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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio Santiago Bernabéu - Madrid Wednesday 13 September 2017 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Real Madrid CF Group H - Matchday 1 APOEL FC Last updated 02/05/2018 20:14CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 7 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 16 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 Real Madrid CF - APOEL FC Wednesday 13 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ronaldo 26, 75, Kaká 5-2 37, Callejón 80, Di 04/04/2012 QF Real Madrid CF - APOEL FC Madrid agg: 8-2 María 84; Manduca 67, Solari 82 (P) Benzema 74, 90, 27/03/2012 QF APOEL FC - Real Madrid CF 0-3 Nicosia Kaká 82 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Real Madrid CF 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 2 APOEL FC 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 8 Real Madrid CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers De Diego 11, 74, Planelles 20, Grande Real Madrid CF - Olympiakos 6-1 30/09/1969 R1 Madrid 42, Avramadis 51 Nicosia FC agg: 14-1 (og), Fleitas 88; Kettenis 27 Amancio Amaro 5, Olympiakos Nicosia FC - Real Gento 19, 54, Grosso 24/09/1969 R1 0-8 Madrid Madrid CF 27, Fleitas 48, 52, De Felipe 61, Pirri 63 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Velázquez 7, 11, AEL Limassol FC - Real Madrid 0-6 Lopez 10, Veloso 83, 26/09/1968 R1 Madrid CF agg: 0-12 Ortega 86, Zunzunegui 89 Pirri 11, 14, 62, Real Madrid CF - AEL Limassol Amancio Amaro 17, 18/09/1968 R1 6-0 Madrid FC Miguel Perez 28, Bueno 73 APOEL FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Sotiriou 46, 23/02/2017 R32 APOEL FC - Athletic Club Nicosia agg: 4-3 Gianniotas 54 (P) Merkis 38 (og), Aritz Aduriz 61, Williams 16/02/2017 R32 Athletic Club - APOEL FC 3-2 Bilbao 72; Efrem 36, Gianniotas 89 2 Real Madrid CF - APOEL FC Wednesday 13 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Luis Suárez 27, Messi 25/11/2014 GS APOEL FC - FC Barcelona 0-4 Nicosia 38, 58, 87 17/09/2014 GS FC Barcelona - APOEL FC 1-0 Barcelona Piqué 28 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Aílton 41; Cata Díaz 26/08/2010 PO APOEL FC - Getafe CF Nicosia agg 1-2 (aet) 98 ET 19/08/2010 PO Getafe CF - APOEL FC 1-0 Getafe Parejo 43 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers APOEL FC - Club Atlético de Mirosavljević 5; Simão 25/11/2009 GS 1-1 Nicosia Madrid 62 Club Atlético de Madrid - APOEL 15/09/2009 GS 0-0 Madrid FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Eto'o 30, 62, 67, 4-2 Palma de 15/10/2003 R1 RCD Mallorca - APOEL FC Correa 89; Okkarides agg: 6-3 Mallorca 10, Amanatidis 90 Papandreou 46; Toni 24/09/2003 R1 APOEL FC - RCD Mallorca 1-2 Nicosia González 22, Bruggink 54 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 24/09/1996 R1 RCD Espanyol - APOEL FC Barcelona Cristóbal 64 agg: 3-2 Alexandrou 26, 10/09/1996 R1 APOEL FC - RCD Espanyol 2-2 Nicosia Sotiriou 54; Benítez 30, Ouédec 43 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bebeto 17, 22, 45, RC Deportivo La Coruña - 8-0 Radchenko 26, 68, 28/09/1995 R1 La Coruna APOEL FC agg: 8-0 Begiristain 43, Donato 61, Aldana 80 APOEL FC - RC Deportivo La 14/09/1995 R1 0-0 Nicosia Coruña Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Real Madrid CF 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 34 3 APOEL FC 8 1 4 3 8 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 16 1 5 10 13 36 3 Real Madrid CF - APOEL FC Wednesday 13 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Match background • #EQUALGAME This week, football fans watching UEFA Champions League matches in stadiums, online and on TV will witness the premiere of the new UEFA RESPECT TV ads, called #EqualGame. The adverts feature Ada Hegerberg, Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, Cristiano Ronaldo and amateur players and will run throughout the season to promote inclusion, diversity and accessibility in European Football with the motto "Everyone has the right to enjoy football, no matter who you are, where you're from, or how you play." More information on the campaign and on the advertisements can be found in the accompanying media release and on the campaign website: www.equalgame.com. Memories will be stirred of the most memorable European campaign in APOEL FC's history when they visit Real Madrid CF on matchday one – while the UEFA Champions League holders are looking to become the first team in over 40 years to win the trophy three seasons running. • Champions in Milan in 2016 and in Cardiff last May, Madrid – triumphant in three of the last four campaigns having also lifted the trophy in 2014 – have not lost a home group game in almost eight years and will want a positive start as they plot a path to next May's Kyiv final. Previous meetings • The teams met for the first and only time in the 2011/12 quarter-finals, with Madrid posting a comfortable victory. Three goals in the last 19 minutes of the Nicosia first leg, from Karim Benzema (72, 90) and Kaká (82), put the Merengues in command of the tie; they followed up by winning 5-2 at home with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice and Kaká, José Callejón and Ángel Di María once apiece. Gustavo Manduca and Esteban Solari were on target for APOEL. • The line-ups at the Santiago Bernabéu on 4 April 2012 were: Madrid: Casillas, Ramos, Varane, Pepe, Marcelo (Callejón 46), Granero (Albiol 65), Hamit Altıntop, Nuri Şahin, Kaká, Ronaldo, Higuaín (Di María 55). APOEL: Pardo, Paulo Jorge, Kaká, Poursaitides, Aílton (Solari 70), Charalambides, Manduca (Adorno 68), Pinto (Satsias 78), Morais, Marcinho, Boaventura. Match background Real Madrid • Champions of Europe for a 12th time in 2016/17 – courtesy of their 4-1 final win against Juventus – Madrid will aim to become the first team since FC Bayern München in 1976 to claim three successive European Champion Clubs' Cups. AFC Ajax (1971–73) and Madrid themselves (1956–60) are the only other sides to have won three or more in a row. • In 21 previous participations in the UEFA Champions League, Madrid have never failed to progress to the last 16. • Madrid finished second in their group in 2016/17, behind Borussia Dortmund – the first time since 2012/13 they had failed to top their section. • The Spanish team have a perfect record against Cypriot clubs, winning all six previous contests and scoring 34 goals while conceding only three. At home their goals tally is 17–3. • Madrid have not lost at home in the UEFA Champions League group stage since a 3-2 reverse against AC Milan on 21 October 2009. Their home group record since then is W20 D2 – with Dortmund, twice, the only visitors to avoid defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu. • The 2-2 draw with Dortmund on matchday six last season is the solitary occasion Madrid have failed to win in their last 12 European home fixtures. The Merengues have won 31 of their last 36 UEFA Champions League home matches, losing just once – 4-3 to FC Schalke 04 in their 2014/15 round of 16 second leg, when they still prevailed 5-4 on aggregate. APOEL • The Cypriot club are in the group stage for a fourth time, having previously qualified in 2009/10, 2011/12 – when they went all the way from second qualifying round to quarter-finals, losing to Madrid – and 2014/15. • APOEL have won through from the second qualifying round to reach this group stage, beating Luxembourg's F91 Dudelange (2-0 on aggregate) and FC Viitorul of Romania (4-1). In the play-offs they overcame SK Slavia Praha 2-0 at home before a goalless away draw. • Thwarted in the play-offs by FC København 12 months ago, APOEL went on to finish first in their UEFA Europa League group, subsequently ousting Athletic Club 4-3 on aggregate in the round of 32 before losing to RSC Anderlecht 1-0 both home and away in the last 16. 4 Real Madrid CF - APOEL FC Wednesday 13 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid • APOEL have lost five of their last seven European away matches. APOEL have never won away in 11 UEFA Champions League matches, group stage to final, though they did draw five of their first six – before losing each of their last five.