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 17/06/2015 21:21CET UEFA UNDER 21 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 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. 2 England - Portugal Thursday 18 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit City Stadium, Uherske Hradiste • Arsenal defender Calum Chambers, Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry 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. 3 England - Portugal Thursday 18 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit City Stadium, Uherske Hradiste Legend :: Squad list No: number DoB: date of birth Qual: qualifying FT: final tournament Pld: played Gls: goals Overall U21: final tournament only :: Match officials Nat: nationality DoB: date of birth Under-21: Total matches officiated in the UEFA European U21 Championship including all qualifying round matches. Matches as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. UEFA: Total matches officiated in all UEFA competitions including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. :: Group statistics/Tournament schedule Pos: position Pld: played W: won D: drawn L: lost GF: goals for GA: goals against Pts: points :: NOTE: All-time statistics Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out. Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited 4 England - Portugal Thursday 18 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit City Stadium, Uherske Hradiste Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended overall|mpo_under21: Total appearances in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament only 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.