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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Swissporarena - Lucerne Friday 27 March 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Switzerland Group E - Matchday -8 Estonia Last updated 12/07/2021 17:24CET 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 Switzerland - Estonia Friday 27 March 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Swissporarena, Lucerne Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Knup 32, Bregy 35, 17/11/1993 QR (GS) Switzerland - Estonia 4-0 Berne Ohrel 45, Chapuisat 62 Chapuisat 12, 66, 16/08/1992 QR (GS) Estonia - Switzerland 0-6 Tallinn Bregy 29, Knup 46, 65, Sforza 84 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 Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Estonia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FIFA* Switzerland 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 10 0 Estonia 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 10 Friendlies Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Estonia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Switzerland 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 10 0 Estonia 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 10 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Switzerland - Estonia Friday 27 March 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Swissporarena, Lucerne Match background Switzerland will have positive – if distant – memories of their last encounter with Estonia as the sides meet in UEFA EURO 2016 Group E. Previous meetings • In their only previous senior encounters, Roy Hodgson's Switzerland beat Uno Piir's Estonia 6-0 away and 4-0 at home in 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying. • That 6-0 defeat was Estonia's first competitive game since regaining independence. • The teams for their only previous encounter in Switzerland, in Berne on 17 November 1993, were: Switzerland: Pascolo, Herr, Geiger, Hottiger, Quentin (Türkyilmaz 75), Ohrel (Rueda 46), Bregy, Sutter, Bickel, Knup, Chapuisat. Estonia: Poom, Prins, Kallaste, Kaljend, Borissov, Klavan (Puštov 80), Olumets, Reim, Bragin, Hepner, Rajala (Linnumäe 47). • Victory in this game secured Switzerland's place in the World Cup finals. Form guide • Switzerland have won their last two Group E fixtures without conceding since opening their campaign with losses to England and Slovenia. • Estonia have not scored in three Group E matches since kicking off with a 1-0 home victory against Slovenia. They were held 0-0 by San Marino in their final qualifier of 2014 – the first time their opponents had avoided defeat in 60 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. • Estonia have gone five games (D1 L4) without a competitive away success since beating Andorra 1-0 in a 2014 World Cup qualifier on 16 October 2012. Trivia and links • The nations' ten meetings in UEFA age-group competitions have favoured Switzerland, whose record in those matches is W8 D1 L1 F38 A3. The lone Estonian success was a 1-0 away win for the Under-21s in August 2009. • In eight UEFA competition encounters between the nations' clubs, the Swiss side have largely come out on top, boasting the record W6 D1 L1 F19 A5. 3 Switzerland - Estonia Friday 27 March 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Swissporarena, Lucerne Squad list Switzerland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Yann Sommer 17/12/1988 26 Mönchengladbach - 4 0 0 0 10 - - Roman Bürki 14/11/1990 24 Freiburg - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Marwin Hitz 18/09/1987 27 Augsburg - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Stephan Lichtsteiner 16/01/1984 31 Juventus - 4 0 0 0 71 5 - Steve von Bergen 10/06/1983 31 Young Boys - 3 0 0 0 47 - - Johan Djourou 18/01/1987 28 Hamburg - 4 0 0 0 52 1 - Ricardo Rodriguez 25/08/1992 22 Wolfsburg - 3 0 0 0 28 - - François Moubandje 21/06/1990 24 Toulouse - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Fabian Schär 20/12/1991 23 Basel - 1 1 0 0 10 4 Midfielders - Valon Behrami 19/04/1985 29 Hamburg - 3 0 0 0 56 2 - Blerim Dzemaili 12/04/1986 28 Galatasaray - 3 1 0 0 40 3 - Gelson Fernandes 02/09/1986 28 Rennes - 1 0 0 0 50 2 - Gökhan Inler 27/06/1984 30 Napoli - 3 0 0 0 81 6 - Fabian Frei 08/01/1989 26 Basel - 0 0 0 0 5 1 - Valentin Stocker 12/04/1989 25 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 26 3 - Fabian Lustenberger 02/05/1988 26 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Granit Xhaka 27/09/1992 22 Mönchengladbach - 3 0 0 0 33 5 - Pajtim Kasami 02/06/1992 22 Olympiacos - 2 0 0 0 5 1 - Silvan Widmer 05/03/1993 22 Udinese - 1 0 0 0 1 - Forwards - Admir Mehmedi 16/03/1991 24 Freiburg - 4 0 0 0 30 2 - Xherdan Shaqiri 10/10/1991 23 Internazionale - 4 3 0 0 42 15 - Haris Seferovic 22/02/1992 23 Frankfurt - 4 2 0 0 20 4 - Josip Drmić 08/08/1992 22 Leverkusen - 4 0 0 0 16 4 Coach - Vladimir Petković 15/08/1963 51 - 4 0 0 0 5 - 4 Switzerland - Estonia Friday 27 March 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Swissporarena, Lucerne Estonia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Sergei Pareiko 31/01/1977 38 Levadia - 3 0 0 0 60 - - Mihkel Aksalu 07/11/1984 30 Seinäjoki - 1 0 0 0 14 - - Marko Meerits 26/04/1992 22 Emmen - 0 0 0 0 3 - Defenders - Enar Jääger 18/11/1984 30 Flora - 3 0 0 0 109 - - Ragnar Klavan 30/10/1985 29 Augsburg - 3 0 0 0 96 2 - Dmitri Kruglov 24/05/1984 30 Levadia - 2 0 0 0 94 2 - Gert Kams 25/05/1985 29 Flora - 1 0 0 0 37 1 - Ken Kallaste 31/08/1988 26 Kalju - 2 0 0 0 10 - - Igor Morozov 27/05/1989 25 Debrecen - 3 0 0 0 28 - - Artjom Artjunin 24/01/1990 25 Braşov - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Artur Pikk 05/03/1993 22 Levadia - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Karol Mets 16/05/1993 21 Viking - 4 0 0 0 12 - Midfielders - Joel Lindpere 05/10/1981 33 Kalju - 4 0 0 0 97 7 - Aleksandr Dmitrijev 18/02/1982 33 Infonet - 1 0 0 0 88 - - Konstantin Vassiljev 16/08/1984 30 Piast - 3 0 0 0 73 18 - Taijo Teniste 31/01/1988 27 Sogndal - 2 0 0 0 34 - - Henrik Ojamaa 20/05/1991 23 Sarpsborg - 3 0 0 0 22 - - Andreas Raudsepp 13/12/1993 21 Levadia - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Ilja Antonov 05/12/1992 22 Levadia - 4 0 0 0 13 - Forwards - Ats Purje 03/08/1985 29 Kalju - 2 1 0 0 47 5 Torpedo - Sergei Zenjov 20/04/1989 25 - 4 0 0 0 40 7 Moskva Dundee - Henri Anier 17/12/1990 24 - 4 0 0 0 20 6 United - Rauno Alliku 02/03/1990 25 Flora - 0 0 0 0 4 - Coach - Magnus Pehrsson 25/05/1976 38 - 4 0 0 0 9 - 5 Switzerland - Estonia Friday 27 March 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Swissporarena, Lucerne Head coach Vladimir Petković Date of birth: 15 August 1963 Nationality: Swiss Playing career: FK Sarajevo (twice), FK Rudar Ljubija, FC Koper, FC Chur 97 (twice), FC Sion, FC Martigny-Sports, AC Bellinzona (twice), FC Locarno Coaching career: AC Bellinzona (twice), FC Malcantone Agno, AC Lugano, BSC Young Boys, Samsunspor, FC Sion, SS Lazio, Switzerland • Started his career in midfield with Sarajevo, losing in the 1983 Yugoslavian Cup final but featuring twice as his team took the 1984/85 league title, the only major honour of his playing days. • Moved to Switzerland in 1987, playing for second-tier Chur and then ascending to the top flight with Sion in 1988/89; failed to secure a regular place and returned to the second division to represent Martigny, Bellinzona and Locarno. • Petković hung up his boots in 1999, aged 36, following a season as player-coach at Bellinzona. Then led Malcantone Agno to promotion from the third divison in 2002/03 before becoming the first coach of AC Lugano – successors to FC Lugano. • Rejoined Bellinzona in October 2005, steering them to the 2007/08 Swiss Cup final, where they lost 4-1 to FC Basel 1893, but consolation came two weeks later as victory in a relegation/promotion play-off against FC St Gallen gave Bellinzona a Super League berth. • Was appointed Young Boys coach in August 2008, guiding them to second-placed finishes in his first two campaigns in charge as well the 2008/09 Swiss Cup final. After short spells in charge of Turkey's Samsunspor and Sion back in Switzerland, was named Lazio coach in June 2012 and won the Coppa Italia in his first term in Italy, also helping the side to seventh position in the final standings. Left in January 2014 after being anointed Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld's successor, taking the reins after the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Magnus Pehrsson Date of birth: 25 May 1976 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: IF Brommapojkarna, Djurgårdens IF (twice), Bradford City AFC (loan), IFK Göteborg Coaching career: Åtvidabergs FF, IK Sirius, GAIS Göteborg, Aalborg BK, Djurgårdens IF, Estonia • A midfielder who made his name with Djurgården, Pehrsson lifted the Swedish title with the Stockholm club in 2002 yet was forced to end his career in 2003 after suffering serious injury.