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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 2-3) GSP - Nicosia Thursday 23 February 2017 APOEL FC 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Athletic Club Round of 32, Second leg Last updated 28/02/2017 13:22CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 APOEL FC - Athletic Club Thursday 23 February 2017 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Merkis 38 (og), Aritz Aduriz 61, Williams 16/02/2017 R32 Athletic Club - APOEL FC 3-2 Bilbao 72; Efrem 36, Gianniotas 89 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA APOEL FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 Athletic Club 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 APOEL FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Luis Suárez 27, Messi 25/11/2014 GS APOEL FC - FC Barcelona 0-4 Nicosia 38, 58, 87 17/09/2014 GS FC Barcelona - APOEL FC 1-0 Barcelona Piqué 28 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ronaldo 26, 75, Kaká 5-2 37, Callejón 80, Di 04/04/2012 QF Real Madrid CF - APOEL FC Madrid agg: 8-2 María 84; Manduca 67, Solari 82 (P) Benzema 74, 90, 27/03/2012 QF APOEL FC - Real Madrid CF 0-3 Nicosia Kaká 82 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Aílton 41; Cata Díaz 26/08/2010 PO APOEL FC - Getafe CF Nicosia agg 1-2 (aet) 98 ET 19/08/2010 PO Getafe CF - APOEL FC 1-0 Getafe Parejo 43 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers APOEL FC - Club Atlético de Mirosavljević 5; Simão 25/11/2009 GS 1-1 Nicosia Madrid 62 Club Atlético de Madrid - APOEL 15/09/2009 GS 0-0 Madrid FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Eto'o 30, 62, 67, 4-2 Palma de 15/10/2003 R1 RCD Mallorca - APOEL FC Correa 89; Okkarides agg: 6-3 Mallorca 10, Amanatidis 90 2 APOEL FC - Athletic Club Thursday 23 February 2017 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia UEFA Cup Papandreou 46; Toni 24/09/2003 R1 APOEL FC - RCD Mallorca 1-2 Nicosia González 22, Bruggink 54 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 24/09/1996 R1 RCD Espanyol - APOEL FC Barcelona Cristóbal 64 agg: 3-2 Alexandrou 26, 10/09/1996 R1 APOEL FC - RCD Espanyol 2-2 Nicosia Sotiriou 54; Benítez 30, Ouédec 43 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bebeto 17, 22, 45, RC Deportivo La Coruña - 8-0 Radchenko 26, 68, 28/09/1995 R1 La Coruna APOEL FC agg: 8-0 Begiristain 43, Donato 61, Aldana 80 APOEL FC - RC Deportivo La 14/09/1995 R1 0-0 Nicosia Coruña Athletic Club - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Guerrero 16, Athletic Club - Anorthosis 3-0 27/09/1994 R1 Bilbao Goikoetxea 22, Famagusta FC agg: 3-2 Andrinúa 88 Anorthosis Famagusta FC - 13/09/1994 R1 2-0 Larnaca Gogić 7, Pounas 42 Athletic Club 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 0 4 3 8 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 15 0 5 10 11 36 Athletic Club 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 APOEL FC - Athletic Club Thursday 23 February 2017 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Match background Given hope by Yannis Gianniotas's late goal in Bilbao, APOEL will fancy their chances of recording their first victory against a Spanish team when Athletic Club travel to Cyprus in the UEFA Europa League round of 32. • Gianniotas's 89th-minute strike at the Estadio de San Mamés left APOEL, who took the lead through George Efrem, needing to overturn a 3-2 deficit in the second leg. Previous meetings • The clubs met for the first time in the first leg. • APOEL are yet to win in 15 encounters with Spanish opposition (W0 D5 L10 – D4 L3 at home). • In their only previous tie against a Cypriot side, Athletic (featuring current coach Ernesto Valverde as a player) lost 2- 0 away to Anorthosis Famagusta in the 1994/95 UEFA Cup first round but rallied to win the return leg 3-0 as their visitors ended the game with nine men. Form guide • APOEL are unbeaten in six European home games this season (W5 D1). They set a new club (and national) record by accruing 12 points in this season's group stage; their previous best was nine, collected in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League. • Athletic are without a win in three European away games (D1 L2). • UEFA Champions League quarter-finalists in 2011/12, APOEL have made it to the spring phase of the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League for the first time. • Losing finalists in this competition in 1977 and 2012, Athletic defeated Marseille in last season's round of 32, eventually succumbing to eventual winners Sevilla on penalties in the quarter-finals. Links and trivia • The journey from Bilbao to Nicosia is around 3,200km. • Athletic's Aritz Aduriz is second, one behind eight-goal Edin Džeko, in the 2016/17 scorers' chart. Aduriz became the UEFA Europa League's third top marksman, behind Radamel Falcao and Óscar Cardozo, when he struck his 18th competition goal in the first leg against APOEL. • Aduriz was also the leading scorer in last season's edition with ten, breaking Alan Shearer's record to become the oldest top marksman in any edition of the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League – he was aged 35 years and 97 days on the day of the final. • Aduriz is now seven clear of Fernando Llorente as Athletic's all-time European top scorer, with 23 goals. • APOEL boast Spanish talent in the form of goalkeeper Urko Pardo, defenders Roberto Lago and Iñaki Astiz and midfielder Andrea Orlandi. • Pardo played under Athletic boss Ernesto Valverde at Olympiacos (2010–11). The coaches • APOEL's Danish-born coach Thomas Christiansen was once a trainee at Barcelona, playing in their 1992 UEFA Super Cup success, and also scored once in two appearances for Spain. He joined APOEL this summer after two promising seasons as AEK Larnaca boss. • Valverde took charge of Athletic for a second time in June 2013, having led his old club from 2003 to 2005. The former forward later steered Espanyol to the 2007 UEFA Cup final, landed three Greek titles with Olympiacos and coached Villarreal and Valencia. Penalty shoot-outs • APOEL won their only previous UEFA penalty shoot-out: W 4-3 H v Lyon (2011/12 UEFA Champions League round of 16) • Athletic have lost both of their two previous UEFA competition penalty shoot-outs: L 5-3 H CFR Cluj (2005 Intertoto Cup second round) L 5-4 A Sevilla (2015/16 UEFA Europa League quarter-final) L 5-3 H v CFR Cluj (2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup second round) 4 APOEL FC - Athletic Club Thursday 23 February 2017 - 19.00CET (20.00 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: 25 (2016) Cypriot Cup: 21 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 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 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: 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 CP 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 28/07/05, first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: B71 Sandur v APOEL (see above) 0-4: Murata v APOEL (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: APOEL v Velež 05/10/88, first round second leg 1-4: APOEL v Schalke 16/09/08, first round first leg 0-3 twice, most recently v Schalke 17/09/15, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 twice, most recently v Hertha Berlin 07/11/02, second round second leg 5 APOEL FC - Athletic Club Thursday 23 February 2017 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Athletic Club Formed: 1898 Nickname: Los Leones (The Lions) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: (1977), (2012) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 8 (1984) Spanish Cup: 23 (1984) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: quarter-finals 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: runners-up 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: round of 32 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 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Athletic v HJK Helsinki 23/08/12, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Biggest away win 1-7: Standard Liège v Athletic 16/12/04, UEFA Cup