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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Johan Cruijff ArenA - Amsterdam Thursday 11 March 2021 18.55CET (18.55 local time) AFC Ajax Round of 16, First leg BSC Young Boys Last updated 09/04/2021 11:56CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Match officials 19 Legend 20 1 AFC Ajax - BSC Young Boys Thursday 11 March 2021 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 16/03/1988 QF AFC Ajax - BSC Young Boys Amsterdam Larsson 39 agg: 2-0 09/03/1988 QF BSC Young Boys - AFC Ajax 0-1 Berne Bosman 44 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AFC Ajax 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 BSC Young Boys 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lustrinelli 56, Adriano 74; Sneijder 27, 02/11/2005 GS FC Thun - AFC Ajax 2-4 Berne Anastasiou 63, N. De Jong 90+1, Boukhari 90+3 18/10/2005 GS AFC Ajax - FC Thun 2-0 Amsterdam Anastasiou 36, 55 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers S. Arveladze 16, Van 2-2 09/11/2000 R2 AFC Ajax - FC Lausanne-Sport Amsterdam der Gun 77; Mazzoni agg: 2-3 37, Kuźba 75 (P) 26/10/2000 R2 FC Lausanne-Sport - AFC Ajax 1-0 Lausanne Mazzoni 38 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Grasshopper Club Zürich - AFC 04/12/1996 GS 0-1 Zurich Kluivert 32 Ajax AFC Ajax - Grasshopper Club 25/09/1996 GS 0-1 Amsterdam Yakin 60 Zürich UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Grasshopper Club Zürich - AFC 01/11/1995 GS 0-0 Zurich Ajax AFC Ajax - Grasshopper Club Kluivert 12, 68, 18/10/1995 GS 3-0 Amsterdam Zürich George 87 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-4 Erkens 10, Clarke 13, 01/11/1978 R2 FC Lausanne-Sport - AFC Ajax Lausanne agg: 0-5 83, Arnesen 37 2 AFC Ajax - BSC Young Boys Thursday 11 March 2021 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam UEFA Cup 18/10/1978 R2 AFC Ajax - FC Lausanne-Sport 1-0 Amsterdam Lerby 23 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Odermatt 36 (P); 1-2 04/11/1970 R2 FC Basel 1893 - AFC Ajax Basel Rijnders 67, agg: 1-5 Neeskens 71 Keizer 17, Van Dijk 21/10/1970 R2 AFC Ajax - FC Basel 1893 3-0 Amsterdam 25, Hulshoff 63 BSC Young Boys - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Berghuis 18 (P); 07/11/2019 GS Feyenoord - BSC Young Boys 1-1 Rotterdam Spielmann 71 Assalé 14 (P), Nsame 24/10/2019 GS BSC Young Boys - Feyenoord 2-0 Berne 28 (P) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers BSC Young Boys - ADO Den 1-0 04/11/1987 R2 Berne Fimian 67 Haag agg: 2-2 ag ADO Den Haag - BSC Young de Roode 3, Boere 21/10/1987 R2 2-1 Den Haag Boys 71; Wittwer 62 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AFC Ajax 7 5 1 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 10 2 2 24 7 BSC Young Boys 3 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 3 5 5 3 AFC Ajax - BSC Young Boys Thursday 11 March 2021 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Match background Two clubs whose 2020/21 European journey started out in the UEFA Champions League meet in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 as Dutch giants Ajax host Swiss title holders Young Boys, who are appearing at this stage of the competition for the first time. • Erik ten Hag's Ajax finished third in UEFA Champions League Group D during the autumn, behind Liverpool and Atalanta, before kicking off their record-breaking ninth appearance in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase by beating Ligue 1 high fliers LOSC Lille 2-1 twice in the round of 32, their winning goals arriving late in both matches. • Gerardo Seoane's Young Boys were eliminated by Midtjylland in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase but finished as runners-up to Roma in UEFA Europa League Group A before securing their maiden round of 16 berth with an impressive 6-3 aggregate victory over a Bayer Leverkusen side led by ex-Ajax coach Peter Bosz (4-3 h, 2-0 a). This is the furthest the Berne club have gone in a European competition since they reached the quarter-finals of the 1987/88 European Cup Winners' Cup, where they were knocked out by Ajax. Previous meetings • That European Cup Winners' Cup last-eight tie 33 years ago is the only time the clubs have met previously, the Amsterdam club winning both legs 1-0 en route to the final, which they lost by the same score to Belgian side KV Mechelen. • Ajax have won ten of their previous 14 matches against Swiss opposition (D2 L2), with identical home and away records of W5 D1 L1. Their most recent encounters, against Thun in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage, both yielded victories (2-0 h, 4-2 a). The Amsterdam side have won two and lost one of their three two-legged knockout ties against Swiss clubs, though the defeat came in the most recent, against Lausanne in the 2000/01 UEFA Cup second round (0-1 a, 2-2 h). • Young Boys have played six previous matches against Dutch clubs, including two in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage against Ajax's traditional rivals Feyenoord, a 2-0 home win preceding a 1-1 draw in Rotterdam to make their overall record against Eredivisie opposition W2 D1 L3. They have yet to win in the Netherlands (D1 L2). Form guide Ajax • Although no Dutch title was awarded in 2019/20, Ajax were leading the standings at the time of the Eredivisie stoppage in March and were entered directly into this season's UEFA Champions League group stage. • The Amsterdam club's 16th participation in the UEFA Champions League group stage ran along similar lines to their 15th, a 0-1 home defeat on Matchday 6, against Atalanta, sending the 2018/19 semi-finalists out of the competition and into the UEFA Europa League knockout phase. Defeated 1-0 by Liverpool home and away, Ajax did the double over Danish debutants Midtjylland (2-1 a, 3-1 h), their only other point coming from a 2-2 draw at Atalanta in which they surrendered a two-goal lead. • Victory over LOSC enabled Ajax to come through the UEFA Europa League round of 32 for only the fourth time in their nine attempts. Their round of 16 record is W1 L2, eliminations by Spartak Moskva in 2010/11 (0-1 h, 0-3 a) and Dnipro in 2014/15 (0-1 a, 2-1 aet h) preceding success against Copenhagen (1-2 a, 2-0 h) in 2016/17, when they went on to reach the final, which they lost 2-0 to Manchester United. • Ajax have won all of their last eight home games in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase, making their overall competition record in Amsterdam during the spring W10 L4. Additionally, their last nine home games in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final, have also resulted in victory, and they are unbeaten in 14 (W11 D3) since going down 0-3 to Salzburg in the first leg of the 2013/14 round of 32. Young Boys • Champions of Switzerland for the third season running in 2019/20, and the 14th time in all, Young Boys lost last season's UEFA Champions League play-off on away goals to Crvena zvezda but reached the UEFA Europa League group stage, where they finished third in a section containing Porto, Rangers and Feyenoord. • YB missed out on UEFA Champions League qualification again this season, losing 3-0 at Midtjylland in the third qualifying round after winning their opening tie 3-1 at home to KÍ Klaksvík. However, they beat Tirana 3-0 at the Stadion Wankdorf in the UEFA Europa League play-offs to reach the competition's group stage for the seventh time, and further progress ensued despite losses at home (1-2) and away (1-3) to Roma as they beat CSKA-Sofia twice (3- 0 h, 1-0 a) and took four points off CFR Cluj (1-1 a, 2-1 h). • Victory over Leverkusen in the round of 32, a tie in which Jordan Siebatcheu scored three goals and Christian Fassnacht two, enabled Young Boys to progress to the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League for the first time. • The Berne club's win at the BayArena was only their third victory in the club's last 26 European away games (D8 4 AFC Ajax - BSC Young Boys Thursday 11 March 2021 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam L15), their record on the road in the UEFA Europa League proper now standing at W4 D8 L12.