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

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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 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 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Competition facts

8 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Match-by-match lineups Georgia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Georgia 1-2 Republic of Ireland Goals: 0-1 McGeady 24, 1-1 Okriashvili 38, 1-2 McGeady 90 Georgia: Loria (46 Kvaskhvadze), Lobzhanidze, Kverkvelia, Kashia, Khubutia, Kankava, Daushvili, Gelashvili, Ananidze (63 Targamadze), Okriashvili (88 Mchedlidze), Kvirkvelia Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Scotland 1-0 Georgia Goals: 1-0 Khubutia 28 (og) Georgia: Loria, Lobzhanidze, Kverkvelia, Grigalava, Khubutia, Kankava, Daushvili, Gelashvili, Kvirkvelia (46 Okriashvili), Papava (70 Dzaria), Kazaishvili (80 Chanturia) Matchday 3 (14/10/2014) Gibraltar 0-3 Georgia Goals: 0-1 Gelashvili 9, 0-2 Okriashvili 19, 0-3 Kankava 69 Georgia: Loria, Lobzhanidze, Kverkvelia, Grigalava, Khubutia, Kankava, Gelashvili (67 Papunashvili), Ananidze (80 Ebralidze), Chanturia (76 Dvalishvili), Okriashvili, Dzaria Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Georgia-Poland Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Georgia-Germany Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Poland-Georgia Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Georgia-Scotland Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Republic of Ireland-Georgia Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Georgia-Gibraltar Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Germany-Georgia Poland

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Gibraltar 0-7 Poland Goals: 0-1 Grosicki 11, 0-2 Grosicki 48, 0-3 R. Lewandowski 50, 0-4 R. Lewandowski 53, 0-5 Szukała 58, 0-6 R. Lewandowski 86, 0-7 R. Lewandowski 90+2 Poland: Szczęsny, Szukała, Milik (71 Sobota), Krychowiak, R. Lewandowski, Klich (71 Mączyński), Grosicki (78 Starzyński), Rybus, Wawrzyniak, Glik, Olkowski Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Poland 2-0 Germany Goals: 1-0 Milik 51, 2-0 Mila 88 Poland: Szczęsny, Szukała, Jodłowiec, Milik (77 Mila), Krychowiak, R. Lewandowski, Grosicki (71 Sobota), Rybus, Wawrzyniak (84 Jędrzejczyk), Glik, Piszczek Matchday 3 (14/10/2014) Poland 2-2 Scotland Goals: 1-0 Mączyński 11, 1-1 Maloney 18, 1-2 S. Naismith 57, 2-2 Milik 76

9 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Poland: Szczęsny, Jędrzejczyk, Szukała, Sobota (63 Mila), Milik, Krychowiak, R. Lewandowski, Grosicki (89 Żyro), Glik, Mączyński, Piszczek Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Georgia-Poland Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Republic of Ireland-Poland Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Poland-Georgia Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Germany-Poland Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Poland-Gibraltar Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Scotland-Poland Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Poland-Republic of Ireland

10 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Georgia History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Qualifying win 0-6: Faroe Islands v Georgia, 16/08/06 Qualifying defeat 4-1: Switzerland v Georgia, 08/09/02 1-4: Georgia v Norway, 28/04/99 4-1: Germany v Georgia, 06/09/95 3-0: Greece v Georgia, 14/10/98 Overall appearances 30: Levan Kobiashvili 27: Kakha Kaladze 24: Shota Arveladze 24: Zurab Khizanishvili 23: Aleksandre Iashvili Overall goals 16: Shota Arveladze 5: Aleksandre Iashvili 5: Temur Ketsbaia 5: Davit Siradze 3: Giorgi Kinkladze 3: Levan Kobiashvili 3: Jaba Kankava

UEFA European Championship records: Poland History 2012 – group stage 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 – last 16 Final tournament win N/A Final tournament defeat 2-0: Germany v Poland, 08/06/08 Qualifying win 7-0: Gibraltar v Poland, 07/09/14 Qualifying defeat 1-4: twice, most recently Slovakia v Poland, 11/10/95 0-3: three times, most recently Sweden v Poland, 11/06/03

11 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

Final tournament appearances 6: Marcin Wasilewski 5: Dariusz Dudka 5: Rafał Murawski 4: Łukasz Piszczek 3: 15 players Final tournament goals 1: Jakub Błaszczykowski 1: Roger Guerreiro 1: Robert Lewandowski Overall appearances 28: Jacek Bąk 20: Mariusz Lewandowski 19: Maciej Żurawski 19: Jacek Krzynówek 18: Michał Żewłakow 18: Marcin Wasilewski Overall goals 9: Euzebiusz Smolarek 8: Andrzej Juskowiak 6: Włodzimierz Lubański

12 Georgia - Poland Friday 14 November 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi 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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