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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS - London Saturday 8 October 2016 18.00CET (17.00 local time) England Group F - Matchday 2 Malta Last updated 13/10/2017 17:50CET

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Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10

1 England - Malta Saturday 8 October 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Wembley Stadium, London

Previous meetings Head to Head 1972 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Chivers 1, 47, Lee 41, 12/05/1971 PR (GS) England - Malta 5-0 London Clarke 46 (P), Lawler 74 03/02/1971 PR (GS) Malta - England 0-1 Gzira Peters 35

Final Qualifying Total tournament

Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total England 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 8 1 Malta 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 0 0 3 1 8

2 England - Malta Saturday 8 October 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Wembley Stadium, London Squad list

England Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 15/04/1986 30 Burnley - 0 0 0 0 - Fraser Forster 17/03/1988 28 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 - 19/04/1987 29 Torino - 1 0 0 0 Defenders - 05/08/1989 27 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 - Danny Rose 02/07/1990 26 Tottenham - 1 0 0 0 - 19/12/1985 30 Chelsea - 1 0 0 0 - 28/05/1990 26 Tottenham - 1 0 0 0 - 22/11/1989 26 Man. United - 0 0 0 0 - Michael Keane 11/01/1993 23 Burnley - 0 0 0 0 - 28/05/1994 22 Man. City - 1 0 0 0 Midfielders Crystal - Andros Townsend 16/07/1991 25 - 0 0 0 0 Palace - 17/06/1990 26 Liverpool - 1 0 0 0 - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 15/08/1993 23 Arsenal - 0 0 0 0 - Michail Antonio 28/03/1990 26 West Ham - 0 0 0 0 - Jesse Lingard 15/12/1992 23 Man. United - 0 0 0 0 - 15/01/1994 22 Tottenham - 1 0 0 0 - 11/04/1996 20 Tottenham - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - 24/10/1985 30 Man. United - 1 0 0 0 - 16/03/1989 27 Arsenal - 1 0 0 0 - 01/09/1989 27 Liverpool - 1 0 0 0 - 11/01/1987 29 Leicester - 0 0 0 0 - 31/10/1997 18 Man. United - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Gareth Southgate 03/09/1970 46 - 0 0 0 0

3 England - Malta Saturday 8 October 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Wembley Stadium, London

Malta Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Justin Haber 09/06/1981 35 Hibernians - 0 0 0 0 - Andrew Hogg 02/03/1985 31 Hibernians - 1 0 0 0 - Henry Bonello 13/10/1988 27 Valletta - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Alex Muscat 14/12/1984 31 Sliema - 0 0 0 0 - Ryan Camilleri 22/05/1988 28 Valletta - 1 0 0 0 - Andrei Agius 12/08/1986 30 Hibernians - 1 0 0 0 - Steve Borg 15/05/1988 28 Valletta - 1 0 0 0 - Ryan Scicluna 30/07/1993 23 Birkirkara - 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Gareth Sciberras 29/03/1983 33 Birkirkara - 1 0 0 0 - Paul Fenech 20/12/1986 29 Balzan * 1 0 0 0 - Clayton Failla 08/01/1986 30 Hibernians - 0 0 0 0 - Mark Scerri 16/01/1990 26 Sliema - 0 0 0 0 - Joseph Zerafa 31/05/1988 28 Birkirkara - 1 0 0 0 - Rowen Muscat 05/06/1991 25 Pavia - 0 0 0 0 - Bjorn Kristensen 05/04/1993 23 Hibernians - 0 0 0 0 - Zach Muscat 22/08/1993 23 Arezzo - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Michael Mifsud 17/04/1981 35 Valletta - 1 0 0 0 - André Schembri 27/05/1986 30 Boavista - 1 0 0 0 - Jean Paul Farrugia 21/03/1992 24 Hibernians - 0 0 0 0 - Stephen Pisani 07/08/1992 24 Floriana - 0 0 0 0 - Alfred Effiong 29/11/1984 31 Balzan * 1 1 0 0 Coach - Pietro Ghedin 21/11/1952 63 - 1 0 0 0

4 England - Malta Saturday 8 October 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Wembley Stadium, London Head coach Gareth Southgate Date of birth: 3 September 1970 Nationality: English Playing career: Crystal Palace FC, Aston Villa FC, Middlesbrough FC Coaching career: Middlesbrough FC, England Under-21s, England (caretaker) • Came through the ranks at Palace, initially as a midfielder, becoming captain and leading the club to promotion to the in 1993/94. • Moved on to Villa following relegation in 1995 and was converted into a centre-back, winning the League Cup in his first season and helping the team reach the 2000 FA Cup final. • Won 57 caps for England, although best known for missing a crucial penalty against Germany in the EURO '96 semi-final at Wembley; also appeared at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000. • Left Villa for Middlesbrough in 2001 and became the first Boro captain to lift a trophy, skippering the side to victory against Sam Allardyce's Bolton Wanderers FC in the 2004 League Cup final; also helped Boro reach the UEFA Cup final in memorable fashion two years later. • Defeat by Sevilla FC in Eindhoven proved Southgate's last game as he moved into the Middlesbrough dug-out to succeed Steve McClaren following the latter's departure for England; kept them in the Premier League until 2009, when they were relegated with Southgate dismissed that October. Joined the Football Association in 2011, initially as head of elite development before taking over as Under-21 coach two years later; appointed caretaker manager of the national side in September 2016 following Allardyce's departure. Pietro Ghedin Date of birth: 21 November 1952 Nationality: Italian Playing career: ACF Fiorentina, SS Lazio, AC Venezia, Calcio Catania, Pescara Calcio, AC Pistoiese, AC Siena Coaching career: Italy Under-18, Malta U21, Malta (twice), Italy (assistant), Italy women • Defender Ghedin played in Serie A with Fiorentina and Lazio, joining the latter immediately after the capital side had won their first-ever Scudetto in 1974 and remaining at the Stadio Olimpico until 1981. He played out his career in the lower divisions. • Ghedin became an Italian Football Federation (FIGC) coach in 1987, leading the country's U18s and becoming senior national team scout ahead of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. • He served as the Azzurri goalkeeping coach for the Olympic Games of 1992 and 1996. Additionally, while still under contract with the FIGC, he also coached the Malta national side at both U21 and senior level between 1992 and 1995. • Appointed assistant to Italy coach Cesare Maldini during the 1998 World Cup, Ghedin remained in that role under Dino Zoff at UEFA EURO 2000 and Giovanni Trapattoni at the 2002 World Cup. • Ghedin became Italy's senior women's coach in 2005, guiding them to the UEFA Women's EURO 2009 quarter- finals, before leaving in 2012 to return to the Malta helm.

5 England - Malta Saturday 8 October 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Wembley Stadium, London Match officials

Referee Stefan Johannesson (SWE) Assistant referees Fredrik Nilsson (SWE) , Mehmet Culum (SWE) Fourth official Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE) FIFA Match Commissioner Markus Stenger (GER) Referee observer Michel Vautrot (FRA)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Stefan Johannesson 22/11/1971 3 71

FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from 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 09/05/2003 U17 GS-FT England Italy 0-0 Chaves 28/08/2003 UEL QR Ferencvárosi TC Birkirkara FC 1-0 Budapest 15/10/2003 UEL R1 FC Steaua Bucureşti Southampton FC 1-0 Bucharest 14/09/2006 UEL R1 West Ham United FC US Città di Palermo 0-1 London 19/10/2006 UEL GS Wisła Kraków Blackburn Rovers FC 1-2 Krakow 16/12/2009 UEL GS FC Basel 1893 Fulham FC 2-3 Basel 25/02/2010 UEL R32 FC Unirea Urziceni Liverpool FC 1-3 Bucharest 04/10/2012 UEL GS Liverpool FC Udinese Calcio 2-3 Liverpool 12/12/2013 UEL GS Tottenham Hotspur FC FC Anji 4-1 London 11/12/2014 UEL GS Beşiktaş JK Tottenham Hotspur FC 1-0 Istanbul 26/02/2015 UEL R32 Everton FC BSC Young Boys 3-1 Liverpool 29/09/2016 UEL GS Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC Southampton FC 0-0 Beer Sheva

6 England - Malta Saturday 8 October 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Wembley Stadium, London Competition facts

The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers – which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup comprises nine groups of six teams, with matches played on a home-and- away basis. Qualifying takes place under the 'Week of Football' concept, introduced ahead of the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying campaign, in which games are spread out from Thursday to Tuesday, shining the spotlight on more teams on the road to the finals in Russia. Moreover, thanks to the Week of Football, at least 43% of matches will be played on weekends, giving fans a better chance to follow the action on television, in the stadiums and on UEFA.com. Kick-off times will be set mainly at 18:00CET and 20:45CET on Saturdays and Sundays and at 20:45CET for Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays. In double-header matchweeks, sides will play on Thursday/Sunday, Friday/Monday or Saturday/Tuesday. Each day of the Week of Football will feature eight to ten games. The nine group winners will qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up will contest play-offs to decide the last four qualifiers for the finals. The 13 qualifiers then join hosts Russia in the finals to make it 14 UEFA member associations represented. How qualification works The other confederations have the following qualifying berths: Africa: 5 Asia: 4.5 North and Central America and Caribbean: 3.5 Oceania: 0.5 South America: 4.5

7 England - Malta Saturday 8 October 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Wembley Stadium, London Match-by-match lineups England

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group F Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Scotland 1 1 0 0 5 1 3 England 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Slovenia 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Lithuania 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Malta 1 0 0 1 1 5 0

Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Slovakia 0-1 England Goals: 0-1 Lallana 90+5 England: Hart, Walker, Rose, Dier, Cahill, Stones, Sterling (71 Walcott), Henderson (64 Alli), Kane (82 Sturridge), Rooney, Lallana Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) England-Malta Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovenia-England Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) England-Scotland Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) England-Lithuania Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Scotland-England Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Malta-England Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) England-Slovakia Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) England-Slovenia Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Lithuania-England Malta

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Malta 1-5 Scotland Goals: 0-1 Snodgrass 10, 1-1 Effiong 14, 1-2 C. Martin 53, 1-3 Snodgrass 61 (P) , 1-4 S. Fletcher 78, 1-5 Snodgrass 85 Malta: Hogg, Caruana, J. Zerafa, Sciberras, Agius, P. Fenech, Gambin, Schembri (66 Briffa), S. Borg, Scicluna (79 R. Camilleri), Effiong (89 Mifsud) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) England-Malta Matchday 3 (11/10/2016)

8 England - Malta Saturday 8 October 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Wembley Stadium, London

Lithuania-Malta Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Malta-Slovenia Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Malta-Slovakia Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Slovenia-Malta Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Malta-England Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Scotland-Malta Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Malta-Lithuania Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Slovakia-Malta

9 England - Malta Saturday 8 October 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Wembley Stadium, London Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship 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 Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended Overall: Total appearances in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament only 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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