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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS GSP Stadium - Nicosia Thursday 11 December 2014 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Apollon Limassol FC Group A - Matchday 6 Villarreal CF Last updated 09/06/2015 18:16CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 Legend 15 1 Apollon Limassol FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 11 December 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Villarreal CF - Apollon Limassol Moreno 9, 82, 02/10/2014 GS 4-0 Villarreal FC Espinosa 44, 51 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Apollon Limassol FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Villarreal CF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 Apollon Limassol FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Zaragoza - Apollon Limassol 1-1 26/09/1989 R1 Zaragoza Pardeza 89; Pittas 38 FC agg: 4-1 Apollon Limassol FC - Real Juanito 44, Pardeza 14/09/1989 R1 0-3 Limassol Zaragoza 73, Pablo Alfaro 83 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Apollon Limassol FC - FC 1-1 Christodoulou 54; 29/09/1982 R1 Limassol Barcelona agg: 1-9 Moratalla 38 Maradona 6, 60, 63, Schuster 35, 69, FC Barcelona - Apollon Limassol 15/09/1982 R1 8-0 Barcelona Víctor Muñoz 45, FC Urbano 58, Alexanco 81 Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Villarreal CF 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 Apollon Limassol FC 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 2 17 Villarreal CF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 Apollon Limassol FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 11 December 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Match background Apollon Limassol FC are already certain to bow out at the end of the UEFA Europa League group stage but could potentially take Villarreal CF down with them in Group A. • Apollon can finish no higher than fourth in the section. • Only a win will guarantee Villarreal a place in the round of 32; anything less and they could be leapfrogged by FC Zürich. Form guide • With Rubén Uría deputising for coach Marcelino, Villarreal won 4-0 when these sides met in Spain on matchday two. • Having made their debut last season, Apollon are the first Cypriot side to have reached the UEFA Europa League group stage for a second time. • Apollon embarked on a four-game Group A losing streak after beating Zürich 3-2 on matchday one; Villarreal are yet to win away in the section (D1 L1). Trivia and links • Villarreal midfielder Bruno Soriano can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance on matchday six. • Apollon's Marcos Gullón came through the youth ranks at Villarreal and played for the club at senior level from 2010 to 2012. • Apollon boast Spanish talent in former FC Barcelona trainee Hugo López, who has never played in the Liga. • Apollon's Gaston Sangoy scored twice against Villarreal during his time at Real Sporting de Gijón, while on-loan forward Fabrice also has Liga experience: while at Málaga CF he became the Liga's youngest ever goalscorer at 16 years and 98 days, finding the target against RC Celta de Vigo on 18 August 2012. • Apollon's Fotis Papoulis scored the first goal of the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage, nine minutes into their 3-2 matchday one win against Zürich. The coaches • On 8 October, Apollon parted company with coach Christakis Christoforou, who had been at the helm since March 2013. • Romanian coach Ioan Andone took charge of Apollon on 16 October, having previously worked in Cyprus when he held the reins at AC Omonia from 2005 to 2007. Capped 55 times as a defender, Andone has served as a coach in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in recent years. • An attacking midfielder in the Spanish top flight with Real Sporting de Gijón, Villarreal coach Marcelino started coaching early after retiring due to injury aged 28. In charge at El Madrigal since 2013, he has also overseen RC Recreativo de Huelva, Real Racing Club, Real Zaragoza and Sevilla FC. 3 Apollon Limassol FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 11 December 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Team facts Apollon Limassol FC Formed: 1954 Nickname: Thrylos (Legend) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2006) Cypriot Cup: 7 (2013) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: group stage 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: third qualifying round 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: UEFA Champions League first qualifying round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Apollon v Vác FC 29/09/93, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-4 twice, most recently v FC Lokomotiv Moskva 28/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Apollon v Győri ETO FC 23/09/67, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: Djurgårdens IF v Apollon 29/06/96, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage 8-0: FC Barcelona v Apollon 15/09/82, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Apollon v Vác FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-4 twice, most recently v FC Lokomotiv Moskva (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Apollon v AFC Ajax 27/09/01, first round second leg 0-3: Apollon v Real Zaragoza 14/09/89, first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Bohemians 1905 v Apollon 19/09/84, first round first leg 5-0: VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach v Apollon 23/10/14, group stage Villarreal CF Formed: 1923 4 Apollon Limassol FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 11 December 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Nickname: El Submarino Amarillo (The Yellow Submarine) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (2): 2003, 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: UEFA Champions League group stage 2010/11: semi-finals 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2007/08: round of 32 2006/07: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 2005/06: UEFA Champions League semi-finals 2004/05: quarter-finals (having qualified as a UEFA Intertoto Cup winner) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Villarreal v NAC Breda 27/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg 5-0: Villarreal v FC Dnepr Mogilev 19/08/10, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Biggest away win 0-3 three times, most recently v FC Astana 21/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Villarreal v Manchester City FC 02/11/11, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Porto v Villarreal 28/04/11, UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-1: Villarreal v NAC Breda (see above) 5-0: Villarreal v FC Dnepr Mogilev (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3: FC Astana v Villarreal (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Villarreal v AZ Alkmaar 07/04/05, quarter-final first leg 0-1: Villarreal v FC Salzburg 17/12/09, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Porto v Villarreal (see above) 5 Apollon Limassol FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 11 December 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Squad list Apollon Limassol FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 23 Isli Hidi ALB 15/10/1980 34 - - - - - - - 2 - 17 - 31 Michalis Fani CYP 04/02/1981 33 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 44 Takis Panagiotou CYP 30/04/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 83 Bruno Vale POR 08/04/1983 31 - 2 - 5 - 12 - 9 - 15 - Defenders 2 Dustley Mulder NED 27/01/1985 29 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 8 - 20 - 16 Giorgos Merkis CYP 30/07/1984 30 - 2 - 4 - 10 - 10 - 16 - 20 Bertrand Robert FRA 16/11/1983 31 - 2 - 5 - 11 1 8 - 19 1 27 Angelis Angelis CYP 31/05/1989 25 - 1 - 4 - 9 - 6 - 7 - 28 Marios Stylianou CYP 23/09/1993 21 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 45 Renos Christodoulou CYP 05/09/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 47 Christos Antoniou CYP 11/07/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 50 João Paulo POR 06/06/1981 33 - 2 - 4 - 10 1 6 - 26 1 88 Georgios Vasiliou CYP 12/06/1984 30 - 1 - 1 - 8 - 6 - 9 - Midfielders 6 Marcos Gullón ESP 20/02/1989 25 - 2 - 3 1 8 - 10 1 15 1 8 Nicolae Grigore ROU 19/07/1983 31 - - - 1 - 1 - 16 - 27 3 14 Camel Meriem FRA 18/10/1979 35 - 2 - 5 - 12 1 30 2 39 2 17 Hugo Lopez ESP 15/05/1988 26 - 1 1 5 - 10 4 5 - 6 1 41 Alastair David Reynolds SCO 02/09/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Christos Wheeler CYP 29/06/1997 17 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 48 Charis Kyriakou CYP 09/02/1995 19 - - - - - - - 2 - 4 - 56 Rachid Hamdani FRA 08/04/1985 29 - 2 - 5 - 8 - 9 - 13 - 70 Farley BRA 14/01/1994 20 - - - 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 97 Andreas Fragkou CYP 19/01/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Thuram BRA 01/02/1991 23 - 2 1 4 - 9 2 4 - 6 1 10 Gaston Sangoy ARG 05/10/1984 30 - 1 - 4 - 11 6 10 3 13 5 11 Jan Rezek CZE 05/05/1982 32 - 2 1 3 - 10 1 12 2 31 6 19 Guie Gneki Abraham CIV 25/07/1986 28 - 1 1 4 - 6 - 6 1 18 6 26 Fotis Papoulis GRE 22/01/1985 29 - 2 1 4 1 11 4 9 2 13 3 77 Fabrice CMR 12/05/1996 18 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - Coach - Ioan Andone ROU 15/03/1960 54 - - - 3 - - - 15 - 33 - Villarreal CF Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.