UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE /17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE /17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Dundalk FC Last updated 01/12/ :39CET Tallaght Stadium - Dublin Thursday 29 September CET (20.05 local time) Group D - Matchday 2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 14 1

2 Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Dundalk FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Dundalk FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2

3 Match background Dundalk will look to build on an unexpected point gained on matchday one as they play host to Maccabi Tel-Aviv, the Israeli side having been on the wrong end of a phenomenal comeback in their opener. Previous meetings The teams are meeting for the first time. Neither has faced other clubs from their opponents' home country. Just three games have been played between Irish and Israeli representatives in UEFA club competition; two of those ended in draws while in the most recent one, Shamrock Rovers beat Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv 1-0 away in 2010/11 UEFA Europa League qualifying. Form guide Dundalk are making their UEFA group stage debut. The only Irish side to have previously graced a UEFA Europa League group stage are Shamrock Rovers, who lost all six of their matches in 2011/12. Dundalk thus became the first Irish team to take a point from a UEFA group stage fixture when they drew 1-1 at AZ Alkmaar on matchday one. Maccabi made a disastrous start on matchday one, allowing a 3-0 lead to slip in the closing stages and going down 4-3 at home to Zenit. Maccabi and Qäbälä are the only sides who have made it from the first qualifying round to the group stage in the current UEFA Europa League. Maccabi have qualified for the round of 32 in one of their two previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, 2013/14. Links and trivia The journey from Tel Aviv to Dundalk is around 4,050km. With five goals, Dundalk's David McMillan was the joint-top scorer in UEFA Champions League qualifying this season. Scorer of his team's equaliser in the Netherlands on matchday one, Dundalk forward Ciaran Kilduff turns 28 the day of the Maccabi game. Dundalk are playing their Group D home fixtures at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin, normally the home of Shamrock Rovers. The coaches Dundalk boss Stephen Kenny started his managerial career with Longford Town, aged 27, and landed a league title with Bohemians in 2002/03, aged 32. Hired by Dundalk in 2013, he steered the club to Irish championships in 2014 and Maccabi's Georgian coach Shota Arveladze hit an impressive 32 goals in 64 UEFA club matches as a player, lifting league titles with Ajax, Rangers and Trabzonspor. He is in his first term in Israel having spent the last five years coaching in Turkey. 3

4 Team facts Dundalk FC Formed: 1903 Nickname: Lilywhites UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 11 (2015) Irish Cup: 10 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2014/15: second qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: second qualifying round 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 4-0: Dundalk v Fram Reykjavík 30/09/81, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg Biggest away win 0-2: AS Jeunesse Esch v Dundalk 01/07/14, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg 0-2: Linfield FC v Dundalk 05/09/79, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Dundalk v FK Crvena zvezda 07/09/88, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg Heaviest away defeat 8-1: Vasas SC v Dundalk 11/10/67, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League (group stage to final) Biggest home win 3-1: Dundalk v AS Jeunesse Esch 10/07/14, first qualifying round second leg Biggest away win 0-2: AS Jeunesse Esch v Dundalk (see above) Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Dundalk v NK Varaždin 29/08/02, qualifying round second leg Heaviest away defeat 6-0: PFC Levski Sofia 6-0 Dundalk 15/07/10, second qualifying round first leg Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Formed: 1906 Nickname: The Yellows UEFA club competition honours None 4

5 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 21 (2015) Israeli Cup: 23 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: UEFA Champions League group stage 2014/15: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: group stage 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: second qualifying round 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi v FK Željezničar 04/08/11, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg 6-0: Maccabi v FK Žalgiris Vilnius 09/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg Biggest away win 0-3: PAOK FC v Maccabi 10/08/04, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Maccabi v Chelsea FC 24/11/15, UEFA Champions League group stage Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Beşiktaş JK v Maccabi 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 5-1: FC Bayern München v Maccabi 23/11/04, UEFA Champions League group stage 4-0: Chelsea FC v Maccabi 16/09/15, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi v FK Željezničar (see above) 6-0: Maccabi v FK Žalgiris Vilnius (see above) Biggest away win 1-3: CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Maccabi 28/07/16, third qualifying round first leg 0-2 on three occasions, most recently v Győri ETO FC 17/07/13, second qualifying round first leg Heaviest home defeat 2-3: Maccabi v Beşiktaş JK 01/12/11, group stage 1-2: Maccabi v Stoke City FC 03/11/11, group stage Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Beşiktaş JK v Maccabi (see above) 5

6 Squad list Dundalk FC Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Gary Rogers IRL 25/09/ Gabriel Sava ROU 15/10/ Ben Kelly IRL 26/07/ Defenders 2 Seán Gannon IRL 11/07/ Brian Gartland IRL 04/11/ Andy Boyle IRL 07/03/ Shane Grimes IRL 09/03/ Dane Massey IRL 17/04/ Patrick Barrett IRL 22/07/ Alan Keane IRL 23/09/ Midfielders 5 Chris Shields IRL 27/12/ Stephen O'Donnell IRL 15/01/ S Daryl Horgan IRL 10/08/ John Mountney IRL 22/02/ Ronan Finn IRL 21/12/ Patrick McEleney IRL 26/09/ Georgie Poynton IRL 08/09/ Robbie Benson IRL 07/05/ Dean Shiels NIR 01/02/ Darren Meenan NIR 16/11/ Forwards 9 David McMillan IRL 14/12/ Ciaran Kilduff IRL 29/09/ Ciaran O'Connor IRL 04/07/ Michael O'Connor IRL 31/07/ Coach - Stephen Kenny IRL 30/10/

7 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 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 Daniel Lifshitz ISR 24/04/ Daniel ISR 19/04/ Predrag Rajković SRB 31/10/ Defenders 2 Eli Dasa ISR 03/12/ S Yuval Shpungin ISR 03/04/ Eytan Tibi ISR 16/11/ Omri Ben Harush ISR 07/03/ Yegor Filipenko BLR 10/04/ Tal Ben Haim ISR 31/03/ Wael Najjar ISR 30/05/ Midfielders 4 Haris Medunjanin BIH 08/03/ Gal Alberman ISR 17/04/ Dor Miha ISR 02/03/ Shlomy Azulay ISR 30/03/ Avraham Rikan ISR 10/09/ Eyal Golasa ISR 07/10/ Nosa Igiebor NGA 09/11/ Dor Peretz ISR 17/05/ Eliel Peretz ISR 18/11/ Yossi Benayoun ISR 05/05/ Forwards 5 Ezequiel Scarione ARG 14/07/ Eden Ben Basat ISR 08/09/ Barak Itzhaki ISR 25/09/ Tal Ben Chaim ISR 05/08/ Sagiv Jehezkel ISR 21/03/ Vidar Orn Kjartansson ISL 11/03/ Coach - Shota Arveladze GEO 22/02/

8 Fixtures and results Dundalk FC Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 05/03/2016 League Bray Wanderers FC (A) W 3-1 Kilduff 5, 27, Finn 81 11/03/2016 League Finn Harps FC (H) W 3-0 Barrett 16, P. McEleney 58, Curran 75 (og) 14/03/2016 League Wexford Youths (A) W 2-1 McMillan 34, Kilduff 83 18/03/2016 League Cork City FC (H) 24/03/2016 League Saint Patrick's Athletic FC (A) L 0-1 W /04/2016 League Derry City FC (H) D 1-1 McMillan 4 09/04/2016 League Longford Town FC (A) W 4-0 Finn 11 (P), 78, 87, Gartland 22 15/04/2016 League Sligo Rovers FC (H) W 1-0 Finn 45+1 (P) 22/04/2016 League Shamrock Rovers FC (A) W 2-0 Webster 16 (og), Finn 46 29/04/2016 League Bohemian FC (A) W 2-0 Horgan 38, Prendergast 67 (og) 06/05/2016 League Galway FC (H) W 2-1 McMillan 70, 78 10/05/2016 League Bray Wanderers FC (H) W 1-0 Boyle 21 13/05/2016 League Finn Harps FC (A) W /05/2016 Cup Shelbourne FC (H) W 2-0 Horgan 21, Kilduff 85 29/05/2016 League Wexford Youths (H) W 3-2 Horgan 24, Meenan 76, P. McEleney /06/2016 League Cork City FC (A) L /06/2016 League Saint Patrick's Athletic FC (H) W 2-0 Kilduff 73, Finn 81 01/07/2016 League Derry City FC (A) W 5-0 McMillan 2, 40, 80, Massey 20, Horgan 59 05/07/2016 League Longford Town FC (H) W 4-3 McMillan 10, 49, 62, Kilduff /07/2016 UCL FH Hafnarfjördur (H) D 1-1 McMillan 66 20/07/2016 UCL FH Hafnarfjördur (A) D 2-2 McMillan 52, 62 26/07/2016 UCL FC BATE Borisov (A) L /08/2016 UCL FC BATE Borisov (H) W 3-0 McMillan 44, 59, Benson 90 05/08/2016 League Galway FC (A) L /08/2016 League Bray Wanderers FC (A) L 1-2 Horgan 12 17/08/2016 UCL Legia Warszawa (H) L /08/2016 UCL Legia Warszawa (A) D 1-1 Benson 19 26/08/2016 League Wexford Youths (A) W 1-0 McMillan 39 30/08/2016 Cup Crumlin United (A) W /09/2016 League Bohemian FC (A) W 2-1 Gartland 24, Mountney 64 06/09/2016 League Sligo Rovers FC (A) W 1-0 McMillan 13 09/09/2016 Cup University College Dublin AFC (A) W /09/2016 League Finn Harps FC (H) W 2-0 P. McEleney 6, Horgan 75 15/09/2016 UEL AZ Alkmaar (A) D 1-1 Kilduff 89 20/09/2016 League Shamrock Rovers FC (H) D 1-1 Gartland 59 O'Donnell 9, McMillan 64, Horgan 71, Gartland 90 Benson 5, 20, Horgan 35, Coll 44 (og), McMillan 57, Boyle 71, Barrett 90 Shields 8, 78, Barrett 25, Shiels 44, M. O'Connor 74 23/09/2016 League Derry City FC (H) W 3-1 Mountney 13, Gartland 17, McMillan 59 29/09/2016 UEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (H) 01/10/2016 League Longford Town FC (A) 02/10/2016 Cup Derry City FC (H) 8

9 Dundalk FC 07/10/2016 League Sligo Rovers FC (H) 14/10/2016 League Shamrock Rovers FC (A) 20/10/2016 UEL FC Zenit (H) 28/10/2016 League Galway FC (H) 03/11/2016 UEL FC Zenit (A) 24/11/2016 UEL AZ Alkmaar (H) 08/12/2016 UEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (A) Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Dundalk FC Cork City FC Shamrock Rovers FC Derry City FC Sligo Rovers FC Bohemian FC Bray Wanderers FC Saint Patrick's Athletic FC Galway FC Finn Harps FC Wexford Youths Longford Town FC Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 30/06/2016 UEL ND Gorica (H) W 3-0 Igiebor 13, 69, Orlando Sá 45 07/07/2016 UEL ND Gorica (A) W 1-0 Benayoun 10 14/07/2016 UEL FC Kairat Almaty (A) D 1-1 Benayoun /07/2016 UEL FC Kairat Almaty (H) W 2-1 Ben Chaim 5, Alberman 86 28/07/2016 UEL CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (A) W 3-1 Ben Chaim 7, Igiebor 49, Miha 77 04/08/2016 UEL CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (H) W 2-1 Igiebor 24, Scarione 80 18/08/2016 UEL HNK Hajduk Split (H) W 2-1 Alberman 9, Scarione 77 21/08/2016 League Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC (H) W 3-1 Ben Basat 45, Ben Chaim 59 (P), 69 L 25/08/2016 UEL HNK Hajduk Split (A) 1-2 (aet, 4-3 Scarione 52 pens) 28/08/2016 League FC Ashdod (A) W 2-1 Scarione 1, Ben Chaim 23 (P) 11/09/2016 League Beitar Jerusalem FC (H) D 2-2 Igiebor 59, Ben Chaim 71 (P) 15/09/2016 UEL FC Zenit (H) L 3-4 Medunjanin 26, 70, Kjartansson 50 18/09/2016 League Hapoel Ra'anana FC (A) W 3-0 Ben Chaim 28, 83, Rikan 53 21/09/2016 League Bnei Sakhnin FC (A) W 3-0 Scarione 26 (P), 88, Kjartansson 47 25/09/2016 League Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (H) 29/09/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (A) 20/10/2016 UEL AZ Alkmaar (A) 24/10/2016 League Maccabi Haifa FC (H) 30/10/2016 League Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (A) W 5-0 Igiebor 5, Ben Chaim 55, 64, Kjartansson 75, 83 9

10 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 03/11/2016 UEL AZ Alkmaar (H) 06/11/2016 League Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC (H) 20/11/2016 League Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (A) 24/11/2016 UEL FC Zenit (A) 27/11/2016 League Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (A) 03/12/2016 League Hapoel Ashkelon FC (H) 08/12/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (H) 11/12/2016 League Hapoel Haifa FC (A) 17/12/2016 League Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC (A) 24/12/2016 League FC Ashdod (H) 31/12/2016 League Beitar Jerusalem FC (A) 10/01/2017 League Hapoel Ra'anana FC (H) 14/01/2017 League Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (A) 21/01/2017 League Bnei Sakhnin FC (H) 28/01/2017 League Maccabi Haifa FC (A) 04/02/2017 League Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (H) 11/02/2017 League Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC (A) 18/02/2017 League Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (H) 25/02/2017 League Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (H) 04/03/2017 League Hapoel Ashkelon FC (A) 11/03/2017 League Hapoel Haifa FC (H) Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC Hapoel Haifa FC Maccabi Haifa FC Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC Beitar Jerusalem FC Hapoel Ashkelon FC Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC Bnei Sakhnin FC Hapoel Ra'anana FC Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC FC Ashdod

11 Match-by-match lineups Dundalk FC UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round (13/07/2016) Dundalk FC 1-1 FH Hafnarfjördur Goals: 1-0 McMillan 66, 1-1 Lennon 77 Dundalk FC: Rogers, Gannon, Gartland (43 Barrett), Boyle, O'Donnell, Horgan, Mountney (81 Benson), McMillan (78 Kilduff), Finn, P. McEleney, Massey (20/07/2016) FH Hafnarfjördur 2-2 Dundalk FC (agg: 3-3) Goals: 1-0 Hewson 19, 1-1 McMillan 52, 1-2 McMillan 62, 2-2 K. F. Finnbogason 78 Dundalk FC: Rogers, Gannon, Boyle, O'Donnell, Horgan, Mountney (46 Benson), McMillan (82 Kilduff), Finn, P. McEleney (79 Shields), Massey, Barrett Third qualifying round (26/07/2016) FC BATE Borisov 1-0 Dundalk FC Goals: 1-0 Gordeichuk 70 Dundalk FC: Rogers, Gannon, Boyle, O'Donnell, Horgan, McMillan (78 Kilduff), Finn, P. McEleney (46 Shields), Massey, Barrett, Benson (46 Mountney) (02/08/2016) Dundalk FC 3-0 FC BATE Borisov (agg: 3-1) Goals: 1-0 McMillan 44, 2-0 McMillan 59, 3-0 Benson 90 Dundalk FC: Rogers, Gannon, Boyle, Shields, O'Donnell, Horgan (92 Kilduff), Mountney, McMillan (78 Benson), Finn (32 P. McEleney), Massey, Barrett Play-off (17/08/2016) Dundalk FC 0-2 Legia Warszawa Goals: 0-1 Nikolić 56 (P), 0-2 Prijovic 90+4 Dundalk FC: Rogers, Gannon, Boyle, Shields (77 Benson), O'Donnell, Horgan, Mountney (64 Finn), McMillan (80 Kilduff), P. McEleney, Massey, Barrett (23/08/2016) Legia Warszawa 1-1 Dundalk FC (agg: 3-1) Goals: 0-1 Benson 19, 1-1 Kucharczyk 90+2 Dundalk FC: Rogers, Gannon, Boyle, Shields (83 Meenan), Horgan, McMillan, Finn, P. McEleney (88 M. O'Connor), Massey, Barrett, Benson UEFA Europa League - Group stage Group D Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Zenit AZ Alkmaar Dundalk FC Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Matchday 1 (15/09/2016) AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Dundalk FC Goals: 1-0 S. Wuytens 61, 1-1 Kilduff 89 Dundalk FC: Rogers, Gannon, Gartland, Boyle, O'Donnell, Horgan, Mountney (77 Benson), McMillan (75 Shields), Finn, P. McEleney (84 Kilduff), Massey Matchday 2 (29/09/2016) 11

12 Dundalk FC-Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Matchday 3 (20/10/2016) Dundalk FC-FC Zenit Matchday 4 (03/11/2016) FC Zenit-Dundalk FC Matchday 5 (24/11/2016) Dundalk FC-AZ Alkmaar Matchday 6 (08/12/2016) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC-Dundalk FC Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC UEFA Europa League - First qualifying round (30/06/2016) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 3-0 ND Gorica Goals: 1-0 Igiebor 13, 2-0 Orlando Sá 45, 3-0 Igiebor 69 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC: Rajković, Medunjanin, Alberman, Ben Chaim (78 Ben Basat), Miha, Tibi, Ben Harush (82 Rikan), Carlos García, Igiebor, D. Peretz, Orlando Sá (70 Itzhaki) (07/07/2016) ND Gorica 0-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (agg: 0-4) Goals: 0-1 Benayoun 10 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC: Rajković, Medunjanin, Alberman, Miha (71 Ben Chaim), Tibi (64 Filipenko), Ben Harush, Ben Haim, Igiebor, D. Peretz, Benayoun, Orlando Sá (46 Ben Basat) Second qualifying round (14/07/2016) FC Kairat Almaty 1-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Goals: 1-0 Arshavin 29, 1-1 Benayoun 90+1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC: Rajković, Medunjanin (90 Golasa), Alberman, Ben Chaim (73 Benayoun), Miha, Tibi, Rikan, Ben Haim, Igiebor (86 Itzhaki), D. Peretz, Orlando Sá (21/07/2016) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 2-1 FC Kairat Almaty (agg: 3-2) Goals: 1-0 Ben Chaim 5, 1-1 Gohou 64, 2-1 Alberman 86 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC: Rajković, Medunjanin (90 Filipenko), Alberman, Ben Chaim (75 Benayoun), Miha, Tibi, Rikan, Ben Haim, Igiebor, D. Peretz (69 Dasa), Orlando Sá Third qualifying round (28/07/2016) CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1-3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Goals: 0-1 Ben Chaim 7, 1-1 Herea 30, 1-2 Igiebor 49, 1-3 Miha 77 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC: Rajković, Medunjanin (68 E. Peretz), Alberman, Ben Chaim, Miha, Tibi, Filipenko, Rikan, Igiebor (79 Itzhaki), D. Peretz, Orlando Sá (75 Ben Basat) (04/08/2016) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 2-1 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (agg: 5-2) Goals: 1-0 Igiebor 24, 1-1 Pleaşcă 57, 2-1 Scarione 80 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC: Rajković, Dasa, Medunjanin, Alberman (59 Scarione), Miha, Tibi, Filipenko, Rikan, Igiebor, Benayoun (82 Ben Basat), Orlando Sá (72 Itzhaki) Play-off (18/08/2016) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 2-1 HNK Hajduk Split Goals: 1-0 Alberman 9, 1-1 Said 56, 2-1 Scarione 77 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC: Rajković, Medunjanin, Scarione (84 Benayoun), Alberman (68 Ben Basat), Ben Chaim, Miha, Tibi, Filipenko, Rikan, Igiebor, D. Peretz (63 Dasa) 12

13 (25/08/2016) HNK Hajduk Split 2-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (agg: 3-3, 3-4 P) Goals: 1-0 Ćosić 40, 1-1 Scarione 52, 2-1 Ćosić 59 Penalties: Vlašić 1-0, Itzhaki 1-1, Tudor 1-1 (missed), Ben Haim 1-1 (missed), Ohandza 1-1 (missed), Scarione 1-1 (missed), Gentzoglou 2-1, Orlando Sá 2-2, Sušić 3-2, Medunjanin 3-3, Ćosić 3-3 (missed), Rikan 3-4 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC: Rajković, Dasa, Medunjanin, Scarione, Ben Basat (16 Rikan), Miha (24 Itzhaki), Tibi, Ben Harush, Ben Haim, Igiebor, Benayoun (81 Orlando Sá) Group stage Matchday 1 (15/09/2016) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 3-4 FC Zenit Goals: 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+2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC: Rajković, Dasa, Medunjanin, Alberman, Ben Chaim (85 D. Peretz), Ben Harush, Filipenko, Kjartansson (74 Ben Basat), Ben Haim, Igiebor, Benayoun (79 Miha) Matchday 2 (29/09/2016) Dundalk FC-Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Matchday 3 (20/10/2016) AZ Alkmaar-Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Matchday 4 (03/11/2016) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC-AZ Alkmaar Matchday 5 (24/11/2016) FC Zenit-Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Matchday 6 (08/12/2016) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC-Dundalk FC 13

14 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Andris Treimanis (LVA) Haralds Gudermanis (LVA), Aleksejs Spasjonnikovs (LVA) Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (LVA), Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA) Raimonds Tatriks (LVA) Roland Tis (BEL) Roberto Rosetti (ITA) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League matches UEFA matches Andris Treimanis 16/03/ UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 28/05/2014 U19 ELITE Republic of Ireland Iceland 2-1 Dublin 30/05/2014 U19 ELITE Turkey Republic of Ireland 2-1 Dublin 03/09/2014 U21 QR Azerbaijan Israel 3-0 Baku 21/07/2015 UCL 2QR Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Hibernians FC 5-1 Tel Aviv 28/03/2016 U21 QR Slovenia Republic of Ireland 3-1 Koper 14