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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)

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• 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. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls

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FC Zürich Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA Goalkeepers 1 David Da Costa SUI 19/04/1986 28 - 2 ------9 - 31 Andres Malloth SUI 27/11/1992 21 ------32 Anthony Favre SUI 01/02/1984 30 ------5 - 11 - Defenders 4 Raphael Koch SUI 20/01/1990 24 ------3 - 8 - 5 Berat Djimsiti SUI 19/02/1993 21 - 2 ------4 - 13 Alain Nef SUI 06/02/1982 32 ------15 - 33 - 16 Philippe Koch SUI 08/02/1991 23 - 2 - - - - - 5 - 21 - 19 Armin Alesevic SUI 06/03/1994 20 ------25 Ivan Kecojević MNE 10/04/1988 26 - 2 ------6 1 26 Cédric Brunner SUI 17/02/1994 20 ------30 Nico Elvedi SUI 30/09/1996 17 ------Midfielders 10 Davide Chiumento SUI 22/11/1984 29 - 2 ------5 1 15 Oliver Buff SUI 03/08/1992 22 - 2 - - - - - 3 1 9 1 17 Yassine Chikhaoui TUN 22/09/1986 27 - 2 1 - - - - 13 - 17 1 18 Avraham Rikan ISR 10/09/1988 26 - 2 ------4 - 20 Burim Kukeli ALB 16/01/1984 30 ------2 - 21 Mike Kleiber SUI 04/02/1993 21 ------22 Asmir Kajević MNE 15/02/1990 24 ------24 Maurice Brunner SUI 29/01/1991 23 - 1 ------2 - 27 Marco Schönbächler SUI 11/01/1990 24 - 2 - - - - - 6 - 14 - 34 Francisco Rodriguez SUI 14/09/1995 19 - 1 ------1 - 37 Gilles Yapi CIV 30/01/1982 32 - 2 - - - - - 3 - 27 3 Forwards 7 Mario Gavranović SUI 24/11/1989 24 ------4 1 9 Amine Chermiti TUN 26/12/1987 26 - 2 3 - - - - 6 - 15 4 11 Armando Sadiku ALB 27/05/1991 23 ------14 Franck Etoundi CMR 30/08/1990 24 - 2 ------4 - 23 Patrick Rossini SUI 02/04/1988 26 - 1 ------1 - 33 Dimitri Oberlin SUI 27/09/1997 16 ------Coach - Urs Meier SUI 07/07/1961 53 - 2 - 1 - - - 1 - 5 -

7 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Fixtures and results

Apollon Limassol FC Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 21/08/2014 UEL FC Lokomotiv Moskva (H) D 1-1 Abraham 80 24/08/2014 League AEK Larnaca FC (H) L 2-5 Robert 40, Papoulis 45 Rezek 20, Papoulis 51, Thuram 78, Lopez 28/08/2014 UEL FC Lokomotiv Moskva (A) W 4-1 84 01/09/2014 League Ermis Aradippou FC (A) W 3-1 Thuram 11, Rezek 53, Meriem 76 13/09/2014 League Ayia Napa FC (H) W 1-0 Sangoy 28 (P) 18/09/2014 UEL FC Zürich (H) 20/09/2014 League AEL Limassol FC (A) 27/09/2014 League Othellos Athienou FC (H) 02/10/2014 UEL Villarreal CF (A) Nea Salamis Famagusta FC 04/10/2014 League (A) VfL Borussia 23/10/2014 UEL Mönchengladbach (A) 25/10/2014 League Ethnikos Achnas FC (H) 01/11/2014 League Doxa Katokopia FC (A) VfL Borussia 06/11/2014 UEL Mönchengladbach (H) 08/11/2014 League AC Omonia (H) 22/11/2014 League APOEL FC (H) 27/11/2014 UEL FC Zürich (A) 29/11/2014 League Anorthosis Famagusta FC (A) 06/12/2014 League AEK Larnaca FC (A) 11/12/2014 UEL Villarreal CF (H) 13/12/2014 League Ermis Aradippou FC (H) 20/12/2014 League Ayia Napa FC (A) 03/01/2015 League AEL Limassol FC (H) 10/01/2015 League Othellos Athienou FC (A) Nea Salamis Famagusta FC 17/01/2015 League (H) 24/01/2015 League Ethnikos Achnas FC (A) 31/01/2015 League Doxa Katokopia FC (H) 07/02/2015 League AC Omonia (A) 14/02/2015 League APOEL FC (A) 21/02/2015 League Anorthosis Famagusta FC (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 AEL Limassol FC 3 2 1 0 8 2 7 2 APOEL FC 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 3 Apollon Limassol FC 3 2 0 1 6 6 6 4 Ethnikos Achnas FC 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 5 AC Omonia 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 6 Nea Salamis Famagusta FC 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 7 AEK Larnaca FC 3 1 0 2 6 6 3

8 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 8 Anorthosis Famagusta FC 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 9 Ermis Aradippou FC 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 10 Othellos Athienou FC 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 11 Ayia Napa FC 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 12 Doxa Katokopia FC 3 0 1 2 2 8 1

FC Zürich Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 20/07/2014 League Grasshopper Club (H) W 1-0 Chiumento 59 23/07/2014 League FC Thun (H) W 2-1 Chikhaoui 31, 62 Chiumento 21, Rodriguez 23, Chikhaoui 27/07/2014 League FC Vaduz (A) W 4-1 51, Chermiti 66 (P) 03/08/2014 League BSC Young Boys (H) W 2-1 Chiumento 58, Chermiti 74 (P) 09/08/2014 League FC Basel 1893 (A) L 1-4 Chermiti 55 16/08/2014 League FC Luzern (A) D 1-1 Kecojević 39 21/08/2014 UEL FC Spartak Trnava (A) W 3-1 Chermiti 4, 45+2, 58 Etoundi 14 (P), 17, 36, Brunner 24, 59, 81, 24/08/2014 Cup FC Schönbühl (A) W 7-0 Kleiber 47 28/08/2014 UEL FC Spartak Trnava (H) D 1-1 Chikhaoui 48 31/08/2014 League FC St Gallen (A) W 2-0 Rikan 77, Etoundi 79 Chiumento 19, 53, Djimsiti 62, Chermiti 14/09/2014 League FC Sion (H) W 4-1 90+2 18/09/2014 UEL Apollon Limassol FC (A) 21/09/2014 Cup Black Stars Basel (A) 24/09/2014 League FC Aarau (H) 28/09/2014 League BSC Young Boys (A) VfL Borussia 02/10/2014 UEL Mönchengladbach (H) 04/10/2014 League FC Vaduz (H) 18/10/2014 League Grasshopper Club (A) 23/10/2014 UEL Villarreal CF (A) 25/10/2014 League FC St Gallen (H) 01/11/2014 League FC Luzern (H) 06/11/2014 UEL Villarreal CF (H) 08/11/2014 League FC Aarau (A) 22/11/2014 League FC Sion (A) 27/11/2014 UEL Apollon Limassol FC (H) 29/11/2014 League FC Basel 1893 (H) 06/12/2014 League FC Thun (A) VfL Borussia 11/12/2014 UEL Mönchengladbach (A) 07/02/2015 League FC St Gallen (A) 14/02/2015 League FC Thun (H) 21/02/2015 League Grasshopper Club (A) 28/02/2015 League FC Aarau (H) 07/03/2015 League FC Vaduz (A)

9 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia

FC Zürich 14/03/2015 League FC Sion (H) 21/03/2015 League BSC Young Boys (A) 04/04/2015 League FC Luzern (H) 11/04/2015 League FC Basel 1893 (A) 18/04/2015 League FC St Gallen (H) 25/04/2015 League FC Aarau (A) 28/04/2015 League FC Sion (A) 02/05/2015 League BSC Young Boys (H) 09/05/2015 League FC Basel 1893 (H) 16/05/2015 League FC Thun (A) 20/05/2015 League FC Vaduz (H) 31/05/2015 League FC Luzern (A) 07/06/2015 League Grasshopper Club (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Zürich 8 6 1 1 17 9 19 2 FC Basel 1893 8 6 0 2 19 12 18 3 FC Thun 8 4 1 3 14 12 13 4 BSC Young Boys 8 3 3 2 15 11 12 5 FC Aarau 8 2 4 2 10 10 10 6 FC St Gallen 8 2 3 3 11 13 9 7 Grasshopper Club 8 2 2 4 8 12 8 8 FC Sion 8 2 2 4 7 11 8 9 FC Vaduz 8 1 3 4 6 12 6 10 FC Luzern 8 0 5 3 8 13 5

10 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Match-by-match lineups Apollon Limassol FC

UEFA Europa League - Play-off (21/08/2014) Apollon Limassol FC 1-1 FC Lokomotiv Moskva Goals: 0-1 Kasaev 39, 1-1 Abraham 80 Apollon Limassol FC: Bruno Vale, Gullón, Meriem (69 Rezek), Merkis, Abraham, Robert, Papoulis, Stylianou (70 Mulder), João Paulo, Hamdani, Vasiliou (79 Thuram) (28/08/2014) FC Lokomotiv Moskva 1-4 Apollon Limassol FC (agg: 2-5) Goals: 0-1 Rezek 20, 0-2 Papoulis 51, 0-3 Thuram 78, 0-4 Lopez 84, 1-4 Pavlyuchenko 85 Apollon Limassol FC: Bruno Vale, Gullón (87 A. Charalambous), Sangoy, Rezek, Meriem (64 Thuram), Merkis, Robert, Papoulis (81 Lopez), Stylianou, João Paulo, Hamdani

Group stage Group A Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Apollon Limassol FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Zürich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Villarreal CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (18/09/2014) Apollon Limassol FC-FC Zürich Matchday 2 (02/10/2014) Villarreal CF-Apollon Limassol FC Matchday 3 (23/10/2014) VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach-Apollon Limassol FC Matchday 4 (06/11/2014) Apollon Limassol FC-VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Matchday 5 (27/11/2014) FC Zürich-Apollon Limassol FC Matchday 6 (11/12/2014) Apollon Limassol FC-Villarreal CF FC Zürich

UEFA Europa League - Play-off (21/08/2014) FC Spartak Trnava 1-3 FC Zürich Goals: 0-1 Chermiti 4, 1-1 Vlasko 14 (P) , 1-2 Chermiti 45+2, 1-3 Chermiti 58 FC Zürich: Da Costa, Djimsiti, Chermiti (73 Etoundi), Chiumento, Buff, P. Koch, Chikhaoui, Rikan (83 Rossini), Kecojević, Schönbächler, Yapi (28/08/2014) FC Zürich 1-1 FC Spartak Trnava (agg: 4-2) Goals: 1-0 Chikhaoui 48, 1-1 Špalek 90+2 FC Zürich: Da Costa, Djimsiti, Chermiti, Chiumento, Buff (78 Rodriguez), P. Koch, Chikhaoui (69 Etoundi), Rikan, Kecojević, Schönbächler (82 Brunner), Yapi

Group stage

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Matchday 1 (18/09/2014) Apollon Limassol FC-FC Zürich Matchday 2 (02/10/2014) FC Zürich-VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Matchday 3 (23/10/2014) Villarreal CF-FC Zürich Matchday 4 (06/11/2014) FC Zürich-Villarreal CF Matchday 5 (27/11/2014) FC Zürich-Apollon Limassol FC Matchday 6 (11/12/2014) VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach-FC Zürich

12 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Match officials

Referee Lee Evans (WAL) Assistant referees Philip Thomas (WAL) , Gareth Wyn Jones (WAL) Additional assistant referees Mark Whitby (WAL) , Nick Pratt (WAL) Fourth official John Bryn Roberts (WAL) UEFA Delegate Orkhan Huseynzade (AZE) UEFA Referee observer Marian Ruzbarsky (SVK)

Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Lee Evans 13/10/1975 20 43

Simon Evans Referee since: 1990 First division: 2004 FIFA badge: 2007

Tournaments: N/A

Finals N/A

UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 29/07/2010 UEL 3QR APOEL FC FK Jablonec 1-0 Nicosia 16/09/2010 UEL GS FC Lausanne-Sport PFC CSKA Moskva 0-3 Lausanne 02/08/2012 UEL 3QR Servette FC Rosenborg BK 1-1 Geneva

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 29/07/2010 UEL 3QR APOEL FC FK Jablonec 1-0 Nicosia 16/09/2010 UEL GS FC Lausanne-Sport PFC CSKA Moskva 0-3 Lausanne 02/08/2012 UEL 3QR Servette FC Rosenborg BK 1-1 Geneva

13 Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich Thursday 18 September 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.