EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS National Arena Todor Proeski - Skopje Saturday 15 November 2014 North Macedonia 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group C - Matchday -9 Last updated 12/07/2021 17:14CET

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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 North Macedonia - Slovakia Saturday 15 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje

Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2012 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Noveski 79; Piroska 11/10/2011 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 1-1 Skopje 54 03/09/2010 QR (GS) Slovakia - North Macedonia 1-0 Hološko 90+1

UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Németh 25; 10/09/2003 QR (GS) Slovakia - North Macedonia 1-1 Zilina Dimitrovski 62 M. Petráš 28, Reiter 29/03/2003 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 0-2 Skopje 90

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Reiter 28, Dzúrik 56, 07/10/2001 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 0-5 Skopje P. Németh 72, Pinte 80, Oravec 89 03/09/2000 QR (GS) Slovakia - North Macedonia 2-0 Bratislava Balis 3, Demo 74

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 North Macedonia 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 - - - - 4 0 2 2 2 5 Slovakia 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 - - - - 4 2 2 0 5 2 FIFA* North Macedonia 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 7 Slovakia 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 7 0 Friendlies North Macedonia ------Slovakia ------Total North Macedonia 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 - - - - 6 0 2 4 2 12 Slovakia 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 - - - - 6 4 2 0 12 2 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 North Macedonia - Slovakia Saturday 15 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Match background

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Slovakia renew acquaintances as they meet in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group C, having also been drawn together in qualifying for UEFA EURO 2012. Match background • FYR Macedonia's record in six meetings with Slovakia is W0 D2 L4 (W0 D1 L2 at home). FYR Macedonia have yet to take the lead in a game against Slovakia. • FYR Macedonia's 5-0 home loss to 's Slovakia on 7 October 2001 matched their worst ever home result in national team football – a 5-0 loss against Belgium in a 7 June 1995 UEFA European Championship qualifier. • FYR Macedonia's record in five UEFA age-group games against Slovakia is a similarly dispiriting W0 D1 L4. • The six meetings between the nations' clubs in UEFA competition will be more encouraging for FYR Macedonia: the Macedonian and Slovakian clubs have both won three each.

3 North Macedonia - Slovakia Saturday 15 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Squad list

North Macedonia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Tome Pacovski 28/06/1982 32 Mechelen - 3 0 0 0 40 - - Martin Bogatinov 26/04/1986 28 Ermis - 0 0 0 0 15 - Metalurg - Andreja Efremov 02/09/1992 22 - 0 0 0 0 2 - Skopje Defenders - Vance Sikov 19/07/1985 29 Austria Wien - 3 0 0 0 36 3 - Daniel Mojsov 25/12/1987 26 Brann - 2 0 0 0 26 - - Stefan Ristovski 12/02/1992 22 Parma * 3 0 0 0 14 - - Egzijan Alilovski 12/02/1992 22 Schaffhausen - 3 0 0 0 5 - - Aleksandar Damchevski 21/11/1992 21 NAC - 1 0 0 0 4 - Midfielders - Nikola Gligorov 15/08/1983 31 Vardar - 1 0 0 0 19 - Melbourne - Daniel Georgievski 17/02/1988 26 - 0 0 0 0 14 - Victory Dinamo - Arijan Ademi 29/05/1991 23 - 2 0 0 0 2 - Zagreb - Besart Abdurahimi 31/07/1990 24 Lokeren * 3 1 0 0 5 1 - Muhamed Demiri 20/11/1985 28 St Gallen - 2 0 0 0 24 - - David Babunski 01/03/1994 20 Barcelona - 0 0 0 0 5 - Forwards - Aco Stojkov 29/04/1983 31 Rabotnicki - 1 0 0 0 42 5 - Jovan Kostovski 19/04/1987 27 Leuven - 2 0 0 0 10 2 - Krste Velkoski 20/02/1988 26 Sarajevo - 2 0 0 0 5 - - Mirko Ivanovski 31/10/1989 25 CFR Cluj - 1 0 0 0 22 1 Krylya - Adis Jahović 18/03/1987 27 - 3 1 0 0 12 3 Sovetov Zulte - Aleksandar Trajkovski 05/09/1992 22 - 3 1 0 0 19 3 Waregem Coach - Boshko Djurovski 28/12/1961 52 - 3 0 0 0 8 -

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Slovakia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Krylya - Ján Mucha 05/12/1982 31 - 0 0 0 0 41 - Sovetov - Matúš Kozáčik 27/12/1983 30 Plzeň - 3 0 0 0 7 - - Martin Dúbravka 15/01/1989 25 Esbjerg - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders - Martin Škrtel 15/12/1984 29 Liverpool - 2 0 0 0 68 5 - Peter Pekarík 30/10/1986 28 Hertha - 3 0 0 0 57 1 Lokomotiv - Ján Ďurica 10/12/1981 32 - 3 0 0 0 71 5 Moskva - Ľubomír Michalík 13/08/1983 31 Kairat - 0 0 0 0 7 2 Dinamo - Tomáš Hubočan 17/09/1985 29 - 2 0 0 0 33 - Moskva Dunajská - Kornel Saláta 24/01/1985 29 - 0 0 0 0 28 1 Streda Midfielders - Viktor Pečovský 24/05/1983 31 Žilina - 3 0 0 0 19 1 - Marek Hamšík 27/07/1987 27 Napoli - 3 2 0 0 73 13 - Dušan Švento 01/08/1985 29 Köln - 0 0 0 0 29 1 - Miroslav Stoch 19/10/1989 25 Al-Ain - 3 1 0 0 46 5 - Vladimír Weiss 30/11/1989 24 Lekhwiya - 3 0 0 0 39 3 - Róbert Mak 08/03/1991 23 PAOK - 3 1 0 0 14 3 - Juraj Kucka 26/02/1987 27 Genoa * 3 1 0 0 38 3 Ross - Filip Kiss 13/10/1990 24 - 3 0 0 0 7 - County - Patrik Hrošovský 22/04/1992 22 Plzeň - 0 0 0 0 - - - Ondrej Duda 05/12/1994 19 Legia - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - Stanislav Šesták 16/12/1982 31 Bochum - 1 1 0 0 56 13 - Filip Hološko 17/01/1984 30 Rizespor - 0 0 0 0 63 7 Union - Adam Nemec 02/09/1985 29 - 2 0 0 0 13 1 Berlin Mladá - Michal Ďuriš 01/06/1988 26 - 2 0 0 0 14 - Boleslav Coach - Ján Kozák 17/04/1954 60 - 3 0 0 0 13 -

5 North Macedonia - Slovakia Saturday 15 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Head coach Boshko Djurovski Date of birth: 28 December 1961 Nationality: Macedonian Playing career: FK Crvena zvezda, Servette FC Coaching career: Servette FC, FK Radnički Obrenovac, FK Rad, FK Crvena zvezda, FYR Macedonia • A defensive midfielder, Djurovski lifted four Yugoslavian titles and two national cups during an 11-year spell at Crvena zvezda, where he played alongside his brother, striker Milko Djurovski. • He made four appearances for Yugoslavia and seven more for the independent Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. • Djurovski moved into coaching following a period in Switzerland where he won the 1993/94 title as a Servette player; he was then assistant to coach Gérard Castella when Servette were champions again in 1998/99. • Returned to Crvena zvezda for the first of two stints as assistant coach at the turn of the millennium, before subsequently guiding the club to a domestic double as coach in 2006/07. • Took the FYR Macedonia job in November 2013 following a five-year spell in Japan, where he was assistant to former Crvena zvezda team-mate Dragan Stojković at Nagoya Grampus. Ján Kozák Date of birth: 17 April 1954 Nationality: Slovak Playing career: LB Spišská Nová Ves, Lokomotíva Košice (three times), RFC Seraing, FK Dukla Praha Coaching career: Lokomotíva Košice, MFK Zemplín Michalovce, FC Steel Trans Ličartovce, 1. FC Košice, Slovakia • A creative midfielder, Kozák spent much of his playing career with local team Lokomotíva Košice, where he had three spells. He returned for the first time in 1982 at the conclusion of his military service in , where he turned out for Dukla. • A member of the squad that finished third at the 1980 UEFA European Championship, beating Italy 9-8 on penalties in the bronze-medal match, he scored nine goals in 55 international appearances. Kozák also travelled to the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain but did not feature due to injury. • Won the three times and the 1982 league championship with Dukla before retiring in 1990. Moved into coaching several years later and proved an instant success, steering 1. FC Košice to successive titles (1997, 1998) and into the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League where, as Slovakia's first ever group stage representative, they lost all six games in a section containing , Juventus and Manchester United FC. • Left Košice in 1998 but came back for further stints in 2005 and 2012. He stood down in summer 2013, succeeding and as coach of Slovakia on a two-year contract. • His son Ján Kozák Jr played in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage for MFK Petržalka, equalising and then creating the winner in a famous 3-2 comeback victory over FC Porto; grandson Filip Lesniak has been at Tottenham Hotspur FC since 2012.

6 North Macedonia - Slovakia Saturday 15 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Match officials

Referee Pedro Proença (POR) Assistant referees Bertino Miranda (POR) , Tiago Trigo (POR) Additional assistant referees Manuel De Sousa (POR) , João Capela (POR) Fourth official Paulo Soares (POR) UEFA Delegate Andrew Shaw (ENG) UEFA Referee observer Charles Agius (MLT)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Pedro Proença 03/11/1970 10 94

Pedro Proença Referee since: 1988 First division: 2000 FIFA badge: 2003

Tournaments: 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, UEFA EURO 2012, 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Finals UEFA EURO 2012 2012 UEFA Champions League 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

UEFA European Championship matches featuring the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 02/09/2011 EURO QR Republic of Ireland Slovakia 0-0 Dublin

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 02/09/2011 EURO QR Republic of Ireland Slovakia 0-0 Dublin

7 North Macedonia - Slovakia Saturday 15 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Competition facts

8 North Macedonia - Slovakia Saturday 15 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Match-by-match lineups North Macedonia

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 North Macedonia: Pacovski, Cuculi, Mojsov, Sikov, Trajkovski, Jahović, Ibraimi, Ristovski, Alilovski (46 Demiri), Abdurahimi (74 K. Velkoski), Spirovski (64 Radeski) 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 North Macedonia: Pacovski, Cuculi (46 Alilovski), Mojsov, Sikov, Trajkovski, Demiri, Ibraimi (46 Abdurahimi), Ristovski, Muarem (60 Jahović), Ademi, Kostovski Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Ukraine 1-0 North Macedonia Goals: 1-0 Sydorchuk 45+2 North Macedonia: Pacovski, Alilovski, Damchevski, Sikov, Trajkovski, Jahović (62 K. Velkoski), Ristovski, Ademi, Gligorov (86 Stojkov), Abdurahimi, Ivanovski (70 Kostovski) Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) North Macedonia-Slovakia Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) North Macedonia-Belarus Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Slovakia-North Macedonia Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Luxembourg-North Macedonia Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) North Macedonia-Spain Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) North Macedonia-Ukraine Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Belarus-North Macedonia Slovakia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Ukraine 0-1 Slovakia Goals: 0-1 Mak 17 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík, Ďurica, Gyömber, Weiss (67 Stoch), Nemec (63 Kiss), Hubočan, Hamšík, Kucka, Mak (92 Ďuriš), Pečovský Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Slovakia 2-1 Spain Goals: 1-0 Kucka 17, 1-1 Paco Alcácer 82, 2-1 Stoch 87 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík, Škrtel, Ďurica, Gyömber, Weiss (54 Ďuriš), Hubočan, Hamšík, Kucka (83 Kiss), Mak (61 Stoch), Pečovský Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Belarus 1-3 Slovakia Goals: 0-1 Hamšík 65, 1-1 Kalachev 79, 1-2 Hamšík 84, 1-3 Šesták 90+1

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Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík, Škrtel, Ďurica, Gyömber, Weiss (80 Stoch), Nemec, Hamšík, Kucka (86 Kiss), Mak (62 Šesták), Pečovský Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) North Macedonia-Slovakia Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Slovakia-Luxembourg Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Slovakia-North Macedonia Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Spain-Slovakia Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Slovakia-Ukraine Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Slovakia-Belarus Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Luxembourg-Slovakia

10 North Macedonia - Slovakia Saturday 15 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: FYR Macedonia 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: FYR Macedonia v Malta, 06/09/98 Qualifying loss 0-5: FYR Macedonia v Belgium, 07/06/95 Overall appearances 28: Velice Sumulikoski 23: Goce Sedloski 20: Igor Mitreski 20: Nikolce Noveski 19: Petar Milosevski Overall goals 5: Artim Sakiri 5: Ilco Naumoski 4: Goce Sedloski 3: Risto Bozinov 3: Sasa Ciric 3: Bosko Djurovski 3: Georgi Hristov

UEFA European Championship records: Slovakia 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 (as Czechoslovakia) 1988 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1984 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1980 – third place (as Czechoslovakia) 1976 – winners (as Czechoslovakia) 1972 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1968 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1964 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1960 – third place (as Czechoslovakia) Final tournament win 1-3: Greece v Czechoslovakia, 14/06/80 3-1: Czechoslovakia v Netherlands, 16/06/76 (aet) 2-0: Czechoslovakia v France, 09/07/60 Final tournament defeat 0-3: Czechoslovakia v USSR, 06/07/60 Qualifying win 7-0: Slovakia v San Marino, 13/10/07 Qualifying loss 5-0: Poland v Slovakia, 07/06/95 Final tournament appearances

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6: Koloman Gögh (for Czechoslovakia) 6: Marián Masný (for Czechoslovakia) 6: Zdeněk Nehoda (for Czechoslovakia) 6: Anton Ondruš (for Czechoslovakia) 6: Antonín Panenka (for Czechoslovakia) 6: (for Czechoslovakia) 4: Ladislav Vízek (for Czechoslovakia) Final tournament goals 3: Zdeněk Nehoda (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Vlastimil Bubník (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Karol Dobiaš (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Anton Ondruš (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Antonín Panenka (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Ladislav Pavlovič (for Czechoslovakia) 1: František Veselý (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Ladislav Vízek (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Ján Švehlík (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Ladislav Jurkemik (for Czechoslovakia) Overall appearances 26: 21: Filip Hološko 20: (for Czechoslovakia) 20: Anton Ondruš (for Czechoslovakia) 19: Marián Masný (for Czechoslovakia) 19: Marek Hamšík 18: Ján Ďurica 18: Dušan Tittel 18: Zdeněk Nehoda (for Czechoslovakia) 17: Ladislav Jurkemik 17: Koloman Gögh (for Czechoslovakia) 17: Martin Škrtel 16: Peter Dubovský 16: Ladislav Vízek (for Czechoslovakia) Overall goals 9: Zdeněk Nehoda (for Czechoslovakia) 7: Marián Masný (for Czechoslovakia) 7: Antonín Panenka (for Czechoslovakia) 7: Ladislav Vízek (for Czechoslovakia) 6: Marek Mintál 5: Peter Dubovský 5: Szilárd Németh 5: Titus Buberník (for Czechoslovakia)

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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 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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