EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Natsionalen Stadion - Sunday 13 November 2016 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Belarus Group A - Matchday 4

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Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10

1 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached M.Petrov 10, Yankov 06/06/2007 QR (GS) Bulgaria - Belarus 2-1 Sofia 40; Vasilyuk 5 (P) 02/06/2007 QR (GS) Belarus - Bulgaria 0-2 Minsk Berbatov 28, 46

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 Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 5 4 0 1 10 4 Belarus 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 5 1 0 4 4 10

2 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Squad list

Bulgaria Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 28/06/1988 28 Mersin - 0 0 0 0 - 08/06/1987 29 Ludogorets - 3 0 0 0 CSKA- - 06/03/1995 21 - 0 0 0 0 Sofia Defenders - Petar Zanev 18/10/1985 31 Amkar - 0 0 0 0 Cherno - Daniel Zlatkov 06/03/1989 27 - 0 0 0 0 More - Aleksandar Aleksandrov 13/04/1986 30 Levski * 2 0 0 0 - Vasil Bozhikov 02/06/1988 28 Kasımpaşa - 1 0 0 0 - Atanas Zehirov 13/02/1989 27 Beroe - 0 0 0 0 - 31/08/1990 26 Kasımpaşa - 3 0 0 0 CSKA- - 30/04/1993 23 * 2 0 0 0 Sofia CSKA- - Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski 30/11/1995 20 - 1 0 0 0 Sofia Midfielders Spartak - Ivelin Popov 26/10/1987 29 * 3 1 0 0 Moskva - 31/05/1984 32 Ludogorets - 3 0 0 0 CSKA - Georgi Milanov 19/02/1992 24 - 3 0 0 0 Moskva - Ivaylo Chochev 18/02/1993 23 Palermo - 2 0 0 0 - Simeon Slavchev 25/09/1993 23 Lechia - 1 0 0 0 Botev - 07/02/1993 23 - 1 0 0 0 Forwards Slavia - Nikolay Dimitrov 15/10/1987 29 - 0 0 0 0 Sofia - Alexandar Tonev 03/02/1990 26 Crotone * 2 1 0 0 CSKA- - Preslav Yordanov 21/07/1989 27 - 0 0 0 0 Sofia - 22/09/1989 27 Pogoń - 0 0 0 0 - Radoslav Kirilov 29/06/1992 24 Beroe - 0 0 0 0 - 23/06/1997 19 Levski - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Petar Houbtchev 26/02/1964 52 - 2 0 0 0

3 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Belarus Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Aleksandr Gutor 18/04/1989 27 Orenburg - 0 0 0 0 - Andrei Gorbunov 29/05/1983 33 Atromitos - 3 0 0 0 - Sergei Chernik 20/07/1988 28 Nancy - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Aleksandr Martynovich 26/08/1987 29 Ural * 1 0 0 0 - Yegor Filipenko 10/04/1988 28 M. Tel-Aviv - 1 0 0 0 - Igor Shitov 24/10/1986 30 Astana - 0 0 0 0 - Sergei Politevich 09/04/1990 26 Gençlerbirliği - 2 0 0 0 - Roman Begunov 22/03/1993 23 Dinamo Minsk - 0 0 0 0 - Denis Polyakov 17/04/1991 25 BATE - 3 0 0 0 Torpedo - Evgeni Klopotski 12/08/1993 23 - 0 0 0 0 Zhodino Midfielders - Aleksandr Hleb 01/05/1981 35 BATE - 2 0 0 0 - Sergei Kislyak 06/08/1987 29 Gaziantepspor - 1 0 0 0 - Pavel Nekhaychik 15/07/1988 28 Orenburg - 0 0 0 0 - Aleksei Rios 14/05/1987 29 BATE * 1 1 0 0 - Ivan Maevski 05/05/1988 28 Anji * 3 0 0 0 - Yuri Kendysh 10/06/1990 26 BATE - 0 0 0 0 - Maksim Volodko 10/11/1992 24 BATE - 3 0 0 0 - Nikita Korzun 06/03/1995 21 Dynamo Kyiv * 3 0 0 0 Forwards Krylya - Sergei Kornilenko 14/06/1983 33 * 3 0 0 0 Sovetov - Mikhail Gordeichuk 23/10/1989 27 BATE - 3 0 0 0 - Pavel Savitski 12/07/1994 22 Jagiellonia - 1 1 0 0 - Nikolai Signevich 20/02/1992 24 BATE * 2 0 0 0 - Denis Laptev 01/08/1991 25 Shakhtyor - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Aleksandr Khatskevich 19/10/1973 43 - 3 0 0 0

4 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Head coach Petar Hubchev Date of birth: 26 February 1964 Nationality: Bulgarian Playing career: PFC Litex Lovech, PFC Levski Sofia, Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt Coaching career: PFC Slavia Sofia, Chernomorets Pomorie, PFC , PFC Beroe • Made debut for Bulgaria while playing in the second tier in a friendly against Greece in 1984, the first of 35 caps. Hubchev was one of the mainstays of the great Bulgaria side that reached the 1994 FIFA World Cup semi-finals. He also played at EURO '96. • Hubchev came through the ranks of Osum Lovech (now known as Litex Lovech). He was a right-back before establishing himself as a central defender. • In 1989 he moved to Levski, winning the league and cup double in 1993 before departing at the end of that year for Hamburg. In 1996 he moved on to Eintracht, helping them back to the . • Hubchev began his coaching career at Eintracht in 2001, and after a six-month stint as head coach at Slavia Sofia in 2005 he returned to Germany for spells with the reserve sides of Eintracht and Wolfsburg. • In 2009 he was back in Bulgaria at Chernomorets Pomorie, guiding the second division side to the cup final in his first season. Following a brief spell at Botev Plovdiv he had four seasons at Beroe Stara Zagora, leading them to the in 2013. On 3 October 2016 Hubchev succeeded Ivaylo Petev as Bulgaria coach. Aleksandr Khatskevich Nationality: Belarus Date of birth: 19 October 1973 Playing career: FC Dinamo Minsk (twice), FC Dynamo Kyiv, Tianjin Teda FC, FK Venta Coaching career: FC Dinamo Minsk, Belarus Under-18, FC Vitebsk, Ukraine (assistant), FC Dynamo Kyiv (reserves), Belarus • Born in the Belarusian capital, Khatskevich was schooled at FC Dinamo Minsk where he won four national championships before moving abroad. • Khatskevich made his name as a central midfielder with FC Dynamo Kyiv, collecting seven Ukrainian titles from 1996–2003. Reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals with Dynamo in 1998/99 and was Belarusian Player of the Year in 1998 and 2000. • Capped 38 times between 1993 and 2005, Khatskevich's playing career wound down with spells in China and Latvia, before a closing shift back at Dinamo Minsk. • He went straight into coaching with periods in charge of Dinamo Minsk, Belarus's Under-18s and FC Vitebsk before once more returning to Ukraine. • Worked on Myron Markevich's coaching staff with the Ukraine national team, and under his successor Yuriy Kalytvyntsev; replaced Georgi Kondratyev as Belarus coach in December 2014 after a stint with Dynamo Kyiv's youth and reserve sides.

5 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match officials

Referee Stephan Klossner (SUI) Assistant referees Remy Zgraggen (SUI) , Marco Zürcher (SUI) Fourth official Alain Bieri (SUI) FIFA Match Commissioner Orkhan Huseynzade (AZE) Referee observer Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Stephan Klossner 30/05/1981 1 27

FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from 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 26/03/2013 U21 QR Belarus Iceland 1-2 Zhodino 23/07/2013 UCL 2QR FC Shakhter Karagandy FC BATE Borisov 1-0 Karagandy

6 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia 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. In double-header matchweeks, sides will play on Thursday/Sunday, Friday/Monday or Saturday/Tuesday. Each day of the Week of Football will feature eight to ten games. The nine group winners will qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up will contest play-offs to decide the last four qualifiers for the finals. The 13 qualifiers then join hosts Russia in the finals to make it 14 UEFA member associations represented. How qualification works The other confederations have the following qualifying berths: Africa: 5 Asia: 4.5 North and Central America and Caribbean: 3.5 Oceania: 0.5 South America: 4.5

7 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match-by-match lineups Bulgaria

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts France 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 Sweden 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 5 10 3 Belarus 3 0 2 1 2 5 2 Luxembourg 3 0 1 2 4 6 1

Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Bulgaria 4-3 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Rangelov 16, 1-1 Joachim 60, 1-2 Joachim 62, 2-2 Marcelinho 65, 3-2 Popov 79, 3-3 Bohnert 90+1, 4-3 Tonev 90+2 Bulgaria: Stoyanov, Popov, Nedyalkov, Chorbadzhiyski, Alexandrov (56 Chochev), Rangelov, Popov (85 Bozhilov), Marcelinho, Ivanov, Milanov (64 Tonev), Dyakov Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) France 4-1 Bulgaria Goals: 0-1 Alexandrov 6 (P) , 1-1 Gameiro 23, 2-1 Payet 26, 3-1 Griezmann 38, 4-1 Gameiro 59 Bulgaria: Stoyanov, Popov, A. Aleksandrov, Alexandrov (76 Nedelev), Kostadinov, Popov (68 Tonev), Marcelinho (62 Rangelov), Pirgov, Milanov, Milanov, Dyakov Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Sweden 3-0 Bulgaria Goals: 1-0 Toivonen 39, 2-0 Hiljemark 45, 3-0 Nilsson Lindelöf 58 Bulgaria: Stoyanov, Popov, A. Aleksandrov, Bozhikov, Slavchev (89 Rainov), Kostadinov (53 Alexandrov), Popov, Nedyalkov, Milanov, Chochev (72 Marcelinho), Dyakov Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Bulgaria-Belarus Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Bulgaria-Netherlands Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Belarus-Bulgaria Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Bulgaria-Sweden Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Netherlands-Bulgaria Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Bulgaria-France Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Luxembourg-Bulgaria Belarus

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Belarus 0-0 France Belarus: Gorbunov, Polyakov , Politevich, Korzun, Stasevich (69 Krivets), Gordeichuk (85 M. Volodko), Sivakov,

8 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Maevski, Bordachev, Signevich (81 Kornilenko), Kalachev Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Netherlands 4-1 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Promes 15, 2-0 Promes 31, 2-1 Rios 47, 3-1 Klaassen 56, 4-1 Janssen 64 Belarus: Gorbunov, Polyakov , Politevich, Korzun, Kornilenko, Gordeichuk (74 M. Volodko), Krivets (67 Kislyak), Rios, Sivakov, Maevski (46 Hleb), Bordachev Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Belarus 1-1 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Savitski 80, 1-1 Joachim 85 Belarus: Gorbunov, Martynovich, Polyakov , Korzun, Hleb, Gordeichuk, Maevski (71 Savitski), Bordachev (78 M. Volodko), Signevich (60 Kornilenko), Filipenko, Kalachev Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Bulgaria-Belarus Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Sweden-Belarus Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Belarus-Bulgaria Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Luxembourg-Belarus Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Belarus-Sweden Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Belarus-Netherlands Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) France-Belarus

9 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Legend 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 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 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: 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. 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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