Uefa Champions League Season 2009/10 Match Press Kit
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT AZ Alkmaar Olympiacos FC AZ Stadion, Alkmaar Tuesday 24 November 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group H - Matchday 5 Contents Match background.........................................................................................2 Match facts....................................................................................................3 Squad list.......................................................................................................6 Head coach....................................................................................................8 Match officials................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results......................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups...............................................................................13 Competition facts..........................................................................................15 Team facts....................................................................................................16 Legend.........................................................................................................18 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html AZ Alkmaar - Olympiacos FC Tuesday 24 November 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT AZ Stadion, Alkmaar Match background Previous meetings UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/09/09 GS Olympiacos FC - AZ Alkmaar 1-0 Piraeus Torosidis 79 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AZ Alkmaar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 Olympiacos FC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 AZ Alkmaar - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/11/07 GS AZ Alkmaar - Larissa FC 1-0 Alkmaar Dembélé 77 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/04 R1 AZ Alkmaar - PAOK FC 2-1 Alkmaar Buskermolen 10; Salpingidis 8 agg: 5-3 16/09/04 R1 PAOK FC - AZ Alkmaar 2-3 Thessalonika Salpingidis 26, Vokolos 31; Van Galen 18, Landzaat 36, Meerdink 49 Olympiacos FC - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/10/00 GS SC Heerenveen - Olympiacos FC 1-0 Heerenveen D. Jensen 83 27/09/00 GS Olympiacos FC - SC Heerenveen 2-0 Athens Giovanni 52, 69 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/98 GS AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Amsterdam Witschge 36, Gorre 88 21/10/98 GS Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax 1-0 Athens Alexandris 38 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/86 R2 Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax 1-1 Athens Kapouranis 58; Wouters 90 agg: 1-5 22/10/86 R2 AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 4-0 Amsterdam Bosman 6, Rijkaard 43, Van Basten 52, Mühren 83 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/09/83 R1 Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax 2-0 Piraeus Anastopoulos 4 Ex, 28 Ex agg: 2-0 aet 14/09/83 R1 AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 0-0 Amsterdam Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AZ Alkmaar 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 6 4 Olympiacos FC 5 4 1 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 9 4 2 3 7 8 AZ Alkmaar are four points behind Olympiacos FC with just two games remaining but a first UEFA Champions League victory of the season will put Ronald Koeman's side right back in contention for the qualifying places in Group H. Last updated 22/11/09 22:14:45CET Match background 2 AZ Alkmaar - Olympiacos FC Tuesday 24 November 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT AZ Stadion, Alkmaar • On Matchday 4 the home side went down 4-1 at Arsenal FC to remain at the foot of the table with two points. Jeremain Lens scored for AZ but only after the London team had scored four goals. • The same night Olympiacos succumbed 2-0 in Belgium against R. Standard de Liège, conceding in each half. It meant the Greek champions stayed on six points, two ahead of Standard and in the second qualifying berth. Previous meetings • The Matchday 1 fixture between the sides came just a day after Olympiacos had parted company with Temuri Ketsbaia and with new coach Zico looking on from the stands. It remained deadlocked until the 79th minute when Vassilis Torosidis headed in Jaouad Zairi's cross to give the home team the win. Match background • That 16 September meeting was the first time AZ had failed to beat Greek opponents in an official fixture. Their previous three games had included two at home, beating PAOK FC 2-1 in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup first round and Larissa FC 1-0 in the group stage of the same competition three years later. • Olympiacos have failed to register a victory in their four previous away games against teams from the Netherlands and are yet to score a goal. They avoided defeat only in their first visit, a 0-0 draw against AFC Ajax in the 1983/84 European Champion Clubs' Cup first round. • Their 1-1 draw with Arsenal on 20 October means AZ have lost just once in 35 home games in UEFA club competition, starting a long sequence of unbeaten matches on their home debut in Europe in September 1977. The run carried on through 32 games and 30 years until 20 December 2007 when Everton won 3-2 in the UEFA Cup group stage at the AZ Stadion, which had replaced the Alkmaarderhout in 2006. Team ties • Olympiacos defender Olof Mellberg and AZ's Pontus Wernbloom are team-mates in the Swedish national side. • Mounir El Hamdaoui of AZ and Olympiacos' Jaouad Zairi are international team-mates with Morocco. • AZ's first league title, in 1981, came with Georg Kessler as head coach. He took charge of Olympiacos in 1984/85. • When Brazil beat the Netherlands on penalties in the 1998 FIFA World Cup semi-final in Marseille, AZ coach Ronald Koeman was assistant to Guus Hiddink for the Oranje, while Zico was Mário Zagallo's right-hand man for Brazil. • Zico was the Fenerbahçe SK coach when they lost on away goals to AZ in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup round of 32 after the aggregate scores were tied at 5-5. • The following season Zico's Fenerbahçe played out a 0-0 away draw against Koeman's PSV Eindhoven in the UEFA Champions League group stage. • As an Ajax player Koeman was knocked out by Olympiacos in the aforementioned 1983/84 European Champion Clubs' Cup first round tie. • Koeman's assistant, Shota Arveladze, played for Ajax against Olympiacos in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Giorgos Galitsios played for Larissa against AZ in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage. • Maarten Martens and Michał Żewłakow were team-mates at RSC Anderlecht in the 2003/04. Match facts AZ UEFA milestones • Kew Jaliens made his 34th appearance in UEFA competition for AZ against Olympiacos FC on Matchday 1, setting a new club record. UEFA Champions League statistics • None Latest domestic information • Saturday 21 November: Roda JC 2-4 AZ Alkmaar (Kah 27, Yulu-Matondo 53; Lens 3 75, Elm 70, Jonathas 80) Romero; Swerts, Jaliens (Van der Velden 46), Moreno, Moisander; Elm, Mendes da Silva, Schaars, Martens (Wernbloom 57); Holman, Lens (Jonathas 76). Last updated 22/11/09 22:14:45CET Match facts 3 AZ Alkmaar - Olympiacos FC Tuesday 24 November 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT AZ Stadion, Alkmaar • Not in AZ's UEFA Champions League squad, it was an Eredivisie debut to remember for Jonathas. Within four minutes of his late introduction the Brazilian, 20, had scored his first goal, within seven he had picked up his first yellow card and there was still time to be shown a straight red. • Forward Jonathas had been drafted in from AZ's youth team due to the absence of Mounir El Hamdaoui, Graziano Pellè (both injured), Moussa Dembélé (ill) and the suspended Ari. • It was only AZ's third win in 14 league and UEFA Champions League matches; they have lost seven in that sequence. • On 8 November AZ were held 1-1 at home by Ronald Koeman's former club, Feyenoord. The draw was AZ's first in the Eredivisie in 15 matches, since sharing the spoils at AFC Ajax on 26 April. • On 28 October AZ booked a Dutch Cup last-16 meeting with Feyenoord on 22 December, although they needed extra time to see off amateur club SV Spakenburg 5-2. • On 25 July AZ claimed the Super Cup for the first time with a 5-1 win against SC Heerenveen – the fixture's biggest margin of victory since 1991. El Hamdaoui, Brett Holman, Maarten Martens and Jeremain Lens (2) were on target. Injury news • David Mendes da Silva – out 8-21 November (hamstring) • Mounir El Hamdaoui – out since 28 October (hamstring) • Erik Heijblok – out since 7 November (shoulder) • Moussa Dembélé – out since 13 November (flu) • Graziano Pellè – out since 20 November (knee) • Jaliens' 200th competitive appearance for AZ was cut short as he went off at half-time against Roda with mild concussion. International duty • Friday 13 November San Marino 0-6 Iceland, U21 − Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (goal) • Saturday 14 November Spain 2-1 Argentina, friendly – Sergio Romero Estonia 0-0 Albania, friendly – Ragnar Klavan (sub) Oman 1-2 Australia, AFC Asian Cup qualifier – Brett Holman (sub) • Wednesday 18 November Italy 1-0 Sweden, friendly – Pontus Wernbloom (sub) Miscellaneous • AZ signed Rasmus Elm from Kalmar FF in August, although he is ineligible for the UEFA Champions League. Olympiacos UEFA milestones • Milan Jovanović's goal on Matchday 4 was the 300th Olympiacos have conceded in UEFA club competition.