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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis - Piraeus Thursday 29 September 2016 Olympiacos FC 21.05CET (22.05 local time) APOEL FC Group B - Matchday 2 Last updated 28/02/2017 10:52CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 Olympiacos FC - APOEL FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams 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 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 2 Olympiacos FC - APOEL FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus 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 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Olympiacos FC 3 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 1 9 7 APOEL FC 5 3 1 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 4 3 3 12 11 3 Olympiacos FC - APOEL FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Match background Two of the most successful sides in the Greek-speaking world meet for the first time in an official match as Olympiacos welcome APOEL in UEFA Europa League Group B. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Olympiacos's record in six games against clubs from Cyprus is W4 D1 L1 (W2 D1 at home). • APOEL's ten fixtures against Greek sides have ended W4 D3 L3 (W1 D2 L2 in Greece, with those defeats coming in the most recent visits). Form guide • Olympiacos have won their last three European matches, and are unbeaten in two UEFA home games this season (W1 D1). • APOEL are without a win in seven continental away fixtures (D1 L6), scoring just once during that barren run. • Olympiacos made it through to the round of 32 in their one previous UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage, in 2008/09. • APOEL have failed to get to the round of 32 in both of their past UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Links and trivia • The journey from Nicosia to Piraeus is around 900km. • These teams 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 at the club from Olympiacos. • APOEL defender Mário Sérgio played under Olympiacos coach Paulo Bento at Sporting CP from 2005–06, but was loaned out to Guimarães during that spell and then 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 • Paulo Bento was hired as Olympiacos coach in August 2016 following a brief interlude in Brazil. A player for Benfica and Sporting CP 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 win over the Cypriots; later, as national coach, his side won 4-0 in Nicosia in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying. • 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 games for Spain. He joined APOEL this summer after two promising seasons in Cyprus as AEK Larnaca boss. 4 Olympiacos FC - APOEL FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Team facts 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 League third qualifying round) 2007/08: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2006/07: UEFA Champions League group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Olympiacos v KS Besa 22/07/10, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg 5-0 twice, most recently v FC Nordsjælland 02/10/08, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: KS Besa v Olympiacos 15/07/10, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Olympiacos v Hamburger SV 03/11/82, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos 10/12/03, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-1: Olympiacos v KS Besa (see above) 5-0: Olympiacos v FC Nordsjælland (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: KS Besa v Olympiacos (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Olympiacos v AS Saint-Étienne 18/02/09, round of 32 first leg 1-3: Olympiacos v Newcastle United FC 10/03/05, round of 16 first leg 1-3: Olympiacos v Juventus 25/11/99, third round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Olympiacos 28/09/77, first round second leg 4-0 twice, most recently v Newcastle United FC 16/03/05, round of 16 second leg 5 Olympiacos FC - APOEL FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus 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: SS 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, European Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: APOEL v Birkirkara FC 28/07/05, first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: B71 Sandur v APOEL (see above) 0-4: SS Murata v APOEL (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: APOEL v FK Velež 05/10/88, first round second leg 1-4: APOEL v FC Schalke 04 16/09/08, first round first leg 0-3 twice, most recently v FC Schalke 04 17/09/15, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 twice, most recently v Hertha BSC Berlin 07/11/02, second round second leg 6 Olympiacos FC - APOEL FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Squad list Olympiacos FC Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.