Getafe opened the 2010-11 season with the first leg of the Europa League group-stage play-off, ten days before their LaLiga debut.

Parejo scored in the 43rd, his first goal in the Europa League, and the 1-0 never moved in the second half.

Míchel reshuffled at half-time, bringing on Albín and Manu del Moral for Borja and Arizmendi, and brought on Miku for Adrián Colunga in the 67th.

There were only three bookings: Rafa in the 49th for Getafe, and Paulo Jorge in the 76th and Solari in the 78th for APOEL.

Darko Čeferin was the referee. It was the first Europa League match for Mané, Borja, Adrián Colunga, Parejo, Rafa and Arizmendi, and the first in the competition for Getafe for Miku and Boateng. The tie would be decided in Nicosia.