC (A)28/11/2017 Cup Kissamos (A)02/12/2017 League Apollon Smyrnis FC (H)05/12/2017 UCL Juventus (H)09/12/2017 League Panetolikos GFS (A)17/12/2017 League PAS Giannina FC (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts1 PAOK FC 7 4 3 0 10 2 152 AEK Athens FC 7 4 2 1 11 5 143 Atromitos FC 7 3 4 0 8 3 134 Levadiakos FC 7 3 4 0 6 3 135 Olympiacos FC 7 3 2 2 13 10 116 Panionios GSS 7 3 2 2 12 8 117 Xanthi FC 7 2 4 1 6 3 108 Panathinaikos FC * 7 3 2 2 6 5 99 PAS Giannina FC 7 2 3 2 6 6 910 Panetolikos GFS 7 2 2 3 8 7 811 Lamia 7 2 1 4 4 10 712 Kerkyra FC 7 1 3 3 3 7 613 Platanias FC 7 1 3 3 4 10 614 Asteras Tripolis FC 7 1 3 3 6 8 615 Apollon Smyrnis FC 7 0 3 4 2 7 316 AE Larissa FC 7 0 3 4 5 16 3

* Panathinaikos FC have had 2 point(s) deducted

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Match-by-match lineupsFC BarcelonaUEFA Champions League - Group stageGroup DClub Pld W D L GF GA PtsFC Barcelona 2 2 0 0 4 0 6Juventus 2 1 0 1 2 3 3Sporting Clube de Portugal 2 1 0 1 3 3 3Olympiacos FC 2 0 0 2 2 5 0

Matchday 1 (12/09/2017)FC Barcelona 3-0 JuventusGoals: 1-0 Messi 45, 2-0 Rakitić 56, 3-0 Messi 69FC Barcelona: ter Stegen, Semedo, Piqué, Rakitić (77 Paulinho ), Sergio Busquets, Iniesta (83 André Gomes), LuisSuárez, Messi, Dembélé (71 Sergi Roberto), Jordi Alba, Umtiti

Matchday 2 (27/09/2017)Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-1 FC BarcelonaGoals: 0-1 Coates 49 (og)FC Barcelona: ter Stegen, Semedo, Piqué, Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Iniesta (80 Paulinho ), Luis Suárez (89 AleixVidal), Messi, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto (87 André Gomes), Umtiti

Matchday 3 (18/10/2017)FC Barcelona-Olympiacos FC

Matchday 4 (31/10/2017)Olympiacos FC-FC Barcelona

Matchday 5 (22/11/2017)Juventus-FC Barcelona

Matchday 6 (05/12/2017)FC Barcelona-Sporting Clube de Portugal

Olympiacos FCUEFA Champions League - Third qualifying round(25/07/2017)FK Partizan 1-3 Olympiacos FCGoals: 0-1 Ben Nabouhane 6, 1-1 Tawamba 10, 1-2 Ben Nabouhane 56, 1-3 Emenike 90+1Olympiacos FC: Kapino, Romao, Odjidja, Marin (80 Zdjelar), Siopis, Koutris, Ben Nabouhane (88 Emenike), Carcela-González (80 Pardo), Retsos, Figueiras, Sebá

(02/08/2017)Olympiacos FC 2-2 FK Partizan (agg: 5-3)Goals: 1-0 Carcela-González 22, 1-1 Soumah 33, 2-1 Fortounis 51, 2-2 Djurdjević 85Olympiacos FC: Kapino, Romao, Fortounis (70 Sebá), Odjidja, Marin (87 Siopis), Koutris, Vuković (72 Zdjelar), BenNabouhane, Carcela-González, Retsos, Figueiras

Play-off(16/08/2017)Olympiacos FC 2-1 HNK RijekaGoals: 0-1 Heber 42, 1-1 Odjidja 66, 2-1 Romao 90+3Olympiacos FC: Kapino, Romao, Odjidja (79 Androutsos), Marin (75 Pardo), Gillet, Elabdellaoui, Koutris, BenNabouhane, Carcela-González, Retsos, Sebá (65 Fortounis)

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HNK Rijeka 0-1 Olympiacos FC (agg: 1-3)Goals: 0-1 Marin 25Olympiacos FC: Kapino, Romao (80 Fortounis), Odjidja, Marin (66 Sebá), Gillet, Elabdellaoui, Koutris (61 Figueiras),Vuković, Ben Nabouhane, Carcela-González, Retsos

Group stageMatchday 1 (12/09/2017)Olympiacos FC 2-3 Sporting Clube de PortugalGoals: 0-1 Doumbia 2, 0-2 Gelson Martins 13, 0-3 Bruno Fernandes 43, 1-3 Pardo 89, 2-3 Pardo 90+3Olympiacos FC: Kapino, Romao, Fortounis (46 Zdjelar), Odjidja, Djurdjević (62 Emenike), Marin, Gillet, Elabdellaoui,Carcela-González (78 Pardo), Engels, Figueiras

Matchday 2 (27/09/2017)Juventus 2-0 Olympiacos FCGoals: 1-0 Higuaín 69, 2-0 Mandžukić 80Olympiacos FC: Proto, Romao, Odjidja, Koutris, Emenike (88 Marin), Engels, Nikolaou, Zdjelar (77 Fortounis),Figueiras, Pardo (72 Ben Nabouhane), Sebá

Matchday 3 (18/10/2017)FC Barcelona-Olympiacos FC

Matchday 4 (31/10/2017)Olympiacos FC-FC Barcelona

Matchday 5 (22/11/2017)Sporting Clube de Portugal-Olympiacos FC

Matchday 6 (05/12/2017)Olympiacos FC-Juventus

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Competition facts

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Team factsFC BarcelonaFormed: 1899Nicknames: Azulgrana (Blue and Reds, Spanish), Blaugrana (Blue and Reds, Catalan)

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)• European Cup (5): (1961), (1986), 1992, (1994), 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (4): (1969), 1979, 1982, 1989, (1991), 1997• UEFA Super Cup (5): (1979), (1982), (1989), 1992, 1997, (2006), 2009, 2011, 2015• European/South American Cup: (1992)

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)League title: 24 (2016)Spanish Cup: 29 (2017)

Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)2016/17: quarter-finals 2015/16: quarter-finals2014/15: winners2013/14: quarter-finals2012/13: semi-finals2011/12: semi-finals2010/11: winners2009/10: semi-finals2008/09: winners2007/08: semi-finals

RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest home win8-0: twice, most recently v ŠKM Púchov15/10/03, UEFA Cup first round second leg

• Biggest away win0-7: Hapoel Beer Sheva FC v Barcelona12/09/95, UEFA Cup first round first leg

• Heaviest home defeat0-4: twice, most recently v FC Dynamo Kyiv05/11/97, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat4-0: Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona14/02/17, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg4-0: FC Bayern München v Barcelona23/04/13, UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg4-0: AC Milan v Barcelona18/05/94, UEFA Champions League final (played in Athens, Barcelona designated away team)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest home win7-0: Barcelona v Celtic FC13/09/16, group stage

• Biggest away win0-5: twice, most recently v FC BATE Borisov28/09/11, group stage

• Heaviest home defeat0-4: Barcelona v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat4-0: AC Milan v Barcelona (see above for details)4-0: Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona (see above for details)4-0: FC Bayern München v Barcelona (see above for details)

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Olympiacos FCFormed: 1925Nickname: Erythrolefki (Red and Whites), Thrylos (Legend)

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)• None

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)League title: 44 (2017)Greek Cup: 27 (2015)

Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)2016/17: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round)2015/16: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2014/15: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2013/14: round of 162012/13: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2011/12: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2010/11: UEFA Europa League third qualifying round2009/10: round of 162008/09: UEFA Cup round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round)2007/08: round of 16

RecordsUEFA club competition • Biggest home win6-1: Olympiacos v KS Besa22/07/10, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg5-0 twice, most recently v FC Nordsjælland02/10/08, UEFA Cup first round second leg

• Biggest away win 0-5: KS Besa v Olympiacos15/07/10, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg

• Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Olympiacos v Hamburger SV 03/11/82, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg

• Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos10/12/03, UEFA Champions League group stage

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest home win6-2: Olympiacos v Bayer 04 Leverkusen19/09/02, first group stage

• Biggest away win0-3: RSC Anderlecht v Olympiacos02/10/13, group stage

• Heaviest home defeat1-4: Olympiacos v Olympique Lyonnais01/11/05, group stage0-3: Olympiacos v FC Bayern München16/09/15, group stage0-3: Olympiacos v Arsenal FC09/12/15, group stage

• Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos (see above for details)

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-: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced*: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

Club competitionsUCL: UEFA Champions LeagueECCC: European Champion Clubs' CupUEL: UEFA Europa LeagueUCUP: UEFA CupUCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super CupUIC: UEFA Intertoto CupICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

National team competitionsEURO: UEFA European Football ChampionshipWC: FIFA World CupCONFCUP: FIFA Confederations CupFRIE: Friendly internationalsU21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationalsU21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipU17: UEFA Under-17 ChampionshipU16: UEFA European Under-16 ChampionshipU19: UEFA Under-19 ChampionshipU18: UEFA European Under-18 ChampionshipWWC: FIFA Women's World CupWEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship

F: Final GS: Group stageGS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First roundR2: Second round R3: Third roundR4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary roundSF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finalsR16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying roundR32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying

round2nd: second leg FT: Final tournamentPO: Play-off ELITE: Elite roundRep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-offPO - FT: Play-off for FinalTournament

GS-FT: Group stage – finaltournament

Competition stages(aet): After extra time pens: PenaltiesNo.: Number og: Own goalag: Match decided on awaygoals

P: Penaltyagg: Aggregate

Pld: Matches played AP: AppearancesPos.: Position Comp.: CompetitionPts: Points D: DrawnR: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birthRes.: Result ET: Extra Timesg: Match decided by silvergoal

GA: Goals againstt: Match decided by toss of acoin

GF: Goals for W: Wongg: Match decided by goldengoal

Y: BookedL: Lost

Y/R: Sent off (two yellowcards)

Nat.: NationalityN/A: Not applicable

f: Match forfeited

Other abbreviations

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 UEFAclub competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League,UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in theInter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, whilethe FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.

Match officials

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.

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

Competitions

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Squad listD: Disciplinary*: Misses next match if bookedS: SuspendedUCLQ: 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 currentmatchdayUCL: 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 qualifyingDisclaimer: 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 use orinterpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations availableon UEFA.com.

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