UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 1-1) Olimp 2 - Rostov-on-Don Wednesday 24 August 2016 FC Rostov 20.45CET (21.45 local time) AFC Ajax Play-off, Second leg Last updated 15/03/2017 11:43CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Match officials 6 Fixtures and results 7 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 11 Competition format 13 Legend 14 1 FC Rostov - AFC Ajax Wednesday 24 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Olimp 2, Rostov-on-Don Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Klaassen 38 (P); 16/08/2016 PO AFC Ajax - FC Rostov 1-1 Amsterdam Noboa 13 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Rostov 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 AFC Ajax 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 FC Rostov - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Rostov have not played against a club from their opponents' country AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 D. Kombarov 21, 17/03/2011 R16 FC Spartak Moskva - AFC Ajax Moscow agg: 4-0 Welliton 30, Alex 54 10/03/2011 R16 AFC Ajax - FC Spartak Moskva 0-1 Amsterdam Alex 57 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 17/03/1998 QF FC Spartak Moskva - AFC Ajax Moscow Shirko 86 agg: 4-1 S. Arveladze 57; 03/03/1998 QF AFC Ajax - FC Spartak Moskva 1-3 Amsterdam Shirko 26, 51, Ketchinov 84 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Rostov 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 AFC Ajax 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 2 9 2 FC Rostov - AFC Ajax Wednesday 24 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Olimp 2, Rostov-on-Don Match background UEFA Champions League debutants Rostov and four-time European Cup winners Ajax go head-to-head in the return leg of their play-off with the tie finely poised at 1-1. Previous meetings • The first leg in the Netherlands was Rostov's first competitive encounter with Dutch opponents. • In that game, Davy Klaassen's 38th-minute penalty cancelled out Christian Noboa's opener for Rostov as the sides drew 1-1. • Prior to the first leg, Ajax had lost all four of their matches against Russian teams. They went down 3-1 at home and 1-0 away to Spartak Moskva in a 1997/98 UEFA Cup quarter-final and succumbed 1-0 in Amsterdam and 3-0 in Moscow to the same club in a 2010/11 UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie. Match background • Ajax eliminated PAOK 3-2 on aggregate to reach the play-offs, Klaassen's 88th-minute strike in the second leg in Greece proving decisive. • Ajax knocked out Dynamo Kyiv in their only previous UEFA Champions League play-off tie, in 2010/11. • Rostov accounted for seasoned European contenders Anderlecht in the third qualifying round, triumphing 4-2 on aggregate. • This is Rostov's first UEFA Champions League campaign; they reached the UEFA Europa League play-offs last season, losing 2-0 on aggregate to Trabzonspor. Team and coach links • Ajax defender Heiko Westermann played twice for Germany against Russia in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying; his team won 2-1 at home and 1-0 in Moscow. • In February 2012, Ajax's Lasse Schöne played for Denmark in a 2-0 friendly loss to Russia. • Ajax's Jasper Cillessen and Rostov's Noboa met in May 2014, when the Netherlands drew 1-1 in a friendly against Ecuador. Coach profiles • Peter Bosz took charge of Ajax this summer following a spell in Israel with Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Capped eight times by the Netherlands, the midfielder spent the best years of his career with Ajax's rivals Feyenoord. He coached a number of Dutch clubs, turning heads with a major overhaul of Vitesse from June 2013 to January 2016. • Dimitri Kirichenko is in caretaker command at Rostov following the departure of his former coach Kurban Berdyev, who the 39-year-old served as assistant from 2014 to 2016. Former Rostov forward Kirichenko – capped on 12 occasions by Russia – helped Berdyev lead the southern club to a second-place league finish last season. 3 FC Rostov - AFC Ajax Wednesday 24 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Olimp 2, Rostov-on-Don Squad list FC Rostov Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 35 Soslan Dzhanaev RUS 13/03/1987 29 - 3 - - - 4 - - - 3 - 77 Nikita Medvedev RUS 17/12/1994 21 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 5 Denis Terentyev RUS 13/08/1992 24 - 3 - - - 3 - - - 3 - 15 Bastos ANG 23/11/1991 24 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 4 - 25 Ivan Novoseltsev RUS 25/08/1991 24 - 3 - - - 4 2 - - 3 - 30 Fedor Kudryashov RUS 05/04/1987 29 - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - 44 César Navas ESP 14/02/1980 36 - 3 - - - 4 - 11 - 53 1 69 Nikita Kovalev RUS 31/03/1996 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Midfielders 2 Timofei Kalachev BLR 01/05/1981 35 - 3 - - - 4 - - - 3 - 6 Saeid Ezatolahi IRN 01/10/1996 19 - 3 1 - - 4 1 - - 3 1 8 Igor Kireev RUS 17/02/1992 24 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 10 Moussa Doumbia MLI 15/08/1994 22 - - - - - 1 - - - 2 - 16 Christian Noboa ECU 08/04/1985 31 - 3 2 - - 4 - 12 2 44 7 19 Khoren Bayramyan RUS 07/01/1992 24 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 84 Aleksandr Gatskan RUS 27/03/1984 32 - 3 - - - 3 - - - 7 - 89 Aleksandr Erokhin RUS 13/10/1989 26 - 2 - - - 3 1 - - 25 4 Forwards 7 Dmitri Poloz RUS 12/07/1991 25 - 3 1 - - 3 2 - - 5 1 11 Aleksandr Bukharov RUS 12/03/1985 31 - 3 - - - 4 - 10 - 34 6 20 Sardar Azmoun IRN 01/01/1995 21 - 3 1 - - 2 - - - 5 2 Coach - Dmitri Kirichenko RUS 17/01/1977 39 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 4 FC Rostov - AFC Ajax Wednesday 24 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Olimp 2, Rostov-on-Don AFC Ajax Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Jasper Cillessen NED 22/04/1989 27 - 3 - - - 2 - 11 - 31 - 24 Andre Onana CMR 02/04/1996 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 33 Diederik Boer NED 24/09/1980 35 - - - - - - - - - 2 - Defenders 2 Kenny Tete NED 09/10/1995 20 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 11 - 3 Joël Veltman NED 15/01/1992 24 - 3 - - - 2 - 8 - 24 - 4 Jairo Riedewald NED 09/09/1996 19 - 3 - - - 3 - 3 - 18 - 5 Davinson Sanchez COL 12/06/1996 20 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 16 Heiko Westermann GER 14/08/1983 33 - 1 - - - 1 - 10 - 19 1 26 Nick Viergever NED 03/08/1989 27 - 2 - - - 1 - 5 - 44 3 35 Mitchell Dijks NED 09/02/1993 23 - 3 - - - 3 - - - 12 - 36 Matthijs de Ligt NED 12/08/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Deyovaisio Zeefuik NED 11/03/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 6 Riechedly Bazoer NED 12/10/1996 19 - 1 - - - 3 - - - 13 1 8 Daley Sinkgraven NED 04/07/1995 21 - - - - - 3 1 - - 10 - 10 Davy Klaassen NED 21/02/1993 23 - 3 3 - - 3 2 11 2 31 8 11 Amin Younes GER 06/08/1993 23 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 10 - 21 Frenkie De Jong NED 12/05/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 27 Nemanja Gudelj SRB 16/11/1991 24 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 26 2 30 Donny van de Beek NED 18/04/1997 19 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 3 1 34 Abdelhak Nouri NED 02/04/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 38 Thulani Serero RSA 11/04/1990 26 - - - - - - - 11 1 20 1 40 Carel Eiting NED 11/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 7 Anwar El Ghazi NED 03/05/1995 21 - 3 - - - 3 - 5 1 21 1 9 Bertrand Traoré BFA 06/09/1995 20 - 1 - - - 2 - 2 - 3 - 17 Václav Černý CZE 17/10/1997 18 - 1 - - - - - - - 3 1 19 Mateo Cassierra COL 13/04/1997 19 - 3 - - - 3 1 - - 3 - 20 Lasse Schöne DEN 27/05/1986 30 - 1 - - - - - 17 5 36 7 25 Kasper Dolberg DEN 06/10/1997 18 - 3 1 - - 2 2 - - 3 1 37 Sheraldo Becker NED 09/02/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Richairo Zivkovic NED 05/09/1996 19 - - - - - - - 1 - 2 - Coach - Peter Bosz NED 21/11/1963 52 - 3 - - - - - - - 7 - 5 FC Rostov - AFC Ajax Wednesday 24 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Olimp 2, Rostov-on-Don Match officials Referee Milorad Mažić (SRB) Assistant referees Milovan Ristić (SRB) , Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB) Additional assistant referees Danilo Grujić (SRB) , Nenad Djokić (SRB) Fourth official Uroš Stojković (SRB) UEFA Delegate Jānis Mežeckis (LVA) UEFA Referee observer Jozef Marko (SVK) Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Milorad Mažić 23/03/1973 24 70 UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 19/09/2012 UCL GS FC Barcelona FC Spartak Moskva 3-2 Barcelona 30/09/2014 UCL GS APOEL FC AFC Ajax 1-1 Nicosia Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 14/11/2009 U19 QR Netherlands Cyprus 5-1 Ta' Qali 30/09/2010 UEL GS FC Zenit AEK Athens FC 4-2 St Petersburg 14/02/2012 UEL R32 FC Rubin Olympiacos FC 0-1 Moscow 15/03/2012 UEL R16 Udinese Calcio AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Udine 19/09/2012 UCL GS FC Barcelona FC Spartak Moskva 3-2 Barcelona 15/10/2013 WC QR Azerbaijan Russia 1-1 Baku 30/09/2014 UCL GS APOEL FC AFC Ajax 1-1 Nicosia 14/06/2015 EURO QR Russia Austria 0-1 Moscow 03/09/2015 EURO QR Netherlands Iceland 0-1 Amsterdam 14/11/2015 FRIE.