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UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS LFF stadionas - Vilnius Friday 7 September 2018 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Lithuania Group C4 - Matchday 1 Serbia Last updated 12/02/2019 19:44CET Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 10 Legend 11 1 Lithuania - Serbia Friday 7 September 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Kalonas 20 (P), 14/10/2009 QR (GS) Lithuania - Serbia 2-1 Marijampole Stankevičius 68 (P); Z. Tošić 60 Ivanović 6, Krasić 34, 11/10/2008 QR (GS) Serbia - Lithuania 3-0 Belgrade Žigić 82 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 08/10/2005 QR (GS) Lithuania - Serbia 0-2 Vilnius Kežman 43, Vukić 88 03/09/2005 QR (GS) Serbia - Lithuania 2-0 Belgrade Kežman 18, Ilić 74 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 Lithuania 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 5 1 0 4 3 12 Serbia 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 - - - - 5 4 0 1 12 3 2 Lithuania - Serbia Friday 7 September 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Squad list Lithuania League phase No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Goalkeepers Bnei 1 Emilijus Zubas 10/07/1990 28 - 0 0 Yehuda 12 Dziugas Bartkus 07/11/1989 28 Žalgiris - 0 0 16 Ernestas Šetkus 25/05/1985 33 H. Haifa - 0 0 Defenders 2 Linas Klimavičius 10/04/1989 29 Žalgiris - 0 0 3 Justinas Januševskis 26/03/1994 24 Trakai - 0 0 5 Algis Jankauskas 27/09/1982 35 Sūduva - 0 0 8 Egidijus Vaitkūnas 08/08/1988 30 Minsk - 0 0 19 Vaidas Slavickas 26/02/1986 32 Sūduva - 0 0 20 Valdemar Borovskij 02/05/1984 34 Trakai - 0 0 23 Rolandas Baravykas 23/08/1995 23 Žalgiris - 0 0 Midfielders 4 Modestas Vorobjovas 30/12/1995 22 Trakai - 0 0 6 Povilas Leimonas 16/11/1987 30 Sūduva - 0 0 7 Artūras Žulpa 10/06/1990 28 Tobol - 0 0 9 Donatas Kazlauskas 21/03/1994 24 Trakai - 0 0 11 Arvydas Novikovas 18/12/1990 27 Jagiellonia - 0 0 13 Simonas Paulius 12/05/1991 27 Kauno - 0 0 14 Vykintas Slivka 29/04/1995 23 Hibernian - 0 0 15 Justas Lasickas 06/10/1997 20 Jagiellonia - 0 0 17 Mantas Kuklys 10/06/1987 31 Zhetysu - 0 0 18 Ovidijus Verbickas 04/07/1993 25 Sūduva - 0 0 21 Daniel Romanovskij 19/06/1996 22 Zemun - 0 0 Dinamo 22 Fiodor Černych 21/05/1991 27 - 0 0 Moskva Forwards Sogdiana 10 Darvydas Šernas 22/07/1984 34 - 0 0 Jizzakh Coach - Edgaras Jankauskas 12/03/1975 43 - 0 0 3 Lithuania - Serbia Friday 7 September 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Serbia League phase No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Marko Dmitrović 24/01/1992 26 Eibar - 0 0 12 Predrag Rajković 31/10/1995 22 M. Tel-Aviv - 0 0 Radnik 23 Nikola Vasiljevic 24/06/1996 22 - 0 0 Surdulica Defenders 2 Antonio Rukavina 26/01/1984 34 Astana - 0 0 Crvena 3 Milan Rodić 02/04/1991 27 - 0 0 zvezda 4 Nikola Milenković 12/10/1997 20 Fiorentina - 0 0 5 Uroš Spajić 13/02/1993 25 Krasnodar - 0 0 11 Aleksandar Kolarov 10/11/1985 32 Roma - 0 0 13 Miloš Veljković 26/09/1995 22 Bremen - 0 0 15 Jagoš Vuković 10/06/1988 30 Olympiacos - 0 0 Midfielders 6 Nemanja Maksimović 26/01/1995 23 Getafe - 0 0 7 Andrija Živković 11/07/1996 22 Benfica - 0 0 14 Saša Lukić 13/08/1996 22 Torino - 0 0 Crvena 16 Nenad Krstičić 03/07/1990 28 - 0 0 zvezda 17 Filip Kostić 01/11/1992 25 Frankfurt - 0 0 20 Sergej Milinković-Savić 27/02/1995 23 Lazio - 0 0 Man. 21 Nemanja Matić 01/08/1988 30 - 0 0 United 22 Adem Ljajić 29/09/1991 26 Beşiktaş - 0 0 Forwards 8 Aleksandar Prijovic 21/04/1990 28 PAOK - 0 0 9 Aleksandar Mitrović 16/09/1994 23 Fulham - 0 0 10 Dušan Tadić 20/11/1988 29 Ajax - 0 0 18 Nemanja Radonjić 15/02/1996 22 Marseille - 0 0 Coach - Mladen Krstajic 04/03/1974 44 - 0 0 4 Lithuania - Serbia Friday 7 September 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Head coach Edgaras Jankauskas Date of birth: 12 March 1975 Nationality: Lithuanian Playing career: Žalgiris Vilnius, CSKA Moskva, Torpedo Moskva, Club Brugge, Real Sociedad, Benfica (loan), Porto, Nice (loan), FBK Kaunas, Hearts (loan), AEK Larnaca, Belenenses, Skonto, REO Vilnius, New England Revolution, Fakel Voronezh Coaching career: Lokomotiv Moskva (assistant), Hearts (assistant), Trakai, Lithuania • A hard-working target man, Jankauskas began his career at local club Žalgiris before moving to Russia to play for CSKA and Torpedo. Lifted the league title in Belgium in his first season with Club Brugge. • Became Lithuania's most expensive player when signing for Real Sociedad for a reported €2.3m in January 2000; then shone on loan at Benfica, yet joined their Portuguese Liga rivals Porto in 2003 and was part of the team that won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League under José Mourinho, though he did not play in either final. • Later played in France, Scotland, Cyprus, Latvia and the United States, and represented Lithuania regularly for over 13 years, earning 56 caps and scoring ten goals. Also voted Lithuanian player of the year on five occasions. • Helped out José Couceiro during his spell as Lithuania boss (2008–10) and gathered more experience as assistant coach of Lokomotiv Moskva and Hearts. • Given sole command of Lithuanian side Trakai in 2014, he was subsequently named Lithuania boss at the start of 2016; oversaw a single win in qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup as his side picked up six points from their ten matches. Mladen Krstajić Date of birth: 4 March 1974 Nationality: Serbian Playing career: Čelik, Senta, Kikinda, Partizan (twice), Werder Bremen, Schalke Coaching career: Serbia • A tall, left-footed defender, Krstajić's career began in the youth sector of Bosnian club Čelik from his home town of Zenica. He moved to Serbia in 1992 during the Yugoslav civil war, playing for unheralded Senta and Kikinda before being snapped up in 1996 by Belgrade giants Partizan. • Rapidly became a Partizan regular, starting out at left-back before moving into central defence. He helped the Black- and-Whites to three championship titles (1995/96, 1996/97, 1998/99) and one national cup (1997/98) during his four- year stay. • In the summer of 2000 Krstajić moved to Werder Bremen, where he performed with distinction for a further four seasons, climaxing in 2003/04 as he helped the club win the German Bundesliga/DFB Pokal double. He then left for a five-year stint at Schalke, where he was appointed as captain and established himself as one of the Bundesliga's foremost defenders. • He played 59 senior international matches for his country, from 1999 to 2008, notably featuring as one of the 'Famous Four' alongside Nemanja Vidić, Goran Gavrančić and Ivica Dragutinović in the Serbia and Montenegro defence that qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup with the concession of just one goal. He also started all three matches at the finals in Germany. • He returned to Belgrade to end his career back at Partizan, winning two more titles, before being appointed as the club's sports director. He later helped Serbia qualify for the 2018 World Cup as assistant coach to Slavoljub Muslin before replacing him, initially as caretaker, and leading the side at the finals in Russia, where they were eliminated at the group stage. 5 Lithuania - Serbia Friday 7 September 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Match officials Referee Bobby Madden (SCO) Assistant referees Douglas Ross (SCO) , Francis Connor (SCO) Additional assistant referees Donald Robertson (SCO) , Steven McLean (SCO) Fourth official Alastair Mather (SCO) UEFA Delegate Michal Mertinyak (SVK) UEFA Referee observer Manuel Mejuto González (ESP) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Bobby Madden 25/10/1978 0 50 UEFA Nations League matches between the two teams 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 25/05/2010 U19 ELITE Serbia Denmark 3-2 Hall in Tirol 27/05/2010 U19 ELITE Serbia Austria 0-2 Schwaz 19/07/2012 UEL 2QR FK Vojvodina FK Sūduva 1-1 Novi Sad 20/06/2017 U21 GS-FT Serbia FYR Macedonia 2-2 Bydgoszcz 07/12/2017 UEL GS FK Crvena zvezda 1. FC Köln 1-0 Belgrade 6 Lithuania - Serbia Friday 7 September 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Competition facts What is the background to the UEFA Nations League? The rejuvenation of national team football – and the UEFA Nations League – stems from the desire of UEFA and its 55 member associations to improve the quality and standing of national team football. UEFA and its associations wanted more sporting meaning in national team football, with associations, coaches, players and supporters increasingly of the opinion that friendly matches are not providing adequate competition for national teams.