PRESS KITS. Round of 32. Wednesday, 16 February :00 (local time) Apostolos Nikolaidis - Athens MATCH OFFICIALS

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1 PRESS KITS Round of 32 Wednesday, 16 February :00 (local time) Apostolos Nikolaidis - Athens PANATHINAIKOS FC SEVILLA FC MATCH OFFICIALS Referee Assistant referees Fourth official UEFA delegate Claude Colombo (FRA) Jean-Philippe Izzo (FRA), Alain Taxil (FRA) Fredy Fautrel (FRA) Pierino L.G. Lardi (SUI) Athenians set for Sevilla MATCH BACKGROUND Panathinaikos FC and Sevilla FC may have never been paired together in a competitive tie, but the Athenians are well versed in playing Spanish opposition after their exploits in the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League. In that campaign, the Greens met Primera División opposition on six occasions, starting with first group stage games against RCD Mallorca. Panathinaikos won 2-0 at home and eventually finished atop Group C despite a 1-0 loss to the islanders at Son Moix. The Greek side were paired with Real Madrid CF in the second group stage and fell to a 3-0 loss at the Santiago Bernabéu, where Raúl González scored twice. A point at home, thanks to goals from Nikos Lymperopoulos and Ioannis Goumas, saw them join the eventual winners in the knockout stages at the expense of FC Porto and AC Sparta Praha. A third Spanish challenger, FC Barcelona, lay in wait, yet Panathinaikos showed no fear of reputation in winning the first leg 1-0, Angelos Basinas settling it from the spot. Eight minutes had then passed at Camp Nou when Michael Konstantinou scored a crucial away goal, only for Luis Enrique (23 and 49 minutes) and Javier Saviola (61 minutes) to send Barça through. Panathinaikos's 12 meetings with Spanish sides have yielded two wins, four draws and six defeats. They were eliminated from the UEFA Cup third round in 1999/00 by RC Deportivo La Coruña and in the 2000/01 Champions League lost away to Depor and Valencia CF. However, they were not overcome at home in any of those fixtures and take an unbeaten six-match record into the first leg against Sevilla. Sevilla can garner confidence, though, from a record which has seen them win their three previous ties, all in the UEFA Cup, against Greek clubs. FC PAOK were the losers the first two times: 4-2 on aggregate in the opening round of the 1982/83 UEFA Cup, and on penalties at the same stage eight years later following two scoreless games. The Andalusians completed a hat-trick of successes in the second round of the 1995/96 UEFA Cup with another narrow win, this time against Olympiacos CFP. Juanito's 89th-minute winner settled the first tie and the second went to extra time, when Andrzej Juskowiak put the Greek side ahead from the spot. However, a second spot-kick, converted by Davor Šuker, won the tie for Sevilla. Sevilla's 3-2 home win against AEK Athens FC in the group stage of this season's edition will only serve to raise confidence for the 16 February game in Greece's capital city. 1/8

2 PLAYERS PROFILES Panathinaikos FC Goalkeepers 1 Mario Galinovic CRO Georgios Sikalias GRE Stefanos Kotsolis GRE Defenders 2 René Henriksen DEN Ilias Kotsios GRE Nasief Morris RSA Markus Münch GER Ioannis Goumas GRE Loukas Vintra GRE Theodoros Tripotseris GRE Nordin Sibadich Wooter HOL Midfielders 4 Silvio Maric CRO Ezequiel González ARG Srdan Andric CRO Lucian Sanmartean ROM Angelos Basinas GRE Miltos Sapanis GRE Rudolf Skácel CZE Pantelis Konstantinidis GRE Periklis Bousinakis GRE Anderson De Lima Freitas BRA Forwards 11 Dimitrios Papadopoulos GRE Michalis Konstantinou CYP Emmanuel Olisadebe POL Maciej Bykowski POL Stelios Kritikos GRE Theofanis Gekas GRE Coach Zdenek Scasny TCH Sevilla FC Goalkeepers 2/8

3 1 Esteban Suárez ESP Antonio Notario ESP Fernando Thorices ESP Defenders 2 Javi Navarro ESP David Castedo ESP Daniel Alves BRA Juan Redondo ESP Aitor Ocio ESP Pablo Alfaro ESP Pablo Ruiz ESP David Prieto Galvez ESP Midfielders 10 Julio Baptista BRA Renato BRA Adriano Claro ESP Jose Luis Martí ESP Antonio López ESP Javier Casquero ESP Jordi López ESP Forwards 4 Dário Silva URU Carlitos ESP Fernando Sales ESP Azyza Makukula POR Antoñito ESP Jesuli ESP Carlos Aranda ESP Diego Capel ESP Coach Joaquín Caparrós ESP /8

4 DOMESTIC FORMGUIDE Greens await Spanish high-flyers (Monday, 14 February 2005) With the UEFA Cup set to resume after its winter break, looks at the form of the 32 clubs involved in first-leg ties this week. Panathinaikos FC v Sevilla FC After their exit from the UEFA Champions League, Panathinaikos ended 2004 in second place in the Alpha Ethniki thanks to consecutive but hard-fought victories against Ergotelis FC, Halkidona FC and PAOK FC. However, the first match of 2005 gave an indication of the problems that were about to beset the Greens as they lost the capital derby 1-0 against AEK Athens FC with the club's former striker Nikolaos Lyberopoulos scoring the only goal. Panathinaikos then saw off OFI Crete FC 5-1 before being held to a goalless draw at Ionikos FC which was followed by a 3-1 loss to Xanthi FC. Another blow for coach Zdenek Scasny came with a 3-1 Greek Cup defeat by AEK. With speculation about Scasny's future rife, former Panathinaikos player Panagiotis Fylakouris oversaw the 5-1 weekend success against Apollon Kalamarias FC. New signing Theofanis Gekas, the league's top scorer with 12 goals, added two more to his tally and also contributed an assist. Apart from Gekas, Panathinaikos have signed Cypriot midfield player Konstantinos Haralambidis (not eligible for the UEFA Cup), Dutch midfielder Nordin Wooter, Brazilian defensive midfielder Anderson da Lima Freitas and leftback Manolis Roubakis. Greek international defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos left for Rangers FC in Scotland. Players registered: Anderson De Lima Freitas, Theofanis Gekas, Nordin Wooter. Players out: Njogu Demba Nyren, Joel Epalle, Konstaninos Chalkias, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Dumitru Mitu. Saturday's 2-1 win over Villarreal CF may have seen Sevilla climb to third in the Spanish Primera División table but 2005 has not started as well as the previous year finished. A 1-0 victory over Real Madrid CF at the Santiago Bernabéu, secured by Julio Baptista's goal, was a great way to leave 2004 but then came a disappointing 0-0 draw with Getafe CF and a shock 1-0 defeat by Málaga CF. A 2-0 win against Albacete Balompié was followed by more setbacks; a 4-0 defeat by league leaders FC Barcelona and elimination from the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage by CA Osasuna. Injury problems have not helped. Right-back Sergio Ramos is nursing a sprained knee, centre-back Pablo Ruiz will miss the rest of the season with a torn cruciate ligament and Jesús Navas has a strained hamstring. Carlos Aranda will come in for Carlitos Domínguez against Panathinaikos and striker Ariza Makukula has returned after a lengthy absence with a knee injury. Renato gained his European passport, thus allowing Adriano Correia to arrive from Coritiba FC. Central defender Óscar Rodríguez has returned after several months on loan in the Segunda División with Real Valladolid. Players registered: Adriano Correia, Diego Capel Trinidad. Players out: Marco Navas González, Kepa Blanco González, Jésus Navas Gonzalez, José Antonio Puerta Pérez, Sergio Ramos García. 4/8

5 Panathinaikos FC (Ethniki Kategoria) Results Date Match Res AEK - Panathinaikos Panathinaikos - OFI Ionikos - Panathinaikos Xanthi - Panathinaikos Panathinaikos - Kalamarias 5-1 Date Match Fixtures Egaleo - Panathinaikos Panathinaikos - Kerkira Panionios - Panathinaikos Panathinaikos - Iraklis Kallithea - Panathinaikos DOMESTIC LEAGUE DETAILS Standings R Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Olympiacos Panathinaikos AEK Xanthi Egaleo PAOK OFI Kallithea Iraklis Halkidona Panionios Aris Ionikos Ergotelis Kalamarias Kerkira Sevilla FC (Primera División) Results Date Match Res Malaga - Sevilla Albacete - Sevilla Sevilla - Barcelona Levante - Sevilla Sevilla - Villarreal 2-1 Date Match Fixtures Real Sociedad - Sevilla Sevilla - Racing Sevilla - Valencia Atlético - Sevilla Sevilla - Zaragoza Standings R Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Barcelona Real Madrid Sevilla Valencia Betis Espanyol Villarreal Atlético Athletic Deportivo Osasuna Zaragoza Real Sociedad Getafe Levante Malaga Albacete Mallorca Racing Numancia /8

6 REFEREE Claude Colombo (FRA) Date of birth: Matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Match Res Venue UCUP QR Iraklis - APOEL 0-1 Thessaloniki UCWC R1 AEK - Barcelona 0-0 Larnaca UCUP QR2 Spartak Trnava - PAOK 0-1 Trnava UCL GS1 Besiktas - Barcelona 3-0 Istanbul UCUP QF Rayo - Alavés 2-1 Madrid UCUP QF Valencia - Internazionale 0-1 Valencia UCUP R3 Celtic - Celta 1-0 Glasgow UCL GS2 Lokomotiv Moskva - Real Madrid 0-1 Moscow UCUP R2 Barcelona - Panionios 2-0 Barcelona ALL-TIME STATISTICS Head-to-head record No matches have been played between the two clubs Home teams record versus clubs from the away teams country Date Competition Stage Match Res Venue UCUP R3 Deportivo - Panathinaikos 4-2 La Coruna UCUP R3 Panathinaikos - Deportivo 1-1 Athens UCL GS1 Panathinaikos - Deportivo 1-1 Athens UCL GS1 Deportivo - Panathinaikos 1-0 La Coruna UCL GS2 Panathinaikos - Valencia 0-0 Athens UCL GS2 Valencia - Panathinaikos 2-1 Valencia UCL GS1 Panathinaikos - Mallorca 2-0 Athens UCL GS1 Mallorca - Panathinaikos 1-0 Palma de Mallorca UCL GS2 Real Madrid - Panathinaikos 3-0 Madrid UCL GS2 Panathinaikos - Real Madrid 2-2 Athens UCL QF Panathinaikos - Barcelona 1-0 Athens UCL QF Barcelona - Panathinaikos 3-1 Barcelona Overall record Panathinaikos FC Pld: 12, W: 2, D: 4, L: 6, GS: 11, GA: 18 Away teams record versus clubs from the home teams country Date Competition Stage Match Res Venue UCUP R2 PAOK - Sevilla 2-0 Thessalonika UCUP R2 Sevilla - PAOK 4-0 Sevilla UCUP R1 Sevilla - PAOK 0-0 Seville UCUP R1 PAOK - Sevilla 0-0*(3-4) Thessaloniki UCUP R2 Sevilla - Olympiacos 1-0 Seville 6/8

7 UCUP R2 Olympiacos - Sevilla 2-1 Athens (Piraeus) UCUP GS Sevilla - AEK 3-2 Sevilla Overall record Sevilla FC Pld: 7, W: 4, D: 1, L: 2, GS: 9, GA: 6 7/8

8 RECORD IN EUROPE Panathinaikos FC European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League AP Pld W D L GF GA UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Super Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup Total Sevilla FC European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League AP Pld W D L GF GA UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Super Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup Total LEGEND ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup AP: DoB: Appearances Date of birth D: Drawn GA: GF: L: Lost Pld: Nat.: No: Goals against Goals for Matches played Nationality Number W: Won F: Final(s) GS: Group stage GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarter-finals QR: Qualifying round QR1: First qualifying round QR2: Second qualifying round QR3: Third qualifying round R1: First round R2: Second round R3: Third round R4: Fourth round SF: Semi-finals 8/8