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)

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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. FC Magdeburg v Schalke 02/11/77, second round first leg 3-1: AS Nancy-Lorraine v Schalke 28/09/06, first round second leg 2-0: HJK Helsinki v Schalke 18/08/11, play-off first leg

5 Asteras Tripolis FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia Squad list

Asteras Tripolis FC Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Tomás Košický SVK 11/03/1986 29 - 1 - 4 - 6 - 6 - 21 Kostas Theodoropoulos GRE 27/03/1990 25 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 9 - 98 Kostas Kapetanos GRE 12/01/1998 17 ------Defenders 3 Thanasis Panteliadis GRE 06/09/1987 28 - 2 - 7 - 8 - 14 - 6 Fernando Allocco ITA 30/01/1986 29 - 3 - 6 - 3 - 3 - 15 Khalifa Sankaré SEN 15/08/1984 31 - 4 - 11 1 10 - 21 1 18 Kostas Giannoulis GRE 09/12/1987 27 - 4 - 7 - 4 - 12 - 27 Braian Lluy ITA 25/04/1989 26 - 5 1 11 - 11 1 17 1 30 Dorin Goian ROU 12/12/1980 34 - 2 - 6 - 24 5 62 11 33 Angelos Zisis GRE 24/02/1998 17 ------Midfielders 8 Elini Dimoutsos GRE 18/06/1988 27 - 3 - 8 1 9 - 15 - 10 Manuel Lanzarote ESP 20/01/1984 31 - 3 - 8 - 3 - 3 - 11 Nicolás Fernández ITA 17/11/1986 29 - 3 - 7 1 6 - 6 - 13 Giorgos Zisopoulos GRE 23/05/1984 31 - 3 - 8 - 9 - 16 2 19 Tasos Tsokanis GRE 02/05/1991 24 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 23 Facundo Bertoglio ITA 30/06/1990 25 - 3 1 7 2 3 1 4 1 25 Dimitris Kourbelis GRE 02/11/1993 22 - 4 - 9 - 5 - 16 1 54 Rachid Hamdani FRA 08/04/1985 30 - 3 - 8 - 13 - 17 - 62 Matias Iglesias ARG 18/04/1985 30 * 5 - 12 - 5 - 9 - 86 Ederson ITA 14/03/1986 29 * 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - Forwards 7 Pablo Mazza ARG 21/12/1987 27 - 5 1 11 - 11 1 16 4 12 Vasil Shkurtaj ALB 27/02/1992 23 - 1 - 5 1 1 - 1 - 20 Taxiarchis Fountas GRE 04/09/1995 20 - 4 - 8 - 4 - 4 - 71 Panagiotis Gkrosios GRE 28/02/1997 18 ------99 Apostolos Giannou GRE 25/01/1990 25 - 5 1 12 9 7 1 10 1 Coach - Staikos Vergetis GRE 11/07/1976 39 - 5 - - - 11 - 17 -

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FC Schalke 04 Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Ralf Fährmann GER 27/09/1988 27 - 5 - 15 - 8 - 20 - 30 Michael Gspurning AUT 02/05/1981 34 ------34 Fabian Giefer GER 17/05/1990 25 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 35 Alexander Nübel GER 30/09/1996 19 ------Defenders 2 Marvin Friedrich GER 13/12/1995 19 ------1 - 3 Júnior Caiçara BUL 27/04/1989 26 - 4 - 8 - 4 - 4 - 4 Benedikt Höwedes GER 29/02/1988 27 - 2 - 10 1 13 - 54 5 6 Sead Kolašinac BIH 20/06/1993 22 - 3 - 7 - 3 - 12 - 15 Dennis Aogo GER 14/01/1987 28 - 4 - 14 - 27 - 42 1 20 Thilo Kehrer GER 21/09/1996 19 ------22 Atsuto Uchida JPN 27/03/1988 27 - - - - - 6 - 39 1 24 Kaan Ayhan TUR 10/11/1994 21 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 8 - 27 Sascha Riether GER 23/03/1983 32 - 2 - 8 - 14 - 20 - 28 Felipe Santana BRA 17/03/1986 29 - - - - - 3 - 19 2 31 Matija Nastasić SRB 28/03/1993 22 - - - 1 - - - 11 - 32 Joël Matip CMR 08/08/1991 24 - 3 1 15 2 14 2 44 4 40 Sascha Dum POL 03/07/1986 29 - - - - - 4 - 4 - Midfielders 5 Johannes Geis GER 17/08/1993 22 * 5 1 11 1 5 1 7 1 7 Max Meyer GER 18/09/1995 20 - 5 - 14 2 5 - 23 1 8 Leon Goretzka GER 06/02/1995 20 - 5 - 13 - 5 - 11 - 12 Marco Höger GER 16/09/1989 26 - 1 - 4 - 11 - 30 - 18 Sidney Sam GER 31/01/1988 27 - 1 - - - 13 3 29 6 19 Leroy Sané GER 11/01/1996 19 - 5 1 15 4 5 1 6 2 23 Pierre Højbjerg DEN 05/08/1995 20 * 5 - 10 - 5 - 8 - 26 Serkan Göcer GER 26/06/1993 22 ------33 Roman Neustädter GER 18/02/1988 27 - 4 - 12 - 4 - 29 1 39 Aleksei Gasilin RUS 01/03/1996 19 ------Forwards 9 Franco Di Santo ARG 07/04/1989 26 - 5 4 15 1 5 4 8 4 13 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting CMR 23/03/1989 26 - 4 1 15 2 9 2 21 4 16 Fabian Reese GER 29/11/1997 18 ------25 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar NED 12/08/1983 32 - 4 3 13 5 40 29 76 49 36 Felix Platte GER 11/02/1996 19 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 38 Joy-Lance Mickels GER 29/03/1994 21 ------Coach - André Breitenreiter GER 02/10/1973 42 - 5 - - - 5 - 5 -

7 Asteras Tripolis FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia Fixtures and results

Asteras Tripolis FC Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 22/08/2015 League Panthrakikos FC (A) W 2-0 Bertoglio 25, Giannou 63 30/08/2015 League Panetolikos FC (H) L 0-2 12/09/2015 League AEL Kalloni FC (A) D 1-1 Giannou 84 (P) 17/09/2015 UEL AC Sparta Praha (H) D 1-1 Mazza 2 23/09/2015 League Panionios GSS (H) W 2-1 Giannou 10, Dimoutsos 12 27/09/2015 League Levadiakos FC (A) L 1-2 Giannou 87 01/10/2015 UEL FC Schalke 04 (A) L 0-4 05/10/2015 League Platanias FC (H) D 1-1 Giannou 6 18/10/2015 League Xanthi FC (H) D 1-1 Shkurtaj 34 22/10/2015 UEL APOEL FC (A) L 1-2 Lluy 8 25/10/2015 League PAS Giannina FC (A) W 2-1 Giannou 39 (P), 81 Lanzarote 21, Skourtis 49, 71 (P), 28/10/2015 Cup AEL Kalloni FC (H) W 4-0 Fernández 87 01/11/2015 League PAOK FC (H) W 2-1 Bertoglio 49, Sankaré 82 05/11/2015 UEL APOEL FC (H) W 2-0 Bertoglio 2, Giannou 45+1 08/11/2015 League AEK Athens FC (A) W 1-0 Papadopoulos 89 21/11/2015 League Atromitos FC (H) W 1-0 Fernández 85 26/11/2015 UEL AC Sparta Praha (A) L 0-1 29/11/2015 League Olympiacos FC (A) L 1-3 Giannou 90+3 02/12/2015 Cup Kissamos (A) W 3-1 Kitoko 55, Moukam 62, Fountas 90+4 05/12/2015 League Iraklis FC (H) L 1-2 Giannou 44 (P) 10/12/2015 UEL FC Schalke 04 (H) 13/12/2015 League Panathinaikos FC (A) 16/12/2015 Cup Panserraikos FC (A) 19/12/2015 League Veria FC (A) 03/01/2016 League Panthrakikos FC (H) 10/01/2016 League Panetolikos FC (A) 17/01/2016 League AEL Kalloni FC (H) 24/01/2016 League Panionios GSS (A) 31/01/2016 League Levadiakos FC (H) 07/02/2016 League Platanias FC (A) 14/02/2016 League Xanthi FC (A) 21/02/2016 League PAS Giannina FC (H) 28/02/2016 League PAOK FC (A) 06/03/2016 League AEK Athens FC (H) 13/03/2016 League Atromitos FC (A) 20/03/2016 League Olympiacos FC (H) 03/04/2016 League Iraklis FC (A) 10/04/2016 League Panathinaikos FC (H) 17/04/2016 League Veria FC (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Olympiacos FC 12 12 0 0 35 8 36

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Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 2 AEK Athens FC 13 8 2 3 22 11 26 3 Panathinaikos FC 12 8 1 3 18 8 25 4 PAOK FC 13 6 4 3 23 18 22 5 Panionios GSS 13 7 1 5 18 13 22 6 Asteras Tripolis FC 13 6 3 4 16 15 21 7 Platanias FC 13 5 3 5 16 15 18 8 Levadiakos FC 13 5 3 5 12 15 18 9 Iraklis FC 13 4 5 4 13 16 17 10 Xanthi FC 13 3 6 4 11 12 15 11 PAS Giannina FC 13 4 2 7 16 23 14 12 Veria FC 13 3 5 5 8 12 14 13 Panetolikos FC 13 3 4 6 14 24 13 14 Atromitos FC 13 3 1 9 9 16 10 15 AEL Kalloni FC 13 1 4 8 11 22 7 16 Panthrakikos FC 13 1 4 8 11 25 7

FC Schalke 04 Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers Huntelaar 3, Nastasić 39, Geis 45+1, Di 08/08/2015 Cup MSV Duisburg (A) W 5-0 Santo 62, Goretzka 85 Gebre Selassie 34 (og), Choupo-Moting 15/08/2015 League SV Werder Bremen (A) W 3-0 68, Huntelaar 85 22/08/2015 League SV Darmstadt 98 (H) D 1-1 Draxler 47 28/08/2015 League VfL Wolfsburg (A) L 0-3 13/09/2015 League 1. FSV Mainz 05 (H) W 2-1 Matip 37, Huntelaar 61 17/09/2015 UEL APOEL FC (A) W 3-0 Matip 28, Huntelaar 35, 71 20/09/2015 League VfB Stuttgart (A) W 1-0 Sané 53 23/09/2015 League Eintracht Frankfurt (H) W 2-0 Matip 76, Sané 90+1 26/09/2015 League Hamburger SV (A) W 1-0 Sané 60 01/10/2015 UEL Asteras Tripolis FC (H) W 4-0 Di Santo 28, 37, 44 (P), Huntelaar 84 04/10/2015 League 1. FC Köln (H) L 0-3 17/10/2015 League Hertha BSC Berlin (H) W 2-1 Höwedes 27, Meyer 90+2 22/10/2015 UEL AC Sparta Praha (H) D 2-2 Di Santo 6, Sané 73 VfL Borussia 25/10/2015 League L 1-3 A. Christensen 44 (og) Mönchengladbach (A) VfL Borussia 28/10/2015 Cup L 0-2 Mönchengladbach (H) 31/10/2015 League FC Ingolstadt 04 (H) D 1-1 Sané 77 05/11/2015 UEL AC Sparta Praha (A) D 1-1 Geis 20 (P) 08/11/2015 League Borussia Dortmund (A) L 2-3 Huntelaar 33, 71 21/11/2015 League FC Bayern München (H) L 1-3 Meyer 17 26/11/2015 UEL APOEL FC (H) W 1-0 Choupo-Moting 86 29/11/2015 League Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A) D 1-1 Choupo-Moting 50 04/12/2015 League Hannover 96 (H) W 3-1 Geis 51 (P), Huntelaar 73, Di Santo 82 10/12/2015 UEL Asteras Tripolis FC (A) 13/12/2015 League FC Augsburg (A)

9 Asteras Tripolis FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia

FC Schalke 04 18/12/2015 League TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (H) 24/01/2016 League SV Werder Bremen (H) 30/01/2016 League SV Darmstadt 98 (A) 06/02/2016 League VfL Wolfsburg (H) 13/02/2016 League 1. FSV Mainz 05 (A) 20/02/2016 League VfB Stuttgart (H) 27/02/2016 League Eintracht Frankfurt (A) 02/03/2016 League Hamburger SV (H) 05/03/2016 League 1. FC Köln (A) 12/03/2016 League Hertha BSC Berlin (A) VfL Borussia 19/03/2016 League Mönchengladbach (H) 02/04/2016 League FC Ingolstadt 04 (A) 09/04/2016 League Borussia Dortmund (H) 16/04/2016 League FC Bayern München (A) 23/04/2016 League Bayer 04 Leverkusen (H) 30/04/2016 League Hannover 96 (A) 07/05/2016 League FC Augsburg (H) 14/05/2016 League TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Bayern München 15 13 1 1 43 8 40 2 Borussia Dortmund 15 11 2 2 42 20 35 3 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 15 8 2 5 31 23 26 4 Hertha BSC Berlin 15 8 2 5 20 18 26 5 VfL Wolfsburg 15 7 4 4 24 17 25 6 FC Schalke 04 15 7 3 5 21 21 24 7 1. FSV Mainz 05 15 7 2 6 23 21 23 8 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15 6 3 6 19 20 21 9 Hamburger SV 15 6 3 6 18 21 21 10 1. FC Köln 15 5 5 5 15 19 20 11 FC Ingolstadt 04 15 5 5 5 11 15 20 12 SV Darmstadt 98 15 4 6 5 15 19 18 13 Eintracht Frankfurt 15 3 5 7 18 23 14 14 Hannover 96 15 4 2 9 18 27 14 15 SV Werder Bremen 15 4 2 9 15 29 14 16 FC Augsburg 15 3 4 8 18 25 13 17 VfB Stuttgart 15 3 2 10 19 36 11 18 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15 1 7 7 16 24 10

10 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-by-match lineups Asteras Tripolis FC

UEFA Europa League - Group stage Group K Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Schalke 04 5 3 2 0 11 3 11 AC Sparta Praha 5 2 3 0 7 4 9 Asteras Tripolis FC 5 1 1 3 4 8 4 APOEL FC 5 1 0 4 2 9 3

Matchday 1 (17/09/2015) Asteras Tripolis FC 1-1 AC Sparta Praha Goals: 1-0 Mazza 2, 1-1 Lafata 56 Asteras Tripolis FC: Košický, Allocco, Mazza, Giannoulis, Fountas (66 Dimoutsos), Bertoglio (71 Fernández), Lluy, Goian, Iglesias, Ederson (77 Hamdani), Giannou Matchday 2 (01/10/2015) FC Schalke 04 4-0 Asteras Tripolis FC Goals: 1-0 Di Santo 28, 2-0 Di Santo 37, 3-0 Di Santo 44 (P) , 4-0 Huntelaar 84 Asteras Tripolis FC: Theodoropoulos, Mazza (59 Tsokanis), Zisopoulos, Sankaré, Giannoulis, Lluy, Goian (70 Fountas), Hamdani, Iglesias, Ederson (79 Kourbelis), Giannou Matchday 3 (22/10/2015) APOEL FC 2-1 Asteras Tripolis FC Goals: 0-1 Lluy 8, 1-1 Cavenaghi 45+9 (P) , 2-1 Carlão 59 Asteras Tripolis FC: Theodoropoulos, Allocco, Mazza (88 Shkurtaj), Dimoutsos (62 Fernández), Sankaré, Giannoulis, Bertoglio, Kourbelis (74 Lanzarote), Lluy, Iglesias, Giannou Matchday 4 (05/11/2015) Asteras Tripolis FC 2-0 APOEL FC Goals: 1-0 Bertoglio 2, 2-0 Giannou 45+1 Asteras Tripolis FC: Theodoropoulos, Panteliadis, Mazza, Lanzarote (63 Fountas), Zisopoulos, Sankaré, Bertoglio (64 Hamdani), Kourbelis, Lluy, Iglesias, Giannou (91 Allocco) Matchday 5 (26/11/2015) AC Sparta Praha 1-0 Asteras Tripolis FC Goals: 1-0 Brabec 33 Asteras Tripolis FC: Theodoropoulos, Mazza, Fernández, Zisopoulos, Sankaré, Giannoulis, Fountas (78 Lanzarote), Kourbelis (66 Dimoutsos), Lluy, Iglesias (81 Panteliadis), Giannou Matchday 6 (10/12/2015) Asteras Tripolis FC-FC Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04

UEFA Europa League - Group stage Matchday 1 (17/09/2015) APOEL FC 0-3 FC Schalke 04 Goals: 0-1 Matip 28, 0-2 Huntelaar 35, 0-3 Huntelaar 71 FC Schalke 04: Fährmann, Júnior Caiçara, Geis (61 Höger), Meyer, Goretzka, Di Santo, Aogo, Sané (80 Sam), Huntelaar (75 Højbjerg), Matip, Neustädter Matchday 2 (01/10/2015) FC Schalke 04 4-0 Asteras Tripolis FC Goals: 1-0 Di Santo 28, 2-0 Di Santo 37, 3-0 Di Santo 44 (P) , 4-0 Huntelaar 84 FC Schalke 04: Fährmann, Höwedes, Geis (46 Kaan Ayhan), Kolašinac, Goretzka (73 Meyer), Di Santo (63 Choupo- Moting), Sané, Højbjerg, Huntelaar, Riether, Matip

11 Asteras Tripolis FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia Matchday 3 (22/10/2015) FC Schalke 04 2-2 AC Sparta Praha Goals: 1-0 Di Santo 6, 1-1 Fatai 50, 1-2 Lafata 63, 2-2 Sané 73 FC Schalke 04: Fährmann, Júnior Caiçara, Höwedes, Kolašinac (83 Aogo), Meyer, Goretzka, Di Santo, Choupo- Moting, Højbjerg (61 Sané), Kaan Ayhan (61 Geis), Neustädter Matchday 4 (05/11/2015) AC Sparta Praha 1-1 FC Schalke 04 Goals: 1-0 Lafata 6, 1-1 Geis 20 (P) FC Schalke 04: Fährmann, Júnior Caiçara, Geis, Goretzka (87 Kolašinac), Choupo-Moting, Aogo, Sané (82 Meyer), Højbjerg, Kaan Ayhan, Huntelaar (77 Di Santo), Neustädter Matchday 5 (26/11/2015) FC Schalke 04 1-0 APOEL FC Goals: 1-0 Choupo-Moting 86 FC Schalke 04: Fährmann, Júnior Caiçara (83 Riether), Geis (79 Højbjerg), Goretzka, Di Santo (62 Meyer), Choupo- Moting, Aogo, Sané, Huntelaar, Matip, Neustädter Matchday 6 (10/12/2015) Asteras Tripolis FC-FC Schalke 04

12 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 officials

Referee Liran Liany (ISR) Assistant referees Danny Krasikow (ISR) , David Elias Biton (ISR) Additional assistant referees Alon Yefet (ISR) , Menashe Masiah (ISR) Fourth official Amihay Yehoshua Mozes (ISR) UEFA Delegate Ralph Aubry (NIR) UEFA Referee observer Zdravko Jokić (SRB)

Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Liran Liany 24/05/1977 21 41

Liran Liany Referee since: 1994 First division: 2004 FIFA badge: 2010

Tournaments: 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Finals N/A

UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 04/10/2012 UEL GS Hannover 96 Levante UD 2-1 Hanover 17/09/2015 UEL GS Borussia Dortmund FC Krasnodar 2-1 Dortmund

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 04/10/2012 UEL GS Hannover 96 Levante UD 2-1 Hanover 17/09/2015 UEL GS Borussia Dortmund FC Krasnodar 2-1 Dortmund

13 Asteras Tripolis FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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