UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS GSP Stadium - Nicosia Thursday 3 October 2013 21.05CET (22.05 local time) APOEL FC Group F - Matchday 2 Eintracht Frankfurt Last updated 16/10/2013 10:28CET 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 16 1 APOEL FC - Eintracht Frankfurt Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams APOEL FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 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 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 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) 2 APOEL FC - Eintracht Frankfurt Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia European Champions Clubs' Cup Matischak 14, 33, 06/10/1965 PR APOEL FC - SV Werder Bremen 0-5 Hamburg Podlich 32, Schulz 44, Zebrowski 78 Eintracht Frankfurt - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Eintracht Frankfurt 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 APOEL FC 6 1 0 5 6 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 10 7 35 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 APOEL FC - Eintracht Frankfurt Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Match background APOEL FC can take comfort from being the only Cypriot club ever to have beaten German opponents as they welcome Eintracht Frankfurt in UEFA Europa League Group F. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time and this is also Eintracht's first encounter with a Cypriot club. • APOEL's 12 meetings with German teams stand at W1 D1 L10 (W1 D0 L5 at home – W0 D1 L5 in Germany). Their 2-1 victory against Berliner FC Dynamo in the first round of the 1980/81 European Champion Clubs' Cup remains the only victory for a Cypriot club in 38 meetings with German opponents, with the overall record of Cypriot sides against German teams a rather daunting W1 D5 L32. • The balance of power between Cypriot and German clubs has shifted somewhat in recent years: five of the last eight UEFA club competition matches between the nations' outfits have ended in draws. Match background • APOEL have featured in the UEFA Champions League group stage twice, famously making it to the quarter-finals in 2011/12, but this is their first participation in the UEFA Europa League group stage. • APOEL were reinstated into the UEFA Europa League after being drawn to replace Fenerbahçe SK following the Turkish club's exclusion from the 2013/14 UEFA competitions. They have not won in seven European games, and their 0-0 draw against Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC on matchday one was their fifth stalemate in that seven-match spell. • Back in Europe for the first time since failing to make it through the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage, Eintracht are unbeaten in six continental fixtures – three draws followed by three wins. Team facts • Eintracht's Václav Kadlec scored the first goal of the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage, a calm finish from inside the area four minutes into his side's 3-0 matchday one win against FC Girondins de Bordeaux. • Eintracht's on-loan Croatian striker Srdjan Lakić celebrates his 30th birthday on 2 October, the eve of the game against APOEL. • APOEL midfielders Stathis Aloneftis and Constantinos Charalambides spent the 2007/08 season in Germany with FC Energie Cottbus and FC Carl Zeiss Jena respectively. Coach information • APOEL coach since May 2013, Paulo Sérgio is on his third consecutive foreign posting in as many seasons having led Heart of Midlothian FC to the Scottish Cup in 2011/12 and CFR 1907 Cluj to the UEFA Europa League round of 32 last season. A forward who spent most of his career outside the Portuguese top flight, he worked his way up to the Liga as a coach, and steered Sporting Clube de Portugal through the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage, eventually losing in the round of 32. • Hired in May 2011, Armin Veh led Eintracht to promotion in his first season in charge and into Europe as sixth-place finishers in his second. As a midfielder, he was in the VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach squad that lost to Eintracht in the 1980 UEFA Cup final, before a broken leg ended his career. As a coach, he won the 2006/07 German title at VfB Stuttgart prior to less successful spells with VfL Wolfsburg and Hamburger SV. 4 APOEL FC - Eintracht Frankfurt Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, 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: 22 (2013) Cypriot Cup: 19 (2008) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 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 2004/05: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2003/04: 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: S.S. 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, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • 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: S.S. 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 - Eintracht Frankfurt Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Eintracht Frankfurt Formed: 1899 Nickname: Adler (Eagles) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1960) • UEFA Cup: 1980 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (1959) German Cup: 4 (1988) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 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: group stage 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Eintracht v RTS Widzew Łódź 30/09/92, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: FC Dinamo Moskva v Eintracht 14/09/93, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-3: Eintracht v FC Dynamo Kyiv 23/10/74, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup second round first leg 1-2 on three occasions, most recently v US Città di Palermo 19/10/06, UEFA Cup group stage 0-1: Eintracht v KAA Gent 06/11/91, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Brøndby IF v Eintracht 19/09/90, UEFA Cup first round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 9-0: Eintracht v RTS Widzew Łódź (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: FC Dinamo Moskva v Eintracht (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2 twice, most recently v US Città di Palermo (see above) 0-1: Eintracht v KAA Gent (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Brøndby IF v Eintracht (see above) 6 APOEL FC - Eintracht Frankfurt Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Squad list APOEL FC Current season All-time UCL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No.