Spurs and Monaco meet again in Wembley bow

Spurs and Monaco meet again in Wembley bow

Wembley is the venue for Tottenham Hotspur FC's return to the UEFA Champions League as they host Group F rivals AS Monaco FC – a team they faced in the UEFA Europa League only last season.Previous meetings• Tottenham eliminated Monaco from last season's UEFA Europa League when beating them 4-1 at White Hart Lane in their final game of the group stage last December. Erik Lamela hit a first-half hat-trick and though Stephan El Shaarawy scored for Monaco, Tom Carroll added a fourth goal for group winners Spurs. • The lineups on 10 December 2015 were:Tottenham: Llo... UEFA.com - News

Reunion for Ronaldo as holders start against Sporting

Reunion for Ronaldo as holders start against Sporting

Real Madrid CF begin their quest to do what no side has done in the UEFA Champions League era and retain the European Cup. The defending champions kick off their 2016/17 campaign against a Sporting Clube de Portugal side seeking their own first – a victory in Spain.• For Cristiano Ronaldo, the match brings a reunion with the club where he spent six years (1997–2003) before leaving for Manchester United FC. Previous meetings• The clubs last met in the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League first group stage, when Madrid were again defending champions. Then as now they faced each other on m... UEFA.com

Barcelona return marks daunting start for Celtic

Barcelona return marks daunting start for Celtic

FC Barcelona open their Group C campaign against a Celtic FC side with unhappy memories of their last visit to Camp Nou.• Celtic lost 6-1 to Barcelona in their last participation in the group stage in 2013 and face a tough start against the five-time winners on matchday one.Previous meetings• Barcelona beat Celtic 3-1 in a pre-season friendly in Dublin on 30 July this year. Although Leigh Griffiths cancelled out Arda Turan's opening effort, Efe Ambrose's own goal and a Munir El Haddadi strike secured the Azulgrana's victory.• The starting XIs were:Celtic: Gordon, Janko, Ambrose, O'Connell, Izaguirre, Brown, Bitton, McG... UEFA.com - News

Roma v Porto background

Roma v Porto background

Both experienced UEFA Champions League campaigners, Roma and Porto know one of them will miss out on the group stage as their play-off tie draws to a close in the Italian capital.Previous meetings• The first leg on 17 August finished 1-1. Porto's André Silva equalised from the spot, team-mate Felipe having inadvertently deflected a well-worked corner past Iker Casillas midway through the first half. Roma played almost an hour with ten men following the dismissal of Thomas Vermaelen (41) on his debut for the Serie A side.• Prior to the first leg, the clubs' only past UEFA competition encounters were in the 1981/82 European Cup Winners' Cup second ro... UEFA.com - News

APOEL v København background

APOEL v København background

København are in prime position to settle an old score with APOEL as the teams reconvene for the return leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off.Previous meetings• Ivan Jovanović's APOEL eliminated Ståle Solbakken's FCK in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League play-offs. Zdeněk Pospěch scored the only goal as FCK won in Copenhagen, but Kamil Kosowski (2) and Chrysostomos Michail (18pen 41) struck in a 3-1 home victory for APOEL in the second leg.• However, FCK have the edge going into the final instalment of this tie after a 1-0 first-leg victory on 16 August. Andrija Pavlović rounded Boy Waterman two minutes before half-time, giving København... UEFA.com - News

Sevilla’s previous UEFA Super Cup matches

2006: Sevilla 3-0 Barcelona (Renato 7, Kanouté 45, Maresca 90pen)Sevilla were rarely troubled at the Stade Louis II once Renato had opened the scoring from close range. After Frédéric Kanouté headed a second on the stroke of half-time, a second European trophy in four months was within Sevilla's grasp, something promptly confirmed when Enzo Maresca rounded off proceedings by smashing in a penalty.2007: AC Milan 3-1 Sevilla (Inzaghi 54, Jankulovski 61, Kaká 86; Renato 13)Sevilla had been challenging to become only the second club to win two successive UEFA Super Cups, but the death three days earlier of midfielder Antonio Puerta follo... UEFA.com - News