UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Netanya Municipal Stadium - Netanya Thursday 3 November 2016 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Group D - Matchday 4 AZ Alkmaar Last updated 28/02/2017 11:32CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 3 November 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AZ Alkmaar - Maccabi Tel-Aviv Mühren 72; Scarione 20/10/2016 GS 1-2 Alkmaar FC 24, Golasa 82 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dego 49, 57; De 03/11/2004 GS Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - AFC Ajax 2-1 Tel Aviv Ridder 88 Sonck 4, N. De Jong 19/10/2004 GS AFC Ajax - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 3-0 Amsterdam 21, Van der Vaart 33 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Eli Biton 37, 57; Lawal 01/11/2001 R2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Roda JC Tel Aviv agg: 3-5 11 Soetaers 4, 35, 16/10/2001 R2 Roda JC - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 4-1 Kerkrade Berglund 54, Sonkaya 82; Horváth 78 AZ Alkmaar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gudelj 37, 28/11/2013 GS AZ Alkmaar - Maccabi Haifa FC 2-0 Alkmaar Gudmundsson 90+5 19/09/2013 GS Maccabi Haifa FC - AZ Alkmaar 0-1 Haifa Gudmundsson 70 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 7 10 AZ Alkmaar 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 3 November 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya Match background Maccabi Tel-Aviv's 2-1 victory in the Netherlands on UEFA Europa League matchday three means AZ Alkmaar are in dire straits; their qualification hopes will be over if they lose and Dundalk win at Zenit. Previous meetings • The sides met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday three. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv's five UEFA meetings with Dutch teams have ended W3 D0 L2. • AZ's only previous encounters with Israeli opposition produced home and away wins against Maccabi Haifa in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage. Form guide • Maccabi won their first four UEFA home games of the season but that run ended in dramatic fashion on matchday one when they led 3-0 against Zenit but managed to lose 4-3. • Maccabi and Gabala are the only teams to have made it from the first qualifying round to the group stage in this season's edition. • AZ and Astra Giurgiu have conceded the most goals in this season's group stage: eight each. AZ's 5-0 loss at Zenit on matchday two was the heaviest European away defeat in their history. • Maccabi have qualified for the round of 32 in one of their two previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, 2013/14. • AZ have successfully navigated five of their eight previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stages. Links and trivia • The journey from Alkmaar to Tel Aviv is around 3,300km. • Maccabi midfielder Haris Medunjanin started his career with AZ, representing the club from 2004–08, during which time he was a team-mate of his Maccabi coach, Shota Arveladze. • AZ forward Robert Mühren is the nephew of former Netherlands duo Gerrie and Arnold Mühren; the latter lifted the UEFA Cup with Ipswich Town in 1981. The coaches • Maccabi's Georgian coach Arveladze hit an impressive 32 goals in 64 UEFA club games as a player, lifting league titles with Ajax, Rangers and Trabzonspor. He is in his first term in Israel having spent the last five years coaching in Turkey. • Arveladze scored 48 goals in 89 outings in all competitions for AZ from 2005–07, and served as the club's assistant coach under Louis van Gaal and Ronald Koeman from 2008–10. • AZ coach John van den Brom spent the bulk of his playing career as a midfielder for Vitesse and was capped twice by the Netherlands. As a coach, he claimed the Belgian championship with Anderlecht in 2013, taking command in Alkmaar in 2014. 3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 3 November 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya Team facts Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Formed: 1906 Nickname: The Yellows UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 21 (2015) Israeli Cup: 23 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: UEFA Champions League group stage 2014/15: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: group stage 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: second qualifying round 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi v Željezničar 04/08/11, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg 6-0: Maccabi v Žalgiris Vilnius 09/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: PAOK v Maccabi 10/08/04, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Maccabi v Chelsea 24/11/15, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Beşiktaş v Maccabi 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 5-1: Bayern München v Maccabi 23/11/04, UEFA Champions League group stage 4-0: Chelsea v Maccabi 16/09/15, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi v Željezničar (see above) 6-0: Maccabi v Žalgiris Vilnius (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Maccabi 28/07/16, third qualifying round first leg 0-2 on three occasions, most recently v Győr 17/07/13, second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-3: Maccabi v Beşiktaş 01/12/11, group stage 1-2: Maccabi v Stoke City 03/11/11, group stage 4 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 3 November 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Beşiktaş v Maccabi (see above) AZ Alkmaar Formed: 1967 Nickname: Kaaskoppen (Cheeseheads) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (1981) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (2009) Dutch Cup: 4 (2013) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: quarter-finals 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: quarter-finals 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: group stage 2006/07: quarter-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 11-1: AZ v Differdange 14/09/77, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Differdange v AZ 27/09/77, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: AZ v Anji 30/08/12, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Zenit v AZ 29/09/16, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 11-1: AZ v Differdange (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: Differdange v AZ (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: AZ v Anji (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Zenit v AZ (see above) 5 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 3 November 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya Squad list Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Daniel Lifshitz ISR 24/04/1988 28 - - - - - - - - - 4 - 19 Daniel ISR 19/04/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 95 Predrag Rajković SRB 31/10/1995 21 - 8 - 3 - 8 - 3 - 19 - Defenders 2 Eli Dasa ISR 03/12/1992 23 - 4 - 2 - 8 - 2 - 11 - 3 Yuval Shpungin ISR 03/04/1987 29 - - - - - - - - - 15 - 18 Eytan Tibi ISR 16/11/1987 28 - 8 - 2 - 6 - 10 - 37 - 20 Omri Ben Harush ISR 07/03/1990 26 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 11 - 30 - 21 Yegor Filipenko BLR 10/04/1988 28 - 5 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 48 1 26 Tal Ben Haim ISR 31/03/1982 34 - 4 - 3 - 8 - 24 - 50 - 46 Wael Najjar ISR 30/05/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 4 Haris Medunjanin BIH 08/03/1985 31 * 8 - 3 2 8 - 11 2 30 7 6 Gal Alberman ISR 17/04/1983 33 - 7 2 3 - 7 - 13 - 48 3 15 Dor Miha ISR 02/03/1992 24 - 8 1 3 - 5 - 10 2 41 3 22 Avraham Rikan ISR 10/09/1988 28 - 7 - - - 2 1 2 1 23 1 23 Eyal Golasa ISR 07/10/1991 25 - 1 - 1 1 5 - 17 2 40 7 40 Nosa Igiebor NGA 09/11/1990 25 - 8 4 3 - 7 2 8 1 33 7 42 Dor Peretz ISR 17/05/1995 21 - 6 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 16 - 45 Eliel Peretz ISR 18/11/1996 19 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 51 Yossi Benayoun ISR 05/05/1980 36 - 6 2 2 - 4 - 17 1 68 14 Forwards 5 Ezequiel Scarione ARG 14/07/1985 31 - 3 3 2 1 7 3 2 1 5 4 9 Eden Ben Basat ISR 08/09/1986 30 - 6 - 1 - 5 1 1 - 18 1 10 Barak Itzhaki ISR 25/09/1984 32 - 5 - 1 - 6 - 10 3 39 7 11 Tal Ben Chaim ISR 05/08/1989 27 - 6 2 3 - 7 8 13 - 43 7 17 Sagiv Jehezkel ISR 21/03/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 24 Vidar Orn Kjartansson ISL 11/03/1990 26 - - - 3 1 6 3 3 1 3 1 Coach - Shota Arveladze GEO 22/02/1973 43 - 8 - 3 - - - 3 - 15 - 6 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - AZ Alkmaar Thursday 3 November 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya AZ Alkmaar Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.