EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Stožice - Ljubljana Sunday 8 October 2017 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Slovenia Group F - Matchday 10 Scotland Last updated 08/10/2017 10:46CET
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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 11
1 Slovenia - Scotland Sunday 8 October 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana
Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 26/03/2017 QR (GS) Scotland - Slovenia 1-0 Glasgow C. Martin 88
FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached D. Fletcher 4, 12/10/2005 QR (GS) Slovenia - Scotland 0-3 Celje McFadden 47, Hartley 84 08/09/2004 QR (GS) Scotland - Slovenia 0-0 Glasgow
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 Slovenia 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 - - - - 4 0 2 2 1 5 Scotland 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 4 2 2 0 5 1
2 Slovenia - Scotland Sunday 8 October 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana Squad list
Slovenia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jan Koprivec 15/07/1988 29 Pafos 0 0 0 0 - Vid Belec 06/06/1990 27 Benevento 0 0 0 0 - Jan Oblak 07/01/1993 24 Atlético 9 0 0 0 Defenders - Boštjan Cesar 09/07/1982 35 Chievo 8 1 0 0 - Bojan Jokić 17/05/1986 31 Ufa 7 0 0 0 - Mitja Viler 01/09/1986 31 Maribor 2 0 0 0 - Matija Širok 31/05/1991 26 Domžale 0 0 0 0 New - Antonio Delamea-Mlinar 10/06/1991 26 England 1 0 0 0 Revolution - Nejc Skubic 13/06/1989 28 Konyaspor 5 0 0 0 - Aljaž Struna 04/08/1990 27 Palermo 4 0 0 0 - Miha Mevlja 12/06/1990 27 Zenit 6 0 0 0 Midfielders - Josip Iličić 29/01/1988 29 Atalanta 9 3 0 0 - Jasmin Kurtič 10/01/1989 28 Atalanta 7 0 0 0 - Amedej Vetrih 16/09/1990 27 Domžale 2 0 0 0 - Damjan Bohar 18/10/1991 25 Maribor 0 0 0 0 - Benjamin Verbič 27/11/1993 23 København 9 2 0 0 - Jan Repas 19/03/1997 20 Caen 2 0 0 0 Göztepe - Rajko Rotman 19/03/1989 28 3 0 0 0 Izmir Forwards - Roman Bezjak 21/02/1989 28 Darmstadt 6 0 0 0 - Tim Matavž 13/01/1989 28 Vitesse 3 0 0 0 - Andraž Šporar 27/02/1994 23 Arminia 3 0 0 0 Coach - Srečko Katanec 16/07/1963 54 9 0 0 0
3 Slovenia - Scotland Sunday 8 October 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana
Scotland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Allan McGregor 31/01/1982 35 Hull 0 0 0 0 - Craig Gordon 31/12/1982 34 Celtic 6 0 0 0 - Jordan Archer 12/04/1993 24 Millwall 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Charlie Mulgrew 06/03/1986 31 Blackburn 5 0 0 0 - Steven Whittaker 16/06/1984 33 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 - Christophe Berra 31/01/1985 32 Hearts 5 1 0 0 - Liam Cooper 30/08/1991 26 Leeds 0 0 0 0 - Grant Hanley 20/11/1991 25 Norwich 5 0 0 0 - Andy Robertson 11/03/1994 23 Liverpool 7 1 0 0 - Kieran Tierney 05/06/1997 20 Celtic 6 0 0 0 Midfielders - Darren Fletcher 01/02/1984 33 Stoke 5 0 0 0 - James Morrison 25/05/1986 31 West Brom 5 0 0 0 - Robert Snodgrass 07/09/1987 30 Aston Villa 6 3 0 0 Crystal - James McArthur 07/10/1987 30 7 2 0 0 Palace - James Forrest 07/07/1991 26 Celtic 7 0 0 0 Sheff. - Barry Bannan 01/12/1989 27 4 0 0 0 Wednesday - Callum McGregor 14/06/1993 24 Celtic 0 0 0 0 - Matthew Phillips 13/03/1991 26 West Brom 3 0 0 0 - Ikechi Anya 03/01/1988 29 Derby 6 0 0 0 - John McGinn 18/10/1994 22 Hibernian 2 0 0 0 Forwards Sheff. - Steven Fletcher 26/03/1987 30 2 1 0 0 Wednesday - Chris Martin 04/11/1988 28 Derby 7 2 0 0 - Leigh Griffiths 20/08/1990 27 Celtic 8 3 0 0 Coach - Gordon Strachan 09/02/1957 60 9 0 0 0
4 Slovenia - Scotland Sunday 8 October 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana Head coach Srečko Katanec Date of birth: 16 July 1963 Nationality: Slovenian Playing career: NK Olimpija Ljubljana, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, FK Partizan, VfB Stuttgart, UC Sampdoria Coaching career: Slovenia Under-21s, ND Gorica, Slovenia (twice), Olympiacos FC, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Arab Emirates • A centre-back or defensive midfielder, Katanec began his playing days at home-town club Olimpija before spells with Dinamo and Partizan. He reached the 1989 UEFA Cup final with Stuttgart and won the same competition the following season with Sampdoria, whom he also helped to the 1992 UEFA Champions League showpiece. • Earned 31 caps for Yugoslavia (five goals) – including at the 1984 UEFA European Championship, the 1984 Olympic Games and the 1990 FIFA World Cup – and five for Slovenia (one goal). • Started his coaching career with Slovenia's U21s in 1996, two years after retiring as a player. After a brief stint in the Gorica dugout, took charge of the senior Slovenia side in 1998 and guided them to UEFA EURO 2000 – their first major tournament – and the 2002 World Cup. • Joined Olympiacos in 2002 but stayed for only three months and in February 2006 assumed the FYROM helm, where he remained for three years. Named United Arab Emirates coach in June 2009, a position he held for two years. • Katanec was reappointed by Slovenia in January 2013, signing a contract until the end of UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying, and stayed on despite the failure to reach France after a play-off defeat by Ukraine. Gordon Strachan Date of birth: 9 February 1957 Nationality: Scottish Playing career: Dundee FC, Aberdeen FC, Manchester United FC, Leeds United AFC, Coventry City FC Coaching career: Coventry City FC, Southampton FC, Celtic FC, Middlesbrough FC, Scotland • An energetic and talented midfielder, Strachan was capped 50 times by Scotland and helped Aberdeen FC lift the European Cup Winners' Cup under Sir Alex Ferguson. Began in management while still a player at Coventry in November 1996 before ending his on-field career aged 40 to concentrate on coaching, keeping the club in the Premier League until 2001. • Although sacked early the following season, he was swiftly appointed by Southampton – whom he guided to eighth place in the English top flight in 2002/03 and the 2003 FA Cup final. Strachan stepped down in March 2004 to concentrate on media work. • Installed as Martin O'Neill's successor at Celtic in summer 2005, Strachan proceeded to win the Scottish Premier League in record time and also lifted the Scottish League Cup in his first campaign. In 2006/07, Celtic triumphed in both league and Scottish Cup, and got past the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time, falling in extra time to eventual winners AC Milan in the last 16. • Steered the Bhoys to the round of 16 again in 2007/08, this time succumbing to FC Barcelona, and a tremendous late surge took Celtic past Rangers FC to retain the Scottish championship. Stepped down at Celtic in 2009 after failing to defend the league crown. • After an unsuccessful year with Middlesbrough, was appointed national coach in January 2013, helping reinvigorate a Scotland team that went on to win home and away against Croatia in their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying pool, despite failing to make the cut for Brazil; Scotland also missed out on UEFA EURO 2016.
5 Slovenia - Scotland Sunday 8 October 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana Match officials
Referee Jonas Eriksson (SWE) Assistant referees Mathias Klasenius (SWE) , Daniel Wärnmark (SWE) Fourth official Andreas Ekberg (SWE) FIFA Match Commissioner Sergei Ilyich (BLR) Referee observer Zihni Aksoy (TUR)
Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Jonas Eriksson 28/03/1974 9 118
FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 08/09/2012 WC QR Scotland Serbia 0-0 Glasgow
Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 20/07/2006 U19 GS-FT Scotland Spain 0-4 Pobiedziska 23/11/2006 UEL GS AJ Auxerre Rangers FC 2-2 Auxerre 05/08/2009 UCL 3QR FC Dinamo Moskva Celtic FC 0-2 Moscow 29/09/2009 UCL GS Rangers FC Sevilla FC 1-4 Glasgow 08/09/2012 WC QR Scotland Serbia 0-0 Glasgow 18/11/2014 FRIE. GS-FT Scotland England 1-3 Glasgow 14/11/2015 EURO PO Ukraine Slovenia 2-0 Lviv 16/08/2017 UCL PO Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC NK Maribor 2-1 Beer Sheva
6 Slovenia - Scotland Sunday 8 October 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana 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 Slovenia - Scotland Sunday 8 October 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana Match-by-match lineups Slovenia
FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group F Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts England 9 7 2 0 17 3 23 Scotland 9 5 2 2 15 10 17 Slovakia 9 5 0 4 14 7 15 Slovenia 9 4 2 3 10 5 14 Lithuania 9 1 3 5 7 19 6 Malta 9 0 1 8 3 22 1
Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Lithuania 2-2 Slovenia Goals: 1-0 Černych 32, 2-0 Slivka 34, 2-1 Krhin 77, 2-2 Cesar 90+3 Slovenia: Oblak, Skubic, Samardžić, Cesar, Krhin, Berić (46 Iličić), Birsa, Jokić, Bezjak, Kampl, Verbič (56 Novakovič) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Slovenia 1-0 Slovakia Goals: 1-0 Kronaveter 74 Slovenia: Oblak, Samardžić, Cesar, Krhin, Iličić, Kurtič (72 Kronaveter), Birsa (68 Novakovič), Jokić, Bezjak (91 M. Mevlja), Verbič, Aljaž Struna Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovenia 0-0 England Slovenia: Oblak, Samardžić, Cesar (68 M. Mevlja), Krhin (84 Omladič), Iličić, Kurtič, Birsa (59 Kronaveter), Jokić, Bezjak, Verbič, Aljaž Struna Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Malta 0-1 Slovenia Goals: 0-1 Verbič 47 Slovenia: Oblak, Skubic, Samardžić, Cesar, Krhin, Iličić, Kurtič, Birsa (71 Omladič), Novakovič (83 Šporar), Trajkovski (63 Jovič), Verbič Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Scotland 1-0 Slovenia Goals: 1-0 C. Martin 88 Slovenia: Oblak, Samardžić, Cesar, Krhin, Iličić, Kurtič, Birsa (69 Berić), Jokić, Bezjak (58 Verbič), Kampl (87 Omladič), Aljaž Struna Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Slovenia 2-0 Malta Goals: 1-0 Iličić 45+2, 2-0 Novakovič 84 Slovenia: Oblak, Skubic (89 Palčič), Delamea-Mlinar, Krhin, Iličić, Kurtič, Berić (64 Novakovič), Jokić, Bezjak (59 Omladič), M. Mevlja, Verbič Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Slovakia 1-0 Slovenia Goals: 1-0 M. Mevlja 81 (og) Slovenia: Oblak, Skubic, Cesar, Krhin (80 Rotman), Iličić, Kurtič, Matavž, Birsa (60 Verbič), Jokić (9 Viler), M. Mevlja, Vetrih Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Slovenia 4-0 Lithuania Goals: 1-0 Iličić 25 (P) , 2-0 Iličić 61 (P) , 3-0 Verbič 82, 4-0 Birsa 90 Slovenia: Oblak, Skubic, Viler, Cesar, Iličić (85 Matavž), Kurtič, Šporar (63 Birsa), Repas (86 Vetrih), M. Mevlja,
8 Slovenia - Scotland Sunday 8 October 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana
Rotman, Verbič Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) England 1-0 Slovenia Goals: 1-0 Kane 90+4 Slovenia: Oblak, Cesar, Krhin, Iličić, Šporar (55 Birsa), Jokić, Bezjak (72 Repas), M. Mevlja, Rotman (79 Matavž), Verbič, Aljaž Struna Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Slovenia-Scotland Scotland
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 Scotland: Marshall, Paterson, Robertson, R. Martin, Hanley, Bannan, D. Fletcher, Burke (66 Forrest), C. Martin (69 S. Fletcher), Snodgrass, Ritchie (86 Anya) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Scotland 1-1 Lithuania Goals: 0-1 Černych 59, 1-1 McArthur 89 Scotland: Marshall, Paterson, Robertson, R. Martin, Hanley, Bannan, D. Fletcher (46 McArthur), Burke (57 Forrest), C. Martin, Snodgrass, Ritchie (71 Griffiths) Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovakia 3-0 Scotland Goals: 1-0 Mak 18, 2-0 Mak 56, 3-0 Nemec 68 Scotland: Marshall, Paterson, Tierney, R. Martin, Hanley, Bannan, D. Fletcher (64 Griffiths), McArthur, S. Fletcher (76 McGinn), Snodgrass, Ritchie (64 Anya) Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) England 3-0 Scotland Goals: 1-0 Sturridge 23, 2-0 Lallana 50, 3-0 Cahill 61 Scotland: Gordon, Anya (79 Paterson), Wallace, Berra, Hanley, Forrest, D. Fletcher, Brown, Griffiths, Snodgrass (82 Ritchie), Morrison (66 McArthur) Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Scotland 1-0 Slovenia Goals: 1-0 C. Martin 88 Scotland: Gordon, Tierney, Robertson, R. Martin, Mulgrew, Armstrong, Morrison (82 C. Martin), Brown, Griffiths (50 Naismith), Snodgrass (75 Anya), Forrest Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Scotland 2-2 England Goals: 0-1 Oxlade-Chamberlain 70, 1-1 Griffiths 87, 2-1 Griffiths 90, 2-2 Kane 90+3 Scotland: Gordon, Tierney, Robertson, Berra, Mulgrew, Morrison (46 McArthur), Armstrong, Brown, Griffiths, Snodgrass (67 Fraser), Anya (81 C. Martin) Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Lithuania 0-3 Scotland Goals: 0-1 Armstrong 25, 0-2 Robertson 30, 0-3 McArthur 72 Scotland: Gordon, Tierney, Robertson, Berra, Mulgrew, McArthur, Armstrong (85 McGinn), Brown, Griffiths (79 C. Martin), Phillips, Forrest (66 Ritchie) Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Scotland 2-0 Malta Goals: 1-0 Berra 9, 2-0 Griffiths 49 Scotland: Gordon, Tierney, Robertson, Berra, Mulgrew (56 Hanley), McArthur (46 Morrison), Armstrong, Brown, Griffiths (70 C. Martin), Phillips, Forrest Matchday 9 (05/10/2017)
9 Slovenia - Scotland Sunday 8 October 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana
Scotland 1-0 Slovakia Goals: 1-0 Škrtel 89 (og) Scotland: Gordon, Tierney (82 Anya), Robertson, Berra, Mulgrew, Bannan, Morrison, D. Fletcher (79 McArthur), Griffiths, Phillips, Forrest (61 C. Martin) Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Slovenia-Scotland
10 Slovenia - Scotland Sunday 8 October 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana 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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