Previous meetings The teams have met on one previous occasion, the 1999/2000 Champions League group stage. Chelsea won 1-0 at home, Dan Petrescu (52) scoring against opponents who lost goalkeeper Claúdio Taffarel – now part of Galatasarays coaching staff – to a 30th-minute red card. The Blues triumphed 5-0 away. The lineups at Stamford Bridge on 28 September 1999 were: Chelsea: De Goey, Ferrer, Leboeuf, Desailly (Høgh 63), Petrescu, Morris, Wise, Ambrosetti (Poyet 72), Babayaro, Sutton (Flo 85), Zola. Galatasaray: Taffarel, Popescu, Arif Erdem (Mehmet Bölükbasi 31), Okan Buruk (Emre Belözoglu 72), Fatih Akyel, Ümit Davala, Hagi (Hasan Sas 73), Ergün Penbe, Hakan Ünsal, Hakan Sükür, Capone. Chelsea met Turkish opposition in the 2007/08 quarter-finals, winning 2-0 at home to Fenerbahçe SK – Frank Lampard on the scoresheet – after a 2-1 reverse in Istanbul. In the 2003/04 group stage, they lost 2-0 at Stamford Bridge against Besiktas JK, triumphing by the same scoreline in the away game at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. After Besiktass victory, Chelsea established a long unbeaten run in home group fixtures which extended to 29 games (W22 D7) before FC Basel 1893 prevailed at Stamford Bridge on matchday one this season. Galatasaray have not won in eight visits to English clubs, drawing three and losing five. Overall their record is W3 D8 L7. The closest they came to victory was in the 1993/94 Champions League second round. Having trailed 2-0 early on, Cimbom led Manchester United FC 3-2 at Old Trafford midway through the second half, only for Eric Cantona to conjure an 80th-minute equaliser. Their away goals proved crucial in taking the Süper Lig side through after the home leg ended 0-0. In 1999/2000 Galatasaray beat Arsenal 4-1 on penalties after the Uefa Cup final in Copenhagen had finished goalless after extra time, becoming the first Turkish team to win a Uefa competition.
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