UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Balaídos - Vigo Thursday 20 October 2016 19.00CET (19.00 local time) RC Celta de Vigo Group G - Matchday 3 AFC Ajax

Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 17

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Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Luccin 25 (P), Milošević 39, Vagner 04/11/2003 GS1 RC Celta de Vigo - AFC Ajax 3-2 Vigo 63; Sonck 53, Van der Vaart 82 22/10/2003 GS1 AFC Ajax - RC Celta de Vigo 1-0 Amsterdam Ibrahimović 53

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RC Celta de Vigo 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 AFC Ajax 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 RC Celta de Vigo - Record versus clubs from opponents' country RC Celta de Vigo have not played against a club from their opponents' country AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/2014 GS AFC Ajax - FC Barcelona 0-2 Amsterdam Messi 36, 76 Neymar 7, Messi 24, 21/10/2014 GS FC Barcelona - AFC Ajax 3-1 Barcelona Sandro Ramírez 90+4; El Ghazi 88

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Serero 19, Hoesen 26/11/2013 GS AFC Ajax - FC Barcelona 2-1 Amsterdam 42; Hernández 49 (P) Messi 22, 55, 75, 18/09/2013 GS FC Barcelona - AFC Ajax 4-0 Barcelona Piqué 69

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ronaldo 13, Callejón 04/12/2012 GS Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax 4-1 Madrid 28, 88, Kaká 49; Boerrigter 59 Moisander 56; 03/10/2012 GS AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 1-4 Amsterdam Ronaldo 42, 79, 81, Benzema 48

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Callejón 14, 90+2, 07/12/2011 GS AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 0-3 Amsterdam Higuaín 41 Ronaldo 25, Kaká 41, 27/09/2011 GS Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax 3-0 Madrid Benzema 49

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UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Benzema 36, Arbeloa 23/11/2010 GS AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 0-4 Amsterdam 44, Ronaldo 70, 81 (P) Anita 31 (og), Higuaín 15/09/2010 GS Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax 2-0 Madrid 73

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/11/2006 GS AFC Ajax - RCD Espanyol 0-2 Amsterdam Pandiani 35, Coro 77

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pasanen 57; Kily 11/03/2003 GS2 AFC Ajax - Valencia CF 1-1 Amsterdam González 28 (P) Angulo 90+2; 27/11/2002 GS2 Valencia CF - AFC Ajax 1-1 Valencia Ibrahimović 88

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Palma de 09/12/1999 R3 RCD Mallorca - AFC Ajax Soler 3, Biagini 72 agg: 3-0 Mallorca 25/11/1999 R3 AFC Ajax - RCD Mallorca 0-1 Amsterdam Tristán 35

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kiko 29, Pantić 106 Club Atlético de Madrid - AFC 2-3 ET (P); R. de Boer 49, 19/03/1997 QF Madrid Ajax agg 3-4 (aet) Dani 100 ET, Babangida 119 ET AFC Ajax - Club Atlético de Kluivert 53; Esnáider 05/03/1997 QF 1-1 Amsterdam Madrid 8

UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 4-0 Bogarde 41, George 28/02/1996 F AFC Ajax - Real Zaragoza Amsterdam agg: 5-1 53, Blind 63 (P), 68 Xavi Aguado 28; 06/02/1996 F Real Zaragoza - AFC Ajax 1-1 Zaragoza Kluivert 71

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Litmanen 65, Kluivert 22/11/1995 GS Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax 0-2 Madrid 76 13/09/1995 GS AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 1-0 Amsterdam Overmars 14

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UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 11/12/1991 R3 AFC Ajax - CA Osasuna Dusseldorf Bergkamp 12 agg: 2-0 27/11/1991 R3 CA Osasuna - AFC Ajax 0-1 Pamplona Bergkamp 48

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Van 't Schip 17, 3-0 22/04/1987 SF AFC Ajax - Real Zaragoza Amsterdam Witschge 73, Rijkaard agg: 6-2 90 Ardaiz 13, Señor 71 08/04/1987 SF Real Zaragoza - AFC Ajax 2-3 Zaragoza (P); Witschge 16, Bosman 47, 55

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Clarke 38 (P), 55, 27/09/1978 R1 AFC Ajax - Athletic Club Amsterdam agg: 3-2 Lerby 89 13/09/1978 R1 Athletic Club - AFC Ajax 2-0 Bilbao Churruca 9, Vidal 58

European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 25/04/1973 SF Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax Madrid Mühren 51 agg: 1-3 Hulshoff 67, Krol 77; 11/04/1973 SF AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 2-1 Amsterdam Pirri 83

European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AFC Ajax - Club Atlético de 3-0 Keizer 8, Suurbier 76, 28/04/1971 SF Amsterdam Madrid agg: 3-1 Neeskens 85 Club Atlético de Madrid - AFC 14/04/1971 SF 1-0 Madrid Irureta 43 Ajax

European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Gento 58, Veloso 101 11/10/1967 R1 Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax Madrid agg 3-2 (aet) ET; Groot 59 20/09/1967 R1 AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 1-1 Amsterdam Cruyff 17; Pirri 36

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RC Celta de Vigo 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 AFC Ajax 17 8 3 6 16 5 1 10 2 1 1 0 35 14 5 16 41 53

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Celta will not have to cope with Zlatan Ibrahimović this time as they prepare for a second visit from Ajax, the sides vying for top spot in UEFA Europa League Group G. Previous meetings • Celta and Ajax's only previous meetings came in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League group stage; 's Ajax won 1-0 at home (Ibrahimović scoring the goal) but lost 3-2 to Miguel Ángel Lotina's men in Vigo. That was Celta's first victory at that stage of the elite competition. • The line-ups for that latter meeting on 4 November 2003 were: Celta: Pinto, Sylvinho, Cáceres, Vagner (Contreras 86), Ángel López, Milošević, Mostovoi (Oubiña 90+2), Juanfran, Jesuli (Gustavo López 82), Luccin, Fernández. Ajax: Lobonţ, Escudé, Galásek (Wamberto 79), Ibrahimović (Litmanen 70), Van der Vaart, Maxwell, De Jong, Sonck, Yakubu (Heitinga 65), Grygera, Mitea. • Those remain Celta's only encounters with Dutch opposition, but Ajax have played Spanish teams 35 times in total with the record W14 D5 L16 (W5 D2 L10 in Spain). • Ajax have lost their last five matches in Spain by margins of two goals or more. Form guide • Celta have taken four points from their two Group G games, but Ajax top the section following back-to-back victories. • This is Celta's first European campaign since they got through the group stage and into the round of 16 of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. • After three successful attempts to negotiate their UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League groups, Ajax failed to qualify for the first time in the 2015/16 group stage. Links and trivia • The journey from Amsterdam to Vigo is around 1,500km. • Celta forward John Guidetti spent the 2011/12 campaign on loan with Feyenoord, notably hitting a hat-trick in a 4-2 triumph against Ajax in the Dutch . • Ajax's German defender Heiko Westermann played in Spain last season with Real Betis; in his only match against Celta, his side drew 1-1 at home. • Former team-mates: Giuseppe Rossi (Celta) & (Ajax) – Newcastle, 2006 The coaches • Eduardo Berizzo played in the UEFA Champions League for both Marseille and Celta, the former Argentina centre- back returning to Europe in 2014 to take charge of the Galician club. He led them back into Europe with a sixth-placed finish last term. • A Dutch title-winning with Feyenoord, Peter Bosz returned from Israel to accept the Ajax reins in May 2016. Bosz has also coached Heracles and Vitesse in the Netherlands, and had a brief tenure at Maccabi Tel-Aviv in 2016.

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RC Celta de Vigo Formed: 1923 Nickname: Os Celestes (The Sky Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) none Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Celta v SL Benfica 25/11/99, UEFA Cup third round first leg 7-0: Celta v FC Argeş Piteşti 29/09/98, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-3: Aston Villa FC v Celta 03/11/98, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Celta v Aberdeen FC 15/09/71, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: FC Slovan Liberec v Celta 01/11/02, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-0: Celta v SL Benfica (see above) 7-0: Celta v FC Argeş Piteşti (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: Aston Villa FC v Celta (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Celta v Aberdeen FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: FC Slovan Liberec v Celta (see above)

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

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• 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 3-0 on three occasions, most recently v FC Spartak Moskva 17/03/11, round of 16 second leg

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RC Celta de Vigo Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Sergio Álvarez ESP 03/08/1986 30 - 2 - 8 - 2 - 2 - 13 Rubén Blanco ESP 25/07/1995 21 ------27 Ivan Villar ESP 09/07/1997 19 ------31 Ángel Fraga ESP 13/05/1996 20 ------Defenders 2 Mallo ESP 22/06/1991 25 - 1 - 8 1 1 - 1 - 3 Andreu Fontàs ESP 14/11/1989 26 - 1 - - - 1 - 3 1 4 David Costas ESP 26/03/1995 21 - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 19 Jonny ESP 03/03/1994 22 - 2 - 8 - 2 - 2 - 20 Sergi Gómez ESP 28/03/1992 24 - 1 - 6 - 1 - 1 - 21 Carles Planas ESP 04/03/1991 25 ------1 - 22 Gustavo Cabral ARG 14/10/1985 31 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 2 - 24 Facundo Roncaglia ARG 10/02/1987 29 - - - 6 - 12 - 13 - 29 Diego Alende ESP 25/08/1997 19 ------ 5 Marcelo Díaz CHI 30/12/1986 29 - 1 - 4 - 15 1 32 4 6 Nemanja Radoja SRB 06/02/1993 23 - 1 - 7 - 1 - 11 - 7 Théo Bongonda BEL 20/11/1995 20 - 1 - 8 - 1 - 4 - 8 Pablo Hernández CHI 24/10/1986 29 - 2 - 7 1 2 - 2 - 11 Pione Sisto DEN 04/02/1995 21 - 2 - 8 2 9 4 22 8 12 Claudio Beauvue FRA 16/04/1988 28 - - - - - 8 5 14 5 14 Fabián Orellana CHI 27/01/1986 30 - - - 3 1 - - - - 15 Álvaro Lemos ESP 30/03/1993 23 - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 17 Naranjo ESP 28/07/1994 22 - 2 - - - 2 - 2 - 18 Daniel Wass DEN 31/05/1989 27 - 2 1 8 - 3 1 13 2 23 Josep Señé ESP 10/12/1991 24 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 28 Pape Cheikh ESP 08/08/1997 19 - - - 3 - - - - - 32 Borja Fernández ESP 16/08/1995 21 ------Forwards 9 John Guidetti SWE 15/04/1992 24 - 1 1 4 - 3 2 3 2 10 Iago Aspas ESP 01/08/1987 29 - 2 - 8 2 5 1 6 1 25 Giuseppe Rossi ITA 01/02/1987 29 - 2 1 5 1 33 17 52 25 30 Brais Méndez ESP 07/01/1997 19 ------Coach - Eduardo Berizzo ITA 13/11/1969 46 - 2 - - - 2 - 2 -

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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 - - - 2 - 7 - 2 - 2 - 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 - 2 - 8 - 11 - 27 - 4 Jairo Riedewald NED 09/09/1996 20 - 4 - 2 1 8 - 10 1 21 1 5 Davinson Sanchez COL 12/06/1996 20 - 1 - 2 - 8 2 2 - 3 - 16 Heiko Westermann GER 14/08/1983 33 - 1 - - - 2 - 6 1 19 1 26 Nick Viergever NED 03/08/1989 27 - 3 - 2 - 7 1 30 3 47 3 35 Mitchell Dijks NED 09/02/1993 23 - 3 - 1 - 7 - 6 - 13 - 36 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 - - - 4 - 8 1 14 1 7 Anwar El Ghazi NED 03/05/1995 21 - 4 - 1 - 6 - 10 - 23 1 8 Daley Sinkgraven NED 04/07/1995 21 - - - 2 - 8 1 8 - 12 - 10 NED 21/02/1993 23 - 4 4 2 - 9 6 15 1 34 9 11 Amin Younes GER 06/08/1993 23 - 3 - 2 - 8 - 10 - 13 - 17 Václav Černý CZE 17/10/1997 19 - 1 - - - - - 1 1 3 1 20 Lasse Schöne DEN 27/05/1986 30 - 2 - 2 - 4 1 18 2 39 7 21 Frenkie De Jong NED 12/05/1997 19 ------22 Hakim Ziyech MAR 19/03/1993 23 - - - 1 - 5 1 1 - 5 - 27 Nemanja Gudelj SRB 16/11/1991 24 - 3 - 2 - 6 2 20 1 29 2 30 Donny van de Beek NED 18/04/1997 19 - 1 - - - 3 - 2 1 3 1 34 Abdelhak Nouri NED 02/04/1997 19 ------38 Thulani Serero RSA 11/04/1990 26 ------9 - 20 1 Forwards 9 Bertrand Traoré BFA 06/09/1995 21 - 2 - 2 1 8 2 2 1 6 1 19 Mateo Cassierra COL 13/04/1997 19 - 4 - 1 - 6 1 1 - 5 - 25 DEN 06/10/1997 19 - 4 1 2 1 8 4 2 1 6 2 Coach - Peter Bosz NED 21/11/1963 52 - 4 - 2 - - - 2 - 10 -

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RC Celta de Vigo Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 22/08/2016 League CD Leganés (H) L 0-1 27/08/2016 League Real Madrid CF (A) L 1-2 Orellana 67 10/09/2016 League Club Atlético de Madrid (H) L 0-4 15/09/2016 UEL R. Standard de Liège (A) D 1-1 Rossi 13 18/09/2016 League CA Osasuna (A) D 0-0 21/09/2016 League Real Sporting de Gijón (H) W 2-1 Mallo 66, Aspas 87 (P) 25/09/2016 League RCD Espanyol (A) W 2-0 Rossi 90+1, Sisto 90+3 29/09/2016 UEL Panathinaikos FC (H) W 2-0 Guidetti 84, Wass 89 Sisto 22, Aspas 31, Mathieu 33 (og), 02/10/2016 League FC Barcelona (H) W 4-3 Hernández 77 16/10/2016 League Villarreal CF (A) L 0-5 20/10/2016 UEL AFC Ajax (H) 23/10/2016 League RC Deportivo La Coruña (H) 30/10/2016 League UD Las Palmas (A) 03/11/2016 UEL AFC Ajax (A) 06/11/2016 League Valencia CF (H) 19/11/2016 League SD Eibar (A) 24/11/2016 UEL R. Standard de Liège (H) 27/11/2016 League Granada CF (H) 04/12/2016 League Real Betis Balompié (A) 08/12/2016 UEL Panathinaikos FC (A) 11/12/2016 League Sevilla FC (H) 18/12/2016 League Athletic Club (A) 08/01/2017 League Málaga CF (H) 15/01/2017 League Deportivo Alavés (H) 22/01/2017 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A) 29/01/2017 League CD Leganés (A) 05/02/2017 League Real Madrid CF (H) 12/02/2017 League Club Atlético de Madrid (A) 19/02/2017 League CA Osasuna (H) 26/02/2017 League Real Sporting de Gijón (A) 01/03/2017 League RCD Espanyol (H) 05/03/2017 League FC Barcelona (A) 12/03/2017 League Villarreal CF (H) 19/03/2017 League RC Deportivo La Coruña (A) 02/04/2017 League UD Las Palmas (H) 05/04/2017 League Valencia CF (A) 09/04/2017 League SD Eibar (H) 16/04/2017 League Granada CF (A) 23/04/2017 League Real Betis Balompié (H) 26/04/2017 League Sevilla FC (A) 30/04/2017 League Athletic Club (H) 07/05/2017 League Málaga CF (A)

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RC Celta de Vigo 14/05/2017 League Deportivo Alavés (A) 21/05/2017 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Club Atlético de Madrid 8 5 3 0 21 3 18 2 Real Madrid CF 8 5 3 0 22 8 18 3 Sevilla FC 8 5 2 1 16 12 17 4 FC Barcelona 8 5 1 2 26 10 16 5 Villarreal CF 8 4 4 0 14 4 16 6 Athletic Club 8 5 0 3 13 10 15 7 UD Las Palmas 8 3 3 2 16 13 12 8 SD Eibar 8 3 2 3 11 10 11 9 Deportivo Alavés 8 2 4 2 9 8 10 10 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 8 3 1 4 11 12 10 11 CD Leganés 8 3 1 4 9 13 10 12 RC Celta de Vigo 8 3 1 4 9 16 10 13 Málaga CF 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 14 Valencia CF 8 3 0 5 11 15 9 15 RC Deportivo La Coruña 8 2 2 4 5 10 8 16 Real Betis Balompié 8 2 2 4 9 18 8 17 RCD Espanyol 8 1 4 3 9 14 7 18 Real Sporting de Gijón 8 2 1 5 7 18 7 19 CA Osasuna 8 1 3 4 10 17 6 20 Granada CF 8 0 2 6 8 23 2

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 (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 (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) 23/10/2016 League Feyenoord (A)

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AFC Ajax 26/10/2016 Cup Kozakken Boys (A) 29/10/2016 League SBV Excelsior (H) 03/11/2016 UEL RC Celta de Vigo (H) 06/11/2016 League AZ Alkmaar (A) 20/11/2016 League NEC Nijmegen (H) 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) 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) 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 9 9 0 0 25 3 27 2 AFC Ajax 9 7 1 1 22 8 22 3 sc Heerenveen 9 5 3 1 19 8 18 4 PSV Eindhoven 9 5 3 1 16 5 18 5 AZ Alkmaar 9 4 4 1 15 9 16 6 Vitesse 9 4 2 3 14 10 14 7 FC Twente 9 4 2 3 18 16 14 8 Sparta Rotterdam 9 3 3 3 12 12 12 9 SBV Excelsior 9 3 1 5 11 16 10 10 ADO Den Haag 9 3 1 5 11 17 10 11 FC Utrecht 9 2 3 4 14 16 9 12 NEC Nijmegen 9 2 3 4 7 14 9 13 Heracles Almelo 9 1 5 3 8 11 8 14 Go Ahead Eagles 9 2 2 5 9 16 8 15 Willem II 9 1 4 4 7 15 7

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Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 16 FC Groningen 9 1 3 5 10 18 6 17 Roda JC 9 1 3 5 4 15 6 18 PEC Zwolle 9 1 3 5 7 20 6

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UEFA Europa League - Group stage Group G Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts AFC Ajax 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 RC Celta de Vigo 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 R. Standard de Liège 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Panathinaikos FC 2 0 0 2 1 4 0

Matchday 1 (15/09/2016) R. Standard de Liège 1-1 RC Celta de Vigo Goals: 1-0 Dossevi 3, 1-1 Rossi 13 RC Celta de Vigo: Sergio Álvarez, Costas, Radoja, Hernández, Sisto (82 Bongonda), Lemos, Naranjo (71 Wass), Jonny, Sergi Gómez, Cabral, Rossi (86 Aspas) Matchday 2 (29/09/2016) RC Celta de Vigo 2-0 Panathinaikos FC Goals: 1-0 Guidetti 84, 2-0 Wass 89 RC Celta de Vigo: Sergio Álvarez, Mallo, Fontàs, Díaz, Hernández, Guidetti, Naranjo (60 Sisto), Jonny, Cabral, Señé (71 Wass), Rossi (79 Aspas) Matchday 3 (20/10/2016) RC Celta de Vigo-AFC Ajax Matchday 4 (03/11/2016) AFC Ajax-RC Celta de Vigo Matchday 5 (24/11/2016) RC Celta de Vigo-R. Standard de Liège Matchday 6 (08/12/2016) Panathinaikos FC-RC Celta de Vigo 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)

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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 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-AFC Ajax Matchday 4 (03/11/2016) AFC Ajax-RC Celta de Vigo Matchday 5 (24/11/2016) AFC Ajax-Panathinaikos FC Matchday 6 (08/12/2016) R. Standard de Liège-AFC Ajax

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Referee Ivan Kružliak (SVK) Assistant referees Martin Balko (SVK) , Tomaš Somolani (SVK) Additional assistant referees Peter Kralović (SVK) , Filip Glova (SVK) Fourth official Ondrej Brendza (SVK) UEFA Delegate Adrian Titcombe (ENG) UEFA Referee observer Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)

Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Ivan Kružliak 24/03/1984 21 49

Ivan Kruzliak Referee since: 2003 First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2011

Tournaments: 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Finals 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached PFC Ludogorets 19/09/2013 UEL GS PSV Eindhoven 0-2 Eindhoven Razgrad VfL Borussia 18/09/2014 UEL GS Villarreal CF 1-1 Monchengladbach Mönchengladbach 01/10/2015 UEL GS AZ Alkmaar Athletic Club 2-1 Alkmaar

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 07/05/2012 U17 GS-FT Netherlands Belgium 0-0 Maribor 16/05/2012 U17 Final Germany Netherlands 1-1 Ljubljana PFC Ludogorets 19/09/2013 UEL GS PSV Eindhoven 0-2 Eindhoven Razgrad VfL Borussia 18/09/2014 UEL GS Villarreal CF 1-1 Monchengladbach Mönchengladbach 04/08/2015 UCL 3QR AFC Ajax SK Rapid Wien 2-3 Amsterdam 01/10/2015 UEL GS AZ Alkmaar Athletic Club 2-1 Alkmaar

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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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