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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Petrovskiy - St Petersburg Thursday 29 September 2016 21.05CET (22.05 local time) FC Zenit Group D - Matchday 2 AZ Alkmaar Last updated 28/02/2017 10:53CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 FC Zenit - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tymoshchuk 43 (P); 25/10/2007 GS FC Zenit - AZ Alkmaar 1-1 St Petersburg Ari 20 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Zenit 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 AZ Alkmaar 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Rondón 28, 67, Hulk 26/02/2015 R32 FC Zenit - PSV Eindhoven St Petersburg agg: 4-0 48 19/02/2015 R32 PSV Eindhoven - FC Zenit 0-1 Eindhoven Hulk 64 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Shirokov 16, 17/03/2011 R16 FC Zenit - FC Twente St Petersburg agg: 2-3 Kerzhakov 38 L. de Jong 25, 90+2, 10/03/2011 R16 FC Twente - FC Zenit 3-0 Enschede Landzaat 56 AZ Alkmaar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 20/03/2014 R16 FC Anji - AZ Alkmaar Ramenskoye agg: 0-1 13/03/2014 R16 AZ Alkmaar - FC Anji 1-0 Alkmaar Jóhannsson 29 (P) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Boussoufa 17, Eto'o 0-5 45+2, L. Traoré 79, 30/08/2012 PO AZ Alkmaar - FC Anji Alkmaar agg: 0-6 Carcela-González 83, Lahiyalov 90+4 23/08/2012 PO FC Anji - AZ Alkmaar 1-0 Moscow L. Traoré 51 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Van Galen 44, AZ Alkmaar - PFC Krylya 3-1 Koevermans 79, 29/09/2005 R1 Alkmaar Sovetov Samara agg: 6-6 ag Landzaat 84 (P); Adamu 15 2 FC Zenit - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg UEFA Cup Leilton 11, Adamu 44, Kovba 49, Gusin 63, PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara - 15/09/2005 R1 5-3 Samara Bober 90+2; Vlaar 18, AZ Alkmaar Perez 56, Van Galen 85 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Zenit 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 7 4 AZ Alkmaar 3 2 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 3 8 13 3 FC Zenit - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg Match background Fresh from one of the greatest comeback wins in UEFA club competition history, Zenit will look to make rather lighter work of AZ Alkmaar in UEFA Europa League Group D. Previous meetings • Ari's sending-off for the visitors helped Dick Advocaat's Zenit fight back to hold Louis van Gaal's AZ to a 1-1 draw in Russia in the clubs' only previous meeting, in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage. • The teams for that game om 25 October 2007 were: Zenit: Čontofalský, Ding-Jin, Lombaerts*, Škrtel, Anyukov*, Šírl, Tymoshchuk, Zyryanov, Domínguez (Maksimov 81), Arshavin, Fatih Tekke. AZ: Waterman, Koenders, Jaliens, Donk, Opdam, Mendes (El Hamdaoui 59), Cziommer (Medunjanin 90+2), Agustien, Martens (Pocognoli 49), Dembélé, Ari. *registered to play for the club in this season's group stage • Zenit's record in five matches against Dutch sides is W3 D1 L1 (W2 D1 in St Petersburg); AZ's record against Russian opponents reads W2 D2 L3 (D2 L2 in Russia). Form guide • Zenit's matchday one tie was a classic: trailing 3-0 at Maccabi Tel-Aviv after 77 minutes, Mircea Lucescu's men managed to win 4-3, Luka Djordjević hitting the decider in added time. • A 2-1 home loss to Benfica in their most recent European home fixture – in last season's UEFA Champions League round of 16 – ended a seven-game unbeaten UEFA home run for Zenit (W6 D1). • AZ are now undefeated in six European outings (W3 D3) but their 1-1 draw with Dundalk on matchday one did not come without drama – midfielder Stijn Wuytens being taken to hospital with concussion after colliding with the visiting goalkeeper in the course of scoring AZ's goal. • UEFA Cup winners in 2008, Zenit have progressed in three of their four previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. In 2010/11 they won all six group matches. • AZ have successfully navigated five of their eight previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Links and trivia • The journey from Alkmaar to St Petersburg is around 1,750km. • Zenit's Montenegrin forward Djordjević spent the 2013/14 season in the Netherlands, where he played for Twente. • AZ forward Robert Mühren is the nephew of former Netherlands duo Gerrie and Arnold Mühren; the latter lifted the UEFA Cup with Ipswich Town in 1981. The coaches • Mircea Lucescu took charge of Zenit this summer, the 71-year-old Romanian ending a 12-year spell at Shakhtar Donetsk in which he picked up eight Ukrainian titles and the 2008/09 UEFA Cup. He previously won Turkish championships with Beşiktaş and Galatasaray. • Lucescu is the most experienced coach in the 2016/17 competition; this will be his 216th UEFA club fixture. • AZ coach John van den Brom spent the bulk of his playing career as a midfielder for Vitesse, and was capped twice for his country. As a coach, he claimed the Belgian title with Anderlecht in 2013, taking command in Alkmaar in 2014. 4 FC Zenit - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg Team facts FC Zenit Formed: 1925 Nickname: Sine-belo-golubye (Blue-White-Sky Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (1): 2008 • UEFA Super Cup (1): 2008 Domestic honours (latest triumph in brackets) League title: 5 (2015) USSR/Russian Cup: 4 (2016) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless otherwise indicated) 2015/16: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2014/15: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2012/13: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2010/11: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: winners 2006/07: did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Zenit v FC Encamp 29/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Encamp v Zenit 15/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zenit v Bologna FC 16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 twice, most recently v VfB Stuttgart 01/11/89, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 8-0: Zenit v FC Encamp (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Encamp v Zenit (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zenit v Bologna FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: VfB Stuttgart v Zenit (see above) AZ Alkmaar Formed: 1967 Nickname: Kaaskoppen (Cheeseheads) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (1981) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (2009) Dutch Cup: 4 (2013) 5 FC Zenit - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: quarter-finals 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: quarter-finals 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: group stage 2006/07: quarter-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 11-1: AZ v FC Differdange 03 14/09/77, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Differdange 03 v AZ 27/09/77, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: AZ v FC Anji 30/08/12, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Valencia CF v AZ 05/04/12, UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 11-1: AZ v FC Differdange 03 (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Differdange 03 v AZ (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: AZ v FC Anji (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Valencia CF v AZ (see above) 6 FC Zenit - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg Squad list FC Zenit Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.