UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE /17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE /17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Netanya Municipal Stadium - Netanya Thursday 15 September CET (20.00 local time) Group D - Matchday 1 FC Zenit Last updated 01/12/ :56CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 1

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

3 Match background Maccabi Tel-Aviv's perfect record of four victories from as many European home games this term will be put to the test when they host Zenit in UEFA Europa League Group D. Previous meetings This is the clubs' first meeting in UEFA competition and neither team has played a side from their opponents' country. Form guide Maccabi have won all four of their European home matches this season: 3-0, 2-1, 2-1, 2-1. Maccabi and Qäbälä are the only teams 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. UEFA Cup winners in 2008, Zenit have progressed in three of their four previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. In 2010/11 they won all six group games. Links and trivia The journey from St Petersburg to Tel Aviv is around 3,100km. The coaches Maccabi's Georgian coach Shota Arveladze scored an impressive 32 goals in 64 UEFA club competition games 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. Mircea Lucescu took charge of Zenit this summer, the 71-year-old Romanian ending a 12-year spell at Shakhtar Donetsk in which he picked up eight Ukrainian titles and the 2008/09 UEFA Cup. He previously won Turkish championships with Beşiktaş and Galatasaray. Lucescu is the most experienced coach in the 2016/17 competition; this will be his 215th UEFA club competition match. 3

4 Team facts Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Formed: 1906 Nickname: The Yellows UEFA club competition honours None 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 4

5 Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Beşiktaş JK v Maccabi (see above) FC Zenit Formed: 1925 Nickname: 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) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless otherwise indicated) 2015/16: UEFA Champions League round of /15: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: round of /13: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: round of /11: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2008/09: UEFA Cup round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: UEFA Cup winners 2006/07: did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 8-0: Zenit v FC Encamp 29/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg Biggest away win 0-5: FC Encamp v Zenit 15/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zenit v Bologna FC 16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg Heaviest away defeat 5-0 twice, most recently v VfB Stuttgart 01/11/89, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League Biggest home win 8-0: Zenit v FC Encamp (see above) Biggest away win 0-5: FC Encamp v Zenit (see above) Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zenit v Bologna FC (see above) Heaviest away defeat 5-0: VfB Stuttgart v Zenit (see above) 5

6 Squad list 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/ 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/

7 FC Zenit Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Yuri Lodygin RUS 26/05/ Mikhail Kerzhakov RUS 28/01/ Egor Baburin RUS 09/08/ Igor Obukhov RUS 29/05/ Defenders 2 Aleksandr Anyukov RUS 28/09/ Ivan Novoseltsev RUS 25/08/ Domenico Criscito ITA 30/12/ Nicolas Lombaerts BEL 20/03/ Luís Neto POR 26/05/ Igor Smolnikov RUS 08/08/ Vukašin Jovanović SRB 17/05/ Maksim Karpov RUS 17/03/ Danil Krugovoi RUS 28/05/ Midfielders 5 Aleksandr Ryazantsev RUS 05/09/ Giuliano BRA 31/05/ Maurício BRA 21/10/ Artur Yusupov RUS 01/09/ Pavel Mogilevets RUS 25/01/ Oleg Shatov RUS 29/07/ Javi García ESP 08/02/ Axel Witsel BEL 12/01/ Róbert Mak SVK 08/03/ Leon Musaev RUS 25/01/ Vitali Gorulev RUS 30/07/ Danila Yaschuk RUS 13/03/ Yuri Zhirkov RUS 20/08/ Forwards 9 Aleksandr Kokorin RUS 19/03/ Danny POR 07/08/ Aleksandr Kerzhakov RUS 27/11/ Artem Dzyuba RUS 22/08/ Aleksei Gasilin RUS 01/03/ Luka Djordjević MNE 09/07/ Pavel Dolgov RUS 16/08/ Coach - Mircea Lucescu ROU 29/07/

8 Fixtures and results 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 72 (P) 15/09/2016 UEL FC Zenit (H) 18/09/2016 League Hapoel Ra'anana FC (A) 21/09/2016 League Bnei Sakhnin FC (A) 24/09/2016 League Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (H) 29/09/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (A) 20/10/2016 UEL AZ Alkmaar (A) 22/10/2016 League Maccabi Haifa FC (H) 29/10/2016 League Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (A) 03/11/2016 UEL AZ Alkmaar (H) 05/11/2016 League Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC (H) 19/11/2016 League Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (A) 24/11/2016 UEL FC Zenit (A) 26/11/2016 League Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (A) 03/12/2016 League Hapoel Ashkelon FC (H) 08/12/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (H) 10/12/2016 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) 8

9 Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC Hapoel Ashkelon FC Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC Maccabi Haifa FC Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC Bnei Sakhnin FC Beitar Jerusalem FC Hapoel Haifa FC Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC FC Ashdod Hapoel Ra'anana FC Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC FC Zenit Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 30/07/2016 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (H) 06/08/2016 League FC Ufa (A) 12/08/2016 League FC Rostov (H) D 0-0 D 0-0 W /08/2016 League PFC CSKA Moskva (H) D 1-1 Zhirkov 45 27/08/2016 League FC Amkar Perm (H) W 3-0 Giuliano 22, 32, Criscito 89 11/09/2016 League FC Arsenal Tula (A) 15/09/2016 UEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (A) 19/09/2016 League FC Rubin (H) 25/09/2016 League FC Anji (A) 29/09/2016 UEL AZ Alkmaar (H) 02/10/2016 League FC Spartak Moskva (H) 16/10/2016 League FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (A) 20/10/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (A) 24/10/2016 League FC Orenburg (H) 30/10/2016 League FC Tom Tomsk (H) 03/11/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (H) 05/11/2016 League FC Terek Grozny (A) 19/11/2016 League PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara (H) 24/11/2016 UEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (H) 26/11/2016 League FC Krasnodar (A) 30/11/2016 League FC Ufa (H) 03/12/2016 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) W 5-0 Giuliano 50 (P), Ezatolahi 72 (og), Djordjević 85 Kokorin 18, Dzyuba 38, Mak 66, Giuliano 84, Kerzhakov 89 (P) 9

10 FC Zenit 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 Pts 1 FC Spartak Moskva PFC CSKA Moskva FC Zenit FC Amkar Perm FC Rostov FC Terek Grozny FC Krasnodar FC Anji FC Lokomotiv Moskva FC Rubin FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast FC Ufa FC Arsenal Tula FC Tom Tomsk FC Orenburg PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara

11 Match-by-match lineups 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) (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 11

12 Group D Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts AZ Alkmaar Dundalk FC FC Zenit Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Matchday 1 (15/09/2016) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC-FC Zenit 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 FC Zenit UEFA Europa League - Group stage Matchday 1 (15/09/2016) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC-FC Zenit Matchday 2 (29/09/2016) FC Zenit-AZ Alkmaar Matchday 3 (20/10/2016) Dundalk FC-FC Zenit Matchday 4 (03/11/2016) FC Zenit-Dundalk FC Matchday 5 (24/11/2016) FC Zenit-Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Matchday 6 (08/12/2016) AZ Alkmaar-FC Zenit 12

13 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Ivan Kružliak (SVK) Roman Slyško (SVK), Martin Balko (SVK) Peter Kralović (SVK), Mário Vlk (SVK) Tomaš Somolani (SVK) David McDowell (SVN) Stefan Messner (AUT) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League matches UEFA matches Ivan Kružliak 24/03/ Ivan Kruzliak Referee since: 2003 First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2011 Tournaments: 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Finals 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 28/07/2011 UEL 3QR FC Alania Vladikavkaz FC Aktobe 1-1 Vladikavkaz 28/11/2013 UEL GS FC Rubin NK Maribor 1-1 Kazan 27/11/2014 UEL GS FC Krasnodar LOSC Lille 1-1 Krasnodar 25/02/2016 UEL R32 FC Lokomotiv Moskva Fenerbahçe SK 1-1 Moscow Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 19/05/2011 U19 ELITE Russia Czech Republic 0-0 Kyjov 21/05/2011 U19 ELITE Israel Russia 1-3 Kyjov 28/07/2011 UEL 3QR FC Alania Vladikavkaz FC Aktobe 1-1 Vladikavkaz 28/11/2013 UEL GS FC Rubin NK Maribor 1-1 Kazan 30/07/2014 UCL 3QR NK Maribor Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 1-0 Maribor 27/11/2014 UEL GS FC Krasnodar LOSC Lille 1-1 Krasnodar 25/02/2016 UEL R32 FC Lokomotiv Moskva Fenerbahçe SK 1-1 Moscow 13