Aston Villa FC - AFC Ajax MATCH PRESS KIT Villa Park, Birmingham Thursday 23 October 2008 - 21.15CET (20.15 local time) Group F - Matchday 1
Contents 1 - Match background 7 - Match-by-match lineups 3 - Squad list 8 - Competition facts 5 - Match officials 9 - Team facts 6 - Domestic information 10 - Legend This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Cup 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 Match background
Two European Champion Clubs' Cup winners will sit on opposite benches as Aston Villa FC and AFC Ajax meet in the opening night of action in UEFA Cup Group F. • Ajax's Marco van Basten is in his first season as a club coach since ending a four-year spell leading the Netherlands after UEFA EURO 2008™. He won European Cups in successive seasons as a player with Milan in 1989 and 1990 while his Villa counterpart Martin O'Neill was triumphant with Nottingham Forest FC in 1980 after missing out on the club's victory the year before. • This is Villa and Ajax's first meeting in UEFA club competition. • This is also Villa's first meeting with a Dutch side, but the Netherlands has an extremely positive resonance with the Birmingham club, who won the European Cup – their only major continental trophy – in Rotterdam in 1982. • Tony Barton led Villa to a 1-0 win against FC Bayern München at De Kuip Stadium, with Peter Withe scoring the goal that won the European Champion Clubs' Cup for Villa. • Villa manager O'Neill has fond memories of playing and coaching against Ajax. • He played for Nottingham Forest FC in both legs of the 1979/80 European Cup semi-final which his side won 2-1 on aggregate en route to a 1-0 final victory against Hamburger SV. • His Celtic FC side also denied Ajax a UEFA Champions League group stage place in the 2001/02 season, winning 3-1 in Amsterdam and progressing despite a 1-0 defeat at home in the return fixture. • Villa's Bulgarian midfielder Stilian Petrov was an unused substitute for Celtic in the second leg of that game. • Ajax, meanwhile, won their first European Cup in England back in 1971, beating Panathinaikos FC 2-0 at the old Wembley Stadium, with Dirk van Dijk and Arie Haan scoring the goals for Rinus Michels' side. • Ajax have played 16 games against English sides in UEFA club competition in addition to a 3-1 aggregate defeat against Arsenal FC in the non-UEFA affiliated 1969/70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup semi-final. • Their record in eight games in England reads won one, drawn four and lost three, with that sole victory coming against Arsenal at Highbury in the quarter-finals of the 1971/72 European Cup. Thus, they have not won a competitive game on English soil in over 36 years. • In total they have won five, drawn six and lost five of their games against English clubs, but have not beaten an English side in their last six meetings – a run stretching back to 1980.
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• Villa finished sixth in the Premier League last season to earn a UEFA Intertoto Cup place. They then beat Denmark's Odense BK to switch from that competition into the UEFA Cup and moved on to the group stage with victories against FH Hafnarfjördur and PFC Litex Lovech. • Ajax came second in the Eredivisie last season but were denied a UEFA Champions League place in the end-of-season play-offs. They moved into the group stage of the UEFA Cup with a comfortable overall win against FK Borac. • MŠK Žilina take on Hamburg in Matchday 1's other Group F game. SK Slavia Praha are the only side in the section not in action on 23 October.
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Squad list
Aston Villa
Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Brad Friedel USA 18.05.1971 37 - - - - - 2 - 20 - 26 - 13 Stuart Taylor ENG 28.11.1980 27 - 2 ------7 - 22 Bradley Guzan USA 09.09.1984 24 ------Defenders 2 Luke Young ENG 19.07.1979 29 - - - - - 2 - 5 - 5 - 3 Wilfred Bouma NED 15.06.1978 30 - 2 - - - - - 15 - 61 3 5 Martin Laursen DEN 26.07.1977 31 - 2 1 - - 1 - 10 - 27 2 6 Gareth Barry ENG 23.02.1981 27 - 1 - - - 1 1 5 1 22 3 15 Curtis Davies ENG 15.03.1985 23 ------2 - 16 Zat Knight ENG 02.05.1980 28 - 2 - - - 1 - 2 - 9 - 21 Nicky Shorey ENG 19.02.1981 27 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 3 - 24 Carlos Cuéllar ESP 23.08.1981 27 - - - - - 2 - 20 1 32 2 29 Stephen O'Halloran IRL 29.11.1987 20 ------Midfielders 4 Steve Sidwell ENG 14.12.1982 25 - 2 ------3 - 8 James Milner ENG 04.01.1986 22 - - - - - 2 - 22 - 30 2 18 Wayne Routledge ENG 07.01.1985 23 - 1 - - - 2 - 2 - 5 - 19 Stilian Petrov BUL 05.07.1979 29 - 2 - - - 2 1 31 3 64 6 20 Nigel Reo-Coker ENG 14.05.1984 24 - 2 - - - 1 1 3 1 7 1 26 Craig Gardner ENG 25.11.1986 21 - 2 - - - 1 - 1 - 5 1 27 Isaiah Osbourne ENG 05.11.1987 20 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 2 - Forwards 7 Ashley Young ENG 09.07.1985 23 - 2 1 - - 1 - 1 - 4 2 9 Marlon Harewood ENG 25.08.1979 29 - - - - - 2 1 4 1 7 1 10 John Carew NOR 05.09.1979 29 - 2 1 - - - - 17 2 82 26 11 Gabriel Agbonlahor ENG 13.10.1986 22 - 2 - - - 1 - 1 - 5 1 17 Moustapha Salifou TGO 01.06.1983 25 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 4 - 41 Harry Forrester ENG 02.01.1991 17 ------Coach - Martin O'neill NIR 01.03.1952 56 - 2 - - - 2 - 13 - 35 -
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Ajax
Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 12 Kenneth Vermeer NED 10.01.1986 22 - - - - - 1 - 2 - 2 - 31 Hans Vonk RSA 30.01.1970 38 ------2 - 39 - Defenders 2 Bruno Silva NED 29.03.1980 28 - - - - - 1 - 5 - 5 - 3 Oleguer ESP 02.02.1980 28 - - - - - 1 - 5 - 32 - 4 Thomas Vermaelen BEL 14.11.1985 22 - - - - - 2 - 8 - 17 - 8 Urby Emanuelson NED 16.06.1986 22 - - - - - 1 - 8 - 20 - 15 Gregory van der Wiel NED 03.08.1988 20 - - - - - 2 - 4 - 4 - Midfielders 5 Jan Vertonghen BEL 24.04.1987 21 - - - - - 2 - 4 - 6 - 6 Rasmus Lindgren SWE 29.11.1984 23 - - - - - 2 - 7 - 7 - 11 Ismaïl Aissati NED 16.08.1988 20 ------1 - 15 - 18 Gabri ESP 10.02.1979 29 ------18 - 58 6 21 Enoh Eyong Takang CMR 23.03.1986 22 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 25 Evander Sno NED 09.04.1987 21 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 12 - 27 Laurent Delorge BEL 21.07.1979 29 ------1 - 9 - 37 Robbert Schilder NED 18.04.1986 22 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 45 Darko Bodul CRO 11.01.1989 19 ------Forwards 7 Kennedy Bakircioglü SWE 02.11.1980 27 ------11 2 9 Klaas Jan Huntelaar NED 12.08.1983 25 - - - - - 2 2 24 16 30 19 10 Miralem Sulejmani SRB 05.12.1988 19 - - - - - 1 1 3 1 3 1 16 Luis Suárez URU 24.01.1987 21 - - - - - 2 2 6 3 8 4 19 Dennis Rommedahl DEN 22.07.1978 30 ------17 3 54 6 20 Dario Cvitanich CRO 16.05.1984 24 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 23 Leonardo BRA 09.03.1983 25 - - - - - 1 - 14 3 18 3 33 Javier Martina NED 01.02.1987 21 ------Coach - Marco Van Basten NED 31.10.1964 43 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 -
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Match officials
Referee Thomas Einwaller (AUT) Assistant referees Armin Eder (AUT), Andreas Heiss (AUT) Fourth official Dietmar Drabek (AUT) UEFA Delegate Danilo Filacchione (ITA) UEFA Referee observer Alan Snoddy (NIR)
Referee
UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 24.08.2006 UCUP QR2 Newcastle United FC - FK Ventspils 0-0 Newcastle 30.08.2007 UCUP QR2 Blackburn Rovers FC - Myllykosken Pallo-47 2-0 Blackburn
Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 28.03.2005 England - Northern Ireland 3-0 Wolverhampton 30.03.2005 Republic of Ireland - England 1-3 Walsall
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Domestic information Aston Villa FC (Premier League) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 17/08/08 Manchester City FC (H) 4-2 Carew 47, Agbonlahor 69, 74, 76 League 23/08/08 Stoke City FC (A) 2-3 Carew 63, M. Laursen 84 League 31/08/08 Liverpool FC (H) 0-0 League 15/09/08 Tottenham Hotspur FC (A)2-1 Reo-Coker 5, Young 54 League 21/09/08 West Bromwich Albion FC2-1 Carew 27, Agbonlahor 29 (A) Cup 24/09/08 QPR (H) 0-1 League 27/09/08 Sunderland AFC (H) 2-1 Young 18, Carew 33 League 05/10/08 Chelsea FC (A) 0-2 League 18/10/08 Portsmouth FC (H) 0-0 League 26/10/08 Wigan Athletic FC (A) League 29/10/08 Blackburn Rovers FC (H) League 03/11/08 Newcastle United FC (A) League 09/11/08 Middlesbrough FC (H) League 15/11/08 Arsenal FC (A) League 22/11/08 Manchester United FC (H) League 29/11/08 Fulham FC (H) League 07/12/08 Everton FC (A) League 13/12/08 Bolton Wanderers FC (H) League 20/12/08 West Ham United FC (A) League 26/12/08 Arsenal FC (H) League 30/12/08 Hull City AFC (A) League 10/01/09 West Bromwich Albion FC (H) League 17/01/09 Sunderland AFC (A) League 27/01/09 Portsmouth FC (A) League 31/01/09 Wigan Athletic FC (H) League 07/02/09 Blackburn Rovers FC (A) League 21/02/09 Chelsea FC (H) League 28/02/09 Stoke City FC (H) League 04/03/09 Manchester City FC (A)
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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Chelsea FC 8 6 2 0 19 3 20 2 Liverpool FC 8 6 2 0 13 6 20 3 Hull City AFC 8 5 2 1 11 11 17 4 Arsenal FC 8 5 1 2 16 6 16 5 Manchester United FC 7 4 2 1 12 4 14 6 Aston Villa FC 8 4 2 2 12 10 14 7 Portsmouth FC 8 4 1 3 9 13 13 8 West Ham United FC 8 4 0 4 14 14 12 9 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 3 2 3 8 14 11 10 Manchester City FC 8 3 1 4 20 14 10 11 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 3 1 4 7 11 10 12 Sunderland AFC 8 2 3 3 7 9 9 13 Middlesbrough FC 8 3 0 5 7 14 9 14 Wigan Athletic FC 8 2 2 4 11 9 8 15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 2 2 4 8 10 8 16 Everton FC 8 2 2 4 12 18 8 17 Fulham FC 7 2 1 4 5 7 7 18 Stoke City FC 8 2 1 5 10 15 7 19 Newcastle United FC 8 1 3 4 9 15 6 20 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 0 2 6 5 12 2
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Domestic information AFC Ajax (Eredivisie) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 30/08/08 Willem II (A) 1-2 Sulejmani 23 League 14/09/08 Roda JC (H) 1-0 Vermaelen 54 League 21/09/08 Feyenoord (A) 2-2 Sarpong 38, Huntelaar 70 Cup 25/09/08 FC Utrecht (H) 2-0 Luis Suárez 70, Huntelaar 87 League 28/09/08 BV Vitesse (H) 3-0 Luis Suárez 61, Vertonghen 76, 82 League 05/10/08 SC Heerenveen (A) 2-5 Huntelaar 79, Luis Suárez 81(pen) League 18/10/08 FC Groningen (H) 1-0 Oleguer 32 League 26/10/08 NEC Nijmegen (H) League 29/10/08 Heracles Almelo (A) League 01/11/08 FC Twente (A) League 09/11/08 Sparta Rotterdam (H) League 16/11/08 PSV Eindhoven (H) League 23/11/08 AZ Alkmaar (A) League 30/11/08 FC Utrecht (H) League 07/12/08 FC Volendam (A) League 12/12/08 NAC Breda (H) League 21/12/08 De Graafschap (A) League 28/12/08 ADO Den Haag (H) League 18/01/09 NEC Nijmegen (A) League 25/01/09 FC Groningen (A) League 31/01/09 SC Heerenveen (H) League 03/02/09 Heracles Almelo (H) League 08/02/09 BV Vitesse (A) League 15/02/09 Feyenoord (H) League 22/02/09 FC Volendam (H) League 01/03/09 FC Utrecht (A) League 08/03/09 ADO Den Haag (A) Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 NAC Breda 6 5 0 1 16 9 15 2 FC Groningen 6 4 1 1 13 3 13 3 AZ Alkmaar 6 4 0 2 15 7 12 4 PSV Eindhoven 6 4 0 2 11 4 12 5 NEC Nijmegen 6 3 2 1 10 5 11 6 SC Heerenveen 6 3 2 1 16 13 11 7 FC Twente 6 3 2 1 9 6 11 8 ADO Den Haag 6 3 1 2 10 7 10 9 AFC Ajax 6 3 1 2 10 9 10 10 Willem II 6 3 1 2 10 10 10 11 Heracles Almelo 6 2 3 1 9 7 9 12 FC Utrecht 6 2 1 3 5 8 7 13 De Graafschap 6 2 0 4 3 10 6 14 Sparta Rotterdam 6 1 2 3 6 15 5 15 Feyenoord 6 1 1 4 9 11 4 16 Roda JC 6 0 3 3 5 11 3 17 BV Vitesse 6 0 2 4 4 14 2 18 FC Volendam 6 0 0 6 5 17 0
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Match-by-match lineups
Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AFC Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SK Slavia Praha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aston Villa FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MŠK Žilina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date Match Result Stadium/Venue 23.10.2008 Žilina - Hamburg - Pod Dubnon, Zilina 23.10.2008 Aston Villa - Ajax - Villa Park, Birmingham 06.11.2008 Ajax - Žilina - Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam 06.11.2008 Slavia - Aston Villa - Eden, Prague 27.11.2008 Žilina - Slavia - Pod Dubnon, Zilina 27.11.2008 Hamburg - Ajax - Arena Hamburg, Hamburg 04.12.2008 Slavia - Hamburg - Eden, Prague 04.12.2008 Aston Villa - Žilina - Villa Park, Birmingham 17.12.2008 Hamburg - Aston Villa - Arena Hamburg, Hamburg 17.12.2008 Ajax - Slavia - Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
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Competition facts
ALL-TIME RECORDS Most UEFA Cup wins • Club 3 FC Internazionale Milano (1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98) 3 Juventus (1976/77, 1989/90, 1992/93) 3 Liverpool FC (1972/73, 1975/76, 2000/01) 2 Feyenoord, IFK Göteborg, Parma FC, Real Madrid CF, Tottenham Hotspur FC, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, Sevilla FC • Player 3 Ray Clemence (Liverpool - 1972/73, 1975/76, Tottenham - 1983/84) 3 Giuseppe Bergomi (Inter - 1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98) 3 Nicola Berti (Inter - 1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98) • Coach 3 Giovanni Trapattoni (Juventus 1976/77, 1990/91, 1992/93) 2 Juande Ramos (Sevilla 2005/06, 2006/07) • Country 9 Italy 6 England, Germany 5 Spain 4 Netherlands 2 Sweden, Russia 1 Belgium, Portugal, Turkey Most UEFA Cup appearances 96 Giuseppe Bergomi (Inter) 69 Walter Zenga (Inter) 66 Enzo Scifo (RSC Anderlecht, Inter, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, AJ Auxerre, Torino Calcio, AS Monaco FC) 63 David Narey (Dundee United FC) Most UEFA Cup goals 37 Henrik Larsson (Feyenoord, Celtic FC, Helsingborgs IF) 29 Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln, VfB Stuttgart, Bordeaux) 25 Alessandro Altobelli (Inter, Juventus) Most UEFA Cup goals in one season 15 Jürgen Klinsmann (FC Bayern München, 1995/96) 14 John Wark (Ipswich Town FC, 1981/82) 12 Derlei (FC Porto, 2002/03) Most UEFA club competition appearances 173 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) 142 Oliver Kahn (Karlsruher SC, FC Bayern München) 140 Luís Figo (Sporting, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano) 133 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, UC Sampdoria, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Milan) 130 Frank de Boer (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray AS) 128 Roberto Carlos (FC Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid CF, Fenerbahçe SK) 127 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano, Servette FC) 126 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 122 Zinédine Zidane (AS Cannes, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid CF) 122 Emerson (Bayer 04 Leverkusen AS Roma, Juventus, Real Madrid CF, AC Milan) 122 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC)
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Most UEFA club competition goals 63 Filippo Inzaghi (Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan) 63 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 62 Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München) 61 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 59 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 56 Eusébio (SL Benfica) 56 Henrik Larsson (Feyenoord, Celtic FC, FC Barcelona, Manchester United FC, Helsingborgs IF) 54 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona) 50 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF) Last updated: 17.10.2008
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Team facts
Aston Villa FC UEFA club competition milestones • The high-water mark of Aston Villa FC's European adventures came on 26 May 1982 when they won the European Champion Clubs' Cup, with a single goal from Peter Withe earning them a 1-0 win against FC Bayern München at De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam. More recently, they were one of the winners of the 2009 UEFA Intertoto Cup. UEFA Cup milestones • The Birmingham side reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals twice, with some 20 years separating their two appearances. They narrowly lost out to FC Barcelona in the last eight of the 1977/78 edition, and missed out against another Spanish side – Club Atlético de Madrid – on away goals in the 1997/98 competition. UEFA club competition honours • European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1981/82 • European/South American Cup: 1982 • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001, 2009 Ten-year record 2007/08: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 2002/03: UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals 2001/02: UEFA Cup first round (transferred from UEFA Intertoto Cup) 2000/01: UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals 1999/00: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 1998/99: UEFA Cup second round 2007/08 season Domestic record: Aston Villa finished sixth in the Premier League to earn a place in the UEFA Cup first round. European record: Did not take part in UEFA club competition. Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 5-0: Aston Villa FC v Valur Reykjavík 16.09.1981, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg 5-0: Aston Villa FC v Vitória Guimarães 28.09.1983, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest home win 5-0: Aston Villa FC v Valur Reykjavík (see above for details) 5-0: Aston Villa FC v Vitória Guimarães (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-3: Strømsgodset IF v Aston Villa FC 29.09.2008, UEFA Cup first round second leg 1-4: FH Hafnarfjördur v Aston Villa FC 14.08.2008, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest defeat 4-1: R. Antwerp FC v Aston Villa FC 17.09.1975, UEFA Cup first round first leg
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• Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Aston Villa FC v LOSC Lille Métropole 07.08.2002, UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final second leg 1-3: Aston Villa FC v RC Celta de Vigo 03.11.1998, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: R. Antwerp FC v Aston Villa FC (see above for details) UEFA Cup • Biggest win 5-0: Aston Villa FC v Vitória Guimarães (see above for details) • Biggest home win 5-0: Aston Villa FC v Vitória Guimarães (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-3: Strømsgodset IF v Aston Villa FC (see above for details) 1-4: FH Hafnarfjördur v Aston Villa FC (see above for details) • Heaviest defeat 4-1: R. Antwerp FC v Aston Villa FC (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Aston Villa FC v RC Celta de Vigo (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: R. Antwerp FC v Aston Villa FC (see above for details) Last updated: 16.10.2008
AFC Ajax UEFA club competition milestones • Ajax have been crowned champions of Europe on four occasions, including three successive titles in the early 1970s. In 1970/71, they defeated Panathinaikos FC 2-0 and followed that up in the next campaign by defeating FC Internazionale Milano by the same scoreline. The hat-trick was completed when Ajax ran out 1-0 winners against Juventus in Belgrade in 1972/73. Their first triumph under the auspices of the UEFA Champions League came in 1994/95, when AC Milan were beaten 1-0 in Vienna. Ajax have twice lost European Cup finals, 4-1 to Milan in Madrid in 1968/69 and 4-2 on penalties to Juventus in 1995/96 after a 1-1 draw in Rome. UEFA Cup milestones • Ajax's only UEFA Cup triumph came in 1992 when they defeated Torino Calcio on away goals after a 2-2 aggregate draw. They reached the final by accounting for another Italian club, Genoa CFC, having earlier overcome KAA Gent, CA Osasuna, FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt and Örebro SK. UEFA club competition honours • European Champion Clubs Cup: 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1994/95 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1986/87 • UEFA Cup: 1991/92 • UEFA Super Cup: 1973, 1995 • European/South American Cup: 1972, 1995
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Ten-year record 2007/08: UEFA Cup first round 2006/07: UEFA Cup Round of 32 (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2005/06: UEFA Champions League first knockout round 2004/05: UEFA Cup Round of 32 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2003/04: UEFA Champions League group stage 2002/03: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2001/02: UEFA Cup second round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2000/01: UEFA Cup second round 1999/00: UEFA Cup third round 1998/99: UEFA Champions League first group stage European record: Ajax dropped into the UEFA Cup first round following a 3-1 aggregate loss to SK Slavia Praha in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. However, their UEFA Cup adventure was over just as soon as it had begun, NK Dinamo Zagreb overturning a 1-0 home loss in the first leg to triumph 3-2 in the return in Amsterdam. • Biggest home win 14-0: AFC Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange (see above for details) • Biggest away win 1-8: HJK Helsinki v AFC Ajax 19.09.1979, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest defeat 4-0: FC Bayern München v AFC Ajax 28.09.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage 5-1: FC Bayern München v AFC Ajax 22.10.1980, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round, first leg 4-0: AC Omonia v AFC Ajax 07.11.1979, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg 4-0: Vasas SC v AFC Ajax 26.02.1958, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: AFC Ajax v FK Austria Wien 27.09.1989, UEFA Cup, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: FC Bayern München v AFC Ajax (see above for details) 5-1: FC Bayern München v AFC Ajax (see above for details) 4-0: AC Omonia v AFC Ajax (see above for details) 4-0: Vasas SC v AFC Ajax (see above for details) UEFA Cup • Biggest win 14-0: AFC Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange (see above for details) • Biggest home win 14-0: AFC Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-6: KAA Gent v AFC Ajax 12.09.2000, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest defeat 0-3: AFC Ajax v FK Austria Wien (see above for details) 4-1: Budapesti Honvéd SE v AFC Ajax 22.11.1978, UEFA Cup third round first leg 3-0: Werder Bremen v AFC Ajax 14.02.2007, UEFA Cup Round of 32 first leg
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• Heaviest home defeat 0-3: AFC Ajax v FK Austria Wien (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Budapesti Honvéd SE v AFC Ajax (see above for details) 3-0: Werder Bremen v AFC Ajax (see above for details) Last updated: 17.10.2008
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Legend
:: Competitions Club competitions ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship :: Competition stages :: Other Abbreviations F: Final QR3: Third qualifying round AP: Appearances No.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round Comp.: Competition Pld: Matches played GS1: First group stage R2: Second round D: Drawn Pos.: Position GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round DoB: Date of birth Pts: Points KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round GA: Goals against R: Sent off (red card) PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals GF: Goals for Res.: Result QF: Quarter-finals 1/8: Eighth-finals L: Lost W: Won QR: Qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals Nat.: Nationality Y: Booked QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg N/a: Not Applicable Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg red) FT: Final tournament P-O: Play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player dismissed/sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: 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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