UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
2010/11 SEASON
MATCH PRESS KIT
Group C - Matchday 5
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Wednesday 24 November 2010
20.45CET (19.45 local time)
Match background
Sir Alex Ferguson returns to his home city of Glasgow with Manchester United FC hoping to see them advance to
the knockout rounds at the expense of his old club Rangers FC.
• United's Matchday 4 win at Bursaspor has left them on the verge of qualification from Group C but Rangers will have
other ideas as they look to bounce back from their defeat at Valencia CF on the same night. The Scottish titleholders'
first loss of the season cost them a place in the top two as they slipped down to third.
• If Valencia defeat Bursaspor at home in the other Matchday 5 fixture, Rangers have to beat United to stay in
contention.
Previous meetings
• The clubs met for the first time in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League group stage with Alex McLeish then in
charge of Rangers. United prevailed 1-0 at Ibrox through a fifth-minute Phil Neville goal, then won 3-0 at Old Trafford.
• The full lineups for that Ibrox encounter on 22 October 2003 were:
Rangers
Arveladze, Mols.
: Klos, Khizanishvili (Ross 85), Berg, Moore, Ball, Ricksen, Arteta, Vanoli (Nerlinger 67), Løvenkrands,Manchester United
Fortune (Djemba-Djemba 90), Van Nistelrooy, Giggs.
• Allan MacGregor was an unused substitute for both matches and is the only survivor from that Rangers squad.
Match background
• Rangers earned a point at Old Trafford on Matchday 1 but may find home advantage counts for little against a United
side with eight wins from their last nine away games in the UEFA Champions League. Their only blip in this sequence
came with a 2-1 loss at FC Bayern München in last season's quarter-final.
• Rangers' home record against visitors from England is two wins and two defeats. Their most recent victory came
against Leeds United AFC in the 1991/92 European Champion Clubs' Cup second round en route to booking a place
in the competition's inaugural group stage. Ally McCoist, who scored the winning goal, is now Walter Smith's assistant
manager.
• Prior to that Rangers beat Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2-0 in the 1960/61 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-final
but lost 3-2 to Tottenham Hotspur FC in the second round of the same competition in 1962/63.
• United's most recent visit to Glasgow brought a 1-1 draw at Celtic FC in the 2008/09 group stage, Ryan Giggs
earning a point with an 84th-minute equaliser. United had previously lost at Celtic in the 2006/07 group stage,
succumbing 1-0 on 21 November 2006.
• The English club's only other visit north of the border brought a 3-2 win at Dundee United FC in the 1984/85 UEFA
Cup third round – securing a 5-4 aggregate success.Team ties
• Sir Alex was a boyhood Rangers fan who later played for the club, scoring 35 goals in 66 appearances in all
competitions between 1967 and 1969.
• Rangers manager Smith was Ferguson's assistant when he led Scotland at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and also
served as his No2 at Old Trafford in 2004.
• As Aberdeen FC manager, Ferguson lost the first major final of his career against Rangers in the 1978/79 Scottish
League Cup. He gained revenge with Scottish Cup final wins against his old club in 1981/82 and 1982/83.
• As manager of Everton between 1998 and 2002, Smith recorded seven defeats and a draw in eight league meetings
with United. Wayne Rooney came through the youth ranks at Everton during Smith's reign but the striker's debut in
2002 came five months after the manager's departure.
• As Scotland captain, United midfielder Darren Fletcher joined seven Rangers players in the squad for UEFA EURO
2012 qualifiers in October.
• Rangers midfielder Steven Davis is a Northern Ireland team-mate of Jonny Evans.
• Kenny Miller was a substitute for Celtic in both encounters with United in 2006/07.
• Madjid Bougherra faced Rooney in Algeria's goalless draw with England at the World Cup in June.
• Vladimír Weiss is on loan at Rangers from Manchester City FC.
Rangers
UEFA milestones
• Rangers have conceded 346 goals in UEFA competition.
UEFA Champions League statistics
• Steven Naismith has suffered 18 fouls, the most in the competition.
Latest domestic information
•
Saturday 20 November: Kilmarnock FC 2-3 Rangers FC (Sammon 21 59; Miller 42pen 55pen 64)McGregor; Foster, Weir, Broadfoot, Whittaker; Naismith, Davis, McCulloch, Lafferty; Fleck (Weiss 69) Miller
• Kenny Miller struck his second hat-trick of the season and has now registered in 11 of Rangers' 14 league matches
this term, scoring 18 in all.
• Kilmarnock's Mahamadou Sissoko was sent off nine minutes into the second half.
• Walter Smith's side's 15-match unbeaten start to the season ended at Valencia CF on Matchday 4. Having returned
to domestic action with a 3-1 win at Saint Mirren FC they lost again on 10 November, 3-0 at home to Hibernian FC.
• It was Rangers' first league defeat at Ibrox since 4 March 2009 and a 1-0 loss to Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC.
• Rangers returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory against Aberdeen FC on 13 November, with John Fleck making
his first start of the season.
• Rangers set a record for consecutive victories at the start of a Premier League season – nine – with a 3-1 triumph
at Celtic FC on 24 October. It was the first time since 1921 that Rangers had started a league campaign with nine
successive wins.• The Glasgow club will play Motherwell FC in the League Cup semi-finals at Hampden Park on 30 January.
• On Monday Rangers were drawn against Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup fourth round on 8/9 January.
Injury news
• Madjid Bougherra was ruled out for three weeks with a hamstring strain picked up against Aberdeen.
• Maurice Edu (knee) and Saša Papac (head) have not played since sustaining knocks against Hibernian but Kyle
Lafferty (foot) returned at Kilmarnock.
• Kirk Broadfoot (ankle), Naismith (shoulder) and Steven Whittaker (knee) all started at Rugby Park having suffered
knocks at home to Aberdeen.
• James Beattie has played just two minutes since 11 September because of thigh and hip problems.
• Andy Webster (groin) has been out of action since the end of October.
International duty
• Wednesday 17 November
Slovakia 2-3 Bosnia and Herzegovina, friendly – Vladimír Weiss
Scotland 3-1 Northern Ireland, U21 friendly – Kyle Hutton, Ross Perry, John Fleck, Gregg Wylde (sub), Jamie Ness
(sub); Wayne Drummond
• David Weir surpassed Jim Leighton as Scotland's oldest ever player on 3 September when he lined up against
Lithuania aged 40 years, three months and 24 days.Miscellaneous
• Bougherra has been shortlisted for the African Footballer of the Year award.
• On 14 November, Smith was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.
• On 9 November, Rangers signed former FC Gueugnon winger Salim Kerkar, 23, until the end of the season.
• Rangers signed Nikica Jelavić from SK Rapid Wien in August but he is ineligible for the UEFA Champions League.
Manchester United
UEFA milestones
• None
UEFA Champions League statistics
• United are the only team yet to concede a goal after four matches; no side has ever kept six clean sheets in a UEFA
Champions League group stage.
Latest domestic information
•
Saturday 20 November: Manchester United FC 2-0 Wigan Athletic FC (Evra 45+1, Hernández 77)Van der Sar; Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidić, Evra; Nani, Fletcher, Carrick (Hernández 65), Park (Scholes 56); Obertan,
Macheda (Rooney 56)
• United won for the first time in three matches against visitors who finished with nine men after Antolín Alcaraz and
Hugo Rodallega were sent off early in the second half.
• Patrice Evra's goal was only his second in the league for United on his 147th appearance and his first since 29
November 2006.
• Sir Alex Ferguson's side have scored two or more goals in 12 of their 14 league outings this season.
• Only two of the 15 Premier League goals United have conceded have come in the first half; ten have come in the
final 30 minutes.
• United won six matches in a row before being held 0-0 at local rivals Manchester City FC on 10 November. They
subsequently drew 2-2 at Aston Villa FC, coming from two goals down to rescue a point.
• Sir Alex's team are unbeaten in 20 competitive matches this season, winning 12 and drawing eight.
• United have scored in their last 18 league games at Old Trafford, though they drew a blank against Rangers on
Matchday 1.
• United will visit West Ham United FC in the League Cup quarter-finals on 30 November.
Injury news
• Wayne Rooney returned as a substitute against Wigan having damaged an ankle in training on 19 October.
• Owen Hargreaves lasted 10 minutes against Wolverhampton Wanderers FC on 6 November – his first start since
21 September 2008 – before going off with a hamstring injury. He is not in United's UEFA Champions League squad.
• Michael Owen said on 27 October he will be out of action "for a few weeks" after picking up a hamstring injury in
training.
• Ryan Giggs sustained a hamstring injury against Bolton Wanderers FC on 26 September. He returned against West
Bromwich Albion FC on 16 October but suffered a recurrence and has not played since, although he was an unused
substitute on Saturday.
• Rafael suffered a thigh injury against Manchester City, returning to face Wigan, while Anderson has been out of
action since Matchday 3 due to a virus.
• On 16 September, United confirmed Antonio Valencia will miss "a good portion of the season" after dislocating and
fracturing his left ankle against Rangers.
International duty
• Tuesday 16 November
Scotland 3-0 Faroe Islands, friendly – Darren Fletcher
France 0-1 Russia, U21 friendly – Gabriel Obertan
• Wednesday 17 November
England 1-2 France, friendly – Rio Ferdinand
Portugal 4-0 Spain, friendly – Nani
Republic of Ireland 1-2 Norway, friendly – John O'Shea
Northern Ireland 1-1 Morocco, friendly – Jonny Evans
Bulgaria 0-1 Serbia, friendly – Nemanja Vidić
Italy 2-1 Turkey, U21 friendly – Federico Macheda (2 goals)
Miscellaneous
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær will step down as United's reserve team coach in January to take over at Norwegian side Molde
FK.
• Edwin van der Sar celebrated his 40th birthday on 29 October and the following day became only the ninth player
in the Premier League era aged 40 or older; the first from outside the United Kingdom and Ireland.Rangers FC
Formed:
1873Nicknames:
The Gers, The Teddy Bears, The Light BluesUEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• UEFA Cup: (2008)
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1972, (1961), (1967)
Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
League title: 53 (2010)
Scottish Cup: 33 (2009)
League Cup: 26 (2010)
Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)
2009/10:
group stage2008/09:
second qualifying round2007/08:
UEFA Cup final (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2006/07:
UEFA Cup round of 162005/06:
round of 162004/05:
UEFA Cup group stage (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round)2003/04:
group stage2002/03:
UEFA Cup first round2001/02:
UEFA Cup fourth round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round)2000/01: Manchester United FC
Formed:
1878Nickname:
The Red DevilsUEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• European Champion Clubs' Cup (3): 1968, 1999, 2008, (2009)
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1991
• UEFA Super Cup: 1991, (1999), (2008)
Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
League title: 18 (2009)
FA Cup: 11 (2004)
League Cup: 4 (2010)
Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)
2009/10:
quarter-finals2008/09:
runners-up2007/08:
winners2006/07:
semi-finals2005/06:
group stage2004/05:
round of 162003/04:
round of 162002/03:
quarter-finals2001/02:
semi-finals2000/01: quarter-finalsUEFA Cup third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League first group stage): Howard, Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, O'Shea, Phil Neville (Butt 85), Keane, Scholes,
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