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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Tallaght Stadium - Dublin Thursday 29 September 2016 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Dundalk FC Group D - Matchday 2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Last updated 01/12/2016 20:39CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 14 1 Dundalk FC - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Dundalk FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Dundalk FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 Dundalk FC - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Match background Dundalk will look to build on an unexpected point gained on matchday one as they play host to Maccabi Tel-Aviv, the Israeli side having been on the wrong end of a phenomenal comeback in their opener. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time. Neither has faced other clubs from their opponents' home country. • Just three games have been played between Irish and Israeli representatives in UEFA club competition; two of those ended in draws while in the most recent one, Shamrock Rovers beat Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv 1-0 away in 2010/11 UEFA Europa League qualifying. Form guide • Dundalk are making their UEFA group stage debut. The only Irish side to have previously graced a UEFA Europa League group stage are Shamrock Rovers, who lost all six of their matches in 2011/12. • Dundalk thus became the first Irish team to take a point from a UEFA group stage fixture when they drew 1-1 at AZ Alkmaar on matchday one. • Maccabi made a disastrous start on matchday one, allowing a 3-0 lead to slip in the closing stages and going down 4-3 at home to Zenit. • Maccabi and Qäbälä are the only sides who have made it from the first qualifying round to the group stage in the current UEFA Europa League. • Maccabi have qualified for the round of 32 in one of their two previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, 2013/14. Links and trivia • The journey from Tel Aviv to Dundalk is around 4,050km. • With five goals, Dundalk's David McMillan was the joint-top scorer in UEFA Champions League qualifying this season. • Scorer of his team's equaliser in the Netherlands on matchday one, Dundalk forward Ciaran Kilduff turns 28 the day of the Maccabi game. • Dundalk are playing their Group D home fixtures at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin, normally the home of Shamrock Rovers. The coaches • Dundalk boss Stephen Kenny started his managerial career with Longford Town, aged 27, and landed a league title with Bohemians in 2002/03, aged 32. Hired by Dundalk in 2013, he steered the club to Irish championships in 2014 and 2015. • Maccabi's Georgian coach Shota Arveladze hit an impressive 32 goals in 64 UEFA club matches as a player, lifting league titles with Ajax, Rangers and Trabzonspor. He is in his first term in Israel having spent the last five years coaching in Turkey. 3 Dundalk FC - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Team facts Dundalk FC Formed: 1903 Nickname: Lilywhites UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 11 (2015) Irish Cup: 10 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2014/15: second qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: second qualifying round 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Dundalk v Fram Reykjavík 30/09/81, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-2: AS Jeunesse Esch v Dundalk 01/07/14, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg 0-2: Linfield FC v Dundalk 05/09/79, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Dundalk v FK Crvena zvezda 07/09/88, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 8-1: Vasas SC v Dundalk 11/10/67, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League (group stage to final) • Biggest home win 3-1: Dundalk v AS Jeunesse Esch 10/07/14, first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-2: AS Jeunesse Esch v Dundalk (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Dundalk v NK Varaždin 29/08/02, qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: PFC Levski Sofia 6-0 Dundalk 15/07/10, second qualifying round first leg Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Formed: 1906 Nickname: The Yellows UEFA club competition honours • None 4 Dundalk FC - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 21 (2015) Israeli Cup: 23 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 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 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi v FK Željezničar 04/08/11, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg 6-0: Maccabi v FK Žalgiris Vilnius 09/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: PAOK FC v Maccabi 10/08/04, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Maccabi v Chelsea FC 24/11/15, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Beşiktaş JK v Maccabi 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 5-1: FC Bayern München v Maccabi 23/11/04, UEFA Champions League group stage 4-0: Chelsea FC v Maccabi 16/09/15, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi v FK Željezničar (see above) 6-0: Maccabi v FK Žalgiris Vilnius (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Maccabi 28/07/16, third qualifying round first leg 0-2 on three occasions, most recently v Győri ETO FC 17/07/13, second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-3: Maccabi v Beşiktaş JK 01/12/11, group stage 1-2: Maccabi v Stoke City FC 03/11/11, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Beşiktaş JK v Maccabi (see above) 5 Dundalk FC - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Squad list Dundalk FC Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Gary Rogers IRL 25/09/1981 35 - 6 - 1 - 26 - 1 - 29 - 22 Gabriel Sava ROU 15/10/1986 29 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 30 Ben Kelly IRL 26/07/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Seán Gannon IRL 11/07/1991 25 - 6 - 1 - 23 - 1 - 13 - 3 Brian Gartland IRL 04/11/1986 29 - 1 - 1 - 22 5 1 - 12 1 4 Andy Boyle IRL 07/03/1991 25 - 6 - 1 - 26 2 1 - 13 - 12 Shane Grimes IRL 09/03/1987 29 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 14 Dane Massey IRL 17/04/1988 28 - 6 - 1 - 24 1 1 - 13 - 15 Patrick Barrett IRL 22/07/1993 23 - 6 - - - 13 2 - - 6 - 24 Alan Keane IRL 23/09/1984 32 - - - - - - - - - 9 3 Midfielders 5 Chris Shields IRL 27/12/1990 25 - 5 - 1 - 20 - 1 - 11 - 6 Stephen O'Donnell IRL 15/01/1986 30 S 5 - 1 - 19 1 7 - 22 2 7 Daryl Horgan IRL 10/08/1992 24 - 6 - 1 - 25 7 1 - 12 - 8 John Mountney IRL 22/02/1993 23 - 5 - 1 - 24 2 1 - 12 1 10 Ronan Finn IRL 21/12/1987 28 - 6 - 1 - 24 7 6 - 24 - 11 Patrick McEleney IRL 26/09/1992 24 - 6 - 1 - 18 3 1 - 13 1 17 Georgie Poynton IRL 08/09/1997 19 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 18 Robbie Benson IRL 07/05/1992 24 - 6 2 1 - 20 2 1 - 11 2 19 Dean Shiels NIR 01/02/1985 31 - - - - - 5 - 2 - 8 - 21 Darren Meenan NIR 16/11/1986 29 - 1 - - - 21 1 - - 12 - Forwards 9 David McMillan IRL 14/12/1988 27 - 6 5 1 - 25 15 1 - 20 7 16 Ciaran Kilduff IRL 29/09/1988 28 - 5 - 1 1 16 5 6 1 16 1 20 Ciaran O'Connor IRL 04/07/1996 20 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 26 Michael O'Connor IRL 31/07/1998 18 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - Coach - Stephen Kenny IRL 30/10/1971 44 - 6 - 1 - - - 3 - 35 - 6 Dundalk FC - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.