EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Boris Paichadze National Stadium - Tbilisi Friday 14 November 2014 Georgia 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Poland Group D - Matchday -9 Last updated 12/07/2021 17:09CET 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 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Archil Arveladze 53, 11/10/1997 QR (GS) Georgia - Poland 3-0 Tbilisi Tskhadadze 66, Ketsbaia 72 Ledwon 33, Trzeciak 35, Bukalski 70, 14/06/1997 QR (GS) Poland - Georgia 4-1 Katowice Nowak 90; S. Arveladze 26 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 Georgia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Poland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FIFA* Georgia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 1 0 1 4 4 Poland 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 1 0 1 4 4 Friendlies Georgia - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 1 Poland - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 1 0 Total Georgia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 1 0 2 4 5 Poland 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 2 0 1 5 4 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Match background Georgia coach Temur Ketsbaia will be keen to try and mastermind another substantial home win against Poland, as the sides go head to head again in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group D. Match background • Georgia's record in three matches against Poland is W1 D0 L2, with the most recent encounter a 10 August 2011 friendly match in Lubin, which Franciszek Smuda's Poland won 1-0 against Ketsbaia's Georgia. • Prior to that, the nations met in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying; current Georgia coach Ketsbaia featured in a 4-1 defeat in Poland but then scored his side's third as Georgia won the return fixture 3-0 in Tbilisi. • The 12 meetings of the nations' clubs in UEFA competition have produced eight Polish wins and four Georgian victories. 3 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Squad list Georgia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Roin Kvaskhvadze 31/05/1989 25 Othellos - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Giorgi Loria 27/01/1986 28 OFI - 3 0 0 0 28 - Dinamo - Omar Migineishvili 02/06/1984 30 - 0 0 0 0 - - Tbilisi Defenders H. Petach- - Akaki Khubutia 17/03/1986 28 - 3 0 0 0 19 - Tikva - Ucha Lobzhanidze 23/02/1987 27 Omonia - 3 0 0 0 38 1 - Guram Kashia 04/07/1987 27 Vitesse - 1 0 0 0 32 1 Dinamo - Levan Kakubava 15/10/1990 24 - 0 0 0 0 4 - Tbilisi - Gia Grigalava 05/08/1989 25 Anji - 2 0 0 0 19 - - Solomon Kverkvelia 06/02/1992 22 Rubin - 3 0 0 0 6 - - Lasha Dvali 14/05/1995 19 Skonto - 0 0 0 0 - - Midfielders - Jaba Kankava 18/03/1986 28 Dnipro - 3 1 0 0 52 5 - Giorgi Merebashvili 15/08/1986 28 OFI - 0 0 0 0 17 - - Alexander Kobakhidze 11/02/1987 27 Volyn - 0 0 0 0 21 3 - Murtaz Daushvili 01/05/1989 25 Karpaty * 2 0 0 0 23 - - Nika Dzalamidze 06/01/1992 22 Jagiellonia - 0 0 0 0 4 - Spartak - Jano Ananidze 10/10/1992 22 - 2 0 0 0 27 3 Moskva - Tornike Okriashvili 12/02/1992 22 Genk - 3 2 0 0 17 4 Dinamo - Giorgi Papunashvili 02/09/1995 19 - 1 0 0 0 2 - Tbilisi Dinamo - Mate Tsintsadze 07/01/1995 19 - 0 0 0 0 - - Tbilisi Dinamo - Giorgi Papava 16/02/1993 21 - 1 0 0 0 3 - Tbilisi Forwards - Levan Mchedlidze 24/03/1990 24 Empoli - 1 0 0 0 22 2 - Nikoloz Gelashvili 05/08/1985 29 Flamurtari - 3 1 0 0 22 1 - Giorgi Chanturia 11/04/1993 21 CFR Cluj - 2 0 0 0 3 1 Coach - Temuri Ketsbaia 18/03/1968 46 - 3 0 0 0 39 - 4 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Poland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Artur Boruc 20/02/1980 34 Bournemouth - 0 0 0 0 58 - - Łukasz Fabiański 18/04/1985 29 Swansea - 0 0 0 0 21 - - Wojciech Szczęsny 18/04/1990 24 Arsenal - 3 0 0 0 21 - Defenders - Łukasz Szukała 26/05/1984 30 Steaua - 3 1 0 0 9 1 - Łukasz Piszczek 03/06/1985 29 Dortmund - 2 0 0 0 38 2 - Artur Jędrzejczyk 04/11/1987 27 Krasnodar - 2 0 0 0 12 1 - Kamil Glik 03/02/1988 26 Torino - 3 0 0 0 27 2 - Tomasz Jodłowiec 08/09/1985 29 Legia - 1 0 0 0 32 - - Thiago Cionek 21/04/1986 28 Modena - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Paweł Olkowski 13/02/1990 24 Köln - 1 0 0 0 7 - - Łukasz Broź 17/12/1985 28 Legia - 0 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders - Sebastian Mila 10/07/1982 32 Śląsk - 2 1 0 0 32 7 - Grzegorz Krychowiak 29/01/1990 24 Sevilla - 3 0 0 0 22 - - Maciej Rybus 19/08/1989 25 Terek - 2 0 0 0 30 2 - Kamil Grosicki 08/06/1988 26 Rennes - 3 2 0 0 25 2 Guizhou - Krzysztof Mączyński 23/05/1987 27 - 2 1 0 0 5 1 Renhe - Michał Żyro 20/09/1992 22 Legia - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Piotr Zieliński 20/05/1994 20 Empoli - 0 0 0 0 7 3 - Karol Linetty 02/02/1995 19 Lech - 0 0 0 0 4 1 Forwards - Robert Lewandowski 21/08/1988 26 Bayern - 3 4 0 0 64 23 - Michał Kucharczyk 20/03/1991 23 Legia - 0 0 0 0 6 1 - Lukasz Teodorczyk 03/06/1991 23 Dynamo Kyiv - 0 0 0 0 5 1 - Arkadiusz Milik 28/02/1994 20 Ajax - 3 2 0 0 16 6 Coach - Adam Nawalka 23/10/1957 57 - 3 0 0 0 10 - 5 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Head coach Temur Ketsbaia Date of birth: 18 March 1968 Nationality: Georgian Playing career: FC Dinamo Sukhumi, FC Dinamo Tbilisi, Anorthosis Famagusta FC (twice), AEK Athens FC, Newcastle United FC, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Dundee FC Coaching career: Anorthosis Famagusta FC, Olympiacos FC, Georgia • A lively, energetic attacking midfielder, Ketsbaia was groomed at Dinamo Tbilisi, where he was a member of the team that won the first three Georgian league titles post independence. • Left for Cyprus in 1992, joining Anorthosis, and from there – three years later – went to Greece where he helped AEK to consecutive Greek Cup triumphs. • Signed for Newcastle in 1997 and played in two successive FA Cup finals as well as helping the side into the UEFA Champions League for the first time. Later played for Wolves and Dundee before rejoining Anorthosis in 2002 as player-coach. • Hugely successful stint at Anorthosis peaked in 2008 when his team won the Cypriot title without losing a game and then became the first club from the island to compete in the UEFA Champions League group stage after eliminating Greek giants Olympiacos. • Quit Anorthosis to become Olympiacos coach in summer 2009 but lasted only a few weeks and, two months later, was appointed to replace Héctor Cúper as coach of Georgia, for whom he scored 17 goals in 51 internationals. Adam Nawałka Date of birth: 23 October 1957 Nationality: Polish Playing career: Wisła Kraków, PAAC Eagles Coaching career: GKS Świt Krzeszowice, Wisła Kraków (three times), Zagłębie Lubin, MKS Sandecja Nowy Sącz, Jagiellonia Białystok, GKS Katowice, Górnik Zabrze, Poland • Nawałka, part of Poland's squad at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, spent most of his playing days in the Wisła midfield before ending his career in the late 1980s in Chicago. • Having qualified as a coach, he took charge of Krzeszowice in 1996 before returning to Wisła two years later to head their youth set-up. He twice had spells at the senior helm, winning the 2001 Polish League Cup. • After several adventures in the dugouts of clubs in Poland's top two divisions, culminating in a 2006–07 return to Wisła, Nawałka had a short stint as assistant to national coach Leo Beenhakker, aiding their UEFA EURO 2008 qualification. • Soon back in club coaching with Katowice, at the start of 2010 Nawałka switched to Górnik and within six months had guided them to promotion. • With Górnik top of the Polish First Division in October 2013, Nawałka agreed to take the Poland job, beginning the following month. 6 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Match officials Referee Paolo Tagliavento (ITA) Assistant referees Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA) , Mauro Tonolini (ITA) Additional assistant referees Luca Banti (ITA) , Antonio Damato (ITA) Fourth official Alessandro Costanzo (ITA) UEFA Delegate Metin Kazancioglu (TUR) UEFA Referee observer Vladimir Antonov (MDA) Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Paolo Tagliavento 19/09/1972 4 61 Paolo Tagliavento Referee since: 1990 First division: 2004 FIFA badge: 2007 Tournaments: 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2007 UEFA Regions' Cup Finals 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007 UEFA Regions' Cup UEFA European Championship matches featuring the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 26/03/2011 EURO QR Georgia Croatia 1-0 Tbilisi Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached Aveiro Regional Football Stara 24/06/2007 RCUP GS-FT Dolnośląski ZPN 1-1 Association Zagora Yugoiztochen 26/06/2007 RCUP Final Dolnośląski ZPN 1-2 Sliven Region 30/07/2008 UCL 2QR Beitar Jerusalem FC Wisła Kraków 2-1 Jerusalem 27/07/2010 UCL 3QR AC Sparta Praha KKS Lech Poznań 1-0 Prague 26/03/2011 EURO QR Georgia Croatia 1-0 Tbilisi 23/08/2012 UEL PO WKS Śląsk Wrocław Hannover 96 3-5 Wroclaw 7 Georgia - Poland Friday