Europa League Final 2017

May 24, Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden

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AJAX

Coach Peter Bosz

Club captain Davy Klaassen

Europa League record W78 D26 L44

European pedigree

European Cup winner 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995

Europa League: 1992

Cup Winners’ Cup: 1987

Last season
Europa League Group stage Finished third with 7pts

Aiming to end 22-year wait for European silverware – lost Dutch Eredivsie title to Feyenoord by one point on last day of season

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MANCHESTER UTD

Coach José Mourinho

Club captain Wayne Rooney

Europa League record W23 D17 L13

European pedigree

European Cup winner 1968, 1999, 2008

Cup Winners’ Cup: 1991

FIFA Club World Cup: 2008

Last season

Europa League Last 16

Lost to Liverpool

Hoping to become only fifth team to win all three major UEFA club competitions – and seal place in Champions League next season
 
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HEAD-TO-HEAD

Ajax 2 Man Utd 2

Match results

2012 Man Utd 1-2 Ajax

2012 Ajax 0-2 Man Utd

1976 Man Utd 2-0 Ajax

1976 Ajax 1-0 Man Utd

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ROUTE TO FINAL

Topped Europa League group G

Second in Europa League group A

Round of 32 

Legia Warsaw 0-0 (a), 1-0 (h)

Saint-Etienne 3-0 (h), 1-0 (a)

Round of 16

Copenhagen 1-2 (a), 2-0 (h)

Rostov 1-1 (a), 1-0 (h)

Quarter-finals

Schalke 2-0 (h), 2-3 (a)

Anderlecht 1-1 (a), 2-1 (h)

After extra-time

Semi-finals

After extra-time

Lyon 4-1 (h), 1-3 (a)

Celta Vigo 1-0 (a), 1-1 (h)
 
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TEAM STATISTICS (14 matches)

24 Goals scored 23

15 Goals against 8

95 Shots on target 76

76 Shots wide 76

5142 Passes completed 6702

90 Corners 80

54% Average possession 56%
 
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PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Riedewald

Younes

Ziyech

de Ligt

Onana

Schone

Dolberg

Sanchez

Klaassen

Traore

Tete


Valencia

Mkhitaryan

Smalling

Fellaini

Romero

Herrera

Rashford

Blind

Pogba

Martial

Jones

MATCH REFEREE: Damir Skomina SLO
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Kasper Dolberg

Ajax last faced Premier League opposition in 2012, securing 3-1 home victory against Man City and 2-2 away draw

Record against English teams  W7 L7 D7


Paul Pogba

Man Utd convincingly beat Ajax’s Dutch rivals Feyenoord 4-0 in Europa League group
stage this season

Record against Dutch teams W8 L5 D3

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Pictures: Getty Images

Sources: UEFA, Gracenote

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