UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP - 2013/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS City Stadium - Uherske Hradiste Thursday 18 June 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) England Group B - Matchday 1 Portugal Last updated 14/06/2019 12:17CET UEFA UNDER 21 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 11 Team facts 15 Legend 18 1 England - Portugal Thursday 18 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit City Stadium, Uherske Hradiste Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 03/09/2010 QR (GS) Portugal - England 0-1 Barcelos Sturridge 32 14/11/2009 QR (GS) England - Portugal 1-0 London Rose 40 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Milner 44 (P), 05/09/2008 QR (GS) England - Portugal 2-0 London Agbonlahor 63 Vieirinha 3 (P); A. 20/11/2007 QR (GS) Portugal - England 1-1 Agueda Johnson 49 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Barton 36; Ricardo 09/09/2003 QR (GS) England - Portugal 1-2 Liverpool Quaresma 4, Hélder Postiga 80 Hélder Postiga 7, Ricardo Quaresma 28/03/2003 QR (GS) Portugal - England 4-2 Rio Maior 10, Carlos Martins 60, Ronaldo 71; Sh. Ameobi 8, 33 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Filipe Teixeira 7, Makukula 20 (P), 22/05/2002 GS-FT Portugal - England 3-1 Zurich Hugo Viana 69; Smith 43 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Santa Maria de Nuno Gomes 23, Dani 02/09/1995 QR (GS) Portugal - England 2-0 Lamas 36 06/09/1994 QR (GS) England - Portugal 0-0 Leicester Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total England 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 9 3 2 4 9 12 2 England - Portugal Thursday 18 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit City Stadium, Uherske Hradiste Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Portugal 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 9 4 2 3 12 9 3 England - Portugal Thursday 18 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit City Stadium, Uherske Hradiste Match background England and Portugal meet for the third time in four editions of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship – and the first time in the final tournament since 2002 – as they open their Group A campaigns. Previous meetings • Portugal were 3-1 winners when the teams met in the 2002 group stage, goals from Filipe Teixeira (7), Ariza Makukula (20pen) and Hugo Viana (69) securing victory despite Alan Smith's 43rd-minute response. Portugal still missed out on a semi-final place, finishing third in Group B with England fourth. • The teams at the Hardturm Stadion in Zurich on 22 May 2002 were: Portugal: Sérgio Leite, Faísca, Tonel, Bruno Alves, Jorge Ribeiro, Hugo Viana, Filipe Teixeira (Miguel 61), Makukula (Paulo Costa 56), Pedro Mendes, António Semedo, Neca. England: Robinson, Young, Konchesky, Knight, Barry, Dunn, Greening (Ameobi 31), Pennant, Prutton, Defoe (Zamora 66), Smith. • The teams' other eight competitive meetings have all come in qualifying with three wins for each side and two draws. England are unbeaten in four matches against Portugal, winning the last two – both 1-0, in qualifying for the 2011 competition. • Portugal have not beaten England in a competitive fixture in four attempts, since a 4-2 success in Rio Maior on 28 March 2003. Match background • This is Portugal's first final appearance since 2007; they qualified for four successive tournaments between 2002 and 2007 and finished third in 2004. • On their only other two finals appearances, Portugal were runners-up in 1994 and reached the quarter-finals two years later. • England are in their fifth straight finals; they failed to get out of the group stage in 2011 and 2013, having been semi- finalists in 2007 and runners-up two years later. • Champions in 1982 and 1984, England have reached four further semi-finals and also qualified for the final tournament in 2000 and 2002. The coaches England: Gareth Southgate Born 03/09/1970 Appointed before the start of the 2013–15 campaign, Southgate signed a 12-month contract extension in January running until summer 2017. In 2006, aged 35, the former England defender had been named Middlesbrough manager, a role he left in October 2009 following their relegation from the Premier League. Portugal: Rui Jorge Born 27/03/73 Jorge succeeded Oceano Cruz in November 2010. The one-time Porto, Rio Ave, Sporting and Belenenses left-back made 45 appearances for his country, including one at UEFA EURO 2004 on home soil and three at the FIFA World Cup two years earlier. Form guide • England Last five games (most recent first): WWWLW Qualifying top scorer: Saido Berahino (10) • Portugal Last five games (most recent first): LDLWW Qualifying top scorer: Ricardo (5) England team news • Central defender John Stones has been ruled out of England’s first two games at the finals, suffering with concussion. • England warmed up with a 3-1 practice match win against the Republic of Ireland at St George's Park on 5 June, and a 1-0 friendly victory over Belarus on 11 June at Barnsley's Oakwell stadium. • Middlesbrough defender Ben Gibson scored with seven minutes left in Barnsley to hand Southgate's side victory before the players enjoyed a two-day break. • Arsenal defender Calum Chambers, Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry 4 England - Portugal Thursday 18 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit City Stadium, Uherske Hradiste Kane joined up with the rest of the squad a week later owing to extended club commitments at the season's end. • The squad arrived in Olomouc on Sunday morning and had an open training session later in the day. They know Olomouc already from a training camp in March, and coach Southgate is keen for his players to feel as relaxed as possible in the team's base near the city centre. "It is close enough for them to walk in and have a cup of coffee, meet local people or go and see their families," he said. • On Tuesday morning, captain Jack Butland and midfielder James Ward-Prowse visited the Heyrovského School and participated in a training session involving a group of around 50 boys aged ten to 12. The school has close ties with local club Sigma Olomouc and is the alma mater of four members of the current Czech U21 squad. • Ward-Prowse spoke afterwards about the determination and togetherness of this England squad: "We're not just here to take part in it – we're here to win it. That's the vision not only among the players but the staff. We are all together and it is a very good, family-knit unit." • Danny Ings will kick off next season as a Liverpool player after the Anfield club announced on 8 June that they had agreed a deal to sign him from Burnley on 1 July. Portugal team news • Portugal travelled to the Czech Republic on Sunday and trained for the first time at their base camp in Otrokovice later the same day. • William Carvalho and Bernardo Silva did not take part in that training session as they joined the team later due to their participation in Portugal's 3-2 away win against Armenia on Saturday. • Bruno Fernandes and Rúben Pinto, the two players cut from Rui Jorge's initial list with 25 names, continued to work with the team until the very last day of the training camp held in Rio Maior. Former Portuguese striker Pedro Pauleta, now a director for the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), thanked both for the gesture. • Lorient left-back Raphael Guerreiro said: "I'm very proud to be part of this team. We have a lot of quality players and our main objective is to qualify for the Olympic Games. We will see if we can do even better than that." • Captain Sérgio Oliveira's impressive campaign with Paços Ferreira earned him a move to Porto at the end of the 2014/15 season. Oliveira was part of the youth set-up at Porto, but left the club in 2013. 5 England - Portugal Thursday 18 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit City Stadium, Uherske Hradiste Squad list England Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Jack Butland 10/03/1993 22 Stoke - 11 0 0 0 21 - 12 Jonathan Bond 19/05/1993 22 Watford - 2 0 0 0 2 - 13 Marcus Bettinelli 24/05/1992 23 Fulham - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders 2 Carl Jenkinson 08/02/1992 23 Arsenal - 6 1 0 0 7 1 3 Luke Garbutt 21/05/1993 22 Everton - 3 0 0 0 3 - 5 John Stones 28/05/1994 21 Everton - 7 0 0 0 7 - 6 Ben Gibson 15/01/1993 22 Middlesbrough - 3 0 0 0 3 - 15 Michael Keane 11/01/1993 22 Burnley - 8 1 0 0 8 1 20 Liam Moore 31/01/1993 22 Leicester - 6 1 0 0 6 1 21 Calum Chambers 20/01/1995 20 Arsenal - 0 0 0 0 - - 22 Matt Targett 18/09/1995 19 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 - - Midfielders 4 Jake Forster-Caskey 25/04/1994 21 Brighton - 4 0 0 0 4 - 7 Alex Pritchard 03/05/1993 22 Tottenham - 2 0 0 0 2 - 8 James Ward-Prowse 01/11/1994 20 Southampton - 9 2 0 0 9 2 10 Tom Carroll 28/05/1992 23 Tottenham - 9 0 0 0 9 - 11 Nathan Redmond 06/03/1994 21 Norwich - 10 3 0 0 13 3 14 Nathaniel Chalobah 12/12/1994 20 Chelsea - 7 0 0 0 10 - 16 Jesse Lingard 15/12/1992 22 Man.