UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

Olympique Lyonnais AFC Ajax Group D - Matchday 5 Stade de Gerland, Lyon Tuesday 22 November 2011 20.45CET (20.45 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 4 Match facts...... 5 Squad list...... 7 Head coach...... 9 Match officials...... 10 Fixtures and results...... 11 Match-by-match lineups...... 15 Competition facts...... 17 Team facts...... 18 Legend...... 20 - AFC Ajax Tuesday 22 November 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stade de Gerland, Lyon Previous meetings

Head to Head

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/09/11 GS AFC Ajax - Olympique Lyonnais 0-0

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/10/02 GS Olympique Lyonnais - AFC Ajax 0-2 Lyon Pienaar 7, Van der Vaart 90+3 17/09/02 GS AFC Ajax - Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Amsterdam Ibrahimović 11, 34; Anderson 84

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 AFC Ajax 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 1

Olympique Lyonnais - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/03/06 R16 Olympique Lyonnais - PSV Eindhoven 4-0 Lyon Tiago 26, 45+4, Wiltord 71, Fred 90 agg: 5-0 21/02/06 R16 PSV Eindhoven - Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 Eindhoven Juninho 65 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 13/04/05 QF PSV Eindhoven - Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 Eindhoven Alex 50; Wiltord 10 agg: 2-2 aet (4-2pens) 05/04/05 QF Olympique Lyonnais - PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Lyon Malouda 12; Cocu 79 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/10/00 GS - Olympique Lyonnais 0-2 Heerenveen Malbranque 68, Marlet 78 12/09/00 GS Olympique Lyonnais - sc Heerenveen 3-1 Lyon Anderson 2, Houttuin 9(og), Marlet 58; Talan 35

AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/10 GS AJ Auxerre - AFC Ajax 2-1 Auxerre Sammaritano 9, Langil 84; Alderweireld 79 19/10/10 GS AFC Ajax - AJ Auxerre 2-1 Amsterdam De Zeeuw 7, Suárez 41; Birsa 56 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/03/09 R16 AFC Ajax - 2-2 Amsterdam Enoh 33, Sulejmani 74; Niang 35, Mears agg 3-4 (aet) 110 ET 12/03/09 R16 Olympique de Marseille - AFC Ajax 2-1 Marseille Cheyrou 19, Niang 33; Suárez 36(p) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/02/05 R32 AJ Auxerre - AFC Ajax 3-1 Auxerre Kalou 31, Cheyrou 55, Mathis 86; Babel agg: 3-2 36 16/02/05 R32 AFC Ajax - AJ Auxerre 1-0 Amsterdam Maxwell 36 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/11/96 GS AFC Ajax - AJ Auxerre 1-2 Amsterdam Babangida 44; Diomède 11, Marlet 57 11/09/96 GS AJ Auxerre - AFC Ajax 0-1 Auxerre Litmanen 4

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UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/03/93 QF AFC Ajax - AJ Auxerre 1-0 Amsterdam F. de Boer 60 agg: 3-4 03/03/93 QF AJ Auxerre - AFC Ajax 4-2 Auxerre Martins 16, Dutuel 40, 90, Vahirua 83; Pettersson 3, Vink 45 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/04/88 SF AFC Ajax - Olympique de Marseille 1-2 Amsterdam Larsson 22; Papin 64, Allofs 90+1 agg: 4-2 06/04/88 SF Olympique de Marseille - AFC Ajax 0-3 Marseille Witschge 11, 41, Bergkamp 88 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/03/80 QF AFC Ajax - RC Strasbourg 4-0 Amsterdam Schoenaker 34, Arnesen 36, Lerby 55, agg: 4-0 La Ling 89 05/03/80 QF RC Strasbourg - AFC Ajax 0-0 Strasbourg European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/71 R2 AFC Ajax - Olympique de Marseille 4-1 Amsterdam Couécou 32(og), Swart 37, Cruyff 64, agg: 6-2 Haan 80; Couécou 17 20/10/71 R2 Olympique de Marseille - AFC Ajax 1-2 Marseille Gress 10; Keizer 37, Cruyff 60

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 Olympique Lyonnais 4 2 1 1 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 4 3 2 13 7 AFC Ajax 10 6 2 2 9 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 19 10 3 6 31 21

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Successive defeats by Real Madrid CF have left Olympique Lyonnais with an uphill task to qualify from Group D and a three-point deficit to try and make up on AFC Ajax as the teams meet in France. • The 14 September fixture in Amsterdam ended goalless. Lyon followed that with a 2-0 home win against GNK Dinamo but then felt the full force of Madrid's scintillating form, losing 4-0 in Spain and then 2-0 at Stade de Gerland. • Ajax lost 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu on matchday two but then posted two victories against Dinamo. They won 2-0 away, where and Derk Boerrigter scored second-half goals, and 4-0 at home. and Miralem Sulejmani scored in the first 25 minutes with Siem de Jong and substitute Nicolás Lodeiro adding further strikes in the second period. Previous meetings • The clubs also met in the 2002/03 group stage, Ajax winning 2-0 in France to follow up their 2-1 home matchday one victory. In the first game Zlatan Ibrahimović scored twice in the opening 34 minutes with Lyon's response limited to Sonny Anderson's goal six minutes from time. Abubakari Yakubu was sent off late on for the home team. • In Lyon, Steven Pienaar gave the visitors an early lead and although they had sent off in the second half they managed to double their advantage through 's added-time effort. • The lineups for the game at Stade de Gerland on 30 October 2002 were: Lyon: Coupet, Edmílson, Caçapa, Violeau (Vairelles 59), Juninho Pernambucano, Anderson, Carrière (Luyindula 80), Bréchet, Govou, Müller, Dhorasoo Ajax: Didulica, Trabelsi, Bergdølmo, Galásek, Chivu, Ibrahimović (Van der Meyde 77), Pienaar, Abdelhamed (Van der Vaart 55), Maxwell, De Jong, Sikora (Yakubu 65). • Lyon are unbeaten in their three other home games against Dutch opponents, all in the UEFA Champions League, recording a win (4-0) and draw (1-1) against PSV Eindhoven, and a 3-1 victory against sc Heerenveen. • Ajax, who are competing in the UEFA Champions League for the tenth time and who last reached the knockout rounds in 2005/06, faced French opponents in last season's group stage, both games against AJ Auxerre ending in 2-1 wins for the home team. They have lost on each of their last three visits to France following the 2002 success at Lyon. Match background • Lyon have made it through to the knockout phase in the past eight campaigns. Last season Madrid eliminated them in the round of 16, winning 4-1 on aggregate. • Before the defeat by Madrid on matchday four, Lyon had lost only twice in 20 home UEFA Champions League fixtures, including the play-off round. Both reverses came against FC Bayern München. Team ties • André Ooijer was part of the PSV team that beat Lyon in the 2004/05 quarter-finals, scoring in the shoot-out when the Dutch side became the first to win a two-legged UEFA Champions League tie on penalties. The defender was also in the PSV outfit when Lyon won 1-0 away and 4-0 at home in the round of 16 a year later. • Oojier played in the ' 3-1 friendly win against Sweden at the Amsterdam ArenA on 19 November 2008, Kim Källström scoring for the visitors. • Ooijer helped the Netherlands to a 4-1 win against France in a UEFA EURO 2008 group encounter in Berne, Bafétimbi Gomis coming on after an hour for Les Bleus. • beat Lyon 2-0 (home) and 3-2 (away) while playing for FC Barcelona in the 2001/02 first group stage. The Ajax coach was captain of the Netherlands team, scoring the second goal, as they beat France 3-2 in a UEFA EURO 2000 group encounter at the Amsterdam ArenA. • Michel Bastos played for BV Excelsior, on loan from Feyenoord, in 2002/03, losing 2-1 and 2-0 to Ajax. • Hugo Lloris, Anthony Réveillère and second-half substitute Maxime Gonalons were in the France side that drew 0-0 against 's Belgium in a Paris friendly on 15 November.

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Lyon UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Bafétimbi Gomis has been caught offside 11 times; more than any other player. • Kim Källström will incur a suspension with his next yellow card. Latest domestic information • Friday 18 November: Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 Stade Rennais FC (Ederson 36; Pitroipa 39, Kembo-Ekoko 53) Lloris; Réveillère, B Koné, Cris, Cissokho; Källström (Grenier 86), Gourcuff; Briand (Lisandro 62), Lacazette, Ederson (Bastos 62); Gomis • Ederson scored his first goal of the season as Lyon suffered their second loss in 26 home matches – the other came against Real Madrid CF on matchday four. • Rémi Garde's team have kept only four clean sheets in 21 games in all competitions this season. • Lyon lost 2-1 at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard on 6 November, their fourth successive away league defeat. That represents their worst sequence since a similar run betwen January and March 2000. • Lyon will host LOSC Lille Métropole in the French League Cup quarter-finals on 10/11 January. Injury news • Lisandro (ankle, out since 27 August), Clément Grenier (hamstring, 15 October) and Michel Bastos (hamstring, 26 October) returned to action as second-half substitutes on Friday. Maxime Gonalons was rested against Rennes after returning from international duty with a calf knock. • Dejan Lovren has not played since going off with a twisted knee before half-time on matchday four, ruling him out of Croatia's UEFA EURO 2012 play-off against Turkey. • , who missed matchday four with a hamstring injury, scored an own goal on his return at Sochaux. • Goalkeeper Rémy Vercoutre will be out of action until the new year after rupturing tendons in his right foot at home on 27 October. Anthony Lopes was ruled out for three months after undergoing surgery on a broken right fibula and torn ankle ligament on 29 September. • John Mensah (calf) has not played since 11 October while Jérémy Pied has resumed training after suffering an ankle knock on 8 October. • Yannis Tafer has been out of action since breaking a foot at this summer's FIFA U-20 World Cup. International duty • Gonalons made his international debut on 11 November as a France side captained by Hugo Lloris defeated the United States 1-0. Four days later Lloris, Gonalons and Anthony Réveillère featured in a 0-0 draw with Belgium. • scored as France beat Romania 3-0 in UEFA European U21 Championship qualifying. Miscellaneous • Lyon have signed keeper Matthieu Valverde, released by Toulouse FC in the summer, until the end of the season. Ajax UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Ajax have collected three yellow cards so far; the lowest total in the competition. Latest domestic information • Saturday 19 November: AFC Ajax 2-2 NAC Breda (Sulejmani 36, Boerrigter 84; Kolk 85, Schilder 89) Vermeer; Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita; Enoh, Eriksen, Janssen (Serero 66); Sulejmani, Bulykin (Lodeiro 28), Ebecilio (Boerrigter 77)

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• Miralem Sulejmani's goal took his tally for the season to seven – only one fewer than last term – as Ajax were held to a fourth successive home league draw. • Ajax have won one of their last eight Eredivisie games, keeping a solitary clean sheet in 21 matches in domestic competition. • Ajax struck four goals for the fourth successive game on 6 November, yet their three-match winning run ended with 6-4 defeat at FC Utrecht – only the seventh time the Amsterdam outfit have conceded six or more. • André Ooijer scored his first goal in over a year against Utrecht. • That defeat left Ajax with 20 points in 12 Eredivisie outings this season, their worst start to a campaign since an identical opening to 1996/97 under Louis van Gaal. Then title holders, they went on to finish fourth. • Frank de Boer's team will host AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch Cup round of 16 on 21 December. • Ajax started their season with a 2-1 defeat by FC Twente in the Dutch Super Cup at the Amsterdam ArenA. Injury news • Dimitri Bulykin went off with an injury before the half-hour mark on Saturday, while Thulani Serero made his comeback from a stomach muscle problem. • Siem de Jong (torn thigh muscle) and Theo Janssen (strained hamstring) picked up injuries against Utrecht. Though De Jong has been ruled out of matchday five, Janssen returned against NAC. • Ooijer sustained a hamstring injury during training on 15 November and was ruled out for a fortnight. • Kolbeinn Sigthórsson is out for the rest of the year after sustaining an ankle injury on 2 October. • Nicolai Boilesen has not played since tearing a hamstring on 18 September. • Bruno Silva dislocated a shoulder last winter and is not in Ajax's UEFA Champions League squad. International duty • Eyong Enoh opened the scoring as Cameroon beat Sudan 3-1 in a friendly on 11 November. • Gregory van der Wiel was in the Netherlands side that lost 3-0 to Germany on 15 November, the Oranje's heaviest defeat in 15 years. • Christian Eriksen (Denmark 2-0 Sweden, Denmark 2-1 Finland), (Belgium 2-1 Romania) and Toby Alderweireld (France 0-0 Belgium) were also in friendly action. Miscellaneous • De Boer, capped 112 times, received a UEFA award before the Netherlands' friendly against Switzerland on 11 November to commemorate players who have made a century or more of appearances for their national team. • Eriksen was named Danish Footballer of the Year on 7 November; Boilesen won the young player honour.

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Olympique Lyonnais

Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Hugo Lloris FRA 26/12/86 24 - 2 - 4 - 12 - 32 - 36 - 28 Matthieu Valverde FRA 14/05/83 28 ------3 - 5 - 40 Anthony Lopes POR 01/10/90 21 ------60 Jérémy Frick SUI 08/03/93 18 ------Defenders 2 Lamine Gassama SEN 20/10/89 22 ------3 - 3 - 3 Cris BRA 03/06/77 34 - - - 1 - 5 - 55 3 57 3 4 Bakary Koné BFA 27/04/88 23 - 2 1 4 1 13 - 4 1 7 2 5 Dejan Lovren CRO 05/07/89 22 - 2 - 4 - 10 - 10 1 31 3 12 Timothée Kolodziejczak FRA 01/10/91 20 ------2 - 2 - 13 Anthony Réveillère FRA 10/11/79 32 - 2 - 4 - 14 - 69 1 79 1 14 Mouhamadou Dabo FRA 28/11/86 24 - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - 17 1 15 Gueïda Fofana FRA 16/05/91 20 - - - 2 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 20 Aly Cissokho FRA 15/09/87 24 - 2 - 3 - 14 - 25 1 31 1 26 John Mensah GHA 29/11/82 28 - - - - - 1 - 4 - 6 - 35 Nicolas Seguin FRA 06/03/90 21 ------37 Thomas Fontaine FRA 08/05/91 20 ------43 Samuel Umtiti FRA 14/11/93 18 ------59 Mahamadou-Naby Sarr FRA 13/08/93 18 ------Midfielders 6 Kim Källström SWE 24/08/82 29 * 2 - 4 - 12 - 41 3 57 5 7 Clément Grenier FRA 07/01/91 20 - - - 2 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 8 Yoann Gourcuff FRA 11/07/86 25 - - - 2 - 5 1 34 6 41 6 10 Ederson BRA 13/01/86 25 - - - 2 - 4 1 19 - 20 - 11 Michel Bastos BRA 02/08/83 28 - 2 - 3 - 12 4 23 5 28 7 17 Alexandre Lacazette FRA 28/05/91 20 - - - 2 - 9 1 4 1 4 1 21 Maxime Gonalons FRA 10/03/89 22 - 2 - 3 - 13 1 15 1 18 1 22 Sidy Koné MLI 06/06/92 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 31 Saïd Mehamha FRA 04/09/90 21 ------38 Xavier Chavalerin FRA 07/03/91 20 ------41 Maxime Blanc FRA 23/01/92 19 ------47 Rachid Ghezzal FRA 09/05/92 19 ------49 Jordan Ferri FRA 12/03/92 19 ------54 Christian Ngando CMR 29/12/93 17 ------58 Jason Lagarde FRA 23/09/93 18 ------Forwards 9 Lisandro ARG 02/03/83 28 - 2 - - - 5 2 43 18 47 22 18 Bafétimbi Gomis FRA 06/08/85 26 - 2 1 4 1 14 7 20 5 31 12 19 Jimmy Briand FRA 02/08/85 26 - 2 1 4 - 14 2 12 1 29 3 24 Jérémy Pied FRA 23/02/89 22 - 2 - 1 - 5 1 9 - 11 - 25 Yassine Benzia FRA 08/09/94 17 ------27 Yannis Tafer FRA 11/02/91 20 ------39 Ishak Belfodil FRA 12/01/92 19 - - - 2 - 7 - 2 - 3 - 50 Ali Touncara FRA 31/10/92 19 ------51 Mohamed Yattara GUI 28/07/93 18 ------52 Alassane Plea FRA 10/03/93 18 ------53 William Le Pogam FRA 03/03/93 18 ------Coach - Rémi Garde FRA 03/04/66 45 - 2 - 4 - - - 4 - 6 -

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AFC Ajax

Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Kenneth Vermeer NED 10/01/86 25 - - - 4 - 13 - 4 - 13 - 22 Jasper Cillessen NED 22/04/89 22 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 30 Jeroen Verhoeven NED 30/04/80 31 ------2 - 36 Warner Hahn NED 15/06/92 19 ------Defenders 2 Gregory van der Wiel NED 03/02/88 23 - - - 4 1 11 1 10 1 39 1 3 Toby Alderweireld BEL 02/03/89 22 - - - 4 - 13 1 9 2 27 3 4 Jan Vertonghen BEL 24/04/87 24 - - - 4 - 11 1 9 - 38 2 5 Vurnon Anita NED 04/04/89 22 - - - 4 - 13 - 8 - 24 - 13 André Ooijer NED 11/07/74 37 - - - - - 5 1 34 3 80 7 15 Nicolai Boilesen DEN 16/02/92 19 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 17 Daley Blind NED 09/03/90 21 - - - - - 5 - - - 5 - 31 Ruben Ligeon NED 24/05/92 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 32 Stefano Denswil NED 07/05/93 18 ------33 Joeri de Kamps NED 10/02/92 19 ------34 NED 13/06/91 20 ------42 Dico Koppers NED 31/01/92 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Midfielders 6 Eyong Enoh CMR 23/03/86 25 - - - 3 - 8 - 9 - 30 1 8 Christian Eriksen DEN 14/02/92 19 - - - 4 1 13 3 8 1 18 2 10 Siem de Jong NED 28/01/89 22 - - - 4 1 12 2 9 1 28 3 16 Theo Janssen NED 27/07/81 30 - - - 4 - 13 4 9 2 47 4 18 Nicolás Lodeiro URU 21/03/89 22 - - - 2 1 2 - 2 1 2 1 25 Thulani Serero RSA 11/04/90 21 - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 28 Ismaïl Aissati MAR 16/08/88 23 ------14 - 19 - 29 Mats Rits BEL 18/07/93 18 ------40 Ouasim Bouy NED 11/06/93 18 ------Forwards 7 Miralem Sulejmani SRB 05/12/88 22 - - - 4 1 11 7 10 1 37 6 9 Kolbeinn Sigthórsson ISL 14/03/90 21 - - - 2 - 8 5 2 - 11 3 11 Lorenzo Ebecilio NED 24/09/91 20 - - - 3 - 7 1 3 - 7 - 19 Dmitri Bulykin RUS 20/11/79 32 - - - 2 - 7 3 2 - 30 10 21 Derk Boerrigter NED 16/10/86 25 - - - 4 1 13 4 4 1 4 1 23 Aras Özbiliz NED 09/03/90 21 - - - - - 1 - - - 3 - 24 Mounir El Hamdaoui MAR 14/07/84 27 ------10 2 17 4 35 DEN 09/06/94 17 ------37 Jody Lukoki NED 15/11/92 19 - - - 1 - 2 1 1 - 1 - 38 Yener Arica NED 28/02/92 19 ------39 NED 21/02/93 18 ------41 Lesley de Sa NED 02/04/93 18 ------Coach - Frank De Boer NED 15/05/70 41 - - - 4 - - - 5 - 9 -

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Olympique Lyonnais: Rémi Garde Date of birth: 3 April 1966 Nationality: French Playing career: Olympique Lyonnais, RC Strasbourg, Arsenal FC Coaching career: Olympique Lyonnais • Born in L'Arbresle in the Rhone – the same town as OL owner Jean-Michel Aulas – Garde joined local side Lyon aged 18. A slight but astute defensive midfielder, he worked his way up to the first team, with whom he won promotion to in 1988/89. • A first international cap followed in 1990 in France's friendly win against Kuwait, and Garde was subsequently included in Michel Platini's squad for the 1992 UEFA European Championship in Sweden, although he did not feature in any of Les Bleus' three games. • Left Lyon in 1993 to join Strasbourg, where he spent three seasons, reaching the final of the Coupe de France – which the Alsace team lost to Paris Saint-Germain FC – in the second of those campaigns. • Then opted to try his luck abroad as Arsène Wenger took him to Arsenal, where he spent three years and with whom he won the Premier League and the FA Cup in 1998 before a persistent knee injury forced him to hang up his boots a year later. • Joined Lyon's technical staff in 2003, initially as a TV analyst, but filled a variety of roles before taking over as head of the club's academy in 2010/11. The following summer he succeeded Claude Puel as head coach, signing a one-year contract with the option for a further 12 months.

AFC Ajax: Frank de Boer Date of birth: 15 May 1970 Nationality: Dutch Playing career: AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray AŞ, Rangers FC, Al Rayyan Sports Club, Al-Shamal Coaching career: AFC Ajax (youth), Netherlands (assistant), Ajax • Started out as a left-back but matured into a dominant centre-half at Ajax, where he came through the ranks along with his twin Ronald. Broke into the first team aged 18, winning the first of five Eredivisie titles in 1990. • Part of the team that lifted the UEFA Cup in 1992, he then helped Ajax defeat AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League final in Vienna three years later, adding the UEFA Super Cup and European/South American Cup later that same year. • Won the domestic double in 1997/98, his last full season with Ajax before moving to Barcelona with Ronald. A Liga title followed in 1999 and De Boer made over 150 appearances for the Catalan giants. • Moved to Galatasaray in summer 2003, signing for Rangers the following January. Hung up his boots in April 2006 following a spell in Qatar, so ending a career that also included 112 caps for the Netherlands. With his country, De Boer reached the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000 semi-finals, missing two penalties in a defeat by Italy in the latter. • Returned to Ajax as a youth coach in 2007 and the following year was appointed assistant to with the senior national side, who reached the 2010 World Cup final. In December 2010 was appointed Ajax's caretaker coach following the departure of Martin Jol, good results subsequently earning him a three-and-a-half year deal as his first season in charge ended with the club's first league title in seven years.

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Referee Jonas Eriksson (SWE) Assistant referees Stefan Wittberg (SWE), Mathias Klasenius (SWE) Additional assistant referees Stefan Johannesson (SWE), Tobias Mattsson (SWE) Fourth official Martin Strömbergsson (SWE) UEFA Delegate Jean-François Crucke (BEL) UEFA Referee observer Alan Snoddy (NIR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Champions UEFA matches League matches Jonas Eriksson 28/03/1974 10 63 • Jonas Eriksson started out as a referee in 1994, making his top-flight debut in his native Sweden six years later and first appearing in UEFA competition as the fourth official in the UEFA Cup first-round second leg between FK Crvena Zvezda and FC Arsenal Kyiv in September 2001. • The following summer he took charge of three games at the UEFA European Under-17 Championship and was fourth official as Switzerland beat France in the final. • A former sales director who became a full-time referee at the start of 2011, Eriksson's star continued to rise as he earned his FIFA badge in 2002 and featured at the 2003 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup, subsequently making regular appearances across UEFA competitions as a fourth official. • Eriksson, who lists music and travelling among his hobbies and is based in Sigtuna, oversaw three games at the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and took charge of two UEFA EURO 2008 qualifiers. • Made his UEFA Champions League group-stage debut as a referee in December 2008 for the Matchday 6 meeting between Real Madrid CF and FC Zenit St. Petersburg, one of three games he oversaw in that season's competition. Refereed the same number again in 2009/10, also overseeing three 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and was in the middle for three matches in both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in 2010/11. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 08/12/09 UCL GS Maccabi Haifa FC FC Girondins de Bordeaux 0-1 Ramat Gan 28/09/11 UCL GS Olympique de Marseille 3-0 Marseille Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 28/04/02 U17 GS France 0-2 Lyngby 25/01/03 MCUP GS Nigeria France 2-3 Ismailia 11/11/05 U21 PO England France 1-1 London 23/11/06 UCUP GS AJ Auxerre Rangers FC 2-2 Auxerre 15/02/07 UCUP R32 RC Lens Panathinaikos FC 3-1 Lens 25/10/07 UCUP GS Bayer 04 Leverkusen Toulouse FC 1-0 Leverkusen 02/10/08 UCUP R1 Paris Saint-Germain FC Kayserispor 0-0 Paris 06/11/08 UCUP GS VfL Wolfsburg sc Heerenveen 5-1 Wolfsburg 20/08/09 UCUP PO Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC PSV Eindhoven 0-1 Tel Aviv 21/10/10 UCUP GS Borussia Dortmund Paris Saint-Germain FC 1-1 Dortmund 17/03/11 UCUP R16 FC Zenit St Petersburg FC Twente 2-0 St Petersburg

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Olympique Lyonnais

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 06/08/11 League OGC Nice (A) W 3-1 Lisandro 10, Gomis 33, Gonalons 74 13/08/11 League AC Ajaccio (H) D 1-1 Lisandro 83 16/08/11 UCL FC Rubin Kazan (H) W 3-1 Gomis 10, Kverkvelia 40 (og), Briand 71 20/08/11 League Stade Brestois 29 (A) D 1-1 Gomis 69 24/08/11 UCL FC Rubin Kazan (A) D 1-1 B. Koné 87 27/08/11 League Montpellier Hérault SC (H) W 2-1 Pjanić 49, Pied 83 10/09/11 League Dijon FCO (A) W 2-1 Bamba 7 (og), Gomis 53 14/09/11 UCL AFC Ajax (A) D 0-0 18/09/11 League Olympique de Marseille (H) W 2-0 Gomis 17, Bastos 29 21/09/11 League SM Caen (A) L 0-1 24/09/11 League FC Girondins de Bordeaux (H) W 3-1 Gomis 7, 33, Bastos 64 27/09/11 UCL GNK Dinamo Zagreb (H) W 2-0 Gomis 23, B. Koné 42 02/10/11 League Paris Saint-Germain FC (A) L 0-2 15/10/11 League AS Nancy-Lorraine (H) W 3-1 Bastos 25, 31 (p), Gomis 28 18/10/11 UCL Real Madrid CF (A) L 0-4 23/10/11 League LOSC Lille Métropole (A) L 1-3 Briand 22 26/10/11 Cup AS Saint-Étienne (A) W 2-1 Briand 40, Bastos 72 (p) 29/10/11 League AS Saint-Étienne (H) W 2-0 Briand 82, Gourcuff 90+1 02/11/11 UCL Real Madrid CF (H) L 0-2 06/11/11 League FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (A) L 1-2 Lacazette 14 18/11/11 League Stade Rennais FC (H) L 1-2 Ederson 36 22/11/11 UCL AFC Ajax (H) 27/11/11 League AJ Auxerre (A) 04/12/11 League Toulouse FC (H) 07/12/11 UCL GNK Dinamo Zagreb (A) 11/12/11 League FC Lorient (A) 17/12/11 League Évian Thonon Gaillard FC (H) 21/12/11 League Valenciennes FC (A) 14/01/12 League Montpellier Hérault SC (A) 28/01/12 League Dijon FCO (H) 04/02/12 League Olympique de Marseille (A) 11/02/12 League SM Caen (H) 18/02/12 League FC Girondins de Bordeaux (A) 25/02/12 League Paris Saint-Germain FC (H) 03/03/12 League AS Nancy-Lorraine (A) 10/03/12 League LOSC Lille Métropole (H) 17/03/12 League AS Saint-Étienne (A) 24/03/12 League FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (H) 31/03/12 League Stade Rennais FC (A) 07/04/12 League AJ Auxerre (H) 15/04/12 League Toulouse FC (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 14 9 3 2 26 12 30 2 Montpellier Hérault SC 14 9 3 2 29 16 30 3 LOSC Lille Métropole 14 6 7 1 22 13 25 4 Stade Rennais FC 14 7 4 3 24 17 25 5 Olympique Lyonnais 14 7 2 5 22 17 23 6 Toulouse FC 14 6 5 3 13 12 23 7 FC Lorient 14 5 5 4 16 14 20 8 AS Saint-Étienne 14 5 5 4 14 16 20 9 SM Caen 14 5 4 5 22 21 19 10 Olympique de Marseille 14 4 6 4 17 15 18 11 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 14 4 5 5 20 27 17 12 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC 14 3 7 4 17 19 16 13 Stade Brestois 29 14 2 9 3 15 14 15 14 AJ Auxerre 14 3 6 5 20 20 15 15 Valenciennes FC 14 3 5 6 15 15 14 16 AS Nancy-Lorraine 14 3 5 6 11 16 14 17 Dijon FCO 14 4 2 8 15 28 14 18 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 14 2 7 5 15 21 13 19 OGC Nice 14 2 5 7 12 16 11 20 AC Ajaccio 14 1 5 8 12 28 8

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AFC Ajax

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 07/08/11 League (A) W 4-1 Sulejmani 22, 62, Boerrigter 31, Janssen 65 14/08/11 League sc Heerenveen (H) W 5-1 Sigthórsson 37, Alderweireld 42, Boerrigter 51, Sulejmani 75, Van der Wiel 90+3 21/08/11 League VVV-Venlo (A) D 2-2 Janssen 68, Sigthórsson 69 26/08/11 League Vitesse (H) W 4-1 Eriksen 53, Boerrigter 62, Sigthórsson 63, 70 10/09/11 League Heracles Almelo (A) W 3-2 S. De Jong 45+2, 64, Sulejmani 81 14/09/11 UCL Olympique Lyonnais (H) D 0-0 18/09/11 League PSV Eindhoven (A) D 2-2 Sigthórsson 45+4, Bulykin 79 21/09/11 Cup VV Noordwijk (A) W 3-1 S. De Jong 38, Bulykin 56, De Sa 61 24/09/11 League FC Twente (H) D 1-1 Sulejmani 10 27/09/11 UCL Real Madrid CF (A) L 0-3 02/10/11 League FC Groningen (A) L 0-1 15/10/11 League AZ Alkmaar (H) D 2-2 Sulejmani 47 (p), Janssen 82 18/10/11 UCL GNK Dinamo Zagreb (A) W 2-0 Boerrigter 49, Eriksen 90 23/10/11 League Feyenoord (H) D 1-1 Vertonghen 67 26/10/11 Cup Roda JC (A) W 4-2 Vertonghen 4, 88, Boerrigter 63, 72 29/10/11 League Roda JC (A) W 4-0 Eriksen 6, Janssen 50, Lukoki 57, Ebecilio 85 02/11/11 UCL GNK Dinamo Zagreb (H) W 4-0 Van der Wiel 20, Sulejmani 25, S. De Jong 65, Lodeiro 90+2 06/11/11 League FC Utrecht (A) L 4-6 Bulykin 8, 41, Ooijer 32, Eriksen 72 19/11/11 League NAC Breda (H) D 2-2 Sulejmani 36, Boerrigter 84 22/11/11 UCL Olympique Lyonnais (A) 27/11/11 League NEC Nijmegen (A) 03/12/11 League SBV Excelsior (H) 07/12/11 UCL Real Madrid CF (H) 11/12/11 League RKC Waalwijk (A) 18/12/11 League ADO Den Haag (H) 21/12/11 Cup AZ Alkmaar (H) 22/01/12 League AZ Alkmaar (A) 29/01/12 League Feyenoord (A) 05/02/12 League FC Utrecht (H) 11/02/12 League NAC Breda (A) 19/02/12 League NEC Nijmegen (H) 26/02/12 League SBV Excelsior (A) 04/03/12 League Roda JC (H) 11/03/12 League RKC Waalwijk (H) 18/03/12 League ADO Den Haag (A) 25/03/12 League PSV Eindhoven (H) 01/04/12 League Heracles Almelo (H) 10/04/12 League sc Heerenveen (A) 15/04/12 League De Graafschap (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 AZ Alkmaar 12 10 1 1 28 8 31 2 PSV Eindhoven 13 8 4 1 36 15 28 3 FC Twente 13 7 5 1 33 13 26 4 AFC Ajax 13 5 6 2 34 22 21 5 Feyenoord 13 6 3 4 25 17 21 6 sc Heerenveen 13 5 6 2 26 20 21 7 FC Groningen 13 6 3 4 24 19 21 8 Vitesse 13 6 3 4 18 16 21 9 Heracles Almelo 13 4 5 4 19 19 17 10 NAC Breda 13 5 2 6 20 21 17 11 FC Utrecht 13 4 4 5 24 24 16 12 RKC Waalwijk 13 4 3 6 13 20 15 13 Roda JC 13 5 0 8 17 34 15 14 ADO Den Haag 13 4 2 7 16 26 14 15 NEC Nijmegen 13 4 1 8 12 19 13 16 De Graafschap 13 2 3 8 12 29 9 17 VVV-Venlo 13 1 4 8 13 31 7 18 SBV Excelsior 12 1 3 8 7 24 6

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Olympique Lyonnais Play-offs (16/08/11) Lyon 3-1 Rubin Goals: 0-1 Dyadyun 3, 1-1 Gomis 10, 2-1 Kverkvelia 40(o.g.), 3-1 Briand 71 Olympique Lyonnais: Lloris, B. Koné, Lovren, Källström, Lisandro, Bastos, Réveillère, Gomis, Briand (Pied 82), Cissokho (Pjanić 52), Gonalons (24/08/11) Rubin 1-1 Lyon (agg: 2-4) Goals: 1-0 Natcho 77, 1-1 B. Koné 87 Olympique Lyonnais: Lloris, B. Koné, Lovren, Källström, Lisandro (Pied 90+2), Bastos, Réveillère, Gomis (Pjanić 84), Briand, Cissokho, Gonalons

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Group D Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Real Madrid CF 4 4 0 0 10 0 12 AFC Ajax 4 2 1 1 6 3 7 Olympique Lyonnais 4 1 1 2 2 6 4 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 4 0 0 4 0 9 0

Matchday 1 (14/09/11) Ajax 0-0 Lyon AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sulejmani (Ebecilio 85), Eriksen, Sigthórsson (Bulykin 81), S. De Jong, Boilesen, Janssen (Anita 70), Boerrigter Olympique Lyonnais: Lloris, B. Koné, Lovren, Källström, Grenier, Bastos, Réveillère, Gomis (Belfodil 85), Briand, Cissokho, Gonalons (Fofana 90)

Matchday 2 (27/09/11) Lyon 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb Goals: 1-0 Gomis 23, 2-0 B. Koné 42 Olympique Lyonnais: Lloris, B. Koné, Lovren, Källström, Grenier (Pied 79), Bastos, Réveillère, Gomis (Lacazette 63), Briand, Cissokho, Gonalons Real Madrid 3-0 Ajax Goals: 1-0 25, 2-0 Kaká 41, 3-0 Benzema 49 AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita, Sulejmani (Ebecilio 71), Eriksen, Sigthórsson, S. De Jong, Janssen (Enoh 51), Boerrigter (Serero 83)

Matchday 3 (18/10/11) Real Madrid 4-0 Lyon Goals: 1-0 Benzema 19, 2-0 Khedira 47, 3-0 Lloris 55(o.g.), 4-0 Sergio Ramos 81 Olympique Lyonnais: Lloris, B. Koné, Lovren, Källström, Gourcuff (Ederson 66), Bastos, Réveillère, Fofana, Gomis (Dabo 80), Briand, Cissokho Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Ajax Goals: 0-1 Boerrigter 49, 0-2 Eriksen 90 AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita, Enoh, Sulejmani, Eriksen (Lodeiro 90+3), S. De Jong, Janssen, Boerrigter (Bulykin 70)

Matchday 4 (02/11/11) Lyon 0-2 Real Madrid Goals: 0-1 Cristiano Ronaldo 24, 0-2 Cristiano Ronaldo 69(pen) Olympique Lyonnais: Lloris, Cris, Lovren (B. Koné 38), Källström, Gourcuff, Ederson (Belfodil 84), Réveillère, Dabo, Gomis (Lacazette 75), Briand, Gonalons Ajax 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb Goals: 1-0 Van der Wiel 20, 2-0 Sulejmani 25, 3-0 S. De Jong 65, 4-0 Lodeiro 90+2 AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita, Enoh, Sulejmani (Lukoki 72), Eriksen (Lodeiro 80), S. De Jong, Janssen, Boerrigter (Ebecilio 77)

Matchday 5 (22/11/11) Lyon v Ajax

Matchday 6 (07/12/11) Dinamo Zagreb v Lyon Ajax v Real Madrid

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UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones • Holders FC Barcelona have avoided becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/2000 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage). • In 1992/93, Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten 4-3 on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. • No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions League trophy with AC Milan (1989, 1990) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (1994, 1995), AFC Ajax (1995, 1996), Juventus (1996, 1997) and Manchester United (2008, 2009) have all returned to the UEFA Champions League final as holders only to lose. • S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League in 2007/08 when he featured against Olympiacos FC on matchday one at the age of 43 years and 168 days. The record was previously held by Alessandro Costacurta, the AC Milan defender who played against AEK Athens FC in 2006/07 at the age of 40 years and 211 days. Ballotta was aged 43 years 252 days when he featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six. • Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 37 years and 289 days, in Manchester United's 1-1 draw at SL Benfica on 14 September 2011. • Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994. He was then sent off in the 37th minute. • Peter Ofori-Quaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions League, aged 17 years and 195 days. He found the net in Olympiacos's 5-1 defeat at Rosenborg BK on 1 October 1997. • Barcelona and Manchester United FC have both finished as group winners on 12 occasions, one more than Real Madrid. • Four teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain FC (1994/95), FC Spartak Moskva (1995/96) and Barcelona (2002/03, first group stage). • Twelve teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, including MŠK Žilina and FK Partizan in 2010/11. The other ten are: Maccabi Haifa FC and Debreceni VSC (2009/10), FC Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08), PFC Levski Sofia (2006/07), SK Rapid Wien (2005/06), Anderlecht (2004/05), Spartak Moskva and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2002/03, first and second group stage respectively), Fenerbahçe SK (2001/02, first group stage) and 1. FC Košice (1997/98). • Manchester United scored 20 goals in the 1998/99 group stage, more than any other side has managed. Barcelona scored 19 times in the 1999/2000 first group stage. • MŠK Žilina conceded 19 goals in their six outings in 2010/11, equalling the record let in during a group stage set by Debrecen (2009/10), Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08) and Ferencvárosi TC in 1995/96. • No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (1992/93), AFC Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/97 and 2004/05), Chelsea FC (2005/06), Liverpool FC (2005/06), Villarreal CF (2005/06) and Manchester United (2010/11) all let in just one. • Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the 2006/07 campaign, Spartak Moskva went 22 games without a victory in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on matchday three of the same campaign. • The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it, since three points for a win was introduced in 1995/96, were Legia Warszawa that same season before FC Dynamo Kyiv and Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/2000 and Liverpool in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 2002/03, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in 2005/06.

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Olympique Lyonnais Formed: 1950 Nickname: Les Gones (The Kids) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 1997 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 7 (2008) French Cup: 4 (2008) League Cup: 1 (2001) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: round of 16 2009/10: semi-finals 2008/09: round of 16 2007/08: round of 16 2006/07: round of 16 2005/06: quarter-finals 2004/05: quarter-finals 2003/04: quarter-finals 2002/03: UEFA Cup third round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2001/02: UEFA Cup fourth round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Lyon v FA Red Boys Differdange 17/09/74, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: MŠK Žilina v Lyon 05/07/97, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Lyon v VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 05/11/74, UEFA Cup second round second leg 0-3: twice, most recently v FC Bayern München 27/04/10, UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: three times, most recently Real Madrid CF v Lyon 18/10/11, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 7-2: Lyon v SV Werder Bremen 08/03/05, round of 16 second leg 5-0: twice, most recently v AC Sparta Praha 08/12/04, group stage • Biggest away win 0-4: Debreceni VSC v Lyon 29/09/09, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: twice, most recently v FC Bayern München (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Real Madrid CF v Lyon (see above for details)

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AFC Ajax Formed: 1900 Nickname: Godenzonen (Sons of the Gods) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs 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 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 30 (2011) Dutch Cup: 18 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League round of 32 2008/09: UEFA Cup round of 16 2007/08: UEFA Cup first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: UEFA Cup round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: round of 16 2004/05: UEFA Cup round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2003/04: group stage 2002/03: quarter-finals 2001/02: UEFA Cup second round (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 three occasions, most recently v FC Bayern München 28/09/2004 UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 4-0: Ajax v Ferencvárosi TC 06/12/95, group stage 4-0: Ajax v GNK Dinamo Zagreb 02/11/11, group stage • Biggest away win 1-5: Ferencvárosi TC v Ajax 27/09/95, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Ajax v Real Madrid CF (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: FC Bayern München v Ajax 28/09/2004, group stage

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ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960-1999), the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (1973-to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (1960-2004). Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. :: 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 UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, 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..com.

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