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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS GSP - Nicosia Thursday 8 December 2016 19.00CET (20.00 local time) APOEL FC Group B - Matchday 6 Olympiacos FC Last updated 28/02/2017 12:10CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 APOEL FC - Olympiacos FC Thursday 8 December 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/2016 GS Olympiacos FC - APOEL FC 0-1 Piraeus Sotiriou 10 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA APOEL FC 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Olympiacos FC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 APOEL FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bertoglio 2, Giannou 05/11/2015 GS Asteras Tripolis FC - APOEL FC 2-0 Tripoli Arkadia 45+1 Cavenaghi 45+9 (P), 22/10/2015 GS APOEL FC - Asteras Tripolis FC 2-1 Nicosia Carlão 59; Lluy 8 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 28/08/2002 QR3 AEK Athens FC - APOEL FC Athens Wright 58 agg: 4-2 Ouzounidis 23, Malekos 90 (P); 13/08/2002 QR3 APOEL FC - AEK Athens FC 2-3 Nicosia Borbokis 44, 47, Nikolaidis 90+3 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Alexandrou 5, Sotiriou 20/08/1996 QR APOEL FC - Iraklis FC Nicosia agg: 3-1 86; Borbokis 90 06/08/1996 QR Iraklis FC - APOEL FC 0-1 Salonika Sotiriou 73 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gogić 77, Fasouliotis 2-2 30/09/1992 R1 APOEL FC - AEK Athens FC Nicosia 85; Sabanadzovic 31, agg: 3-3 ag Dimitriadis 71 Alexandris 42; 16/09/1992 R1 AEK Athens FC - APOEL FC 1-1 Athens Hadjiloucas 75 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 29/09/1976 R1 APOEL FC - Iraklis FC Nicosia Marcou 17, 40 agg: 2-0 15/09/1976 R1 Iraklis FC - APOEL FC 0-0 Thessalonica 2 APOEL FC - Olympiacos FC Thursday 8 December 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Olympiacos FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympiacos FC - Anorthosis 1-0 27/08/2008 QR3 Piraeus Belluschi 54 Famagusta FC agg: 1-3 Anorthosis Famagusta FC - Torosidis 4 (og), 13/08/2008 QR3 3-0 Larnaca Olympiacos FC Sosin 17, Laban 85 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Michailovic 39, Krcmarevic 80; Anorthosis Famagusta FC - 2-4 26/08/1998 2QR Larnaca Georgatos 48, P. Olympiacos FC agg: 3-6 Djordjević 60, 87, Gogić 90 Giannakopoulos 11, Olympiacos FC - Anorthosis 12/08/1998 2QR 2-1 Athens Luciano 32; Famagusta FC Michailovic 64 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Papazoglou 20; 10/10/1965 PR Olympiacos FC - AC Omonia Athens agg: 2-1 Christoforou 17 26/09/1965 PR AC Omonia - Olympiacos FC 0-1 Nicosia Botinos 5 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA APOEL FC 5 3 1 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 5 3 3 13 11 Olympiacos FC 4 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 2 9 8 3 APOEL FC - Olympiacos FC Thursday 8 December 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Match background APOEL and Olympiacos have both already qualified, but they meet in Cyprus with top spot in Group B still to play for. • Both teams are through; APOEL will clinch first place with a draw, while Olympiacos require victory to finish at the summit. Previous meetings • APOEL secured a shock 1-0 win at Olympiacos when the sides met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday two. • APOEL's 11 fixtures against Greek teams have ended W5 D3 L3 (W3 D1 L1 at home). • Olympiacos's record in seven matches against clubs from Cyprus is W4 D1 L2 (W2 D0 L1 in Cyprus). Form guide • APOEL are unbeaten in five European home games this season (W4 D1). With nine points from five matchdays, APOEL have equalled their best record in a UEFA group stage, having also taken nine points in winning their UEFA Champions League section in 2011/12. • But for that loss to APOEL, Olympiacos would be unbeaten in Group B (W2 D2); their last two games in the section both ended 1-1. • APOEL confirmed their round of 32 place on matchday five, having failed to get through in their two previous UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Olympiacos reached the round of 32 in their one previous UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage foray, in 2008/09. Links and trivia • The journey from Piraeus to Nicosia is around 900km. • These sides are their respective countries' record title holders (Olympiacos with 43, APOEL with 25) and domestic cup winners (Olympiacos 27, APOEL 21). • APOEL's Greek forward Yannis Gianniotas is on loan from Olympiacos. • APOEL defender Mário Sérgio played under Olympiacos coach Paulo Bento at Sporting CP from 2005–06, but was loaned to Guimarães during that spell and later released by the club. • Several APOEL players have Greek league experience: Argentinian midfielder Facundo Bertoglio (Asteras Tripolis, 2015–16), Nektarios Alexandrou (Larissa, 2006–08), Stathis Aloneftis (Larissa, 2005–07) and goalkeeper Urko Pardo (Iraklis, 2007–08). The coaches • APOEL's Danish-born coach Thomas Christiansen was once a trainee at Barcelona, playing in their 1992 UEFA Super Cup success, and also scored once in two appearances for Spain. He joined APOEL this summer after two promising seasons in Cyprus as AEK Larnaca boss. • Paulo Bento was hired as Olympiacos coach in August 2016 following a brief interlude in Brazil. A player for Benfica and Sporting in his native Lisbon, he later won two Portuguese Cups as Sporting coach and was Portugal boss from September 2010 to September 2014. • As a Portugal player, Bento once made a brief cameo in a 6-0 home victory over the Cypriots; subsequently, as national coach, his team won 4-0 in Nicosia in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying. Chapecoense commemoration Teams taking part in all of the matchday six UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League fixtures will observe a minute's silence to pay respect to the victims of last week's air disaster involving the Chapecoense team and accompanying delegation. The Brazilian club lost most of their players and coaching staff in the accident, which occurred in Colombia, where Chapecoense were due to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Nacional. "European football is united in expressing its deepest sympathy to Chapecoense, the Brazilian Football Confederation [CBF], CONMEBOL and the families of all the victims," said UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin. "This tragedy has shaken the world of football, and we would like to send our support to all of those affected by it." 4 APOEL FC - Olympiacos FC Thursday 8 December 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Team facts 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: 25 (2016) Cypriot Cup: 21 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2014/15: UEFA Champions League group stage 2013/14: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage 2008/09: first round 2007/08: UEFA Champions League first qualifying round 2006/07: second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: twice, most recently v HB Tórshavn 28/08/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: B71 Sandur v APOEL 17/07/96, UEFA Cup preliminary round first leg 0-4: 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 CP v APOEL 13/11/63, European Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: APOEL v Birkirkara 28/07/05, first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: B71 Sandur v APOEL (see above) 0-4: Murata v APOEL (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: APOEL v Velež 05/10/88, first round second leg 1-4: APOEL v Schalke 16/09/08, first round first leg 0-3 twice, most recently v Schalke 17/09/15, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 twice, most recently v Hertha Berlin 07/11/02, second round second leg 5 APOEL FC - Olympiacos FC Thursday 8 December 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Olympiacos FC Formed: 1925 Nickname: Erythrolefki (Red and Whites), Thrylos (Legend) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 43 (2016) Greek Cup: 27 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2012/13: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: third qualifying round 2009/10: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2008/09: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions