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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS - Saturday 13 June 2015 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Group D - Matchday -7 Last updated 12/07/2021 17:38CET

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Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13

1 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 14/11/2014 QR (GS) Scotland - Republic of Ireland 1-0 Maloney 75

1988 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 18/02/1987 PR (GS) Scotland - Republic of Ireland 0-1 Glasgow Lawrenson 7 15/10/1986 PR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Scotland 0-0 Dublin

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Young 4, 16, Brand 07/05/1961 QR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Scotland 0-3 Dublin 86 Brand 14, 40, Herd 03/05/1961 QR (GS) Scotland - Republic of Ireland 4-1 Glasgow 59, 85; Haverty 52

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 Republic of Ireland 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 - - - - 3 1 1 1 1 1 Scotland 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - 3 1 1 1 1 1 FIFA* Republic of Ireland 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 1 7 Scotland 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 7 1 Friendlies Republic of Ireland ------5 3 1 1 6 3 Scotland ------5 1 1 3 3 6 Total Republic of Ireland 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 - - - - 10 4 2 4 8 11 Scotland 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 - - - - 10 4 2 4 11 8 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Match background

The Republic of Ireland will look to scrap their way back into contention for a top-two finish in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group D as they welcome Scotland. Previous meetings • scored the only goal on 75 minutes as Scotland beat Ireland 1-0 at in their first Group D meeting back in November. • Ireland's record in ten games against Scotland is now W4 D2 L4; in terms of competitive fixtures, Ireland have beaten Scotland only once in five encounters (W1 D1 L3) – 1-0 in a UEFA European Championship qualifier in 1987. Form guide • Ireland are without a win in their last three Group D games (D2 L1) since a 7-0 defeat of Gibraltar in Dublin. • Scotland are yet to triumph away from home in Group D (D1 L1). • Scotland beat Gibraltar 6-1 last time out in Group D, with Steven Fletcher scoring his nation's first hat-trick since Colin Stein plundered four goals against Cyprus in 1969. Trivia and links • Plenty more of the nations' players are club-mates in England: - Ireland's Paul McShane, , and , and Scotland's (Hull City AFC) - Scotland's and Ireland's David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town FC) - Ireland's and , and Scotland's Craig Forsyth and Johnny Russell (Derby County FC) - Ireland's John O'Shea and Scotland's Steven Fletcher (Sunderland AFC) - Ireland's Seamus Coleman, James McCarthy and Aiden McGeady, and Scotland's (Everton FC) - Scotland's and Ireland's (Aston Villa FC) - Ireland's , and , and Scotland's (Stoke City FC) - Ireland's and Scotland's Russell Martin and (Norwich City FC) - Ireland's and Scotland's (AFC Bournemouth) • Ireland's is the record goalscorer in European Championship qualifying (including play-offs), with 21 goals: and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (17 each) are the only current internationals who are close to his total. • Scotland manager has club history in common with his opposite numbers: he replaced Ireland coach Martin O'Neill as Celtic boss in 2005, and coached O'Neill's assistant at Celtic in the final season of the 's playing career.

3 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Squad list

Republic of Ireland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Shay Given 20/04/1976 39 Aston Villa - 1 0 0 0 - 20/12/1979 35 Millwall - 4 0 0 0 Sheff. - 23/10/1984 30 - 0 0 0 0 Wednesday Defenders - John O'Shea 30/04/1981 34 Sunderland - 5 1 0 0 - Stephen Ward 20/08/1985 29 Burnley - 4 0 0 0 - Marc Wilson 17/08/1987 27 Stoke * 4 0 0 0 - Richard Keogh 11/08/1986 28 Derby - 1 0 0 0 - Seamus Coleman 11/10/1988 26 Everton * 3 0 0 0 - Cyrus Christie 30/09/1992 22 Derby - 0 0 0 0 - Glenn Whelan 13/01/1984 31 Stoke - 3 0 0 0 - Wes Hoolahan 20/05/1982 33 Norwich - 3 1 0 0 - Aiden McGeady 04/04/1986 29 Everton - 5 2 0 0 - Stephen Quinn 01/04/1986 29 Hull - 3 0 0 0 - James McCarthy 12/11/1990 24 Everton - 2 0 0 0 - Robbie Brady 14/01/1992 23 Hull - 4 0 0 0 - David Meyler 29/05/1989 26 Hull - 3 0 0 0 - James McClean 22/04/1989 26 Wigan - 4 2 0 0 - 31/01/1992 23 Derby - 3 0 0 0 Forwards - Robbie Keane 08/07/1980 34 LA Galaxy - 5 3 0 0 - Jon Walters 20/09/1983 31 Stoke - 4 0 0 0 - 15/03/1983 32 Ipswich - 1 0 0 0 - 22/01/1987 28 Southampton - 3 1 0 0 - David McGoldrick 29/11/1987 27 Ipswich - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Martin O'Neill 01/03/1952 63 - 5 0 0 0

4 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Scotland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 31/12/1982 32 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 - Craig Samson 01/04/1984 31 Kilmarnock - 0 0 0 0 - David Marshall 05/03/1985 30 - 5 0 0 0 Defenders - 06/03/1986 29 Celtic - 2 0 0 0 - Steven Whittaker 16/06/1984 30 Norwich - 3 0 0 0 - Alan Hutton 30/11/1984 30 Aston Villa - 4 0 0 0 - Christophe Berra 31/01/1985 30 Ipswich - 0 0 0 0 - Gordon Greer 14/12/1980 34 Brighton - 2 0 0 0 - Craig Forsyth 24/02/1989 26 Derby - 0 0 0 0 - Russell Martin 04/01/1986 29 Norwich - 5 0 0 0 - Andrew Robertson 11/03/1994 21 Hull - 3 0 0 0 Midfielders - Shaun Maloney 24/01/1983 32 Chicago Fire - 5 4 0 0 - Darren Fletcher 01/02/1984 31 West Brom - 3 0 0 0 - Charlie Adam 10/12/1985 29 Stoke - 0 0 0 0 - James Morrison 25/05/1986 29 West Brom * 4 0 0 0 - Scott Brown 25/06/1985 29 Celtic - 4 0 0 0 Crystal - James McArthur 07/10/1987 27 - 2 0 0 0 Palace - James Forrest 07/07/1991 23 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 - Matt Ritchie 10/09/1989 25 Bournemouth - 1 0 0 0 - 03/01/1988 27 Watford - 5 1 0 0 Forwards - Steven Fletcher 26/03/1987 28 Sunderland - 5 3 0 0 - Steven Naismith 14/09/1986 28 Everton - 5 2 0 0 - 20/08/1990 24 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Gordon Strachan 09/02/1957 58 - 5 0 0 0

5 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Head coach Martin O'Neill Date of birth: 1 March 1952 Nationality: Northern Irish Playing career: Lisburn Distillery FC, Nottingham Forest FC, Norwich City FC (twice), City FC, Notts County FC, Chesterfield FC, Fulham FC Coaching career: Grantham Town FC, Shepshed Charterhouse FC, Wycombe Wanderers FC, Norwich City FC, Leicester City FC, Celtic FC, Aston Villa FC, Sunderland AFC, Republic of Ireland • The highlight of Northern Irish international O'Neill's playing career was winning the 1977/78 English title and 1979 and 1980 European Cups under Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest (though he did not play in the first of those finals). He also appeared at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. • After injury ended O'Neill's career, he entered management with non-league Grantham, Shepshed and Wycombe, whom he led into the Football League for the first time in 1993 and a further promotion the next year. • He left Wycombe for Norwich in June 1995 but within six months had gone to Leicester, whom he would guide into the , winning the 1997 and 2000 League Cups to earn two UEFA Cup campaigns. • O'Neill was appointed by Celtic in summer 2000 and in five years at the helm landed three league titles and three Scottish Cups, the completing a 2000/01 treble. He also led them to the 2003 UEFA Cup final. • Managed Aston Villa between 2006 and 2010, then Sunderland from 2011 to March 2013. O'Neill was appointed Ireland manager, to be assisted by fellow former Forest player Roy Keane, that November. Gordon Strachan Date of birth: 9 February 1957 Nationality: Scottish Playing career: FC, FC, Manchester United FC, Leeds United AFC, City FC Coaching career: Coventry City FC, Southampton FC, Celtic FC, Middlesbrough FC, Scotland • An energetic and talented midfielder, Strachan was capped 50 times by Scotland and helped Aberdeen FC lift the European Cup Winners' Cup under Sir . Began in management while still a player at Coventry in November 1996 before ending his on-field career aged 40 to concentrate on coaching, keeping the club in the Premier League until 2001. • Although sacked early the following season, he was swiftly appointed by Southampton – whom he guided to eighth place in the English top flight in 2002/03 and the 2003 FA Cup final. Strachan stepped down in March 2004 to concentrate on media work. • Installed as Martin O'Neill's successor at Celtic in summer 2005, Strachan proceeded to win the in record time and also lifted the Scottish League Cup in his first campaign. In 2006/07, Celtic triumphed in both league and , and got past the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time, falling in extra time to eventual winners AC Milan in the last 16. • Steered the Bhoys to the round of 16 again in 2007/08, this time succumbing to FC Barcelona, and a tremendous late surge took Celtic past Rangers FC to retain the . Stepped down at Celtic in 2009 after failing to defend the league crown. • After an unsuccessful year with Middlesbrough, was appointed national coach in January 2013, helping reinvigorate a Scotland team that went on to win home and away against Croatia in their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying pool, despite failing to make the cut for Brazil.

6 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Match officials

Referee Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) Assistant referees Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA) , Gianluca Cariolato (ITA) Additional assistant referees Luca Banti (ITA) , Davide Massa (ITA) Fourth official Matteo Passeri (ITA) UEFA Delegate Cornel Cristian Bivolaru (ROU) UEFA Referee observer Manuel Lopez Fernandez (ESP)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Nicola Rizzoli 05/10/1971 9 73

Nicola Rizzoli Referee since: 1988 First division: 2001 FIFA badge: 2007

Tournaments: 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, UEFA EURO 2012, 2011 FIFA Club World Cup

Finals 2014 FIFA World Cup 2013 UEFA Champions League 2010 UEFA Europa League

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 13/02/2008 UEL R32 Rangers FC Panathinaikos FC 0-0 Glasgow 29/07/2009 UCL 3QR Celtic FC FC Dinamo Moskva 0-1 Glasgow 20/10/2010 UCL GS Rangers FC CF 1-1 Glasgow 19/09/2012 UCL GS Celtic FC SL Benfica 0-0 Glasgow 12/10/2012 WC QR Republic of Ireland Germany 1-6 Dublin

7 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Competition facts

8 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Match-by-match lineups Republic of Ireland

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Georgia 1-2 Republic of Ireland Goals: 0-1 McGeady 24, 1-1 Okriashvili 38, 1-2 McGeady 90 Republic of Ireland: Forde, Coleman, Wilson, O'Shea, Whelan, McGeady, McCarthy (91 Meyler), Keane (76 Long), Walters, Ward, Quinn (76 Brady) Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Republic of Ireland 7-0 Gibraltar Goals: 1-0 Keane 6, 2-0 Keane 14, 3-0 Keane 18 (P) , 4-0 McClean 46, 5-0 J. Perez 52 (og) , 6-0 McClean 53, 7-0 Hoolahan 56 Republic of Ireland: Forde, Ward (70 Brady), Wilson, O'Shea, McGeady, Hendrick, Keane (63 Murphy), McClean, Meyler, Gibson, Hoolahan (63 Doyle) Matchday 3 (14/10/2014) Germany 1-1 Republic of Ireland Goals: 1-0 Kroos 71, 1-1 O'Shea 90+4 Republic of Ireland: Forde, Ward, Wilson, O'Shea, Whelan (53 Hendrick), McGeady, Keane (63 Gibson), McClean, Meyler, Quinn (76 Hoolahan), Walters Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland Goals: 1-0 Maloney 75 Republic of Ireland: Forde, Coleman, Ward, O'Shea, McGeady, Hendrick (78 Keane), Long (68 Brady), McClean, Gibson (68 Quinn), Walters, Keogh Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Republic of Ireland 1-1 Goals: 0-1 Peszko 26, 1-1 Long 90+1 Republic of Ireland: Given, Coleman, Wilson, O'Shea, Whelan (84 Long), McGeady (68 McClean), McCarthy, Keane, Walters, Brady, Hoolahan Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Republic of Ireland-Scotland Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Gibraltar-Republic of Ireland Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Republic of Ireland-Georgia Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Republic of Ireland-Germany Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Poland-Republic of Ireland Scotland

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Germany 2-1 Scotland Goals: 1-0 T. Müller 18, 1-1 Anya 66, 2-1 T. Müller 70 Scotland: Marshall, Hutton, Whittaker, R. Martin, Hanley, Morrison, D. Fletcher (58 McArthur), Mulgrew, Naismith (82 Maloney), Bannan (58 S. Fletcher), Anya Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Scotland 1-0 Georgia Goals: 1-0 Khubutia 28 (og)

9 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Scotland: Marshall, Hutton, Robertson, R. Martin, Hanley, Maloney, Morrison, Brown, S. Fletcher (90 Martin), Naismith (80 McArthur), Anya Matchday 3 (14/10/2014) Poland 2-2 Scotland Goals: 1-0 Mączyński 11, 1-1 Maloney 18, 1-2 Naismith 57, 2-2 Milik 76 Scotland: Marshall, Hutton, Whittaker, R. Martin, Greer, Maloney, Morrison, Brown, S. Fletcher (71 D. Fletcher), Naismith (71 Martin), Anya Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland Goals: 1-0 Maloney 75 Scotland: Marshall, Whittaker, Mulgrew, R. Martin, Hanley, Maloney, Brown, S. Fletcher (56 Martin), Naismith, Anya (88 D. Fletcher), Robertson Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Scotland 6-1 Gibraltar Goals: 1-0 Maloney 18 (P) , 1-1 L. Casciaro 19, 2-1 S. Fletcher 29, 3-1 Maloney 34 (P) , 4-1 Naismith 39, 5-1 S. Fletcher 77, 6-1 S. Fletcher 90 Scotland: Marshall, Hutton, Robertson, Ritchie (46 Greer), R. Martin, Maloney, Morrison, Brown, S. Fletcher, Naismith (67 Rhodes), Anya (74 Bannan) Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Republic of Ireland-Scotland Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Georgia-Scotland Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Scotland-Germany Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Scotland-Poland Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Gibraltar-Scotland

10 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Republic of Ireland History 2012 – group stage 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify 1992 – did not qualify 1988 – group stage 1984 – did not qualify 1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – quarter-finals 1960 – did not qualify Final tournament win 1-0: England v Republic of Ireland, 12/06/88 Final tournament defeat 4-0: Spain v Republic of Ireland, 14/06/12 Qualifying win 8-0: Republic of Ireland v Malta, 16/11/83 Qualifying defeat 6-0: v Republic of Ireland, 10/10/71 Final tournament appearances 3: 23 players Final tournament goals 1: 1: Ronnie Whelan 1: Overall appearances 43: Robbie Keane 35: Shay Given 34: John O'Shea 32: 32: 30: Aiden McGeady 27: Liam Brady 26: 26: Frank Stapleton Overall goals 21: Robbie Keane 10: Frank Stapleton 9: Don Givens 8: 8: Niall Quinn

UEFA European Championship records: Scotland History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – group stage

11 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin 1992 – group stage 1988 – did not qualify 1984 – did not qualify 1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – did not participate 1960 – did not participate Final tournament win 3-0: Scotland v CIS, 18/06/92 Final tournament loss 0-2: Scotland v England, 15/06/96 0-2: Scotland v Germany, 15/06/92 Qualifying win 6-0: Scotland v , 02/09/06 Qualifying defeat 6-0: Netherlands v Scotland, 19/11/03 Final tournament appearances 6: 6: Gary McAllister 6: Stuart McCall 5: Gordon Durie 5: Ally McCoist 5: Stewart McKimmie Final tournament goals 1: Gary McAllister 1: Brian McClair 1: Ally McCoist 1: Paul McStay Overall appearances 28: David Weir 24: Tom Boyd 22: 22: 22: Darren Fletcher 21: John Collins 21: 21: Gary McAllister Overall goals 8: Ally McCoist 7: Kenny Dalglish 7: 6: John Collins 6: James McFadden

12 Republic of Ireland - Scotland Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin 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 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 Czech Republic 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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