UEFA EURO 2016 MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Vélodrome - Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 18.00CET Group C - Matchday 3 Ukraine #UKRPOL Poland Last updated 21/06/2016 00:09CET

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1 Ukraine - Poland Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Match background

Ukraine will look to extend a five-game unbeaten run against Poland in their final UEFA EURO 2016 Group C match. Previous meetings • Ukraine's record in seven fixtures against Poland is W3 D2 L2 (W2 D1 L1 in competitive games). • This is the sides' first UEFA European Championship encounter. • Poland and Ukraine were co-hosts of UEFA EURO 2012; neither team progressed beyond the group stage. • Poland won the teams' first two meetings, including a 3-1 victory in Kyiv that helped them qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but Ukraine are undefeated in the last five. They did the double over their neighbours in 2014 World Cup qualifying. • scored in both contests – a 3-1 win in Warsaw and a 1-0 success in Kharkiv. EURO facts – Ukraine • Ukraine are featuring at their second EURO. They co-hosted UEFA EURO 2012 but qualified this time round via a play-off success against Slovenia. • Ukraine's biggest international success to date is making it to the quarter-finals of their only World Cup, in Germany in 2006. • Two Ukrainian clubs have played UEFA games in Marseille. Dnipro lost 1-0 to Marseille in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup third round, while Shakhtar won 2-1 at Stade Vélodrome to reach the 2009 UEFA Cup semi-finals. and Olexandr Kucher played for the Pitmen. EURO facts – Poland • Poland are appearing at their third successive EURO final tournament, but have yet to make it through the group stage. They failed to win a game in their first two finals campaigns: W0 D3 L3. • Poland's greatest success on the international stage to date is winning bronze medals at the 1974 and 1982 World Cup finals. • Poland's was the top scorer in qualifying with 13 goals, matching a competition record set by Northern Ireland's David Healy in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying. • Poland scored 33 goals in qualifying – two more than their nearest rivals, England. • Poland have played in Marseille once before, defeating the United Arab Emirates 4-0 in a friendly in May 1990. • The two Polish clubs to have visited Stade Vélodrome for UEFA games both lost: Górnik Zabrze 2-1 to Marseille in the 1971/72 European Champion Clubs' Cup first round and Lech Poznań 6-1 to the same opponents in the 1990/91 competition. Coach and player links • (Ukraine) and (Poland) won the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League together with Sevilla; they had been on opposite sides when Sevilla beat Dnipro in the 2015 final.

2 Ukraine - Poland Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 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 2016 only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2016 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 is 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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