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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS AZ Alkmaar AZ Stadion - Alkmaar Thursday 8 December 2016 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Group D - Matchday 6 FC Zenit Last updated 28/02/2017 12:16CET 1 Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 18

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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASONMATCH PRESS KITS

AZ Alkmaar

AZ Stadion - AlkmaarThursday 8 December 201619.00CET (19.00 local time)

Group D - Matchday 6 FC ZenitLast updated 28/02/2017 12:16CET

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Previous meetings 2Match background 4Team facts 5Squad list 7Fixtures and results 10Match-by-match lineups 14Match officials 16Legend 18

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Previous meetingsHead to HeadUEFA Europa League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

29/09/2016 GS FC Zenit - AZ Alkmaar 5-0 St PetersburgKokorin 26, 59,Giuliano 48, Criscito66 (P), Shatov 80

UEFA CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

25/10/2007 GS FC Zenit - AZ Alkmaar 1-1 St Petersburg Tymoshchuk 43 (P);Ari 20

Home Away Final TotalPld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA

AZ Alkmaar 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 6FC Zenit 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 6 1

AZ Alkmaar - Record versus clubs from opponents' countryUEFA Europa League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

20/03/2014 R16 FC Anji - AZ Alkmaar 0-0agg: 0-1 Ramenskoye

13/03/2014 R16 AZ Alkmaar - FC Anji 1-0 Alkmaar Jóhannsson 29 (P)

UEFA Europa LeagueDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

30/08/2012 PO AZ Alkmaar - FC Anji 0-5agg: 0-6 Alkmaar

Boussoufa 17, Eto'o45+2, L. Traoré 79,Carcela-González 83,Lahiyalov 90+4

23/08/2012 PO FC Anji - AZ Alkmaar 1-0 Moscow L. Traoré 51

UEFA CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

29/09/2005 R1 AZ Alkmaar - PFC KrylyaSovetov Samara

3-1agg: 6-6 ag Alkmaar

Van Galen 44,Koevermans 79,Landzaat 84 (P);Adamu 15

15/09/2005 R1 PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara -AZ Alkmaar 5-3 Samara

Leilton 11, Adamu 44,Kovba 49, Gusin 63,Bober 90+2; Vlaar 18,Perez 56, Van Galen85

FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' country

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UEFA Europa LeagueDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

26/02/2015 R32 FC Zenit - PSV Eindhoven 3-0agg: 4-0 St Petersburg Rondón 28, 67, Hulk

4819/02/2015 R32 PSV Eindhoven - FC Zenit 0-1 Eindhoven Hulk 64

UEFA Europa LeagueDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

17/03/2011 R16 FC Zenit - FC Twente 2-0agg: 2-3 St Petersburg Shirokov 16, A.

Kerzhakov 38

10/03/2011 R16 FC Twente - FC Zenit 3-0 Enschede L. de Jong 25, 90+2,Landzaat 56

Home Away Final TotalPld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA

AZ Alkmaar 3 2 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 8 2 2 4 8 18FC Zenit 4 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 1 12 4

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Match backgroundHaving already won Group D, Zenit are looking to round off a perfect campaign away to an AZ Alkmaar side whoknow they can guarantee progress by picking up the three points themselves.

• Zenit, who have clinched first place, can join the list of seven teams who have won all six matches in a UEFA EuropaLeague group stage.

• AZ have five points, one more than both Dundalk and Maccabi Tel-Aviv. The Dutch side are through if they win, ifthey draw and the other game is also drawn, or if they lose and the other game ends 0-0.

Previous meetings• Zenit thrashed AZ 5-0 in Russia on matchday two – the joint heaviest European loss in the Dutch team's history.

• Ari's sending-off for the visitors helped Dick Advocaat's Zenit fight back to hold Louis van Gaal's AZ to a 1-1 draw inRussia in the clubs' only other meeting, in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage.

• The teams for that match on 25 October 2007 were:Zenit: Čontofalský, Ding-Jin, Lombaerts*, Škrtel, Anyukov*, Šírl, Tymoshchuk, Zyryanov, Domínguez (Maksimov 81),Arshavin, Fatih Tekke.AZ: Waterman, Koenders, Jaliens, Donk, Opdam, Mendes (El Hamdaoui 59), Cziommer (Medunjanin 90+2),Agustien, Martens (Pocognoli 49), Dembélé, Ari.

*registered to play for the club in this season's group stage

• AZ's record against Russian opponents reads W2 D2 L4 (W2 D0 L1 at home); Zenit's record from six fixtures againstDutch sides is W4 D1 L1 (W1 D0 L1 in the Netherlands).

Form guide• Zenit, Shakhtar and Schalke are the only teams who have made it to matchday six with five victories.

• AZ are without a win in their last four group stage home games (D1 L3).

• AZ have successfully negotiated five of their eight preceding UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stagecampaigns.

• UEFA Cup winners in 2008, Zenit have now progressed in four of their five UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa Leaguegroup stage campaigns. In 2010/11 they won all six group matches and they remain on target to do so again.

Links and trivia• The journey from St Petersburg to Alkmaar is around 1,750km.

• With five goals, Zenit's Giuliano has lost top spot in the scorers' charts to Aritz Aduriz, but he has laid on moreassists than any other player in this season's group stage (four) and has contributed to nine goals in total – two morethan Aduriz (six goals, one assist).

• Zenit's Montenegrin forward Luka Djordjević spent the 2013/14 campaign in the Netherlands, playing for Twente.

The coaches• AZ coach John van den Brom spent the bulk of his playing career as a midfielder with Vitesse and was capped twiceby the Netherlands. As a coach, he landed the Belgian title with Anderlecht in 2013, taking command in Alkmaar in2014.

• Mircea Lucescu arrived at Zenit this summer, the Romanian ending a 12-year stay with Shakhtar in which he pickedup eight Ukrainian titles and the 2008/09 UEFA Cup. He previously won Turkish championships with Beşiktaş andGalatasaray.

• Lucescu is the most experienced coach in the 2016/17 competition; this will be his 220th UEFA club competitionfixture.

Chapecoense commemorationTeams taking part in all of the matchday six UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League fixtures will observea minute's silence to pay respect to the victims of last week's air disaster involving the Chapecoense team andaccompanying delegation.

The Brazilian club lost most of their players and coaching staff in the accident, which occurred in Colombia, whereChapecoense were due to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Nacional.

"European football is united in expressing its deepest sympathy to Chapecoense, the Brazilian Football Confederation[CBF], CONMEBOL and the families of all the victims," said UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin. "This tragedy hasshaken the world of football, and we would like to send our support to all of those affected by it."

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Team factsAZ AlkmaarFormed: 1967Nickname: 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)2015/16: group stage2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition2013/14: quarter-finals2012/13: play-offs2011/12: quarter-finals2010/11: group stage2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition2007/08: group stage2006/07: quarter-finals

RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest home win 11-1: AZ v Differdange14/09/77, UEFA Cup first round first leg

• Biggest away win 0-5: Differdange v AZ27/09/77, UEFA Cup first round second leg

• Heaviest home defeat 0-5: AZ v Anji30/08/12, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg

• Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Zenit v AZ29/09/16, UEFA Europa League group stage

UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup• Biggest home win 11-1: AZ v Differdange (see above)

• Biggest away win 0-5: Differdange v AZ (see above)

• Heaviest home defeat0-5: AZ v Anji (see above)

• Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Zenit v AZ (see above)

FC ZenitFormed: 1925Nickname: Sine-belo-golubye (Blue-White-Sky Blues)

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)• UEFA Cup (1): 2008• UEFA Super Cup (1): 2008

Domestic honours (latest triumph in brackets)League title: 5 (2015)USSR/Russian Cup: 4 (2016)

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Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless otherwise indicated)2015/16: UEFA Champions League round of 162014/15: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 162012/13: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 162010/11: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs)2009/10: play-offs2008/09: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2007/08: winners2006/07: did not compete in UEFA club competition

RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest home win 8-0: Zenit v Encamp29/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg

• Biggest away win 0-5: Encamp v Zenit 15/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg

• Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zenit v Bologna16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg

• Heaviest away defeat 5-0 twice, most recently v Stuttgart01/11/89, UEFA Cup second round second leg

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win8-0: Zenit v Encamp (see above)

• Biggest away win0-5: Encamp v Zenit (see above)

• Heaviest home defeat0-3: Zenit v Bologna (see above)

• Heaviest away defeat5-0: Stuttgart v Zenit (see above)

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Squad listAZ Alkmaar

Current season All-timeQUAL UEL League UEL UEFA

No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld GlsGoalkeepers

1 Sergio Rochet URU 23/03/1993 23 - 4 - 5 - 15 - 6 - 14 -16 Gino Coutinho NED 05/08/1982 34 - - - - - - - 6 - 10 -25 Nick Olij NED 01/08/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - -31 Koen Bucker NED 18/06/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - -

Defenders2 Mattias Johansson SWE 16/02/1992 24 * 3 - 4 - 14 - 20 - 43 23 Rens van Eijden NED 03/03/1988 28 - 3 - 4 - 11 - 4 - 8 -4 Ron Vlaar NED 16/02/1985 31 - 4 - 4 - 12 - 9 1 15 15 Ridgeciano Haps NED 12/06/1993 23 - 4 - 5 - 14 - 9 - 17 -12 Pantelis Hatzidiakos NED 18/01/1997 19 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 -14 Jop van der Linden NED 17/07/1990 26 - - - - - - - 4 1 8 323 Derrick Luckassen NED 03/07/1995 21 - 4 2 5 - 13 - 10 - 16 229 Fernando Lewis NED 31/01/1993 23 - - - 1 - 1 - 4 - 5 -32 Levi Opdam NED 03/05/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - -33 Justin Bakker NED 03/03/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -35 Owen Wijndal NED 28/11/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - -47 Vincent Regeling NED 07/05/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -50 Robin Schouten NED 25/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -

Midfielders6 Ben Rienstra NED 05/06/1990 26 - - - 5 - 10 - 10 - 12 -7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh IRN 11/08/1993 23 - 4 - 2 - 12 4 5 - 9 -8 Joris van Overeem NED 01/06/1994 22 - 3 - 3 - 8 - 10 1 16 211 Muamer Tankovic SWE 22/02/1995 21 - - - 1 - 5 1 6 - 8 -15 Guus Til NED 22/12/1997 18 - 2 - 1 - 5 2 1 - 3 -18 Iliass Bel Hassani NED 16/09/1992 24 - - - 4 - 10 - 4 - 6 -19 Dabney Dos Santos NED 21/07/1996 20 - 4 1 4 - 12 2 8 1 15 220 Mats Seuntjens NED 17/04/1992 24 - 1 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 3 -22 Thomas Ouwejan NED 30/09/1996 20 - - - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 -26 Jeremy Helmer NED 03/07/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -28 Levi Garcia TRI 20/11/1997 19 - 4 - 2 - 8 1 2 - 6 -30 Stijn Wuytens BEL 08/10/1989 27 * 4 2 5 1 13 1 11 2 19 443 Viktor Karl Einarsson ISL 30/01/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -44 James Efmorfidis NED 18/01/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - -45 Jamie Jacobs NED 03/12/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -46 Furkan Kurban NED 02/06/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -49 Teun Koopmeiners NED 28/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -

Forwards9 Wout Weghorst NED 07/08/1992 24 - 4 - 5 1 13 8 5 1 9 121 Robert Mühren NED 18/05/1989 27 - - - 2 1 8 6 5 1 9 2

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27 Fred Friday NGA 22/05/1995 21 - 3 1 5 - 11 - 5 - 8 134 Calvin Stengs NED 18/12/1998 17 - - - - - - - - - - -37 Nick Doodeman NED 22/10/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - -38 Ferdy Druijf NED 12/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -39 Jelle Duin NED 27/01/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - -48 Zia Sakirovski SWE 19/03/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -

Coach- John van den Brom NED 04/10/1966 50 - 4 - 6 - - - 12 - 36 -

AZ AlkmaarCurrent season All-time

QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA

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FC ZenitCurrent season All-time

UEL League UEL UEFANo. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld GlsGoalkeepers

1 Yuri Lodygin RUS 26/05/1990 26 - 4 - 11 - 10 - 37 -41 Mikhail Kerzhakov RUS 28/01/1987 29 - 1 - 6 - 8 - 10 -71 Egor Baburin RUS 09/08/1993 23 - - - - - - - - -83 Igor Obukhov RUS 29/05/1996 20 - - - - - - - - -

Defenders2 Aleksandr Anyukov RUS 28/09/1982 34 - 2 - 8 - 42 1 92 13 Ivan Novoseltsev RUS 25/08/1991 25 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 6 -4 Domenico Criscito ITA 30/12/1986 29 S 5 1 14 3 14 2 49 36 Nicolas Lombaerts BEL 20/03/1985 31 - 4 - 5 - 23 1 83 213 Luís Neto POR 26/05/1988 28 * 5 - 15 - 14 - 30 -19 Igor Smolnikov RUS 08/08/1988 28 - 2 - 9 - 7 - 28 -26 Vukašin Jovanović SRB 17/05/1996 20 - - - - - - - 1 -50 Maksim Karpov RUS 17/03/1995 21 - - - - - - - - -56 Danil Krugovoi RUS 28/05/1998 18 - - - - - - - - -

Midfielders5 Aleksandr Ryazantsev RUS 05/09/1986 30 - - - - - 24 5 56 77 Giuliano BRA 31/05/1990 26 - 5 5 15 7 17 6 22 78 Maurício BRA 21/10/1988 28 - 4 1 13 - 4 1 6 114 Artur Yusupov RUS 01/09/1989 27 - - - 10 1 7 1 16 215 Pavel Mogilevets RUS 25/01/1993 23 - - - 1 - 2 - 5 -17 Oleg Shatov RUS 29/07/1990 26 - 3 1 10 1 17 1 47 721 Javi García ESP 08/02/1987 29 - 4 - 14 - 28 1 74 328 Axel Witsel BEL 12/01/1989 27 * 5 - 16 1 32 6 85 1229 Róbert Mak SVK 08/03/1991 25 - 5 1 13 4 13 4 21 1138 Leon Musaev RUS 25/01/1999 17 - - - - - - - - -46 Vitali Gorulev RUS 30/07/1998 18 - - - - - - - - -65 Danila Yaschuk RUS 13/03/1995 21 - - - - - - - - -81 Yuri Zhirkov RUS 20/08/1983 33 - 3 - 12 1 42 5 86 7

Forwards9 Aleksandr Kokorin RUS 19/03/1991 25 - 5 4 17 3 13 6 25 1010 Danny POR 07/08/1983 33 - - - - - 25 1 73 1411 Aleksandr Kerzhakov RUS 27/11/1982 34 - 3 1 9 1 38 19 79 2922 Artem Dzyuba RUS 22/08/1988 28 - 3 - 14 8 18 6 37 1348 Aleksei Gasilin RUS 01/03/1996 20 - - - - - - - - -77 Luka Djordjević MNE 09/07/1994 22 - 5 1 8 1 5 1 7 192 Pavel Dolgov RUS 16/08/1996 20 - - - - - - - 1 -

Coach- Mircea Lucescu ROU 29/07/1945 71 - 6 - - - 61 - 220 -

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W 1-0W 2-1D 2-2L 0-1W 3-0W 2-1D 0-0W 2-0W 2-0D 1-1W 2-0

W 4-1

D 2-2L 0-5D 1-1D 2-2L 1-2L 0-2W 1-0W 1-0D 0-0D 2-2D 1-1W 1-0

W 5-1

D 3-3

Fixtures and resultsAZ AlkmaarDate Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers28/07/2016 UEL PAS Giannina FC (H) Luckassen 3604/08/2016 UEL PAS Giannina FC (A) Dabney dos Santos 29, Luckassen 3607/08/2016 League sc Heerenveen (H) Henriksen 33, Weghorst 52 (P)14/08/2016 League PSV Eindhoven (A)18/08/2016 UEL FK Vojvodina (A) S. Wuytens 32, 83, Friday 45+221/08/2016 League FC Utrecht (A) Henriksen 25, Jahanbakhsh 8425/08/2016 UEL FK Vojvodina (H)28/08/2016 League NEC Nijmegen (H) Dabney dos Santos 43, Jahanbakhsh 7310/09/2016 League Willem II (H) Jahanbakhsh 19, Garcia 90+115/09/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (H) S. Wuytens 6118/09/2016 League PEC Zwolle (A) Weghorst 43, Til 87

21/09/2016 Cup FC Lienden (A) Tankovic 37, Bel Hassani 68, 86, Mühren90+3

24/09/2016 League Go Ahead Eagles (H) Weghorst 36 (P), 5229/09/2016 UEL FC Zenit (A)02/10/2016 League Sparta Rotterdam (A) Til 615/10/2016 League Vitesse (H) Mühren 78, 8720/10/2016 UEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (H) Mühren 7223/10/2016 League FC Groningen (A)26/10/2016 Cup Emmen (H) Mühren 6430/10/2016 League ADO Den Haag (A) Mühren 8703/11/2016 UEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (A)06/11/2016 League AFC Ajax (H) Weghorst 13, 7920/11/2016 League Roda JC (A) Weghorst 5924/11/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (A) Weghorst 9

27/11/2016 League Heracles Almelo (H) Mühren 5, 25, Weghorst 21, Dabney dosSantos 73, Jahanbakhsh 90+2

03/12/2016 League SBV Excelsior (A) Mühren 11, Tankovic 34, S. Wuytens 7608/12/2016 UEL FC Zenit (H)11/12/2016 League Feyenoord (H)14/12/2016 Cup ASWH (H)17/12/2016 League FC Twente (A)13/01/2017 League Go Ahead Eagles (A)21/01/2017 League Sparta Rotterdam (H)28/01/2017 League Vitesse (A)04/02/2017 League PSV Eindhoven (H)12/02/2017 League sc Heerenveen (A)18/02/2017 League Willem II (A)25/02/2017 League PEC Zwolle (H)03/03/2017 League SBV Excelsior (H)12/03/2017 League Feyenoord (A)18/03/2017 League ADO Den Haag (H)01/04/2017 League FC Groningen (H)

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D 0-0D 0-0

W 3-2

D 1-1W 3-0

W 5-0

W 4-3

W 4-1

W 5-0

D 2-2

W 5-0

05/04/2017 League AFC Ajax (A)09/04/2017 League Roda JC (H)14/04/2017 League Heracles Almelo (A)22/04/2017 League FC Twente (H)07/05/2017 League NEC Nijmegen (A)14/05/2017 League FC Utrecht (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts1 Feyenoord 15 11 3 1 40 11 362 AFC Ajax 15 11 3 1 34 11 363 PSV Eindhoven 15 8 6 1 23 7 304 sc Heerenveen 15 7 5 3 29 17 265 AZ Alkmaar 15 6 7 2 27 18 256 FC Twente 15 5 6 4 24 21 217 FC Utrecht 15 5 6 4 24 22 218 Vitesse 15 5 5 5 22 19 209 Heracles Almelo 15 4 6 5 18 23 1810 Sparta Rotterdam 15 4 5 6 22 27 1711 FC Groningen 15 4 4 7 20 24 1612 SBV Excelsior 15 4 3 8 20 28 1513 Willem II 15 3 6 6 10 18 1514 NEC Nijmegen 15 3 6 6 13 26 1515 ADO Den Haag 15 4 2 9 15 26 1416 PEC Zwolle 15 3 4 8 13 31 1317 Roda JC 15 1 9 5 8 19 1218 Go Ahead Eagles 15 3 2 10 13 27 11

FC ZenitDate Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers30/07/2016 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (H)06/08/2016 League FC Ufa (A)

12/08/2016 League FC Rostov (H) Giuliano 50 (P), Ezatolahi 72 (og),Djordjević 85

20/08/2016 League PFC CSKA Moskva (H) Zhirkov 4527/08/2016 League FC Amkar Perm (H) Giuliano 22, 32, Criscito 89

11/09/2016 League FC Arsenal Tula (A) Kokorin 18, Dzyuba 38, Mak 66, Giuliano84, A. Kerzhakov 89 (P)

15/09/2016 UEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (A) Kokorin 77, Maurício 84, Giuliano 86,Djordjević 90+2

19/09/2016 League FC Rubin (H) Criscito 16 (P), Mak 53, Giuliano 59,Dzyuba 63

22/09/2016 Cup Tambov (A) Mak 38, Shatov 47, Kokorin 61, Djordjević72, Giuliano 84

25/09/2016 League FC Anji (A) Dzyuba 6, 18

29/09/2016 UEL AZ Alkmaar (H) Kokorin 26, 59, Giuliano 48, Criscito 66(P), Shatov 80

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W 4-2

W 2-0W 2-1W 1-0L 0-4W 1-0W 2-1L 1-2

W 3-1

W 2-0L 1-2W 2-0D 0-0

02/10/2016 League FC Spartak Moskva (H) Criscito 20 (P), Dzyuba 33, Witsel 61,Giuliano 87 (P)

16/10/2016 League FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (A) Shatov 22, Yusupov 8920/10/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (A) Mak 71, Giuliano 7724/10/2016 League FC Orenburg (H) Mak 1727/10/2016 Cup FC Anji (A)30/10/2016 League FC Tom Tomsk (H) Kokorin 2603/11/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (H) Giuliano 42, 7806/11/2016 League FC Terek Grozny (A) Mak 10

20/11/2016 League PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara(H) Dzyuba 10, 89 (P), Rodić 36 (og)

24/11/2016 UEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (H) Kokorin 44, A. Kerzhakov 90+127/11/2016 League FC Krasnodar (A) Dzyuba 8630/11/2016 League FC Ufa (H) Giuliano 84, Kokorin 90+303/12/2016 League FC Rostov (A)08/12/2016 UEL AZ Alkmaar (A)04/03/2017 League PFC CSKA Moskva (A)11/03/2017 League FC Amkar Perm (A)18/03/2017 League FC Arsenal Tula (H)01/04/2017 League FC Rubin (A)08/04/2017 League FC Anji (H)15/04/2017 League FC Spartak Moskva (A)22/04/2017 League FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (H)26/04/2017 League FC Orenburg (A)29/04/2017 League FC Tom Tomsk (A)06/05/2017 League FC Terek Grozny (H)

13/05/2017 League PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara(A)

17/05/2017 League FC Krasnodar (H)20/05/2017 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts1 FC Spartak Moskva 17 13 1 3 26 13 402 FC Zenit 17 10 5 2 33 13 353 PFC CSKA Moskva 17 9 5 3 21 11 324 FC Terek Grozny 17 8 4 5 21 21 285 FC Krasnodar 17 7 7 3 24 14 286 FC Amkar Perm 17 7 6 4 16 12 277 FC Rostov 17 7 4 6 19 12 258 FC Ufa 17 7 4 6 12 13 259 FC Rubin 17 6 5 6 20 19 2310 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 17 5 8 4 21 13 2311 FC Anji 17 5 5 7 13 18 2012 PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara 17 3 6 8 17 20 1513 FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 17 3 5 9 11 25 1414 FC Orenburg 17 2 6 9 11 21 12

FC Zenit

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15 FC Arsenal Tula 17 2 6 9 6 23 1216 FC Tom Tomsk 17 2 3 12 8 31 9

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts

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Match-by-match lineupsAZ AlkmaarUEFA Europa League - Third qualifying round(28/07/2016)AZ Alkmaar 1-0 PAS Giannina FCGoals: 1-0 Luckassen 36AZ Alkmaar: Rochet, Johansson, Vlaar, Haps, Jahanbakhsh (63 Garcia), van Overeem (87 Seuntjens), Weghorst (63Friday), Henriksen, Dabney dos Santos, Luckassen, S. Wuytens

(04/08/2016)PAS Giannina FC 1-2 AZ Alkmaar (agg: 1-3)Goals: 1-0 Conde 9, 1-1 Dabney dos Santos 29, 1-2 Luckassen 36AZ Alkmaar: Rochet, Van Eijden, Vlaar, Haps, Jahanbakhsh, van Overeem (71 Til), Weghorst, Henriksen, Dabneydos Santos (79 Garcia), Luckassen, S. Wuytens

Play-off(18/08/2016)FK Vojvodina 0-3 AZ AlkmaarGoals: 0-1 S. Wuytens 32, 0-2 Friday 45+2, 0-3 S. Wuytens 83AZ Alkmaar: Rochet, Johansson, Van Eijden, Vlaar, Haps, Jahanbakhsh, Henriksen, Luckassen, Friday (79Weghorst), Garcia (74 Dabney dos Santos), S. Wuytens (86 Til)

(25/08/2016)AZ Alkmaar 0-0 FK Vojvodina (agg: 3-0)AZ Alkmaar: Rochet, Johansson, Van Eijden, Vlaar, Haps, Jahanbakhsh (76 van Overeem), Henriksen, Luckassen,Friday (70 Weghorst), Garcia (65 Dabney dos Santos), S. Wuytens

Group stageGroup DClub Pld W D L GF GA PtsFC Zenit 5 5 0 0 15 5 15AZ Alkmaar 5 1 2 2 3 8 5Dundalk FC 5 1 1 3 4 6 4Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 5 1 1 3 5 8 4

Matchday 1 (15/09/2016)AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Dundalk FCGoals: 1-0 S. Wuytens 61, 1-1 Kilduff 89AZ Alkmaar: Rochet, Johansson, Van Eijden, Vlaar, Haps, Jahanbakhsh (75 Bel Hassani), van Overeem, Dabneydos Santos, Luckassen, Friday (55 Weghorst), S. Wuytens (65 Rienstra)

Matchday 2 (29/09/2016)FC Zenit 5-0 AZ AlkmaarGoals: 1-0 Kokorin 26, 2-0 Giuliano 48, 3-0 Kokorin 59, 4-0 Criscito 66 (P) , 5-0 Shatov 80AZ Alkmaar: Rochet, Van Eijden, Vlaar (57 Rienstra), Haps, van Overeem, Weghorst (27 Seuntjens), Dabney dosSantos (73 Bel Hassani), Luckassen, Friday, Lewis, S. Wuytens

Matchday 3 (20/10/2016)AZ Alkmaar 1-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FCGoals: 0-1 Scarione 24, 1-1 Mühren 72, 1-2 Golasa 82AZ Alkmaar: Rochet, Johansson, Van Eijden, Haps, Rienstra (57 Til), van Overeem (61 Garcia), Bel Hassani,Mühren, Luckassen (84 Weghorst), Friday, S. Wuytens

Matchday 4 (03/11/2016)Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 0-0 AZ AlkmaarAZ Alkmaar: Rochet, Johansson, Van Eijden (55 Mühren), Vlaar, Haps, Rienstra, Weghorst (77 Friday), Bel Hassani

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(61 Dabney dos Santos), Luckassen, Garcia, S. Wuytens

Matchday 5 (24/11/2016)Dundalk FC 0-1 AZ AlkmaarGoals: 0-1 Weghorst 9AZ Alkmaar: Rochet, Johansson, Vlaar, Haps, Rienstra, Jahanbakhsh (75 Dabney dos Santos), Weghorst (87Friday), Tankovic (79 Ouwejan), Seuntjens, Luckassen, S. Wuytens

Matchday 6 (08/12/2016)AZ Alkmaar-FC Zenit

FC ZenitUEFA Europa League - Group stageMatchday 1 (15/09/2016)Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 3-4 FC ZenitGoals: 1-0 Medunjanin 26, 2-0 Kjartansson 50, 3-0 Medunjanin 70, 3-1 Kokorin 77, 3-2 Maurício 84, 3-3 Giuliano 86,3-4 Djordjević 90+2FC Zenit: Lodygin, Criscito, Giuliano, Kokorin, A. Kerzhakov (61 Djordjević), Luís Neto, Smolnikov, Javi García (71Maurício), Witsel, Mak, Zhirkov (94 Novoseltsev)

Matchday 2 (29/09/2016)FC Zenit 5-0 AZ AlkmaarGoals: 1-0 Kokorin 26, 2-0 Giuliano 48, 3-0 Kokorin 59, 4-0 Criscito 66 (P) , 5-0 Shatov 80FC Zenit: Lodygin, Criscito, Lombaerts, Giuliano, Kokorin, Luís Neto, Smolnikov, Javi García (63 Maurício), Dzyuba(63 Shatov), Witsel, Mak (67 Djordjević)

Matchday 3 (20/10/2016)Dundalk FC 1-2 FC ZenitGoals: 1-0 Benson 52, 1-1 Mak 71, 1-2 Giuliano 77FC Zenit: Lodygin, Anyukov, Criscito, Lombaerts, Giuliano, Luís Neto, Shatov (61 Kokorin), Javi García (71 Maurício),Dzyuba, Witsel, Mak (78 Djordjević)

Matchday 4 (03/11/2016)FC Zenit 2-1 Dundalk FCGoals: 1-0 Giuliano 42, 1-1 Horgan 52, 2-1 Giuliano 78FC Zenit: M. Kerzhakov, Anyukov, Criscito, Lombaerts (89 Zhirkov), Giuliano, Maurício, Kokorin, A. Kerzhakov (92Djordjević), Luís Neto, Shatov (68 Mak), Witsel

Matchday 5 (24/11/2016)FC Zenit 2-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FCGoals: 1-0 Kokorin 44, 2-0 A. Kerzhakov 90+1FC Zenit: Lodygin, Novoseltsev, Criscito, Giuliano, Kokorin (66 A. Kerzhakov), Luís Neto, Javi García, Witsel, Mak,Djordjević (46 Dzyuba), Zhirkov (75 Lombaerts)

Matchday 6 (08/12/2016)AZ Alkmaar-FC Zenit

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Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)Kim Thomas Haglund (NOR) , Frank Andås (NOR)Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR) , Tore Hansen (NOR)

Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR)Markku Lehtola (FIN)Rodger Gifford (WAL)

Match officialsRefereeAssistant refereesAdditional assistant refereesFourth officialUEFA DelegateUEFA Referee observer

Referee

Name Date of birthUEFA Europa

Leaguematches

UEFA matches

Svein Oddvar Moen 22/01/1979 20 86

Svein Oddvar MoenReferee since: 1996First division: 2004FIFA badge: 2005

Tournaments: UEFA EURO 2016, 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2012 Olympic Games, 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup,2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Finals 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countriesinvolved in this match

Date Competition Stagereached Home Away Result Venue

06/11/2008 UEL GS Feyenoord PFC CSKA Moskva 1-3 Rotterdam19/08/2010 UEL PO Celtic FC FC Utrecht 2-0 Glasgow30/08/2012 UEL PO AZ Alkmaar FC Anji 0-5 Alkmaar03/04/2014 UEL QF AZ Alkmaar SL Benfica 0-1 Alkmaar26/02/2015 UEL R32 FC Dinamo Moskva RSC Anderlecht 3-1 Khimki

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved inthis match

Date Competition Stagereached Home Away Result Venue

05/05/2005 U17 GS-FT Switzerland Netherlands 0-0 San Giuliano Terme06/11/2008 UEL GS Feyenoord PFC CSKA Moskva 1-3 Rotterdam19/08/2010 UEL PO Celtic FC FC Utrecht 2-0 Glasgow29/03/2011 EURO QR Netherlands Hungary 5-3 Amsterdam30/08/2012 UEL PO AZ Alkmaar FC Anji 0-5 Alkmaar24/10/2012 UCL GS AFC Ajax Manchester City FC 3-1 Amsterdam18/09/2013 UCL GS FC Barcelona AFC Ajax 4-0 Barcelona03/04/2014 UEL QF AZ Alkmaar SL Benfica 0-1 Alkmaar16/09/2014 UCL GS SL Benfica FC Zenit 0-2 Lisbon26/02/2015 UEL R32 FC Dinamo Moskva RSC Anderlecht 3-1 Khimki

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12/06/2015 EURO QR Latvia Netherlands 0-2 Riga15/09/2015 UCL GS VfL Wolfsburg PFC CSKA Moskva 1-0 Wolfsburg12/10/2015 EURO QR Russia Montenegro 2-0 Moscow24/11/2015 UCL GS FC Zenit Valencia CF 2-0 St Petersburg

Date Competition Stagereached Home Away Result Venue

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-: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced*: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

Club competitionsUCL: UEFA Champions LeagueECCC: European Champion Clubs' CupUEL: UEFA Europa LeagueUCUP: UEFA CupUCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super CupUIC: UEFA Intertoto CupICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

National team competitionsEURO: UEFA European Football ChampionshipWC: FIFA World CupCONFCUP: FIFA Confederations CupFRIE: Friendly internationalsU21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationalsU21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipU17: UEFA Under-17 ChampionshipU16: UEFA European Under-16 ChampionshipU19: UEFA Under-19 ChampionshipU18: UEFA European Under-18 ChampionshipWWC: FIFA Women's World CupWEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship

F: Final GS: Group stageGS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First roundR2: Second round R3: Third roundR4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary roundSF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finalsR16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying roundR32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying

round2nd: second leg FT: Final tournamentPO: Play-off ELITE: Elite roundRep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-offPO - FT: Play-off for FinalTournament

GS-FT: Group stage – finaltournament

Competition stages(aet): After extra time pens: PenaltiesNo.: Number og: Own goalag: Match decided on awaygoals

P: Penaltyagg: Aggregate

Pld: Matches played AP: AppearancesPos.: Position Comp.: CompetitionPts: Points D: DrawnR: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birthRes.: Result ET: Extra Timesg: Match decided by silvergoal

GA: Goals againstt: Match decided by toss of acoin

GF: Goals for W: Wongg: Match decided by goldengoal

Y: BookedL: Lost

Y/R: Sent off (two yellowcards)

Nat.: NationalityN/A: Not applicable

f: Match forfeited

Other abbreviations

LegendCompetitions

Statistics

Squad listD: Disciplinary*: Misses next match if bookedS: SuspendedQUAL: All UEFA qualifiersUEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the currentmatchdayUEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final onlyUEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifyingDisclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document isaccurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressedor implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use orinterpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations availableon UEFA.com.

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