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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Spartak - Sunday 14 June 2015 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Group G - Matchday -7 Last updated 12/07/2021 17:44CET

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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 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow

Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 15/11/2014 QR (GS) Austria - Russia 1-0 Okotie 73

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 06/09/1989 QR (GS) Austria - USSR 0-0 Vienna Mykhailychenko 47, 19/10/1988 QR (GS) USSR - Austria 2-0 Kyiv Zavarov 68

1968 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Austria - USSR Football 15/10/1967 PR (GS) 1-0 Vienna Grausam 50 Federation Malofeev 25, Byshovets 36, USSR Football Federation - 11/06/1967 PR (GS) 4-3 Moscow Chislenko 43, Austria Streltsov 80; Hof 38, Wolny 54, Siber 71

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 11/06/1958 GS-FT USSR - Austria 2-0 Boras Ilyin 15, Ivanov 63

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 Russia 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 1 0 2 4 5 Austria 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 2 0 1 5 4 FIFA* Russia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 0 Austria 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 Friendlies Russia ------11 5 3 3 14 9 Austria ------11 3 3 5 9 14 Total Russia 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 17 8 4 5 22 14 Austria 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 17 5 4 8 14 22 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Match background

Still unbeaten in Group G in the European Qualifiers, Austria can take a significant stride towards UEFA EURO 2016 with an away victory against Russia. Previous meetings • 's 73rd-minute goal in Vienna secured a 1-0 win for Austria back in November in these sides' first Group G meeting. It was Austria's only win against Russia in three games since the end of the (W1 D1 L1). • Their first encounter in Klagenfurt on 17 August 1994 ended in a 3-0 success for Russia, (43), Yuri Nikiforov (53) and Igor Simutenkov (83) all on target. Beschastnykh's and Nikiforov's goals were their first for their country. • The teams drew 0-0 in Graz on 25 May 2004, though injuries to key players forced Russia coach Georgi Yartsev to field an experimental side. Aleksei Bugaev and made their debuts. • Austria and the Soviet Union met six times, with the Austrians' record reading: W1 D1 L4 (W1 D1 L0 at home, W0 D0 L3 in the Soviet Union). Notable meetings included a 2-0 win for the USSR at the 1958 FIFA World Cup finals in Sweden, Anatoli Ilyin (15) and Valentin Ivanov (63) the scorers in Boras. • The nations also met in the qualifying group stage for the 1968 UEFA European Championship. Eduard Streltsov (80) scored the vital goal in a 4-3 triumph for the USSR in Moscow on 11 June 1967, but Leopold Grausam's goal settled the return fixture, a 1-0 win for Austria on 15 October 1967. Form guide • Russia are unbeaten in 11 competitive home qualifiers since a 1-0 loss to Slovakia in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying, on 7 September 2010. • Austria remain unbeaten in Group G (W4 D1); they have won their last three competitive away games in all competitions. Trivia and links • Austria and Russia have met in five UEFA age-group competition matches, with Austria's record W3 D2 L0. • There is nothing to separate the nations' clubs in their UEFA competition encounters, the 38 contests between the countries ending with 13 wins apiece and 12 draws. Most recently, FC Zenit drew 0-0 at home and lost 4-1 away against FK Austria Wien in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League group stage.

3 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Squad list

Russia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers CSKA - 08/04/1986 29 - 5 0 0 0 Moskva Spartak - Artem Rebrov 04/03/1984 31 - 0 0 0 0 Moskva - Sergei Ryzhikov 19/09/1980 34 Rubin - 0 0 0 0 Defenders CSKA - 20/06/1982 32 - 5 0 0 0 Moskva - 08/08/1988 26 Zenit - 3 0 0 0 Spartak - Sergei Parshivlyuk 18/03/1989 26 - 2 0 0 0 Moskva Spartak - Evgeni Makeev 24/07/1989 25 - 0 0 0 0 Moskva CSKA - Nikita Chernov 14/01/1996 19 - 0 0 0 0 Moskva - Ivan Novoseltsev 25/08/1991 23 Rostov - 0 0 0 0 Lokomotiv - 19/07/1984 30 - 2 0 0 0 Moskva - 04/08/1986 28 Terek - 0 0 0 0 Dinamo - 20/08/1983 31 - 1 0 0 0 Moskva Spartak - 22/01/1987 28 - 4 1 0 0 Moskva CSKA - 17/06/1990 24 - 5 0 0 0 Moskva - 06/07/1981 33 - 2 0 0 0 Spartak - 27/01/1987 28 * 4 0 0 0 Moskva - 29/07/1990 24 Zenit - 3 0 0 0 - Magomed Ozdoev 05/11/1992 22 Rubin - 2 0 0 0 - Elmir Nabiullin 08/03/1995 20 Rubin - 0 0 0 0 Lokomotiv - Alexei Miranchuk 17/10/1995 19 - 0 0 0 0 Moskva Forwards - 27/11/1982 32 Zenit - 2 0 0 0 - 22/08/1988 26 Rostov - 4 2 0 0 Dinamo - 19/03/1991 24 - 4 1 0 0 Moskva Coach - 18/06/1946 68 - 5 0 0 0

4 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow

Austria Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 20/03/1984 31 Hannover - 5 0 0 0 - Ramazan Özcan 28/06/1984 30 Ingolstadt - 0 0 0 0 Austria - 17/07/1990 24 - 0 0 0 0 Wien Defenders - 07/04/1986 29 Schalke - 5 0 0 0 Austria - 16/04/1987 28 - 0 0 0 0 Wien - 17/11/1986 28 Stuttgart - 5 0 0 0 - Sebastian Prödl 21/06/1987 27 Bremen - 2 0 0 0 Dynamo - Aleksandar Dragovic 06/03/1991 24 * 5 0 0 0 Kyiv - 07/09/1992 22 Salzburg - 4 0 0 0 - 15/11/1992 22 Köln - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - György Garics 08/03/1984 31 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 - 02/01/1988 27 Mainz * 4 0 0 0 - Zlatko Junuzovic 26/09/1987 27 Bremen - 5 1 0 0 - 18/05/1989 26 Salzburg - 3 0 0 0 - 08/01/1989 26 Luzern - 0 0 0 0 - Yasin Pehlivan 05/01/1989 26 Erciyesspor - 0 0 0 0 - Philipp Schobesberger 10/12/1993 21 Rapid Wien - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - 25/06/1983 31 Sydney - 4 2 0 0 1860 - Rubin Okotie 06/06/1987 28 - 3 2 0 0 München - 10/06/1987 28 Stuttgart - 5 1 0 0 - Marko Arnautovic 19/04/1989 26 Stoke - 5 1 0 0 - 28/03/1991 24 Ingolstadt - 2 0 0 0 - 17/03/1994 21 Salzburg - 3 0 0 0 Coach - 11/11/1960 54 - 5 0 0 0

5 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Head coach Fabio Capello Date of birth: 18 June 1946 Nationality: Italian Playing career: Spal 1907, AS Roma, Juventus, AC Milan Coaching career: AC Milan (twice), Real CF (twice), AS Roma, Juventus, , Russia • Forged a successful playing career, winning four titles – three with Juventus, one with Milan – and scoring eight goals from midfield in 32 games for , including the winner in the Azzurri's first victory over England at Wembley in November 1973. • Despite lacking coaching experience Capello replaced Arrigo Sacchi at Milan in 1991, launching a hugely impressive five-year spell in which he led a star-studded team to four Italian championships – the first without losing a match – and the 1994 UEFA Champions League, beating Johan Cruyff's FC 4-0 in the final. • Left Milan for Real Madrid and lifted the Spanish title in his only season there before an unsuccessful return to Milan. Re-established himself as one of world's foremost coaches at both Roma, where he won the 2000/01 Scudetto, and Juventus, where he ended each of his two campaigns as Serie A champion – only for both titles to be revoked as a result of the sporting fraud scandal. • Another one-year Liga title-winning effort at Madrid (a decade after the first) prompted the Football Association (FA) to appoint him England coach. Took over in January 2008 and steered the side to the 2010 FIFA World Cup with eight straight victories. Stayed on for UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying despite failing to progress beyond the last 16 in South Africa and guided his charges to the finals in Poland and Ukraine. • Stood down from England in February 2012, less than four months before UEFA EURO 2012, but the following summer took the Russia job and led them to the 2014 World Cup, where they failed to progress beyond the group stage. Signed a contract extension in January 2014 to remain in charge until after the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Marcel Koller Date of birth: 11 November 1960 Nationality: Swiss Playing career: Grasshopper Club Coaching career: FC Wil 1900, FC St Gallen, Grasshopper Club, 1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum 1848, Austria • A former , Koller spent his entire playing career with Swiss side Grasshoppers, making over 400 league appearances from 1978 to 1997 and winning seven league titles and five Swiss Cups. • Capped 55 times by Switzerland, he scored three goals for his country and made two appearances at EURO '96, coming off the bench in the 1-1 draw with hosts England and starting the 1-0 loss to Scotland. • Began coaching career at Wil in 1997 and took over at St Gallen two years later, leading the club to their first Swiss championship since 1903/04 in his maiden season. Returned to Grasshoppers in 2002 and promptly secured the Swiss league crown, but resigned in October 2003 after a disappointing run. • Appointed by Köln the following month, he was sacked after the team finished the season bottom, yet bounced back at Bochum in 2005, earning promotion to the top tier in his first campaign. • Dismissed by Bochum in September 2009, Koller was installed as Austria coach on 4 October 2011, replacing . Missed out on a place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup but earned a contract extension until December 2015.

6 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Match officials

Referee Milorad Mažić (SRB) Assistant referees Milovan Ristić (SRB) , Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB) Additional assistant referees Danilo Grujić (SRB) , Dejan Filipovic (SRB) Fourth official Dejan Petrović (SRB) UEFA Delegate Andreas Akkelides (CYP) UEFA Referee observer Manuel Diaz Vega (ESP)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Milorad Mažić 23/03/1973 4 59

Milorad Mažić Referee since: 1996 First division: 2005 FIFA badge: 2009

Tournaments: 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2011 UEFA European Under-21 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 20/03/2009 U17 ELITE Austria Italy 1-2 Stegersbach 25/03/2009 U17 ELITE Scotland Austria 0-2 Stegersbach 05/08/2010 UEL 3QR FC Dinamo Tbilisi SK Sturm Graz 1-1 Tbilisi 30/09/2010 UEL GS FC Zenit AEK Athens FC 4-2 St Petersburg 14/02/2012 UEL R32 FC Rubin Olympiacos FC 0-1 Moscow 19/09/2012 UCL GS FC Barcelona FC Spartak Moskva 3-2 Barcelona 06/09/2013 WC QR Austria 3-0 15/10/2013 WC QR Azerbaijan Russia 1-1

7 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Competition facts

8 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Match-by-match lineups Russia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Russia 4-0 Liechtenstein Goals: 1-0 M. Büchel 4 (og) , 2-0 Burgmeier 50 (og) , 3-0 D. Kombarov 54 (P) , 4-0 Dzyuba 65 Russia: Akinfeev (72 Lodygin), Smolnikov, Ignashevich, Glushakov, Kokorin, Dzagoev (64 Ozdoev), Kerzhakov (46 Dzyuba), V. Berezutski, Cheryshev, Samedov, D. Kombarov Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Sweden 1-1 Russia Goals: 0-1 Kokorin 10, 1-1 Toivonen 49 Russia: Akinfeev, Smolnikov, Ignashevich, Glushakov, Kokorin, V. Berezutski, Shatov, Samedov (73 Grigoryev), Fayzulin (87 Dzagoev), Dzyuba, D. Kombarov (88 Granat) Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Russia 1-1 Moldova Goals: 1-0 Dzyuba 73 (P) , 1-1 Epureanu 74 Russia: Akinfeev, Parshivlyuk, Ignashevich, Glushakov, Dzagoev, Kerzhakov (46 Ozdoev), Granat, V. Berezutski, Cheryshev (62 Poloz), Ionov (75 Schennikov), Dzyuba Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Austria 1-0 Russia Goals: 1-0 Okotie 73 Russia: Akinfeev, Parshivlyuk, Ignashevich, Glushakov, Kokorin, V. Berezutski, Shirokov, Shatov (81 Dzagoev), Cheryshev (56 Ionov), Fayzulin (75 Dzyuba), D. Kombarov Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Montenegro-Russia Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Russia-Austria Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Russia-Sweden Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Liechtenstein-Russia Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Moldova-Russia Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Russia-Montenegro Austria

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Austria 1-1 Sweden Goals: 1-0 Alaba 7 (P) , 1-1 Erkan Zengin 12 Austria: Almer, Dragovic, Hinteregger, Fuchs, Arnautovic, Alaba, Junuzovic (76 Leitgeb), Harnik (86 Lazaro), Baumgartlinger, Klein, Janko (68 Okotie) Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Moldova 1-2 Austria Goals: 0-1 Alaba 12 (P) , 1-1 Dedov 27 (P) , 1-2 Janko 51 Austria: Almer, Dragovic, Fuchs, Arnautovic (79 Leitgeb), Alaba, Junuzovic (86 Ilsanker), Baumgartlinger, Prödl, Klein, Sabitzer (46 Harnik), Janko Matchday 3 (12/10/2014)

9 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow

Austria 1-0 Montenegro Goals: 1-0 Okotie 24 Austria: Almer, Dragovic, Hinteregger, Fuchs, Arnautovic (62 Hinterseer), Alaba, Okotie (83 Lazaro), Junuzovic (77 Ilsanker), Harnik, Baumgartlinger, Klein Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Austria 1-0 Russia Goals: 1-0 Okotie 73 Austria: Almer, Dragovic (86 Prödl), Hinteregger, Fuchs, Ilsanker, Arnautovic (91 Sabitzer), Junuzovic, Harnik, Klein, Leitgeb, Janko (59 Okotie) Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Liechtenstein 0-5 Austria Goals: 0-1 Harnik 14, 0-2 Janko 16, 0-3 Alaba 59, 0-4 Junuzovic 74, 0-5 Arnautovic 90+3 Austria: Almer, Dragovic, Hinteregger, Fuchs, Arnautovic, Alaba, Junuzovic (82 Hinterseer), Harnik (72 Sabitzer), Baumgartlinger, Klein, Janko (77 Djuricin) Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Russia-Austria Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Austria-Moldova Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Sweden-Austria Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Montenegro-Austria Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Austria-Liechtenstein

10 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Russia History 2012 – group stage 2008 – semi-finals 2004 – group stage 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – group stage 1992 – group stage (as Commonwealth of Independent States) 1988 – runners-up (as Soviet Union) 1984 – did not qualify (as Soviet Union) 1980 – did not qualify (as Soviet Union) 1976 – quarter-finals (as Soviet Union) 1972 – runners-up (as Soviet Union) 1968 – fourth place (as Soviet Union) 1964 – runners-up (as Soviet Union) 1960 – winners (as Soviet Union) Final tournament win 4-1: Russia v Czech Republic, 08/06/12 0-3: Czechoslovakia v Soviet Union, 06/07/60 Final tournament defeat 4-1: v Russia, 10/06/08 0-3: four times, most recently Russia v Spain, 26/06/08 Qualifying win 0-7: San Marino v Russia, 07/06/95 Qualifying defeat 3-0: England v Russia, 12/09/07 3-0: Republic of Ireland v Soviet Union, 30/10/74 Final tournament appearances 9: Aleksandr Anyukov 8: 8: Yuri Zhirkov 7: 7: Final tournament goals 4: Roman Pavlyuchenko 3: Alan Dzagoev 3: Valentin Ivanov 3: 2: Overall appearances 41: Sergei Ignashevich 34: 28: Aleksandr Anyukov 28: Andrey Arshavin 27: Aleksandr Kerzhakov 27: Vasili Berezutski 26: Yuri Zhirkov 23: Konstantin Zyryanov Overall goals 10: Roman Pavlyuchenko 9: Aleksandr Kerzhakov 8: 8: Vladimir Beschastnykh

11 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow

UEFA European Championship records: Austria History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – group stage 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 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 N/A Final tournament defeat 0-1: Austria v Germany, 16/06/08 0-1: Austria v Croatia, 08/06/08 Qualifying win 7-0: Austria v San Marino, 28/04/99 7-0: Austria v Liechtenstein, 26/04/95 Qualifying defeat 9-0: Spain v Austria, 27/03/99 Final tournament appearances 9 players have appeared in 3 matches Final tournament goals 1: Ivica Vastic Overall appearances 21: 20: Andreas Herzog 20: 20: 19: Overall goals 15: Toni Polster 9: 8: 6: Andreas Herzog 6: Ivica Vastic

12 Russia - Austria Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow 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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