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AFC Ajax - Olympique de MATCH PRESS KIT ArenA, Amsterdam Wednesday 18 March 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Matchday 9 - Round of 16, second leg

Contents 1 - Match background 6 - Competition facts 2 - Squad list 7 - Team facts 3 - Match officials 8 - Competition information 4 - Domestic information 9 - Legend 5 - Match-by-match lineups This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Cup 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 Match background

AFC Ajax may feel they are on course for a third two-legged European win over after leaving the Stade Vélodrome with a 2-1 loss last week, despite being reduced to ten men in the first half. • Erik Gerets's Marseille looked to be heading for a famous win after Benoît Cheyrou and put them into a 2-0 lead, but Luis Suárez reduced the deficit from the penalty spot and the French side failed to press home their advantage following 's 42nd-minute dismissal after he picked up two bookings inside four minutes. • Ajax's showing in five games against Marseille reads W3 D0 L2, with their previous home matches against the French side having netted them a win and a meaningless defeat. • Marseille and Ajax have met in two previous two-legged UEFA club competition ties, with the Dutch outfit prevailing on both occasions. • They first met in a 1971/72 European Champion Clubs' Cup second-round tie, with goals from and giving Stefan Kovacs' Ajax a 2-1 win in after had opened the scoring for 's Marseille. • Didier Couécou struck at both ends in the second leg before Ajax completed a 4-1 win on the night with goals from Jesaia Swart, Cruyff and . They went on to win the competition, beating FC Internazionale Milano 2-0 in the final in . • The teams that day lined up as follows:- Ajax: Heinz Stuy, (, 74), , Ruud Suurendonk, , Jesaia Swart, Gerrie Mühren, Piet Keizer, Horst Blankenburg, Johan Cruyff, Arie Haan. Marseille: , Jean-Louis Hodoul, Bernard Bosquier, Jules Zvunka (Daniel Leclerq, 89), Edouard Kula, Jacky Novi, Gilbert Gress, , , , Didier Couécou. • They next met in the semi-finals of the 1987/88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, once more playing the first leg in France, where Barry Hulshoff's Ajax beat Gérard Banide's Marseille 3-0 thanks to two goals from and a third from substitute .

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• Marseille won the return leg 2-1 in Amsterdam, with Jean-Pierre Papin and registering after Peter Larsson had opened the scoring for the home side. Ajax lost 1-0 to Belgian outsiders KV Mechelen in the final in . • The teams that day lined up as follows:- Ajax: , (, 69), , Peter Larsson, Frank Verlaat, , John van't Schip, Arnold Scholten, , Arnold Mühren, Rob Witschge. Marseille: Henri Stambouli, Benoît Cauet (Moïse Regina, 81), , Karl-Heinz Förster, Claude Lowitz, , Patrice Eyraud (Patrick Appriou, 56), , Jean-Pierre Papin, Abedi Pelé, Klaus Allofs. • John van't Schip and Witschge are the only players involved in any of those previous meetings who will have a role in the clubs' latest encounter. They are both assistants to at Ajax. • Ajax's record against French sides now reads P15 W9 D1 L5. At home, their record is P7 W5 D0 L2. • Marseille's record against Dutch teams now reads P12 W5 D1 L6. In the , their record is P5 W2 D0 L3. • Marseille have already played two Dutch clubs this . They lost 2-0 away and won 3-0 at home against PSV Eindhoven in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and then overcame FC Twente on penalties in the UEFA Cup Round of 32 after a 1-1 aggregate result. • Marseille's Belgian coach Gerets and Ajax boss Van Basten came up against each other on six occasions as players. Both played for AC Milan but they were never team-mates, with Gerets leaving in 1984 and Van Basten arriving in 1987. • They met in three league games in the Netherlands in 1986 and 1987 while Gerets was at PSV and Van Basten was at Ajax, with honours being shared – a win, a draw and a defeat each. Van Basten scored twice for his side in one of those games, a 3-0 win in Amsterdam. • They also met three times at international level, with Gerets's having the upper hand. Van Basten scored as the countries drew 1-1 in a 1983 friendly, while Belgium won a World Cup qualifier 1-0 in 1985 and the sides drew 0-0 in Rotterdam in September 1987 in what was the two players' last competitive meeting. • Thus, Gerets' overall record against Van Basten from their playing days reads P6 W2 D3 L1. His two away games against a side featuring Van Basten ended in a draw and a defeat. • Van Basten has come up against Marseille on one memorable previous occasion, Milan's 1-0 defeat in the final of the 1992/93 UEFA Champions League at the in . It was his last professional game and his only match against a French club. • Van Basten played against France in a 1-1 friendly draw in 1992 and led the Oranje to a 4-1 victory against Les Bleus in the group stage at UEFA EURO 2008™. Ajax keeper and his Marseille counterpart were both unused substitutes in that match in Berne. • Prior to the first leg, Gerets had never previously met Ajax in UEFA club competition, either as a player or coach. • Ajax are unbeaten in four European home games this season, winning twice and drawing twice. • Marseille will remember only too well that they went into the away leg of their tie against FC Zenit St. Petersburg at this stage of last season's UEFA Cup holding a 3-1 lead, only to bow out on away goals after a 2-0 loss. • Ajax are one of four sides left in the competition to have won the UEFA Cup along with PFC CSKA Moskva (2004/05), Galatasaray AŞ (1999/00) and FC Zenit St. Petersburg (2007/08). • Marseille's Dutch – a former PSV player – was a team-mate of Ajax counterpart Gabri at FC Barcelona from 1998 to 2001. • Marseille's Julien Rodriguez and Ajax's locked horns when they represented Glasgow arch-rivals Rangers FC and Celtic FC respectively during the 2006/07 season. Sno was on the winning side in the game at Celtic Park on 23 September 2006, which ended with the hosts beating Rodriguez and Co 2-0. • Uruguayan forward Suárez is Ajax's leading UEFA Cup scorer with five goals since the first round. • Niang is Marseille's top scorer in Europe this season with four strikes since the start of the UEFA Champions League group stage. He scored two more in the qualifying rounds but these do not count towards his total.

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• Third in last season, Marseille also finished third in UEFA Champions League Group D to qualify for the UEFA Cup Round of 32, where they beat Twente 7-6 in the shoot-out in Enschede after trading 1-0 home defeats. • Ajax finished second in the Dutch top flight last season but missed out on clinching a UEFA Champions League place in the 's end-of-season play-offs. Having taken a UEFA Cup spot instead, Ajax came second in Group F and beat ACF Fiorentina in the Round of 32, winning 1-0 in and drawing 1-1 at home. • Ajax have won just one of five penalty shoot-outs in UEFA club competition to date. Their solitary success came in the final of the 1995 Intercontinental Cup, when they beat Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense 4-3 on spot-kicks after a 0-0 draw in Tokyo. They are yet to be involved in a shoot-out in Amsterdam, but have lost all four that have taken place on European soil. • Marseille have been involved in three UEFA club competition penalty shoot-outs. They lost 5-3 to FK Crvena Zvezda after the 1990/91 European Champion Clubs' Cup final had ended goalless, but beat KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen 4-1 on spot-kicks at home after a scoreless first-round tie in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup and then overcame FC Twente 7-6 by the same method after concluding a 1-1 aggregate draw in the Netherlands in this season's UEFA Cup Round of 32. • Ajax's Van der Wiel and are both serving suspensions, with Suárez, and Enoh Eyong within a booking of a one-match ban. • returns from suspension for Marseille, but , Cheyrou, and Bakari Koné are a yellow card shy of a lay-off. • The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals takes place in Nyon on 20 March, exactly two months before the final at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul on 20 May.

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Squad list

Ajax

Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Maarten Stekelenburg NED 22.09.1982 26 - - - - - 2 - 13 - 29 - 12 NED 10.01.1986 23 - - - - - 7 - 8 - 8 - 30 NED 30.09.1975 33 ------3 - 5 - 41 Sergio Padt NED 06.06.1990 18 ------46 Marco Bizot NED 10.03.1991 18 ------Defenders 2 Bruno Silva NED 29.03.1980 28 - - - - - 3 - 7 - 7 - 3 Oleguer ESP 02.02.1980 29 - - - - - 8 - 12 - 39 - 4 Thomas Vermaelen BEL 14.11.1985 23 S - - - - 9 1 15 1 24 1 5 BEL 24.04.1987 21 - - - - - 7 1 9 1 11 1 8 NED 16.06.1986 22 - - - - - 8 - 15 - 27 - 15 Gregory van der Wiel NED 03.08.1988 20 S - - - - 9 - 11 - 11 - 38 BEL 02.03.1989 20 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 39 NED 09.03.1990 19 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 44 Christian Supusepa NED 02.04.1989 19 ------ 6 Rasmus Lindgren SWE 29.11.1984 24 * - - - - 8 - 13 - 13 - 11 Ismaïl Aissati NED 16.08.1988 20 - - - - - 1 - 2 - 16 - 18 Gabri ESP 10.02.1979 30 - - - - - 4 - 22 - 62 6 21 CMR 23.03.1986 22 * - - - - 4 - 4 - 4 - 22 NED 28.01.1989 20 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 24 Jan-Arie van der Heijden NED 03.03.1988 21 ------25 Evander Sno NED 09.04.1987 21 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 14 - 26 Jeffrey Sarpong NED 03.08.1988 20 - - - - - 3 1 3 1 4 1 28 NED 04.04.1989 19 - - - - - 4 - 5 - 5 - 37 Robbert Schilder NED 18.04.1986 22 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 4 - 43 Calvin Mac Intosh NED 09.08.1989 19 ------45 Darko Bodul CRO 11.01.1989 20 ------Forwards 7 Kennedy Bakircioglü SWE 02.11.1980 28 - - - - - 3 1 3 1 14 3 10 Miralem Sulejmani SRB 05.12.1988 20 - - - - - 6 1 8 1 8 1 16 Luis Suárez URU 24.01.1987 22 * - - - - 9 5 13 6 15 7 20 Dario Cvitanich CRO 16.05.1984 24 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 23 Leonardo BRA 09.03.1983 26 - - - - - 7 2 20 5 24 5 33 Javier Martina NED 01.02.1987 22 ------40 Geoffrey Castillion NED 25.05.1991 17 ------42 Danilo Campos BRA 13.01.1990 19 ------47 Marvin Zeegelaar NED 12.08.1990 18 ------Coach - Marco van Basten NED 31.10.1964 44 - - - - - 9 - 9 - 9 -

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Marseille

Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 FRA 22.01.1980 29 ------1 - 4 - 16 Hilaire Munoz FRA 21.04.1983 25 ------30 Steve Mandanda FRA 28.03.1985 23 - - - 8 - 3 - 7 - 21 - 40 Dmytro Nepogodov UKR 17.02.1988 21 ------41 Brice Krizman FRA 30.05.1989 19 ------Defenders 2 Renato Civelli ITA 14.10.1983 25 - - - - - 2 - 6 - 9 - 3 Taye Taiwo NGA 16.04.1985 23 * - - 8 - 3 - 17 3 40 5 4 Julien Rodriguez FRA 11.06.1978 30 ------5 - 38 1 5 BRA 13.09.1977 31 - - - 8 - 3 - 25 2 44 3 8 Tyrone Mears ENG 18.02.1983 26 - - - - - 1 - 2 - 2 - 15 Ronald Zubar FRA 20.09.1985 23 - - - 7 - 2 - 3 - 15 1 24 FRA 25.12.1979 29 - - - 8 - 2 - 6 - 20 - 37 Cédric D'Ulivo FRA 29.08.1989 19 ------38 Fabien Barrillon FRA 09.04.1988 20 ------42 Raphaël Lopes FRA 28.05.1990 18 ------Midfielders 6 ALG 17.08.1982 26 - - - 7 - 1 - 2 - 12 - 7 Benoît Cheyrou FRA 03.05.1981 27 * - - 8 1 3 1 21 4 44 5 10 Boudewijn Zenden NED 15.08.1976 32 - - - 4 - 2 - 26 4 78 6 12 Charles Kaboré BFA 09.02.1988 21 - - - 4 - 1 - 4 - 8 - 19 ALB 27.07.1983 25 - - - 8 1 2 - 15 - 38 1 20 Hatem Ben Arfa FRA 07.03.1987 22 * - - 8 - 3 1 3 1 25 3 23 Modeste M'Bami CMR 09.10.1982 26 - - - 4 - 3 - 7 - 19 - 28 FRA 28.09.1984 24 - - - 6 - 2 - 6 - 19 1 34 Gaëtan D'Acunto FRA 10.10.1989 19 ------35 Olivier Cano FRA 29.11.1989 19 ------39 Anthony Marin FRA 21.09.1989 19 ------Forwards 11 Mamadou Niang SEN 13.10.1979 29 - - - 7 5 3 1 19 4 51 18 14 Bakari Koné CIV 17.09.1981 27 * - - 8 1 3 - 3 - 11 1 17 Mamadou Samassa FRA 01.05.1986 22 - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 31 Guy Gnabouyou FRA 01.12.1989 19 ------36 FRA 11.09.1991 17 ------Coach - Erik Gerets BEL 18.05.1954 54 - - - 8 - 3 - 35 - 90 -

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Match officials

Referee Florian Meyer (GER) Assistant referees Sönke Glindemann (GER), Christoph Bornhorst (GER) Fourth official Helmut Fleischer (GER) UEFA Delegate Sergio Di Cesare (ITA) UEFA Referee observer Vitor Manuel Melo Pereira (POR)

Referee

UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 03.03.2004 UCUP R3 Panathinaikos FC - AJ Auxerre 0-1 Athens 24.02.2005 UCUP 1/16 - Sporting Clube de 1-2 Rotterdam 23.02.2006 UCUP 1/16 AZ Alkmaar - Balompié 2-1 Alkmaar 15.03.2007 UCUP 1/8 SL Benfica - Saint-Germain FC 3-1 Lisbon 04.10.2007 UCUP R1 ACF Fiorentina - FC Groningen 1-1*(4-3) Florence 06.12.2007 UCUP GS FC Girondins de - Helsingborgs IF 2-1 Bordeaux

Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 15.11.2003 U21 P-O Portugal - France 1-2 Guimaraes 17.10.2006 UCL GS LOSC Lille Métropole - AEK Athens FC 3-1 Lens 15.08.2007 UCL QR3 AFC Ajax - SK Slavia Praha 0-1 Amsterdam

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Domestic information AFC Ajax (Eredivisie) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 30/08/08 Willem II (A) 1-2 Sulejmani 23 League 14/09/08 Roda JC (H) 1-0 Vermaelen 54 League 21/09/08 Feyenoord (A) 2-2 Sarpong 38, Huntelaar 70 Cup 25/09/08 FC Utrecht (H) 2-0 Luis Suárez 70, Huntelaar 87 League 28/09/08 BV Vitesse (H) 3-0 Luis Suárez 61, Vertonghen 76, 82 League 05/10/08 (A) 2-5 Huntelaar 79, Luis Suárez 81(pen) League 18/10/08 FC Groningen (H) 1-0 Oleguer 32 League 26/10/08 NEC Nijmegen (H) 2-0 Huntelaar 44, Luis Suárez 73 League 29/10/08 (A) 3-1 Luis Suárez 2, Huntelaar 76, 82 League 01/11/08 FC Twente (A) 2-0 De Jong 40, Lindgren 90 League 09/11/08 (H) 5-2 Huntelaar 16, Luis Suárez 20, Sno 42, Bakircioglü 74, Leonardo 85 Cup 12/11/08 FC Volendam (A) 0-1 League 16/11/08 PSV Eindhoven (H) 4-1 Luis Suárez 27, Sulejmani 74, Own goal 78, Leonardo 89 League 23/11/08 AZ Alkmaar (A) 0-2 League 30/11/08 FC Utrecht (H) 1-1 Sulejmani 61 League 07/12/08 FC Volendam (A) 2-1 Luis Suárez 44, Vertonghen 64 League 12/12/08 NAC Breda (H) 3-0 Cvitanich 27, Luis Suárez 55(pen), Lindgren 64 League 21/12/08 (A) 6-0 Cvitanich 10, 71, Sulejmani 12, Luis Suárez 53(pen), 62, Emanuelson 67 League 28/12/08 ADO Den Haag (H) 3-0 Cvitanich 7, 18, 57 League 18/01/09 NEC Nijmegen (A) 4-2 Sulejmani 48, 54, Own goal 78, Gabri 90 League 25/01/09 FC Groningen (A) 0-1 League 31/01/09 SC Heerenveen (H) 0-1 League 03/02/09 Heracles Almelo (H) 2-2 Sulejmani 70, Luis Suárez 72(pen) League 08/02/09 BV Vitesse (A) 1-4 Luis Suárez 15 League 15/02/09 Feyenoord (H) 2-0 Vermaelen 52, Emanuelson 90 League 22/02/09 FC Volendam (H) 2-1 Luis Suárez 29, Vermaelen 75 League 01/03/09 FC Utrecht (A) 2-0 Van der Wiel 9, Vertonghen 63 League 08/03/09 ADO Den Haag (A) 1-1 Wielaert 60 League 15/03/09 De Graafschap (H) 3-0 Luis Suárez 23, 70(pen), Cvitanich 41 League 22/03/09 NAC Breda (A) League 05/04/09 Roda JC (A) League 12/04/09 Willem II (H) League 19/04/09 PSV Eindhoven (A) League 26/04/09 AZ Alkmaar (H) League 03/05/09 Sparta Rotterdam (A) League 10/05/09 FC Twente (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 AZ Alkmaar 27 22 3 2 56 14 69 2 FC Twente 27 17 7 3 51 24 58 3 AFC Ajax 27 17 4 6 58 29 55 4 SC Heerenveen 27 16 6 5 59 46 54 5 PSV Eindhoven 27 13 7 7 53 30 46 6 FC Groningen 27 13 4 10 46 31 43 7 NAC Breda 27 12 6 9 41 40 42 8 FC Utrecht 27 10 8 9 35 31 38 9 NEC Nijmegen 27 9 9 9 33 31 36 10 Feyenoord 27 9 7 11 40 36 34 11 BV Vitesse 27 7 9 11 28 39 30 12 Willem II 27 8 4 15 29 45 28 13 ADO Den Haag 27 7 6 14 29 41 27 14 Heracles Almelo 27 6 9 12 28 42 27 15 Sparta Rotterdam 27 6 6 15 38 59 24 16 Roda JC 27 5 7 15 28 47 22 17 FC Volendam 27 5 5 17 30 61 20 18 De Graafschap 27 5 5 17 17 53 20

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Domestic information Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 09/08/08 Stade Rennais FC (A) 4-4 Koné 14, Ben Arfa 16, Niang 29, Grandin 90 League 17/08/08 AJ Auxerre (H) 4-0 Niang 19, 63, Grandin 76, Zenden 85 League 23/08/08 Le Havre AC (A) 1-0 Zenden 56 League 30/08/08 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (H) 2-1 Ziani 38, Koné 60 League 13/09/08 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (A) 1-1 Koné 3 League 21/09/08 AS Monaco FC (H) 0-0 Cup 24/09/08 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (A) 0-1 League 27/09/08 Le Mans UC 72 (A) 1-1 Ben Arfa 7 League 04/10/08 SM Caen (H) 2-1 Ben Arfa 2, Niang 60 League 19/10/08 Valenciennes FC (A) 3-1 Koné 13, Ben Arfa 73, Kaboré 90 League 26/10/08 Paris Saint-Germain FC (H) 2-4 Niang 20, Valbuena 44 League 29/10/08 FC Nantes (A) 1-1 Koné 78 League 01/11/08 AS Saint-Etienne (H) 3-1 Cheyrou 21, Ben Arfa 38(pen), Taiwo 71 League 08/11/08 (A) 3-0 Ben Arfa 5, Koné 32, Cheyrou 82 League 15/11/08 FC (H) 2-3 Ziani 10, Niang 60(pen) League 23/11/08 LOSC Lille Métropole (H) 2-2 Samassa 47, Zenden 90 League 30/11/08 Toulouse FC (A) 0-0 League 06/12/08 OGC Nice (H) 2-1 Own goal 13, Niang 45(pen) League 14/12/08 (A) 0-0 League 21/12/08 AS Nancy-Lorraine (H) 0-3 Cup 04/01/09 Besancon (A) 1-1 Taiwo 84(pen) League 10/01/09 AJ Auxerre (A) 2-0 Samassa 43, Valbuena 77 League 17/01/09 Le Havre AC (H) 2-0 Valbuena 24, Zubar 69 Cup 28/01/09 Olympique Lyonnais (A) 0-1 League 01/02/09 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (A) 0-1 League 08/02/09 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (H) 1-0 Own goal 57 League 15/02/09 AS Monaco FC (A) 1-0 Koné 77 League 22/02/09 Le Mans UC 72 (H) 0-0 League 01/03/09 SM Caen (A) 1-0 Brandão 66 League 07/03/09 Valenciennes FC (H) 0-0 League 15/03/09 Paris Saint-Germain FC (A) 3-1 Zenden 24, Koné 54, Cana 61 League 21/03/09 FC Nantes (H) League 04/04/09 AS Saint-Etienne (A) League 11/04/09 Grenoble Foot 38 (H) League 18/04/09 FC Lorient (A) League 25/04/09 LOSC Lille Métropole (A) League 02/05/09 Toulouse FC (H) League 13/05/09 OGC Nice (A) League 16/05/09 Olympique Lyonnais (H) League 23/05/09 AS Nancy-Lorraine (A) League 30/05/09 Stade Rennais FC (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 28 15 8 5 36 21 53 2 Olympique de Marseille 28 14 10 4 43 26 52 3 Paris Saint-Germain FC 28 16 4 8 40 28 52 4 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 44 30 50 5 Toulouse FC 28 13 10 5 33 20 49 6 LOSC Lille Métropole 28 13 10 5 39 28 49 7 Stade Rennais FC 28 11 14 3 32 19 47 8 OGC Nice 28 11 7 10 31 30 40 9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 8 11 9 18 24 35 10 AJ Auxerre 28 9 7 12 23 27 34 11 AS Monaco FC 28 8 9 11 33 35 33 12 FC Lorient 28 7 11 10 31 32 32 13 Valenciennes FC 28 7 11 10 26 29 32 14 Le Mans UC 72 28 8 8 12 33 39 32 15 AS Nancy-Lorraine 28 7 9 12 27 37 30 16 FC Nantes 28 7 9 12 26 38 30 17 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 28 6 11 11 30 36 29 18 AS Saint-Etienne 28 8 5 15 26 40 29 19 SM Caen 28 5 11 12 30 38 26 20 Le Havre AC 28 5 3 20 23 55 18

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Match-by-match lineups - AFC Ajax

First round, first leg Date Match Result Stadium, Venue 18/09/08 Borac Čačak - Ajax 1-4 FK Partizan, Goals: 0-1 Sulejmani 11, 0-2 Luis Suárez 35, 1-2 Milovanović 50, 1-3 Huntelaar 71, 1-4 Huntelaar 86 Ajax: Stekelenburg, Oleguer, Vermaelen, Emanuelson, Van der Wiel, Vertonghen, Sno (Lindgren 46), Sarpong (De Jong 75), Sulejmani (Leonardo 79), Luis Suárez, Huntelaar

First round, second leg Date Match Result Stadium, Venue 02/10/08 Ajax - Borac Čačak 2-0 Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Goals: 1-0 Sarpong 71, 2-0 Luis Suárez 90+5 Ajax: Vermeer, Silva, Schilder, Vermaelen, Van der Wiel, Vertonghen (Lindgren 54), Sno (Sarpong 46), Eyong Enoh (Anita 60), Luis Suárez, Huntelaar, Cvitanich

Group stage Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Hamburger SV 4 3 0 1 7 3 9 AFC Ajax 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 Aston Villa FC 4 2 0 2 5 6 6 MŠK Žilina 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 SK Slavia Praha 4 0 2 2 2 5 2 Date Match Result Stadium/Venue 23.10.2008 Aston Villa - Ajax 2-1 Villa Park, Birmingham Goals: 1-0 Laursen 8, 1-1 Vermaelen 22, 2-1 Barry 45 Ajax: Vermeer, Silva, Oleguer (Van der Wiel 78), Vermaelen, Emanuelson, Lindgren, Sarpong (Cvitanich 55), Vertonghen, Luis Suárez (Leonardo 60), Huntelaar, Gabri 06.11.2008 Ajax - Žilina 1-0 Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Goals: 1-0 Luis Suárez 41 Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Oleguer, Vermaelen, Vertonghen, De Jong (Bakircioglü 46), Lindgren (Schilder 72), Gabri, Luis Suárez, Huntelaar, Emanuelson 27.11.2008 Hamburg - Ajax 0-1 Arena Hamburg, Hamburg Goals: 0-1 Leonardo 77 Ajax: Vermeer, Oleguer, Vermaelen, Vertonghen, Lindgren, Bakircioglü (Sno 73), Emanuelson, Sulejmani (Leonardo 61), Van der Wiel, Luis Suárez, Eyong Enoh (Gabri 61) 17.12.2008 Ajax - Slavia Praha 2-2 Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Goals: 1-0 Vertonghen 4, 1-1 Černý 13, 1-2 Van der Wiel 41 (o.g.) , 2-2 Luis Suárez 90+1 (pen) Ajax: Vermeer, Oleguer, Vermaelen, Vertonghen, Emanuelson (Blind 46), Sulejmani, Van der Wiel, Luis Suárez, Cvitanich (Leonardo 74), De Jong, Anita

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Round of 32, first leg Date Match Result Stadium, Venue 19/02/09 Fiorentina - Ajax 0-1 Artemio Franchi, Florence Goals: 0-1 Bakircioglü 60 Ajax: Stekelenburg, Oleguer, Vermaelen, Lindgren, Bakircioglü, Emanuelson, Sulejmani (Leonardo 58), Van der Wiel, Luis Suárez, Anita, Schilder (Sno 77)

Round of 32, second leg Date Match Result Stadium, Venue 26/02/09 Ajax - Fiorentina 1-1 Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Goals: 0-1 Gilardino 61, 1-1 Leonardo 88 Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Oleguer, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Gabri (Anita 79), Eyong Enoh, Lindgren (Leonardo 70), Luis Suárez, Sulejmani (Alderweireld 88), Emanuelson

Round of 16, first leg Date Match Result Stadium, Venue 12/03/09 Marseille - Ajax 2-1 Vélodrome, Marseille Goals: 1-0 Cheyrou 19, 2-0 Niang 33, 2-1 Luis Suárez 36 (pen) Marseille: Mandanda, Bonnart, Civelli, Hilton, Taiwo, Cana (M'Bami 46), Cheyrou, Koné (Samassa 75), Valbuena, Ben Arfa (Zenden 67), Niang Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Oleguer, Vermaelen, Alderweireld, Sulejmani, Eyong Enoh, Lindgren (Schilder 22), Aissati, Emanuelson (Silva 43), Luis Suárez (Leonardo 83)

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Match-by-match lineups - Olympique de Marseille

UEFA Champions League Group stage Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Liverpool FC 6 4 2 0 11 5 14 Club Atlético de Madrid 6 3 3 0 9 4 12 Olympique de Marseille 6 1 1 4 5 7 4 PSV Eindhoven 6 1 0 5 5 14 3 Date Match Result Stadium/Venue 16.09.2008 Marseille - Liverpool 1-2 Vélodrome, Marseille Goals: 1-0 Cana 23, 1-1 Gerrard 26, 1-2 Gerrard 32 (pen) Marseille: Mandanda, Taiwo, Hilton, Cheyrou, Niang, Koné (Samassa 75), Zubar, Cana, Ben Arfa (Ziani 57), M'Bami (Valbuena 41), Bonnart 01.10.2008 Atlético - Marseille 2-1 Vicente Calderón, Madrid Goals: 1-0 Agüero 4, 1-1 Niang 16, 2-1 Raúl García 22 Marseille: Mandanda, Taiwo, Hilton, Ziani, Cheyrou, Niang, Cana, Ben Arfa (Zenden 51), Erbate (Zubar 46), Bonnart, Valbuena (Koné 76) 22.10.2008 PSV - Marseille 2-0 PSV Stadion, Eindhoven Goals: 1-0 Koevermans 71, 2-0 Koevermans 85 Marseille: Mandanda, Taiwo, Hilton, Ziani (Kaboré 62), Cheyrou (Zenden 82), Niang, Koné, Zubar, Cana, Ben Arfa (Valbuena 73), Bonnart 04.11.2008 Marseille - PSV 3-0 Vélodrome, Marseille Goals: 1-0 Koné 30, 2-0 Niang 63, 3-0 Niang 71 Marseille: Mandanda, Taiwo, Hilton, Ziani, Cheyrou, Niang (Grandin 86), Koné (Valbuena 82), Cana, Ben Arfa (Kaboré 74), M'Bami, Bonnart 26.11.2008 Liverpool - Marseille 1-0 , Liverpool Goals: 1-0 Gerrard 23 Marseille: Mandanda, Taiwo, Hilton, Ziani, Cheyrou, Niang, Koné (Valbuena 78), Zubar, Cana, Ben Arfa, Bonnart (Samassa 89) 09.12.2008 Marseille - Atlético 0-0 Vélodrome, Marseille Goals: - Marseille: Mandanda, Taiwo, Hilton, Ziani (Kaboré 77), Zenden, Koné (Cheyrou 80), Zubar, Samassa (Valbuena 29), Cana, Ben Arfa, Bonnart

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UEFA Cup Round of 32, first leg Date Match Result Stadium, Venue 19/02/09 Marseille - Twente 0-1 Vélodrome, Marseille Goals: 0-1 Arnautovic 22 Marseille: Mandanda, Mears, Zubar, Hilton, Taiwo, Kaboré (Ben Arfa 31), M'Bami, Valbuena (Zenden 80), Cheyrou, Koné, Niang (Samassa 65)

Round of 32, second leg Date Match Result Stadium, Venue 26/02/09 Twente - Marseille 0-1 (6-7p) Arke, Enschede Goals: 0-1 Ben Arfa 24 Penalty Shoot-out: Taiwo 0-2, Nkufo 0-2 missed, Niang 0-3, Perez 1-3, Ben Arfa 1-4, Janssen 2-4, Koné 2-5, Hersi 3-5, Ziani 3-5 missed, Arnautovic 4-5, Cheyrou 4-6, Braafheid 5-6, Bonnart 5-7, Douglas 6-7, M'Bami 6-8, Rajković 6-8 missed Marseille: Mandanda, Bonnart, Civelli, Hilton (Zubar 31), Taiwo, Ziani, Cana (M'Bami 2 Ex.), Cheyrou, Ben Arfa, Niang, Samassa (Koné 7 Ex.)

Round of 16, first leg Date Match Result Stadium, Venue 12/03/09 Marseille - Ajax 2-1 Vélodrome, Marseille Goals: 1-0 Cheyrou 19, 2-0 Niang 33, 2-1 Luis Suárez 36 (pen) Marseille: Mandanda, Bonnart, Civelli, Hilton, Taiwo, Cana (M'Bami 46), Cheyrou, Koné (Samassa 75), Valbuena, Ben Arfa (Zenden 67), Niang Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Oleguer, Vermaelen, Alderweireld, Sulejmani, Eyong Enoh, Lindgren (Schilder 22), Aissati, Emanuelson (Silva 43), Luis Suárez (Leonardo 83)

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Competition facts

ALL-TIME RECORDS Most UEFA Cup wins • Club 3 FC Internazionale Milano (1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98) 3 Juventus (1976/77, 1989/90, 1992/93) 3 Liverpool FC (1972/73, 1975/76, 2000/01) 2 Feyenoord, IFK Göteborg, Parma FC, Real Madrid CF, Tottenham Hotspur FC, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, Sevilla FC • Player 3 Ray Clemence (Liverpool - 1972/73, 1975/76, Tottenham - 1983/84) 3 (Inter - 1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98) 3 Nicola Berti (Inter - 1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98) • Coach 3 Giovanni Trapattoni (Juventus 1976/77, 1990/91, 1992/93) 2 Juande Ramos (Sevilla 2005/06, 2006/07) • Country 9 Italy 6 , Germany 5 4 Netherlands 2 Sweden, Russia 1 Belgium, Portugal, Most UEFA Cup appearances 96 Giuseppe Bergomi (Inter) 69 Walter Zenga (Inter) 66 (RSC Anderlecht, Inter, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, AJ Auxerre, Torino Calcio, AS Monaco FC) 63 David Narey (Dundee United FC) Most UEFA Cup goals 37 (Feyenoord, Celtic FC, Helsingborgs IF) 29 Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln, VfB Stuttgart, Bordeaux) 25 (Inter, Juventus) Most UEFA Cup goals in one season 15 Jürgen Klinsmann (FC Bayern München, 1995/96) 14 John Wark (Ipswich Town FC, 1981/82) 12 Derlei (FC Porto, 2002/03)

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Team facts

AFC Ajax UEFA club competition milestones • Ajax have been crowned champions of Europe on four occasions, including three successive titles in the early 1970s. In 1970/71, they defeated Panathinaikos FC 2-0 and followed that up in the next campaign by defeating FC Internazionale Milano by the same scoreline. The hat-trick was completed when Ajax ran out 1-0 winners against Juventus in Belgrade in 1972/73. Their first triumph under the auspices of the UEFA Champions League came in 1994/95, when AC Milan were beaten 1-0 in . Ajax have twice lost European Cup finals, 4-1 to Milan in Madrid in 1968/69 and 4-2 on penalties to Juventus in 1995/96 after a 1-1 draw in . UEFA Cup milestones • Ajax's only UEFA Cup triumph came in 1992 when they defeated Torino Calcio on away goals after a 2-2 aggregate draw. They reached the final by accounting for another Italian club, Genoa CFC, having earlier overcome KAA Gent, CA Osasuna, FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt and Örebro SK. UEFA club competition honours • European Champion Clubs Cup: 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1994/95 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1986/87 • UEFA Cup: 1991/92 • UEFA Super Cup: 1973, 1995 • European/South American Cup: 1972, 1995 Ten-year record 2007/08: UEFA Cup first round 2006/07: UEFA Cup Round of 32 (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2005/06: UEFA Champions League first knockout round 2004/05: UEFA Cup Round of 32 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2003/04: UEFA Champions League group stage 2002/03: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2001/02: UEFA Cup second round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2000/01: UEFA Cup second round 1999/00: UEFA Cup third round 1998/99: UEFA Champions League first group stage 2007/08 season Domestic record: A second-place finish in the Eredivisie earned Ajax a place in the end-of-season play-offs to decide the Netherlands' other UEFA Champions League entrant. However, Ajax lost out to FC Twente 2-1 on aggregate in the play-off final. European record: Ajax dropped into the UEFA Cup first round following a 3-1 aggregate loss to SK Slavia Praha in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. However, their UEFA Cup adventure was over just as soon as it had begun, NK Dinamo overturning a 1-0 home loss in the first leg to triumph 3-2 in the return in Amsterdam. UEFA club competition • Biggest win 14-0: AFC Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange 03.10.1984, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest home win 14-0: AFC Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange (see above for details) • Biggest away win 1-8: HJK Helsinki v AFC Ajax 19.09.1979, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg

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• Heaviest defeat 4-0: FC Bayern München v AFC Ajax 28.09.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage 5-1: FC Bayern München v AFC Ajax 22.10.1980, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round, first leg 4-0: AC Omonia v AFC Ajax 07.11.1979, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg 4-0: Vasas SC v AFC Ajax 26.02.1958, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: AFC Ajax v FK Wien 27.09.1989, UEFA Cup, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: FC Bayern München v AFC Ajax (see above for details) 5-1: FC Bayern München v AFC Ajax (see above for details) 4-0: AC Omonia v AFC Ajax (see above for details) 4-0: Vasas SC v AFC Ajax (see above for details) UEFA Cup • Biggest win 14-0: AFC Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange (see above for details) • Biggest home win 14-0: AFC Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-6: KAA Gent v AFC Ajax 12.09.2000, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest defeat 0-3: AFC Ajax v FK Austria Wien (see above for details) 4-1: Budapesti Honvéd SE v AFC Ajax 22.11.1978, UEFA Cup third round first leg 3-0: Werder Bremen v AFC Ajax 14.02.2007, UEFA Cup Round of 32 first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: AFC Ajax v FK Austria Wien (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Budapesti Honvéd SE v AFC Ajax (see above for details) 3-0: Werder Bremen v AFC Ajax (see above for details)

Olympique de Marseille UEFA club competition milestones • The only French club to win the European Champion Clubs' Cup, Marseille have been involved in continental action since the first round of the 1969/70 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. As well as their 1992/93 triumph, they lost the 1990/91 European Cup final on penalties to FK Crvena Zvezda. UEFA Cup • Marseille have reached the UEFA Cup final twice, and lost on both occasions without scoring a goal. Parma AC beat them 3-0 at the 1998/99 showcase game at Moscow's , while Valencia CF celebrated at their expense in the 2003/04 denouement at the Stadium in Gothenburg, with Marseille losing 2-0. UEFA club competition honours • European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1992/93 • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005, 2006

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Ten-year record 2007/08: UEFA Cup – Round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2006/07: UEFA Cup – first round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2005/06: UEFA Cup – Round of 16 (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2004/05: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2003/04: UEFA Cup – runners-up (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2002/03: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2001/02: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2000/01: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 1999/00: UEFA Champions League – second group stage 1998/99: UEFA Cup – runners-up 2007/08 season Domestic record: After a disastrous start to the Ligue 1 campaign in which Marseille won one of their first ten games and were in 14th position at Christmas, a strong second half to the season – including a run of five wins from six matches between January and March – ensured they recovered to finish third. Marseille lost out to fifth division US Jeanne d'Arc Carquefou in the last 16 of the French Cup and went down 1-0 at AJ Auxerre in the League Cup quarter-finals. European record: Marseille's UEFA Champions League Group A campaign started in fine fashion, a 2-0 home win against Beşiktaş JK preceding a 1-0 victory at Anfield against Liverpool FC. A late equaliser earned FC Porto a 1-1 draw at the Stade Vélodrome on Matchday 3, though, and that preceded 2-1 defeats at Porto and Beşiktaş before a 4-0 home humbling at the hands of Liverpool left Marseille third in the section. Transferring to the UEFA Cup, a 3-0 home win against FC Spartak Moskva paved the way for a 3-2 aggregate success in the Round of 32 but another Russian side, FC Zenit St. Petersburg, proved too strong in the next stage, the eventual winners prevailing on away goals after a 3-3 draw overall. Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 7-1: Olympique de Marseille v US Luxembourg 03.10.1973, UEFA Cup first round second leg 6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva 17.03.1993, UEFA Champions League group stage • Biggest home win 7-1: Olympique de Marseille 7-1 US Luxembourg (see above for details) 6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-5: US Luxembourg v Olympique de Marseille 18.09.1973, UEFA Cup, first round first leg 0-5: Glentoran FC v Olympique de Marseille 16.09.1992, UEFA Champions League first round first leg 0-5: US Luxembourg v Olympique de Marseille 18.09.1991, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest defeat 6-0: 1. FC Köln v Olympique de Marseille 06.11.1973, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Olympique de Marseille v Liverpool FC 11.12.2007, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: 1. FC Köln v Olympique de Marseille (see above for details)

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UEFA Cup • Biggest win 7-1: Olympique de Marseille 7-1 US Luxembourg (see above for details) • Biggest home win 7-1: Olympique de Marseille 7-1 US Luxembourg (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-5: US Luxembourg v Olympique de Marseille (see above for details) • Heaviest defeat 6-0: 1. FC Köln v Olympique de Marseille (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat 0-1: Olympique de Marseille v FC Twente 19.02.2009, UEFA Cup Round of 32 first leg 0-1: Olympique de Marseille v FC Zenit St. Petersburg 09.03.2006, UEFA Cup Round of 16 first leg 0-1: Olympique de Marseille v FC Carl Zeiss Jena 01.10.1975, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: 1. FC Köln v Olympique de Marseille (see above for details)

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Competition information

The UEFA Cup evolved from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and was first contested as the UEFA Cup in 1971/72. Next season the UEFA Cup will be reborn as the UEFA Europa League. The new name heralds major changes to the competition, which will have a new 48-team group stage with centralised marketing of broadcast rights, a presenting sponsor and an official matchball in addition to centralised sponsorship from the knockout stage and a new logo and visual identity. • Disciplinary information: As a rule, a player who is sent off is suspended for the next match in a UEFA club competition. The Control and Disciplinary Body is entitled to augment this punishment. In the case of repeated cautions, a player is suspended for one match after three cautions in three different matches, as well as following any subsequent odd-numbered caution (fifth, seventh, ninth, etc). Single yellow cards and pending suspensions are always carried forward either to the next stage of the competition or to another club competition in the current season. • Locally-trained players rule: In February 2005, UEFA announced the 'A' list that teams submit for UEFA club competitions will continue to be limited to 25 players, and from the 2008/09 season at least eight places are reserved for players trained by the club's own football academy of which half can be players trained by other clubs from within the same association of the said club. The 'B' list also continues to exist – involving an unlimited number of Under-21 players who have been at the club for any uninterrupted period of two years since their 15th birthday. A club-trained player is defined as a player who has been registered for a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21, whereas an association-trained player is one who has been registered for at least three seasons by the club or by other clubs affiliated to the same association between the age of 15 and 21. • : For matches played under the cup (knockout) system, the team which scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches qualifies for the next round. If the two teams involved in a tie score the same number of goals over the two legs, the team which scores more away goals qualifies for the next stage. If this procedure does not produce a result, i.e, if the two teams score the same number of goals at home and away, extra time of two periods of 15 minutes shall be played at the end of the second leg. If during extra time, both teams score the same number of goals, away goals count double (i.e. the visiting club qualifies). If no goals are scored during extra time, penalty kicks determine which team qualifies. • Player registration: UEFA regulations state that for all UEFA Cup matches from the start of the Round of 32, a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players within their squad of 25 for the remaining matches in the current competition. One player from the above quota of three who has played UEFA club competition matches for another competing club in the current season may exceptionally be registered, provided that the player has not been fielded by another club in the UEFA Cup this season or by a club that has transferred from the UEFA Champions League to the UEFA Cup following the group stage. • Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations on www.uefa.com.

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Legend

:: Competitions Club competitions ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship :: Competition stages :: Other Abbreviations F: Final QR3: Third qualifying round AP: Appearances No.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round Comp.: Competition Pld: Matches played GS1: First group stage R2: Second round D: Drawn Pos.: Position GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round DoB: Date of birth Pts: Points KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round GA: Goals against R: Sent off (red card) PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals GF: Goals for Res.: Result QF: Quarter-finals 1/8: Eighth-finals L: Lost W: Won QR: Qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals Nat.: Nationality Y: Booked QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg N/a: Not Applicable Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg red) FT: Final tournament P-O: Play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player dismissed/sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on www.uefa.com.

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