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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Friuli - Udine Sunday 11 June 2017 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Italy Group G - Matchday 6 Liechtenstein Last updated 11/06/2017 00:54CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10 1 Italy - Liechtenstein Sunday 11 June 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Belotti 11, 44, 12/11/2016 QR (GS) Liechtenstein - Italy 0-4 Vaduz Immobile 12, Candreva 32 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 Italy - - - - 1 1 0 0 - - - - 1 1 0 0 4 0 Liechtenstein 1 0 0 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 Italy - Liechtenstein Sunday 11 June 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine Squad list Italy Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gianluigi Buffon 28/01/1978 39 Juventus - 5 0 0 0 - Simone Scuffet 31/05/1996 21 Udinese - 0 0 0 0 - Gianluigi Donnarumma 25/02/1999 18 Milan - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Giorgio Chiellini 14/08/1984 32 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 - Andrea Barzagli 08/05/1981 36 Juventus - 4 0 0 0 - Davide Astori 07/01/1987 30 Fiorentina - 0 0 0 0 - Matteo Darmian 02/12/1989 27 Man. United - 0 0 0 0 - Danilo D'Ambrosio 09/09/1988 28 Internazionale - 0 0 0 0 - Leonardo Bonucci 01/05/1987 30 Juventus * 5 0 0 0 - Andrea Conti 02/03/1994 23 Atalanta - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Daniele De Rossi 24/07/1983 33 Roma - 3 2 0 0 - Riccardo Montolivo 18/01/1985 32 Milan - 1 0 0 0 - Antonio Candreva 28/02/1987 30 Internazionale - 4 2 0 0 - Leonardo Spinazzola 25/03/1993 24 Atalanta - 0 0 0 0 - Lorenzo Pellegrini 19/06/1996 20 Sassuolo - 0 0 0 0 - Roberto Gagliardini 07/04/1994 23 Internazionale - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Éder 15/11/1986 30 Internazionale - 4 0 0 0 - Ciro Immobile 20/02/1990 27 Lazio - 5 5 0 0 - Stephan El Shaarawy 27/10/1992 24 Roma - 0 0 0 0 - Lorenzo Insigne 04/06/1991 26 Napoli - 2 0 0 0 - Manolo Gabbiadini 26/11/1991 25 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 - Andrea Belotti 20/12/1993 23 Torino - 4 3 0 0 - Federico Bernardeschi 16/02/1994 23 Fiorentina - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Gian Piero Ventura 14/01/1948 69 - 5 0 0 0 3 Italy - Liechtenstein Sunday 11 June 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine Liechtenstein Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Peter Jehle 22/01/1982 35 Vaduz * 5 0 0 0 - Benjamin Büchel 04/07/1989 27 Barnet - 0 0 0 0 - Thomas Hobi 20/06/1993 23 Balzers - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Franz Burgmeier 07/04/1982 35 Vaduz * 5 0 0 0 - Yves Oehri 15/03/1987 30 YF Juventus - 2 0 0 0 - Martin Rechsteiner 15/02/1989 28 Balzers - 5 0 0 0 - Pascal Foser 16/10/1992 24 Balzers - 0 0 0 0 - Daniel Brändle 23/01/1992 25 St Andrews - 1 0 0 0 - Ivan Quintans 15/10/1989 27 Eschen/Mauren - 0 0 0 0 - Max Göppel 31/08/1997 19 Vaduz * 4 1 0 0 FC Dornbirn - Andreas Malin 31/01/1994 23 - 1 0 0 0 1913 Midfielders - Martin Büchel 19/02/1987 30 Unterföhring - 4 0 0 0 - Michele Polverino 26/09/1984 32 Balzers * 3 0 0 0 - Mathias Sele 28/05/1992 25 Eschen/Mauren - 0 0 0 0 - Nicolas Hasler 04/05/1991 26 Vaduz - 4 0 0 0 BCF - Sandro Wolfinger 24/08/1991 25 - 2 0 0 0 Wolfratshausen - Fabio Wolfinger 11/05/1996 21 Altach - 0 0 0 0 Rapperswil- - Dennis Salanovic 26/02/1996 21 - 5 0 0 0 Jona - Livio Meier 10/01/1998 19 Balzers - 0 0 0 0 - Robin Gubser 17/04/1991 26 Balzers - 4 0 0 0 - Jens Hofer 01/10/1997 19 Dudingen - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Philippe Erne 14/12/1986 30 Balzers - 0 0 0 0 - Yanik Frick 27/05/1998 19 Altach * 3 0 0 0 Coach - René Pauritsch 04/02/1964 53 - 5 0 0 0 4 Italy - Liechtenstein Sunday 11 June 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine Head coach Gian Piero Ventura Date of birth: 14 January 1948 Nationality: Italian Playing career: FS Sestrese Calcio, USD Enna, SSDU Sanremo, USD Novese Coaching career: UC Sampdoria (youth), ASD Albenga, ACD Rapallo Ruentes, Virtus Entella, Spezia Calcio, US Centese, US Pistoiese, ASD Giarre Calcio, Venezia FC, US Lecce, Cagliari Calcio (twice9, UC Sampdoria, Udinese calcio, SSC Napoli, ACR Messina, Hellas-Verona FC, AC Pisa, FC Bari, Torino FC, Italy • Born in Genoa, Ventura started his playing and coaching careers in the youth system of Sampdoria. As a midfielder he made nine appearances for Sicilian outfit Enna in Serie C, the highest level he played at. • Began coaching in the Sampdoria academy in 1976 and worked for several teams in the lower divisions before finally making his Serie A debut more than two decades later after leading Cagliari to promotion in 1998. He had done the same the previous season with Lecce, only to be replaced by Cesare Prandelli before the campaign started. • He continued to move between posts in Serie A and Serie B, but his stock rose considerably after he replaced Antonio Conte at Bari ahead of the 2009/10 season. Ventura guided Bari to tenth place with a club record 50 points in Serie A, drawing twice against José Mourinho's FC Internazionale Milano and defeating Juventus 3-1. • In 2011 he accepted the call from Torino, then in Serie B. "I could take a mid-table team in Serie A but trying to take Torino back to Serie A is the real libido," he famously said. He not only achieved that but also led the Granata into Europe. Under Ventura, Torino reached the UEFA Europa League round of 16 in 2014/15 after a memorable 3-2 win at Athletic Club. • After becoming the trainer with most consecutive games on the Torino bench (217), third overall behind Luigi Radice and Emiliano Mondonico, Ventura was announced as Conte's successor as Italy coach in June 2016. René Pauritsch Date of birth: 4 February 1964 Nationality: Austrian Playing career: ASK Voitsberg, Grazer AK (twice), Donawitzer SV Leoben, Red-White Rankweil, SV Frohnleiten Coaching career: USV Eschen/Mauren, AKA Vorarlberg, SC Austria Lustenau (assistant), Liechtenstein (youth), Liechtenstein • Enjoyed a modest playing career, making a total of 35 Austrian Bundesliga appearances for Graz and Leoben in addition to spending time in the lower leagues with Voitsberg, Rankweil and Frohnleiten. • His sole top-flight goal was a decisive one – the winner for Leoben in a 2-1 victory against Kremser SC on 3 November 1990. • Began coaching at Eschen/Mauren before returning home to Austria to lead Vorarlberg and, subsequently, work as assistant at second-tier Austria Lustenau under Heinz Fuchsbichler. • Took charge of Liechtenstein's youth teams in 2008, eventually stepping up to succeed Hans-Peter Zaugg at the helm of the senior national side in late 2012. • Enjoyed some early success in his new role, guiding Liechtenstein to 1-1 home draws against Latvia and Slovakia in his first two competitive fixtures. 5 Italy - Liechtenstein Sunday 11 June 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine Match officials Referee Kevin Clancy (SCO) Assistant referees Francis Connor (SCO) , Sean Carr (SCO) Fourth official Craig Thomson (SCO) FIFA Match Commissioner Peadar Ryan (IRL) Referee observer Paulius Malžinskas (LTU) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Kevin Clancy 23/11/1983 1 30 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 22/03/2013 WC QR Liechtenstein Latvia 1-1 Vaduz Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 22/03/2013 WC QR Liechtenstein Latvia 1-1 Vaduz 6 Italy - Liechtenstein Sunday 11 June 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine Competition facts The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers – which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup comprises nine groups of six teams, with matches played on a home-and- away basis. Qualifying takes place under the 'Week of Football' concept, introduced ahead of the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying campaign, in which games are spread out from Thursday to Tuesday, shining the spotlight on more teams on the road to the finals in Russia. Moreover, thanks to the Week of Football, at least 43% of matches will be played on weekends, giving fans a better chance to follow the action on television, in the stadiums and on UEFA.com. Kick-off times will be set mainly at 18:00CET and 20:45CET on Saturdays and Sundays and at 20:45CET for Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays.