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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Şükrü Saracoğlu - Istanbul Thursday 22 October 2015 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Fenerbahçe SK Group A - Matchday 3 AFC Ajax Last updated 16/12/2015 10:22CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 Fenerbahçe SK - AFC Ajax Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul Previous meetings Head to Head European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 27/11/1968 R2 Fenerbahçe SK - AFC Ajax Istanbul Keizer 55, Nuninga 88 agg: 0-4 13/11/1968 R2 AFC Ajax - Fenerbahçe SK 2-0 Amsterdam Nuninga 17, Muller 76 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Fenerbahçe SK 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 AFC Ajax 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 Fenerbahçe SK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/12/2009 GS FC Twente - Fenerbahçe SK 0-1 Enschede Lugano 71 Mehmet Topuz 71; 17/09/2009 GS Fenerbahçe SK - FC Twente 1-2 Istanbul Nkufo 75, 80 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Marcellis 28 (og), 07/11/2007 GS Fenerbahçe SK - PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Istanbul Semih Şentürk 30 23/10/2007 GS PSV Eindhoven - Fenerbahçe SK 0-0 Eindhoven UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Martens 63, Opdam 2-2 22/02/2007 R3 AZ Alkmaar - Fenerbahçe SK Alkmaar 86; Tümer Metin 21, agg: 5-5 ag Alex 34 Tümer Metin 27, 73, Tuncay Şanlı 65; De 14/02/2007 R3 Fenerbahçe SK - AZ Alkmaar 3-3 Istanbul Zeeuw 15, Boukhari 62, Jenner 63 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/12/2005 GS PSV Eindhoven - Fenerbahçe SK 2-0 Eindhoven Cocu 14, Farfán 85 Alex 40 (P), 68, 28/09/2005 GS Fenerbahçe SK - PSV Eindhoven 3-0 Istanbul Appiah 90+2 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 27/08/2002 QR3 Fenerbahçe SK - Feyenoord Istanbul Ono 48, Buffel 88 agg: 0-3 13/08/2002 QR3 Feyenoord - Fenerbahçe SK 1-0 Rotterdam Ono 64 2 Fenerbahçe SK - AFC Ajax Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Van der Kuijlen 10, 6-1 27/09/1978 R1 PSV Eindhoven - Fenerbahçe SK Eindhoven 22, 71, 74, Deijkers agg: 7-3 49, 55; Çetiner 87 Çetiner 17, Ilhan 43; 13/09/1978 R1 Fenerbahçe SK - PSV Eindhoven 2-1 Istanbul Brandts 29 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 07/10/1964 PR Fenerbahçe SK - FC Amsterdam Istanbul Temming 82 agg: 1-4 Geurtsen 45, 63, 16/09/1964 PR FC Amsterdam - Fenerbahçe SK 3-1 Amsterdam Hollander 51; Pekel 58 AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-4 Litmanen 18, 71, 73, 02/11/1993 R2 Beşiktaş JK - AFC Ajax Istanbul agg: 1-6 Pettersson 77 Rijkaard 60, R. de 20/10/1993 R2 AFC Ajax - Beşiktaş JK 2-1 Amsterdam Boer 80; Özdilek 40 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 5-0 Bosman 16, 20, 34, 01/10/1986 R1 AFC Ajax - Bursaspor Amsterdam agg: 7-0 89, Van Basten 23 Bosman 67, Van 17/09/1986 R1 Bursaspor - AFC Ajax 0-2 Bursa Basten 85 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Karadoğan 53; Swart 05/10/1966 R1 Beşiktaş JK - AFC Ajax Istanbul agg: 1-4 60, Keizer 89 28/09/1966 R1 AFC Ajax - Beşiktaş JK 2-0 Amsterdam Keizer 11, Muller 86 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Fenerbahçe SK 8 3 1 4 8 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 16 4 3 9 16 27 AFC Ajax 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 21 2 3 Fenerbahçe SK - AFC Ajax Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul Match background Fenerbahçe SK made a miserable start at home in UEFA Europa League Group A and have reason for concern as they welcome an AFC Ajax team who have won all of their previous games against Turkish clubs. Previous meetings • The sides' only previous UEFA meetings came in the second round of the 1968/69 European Champion Clubs' Cup, Rinus Michels' Ajax beating Ignác Molnár's Fenerbahçe 2-0 home and away. • Fenerbahçe's record in 16 games against Dutch opponents is W4 D3 L9 (W3 D1 L4 in Istanbul – W1 D2 L5 in the Netherlands). • Ajax have won all eight of their previous matches against Turkish teams, scoring 21 goals and conceding just two. However, they have not met Süper Lig opponents since November 1993. Form guide • Fenerbahçe are without a win in Group A, having unexpectedly lost 3-1 at home to Molde FK in their first fixture and then drawn 2-2 with Celtic FC. • Ajax have drawn their last three European games: 1-1, 2-2, 0-0. • Both sides entered this season's UEFA Europa League play-offs following elimination from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. • Semi-finalists in 2012/13, Fenerbahçe have made it through to the round of 32 in all three of their UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns (2006/07, 2009/10 and 2012/13). • Ajax have made it through to the round of 32 in all three of their previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. They have featured at one stage or another in the last nine editions of the competition, meaning they are the only ever-present club in the seven seasons of the UEFA Europa League. Trivia and links • The journey from Amsterdam to Istanbul is around 2,200km. • Fenerbahçe's Netherlands striker Robin van Persie has yet to score a UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League goal in 12 appearances. The one-time Feyenoord man last faced Ajax with Arsenal FC in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage, coming on as a substitute in a 0-0 draw. • Fenerbahçe defender Simon Kjær could come up against Denmark team-mates Viktor Fischer, Nicolai Boilesen and Lasse Schöne. • Fenerbahçe defenders Michal Kadlec and Gökhan Gönül can make their 50th UEFA club competition appearances in this game. The coaches • Fenerbahçe coach since June, Portuguese technician Vítor Pereira was André Villas-Boas's assistant when FC Porto won the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League. He later claimed two league titles as the Dragons' coach and a domestic double in Greece with Olympiacos FC in 2014/15. • Frank de Boer has been in charge of Ajax since 2010, and in 2014 became the first coach to lead the club to four successive Eredivisie titles. The defender lifted the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League as an Ajax player. • De Boer played for Fenerbahçe's city rivals Galatasaray SK in 2003/04, scoring one goal in 15 Süper Lig outings. 4 Fenerbahçe SK - AFC Ajax Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul Team facts Fenerbahçe SK Formed: 1907 Nickname: Sarı Kanaryalar (Yellow Canaries) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 19 (2014) Turkish Cup: 6 (2013) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: UEFA Champions League play-offs 2012/13: UEFA Europa League semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2006/07: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: UEFA Champions League group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Fenerbahçe v Turan Tovuz PFK 09/08/94, UEFA Cup preliminary round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5 twice, most recently v MTK Budapest 06/08/08, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Fenerbahçe v AS Cannes 27/09/94, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-4 twice, most recently v AC Milan 23/11/05, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: SL Benfica v Fenerbahçe 17/09/75, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Fenerbahçe v Turan Tovuz PFK (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: FK Partizani v Fenerbahçe 22/08/95, preliminary round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Fenerbahçe v AS Cannes (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: SK Sigma Olomouc v Fenerbahçe 04/11/92, second round second leg AFC Ajax Formed: 1900 Nickname: Godenzonen (Sons of the Gods) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup (4): (1969), 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995, (1996) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1987, (1988) 5 Fenerbahçe SK - AFC Ajax Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul • 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 Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 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