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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio Algarve - Faro-Loulé Wednesday 1 September 2021 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Portugal Group A - Matchday 4 Republic of Ireland Last updated 01/09/2021 13:08CET

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Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Match officials 5 Match-by-match lineups 6 Legend 8

1 Portugal - Republic of Ireland Wednesday 1 September 2021 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé

Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Keane 68; Luís Figo 02/06/2001 QR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Portugal 1-1 78 Sérgio Conceição 57; 07/10/2000 QR (GS) Portugal - Republic of Ireland 1-1 Holland 73

EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Rui Costa 59, Hélder 15/11/1995 PR (GS) Portugal - Republic of Ireland 3-0 Lisbon 75, Cadete 89 26/04/1995 PR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Portugal 1-0 Dublin Staunton 45

Final Qualifying Total tournament

Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Portugal 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 - - - - 13 7 2 4 20 10 Republic of Ireland 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 - - - - 13 4 2 7 10 20

2 Portugal - Republic of Ireland Wednesday 1 September 2021 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé Squad list

Portugal Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Rui Patrício 15/02/1988 33 Roma - 0 0 0 0 97 - - 01/10/1990 30 Lyon - 3 0 0 0 13 - - Diogo Costa 19/09/1999 21 - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Pepe 26/02/1983 38 Porto - 0 0 0 0 119 7 - João Cancelo 27/05/1994 27 Man. City - 3 0 0 0 27 5 - Rúben Dias 14/05/1997 24 Man. City - 3 0 0 0 32 2 - Raphaël Guerreiro 22/12/1993 27 Dortmund - 0 0 0 0 50 3 - Domingos Duarte 10/03/1995 26 Granada - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Nélson Semedo 16/11/1993 27 Wolves - 0 0 0 0 21 - Sporting - Nuno Mendes 19/06/2002 19 - 3 0 0 0 5 - CP - João Moutinho 08/09/1986 34 Wolves - 1 0 0 0 135 7 - Danilo 09/09/1991 29 Paris - 1 0 0 0 51 2 - Gonçalo Guedes 29/11/1996 24 Valencia - 0 0 0 0 23 6 - Rúben Neves 13/03/1997 24 Wolves - 2 0 0 0 22 - - 10/08/1994 27 Man. City - 3 0 0 0 59 7 Sporting - João Palhinha 09/07/1995 26 - 3 1 0 0 6 1 CP Man. - 08/09/1994 26 - 2 0 0 0 33 4 United - Joao Mario 12/01/1993 28 Benfica - 0 0 0 0 - - - Otávio 09/02/1995 26 Porto - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards Man. - 05/02/1985 36 * 3 1 0 0 179 109 United - André Silva 06/11/1995 25 Leipzig - 1 0 0 0 42 15 - 17/05/1993 28 Benfica - 2 0 0 0 23 - - 04/12/1996 24 Liverpool * 2 3 0 0 18 7 Coach - Fernando Santos 10/10/1954 66 - 3 0 0 0 86 -

3 Portugal - Republic of Ireland Wednesday 1 September 2021 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé

Republic of Ireland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - James Talbot 24/04/1997 24 Bohemians - 0 0 0 0 - - - Caoimhin Kelleher 23/11/1998 22 Liverpool - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Gavin Bazunu 20/02/2002 19 Portsmouth - 1 0 0 0 4 - Defenders - Shane Duffy 01/01/1992 29 Brighton - 0 0 0 0 44 4 - Seamus Coleman 11/10/1988 32 Everton - 2 0 0 0 59 1 - John Egan 20/10/1992 28 Sheff. United - 0 0 0 0 14 - - Matt Doherty 16/01/1992 29 Tottenham - 2 0 0 0 20 1 - Dara O'Shea 04/03/1999 22 West Brom - 2 0 0 0 9 - - Andrew Omobamidele 23/06/2002 19 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 - - Midfielders - Harry Arter 28/12/1989 31 Charlton - 0 0 0 0 18 - - Conor Hourihane 02/02/1991 30 Sheff. United - 0 0 0 0 26 1 - James McClean 22/04/1989 32 Wigan - 2 0 0 0 82 11 - 31/01/1992 29 Newcastle - 1 0 0 0 62 2 - 10/08/1992 29 Wycombe - 0 0 0 0 14 1 - Ryan Manning 14/06/1996 25 Swansea - 0 0 0 0 4 - - Josh Cullen 07/04/1996 25 Anderlecht * 2 0 0 0 9 - - Jayson Molumby 06/08/1999 22 West Brom - 2 0 0 0 9 - Forwards - 22/01/1987 34 Southampton - 2 0 0 0 88 17 - James Collins 01/12/1990 30 Cardiff - 2 1 0 0 10 2 - Jamie McGrath 30/09/1996 24 St Mirren - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Aaron Connolly 28/01/2000 21 Brighton - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Adam Idah 11/02/2001 20 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Troy Parrott 04/02/2002 19 MK Dons - 1 0 0 0 6 2 Coach - Stephen Kenny 30/10/1971 49 - 2 0 0 0 13 -

4 Portugal - Republic of Ireland Wednesday 1 September 2021 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé Match officials

Referee Matej Jug (SVN) Assistant referees Matej Žunič (SVN) , Robert Vukan (SVN) Paolo Valeri (ITA) Assistant Video Assistant Referee Jure Praprotnik (SVN) Fourth official Nejc Kajtazovic (SVN) UEFA Delegate Lars Richt (SWE) UEFA Referee observer Laurent Duhamel (FRA)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Matej Jug 25/09/1980 6 95

FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from 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 26/03/2008 U21 QR Portugal Bulgaria 2-0 Guimaraes 23/07/2009 UEL 2QR Valletta FC Saint Patrick's Athletic FC 0-1 Ta' Qali 21/07/2010 U19 GS-FT Spain Portugal 2-1 Saint-Lo 16/02/2012 UEL R32 Legia Warszawa Sporting Clube de Portugal 2-2 Warsaw 12/12/2013 UEL GS Vitória SC Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 Guimaraes 20/02/2014 UEL R32 FC Porto 2-2 Porto 20/08/2015 UEL PO SCR Altach Os Belenenses 0-1 Innsbruck 14/09/2016 UCL GS FC Porto F.C. Copenhagen 1-1 Porto 28/09/2017 UEL GS SC Braga İstanbul Başakşehir 2-1 Braga 22/08/2019 UEL PO FCSB Vitória SC 0-0 Giurgiu 05/08/2021 mpo_uecl 3QR 75817 85009 4-0 Pacos de Ferreira

5 Portugal - Republic of Ireland Wednesday 1 September 2021 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé Match-by-match lineups Portugal

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Portugal 3 2 1 0 6 3 7 Serbia 3 2 1 0 7 5 7 Luxembourg 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 Republic of Ireland 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0

Matchday 1 (24/03/2021) Portugal 1-0 Azerbaijan Goals: 1-0 Medvedev 36 (og) Portugal: Lopes, Domingos Duarte, Rúben Dias, Nuno Mendes, Ronaldo, João Moutinho (46 Bruno Fernandes), André Silva (75 João Félix), Bernardo Silva (88 Sérgio Oliveira), Rúben Neves (88 João Palhinha), (63 Rafa Silva), João Cancelo Matchday 2 (27/03/2021) Serbia 2-2 Portugal Goals: 0-1 Diogo Jota 11, 0-2 Diogo Jota 36, 1-2 A. Mitrović 46, 2-2 Kostić 60 Portugal: Lopes, Rúben Dias, Fonte, Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes (91 João Palhinha), Bernardo Silva, Danilo, Sérgio Oliveira (72 ), Diogo Jota (85 João Félix), João Cancelo (72 Nuno Mendes), Cédric Matchday 3 (30/03/2021) Luxembourg 1-3 Portugal Goals: 1-0 Rodrigues 30, 1-1 Diogo Jota 45+2, 1-2 Ronaldo 51, 1-3 João Palhinha 80 Portugal: Lopes, Rúben Dias, Nuno Mendes, Fonte, Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva (68 João Palhinha), Renato Sanches, Diogo Jota (68 Rafa Silva), Rúben Neves (89 Sérgio Oliveira), João Cancelo, João Félix (41 Pedro Neto) Matchday 4 (01/09/2021) Portugal-Republic of Ireland Matchday 6 (07/09/2021) Azerbaijan-Portugal Matchday 8 (12/10/2021) Portugal-Luxembourg Matchday 9 (11/11/2021) Republic of Ireland-Portugal Matchday 10 (14/11/2021) Portugal-Serbia Republic of Ireland

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (24/03/2021) Serbia 3-2 Republic of Ireland Goals: 0-1 Browne 18, 1-1 Vlahović 40, 2-1 A. Mitrović 68, 3-1 A. Mitrović 75, 3-2 Collins 86 Republic of Ireland: Travers, Coleman, Stevens, Clark (79 Brady), Doherty, Browne (79 Collins), Connolly (67 S. Long), Robinson (79 McClean), Molumby (61 Hendrick), Cullen, O'Shea Matchday 2 (27/03/2021) Republic of Ireland 0-1 Luxembourg Goals: 0-1 Rodrigues 85 Republic of Ireland: Bazunu, Coleman, Stevens, Clark (61 McClean), Knight, Doherty (46 Brady), Browne, Collins

6 Portugal - Republic of Ireland Wednesday 1 September 2021 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé

(88 Parrott), Robinson (73 S. Long), Cullen (88 Molumby), O'Shea Matchday 4 (01/09/2021) Portugal-Republic of Ireland Matchday 5 (04/09/2021) Republic of Ireland-Azerbaijan Matchday 6 (07/09/2021) Republic of Ireland-Serbia Matchday 7 (09/10/2021) Azerbaijan-Republic of Ireland Matchday 9 (11/11/2021) Republic of Ireland-Portugal Matchday 10 (14/11/2021) Luxembourg-Republic of Ireland

7 Portugal - Republic of Ireland Wednesday 1 September 2021 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship 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 Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended 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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