UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - London Tuesday 30 April 2019 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Tottenham Hotspur Semi-finals, First leg AFC Ajax Last updated 07/02/2020 19:36CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 6 Squad list 9 Head coach 11 Match officials 12 Fixtures and results 14 Match-by-match lineups 19 Competition facts 23 Team facts 25 Legend 27 1 Tottenham Hotspur - AFC Ajax Tuesday 30 April 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tottenham Hotspur FC - AFC 3-0 Galvin 69, Falco 76, 29/09/1981 R1 London Ajax agg: 6-1 Ardiles 82 AFC Ajax - Tottenham Hotspur Lerby 57; Hoddle 19, 16/09/1981 R1 1-3 Amsterdam FC Falco 35, Villa 57 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 1 AFC Ajax 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 Tottenham Hotspur - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tottenham Hotspur FC - PSV Kane 78, 89; L. de 06/11/2018 GS 2-1 London Eindhoven Jong 2 Lozano 30, L. de Jong PSV Eindhoven - Tottenham 24/10/2018 GS 2-2 Eindhoven 87; Moura 39, Kane Hotspur FC 55 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Landzaat 22 (P), FC Twente - Tottenham Hotspur Rosales 56, Chadli 07/12/2010 GS 3-3 Enschede FC 64; Wisgerhof 12 (og), Defoe 47, 59 Van der Vaart 47, Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC Pavlyuchenko 50 (P), 29/09/2010 GS 4-1 London Twente 64 (P), Bale 85; Chadli 56 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers NEC Nijmegen - Tottenham 27/11/2008 GS 0-1 Nijmegen O'Hara 14 Hotspur FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 PSV Eindhoven - Tottenham 12/03/2008 R16 agg: 1-1 (aet, 6- Eindhoven Berbatov 81 Hotspur FC 5 pens) Tottenham Hotspur FC - PSV 06/03/2008 R16 0-1 London Farfán 34 Eindhoven 2 Tottenham Hotspur - AFC Ajax Tuesday 30 April 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tottenham Hotspur FC - 0-0 18/03/1992 QF London Feyenoord agg: 0-1 Feyenoord - Tottenham Hotspur 04/03/1992 QF 1-0 Rotterdam Kiprich 55 FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Feyenoord - Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Hughton 25, Galvin 02/11/1983 R2 Rotterdam FC agg: 2-6 86 Galvin 8, 14, Tottenham Hotspur FC - 19/10/1983 R2 4-2 London Archibald 36, 40; Feyenoord Cruyff 75, Nielsen 83 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Feyenoord - Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Rijsbergen 43, Ressel 29/05/1974 F Rotterdam FC agg: 4-2 85 England 40, Israel 63 Tottenham Hotspur FC - 21/05/1974 F 2-2 London (og); Van Hanegem Feyenoord 43, de Jong 84 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tottenham Hotspur FC - 1-1 15/11/1961 R1 London Dyson 10; Bennaars 7 Feyenoord agg: 4-2 Feyenoord - Tottenham Hotspur Kreijermaat 61; Dyson 01/11/1961 R1 1-3 Rotterdam FC 42, Saul 48, 73 AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AFC Ajax - Manchester United Pogba 18, Mkhitaryan 24/05/2017 F 0-2 Solna FC 48 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Touré 22, Agüero 74; 06/11/2012 GS Manchester City FC - AFC Ajax 2-2 Manchester S. De Jong 10, 17 S. De Jong 45, 24/10/2012 GS AFC Ajax - Manchester City FC 3-1 Amsterdam Moisander 57, Eriksen 68; Nasri 22 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - AFC 1-2 Hernández 6; Özbiliz 23/02/2012 R32 Manchester Ajax agg: 3-2 37, Alderweireld 87 AFC Ajax - Manchester United Young 59, Hernández 16/02/2012 R32 0-2 Amsterdam FC 85 3 Tottenham Hotspur - AFC Ajax Tuesday 30 April 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Laursen 8, Barry 45; 23/10/2008 GS Aston Villa FC - AFC Ajax 2-1 Birmingham Vermaelen 22 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/2005 GS Arsenal FC - AFC Ajax 0-0 London Rosenberg 71; 27/09/2005 GS AFC Ajax - Arsenal FC 1-2 Amsterdam Ljungberg 2, Pirès 69 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/02/2003 GS2 AFC Ajax - Arsenal FC 0-0 Amsterdam Wiltord 5; N. De Jong 18/02/2003 GS2 Arsenal FC - AFC Ajax 1-1 London 17 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AFC Ajax - Nottingham Forest 1-0 23/04/1980 SF Amsterdam Lerby 65 FC agg: 1-2 Nottingham Forest FC - AFC Francis 33, Robertson 09/04/1980 SF 2-0 Nottingham Ajax 60 (P) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - AFC 2-0 29/09/1976 R1 Manchester Macari 42, McIlroy 65 Ajax agg: 2-1 AFC Ajax - Manchester United 15/09/1976 R1 1-0 Amsterdam Krol 42 FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 02/10/1974 R1 AFC Ajax - Stoke City FC Amsterdam agg: 1-1 ag 18/09/1974 R1 Stoke City FC - AFC Ajax 1-1 Stoke-on-Trent Smith 78; Krol 27 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 22/03/1972 QF Arsenal FC - AFC Ajax London Graham 16 (og) agg: 1-3 Mühren 27, 74 (P); R. 08/03/1972 QF AFC Ajax - Arsenal FC 2-1 Amsterdam Kennedy 15 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Hunt 60, 85; Cruyff 14/12/1966 R2 Liverpool FC - AFC Ajax Liverpool agg: 3-7 50, 70 4 Tottenham Hotspur - AFC Ajax Tuesday 30 April 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London European Champions Clubs' Cup De Wolf 3, Cruyff 16, 07/12/1966 R2 AFC Ajax - Liverpool FC 5-1 Amsterdam Nuninga 38, 42, Groot 76; Lawler 89 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Tottenham Hotspur 7 4 2 1 8 5 2 1 2 0 1 1 17 9 5 3 31 18 AFC Ajax 10 5 2 3 11 2 5 4 1 0 0 1 22 7 7 8 24 28 5 Tottenham Hotspur - AFC Ajax Tuesday 30 April 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Match background Fresh from memorable quarter-final victories, Tottenham and Ajax meet in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals with a place in the Madrid final on offer for the winners. • Both sides have ended long waits to make it to this stage. While the most recent of Ajax's eight European Cup semi- finals came in 1997, Spurs have featured in the competition's last four only once previously – 57 years ago, in their debut season of European competition. • Ajax have ousted holders Real Madrid and Italian champions Juventus in this season's knockout rounds, while Spurs have made it to the semi-finals by beating Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City. Previous meetings • The teams have met in only one previous European tie, Spurs winning 6-1 on aggregate in the 1981/82 European Cup Winners' Cup first round. • Goals from Glenn Hoddle, Mark Falco and Ricardo Villa helped the English club to a 3-1 first-leg win in Amsterdam, the home side's sole response coming from Søren Lerby. • Falco was again on target in the return at White Hart Lane, scoring the second goal in a 3-0 home win with Tony Galvin and Osvaldo Ardiles also on target. • Spurs went on to reach the semi-finals of that season's European Cup Winners' Cup, eventually losing 2-1 on aggregate to Barcelona. Form guide Spurs • Spurs were beaten in their only previous European Cup semi-final: 1961/62: L 3-4 Benfica (1-3 a, 2-1 h) • Tottenham are the seventh English club to reach the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, an outright competition record that was previously shared with Spain. They are the only one of the four semi-finalists yet to win the European Cup – or indeed reach the final. • Tottenham have already faced Dutch opposition this season, taking four points from their two group games against PSV Eindhoven (2-2 away, 2-1 home) with Harry Kane scoring three of their four goals. Those results made it six games without defeat against Eredivisie clubs (W4 D2), since a 1-0 loss at home to PSV in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup round of 16 first leg. • Spurs went on to lose that 2008 tie on penalties despite a 1-0 away win in the second leg, giving them the overall record W3 L3 in two-legged aggregate contests against Dutch teams. • That 2007 defeat by PSV at White Hart Lane is Spurs' sole home reverse against Dutch clubs (W4 D3) – they have won the last two.