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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ullevaal Stadion - Oslo Friday 12 June 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Norway Group H - Matchday -7 Azerbaijan Last updated 12/07/2021 17:37CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 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 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 16/11/2014 QR (GS) Azerbaijan - Norway 0-1 Baku Nordtveit 25 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 06/09/1997 QR (GS) Azerbaijan - Norway 0-1 Baku T. A. Flo 42 Solbakken 7, 46, 02/06/1996 QR (GS) Norway - Azerbaijan 5-0 Oslo Solskjær 36, 89, Strandli 59 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 Norway - - - - 1 1 0 0 - - - - 1 1 0 0 1 0 Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 1 FIFA* Norway 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 6 0 Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 6 Friendlies Norway - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Azerbaijan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Norway 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 7 0 Azerbaijan 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 0 0 3 0 7 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Match background With Croatia hosting Italy, Per-Mathias Høgmo's Norway have a great chance to gain ground on the top two in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group H as Azerbaijan come to Oslo. Previous meetings • Håvard Nordtveit scored the only goal as Norway overcame Azerbaijan 1-0 in Baku in November. That result means Norway have won all three of their games against Azerbaijan without conceding. • Their only previous meetings came in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Egil Olsen's Norway beat Kazbek Tuaev's Azerbaijan 5-0 in Oslo on 2 June 1996, Ståle Solbakken (7, 47) and Ole Gunnar Solskjær (36, 89) scoring twice each and Frank Strandli (59) once. Those were Solbakken's first international goals, and Solskjær and Strandli's first competitive international strikes. • Tore André Flo (42) notched the only goal in the return fixture on 6 September 1997, with Vagif Sadygov having taken charge of Azerbaijan. Form guide • Norway's Group H record so far is W3 D0 L2. They have won only one of their last four competitive home games (W1 D1 L2) – a 2-1 success against Bulgaria in October 2014. • Azerbaijan had lost all four of their Group H matches before they saw off Malta 2-0 in their most recent outing – their first game under new coach Robert Prosinečki. • Azerbaijan are without a win in 12 competitive away fixtures (D3 L9) since a 2-0 success in Liechtenstein in an October 2009 World Cup qualifier. Trivia and links • In terms of meetings in UEFA youth and age-group tournaments, there is little to separate the sides: Azerbaijan's record in six encounters is W2 D1 L3. • The four UEFA competition meetings between the nations' clubs have produced two Azerbaijani wins and one Norwegian victory. Most recently, Tromsø IL eliminated İnter Bakı PİK in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, despite losing the second leg 1-0 in Baku. • Azerbaijan coach Prosinečki scored the only goal as Yugoslavia beat Norway 1-0 in Oslo in a UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier in June 1989. 3 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Squad list Norway Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Rune Jarstein 29/09/1984 30 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 - Ørjan Nyland 10/09/1990 24 Molde - 5 0 0 0 - Andre Hansen 17/12/1989 25 Rosenborg - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Tom Høgli 24/02/1984 31 København - 2 0 0 0 - Steffen Hagen 08/03/1986 29 Odd - 0 0 0 0 - Even Hovland 14/02/1989 26 Nürnberg - 0 0 0 0 - Vegar Hedenstad 26/06/1991 23 Braunschweig - 0 0 0 0 - Omar Elabdellaoui 05/12/1991 23 Olympiacos - 4 0 0 0 - Vegard Forren 16/02/1988 27 Molde - 5 0 0 0 - Martin Linnes 20/09/1991 23 Molde - 3 0 0 0 Midfielders - Per Ciljan Skjelbred 16/06/1987 27 Hertha - 5 0 0 0 - Alexander Tettey 04/04/1986 29 Norwich - 5 1 0 0 - Håvard Nordtveit 21/06/1990 24 Mönchengladbach * 5 1 0 0 - Magnus Eikrem 08/08/1990 24 Malmö - 0 0 0 0 - Anders Konradsen 18/07/1990 24 Rennes - 0 0 0 0 - Stefan Johansen 08/01/1991 24 Celtic - 5 0 0 0 - Markus Henriksen 25/07/1992 22 AZ - 0 0 0 0 - Martin Ødegaard 17/12/1998 16 Real Madrid - 2 0 0 0 Forwards - Pål André Helland 04/01/1990 25 Rosenborg - 0 0 0 0 - Joshua King 15/01/1992 23 Blackburn - 3 2 0 0 - Alexander Søderlund 03/08/1987 27 Rosenborg - 1 0 0 0 - Håvard Nielsen 15/07/1993 21 Braunschweig - 5 1 0 0 - Adama Diomandé 14/02/1990 25 Stabæk - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Per-Mathias Høgmo 01/12/1959 55 - 5 0 0 0 4 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Azerbaijan Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Kamran Agayev 09/02/1986 29 Kayserispor - 4 0 0 0 - Agil Mammadov 01/05/1989 26 Neftçi - 0 0 0 0 - Emil Balayev 17/04/1994 21 Frankfurt - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Rashad Sadygov 16/06/1982 32 Qarabağ - 5 0 0 0 Metalurh - Pavlo Pashayev 04/01/1988 27 - 0 0 0 0 Zaporizhya - Ruslan Abışov 10/10/1987 27 Qäbälä - 2 0 0 0 - Maksim Medvedev 29/09/1989 25 Qarabağ - 3 0 0 0 - Qara Qarayev 12/10/1992 22 Qarabağ - 5 0 0 0 - Badavi Guseynov 11/07/1991 23 Qarabağ - 4 0 0 0 - Magomed Mirzabekov 16/11/1990 24 İnter Bakı - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Arif Dashdemirov 10/02/1987 28 İnter Bakı - 1 0 0 0 Xäzär - Rahid Amirguliyev 01/09/1989 25 - 4 0 0 0 Länkäran - Elvin Mammadov 18/07/1988 26 İnter Bakı - 0 0 0 0 - Cavid Hüseynov 09/03/1988 27 Qäbälä - 3 1 0 0 - Araz Abdullayev 18/04/1992 23 Neftçi - 4 0 0 0 - Afran Ismayilov 08/10/1988 26 İnter Bakı - 1 0 0 0 - Javid Taghiyev 22/07/1992 22 Qarabağ - 0 0 0 0 - Joshgun Diniyev 13/09/1995 19 İnter Bakı - 0 0 0 0 - Dmitri Nazarov 04/04/1990 25 Karlsruhe * 5 2 0 0 Forwards - Magomed Kurbanov 11/04/1992 23 Sumqayıt - 0 0 0 0 - Vüqar Nadirov 15/06/1987 27 Qarabağ - 3 0 0 0 Hajduk - Ruslan Gurbanov 12/09/1991 23 - 1 0 0 0 Split Xäzär - Elnur Jafarov 28/03/1997 18 - 0 0 0 0 Länkäran Coach - Robert Prosinečki 12/01/1969 46 - 1 0 0 0 5 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Head coach Per-Mathias Høgmo Date of birth: 1 December 1959 Nationality: Norwegian Playing career: Gratangen IL, FK Mjølner, Tromsø IL (twice), IFK Norrköping Coaching career: Gratangen IL, Tromsalden UIL, Tromsø IL (three times), Fossum IF, Moss FK, Norway (women), Norway Under-21, Rosenborg BK, Djurgårdens IF, Norway • An industrious winger, Høgmo's playing career peaked with a 1986 Norwegian Cup success with Tromsø; he then turned to coaching, leading local clubs and helping out with Norway's national youth teams. • Coached Norway's women's side from 1997, winning Olympic gold in 2000, before being asked to spearhead the men's Under-21 squad, a position he left in 2003. • Following a second spell in charge of Tromsø, Høgmo worked as a television pundit. A subsequent return to club football with Rosenborg in 2005 was ill-fated: he quit the next year, having been signed off with health problems. • Returned to coaching, again with Tromsø, in 2008, securing some solid league finishes and two attempts at UEFA Europa League qualifying before heading abroad for the first time in his career to take the reins at Swedish outfit Djurgården in 2013. • Appointed Norway coach in September 2013 after Egil Olsen agreed to step down, penning a four-year contract. Robert Prosinečki Date of birth: 12 January 1969 Nationality: Croatian Playing career: GNK Dinamo Zagreb (twice), FK Crvena zvezda, Real Madrid CF, Real Oviedo, FC Barcelona, Sevilla FC, NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac, R. Standard de Liège, Portsmouth FC, NK Olimpija Ljubljana, NK Zagreb Coaching career: Croatia (assistant), FK Crvena zvezda, Kayserispor • Born in Germany, Prosinečki moved back to Croatia with his family in 1979, and developed as a midfielder with stunning technique at Dinamo Zagreb. • He moved on to Crvena zvezda and helped the Belgrade side to win the 1990/91 European Champion Clubs' Cup, scoring the opening penalty in their shoot-out success against Olympique de Marseille. • After a high-profile transfer, injuries hampered his time at Real Madrid, though he was to stay in Spain for some time, representing Oviedo, Barcelona and Sevilla before further adventures in Belgium, England and Slovenia.