UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT FC Schalke 04 AEK Larnaca FC Group J - Matchday 4 Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Thursday 3 November 2011 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Contents 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 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa 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 FC Schalke 04 - AEK Larnaca FC Thursday 3 November 2011 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/10/11 GS AEK Larnaca FC - FC Schalke 04 0-5 Nicosia Holtby 22, Huntelaar 34, 88, Matip 40, Draxler 87 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 AEK Larnaca FC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 FC Schalke 04 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/10/08 R1 FC Schalke 04 - APOEL FC 1-1 Gelsenkirchen Pander 58; Hélio Pinto 6 agg: 5-2 16/09/08 R1 APOEL FC - FC Schalke 04 1-4 Nicosia Mirosavljević 72; Westermann 25, Rakitić 36, Vicente Sánchez 41, Halil Altıntop 88 AEK Larnaca FC - 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 FC Schalke 04 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 10 2 AEK Larnaca FC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 Last updated 02/11/11 10:58:11CET 2 Previous meetings FC Schalke 04 - AEK Larnaca FC Thursday 3 November 2011 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Match background FC Schalke 04 will look for more of the same against AEK Larnaca FC on matchday four having beaten their UEFA Europa League Group J rivals 5-0 in Cyprus last time out. Previous meetings • The sides met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday three in what was AEK's first tie against a German club. • Goals from Lewis Holtby (22), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (34) and Joel Matip (40) helped the Gelsenkirchen side forge ahead, with late strikes from Julian Draxler (87) and Huntelaar (88) completing the scoring. • It was Schalke's biggest away win in UEFA competition and AEK Larnaca's first defeat at home in Europe. • In Schalke's only tie against a Cypriot side, they won 4-1 in Nicosia and then drew 1-1 at home against APOEL FC in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup first round. • Pezoporikos FC, who merged with EPA Larnaca FC to form AEK in 1994, took on VfB Stuttgart in the first round of the 1980/81 UEFA Cup; they lost 4-1 in Larnaca and 6-0 back in Germany. Match background • Schalke's home record in their last 12 European home games reads W9 D1 L2; both those defeats came against sides from Manchester. They lost 2-0 to Manchester United FC in last season's UEFA Champions League semi-finals and by the same margin to Manchester City FC in the 2008/09 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Prior to this season, AEK had lost all four of their European away matches without scoring a single goal. However, they kicked off the current campaign with an 8-0 victory against Floriana FC – their best European result to date – and have drawn two of their three subsequent fixtures on their travels. Team facts • AEK Larnaca, ŠK Slovan Bratislava, FC Steaua Bucureşti and FC Vorskla Poltava are the lowest scoring sides in the group stage, with one goal each going into matchday four. • Schalke midfielder Jermaine Jones turns 30 on the day of the game. He has never played in a UEFA competition game on his birthday. • AEK's Dutch captain Kevin Hofland played in Germany for VfL Wolfsburg from 2004 to 2007. His three games against Schalke in that period ended in a win, a draw and a defeat. • Hofland and Schalke's Ghanaian defender Hans Sarpei were team-mates during that period. • AEK defender Tim de Cler and Schalke forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar were both part of the Netherlands' squad that made it to the quarter-finals at UEFA EURO 2008. • AEK are coached by Dutchman Ton Caanen, with help from sporting director Jordi Cruyff – son of the great Johan Cruyff. Following a spell in Ukraine with FC Metalurh Donetsk (2003-04), Caanen was in charge of Beitar Jerusalem FC (2005-06) and Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (2006) in Israel. He later coached FC Stal Alchevsk (2006-07) and Maltese side Valletta FC (2009-10) before coming to ambitious AEK in 2010. • Huub Stevens was named as Schalke's new coach before matchday two, replacing Ralf Rangnick. Stevens first coached Schalke from 1996 to 2002, winning the 1997 UEFA Cup as well as German Cups in 2001 and 2002. Originally a defender for Fortuna Sittard and PSV Eindhoven, the Dutchman was named by fans as the coach of Schalke's team of the century in 1999. Last updated 02/11/11 10:58:11CET 3 Match background FC Schalke 04 - AEK Larnaca FC Thursday 3 November 2011 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Team facts FC Schalke 04 Formed: 1904 Nickname: S04, Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues), Die Knappen (The Miners) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: 1997 • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 7 (1958) German Cup: 5 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2000/01: UEFA Champions League semi-finals 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2006/07: first round 2005/06: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2004/05: round of 32 (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2003/04: second round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2002/03: third round 2001/02: UEFA Champions League first group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Schalke v HJK Helsinki 25/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg 5-0: Schalke v FK Vardar 17/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: AEK Larnaca FC v Schalke 20/10/11, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Schalke v Wisla Kraków 10/12/02, UEFA Cup third round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Manchester City FC v Schalke 15/04/70, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-final second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-1: Schalke v HJK Helsinki (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: AEK Larnaca FC v Schalke (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Schalke v Wisła Kraków (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-2: 1. FC Magdeburg v Schalke 19/10/77, second round first leg 3-1: AS Nancy-Lorraine v Schalke 28/09/06, first round second leg 2-0: HJK Helsinki v Schalke 18/08/11, play-off first leg Last updated 02/11/11 10:58:11CET 4 Team facts FC Schalke 04 - AEK Larnaca FC Thursday 3 November 2011 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen AEK Larnaca FC Formed: 1994 Nickname: The Green Yellows, The Guardians UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Cypriot Cup: 1 (2004) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 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: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: second qualifying round 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA competition 2001/02: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: AEK Larnaca v FC Kotayk 22/08/96, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-8: Floriana FC v AEK Larnaca 14/07/11, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: AEK Larnaca v FC Schalke 04 20/10/11, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC v Larnaca 26/08/04, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-0 twice, most recently v FK Mladá Boleslav 28/07/11, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-8: Floriana FC v Larnaca (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: AEK Larnaca v FC Schalke 04 (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC v Larnaca (see above) Last updated 02/11/11 10:58:11CET 5 Team facts FC Schalke 04 - AEK Larnaca FC Thursday 3 November 2011 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Squad list FC Schalke 04 Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No.