EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan - Saturday 13 June 2015 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Portugal Group I - Matchday -7 Last updated 12/07/2021 15:42CET

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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 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan

Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 14/11/2014 QR (GS) Portugal - Armenia 1-0 Faro-Loule Ronaldo 72

UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 17/11/2007 QR (GS) Portugal - Armenia 1-0 Leiria 42 Arzumanyan 11; 22/08/2007 QR (GS) Armenia - Portugal 1-1 Yerevan Ronaldo 37

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Domingos 23, Luís 20/08/1997 QR (GS) Portugal - Armenia 3-1 Setubal Figo 31, Barbosa 55; Assadourian 46 31/08/1996 QR (GS) Armenia - Portugal 0-0 Yerevan

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 Armenia 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 1 2 1 3 Portugal 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 3 2 1 0 3 1 FIFA* Armenia 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 1 1 1 3 Portugal 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 1 1 0 3 1 Friendlies Armenia ------Portugal ------Total Armenia 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 - - - - 5 0 2 3 2 6 Portugal 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 - - - - 5 3 2 0 6 2 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Match background

Portugal are currently unbeaten by Armenia as the sides line up for their sixth encounter in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group I. Previous meetings • Portugal and Armenia have met five times before, with Portugal boasting the W3 D2 L0 (W3 D0 L0 at home, W0 D2 L0 away). • (72) scored the only goal of the game when the teams met in their first Group I meeting in Faro- Loule on 14 November. • The sides first came together in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Long-serving Armenia goalkeeper Roman Berezovski made his international debut as the teams drew 0-0 in Yerevan on 31 August 1996, but Artur Jorge's Portugal won the return fixture 3-1, Domingos Paciência (23), Luís Figo (31) and (53) all on target for the home side in Setubal, where Éric Assadourian (46) scored Armenia's goal. • More recently, the teams were paired in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying. Cristiano Ronaldo (37) cancelled out Robert Arzumanyan's 11th-minute opener as 's Armenia held Luiz Felipe Scolari's Portugal 1-1 in Yerevan on 22 August 2007. Hugo Almeida then struck the winner (42) as Portugal – under Flávio Teixeira, who was covering for the suspended Scolari – beat Vardan Minasyan's Armenia 1-0 in the return fixture in Leiria on 17 November 2007. Form guide • Armenia are without a victory in five competitive internationals. Defeat in Albania on 29 March left them bottom of Group I and proved the last match in charge for former coach . • Armenia's last competitive success came on 11 October 2013 in the final home game of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. Aras Özbiliz (45+1) and (87) secured a 2-1 triumph against Bulgaria. • Since suffering a 1-0 home loss to Albania in their opening Group I game, Portugal have won their three most recent qualifiers by a one-goal margin to top the section. • Portugal have won their last four competitive qualifiers away from home. The last time they failed to prevail on their travels came in 2014 World Cup qualifying, when they drew 3-3 with Israel in Ramat Gan on 22 March 2013. Fábio Coentrão's 93rd-minute equaliser earned a point for 's Portugal. Trivia and links • Only two UEFA club competition matches have been played between Armenian and Portuguese sides, CD Santa Clara beating FC Shirak 2-0 at home and then drawing 3-3 in Armenia in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup first round. • In the 21 UEFA matches between Portuguese and Armenian sides – including club games, youth games, women's matches and futsal – 17 have ended in Portuguese victories, with three draws. Armenia's only success against Portuguese opponents came on 16 October 1996, Ara Hakobyan (63) scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win for Armenia in a UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying round match in Budapest, Hungary.

3 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Squad list

Armenia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Dinamo - Roman Berezovski 05/08/1974 40 - 4 0 0 0 Moskva - Gevorg Kasparov 25/07/1980 34 Mika - 0 0 0 0 - Artur Toroyan 01/02/1992 23 Banants - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Robert Arzumanyan 24/07/1985 29 Amkar * 4 1 0 0 - Hrayr Mkoyan 02/09/1986 28 Esteghlal - 1 0 0 0 - Levon Hayrapetyan 17/04/1989 26 Pyunik - 4 0 0 0 - 05/10/1992 22 Pyunik - 4 0 0 0 - Varazdat Haroyan 24/08/1992 22 Pyunik - 3 0 0 0 - Taron Voskanyan 22/02/1993 22 Pyunik - 3 0 0 0 - Artur Avagyan 04/07/1987 27 Gandzasar - 0 0 0 0 - Gael Andonyan 07/02/1995 20 Marseille - 1 0 0 0 - 05/04/1988 27 Kerkyra - 3 0 0 0 - 25/11/1988 26 - 2 0 0 0 - Artur Yusbashyan 07/09/1989 25 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 - Marcos Pizzelli 03/10/1984 30 Aktobe - 4 0 0 0 Metalurh - Rumyan Hovsepyan 13/11/1991 23 - 2 0 0 0 Donetsk - Zaven Badoyan 22/12/1989 25 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 Spartak - Aras Özbiliz 09/03/1990 25 - 0 0 0 0 Moskva - Artem Simonyan 20/02/1995 20 Zürich - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - 21/01/1989 26 Dortmund - 3 1 0 0 - Artur Sarkisov 01/07/1987 27 Volga - 2 0 0 0 - Norair Aslanyan-Mamedov 25/03/1991 24 Almere - 0 0 0 0 Lokomotiv - Ruslan Korian 15/06/1988 26 - 1 0 0 0 Tashkent Coach - 02/11/1972 42 - 0 0 0 0

4 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan

Portugal Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Beto 01/05/1982 33 Sevilla - 0 0 0 0 - Rui Patrício 15/02/1988 27 Sporting CP - 4 0 0 0 - 01/10/1990 24 Lyon - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - 18/05/1978 37 Monaco - 3 1 0 0 - 27/11/1981 33 Fenerbahçe - 1 0 0 0 - 01/10/1983 31 Benfica - 2 0 0 0 - José Fonte 22/12/1983 31 Southampton - 1 0 0 0 - Fábio Coentrão 11/03/1988 27 Real Madrid - 2 1 0 0 - Cédric 31/08/1991 23 Sporting CP - 1 0 0 0 - Daniel Carriço 04/08/1988 26 Sevilla - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Tiago 02/05/1981 34 Atlético - 3 0 0 0 - Danny 07/08/1983 31 Zenit - 3 0 0 0 - João Moutinho 08/09/1986 28 Monaco - 4 0 0 0 - 15/03/1989 26 Sporting CP - 0 0 0 0 - 07/04/1992 23 Sporting CP - 4 0 0 0 - Danilo 09/09/1991 23 Marítimo - 0 0 0 0 - 10/08/1994 20 Monaco - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - 26/09/1983 31 - 3 0 0 0 - Cristiano Ronaldo 05/02/1985 30 Real Madrid - 3 2 0 0 - 24/01/1986 29 Wolfsburg - 1 0 0 0 - 02/02/1985 30 Parma - 0 0 0 0 - 17/11/1986 28 Sporting CP - 4 0 0 0 - Éder 22/12/1987 27 Braga - 3 0 0 0 Coach - Ilídio Vale 13/12/1957 57 - 1 0 0 0

5 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Head coach Sargis Hovsepyan Date of birth: 2 November 1972 Nationality: Armenian Playing career: FC Malatia Yerevan, FC Lori Kirovakan, FC Pyunik (twice), FC Zenit, FC Torpedo-Metallurg Coaching career: FC Pyunik, Armenia Under-19, Armenia Under-21, Armenia (caretaker) • A central defender, Hovsepyan made his debut for local side Malatia as a teenager in 1990 but after just one first- team season he joined Lori Kirovakan. Was then already at the club that became Pyunik following the break-up of the Soviet Union, winning three league titles and the and twice being voted Armenian player of the year. • Moved to Zenit in 1998, going on to make 153 appearances in a five-year stay which yielded the in 1999. A spell with Torpedo-Metallurg followed in 2003 but after only a handful of games he returned to Pyunik. In 2010 he claimed his tenth championship with the Yerevan outfit. • Hovsepyan's long international career began in 1992 with a home friendly against Moldova. His first goal came from the penalty spot during a 2-1 victory in Kazakhstan on 2 June 2007, with his 100th awarded 14 months later as Armenia lost 4-0 to Spain in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier. • Eventually retired in 2012 having earned 131 caps – a national record – and quickly kicked off his coaching career with Pyunik, lifting the Armenian Cup at the first attempt. • He completed the league and cup double in 2014/15 and, having combined the Pyunik role with various national- team age-group jobs, in April 2015 was appointed interim head coach of the senior Armenia side after Bernard Challandes' resignation. Fernando Santos Date of birth: 10 October 1954 Nationality: Portuguese Playing career: SL Benfica, CS Marítimo, GD Estoril-Praia Coaching career: GD Estoril-Praia, CF Estrela da Amadora, FC Porto, AEK Athens FC (twice), Panathinaikos FC, Sporting Clube de Portugal, SL Benfica, PAOK FC, Greece, Portugal • A left-back, Santos started his playing days at home-town club Benfica before two-year stints with Marítimo and Estoril-Praia. Retired in 1975. • After a career change as a technician – Santos holds a degree in electrical and telecommunications engineering – he returned to football in 1987, taking over at former team Estoril-Praia. Stayed seven years, guiding them to two promotions and the Portuguese top flight. • Had four seasons with Estrela da Amadora prior to joining Porto in 1998. Led his side to the Liga title in his first term, adding two domestic cups before departing for AEK in 2001. Again made an instant impact, lifting the 2002 Greek Cup. Went to Panathinaikos that summer followed by spells at Sporting, AEK and Benfica. • He then revived PAOK's fortunes, steering them to runners-up spot in the 2009/10 Super League to earn a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Announced his departure in May 2010 and was confirmed as Otto Rehhagel's successor as Greece coach six weeks later, proving an immediate hit as he helped them to UEFA EURO 2012. • Repeated the feat for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, guiding them to the last 16, before stepping down. He was appointed by Portugal that September after Paulo Bento's departure following a 1-0 defeat by Albania.

6 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Match officials

Referee Serge Gumienny (BEL) Assistant referees Frank Bleyen (BEL) , Jimmy Cremers (BEL) Additional assistant referees Alexandre Boucaut (BEL) , Bart Vertenten (BEL) Fourth official Thibaud Nijssen (BEL) UEFA Delegate Ronen Hershco (ISR) UEFA Referee observer Adrian D. Casha (MLT)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Serge Gumienny 14/04/1972 4 82

Serge Gumienny Referee since: 1988 First division: 2000 FIFA badge: 2003

Tournaments: 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2005 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup

Finals N/A

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 04/02/2005 MCUP GS-FT Portugal 1-0 Kusadasi 21/02/2008 UEL R32 SC Braga SV Werder Bremen 0-1 Braga 01/10/2009 UEL GS Sporting Clube de Portugal Hertha BSC Berlin 1-0 28/07/2010 UCL 3QR SC Braga Celtic FC 3-0 Braga 10/03/2011 UEL R16 SC Braga Liverpool FC 1-0 Braga 07/04/2011 UEL QF FC Porto FC Spartak Moskva 5-1 Porto 29/09/2011 UEL GS Sporting Clube de Portugal SS Lazio 2-1 Lisbon 02/10/2014 UEL GS Estoril Praia Panathinaikos FC 2-0 Estoril

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8 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Match-by-match lineups Armenia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Denmark 2-1 Armenia Goals: 0-1 Mkhitaryan 50, 1-1 Højbjerg 65, 2-1 Kahlenberg 80 Armenia: Berezovski, Haroyan, Arzumanyan (66 T. Voskanyan), Artur Edigaryan, Hovsepyan, Ghazaryan, K. Hovhannisyan, Mkoyan, Mkhitaryan (71 Pizzelli), Hayrapetyan, Manucharyan (84 Dashyan) Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Armenia 1-1 Serbia Goals: 1-0 Arzumanyan 73, 1-1 Tošić 89 Armenia: Berezovski, Haroyan, T. Voskanyan, Arzumanyan, Mkrtchyan (52 Hovsepyan), Artur Edigaryan, Pizzelli (84 Karapetyan), Sarkisov, K. Hovhannisyan, Hayrapetyan, Manucharyan (66 Dashyan) Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Portugal 1-0 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Ronaldo 72 Armenia: Berezovski, Haroyan, T. Voskanyan, Arzumanyan, Mkrtchyan (84 Pizzelli), Artur Edigaryan (77 Sarkisov), Ghazaryan (62 Manucharyan), K. Hovhannisyan, Movsisyan, Mkhitaryan, Hayrapetyan Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Albania 2-1 Armenia Goals: 0-1 Mavraj 4 (og) , 1-1 Mavraj 77, 2-1 Gashi 81 Armenia: Berezovski, Andonyan, Arzumanyan, Artur Edigaryan (84 Korian), Pizzelli, Ghazaryan, Movsisyan, Mkhitaryan, Hambartsumyan, Hayrapetyan, Manucharyan (67 K. Hovhannisyan) Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Armenia-Portugal Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Serbia-Armenia Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Armenia-Denmark Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Armenia-Albania Portugal

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Portugal 0-1 Albania Goals: 0-1 Balaj 52 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Pepe, Fábio Coentrão, William Carvalho (56 ), João Moutinho, Éder, Vieirinha (46 Ivan Cavaleiro), Ricardo Costa (73 ), André Gomes, Nani, João Pereira Matchday 3 (14/10/2014) Denmark 0-1 Portugal Goals: 0-1 Ronaldo 90+5 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Pepe, Eliseu, Carvalho, Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Danny (77 Éder), William Carvalho, Nani (68 João Mário), Tiago (84 Ricardo Quaresma), Cédric Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Portugal 1-0 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Ronaldo 72 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Pepe, Bosingwa, Carvalho, Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Danny (70 Ricardo Quaresma), Raphael Guerreiro, Nani (88 William Carvalho), Tiago, Hélder Postiga (56 Éder) Matchday 5 (29/03/2015)

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Portugal 2-1 Serbia Goals: 1-0 Carvalho 10, 1-1 Matić 61, 2-1 Fábio Coentrão 63 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Bruno Alves, Fábio Coentrão (78 Ricardo Quaresma), Carvalho (17 Fonte), Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Danny (86 William Carvalho), Bosingwa, Nani, Eliseu, Tiago Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Armenia-Portugal Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Albania-Portugal Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Portugal-Denmark Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Serbia-Portugal

10 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Armenia History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Qualifying win 4-0: Armenia v Andorra, 12/10/10 0-4: v Armenia, 06/09/11 Qualifying defeat 0-4: Armenia v Spain, 11/10/03 Overall appearances 47: Sargis Hovsepyan 36: Roman Berezovski 25: 24: Armen Shahgeldyan 23: Overall goals 7: Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5: Artur Petrosyan 5: Gevorg Ghazaryan 4: Yura Movsisyan 4: Marcos Pizzelli 4: Armen Shahgeldyan

UEFA European Championship records: Portugal History 2012 – semi-finals 2008 – quarter-finals 2004 – runners-up 2000 – semi-finals 1996 – quarter-finals 1992 – did not qualify 1988 – did not qualify 1984 – semi-finals 1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – did not qualify 1960 – did not qualify Final tournament win 3-0: Portugal v , 20/06/00 0-3: Croatia v Portugal, 19/06/96 Final tournament loss 2-0: v Portugal, 15/06/08 Qualifying win 8-0: Portugal v Liechtenstein, 09/06/99 8-0: Portugal v Liechtenstein, 18/12/94 Qualifying loss 5-0: USSR v Portugal, 27/04/83 5-0: Czechoslovakia v Portugal, 30/04/75

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Final tournament appearances 14: Luís Figo 14: 14: Cristiano Ronaldo 12: 12: Final tournament goals 6: Nuno Gomes 6: Cristiano Ronaldo 3: Sérgio Conceição 3: Hélder Postiga Overall appearances 38: Cristiano Ronaldo 34: Luís Figo 33: Vítor Baía 32: Rui Costa 29: Fernando Couto 29: Nani 28: Nuno Gomes 28: João Moutinho Overall goals 22: Cristiano Ronaldo 14: João Pinto 12: Rui Costa 9: Hélder Postiga 9: Nuno Gomes

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:: 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 number 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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