Hail APOEL!!!

[legendz]

The minnows are through to the Champions League quarter-finals! Starter their CL adventure in mid-July. Years back Cork City knocked Cyprus' champions out of Europe. APOEL are heroes for all the lower leagues of Europe. Hats off to APOEL!

[holidaysong]

Great to see them through alright. Their keeper did a good job with those penalty saves.

[born2bwild]

Great scenes......

The population of Cyprus is 1/4 that of Ireland....

[legendz]

The facts (well some at least):
CL 06/07
Cork City beat Apollon Limassol 2-1 on aggregate in the first qualifying round. Murphy and Gamble were sent off after the final whistle and were a big loss for the next round when Cork bowed out against Red Star Belgrage. Now Red Star were always going to be tough but I've always believed had the two players not been sent off, Cork could've caused an upset. The reward would've been a tie against AC Milan, who eventually went on to win the competition. Would've been some story for Cork if AC Milan had come to the city on their way to a European Cup. Alas it was not meant to be.


CL 07/08
APOEL beaten 2-3 agg. against BATE in the first qualifying round. In the same round, Derry go down to Pyunik 0-2 agg.


CL 08/09
Anorthosis of Cyprus beat Pyunik Yerevan 3-0 agg. and Rapid Wien 4-3 agg in the second qualifying round. Drogheda meanwhile are desperately unlucky not to knockout Dynamo Kiev in the same round.
In the third qualifying round Anorthosis beat Olympiacos 3-1 agg.
They went on to finish last in Group B but pick up a win and three draws.


CL 09/10
APOEL make Group D, getting 3 draws but no wins, finishing 4th.
Bohs were knocked out in the second qualifying round.


CL 10/11
Omonia get to the third qualifying round, beaten 2-5 agg. by Red Bull Salzburg.
Boh out by TNS in the second qualifying round.


CL 11/12
APOEL start off in the same round as Rovers and have made it all the way to the quarter-finals.
In the Europa League AEK Larnaca finished 4th in Group J but at least won a game and drew two.

[DeLorean]

The facts (well some at least):
CL 06/07
Cork City beat Apollon Limassol 2-1 on aggregate in the first qualifying round. Murphy and Gamble were sent off after the final whistle and were a big loss for the next round when Cork bowed out against Red Star Belgrage. Now Red Star were always going to be tough but I've always believed had the two players not been sent off, Cork could've caused an upset

I remember hearing a story that the Red Star players & staff were very impressed with Cork City's training pitch. This was before they realised that Turner's Cross was, in fact, their home ground!