UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Amsterdam ArenA - Amsterdam Thursday 24 November 2016 19.00CET (19.00 local time) AFC Ajax Group G - Matchday 5 Panathinaikos FC Last updated 28/02/2017 12:07CET
Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 Legend 16
1 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Berg 5; Traoré 33, 15/09/2016 GS Panathinaikos FC - AFC Ajax 1-2 Athens Riedewald 67
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 Litmanen 4, 77, 17/04/1996 SF Panathinaikos FC - AFC Ajax Athens agg: 1-3 Wooter 86 03/04/1996 SF AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC 0-1 Amsterdam Warzycha 87
European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/06/1971 F AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC 2-0 London Van Dijk 5, Haan 87
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 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 1 7 2 Panathinaikos FC 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 2 7 AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Athanasiadis 4; 03/08/2016 QR3 PAOK FC - AFC Ajax Salonika agg: 2-3 Klaassen 45+1 (P), 88 Dolberg 58; Djalma 26/07/2016 QR3 AFC Ajax - PAOK FC 1-1 Amsterdam Campos 27
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vieirinha 16, Salpingidis 56, Ivić 3-3 04/08/2010 QR3 PAOK FC - AFC Ajax Salonika 90+1; Suárez 48, S. agg: 4-4 ag De Jong 50, Lindgren 55 28/07/2010 QR3 AFC Ajax - PAOK FC 1-1 Amsterdam Suárez 13; Ivić 73
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Witschge 36, Gorrè 04/11/1998 GS AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Amsterdam 88 21/10/1998 GS Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax 1-0 Athens Alexandris 38
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/1994 GS AFC Ajax - AEK Athens FC 2-0 Amsterdam Oulida 8, 78
2 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
UEFA Champions League Savevski 30; 28/09/1994 GS AEK Athens FC - AFC Ajax 1-2 Athens Litmanen 33, Kluivert 65
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Kapouranis 58; 05/11/1986 R2 Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax Athens agg: 1-5 Wouters 90 Bosman 6, Rijkaard 22/10/1986 R2 AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 4-0 Amsterdam 43, Van Basten 52, Mühren 83
European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Anastopoulos 94 ET, 28/09/1983 R1 Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax Athens agg 2-0 (aet) 118 ET 14/09/1983 R1 AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 0-0 Amsterdam
Panathinaikos FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ajagun 11, Petrić 43; Panathinaikos FC - PSV 06/11/2014 GS 2-3 Athens Depay 27, L. de Jong Eindhoven 65, Wijnaldum 78 PSV Eindhoven - Panathinaikos 23/10/2014 GS 1-1 Eindhoven Depay 44; Karelis 87 FC
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Papadopoulos 30, Panathinaikos FC - PSV Münch 45 (P), 57, 07/12/2004 GS 4-1 Athens Eindhoven Sânmărtean 81; Beasley 37 PSV Eindhoven - Panathinaikos Vennegoor of 29/09/2004 GS 1-0 Eindhoven FC Hesselink 80
European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Mavridis 41, Rocha 03/10/1984 R1 Panathinaikos FC - Feyenoord Athens agg: 2-1 43; Rep 69 19/09/1984 R1 Feyenoord - Panathinaikos FC 0-0 Rotterdam
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 3 3 1 8 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 16 8 5 3 25 13 Panathinaikos FC 5 2 0 3 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 10 3 2 5 11 14
3 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Match background
Ajax are safely through to the UEFA Europa League round of 32 once again, and can condemn Panathinaikos to an early exit as the sides meet again in Group G. • Ajax are through and will clinch first place with a win, or a draw would suffice if Standard Liège do not win at Celta; Panathinaikos must win and hope the other game is drawn. • Celta and Standard drew on matchday one so a victory for either side would take them through. Previous meetings • Ajax's 2-1 success in Athens on matchday one was the teams' fourth meeting, the Amsterdammers registering three wins to the Greens' one. • Ajax won the first of their four European Cups by defeating Panathinaikos 2-0 in the 1971 final at Wembley. • A quarter of a century later, in the 1995/96 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, Ajax once again came out on top, triumphing 3-0 in Athens after a 1-0 home reverse. The line-ups for the first leg in Amsterdam were: Ajax: Van der Sar, Reiziger, Blind, F de Boer, Bogarde, Litmanen (Musampa 76), Finidi George, Davids, Kanu, Kluivert, R de Boer. Panathinaikos: Wandzik, Apostolakis, Ouzounidis, G Georgiadis, Kalitzakis, Kolitsidakis, Borrelli (Markos 83), Kapouranis, Warzycha (Nioplias 90), Marangos (G Savas Georgiadis 62), Donis. • Ajax have won half of their 16 games against Greek sides, drawing five and losing the other three (W3 D3 L1 at home). • Panathinaikos's record in ten matches against Dutch opposition is W3 D2 L5 (W1 L2 L1 in the Netherlands). Form guide • Ajax are unbeaten at home in eight European games (W3 D5), and are yet to lose in Group G. • Panathinaikos's 3-0 home loss to Standard was the Greek club's 11th successive UEFA Europa League fixture (excluding qualifying) without a win – one short of the competition record, unenviably shared by Partizan and Slovan Bratislava. It was also their heaviest home defeat in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League, and one of their worst five home results in any UEFA competition. • After three successful attempts to get through their UEFA Cup group, Ajax failed to qualify for the first time in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Having progressed from their first three UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, Panathinaikos have missed the cut in their last two attempts. Links and trivia • The journey from Athens to Amsterdam is almost 2,200km. • Panathinaikos's Swedish forward Marcus Berg played in the Netherlands for Groningen (2007–09) and PSV (2010– 11). • Panathinaikos have received more yellow (19) and red cards (3) than any other side in this season's group phase. The coaches • Italian technician Andrea Stramaccioni led Panathinaikos to a third-place finish in Greece in 2015/16, his first season with the club. A qualified lawyer whose playing career was ended by injury, he specialised as a youth coach before coaching Internazionale Milano and Udinese in Serie A. • A Dutch title winner as a midfielder with Feyenoord, Peter Bosz returned from Israel to take charge of Ajax in May 2016. Bosz has managed Heracles and Vitesse in the Netherlands, briefly coaching Maccabi Tel-Aviv in 2016.
4 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Team facts
AFC Ajax Formed: 1900 Nickname: Godenzonen (Sons of the Gods) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup (4): (1969), 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995, (1996) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1987, (1988) • UEFA Cup (1): 1992 • UEFA Super Cup (2): 1973, (1987), 1995 • European/South American Cup (2): 1972, 1995 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 33 (2014) Dutch Cup: 18 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: round of 16 2007/08: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 14-0: Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange 03/10/84, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-8: HJK Helsinki v Ajax 19/09/79, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Ajax v Real Madrid CF 23/11/10, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Bayern München v Ajax 22/10/80, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg 4-0 on four occasions, most recently v FC Barcelona 18/09/13, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 14-0: Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: KAA Gent v Ajax 12/09/00, first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Ajax v FC Salzburg 21/02/14, round of 32 first leg 0-3 (aet): Ajax v FK Austria Wien 27/09/1989, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Budapest Honvéd FC v Ajax 22/11/78, third round first leg
5 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam 3-0 on three occasions, most recently v FC Spartak Moskva 17/03/11, round of 16 second leg
Panathinaikos FC Formed: 1908 Nickname: Prasini (The Greens) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1971) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 20 (2010) Greek Cup: 18 (2014) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: did not feature in UEFA club competition 2012/13: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2011/12: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2010/11: UEFA Champions League group stage 2009/10: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2007/08: round of 32 2006/07: round of 32 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Panathinaikos v Pirin Blagoevgrad 29/09/94, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg 5-0: Panathinaikos v Jeunesse Esch 30/09/70, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: Electroputere Craiova v Panathinaikos 16/09/92, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4 twice, most recently v Bayer Leverkusen 20/10/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round first leg 0-3 three times, most recently v Standard Liège 03/11/16, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: FC Dinamo Bucureşti v Panathinaikos 01/11/89, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg 5-0 twice, most recently v FC Barcelona 02/11/05 UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-1: Panathinaikos v Budapest Honvéd 09/12/87, third round second leg 4-0: Panathinaikos v Electroputere Craiova 30/09/92, first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: Electroputere Craiova v Panathinaikos (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Panathinaikos v Standard Liège (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 twice, most recently v Paris Saint-Germain 12/12/06, group stage
6 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Squad list
AFC Ajax Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Tim Krul NED 03/04/1988 28 ------7 - 8 - 24 Andre Onana CMR 02/04/1996 20 - - - 4 - 11 - 4 - 4 - 33 Diederik Boer NED 24/09/1980 36 ------2 - 41 Stan van Bladeren NED 01/10/1997 19 ------43 Jeffrey de Lange NED 01/04/1998 18 ------Defenders 2 Kenny Tete NED 09/10/1995 21 - 3 - - - 2 - 5 - 12 - 3 Joël Veltman NED 15/01/1992 24 * 4 - 4 - 12 - 13 - 29 - 4 Jairo Riedewald NED 09/09/1996 20 - 4 - 3 1 9 - 11 1 22 1 5 Davinson Sanchez COL 12/06/1996 20 * 1 - 4 - 12 2 4 - 5 - 16 Heiko Westermann GER 14/08/1983 33 - 1 - - - 2 - 6 1 19 1 26 Nick Viergever NED 03/08/1989 27 - 3 - 3 - 11 1 31 3 48 3 35 Mitchell Dijks NED 09/02/1993 23 - 3 - 1 - 10 - 6 - 13 - 36 Matthijs de Ligt NED 12/08/1999 17 ------40 Carel Eiting NED 11/02/1998 18 ------42 Deyovaisio Zeefuik NED 11/03/1998 18 ------Midfielders 6 Riechedly Bazoer NED 12/10/1996 20 - 2 - 1 - 5 - 9 1 15 1 7 Anwar El Ghazi NED 03/05/1995 21 - 4 - 1 - 7 - 10 - 23 1 8 Daley Sinkgraven NED 04/07/1995 21 S - - 4 - 11 1 10 - 14 - 10 Davy Klaassen NED 21/02/1993 23 - 4 4 4 - 13 7 17 1 36 9 11 Amin Younes GER 06/08/1993 23 - 3 - 4 2 11 - 12 2 15 2 17 Václav Černý CZE 17/10/1997 19 - 1 - - - 2 - 1 1 3 1 20 Lasse Schöne DEN 27/05/1986 30 - 2 - 3 - 8 2 19 2 40 7 21 Frenkie De Jong NED 12/05/1997 19 ------22 Hakim Ziyech MAR 19/03/1993 23 - - - 3 2 9 2 3 2 7 2 27 Nemanja Gudelj SRB 16/11/1991 25 - 3 - 4 - 6 2 22 1 31 2 30 Donny van de Beek NED 18/04/1997 19 - 1 - - - 4 - 2 1 3 1 34 Abdelhak Nouri NED 02/04/1997 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 38 Thulani Serero RSA 11/04/1990 26 ------9 - 20 1 Forwards 9 Bertrand Traoré BFA 06/09/1995 21 - 2 - 4 1 12 4 4 1 8 1 19 Mateo Cassierra COL 13/04/1997 19 - 4 - 3 - 7 1 3 - 7 - 25 Kasper Dolberg DEN 06/10/1997 19 - 4 1 4 2 12 8 4 2 8 3 44 Pelle Clement NED 19/05/1996 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Coach - Peter Bosz NED 21/11/1963 53 - 4 - 4 - - - 4 - 12 -
7 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Panathinaikos FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Stefanos Kotsolis GRE 05/06/1979 37 ------8 - 19 - 15 Luke Steele ENG 24/09/1984 32 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 7 - 13 - 61 Vasileios Xenopoulos GRE 20/05/1998 18 ------Defenders 3 Diamantis Chouchoumis GRE 17/07/1994 22 - - - 1 - 1 - 4 - 4 - 4 Giorgos Koutroumbis GRE 10/02/1991 25 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 18 - 6 Christopher Samba CGO 28/03/1984 32 * - - 3 - 2 - 25 1 40 3 12 Nikos Marinakis GRE 12/09/1993 23 ------27 Giandomenico Mesto ITA 25/05/1982 34 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 18 - 27 - 31 Rodrigo Moledo BRA 27/10/1987 29 - 4 1 4 - 6 - 4 - 10 1 41 Stefanos Evangelou GRE 12/05/1998 18 ------44 Georgios Servilakis GRE 18/05/1997 19 ------45 Andreas Xiros GRE 02/01/1997 19 ------48 Alexandros Triantafyllopoulos GRE 10/01/1997 19 ------51 Ivan Ivanov BUL 25/02/1988 28 - 4 1 3 - 6 - 14 - 43 4 78 Ousmane Coulibaly FRA 09/07/1989 27 - - - 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 - Midfielders 10 Zeca POR 31/08/1988 28 - 4 - 3 - 6 - 13 1 31 1 11 Sebastian Leto ITA 30/08/1986 30 - 4 - 3 - 5 4 18 1 37 3 17 Robin Lod FIN 17/04/1993 23 - 3 - 4 - 8 1 10 - 23 2 19 Lucas Villafáñez ARG 04/10/1991 25 - 4 - 3 - 8 - 3 - 7 - 22 Mubarak Wakaso GHA 25/07/1990 26 - 4 - 1 - 6 1 14 1 22 1 23 Niklas Hult SWE 13/02/1990 26 - 3 - 2 - 6 - 5 - 23 5 24 Cristian Ledesma ARG 24/09/1982 34 - 4 1 3 - 6 3 24 - 38 1 34 Paschalis Staikos GRE 08/02/1996 20 ------37 Giorgos Angelopoulos GRE 25/02/1997 19 ------38 Theodoros Mingos GRE 06/02/1998 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 40 Paul-José M'Poku BEL 19/04/1992 24 S - - 3 - 8 1 3 - 3 - 46 Giannis Bouzoukis GRE 27/03/1998 18 ------Forwards 8 Víctor Ibarbo COL 19/05/1990 26 - 4 1 3 2 6 - 3 2 7 3 9 Marcus Berg SWE 17/08/1986 30 - 4 3 3 1 7 4 28 6 52 22 20 Lautaro Rinaldi ITA 30/12/1993 22 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 2 - 39 Anastasios Chatzigiovanis GRE 31/05/1997 19 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 47 Spyridon Papanikolaou GRE 13/05/1997 19 ------49 Sotiris Pispas GRE 08/01/1998 18 ------Coach - Andrea Stramaccioni ITA 09/01/1976 40 - 4 - 3 - - - 13 - 21 -
8 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Fixtures and results
AFC Ajax Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 26/07/2016 UCL PAOK FC (H) D 1-1 Dolberg 58 03/08/2016 UCL PAOK FC (A) W 2-1 Klaassen 45+1 (P), 88 07/08/2016 League Sparta Rotterdam (A) W 3-1 Klaassen 5, Sinkgraven 54, Cassierra 65 13/08/2016 League Roda JC (H) D 2-2 Dolberg 8, 44 16/08/2016 UCL FC Rostov (H) D 1-1 Klaassen 38 (P) 20/08/2016 League Willem II (H) L 1-2 Klaassen 1 24/08/2016 UCL FC Rostov (A) L 1-4 Klaassen 84 (P) 28/08/2016 League Go Ahead Eagles (A) W 3-0 Klaassen 24, 35 (P), Gudelj 62 11/09/2016 League Vitesse (H) W 1-0 Viergever 55 15/09/2016 UEL Panathinaikos FC (A) W 2-1 Traoré 33, Riedewald 67 18/09/2016 League Heracles Almelo (A) W 2-0 Klaassen 66, Gudelj 76 Bazoer 13, De Ligt 25, Ziyech 72, Schöne 21/09/2016 Cup Willem II (H) W 5-0 82, Nouri 89 24/09/2016 League PEC Zwolle (H) W 5-1 Sanchez 8, 38, Dolberg 55, 64, Traoré 59 29/09/2016 UEL R. Standard de Liège (H) W 1-0 Dolberg 28 02/10/2016 League FC Utrecht (H) W 3-2 Leeuwin 47 (og), Schöne 79 (P), Ziyech 87 16/10/2016 League ADO Den Haag (A) W 2-0 Klaassen 20, Traoré 52 20/10/2016 UEL RC Celta de Vigo (A) D 2-2 Ziyech 22, Younes 71 23/10/2016 League Feyenoord (A) D 1-1 Dolberg 55 Cassierra 25, 33, El Ghazi 29, Černý 41, 26/10/2016 Cup Kozakken Boys (A) W 6-1 Clement 51, 89 29/10/2016 League SBV Excelsior (H) W 1-0 Ziyech 48 03/11/2016 UEL RC Celta de Vigo (H) W 3-2 Dolberg 41, Ziyech 68, Younes 71 06/11/2016 League AZ Alkmaar (A) D 2-2 Traoré 47, Klaassen 62 20/11/2016 League NEC Nijmegen (H) W 5-0 Dolberg 19, 24, 37, Traoré 55, Schöne 57 24/11/2016 UEL Panathinaikos FC (H) 27/11/2016 League sc Heerenveen (A) 04/12/2016 League FC Groningen (H) 08/12/2016 UEL R. Standard de Liège (A) 11/12/2016 League FC Twente (A) 15/12/2016 Cup SC Cambuur (A) 18/12/2016 League PSV Eindhoven (H) 15/01/2017 League PEC Zwolle (A) 22/01/2017 League FC Utrecht (A) 29/01/2017 League ADO Den Haag (H) 05/02/2017 League Roda JC (A) 12/02/2017 League Sparta Rotterdam (H) 19/02/2017 League Vitesse (A) 26/02/2017 League Heracles Almelo (H) 05/03/2017 League FC Groningen (A) 12/03/2017 League FC Twente (H) 19/03/2017 League SBV Excelsior (A) 02/04/2017 League Feyenoord (H)
9 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
AFC Ajax 05/04/2017 League AZ Alkmaar (H) 08/04/2017 League NEC Nijmegen (A) 16/04/2017 League sc Heerenveen (H) 23/04/2017 League PSV Eindhoven (A) 07/05/2017 League Go Ahead Eagles (H) 14/05/2017 League Willem II (A)
Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Feyenoord 13 10 2 1 31 7 32 2 AFC Ajax 13 9 3 1 31 11 30 3 PSV Eindhoven 13 7 5 1 20 6 26 4 sc Heerenveen 13 6 5 2 26 15 23 5 AZ Alkmaar 13 5 6 2 19 14 21 6 FC Twente 13 5 5 3 22 18 20 7 FC Utrecht 13 4 5 4 19 19 17 8 Vitesse 13 4 4 5 17 16 16 9 Sparta Rotterdam 13 4 4 5 19 19 16 10 Heracles Almelo 13 3 6 4 15 18 15 11 ADO Den Haag 13 4 2 7 14 21 14 12 FC Groningen 13 3 4 6 16 22 13 13 SBV Excelsior 13 4 1 8 15 23 13 14 PEC Zwolle 13 3 4 6 12 24 13 15 NEC Nijmegen 13 2 6 5 10 22 12 16 Willem II 13 2 5 6 9 18 11 17 Go Ahead Eagles 13 3 2 8 12 23 11 18 Roda JC 13 1 7 5 6 17 10
Panathinaikos FC Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 28/07/2016 UEL AIK (H) W 1-0 Moledo 79 04/08/2016 UEL AIK (A) W 2-0 Ibarbo 46, Berg 73 18/08/2016 UEL Brøndby IF (H) W 3-0 Berg 45+2, 82, Ledesma 54 (P) 25/08/2016 UEL Brøndby IF (A) D 1-1 Ivanov 66 10/09/2016 League Levadiakos FC (A) W 3-0 Ledesma 8 (P), Wakaso 37, Leto 74 15/09/2016 UEL AFC Ajax (H) L 1-2 Berg 5 18/09/2016 League PAS Giannina FC (H) W 4-0 Berg 38, 76, Lod 54, Leto 88 24/09/2016 League Panetolikos GFS (A) D 0-0 29/09/2016 UEL RC Celta de Vigo (A) L 0-2 02/10/2016 League Asteras Tripolis FC (H) W 3-1 Berg 1, Ledesma 39 (P), 88 (P) 16/10/2016 League Xanthi FC (H) L 1-2 Leto 62 20/10/2016 UEL R. Standard de Liège (A) D 2-2 Ibarbo 12, 36 24/10/2016 League Veria FC (A) D 1-1 Berg 13 27/10/2016 Cup Iraklis FC (H) D 0-0 30/10/2016 League Iraklis FC (H) W 2-0 Leto 58, M'Poku 62 03/11/2016 UEL R. Standard de Liège (H) L 0-3 06/11/2016 League Olympiacos FC (A) L 0-3
10 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Panathinaikos FC 24/11/2016 UEL AFC Ajax (A) 27/11/2016 League Panionios GSS (A) 30/11/2016 Cup OFI Crete FC (A) 04/12/2016 League PAOK FC (H) 08/12/2016 UEL RC Celta de Vigo (H) 11/12/2016 League Atromitos FC (A) 14/12/2016 Cup Apollon Smyrnis FC (A) 18/12/2016 League Larissa FC (A) 15/01/2017 League Platanias FC (H) 22/01/2017 League Kerkyra FC (A) 29/01/2017 League Levadiakos FC (H) 05/02/2017 League PAS Giannina FC (A) 12/02/2017 League Panetolikos GFS (H) 19/02/2017 League Asteras Tripolis FC (A) 26/02/2017 League Xanthi FC (A) 05/03/2017 League Veria FC (H) 12/03/2017 League Olympiacos FC (H) 19/03/2017 League Iraklis FC (A) 02/04/2017 League AEK Athens FC (A) 09/04/2017 League Panionios GSS (H) 16/04/2017 League PAOK FC (A) 23/04/2017 League Atromitos FC (H) 30/04/2017 League Larissa FC (H)
Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Olympiacos FC 8 7 0 1 19 4 21 2 Panathinaikos FC 8 4 2 2 14 7 14 3 PAS Giannina FC 8 4 2 2 11 7 14 4 Panionios GSS 8 4 1 3 9 7 13 5 AEK Athens FC 8 3 3 2 10 8 12 6 Panetolikos GFS 8 3 2 3 11 7 11 7 PAOK FC 8 4 2 2 7 5 11 8 Atromitos FC 8 3 2 3 6 9 11 9 Xanthi FC 8 2 4 2 5 8 10 10 Platanias FC 8 2 4 2 5 6 10 11 Kerkyra FC 8 3 1 4 7 8 10 12 Asteras Tripolis FC 8 3 0 5 7 12 9 13 Levadiakos FC 8 2 3 3 8 11 9 14 Larissa FC 8 2 2 4 8 13 8 15 Veria FC 8 1 3 4 4 13 6 16 Iraklis FC 8 0 3 5 6 12 3
11 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Match-by-match lineups AFC Ajax
UEFA Champions League - Third qualifying round (26/07/2016) AFC Ajax 1-1 PAOK FC Goals: 0-1 Djalma Campos 27, 1-1 Dolberg 58 AFC Ajax: Cillessen, Tete, Veltman, Riedewald, El Ghazi (88 Černý), Klaassen, Cassierra (58 Younes), Dolberg, Viergever, van de Beek (77 Schöne), Dijks (03/08/2016) PAOK FC 1-2 AFC Ajax (agg: 2-3) Goals: 1-0 Athanasiadis 4, 1-1 Klaassen 45+1 (P) , 1-2 Klaassen 88 AFC Ajax: Cillessen, Tete, Veltman, Riedewald, Klaassen, Westermann, Cassierra, Dolberg (63 El Ghazi), Viergever, Gudelj, Dijks
Play-off (16/08/2016) AFC Ajax 1-1 FC Rostov Goals: 0-1 Noboa 13, 1-1 Klaassen 38 (P) AFC Ajax: Cillessen, Veltman, Riedewald, Sanchez, Bazoer, El Ghazi, Traoré (82 Dolberg), Klaassen, Younes (68 Cassierra), Gudelj, Dijks (24/08/2016) FC Rostov 4-1 AFC Ajax (agg: 5-2) Goals: 1-0 Azmoun 34, 2-0 Erokhin 52, 3-0 Noboa 60, 4-0 Poloz 66, 4-1 Klaassen 84 (P) AFC Ajax: Cillessen, Tete, Veltman, Riedewald, Bazoer (58 Dolberg), El Ghazi (46 Schöne), Traoré, Klaassen, Younes (77 Cassierra), Viergever, Gudelj
UEFA Europa League - Group stage Group G Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts AFC Ajax 4 3 1 0 8 5 10 R. Standard de Liège 4 1 2 1 6 4 5 RC Celta de Vigo 4 1 2 1 7 6 5 Panathinaikos FC 4 0 1 3 3 9 1
Matchday 1 (15/09/2016) Panathinaikos FC 1-2 AFC Ajax Goals: 1-0 Berg 5, 1-1 Traoré 33, 1-2 Riedewald 67 AFC Ajax: Onana, Veltman, Riedewald, Sanchez, Traoré (73 Dolberg), Klaassen (89 Schöne), Younes (86 Sinkgraven), Ziyech, Viergever, Gudelj, Dijks Matchday 2 (29/09/2016) AFC Ajax 1-0 R. Standard de Liège Goals: 1-0 Dolberg 28 AFC Ajax: Onana, Veltman, Sanchez, Sinkgraven, Traoré, Klaassen, Younes (85 El Ghazi), Schöne (62 Riedewald), Dolberg (69 Cassierra), Viergever, Gudelj Matchday 3 (20/10/2016) RC Celta de Vigo 2-2 AFC Ajax Goals: 0-1 Ziyech 22, 1-1 Fontàs 29, 1-2 Younes 71, 2-2 Orellana 82 AFC Ajax: Onana, Veltman, Sanchez, Sinkgraven, Traoré, Klaassen, Younes (77 Cassierra), Ziyech (77 Bazoer), Dolberg, Viergever, Gudelj Matchday 4 (03/11/2016) AFC Ajax 3-2 RC Celta de Vigo
12 AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Goals: 1-0 Dolberg 41, 2-0 Ziyech 68, 3-0 Younes 71, 3-1 Guidetti 79, 3-2 Aspas 86 AFC Ajax: Onana, Veltman, Riedewald, Sanchez, Sinkgraven, Traoré, Klaassen, Younes, Schöne, Ziyech (77 Gudelj), Dolberg (83 Cassierra) Matchday 5 (24/11/2016) AFC Ajax-Panathinaikos FC Matchday 6 (08/12/2016) R. Standard de Liège-AFC Ajax Panathinaikos FC
UEFA Europa League - Third qualifying round (28/07/2016) Panathinaikos FC 1-0 AIK Goals: 1-0 Moledo 79 Panathinaikos FC: Steele, Koutroumbis (46 Villafáñez), Ibarbo (89 Lod), Berg, Zeca, Wakaso (71 Leto), Hult, Ledesma, Mesto, Moledo, Ivanov (04/08/2016) AIK 0-2 Panathinaikos FC (agg: 0-3) Goals: 0-1 Ibarbo 46, 0-2 Berg 73 Panathinaikos FC: Steele, Koutroumbis, Ibarbo (70 Leto), Berg, Zeca, Lod (84 Villafáñez), Wakaso, Ledesma (67 Nano), Mesto, Moledo, Ivanov
Play-off (18/08/2016) Panathinaikos FC 3-0 Brøndby IF Goals: 1-0 Berg 45+2, 2-0 Ledesma 54 (P) , 3-0 Berg 82 Panathinaikos FC: Steele, Koutroumbis (58 Leto), Ibarbo, Berg (86 Rinaldi), Zeca, Wakaso (74 Villafáñez), Hult, Ledesma, Mesto, Moledo, Ivanov (25/08/2016) Brøndby IF 1-1 Panathinaikos FC (agg: 1-4) Goals: 1-0 Mukhtar 35, 1-1 Ivanov 66 Panathinaikos FC: Steele, Koutroumbis, Ibarbo (46 Leto), Berg, Zeca, Wakaso, Hult (85 Villafáñez), Ledesma (59 Lod), Mesto, Moledo, Ivanov
Group stage Matchday 1 (15/09/2016) Panathinaikos FC 1-2 AFC Ajax Goals: 1-0 Berg 5, 1-1 Traoré 33, 1-2 Riedewald 67 Panathinaikos FC: Steele, Koutroumbis (68 Villafáñez), Berg, Zeca, Lod (73 Samba), Wakaso, Hult, Ledesma (65 Leto), Mesto, Moledo, Ivanov Matchday 2 (29/09/2016) RC Celta de Vigo 2-0 Panathinaikos FC Goals: 1-0 Guidetti 84, 2-0 Wass 89 Panathinaikos FC: Steele, Koutroumbis (88 M'Poku), Samba, Ibarbo, Berg, Zeca, Lod, Villafáñez, Ledesma, Moledo, Coulibaly Matchday 3 (20/10/2016) R. Standard de Liège 2-2 Panathinaikos FC Goals: 0-1 Ibarbo 12, 0-2 Ibarbo 36, 1-2 Edmilson Junior 45+1 (P) , 2-2 Belfodil 82 Panathinaikos FC: Steele, Koutroumbis, Samba (46 Ivanov), Ibarbo, Zeca (78 M'Poku), Leto (74 Lod), Villafáñez, Hult, Ledesma, Moledo, Coulibaly Matchday 4 (03/11/2016) Panathinaikos FC 0-3 R. Standard de Liège Goals: 0-1 Cisse 61, 0-2 Belfodil 76, 0-3 Belfodil 90+3 Panathinaikos FC: Steele, Chouchoumis, Koutroumbis, Ibarbo (86 Rinaldi), Berg (30 Leto), Lod, Mesto (77 Chatzigiovanis), Moledo, M'Poku, Ivanov, Coulibaly
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Matchday 5 (24/11/2016) AFC Ajax-Panathinaikos FC Matchday 6 (08/12/2016) Panathinaikos FC-RC Celta de Vigo
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Referee Aleksei Eskov (RUS) Assistant referees Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS) , Igor Demeshko (RUS) Additional assistant referees Aleksei Nikolaev (RUS) , Aleksandr Egorov (RUS) Fourth official Aleksei Lunev (RUS) UEFA Delegate Ronald Zimmermann (GER) UEFA Referee observer Miroslav Vitkovic (CRO)
Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Aleksei Eskov 07/09/1978 13 29
Aleksei Eskov Referee since: 2002 First division: 2009 FIFA badge: 2011
Tournaments: N/A
Finals N/A
UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 25/07/2013 UEL 2QR Linfield FC Xanthi FC 1-2 Belfast 22/10/2015 UEL GS APOEL FC Asteras Tripolis FC 2-1 Nicosia 25/08/2016 UEL PO Olympiacos FC FC Arouca 2-1 Piraeus
Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 26/03/2011 U17 ELITE Croatia Netherlands 0-0 Rotterdam 25/07/2013 UEL 2QR Linfield FC Xanthi FC 1-2 Belfast 22/10/2015 UEL GS APOEL FC Asteras Tripolis FC 2-1 Nicosia 25/08/2016 UEL PO Olympiacos FC FC Arouca 2-1 Piraeus
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Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying 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 UEFA.com.
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