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GROUP E

National Anthem Brabançonne

O dierbaar België, O heilig land der Vaad’ren, Onze ziel en ons hart zijn u gewijd. Aanvaard ons kracht en bloed van ons ad’ren, Wees ons doel in arbeid en in strijd. Bloei, o land, in eendracht niet te breken; Wees immer uzelf en ongeknecht, Het woord getrouw, dat g’ onbevreesd moogt spreken, Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor Recht! Het woord getrouw, dat g’ onbevreesd moogt spreken, Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor Recht! Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor Recht! Capital: Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor Recht! The Belgian Population: 11,190,845 motorway system Currency: Euro is the only man- O dear Belgium, O holy land of our fathers - Area: 30,528km2 made structure visible from the Our soul and our hearts are devoted to Highest Peak: Signal de Botrange (694 metres) moon at night, due you! Accept our strength and the blood in Longest River: Scheldt (200km) to the lights all our veins, along the motorway Be our goal, in work and struggle. network. Prosper, O land, in unbreakable unity; Always be yourself and serve no other, Belgium has Faithful to the word that you may speak boldly, Did you three offcial languages: For King, for Freedom and for Law! Dutch, German and French. Faithful to the word that you may speak Flemish and English boldly, know? For King, for Freedom and for Law! are also widely spoken For King, for Freedom and for Law! Belgium is world-famous throughout Belgium. For King, for Freedom and for Law! for chocolate. Today, Belgium is the world’s number one exporter of chocolate, with The world’s main diamond 220,000 tonnes of chocolate produced center and second largest petrochemical center is in per year and shops in Brussels international Belgium. Almost 90% of raw diamonds in the world airport are said to sell the most chocolate are negotiated, polished, and distributed in , in the world. Belgium.

38 Belgian GROUP E football crest CURRENT SQUAD Liverpool FC Belgian Chelsea FC Jean-François Gillet KV Mechelen football Tottenham Hotspur FC Belgian Zenit Saint Petersburg FC football Tottenham Hotspur FC team facts jersey Club Brugge KV Galatasaray S.K. Nickname: Les Diables Rouges City FC Captain: Vincent Kompany (right) Barcelona FC Legend: R.S.C. Anderlecht Manager: Zenit Saint Petersburg FC National Stadium: Manchester City FC Chelsea FC Kit Manufacturer: Adidas Manchester United FC Most Appearances: (96 caps) Yannick Ferreira Atlético Most Goals: Voorhoof and (30 goals) Carrasco AS Roma Euro Record: Runners-Up (1980) Mousa Dembélé Tottenham Hotspur FC FIFA Ranking: 2 First International: v France (Drew 3-3, 01/05/1904) Everton FC Everton FC Largest Victory: v San Marino (Won 10-1, 28/02/2001) Liverpool FC Famous Result: v Spain (Drew 1-1 [Won 5-4 on Pens], 22/06/1986)

Brussels is not only the capital of Belgium, but also the capital of European Union (EU) and houses the headquarter of NATO.

39 GROUP E National Anthem Amhrán na bhFiann Sinne Fianna Fáil, atá faoi gheall ag Éirinn, Buíon dár slua thar toinn do ráinig chugainn, Faoi mhóid bheith saor Seantír ár sinsear feasta, Ní fhágfar faoin tíorán ná faoin tráill. Anocht a théam sa bhearna baoil, Le gean ar Ghaeil, chun báis nó saoil, Le gunna scréach faoi lámhach na bpiléar, Seo libh canaídh amhrán na bhfiann

Ireland was Soldiers are we, Capital: one of the initial 12 whose lives are pledged to Ireland, Population: 4,635,400 European Union Some have come nations that began Currency: Euro from a land beyond the wave, using the euro currency Sworn to be free, Area: 70,273km2 in 2002. no more our ancient sireland, Highest Peak: Carrauntoohil (1,038 metres) Shall shelter the despot or the slave. Tonight we man the “bearna baoil”, Longest River: River Shannon (360km) Ireland’s 15 In Erin’s cause, come woe or weal, principal railway ’Mid cannon’s roar and rifles’ peal, stations are named We’ll chant a soldier’s song after the leaders of Did you the 1916 uprising.

know? The famine that The Newgrange Halloween was passage tomb in County Meath was occurred in Ireland in 1845– derived from constructed around 3200 BC, making it 1849 when the potato crops failed an Irish festival more than 600 years older than the Giza in successive years due to potato called Samhain. Pyramids in Egypt, and 1,000 years older blight. Over a million men, women than Stonehenge. and children in Ireland died during the famine40 and another million fled the country. GROUP E Irish football crest CURRENT SQUAD Stoke City FC Irish West Ham United FC Millwall FC Sheffield Wednesday FC football Seamus Coleman Everton FC Derby County FC Irish Derby County FC football Paul McShane Reading FC team facts jersey Aston Villa FC John O’Shea Sunderland FC Nickname: The Boys In Green Stoke City FC Rovers FC Captain: (right) Alex Pearce Bristol City FC Stephen Ward Burnley FC Legend: Matt Doherty Wolverhampton Wanderers Manager: Martin O’Neill Norwich City FC National Stadium: (51,700) Aiden McGeady Sheffield Wednesday FC James McClean West Bromwich Albion Kit Manufacturer: Stoke City FC Most Appearances: Robbie Keane (143 caps) James McCarthy Everton FC Everton FC Most Goals: Robbie Keane (67 goals) AFC Bournemouth Eunan O’Kane AFC Bournemouth Euro Record: Group Stage (1988, 2012) Reading FC FIFA Ranking: 31 Hull City FC Derb County FC First International: v Bulgaria (Won 1-0, 28/05/1924) City FC Largest Victory: v Malta (Won 8-0 16/11/1983) Norwich City FC Stoke City FC Famous Result: v Romania (Drew 0-0 [Won 5-4 on Pens] 25/06/1990) Stephen Gleeson Birmingham City FC Jonathan Hayes Aberdeen FC Robbie Keane LA Galaxy FC Southampton FC Ipswich Town FC David McGoldrick Ipswich Town FC Simon Cox Reading FC

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National Anthem Inno di Mameli Fratelli d’Italia, l’Italia s’è desta, dell’elmo di Scipio s’è cinta la testa. Dov’è la Vittoria? Le porga la chioma, ché schiava di Roma Iddio la creò. Italian cuisine is popular around (Repeat) the world. Pizza, spaghetti bolognese Stringiamci a coorte, and lasagne all come siam pronti alla morte. Capital: from Italy. Siam pronti alla morte, l’Italia chiamò. Population: 60,795,612 Stringiamci a coorte, Currency: Euro siam pronti alla morte. Siam pronti alla morte, Area: 301,338km2 l’Italia chiamò! Sì! Highest Peak: Monte Bianco (4,810 metres) Longest River: Po River (652km) Brothers of Italy, Italy has woken, Bound Scipio’s helmet Vatican City Upon her head. Did you and San Marino Where is Victory? are very small Let her bow down, independent states For God created her know? located inside Italy. Slave of Rome. (Repeat) Mount Vesuvius is Let us join in a cohort, a volcano in Southern Italy and in We are ready to die. 79AD it erupted destroying the towns The Colosseum We are ready to die, of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pompeii Italy has called. in Rome is the largest Let us join in a cohort, is now a major tourist attraction and ancient building dedicated to We are ready to die. it attracts more than 2 million visitors entertainment. We are ready to die, every year. Italy has called! Yes!

42 GROUP E Italian football crest CURRENT SQUAD Juventus FC Italian Saint-Germain FC Genoa C.F.C. football Italian A.C. football Juventus FC jersey Manchester United FC team facts ACF Fiorentina A.C. Milan Nickname: Azzuri Juventus FC Captain: Gianluigi Buffon Italy have Juventus FC won the European U.C. Sampdoria Legend: Championships Manager: once before - in SS Lazio 1968. National Stadium: No Permanent Stadium Juventus FC A.C. Milan Kit Manufacturer: AS Roma Most Appearances: Gianluigi Buffon (156 caps) Lazio Most Goals: (35 goals) A.C. Milan FC 1909 Euro Record: Champions (1968) AS Roma FIFA Ranking: 15 First International: v France (Won 6-2, 15/05/1910) Juventus FC Graziano Pellè Southampton FC Largest Victory: v France (Won 9-4, 17/01/1920) Éder FC Internazionale Famous Result: v France (Drew 1-1 [Won 5-3 on Pens] 09/07/2006) SSC Napoli

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National Anthem Du gamla, Du fria Du gamla, Du fria, Du fjällhöga nord Du tysta, Du glädjerika sköna! Jag hälsar Dig, vänaste land uppå jord, Din sol, Din himmel, Dina ängder gröna.

Du tronar på minnen från fornstora dar, då ärat Ditt namn flög över jorden. Jag vet att Du är och Du blir vad Du var. Ja, jag vill leva, jag vill dö i Norden.

You old, you free, you mountainous north Capital: You quiet, you joyful [and] fair! I greet you, most beautiful land upon Population: 9,593,000 The Stockholm earth, Currency: Swedish Krona Globe Arena is Your sun, your sky, your meadows the world’s largest green. Area: 450,295km2 hemispherical building, Highest Peak: Kebnekaise (2,111km) with a diameter of You throne upon memories of great olden days, Longest River: Göta älv-Klarälven (720km) 110 meters, an inner height of 85 meters, When honoured your name flew across the earth, and a total volume of I know that you are and will remain 600,000 m³. It is what thou were, also the world’s largest Yes, I want to live, I want to scale model of the die in the North Did you Solar System. know? Sweden is renowned for A number of producing pop bands and The Swedish head of state prominent manufacturing singers, including ABBA, since 1973 has been King The Cardigans, Ace of and technology Carl XVI Gustaf. He has Base, Europe and The company’s were founded no political power, but Hives. Sweden is the world’s in Sweden including 3rd largest exporter of represents the country Ericsson, Volvo, Saab, music after the US and UK. and performs ceremonial Scania trucks, IKEA duties. and Electrolux.

44 GROUP E Swedish football crest CURRENT SQUAD Kasımpaşa S.K. Swedish FC Swansea City football FC Krasnodar Swedish FC Celtic football Norwich City FC team facts jersey FC Copenhagen FSV Mainz 05 Nickname: Blågult (The Blue & Yellow) Erik Johansson FC Copenhagen Captain: Zlatan Ibrahimović (right) Alexander Milošević Hannover 96 Hellas Legend: Manager: Erik Hamrén Kim Källström Grasshopper Club Zürich National Stadium: (50,653) Sunderland FC CSKA Moscow Kit Manufacturer: Adidas Olympiacos Most Appearances: (148 caps) Most Goals: Zlatan Ibrahimović (62 goals) RB Leipzig Malmö FF Euro Record: Semi-Finals (1992) U.S. Cittá di FIFA Ranking: 36 First International: v Norway (Won 11-3, 12/07/1908) Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain FC Sunderland FC Largest Victory: v Greece (Won 9-0, 27/08/1920) Panathinaikos FC Famous Result: v England (Won 2-1, 17/06/1992) Celta de Vigo

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