UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Apostolos Nikolaidis - Athens Thursday 15 September 2016 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Panathinaikos FC Group G - Matchday 1 AFC Ajax Last updated 28/02/2017 10:49CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 Panathinaikos FC - AFC Ajax Thursday 15 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 Litmanen 4, 77, 17/04/1996 SF Panathinaikos FC - AFC Ajax Athens agg: 1-3 Wooter 86 03/04/1996 SF AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC 0-1 Amsterdam Warzycha 87 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/06/1971 F AFC Ajax - Panathinaikos FC 2-0 London Van Dijk 5, Haan 87 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Panathinaikos FC 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 5 AFC Ajax 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 1 Panathinaikos FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ajagun 11, Petrić 43; Panathinaikos FC - PSV 06/11/2014 GS 2-3 Athens Depay 27, De Jong Eindhoven 65, Wijnaldum 78 PSV Eindhoven - Panathinaikos 23/10/2014 GS 1-1 Eindhoven Depay 44; Karelis 87 FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Papadopoulos 30, Panathinaikos FC - PSV Münch 45 (P), 57, 07/12/2004 GS 4-1 Athens Eindhoven Sânmărtean 81; Beasley 37 PSV Eindhoven - Panathinaikos Vennegoor of 29/09/2004 GS 1-0 Eindhoven FC Hesselink 80 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Mavridis 41, Rocha 03/10/1984 R1 Panathinaikos FC - Feyenoord Athens agg: 2-1 43; Rep 69 19/09/1984 R1 Feyenoord - Panathinaikos FC 0-0 Rotterdam AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Athanasiadis 4; 03/08/2016 QR3 PAOK FC - AFC Ajax Salonika agg: 2-3 Klaassen 45+1 (P), 88 Dolberg 58; Djalma 26/07/2016 QR3 AFC Ajax - PAOK FC 1-1 Amsterdam Campos 27 2 Panathinaikos FC - AFC Ajax Thursday 15 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vieirinha 16, Salpingidis 56, Ivić 3-3 04/08/2010 QR3 PAOK FC - AFC Ajax Salonika 90+1; Suárez 48, S. agg: 4-4 ag De Jong 50, Lindgren 55 28/07/2010 QR3 AFC Ajax - PAOK FC 1-1 Amsterdam Suárez 13; Ivić 73 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Witschge 36, Gorrè 04/11/1998 GS AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Amsterdam 88 21/10/1998 GS Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax 1-0 Athens Alexandris 38 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/1994 GS AFC Ajax - AEK Athens FC 2-0 Amsterdam Oulida 8, 78 Savevski 30; 28/09/1994 GS AEK Athens FC - AFC Ajax 1-2 Athens Litmanen 33, Kluivert 65 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Kapouranis 58; 05/11/1986 R2 Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax Athens agg: 1-5 Wouters 90 Bosman 6, Rijkaard 22/10/1986 R2 AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 4-0 Amsterdam 43, Van Basten 52, Mühren 83 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Anastopoulos 94 ET, 28/09/1983 R1 Olympiacos FC - AFC Ajax Athens agg 2-0 (aet) 118 ET 14/09/1983 R1 AFC Ajax - Olympiacos FC 0-0 Amsterdam Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Panathinaikos FC 4 2 0 2 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 9 3 2 4 10 12 AFC Ajax 7 3 3 1 7 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 15 7 5 3 23 12 3 Panathinaikos FC - AFC Ajax Thursday 15 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens Match background Ajax supporters of a certain generation will remember matches against Panathinaikos fondly as the clubs prepare to face off in UEFA Europa League Group G. Previous meetings • Ajax won the first of their four European Cups by defeating Panathinaikos 2-0 in the 1971 final at Wembley. • A quarter of a century later, in the 1995/96 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, Ajax once again came out on top, triumphing 3-0 in Athens after a 1-0 reverse in Amsterdam. The teams for the second leg in Greece, where Jari Litmanen scored twice, were: Panathinaikos: Wandzik, Apostolakis, Markos (Lagonikakis 84), Georgiadis, Kalitzakis, Kolitsidakis, Borrelli, Kapouranis, Warzycha, Marangos (Nioplias 74), Donis. Ajax: Van der Sar, Reiziger, Blind, F de Boer, Silooy (Wooter 86), R de Boer, Finidi George, Davids (Scholten 84), Kanu, Litmanen, Bogarde. • Panathinaikos's record in nine matches against Dutch opposition is W3 D2 L4 (W2 L2 at home). • Ajax have won seven of their 15 games against Greek teams, drawing five and losing the other three (W3 D2 L2 away). Form guide • Panathinaikos are unbeaten in six European games (W3 D3), including four in qualifying this season. • The Greens are also unbeaten in their last five continental home fixtures (W3 D2). • Having made it through their first three UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, Panathinaikos have missed the cut in their last two attempts. • After three successful attempts to get through their UEFA Cup group, Ajax failed to qualify for the first time in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League group stage. Links and trivia • The journey from Amsterdam to Athens is almost 2,200km. • Panathinaikos's Swedish forward Marcus Berg is in line to make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance; he has scored 21 European goals to date for his clubs. The coaches • Italian coach Andrea Stramaccioni led Panathinaikos to a third-place finish in Greece in 2015/16, his first season with the club. A qualified lawyer whose playing career was ended by injury, he specialised as a youth coach before leading Internazionale Milano and Udinese in Serie A. • A Dutch title winner as a midfielder with Feyenoord, Peter Bosz returned from Israel to take charge of Ajax in May 2016. Bosz has coached Heracles and Vitesse in the Netherlands, briefly coaching Maccabi Tel-Aviv in 2016. 4 Panathinaikos FC - AFC Ajax Thursday 15 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens Team facts Panathinaikos FC Formed: 1908 Nickname: Prasini (The Greens) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1971) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 20 (2010) Greek Cup: 18 (2014) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: did not feature in UEFA club competition 2012/13: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2011/12: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2010/11: UEFA Champions League group stage 2009/10: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2007/08: round of 32 2006/07: round of 32 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Panathinaikos v FC Pirin Blagoevgrad 29/09/94, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg 5-0: Panathinaikos v AS Jeunesse Esch 30/09/70, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: FC Electroputere Craiova v Panathinaikos 16/09/92, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4 twice, most recently v Bayer 04 Leverkusen 20/10/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round first leg 0-3 twice, most recently v FC Barcelona 24/11/10, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: FC Dinamo Bucureşti v Panathinaikos 01/11/89, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg 5-0 twice, most recently v FC Barcelona 02/11/05 UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-1: Panathinaikos v Budapest Honvéd FC 09/12/87, third round second leg 4-0: Panathinaikos v FC Electroputere Craiova 30/09/92, first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: FC Electroputere Craiova v Panathinaikos (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3 twice, most recently v R. Standard de Liège 11/03/10, round of 16 • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 twice, most recently v Paris Saint-Germain 12/12/06, group stage 5 Panathinaikos FC - AFC Ajax Thursday 15 September 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens AFC Ajax Formed: 1900 Nickname: Godenzonen (Sons of the Gods) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup (4): (1969), 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995, (1996) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1987, (1988) • UEFA Cup (1): 1992 • UEFA Super Cup (2): 1973, (1987), 1995 • European/South American Cup (2): 1972, 1995 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 33 (2014) Dutch Cup: 18 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: round of 16 2007/08: first round (having