UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT APOEL FC Club Atlético de Madrid GSP, Nicosia Wednesday 25 November 2009 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Group D - Matchday 5 Contents Match background.........................................................................................2 Match facts....................................................................................................3 Squad list.......................................................................................................6 Head coach....................................................................................................9 Match officials...............................................................................................10 Fixtures and results......................................................................................12 Match-by-match lineups...............................................................................14 Competition facts..........................................................................................16 Team facts....................................................................................................17 Legend.........................................................................................................20 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html APOEL FC - Club Atlético de Madrid Wednesday 25 November 2009 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT GSP, Nicosia Match background Previous meetings UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/09/09 GS Club Atlético de Madrid - APOEL FC 0-0 Madrid 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Club Atlético de Madrid 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 APOEL FC - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/10/03 R1 RCD Mallorca - APOEL FC 4-2 Palma de Eto'o 30, 62, 67, Correa 89; Okkarides agg: 6-3 Mallorca 10, Amanatidis 90 24/09/03 R1 APOEL FC - RCD Mallorca 1-2 Nicosia Papandreou 46; Toni González 22, Bruggink 54 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/09/96 R1 RCD Espanyol - APOEL FC 1-0 Barcelona Cristobal 64 agg: 3-2 10/09/96 R1 APOEL FC - RCD Espanyol 2-2 Nicosia Alexandrou 26, Sotiriou 54; Benitez 30, Ouédec 43 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/09/95 R1 RC Deportivo La Coruña - APOEL FC 8-0 La Coruna Bebeto 17, 22, 45, Radchenko 26, 68, agg: 8-0 Beguiristáin 43, Donato 61, Aldana 80 14/09/95 R1 APOEL FC - RC Deportivo La Coruña 0-0 Nicosia Club Atlético de Madrid - record versus clubs from opponents' country None Record versus clubs from 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 3 0 2 1 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 4 5 17 Club Atlético de Madrid 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 The places in the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds are beyond the reach of both APOEL FC and Club Atlético de Madrid but there is still much to play for as the teams meet in Nicosia with a ticket to the UEFA Europa League at stake. • Atlético will hope that a hitherto disappointing Group D campaign will flare belatedly into life over their remaining two games to maintain their slender lead over the Cyprus club. They regained some confidence in a 2-2 draw with Chelsea FC on Matchday 4. Sergio Agüero's second goal of the game, a fine free-kick in added time, earned the Spanish side, under new coach Quique Sánchez Flores, only their second point of the campaign. • On the same night APOEL lost for the second time at home, succumbing to Falcao's strike as FC Porto completed home-and-away victories against the Cypriot champions. It left APOEL at the foot of the table with just a single point, obtained against Atlético in Spain on Matchday 1. Previous meetings Last updated 24/11/09 17:36:48CET Match background 2 APOEL FC - Club Atlético de Madrid Wednesday 25 November 2009 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT GSP, Nicosia • It was a solid start for APOEL in their debut UEFA Champions League campaign as Ivan Jovanović's side produced a disciplined defensive display at the Vicente Calderón to earn an unexpected 0-0 draw, although Diego Forlán went close in the final moments, striking the crossbar with a thunderous effort from 25 metres. • That game was Atlético's first against a team from Cyprus in a competitive fixture while APOEL had previously played six games against Spanish opposition, drawing two and losing four. • Their worst defeat was an 8-0 reverse at RC Deportivo La Coruña in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg. The home leg ended goaless while a 2-2 draw was the outcome when APOEL played host to RCD Espanyol in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup first round. • Their other home game, a first round UEFA Cup tie in 2003/04, ended in a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of RCD Mallorca with a 4-2 victory for the Spanish side in the return. Marinos Satsias, Constantinos Charalambides and Michalis Morfis were all involved in those games. Match background • After three wins and four draws in their first seven away games in the UEFA Champions League proper, Atlético have encountered contrasting form on their travels this season. They lost 2-0 at Porto on Matchday 2 and 4-0 at Chelsea three weeks later. • APOEL have lost both their home games in the section but in qualifying they won all three of their matches in Cyprus, defeating EB/Streymur (3-0), FK Partizan (2-0) and FC København (3-1). • This season's home results follow the trend set by APOEL in previous European campaigns. In the UEFA Cups of 2000/01, 2003/04, 2005/06 and 2008/09, home defeats in the first round contributed to their eliminations. They did defeat Grazer AK 2-0 in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup first round first leg, winning 3-1 on aggregate, but in the next stage lost 1-0 at home to Hertha BSC Berlin and bowed out 4-0 overall. • Only two Spanish sides have ever lost in Cyprus. The national team suffered a surprise 3-2 defeat there in a UEFA EURO 2000™ qualifier in Larnaca while Athletic Club Bilbao went down 2-0 at Anorthosis Famagusta FC in the 1994/95 UEFA Cup first round. Team ties • Atlético's Tomáš Ujfaluši played for the Czech Republic against Cyprus in a 4-3 friendly win on 13 February 2002 at Nicosia's GSP Stadium. He was also involved in a 1-0 Czech victory against Cyprus in Liberec in a UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifier on 28 March 2007. • Simão came on as an 80th-minute substitute in Portugal's 3-1 win against Cyprus in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 5 October 2001 at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca. • Diego Forlán played at APOEL's GSP Stadium for Manchester United FC during the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League when the ground was being used by Israeli side Maccabi Haifa FC. Forlán's team lost 3-0. • Four members of the APOEL squad have previously played in Spain: Adrian Sikora (Real Murcia CF 2008/09), Kamil Kosowski (Cádiz CF 2008/09), Hélio Pinto (Sevilla FC B 2004/05) and Nenad Mirosavljević (Cádiz CF, 2004 to 2006). Match facts APOEL UEFA milestones • The Cypriot titleholders have conceded 197 goals in UEFA competition. Latest domestic information • Saturday 21 November: APOEL FC 2-0 Anorthosis Famagusta FC (Mirosavljević 71, Alexandrou 87) Chiotis; Poursaitides, Elia, Kontis, Paulo Jorge; Michail, Morais, Alexandrou (Broerse 88), Pinto, Breška (Charalambides 73); Mirosavljević (Papathanasiou 80). • Nenad Mirosavljević's goal was his first since converting a penalty against APOP/Kinyras Peyias FC in APOEL's opening Division A fixture on 30 August. • Nectarios Alexandrou's effort was his 30th in 140 league appearances for APOEL, but his first in all competitions this term. • The Cypriot champions have won 23 of their last 28 home games, losing three. • APOEL have conceded just seven goals in their last 12 matches in all competitions. Last updated 24/11/09 17:36:48CET Match facts 3 APOEL FC - Club Atlético de Madrid Wednesday 25 November 2009 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT GSP, Nicosia • Ivan Jovanović's side were leading 1-0 after 77 minutes at Nea Salamis FC on 15 November when the game was abandoned due to crowd trouble. • Chrysostomos Michail scored a penalty – his third spot-kick in the league this term – to set APOEL on course for a 3-1 win against APEP Kyperounda FC on 9 November. • Two points from their first three matches represented APOEL's worst start to a league campaign in 38 years and left them seven points off the Division A summit. Since that run they have won six in a row, excluding the Nea Salamis abandonment. • The 1-0 defeat by FC Porto on Matchday 4 was APOEL's sixth of the season, two more than in the whole of last term. • APOEL will face Ethnikos Achnas FC in the Cypriot Cup second round on 6 January. The second leg takes place on 20 January. • APOEL began their domestic season on 9 August by beating APOP 2-1 to claim the Cypriot Super Cup. Injury news • Paulo Jorge – out 15 September to 15 November (leg) • Adrian Sikora – out since 26 September (knee) • Marcin Żewłakow – out 20 September to 26 October and since 26 October (knee) • Altin Haxhi – out since 15 November (calf strain) • Haxhi was forced off after 24 minutes against Nea Salaminas having aggravated a calf strain initially suffered during Albania's 4-1 defeat by Sweden on 14 October.