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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS GSP Stadium - Nicosia Thursday 18 September 2014 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Apollon Limassol FC Group A - Matchday 1 FC Zürich Last updated 09/06/2015 12:56CET 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 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Apollon Limassol FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Marin 90, Orlando 100 2-3 ET; Krcmarevic 47, 27/09/1994 R1 FC Sion - Apollon Limassol FC Sion agg 5-4 (aet) Špoljarić 67, Šćepović 76 Krcmarevic 36; 13/09/1994 R1 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Sion 1-3 Limassol Bonvin 61, Marin 82, 85 FC Zürich - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Michailovic 44, Anorthosis Famagusta FC - FC 2-3 Krcmarevic 72; 29/09/1998 R1 Larnaca Zürich agg: 2-7 Sant'anna 12, Bartlett 38, 63 Nixon 35, Hodel 58, FC Zürich - Anorthosis 15/09/1998 R1 4-0 Zurich Bartlett 68, Chassot Famagusta FC 80 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 29/09/1982 R1 FC Zürich - Pezoporikos FC Zurich Lüdi 69 agg: 3-2 Theophanous 24, 15/09/1982 R1 Pezoporikos FC - FC Zürich 2-2 Larnaca Vernon 35; Seiler 40, Jerković 50 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Apollon Limassol FC 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 5 FC Zürich 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Match background Apollon Limassol FC are embarking on a second successive UEFA Europa League group stage campaign and will be eager to end a barren spell at home as FC Zürich return to Cyprus. Form guide • Apollon's only previous home game against Swiss opponents ended in defeat, while Zürich are unbeaten (W1 D1) in two visits to Cyprus. • Apollon made it through the play-offs with a sensational 4-1 win at FC Lokomotiv Moskva, but are without a win in four European home games (D2 L2), including all three of their previous UEFA Europa League group stage home fixtures. • Zürich's 3-1 win at FC Spartak Trnava in the play-offs ended an eight-game wait for a European away win (D2 L6); they had not prevailed on the road since beating AC Milan 1-0 at San Siro in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League group stage. Trivia and links • Apollon goalkeeper Isli Hidi could come up against fellow Albanian internationals Armando Sadiku and Burim Kukeli, who are both on the books at Zürich. • Having made their debut last season, Apollon are the first Cypriot side to have reached the UEFA Europa League group stage for a second time. • Apollon's Ivorian forward Guie Gneki Abraham twice faced Zürich during a 2012/13 loan spell at FC Lausanne- Sport; his side lost both games 2-0. • The clubs have old friends in common. Austrian coach Rolf Fringer was in charge of Apollon in 2004 and Zürich in 2012, while another former Zürich coach – Kurt Jara – was in charge of Apollon's domestic rivals APOEL FC from 1997 to 1998. The coaches • Appointed in March 2013, Christakis Christoforou guided Apollon to Cypriot Cup glory in 2012/13, and is the first coach to have led the men's and women's branches of the same club in UEFA competition. The former defender steered Apollon's women's side to five successive domestic doubles, and to the UEFA Women's Champions League round of 32 three times. • Not to be confused with the famous Swiss referee with whom he shares a name, Zürich coach Urs Meier was a defender for the likes of FC Schaffhausen, AC Bellinzona and Grasshopper Club before moving into coaching. Briefly in charge of the Liechtenstein national team, he took charge of his hometown club in 2012, having thrived at the helm of their youth team. 3 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Team facts Apollon Limassol FC Formed: 1954 Nickname: Thrylos (Legend) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2006) Cypriot Cup: 7 (2013) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: group stage 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: third qualifying round 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: UEFA Champions League first qualifying round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Apollon v Vác FC 29/09/93, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-4 twice, most recently v FC Lokomotiv Moskva 28/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Apollon v Győri ETO FC 23/09/67, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: Djurgårdens IF v Apollon 29/06/96, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage 8-0: FC Barcelona v Apollon 15/09/82, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Apollon v Vác FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-4 twice, most recently v FC Lokomotiv Moskva (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Apollon v AFC Ajax 27/09/01, first round second leg 0-3: Apollon v Real Zaragoza 14/09/89, first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Bohemians 1905 v Apollon 19/09/84, first round first leg FC Zürich Formed: 1896 Nickname: Der Stadtclub (The City Club) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) 4 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 12 (2009) Swiss Cup: 8 (2014) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: third qualifying round 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage 2008/09: first round 2007/08: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2005/06: first round 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Zürich v NK Brotnjo 22/06/02, UEFA Intertoto Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-7: KA Akureyri v Zürich 22/09/70, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Zürich v Bayer 04 Leverkusen 19/12/07, UEFA Cup group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Real Madrid CF v Zürich 07/05/64, European Champion Clubs' Cup semi-final second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Zürich v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 13/08/98, second qualifying round first leg 4-0: Zürich v Anorthosis Famagusta FC 15/09/98, first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Sliema Wanderers FC v Zürich 12/08/99, qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Zürich v Bayer 04 Leverkusen (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: 1. FC Kaiserslautern v Zürich 03/10/79, first round second leg 4-0: SL Benfica v Zürich 08/12/82, third round second leg 5 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Squad list Apollon Limassol FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 23 Isli Hidi ALB 15/10/1980 33 - - - - - - - 2 - 17 - 31 Michalis Fani CYP 04/02/1981 33 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 44 Takis Panagiotou CYP 30/04/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 83 Bruno Vale POR 08/04/1983 31 - 2 - - - - - 4 - 10 - Defenders 2 Dustley Mulder NED 27/01/1985 29 - 1 - - - - - 6 - 18 - 16 Giorgos Merkis CYP 30/07/1984 30 - 2 - - - - - 6 - 12 - 20 Bertrand Robert FRA 16/11/1983 30 - 2 - - - - - 3 - 14 1 27 Angelis Angelis CYP 31/05/1989 25 - 1 - - - - - 2 - 3 - 28 Marios Stylianou CYP 23/09/1993 20 - 2 - - - - - 3 - 5 - 45 Renos Christodoulou CYP 05/09/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 47 Christos Antoniou CYP 11/07/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 50 João Paulo POR 06/06/1981 33 - 2 - - - - - 2 - 22 1 88 Georgios Vasiliou CYP 12/06/1984 30 - 1 - - - - - 5 - 8 - Midfielders 6 Marcos Gullón ESP 20/02/1989 25 - 2 - - - - - 7 - 12 - 8 Nicolae Grigore ROU 19/07/1983 31 - - - - - - - 15 - 26 3 14 Camel Meriem FRA 18/10/1979 34 - 2 - - - - - 25 2 34 2 17 Hugo Lopez ESP 15/05/1988 26 - 1 1 - - - - - - 1 1 41 Alastair David Reynolds SCO 02/09/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Christos Wheeler CYP 29/06/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 48 Charis Kyriakou CYP 09/02/1995 19 - - - - - - - 2 - 4 - 56 Rachid Hamdani FRA 08/04/1985 29 - 2 - - - - - 4 - 8 - 70 Farley BRA 14/01/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 97 Andreas Fragkou CYP 19/01/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Thuram BRA 01/02/1991 23 - 2 1 - - - - - - 2 1 10 Gaston Sangoy ARG 05/10/1984 29 - 1 - - - - - 6 3 9 5 11 Jan Rezek CZE 05/05/1982 32 - 2 1 - - - - 9 2 28 6 19 Guie Gneki Abraham CIV 25/07/1986 28 - 1 1 - - - - 2 1 14 6 26 Fotis Papoulis GRE 22/01/1985 29 - 2 1 - - - - 5 1 9 2 77 Fabrice CMR 12/05/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - 2 - Coach - Christos Christoforou CYP 26/01/1964 50 - 1 - 1 - - - 3 - 4 - FC Zürich Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.