Uefa Europa League 2011/12 Season Match Press Kit

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

Udinese Calcio (first leg: 0-2) AZ Alkmaar Matchday 10 - round of 16, second leg Stadio Friuli, Udine Thursday 15 March 2012 19.00CET (19.00 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 3 Team facts...... 4 Squad list...... 6 Fixtures and results...... 8 Match-by-match lineups...... 12 Match officials...... 16 Legend...... 17

This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League 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 Udinese Calcio - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 15 March 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Friuli, Udine Previous meetings

Head to Head

UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/03/12 R16 AZ Alkmaar - Udinese Calcio 2-0 Alkmaar Martens 63, Falkenburg 84

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Udinese Calcio 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 AZ Alkmaar 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0

Udinese Calcio - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/12/08 GS NEC Nijmegen - Udinese Calcio 2-0 Nijmegen John 75, Van Beukering 78 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/97 R2 Udinese Calcio - AFC Ajax 2-1 Udine Poggi 25, Bierhoff 32; Arveladze 81 agg: 2-2 ag 21/10/97 R2 AFC Ajax - Udinese Calcio 1-0 Amsterdam Dani 28

AZ Alkmaar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/82 R2 FC Internazionale Milano - AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Milan Juary 4, Altobelli 68 agg: 2-1 20/10/82 R2 AZ Alkmaar - FC Internazionale Milano 1-0 Alkmaar Reijnders 5

Record versus clubs from opponents' country

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Udinese Calcio 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 2 6 AZ Alkmaar 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 3 2

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Having gone nine games without defeat at home in this competition, Udinese Calcio welcome AZ Alkmaar, hoping to make a return to the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals after a three-year absence. • Jozy Altidore set up Maarten Martens (63) and Erik Falkenburg (84) as AZ won the first leg 2-0 in Alkmaar, with Samir Handanovič keeping his side in the tie with two late saves. Previous meetings • The teams have been paired for the first time in UEFA club competition. • AZ have played only one previous tie against an Italian club, losing out to FC Internazionale Milano in the 1982/83 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round, winning 1-0 at home but going down 2-0 at San Siro. • Udinese have now played four games against Dutch clubs, with the record W1 D0 L3 (W1 D0 L0 at home – W0 D0 L3 in the Netherlands). They have yet to score a goal on Dutch soil, and need to improve on their only previous home result against a Dutch side – a 2-1 win against AFC Ajax – if they are to make it to the last eight. Match background • AZ are on a ten-match unbeaten run in Europe − five victories and five draws. • Udinese are unbeaten in nine home games in this competition – six wins and three draws – since a 2-0 loss against Borussia Dortmund in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup first round. • AZ's 1-0 win at RSC Anderlecht in the round of 32 ended a 15-game wait for a European away win (seven draws, eight defeats) since beating FC Paços de Ferreira 1-0 in the UEFA Cup first round on 20 September 2007. • The Kaaskoppen (Cheeseheads) are playing European football in the spring for the first time since 2006/07, when they beat Fenerbahçe SK and Newcastle United FC before bowing out to SV Werder Bremen in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals. • This is Udinese's third tilt at the round of 16; they lost out to PFC Levski Sofia in 2005/06 but overcame FC Zenit St Petersburg to reach the 2008/09 quarter-finals. Team facts • Eight of AZ's 14 UEFA Europa League goals have come between the 16th and 45th minutes of the first half. • Udinese are the lowest scoring side to have reached this stage, having hit just nine goals in nine games since the start of the UEFA Europa League group stage - and average of one per game. • Udinese's Brazilian defender Neuton turns 22 on the eve of this game. • AZ midfielder Rasmus Elm turns 24 on Saturday 17 March. • Udinese defender Joel Ekstrand and AZ midfielder Rasmus Elm played together with Sweden as they hosted the 2009 UEFA Under-21 European Championships. • Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin spent the bulk of his playing days with Hellas-Verona FC. His coaching career included a stint in France at AS Monaco FC in 2005/06. Since then he has been in charge of US Città di Palermo and Parma FC, taking over for a second spell at Udinese in 2010. He successfully guided Monaco through the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage but missed out with Palermo the following season. • AZ coach Gertjan Verbeek spent most of his playing career as a defender at sc Heerenveen, barring a season on loan at Heracles Almelo in 1986/87. He has twice coached Heracles (2001-04 and 2009-10) either side of stints in charge of Heerenveen (2004-08) and, briefly, Feyenoord in 2008/09. AZ brought him in at the start of 2010/11. Competition statistics • An updated version of the UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook is available here: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=1750416.html

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Udinese Calcio Formed: 1896 Nicknames: Bianconeri (White-and-blacks), Zebrette (Little zebras) 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 Cup/UEFA Europa League unless otherwise stated) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: quarter-finals 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2004/05: first round 2003/04: first round 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2001/02: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-0: three times, most recently v RC Lens 15/02/06, UEFA Cup round of 32 first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: PAOK FC v Udinese 23/02/12, UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: twice, most recently v Borussia Dortmund 02/10/08, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Club Atlético de Madrid v Udinese 03/11/11, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-0 three times, most recently v RC Lens (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3: PAOK FC v Udinese (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Udinese v BV Borussia Dortmund (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Club Atlético de Madrid v Udinese (see above)

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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: 3 (1982) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 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 2005/06: round of 32 2004/05: semi-finals 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2001/02: did not take part in UEFA club competition 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 2-3: AZ v Everton FC 20/12/07, UEFA Cup group stage 1-2: AZ v FC Dynamo Kyiv 21/10/10, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-1 on three occasions, most recently v FC BATE Borisov 30/09/10, UEFA Europa League group stage 3-0: Ipswich Town FC v AZ 06/05/81, UEFA Cup final first 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 2-3: AZ v Everton FC (see above) 1-2: AZ v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: FC BATE Borisov v AZ (see above) 4-1: Werder Bremen v AZ 12/04/07, quarter-final second leg 3-0: Ipswich Town FC v AZ (see above)

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Udinese Calcio

Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Samir Handanovič SVN 14/07/84 27 - 2 - 9 - 27 - 19 - 21 - 21 Daniele Padelli ITA 25/10/85 26 ------28 Rafael Romo VEN 25/02/90 22 ------Defenders 5 Danilo BRA 10/05/84 27 S 2 - 9 1 26 - 9 1 11 1 8 Dušan Basta SRB 18/08/84 27 - - - 7 - 24 5 20 2 32 2 11 Maurizio Domizzi ITA 28/06/80 31 - - - 6 1 22 1 17 1 17 1 13 Neuton BRA 14/03/90 22 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 5 - 14 Daniel Bello ITA 12/01/92 20 ------17 Mehdi Benatia MAR 17/04/87 24 - 2 - 8 1 21 1 8 1 10 1 24 Joel Ekstrand SWE 04/02/89 23 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 6 - 13 1 26 Giovanni Pasquale ITA 05/01/82 30 - 2 - 3 - 12 - 21 - 38 - 27 Pablo Armero COL 02/11/86 25 - 2 - 8 1 23 - 8 1 10 1 32 Damiano Ferronetti ITA 01/11/84 27 - - - 2 - 14 1 13 - 13 - 41 Simone Sbardella ITA 17/04/93 18 ------45 Simone Deana ITA 20/05/93 18 ------49 Luca Corrado ITA 12/04/94 17 ------Midfielders 3 Mauricio Isla CHI 12/06/88 23 - 2 - 5 - 21 3 15 - 17 - 4 Michele Pazienza ITA 05/08/82 29 - - - 3 - 7 1 14 - 20 - 7 Emmanuel Badu GHA 02/12/90 21 * 2 - 6 - 10 - 6 - 8 - 18 Christian Battocchio ITA 10/02/92 20 - - - 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 20 Kwadwo Asamoah GHA 09/12/88 23 - 2 - 6 - 20 1 12 - 14 - 23 Almen Abdi SUI 21/10/86 25 - 1 - 7 1 17 - 17 2 28 4 42 Mattia Bedin ITA 04/01/94 18 ------46 Gianluca Migliorini ITA 04/03/93 19 ------48 Luca Baldassin ITA 28/05/94 17 ------50 Marco Piscopo ITA 09/03/94 18 ------66 Giampiero Pinzi ITA 11/03/81 31 - 2 - 5 - 18 1 12 1 18 1 Forwards 10 Antonio Di Natale ITA 13/10/77 34 - 2 1 3 2 25 18 14 6 24 10 31 Diego Fabbrini ITA 31/07/90 21 - 1 - 7 - 8 - 7 - 8 - 43 Davide Marsura ITA 20/02/94 18 ------51 Riccardo Dimitrio ITA 13/08/94 17 ------83 Antonio Floro Flores ITA 18/06/83 28 - - - 6 2 21 3 14 3 14 3 Coach - Francesco Guidolin ITA 03/10/55 56 - 2 - 9 - - - 25 - 41 -

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AZ Alkmaar

Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 21 Erik Heijblok NED 29/05/77 34 ------31 Niki Mäenpää FIN 23/01/85 27 ------34 Esteban CRC 28/04/89 22 - 4 - 9 - 25 - 9 - 13 - 37 Hobie Verhulst NED 02/04/93 18 ------Defenders 2 Mattias Johansson SWE 16/02/92 20 ------3 Dirk Marcellis NED 13/04/88 23 * 4 - 6 - 16 - 18 - 38 1 4 Nick Viergever NED 03/08/89 22 - 4 - 8 - 21 2 10 - 15 - 6 Etienne Reijnen NED 05/04/87 24 - - - 5 - 12 - 5 - 5 - 14 Ragnar Klavan EST 30/10/85 26 - 1 - 5 - 22 - 9 - 18 1 15 Simon Poulsen DEN 07/10/84 27 * 4 - 9 - 25 3 15 - 25 1 24 Erik Schouten NED 16/08/91 20 ------25 Niklas Moisander FIN 29/09/85 26 - 4 1 7 - 23 1 11 - 24 1 28 Thomas Lam FIN 18/12/93 18 ------32 Giliano Wijnaldum NED 31/08/92 19 ------Midfielders 8 Adam Maher NED 20/07/93 18 - 1 - 9 3 25 5 10 4 11 4 10 Erik Falkenburg NED 05/05/88 23 - 3 - 3 1 6 2 8 2 15 2 11 Maarten Martens BEL 02/07/84 27 - 4 2 3 2 8 4 21 4 35 6 20 Rasmus Elm SWE 17/03/88 23 * 4 - 9 2 24 10 15 2 31 7 26 Celso Ortiz PAR 26/01/89 23 - 1 - 5 - 4 - 6 - 11 - 27 Brett Holman AUS 27/03/84 27 - 4 1 7 1 23 4 12 2 25 4 36 Ali Messaoud NED 13/04/91 20 ------Forwards 7 Jóhann Gudmundsson ISL 27/10/90 21 * 3 1 7 - 21 2 12 1 19 3 9 Ruud Boymans NED 28/04/89 22 - 2 - - - 4 - - - 2 - 17 Jozy Altidore USA 06/11/89 22 - 2 2 9 2 25 10 14 2 18 4 23 Roy Beerens NED 22/12/87 24 - 1 - 9 - 22 2 21 - 25 - 29 Robert Klaasen NED 06/09/93 18 ------35 Charlison Benschop NED 21/08/89 22 - 4 1 6 - 20 5 6 - 11 1 38 Terell Ondaan NED 09/09/93 18 ------40 Fernando Lewis NED 31/01/93 19 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 42 Kevin Luckassen NED 27/07/93 18 ------Coach - Gertjan Verbeek NED 01/08/62 49 - 4 - 9 - - - 44 - 53 -

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Udinese Calcio

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 16/08/11 UCL Arsenal FC (A) L 0-1 24/08/11 UCL Arsenal FC (H) L 1-2 Di Natale 39 11/09/11 League US Lecce (A) W 2-0 Basta 2, Di Natale 16 15/09/11 UEL Stade Rennais FC (H) W 2-1 Di Natale 39, Armero 83 18/09/11 League ACF Fiorentina (H) W 2-0 Di Natale 8 (p), Isla 29 21/09/11 League AC Milan (A) D 1-1 Di Natale 29 25/09/11 League Cagliari Calcio (A) D 0-0 29/09/11 UEL Celtic FC (A) D 1-1 Abdi 88 (p) 02/10/11 League Bologna FC (H) W 2-0 Benatia 29, Di Natale 72 (p) 16/10/11 League Atalanta BC (A) D 0-0 20/10/11 UEL Club Atlético de Madrid (H) W 2-0 Benatia 88, Floro Flores 90+4 23/10/11 League Novara Calcio (H) W 3-0 Di Natale 33, 49, Domizzi 39 26/10/11 League SSC Napoli (A) L 0-2 30/10/11 League US Città di Palermo (H) W 1-0 Di Natale 38 03/11/11 UEL Club Atlético de Madrid (A) L 0-4 06/11/11 League AC Siena (H) W 2-1 Basta 1, Di Natale 64 20/11/11 League Parma FC (A) L 0-2 25/11/11 League AS Roma (H) W 2-0 Di Natale 79, Isla 89 30/11/11 UEL Stade Rennais FC (A) D 0-0 03/12/11 League FC Internazionale Milano (A) W 1-0 Isla 73 11/12/11 League AC Chievo Verona (H) W 2-1 Di Natale 67, Basta 79 15/12/11 UEL Celtic FC (H) D 1-1 Di Natale 45+1 18/12/11 League S.S. Lazio (A) D 2-2 Floro Flores 27, Pinzi 73 21/12/11 League Juventus (H) D 0-0 08/01/12 League AC Cesena (H) W 4-1 Di Natale 1, 82, Asamoah 54, Basta 75 11/01/12 Cup AC Chievo Verona (H) L 1-2 Di Natale 84 15/01/12 League Genoa CFC (A) L 2-3 Ferronetti 13, Di Natale 75 (p) 22/01/12 League Calcio Catania (H) W 2-1 Izco 20 (og), Di Natale 53 28/01/12 League Juventus (A) L 1-2 Floro Flores 56 01/02/12 League US Lecce (H) W 2-1 Pazienza 2, Di Natale 36 05/02/12 League ACF Fiorentina (A) L 2-3 Di Natale 14, Torje 89 11/02/12 League AC Milan (H) L 1-2 Di Natale 19 16/02/12 UEL PAOK FC (H) D 0-0 19/02/12 League Cagliari Calcio (H) D 0-0 23/02/12 UEL PAOK FC (A) W 3-0 Danilo 6, Floro Flores 15, Domizzi 51 (p) 26/02/12 League Bologna FC (A) W 3-1 Di Natale 38 (p), Basta 56, Floro Flores 84 04/03/12 League Atalanta BC (H) D 0-0 08/03/12 UEL AZ Alkmaar (A) L 0-2 11/03/12 League Novara Calcio (A) L 0-1 15/03/12 UEL AZ Alkmaar (H) 18/03/12 League SSC Napoli (H) 25/03/12 League US Città di Palermo (A) 01/04/12 League AC Siena (A) 07/04/12 League Parma FC (H) 11/04/12 League AS Roma (A) 15/04/12 League FC Internazionale Milano (H) 22/04/12 League AC Chievo Verona (A) 29/04/12 League S.S. Lazio (H) 02/05/12 League AC Cesena (A) 06/05/12 League Genoa CFC (H) 13/05/12 League Calcio Catania (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 AC Milan 27 17 6 4 55 22 57 2 Juventus 27 13 14 0 39 17 53 3 S.S. Lazio 27 14 6 7 42 33 48 4 SSC Napoli 27 12 10 5 50 28 46 5 Udinese Calcio 27 13 7 7 37 24 46 6 AS Roma 27 12 5 10 40 33 41 7 FC Internazionale Milano 27 12 4 11 38 36 40 8 Calcio Catania 27 9 11 7 35 35 38 9 Bologna FC 27 9 8 10 29 31 35 10 AC Chievo Verona 27 9 7 11 22 33 34 11 US Città di Palermo 27 10 4 13 39 44 34 12 Atalanta BC 27 9 12 6 31 29 33 13 Genoa CFC 27 9 6 12 35 48 33 14 ACF Fiorentina 27 8 8 11 27 28 32 15 AC Siena 27 8 8 11 32 28 32 16 Parma FC 27 7 10 10 33 42 31 17 Cagliari Calcio 27 7 10 10 26 35 31 18 US Lecce 27 6 7 14 30 44 25 19 Novara Calcio 27 4 8 15 22 46 20 20 AC Cesena 27 4 5 18 16 42 17

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AZ Alkmaar

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 28/07/11 UEL FK Jablonec (H) W 2-0 Wernbloom 64, Gudmundsson 88 04/08/11 UEL FK Jablonec (A) D 1-1 Benschop 45 07/08/11 League PSV Eindhoven (H) W 3-1 Martens 26, Viergever 40, Altidore 80 13/08/11 League FC Twente (A) L 0-2 18/08/11 UEL Aalesunds FK (A) L 1-2 Martens 30 21/08/11 League NEC Nijmegen (H) W 4-0 Altidore 54, 73, Elm 64 (p), Moisander 85 25/08/11 UEL Aalesunds FK (H) W 6-0 Wernbloom 7, Altidore 25, 59, Martens 54, Holman 68, Moisander 90 (p) 28/08/11 League FC Groningen (A) W 3-0 Viergever 1, Gudmundsson 79, Elm 84 10/09/11 League Vitesse (H) W 4-0 Wernbloom 22, 27, Beerens 38, Elm 45 (p) 15/09/11 UEL Malmö FF (H) W 4-1 Altidore 21, Elm 32 (p), Maher 39, Holman 49 18/09/11 League RKC Waalwijk (A) W 2-1 Elm 10 (p), Benschop 65 22/09/11 Cup FC Groningen (H) W 4-2 aet Viergever 76, Moisander 93 ET, Maher 99 ET, Gudmundsson 115 ET 25/09/11 League Feyenoord (H) W 2-1 Elm 60, Holman 85 29/09/11 UEL FC Metalist Kharkiv (A) D 1-1 Altidore 26 02/10/11 League VVV-Venlo (A) W 3-1 Elm 32, Maher 62, Poulsen 73 15/10/11 League AFC Ajax (A) D 2-2 Holman 14, Beerens 22 20/10/11 UEL FK Austria Wien (H) D 2-2 Hlinka 80 (og), Wernbloom 83 23/10/11 League Roda JC (H) W 1-0 Elm 51 27/10/11 Cup Dordrecht 90 (A) W 3-2 aet Wernbloom 44, Klavan 61, Maher 97 ET 30/10/11 League Heracles Almelo (A) W 1-0 Maher 89 03/11/11 UEL FK Austria Wien (A) D 2-2 Elm 19 (p), Wernbloom 44 06/11/11 League ADO Den Haag (H) W 3-0 Holman 11, Maher 64, Altidore 83 25/11/11 League FC Utrecht (H) W 2-0 Elm 67, Gudmundsson 89 30/11/11 UEL Malmö FF (A) D 0-0 04/12/11 League sc Heerenveen (A) L 1-5 Altidore 20 07/12/11 League SBV Excelsior (A) D 0-0 10/12/11 League De Graafschap (H) W 4-0 Maher 22, Poulsen 31, Wormgoor 54 (og), Benschop 78 15/12/11 UEL FC Metalist Kharkiv (H) D 1-1 Maher 37 18/12/11 League NAC Breda (A) L 1-2 Holman 45 19/01/12 Cup AFC Ajax (A) W 3-2 Martens 24, Benschop 32, Elm 55 (p) 22/01/12 League AFC Ajax (H) D 1-1 Elm 37 28/01/12 League Roda JC (A) L 0-2 01/02/12 Cup GVVV (H) W 2-1 Martens 19, 66 08/02/12 League ADO Den Haag (A) W 6-0 Benschop 33, 47, 69, Martens 73, Altidore 85, 88 11/02/12 League SBV Excelsior (H) W 2-0 Martens 58, 60 16/02/12 UEL RSC Anderlecht (H) W 1-0 Maher 35 19/02/12 League FC Utrecht (A) L 0-3 23/02/12 UEL RSC Anderlecht (A) W 1-0 Martens 53 26/02/12 League sc Heerenveen (H) D 3-3 Altidore 26, 58, Falkenburg 83 03/03/12 League Heracles Almelo (H) W 3-1 Poulsen 31, Altidore 43, Maher 52 08/03/12 UEL Udinese Calcio (H) W 2-0 Martens 63, Falkenburg 84 11/03/12 League De Graafschap (A) W 2-0 Elm 49, Falkenburg 90+2 15/03/12 UEL Udinese Calcio (A) 18/03/12 League NAC Breda (H) 22/03/12 Cup Heracles Almelo (H) 25/03/12 League RKC Waalwijk (H) 01/04/12 League Vitesse (A) 11/04/12 League FC Twente (H) 14/04/12 League PSV Eindhoven (A) 22/04/12 League VVV-Venlo (H) 29/04/12 League Feyenoord (A) 02/05/12 League NEC Nijmegen (A) 06/05/12 League FC Groningen (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 AZ Alkmaar 25 16 4 5 53 25 52 2 AFC Ajax 25 14 7 4 66 33 49 3 FC Twente 24 14 6 4 66 28 48 4 PSV Eindhoven 25 14 6 5 63 37 48 5 sc Heerenveen 25 13 9 3 56 36 48 6 Feyenoord 25 13 6 6 49 32 45 7 Vitesse 25 11 5 9 32 29 38 8 Roda JC 25 11 1 13 43 54 34 9 FC Groningen 25 9 5 11 36 46 32 10 RKC Waalwijk 25 9 4 12 27 38 31 11 Heracles Almelo 25 8 6 11 39 39 30 12 NEC Nijmegen 25 9 3 13 28 35 30 13 NAC Breda 25 8 4 13 33 39 28 14 ADO Den Haag 25 7 7 11 29 48 28 15 FC Utrecht 25 6 9 10 36 41 27 16 VVV-Venlo 25 7 4 14 31 56 25 17 De Graafschap 24 4 4 16 21 54 16 18 SBV Excelsior 25 3 6 16 19 57 15

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Udinese Calcio UEFA Champions League - qualifying

Play-offs (16/08/11) Arsenal 1-0 Udinese Goals: 1-0 Walcott 4 Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Isla, Danilo, Badu, Di Natale, Neuton (Pasquale 59), Benatia, Asamoah, Ekstrand, Armero, Pinzi (Abdi 88) (24/08/11) Udinese 1-2 Arsenal (agg: 1-3) Goals: 1-0 Di Natale 39, 1-1 Van Persie 55, 1-2 Walcott 69 Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Isla (Denis 83), Danilo, Badu, Di Natale, Neuton, Benatia (Pasquale 87), Asamoah, Ekstrand, Armero, Pinzi (Fabbrini 63)

UEFA Europa League - Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Club Atlético de Madrid 6 4 1 1 11 4 13 Udinese Calcio 6 2 3 1 6 7 9 Celtic FC 6 1 3 2 6 7 6 Stade Rennais FC 6 0 3 3 5 10 3

Matchday 1 (15/09/11) Udinese 2-1 Rennes Goals: 0-1 Hadji 18, 1-1 Di Natale 39, 2-1 Armero 83 Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Isla, Danilo, Badu, Di Natale (Barreto 66), Neuton (Domizzi 46), Benatia, Abdi, Armero, Doubaï, Fabbrini (Asamoah 70)

Matchday 2 (29/09/11) Celtic 1-1 Udinese Goals: 1-0 Ki Sung-Yong 3(pen), 1-1 Abdi 88(pen) Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Danilo, Badu, Basta (Benatia 46), Neuton, Battocchio, Abdi, Ekstrand, Doubaï, Fabbrini (Armero 67), Pereyra (Isla 46)

Matchday 3 (20/10/11) Udinese 2-0 Atlético Goals: 1-0 Benatia 88, 2-0 Floro Flores 90+4 Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Danilo, Badu, Domizzi, Benatia, Abdi (Fabbrini 46), Armero, Doubaï (Asamoah 84), Pereyra (Basta 46), Pinzi, Floro Flores

Matchday 4 (03/11/11) Atlético 4-0 Udinese Goals: 1-0 Adrián López 7, 2-0 Adrián López 12, 3-0 Diego 37, 4-0 Falcao 67 Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Danilo, Badu, Domizzi (Basta 71), Neuton, Battocchio, Ekstrand, Doubaï, Fabbrini (Abdi 24), Pereyra, Floro Flores (Isla 86)

Matchday 5 (30/11/11) Rennes 0-0 Udinese Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Isla (Basta 61), Danilo, Badu, Benatia, Asamoah, Ekstrand, Armero, Doubaï (Pinzi 82), Fabbrini, Floro Flores

Matchday 6 (15/12/11) Udinese 1-1 Celtic Goals: 0-1 Hooper 29, 1-1 Di Natale 45+1 Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Danilo, Badu (Pinzi 29), Basta, Di Natale, Benatia, Asamoah, Abdi, Ekstrand, Armero, Doubaï (Isla 46)

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Knockout phase Round of 32 (16/02/12) Udinese 0-0 PAOK Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Pazienza, Danilo, Basta, Domizzi, Benatia, Abdi, Pasquale, Armero, Pinzi (Fabbrini 57), Floro Flores

(23/02/12) PAOK 0-3 Udinese (agg: 0-3) Goals: 0-1 Danilo 6, 0-2 Floro Flores 15, 0-3 Domizzi 51(pen) Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Pazienza, Danilo, Basta, Domizzi, Benatia (Ferronetti 86), Asamoah, Abdi (Battocchio 46), Pasquale, Fabbrini (Armero 69), Floro Flores

Round of 16 (08/03/12) AZ 2-0 Udinese Goals: 1-0 Martens 63, 2-0 Falkenburg 84 AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Marcellis, Viergever, Maher, Martens (Falkenburg 78), Poulsen, Altidore, Elm, Beerens (Gudmundsson 74), Moisander, Holman (Ortiz 86) Udinese Calcio: Handanovič, Pazienza, Danilo, Domizzi, Benatia, Asamoah, Pasquale (Di Natale 80), Armero, Ferronetti, Pinzi, Floro Flores

(15/03/12) Udinese v AZ

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AZ Alkmaar UEFA Europa League - Qualifying Third qualifying round (28/07/11) AZ 2-0 Jablonec Goals: 1-0 Wernbloom 64, 2-0 Gudmundsson 88 AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Marcellis, Viergever, Boymans (Falkenburg 90+1), Martens, Poulsen, Wernbloom, Elm, Moisander, Holman, Benschop (Gudmundsson 65) (04/08/11) Jablonec 1-1 AZ (agg: 1-3) Goals: 0-1 Benschop 45, 1-1 Loučka 80 AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Marcellis, Viergever, Boymans (Gudmundsson 71), Martens, Poulsen, Wernbloom, Elm (Falkenburg 77), Moisander, Holman (Ortiz 66), Benschop

Play-offs (18/08/11) Aalesund 2-1 AZ Goals: 1-0 Barrantes 14(pen), 1-1 Martens 30, 2-1 Barrantes 73 AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Marcellis, Viergever, Gudmundsson, Martens (Falkenburg 69), Poulsen, Wernbloom, Elm, Moisander, Holman (Altidore 75), Benschop (25/08/11) AZ 6-0 Aalesund (agg: 7-2) Goals: 1-0 Wernbloom 7, 2-0 Altidore 25, 3-0 Martens 54, 4-0 Altidore 59, 5-0 Holman 68, 6-0 Moisander 90(pen) AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Marcellis, Viergever, Martens (Maher 58), Poulsen, Wernbloom, Altidore (Benschop 63), Elm (Klavan 66), Beerens, Moisander, Holman

Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Metalist Kharkiv 6 4 2 0 15 6 14 AZ Alkmaar 6 1 5 0 10 7 8 FK Austria Wien 6 2 2 2 10 11 8 Malmö FF 6 0 1 5 4 15 1

Matchday 1 (15/09/11) AZ 4-1 Malmö Goals: 1-0 Altidore 21, 2-0 Elm 32(pen), 3-0 Maher 39, 4-0 Holman 49, 4-1 Larsson 72(pen) AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Marcellis, Viergever, Maher, Poulsen (Klavan 65), Wernbloom, Altidore, Elm, Beerens (Gudmundsson 62), Moisander (Reijnen 70), Holman

Matchday 2 (29/09/11) Metalist 1-1 AZ Goals: 0-1 Altidore 26, 1-1 Taison 76 AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Marcellis, Gudmundsson (Ortiz 78), Maher, Klavan, Poulsen, Wernbloom, Altidore (Benschop 81), Elm (Viergever 77), Beerens, Moisander

Matchday 3 (20/10/11) AZ 2-2 Austria Wien Goals: 0-1 Marcellis 19(o.g.), 0-2 Gorgon 29, 1-2 Hlinka 80(o.g.), 2-2 Wernbloom 83 AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Marcellis, Gudmundsson (Ortiz 80), Maher (Altidore 74), Klavan, Poulsen, Wernbloom, Elm, Beerens (Lewis 69), Moisander, Benschop

Matchday 4 (03/11/11) Austria Wien 2-2 AZ Goals: 0-1 Elm 19(pen), 0-2 Wernbloom 44, 1-2 Ortlechner 58, 2-2 Barazite 61 AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Viergever, Reijnen, Maher, Klavan, Poulsen, Wernbloom, Altidore (Benschop 87), Elm, Beerens, Holman (Ortiz 68)

Matchday 5 (30/11/11) Malmö 0-0 AZ AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Viergever, Reijnen, Maher, Falkenburg (Ortiz 74), Klavan, Poulsen, Altidore, Elm, Beerens (Benschop 24), Holman (Gudmundsson 67)

Matchday 6 (15/12/11) AZ 1-1 Metalist Goals: 0-1 Dević 37, 1-1 Maher 37 AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Viergever, Reijnen, Gudmundsson (Holman 59), Maher, Poulsen, Wernbloom, Altidore, Elm, Beerens, Moisander

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Knockout phase Round of 32 (16/02/12) AZ 1-0 Anderlecht Goals: 1-0 Maher 35 AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Marcellis, Viergever, Maher, Martens, Poulsen, Elm, Beerens, Moisander, Holman (Gudmundsson 78), Benschop (Altidore 76)

(23/02/12) Anderlecht 0-1 AZ (agg: 0-2) Goals: 0-1 Martens 53 AZ Alkmaar: Esteban, Marcellis (Reijnen 55), Viergever, Maher, Martens (Falkenburg 74), Poulsen, Elm, Beerens, Moisander, Holman, Benschop (Altidore 44)

(15/03/12) Udinese v AZ

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Referee Milorad Mažić (SRB) Assistant referees Milovan Ristić (SRB), Igor Radojčić (SRB) Additional assistant referees Vlado Glodjović (SRB), Milenko Vukadinović (SRB) Fourth official Boško Jovanetić (SRB) UEFA Delegate Kazimierz Oleszek (POL) UEFA Referee observer Bertrand Layec (FRA) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League UEFA matches matches Milorad Mažić 23/03/1973 9 32 UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 28/07/11 UCUP 3QR US Città di Palermo FC Thun 2-2 Palermo 01/12/11 UCUP GS FC Vaslui S.S. Lazio 0-0 Piatra Neamt Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 20/03/09 U17 ELITE Austria Italy 1-2 Stegersbach 15/05/09 U17 SF Germany Italy 2-0 Dessau 14/11/09 U19 QR Netherlands Cyprus 5-1 Ta' Qali

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:: Competitions National team competitions Club competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship UCL: UEFA Champions League/UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup Tournament: UEFA Europa League/UEFA Champions League FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay gg: Match decided by golden goal W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation N/a: Not applicable tournament play-off :: 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 #: Suspended for at least one match 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 www.uefa.com.

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