UEFA EURO 2020 QUALIFIERS - GROUP J

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs

ZENICA, BILINO POLJE STADIUM, 12. 10. 2019. - 18:00 H EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS

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Nogometni/Fudbalski savez Bosne i Hercegovine Football Federation

Osnovan / Foundation: 1992 Član FIFA / Affiliated: 1995 Član UEFA / Affiliated: 1998 Predsjednik / President: Elvedin Begić Generalni sekretar / Secretary General: Adnan Džemidžić

Football Association of Finland Suomen Palloliitto

Osnovan / Foundation: 1907 Član FIFA / Affiliated: 1908 Član UEFA / Affiliated: 1954 Predsjednik / President: Ari Lahti Generalni sekretar / Secretary General: Marco Casagrande

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Poštovani sportski prijatelji, Dear sports friends, Nakon razočaravajućeg After a disappointing per- nastupa našeg tima na počet- formance of our team at the ku jesenjeg kruga kvalifikacija beginning of the autumn quali- za EURO 2020, dočekujemo fication round for EURO 2020, selekciju Finske, koja nam je we welcome the national team pokazala, da se bez borbenosti of Finland, which showed us i zalaganja svakog pojedinca that without struggle and com- teško dolazi do pobjeda. mitment of each individual, it is Naša reprezentacija, bez difficult to win. sumnje, posjeduje igrački kvalitet, koji na Our national team undoubtedly possesses žalost u dosadašnjim utakmicama i nije toli- a quality of play, which unfortunately has not ko nadmoćno dolazio do izražaja. Neočeki- been so prominently displayed in matches so vani porazi su nas ozbiljno uzdrmali i udaljili far. Unexpected defeats have seriously shak- od cilja da se kroz ove kvalifikacije direktno en us away from the goal of directly qualifying plasiramo na EURO. for the EURO through these qualifications. Nadamo se da su nas ovi porazi ne- We hope that these defeats have taught čemu naučili, te da će naši igrači iskoristiti us something, and that our players will use a duel sa Finskom kako bi povratili poljuljano duel with Finland to restore a shaken confi- povjerenje javnosti i revanširali se za poraz dence of public and to revenge for their defeat u Tampereu. in . Koristim priliku da pozdravim i zaželim I take the opportunity to greet and wel- toplu dobrodošlicu igračima i rukovodstvu come the players and leadership of the Finn- reprezentacije Finske, službenim predstav- ish national team, UEFA match officials as nicima UEFA-e kao i navijačima oba tima. well as fans of both teams. Pozivam sve ljubitelje nogometa, da I invite all football fans to come to the Bili- dođu na stadion „Bilino polje“ u Zenici 12. no Polje Stadium in on 12.10.2019 and 10. 2019. i pruže podršku našim igračima to support our players and to congratulate the te da sportski i fer pozdrave selekciju Fin- Finnish national team in sports and fair spirit. ske. I believe that the full stands and the al- Vjerujem da će pune tribine i već pozna- ready familiar ambience at the Zenica Stadi- ti ambijent na zeničkom stadionu, biti dodat- um will be an additional motive for BH players ni motiv za bh igrače da pokažu borbenost, to show the fighting spirit, dedication, virtuos- posvećenost, virtuoznost koju posjeduju i ity they possess and, in the end, make us all na kraju, sve nas obraduju. happy.

Predsjednik NS/FS BiH Elvedin Begić Elvedin Begić FF BH President

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Robert Prosinečki Head Coach

„Nemamo pravo na kiks i samo sa pobjedama os- “We have no right to fail and only with victories we tajemo u igri za plasman na Euro. Nismo bili na remain in the game for qualifying to EURO. We nivou u prethodnim utakmicama. Naši igrači nisu have not been at proper level in previous matches. zaboravili da igraju fudbal i vjerujem da imamo Our players did not forget to play football and I be- snage da napravimo dobar rezultat. Kad svi trčimo lieve we have the strength to make a good result. i borimo se onda je veoma teško pobijediti ovu ek- When we all run and fight, then it is very difficult to ipu. Nadam se da ćemo odigrati dobar meč protiv beat this team. I hope we will play a good match Finske, što će nam dati vjetar u leđa i za utakmicu against Finland, which will give us a wind in the sa Grčkom.” back also for the match with Greece.”

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STAFF

Gordan Ciprić Dragan Spasić Elvir Rahimić Kenan Hasagić Assistent Coach Assistent Coach Coach Specialist GK Coach

Reuf Karabeg Adnan Hadžimuratović Marko Pehar Ismar Hadžibajrić Doctor Doctor Physiotherapist Physiotherapist

Siniša Ćebić Darko Ljubojević Admir Zaimović Ermin Ćehajić Physiotherapist Secretary Kit Manager Kit Manager

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Ibrahim Šehić Kenan Pirić Jasmin Burić

DoB: 02.09.1988. DoB: 07.07.1994. DoB: 18.02.1987. Club: BB Erzurumspor (TUR) Club: NK Maribor (SLO) Club: Hapoel Haifa (ISR)

GOALKEEPERS Caps/Goals: 24 Caps/Goals: 1 Caps/Goals: 1

Sead Kolašinac Toni Šunjić Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 20.06.1993 15.12.1988 Club Club Arsenal FC Dinamo Moscow (ENG) (RUS) Caps Caps 25 40 Goals Goals - 1

Ermin Bičakčić Ervin Zukanović Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 24.01.1990 11.02.1987 Club Club TSG 1899 Al Ahli (KSA) Hoffenheim (GER) Caps Caps 36 30 Goals Goals -

DEFENDERS 3

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Eldar Ćivić Marko Mihojević Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 28.05.1996 21.04.1996 Club Club Ferencvarosi TC Erzgebirge Aue (HUN) (GER) Caps Caps 8 2 Goals Goals - -

Adnan Kovačević Zoran Kvržić Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 09.09.1993 07.08.1998 Club Club Korona Kielce HNK Rijeka (POL) (CRO) Caps Caps - 3 Goals Goals - -

Stjepan Lončar Muhamed Bešić Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 10.11.1996 10.09.1992 Club Club HNK Rijeka Sheffield United (CRO) (ENG) Caps Caps 4 41 Goals Goals

MIDFIELDERS - -

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Gojko Cimirot Miralem Pjanić Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 19.12.1992 02.04.1990 Club Club Standard Liege Juventus FC (BEL) (ITA) Caps Caps 19 89 Goals Goals - 13

Elvis Sarić Rade Krunić Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 21.07.1990 07.10.1993 Club Club Al Ahli (KSA) AC Milan (ITA) Caps Caps 14 11 Goals Goals 1 1

Amer Gojak Mato Jajalo Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 13.02.1997 25.05.1988 Club Club GNK Dinamo (CRO) (ITA) Caps Caps 8 7 Goals Goals 3 - MIDFIELDERS

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Haris Duljević Dino Hotić Position Position FW FW Date of Birth Date of Birth 16.11.1993 26.07.1995. Club Club Nimes NK Maribor Olympique (FRA) (SLO) Caps Caps 21 - Goals Goals 1 -

Riad Bajić Armin Hodžić Position Position FW FW Date of Birth Date of Birth 06.05.1994 17.11.1994 Club Club Konyaspor MOL Fehervar (TUR) FC (HUN) Caps Caps 11 5 Goals Goals -

Edin Višća Izet Hajrović Position Position FW FW Date of Birth Date of Birth 17.02.1990 04.08.1991 Club Club Istanbul GNK Dinamo Basaksehir (TUR) (CRO) Caps Caps 48 23 Goals Goals 10 5 FORWARD

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FINLAND

Caps/ No Player Position Date of Birth Club Goals 1 Lukas Hradecky 24.11.1989 (GER) 55/0 2 21.03.1993 Brescia Calcio (ITA) 7/0 3 13.03.1987 Bristol Rovers (ENG) 3/0 4 13.07.1994 KRC Genk (BEL) 38/1 5 15.06.1988 Pafos FC (GRE) 41/3 6 Albin Granlund 01.09.1989 Örebro SK (SWE) 17/0 7 Juha Pirinen 22.10.1991 Tromsø IL (NOR) 17/0 8 15.09.1988 Montreal Impact (CAN) 47/0 9 Leo Väisänen 23.07.1997 FC Den Bosch (NLD) 1/0 10 Sauli Väisänen 05.06.1994 AC Chievo Verona (ITA) 16/0 11 10.03.1988 BK Häcken (SCO) 61/3 12 12.07.1990 Esbjerg fB (DEN) 14/0 13 Rasmus Schüller 18.06.1991 Minnesota United (USA) 38/0 14 28.10.1995 Rangers FC (SCO) 15/1 15 24.08.1998 Montreal Impact (CAN) 6/0 16 20.02.1987 FC Midtjylland (DEN) 72/1 17 22.09.1994 Esbjerg fB (DEN) 18/5 18 17.04.1993 Minnesota United (USA) 35/3 19 Fredrik Jensen 09.09.1997 FC Augsburg (GER) 9/3 20 29.03.1990 Norwich City FC (ENG) 76/20 21 Simon Skrabb 19.01.1995 IFK Norrköping (NOR) 12/0 22 Petteri Forsell 16.10.1990 HJK (FIN) 12/1 23 13.09.1994 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 30/6 24 Jasse Tuominen 12.11.1995 FK Bate Borisov (BLR) 13/0

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Markku ”We are in a good position when heading for the October qualifying matches. Of course both Bos- Kanerva nia-Hertzegovina and Armenia will be tough chal- Head Coach lenges, but at the moment we think only about our trip to Zenica which is ahead first. ”U dobroj smo poziciji We all know the quality of the Bosnian team. The pred oktobarske kvalifik- have a very impressive record at home and before- acione utakmice. Nara- hand while maybe the away match against Italy was vno da će i Bosna i Her- the most difficult one, the away match in Bosnia cegovina i Armenija biti could be considered as almost as difficult. veliki izazovi, ali trenutno mislimo samo na meč u Zenici. There will probably be a very heated atmosphere Poznat nam je kvalitet bosanskohercegovačkog tima. Ima- waiting for us in Zenica, but I think we can be con- ju vrlo impresivan učinak kod kuće od ranije. Iako je gostu- fident. At home in June we played a good match jući meč protiv Italije možda bio i najteži, gostovanje u Bos- against Bosnia-Herzegovina and are fully focused ni i Hercegovini se može smatrati takođe veoma teškim. on repeating that performance. Vjerovatno će nas u Zenici čekati vruća atmosfera, There has not been many changes in the squad, ali mislim da možemo biti sigurni u sebe. U junu smo which is a positive matter. These players have shown na našem terenu odigrali smo dobru utakmicu protiv their level and wedo not have any major injuries in the Bosne i Hercegovine i želimo da ponovimo taj nastup. squad. Hopefully it will also remain that way. Nije bilo puno promjena u sastavu, što je pozitivna One new name in the squad is Joel Pohjanpalo stvar. Ovi igrači su pokazali svoj kvalitet, a nemamo whom we are glad to welcome back after a long ni povreda. Nadam se da će tako ostati i dalje. abcense because of injuries. He looked fine al- Novo ime u timu je Joel Pohjanpalo koji se vraća nakon ready in summer, but suffered a small setback. dužeg odsustva zbog povrede. Još ljetos je izgledao Now everything is ok and he is fully fit. Of course dobro, a sad je u potpunosti spreman. Naravno, nedo- he still lacks match experience and probably does staje mu utakmica i vjerovatno još nema snage za svih not have full 90 minutes in him yet. But he is joker 90 minuta. Međutim, on je definitivno naša joker karta.” card for us definitely.”

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#EqualGame logo. Positive. Pantone 298 Blue and 655 Blue

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OFFICIALS

Referee Ivan Kruzliak (SVK) Assistant referee 1 Tomas Somolani (SVK) Assistant referee 2 Branislav Hancko (SVK) 4th official Filip Glova (SVK) Delegate Jacques Antenen (SUI) Observer Karen Nalbandyan (ARM) RLO Tarik Kečo (BIH)

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Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

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GROUP J STANDINGS AND MATCHES Team P W D L F A GD P 1 Italy 6 6 0 0 18 3 15 18 2 Finland 6 4 0 2 8 4 4 12 3 Armenia 6 3 0 3 12 11 1 9 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 2 1 3 12 11 1 7 5 Greece 6 1 2 3 7 10 -3 5 6 Liechtenstein 6 0 1 5 1 19 -18 1

23 March 08 September Liechtenstein - Greece 0:2 Armenia - Bosnia and Herzegovina 4:2 23 March 08 September Italy - Finland 2:0 Greece - Liechtenstein 1:1 23 March 08 September Bosnia and Herzegovina - Armenia 2:1 Finland - Italy 1:2 26 March 12 October, 18:00 Armenia - Finland 0:2 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Finland 26 March 12 October, 20:45 Italy - Liechtenstein 6:0 Liechtenstein - Armenia 26 March 12 October, 20:45 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Greece 2:2 Italy - Greece 08 June 15 October, 18:00 Finland - Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:0 Finland - Armenia 08 June 15 October, 20:45 Armenia - Liechtenstein 3:0 Liechtenstein - Italy 08 June 15 October, 20:45 Greece - Italy 0:3 Greece - Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 June 15 November, 18:00 Liechtenstein - Finland 0:2 Finland - Liechtenstein 11 June 15 November, 18:00 Italy - Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:1 Armenia - Greece 11 June 15 November, 20:45 Greece - Armenia 2:3 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Italy 05 September 18 November, 20:45 Armenia - Italy 1:3 Liechtenstein - Bosnia and Herzegovina 05 September 18 November, 20:45 Finland - Greece 1:0 Italy - Armenia 05 September 18 November, 20:45 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Liechtenstein 5:0 Greece - Finland

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Team statistics

In the 2020 EURO qualifiers, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland scored 12 (2 per match), and 8 goals (1,3 per match) respectively. Bosnia and Herzegovina played 3 games at home with a goal difference of 9:3 (two wins and a draw), while Finland played 3 away matches (two wins, one loss, and 4:2 goal difference). Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland Goals scored 12 (2 per game) 8 (1,33 per game) Goals received 11 (1,83) 4 (0,66) Total attempts 104 (17,33) 69 (11,5) Attempts on target 39 (6,5) 29 (4,83) Attempts off target 35 (5,83) 28 (4,66) Attempts blocked 30 (5) 12 (2) Passes attempted 2955 3145 Passes completed 2550 2674 Passes completion % 85% 85% Ball possession % 53% 50% Corners for 37 (6,16) 25 (4,16) Fouls committed 67 (11,16) 67 (11,16) Fouls suffered 55 (9,16) 67 (11,16) Yellow cards 12 (2) 10 (1,66) Red cards 1 (0,16) 0

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Svjetski dan srca

Nogometni/Fudbalski savez Bosne i Her- liječiti kroz promjene u svakodnevnim na- cegovine i ove godine učestvuje u obi- vikama, a Svjetska organizacija srca 29. lježavanju Svjetskog dana srca, najveće septembar koristi kao priliku za podsje- međunarodne manifestacije koja podiže ćanje javnosti na važnost zdravih navika. svijest o kardiovaskularnim bolestima. Ovogodišnji Svjetski dan srca obilježava Svjetski dan srca održava se u organiza- se pod krilaticom “Budi srčani heroj” (Be a ciji Svjetske federacije srca i uz podršku Heart Hero), a brojne fudbalske/nogomet- UEFA-e s ciljem promovisanja zdravih na- ne organizacije u sklopu ove manifestacije vika i očuvanja srčanog zdravlja. Kardio- pozivaju navijače da u svoj život uključe vaskularne bolesti odgovorne su za goto- zdrave navike poput: vo 50% svih smrti od nezaraznih bolesti, - Odabira i pripreme zdrave hrane za sebe te su vodeći uzrok smrti u svijetu. Srčane i svoju porodice bolesti uzrokoju gotovo 18 miliona preura- - Poticanje mlađih članova porodice na njenih smrti svake godine. Osim smrtnih bavljenje sportom posljedica, hronične bolesti srca također - Izbjegavanje alkohola i duhanskih proi- uzrokuju i poteškoće u svakodnevnom ži- zvoda votu za milione ljudi koji od njih boluju. Akciju su podržale seniorske i juniorske Mnoge srčane bolesti mogu se uspješno reprezentativke Bosne i Hercegovine.

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World Heart Day

The Football Federation of Bosnia and Many heart diseases can be successful- Herzegovina is also participating in com- ly treated through changes in daily hab- memorating the World Heart Daythis year, its, and the World Heart Organization the largest international event raising uses 29thSeptember as an opportunity awareness of cardiovascular disease. to remind the public of the importance of The World Heart Day is organized by the healthy habits. This year’s World Heart World Federation of Hearts and with the Day is celebrated under the slogan“Be a support of UEFA with the aim of promot- Heart Hero”, and many football organiza- ing healthy habits and preserving cardiac tions, within this event, are inviting fans to health. Cardiovascular disease is respon- incorporate healthy habits such as: sible for almost 50% of all non-communi- - Choosing and preparing healthy foods cable disease deaths and is the leading for yourself and your family cause of death worldwide. Heart disease - Encouraging younger family members to causes nearly 18 million premature deaths play sports each year. In addition to the fatal conse- - Avoiding alcohol and tobacco products quences, chronic heart disease also caus- The action was supported by the women’s es problems in daily life for millions of peo- senior and junior national teams of Bosnia ple who suffer from them. and Herzegovina.

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