Legia v Ajax background

AFC Ajax have the advantage over Legia Warszawa but, without a win in 11 European away games, the Eredivisie champions will not be getting complacent.

Previous meetings
• The sides met for the first time in UEFA competition, in what was Ajax's first experience of Polish opposition. The Dutch side registered a 1-0 victory courtesy of Arkadiusz Milik's wonderful 35th-minute effort.

• Legia's home record against Dutch sides is W1 D1 L1.

• Ajax coach Frank de Boer took on Legia as an FC Barcelona player in the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League; he scored as his team won 3-0 at home and figured in a 1-0 victory in Warsaw too.

Form guide
• Legia are unbeaten at home in Europe this season, following up a draw with five straight victories.

• Ajax are without a win in 11 European away games (D3 L8) since a 2-1 success at Manchester United FC in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League round of 32.

Trivia and links
• Ajax's Polish forward Milik will be up against his compatriots; the 20-year-old, on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen, made his name as a teenager at Górnik Zabrze.

• Legia's 36-year-old attacker Marek Saganowski has Dutch experience, having made his first move abroad to play for Feyenoord in 1997, though he failed to score in seven Eredivisie outings.

• The final takes place at the National Stadium Warsaw on 27 May. Legia could thus feature in the final in their home city. Feyenoord won the 2001/02 UEFA Cup in a one-off game in Rotterdam, but Sporting Clube de Portugal lost the 2004/05 decider at their Lisbon home.

• Legia and Celtic FC have had the longest European campaigns of the round of 32 contenders; having kicked off their seasons in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, they enter the round of 32 having already played 12 European matches in 2014/15.

• Ajax (Netherlands) and Legia (Poland) are among seven reigning domestic champions in the last 32, along with Aalborg BK (Denmark), FC Salzburg (Austria), Celtic (Scotland), Olympiacos FC (Greece) and RSC Anderlecht (Belgium).

• Ajax (1992) are among 11 former UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League winners in the round of 32, and one of six round of 32 contenders who have also lifted the European Cup or UEFA Champions League.

The coaches
• Henning Berg took charge of Legia at the start of 2014. The former Blackburn Rovers FC, Manchester United FC and Rangers FC defender was capped 100 times by Norway. As a coach, he has held the reins at FK Lyn, Lillestrøm SK and – for just 57 days – Blackburn.

• Ajax coach since 2010, Frank de Boer claimed five league titles, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League as a player with the Amsterdam club, with the defender and his twin brother Ronald then scooping a Spanish championship at Barcelona in 1998/99. He has now steered his old team to four straight Eredivisie crowns.