EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas - Logrono Friday 9 October 2015 Spain 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Luxembourg Group C - Matchday -4 Last updated 12/07/2021 18:15CET

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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 Spain - Luxembourg Friday 9 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas, Logrono

Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Silva 27, Paco 12/10/2014 QR (GS) Luxembourg - Spain 0-4 Luxembourg Alcácer 42, Diego Costa 69, Bernat 88

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 Spain - - - - 1 1 0 0 - - - - 1 1 0 0 4 0 Luxembourg 1 0 0 1 ------1 0 0 1 0 4 FIFA* Spain ------Luxembourg ------Friendlies Spain ------4 4 0 0 7 0 Luxembourg ------4 0 0 4 0 7 Total Spain - - - - 1 1 0 0 - - - - 5 5 0 0 11 0 Luxembourg 1 0 0 1 ------5 0 0 5 0 11 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Spain - Luxembourg Friday 9 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas, Logrono Match background

Spain will seek to complete their passage to the UEFA EURO 2016 finals, with the European champions needing to win either of their remaining matches to secure one of the two Group C top slots. • Spain lead the section by two points from Slovakia and are certain of at least a play-off berth. • Luxembourg, the visitors to Logrono on 9 October, can finish no higher than fourth in the section. Previous meetings • Diego Costa scored his first international goal and Juan Bernat registered on his debut as Spain overpowered hosts Luxembourg 4-0 in their Group C encounter last October. • Luxembourg have lost all five of their matches against Spain without scoring; the previous four were all friendly fixtures. • Current Luxembourg coach featured as a player in a 1-0 win for Spain over the Luxembourgers on 7 June 2000; however the visitors failed to add to Gaizka Mendieta's second-minute opener. Form guide • Spain thrashed Liechtenstein 6-0 in their only previous competitive game in Logrono – a 2011 UEFA European Championship qualifier. • Spain are unbeaten in 31 home qualifiers (W27 D4), winning their last 16 in the UEFA European Championship since a 1-0 loss to Greece on 7 June 2003. • Luxembourg have lost their last six competitive away matches. They have not won in 18 away qualifiers (D3 L15) since a shock 2-1 triumph against Switzerland in qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 10 September 2008. Disciplinary • Diego Costa is suspended for the Luxembourg game; Sergio Busquets and David Silva will incur a ban with their next bookings. • Chris Philipps is suspended for the Spain game; Dwayn Holter and are a yellow card away from a ban. Trivia and links • This is Spain's 150th UEFA European Championship game; their previous 149 ended W96 D27 L26. • The Logrono fixture is taking place the day after Luxembourg defender Tom Schnell's 30th birthday. • Spain have won all 14 of their meetings with Luxembourg in UEFA age-group competitions. • Unsurprisingly, the ten encounters between the nations' clubs in UEFA competition have also all ended in Spanish victories.

3 Spain - Luxembourg Friday 9 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas, Logrono Squad list

Spain Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Iker Casillas 20/05/1981 34 Porto - 6 0 0 0 163 - Man. - David de Gea 07/11/1990 24 - 2 0 0 0 6 - United - Sergio Rico 01/09/1993 22 Sevilla - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Juanfran 09/01/1985 30 Atlético - 6 0 0 0 14 - - Gerard Piqué 02/02/1987 28 Barcelona - 7 0 0 0 71 4 - César Azpilicueta 28/08/1989 26 Chelsea - 0 0 0 0 10 - Real - Nacho 18/01/1990 25 - 0 0 0 0 1 - Madrid - Mikel San José 30/05/1989 26 Athletic - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Jordi Alba 21/03/1989 26 Barcelona - 7 1 0 0 36 6 - Mario Gaspar 24/11/1990 24 Villarreal - 0 0 0 0 - - - Xabier Etxeita 31/10/1987 27 Athletic - 0 0 0 0 - - - Marc Bartra 15/01/1991 24 Barcelona - 2 0 0 0 4 - Midfielders - David Silva 08/01/1986 29 Man. City * 7 3 0 0 93 23 - Cesc Fàbregas 04/05/1987 28 Chelsea - 4 0 0 0 98 14 - Santi Cazorla 13/12/1984 30 Arsenal - 6 0 0 0 74 10 Man. - Juan Mata 28/04/1988 27 - 1 0 0 0 34 10 United - Thiago Alcántara 11/04/1991 24 Bayern - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Sergio Busquets 16/07/1988 27 Barcelona * 8 2 0 0 78 2 Real - Isco 21/04/1992 23 - 5 1 0 0 11 1 Madrid Forwards - Pedro Rodríguez 28/07/1987 28 Chelsea - 7 2 0 0 51 16 - Paco Alcácer 30/08/1993 22 Valencia - 6 3 0 0 8 4 - Nolito 15/10/1986 28 Celta - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Álvaro Morata 23/10/1992 22 Juventus - 3 1 0 0 5 1 Coach - Vicente del Bosque 23/12/1950 64 - 8 0 0 0 101 -

4 Spain - Luxembourg Friday 9 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas, Logrono

Luxembourg Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jonathan Joubert 12/09/1979 36 Dudelange - 8 0 0 0 78 - - Anthony Moris 29/04/1990 25 Mechelen - 0 0 0 0 2 - Union Titus - Andrea Amodio 13/07/1997 18 - 0 0 0 0 - - Petange Defenders - Tom Schnell 08/10/1985 30 Dudelange - 5 0 0 0 46 - - Massimo Martino 18/09/1990 25 Fola - 0 0 0 0 17 - - Kevin Malget 15/01/1991 24 Dudelange - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Mathias Jänisch 27/08/1990 25 Differdange - 5 0 0 0 42 1 Waasland- - 05/08/1992 23 - 8 0 0 0 24 - Beveren Jeunesse - Ricardo Delgado 22/02/1994 21 - 1 0 0 0 1 - Esch - Maxime Chanot 21/11/1989 25 Kortrijk - 7 0 0 0 14 1 Midfielders - Ben Payal 08/09/1988 27 Fola * 6 0 0 0 67 - - Mario Mutsch 03/09/1984 31 St Gallen - 6 0 0 0 81 3 - Lars Gerson 05/02/1990 25 Sundsvall - 8 1 0 0 47 3 - Christopher Martins 19/02/1997 18 Lyon - 5 0 0 0 6 - - Luca Duriatti 11/02/1998 17 Swift - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Sébastien Thill 29/12/1993 21 Progrès - 1 1 0 0 1 1 Forwards - Daniel Da Mota 11/09/1985 30 Dudelange * 8 0 0 0 65 4 - 11/08/1988 27 Fola - 8 1 0 0 30 4 - Aurélien Joachim 10/08/1986 29 Burton - 4 0 0 0 55 7 - Maurice Deville 31/07/1992 23 Kaiserslautern - 7 0 0 0 24 3 - Antonio Luisi 07/10/1994 21 Differdange - 1 0 0 0 6 - - 19/10/1992 22 Dudelange - 6 1 0 0 16 1 Coach - Luc Holtz 14/06/1969 46 - 8 0 0 0 46 -

5 Spain - Luxembourg Friday 9 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas, Logrono Head coach Vicente del Bosque Date of birth: 23 December 1950 Nationality: Spanish Playing career: Real Madrid Castilla, Córdoba CF, CD Castellón, Real Madrid CF Coaching career: Real Madrid Castilla, Real Madrid CF, Beşiktaş JK, Spain • Came up through the ranks at Real Madrid and became an important member of the team as a defensive midfielder during the 1970s, winning five league titles in six seasons and four Spanish Cups. • Capped 18 times, Del Bosque ended his Spain career at the 1980 UEFA European Championship in Italy – his only major tournament as a player. Also appeared for Madrid in the 1981 European Champion Clubs' Cup final against Liverpool FC. • Joined Madrid's coaching staff shortly after hanging up his boots in 1984 and spent many years in youth development, stepping up in 1994 and 1996 as the first team's interim coach. • Given the job full time in November 1999, he landed seven trophies including two UEFA Champions League triumphs and two Spanish titles. Left in 2003 and resurfaced briefly in Turkey with Beşiktaş. • Succeeded Luis Aragonés as Spain coach in July 2008. Set a global record by winning his opening 13 matches and steered the European champions to the 2010 FIFA World Cup with a perfect qualifying record. Went on to guide Spain to a first world title in South Africa with a final victory against the Netherlands and then successfully defended their continental crown at UEFA EURO 2012, although their reign as world champions was ended in the group stage at Brazil 2014. Luc Holtz Date of birth: 14 June 1969 Nationality: Luxembourger Playing career: Red Boys Differdange, FC Avenir Beggen, FC Etzella Ettelbruck Coaching career: FC Etzella Ettelbruck, Luxembourg Under-21s, Luxembourg • Holtz started his career with Red Boys Differdange, a club which today is part of successful outfit FC Differdange 03. • A creative playmaker with a keen eye for goal, Holtz moved to Avenir Beggen in 1992 where he went on to win the domestic double in 1993 and 1994. He was chosen as Luxembourg's footballer of the year in 1993. • Played until 2008 when, aged 38, he finished his career at Etzella having gone there from Beggen in 1999 to take over as player-coach. • Led Etzella to promotion to the top flight in 1999, his first season in charge. Lifted the cup two years later but was relegated in 2002, only to bounce back immediately. Proceeded to reach the cup final in 2003 and 2004, although both ended in defeat. • Having earned 55 caps for Luxembourg, he accepted an offer to coach the U21 national side in 2008. He was then handed the reins of the senior team following the resignation of Guy Hellers in August 2010.

6 Spain - Luxembourg Friday 9 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas, Logrono Match officials

Referee Sébastien Delferiere (BEL) Assistant referees Yves De Neve (BEL) , Thibaud Nijssen (BEL) Additional assistant referees Jonathan Lardot (BEL) , Erik Lambrechts (BEL) Fourth official Danny Huens (BEL) UEFA Delegate Trefor Lloyd Hughes (WAL) UEFA Referee observer Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Sébastien Delferiere 02/07/1981 3 31

Sébastien Delferiere Referee since: 2001 First division: 2009 FIFA badge: 2010

Tournaments: 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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 06/12/2012 UEL GS Athletic Club AC Sparta Praha 0-0 Bilbao

7 Spain - Luxembourg Friday 9 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas, Logrono Competition facts

8 Spain - Luxembourg Friday 9 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas, Logrono Match-by-match lineups Spain

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Spain 5-1 North Macedonia Goals: 1-0 Ramos 16 (P) , 2-0 Paco Alcácer 17, 2-1 Ibraimi 28 (P) , 3-1 Busquets 45+3, 4-1 Silva 50, 5-1 Pedro Rodríguez 90+1 Spain: Casillas, Albiol, Juanfran, Koke (77 Munir El Haddadi), Paco Alcácer (57 Isco), Fàbregas, Pedro Rodríguez, Ramos (68 Bartra), Busquets, Jordi Alba, Silva Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Slovakia 2-1 Spain Goals: 1-0 Kucka 17, 1-1 Paco Alcácer 82, 2-1 Stoch 87 Spain: Casillas, Albiol (58 Pedro Rodríguez), Piqué, Busquets, Iniesta, Koke, Fàbregas, Juanfran (81 Santi Cazorla), Jordi Alba, Diego Costa, Silva (71 Paco Alcácer) Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Luxembourg 0-4 Spain Goals: 0-1 Silva 27, 0-2 Paco Alcácer 42, 0-3 Diego Costa 69, 0-4 Bernat 88 Spain: De Gea, Piqué, Busquets, Iniesta (70 Bernat), Koke, Paco Alcácer, Bartra, Jordi Alba, Diego Costa (82 Rodrigo), Silva (70 Pedro Rodríguez), Carvajal Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Spain 3-0 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Isco 18, 2-0 Busquets 19, 3-0 Pedro Rodríguez 55 Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Busquets (46 Bruno Soriano), Koke, Paco Alcácer, Pedro Rodríguez, Ramos, Juanfran, Jordi Alba, Santi Cazorla (69 Callejón), Isco (80 Morata) Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Spain 1-0 Ukraine Goals: 1-0 Morata 28 Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Busquets, Iniesta (74 Santi Cazorla), Morata (65 Pedro Rodríguez), Koke, Ramos, Juanfran, Jordi Alba (78 Bernat), Silva, Isco Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Belarus 0-1 Spain Goals: 0-1 Silva 45 Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Busquets, Morata, Fàbregas (75 Isco), Pedro Rodríguez (65 Vitolo), Ramos, Juanfran, Jordi Alba, Santi Cazorla, Silva (85 Bernat) Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Spain 2-0 Slovakia Goals: 1-0 Jordi Alba 5, 2-0 Iniesta 30 (P) Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Busquets, Iniesta (85 Koke), Fàbregas (67 Santi Cazorla), Pedro Rodríguez, Ramos, Juanfran, Jordi Alba, Diego Costa (75 Paco Alcácer), Silva Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) North Macedonia 0-1 Spain Goals: 0-1 Pacovski 8 (og) Spain: De Gea, Piqué, Busquets, Juan Mata, Bernat, Ramos, Carvajal, Diego Costa (61 Paco Alcácer), Santi Cazorla (68 Koke), Silva, Isco (78 Iniesta) Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Spain-Luxembourg Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Ukraine-Spain Luxembourg

European Qualifiers

9 Spain - Luxembourg Friday 9 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas, Logrono

Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Luxembourg 1-1 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Gerson 42, 1-1 Dragun 78 Luxembourg: Joubert, Jänisch, Schnell, Philipps, Gerson, Da Mota (67 Laterza), Bensi, C. Martins, Jans, Holter (77 Payal), Turpel (63 Luisi) Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) North Macedonia 3-2 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Trajkovski 20, 1-1 Bensi 39, 1-2 Turpel 44, 2-2 Jahović 66 (P) , 3-2 Abdurahimi 90+2 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Jänisch, Philipps, Gerson, C. Martins, Da Mota (63 Holter), Bensi (75 Laterza), Mutsch, Jans, Turpel (70 Deville) Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Luxembourg 0-4 Spain Goals: 0-1 Silva 27, 0-2 Paco Alcácer 42, 0-3 Diego Costa 69, 0-4 Bernat 88 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Jänisch, Philipps, Gerson, C. Martins (61 Turpel), Da Mota (75 Payal), Bensi, Mutsch (86 Deville), Jans, Holter Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Luxembourg 0-3 Ukraine Goals: 0-1 Yarmolenko 33, 0-2 Yarmolenko 53, 0-3 Yarmolenko 56 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Jänisch, Schnell, Gerson, C. Martins (53 Da Mota), Bensi (63 Joachim), Mutsch, Jans, Holter, Turpel (76 Deville) Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Slovakia 3-0 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Nemec 10, 2-0 Weiss 21, 3-0 Pekarík 40 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Schnell, Philipps, Gerson, Bensi (78 Laterza), Joachim, Mutsch, Jans, Holter (51 Da Mota), Deville (64 Payal) Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Ukraine 3-0 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Kravets 49, 2-0 Garmash 57, 3-0 Konoplyanka 86 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Schnell, Gerson, Da Mota (71 Deville), Payal, Malget, Mutsch, Jans, Holter (77 Philipps), Turpel (52 Bensi) Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Luxembourg 1-0 North Macedonia Goals: 1-0 S. Thill 90+2 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Delgado, Philipps, Gerson, C. Martins (72 S. Thill), Da Mota, Payal, Joachim, Jans, Deville (64 Bensi) Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Belarus 2-0 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Gordeichuk 34, 2-0 Gordeichuk 62 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Jänisch, Schnell, Philipps, Gerson, Payal (46 Da Mota), Joachim (46 Bensi), Mutsch, Jans, Deville (69 Turpel) Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Spain-Luxembourg Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Luxembourg-Slovakia

10 Spain - Luxembourg Friday 9 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Municipal Las Gaunas, Logrono Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Spain History 2012 – winners 2008 – winners 2004 – group stage 2000 – quarter-finals 1996 – quarter-finals 1992 – did not qualify 1988 – group stage 1984 – runners-up 1980 – group stage 1976 – quarter-finals 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – quarter-finals 1964 – winners 1960 – quarter-finals Final tournament win 4-0: Spain v Italy, 01/07/12 4-0: Spain v Republic of Ireland, 14/06/12 Final tournament defeat 2-0: West Germany v Spain, 17/06/88 2-0: France v Spain, 27/06/84 Qualifying win 12-1: Spain v Malta, 21/12/83 Qualifying defeat 1-3: three times, most recently France v Spain, 20/02/91 0-2: three times, most recently Sweden v Spain, 07/10/06 Note: Spain's quarter-final against the Soviet Union on 22/05/60 was awarded 3-0 to the Soviet Union after Spain withdrew Final tournament appearances 14: Iker Casillas 13: Fernando Torres 12: Cesc Fàbregas 12: Andrés Iniesta 12: Xabi Alonso Final tournament goals 5: Fernando Torres 4: David Villa 3: Alfonso Pérez 3: Cesc Fàbregas 3: David Silva Overall appearances 47: Iker Casillas 36: Sergio Ramos 33: Andrés Iniesta 32: Xavi Hernández 31: Andoni Zubizarreta 31: David Silva 27: Raúl González 27: Xabi Alonso Overall goals 19: Raúl González 18: David Villa 14: Carlos Santillana

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10: Fernando Hierro 10: David Silva 9: Fernando Torres

UEFA European Championship records: Luxembourg History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify 1992 – did not qualify 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 qualify 1960 – did not participate Qualifying win 2-1: Luxembourg v Albania, 06/09/11 2-1: Luxembourg v Netherlands, 30/10/63 1-0: four times, most recently Belarus v Luxembourg, 13/10/07 Qualifying loss 9-0: England v Luxembourg, 15/12/82 Overall appearances 35: 34: Carlo Weis 27: Robby Langers 28: Jonathan Joubert 26: Guy Hellers 25: Eric Hoffmann 25: Ben Payal 25: Mario Mutsch 25: Daniel Da Mota Overall goals 4: Gilbert Dussier 3: Nico Braun 2: Camille Dimmer 2: Henri Klein 2: Robby Langers 2: Paul Philipp 2: Jeannot Reiter 2: Lars Gerson

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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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