UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS GSP - Nicosia Thursday 2 November 2017 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Apollon Limassol FC Group E - Matchday 4 Atalanta BC 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 - Atalanta BC Thursday 2 November 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 Iličić 12, Petagna 64, Atalanta BC - Apollon Limassol 19/10/2017 GS 3-1 Reggio Emilia Freuler 66; Schembri FC 59 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 Atalanta BC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 Apollon Limassol FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Floccari 14, 37; 07/11/2013 GS SS Lazio - Apollon Limassol FC 2-1 Rome Papoulis 39 24/10/2013 GS Apollon Limassol FC - SS Lazio 0-0 Nicosia UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Špoljarić 12, Šćepović 30, Iosifides 81; Apollon Limassol FC - FC 3-3 03/11/1993 R2 Limassol Shalimov 6, Internazionale Milano agg: 3-4 Bergkamp 9, Fontolan 39 FC Internazionale Milano - 20/10/1993 R2 1-0 Milan Bergkamp 7 Apollon Limassol FC Atalanta BC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Atalanta BC have not played against a club from their opponents' country 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 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 5 9 Atalanta BC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 Apollon Limassol FC - Atalanta BC Thursday 2 November 2017 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Match background With seven points from their first three UEFA Europa League Group E fixtures, Atalanta are in a strong position to qualify – and could do so with two games to spare if they post a second victory in successive matchdays against Apollon Limassol. Should Atalanta collect three points and Everton fail to win away to Lyon, the Italian club will be certain of a top-two finish. Previous meetings • The teams came face to face for the first time on matchday three in Reggio Emilia, with Atalanta seeing off their Cypriot visitors 3-1 thanks to goals from Josip Iličić, Andrea Petagna and Remo Freuler; Maltese international André Schembri was on target for Apollon. • Apollon are yet to win in five matches against Serie A sides – three away defeats and two home draws. • No club from Cyprus has beaten Italian opposition in 23 UEFA competition fixtures. Form guide • Apollon have scored at least one goal in each of their last 11 European games (W4 D4 L3). • Atalanta have only ever won one away match in European competition – 1-0 against Fenerbahçe in the second round of the 1990/91 UEFA Cup. • Apollon competed in back-to-back UEFA Europa League group stages in 2013/14 and 2014/15, but have yet to make it to the round of 32. They finished third in Cyprus last season, also beating champions APOEL in the domestic cup final. • Fourth in Serie A last term, Atalanta are back in Europe for the first time since 1990/91, when they were eliminated by Internazionale in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Trivia and links • The journey from Bergamo to Nicosia, where Apollon are playing their European home games, is around 2,200km. • Apollon's Valentin Roberge became the first player to be sent off in this season's group stage when he was dismissed at Everton on matchday two. He remains suspended for this fixture. • Suspended for next match if booked: Andrea Masiello (Atalanta); Héctor Yuste (Apollon). The coaches • Sofronis Avgousti has coached home-town team Apollon since 2016, having previously served the club in three separate spells as a goalkeeper. The 11-times capped international was also on the books at AEK Larnaca, Aris Limassol and APOEL. • A one-time Juventus youth player, Atalanta boss Gian Piero Gasperini mostly played in Italy's lower divisions but worked his way up to the top tier as a coach, leading Inter, Genoa and Palermo before taking the job in Bergamo in 2016. 3 Apollon Limassol FC - Atalanta BC Thursday 2 November 2017 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Team facts Apollon Limassol Formed: 1954 Nickname: Thrylos (Legend) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2006) Cypriot Cup: 9 (2017) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: third qualifying round 2015/16: third qualifying round 2014/15: group stage 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 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0 twice, most recently v Trakai 16/07/15, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4 twice, most recently v Lokomotiv Moskva 28/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Apollon v Győr 23/09/67, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: Djurgården v Apollon 29/06/96, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage 8-0: Barcelona v Apollon 15/09/82, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0 twice, most recently v Trakai (see above) • Biggest away win 1-4 twice, most recently v Lokomotiv Moskva (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Apollon v 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 Praha v Apollon 19/09/84, first round first leg 5-0: Borussia Mönchengladbach v Apollon 23/10/14, group stage Atalanta BC Formed: 1907 4 Apollon Limassol FC - Atalanta BC Thursday 2 November 2017 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Nickname: La Dea (The Goddess) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Italian Cup: 1 (1963) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 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 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-1: Atalanta v Fenerbahçe 07/11/90, UEFA Cup second round second leg 3-0: Atalanta v Everton 14/09/17, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 0-1: Fenerbahçe v Atalanta 24/10/90, UEFA Cup second round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Atalanta v Sporting CP 14/10/63, European Cup preliminary round replay, played on neutral territory in Barcelona • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: Sporting CP v Atalanta 09/10/63, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg 2-0: Internazionale v Atalanta 20/03/91, UEFA Cup quarter-final second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-1: Atalanta v Fenerbahçe (see above) 3-0: Atalanta v Everton (see above) • Biggest away win 0-1: Fenerbahçe v Atalanta (see above) • Heaviest home defeat none • Heaviest away defeat 2-0: Internazionale v Atalanta (see above) 1-5: twice Austria Wien v AC Milan 5 Apollon Limassol FC - Atalanta BC Thursday 2 November 2017 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, 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 46 Tasos Kissas CYP 18/01/1988 29 - - - - - - - - - - - 83 Bruno Vale POR 08/04/1983 34 - 6 - 3 - 7 - 14 - 32 - Defenders 21 Jander BRA 08/07/1988 29 - 6 2 3 - 5 1 3 - 9 2 22 Valentin Roberge FRA 09/06/1987 30 S 6 - 2 - 7 1 7 1 17 1 27 Angelis Angelis CYP 31/05/1989 28 - - - - - 1 - 7 - 10 - 28 Marios Stylianou CYP 23/09/1993 24 - 3 - - - 2 - 6 - 16 - 44 Héctor Yuste ESP 12/01/1988 29 * 6 - 3 1 6 - 3 1 9 1 56 Leonidas Kyriakou CYP 24/02/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 88 Georgios Vasiliou CYP 12/06/1984 33 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 8 - 15 - Midfielders 5 Esteban Sachetti ESP 21/11/1985 31 - 5 - 3 - 7 - 3 - 15 - 9 Nicolás Martínez POR 25/09/1987 30 - - - 1 - 7 3 1 - 1 - 10 Alex BRA 15/08/1983 34 - 6 2 2 - 6 3 2 - 22 3 13 Constantinos Makridis CYP 13/01/1982 35 - - - - - - - 5 1 42 4 14 Allan BRA 03/03/1997 20 - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 17 João Pedro POR 04/05/1986 31 - 6 1 3 - 7 1 3 - 18 2 26 Fotis Papoulis GRE 22/01/1985 32 - - - - - 1 - 10 2 20 6 33 Giannis Hadjivasili CYP 26/04/1990 27 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 68 Andrei Pițian ROU 16/11/1995 21 - - - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 77 Adrián Sardinero ESP 13/10/1990 27 - 4 - 3 2 5 - 6 3 14 4 92 Antonio Jakoliš CRO 28/02/1992 25 - 4 - 3 - 6 1 6 - 17 1 95 Alef BRA 28/01/1995 22 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 3 - 6 - Forwards 11 Emilio Zelaya ITA 30/07/1987 30 - 5 1 3 - 6 3 3 - 8 1 30 André Schembri MLT 27/05/1986 31 - 6 4 3 1 6 1 3 1 25 9 52 Ioannis Pittas CYP 10/07/1996 21 - 3 1 - - 1 - - - 4 1 59 Evdoras Silvestros CYP 19/06/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 99 Anton Maglica CRO 11/11/1991 25 - 6 - 3 - 5 3 3 - 27 3 Coach - Sofronis Avgousti CYP 09/03/1977 40 - 5 - 3 - - - 3 - 8 - 6 Apollon Limassol FC - Atalanta BC Thursday 2 November 2017 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit GSP, Nicosia Atalanta BC Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.