UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS AZ Stadion - Alkmaar Thursday 26 November 2015 19.00CET (19.00 local time) AZ Alkmaar Group L - Matchday 5 FK Partizan Last updated 25/11/2015 21:59CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 AZ Alkmaar - FK Partizan Thursday 26 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit AZ Stadion, Alkmaar Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Oumaru 11, 40, A. Živković 89; van der 17/09/2015 GS FK Partizan - AZ Alkmaar 3-2 Belgrade Linden 34, Henriksen 90+3 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AZ Alkmaar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 FK Partizan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 AZ Alkmaar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 5-0 Kist 20, 25, 65, 10/12/1980 R3 AZ Alkmaar - FK Radnicki Niš Alkmaar agg: 7-2 Nygaard 42, Welzl 60 Pantelic 47 (P), 26/11/1980 R3 FK Radnicki Niš - AZ Alkmaar 2-2 Nis Panajotovic 82; Tol 32, Kist 77 FK Partizan - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 28/09/2006 R1 FC Groningen - FK Partizan Groningen Van De Laak 59 (P) agg: 3-4 Neb. Marinković 4 (P), 43, Zajić 16, 90; 14/09/2006 R1 FK Partizan - FC Groningen 4-2 Belgrade Fledderus 58, Suárez 90+2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Djurovski 16, Milojević 3-1 01/11/1989 R2 FK Partizan - FC Groningen Belgrade 83, Djurdjevic 90+2; agg: 6-5 Ten Caat 80 Meijer 14, Ten Caat 35, Roossien 49, 18/10/1989 R2 FC Groningen - FK Partizan 4-3 Groningen Koevermans 74; Bajevic 32, Djurovski 44, 84 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AZ Alkmaar 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 9 5 FK Partizan 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 13 10 2 AZ Alkmaar - FK Partizan Thursday 26 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit AZ Stadion, Alkmaar Match background Shaken by back-to-back defeats, Group L's bottom two clubs, AZ Alkmaar and FK Partizan, meet on matchday five of the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League. • AZ are out if they lose and will be eliminated with a draw if FC Augsburg beat Athletic Club in the section's other game. Previous meetings • Partizan edged ten-man AZ 3-2 when the sides met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday one. • AZ's only previous encounters with Serbian opponents came during a 7-2 aggregate third round win against FK Radnicki Niš en route to defeat by Ipswich Town FC in the final of the 1980/81 UEFA Cup. • Partizan's five games against Dutch sides have ended W3 D0 L2 (W0 D0 L2 in the Netherlands). Form guide • The team that has scored the first goal has gone on to win in AZ's last six European home games – four AZ wins and two for the visitors. • Partizan have gone off the boil since winning their opening two Group L fixtures – their best start to a UEFA group stage. • In seven previous campaigns in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage, AZ have made it to the knockout stage five times, most recently in 2013/14, when they got as far as the last eight. • Partizan have featured in this group stage six times, but have not made it to the round of 32 since their first appearance in 2004/05. Trivia and links • The journey from Belgrade to Alkmaar is over 1,400km. • AZ's Serbian left-back Rajko Brežančić started his career at Partizan and played for FK Bežanija, FK Metalac and FK Čukarički before coming to the Netherlands this summer. • Partizan's Ivan Bandalovski and Stefan Babović both spent time in the Netherlands with Feyenoord. • Partizan are one of ten domestic champions in this season's group stage, along with KF Skenderbëu (Albania), Qarabağ FK (Azerbaijan), APOEL FC (Cyprus), FC Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic), FC Midtjylland (Denmark), KKS Lech Poznań (Poland), Celtic FC (Scotland), Molde FK (Norway) and FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland). The coaches • AZ coach since 2014, John van den Brom spent the bulk of his playing career as a midfielder at Vitesse. Capped twice by the Netherlands, he went on to coach AFC Ajax's youth team, ADO Den Haag and Vitesse before heading to RSC Anderlecht and winning the Belgian title in 2012/13. • Ljubinko Drulović replaced Zoran Milinković at Partizan ahead of matchday three. Most recently coach of FYR Macedonia, he was a winger at Partizan towards the end of a playing career in which he won five Portuguese titles with FC Porto. Now 47, the former Yugoslavian international was briefly stand-in coach of Serbia in 2014. 3 AZ Alkmaar - FK Partizan Thursday 26 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit AZ Stadion, Alkmaar Team facts 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) 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 2005/06: round of 32 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 11-1: AZ v FC Differdange 03 14/09/77, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Differdange 03 v AZ 27/09/77, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: AZ v FC Anji Makhachkala 30/08/12, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Valencia CF v AZ 05/04/12, UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 11-1: AZ v FC Differdange 03 (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Differdange 03 v AZ (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: AZ v FC Anji Makhachkala (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Valencia CF v AZ (see above) FK Partizan Formed: 1945 Nickname: Crno-beli (Black-and-Whites) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1966) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 26 (2015) Yugoslavian/Serbian Cup: 12 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 4 AZ Alkmaar - FK Partizan Thursday 26 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit AZ Stadion, Alkmaar 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2012/13: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2011/12: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2010/11: UEFA Champions League group stage 2009/10: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2008/09: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: first qualifying round 2006/07: group stage 2005/06: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Partizan v Rhyl FC 21/07/09, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: HŠK Zrinjski v Partizan 19/07/07, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg 0-5: PFC Slavia Sofia v Partizan 12/10/88, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Partizan v Beşiktaş JK 23/10/14, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 on three occasions, most recently v GNK Dinamo Zagreb 30/07/97, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0 twice, most recently v SK Slavia Sofia 07/09/88, first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-6: HŠK Zrinjski v Partizan (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Partizan v Beşiktaş JK (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Videoton FC v Partizan 28/11/84, UEFA Cup third round first leg 5 AZ Alkmaar - FK Partizan Thursday 26 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit AZ Stadion, Alkmaar Squad list AZ Alkmaar 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 Sergio Rochet URU 23/03/1993 22 - 4 - 1 - 6 - 1 - 5 - 16 Gino Coutinho NED 05/08/1982 33 - - - 3 - 7 - 4 - 8 - 25 Nick Olij NED 01/08/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Koen Bucker NED 18/06/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Mattias Johansson SWE 16/02/1992 23 - 4 - 4 - 11 - 17 - 39 3 3 Jeffrey Gouweleeuw NED 10/07/1991 24 - 4 - 4 - 13 1 14 1 24 1 4 Jan Wuytens BEL 09/06/1985 30 - 1 - - - - - 16 - 24 - 5 Rajko Brežančić SRB 21/08/1989 26 - - - 1 - 5 1 2 - 11 - 14 Jop van der Linden NED 17/07/1990 25 - 4 2 4 1 11 - 4 1 8 3 23 Derrick Luckassen NED 03/07/1995 20 - 2 - 3 - 8 - 3 - 5 - 24 Ridgeciano Haps NED 12/06/1993 22 - 4 - 3 - 11 - 4 - 8 - 32 Levi Opdam NED 03/05/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 Pantelis Hatzidiakos NED 18/01/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 34 Joris Kramer NED 02/08/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 35 Guus Van Weerdenburg NED 17/07/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Jelle Hopman NED 30/01/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 6 Celso Ortiz PAR 26/01/1989 26 - 3 - 1 - 5 - 18 1 26 1 8 Joris van Overeem NED 01/06/1994 21 - 3 1 4 - 13 1 5 - 8 1 10 Markus Henriksen NOR 25/07/1992 23 - 4 2 4 2 13 7 13 3 38 10 17 Ben