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Brazil’s captain Cafu is taking part in his fourth World Cup, joining an elite group of players who have played in four or more World Cups. The record of five is shared by Mexican Antonio Carbajal and German Lothar Matthäus.

Saudi Arabian Sami Al Jaber joined Cafu on four World Cup participations when he came on as a substitute against Tunisia on Wednesday, 14 June. Saudi Arabian goalkeeper Mohammed Al Deayea can also join this list if he makes an appearance during this tournament.

Most World Cup participations

#	Player	Country	Editions	Best result
5	Antonio Carbajal	Mexico	1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966	Group stage (5 times)
5	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	Won (1990)
4	Djalma Santos	Brazil	1954, 1958, 1962, 1966	Won (1958, 1962)
4	Pelé	Brazil	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970	Won (1958, 1962, 1970)
4	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	West Germany	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970	Runner-up (1966)
4	Uwe Seeler	West Germany	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970	Runner-up (1966)
4	Gianni Rivera	Italy	1962, 1966, 1970, 1974	Runner-up (1970)
4	Rocha	Uruguay	1962, 1966, 1970, 1974	Fourth (1970)
4	Wladyslaw Zmuda	Poland	1974, 1978, 1982, 1986	Third (1974, 1982)
4	Diego Maradona	Argentina	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	Won (1986)
4	Giuseppe Bergomi	Italy	1982, 1986, 1990, 1998	Won (1982)
4	Franky van der Elst	Belgium	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	Fourth (1986)
4	Enzo Scifo	Belgium	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	Fourth (1986)
4	Andoni Zubizarreta	Spain	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	Quarterfinal (1986, 1994)
4	Hong Myung-Bo	South Korea	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	Fourth (2002)
4	Paolo Maldini	Italy	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	Runner-up (1994)
4	Cafu	Brazil	1994, 1998, 2002, 2006	Won (1994, 2002)
4	Sami Al Jaber	Saudi Arabia	1994, 1998, 2002, 2006	Second round (1994)

Sami Al Jaber's goal in the match against Tunisia on Wednesday, 14 June came 12 years after his first goal against Morocco at the 1994 World Cup. The Saudi Arabia forward has now joined Pelé, Uwe Seeler, Diego Maradona and Michael Laudrup as players who netted their last World Cup goal 12 years after their maiden goal.

On 20 June, Henrik Larsson can also join this list if he scores for Sweden against England.

Most years between first and last World Cup goal

Years	Player	Goals	Editions
12	Pelé (BRA)	12	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
12	Uwe Seeler (FRG)	9	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
12	Diego Maradona (ARG)	8	1982, 1986, 1994
12	Michael Laudrup (DEN)	2	1986, 1998
12	Sami Al Jaber (KSA)	3	1994, 1998, 2006

Football Fact
On Tuesday, 13 June, Brazil beat Croatia 1-0 and extended their World Cup winning streak to a record eight matches, breaking the record set by Italy in 1934 and 1938. Brazil have won all their World Cup matches since losing the 1998 final to France.

Most successive wins in World Cup matches

#	Nation	Start date	Match which ended streak
8	Brazil	03 Jun 2002	Still running
7	Italy	01 Jun 1934	Sweden - Italy (25 Jun 1950) 3-2
6	England	16 Jul 1966	Brazil - England (07 Jun 1970) 1-0
6	Brazil	03 Jun 1970	Brazil - Yugoslavia (13 Jun 1974) 0-0
6	Brazil	21 Jun 1978	Italy - Brazil (05 Jul 1982) 3-2

Champions League 2005/2006 Top scorers

Player	Nation	Club	Goals	Apps	All-time Goals	All-time Apps
Andri Shevchenko	UKR	AC Milan	8	8	42	75
Ronaldinho	BRA	FC Barcelona	6	7	10	14
David Trézéguet	FRA	Juventus	6	7	28	49
Kaká	BRA	AC Milan	5	8	11	31
Johan Micoud	FRA	Werder Bremen	5	8	8	28
Julio Ricardo Cruz	ARG	Internazionale	4	5	13	32
Vincenzo Iaquinta	ITA	Udinese	4	5	4	5
Thierry Henry	FRA	Arsenal	4	6	40	74
Samuel Eto'o	CMR	FC Barcelona	4	6	9	21
Adriano	BRA	Internazionale	4	7	11	14
Juninho Pernambucano	BRA	Olympique Lyon	4	7	11	36
John Carew	NOR	Olympique Lyon	4	8	17	50
Peter Løvenkrands	DEN	Rangers	4	8	5	15

Head-to-heads
Arsenal – Juventus

UEFA Champions League	20 Mar 2002	Juventus	Arsenal	1 - 0 (0 - 0)
UEFA Champions League	04 Dec 2001	Arsenal	Juventus	3 - 1 (2 - 0)
Cup Winners’ Cup	23 Apr 1980	Juventus	Arsenal	0 - 1 (0 - 0)
Cup Winners’ Cup	09 Apr 1980	Arsenal	Juventus	1 - 1 (0 - 1)

Football Fact
Arsenal played at Real Madrid on Tuesday, 21 February, with 11 foreign players in the starting line-up. They became the first club to select 11 foreigners in a Champions League match on four occasions. Rangers have selected 11 foreigners on three occasions in the competition.

Arsenal’s international line-up against Real was made up of two Frenchmen, two Spaniards, two players from the Ivory Coast, one German, one Swiss, one Swede, one Belarussian and one Brazilian. On the bench were two Frenchmen, one Spaniard, one Swiss, one Italian, one Cameroonian and the sole home player in their squad, 16-year-old Englishman Theo Walcott.

Clubs with 11 foreign players in the starting line-up - Champions League

Date	Club	Match
21 Feb 2006	Arsenal	Real Madrid - Arsenal (21 Feb 2006) 0-1
07 Dec 2005	Arsenal	Arsenal - Ajax (07 Dec 2005) 0-0
23 Nov 2005	Internazionale	Internazionale - FC Artmedia Bratislava (23 Nov 2005) 4-0
18 Oct 2005	Arsenal	Sparta Praha - Arsenal (18 Oct 2005) 0-2
22 Feb 2005	Arsenal	Bayern München - Arsenal (22 Feb 2005) 3-1
07 Dec 2004	Shakhtar Donetsk	Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Barcelona (07 Dec 2004) 2-0
24 Nov 2004	Shakhtar Donetsk	AC Milan - Shakhtar Donetsk (24 Nov 2004) 4-0
10 Dec 2003	Celtic	Olympique Lyon - Celtic (10 Dec 2003) 3-2
22 Oct 2003	Rangers	Rangers - Manchester United (22 Oct 2003) 0-1
01 Oct 2003	Rangers	Panathinaikos - Rangers (01 Oct 2003) 1-1
16 Sep 2003	Rangers	Rangers - VfB Stuttgart (16 Sep 2003) 2-1
22 Mar 2000	Chelsea	Chelsea - Lazio (22 Mar 2000) 1-2

Premiership Results

			Home					Away
	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Chelsea	30	14	1	0	35	8	10	2	3	23	11	39	75
2	Man Utd	29	9	3	1	27	8	10	3	3	31	21	29	63
3	Liverpool	31	12	3	1	25	6	6	4	5	17	15	21	61
4	Tottenham	30	9	5	1	25	12	5	5	5	18	16	15	52
5	Arsenal	30	11	2	2	35	9	4	3	8	13	14	25	50
6	Blackburn	30	11	2	2	27	15	4	2	9	14	21	5	49
7	Bolton	28	9	4	1	22	7	4	5	5	17	21	11	48
8	Wigan	30	6	2	7	18	19	8	2	5	17	17	-1	46
9	Everton	30	8	1	6	18	17	5	3	7	10	21	-10	43
10	West Ham	29	7	2	6	26	22	5	4	5	18	22	0	42
11	Man City	30	9	2	5	24	14	3	2	9	15	21	4	40
12	Newcastle	30	7	5	3	18	13	4	1	10	12	22	-5	39
13	Charlton	30	6	3	6	17	17	5	3	7	17	24	-7	39
14	Fulham	31	10	2	3	26	17	0	3	13	14	34	-11	35
15	Aston Villa	30	4	4	6	15	17	4	6	6	19	24	-7	34
16	Middlesbrough	29	5	5	5	21	24	4	2	8	18	25	-10	34
17	West Brom	30	6	1	9	21	21	1	5	8	6	24	-18	27
18	Birmingham	29	4	3	8	16	19	2	3	9	7	22	-18	24
19	Portsmouth	30	3	5	6	10	17	3	1	12	14	34	-27	24
20	Sunderland	30	0	4	11	9	28	2	0	13	10	26	-35	10

Premiership Top Scorers

		Team	TOT
1	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Man Utd	19
2	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	15
3	Darren Bent	Charlton	13
4	Frank Lampard	Chelsea	13
5	Aiyegbeni Yakubu	Middlesbrough	13
6	Marlon Harewood	West Ham	12
7	Wayne Rooney	Man Utd	10
8	Andy Cole	Man City	9
9	Hernan Crespo	Chelsea	9
10	Brian McBride	Fulham	9
11	Ahmed Mido	Tottenham	9
12	Henri Camara	Wigan	8
13	Collins John	Fulham	8
14	Robbie Keane	Tottenham	8
15	Luke Moore	Aston Villa	8

Football Fact
On Tuesday, 24 January, defiant Wigan Athletic denied Arsenal a place in the final of the Carling Cup and reached their first ever cup final. Wigan were the last among the current FA Premiership clubs to reach a major cup final and now the Championship is the highest league to feature clubs that have never performed the feat. Wigan hope to lift a jinx on recent first time finalists.

Arsenal had hoped to become the fourth club to have reached at least six League Cup finals. On Wednesday, 25 January, Manchester United achieved what the Londoners could not by dismissing Blackburn Rovers for a place in the final.

Last 10 clubs in England reaching a cup final for the first time ever

Year	Club	Competition	Finished
2006	Wigan Athletic	League Cup	TBD
2004	Millwall	FA Cup	Runners-up
2000	Tranmere Rovers	League Cup	Runners-up
1997	Middlesbrough	League Cup	Runners-up
1990	Crystal Palace	FA Cup	Runners-up
1990	Oldham Athletic	League Cup	Runners-up
1988	Wimbledon	FA Cup	Winners
1987	Coventry City	FA Cup	Winners
1986	Oxford United	League Cup	Winners
1984	Watford	FA Cup	Runners-up

Clubs in top two English leagues without major Cup final appearance

Club	League	FA Cup	League Cup
Crewe Alexandra	Championship	Semi-finals 1888	Third round seven times
Hull City	Championship	Semi-finals 1930	Fourth round 1974, 1976, 1978
Plymouth Argyle	Championship	Semi-finals 1984	Semi-finals 1964, 1975
Reading	Championship	Semi-finals 1927	Quarter-finals 1996

Most League Cup Final appearances

#	Club	Years
10	Liverpool	1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005
7	Aston Villa	1961, 1963, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996
6	Nottingham Forest	1978, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1992
6	Manchester United	1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2006
5	Arsenal	1968, 1969, 1987, 1988, 1993
5	Leicester City	1964, 1965, 1997, 1999, 2000
5	Tottenham Hotspur	1971, 1973, 1982, 1999, 2002
4	Norwich City	1962, 1973, 1975, 1985
4	Chelsea	1965, 1972, 1998, 2005
3	West Bromwich Albion	1966, 1967, 1970
3	Manchester City	1970, 1974, 1976
3	Middlesbrough	1997, 1998, 2004

Bold denotes club remaining in League Cup 2005/2006

Match of the Week: Borussia Mönchengladbach - Bayern München
On Friday, 27 January, Bundesliga table leaders Bayern München kick off the second half of the season at Borussia Mönchengladbach. Eight of the previous 10 leaders at the halfway point eventually wound up with the league crown. The only Herbstmeisters to squander their advantage in the last 10 seasons were Schalke 04 (2000/2001) and Bayer Leverkusen (2001/2002) although they were nursing much smaller leads than Bayern’s six point edge.

Where did the last 10 Bundesliga halfway leaders finish?

Season	Halfway leaders	P	W	D	L	Lead	End rk	Eventual Champions
2005/2006	Bayern München	17	14	2	1	6	TBD	TBD
2004/2005	Bayern München	17	10	4	3	0*	1st	Bayern München
2003/2004	Werder Bremen	17	12	3	2	4	1st	Werder Bremen
2002/2003	Bayern München	17	12	3	2	6	1st	Bayern München
2001/2002	Bayer Leverkusen	17	12	3	2	1	2nd	Borussia Dortmund
2000/2001	Schalke 04	17	10	3	4	2	2nd	Bayern München
1999/2000	Bayern München	17	11	3	3	2	1st	Bayern München
1998/1999	Bayern München	17	13	2	2	6	1st	Bayern München
1997/1998	1. FC Kaiserslautern	17	12	3	2	4	1st	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1996/1997	Bayern München	17	10	6	1	2	1st	Bayern München
1995/1996	Borussia Dortmund	17	12	4	1	2	1st	Borussia Dortmund

Football Fact
The 26 million pounds (38.3 million euros) Chelsea have spent on former Olympique Lyon midfielder Mickaël Essien make the Ghanaian the most expensive acquisition in Blues’ club history. The previous club record was set in July last year when the Roman Abramovich led outfit shelled out 24 million pounds to obtain Didier Drogba.

Chelsea have now spent 55 million pounds on just three players this summer as compared to 69.30 million on six players last summer and 118.75 million pounds on 10 players in the summer of 2003.

Based on fees in euros, Essien is the 14th most expensive player ever.

Chelsea signings during 2005 summer transfer window

Player	From	Position	Fee (in pounds)	Date
Mickaël Essien	Olympique Lyon (FRA)	Midfielder	26.00 million	Aug 2005
Shaun Wright-Phillips	Manchester City	Midfielder	21.00 million	Jul 2005
Asier Del Horno	Athletic Bilbao (ESP)	Defender	8.00 million	Jun 2005
Total			55.00 million

Midfielder Lassana Diarra was also signed from Le Havre for an undisclosed fee

Chelsea signings during 2004 summer transfer window

Player	From	Position	Fee (in pounds)	Date
Tiago	Benfica (POR)	Midfielder	8.00 million	Jul 2004
Didier Drogba	Olympique Marseille (FRA)	Forward	24.00 million	Jul 2004
Mateja Kezman	PSV (NED)	Forward	5.00 million	Jul 2004
Paulo Ferreira	FC Porto (POR)	Defender	13.20 million	Jun 2004
Arjen Robben	PSV (NED)	Forward	12.00 million	Mar 2004
Petr Cech	Rennes (FRA)	Goalkeeper	7.10 million	Feb 2004
Total			69.30 million

Cech and Robben were signed earlier than the transfer window but joined in July 2004 so are included in the above table.

Chelsea signings during 2003 summer transfer window

Player	From	Position	Fee (in pounds)	Date
Claude Makélélé	Real Madrid (ESP)	Midfielder	16.60 million	Aug 2003
Hernán Crespo	Internazionale (ITA)	Forward	16.80 million	Aug 2003
Alexei Smertin	Gir. Bordeaux (FRA)	Midfielder	3.45 million	Aug 2003
Adrian Mutu	Parma (ITA)	Forward	15.80 million	Aug 2003
Juan Verón	Manchester United	Midfielder	12.50 million	Aug 2003
Joe Cole	West Ham United	Midfielder	6.60 million	Aug 2003
Damien Duff	Blackburn Rovers	Forward	17.00 million	Jul 2003
Wayne Bridge	Southampton	Defender	7.00 million	Jul 2003
Gérémi	Real Madrid (ESP)	Midfielder	7.00 million	Jul 2003
Glen Johnson	West Ham United	Defender	6.00 million	Jul 2003
Total			108.75 million

Europe's richest Clubs

2004-5 total revenues	£m	2004-5 total revenues	£m
Real Madrid	175.9	Roma	89.9
Man Utd	168.2	Newcastle	88
Milan	159.8	Tottenham	71.3
Juventus	156.6	Schalke 04	66.5
Chelsea	150.7	Lyon	63.4
Barcelona	141.9	Celtic	63.2
Bayern Munich	129.4	Man City	61.5
Liverpool	123.7	Everton	60.6
Internazionale	120.9	Valencia	57.7
Arsenal	116.9	Lazio	56.7

Most expensive transfer fees in World football (based on fees in euros)

Rank	Player	Nation	From	To	Fee (m euros)	Year
1	Zinedine Zidane	FRA	Juventus	Real Madrid	75.8	2001
2	Luis Figo	POR	Barcelona	Real Madrid	61.3	2000
3	Hernan Crespo	ARG	Parma	Lazio Roma	56.7	2000
4	Gianluigi Buffon	ITA	Parma	Juventus	54 (38.9 + Bachini)	2001
5	Gaizka Mendieta	ESP	Valencia	Lazio Roma	47.2	2001
6	Rio Ferdinand	ENG	Leeds United	Manchester United	46.9	2002
7	Juan Veron	ARG	Lazio Roma	Manchester United	46.0	2001
8	Christian Vieri	ITA	Lazio Roma	Internazionale	45.4	1999
9	Ronaldo	BRA	Internazionale	Real Madrid	45.0	2002
10	Pavel Nedved	CZE	Lazio Roma	Juventus	41.3	2001
11	Rui Costa	POR	Fiorentina	AC Milan	41.3	2001
12	Marc Overmars	NED	Arsenal	Barcelona	39.9	2000
13	Wayne Rooney	ENG	Everton	Manchester United	39.8	2004
14	Mickaël Essien	GHA	Olympique Lyon	Chelsea	38.3	2005

Match of the Week: Chelsea - Arsenal
Arsene Wenger will celebrate his 500th match in charge of Arsenal with a game against Chelsea, one of his favourite opponents in his 335 FA Premiership matches as Arsenal trainer. Since he started at Highbury in October 1996, Arsenal have played 17 Premiership matches against Chelsea, winning 10 and drawing the other seven. Only matches against Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester City, West Ham United and Derby County have provided more Premiership points for Wenger’s Arsenal than those against Chelsea.

However, the most recent match between Arsenal and Chelsea was won by the Blues, the Community Shield match on Sunday, 7 August. This was the first time in six Charity/Community Shield matches under Wenger that Arsenal had lost. Chelsea have also beaten Wenger’s Arsenal in two League Cup matches and a Champions League match.

However, Chelsea lag behind three clubs in terms of success in all competitions against Wenger’s Arsenal. This list is topped by Manchester United who have won 10 matches against Arsenal since October 1996. Liverpool have won nine whilst Leeds United have five victories.

Wenger’s matches as Arsenal manager

#	Competition
335	Premiership
54	FA Cup
25	League Cup
68	Champions League
11	UEFA Cup
6	Charity Shield
499	Total

Most points per match for Arsenal with Wenger as trainer (minimum: 10 matches)

Pts per match	Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
2.47	Middlesbrough	15	12	1	2	37
2.44	Everton	18	14	2	2	44
2.38	Leicester City	13	9	4	0	31
2.31	West Ham United	13	9	3	1	30
2.25	Derby County	12	8	3	1	27
2.22	Chelsea	17	10	7	0	37
2.18	Southampton	18	11	4	2	40
2.17	Charlton Athletic	12	8	2	2	26
2.10	Coventry City	10	6	3	1	21
2.07	Blackburn Rovers	14	9	2	3	29
2.06	Aston Villa	17	10	5	2	35
2.00	Newcastle United	19	11	5	3	38

Clubs winning at least twice against Arsenal under Arsene Wenger

Total	Opponents	League	League Cup	FA Cup	Europe	Charity Shield
10	Manchester United	7	1	2	-	-
9	Liverpool	7	1	1	-	-
5	Leeds United	4	-	1	-	-
4	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	-	-	-
4	Chelsea	-	2	-	1	1
4	Middlesbrough	2	2	-	-	-
3	Deportivo La Coruña	-	-	-	3	-
3	Newcastle United	3	-	-	-	-
3	Sunderland	2	1	-	-	-
2	Aston Villa	2	-	-	-	-
2	Bayern München	-	-	-	2	-
2	Charlton Athletic	2	-	-	-	-
2	Dynamo Kyiv	-	-	-	2	-
2	Everton	2	-	-	-	-
2	Sheffield Wednesday	2	-	-	-	-
2	Southampton	2	-	-	-	-
2	Valencia CF	-	-	-	2	-
2	Wimbledon	2	-	-	-	-

Football Fact
Last season’s fourth placed team Everton have played top flight football for 102 of the 106 English seasons. They were one of 12 founder members of the league in 1888 and this season’s Premiership also contains four others, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion, as well as a debutant in Wigan Athletic.

All 11 teams in this season’s Premiership to have played at least 70 seasons of top flight football have won the championship and all of this season’s participants except Wigan Athletic have been relegated. Seven of this season’s participants have never won the league title and this is unlikely to change.

Everton will become the first team to play 4000 top flight matches when they play their 14th match of the season whilst Manchester United can become the fifth team to win 1500 top flight matches if they record 24 victories in 2005/2006.

Previous top flight seasons appeared in by 2005/2006 English Premiership participants

#	Club	Best season	Worst season	Last season
102	Everton	1st (nine times)	22nd (twice)	4th
94	Aston Villa	1st (seven times)	22nd (1987)	10th
90	Liverpool	1st (18 times)	22nd (1954)	5th
88	Arsenal	1st (13 times)	20th (twice)	2nd
80	Manchester United	1st (15 times)	22nd (twice)	3rd
76	Manchester City	1st (twice)	21st (five times)	8th
75	Newcastle United	1st (four times)	21st (three times)	14th
75	Sunderland	1st (six times)	21st (three times)	1st (2nd level)
70	Chelsea	1st (twice)	22nd (twice)	1st
70	Tottenham Hotspur	1st (twice)	22nd (twice)	9th
70	West Bromwich Albion	1st (1920)	22nd (four times)	17th
66	Bolton Wanderers	3rd (three times)	22nd (1980)	6th
65	Blackburn Rovers	1st (three times)	22nd (twice)	15th
56	Middlesbrough	3rd (1914)	22nd (three times)	7th
53	Birmingham City	6th (1956)	22nd (twice)	12th
48	West Ham United	3rd (1986)	22nd (twice)	Play-off winners (2nd level)
28	Portsmouth	1st (twice)	22nd (1959)	16th
24	Charlton Athletic	2nd (1937)	22nd (1957)	11th
16	Fulham	9th (2004)	22nd (twice)	13th
0	Wigan Athletic	-	-	2nd (2nd level)

All-time composite English top flight table for 2005/2006 English top flight participants

Rk	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	F	A
1	Everton	3986	1623	977	1386	5846	6287	5634
2	Liverpool	3602	1647	898	1057	5839	5905	4483
3	Arsenal	3602	1590	936	1076	5706	5863	4627
4	Aston Villa	3652	1520	839	1293	5399	6117	5468
5	Manchester United	3246	1476	822	948	5250	5508	4330
6	Newcastle United	3008	1192	731	1085	4307	4669	4338
7	Manchester City	3088	1151	774	1163	4227	4687	4676
8	Sunderland	2922	1162	670	1090	4156	4719	4483
9	Tottenham Hotspur	2862	1141	695	1026	4118	4475	4135
10	Chelsea	2866	1060	762	1044	3942	4215	4288
11	West Bromwich Albion	2728	1000	661	1067	3661	4199	4350
12	Bolton Wanderers	2536	934	579	1023	3381	3843	4067
13	Blackburn Rovers	2454	926	586	942	3364	3978	3952
14	Middlesbrough	2248	772	559	917	2875	3236	3496
15	Birmingham City	2154	687	536	931	2597	2900	3439
16	West Ham United	1978	681	492	805	2535	2889	3149
17	Portsmouth	1166	427	275	464	1556	1819	1941
18	Charlton Athletic	974	334	235	405	1237	1349	1536
19	Fulham	656	197	163	296	754	905	1128
20	Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Note: All seasons have been re-calculated to three points for a win

Match of the Week: Borussia Dortmund - Schalke 04
Borussia Dortmund are expecting a capacity crowd to flock to the Westfalenstadion on Saturday, 13 August, for their first home match of the season with the hosts taking on local rivals Schalke 04. Last season, Dortmund led all European clubs in average home attendance.

The average crowd of 77,325 has Dortmund ranked first in that category, a statistic in which Schalke finished sixth in Europe, drawing an average of 61,383 to the Arena auf Schalke last season. These figures are just a few of the big numbers surrounding the 67th edition of the Kohlenpott Classic.

Highest average spectator total for league matches at home – 2004/2005

Avg	Team	Competition	Nation	Spectators	Matches
77,235	Borussia Dortmund	Bundesliga	GER	1,313,000	17
73,010	FC Barcelona	Primera División	ESP	1,387,181	19
72,186	Real Madrid	Primera División	ESP	1,371,541	19
67,871	Manchester United	Barclaycard FA Premiership	ENG	1,289,541	19
63,581	AC Milan	Serie A TIM	ITA	1,208,041	19
61,383	Schalke 04	Bundesliga	GER	1,043,515	17
57,943	Celtic	Scottish Premier League	SCO	1,100,913	19
56,933	Internazionale	Serie A TIM	ITA	1,081,733	19
53,294	Bayern München	Bundesliga	GER	906,000	17
52,996	Olympique Marseille	Ligue 1 Orange	FRA	1,006,932	19

Revierderby by the numbers

#	Fact
1	First league encounter between these clubs dates back to 7 September 1963, when hosts Schalke won 3-1.
2	Goals scored in the first minute of a derby, by Hermann Straschitz (1965) and Klaus Scheer (1972).
2	Penalty saves by Schalke's Frank Rost en route to a 1-0 victory on 30 January, 2004.
6	Own goals in this fixture. Most recently Dortmund's Jörg Heinrich beat his own goalkeeper in September 2000.
7	Largest margin of victory in the derby. On 26 February, 1966, Dortmund crushed Schalke 7-0.
8	Most goals in one Kohlenpott Classic, with Dortmund routing Schalke 6-2 on 12 November 1966.
10	Revierderby goals by Lothar Emmerich (Dortmund) who leads all goalscorers in this fixture.
12	Most Revierderbies by a coach, a record shared by Ottmar Hitzfeld (Dortmund) and Huub Stevens (Schalke 04).
16	Players who have represented both sides in the derby, a list most recently joined by Andy Möller in 2000.
16	Most derby appearances by an active player, Dortmund's Lars Ricken.
21	Schalke 04 victories in league matches against Borussia Dortmund.
23	Appearances in this fixture by Borussia Dortmund's Michael Zorc, the most by a Dortmund player.
24	Record number of Revierderby appearances by Schalke 04's Klaus Fichtel.
25	Borussia Dortmund victories in league matches against Schalke 04.
66	Previous editions of the Revierderby in the Bundesliga.
180	Players that have represented Borussia Dortmund in league matches against Schalke 04.
198	Total number of goals in the history of the Revierderby.
205	Players that have represented Schalke 04 in league matches against Borussia Dortmund.
1997	Year producing a dramatic finish in the derby, a last minute equaliser by Schalke goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.
144,524	Paid attendance at the two encounters between these clubs last season.

Football Fact
The 2006 African Cup of Nations kicks off on Friday 20 January with host nation Egypt locking horns with neighbours Libya. Four time winners Egypt join Ghana and Cameroon in a bid to become the first nation to have won the competition on five separate occasions.

African Cup of Nations winners

Titles	Nation	Years
4	Ghana	1963, 1965, 1978, 1982
4	Egypt	1957, 1959, 1986, 1998
4	Cameroon	1984, 1988, 2000, 2002
2	Zaire	1968, 1974
2	Nigeria	1980, 1994
1	Ethiopia	1962
1	Sudan	1970
1	Congo	1972
1	Morocco	1976
1	Algeria	1990
1	Ivory Coast	1992
1	South Africa	1996
1	Tunisia	2004
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Note: Zaire is nowadays known as DR Congo. Bold denotes 2006 African Cup of Nations participants

Match of the Week: Manchester United - Liverpool
Manchester United play Liverpool on Sunday, 22 January in a match between the two busiest teams in England and two of the busiest in Europe. Manchester United’s last match, the FA Cup replay against Burton Albion on Wednesday, 18 January, was their 36th of the season. Liverpool have played one more match than United and only French club RC Lens have played more matches this season than the Reds.

United and Liverpool are no strangers to playing huge numbers of games with United playing more than any other team in Europe last season and 2002/2003 whilst Liverpool held the same distinction in 2000/2001. Liverpool only had one team ahead of them regarding matches played in both 2001/2002 and 2004/2005.

Most matches played in 2005/2006 season – all European winter leagues

Matches	Club	Competition	Nation
38	RC Lens	Ligue 1 Orange	FRA
37	Liverpool	Barclaycard FA Premiership	ENG
36	Olympique Marseille	Ligue 1 Orange	FRA
36	Manchester United	Barclaycard FA Premiership	ENG
35	FC Artmedia Bratislava	Corgon Liga	SVK
34	Hamburger SV	Bundesliga	GER
34	AS Monaco	Ligue 1 Orange	FRA
33	Glasgow Rangers	Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier League	SCO
33	Arsenal	Barclaycard FA Premiership	ENG
32	Middlesbrough	Barclaycard FA Premiership	ENG
32	Rapid Wien	T-Mobile Bundesliga	AUT
32	Real Betis	Primera División	ESP

Matches played by Manchester United and Liverpool since 1 July 2005

Manchester United	Competition	Liverpool
22	Barclaycard FA Premiership	20
8	UEFA Champions League	12
4	Carling Cup	1
2	FA Cup	1
0	Community Shield	0
0	Super Cup	1
0	FIFA Club World Championship	2
36	Total	37

Most matches per season in Europe – last five seasons

Season	Most matches	Second most matches
2004/2005	Manchester United (61)	Liverpool (60)
2003/2004	Celtic (61)	Villarreal CF (60)
2002/2003	Manchester United (63)	Real Madrid (62)
2001/2002	Real Madrid (66)	Liverpool (61)
2000/2001	Liverpool (63)	FC Barcelona, Celta de Vigo (62)

Teams which have won or drawn after trailing by three goals – Champions League

Deficit	Comeback team	Match	Phase
3-0	Liverpool	AC Milan - Liverpool (25 May 2005) 3-3 (ET)	Final
3-0	Liverpool	FC Basel - Liverpool (12 Nov 2002) 3-3	1st Group Phase
0-3	Deportivo La Coruña	Deportivo La Coruña - Paris Saint-Germain (07 Mar 2001) 4-3	2nd Group Phase
0-3	Werder Bremen	Werder Bremen - Anderlecht (08 Dec 1993) 5-3	QF Group Stage

Champions Cup/Champions League winners by country

#	Country	Years
10	Spain	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002
10	Italy	1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2003
10	England	1968, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1999, 2005
6	Netherlands	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1988, 1995
6	Germany	1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1997, 2001
4	Portugal	1961, 1962, 1987, 2004
1	Scotland	1967
1	Romania	1986
1	Yugoslavia	1991
1	France	1993

Note: Germany includes West Germany for winners before 1989.

Trainers winning a European trophy in at least two successive seasons

#	Trainer	Trophies won in successive seasons
3	Bob Paisley	UEFA Cup 1976, Champions Cup 1977, 1978 (all with Liverpool)
2	José Villalonga	Champions Cup 1956, 1957 (both with Real Madrid)
2	Luis Antonio Carniglia	Champions Cup 1958. 1959 (both with Real Madrid)
2	Béla Guttmann	Champions Cup 1961, 1962 (both with Benfica)
2	Helenio Herrera	Champions Cup 1964, 1965 (both with Internazionale)
2	Nereo Rocco	Cup Winners’ Cup 1968, Champions Cup 1969 (both with AC Milan)
2	Stefán Kovács	Champions Cup 1972, 1973 (both with Ajax)
2	Dettmar Cramer	Champions Cup 1975, 1976 (both with Bayern München)
2	Brian Clough	Champions Cup 1979, 1980 (both with Nottingham Forest)
2	Giovanni Trapattoni	Cup Winners’ Cup 1984, Champions Cup 1985 (both with Juventus)
2	Luis Molowny	UEFA Cup 1985, 1986 (both with Real Madrid)
2	Arrigo Sacchi	Champions Cup 1989, 1990 (both with AC Milan)
2	José Mourinho	UEFA Cup 2003, Champions League 2004 (both with FC Porto)
2	Rafael Benítez	UEFA Cup 2004 (Valencia CF), Champions League 2005 (Liverpool)

Champions League finalists finishing outside top three in domestic League

League Rank	Club	Nation	Season	CC/CL result
5th	Real Madrid	ESP	1999/2000	Winners
5th	Valencia CF	ESP	2000/2001	Losing Finalist
5th	Liverpool	ENG	2004/2005	Winners
4th	AC Milan	ITA	1994/1995	Losing Finalist
4th	Real Madrid	ESP	1997/1998	Winners

CC/CL finalists finishing outside top three in domestic League

League Rank	Club	Nation	Season	CC/CL result
11th	Partizan Beograd	YUG	1965/1966	Losing Finalist
11th	Aston Villa	ENG	1981/1982	Winners
10th	Stade de Reims	FRA	1955/1956	Losing Finalist
10th	Bayern München	GER	1974/1975	Winners
9th	AC Milan	ITA	1957/1958	Losing Finalist
9th	Leeds United	ENG	1974/1975	Losing Finalist
6th	Sampdoria	ITA	1991/1992	Losing Finalist
5th	Internazionale	ITA	1971/1972	Losing Finalist
5th	Nottingham Forest	ENG	1979/1980	Winners
5th	Liverpool	ENG	1980/1981	Winners
5th	Juventus	ITA	1984/1985	Winners
5th	Real Madrid	ESP	1999/2000	Winners
5th	Valencia CF	ESP	2000/2001	Losing Finalist
5th	Liverpool	ENG	2004/2005	Winners
4th	Stade de Reims	FRA	1958/1959	Losing Finalist
4th	AC Milan	ITA	1994/1995	Losing Finalist
4th	Real Madrid	ESP	1997/1998	Winners

Most matches in the Champions League

#	Player	Nation	Club
100	Raúl	ESP	Real Madrid (100)
98	Roberto Carlos	BRA	Real Madrid (98)
96	David Beckham	ENG	Manchester United (77), Real Madrid (19)
93	Paolo Maldini	ITA	AC Milan (93)
93	Oliver Kahn	GER	Bayern München (93)
92	Gary Neville	ENG	Manchester United (92)
88	Luis Figo	POR	FC Barcelona (24), Real Madrid (58), Internazionale (6)
87	Ryan Giggs	WAL	Manchester United (87)
84	Paul Scholes	ENG	Manchester United (84)
81	Frank de Boer	NED	Ajax (34), FC Barcelona (41), Galatasaray (6)