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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS GSP - Nicosia Tuesday 17 October 2017 20.45CET (21.45 local time) APOEL FC Group H - Matchday 3 Borussia Dortmund Last updated 19/12/2017 23:44CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Competition facts 15 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 APOEL FC - Borussia Dortmund Tuesday 17 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams APOEL FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/2015 GS FC Schalke 04 - APOEL FC 1-0 Gelsenkirchen Choupo-Moting 86 Matip 28, Huntelaar 17/09/2015 GS APOEL FC - FC Schalke 04 0-3 Nicosia 35, 71 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Frankfurt am Schröck 68, Djakpa 12/12/2013 GS Eintracht Frankfurt - APOEL FC 2-0 Main 77 Alexandrou 27 (og), 03/10/2013 GS APOEL FC - Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Nicosia Lakić 59, Jung 66 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Pander 58; Hélio 02/10/2008 R1 FC Schalke 04 - APOEL FC Gelsenkirchen agg: 5-2 Pinto 6 Mirosavljević 72; Westermann 25, 16/09/2008 R1 APOEL FC - FC Schalke 04 1-4 Nicosia Rakitić 36, Vicente Sánchez 41, Halil Altıntop 88 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Marcelinho 15, Rafael 3-1 29/09/2005 R1 Hertha BSC Berlin - APOEL FC Berlin 25, Cairo 52; Makridis agg: 4-1 76 15/09/2005 R1 APOEL FC - Hertha BSC Berlin 0-1 Nicosia Marcelinho 90+2 (P) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Preetz 8, Marcelinho 4-0 07/11/2002 R2 Hertha BSC Berlin - APOEL FC Berlin 13, Beinlich 61, agg: 5-0 Luizão 66 31/10/2002 R2 APOEL FC - Hertha BSC Berlin 0-1 Nicosia Karwan 90+2 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - APOEL 4-0 Augenthaler 47, 02/10/1990 R1 Munich FC agg: 7-2 Mihajlović 62, 88, 90 Gogić 5, Pantziaras APOEL FC - FC Bayern 19/09/1990 R1 2-3 Nicosia 78; Reuter 71, München McInally 87, Strunz 89 2 APOEL FC - Borussia Dortmund Tuesday 17 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers APOEL FC - Berliner FC 2-1 Chailis 40, Petrou 48; 01/10/1980 R1 Nicosia Dynamo agg: 2-4 Seier 86 Berliner FC Dynamo - APOEL Terletzki 51, Trieloff 17/09/1980 R1 3-0 Berlin FC 73, Schulz 85 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Danielsen 36, 54, 5-0 13/10/1965 PR SV Werder Bremen - APOEL FC Bremen Ferner 41, Höttges agg: 10-0 64, 83 (P) Matischak 14, 33, 06/10/1965 PR APOEL FC - SV Werder Bremen 0-5 Hamburg Podlich 32, Schulz 44, Zebrowski 78 Borussia Dortmund - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Borussia Dortmund have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA APOEL FC 8 1 0 7 8 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 16 1 1 14 7 44 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 APOEL FC - Borussia Dortmund Tuesday 17 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Match background APOEL FC and Borussia Dortmund have it all to do as they meet for the first time with both looking to get off the mark in Group H at the third time of asking. • Both sides have lost their first two UEFA Champions League games this season, each conceding six goals. • APOEL were beaten 3-0 at holders Real Madrid CF on matchday one, before a 3-0 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur FC last time out. Tottenham had overcome Dortmund 3-1 in London in the first matchweek, with the German team then losing by the same scoreline at home to Madrid. Match background APOEL • This is APOEL's ninth home game against German opponents. They have lost seven of those previous fixtures, including all of the last six. • The Cypriot club's sole success against German opposition, home or away, came against Berliner FC Dynamo in the 1980/81 European Champion Clubs' Cup first round, when they won the second leg 2-1 in Nicosia. APOEL nevertheless bowed out, having gone down 3-0 in the first game in Berlin. • Furthermore, APOEL have avoided defeat in just two of their 16 matches against German sides: that Berlin success and a 1-1 draw away to FC Schalke 04 in their 2008/09 UEFA Cup first-round second leg (2-5 aggregate). • APOEL's last encounter with a Bundesliga team was also against Schalke, in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League group stage (0-3 home, 0-1 away). • The Tottenham defeat and a 1-0 loss to RSC Anderlecht in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 16 are APOEL's only reverses in their last 12 European home games – nine of which ended in victory. Those two defeats featured the only goals APOEL have conceded in their last eight home fixtures. • APOEL have not won a match in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, since beating Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 in their round of 16 second leg on 7 March 2012. Their subsequent record is D1 L9. • The Nicosia outfit are in the group stage for a fourth time, having previously qualified in 2009/10, 2011/12 – when they went all the way from second qualifying round to quarter-finals, losing to Real Madrid – and 2014/15. • APOEL have won through from the second qualifying round to reach this group stage, beating Luxembourg's F91 Dudelange (2-0 on aggregate) and FC Viitorul of Romania (4-1). In the play-offs they eclipsed SK Slavia Praha 2-0 at home before a goalless away draw. • Thwarted in the play-offs by FC København 12 months ago, APOEL went on to finish first in their UEFA Europa League group, subsequently ousting Athletic Club 4-3 on aggregate in the round of 32 before losing to Anderlecht 1-0 both home and away in the last 16. Dortmund • This is Dortmund's first game against a club from Cyprus. • Dortmund, contesting the group stage for the 12th time and a sixth in seven years, have got to the knockout stage on their last four UEFA Champions League appearances. In 2016/17 they beat SL Benfica 4-1 on aggregate in the round of 16, subsequently losing 6-3 to Monaco over two legs (2-3 home, 1-3 away). • On matchday one 12 months ago Dortmund triumphed 6-0 at Legia Warszawa – their biggest-ever European away success. They also won their next away match, at Sporting Clube de Portugal (2-1), before victory eluded them in their next three on the road, including defeats in the last two. • Defeat at Tottenham on matchday one means Dortmund have lost their last three UEFA Champions League away games; if you add the Madrid result on matchday two, they have lost their last four, home and away. • The Bundesliga side have won only one of their last seven European matches (D1 L5). Coach and player links • Marc Bartra helped FC Barcelona to home (1-0) and away (4-0) victories against APOEL in the 2014/15 group stage. Carlão, Vinicius, Nuno Morais, Stathis Aloneftis and George Efrem played for the Cypriot team. • Nuri Şahin was in the Real Madrid side that knocked out APOEL in the 2011/12 quarter-finals. Nuno Morais and Nektarios Alexandrou represented the Cypriot club. • Sokratis Papastathopoulos plays alongside VfB Stuttgart's Anastasios Donis, the son of APOEL coach Giorgos Donis, for Greece. • Andriy Yarmolenko helped Ukraine to a 1-0 friendly win against Cyprus on 24 March 2016; Efrem and Antreas 4 APOEL FC - Borussia Dortmund Tuesday 17 October 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Makris played for the losing team. • Shinji Kagawa was in the Japan side that beat Cyprus 1-0 on 27 May 2014, with Efrem and Giorgos Merkis featuring. • Have played in Germany: Boy Waterman (TSV Alemannia Aachen 2011/12). Efstathios Aloneftis (FC Energie Cottbus 2007/08) Mikaël Poté (1. FC Dynamo Dresden 2011–14). Igor de Camargo (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 2010–13, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2013) • Have played together: Igor de Camargo & Marco Reus (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 2010–12) Facundo Bertoglio & Andriy Yarmolenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv 2011/12) Match facts APOEL • APOEL have won only two of their last six matches in all competitions, scoring three goals in that time. • Alexandrou featured in Cyprus' concluding qualifying fixtures for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, losses to Greece (2-1) and Belgium (4-0) on 7 and 10 October respectively. Giorgos Merkis played in the latter fixture, while Antreas Makris was an unused substitute in both games. • The son of APOEL coach Giorgos Donis, Anastasios Donis, came up against Alexandrou as Greece triumphed in Nicosia. Dortmund • Dortmund's 3-2 loss to RB Leipzig on Saturday was their first defeat over 90 minutes in domestic competition since a 4-1 loss to FC Bayern München on 8 April.