UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS GSP Stadium - Nicosia Thursday 19 September 2013 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Apollon Limassol FC Group J - Matchday 1 Trabzonspor AŞ Last updated 15/10/2013 11:40CET 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 Apollon Limassol FC - Trabzonspor AŞ Thursday 19 September 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 Apollon Limassol FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Apollon Limassol FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Trabzonspor AŞ - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 24/08/2006 2QR Trabzonspor AŞ - APOEL FC Trabzon Riza 87 agg: 2-1 R. Fernandes 2; 10/08/2006 2QR APOEL FC - Trabzonspor AŞ 1-1 Nicosia Yattara 90 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Trabzonspor AŞ - Anorthosis 1-0 03/08/2005 2QR Trabzon Fatih Tekke 40 Famagusta FC agg: 2-3 Nikolaou 25, Frousos Anorthosis Famagusta FC - 26/07/2005 2QR 3-1 Nicosia 83, Tsitaishvili 90; Trabzonspor AŞ Fatih Tekke 75 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Apollon Limassol FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trabzonspor AŞ 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 Apollon Limassol FC - Trabzonspor AŞ Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Match background Apollon Limassol FC will welcome Turkish opponents for the first time on matchday one in UEFA Europa League Group J, with Trabzonspor AŞ hoping to record a first victory on Cypriot soil at the third attempt. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition and it is also Apollon's first meeting with Turkish opponents. • Trabzonspor have had the edge in their four previous meetings with Cypriot sides, with the record W2 D1 L1 (W0 D1 L1 in Cyprus). • Trabzonspor boss Mustafa Akçay was assistant to Şenol Güneş when the Turkish club were eliminated by Anorthosis Famagusta FC in 2005/06 UEFA Champions League qualifying. • Fenerbahçe SK are the only other Turkish club to have faced Cypriot opposition. Last season, they secured home and away victories against Apollon's cross-town rivals AEL Limassol FC in the UEFA Europa League group stage. Apollon reserve goalkeeper Isli Hidi was on the bench for both games. Match background • Apollon are making their debut in a major UEFA group stage after eliminating OGC Nice in the play-offs. • Apollon have won three of their last five home games in European competition, with AFC Ajax the only side to leave Cyprus with a victory in the course of those meetings, prevailing 3-0 in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup first round. • Trabzonspor are making their debut in the UEFA Europa League group stage, though they played in the 2011/12 round of 32 after finishing third in their section in their maiden UEFA Champions League campaign. • Trabzonspor are unbeaten in regular and extra time in eight European games (W5 D3), including victories in five of their six games in qualifying this season. They are on a run of three straight wins on their continental travels. Team facts • Trabzonspor's Paulo Henrique was the most prolific scorer in UEFA Europa League qualifying this season with seven goals in six games. • Trabzonspor midfielder Florent Malouda has been to the GSP Stadium before, featuring in a 1-0 win for Chelsea FC at APOEL FC in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League group stage. His Chelsea – and now Trabzonspor – team- mate José Bosingwa missed the match through suspension. • Malouda and Apollon's Camel Meriem were briefly international team-mates for France in 2004. • Apollon's Bertrand Robert is the brother of former Paris Saint-Germain FC and Newcastle United FC winger Laurent Robert, whose only international goal for France came against Turkey in a friendly back in 2000. • Along with domestic double winners NK Maribor (Slovenia) and Legia Warszawa (Poland), Apollon are one of 11 cup winners in the group stage along with Wigan (England, FA Cup), Swansea City AFC (England, League Cup), AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands), FC Girondins de Bordeaux (France), KRC Genk (Belgium), SS Lazio (Italy), Vitória SC (Portugal) and Esbjerg fB (Denmark). Coach information • Appointed in March 2013, Christakis Christoforou led Apollon to Cypriot Cup glory in 2012/13 and is the first coach to lead the men's and women's branches of the same club in UEFA competition. A successful player with AEL Limassol FC and APOEL FC, he took charge of Apollon's women following a spell as Cyprus Under-17 coach, winning five successive doubles and reaching the UEFA Women’s Champions League round of 32 three times. • Trabzonspor coach Mustafa Akçay spent several spells observing AFC Ajax at close hand during his education. He made his name by winning promotion to the second tier with TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor in 2009/10; their survival at that level the following season prompted Trabzonspor's feeder club 1461 Trabzon to take him on. Their third-placed finish in the same division last season earned the coach a move to Trabzonspor in summer 2013. 3 Apollon Limassol FC - Trabzonspor AŞ Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Team facts Apollon Limassol FC Formed: 1954 Nickname: Thrylos (Legend) 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) 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 2003/04: 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: KS Teuta v Apollon 09/08/94, UEFA Cup preliminary round first 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: KS Teuta v Apollon (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 Trabzonspor AŞ Formed: 1967 Nickname: Karadeniz Fırtınası (Black Sea Storm), Bordo-Mavililer (Claret-Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) 4 Apollon Limassol FC - Trabzonspor AŞ Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League titles: 6 (1984) Turkish Cup: 8 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 2006/07: first round 2005/06: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2004/05: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2003/04: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Trabzonspor v KF Vllaznia 08/07/07, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: KF Vllaznia v Trabzonspor 14/07/07, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Trabzonspor v 1. FC Kaiserslautern 29/09/82, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-2: FC Barcelona v Trabzonspor 03/10/90, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-1: Trabzonspor v ŠK Slovan Bratislava 20/08/96, qualifying round second leg 4-1: Trabzonspor v Olympique Lyonnais 06/11/91, second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Derry City FC v Trabzonspor 25/07/13, second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Trabzonspor v 1. FC Kaiserslautern (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Wisła Kraków v Trabzonspor 11/08/98, second qualifying round first leg 5 Apollon Limassol FC - Trabzonspor AŞ Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit GSP Stadium, Nicosia Squad list Apollon Limassol FC Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 23 Isli Hidi ALB 15/10/1980 32 - - - - - - - 2 - 15 - 31 Michalis Fani CYP 04/02/1981 32 - - - - - - - 2 - 2 - 83 Bruno Vale POR 08/04/1983 30 - 2 - - - 2 - 4 - 4 - Defenders 13 David Rojas Mena COL 13/02/1992 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Georgos Merkis CYP 30/07/1984 29 - 2 - - - 1 - 2 - 4 - 18 Ovidiu Dãnãnae ROU 26/08/1985 28 - 2 - - - 2 - 3 - 3 - 21 José Catalá ESP 01/01/1985 28 - - - - - - - 9 - 13 - 27 Angelis Charalambous CYP