UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS BVB Stadion Dortmund - Dortmund Wednesday 1 November 2017 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Borussia Dortmund Group H - Matchday 4 APOEL FC Last updated 19/12/2017 23:51CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Competition facts 15 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 Borussia Dortmund - APOEL FC Wednesday 1 November 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit BVB Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Poté 62; 17/10/2017 GS APOEL FC - Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Nicosia Papastathopoulos 67 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 APOEL FC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 Borussia Dortmund - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Borussia Dortmund have not played against a club from their opponents' country APOEL FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/2015 GS FC Schalke 04 - APOEL FC 1-0 Gelsenkirchen Choupo-Moting 86 Matip 28, Huntelaar 17/09/2015 GS APOEL FC - FC Schalke 04 0-3 Nicosia 35, 71 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Frankfurt am Schröck 68, Djakpa 12/12/2013 GS Eintracht Frankfurt - APOEL FC 2-0 Main 77 Alexandrou 27 (og), 03/10/2013 GS APOEL FC - Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Nicosia Lakić 59, Jung 66 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Pander 58; Hélio 02/10/2008 R1 FC Schalke 04 - APOEL FC Gelsenkirchen agg: 5-2 Pinto 6 Mirosavljević 72; Westermann 25, 16/09/2008 R1 APOEL FC - FC Schalke 04 1-4 Nicosia Rakitić 36, Vicente Sánchez 41, Halil Altıntop 88 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Marcelinho 15, Rafael 3-1 29/09/2005 R1 Hertha BSC Berlin - APOEL FC Berlin 25, Cairo 52; Makridis agg: 4-1 76 15/09/2005 R1 APOEL FC - Hertha BSC Berlin 0-1 Nicosia Marcelinho 90+2 (P) 2 Borussia Dortmund - APOEL FC Wednesday 1 November 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit BVB Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Preetz 8, Marcelinho 4-0 07/11/2002 R2 Hertha BSC Berlin - APOEL FC Berlin 13, Beinlich 61, agg: 5-0 Luizão 66 31/10/2002 R2 APOEL FC - Hertha BSC Berlin 0-1 Nicosia Karwan 90+2 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - APOEL 4-0 Augenthaler 47, 02/10/1990 R1 Munich FC agg: 7-2 Mihajlović 62, 88, 90 Gogić 5, Pantziaras APOEL FC - FC Bayern 19/09/1990 R1 2-3 Nicosia 78; Reuter 71, München McInally 87, Strunz 89 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers APOEL FC - Berliner FC 2-1 Chailis 40, Petrou 48; 01/10/1980 R1 Nicosia Dynamo agg: 2-4 Seier 86 Berliner FC Dynamo - APOEL Terletzki 51, Trieloff 17/09/1980 R1 3-0 Berlin FC 73, Schulz 85 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Danielsen 36, 54, 5-0 13/10/1965 PR SV Werder Bremen - APOEL FC Bremen Ferner 41, Höttges agg: 10-0 64, 83 (P) Matischak 14, 33, 06/10/1965 PR APOEL FC - SV Werder Bremen 0-5 Hamburg Podlich 32, Schulz 44, Zebrowski 78 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 APOEL FC 9 1 1 7 8 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 17 1 2 14 8 45 3 Borussia Dortmund - APOEL FC Wednesday 1 November 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit BVB Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund Match background After a draw in Cyprus that did little good to either Borussia Dortmund or APOEL FC's hopes of progressing from Group H, the teams meet again in Germany knowing time is fast running out to get back into contention. • The 1-1 draw in Nicosia at least got both sides off the mark after two defeats apiece, but with Real Madrid CF and Tottenham Hotspur FC six points ahead in the standings, nothing less than a win will do for either club at the BVB Stadion Dortmund. • Neither team will be able to finish in the top two if they lose this game. Match background Dortmund • This is Dortmund's first home match against opponents from Cyprus. • Dortmund, contesting the group stage for the 12th time and a sixth in seven years, have reached the knockout stage on their last four UEFA Champions League appearances. In 2016/17 they beat SL Benfica 4-1 on aggregate in the round of 16, subsequently losing 6-3 to Monaco over two legs (2-3 home, 1-3 away). • That home defeat by Monaco ended Dortmund's seven-match unbeaten home run in Europe (W5 D2); they were also beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid in Germany on matchday two. • Dortmund scooped seven points at home in last season's group stage, overcoming Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-0 and Legia Warszawa 8-4 – the latter providing the most goals in a UEFA Champions League match. • BVB have won only one of their last eight European games (D2 L5) and had lost four in a row prior to matchday three. APOEL • This is APOEL's ninth away match against German opponents. They have lost seven of those previous fixtures, including the last two. • The Cypriot side's sole win against a German club, home or away, came against Berliner FC Dynamo in the 1980/81 European Champion Clubs' Cup first round, when they won the second leg 2-1 in Nicosia. APOEL nevertheless bowed out, having gone down 3-0 in the first game in Berlin. • Furthermore, APOEL have avoided defeat in only three of their 16 matches against German teams; the Dortmund draw, that Berlin success and a 1-1 draw away to FC Schalke 04 in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup first round second leg (2-5 aggregate). • APOEL's last fixtures against a Bundesliga club also came against Schalke, in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League group stage (0-3 home, 0-1 away). • The Nicosia outfit have scored just two goals in away games with Bundesliga opposition, conceding 23. • APOEL have lost six of their last eight European away fixtures, succumbing 3-0 at Real Madrid on matchday one. APOEL have never won away in 12 UEFA Champions League matches, group stage to final, though they did draw five of their first six – before losing all of the next six. • APOEL have not won a game in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, since beating Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 in the round of 16 second leg on 7 March 2012. Their subsequent record is D2 L9. • 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 Real 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 Anderlecht 1-0 both home and away in the last 16. Coach and player links • Marc Bartra helped FC Barcelona to home (1-0) and away (4-0) victories against APOEL in the 2014/15 group stage. Carlão, Vinicius, Nuno Morais, Stathis Aloneftis and George Efrem played for the Cypriot club. • Nuri Şahin was in the Real Madrid side that beat APOEL in the 2011/12 quarter-finals. Nuno Morais and Nektarios Alexandrou represented the Cypriot team. • Sokratis Papastathopoulos plays alongside VfB Stuttgart's Anastasios Donis, son of APOEL coach Giorgos Donis, 4 Borussia Dortmund - APOEL FC Wednesday 1 November 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit BVB Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund for Greece. • Andriy Yarmolenko helped Ukraine to a 1-0 friendly win against Cyprus on 24 March 2016; Efrem and Antreas Makris played for the losing side. • Shinji Kagawa was in the Japan team that scalped Cyprus 1-0 on 27 May 2014, with Efrem and Giorgos Merkis featuring. • Have played in Germany: Boy Waterman (TSV Alemannia Aachen, 2011/12). Efstathios Aloneftis (FC Energie Cottbus 2007/08) Mikaël Poté (1. FC Dynamo Dresden, 2011–14). Igor de Camargo (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, 2010–13; TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 2013) • Have played together: Marco Reus & Igor de Camargo (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, 2010–12) Andriy Yarmolenko & Facundo Bertoglio (FC Dynamo Kyiv, 2011/12) Match facts Dortmund • Jeremy Toljan and Julian Weigl will incur a suspension with their next booking. • Dortmund advanced to the last 16 of the German Cup with a 5-0 win at third tier 1.