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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis - Tripoli Arkadia Thursday 5 November 2015 Asteras Tripolis FC 21.05CET (22.05 local time) APOEL FC Group K - Matchday 4 Last updated 15/12/2015 19:05CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 Asteras Tripolis FC - APOEL FC Thursday 5 November 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 Cavenaghi 45+9 (P), 22/10/2015 GS APOEL FC - Asteras Tripolis FC 2-1 Nicosia Carlão 59; Lluy 8 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 1 2 APOEL FC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 Asteras Tripolis FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Asteras Tripolis FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country APOEL FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 28/08/2002 QR3 AEK Athens FC - APOEL FC Athens Wright 58 agg: 4-2 Ouzounidis 23, Malekos 90 (P); 13/08/2002 QR3 APOEL FC - AEK Athens FC 2-3 Nicosia Borbokis 44, 47, Nikolaidis 90+3 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Alexandrou 5, Sotiriou 20/08/1996 QR APOEL FC - Iraklis FC Nicosia agg: 3-1 86; Borbokis 90 06/08/1996 QR Iraklis FC - APOEL FC 0-1 Salonika Sotiriou 73 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gogić 77, Fasouliotis 2-2 30/09/1992 R1 APOEL FC - AEK Athens FC Nicosia 85; Sabanadzovic 31, agg: 3-3 ag Dimitriadis 71 Alexandris 42; 16/09/1992 R1 AEK Athens FC - APOEL FC 1-1 Athens Hadjiloucas 75 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 29/09/1976 R1 APOEL FC - Iraklis FC Nicosia Marcou 17, 40 agg: 2-0 15/09/1976 R1 Iraklis FC - APOEL FC 0-0 Thessalonica 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 1 2 2 Asteras Tripolis FC - APOEL FC Thursday 5 November 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA APOEL FC 5 3 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 4 3 2 12 9 3 Asteras Tripolis FC - APOEL FC Thursday 5 November 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia Match background Defeat would spell almost certain elimination for Asteras Tripolis FC, while APOEL FC are keen to keep pace with the top two in UEFA Europa League Group K. Previous meetings • APOEL came from behind to beat Asteras 2-1 in Nicosia on matchday three, Carlão getting the winner as his side ended a seven-game wait for a European home victory. It was Asteras's first encounter with Cypriot opponents. • APOEL's nine UEFA games against Greek sides have ended W4 D3 L2 (W1 D2 L1 in Greece). • Greek teams have won half of the nations' clubs' 28 UEFA meetings – W14 D6 L8. Form guide • Asteras are without a victory in seven European games (D3 L4) since a 2-0 home success against FK Partizan in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage. • APOEL have yet to win in 13 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League group stage away games (D6 L7). They have lost their most recent six of those fixtures and have not scored in the most recent five. • Asteras failed to get through to the round of 32 on their maiden group stage tilt last term. • APOEL did not survive the group stage on their one previous appearance, in 2013/14. Trivia and links • The journey from Nicosia to Tripolis is around 1,000km. • APOEL's Spanish defender Iñaki Astiz turns 32 on the day of the game. • Several APOEL players have played for Greek clubs: Tomás De Vincenti (PAS Giannina, Kalamata FC, Olympiacos FC), Constantinos Charalambidis (Panathinaikos FC, PAOK FC), Nektarios Alexandrou (Larissa FC), Stathis Aloneftis (Larissa FC) and Urko Pardo (Iraklis FC, Olympiacos FC). • APOEL are one of ten sides in the group stage who qualified for Europe this season as domestic champions, along with KF Skenderbëu (Albania), Qarabağ FK (Azerbaijan), FC Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic), FC Midtjylland (Denmark), KKS Lech Poznań (Poland), FK Partizan (Serbia), Celtic FC (Scotland), Molde FK (Norway) and FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland). The coaches • After a serious knee injury cut short his playing career, Staikos Vergetis dedicated himself to coaching, coming to Asteras as a youth specialist in 2006. He worked in various capacities, under 11 coaches, before finally being given the senior job in October 2013. • Hired as APOEL coach this summer, Temuri Ketsbaia travelled widely as a midfielder and scored 17 goals in 49 appearances for Georgia. Having coached Anorthosis Famagusta FC and Olympiacos, he was in charge of Georgia from 2009–14. 4 Asteras Tripolis FC - APOEL FC Thursday 5 November 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: Asteras v FK Partizan 02/10/14, UEFA Europa League group stage 2-0: Asteras v Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 21/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • 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: Asteras v FK Partizan (see above) 2-0: Asteras v Maccabi Tel-Aviv 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) 5 Asteras Tripolis FC - APOEL FC Thursday 5 November 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, Tripoli Arkadia APOEL FC Formed: 1926 Nickname: Thrylos (The Legend) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 24 (2015) Cypriot Cup: 21 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: UEFA Champions League group stage 2013/14: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage 2008/09: first round 2007/08: UEFA Champions League first qualifying round 2006/07: second qualifying round 2005/06: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: twice, most recently v HB Tórshavn 28/08/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: B71 Sandur v APOEL 17/07/96, UEFA Cup preliminary round first leg 0-4: SS Murata v APOEL 27/07/06, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: APOEL v Werder Bremen (match played in Hamburg) 06/10/65, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 16-1: Sporting Clube de Portugal v APOEL 13/11/63, European Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: APOEL v Birkirkara FC 28/07/05, first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: B71 Sandur v APOEL (see above) 0-4: SS Murata v APOEL (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: APOEL v FK Velež 05/10/88, first round second leg 1-4: APOEL v FC Schalke 04 16/09/08, first round first leg 0-3: APOEL v FC Schalke 04 17/09/15, group stage 0-3: APOEL v Eintracht Frankfurt 03/10/13, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 twice, most recently v Hertha BSC Berlin 07/11/02, second round second leg 6 Asteras Tripolis FC - APOEL FC Thursday 5 November 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.