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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

APOEL FC FC Zenit St Petersburg Group G - Matchday 1 GSP Stadium, Tuesday 13 September 2011 20.45CET (21.45 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 3 Match facts...... 4 Squad list...... 6 Head coach...... 8 Match officials...... 9 Fixtures and results...... 10 Match-by-match lineups...... 12 Competition facts...... 14 Team facts...... 15 Legend...... 17 APOEL FC - FC Zenit St Petersburg Tuesday 13 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT GSP Stadium, Nicosia Previous meetings

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Last updated 12/09/11 18:29:55CET 2 Previous meetings APOEL FC - FC Zenit St Petersburg Tuesday 13 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT GSP Stadium, Nicosia Match background

APOEL FC begin their second UEFA Champions League group stage campaign by taking on Russian champions FC Zenit St Petersburg in Group G and the Cypriot side defending a seven-match unbeaten home run in Europe. Previous meetings • The sides have never met in UEFA competition. APOEL are taking on Russian opposition for the first time and this will be Zenit's first fixture against a Cypriot side. • Before last season clubs from the two countries had never met, but Russian and Cypriot sides played in two UEFA Europa League ties in 2010/11; FC Sibir Novosibirsk eliminated Apollon FC on away goals in the third qualifying round, and PFC CSKA Moskva beat Anorthosis Famagusta FC 6-1 on aggregate in the play-offs. The two games where the Cypriot side were at home ended in a 2-1 win for Apollon and a 2-1 defeat for Anorthosis. Match background • is enjoying its most successful season to date in UEFA competition; APOEL have reached the UEFA Champions League group stage for the second time while AEK FC have become the first side from the island to reach the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. • Ivan Jovanović's APOEL are unbeaten in seven European home games – four wins and three draws – since a 1-0 defeat by FC Porto in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League group stage. • APOEL did not win a home game in that first UEFA Champions League group stage campaign, going down 1-0 against Chelsea FC and Porto and drawing 1-1 with Club Atlético de Madrid. They also drew 0-0 at Atlético and 2-2 at Chelsea, losing 2-1 in Porto. • 's Zenit have lost their last two European away games, in the knockout phase of last season's UEFA Europa League, but won all three of their fixtures on their travels in the group stage of the same competition. • The Russian team are also in their second group stage campaign; in 2008/09 they recorded a win and two defeats away from home. That 2-0 win against FC BATE Borisov remains one of only two successes in their seven European Cup away games; their overall record is W2 D1 L4. Team ties • APOEL's Sanel Jahić played against Zenit in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage, his AEK FC side losing 4-2 and 3-0. • scored as Greece's Larissa FC lost 3-2 to Zenit in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage. • Aílton scored in FC København's 2-0 friendly win against Zenit on 28 June 2008. • William Boaventura played in two 2-0 defeats by Zenit while on loan at FC Kuban Krasnodar from FC Metalurh Donetsk in 2009. • Zenit's Portuguese internationals and Bruno Alves featured in a 4-4 UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying draw against Cyprus in Guimaraes on 12 October 2010, with APOEL's , Constantinos Charalambides, Marinos Satsias and Savvas Poursaitides on the opposite side. • Danny was a late substitute as won 4-0 in Cyprus on 2 September, scoring the visitors' final goal two minutes into added time. Bruno Alves played 90 minutes against a Cyprus team including Poursaitides and Charalambides – replaced by APOEL club-mate Nektarios Alexandrou just past the hour – while Athos Solomou and Tasos Kissas were unused substitutes. • Ivan Trickovski came up against Zenit's , , , and when the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia lost 1-0 to in a UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier on 12 October 2010. • Trickovski was also in the FYROM team that lost 1-0 in Russia on 2 September, Anyukov, Shirokov, Denisov and Zyryano again featuring. Zenit's and both came into the home team for the game in Moscow. • Danny and APOEL defender were team-mates at CS Marítimo and with the Portugal Under-21 side. • Bruno Alves was Porto captain in 2009/10 when they played APOEL in the UEFA Champions League group stage. • Zenit striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov faced APOEL captain Satsias as Russia met Cyprus in a friendly on 12 February 2003 in Limassol. Russia won 1-0.

Last updated 12/09/11 18:29:55CET 3 Match background APOEL FC - FC Zenit St Petersburg Tuesday 13 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT GSP Stadium, Nicosia Match facts

APOEL UEFA milestones • APOEL have scored 48 European Cup goals. UEFA Champions League statistics • None Latest domestic information • Friday 9 September: APOEL FC 3-1 Alki Larnaca FC (Oliveira 3, Elia 60, Solari 90+3; Firţulescu 85) Kissas; Elia, Boaventura, Oliveira, Paulo Jorge; Pinto, Morais, Marcinho (Jahić 70), Manduca; Charalambides (Adorno 65), Aílton (Solari 78) • Marios Elia scored his first goal since 25 October 2008 and Marcelo Oliveira was on target on his Cypriot First Divison debut as APOEL recorded their opening league win of the campaign. • APOEL started their title defence on 29 August with a goalless draw at UEFA Europa League hopefuls AEK Larnaca FC – this is the first time Cyprus have had two sides in major UEFA competition. • APOEL claimed their first silverware of the season on 7 August, Christos Kontis' goal nine minutes from time earning a 1-0 win against holders AC Omonia in the Cypriot Super Cup.It was the 12th time APOEL had won the trophy, the last having come in 2009. Injury news • Tijani Belaid has been on an individual training programme as he seeks to gain match fitness having been released by Hull City AFC in May. Summer transfers • In Kaká (Hertha BSC Berlin) Tijani Belaid (free agent) (FC Rapid Bucureşti) Sanel Jahić (AEK Athens FC) Marcelo Oliveira (Atromitos FC) Aldo Adorno (Apollon Limassol FC) • Out Christos Kontis (retired) Nenad Mirosavljević ( FC) Chrysostomos Michail (Enosis Neon Paralimni FC) Joost Broerse (SBV Excelsior) Dimitris Kyriakou (Anagennisis Dherynia FC) Boban Grnčarov (K. Lierse SK) Adrian Sikora (TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała) Chrysostomos Michail (Enosis Neon Paralimni FC) Achilleas Vasiliou (Doxa Katokopia FC, loan) Kyriakos Ioannou (Doxa Katokopia FC, loan) Marios Theodorou (Ethnikos Assias FC, loan) Andreas Charalambous (Ethnikos Assias FC, loan) International duty • Savvas Poursaitides, Constantinos Charalambides and Nektarios Alexandrou appeared in both games as Cyprus lost 4-0 at home to Portugal (2 September) and 1-0 in Iceland, Alexandrou coming on as a substitute against the Portuguese. Marinos Satsias featured in the second match. • Ivan Tričkovski played all 90 minutes as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia lost 1-0 to Russia in Moscow in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying on 2 September. They beat Andorra by the same scoreline in four days later, Tričkovski again featuring for the full game. Miscellaneous • Kontis was forced to retire after suffering a heart attack after the game against AEK on 29 August. The 36-year-old played every minute of UEFA Champions League qualifying.

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Zenit UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • None Latest domestic information • Saturday 10 September: FC Lokomotiv Moskva 4-2 FC Zenit St Petersburg (Obinna 46, Caicedo 61, Da Costa 76 88; Lazović 7, Bukharov 31) Malafeev; Lombaerts, Hubočan (Rosina 80), Bruno Alves, Criscito; Denisov, Ionov, Fayzulin (Zyryanov 85), Danny; Bukharov, Lazović (Huszti 61) • Aleksandr Anyukov, Roman Shirokov and Aleksandr Kerzhakov were all rested on their return from international duty. • Zenit's 13-match unbeaten run ended in Moscow. They had won ten and drawn three since a 2-1 defeat at FC Tom on 21 May. • Luciano Spalletti's side had scored ten goals in their two previous league outings to return to the summit, following up a 5-2 win at FC Krylya Sovetov Samara with a 5-0 victory against FC Krasnodar. • Kerzhakov has scored six times in his last six league outings, including a hat-trick against Krasnodar on 28 August. Injury news • has not featured since breaking his fifth metatarsal on 9 July. • Vladimir Bystrov is back in training as he steps up his recovery from a knee ligament injury he suffered in the tie with FC Anzhi Makhachkala on 1 March. Summer transfers • In (Genoa CFC) • Out (Real Zaragoza) International duty • Six Zenit players were on UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying duty with Russia as they beat the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1-0 on 2 September before a 0-0 draw with the Republic of Ireland four days later: Vyacheslav Malafeev, Konstantin Zyryanov, Anyukov, Shirokov, Kerzhakov and Igor Denisov. Denisov was suspended against Ireland. • Danny was on target as he and Bruno Alves helped Portugal to a 4-0 win in Cyprus on 2 September. • scored his second international goal on 6 September as Belgium beat the United States 1-0 in a friendly.

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APOEL FC

Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Panos Constantinou CYP 01/11/85 25 ------22 Dionisios Chiotis GRE 04/06/77 34 - 6 - - - - - 14 - 52 - 78 Urko Pardo ESP 28/01/83 28 ------2 - 88 Tasos Kissas CYP 18/01/88 23 - - - - - 2 - - - - - Defenders 3 Paulo Jorge POR 16/06/80 31 - 5 - - - 2 - 3 - 36 3 4 Kaká BRA 16/05/81 30 ------17 - 5 Sanel Jahić FRA 10/12/81 29 - 4 - - - 2 - - - 26 2 6 Marcelo Oliveira BRA 05/09/81 30 - 1 - - - 1 1 - - 2 - 7 Savvas Poursaitides CYP 23/06/76 35 - 5 - - - 1 - 5 - 36 - 15 CYP 14/05/90 21 ------19 Marios Elia CYP 14/04/79 32 - - - - - 1 1 4 - 30 1 25 CYP 14/10/92 18 ------26 Nuno Morais POR 29/01/84 27 - 6 1 - - 2 - 7 - 29 1 98 William Boaventura BRA 14/02/80 31 - 6 - - - 2 - - - 17 1 Midfielders 10 Constantinos Charalambides CYP 25/07/81 30 - 6 1 - - 2 - 7 1 50 8 12 Emilios Panagiotou CYP 22/09/92 18 ------14 Tijani Belaid TUN 06/09/87 24 ------5 1 23 2 17 Marinos Satsias CYP 24/05/78 33 - 1 - - - - - 3 - 38 - 20 Aldo Adorno PAR 08/04/82 29 - 3 1 - - 1 - - - 5 1 21 BRA 08/06/80 31 - 6 2 - - 2 - 3 - 36 6 23 Hélio Pinto POR 29/02/84 27 - 6 - - - 2 - 6 - 35 3 27 Evgenios Antoniou CYP 07/12/90 20 ------29 Nektarios Alexandrou CYP 19/12/83 27 - 2 - - - - - 4 - 43 3 77 Athos Solomou CYP 30/11/85 25 - 2 ------10 - 81 Marcinho BRA 25/03/81 30 - 5 - - - 2 - - - 12 1 Forwards 8 Aílton BRA 20/08/84 27 - 5 4 - - 2 - - - 35 11 9 ITA 02/06/80 31 - 5 1 - - 2 1 - - 14 5 11 Ivan Tričkovski MKD 18/04/87 24 - 4 - - - 1 - - - 23 2 Coach - Ivan Jovanovič SRB 08/07/62 49 - 6 - - - - - 6 - 34 -

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FC Zenit St Petersburg

Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 16 Vyacheslav Malafeev RUS 04/03/79 32 - - - - - 23 - 6 - 54 - 22 Dmitri Borodin RUS 08/10/77 33 - - - - - 1 - - - 6 - 30 Yuri Zhevnov BLR 17/04/81 30 - - - - - 1 - - - 21 1 91 Andrei Zaytsev RUS 14/01/91 20 ------Defenders 2 Aleksandr Anyukov RUS 28/09/82 28 - - - - - 20 1 6 - 52 1 3 Bruno Alves POR 27/11/81 29 - - - - - 21 - 37 2 51 3 4 Domenico Criscito ITA 30/12/86 24 - - - - - 5 - - - 6 1 6 Nicolas Lombaerts BEL 20/03/85 26 - - - - - 22 1 2 - 29 1 14 Tomáš Hubočan SVK 17/09/85 25 - - - - - 14 - 2 - 13 1 24 Aleksandar Luković SRB 23/10/82 28 - - - - - 11 - - - 30 - 28 Michael Lumb DEN 09/01/88 23 ------50 Igor Cheminava RUS 23/03/91 20 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 55 Sergei Kostin RUS 15/06/91 20 ------63 Denis Terentyev RUS 13/08/92 19 ------Midfielders 15 Roman Shirokov RUS 06/07/81 30 - - - - - 8 4 2 - 28 2 17 ITA 31/01/84 27 - - - - - 2 - - - 17 3 18 Konstantin Zyryanov RUS 05/10/77 33 - - - - - 23 2 6 - 50 4 20 RUS 22/04/86 25 - - - - - 19 2 2 - 22 2 23 HUN 18/04/83 28 - - - - - 17 1 - - 21 5 25 Sergei Semak RUS 27/02/76 35 - - - - - 6 - 12 4 40 8 27 Igor Denisov RUS 17/05/84 27 - - - - - 20 - 6 - 52 5 34 Vladimir Bystrov RUS 31/01/84 27 ------6 - 35 - 57 RUS 18/02/89 22 - - - - - 19 3 - - 13 4 80 Maksim Batov RUS 05/06/92 19 ------92 Nikita Bocharov RUS 12/06/92 19 ------96 Evgeni Bashkirov RUS 06/07/91 20 ------Forwards 8 Danko Lazović SRB 17/05/83 28 - - - - - 21 10 9 2 52 11 9 Aleksandr Bukharov RUS 12/03/85 26 - - - - - 19 3 4 - 16 5 10 Danny POR 07/08/83 28 - - - - - 20 4 6 2 28 5 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov RUS 27/11/82 28 - - - - - 19 13 2 - 47 23 70 Vyacheslav Sushkin RUS 11/03/91 20 ------73 Stanislav Murikhin RUS 21/01/92 19 ------Coach - Luciano Spalletti ITA 07/03/59 52 ------28 - 65 -

Last updated 12/09/11 18:29:55CET 7 Squad list APOEL FC - FC Zenit St Petersburg Tuesday 13 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT GSP Stadium, Nicosia Head coach

APOEL FC: Ivan Jovanović Date of birth: 8 July 1962 Nationality: Serbian Playing career: FK Dojnica, FK Rad, Iraklis FC Coaching career: Niki Volou FC, Iraklis FC, APOEL FC, Panachaiki GE, Iraklis, APOEL • Born in Dojnica in what was then Yugoslavia, Ivan Jovanović joined his hometown club in 1972 and stayed there for the next ten years before moving on to Rad. Five seasons and 15 goals in 121 league appearances later, the midfielder opted to try his luck in Greece with Iraklis, for whom he featured in 271 league games – scoring an impressive 52 goals – before hanging up his boots in 1999. • A move into coaching followed in 2001/02, Jovanović taking charge of Niki Volou and steering them to promotion to the Greek third division before returning to Iraklis as coach. • Jovanović took over at APOEL in 2003, leading the Cypriot club to the league title in his first season before being lured back to Greece, first by Panachaiki and then by Iraklis again. • Returned to APOEL in January 2008, that season ending with victory in the Cypriot Cup. The league title followed again a year later, before APOEL came through three qualifying rounds to become only the second Cypriot club to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage, where they drew with Club Atlético de Madrid twice and at Chelsea FC. • Another league title was won in 2011, APOEL again emerging through three UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds to book a group stage return.

FC Zenit St Petersburg: Luciano Spalletti Date of birth: 7 March 1959 Nationality: Italian Playing career: AC Entella Chiavari 1914, Spezia Calcio 1906, FC Esperia Viareggio, Empoli FC Coaching career: Empoli FC, UC Sampdoria, Venezia Calcio, Udinese Calcio (twice), Ancona Calcio, AS Roma, FC Zenit St Petersburg • An industrious midfielder in his playing days, he started his coaching career in 1993/94 with former club Empoli and enjoyed immediate success with successive promotions. • After a good first campaign in the top flight, Spalletti left to join Sampdoria but was sacked 28 games into the 1998/99 season. • Had brief stays at Venezia, Udinese and Ancona but returned to Udinese in summer 2002, steering them to sixth and seventh-placed finishes before guiding them into the UEFA Champions League for the first time in 2004/05. This success persuaded Roma to approach Spalletti, and he signed a two-year contract. • In 2005/06 Roma set a record of consecutive wins (11) and finished fifth, with Spalletti subsequently named Serie A coach of the year. Guided the Giallorossi to success in 2007 and 2008 and two UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. • After a difficult 2008/09 campaign, Spalletti resigned in September 2009, joining Zenit three months later on a three-year deal. Soon after, he delivered their first Russian Cup triumph in ten years, and with his side going a record 23 games unbeaten from the start of the season, took the league title too at the end of 2010, before adding the in 2011.

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Referee Eduardo Iturralde González (ESP) Assistant refereesRoberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (ESP), Javier Aguilar Rodriguez (ESP) Additional assistant refereesDavid Fernández Borbalán (ESP), César Muñiz Fernández (ESP) Fourth official Javier Turienzo Alvarez (ESP) UEFA Delegate Márton Esterházy (HUN) UEFA Referee observer Siegfried Kirschen (GER) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Champions UEFA matches League matches Eduardo Iturralde González 20/02/1967 7 67 • A dental prosthetist by profession from Arrankudiaga, Eduardo Iturralde González was taking charge of Spanish Liga matches by his late 20s, in 1995. • Made his first international appearance in 1997 and gained his FIFA badge at the start of 1998. Several seasons of youth, club competition and national-team appointments were followed by the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship tournament in Switzerland. • Iturralde González officiated in UEFA EURO 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying, and was also a regular presence in the preliminary phases of UEFA EURO 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. • On the club circuit, UEFA Champions League appointments, along with UEFA Cup dates, have continued to come his way since his group stage debut back in September 2002 with FC Dynamo Kyiv's 2-0 home win against Newcastle United FC. He has long been a fixture in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League. • A domestic highlight was the 2003 Copa del Rey final when RCD Mallorca were 3-0 winners against RC Recreativo de Huelva. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 25/07/01 UCL QR2 AC Omonia FK Crvena zvezda 1-1 Nicosia Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 04/07/98 UIC R2 AS Trencín FC Baltika Kaliningrad 0-1 Trencin 12/03/09 UCUP R16 Udinese Calcio FC Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 Udine 04/11/10 UCUP GS HNK Hajduk Split FC Zenit St Petersburg 2-3 Split

Last updated 12/09/11 18:29:55CET 9 Match officials APOEL FC - FC Zenit St Petersburg Tuesday 13 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT GSP Stadium, Nicosia Fixtures and results

APOEL FC

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 13/07/11 UCL KS Skënderbeu (A) W 2-0 Nuno Morais 52, Manduca 56 20/07/11 UCL KS Skënderbeu (H) W 4-0 Solari 59, Aílton 66, Adorno 80, Charalambides 86 26/07/11 UCL ŠK Slovan Bratislava (H) D 0-0 03/08/11 UCL ŠK Slovan Bratislava (A) W 2-0 Aílton 58, Manduca 90+3 17/08/11 UCL Wisła Kraków (A) L 0-1 23/08/11 UCL Wisła Kraków (H) W 3-1 Pareiko 29 (og), Aílton 54, 87 29/08/11 League AEK Larnaca FC (A) D 0-0 09/09/11 League Alki Larnaca FC (H) W 3-1 Oliveira 3, Elia 60, Solari 90 13/09/11 UCL FC Zenit St Petersburg (H) 18/09/11 League Olympiakos Nicosia FC (A) 25/09/11 League Aris Limassol FC (H) 28/09/11 UCL FC Shakhtar Donetsk (A) 02/10/11 League Apollon Limassol FC (A) 15/10/11 League AEL Limassol FC (H) 19/10/11 UCL FC Porto (A) 22/10/11 League Ethnikos Achnas FC (A) 30/10/11 League Anorthosis Famagusta FC (H) 01/11/11 UCL FC Porto (H) 05/11/11 League Nea Salamis FC (A) 19/11/11 League Ermis Aradippou FC (H) 23/11/11 UCL FC Zenit St Petersburg (A) 26/11/11 League Enosis Neon Paralimni FC (A) 04/12/11 League Anagennisis Derynia FC (H) 06/12/11 UCL FC Shakhtar Donetsk (H) 10/12/11 League AC Omonia (A) 17/12/11 League AEK Larnaca FC (H) 07/01/12 League Alki Larnaca FC (A) 14/01/12 League Olympiakos Nicosia FC (H)

Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 AEL Limassol FC 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 2 AC Omonia 2 1 1 0 5 2 4 3 Anagennisis Derynia FC 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 4 APOEL FC 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 5 Anorthosis Famagusta FC 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 6 Enosis Neon Paralimni FC 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 7 Apollon Limassol FC 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 8 Olympiakos Nicosia FC 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 9 AEK Larnaca FC 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 10 Ethnikos Achnas FC 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 11 Ermis Aradippou FC 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 12 Aris Limassol FC 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 13 Nea Salamis FC 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 14 Alki Larnaca FC 2 0 0 2 2 7 0

Last updated 12/09/11 18:29:55CET 10 Fixtures and results APOEL FC - FC Zenit St Petersburg Tuesday 13 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT GSP Stadium, Nicosia

FC Zenit St Petersburg

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 13/03/11 League FC Terek Grozny (A) W 1-0 Lazović 14 21/03/11 League FC Anzhi Makhachkala (H) W 2-0 Shirokov 6, Lazović 45+2 03/04/11 League PFC Spartak Nalchik (A) D 2-2 Kerzhakov 7, Lazović 81 10/04/11 League PFC CSKA Moskva (H) D 1-1 Zyryanov 45+1 17/04/11 League FC Amkar Perm (A) W 3-1 Ionov 20, Danny 24, Bukharov 80 24/04/11 League PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara (H) W 3-0 Kerzhakov 11, Lazović 81, 85 01/05/11 League FC Krasnodar (A) D 0-0 08/05/11 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (H) D 1-1 Lazović 65 (p) 15/05/11 League FC Rubin Kazan (H) D 2-2 Danny 9, Kerzhakov 71 21/05/11 League FC Tom Tomsk (A) L 1-2 Ionov 42 29/05/11 League FC Spartak Moskva (H) W 3-0 Lazović 36 (p), Kerzhakov 66, 85 10/06/11 League FC Dinamo Moskva (A) D 1-1 Lazović 82 14/06/11 League FC Rostov (H) W 4-0 Ionov 1, Lazović 39, Huszti 72, Bukharov 90+2 18/06/11 League FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (A) W 2-0 Kerzhakov 9, 19 22/06/11 League FC Kuban Krasnodar (H) W 1-0 Zyryanov 35 26/06/11 League FC Terek Grozny (H) D 0-0 17/07/11 Cup FC Khimki (A) W 3-2 Danny 7, Fayzulin 16, Bukharov 67 24/07/11 League FC Anzhi Makhachkala (A) W 1-0 Kerzhakov 80 31/07/11 League PFC Spartak Nalchik (H) W 1-0 Fayzulin 23 06/08/11 League PFC CSKA Moskva (A) W 2-0 Kerzhakov 54, Anyukov 55 14/08/11 League FC Amkar Perm (H) D 1-1 Kerzhakov 52 20/08/11 League PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara (A) W 5-2 Danny 22, Shirokov 29, 78 (p), Lombaerts 32, Fayzulin 34 28/08/11 League FC Krasnodar (H) W 5-0 Kerzhakov 24, 30, 79 (p), Shirokov 85, Danny 90+2 10/09/11 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (A) L 2-4 Lazović 7, Bukharov 31 13/09/11 UCL APOEL FC (A) 18/09/11 League FC Rubin Kazan (A) 20/09/11 Cup FC Dinamo Bryansk (H) 24/09/11 League FC Tom Tomsk (H) 28/09/11 UCL FC Porto (H) 02/10/11 League FC Spartak Moskva (A) 15/10/11 League FC Dinamo Moskva (H) 19/10/11 UCL FC Shakhtar Donetsk (A) 23/10/11 League FC Rostov (A) 29/10/11 League FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (H) 01/11/11 UCL FC Shakhtar Donetsk (H) 05/11/11 League FC Kuban Krasnodar (A) 23/11/11 UCL APOEL FC (H) 06/12/11 UCL FC Porto (A)

Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Zenit St Petersburg 23 13 7 3 43 19 46 2 PFC CSKA Moskva 23 13 7 3 42 21 46 3 FC Dinamo Moskva 23 13 5 5 43 25 44 4 FC Anzhi Makhachkala 23 11 7 5 27 20 40 5 FC Spartak Moskva 23 11 6 6 31 25 39 6 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 23 11 6 6 37 24 39 7 FC Rubin Kazan 23 10 8 5 29 21 38 8 FC Kuban Krasnodar 23 11 4 8 31 22 37 9 FC Krasnodar 23 7 8 8 27 33 29 10 FC Terek Grozny 23 6 5 12 21 34 23 11 FC Amkar Perm 23 5 8 10 15 29 23 12 FC Rostov 23 5 6 12 24 37 21 13 FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod 23 6 2 15 21 32 20 14 FC Tom Tomsk 23 4 8 11 18 37 20 15 PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara 23 4 7 12 16 34 19 16 PFC Spartak Nalchik 23 3 8 12 18 30 17

Last updated 12/09/11 18:29:55CET 11 Fixtures and results APOEL FC - FC Zenit St Petersburg Tuesday 13 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT GSP Stadium, Nicosia Match-by-match lineups

APOEL FC Second qualifying round (13/07/11) Skënderbeu 0-2 APOEL Goals: 0-1 Nuno Morais 52, 0-2 Manduca 56 APOEL FC: Chiotis, Paulo Jorge, Poursaitides, Solari, Charalambides (Alexandrou 86), Manduca (Satsias 82), Hélio Pinto, Kontis, Nuno Morais, Marcinho (Adorno 72), William Boaventura (20/07/11) APOEL 4-0 Skënderbeu (agg: 6-0) Goals: 1-0 Solari 59, 2-0 Aílton 66, 3-0 Adorno 80, 4-0 Charalambides 86 APOEL FC: Chiotis, Oliveira, Poursaitides (Solomou 80), Solari (Aílton 62), Charalambides, Adorno, Manduca, Hélio Pinto (Jahić 72), Kontis, Nuno Morais, William Boaventura Third qualifying round (26/07/11) APOEL 0-0 Slovan Bratislava APOEL FC: Chiotis, Paulo Jorge, Poursaitides, Solari (Aílton 59), Charalambides, Adorno (Tričkovski 72), Manduca (Marcinho 59), Hélio Pinto, Kontis, Nuno Morais, William Boaventura (03/08/11) Slovan Bratislava 0-2 APOEL (agg: 0-2) Goals: 0-1 Aílton 58, 0-2 Manduca 90+3 APOEL FC: Chiotis, Paulo Jorge, Poursaitides, Aílton (Charalambides 79), Tričkovski (Solari 84), Manduca, Hélio Pinto, Kontis, Nuno Morais, Marcinho (Jahić 89), William Boaventura

Play-offs (17/08/11) Wisła Kraków 1-0 APOEL Goals: 1-0 Małecki 71 APOEL FC: Chiotis, Paulo Jorge, Aílton, Tričkovski (Solari 85), Manduca (Charalambides 46), Hélio Pinto, Kontis, Nuno Morais, Solomou, Marcinho (Jahić 80), William Boaventura (23/08/11) APOEL 3-1 Wisła Kraków (agg: 3-2) Goals: 1-0 Pareiko 29(o.g.), 2-0 Aílton 54, 2-1 Wilk 71, 3-1 Aílton 87 APOEL FC: Chiotis, Paulo Jorge, Poursaitides, Aílton, Tričkovski, Manduca (Charalambides 85), Hélio Pinto, Kontis, Nuno Morais, Marcinho (Jahić 90+2), William Boaventura (Alexandrou 85)

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Group G Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Zenit St Petersburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 APOEL FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (13/09/11) APOEL v Zenit

Matchday 2 (28/09/11) Zenit v Porto Shakhtar Donetsk v APOEL

Matchday 3 (19/10/11) Shakhtar Donetsk v Zenit Porto v APOEL

Matchday 4 (01/11/11) Zenit v Shakhtar Donetsk APOEL v Porto

Matchday 5 (23/11/11) Zenit v APOEL

Matchday 6 (06/12/11) Porto v Zenit APOEL v Shakhtar Donetsk

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UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones • Holders FC Barcelona are bidding to avoid becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/2000 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage). • In 1992/93, Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten 4-3 on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. • No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions League trophy with AC Milan (1989, 1990) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (1994, 1995), AFC Ajax (1995, 1996), Juventus (1996, 1997) and Manchester United (2008, 2009) have all returned to the UEFA Champions League final as holders only to lose. • S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League in 2007/08 when he featured against Olympiacos FC on matchday one at the age of 43 years and 168 days. The record was previously held by Alessandro Costacurta, the AC Milan defender who played against AEK Athens FC in 2006/07 at the age of 40 years and 211 days. Ballotta was aged 43 years 252 days when he featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six. • Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 37 years and 148 days, in Manchester United's 2-0 win at FC Schalke 04 on 26 April 2011. • Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994. He was then sent off in the 37th minute. • Peter Ofori-Quaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions League, aged 17 years and 195 days. He found the net in Olympiacos's 5-1 defeat at Rosenborg BK on 1 October 1997. • Barcelona and Manchester United FC have both finished as group winners on 12 occasions, one more than Real Madrid. • Four teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain FC (1994/95), FC Spartak Moskva (1995/96) and Barcelona (2002/03, first group stage). • Twelve teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, including MŠK Žilina and FK Partizan in 2010/11. The other ten are: Maccabi Haifa FC and Debreceni VSC (2009/10), FC Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08), PFC Levski Sofia (2006/07), SK Rapid Wien (2005/06), Anderlecht (2004/05), Spartak Moskva and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2002/03, first and second group stage respectively), Fenerbahçe SK (2001/02, first group stage) and 1. FC Košice (1997/98). • Manchester United scored 20 goals in the 1998/99 group stage, more than any other side has managed. Barcelona scored 19 times in the 1999/2000 first group stage. • MŠK Žilina conceded 19 goals in their six outings in 2010/11, equalling the record let in during a group stage set by Debrecen (2009/10), Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08) and Ferencvárosi TC in 1995/96. • No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (1992/93), AFC Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/97 and 2004/05), Chelsea FC (2005/06), Liverpool FC (2005/06), Villarreal CF (2005/06) and Manchester United (2010/11) all let in just one. • Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the 2006/07 campaign, Spartak Moskva went 22 games without a victory in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on matchday three of the same campaign. • The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it, since three points for a win was introduced in 1995/96, were Legia Warszawa that same season before FC Dynamo Kyiv and Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/2000 and Liverpool in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 2002/03, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in 2005/06.

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APOEL FC Formed: 1926 Nickname: Thrylos (The Legend) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 21 (2011) Cypriot Cup: 19 (2008) Ten-year record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: UEFA Europa League play-off round 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: UEFA Cup first round 2007/08: first qualifying round 2006/07: UEFA Cup second qualifying round 2005/06: UEFA Cup first round 2004/05: second qualifying round 2003/04: UEFA Cup first round 2002/03: UEFA Cup second round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2001/02: did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: APOEL v HB Tórshavn 28/08/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round second leg 6-0: APOEL v FC Lyn Oslo 08/09/63, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg • Biggest away win 1-5: B71 Sandur v APOEL 17/07/96, UEFA Cup preliminary round first leg 0-4: S.S. Murata v APOEL 27/07/06, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: APOEL v Werder Bremen (match played in Hamburg) 06/10/65, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 16-1: Sporting Clube de Portugal v APOEL 13/11/63, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win N/A • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 0-1: APOEL v FC Porto 03/11/09, group stage 0-1: APOEL v Chelsea FC 30/09/09, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 2-1: FC Porto v APOEL 21/10/09, group stage

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FC Zenit St Petersburg Formed: 1925 Nickname: Sine-belo-golubye (Blue-White-Sky Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (1): 2008 • UEFA Super Cup (1): 2008 Domestic honours (latest triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2010) USSR/Russian Cup: 3 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless otherwise indicated) 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 16 2009/10: UEFA Europa League play-off round 2008/09: UEFA Cup round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: UEFA Cup winners 2006/07: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2005/06: UEFA Cup quarter-finals 2004/05: UEFA Cup group stage 2003/04: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2002/03: UEFA Cup first round 2001/02: did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Zenit v FC Encamp 29/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Encamp v Zenit 15/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zenit v Bologna FC 16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: VfB Stuttgart v Zenit 01/11/89, UEFA Cup second round second leg 5-0: Club Brugge KV v Zenit 30/09/87, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win N/A • Biggest away win 0-2: FC BATE Borisov v Zenit 05/11/08, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Zenit v Real Madrid CF 30/09/08, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Real Madrid CF v Zenit 10/12/08, group stage

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ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960-1999), the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (1973-to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (1960-2004). Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. :: Competitions National team competitions Club competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship UCL: UEFA Champions League/UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup Tournament: UEFA Europa League/UEFA Champions League FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against sg: Match decided on "Silver Goal" FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay gg: Match decided on "Golden Goal"W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation N/a: Not applicable tournament play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on www..com.

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