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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Netanya Municipal Stadium - Netanya Thursday 28 September 2017 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Group A - Matchday 2 Villarreal CF Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - CD 1-1 Gadi Brumer 49; Vivar 25/09/1996 R1 Tel Aviv Tenerife agg: 3-4 Dorado 43 Vivar Dorado 45, CD Tenerife - Maccabi Tel-Aviv Santa Cruz de Kodro 57, Pinilla 67; 10/09/1996 R1 3-2 FC Tenerife Mizrahi 60, Nimni 88 (P) Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Villarreal CF have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 Villarreal CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya Match background Maccabi Tel-Aviv lost away on matchday one but will look to get their UEFA Europa League Group A campaign up and running at home against group stage regulars Villarreal. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time; it is Villarreal's first encounter with Israeli opponents. • In their only previous tie against a Spanish team, Maccabi lost 3-2 away and then drew 1-1 against Tenerife in a 1996/97 UEFA Cup tie. Form guide • Maccabi are unbeaten in six European home games (W4 D2) since losing 4-3 to Zenit in their opening UEFA Europa League group stage home fixture of 2016/17 – a game in which they were 3-0 up with 13 minutes remaining. • Villarreal have not lost in their last four European away contests: W1 D3. They have lost only one of their last ten away games in the UEFA Europa League, the 2015/16 semi-final second leg at Liverpool (0-3). • Maccabi have progressed from the first qualifying round to the UEFA Europa League group stage for a second straight season. They were league and cup runners-up in Israel last term. • Semi-finalists in 2015/16 when they lost out to Liverpool, Villarreal are featuring in a fourth consecutive UEFA Europa League group stage, having progressed safely in each of the last three. • Villarreal hold the UEFA Europa League group stage to final records for most games played (55), most wins (31) and most goals scored (96). Links and trivia • The journey from Villarreal to Tel Aviv is around 3,200km. • Villarreal share with Anderlecht the record of getting through the UEFA Europa League group stage five times. • Maccabi are one of three teams to have come all the way from first qualifying round to group stage this season, along with Crvena zvezda and Skënderbeu. • Former team-mates: Villarreal's Pablo Fornals and Maccabi's Yegor Filipenko (Málaga 2015–16) Villarreal's Andrés Fernández and Maccabi's Jean-Sylvain Babin (Granada 2015–16) • Babin has represented no fewer than four different clubs in Spain (Lucena 2008–10, Alcorcón 2010–14, Granada 2014–16, Gijón 2016–17), while team-mate Omer Atzily was at Granada for the 2016/17 season. The coaches • Jordi Cruyff took over as Maccabi boss in 2017 after five years as the club's sporting director. The son of Dutch great Johan Cruyff, he played for Barcelona and Manchester United and reached the 2001 UEFA Cup final with Alavés. • Villarreal dismissed coach Fran Escribá on Monday, 25 September, in the wake of a 4-0 defeat at Getafe. He had been in charge since 2016, and led the club to a fifth-placed Liga finish last season. • The club's new coach is Javier Calleja, who represented Villarreal as a player from 1999-2006, and returned to El Madrigal after hanging up his boots as a youth coach. He was coaching the club's B-team when he was called up to replace Escriba. 3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya Team facts Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Formed: 1906 Nickname: The Yellows UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 21 (2015) Israeli Cup: 23 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: group stage 2015/16: UEFA Champions League group stage 2014/15: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: group stage 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi v Željezničar 04/08/11, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg 6-0: Maccabi v Žalgiris Vilnius 09/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Tirana v Maccabi 06/07/17, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg 0-3: PAOK v Maccabi 10/08/04, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Maccabi v Chelsea 24/11/15, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Beşiktaş v Maccabi 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 5-1: Bayern München v Maccabi 23/11/04, UEFA Champions League group stage 4-0: Chelsea v Maccabi 16/09/15, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi v Željezničar (see above) 6-0: Maccabi v Žalgiris Vilnius (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3: Tirana v Maccabi (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 2-3: Maccabi v Beşiktaş 01/12/11, group stage 1-2: Maccabi v Stoke City 03/11/11, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya 5-1: Beşiktaş v Maccabi (see above) Villarreal CF Formed: 1923 Nickname: El Submarino Amarillo (The Yellow Submarine) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (2): 2003, 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2015/16: semi-finals 2014/15: round of 16 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: UEFA Champions League group stage 2010/11: semi-finals 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2007/08: round of 32 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Villarreal v NAC Breda 27/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg 5-0: Villarreal v Dnepr Mogilev 19/08/10, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Biggest away win 0-3 three times, most recently v Astana 21/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Villarreal v Roma 16/02/17, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Porto v Villarreal 28/04/11, UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Villarreal v NAC Breda (see above) 5-0: Villarreal v Dnepr Mogilev (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3: Astana v Villarreal (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Villarreal v Roma (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Porto v Villarreal (see above) 5 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya Squad list Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Daniel Lifshitz ISR 24/04/1988 29 - - - - - - - - - 4 - 19 Daniel ISR 19/04/1995 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Peretz Daniel ISR 10/07/2000 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Haviv Ohayon ISR 17/08/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 95 Predrag Rajković SRB 31/10/1995 21 - 8 - 1 - 5 - 7 - 31 - Defenders 2 Eli Dasa ISR 03/12/1992 24 - 3 1 - - - - 5 - 17 1 3 Yuval Shpungin ISR 03/04/1987 30 - 6 - - - 4 - - - 21 - 5 Jean-Sylvain Babin FRA 14/10/1986 30 - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 18 Eytan Tibi ISR 16/11/1987 29 - 8 - - - 4 - 13 - 48 - 21 Yegor Filipenko BLR 10/04/1988 29 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 9 - 52 1 26 Tal Ben Haim ISR 31/03/1982 35 - 8 - 1 - 4 - 27 - 61 - 27 Ofir Davidzada ISR 05/05/1991 26 - 8 - 1 - 4 - 3 - 21 - 44 Sean Goldberg ISR 13/06/1995 22 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 7 Omer Atzily ISR 27/07/1993 24 - 8 2 1 - 5 3 1 - 21 8 11 Nick Blackman ENG 11/11/1989 27 - - - 1 - 4 1 1 - 3 - 13 Sheran Yeini ISR 08/12/1986 30 - 8 1 1 - 5 - 15 1 47 2 14 Eliel Peretz ISR 18/11/1996 20 - 2 - - - - - 1 - 4 - 15 Dor Miha ISR 02/03/1992 25 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 13 3 47 4 16 Eliran Atar ISR 17/02/1987 30 - - - 1 - 3 - 6 1 20 12 17 Sagiv Jehezkel ISR 21/03/1995 22 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 22 Avraham Rikan ISR 10/09/1988 29 - 7 1 1 - 4 - 4 1 32 2 23 Eyal Golasa ISR 07/10/1991 25 - 6 - - - - - 19 2 48 7 28 Christian Battocchio ITA 10/02/1992 25 - 5 - 1 - 5 - 4 - 9 - 31 Tino-Sven Sušić BEL 13/02/1992 25 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 1 25 5 42 Dor Peretz ISR 17/05/1995 22 - 5 1 - - 2 - 2 - 21 1 45 Tomer Altman ISR 08/02/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 46 Eden Karzev ISR 11/04/2000 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Vidar Orn Kjartansson ISL 11/03/1990 27 - 7 4 1 - 5 3 6 1 13 5 10 Barak Itzhaki ISR 25/09/1984 33 - 4 1 - - 2 - 10 3 43 8 24 Yonatan Cohen ISR 29/06/1996 21 - 3 1 - - - - - - 3 1 25 Aaron Schoenfeld ISR 17/04/1990 27 - 8 2 - - 2 - - - 8 2 43 Eylon Almog ISR 08/01/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Johan Jordi Cruijff NED 09/02/1974 43 - 8 - 1 - - - 1 - 9 - 6 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya Villarreal CF Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.