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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Parken - Copenhagen Thursday 9 March 2017 19.00CET (19.00 local time) FC København Round of 16, First leg AFC Ajax Last updated 09/03/2017 11:17CET 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 1 FC København - AFC Ajax Thursday 9 March 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Parken, Copenhagen Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 Silberbauer 58, 23/08/2006 QR3 AFC Ajax - FC København Amsterdam agg: 2-3 Vermaelen 77 (og) Hangeland 45+2; 09/08/2006 QR3 FC København - AFC Ajax 1-2 Copenhagen Huntelaar 37, 84 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 01/11/2001 R2 AFC Ajax - FC København Amsterdam N.Jensen 82 agg: 0-1 18/10/2001 R2 FC København - AFC Ajax 0-0 Copenhagen Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC København 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 4 2 AFC Ajax 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 2 4 FC København - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Grønkjær 40 (P); 05/11/2009 GS FC København - PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Copenhagen Dzsudzsák 72 22/10/2009 GS PSV Eindhoven - FC København 1-0 Eindhoven Reis 72 AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-1 Babel 50, Sneijder 80, 24/08/2005 QR3 AFC Ajax - Brøndby IF Amsterdam agg: 5-3 89; Elmander 44 Skoubo 33, Escudé 10/08/2005 QR3 Brøndby IF - AFC Ajax 2-2 Brondby 90+3 (og); Rosenberg 31, Babel 73 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC København 3 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 5 4 AFC Ajax 3 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 7 7 2 FC København - AFC Ajax Thursday 9 March 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Parken, Copenhagen Match background Yet to concede in seven European home fixtures this season, København will hope their impressive Parken form holds as they welcome Ajax in the UEFA Europa League round of 16. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for a fifth time in UEFA competition. FCK's record against Ajax is W2 D1 L1 (D1 L1 at home – W2 in Amsterdam). • Hans Backe's FCK beat Co Adriaanse's Ajax 1-0 away in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup second round following a 0-0 draw in the home leg. Then, in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, Ståle Solbakken's FCK won 2- 0 at the Amsterdam ArenA after losing 2-1 at home to Henk ten Cate's side. • FCK's record in six meetings with Dutch sides is W2 D2 L2 (D2 L1 at home – W2 D1 in the Netherlands). • Ajax's six games against Danish teams have ended W2 D2 L2 as well (W1 L2 at home – W1 D2 in Denmark). Form guide • FCK have not conceded in seven European home matches this season (W4 D3) but have drawn their last three continental games at Parken 0-0. • Ajax have drawn their last three away fixtures in the UEFA Europa League. They remain unbeaten since the start of the group stage: W5 D3. • Ajax have now gone 11 successive UEFA Europa League games without defeat – four short of Atlético Madrid's record. • København have not featured in the spring phase of a European competition since losing to Chelsea in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League round of 16. • Ajax last made it to the round of 16 in 2014/15, when they lost to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. They lifted the UEFA Cup in 1992 to complete a full set of major UEFA trophies; they were European champions in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1995 and claimed the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1987. Links and trivia • The journey from Amsterdam to Copenhagen is around 620km. • København defender Nicolai Boilesen played for Ajax from April 2011 to August 2016. • Ajax boast Danish talent in the form of Lasse Schöne and Kasper Dolberg. • FCK's Kasper Kusk and Ajax's Hakim Ziyech were team-mates at Twente (2014/15). • FCK's Ludwig Augustinsson was born in Stockholm, the host city of this season's UEFA Europa League final. Along with team-mates Robin Olsen, Erik Johansson and Mikael Antonsson, he is one of 12 Swedish players in the round of 16. • Ajax (1992) are one of four former UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League winners in the round of 16 along with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1975 & 1979), Anderlecht (1983) and Schalke (1997). • Ajax need three more goals to reach 600 in UEFA competition. With 597 in 366 games, they have averaged around 1.63 goals per game so far. • København are among four domestic champions in the round of 16 along with APOEL, Beşiktaş and Olympiacos. • København forward Andreas Cornelius turns 24 on 16 March, the day of the second leg. The coaches • Now in his second spell as København coach, Ståle Solbakken has led the club to six Danish titles. A midfielder, he was capped 58 times by Norway and ended his career at FCK after being diagnosed with a heart problem. He has coached in Norway, Germany and England, as well as in Denmark. • A Dutch title winner as a midfielder with Feyenoord, Peter Bosz returned from Israel to take charge of Ajax in May 2016. Bosz has managed Heracles and Vitesse in the Netherlands, also briefly coaching Maccabi Tel-Aviv. 3 FC København - AFC Ajax Thursday 9 March 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Parken, Copenhagen Team facts FC København Formed: 1992 Nickname: Løverne (The Lions) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 11 (2016) Danish Cup: 7 (2016) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: third qualifying round 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2011/12: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2010/11: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2009/10: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: round of 32 2007/08: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: UEFA Champions League group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: København v Cliftonville 31/07/08, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6 twice, most recently v Mogren 22/07/09, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-6: København v AC Milan 20/10/93, UEFA Champions League second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 on three occasions, most recently v Hradec Králové 14/09/95, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 7-0: København v Cliftonville FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Mikkelin Palloilijat v København 30/09/92, first round second leg 0-4 twice, most recently v Cliftonville 17/07/08, first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: København v Torino 11/12/14, group stage 0-4: København v Club Brugge 06/11/14, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 twice, most recently v Auxerre 21/10/92, second round first leg AFC Ajax Formed: 1900 Nickname: Godenzonen (Sons of the Gods) 4 FC København - AFC Ajax Thursday 9 March 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Parken, Copenhagen 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 Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 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) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 14-0: Ajax v 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 23/11/10, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Bayern München v Ajax 22/10/80, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg 4-0 on four occasions, most recently v Barcelona 18/09/13, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 14-0: Ajax v Red Boys Differdange (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: Gent v Ajax 12/09/00, first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Ajax v Salzburg 21/02/14, round of 32 first leg 0-3 (aet): Ajax v Austria Wien 27/09/1989, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Budapest Honvéd v Ajax 22/11/78, third round first leg 3-0 on three occasions, most recently v Spartak Moskva 17/03/11, round of 16 second leg 5 FC København - AFC Ajax Thursday 9 March 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Parken, Copenhagen Squad list FC København Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No.