UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Amsterdam ArenA - Amsterdam Thursday 3 November 2016 21.05CET (21.05 local time) AFC Ajax Group G - Matchday 4 RC Celta de Vigo Last updated 02/11/2016 04:19CET

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1 AFC Ajax - RC Celta de Vigo Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam

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Twice pegged back by Celta in on 20 October, Ajax will ease into the UEFA Europa League round of 32 if they take three points off their Group G guests on matchday four. Previous meetings • Prior to matchday three's 2-2 draw, Celta and Ajax's only previous meetings came in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League group stage; 's Ajax won 1-0 at home (Zlatan Ibrahimović scoring) but lost 3-2 to Miguel Ángel Lotina's men in Vigo. That was Celta's first victory at that stage of the elite competition. • The line-ups for that first encounter on 4 November 2003 were: Ajax: Lobonţ, Trabelsi (De Jong 64), Pasanen, Galásek, Pienaar, Ibrahimović, Van der Vaart (Mitea 39), Van Damme, Maxwell, Sneijder, Sonck (Yakubu 79). Celta: Pinto, Velasco, , Cáceres (Ángel López 85), Giovanella (Catanha 81), Berizzo, Milošević, Mostovoi, Juanfran, Jesuli, Luccin. • Celta's only brushes with Dutch opposition have been their three games against Ajax; Ajax have played Spanish teams 36 times in total with the record W14 D6 L16 (W8 D3 L6 in Amsterdam). They have lost five of their six home matches against Liga sides since Celta's last visit. Form guide • Ajax are unbeaten in seven European home fixtures – two 1-0 victories and five draws. • Celta are without a win in five on the road in Europe (D3 L2) since a 1-0 triumph at Standard Liège in September 2006 – just over a decade ago. • After three successful attempts to negotiate their UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League groups, Ajax failed to qualify for the first time in the 2015/16 group stage. • This is Celta's first European campaign since they got through the group stage and into the round of 16 of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. Links and trivia • The journey from Vigo to Amsterdam is around 1,500km. • Celta forward John Guidetti spent 2011/12 on loan with , notably hitting a hat-trick in a 4-2 victory against Ajax in the Dutch . • Ajax's German defender Heiko Westermann played in Spain last term with Real Betis; in his only game against Celta, his Betis team drew 1-1 at home. • Former team-mates: Giuseppe Rossi (Celta) & Tim Krul (Ajax) – Newcastle, 2006 The coaches • A Dutch title-winning midfielder with Feyenoord, Peter Bosz returned from Israel to take the Ajax reins in May 2016. Bosz has also coached Heracles and Vitesse in the Netherlands, and had a brief tenure at Maccabi Tel-Aviv in 2016. • Eduardo Berizzo played in the UEFA Champions League for both Marseille and Celta, the former centre- back coming back to Europe in 2014 to take charge of the Galician club. He led them back into Europe with a sixth- placed finish last season.

2 AFC Ajax - RC Celta de Vigo Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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