European football/soccer : UEFA Champions League 2009/10 season preview

APOEL Nikosia

Goalkeeper Dionisios Chiotis (€0.9m); Defense: Paulo Jorge (€1m), Joost Broerse (€0.9m), Christos Kontis (€0.7m); Midfield: Kamil Kosowski (€1.4m), Konstantinos Charalambides (€1.2m), Nuno Morais (€0.9m), Altin Haxhi (€0.7m); Forward: Jean Paulista (€1.5m), Adrian Sikora (€1m), Marcin Zewlakow (€0.8m).

Arsenal

Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia (€8.5m); Defense: William Gallas (€16m), Bacary Sagna (€15m), Gael Clichy (€15m); Midfield: Cesc Fabregas (€40m), Samir Nasri (€18m), Tomas Rosicky (€13m); Forward: Andrey Arshavin (€26m), Robin van Persie (€21m), Theo Walcott (€13m), Eduardo (€11m).

Atletico Madrid

Goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo (€8m); Defense: Tomas Ujfalusi (€8m), Antonio Lopez (€6m), Luis Perea (€6m); Midfield: Maxi Rodriguez (€25m), Simao (€25m), Raul Garcia (€10m), Paulo Assuncao (€8m); Forward: Kun Aguero (€36m), Diego Forlan (€30m), Florent Sinama-Pongolle (€11m).

AZ Alkmaar

Goalkeeper Sergio German Romero (€5.5m); Defense: Sebastien Pocognoli (€4.8m), Kew Jaliens (€4.5m), Hector Moreno (€3.5m); Midfield: Stijn Schaars (€6.8m), Maarten Martens (€6.5m), Rasmus Elm (€5m), David Mendes da Silva (€4.8m); Forward: Moussa Dembele (€8.5m), Mounir El Hamdaoui (€8m), Ari (€4m).

Barcelona

Goalkeeper Victor Valdes (€14m); Defense: Dani Alves (€30m), Carles Puyol (€28m), Eric Abidal (€18m), Gerard Pique (€15m); Midfield: Xavi (€50m), Andres Iniesta (€50m), Yaya Toure (€25m); Forward: Lionel Messi (€70m), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (€45m), Thierry Henry (€27m).

Bayern Munich

Goalkeeper Michael Rensing (€2.5m); Defense: Philipp Lahm (€25m), Martin Demichelis (€14m), Daniel van Buyten (€7m); Midfield: Franck Ribery (€40m), Arjen Robben (€30m), Bastian Schweinsteiger (€16m), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (€15m); Forward: Mario Gomez (€30m), Ivica Olic (€12m), Miroslav Klose (€12m).

Besiktas

Goalkeeper Rustu Recber (€1.6m); Defense: Tomas Sivok (€6m), Ibrahim Toraman (€6m), Matteo Ferrari (€6m); Midfield: Fabian Ernst (€8m), Rodrigo Tello (€7.5m), Matias Delgado (€5.9m), Rodrigo Tabata (€5.5m); Forward: Bobo (€8m), Nihat Kahveci (€7m), Filip Holosko (€7m).

Bordeaux

Goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso (€7m); Defense: Marc Planus (€6.5m), Matthieu Chalme (€5.5m), Mickael Ciani (€4m); Midfield: Yoann Gourcuff (€20m), Alou Diarra (€13m), Wendel (€9m), Fernando (€8m); Forward: Fernando Cavenaghi (€14m), Marouane Chamakh (€11m), Yoan Gouffran (€5m).

Chelsea

Goalkeeper Petr Cech (€27.5m); Defense: John Terry (€35m), Ashley Cole (€22m), Jose Bosingwa (€21.5m); Midfield: Frank Lampard (€45m), Mickael Essien (€35m), Michael Ballack (€22m), Joe Cole (€21m), Yuri Zhirkov (€20m); Forward: Didier Drogba (€35m), Nicolas Anelka (€27.5m).

CSKA Moscow

Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev (€17m); Defense: Sergey Ignashevich (€6.8m), Vasili Berezutski (€4.2m), Aleksey Berezutski (€3.3m); Midfield: Milos Krasic (€12.5m), Alan Dzagoev (€7m), Mark Gonzalez (€5m), Pavel Mamaev (€4.5m), Daniel Carvalho (€4.2m); Forward: Guilherme (€8m), Ouwo Moussa Maazou (€4m).

Debrecen

Goalkeeper Vukasin Radomir Poleksic (€1.2m); Defense: Laszlo Bodnar (€1.8m), Zoltan Szelesi (€1m), Norbert Meszaros (€0.4m); Midfield: Leandro (€0.6m), Zoltan Kiss (€0.4m), Jozsef Varga (€0.4m), Peter Czvitkovics (€0.4m); Forward: Gergely Rudolf (€0.8m), Robert Feczesin (€0.4m), Lorant Olah (€0.4m).

Dynamo Kiew

Goalkeeper Stanislav Bogush (€4.5m); Defense: Taras Mikhalik (€6.5m), Badr El Kaddouri (€5m), Pape Malikou Diakhate (€4.5m), Betao (€4m); Midfield: Ognjen Vukojevic (€8.5m), Oleksandr Aliev (€7m), Tiberiu Ghioane (€5m), Milos Ninkovic (€4.5m); Forward: Andriy Shevchenko (€10m), Artem Milevskiy (€9m).

Fiorentina

Goalkeeper Sebastien Frey (€15m); Defense: Alessandro Gamberini (€13m), Juan Vargas (€9m), Manuel Pasqual (€6.5m); Midfield: Riccardo Montolivo (€14.5m), Stevan Jovetic (€9.5m), Mario Alberto Santana (€7.5m), Marco Donadel (€6.5m), Cristiano Zanetti (€6.5m); Forward: Adrian Mutu (€25m), Alberto Gilardino (€18m).

Glasgow Rangers

Goalkeeper Allan McGregor (€6.5m); Defense: Sasa Papac (€4.5m), Madjid Bougherra (€4.5m), Steven Whittaker (€2.8m); Midfield: Pedro Mendes (€6.3m), Steven Davis (€6m), Jerome Rothen (€5.5m), Kevin Thomson (€5m); Forward: Kris Boyd (€6.9m), Kenny Miller (€6.3m), Kyle Lafferty (€4m).

Inter Milan

Goalkeeper Julio Cesar (€23m); Defense: Maicon (€29m), Cristian Chivu (€21m), Lucio (€18m), Walter Samuel (€14m); Midfield: Esteban Cambiasso (€29m), Wesley Sneijder (€25m), Sulley Ali Muntari (€17m), Ricardo Quaresma (€16m); Forward: Samuel Eto'o (€40m), Diego Milito (€20m).

Juventus

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon (€30.5m); Defense: Giorgio Chiellini (€20.5m), Nicola Legrottaglie (€9m), Zdenek Grygera (€7.5m); Midfield: Diego (€29m), Felipe Melo (€19m), Mohamed Sissoko (€16m), Claudio Marchisio (€12m); Forward: Amauri (€18.5m), David Trezeguet (€17m), Alessandro Del Piero (€14m).

Liverpool

Goalkeeper Pepe Reina (€19m); Defense: Jamie Carragher (€19m), Glen Johnson (€15m), Martin Skrtel (€15m), Daniel Agger (€12m); Midfield: Steven Gerrard (€50m), Javier Mascherano (€26m), Albert Riera (€16m), Alberto Aquilani (€15m); Forward: Fernando Torres (€46m), Dirk Kuyt (€18m).

Lyon

Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (€10m); Defense: Aly Cissokho (€12m), Mathieu Bodmer (€11m), Cris (€9m); Midfield: Jeremy Toulalan (€22m), Michel Bastos (€16m), Jean II Makoun (€16m), Ederson (€9m); Forward: Lisandro Lopez (€22m), Bafetimbi Gomis (€11m), Sidney Govou (€9m).

Maccabi Haifa

Goalkeeper Nir Davidovitch (€0.6m); Defense: Tsepo Masilela (€1m), Dekel Keinan (€0.9m), Shai Maimon (€0.5m); Midfield: Eyal Golasa (€1.1m), Biram Kiyal (€1m), Tiago Dutra (€0.9m), Lior Refaelov (€0.8m), Gustavo Boccoli (€0.6m); Forward: Yaniv Katan (€0.9m), Vladimir Dvalishvili (€0.5m).

Manchester United

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar (€5m); Defense: Rio Ferdinand (€35m), Nemanja Vidic (€35m), Patrice Evra (€23m); Midfield: Michael Carrick (€26m), Anderson (€22m), Nani (€15m), Luis Valencia (€14m), Ryan Giggs (€7.5m); Forward: Wayne Rooney (€42m), Dimitar Berbatov (€33m).

Marseille

Goalkeeper Steve Mandanda (€11m); Defense: Taye Taiwo (€11m), Souleymane Diawara (€7.5m), Hilton (€5.5m); Midfield: Lucho Gonzalez (€20m), Stephane M'Bia Etoundi (€11m), Hatem Ben Arfa (€10m), Benoit Cheyrou (€9m); Forward: Mamadou Niang (€14.5m), Bakari Kone (€8.5m), Brandao (€8m).

Milan

Goalkeeper Christian Abbiati (€6.5m); Defense: Alessandro Nesta (€13.5m), Gianluca Zambrotta (€10m), Marek Jankulovski (€8.5m); Midfield: Ronaldinho (€28.5m), Andrea Pirlo (€25m), Gennaro Gattuso (€19m), Mathieu Flamini (€13.5m), Massimo Ambrosini (€11m); Forward: Pato (€27.5m), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (€20m).

Olympiakos

Goalkeeper Antonios Nikopolidis (€1.8m); Defense: Olof Mellberg (€9m), Vasilios Torosidis (€6.8m), Avraam (€3.3m), Raul Bravo (€3m); Midfield: Luciano Galletti (€8.8m), Dudu Cearense (€7.3m), Enzo Maresca (€5m), Cristian Raul Ledesma (€3.5m); Forward: Diogo (€10m), Matt Derbyshire (€2.5m).

Porto

Goalkeeper Helton (€6.3m); Defense: Bruno Alves (€15m), Rolando (€7.1m), Jorge Fucile (€5.2m), Alvaro Pereira (€3.3m); Midfield: Raul Meireles (€10.5m), Cristian Rodriguez (€9m), Fernando Belluschi (€8.5m), Fernando (€7.2m); Forward: Hulk (€12.5m), Falcao (€6.5m).

Real Madrid

Goalkeeper Iker Casillas (€32m); Defense: Sergio Ramos (€28m), Pepe (€18m), Raul Albiol (€12m); Midfield: Cristiano Ronaldo (€70m), Kaka (€60m), Xabi Alonso (€30m), Fernando Gago (€20m); Forward: Karim Benzema (€35m), Gonzalo Higuain (€25m), Raul (€20m).

Rubin Kazan

Goalkeeper Sergey Ryzhikov (€8m); Defense: Cristian Daniel Ansaldi (€6.5m), David Kvirkvelia (€3.6m), Cesar Navas (€3.5m); Midfield: Gokdeniz Karadeniz (€8.8m), Sergey Semak (€5m), Christian Noboa (€5m), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (€3.8m), Kheto (€3m); Forward: Alejandro Dominguez (€10m), Aleksandr Boukharov (€8.5m).

Sevilla

Goalkeeper Andres Palop (€4m); Defense: Adriano (€20m), Sebastien Squillaci (€18m), Fernando Navarro (€10m); Midfield: Jesus Navas (€22m), Romaric (€15m), Diego Capel (€10m), Renato (€9m); Forward: Luis Fabiano (€28m), Frederic Kanoute (€22m), Alvaro Negredo (€15m).

Standard

Goalkeeper Sinan Bolat (€2.2m); Defense: Mohamed Adama Sarr (€4.5m), Marcos Camozzato (€4m), Victor Ramos (€3.5m), Landry Mulemo (€1.5m); Midfield: Steven Defour (€10m), Axel Witsel (€7.5m), Wilfried Dalmat (€3.5m); Forward: Milan Jovanovic (€8.5m), Dieumerci Mbokani (€8m), Igor de Camargo (€4m).

Stuttgart

Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann (€3m); Defense: Serdar Tasci (€10m), Matthieu Delpierre (€7.5m), Khalid Boulahrouz (€5m); Midfield: Aliaksandr Hleb (€12m), Sami Khedira (€11m), Zdravko Kuzmanovic (€9.5m), Thomas Hitzlsperger (€9m); Forward: Pavel Pogrebnyak (€9m), Cacau (€6m), Ciprian Marica (€5.5m).

Unirea Urziceni

Goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis (€1.5m); Defense: Vasile Maftei (€1.9m), George Galamaz (€1.4m), Ersin Mehmedovic (€1m); Midfield: Ricardo (€1.2m), Iulian Catalin Apostol (€1.1m), Dacian Serban Varga (€1m), Razvan Paduretu (€1m), Pablo Daniel Brandan (€1m); Forward: Marius Ioan Bilasco (€1.3m), Marius Onofras (€1.3m).

Wolfsburg

Goalkeeper Diego Benaglio (€10m); Defense: Andrea Barzagli (€14m), Marcel Schafer (€7.5m), Sascha Riether (€6m); Midfield: Zvjezdan Misimovic (€13m), Josue (€9m), Christian Gentner (€7m), Karim Ziani (€6.5m); Forward: Edin Dzeko (€18m), Obafemi Martins (€12.5m), Grafite (€11m).

Zurich

Goalkeeper Johnny Leoni (€1.2m); Defense: Hannu Tihinen (€2.2m), Heinz Barmettler (€1m), Florian Stahel (€0.9m); Midfield: Yassine Chikhaoui (€4.5m), Almen Abdi (€3.5m), Xavier Margairaz (€2m), Johan Vonlanthen (€2m), Dusan Djuric (€1.7m); Forward: Eric Hassli (€2m), Alexandre Alphonse (€1.5m).