MATCH PRESS KITS GSP - Nicosia Thursday 17 September 2015 21.05CET (22.05 Local Time) APOEL FC Group K - Matchday 1 FC Schalke 04 Last Updated 07/07/2016 21:07CET
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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS GSP - Nicosia Thursday 17 September 2015 21.05CET (22.05 local time) APOEL FC Group K - Matchday 1 FC Schalke 04 Last updated 07/07/2016 21:07CET 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 APOEL FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Previous meetings Head to Head 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 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA APOEL FC 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 FC Schalke 04 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 APOEL FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 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 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) 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 2 APOEL FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia 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 FC Schalke 04 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/2011 GS FC Schalke 04 - AEK Larnaca FC 0-0 Gelsenkirchen Holtby 22, Huntelaar 20/10/2011 GS AEK Larnaca FC - FC Schalke 04 0-5 Nicosia 34, 88, Matip 40, Draxler 87 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA APOEL FC 7 1 0 6 7 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 14 1 1 12 7 40 FC Schalke 04 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 10 2 3 APOEL FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Match background APOEL FC will look to avoid a second heavy home defeat against FC Schalke 04 as the sides come together in UEFA Europa League Group K almost seven years to the day since their last Nicosia encounter. Previous meetings • In their only previous meetings, Fred Rutten's Schalke beat Ivan Jovanović's APOEL 5-2 on aggregate in the first round of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup. • The teams for their meeting in Nicosia, a 4-1 Schalke win on 16 September 2008, were: APOEL: Morfis, Broerse, Haxhi, Christou, Nuno Morais, Poursaitides (Alexandrou 65), Charalambides, Kosowski (Onwuachi 83), Hélio Pinto, Kontis, Żewłakow (Mirosavljević 65). Schalke: Fährmann, Westermann, Kobiashvili, Bordon, Rakitić, Asamoah (Halil Altıntop 74), Farfán, Rafinha, Krstajić (Höwedes 60), Vicente Sánchez (Løvenkrands 82), Engelaar. • APOEL have won just one of their 14 meetings with German clubs: W1 D1 L12 (W1 D0 L6 as the home team – W0 D1 L6 as the away team). • Schalke are unbeaten in four games against Cypriot sides: W2 D2 L0 (W0 D2 L0 at home – W2 D0 L0 in Cyprus). They have scored nine goals in their two games on the island. Form guide • APOEL are without a win in six European home games (D3 L3) having scored just twice during that run. • Schalke have won their last two European away games, most notably prevailing 4-3 at Real Madrid CF in their last continental outing, in last season's UEFA Champions League round of 16. • APOEL failed to make it through this group stage on their only previous appearance in 2013/14. • Schalke have made it to the round of 32 in two of their previous three UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. They won the competition in 1997, beating FC Internazionale Milano on penalties in the two-legged final. Trivia and links • The journey from Gelsenkirchen to Nicosia is not far off 2,800km. • APOEL's Constantinos Charalambides (FC Carl Zeiss Jena) and Boy Waterman (TSV Alemannia Aachen) have German league experience. • APOEL are one of ten domestic champions in this season's group stage, 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 • Hired as APOEL coach this summer, Temuri Ketsbaia travelled widely as a midfielder, and scored 17 goals in 49 international appearances for Georgia. Having coached Anorthosis Famagusta FC and Olympiacos FC, he was in charge of Georgia from 2009-14. • André Breitenreiter took over at FC Schalke 04, having led SC Paderborn 07 to promotion in 2013/14, and then steered them momentarily to the top of the Bundesliga. An attacking midfielder, he started his career with Hannover 96 and Hamburger SV but spent the bulk of his playing days in the lower leagues. 4 APOEL FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Team facts 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 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 5 APOEL FC - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia FC Schalke 04 Formed: 1904 Nickname: S04, Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues), Die Knappen (The Miners) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: 1997 • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 7 (1958) German Cup: 5 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2012/13: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2011/12: quarter-finals 2010/11: UEFA Champions League semi-finals 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2006/07: first round 2005/06: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Schalke v HJK Helsinki 25/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg 5-0: Schalke v FK Vardar 17/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: AEK Larnaca FC v Schalke 20/10/11, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: Schalke v Real Madrid CF 26/02/14, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg 0-5: Schalke v Chelsea FC 25/11/14, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Manchester City FC v Schalke 15/04/70, European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final second leg 4-0: Club Atlético de Madrid v Schalke 27/08/08, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Schalke v HJK Helsinki (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: AEK Larnaca FC v Schalke (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Schalke v Wisła Kraków 10/12/02, third round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-2: 1.