EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Friends Arena - Solna Saturday 23 March 2019 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Sweden Group F - Matchday 1 Romania Last updated 02/06/2020 19:20CET

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Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Match-by-match lineups 7 Legend 8

1 Sweden - Romania Saturday 23 March 2019 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna

Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Răducioiu 88, 101 ET; 10/07/1994 QF Romania - Sweden 2-2 San Francisco Brolin 78, Andersson 115 ET

1984 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 09/06/1983 PR (GS) Sweden - Romania 0-1 Solna Cămătaru 30 08/09/1982 PR (GS) Romania - Sweden 2-0 Bucharest Andone 25, Klein 48

Final Qualifying Total tournament

Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Sweden 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 3 Romania 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 3 0 FIFA* Sweden ------1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 Romania ------1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 Friendlies Sweden ------7 4 2 1 18 6 Romania ------7 1 2 4 6 18 Total Sweden 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 10 4 3 3 20 11 Romania 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 3 3 4 11 20 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Sweden - Romania Saturday 23 March 2019 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna Squad list

Sweden Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 23/06/1989 29 Swansea - 0 0 0 0 - Karl-Johan Johnsson 28/01/1990 29 Guingamp - 0 0 0 0 - 08/01/1990 29 Roma - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - 16/04/1985 33 Helsingborg - 0 0 0 0 - 13/12/1986 32 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 - Ludwig Augustinsson 21/04/1994 24 Bremen - 0 0 0 0 - 22/04/1993 25 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 New York - Anton Tinnerholm 26/02/1991 28 - 0 0 0 0 City - 02/08/1994 24 Amiens - 0 0 0 0 - Sotirios Papagiannopoulos 05/09/1990 28 København - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - 06/06/1985 33 AIK - 0 0 0 0 Seattle - 07/02/1987 32 - 0 0 0 0 Sounders - 22/03/1989 30 Toulouse - 0 0 0 0 - 23/10/1991 27 Leipzig - 0 0 0 0 - 02/01/1992 27 Krasnodar - 0 0 0 0 - 30/06/1995 23 Krasnodar - 0 0 0 0 - 09/10/1993 25 Mainz - 0 0 0 0 - Alexander Fransson 02/04/1994 24 Norrköping - 0 0 0 0 - 30/09/1993 25 Watford - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - 17/08/1986 32 Al-Ain - 0 0 0 0 - Sam Larsson 10/04/1993 25 Feyenoord - 0 0 0 0 Union - Sebastian Andersson 15/07/1991 27 - 0 0 0 0 Berlin - 21/09/1999 19 Willem II - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Jan Andersson 29/09/1962 56 - 0 0 0 0

3 Sweden - Romania Saturday 23 March 2019 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna

Romania Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Costel Pantilimon 01/02/1987 32 Nottm Forest - 0 0 0 0 - Ciprian Tătăruşanu 09/02/1986 33 Nantes - 0 0 0 0 Sparta - Florin Niță 03/07/1987 31 - 0 0 0 0 Praha Defenders - Cosmin Moţi 03/12/1984 34 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 Sparta - Alexandru Chipciu 18/05/1989 29 - 0 0 0 0 Praha - Cristian Săpunaru 05/04/1984 34 Kayserispor - 0 0 0 0 - Romario Benzar 26/03/1992 26 FCSB - 0 0 0 0 - Dragoş Grigore 07/09/1986 32 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 - Cristian Manea 09/08/1997 21 CFR Cluj - 0 0 0 0 - Tudor Băluţă 27/03/1999 19 Viitorul - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Ciprian Deac 16/02/1986 33 CFR Cluj - 0 0 0 0 Krylya - Paul Anton 10/05/1991 27 - 0 0 0 0 Sovetov - Nicolae Stanciu 07/05/1993 25 Al-Ahly - 0 0 0 0 New York - Ionuţ Mitriță 08/02/1995 24 - 0 0 0 0 City Standard - Răzvan Marin 23/05/1996 22 - 0 0 0 0 Liège Dinamo - Dan Nistor 06/05/1988 30 - 0 0 0 0 Bucureşti Universitatea - Alexandru Cicâldău 08/07/1997 21 - 0 0 0 0 Craiova Universitatea - Nicusor Bancu 18/09/1992 26 - 0 0 0 0 Craiova Forwards - Claudiu Keșerü 02/12/1986 32 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 - George Puşcaş 08/04/1996 22 Palermo - 0 0 0 0 - Andrei Ivan 04/01/1997 22 Rapid Wien - 0 0 0 0 - Ianis Hagi 22/10/1998 20 Viitorul - 0 0 0 0 - Dennis Man 26/08/1998 20 FCSB - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Cosmin Contra 15/12/1975 43 - 0 0 0 0

4 Sweden - Romania Saturday 23 March 2019 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna Head coach Date of birth: 29 September 1962 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Alet (twice), Halmia, Laholm Coaching career: Alet, Halmstad (assistant, twice), Laholm, Halmstad, Örgryte, Norrköping, Sweden • Jan 'Janne' Andersson succeeded Erik Hamrén as Sweden coach after UEFA EURO 2016 having led Norrköping to their first title in 26 years the previous autumn. • A footballer and handball player in his native Halmstad, Andersson became assistant coach to at the city's main club in 1990, going on to work under Tom Prahl and then . • Andersson, who also coached lower-division teams Alet and Laholm, took the Halmstad reins himself in 2004 and in his first season in charge was named coach of the year in Sweden after steering Halmstad to second place. • After a brief spell at second-tier Örgryte in 2010, Andersson was named Norrköping coach the following year as they returned to the Allsvenskan, at first keeping them up then unexpectedly guiding them to the 2015 title. • Although his appointment as Sweden coach meant he missed out on leading Norrköping into UEFA Champions League qualifying, Andersson made up for that by taking Sweden to the 2018 FIFA World Cup via a famous play-off win against Italy and then guiding them to the quarter-finals in Russia. More success followed later that year, Sweden winning promotion to League A of the UEFA Nations League. Cosmin Contra Date of birth: 15 December 1975 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: Politehnica Timişoara (three times), Dinamo Bucureşti, Alavés, AC Milan, Atlético Madrid, West Brom (loan), Getafe Coaching career: Politehnica Timişoara, Fuenlabrada, Petrolul Ploieşti, Getafe, Guangzhou, Alcorcón, Dinamo Bucureşti, Romania • Started and ended his playing career with his home-town club Politehnica Timişoara, heading to Spain in 1999 after a spell in the Romanian capital with Dinamo Bucureşti. • A major hit with Alavés, the attacking right-back helped the little-known club to reach the 2000/01 UEFA Cup final in their first season in European competition, scoring three goals and putting in a fine performance in the final – a 5-4 loss to Liverpool after extra time in Dortmund. • Played for Milan, Atlético and West Brom then, after a spell back at Politehnica, helped Getafe make it to the 2007/08 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Played in his second UEFA European Championship in summer 2008, and won the last of his 73 Romania caps in 2010, more than 14 years after his international debut. • Moved from pitch to bench at Timişoara, working briefly as player-coach. After a spell in Spain, led Petrolul to 2012/13 Romanian Cup success, then returned to save Getafe from relegation in 2014 before trying his luck in China. • Having won the 2016/17 Romanian League Cup with Dinamo Bucureşti he was hired as Romania coach in September 2017, promptly winning six of his first eight matches in charge.

5 Sweden - Romania Saturday 23 March 2019 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna Match officials

Referee Michael Oliver (ENG) Assistant referees Stuart Burt (ENG) , Simon Bennett (ENG) Fourth official Paul Tierney (ENG) UEFA Delegate Ariel Kenneth Scheiman (ISR) UEFA Referee observer Jan Carlsen (DEN)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Michael Oliver 20/02/1985 1 52

Michael Oliver Referee since: 1999 First division: 2010 FIFA badge: 2012

Tournaments: 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Finals 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup

UEFA European Championship matches featuring the two countries involved in this match 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 11/07/2013 UEL 1QR Gefle IF JK Narva Trans 5-1 Sundsvall 24/10/2013 UEL GS IF Elfsborg Esbjerg fB 1-2 Boras 11/12/2014 UEL GS FCSB FC Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Bucharest 10/10/2016 WC QR Sweden Bulgaria 3-0 Solna 30/08/2018 UEL PO FCSB SK Rapid Wien 2-1 Bucharest

6 Sweden - Romania Saturday 23 March 2019 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna Match-by-match lineups

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7 Sweden - Romania Saturday 23 March 2019 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Solna Legend

:: Previous meetings

Goals for/against: Goal totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (e.g. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored during a penalty shoot-out after a tie ended in a draw

:: Squad list

Qual.: Total European Qualifiers appearances/goals for UEFA EURO 2020 only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2020 appearances/goals in final tournament only. Overall: Total international appearances/goals. DoB: Date of birth Age: Based on the date press kit was last updated D: Disciplinary (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended)

:: Team facts

EURO finals: The UEFA European Championship was a four-team event in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 (when the preliminary round and quarter-finals were considered part of qualifying).

From 1980 it was expanded to an eight-team finals and remained in that format in 1984, 1988 and 1992 until 1996, when the 16-team format was adopted. UEFA EURO 2016 was the first tournament to be played as a 24-team finals.

Records of inactive countries A number of UEFA associations have been affected by dissolution or splits of member associations. For statistical purposes, the records of these inactive countries have been allocated elsewhere: therefore, all Soviet Union matches are awarded to Russia; all West Germany – but not East Germany – matches are awarded to Germany; all Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro matches are awarded to Serbia; all Czechoslovakia matches are allocated to both the and Slovakia.

Abandoned/forfeited matches For statisical purposes, when a match has been started and then abandoned but later forfeited, the result on the pitch at the time of abandonment is counted. Matches that never started and were either cancelled or forfeited are not included in the overall statistics. Competitions Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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