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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Johan Cruijff ArenA - Amsterdam Wednesday 19 September 2018 18.55CET (18.55 local time) AFC Ajax Group E - Matchday 1 AEK Athens FC Last updated 09/05/2019 17:14CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 16 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 AFC Ajax - AEK Athens FC Wednesday 19 September 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/1994 GS AFC Ajax - AEK Athens FC 2-0 Amsterdam Oulida 8, 78 Savevski 30; 28/09/1994 GS AEK Athens FC - AFC Ajax 1-2 Athens Litmanen 33, Kluivert 65 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AFC Ajax 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 AEK Athens FC 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/11/2016 GS AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC 2-0 Amsterdam Schöne 40, Tete 50 Berg 5; Traoré 33, 15/09/2016 GS Panathinaikos FC - AFC Ajax 1-2 Athens Riedewald 67 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Athanasiadis 4; 03/08/2016 QR3 PAOK FC - AFC Ajax Salonika agg: 2-3 Klaassen 45+1 (P), 88 Dolberg 58; Djalma 26/07/2016 QR3 AFC Ajax - PAOK FC 1-1 Amsterdam Campos 27 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vieirinha 16, Salpingidis 56, Ivić 3-3 04/08/2010 QR3 PAOK FC - AFC Ajax Salonika 90+1; Luis Suárez 48, agg: 4-4 ag S. De Jong 50, Lindgren 55 Luis Suárez 13; Ivić 28/07/2010 QR3 AFC Ajax - PAOK FC 1-1 Amsterdam 73 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Witschge 36, Gorrè 04/11/1998 GS AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Amsterdam 88 21/10/1998 GS Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax 1-0 Athens Alexandris 38 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 Litmanen 4, 77, 17/04/1996 SF Panathinaikos FC - AFC Ajax Athens agg: 1-3 Wooter 86 2 AFC Ajax - AEK Athens FC Wednesday 19 September 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam UEFA Champions League 03/04/1996 SF AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC 0-1 Amsterdam Warzycha 87 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Kapouranis 58; 05/11/1986 R2 Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax Athens agg: 1-5 Wouters 90 Bosman 6, Rijkaard 22/10/1986 R2 AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 4-0 Amsterdam 43, Van Basten 52, Mühren 83 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Anastopoulos 94 ET, 28/09/1983 R1 Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax Athens agg 2-0 (aet) 118 ET 14/09/1983 R1 AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 0-0 Amsterdam European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/06/1971 F AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC 2-0 London Van Dijk 5, Haan 87 AEK Athens FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers PSV Eindhoven - AEK Athens Bouma 51, Robben 05/11/2003 GS1 2-0 Eindhoven FC 63 AEK Athens FC - PSV 21/10/2003 GS1 0-1 Athens Lucius 37 Eindhoven UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Nikolaidis 14, 75, 3-3 29/09/1998 R1 AEK Athens FC - Vitesse Athens Kopitsis 69; Machlas agg: 3-6 11, 17, Reuser 55 Laros 49, Perovic 52, 15/09/1998 R1 Vitesse - AEK Athens FC 3-0 Arnhem Machlas 89 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers PSV Eindhoven - AEK Athens 3-0 04/11/1992 R2 Eindhoven Romário 5, 51, 74 FC agg: 3-1 AEK Athens FC - PSV 21/10/1992 R2 1-0 Athens Dimitriadis 53 Eindhoven Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AFC Ajax 8 4 3 1 8 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 17 9 5 3 27 13 AEK Athens FC 4 1 1 2 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 6 5 16 3 AFC Ajax - AEK Athens FC Wednesday 19 September 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Match background Ajax and AEK Athens have endured a period of absence from the UEFA Champions League group stage, and both will be keen to make their presence felt from the outset in Group E. • Both clubs came through qualifying to reach this stage – three rounds in Ajax's case, two for AEK. Ajax are taking part for the first time in four seasons whereas AEK have not featured in the group stage since 2006/07 and were twice eliminated in qualifying, including last season, before making their return this year. Previous meetings • The sides' only past fixtures came in the group stage of Ajax's victorious 1994/95 UEFA Champions League campaign. The Dutch side won both fixtures, recording a 2-1 away victory in September 1994 and a 2-0 win in Amsterdam in December. • Edwin van der Sar and Marc Overmars – now Ajax's general director and director of player affairs respectively – played in both games. Danny Blind, father of Daley, was the Ajax captain for both matches. Form guide Ajax • Second in the Eredivisie last season, Ajax are in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 14th time, but the first since 2014/15. Then their campaign ended in the group stage, for the fifth year in a row; they have not progressed from their section since 2005/06. • Ajax's 2017/18 European campaign lasted only two ties, losing to Nice in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round before a 4-2 aggregate defeat against Rosenborg (0-1 home, 2-3 away) that extended their winless run in continental competition to six matches (D2 L4). • However, Ajax are unbeaten in Europe in 2018/19, beating Sturm Graz home (2-0) and away (3-1) in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round and Standard Liège 5-2 on aggregate in the third qualifying round (2-2 away, 3-0 home) before overcoming Dynamo Kyiv 3-1 in the play-offs (3-1 home, 0-0 away). • The Amsterdammers have lost only one of their last six home fixtures in the UEFA Champions League group stage (W3 D2). • Ajax's sole defeat at home to Greek clubs (W4 D3) marked a little piece of UEFA Champions League history as they went down 1-0 against Panathinaikos in the 1995/96 semi-final first leg. However, a 3-0 second-leg victory in Athens marked the first time a side had won a knockout phase tie after losing the first game at home; it has still only happened twice. Current AEK coach Marinos Ouzounidis played in the first leg for Panathinaikos, and was an unused substitute in the second. AEK • AEK are in the group stage for the fifth time – and the first since 2006/07. • All four of the Athens club's previous UEFA Champions League group campaigns have ended at that stage. • AEK have lost all four European matches in the Netherlands, all without scoring; they conceded ten goals in that run. • Greek champions for the 12th time in 2017/18 – their first championship success since 1994 – AEK entered this season's UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round, where they defeated Celtic 3-2 on aggregate (1-1 away, 2-1 home) to reach the play-offs. There they overcame Hungarian club Vidi 3-2 over two games (2-1 away, 1-1 home). • The home win against Celtic ended AEK's run of eight successive draws in European competition. • Last season AEK lost to CSKA Moskva in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and moved into the UEFA Europa League, where they were ultimately eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the round of 32 despite avoiding defeat in all ten of their matches in the competition (W2 D8). • This season's qualifying successes have made it 14 European games unbeaten for AEK (W4 D10). Links and trivia • Ajax striker Kaj Sierhuis was born in Athens on 27 April 1998. His father Cock Sierhuis was AEK chairman for two years before the family returned to the Netherlands in 2001. • Ajax striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has scored against Olympiacos, Asteras Tripolis and PAOK in UEFA competition for Schalke. • Ajax reserve goalkeeper Kostas Lamprou played with AEK pair Petros Mantalos and Michalis Bakakis at youth level for Greece. Lamprou was born in Athens, moving to Ajax aged 13. Latest news 4 AFC Ajax - AEK Athens FC Wednesday 19 September 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Ajax • Summer transfers In: Hassane Bandé (Mechelen), Daley Blind (Manchester United), Dušan Tadić (Southampton), Zakaria Labyad (Utrecht) Out: Justin Kluivert (Roma), Mitchell Dijks (Bologna), Nick Viergever (PSV Eindhoven), Siem de Jong (Sydney FC, loan), Mateo Cassierra (Groningen, loan) • Ajax are on a 14-match unbeaten run (W11 D3) in all competitions stretching back to 15 April.