UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Balaídos - Vigo Thursday 20 October 2016 19.00CET (19.00 local time) RC Celta de Vigo Group G - Matchday 3 AFC Ajax Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 RC Celta de Vigo - AFC Ajax Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Balaídos, Vigo Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Luccin 25 (P), Milošević 39, Vagner 04/11/2003 GS1 RC Celta de Vigo - AFC Ajax 3-2 Vigo 63; Sonck 53, Van der Vaart 82 22/10/2003 GS1 AFC Ajax - RC Celta de Vigo 1-0 Amsterdam Ibrahimović 53 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RC Celta de Vigo 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 AFC Ajax 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 RC Celta de Vigo - Record versus clubs from opponents' country RC Celta de Vigo have not played against a club from their opponents' country AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/2014 GS AFC Ajax - FC Barcelona 0-2 Amsterdam Messi 36, 76 Neymar 7, Messi 24, 21/10/2014 GS FC Barcelona - AFC Ajax 3-1 Barcelona Sandro Ramírez 90+4; El Ghazi 88 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Serero 19, Hoesen 26/11/2013 GS AFC Ajax - FC Barcelona 2-1 Amsterdam 42; Xavi Hernández 49 (P) Messi 22, 55, 75, 18/09/2013 GS FC Barcelona - AFC Ajax 4-0 Barcelona Piqué 69 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ronaldo 13, Callejón 04/12/2012 GS Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax 4-1 Madrid 28, 88, Kaká 49; Boerrigter 59 Moisander 56; 03/10/2012 GS AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 1-4 Amsterdam Ronaldo 42, 79, 81, Benzema 48 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Callejón 14, 90+2, 07/12/2011 GS AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 0-3 Amsterdam Higuaín 41 Ronaldo 25, Kaká 41, 27/09/2011 GS Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax 3-0 Madrid Benzema 49 2 RC Celta de Vigo - AFC Ajax Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Balaídos, Vigo UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Benzema 36, Arbeloa 23/11/2010 GS AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 0-4 Amsterdam 44, Ronaldo 70, 81 (P) Anita 31 (og), Higuaín 15/09/2010 GS Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax 2-0 Madrid 73 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/11/2006 GS AFC Ajax - RCD Espanyol 0-2 Amsterdam Pandiani 35, Coro 77 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pasanen 57; Kily 11/03/2003 GS2 AFC Ajax - Valencia CF 1-1 Amsterdam González 28 (P) Angulo 90+2; 27/11/2002 GS2 Valencia CF - AFC Ajax 1-1 Valencia Ibrahimović 88 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Palma de 09/12/1999 R3 RCD Mallorca - AFC Ajax Soler 3, Biagini 72 agg: 3-0 Mallorca 25/11/1999 R3 AFC Ajax - RCD Mallorca 0-1 Amsterdam Tristán 35 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kiko 29, Pantić 106 Club Atlético de Madrid - AFC 2-3 ET (P); R. de Boer 49, 19/03/1997 QF Madrid Ajax agg 3-4 (aet) Dani 100 ET, Babangida 119 ET AFC Ajax - Club Atlético de Kluivert 53; Esnáider 05/03/1997 QF 1-1 Amsterdam Madrid 8 UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 4-0 Bogarde 41, George 28/02/1996 F AFC Ajax - Real Zaragoza Amsterdam agg: 5-1 53, Blind 63 (P), 68 Xavi Aguado 28; 06/02/1996 F Real Zaragoza - AFC Ajax 1-1 Zaragoza Kluivert 71 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Litmanen 65, Kluivert 22/11/1995 GS Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax 0-2 Madrid 76 13/09/1995 GS AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 1-0 Amsterdam Overmars 14 3 RC Celta de Vigo - AFC Ajax Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Balaídos, Vigo UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 11/12/1991 R3 AFC Ajax - CA Osasuna Dusseldorf Bergkamp 12 agg: 2-0 27/11/1991 R3 CA Osasuna - AFC Ajax 0-1 Pamplona Bergkamp 48 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Van 't Schip 17, 3-0 22/04/1987 SF AFC Ajax - Real Zaragoza Amsterdam Witschge 73, Rijkaard agg: 6-2 90 Ardaiz 13, Señor 71 08/04/1987 SF Real Zaragoza - AFC Ajax 2-3 Zaragoza (P); Witschge 16, Bosman 47, 55 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Clarke 38 (P), 55, 27/09/1978 R1 AFC Ajax - Athletic Club Amsterdam agg: 3-2 Lerby 89 13/09/1978 R1 Athletic Club - AFC Ajax 2-0 Bilbao Churruca 9, Vidal 58 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 25/04/1973 SF Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax Madrid Mühren 51 agg: 1-3 Hulshoff 67, Krol 77; 11/04/1973 SF AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 2-1 Amsterdam Pirri 83 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AFC Ajax - Club Atlético de 3-0 Keizer 8, Suurbier 76, 28/04/1971 SF Amsterdam Madrid agg: 3-1 Neeskens 85 Club Atlético de Madrid - AFC 14/04/1971 SF 1-0 Madrid Irureta 43 Ajax European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Gento 58, Veloso 101 11/10/1967 R1 Real Madrid CF - AFC Ajax Madrid agg 3-2 (aet) ET; Groot 59 20/09/1967 R1 AFC Ajax - Real Madrid CF 1-1 Amsterdam Cruyff 17; Pirri 36 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RC Celta de Vigo 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 AFC Ajax 17 8 3 6 16 5 1 10 2 1 1 0 35 14 5 16 41 53 4 RC Celta de Vigo - AFC Ajax Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Balaídos, Vigo Match background Celta will not have to cope with Zlatan Ibrahimović this time as they prepare for a second visit from Ajax, the sides vying for top spot in UEFA Europa League Group G. Previous meetings • Celta and Ajax's only previous meetings came in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League group stage; Ronald Koeman's Ajax won 1-0 at home (Ibrahimović scoring the goal) but lost 3-2 to Miguel Ángel Lotina's men in Vigo. That was Celta's first victory at that stage of the elite competition. • The line-ups for that latter meeting on 4 November 2003 were: Celta: Pinto, Sylvinho, Cáceres, Vagner (Contreras 86), Ángel López, Milošević, Mostovoi (Oubiña 90+2), Juanfran, Jesuli (Gustavo López 82), Luccin, Fernández. Ajax: Lobonţ, Escudé, Galásek (Wamberto 79), Ibrahimović (Litmanen 70), Van der Vaart, Maxwell, De Jong, Sonck, Yakubu (Heitinga 65), Grygera, Mitea. • Those remain Celta's only encounters with Dutch opposition, but Ajax have played Spanish teams 35 times in total with the record W14 D5 L16 (W5 D2 L10 in Spain). • Ajax have lost their last five matches in Spain by margins of two goals or more. Form guide • Celta have taken four points from their two Group G games, but Ajax top the section following back-to-back victories. • This is Celta's first European campaign since they got through the group stage and into the round of 16 of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. • After three successful attempts to negotiate their UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League groups, Ajax failed to qualify for the first time in the 2015/16 group stage. Links and trivia • The journey from Amsterdam to Vigo is around 1,500km. • Celta forward John Guidetti spent the 2011/12 campaign on loan with Feyenoord, notably hitting a hat-trick in a 4-2 triumph against Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie. • Ajax's German defender Heiko Westermann played in Spain last season with Real Betis; in his only match against Celta, his side drew 1-1 at home. • Former team-mates: Giuseppe Rossi (Celta) & Tim Krul (Ajax) – Newcastle, 2006 The coaches • Eduardo Berizzo played in the UEFA Champions League for both Marseille and Celta, the former Argentina centre- back returning to Europe in 2014 to take charge of the Galician club. He led them back into Europe with a sixth-placed finish last term. • A Dutch title-winning midfielder with Feyenoord, Peter Bosz returned from Israel to accept the Ajax reins in May 2016. Bosz has also coached Heracles and Vitesse in the Netherlands, and had a brief tenure at Maccabi Tel-Aviv in 2016. 5 RC Celta de Vigo - AFC Ajax Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Balaídos, Vigo Team facts RC Celta de Vigo Formed: 1923 Nickname: Os Celestes (The Sky Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) none Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Celta v SL Benfica 25/11/99, UEFA Cup third round first leg 7-0: Celta v FC Argeş Piteşti 29/09/98, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-3: Aston Villa FC v Celta 03/11/98, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Celta v Aberdeen FC 15/09/71, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: FC Slovan Liberec v Celta 01/11/02, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-0: Celta v SL Benfica (see above) 7-0: Celta v FC Argeş Piteşti (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: Aston Villa FC v Celta (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Celta v Aberdeen FC (see above)