UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Toumba - Salonika Thursday 12 December 2013 21.05CET (22.05 local time) PAOK FC Group L - Matchday 6 AZ Alkmaar Last updated 09/12/2013 17:32CET

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PAOK FC and AZ Alkmaar are both through to the UEFA Europa League round of 32 but top spot in Group L is yet to be definitively claimed as they meet on matchday six. • The sides are level on 11 points, and drew 1-1 in their first Group L meeting. Another 1-1 draw would leave them with identical head-to-head records and goal difference, meaning PAOK would top the section on goals scored. Previous meetings • All the action came late on when the sides met for the third time ever on matchday two: Dimitris Salpingidis rifled in a deep free-kick at the back post on 93 minutes to wipe out Jeffrey Gouweleeuw's 82nd-minute opener for AZ. • 's AZ eliminated Rolf Fringer's PAOK in the sides' only previous encounters, in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup first round. AZ won 3-2 in Salonika and then 2-1 at home. • The teams for that first meeting at the Stadio Toumba on 16 September 2004 were: PAOK: Tochouroglou, Vokolos, Maladenis, Salpingidis, Theodoridis (Skarmoutsos 65), Yiasemakis, Koutsis, Andralas (Engomitis 54), Chasiotis, Udeze, Hagan (Spasić 54). AZ: Timmer, Kromkamp, Jaliens, Opdam, Landzaat, Lindenbergh, Huysegems, De Cler, Meerdink (Nelisse 72), Van Galen (Ramzi 66), Perez (Sektioui 88). • The only member of the current squads who featured was PAOK striker Salpingidis, who scored in both legs for the Greek side. He left in 2006 before returning in 2010. Match background • PAOK's overall record in 11 games against Dutch sides is W1 D5 L5 (W1 D2 L2 at home, W0 D3 L3 in the Netherlands). They have drawn their last five games against Dutch opposition. • AZ's record in eight games against Greek sides is W4 D2 L2 (W2 D2 L1 at home, W2 D0 L1 in Greece). They beat Atromitos FC on away goals in the play-offs to reach this season's group stage, winning 3-1 away before going down 2-0 at home. • PAOK replaced FC Metalist Kharkiv in the UEFA Champions League play-offs after the Ukrainian side, who had beaten PAOK in the third qualifying round, were excluded from Europe. They lost 4-3 on aggregate to FC Schalke 04 but moved into the UEFA Europa League for what is their fourth group campaign; they failed to progress in 2005/06 but made it to the round of 32 in 2010/11 and 2011/12. • AZ are appearing in this group stage for the seventh time; losing UEFA Cup finalists in 1980/81, they made it through to the semi-finals after coming through the competition's inaugural group stage in 2004/05. They have qualified for the knockout stage for the fifth time. • PAOK have won their last four UEFA Europa League home games, while their record unbeaten run on the road in the competition (excluding qualifying) now stretches to a record nine games (three more than any other club). Team facts • The first leg of the round of 16 (if AZ get there) would be 's 100th UEFA club competition game as a coach. • With 66 UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League appearances (including qualifying), PAOK's Salpingidis is joint fifth with Enzo Scifo in the competitions' all-time appearances standings: one more game would put him level with Walid Badier in fourth. Walter Zenga is third in the standings with 69 games. • Salpingidis is also joint ninth top scorer in the competitions, level with Jupp Heynckes on 23 goals. One more would put him level with Mladen Petrić and Claudio Pizarro in seventh. Henrik Larsson tops those standings with 40 goals. • AZ Alkmaar have the cleanest disciplinary record in the group stage, receiving just three yellow cards in the first five matchdays. • PAOK have a Dutch coach in , with AZ defender Dirk Marcellis having played under him during his time at PSV Eindhoven in 2008/09. • AZ midfielder met PAOK during his time at , leaving the pitch injured after 20 minutes of a 1-1 draw in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup play-offs. The Dutch side prevailed on away goals after a 0-0 second leg. • PAOK attacker Miroslav Stoch won the 2009/10 Dutch title while on loan from Chelsea FC at FC Twente. Coach information • PAOK coach since June 2013, Stevens won the UEFA Cup as a player with PSV Eindhoven in 1977/78 and as FC Schalke 04 coach in 1996/97. A defender, he spent his best years as a player with PSV, who he later coached. Schalke fans named him as their coach of the century in 1999, and he also coached 1. FC Köln, Hamburger SV and

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FC Salzburg before embarking on a second, less successful stint with Schalke in 2011. • AZ dismissed coach ahead of matchday two. He had been in charge since 2010, and led the club to Dutch Cup success last season. • Dick Advocaat was named as AZ's new coach on 16 October, returning to the club where he had spent five months in charge at the end of the 2009/10 season. Twice Netherlands coach, the 66-year-old won the 2007/08 UEFA Cup with FC Zenit, as well as national titles with PSV Eindhoven (1997/98), Rangers FC (1998/99, 1999/2000) and Zenit (2007). • Advocaat is one of four coaches in the group stage to have had his hands on the trophy before. As well as Stevens' victories as a player and a coach, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk's coach Juande Ramos (Sevilla FC, 2006 and 2007) and Tottenham Hotspur FC manager André Villas-Boas (FC Porto, 2011) are the others.

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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 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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