Chelsea's only previous visit to Galatasaray ended in a 5-0 win and now one of their former heroes will be looking to prevent a repeat when the teams meet in the round of 16 first leg.
Drogba was part of the Chelsea side that lifted the Champions League for the first time in 2011/12, scoring a late equaliser and then the decisive penalty in the final shoot-out against Bayern Munich in Munich on 19 May 2012. That was the Ivorian's final kick for the club.
This season Chelsea made up for their 2012/13 disappointment, when they became the first Champions League holders to fail to make it through the group stage. That failure was the only blot in 11 otherwise consecutive qualifying campaigns; this season, José Mourinho's side won their group for the eighth time in that span.
Mourinho masterminded Chelsea's sole round of 16 defeat between 2006/07 and 2011/12, as coach of Inter Milan in 2009/10.
Although they reached the second group stage in 2000/01 and again the following year, Galatasaray's only previous experience of the round of 16 came last year when they beat Schalke 4-3 on aggregate. The home leg ended 1-1, Burak Yilmaz opening the scoring. Hamit Altintop and Burak were on target in the away game, substitute Umut Bulut firing the winner.
Previous meetings
Tore André Flo gave Chelsea a two-goal cushion in the Champions League group stage fixture between the teams 15 years ago by scoring either side of the interval. Further second-half goals arrived from Gianfranco Zola and substitutes Dennis Wise and Gabriele Ambrosetti.
The lineups in the Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi on 20 October 1999 were:
Galatasaray: Mehmet Bölükbasi, Popescu, Emre Belözoglu, Arif Erdem, Okan Buruk, Fatih Akyel (Ümit Davala 46), Hagi (Hasan Sas 46), Tugay Kerimoglu, Hakan Ünsal, Hakan Sükür (Saffet Akyüz 65), Capone.
Chelsea: De Goey, Ferrer, Leboeuf, Desailly, Le Saux, Deschamps (Wise 66), Morris, Poyet (Petrescu 66), Babayaro, Flo, Zola (Ambrosetti 75).
The game in London on 28 September 1999 had ended 1-0 to Chelsea with Dan Petrescu (52) on target.
That home defeat was the second suffered by Galatasaray in eight games at home to English opponents. With wins in both their last two encounters – in the group stage against Liverpool FC in 2006/07 (3-2) and Manchester United FC (1-0) last season – their home record is W3 D3 L2. Overall it is W3 D7 L7.
In 1999/2000 Galatasaray defeated Arsenal 4-1 on penalties after the Uefa Cup final in Copenhagen had finished goalless following extra time, becoming the first Turkish team to win a Uefa competition.
In their last meeting with a Turkish club, Chelsea lost 2-1 at Fenerbahçe in the 2007/08 quarter-finals, but won 2-0 at home to progress. They also met Besiktas JK in the 2003/04 group stage, losing 2-0 at Stamford Bridge but won by the same scoreline in the away game, at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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