UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT APOEL FC (first leg: 0-1) FC København GSP, Nicosia Wednesday 26 August 2009 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Play-Offs, second leg Contents Match background.........................................................................................2 Team facts.....................................................................................................4 Squad list.......................................................................................................6 Fixtures and results.......................................................................................8 Match-by-match lineups................................................................................9 Match officials...............................................................................................11 Competition format.......................................................................................12 Legend.........................................................................................................13 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 - FC København Wednesday 26 August 2009 - 20.45CET MATCH PRESS KIT GSP, Nicosia Match background Previous meetings 2009/10 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/08/09 P-O FC København - APOEL FC 1-0 Copenhagen Pospěch 54 Pld W D L GF GA APOEL FC 1 0 0 1 0 1 FC København 1 1 0 0 1 0 APOEL FC - record versus clubs from opponents' country 1979/80 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/09/79 PR APOEL FC - B 1903 København 0-1 Nicosia Damm 85 agg: 0-7 15/08/79 PR B 1903 København - APOEL FC 6-0 Gentofte Haarbye 12, Larsen 24, Kristiansen 47, Kristiansen 50, Thygesen 62, Thygesen 89 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Pld W D L GF GA APOEL FC 3 0 0 3 0 8 FC København 1 1 0 0 1 0 History is not on APOEL FC's side as they bid to turn around a 1-0 first-leg deficit in their UEFA Champions League play-off tie against FC København. The Cypriot titleholders have come back only once on the 21 previous occasions when they lost the first leg of a European tie. Match background • Trailing to Zdeněk Pospěch's solitary strike in the first game, APOEL need to win by two clear goals to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time but they can take heart from their home results so far in this qualifying campaign – a 3-0 victory over EV/Streymur followed by a 2-0 success against FK Partizan. • There is further encouragement for Ivan Jovanović's team in their decent home record in the UEFA Champions League – this season's results included, they have won five and lost just one of their last eight matches. • APOEL's unhappy record of one successful fightback in 21 attempts augurs less well for the hosts. The one time they did recover a first-leg deficit was in the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round against NK Maribor when, 2-1 down after the opener, they bounced back with a 4-2 home success. • København have their own reasons to believe, given they are yet to concede a goal in two away matches in this qualifying campaign – a 6-0 win at FK Mogren and a goalless draw at Stabæk IF. • Moreover, København have won their last eight ties in which they led after the first leg – although they did slip up spectacularly in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round when they lost 5-0 at home to NK Gorica after a 2-1 away win. Midfielder Hjalte Nørregaard is the only survivor of that traumatic defeat in the FCK squad. • København's goal is to return to the group stage after their sole appearance in 2006/07 when they overcame Myllykosken Pallo-47 and AFC Ajax in successive qualifying rounds. Those triumphs are in stark contrast to a trend that has brought the Danish outfit defeats at the qualifying stage on four occasions (2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2007/08). • The Copenhagen side also fell short of the group stage in an earlier version of the competition format in 1993/94, losing 7-0 on aggregate to AC Milan in the second round. • Both clubs competed in the UEFA Cup last season. København reached the Round of 32, while APOEL advanced no further than the first round. Last updated 25/08/09 11:24:06CET Match background 2 APOEL FC - FC København Wednesday 26 August 2009 - 20.45CET MATCH PRESS KIT GSP, Nicosia Team ties • As a player, København coach Ståle Solbakken appeared for the Norwegian national team in a 2-0 away win against Cyprus in February 1995. He was later in charge of the Norway Under-19 side beaten 1-0 at home by Cyprus in November 2002. Last updated 25/08/09 11:24:06CET Match background 3 APOEL FC - FC København Wednesday 26 August 2009 - 20.45CET 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: 20 (2009) Cypriot Cup: 19 (2008) Ten-year record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2008/09: UEFA Cup first round 2007/08: first qualifying round 2006/07: UEFA Cup second qualifying round 2005/06: UEFA Cup first round 2004/05: second qualifying round 2003/04: UEFA Cup first round 2002/03: UEFA Cup second round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2001/02: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2000/01: UEFA Cup first round 1999/00: UEFA Cup qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: APOEL v HB Tórshavn 28/08/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round second leg 6-0: APOEL v FC Lyn Oslo 08/09/63, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first 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 Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win None • Biggest away win None • Heaviest home defeat None • Heaviest away defeat None FC København Formed: 1992 Nickname: Løverne (The Lions) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) Last updated 25/08/09 11:24:06CET Team facts 4 APOEL FC - FC København Wednesday 26 August 2009 - 20.45CET MATCH PRESS KIT GSP, Nicosia • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 7 (2009) Danish Cup: 4 (2009) Ten-year record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2008/09: UEFA Cup round of 32 2007/08: UEFA Cup group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: group stage 2005/06: UEFA Cup first round 2004/05: second qualifying round 2003/04: UEFA Cup second round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2002/03: UEFA Cup first round 2001/02: UEFA Cup third round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2000/01: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 1999/00: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: København v Cliftonville FC 31/07/08, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: FK Mogren v København 22/07/09, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg 0-6: Sliema Wanderers FC v København 06/08/03, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-6: København v AC Milan 20/10/93, UEFA Champions League second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: SK Hradec Králové v København 14/09/95, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg 5-0: AJ Auxerre v København 21/10/92, UEFA Cup second round first leg 5-0: TJ Baník Ostrava OKD v København 14/09/83, UEFA Cup first round first leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 3-1: København v Celtic FC 06/12/06, group stage • Biggest away win None • Heaviest home defeat None • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Manchester United FC v København 17/10/06, group stage Last updated 25/08/09 11:24:06CET Team facts 5 APOEL FC - FC København Wednesday 26 August 2009 - 20.45CET MATCH PRESS KIT GSP, Nicosia Squad list APOEL FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Michalis Morfis CYP 15/01/79 30 - - - - - - - - - 34 - 22 Dionisios Chiotis GRE 04/06/77 32 - 5 - - - - - 8 - 33 - 60 Kyriakos Ioannou CYP 10/08/90 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 88 Tasos Kissas CYP 18/01/88 21 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Paulo Jorge POR 16/06/80 29 - 3 - - - - - - - 23 2 5 Boban Grnčarov MKD 08/12/82 26 * 3 - - - - - - - 10 - 14 Joost Broerse NED 08/05/79 30 - 4 - - - - - - - 17 1 19 Marios Elia CYP 14/04/79 30 - 1 - - - - - - - 25 1 24 Christos Kontis GRE 13/05/75 34 - 5 - - - - - 6 - 30 - 26 Nuno Morais POR 29/01/84 25 - 4 - - - - - 1 - 13 - Midfielders 6 Demetris Kyriakou CYP 14/10/86 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Savvas Poursaetides GRE 23/06/76 33 - 3 - - - - - - - 22 - 10 Konstantinos Charalambides CYP 25/07/81 28 - 4 - - - - - 2 1 33 5 11 Kamil Kosowski POL 30/08/77 31 - 4 - - - - - - - 32 4 17 Marinos Satsias CYP 24/05/78 31 * 5 - - - - - - -