UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio San Siro - Milan Thursday 19 October 2017 21.05CET (21.05 local time) AC Milan Group D - Matchday 3 AEK Athens FC Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 AC Milan - AEK Athens FC Thursday 19 October 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/11/2006 GS AEK Athens FC - AC Milan 1-0 Athens Júlio César 32 F. Inzaghi 17, 13/09/2006 GS AC Milan - AEK Athens FC 3-0 Milan Gourcuff 41, Kaká 76 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Panucci 67, 73; 02/11/1994 GS AC Milan - AEK Athens FC 2-1 Trieste Savevski 16 19/10/1994 GS AEK Athens FC - AC Milan 0-0 Athens Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AC Milan 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 5 2 AEK Athens FC 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 2 5 AC Milan - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Sarafis 29, 72; Bigon 20/03/1974 QF PAOK FC - AC Milan Salonika agg: 2-5 54, Turini 78 Bigon 13, Benetti 38, 13/03/1974 QF AC Milan - PAOK FC 3-0 Milan Chiarugi 86 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-1 Danova 12, 26, 85; 23/09/1959 PR AC Milan - Olympiacos FC Milan agg: 5-3 Psihos 68 Papazoglou 20, 13/09/1959 PR Olympiacos FC - AC Milan 2-2 Athens Ifandis 44; Altafini 33, 72 AEK Athens FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Balzaretti 33 (og); 29/11/2007 GS AEK Athens FC - ACF Fiorentina 1-1 Athens Osvaldo 29 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Delvecchio 40; 12/11/2002 GS1 AS Roma - AEK Athens FC 1-1 Rome Centeno 90 25/09/2002 GS1 AEK Athens FC - AS Roma 0-0 Athens 2 AC Milan - AEK Athens FC Thursday 19 October 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Konstantinidis 23, AEK Athens FC - FC 2-2 28/02/2002 R4 Athens Nikolaidis 56; Greško Internazionale Milano agg: 3-5 21, Ventola 57 Zanetti 14, Kallon 37, FC Internazionale Milano - AEK 21/02/2002 R4 3-1 Milan Ventola 56; Zagorakis Athens FC 8 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 11/12/1991 R3 Torino FC - AEK Athens FC Turin Martín Vázquez 55 agg: 3-2 Stamatis 21, Sabanadzovic 73; 27/11/1991 R3 AEK Athens FC - Torino FC 2-2 Athens Casagrande 33, Bresciani 36 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AEK Athens FC - FC 0-1 02/10/1986 R1 Athens Passarella 10 Internazionale Milano agg: 0-3 FC Internazionale Milano - AEK Altobelli 58, K-H. 17/09/1986 R1 2-0 Milan Athens FC Rummenigge 79 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 20/04/1977 SF AEK Athens FC - Juventus Athens Bettega 84 agg: 1-5 Cuccureddu 18, Bettega 59, 83, 06/04/1977 SF Juventus - AEK Athens FC 4-1 Turin Causio 67; Papadopoulos 31 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ventouris 28, Papaioannou 45, AEK Athens FC - FC 3-2 29/09/1971 R1 Athens Nikolaidis 88; Internazionale Milano agg: 4-6 Karafeskos 17 (og), Boninsegna 75 Mazzola 20, Facchetti FC Internazionale Milano - AEK 35, Jair 44, 15/09/1971 R1 4-1 Milan Athens FC Boninsegna 61 (P); Pomonis 15 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AC Milan 4 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 3 1 15 7 AEK Athens FC 9 2 5 2 8 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 17 2 6 9 14 29 3 AC Milan - AEK Athens FC Thursday 19 October 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Match background AC Milan have cut quite a dash in their opening UEFA Europa League Group D games, and will look to make it three high-scoring wins from three as AEK Athens, second in the section on four points, return to San Siro. Previous meetings • These teams met in the 1994/95 and 2006/07 UEFA Champions League group stages; Milan won both of their home games (2-1 and 3-0) but failed to score in two trips to Athens (0-0 and 0-1). • Milan's record in eight matches against Greek sides is W4 D3 L1 – that sole defeat being the 1-0 at AEK in November 2006, decided by a Júlio César goal. • AEK's record in 17 encounters with Serie A clubs is W2 D6 L9, though four of the six most recent fixtures ended in draws. Form guide • Milan have won all six of their European games this season. • AEK are unbeaten in their last four matches in Europe (W2 D2). • Sixth in Italy last term, Milan are making their first appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stage since reaching the round of 32 in the last-ever UEFA Cup campaign of 2008/09. • Winners of Greece's end-of-season UEFA Champions League play-offs, AEK have had five previous UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, most recently 2011/12. They have only once got to the round of 32, in 2007/08. Trivia and links • The journey from Athens to Milan is around 1,500km. • Milan, Nice and Zenit are the group stage's leading scorers with eight goals each – an average of four a game. Milan's André Silva, Nice's Alassane Pléa and Zenit's Aleksandr Kokorin share top spot in the individual chart with four apiece. • Milan goalkeeper Antonio Donnarumma played in Greece last season with Asteras Tripolis. • Several AEK players have played for Italian clubs: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna 2013–14, Verona 2014–15, Sampdoria 2015–16) Uroš Ćosić (Pescara 2012–15, Empoli 2015–17) Panagiotis Kone (Brescia 2010–11, Bologna 2011–14, Udinese 2014–15, Fiorentina 2016) Marko Livaja (Inter 2011–13, Cesena 2011–12, Atalanta 2013–14, Empoli 2015–16) • Livaja and Milan's Giacomo Bonaventura were team-mates at Atalanta. • Kone and Milan's Nikola Kalinić played together at Fiorentina. • This is the only major UEFA competition the Rossoneri have not won. Only Ajax, Bayern München, Chelsea, Juventus and – as of last May – Manchester United have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League and European Cup Winners' Cup. The coaches • In charge since June 2016, Vincenzo Montella has led Milan back into Europe for the first time since 2013/14. A Serie A winner as a striker with Roma in 2000/01, he has since coached Fiorentina and Sampdoria. • Manolo Jiménez returned for a second spell as AEK coach in January 2017, having guided the club to 2010/11 Greek Cup glory during his first stint. The former Sevilla left-back has also coached Sevilla, Real Zaragoza and al- Rayyan. 4 AC Milan - AEK Athens FC Thursday 19 October 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Team facts AC Milan Formed: 1899 Nicknames: Rossoneri (Red and Blacks), Diavolo (Devil) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup (7): (1958), 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, (1993), 1994, (1995), 2003, (2005), 2007 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1968, 1973, (1974) • UEFA Super Cup (5): (1973), 1989, 1990, (1993), 1994, 2003, 2007 • European/South American Cup (3): (1963), 1969, 1989, 1990, (1993), (1994), (2003) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 18 (2011) Italian Cup: 5 (2003) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2015/16: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2014/15: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2012/13: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2011/12: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2010/11: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2009/10: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2008/09: round of 32 2007/08: UEFA Champions League round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Milan v US Luxembourg 12/09/62, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg • Biggest away win 0-6 twice, most recently v København 20/10/93, UEFA Champions League second round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: seven times, most recently v Ajax 08/12/10, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Ajax v Milan 16/01/74, 1973 UEFA Super Cup final second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: AC Milan v Shkëndija 17/08/17, play-offs first leg • Biggest away win 1-5: Austria Wien v AC Milan 14/09/17, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: AC Milan v Espanyol 21/10/87, second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Borussia Dortmund v AC Milan 04/04/02, semi-final first leg AEK Athens Formed: 1924 Nickname: Kitrinomavri (Yellow and Blacks) 5 AC Milan - AEK Athens FC Thursday 19 October 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 11 (1994) Greek Cup: 15 (2016) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: third qualifying round 2015/16: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2014/15: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2011/12: group stage 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: AEK v Grevenmacher 09/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: Maccabi Haifa v AEK 12/12/02, UEFA Cup third round second