UEFA Europa League 2016/17: Ranking the semi-finalists

#3 Ajax

Kasper Dolberg has a huge responsibility on his young shoulders for Ajax to win the Europa League

One of the esteemed members of European football and the only winners of the tournament out of the final four, having won in 1992, Ajax are also the only side left who are still in contention to win the league title. The Dutch side are four points behind leaders Feyenoord and boast of one of the youngest sides with the likes of Justin Kluivert, son of former player and current sporting director of Paris Saint-Germain, Patrick Kluivert, and Kasper Dolberg, who is just 19 years of age but has scored 19 goals so far this season.

The Dutch side topped the group which had Celta Vigo, and in the knockouts, they did well to beat Polish side Legia Warsaw, Danish outfit FC Kobenhavn and German team Schalke, who posed the greatest threat and Ajax had to dig deep to qualify in extra-time.

Now, they are up against French side Lyon, who are an experienced outfit and with the second leg away from home, Ajax need top performances to win the semi-final and give themselves a shot to win the trophy for the second time in their history.