UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT RSC Anderlecht (first leg: 0-1) AZ Alkmaar Matchday 8 - Round of 32, second leg Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Thursday 23 February 2012 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Team facts.........................................................................................................................6 Squad list...........................................................................................................................8 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................14 Match officials..................................................................................................................18 Legend............................................................................................................................19 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa 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 RSC Anderlecht - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 23 February 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/02/12 R32 AZ Alkmaar - RSC Anderlecht 1-0 Alkmaar Maher 35 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RSC Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 AZ Alkmaar 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 RSC Anderlecht - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/02/11 R32 AFC Ajax - RSC Anderlecht 2-0 Amsterdam Sulejmani 11, 17 agg: 5-0 17/02/11 R32 RSC Anderlecht - AFC Ajax 0-3 Brussels Alderweireld 32, Eriksen 59, El Hamdaoui 67 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/12/09 GS AFC Ajax - RSC Anderlecht 1-3 Amsterdam Emanuelson 77; Lukaku 13, 22, Legear 43 01/10/09 GS RSC Anderlecht - AFC Ajax 1-1 Brussels Legear 85; Rommedahl 72 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/11/00 GS PSV Eindhoven - RSC Anderlecht 2-3 Eindhoven Ramzi 45, 47; Crasson 9, Koller 37, Youla 90 19/09/00 GS RSC Anderlecht - PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Brussels Dheedene 80 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/91 R2 RSC Anderlecht - PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Brussels Degryse 7, Boffin 88 agg: 2-0 23/10/91 R2 PSV Eindhoven - RSC Anderlecht 0-0 Eindhoven UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/04/78 SF RSC Anderlecht - FC Twente 2-0 Brussels Haan 30, Rensenbrink 52(p) agg: 3-0 29/03/78 SF FC Twente - RSC Anderlecht 0-1 Enschede Nielsen 52 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/76 R1 Roda JC - RSC Anderlecht 2-3 Kerkrade Vermeulen 33, Van der Lem 72(p); agg: 3-5 Rensenbrink 66, Van der Elst 82, 85 15/09/76 R1 RSC Anderlecht - Roda JC 2-1 Brussels Van der Elst 89, Rensenbrink 90; Toonstra 8 AZ Alkmaar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/12/09 GS R. Standard de Liège - AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Liege Sinan Bolat 90+5; Lens 42 29/09/09 GS AZ Alkmaar - R. Standard de Liège 1-1 Alkmaar El Hamdaoui 48; Traore 90+1 Last updated 21/02/12 13:06:03CET 2 Previous meetings RSC Anderlecht - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 23 February 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/03/81 QF KSC Lokeren OV - AZ Alkmaar 1-0 Lokeren Verheyen 36 agg: 1-2 04/03/81 QF AZ Alkmaar - KSC Lokeren OV 2-0 Alkmaar Tol 9, Welzl 18 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 RSC Anderlecht 6 4 1 1 7 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 13 8 2 3 18 13 AZ Alkmaar 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 5 3 Last updated 21/02/12 13:06:03CET 3 Previous meetings RSC Anderlecht - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 23 February 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Match background RSC Anderlecht shone in the UEFA Europa League group stage, but are 1-0 down as they take on AZ Alkmaar in Brussels, looking to line up a UEFA Europa League round of 16 meeting with Udinese Calcio or PAOK FC. • Anderlecht came to the Netherlands as the only side to have won all six of their UEFA Europa League group games this season, but could not respond to Adam Maher's third European goal of the campaign after 35 minutes. Previous meetings • The sides have been paired for the first time in UEFA competition. • Anderlecht's 13 games against Dutch opponents ended W8 D2 L3 (W4 D1 L1 at home). • Anderlecht lost to another Dutch team, AFC Ajax, at this stage of last season's competition, falling 3-0 at home and 2-0 in Amsterdam. • AZ's record against Belgian sides reads W2 D2 L1 (W0 D1 L1 in Belgium). Match background • Anderlecht are in the round of 32 for the fourth time in five seasons; they made it to the last 16 in 2007/08 and 2009/10 but were beaten by Ajax last season. • Going into the first leg, Ariël Jacobs' men were unbeaten in eight European outings this term − seven wins and a draw. Their four European home games this season have produced a draw and then three victories, and 14 goals − an average of well over three a game. • AZ are on an eight-match unbeaten run in Europe − three victories and five draws. However, they have not won in 15 away games in Europe (seven draws, eight defeats) since beating FC Paços de Ferreira 1-0 in the UEFA Cup first round on 20 September 2007. • The Dutch outfit are playing European football in the spring for the first time since 2006/07, when they beat Fenerbahçe SK and Newcastle United FC before bowing out to SV Werder Bremen in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Team facts • Anderlecht's Matías Suárez remains the top scorer in the UEFA Europa League with seven goals, with FC Lokomotiv Moskva's Dmitri Sychev one strike behind him on six. • Former Anderlecht trainee Maarten Martens played just one league game for the club in 2003/04 before heading to RKC Waalwijk and, in 2006, AZ. • Anderlecht's Dieudonné Mbokani and Milan Jovanović took on AZ in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League group stage with R. Standard de Liège; Standard edged out AZ to finish third in the section, both of their direct encounters ending 1-1. • Anderlecht were the top scorers in the UEFA Europa League group stage with 18 goals − nine in each half. They were the only side to earn a maximum haul of 18 points. • Anderlecht's 5-3 win against FC Lokomotiv Moskva was the highest-scoring game of the group stage. • AZ coach Gertjan Verbeek spent most of his playing career as a defender at sc Heerenveen, barring a season on loan at Heracles Almelo in 1986/87. He has twice coached Heracles (2001-04 and 2009-10) either side of stints in charge of Heerenveen (2004-08) and, briefly, Feyenoord in 2008/09. AZ brought him in at the start of 2010/11. • Jacobs has been Anderlecht coach since November 2007. Formerly a striker he spent most of his playing career with K. Diegem Sport, serving the Belgian outfit in four separate spells (1965-70, 1973-79, 1980-1983 and 1984-87). He later coached youth teams for the Royal Belgian Football Association (URBSFA-KBVB) and acted as assistant to national team coach Guy Thys before returning to club football with RWD Molenbeek, RAA Louviéroise, KSC Lokeren OV and R. Excelsior Mouscron. Round of 16 • The winners will take on Udinese or PAOK in the round of 16 on 8 and 15 March, playing the first leg at home. • AZ have never come across Udinese but took on PAOK in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup first round, winning 3-2 in Salonika and 2-1 at home. • Anderlecht have met neither of their potential opponents in UEFA competition. Competition statistics Last updated 21/02/12 13:06:03CET 4 Match background RSC Anderlecht - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 23 February 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels • An updated version of the UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook is available here: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=1750416.html Last updated 21/02/12 13:06:03CET 5 Match background RSC Anderlecht - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 23 February 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Team facts RSC Anderlecht Formed: 1908 Nicknames: Paars-wit (Purple and Whites, Dutch), Les Mauves et Blancs (Purple and Whites, French) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1976, (1977), 1978, (1990) • UEFA Cup (1): 1983, (1984) • UEFA Super Cup (2): 1976, 1978 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 30 (2010) Belgian Cup: 9 (2008) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-off round) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2007/08: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: