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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Amsterdam ArenA - Amsterdam Thursday 5 November 2015 19.00CET (19.00 local time) AFC Ajax Group A - Matchday 4 Fenerbahçe SK Last updated 16/12/2015 10:19CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 AFC Ajax - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 5 November 2015 - 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 22/10/2015 GS Fenerbahçe SK - AFC Ajax 1-0 Istanbul Fernandão 89 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 27/11/1968 R2 Fenerbahçe SK - AFC Ajax Istanbul Keizer 55, Nuninga 88 agg: 0-4 13/11/1968 R2 AFC Ajax - Fenerbahçe SK 2-0 Amsterdam Nuninga 17, Muller 76 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AFC Ajax 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 1 Fenerbahçe SK 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 4 AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-4 Litmanen 18, 71, 73, 02/11/1993 R2 Beşiktaş JK - AFC Ajax Istanbul agg: 1-6 Pettersson 77 Rijkaard 60, R. de 20/10/1993 R2 AFC Ajax - Beşiktaş JK 2-1 Amsterdam Boer 80; Özdilek 40 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 5-0 Bosman 16, 20, 34, 01/10/1986 R1 AFC Ajax - Bursaspor Amsterdam agg: 7-0 89, Van Basten 23 Bosman 67, Van 17/09/1986 R1 Bursaspor - AFC Ajax 0-2 Bursa Basten 85 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Karadoğan 53; Swart 05/10/1966 R1 Beşiktaş JK - AFC Ajax Istanbul agg: 1-4 60, Keizer 89 28/09/1966 R1 AFC Ajax - Beşiktaş JK 2-0 Amsterdam Keizer 11, Muller 86 Fenerbahçe SK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/12/2009 GS FC Twente - Fenerbahçe SK 0-1 Enschede Lugano 71 Mehmet Topuz 71; 17/09/2009 GS Fenerbahçe SK - FC Twente 1-2 Istanbul Nkufo 75, 80 2 AFC Ajax - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 5 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Marcellis 28 (og), 07/11/2007 GS Fenerbahçe SK - PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Istanbul Semih Şentürk 30 23/10/2007 GS PSV Eindhoven - Fenerbahçe SK 0-0 Eindhoven UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Martens 63, Opdam 2-2 22/02/2007 R3 AZ Alkmaar - Fenerbahçe SK Alkmaar 86; Tümer Metin 21, agg: 5-5 ag Alex 34 Tümer Metin 27, 73, Tuncay Şanlı 65; De 14/02/2007 R3 Fenerbahçe SK - AZ Alkmaar 3-3 Istanbul Zeeuw 15, Boukhari 62, Jenner 63 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/12/2005 GS PSV Eindhoven - Fenerbahçe SK 2-0 Eindhoven Cocu 14, Farfán 85 Alex 40 (P), 68, 28/09/2005 GS Fenerbahçe SK - PSV Eindhoven 3-0 Istanbul Appiah 90+2 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 27/08/2002 QR3 Fenerbahçe SK - Feyenoord Istanbul Ono 48, Buffel 88 agg: 0-3 13/08/2002 QR3 Feyenoord - Fenerbahçe SK 1-0 Rotterdam Ono 64 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Van der Kuijlen 10, 6-1 27/09/1978 R1 PSV Eindhoven - Fenerbahçe SK Eindhoven 22, 71, 74, Deijkers agg: 7-3 49, 55; Çetiner 87 Çetiner 17, Ilhan 43; 13/09/1978 R1 Fenerbahçe SK - PSV Eindhoven 2-1 Istanbul Brandts 29 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 07/10/1964 PR Fenerbahçe SK - FC Amsterdam Istanbul Temming 82 agg: 1-4 Geurtsen 45, 63, 16/09/1964 PR FC Amsterdam - Fenerbahçe SK 3-1 Amsterdam Hollander 51; Pekel 58 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AFC Ajax 4 4 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 8 0 1 21 3 Fenerbahçe SK 9 4 1 4 8 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 17 5 3 9 17 27 3 AFC Ajax - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 5 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Match background Still without a win in UEFA Europa League Group A, AFC Ajax will look to maintain their 100% home record against Turkish sides when they meet Fenerbahçe SK. Previous meetings • Substitute Fernandão scored at the death as Fenerbahçe prevailed 1-0 in Istanbul on matchday three. It was Ajax's first defeat in nine games against Turkish clubs. • The teams' only previous UEFA meetings came in the second round of the 1968/69 European Champion Clubs' Cup, Rinus Michels' Ajax beating Ignác Molnár's Fenerbahçe 2-0 home and away. • Ajax's eight-game winning streak against Turkish opposition is thus over, but they have triumphed in all four of their previous home fixtures versus Süper Lig teams by an aggregate score of 11-1. • Fenerbahçe's record in 17 games against Dutch opponents is W5 D3 L9 (W1 D2 L5 in the Netherlands). That sole away success came on their most recent visit – 1-0 at FC Twente in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League group stage. Form guide • If Ajax fail to beat Fenerbahçe, and Molde FK overcome Celtic FC again, the Norwegian outfit will be guaranteed a round of 32 place. • Ajax are without a win in four European games (D3 L1). • Fenerbahçe have won only one of their last seven European away contests (W1 D3 L3) – 1-0 at Atromitos FC in this season's UEFA Europa League play-offs. • Both sides entered the UEFA Europa League play-offs following elimination from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. • Ajax have made it through to the round of 32 in all three of their previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. They have featured at one stage or another in the last nine editions of the competition, meaning they are the only ever-present club in the seven seasons of the UEFA Europa League. • Semi-finalists in 2012/13, Fenerbahçe have advanced to the round of 32 in all three of their UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns (2006/07, 2009/10 and 2012/13). Trivia and links • The journey from Istanbul to Amsterdam is around 2,200km. • Fenerbahçe winger Nani and Villarreal CF's Samuel Castillejo were fouled 11 times in the first three matchdays – more than any other players in the group stage. • Fenerbahçe reserve goalkeeper Ertuğrul Taşkıran turns 26 on the day of the game. • Fenerbahçe's Michal Kadlec can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance on matchday four. Team-mate Gökhan Gönül reached that mark last time out. • Fenerbahçe's Netherlands striker Robin van Persie has yet to score a UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League goal in 13 appearances. • Fenerbahçe defender Simon Kjær could come up against Denmark team-mates Viktor Fischer, Nicolai Boilesen and Lasse Schöne. The coaches • Frank de Boer has been in charge of Ajax since 2010, and in 2014 became the first coach to lead the club to four successive Eredivisie titles. The defender lifted the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League as an Ajax player. • De Boer played for Fenerbahçe's city rivals Galatasaray SK in 2003/04, scoring one goal in 15 Süper Lig outings. • Fenerbahçe coach since June, Portuguese technician Vítor Pereira was André Villas-Boas's assistant when FC Porto won the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League. He later claimed two league titles as the Dragons' coach and a domestic double in Greece with Olympiacos FC in 2014/15. 4 AFC Ajax - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 5 November 2015 - 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 Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 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) 2005/06: UEFA Champions League round of 16 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 - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 5 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit