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UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Dinamo Stadion - Minsk Monday 15 October 2018 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Belarus Group D2 - Matchday 4 Moldova Last updated 15/10/2018 10:48CET Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 10 Legend 12 1 Belarus - Moldova Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Nations League Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 11/09/2018 GS-FT Moldova - Belarus 0-0 Chisinau FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 03/09/2005 QR (GS) Moldova - Belarus 2-0 Chisinau Rogaciov 15, 49 Omelyanchuk 45, Kutuzov 65, Bulyga 09/10/2004 QR (GS) Belarus - Moldova 4-0 Minsk 75, Romashchenko 90 UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Dadu 26, Covalciuc 10/09/2003 PR (GS) Moldova - Belarus 2-1 Tiraspol 87; Vasilyuk 90 (P) Kutuzov 43, Gurenko 29/03/2003 PR (GS) Belarus - Moldova 2-1 Minsk 58; B. Cebotari 14 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 Belarus 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 8 3 3 2 10 7 Moldova 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 8 2 3 3 7 10 2 Belarus - Moldova Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Squad list Belarus League phase No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Goalkeepers Dinamo 1 Aleksandr Gutor 18/04/1989 29 - 0 0 Brest 12 Sergei Chernik 20/07/1988 30 Nancy - 2 0 Dinamo 16 Andrei Gorbunov 29/05/1983 35 - 1 0 Minsk Defenders 3 Aleksandr Martynovich 26/08/1987 31 Krasnodar - 3 0 4 Igor Burko 08/09/1988 30 Shakhtyor - 0 0 5 Denis Polyakov 17/04/1991 27 BATE - 1 0 6 Sergei Politevich 09/04/1990 28 Kairat * 2 0 17 Mikhail Sivakov 16/01/1988 30 Orenburg - 1 0 Midfielders 2 Stanislav Dragun 04/06/1988 30 BATE - 3 2 7 Yuri Kovalev 27/01/1993 25 Shakhtyor - 1 1 8 Yuri Kendysh 10/06/1990 28 Sheriff - 2 0 Dinamo 9 Nikita Korzun 06/03/1995 23 - 1 0 Minsk Dinamo 13 Pavel Nekhaychik 15/07/1988 30 - 3 0 Brest 14 Anton Putilo 23/06/1987 31 Ankaragücü - 1 0 Dinamo 15 Sergei Kislyak 06/08/1987 31 - 0 0 Brest 18 Ivan Maevski 05/05/1988 30 Astana * 3 0 21 Aleksei Rios 14/05/1987 31 BATE - 0 0 22 Igor Stasevich 21/10/1985 32 BATE - 3 1 23 Maksim Skavysh 13/11/1989 28 BATE - 0 0 Forwards 10 Nikolai Signevich 20/02/1992 26 BATE - 0 0 11 Anton Saroka 05/03/1992 26 Lokeren - 3 2 20 Denis Laptev 01/08/1991 27 Shakhtyor * 3 0 Coach - Igor Kriushenko 10/02/1964 54 - 3 0 3 Belarus - Moldova Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Moldova League phase No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Stanislav Namaşco 10/11/1986 31 Zeta - 0 0 12 Serghei Paşcenco 18/12/1982 35 Sheriff - 0 0 Fortuna 23 Alexei Koşelev 19/11/1993 24 - 3 0 Sittard Defenders 2 Oleg Reabciuk 16/01/1998 20 Porto - 3 0 5 Veaceslav Posmac 07/11/1990 27 Sheriff - 3 0 İstanbul 6 Alexandru Epureanu 27/09/1986 32 - 3 0 Başakşehir 13 Dinu Graur 27/12/1994 23 Milsami - 2 0 15 Ion Jardan 10/01/1990 28 Zimbru - 0 0 Sfintul 17 Artiom Rozgoniuc 01/10/1995 23 - 0 0 Gheorghe Midfielders 4 Cătălin Carp 20/10/1993 24 Ufa * 3 0 7 Artur Ioniţa 17/08/1990 28 Cagliari - 2 0 8 Alexandru Gaţcan 27/03/1984 34 Rostov - 3 0 9 Alexandru Antoniuc 23/05/1989 29 Milsami * 3 0 10 Alexandru Dedov 26/07/1989 29 Zirä FK - 2 0 16 Constantin Sandu 15/09/1993 25 Speranta - 1 0 18 Gheorghe Anton 27/01/1993 25 Sheriff - 0 0 20 Eugeniu Cociuc 11/05/1993 25 Sabail - 3 0 Forwards 11 Radu Gînsari 10/12/1991 26 H. Haifa - 3 2 19 Alexandru Boiciuc 21/08/1997 21 Sheriff - 1 0 21 Vitalie Damaşcan 24/01/1999 19 Torino - 2 0 Coach - Alexandru Spiridon 20/07/1960 58 - 3 0 4 Belarus - Moldova Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Head coach Igor Kriushenko Date of birth: 10 February 1964 Nationality: Belarusian Playing career: Dinamo Minsk, Khimik Grodno, Lida, Alga Bishkek, Aktyubinets, Metallurg Aldan, Dinamo Yakutsk, Selenga, Torpedo Mogilev Coaching career: Torpedo Mogilev (assistant), BATE Borisov (reserves), BATE, Dinamo Minsk, Sibir Novosibirsk, Shurtan Guzar, Torpedo Zhodino, Belarus • A graduate of one Minsk's youth academies, his first coach was Mikhail Mustygin – Soviet Top League top scorer with Dinamo Minsk in 1962 and 1967. A Soviet youth international, Kriushenko never made the first team at Dinamo Minsk, and spent his playing career in the lower divisions. • After four years as a coach with BATE's reserve team, took charge of the seniors in 2005 and won league titles in 2006 and 2007 before leaving for Dinamo Minsk. • League runner-up as Dinamo coach in 2008, he moved to Russia and led Sibir Novosibirsk to promotion in his first campaign, and then to the Russian Cup final and the UEFA Europa League play-offs in 2010. • Won a Belarusian Cup with Torpedo Zhodino in 2016 and was named Belarus coach on 1 March 2017, initially on a temporary basis. • Coached Torpedo and the national team in tandem to start with before stepping down from his club role to concentrate on his Belarus position. Alexandru Spiridon Date of birth: 20 July 1960 Nationality: Moldovan Playing career: Nistru Chişinău (twice), SKA Kyiv, Zorya Voroshilovgrad, Zaria Bălţi, Zimbru Chişinău, Tiligul Tiraspol Coaching career: Zimbru Chişinău (twice), Tiligul Tiraspol (twice), Moldova Under-21, Moldova (twice), Unisport Chişinău, Nistru Otaci, Shakhtar Donetsk (assistant), Zenit (assistant) • Born in Edinet in northern Moldova, the midfielder started his professional career at Nistru Chişinău (now Zimbru). Shortly before he was due to travel to the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship with the USSR, Spiridon broke his leg in two places – an injury that would hamper his career. • Played for Ukrainian clubs SKA Kyiv and Zorya Voroshilovgrad (now Zorya Luhansk) in the Soviet second tier before returning to Nistru and later joining Zaria Bălţi. After Moldova gained independence, Spiridon went on to play for Zimbru and Tiligul Tiraspol before hanging up his boots at the age of 37. • Spiridon won 16 caps and scored twice for Moldova between 1991 and 1995. He won five Moldovan leagues with Zimbru both as player and coach and was voted the country's player of the year in 1992. • He started coaching in 1992 while still playing for Zimbru – first as assistant coach then, from 1994, as player/head coach. Held the same role at Tiligul before focusing solely on coaching and guiding local clubs Unisport and Nistru. He was on the national team coaching staff between 1994 and 2000, working with the Under-21s, and briefly took charge of the senior side in 2001. • A new chapter in Spiridon's career kicked off in 2004 as he became Mircea Lucescu's assistant at Shakhtar – a post he held for the next 12 years, during which Shakhtar won eight league titles and the 2008/09 UEFA Cup. Spiridon followed Lucescu to Zenit for the 2016/17 season before being appointed as Moldova's head coach in January 2018. 5 Belarus - Moldova Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Match officials Referee Kevin Clancy (SCO) Assistant referees David McGeachie (SCO) , Graeme Stewart (SCO) Additional assistant referees Donald Robertson (SCO) , David Munro (SCO) Fourth official Alastair Mather (SCO) UEFA Delegate Jan Damgaard (DEN) UEFA Referee observer Joeri Van De Velde (BEL) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Kevin Clancy 23/11/1983 0 42 UEFA Nations League matches between the two teams No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 25/07/2013 UEL 2QR NK Lokomotiva Zagreb FC Dinamo Minsk 2-3 Zagreb 06/09/2016 U21 QR Turkey Belarus 1-0 Ankara 6 Belarus - Moldova Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Competition facts What is the background to the UEFA Nations League? The rejuvenation of national team football – and the UEFA Nations League – stems from the desire of UEFA and its 55 member associations to improve the quality and standing of national team football. UEFA and its associations wanted more sporting meaning in national team football, with associations, coaches, players and supporters increasingly of the opinion that friendly matches are not providing adequate competition for national teams. Extensive consultation and discussions started as far back as the 2011 UEFA Strategy Meeting in Cyprus and continued at a series of Top Executive Programme (TEP) meetings over the following three years. The UEFA Nations League was unanimously adopted at the XXXVIII Ordinary UEFA Congress in Astana on 27 March 2014. What is the basic format? The format of the UEFA Nations League features promotion and relegation.