UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Letzigrund - Zurich Thursday 27 November 2014 21.05CET (21.05 local time) FC Zürich Group A - Matchday 5 Apollon Limassol FC Last updated 09/06/2015 17:13CET 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 FC Zürich - Apollon Limassol FC Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Papoulis 9, Gullón 40, 18/09/2014 GS Apollon Limassol FC - FC Zürich 3-2 Nicosia P. Koch 87 (og); Rikan 50, Yapi 53 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Zürich 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 Apollon Limassol FC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 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 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 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Zürich 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 12 7 Apollon Limassol FC 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 7 7 2 FC Zürich - Apollon Limassol FC Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich Match background FC Zürich and Apollon Limassol FC will look to keep alive their hopes of a top-two finish in UEFA Europa League Group A when they meet again on matchday five. Form guide • Apollon won 3-2 when the sides locked swords for the first time in Cyprus on matchday one, but they have not scored – or picked up a point – since in three Group A games. • Zürich are unbeaten at home in Europe this season (W1 D2) and have won both of their previous home matches against Cypriot sides without conceding. • Apollon have lost their last four group stage away games since beating Legia Warszawa 1-0 on matchday two in last season's competition, but won their only previous UEFA game in Switzerland – 3-2 at FC Sion in the 1994/95 UEFA Cup. Trivia and links • 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 goalkeeper Isli Hidi could come up against fellow Albanian internationals Armando Sadiku and Burim Kukeli, who are both on the books at Zürich. • 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. • Yet to make his European debut, Zürich goalkeeper Andres Malloth turns 22 on the day of the Apollon game. The coaches • 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. • On 8 October, Apollon parted company with coach Christakis Christoforou, who had been at the helm since March 2013. • Romanian coach Ioan Andone took charge of Apollon on 16 October, having previously worked in Cyprus when he held the reins at AC Omonia from 2005 to 2007. Capped 55 times as a defender, Andone has served as a coach in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in recent years. 3 FC Zürich - Apollon Limassol FC Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich Team facts FC Zürich Formed: 1896 Nickname: Der Stadtclub (The City Club) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • 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 Apollon Limassol FC Formed: 1954 Nickname: Thrylos (Legend) 4 FC Zürich - Apollon Limassol FC Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich 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 5-0: VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach v Apollon 23/10/14, group stage 5 FC Zürich - Apollon Limassol FC Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich Squad list 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 Goalkeepers 1 David Da Costa SUI 19/04/1986 28 - 2 - 4 - 16 - 4 - 13 - 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 - 15 1 4 - 8 - 13 Alain Nef SUI 06/02/1982 32 - - - 3 - 7 - 18 - 36 - 16 Philippe Koch SUI 08/02/1991 23 - 2 - 3 - 15 - 8 - 24 - 19 Armin Alesevic SUI 06/03/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Ivan Kecojević MNE 10/04/1988 26 - 2 - 2 - 13 1 2 - 8 1 26 Cédric Brunner SUI 17/02/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Nico Elvedi SUI 30/09/1996 18 - - - 2 - 4 1 2 - 2 - Midfielders 10 Davide Chiumiento SUI 22/11/1984 30 - 2 - 3 - 16 6 3 - 8 1 15 Oliver Buff SUI 03/08/1992 22 - 2 - 3 1 16 - 6 2 12 2 17 Yassine Chikhaoui TUN 22/09/1986 28 - 2 1 3 1 15 6 16 1 20 2 18 Avraham Rikan ISR 10/09/1988 26 - 2 - 2 1 7 1 2 1 6 1 20 Burim Kukeli ALB 16/01/1984 30 * - - 4 - 12 1 4 - 6 - 21 Mike Kleiber SUI 04/02/1993 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 22 Asmir Kajević MNE 15/02/1990 24 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 24 Maurice Brunner SUI 29/01/1991 23 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 3 - 27 Marco Schönbächler SUI 11/01/1990 24 - 2 - 4 1 13 2 10 1 18 1 34 Francisco Rodriguez SUI 14/09/1995 19 - 1 - 3 - 15 2 3 - 4 - 37 Gilles Yapi CIV 30/01/1982 32 - 2 - 4 1 14 - 7 1 31 4 Forwards 7 Mario Gavranović SUI 24/11/1989 25 - - - - - - - - - 4 1 9 Amine Chermiti TUN 26/12/1987 26 - 2 3 4 - 15 5 10 - 19 4 11 Armando Sadiku ALB 27/05/1991 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 14 Franck Etoundi CMR 30/08/1990 24 - 2 - 4 2 14 5 4 2 8 2 23 Patrick Rossini SUI 02/04/1988 26 - 1 - 3 - 6 - 3 - 4 - 33 Dimitri Oberlin SUI 27/09/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Urs Meier SUI 07/07/1961 53 - 2 - 4 - - - 4 - 8 - Apollon Limassol FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.