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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis - Tripoli Arkadia Thursday 10 December 2015 Asteras Tripolis FC 21.05CET (22.05 local time) FC Schalke 04 Group K - Matchday 6 Last updated 07/07/2016 22:54CET 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 14 1 Asteras Tripolis FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Schalke 04 - Asteras Tripolis Di Santo 28, 37, 44 01/10/2015 GS 4-0 Gelsenkirchen FC (P), Huntelaar 84 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Asteras Tripolis FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 FC Schalke 04 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 Asteras Tripolis FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers De Blasis 30, Mazza Asteras Tripolis FC - 1. FSV 3-1 07/08/2014 QR3 Tripoli Arkadia 68, 86; Koo Ja-Cheol Mainz 05 agg: 3-2 39 1. FSV Mainz 05 - Asteras 31/07/2014 QR3 1-0 Mainz Okazaki 45 Tripolis FC FC Schalke 04 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Athanasiadis 53, 2-3 Katsouranis 79; 27/08/2013 PO PAOK FC - FC Schalke 04 Salonika agg: 3-4 Szalai 43, 90, Draxler 67 21/08/2013 PO FC Schalke 04 - PAOK FC 1-1 Gelsenkirchen Farfán 32; Stoch 73 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/11/2012 GS FC Schalke 04 - Olympiacos FC 1-0 Gelsenkirchen Fuchs 77 Abdoun 58; Höwedes 18/09/2012 GS Olympiacos FC - FC Schalke 04 1-2 Piraeus 41, Huntelaar 59 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Panathinaikos FC - FC Schalke Olisadebe 31, 24/10/2001 GS1 2-0 Athens 04 Konstantinou 60 FC Schalke 04 - Panathinaikos Vlaović 75, Basinas 11/09/2001 GS1 0-2 Gelsenkirchen FC 80 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Asteras Tripolis FC 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 6 FC Schalke 04 4 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 2 11 8 2 Asteras Tripolis FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia Match background Asteras Tripolis FC's UEFA Europa League adventure is nearing an end, but FC Schalke 04 need to maintain focus if they are to be certain of coming top of Group K. • If AC Sparta Praha win at APOEL FC, and Schalke fail to beat Asteras, the Czech side would steal top spot in the section – on head-to-head record in the event that both teams finish on 12 points. Previous meetings • Schalke won 4-0 at home when the sides met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday two. • Asteras's only previous tie against a German club ended well – they won 3-1 at home after a 1-0 away defeat to eliminate 1. FSV Mainz 05 in last season's UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. Current Schalke midfielder Johannes Geis featured in both legs for Mainz. • Schalke's seven games against Greek opposition have yielded stats of W4 D1 L2 (W2 D0 L1 in Greece). They are unbeaten in the most recent five of those matches (W4 D1). Form guide • Schalke have now made it to the round of 32 in three of their four UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. They won the competition in 1997, eclipsing FC Internazionale Milano on penalties in the two-legged final. • Asteras have now failed to get through to the round of 32 in both of their group stage appearances, having made their debut last term. Trivia and links • The journey from Gelsenkirchen to Tripoli Arkadia is not far off 2,000km. • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar needs one more goal to reach 50 in UEFA club competition. Just 13 players have achieved that mark so far. • Asteras left-back Kostas Giannoulis went to Germany to join 1. FC Köln in 2010 but left without making a first-team outing. • Schalke's Austrian reserve goalkeeper Michael Gspurning has played in Greece for Xanthi FC (2007–12) as well as PAOK FC and Platanias FC (both 2014). The coaches • After a serious knee injury curtailed his playing career, the 39-year-old Staikos Vergetis dedicated himself to coaching, coming to Asteras as a youth specialist in 2006. He worked in various capacities, under 11 different coaches, before finally being given the senior job in October 2013. • André Breitenreiter, 42, took over at Schalke in June having led SC Paderborn 07 to promotion in 2013/14, then steered them momentarily to the top of the Bundesliga. An attacking midfielder, he began his career with Hannover 96 and Hamburger SV yet spent the bulk of his playing days in the lower leagues. 3 Asteras Tripolis FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia Team facts Asteras Tripolis FC Formed: 1931 Nickname: Arkades (Arcadians) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: group stage 2013/14: third qualifying round 2012/13: third qualifying round 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-2: Asteras v RoPS Rovaniemi 24/07/14, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg 3-1: Asteras v 1. FSV Mainz 05 07/08/14, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg 2-0 on three occasions, most recently v APOEL FC 05/11/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Asteras v Tottenham Hotspur FC 06/11/14, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Asteras 23/10/14, UEFA Europa League group stage 4-0: FC Schalke 04 v Asteras 01/10/15, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-2: Asteras v RoPS Rovaniemi (see above) 3-1: Asteras v 1. FSV Mainz 05 (see above) 2-0 on three occasions, most recently v APOEL FC (see above) • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Asteras v Tottenham Hotspur FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Tottenham Hotspur FC 5-1 Asteras (see above) 4-0: FC Schalke 04 v Asteras (see above) FC Schalke 04 Formed: 1904 Nickname: S04, Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues), Die Knappen (The Miners) 4 Asteras Tripolis FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: 1997 • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 7 (1958) German Cup: 5 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2012/13: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2011/12: quarter-finals 2010/11: UEFA Champions League semi-finals 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2006/07: first round 2005/06: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Schalke v HJK Helsinki 25/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg 5-0: Schalke v FK Vardar 17/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: AEK Larnaca FC v Schalke 20/10/11, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: Schalke v Real Madrid CF 26/02/14, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg 0-5: Schalke v Chelsea FC 25/11/14, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Manchester City FC v Schalke 15/04/70, European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final second leg 4-0: Club Atlético de Madrid v Schalke 27/08/08, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Schalke v HJK Helsinki (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: AEK Larnaca FC v Schalke (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Schalke v Wisła Kraków 10/12/02, third round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-2: 1.