Galatasaray AŞ - Olympiacos CFP MATCH PRESS KIT Ali Sami Yen, Istanbul Thursday 23 October 2008 - 20.15CET (21.15 Local Time) Group B - Matchday 1
Galatasaray AŞ - Olympiacos CFP MATCH PRESS KIT Ali Sami Yen, Istanbul Thursday 23 October 2008 - 20.15CET (21.15 local time) Group B - Matchday 1 Contents 1 - Match background 7 - Match-by-match lineups 3 - Squad list 8 - Competition facts 5 - Match officials 9 - Team facts 6 - Domestic information 10 - Legend This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Cup match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html Match background Matchday 1 has thrown up a spectacular opening-night fixture in Group B with the champions of Turkey and Greece meeting in Istanbul, as Michael Skibbe's Galatasaray AŞ play host to Ernesto Valverde's Olympiacos CFP. • The two clubs have met before, having been drawn together in the group stage of the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League, with Galatasaray winning 1-0 in Istanbul and Olympiacos triumphing 3-0 in the corresponding game in Greece. • Cihan Haspolatlı, who now plays for Konyaspor, scored the only goal in the first fixture after nine minutes. • The team lineups for that game on 21 October 2003 were: Galatasaray: Faryd Mondragón, Bülent Korkmaz, Frank de Boer, Arif Erdem (Ovidiu Petre), João Batista, Hakan Şükür, Ayhan Akman, Cihan Haspolatlı, César Prates (Hakan Ünsal), Sabri Sarıoğlu (Suat Usta), Ergün Penbe. Olympiacos: Juraj Buček, Stelios Venetidis, Christian Karembeu, Ieroklis Stoltidis (Pantelis Kafes), Nery Castillo (Giorgos Georgiadis), Giovanni, Predrag Djordjević, Dimitris Mavrogenidis (Alekos Tatsis), Paraskevas Antzas, Tasos Pantos, Giorgos Anatolakis. • Dimitris Mavrogenidis and Nery Castillo scored to put Olympiacos 2-0 up by half-time in the second game, with Giovanni poaching a third in added time after Galatasaray's Ayhan Akman and Olympiacos's Predrag Djordjević had been dismissed.
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