EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS - Friday 12 June 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group H - Matchday -7 Last updated 12/07/2021 17:37CET

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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 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 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. '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 - 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 - 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 - 16/06/1987 27 Hertha - 5 0 0 0 - 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 - 18/07/1990 24 Rennes - 0 0 0 0 - 08/01/1991 24 Celtic - 5 0 0 0 - 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 - 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 - 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 , NK Zagreb Coaching career: Croatia (assistant), FK Crvena zvezda, Kayserispor • Born in , 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 side to win the 1990/91 European Champion Clubs' Cup, scoring the opening penalty in their shoot-out success against Olympique de . • 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, and Slovenia. • Capped 15 times for Yugoslavia and 49 times for Croatia, his goals in the 1990 and 1998 tournaments made him the only player to score in FIFA World Cup finals competitons for two different nations. • Having assisted former Croatia team-mate Slaven Bilić with the national team, Prosinečki coached Crvena zvezda to Serbian Cup success in 2011/12 and led Turkish side Kayserispor from 2012–13. Hired as Azerbaijan coach in December 2014.

6 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Match officials

Referee Pawel Gil (POL) Assistant referees Konrad Sapela (POL) , Marcin Borkowski (POL) Additional assistant referees Bartosz Frankowski (POL) , Krzysztof Jakubik (POL) Fourth official Radosław Siejka (POL) UEFA Delegate Crawford Wilson (NIR) UEFA Referee observer Costas Kapitanis (CYP)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Pawel Gil 28/06/1976 3 44

Pawel Gil Referee since: 1995 First division: 2005 FIFA badge: 2009

Tournaments: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2009 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 24/03/2009 U17 ELITE Norway 4-0 Soustons 29/03/2009 U17 ELITE Belarus Norway 0-1 Tarnos 30/07/2009 UEL 3QR Tromsø IL NK Slaven Koprivnica 2-1 Tromso 13/11/2009 U19 QR Norway Kazakhstan 2-0 St. Nicolas 18/11/2009 U19 QR Belgium Norway 2-4 St. Nicolas 16/10/2012 WC QR Cyprus Norway 1-3 Larnaca 05/06/2013 U21 GS-FT Israel Norway 2-2 Netanya 23/07/2013 UCL 2QR KF Skënderbeu Neftçi PFK 1-0 Korca 06/11/2014 UEL GS Qarabağ FK FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1-2 Baku

7 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Competition facts

8 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Match-by-match lineups Norway

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (09/09/2014) Norway 0-2 Italy Goals: 0-1 Zaza 16, 0-2 Bonucci 62 Norway: Nyland, Nordtveit, King, Johansen, Elabdellaoui, Skjelbred (75 Gamst Pedersen), Flo, Nielsen (50 T. Elyounoussi), Jenssen (70 Tettey), Daehli, Forren Matchday 2 (10/10/2014) Malta 0-3 Norway Goals: 0-1 Daehli 22, 0-2 King 26, 0-3 King 49 Norway: Nyland, Tettey (78 Singh), Nordtveit, King (75 Nielsen), Johansen, T. Elyounoussi, Elabdellaoui, Skjelbred (62 Samuelsen), Linnes, Daehli, Forren Matchday 3 (13/10/2014) Norway 2-1 Bulgaria Goals: 1-0 T. Elyounoussi 13, 1-1 Bodurov 43, 2-1 Nielsen 72 Norway: Nyland, Tettey, Nordtveit, King (58 Nielsen), Johansen, T. Elyounoussi (83 Samuelsen), Elabdellaoui, Skjelbred, Linnes, Daehli (63 Ødegaard), Forren Matchday 4 (16/11/2014) Azerbaijan 0-1 Norway Goals: 0-1 Nordtveit 25 Norway: Nyland, Høgli, Tettey, Nordtveit, Johansen, T. Elyounoussi (91 Gulbrandsen), Elabdellaoui, Skjelbred, Nielsen (72 Søderlund), Daehli (57 Samuelsen), Forren Matchday 5 (28/03/2015) Croatia 5-1 Norway Goals: 1-0 Brozović 30, 2-0 Perišić 53, 3-0 Olić 65, 3-1 Tettey 80, 4-1 Schildenfeld 87, 5-1 Pranjić 90+4 Norway: Nyland, Høgli, Tettey, Nordtveit, Johansen, T. Elyounoussi (79 Abdellaoue), Ødegaard, Skjelbred (19 Samuelsen), Linnes, Daehli (61 Nielsen), Forren Matchday 6 (12/06/2015) Norway-Azerbaijan Matchday 7 (03/09/2015) Bulgaria-Norway Matchday 8 (06/09/2015) Norway-Croatia Matchday 9 (10/10/2015) Norway-Malta Matchday 10 (13/10/2015) Italy-Norway Azerbaijan

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (09/09/2014) Azerbaijan 1-2 Bulgaria Goals: 0-1 Micanski 14, 1-1 Nazarov 54, 1-2 V. Hristov 87 Azerbaijan: K. Agayev, Qarayev, Shukurov, Guseynov, Javadov (46 А. Abdullayev), Dadaşov, R. Aliyev, Nazarov, R. F. Sadygov, Abışov (74 Guliyev), Ufuk Budak (90 Nadirov) Matchday 2 (10/10/2014) Italy 2-1 Azerbaijan Goals: 1-0 Chiellini 44, 1-1 Chiellini 76 (og) , 2-1 Chiellini 82 Azerbaijan: K. Agayev, Qarayev, Allahverdiyev, Guseynov, А. Abdullayev, Qırtımov (46 Ramaldanov), Dadaşov (59

9 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo C. Hüseynov), R. Aliyev, Nazarov, R. F. Sadygov, Amirguliyev (86 Nadirov) Matchday 3 (13/10/2014) Croatia 6-0 Azerbaijan Goals: 1-0 Kramarić 11, 2-0 Perišić 34, 3-0 Perišić 45, 4-0 Brozović 45+1, 5-0 Modrić 57 (P) , 6-0 R. F. Sadygov 61 (og) Azerbaijan: K. Agayev, Qarayev (30 Ramazanov (41 C. Hüseynov)), Ramaldanov, Allahverdiyev (66 Guliyev), Guseynov, А. Abdullayev, R. Aliyev, Nazarov, R. F. Sadygov, Medvedev, Amirguliyev Matchday 4 (16/11/2014) Azerbaijan 0-1 Norway Goals: 0-1 Nordtveit 25 Azerbaijan: S. Agayev, Shukurov, Medvedev, Javadov, А. Abdullayev, R. Aliyev, R. F. Sadygov, Abışov (65 Qarayev), Amirguliyev, Imamverdiyev (69 Nazarov), Yunuszadä Matchday 5 (28/03/2015) Azerbaijan 2-0 Malta Goals: 1-0 C. Hüseynov 4, 2-0 Nazarov 90+2 Azerbaijan: K. Agayev, Qarayev, Medvedev, Guseynov, R. F. Sadygov, C. Hüseynov, Nadirov (81 Israfilov), Amirguliyev, Alaskarov (22 R. Gurbanov), Dashdemirov, Ismayilov (70 Nazarov) Matchday 6 (12/06/2015) Norway-Azerbaijan Matchday 7 (03/09/2015) Azerbaijan-Croatia Matchday 8 (06/09/2015) Malta-Azerbaijan Matchday 9 (10/10/2015) Azerbaijan-Italy Matchday 10 (13/10/2015) Bulgaria-Azerbaijan

10 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Norway History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – group stage 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 qualify Final tournament win 0-1: Spain v Norway, 13/06/00 Final tournament loss 0-1: Norway v Yugoslavia, 18/06/00

Qualifying win 5-0: Norway v Luxembourg, 26/04/95 Qualifying loss 5-1: Croatia v Norway, 28/03/15 4-0: Hungary v Norway, 27/10/71 Final tournament appearances 3: 3: André Bergdølmo 3: Bjørn Otto Bragstad 3: 3: 3: Tore André Flo 3: 3: 3: 3: Ole Gunnar Solskjær Final tournament goals 1: Steffen Iversen Overall appearances 31: Steffen Iversen 27: John Carew 26: 26: 20: Tore André Flo 20: Svein Grøndalen 20: 20: Øyvind Leonhardsen 20: Ole Gunnar Solskjær Overall goals 13: Steffen Iversen 9: Ole Gunnar Solskjær 7: John Carew 6: Tore André Flo

11 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 5: 5: John Arne Riise

UEFA European Championship records: Azerbaijan History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Qualifying win 4-0: Azerbaijan v Liechtenstein, 05/06/99 Qualifying defeat 10-0: France v Azerbaijan, 06/09/95 Overall appearances 24: Rashad Sadygov 22: Emin Agaev 22: Aslan Kerimov 21: Tarlan Akhmedov 19: Makhmud Gurbanov Overall goals 5: Gurban Gurbanov 3: Vüqar Nadirov 2: Rauf Aliyev 2: Farrukh Ismaylov 2: Vagif Javadov 2: Dmitri Nazarov 2: Nazim Suleymanov 2: Zaur Tagizade

12 Norway - Azerbaijan Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 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 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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