UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS FC Zenit Last updated 01/12/2016 21:17CET Stadion Petrovskiy - St Petersburg Thursday 3 November 2016 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Group D - Matchday 4 Dundalk FC Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 1
Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/10/2016 GS Dundalk FC - FC Zenit 1-2 Dublin Benson 52; Mak 71, Giuliano 77 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Zenit 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 Dundalk FC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Zenit have not played against a club from their opponents' country Dundalk FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Dundalk FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2
Match background Zenit have made a storming start in UEFA Europa League Group D and will be certain of a place in the round of 32 if they avoid defeat against Irish champions Dundalk. Previous meetings The Russian team came from behind to win 2-1 when the clubs met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday three. Only seven games have been played between Russian and Irish sides in UEFA club competition, with the Russians winning six to the Irish representatives' one. Dublin outfit Shamrock Rovers lost 3-0 at home and 4-1 away to Rubin Kazan in their pioneering 2011/12 UEFA Europa League campaign. Form guide Zenit, Shakhtar Donetsk and Schalke come into matchday four with nine points. Zenit are the group stage's top scorers with 11 goals an average of 3.67 per game. Zenit are 15 home matches unbeaten in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League (W13 D2) since a 1-0 quarterfinal defeat by Bayer Leverkusen in April 2008. They have never lost a UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League group stage home fixture (W7 D3). Dundalk have not won in four European away games this term, though three of those fixtures ended in creditable draws. UEFA Cup winners in 2008, Zenit have progressed in three of their four previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group campaigns. In 2010/11 they won all six matches. Dundalk are making their UEFA group stage debut. The lone Irish side to have previously graced a UEFA Europa League group stage were Shamrock Rovers, who lost all six of their fixtures in 2011/12. Dundalk were thus the first Irish side to draw, and then win, a UEFA group stage match at this level. Links and trivia The journey from Dundalk to St Petersburg is about 2,300km. This will be Zenit's 150th UEFA club competition game; the previous 149 ended W77 D28 L44. Zenit boast two of the group stage's three-goal top scorers in Giuliano and Aleksandar Kokorin. Giuliano leads the golden boot race since he has the most assists: four. Dundalk clinched a third consecutive Irish title on 23 October, with a 2-1 win against Bohemians guaranteeing them top spot with two games to spare. They will secure a second successive double if they beat Cork City in the Irish Cup final on 6 November. Dundalk defender Brian Gartland turns 30 the day after the match. The coaches Mircea Lucescu took charge of Zenit this summer, the 71-year-old Romanian ending a 12-year spell at Shakhtar 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 218th UEFA club fixture. 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 2015. 3
Team facts 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 16 2014/15: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2012/13: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2010/11: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: 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) 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) 4
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 5
Squad list 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 26/05/1990 26-3 - 7-9 - 36-41 Mikhail Kerzhakov RUS 28/01/1987 29 - - - 5-7 - 9-71 Egor Baburin RUS 09/08/1993 23 - - - - - - - - - 83 Igor Obukhov RUS 29/05/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Aleksandr Anyukov RUS 28/09/1982 34-1 - 4-41 1 91 1 3 Ivan Novoseltsev RUS 25/08/1991 25-1 - 3-1 - 5-4 Domenico Criscito ITA 30/12/1986 29-3 1 11 3 12 2 47 3 6 Nicolas Lombaerts BEL 20/03/1985 31-2 - 3-21 1 81 2 13 Luís Neto POR 26/05/1988 28 * 3-11 - 12-28 - 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 - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Aleksandr Ryazantsev RUS 05/09/1986 30 - - - - - 24 5 56 7 7 Giuliano BRA 31/05/1990 26-3 3 10 6 15 4 20 5 8 Maurício BRA 21/10/1988 28-3 1 9-3 1 5 1 14 Artur Yusupov RUS 01/09/1989 27 - - - 7 1 7 1 16 2 15 Pavel Mogilevets RUS 25/01/1993 23 - - - 1-2 - 5-17 Oleg Shatov RUS 29/07/1990 26-2 1 9 1 16 1 46 7 21 Javi García ESP 08/02/1987 29 S 3-11 - 27 1 73 3 28 Axel Witsel BEL 12/01/1989 27-3 - 12 1 30 6 83 12 29 Róbert Mak SVK 08/03/1991 25-3 1 8 3 11 4 19 11 38 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 33-1 - 8 1 40 5 84 7 Forwards 9 Aleksandr Kokorin RUS 19/03/1991 25-3 3 12 2 11 5 23 9 10 Danny POR 07/08/1983 33 - - - - - 25 1 73 14 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov RUS 27/11/1982 33-1 - 6 1 36 18 77 28 22 Artem Dzyuba RUS 22/08/1988 28-2 - 9 5 17 6 36 13 48 Aleksei Gasilin RUS 01/03/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - 77 Luka Djordjević MNE 09/07/1994 22-3 1 7 1 3 1 5 1 92 Pavel Dolgov RUS 16/08/1996 20 - - - - - - - 1 - Coach - Mircea Lucescu ROU 29/07/1945 71-3 - - - 58-217 - 6
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 25/09/1981 35-6 - 2-29 - 2-30 - 22 Gabriel Sava ROU 15/10/1986 30 - - - 1-4 - 1-4 - 30 Ben Kelly IRL 26/07/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Seán Gannon IRL 11/07/1991 25-6 - 3-26 - 3-15 - 3 Brian Gartland IRL 04/11/1986 29-1 - 3-29 7 3-14 1 4 Andy Boyle IRL 07/03/1991 25-6 - 3-32 3 3-15 - 12 Shane Grimes IRL 09/03/1987 29 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 14 Dane Massey IRL 17/04/1988 28-6 - 3-30 3 3-15 - 15 Patrick Barrett IRL 22/07/1993 23-6 - - - 16 3 - - 6-24 Alan Keane IRL 23/09/1984 32 - - - - - 5 - - - 9 3 Midfielders 5 Chris Shields IRL 27/12/1990 25-5 - 3-25 - 3-13 - 6 Stephen O'Donnell IRL 15/01/1986 30-5 - 1-23 1 7-22 2 7 Daryl Horgan IRL 10/08/1992 24-6 - 3-31 9 3-14 - 8 John Mountney IRL 22/02/1993 23-5 - 3-30 2 3-14 1 10 Ronan Finn IRL 21/12/1987 28-6 - 3-29 7 8-26 - 11 Patrick McEleney IRL 26/09/1992 24-6 - 3-23 3 3-15 1 17 Georgie Poynton IRL 08/09/1997 19 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 18 Robbie Benson IRL 07/05/1992 24-6 2 3 1 24 2 3 1 13 3 19 Dean Shiels NIR 01/02/1985 31 - - - 2-9 3 4-10 - 21 Darren Meenan NIR 16/11/1986 29-1 - - - 24 1 - - 12 - Forwards 9 David McMillan IRL 14/12/1988 27-6 5 3-31 16 3-22 7 16 Ciaran Kilduff IRL 29/09/1988 28-5 - 3 2 20 7 8 2 18 2 20 Ciaran O'Connor IRL 04/07/1996 20 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 26 Michael O'Connor IRL 31/07/1998 18-1 - - - 3 1 - - 1 - Coach - Stephen Kenny IRL 30/10/1971 45-6 - 3 - - - 5-37 - 7
Fixtures and results 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 3-2 20/08/2016 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) 22/09/2016 Cup Tambov (A) W 5-0 W 4-3 W 4-1 W 5-0 25/09/2016 League FC Anji (A) D 2-2 Dzyuba 6, 18 29/09/2016 UEL AZ Alkmaar (H) 02/10/2016 League FC Spartak Moskva (H) W 5-0 W 4-2 16/10/2016 League FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (A) W 2-0 Shatov 22, Yusupov 89 20/10/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (A) W 2-1 Mak 71, Giuliano 77 24/10/2016 League FC Orenburg (H) W 1-0 Mak 17 27/10/2016 Cup FC Anji (A) L 0-4 30/10/2016 League FC Tom Tomsk (H) W 1-0 Kokorin 26 03/11/2016 UEL Dundalk FC (H) 06/11/2016 League FC Terek Grozny (A) 20/11/2016 League PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara (H) 24/11/2016 UEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (H) 27/11/2016 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) 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) Giuliano 50 (P), Ezatolahi 72 (og), Djordjević 85 Kokorin 18, Dzyuba 38, Mak 66, Giuliano 84, Kerzhakov 89 (P) Kokorin 77, Maurício 84, Giuliano 86, Djordjević 90+2 Criscito 16 (P), Mak 53, Giuliano 59, Dzyuba 63 Mak 38, Shatov 47, Kokorin 61, Djordjević 72, Giuliano 84 Kokorin 26, 59, Giuliano 48, Criscito 66 (P), Shatov 80 Criscito 20 (P), Dzyuba 33, Witsel 61, Giuliano 87 (P) 8
FC Zenit 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 12 9 1 2 21 8 28 2 FC Zenit 12 8 4 0 26 8 28 3 PFC CSKA Moskva 12 6 3 3 12 9 21 4 FC Terek Grozny 12 6 3 3 17 16 21 5 FC Krasnodar 12 5 5 2 14 7 20 6 FC Amkar Perm 12 5 5 2 9 6 20 7 FC Rostov 12 5 2 5 13 10 17 8 FC Anji 12 4 5 3 10 9 17 9 FC Ufa 12 4 4 4 7 8 16 10 FC Rubin 12 4 3 5 15 15 15 11 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 12 2 6 4 7 10 12 12 FC Orenburg 12 2 4 6 7 11 10 13 FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 12 2 3 7 7 15 9 14 FC Arsenal Tula 12 1 6 5 4 16 9 15 FC Tom Tomsk 12 2 2 8 7 20 8 16 PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara 12 1 4 7 6 14 7 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 4-0 01/04/2016 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 7-0 20/05/2016 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 90+3 03/06/2016 League Cork City FC (A) L 0-1 O'Donnell 9, McMillan 64, Horgan 71, Gartland 90 24/06/2016 League Saint Patrick's Athletic FC (H) W 2-0 Kilduff 73, Finn 81 Benson 5, 20, Horgan 35, Coll 44 (og), McMillan 57, Boyle 71, Barrett 90 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 90+2 9
Dundalk FC 13/07/2016 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 0-1 02/08/2016 UCL FC BATE Borisov (H) W 3-0 McMillan 44, 59, Benson 90 05/08/2016 League Galway FC (A) L 0-1 10/08/2016 League Bray Wanderers FC (A) L 1-2 Horgan 12 17/08/2016 UCL Legia Warszawa (H) L 0-2 23/08/2016 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 5-0 02/09/2016 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 1-0 Kilduff 66 12/09/2016 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 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) W 1-0 Kilduff 72 02/10/2016 Cup Derry City FC (H) D 2-2 Shiels 21, Kilduff 45+3 04/10/2016 Cup Derry City FC (A) W 2-1 Kilduff 36 (P), Finn 67 08/10/2016 League Sligo Rovers FC (H) L 0-3 11/10/2016 League Cork City FC (H) W 2-1 McNulty 7 (og), Horgan 36 14/10/2016 League Shamrock Rovers FC (A) W 3-0 Gartland 53, Massey 62, Kilduff 71 17/10/2016 League Longford Town FC (A) W 3-0 Massey 15, McMillan 41, Horgan 48 20/10/2016 UEL FC Zenit (H) L 1-2 Benson 52 Shields 8, 78, Barrett 25, Shiels 44, M. O'Connor 74 23/10/2016 League Bohemian FC (H) W 2-1 Boyle 15, Gartland 63 25/10/2016 League Saint Patrick's Athletic FC (A) L 2-5 Shiels 48, M. O'Connor 63 28/10/2016 League Galway FC (H) W 4-1 Shiels 13, 37, Barrett 21, Kilduff 90+3 03/11/2016 UEL FC Zenit (A) 06/11/2016 Cup Cork City FC 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 33 25 2 6 73 28 77 2 Cork City FC 33 21 7 5 65 23 70 3 Derry City FC 33 17 11 5 48 29 62 4 Shamrock Rovers FC 33 16 7 10 46 34 55 5 Sligo Rovers FC 33 13 10 10 42 35 49 6 Bray Wanderers FC 33 13 7 13 39 40 46 7 Saint Patrick's Athletic FC 33 13 6 14 45 41 45 8 Bohemian FC 33 12 5 16 30 37 41 9 Galway FC 33 10 8 15 44 54 38 10 Finn Harps FC 33 8 8 17 23 49 32 10
Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 11 Wexford Youths 33 6 5 22 31 70 23 12 Longford Town FC 33 2 8 23 25 71 14 11
Match-by-match lineups FC Zenit UEFA Europa League - Group stage Group D Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Zenit 3 3 0 0 11 4 9 Dundalk FC 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 3 1 0 2 5 6 3 AZ Alkmaar 3 0 1 2 2 8 1 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 FC Zenit: Lodygin, Criscito, Giuliano, Kokorin, Kerzhakov (61 Djordjević), Luís Neto, Smolnikov, Javi García (71 Maurício), Witsel, Mak, Zhirkov (94 Novoseltsev) Matchday 2 (29/09/2016) FC Zenit 5-0 AZ Alkmaar Goals: 1-0 Kokorin 26, 2-0 Giuliano 48, 3-0 Kokorin 59, 4-0 Criscito 66 (P), 5-0 Shatov 80 FC 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 Zenit Goals: 1-0 Benson 52, 1-1 Mak 71, 1-2 Giuliano 77 FC 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-Dundalk FC Matchday 5 (24/11/2016) FC Zenit-Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Matchday 6 (08/12/2016) AZ Alkmaar-FC Zenit 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 12
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 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) Dundalk FC 1-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Goals: 1-0 Kilduff 72 Dundalk FC: Rogers, Gannon, Gartland, Boyle, Shields, Horgan, McMillan (64 Kilduff), Finn, P. McEleney (75 Mountney), Massey, Benson (85 Shiels) Matchday 3 (20/10/2016) Dundalk FC 1-2 FC Zenit Goals: 1-0 Benson 52, 1-1 Mak 71, 1-2 Giuliano 77 Dundalk FC: Sava, Gannon, Gartland, Boyle, Shields (86 Shiels), Horgan, McMillan (72 Kilduff), Finn, P. McEleney, Massey, Benson (79 Mountney) 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 13
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Luca Banti (ITA) Alessandro Giallatini (ITA), Matteo Passeri (ITA) Paolo Valeri (ITA), Marco Guida (ITA) Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA) Mikael Salzer (SWE) Hervé Piccirillo (FRA) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League matches UEFA matches Luca Banti 27/03/1974 24 38 Luca Banti Referee since: 1991 First division: 2005 FIFA badge: 2009 Tournaments: N/A Finals N/A UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 25/08/2011 UEL PO FC Spartak Trnava FC Lokomotiv Moskva 1-1 Trnava 26/07/2012 UEL 2QR Budapest Honvéd FC FC Anji 0-4 Budapest Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 25/08/2011 UEL PO FC Spartak Trnava FC Lokomotiv Moskva 1-1 Trnava 26/07/2012 UEL 2QR Budapest Honvéd FC FC Anji 0-4 Budapest 26/07/2016 UCL 3QR FC Rostov RSC Anderlecht 2-2 Rostov-on-Don 14