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UEFA EURO 2016 PLAY-OFF DRAW PRESS KIT Nyon, Switzerland Sunday 18 October 2015 11.20CET Last updated 16/10/2015 18:04CET UEFA EURO 2016 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Team profiles: Pot 1 2 Legend 24 1 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Team profiles: Pot 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ukraine Sweden 2 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina - Team profile Best result: have never qualified Coach: Mehmed Baždarević Leading scorer: all-time – Edin Džeko (44); current – Edin Džeko (44) Most appearances: all-time – Emir Spahić (85); current – Emir Spahić (85) Association formed: 1992 Nickname: Zmajevi (Dragons), Ljiljani (Lilies) Where they play: Bilino Polje, Zenica; Asim Ferhatović, Sarajevo After losing out to Portugal in play-offs for both the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina finally made it all the way to a major tournament when, spearheaded by free-scoring pair Edin Džeko and Vedad Ibišević, they topped their 2014 World Cup qualifying section to secure a direct ticket to Brazil, although they were unable to progress beyond the group stage. UEFA EURO 2016 represents their fifth attempt to reach the continental finals. Before gaining independence in 1992 the country supplied several top players to Yugoslavia. EURO pedigree Matches played Overall: P52 W22 D9 L21 F73 A73 Final tournament: P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0 Qualifying: P52 W22 D9 L21 F73 A73 Bosnia and Herzegovina made their UEFA European Championship debut with a 1-0 win against the Faroe Islands in August 1998 and have been close to the finals twice before. Victory against Denmark in Sarajevo in their final qualifying game would have sent Blaž Slišković's team to UEFA EURO 2004, but a 1-1 draw meant they finished fourth in a competitive section. They again came close in their final UEFA EURO 2012 Group D fixture, Safet Sušić's side drawing 1-1 against France in Paris when victory would have taken them through. As it was, they finished as runners-up – the 20-point haul their best yet in the competition – but in the play-offs they were no match for Portugal. Memorable EURO matches 02/06/07: Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-2 Turkey, UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying Adnan Ćustović's late goal earned a first competitive home win in eight years at the Koševo Stadium. 02/04/03: Denmark 0-2 Bosnia and Herzegovina, UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying Slišković's side won despite having to draft in three U21 starlets who had played 24 hours earlier. 09/10/99: Estonia 1-4 Bosnia and Herzegovina, UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying Elvir Baljić scored all four as Bosnia and Herzegovina claimed a first away win in EURO qualifying. Did you know? Sušić's men were 12 minutes from victory in Paris in that final UEFA EURO 2012 group game before Samir Nasri's penalty consigned Bosnia and Herzegovina to the play-offs. A 0-0 draw in Zenica preceded a 6-2 loss in Portugal – equalling their heaviest ever EURO qualifying defeat. *Last updated on 14/10/15 3 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina - Coach profile Mehmed Baždarević Date of birth: 28 September 1960 Nationality: Bosnian Playing career: FK Željezničar, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Nîmes Olympique, Étoile Carouge FC Coaching career: FC Istres, Étoile du Sahel, Al-Wakrah SC (twice), Grenoble Foot 38, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, MC Alger, Bosnia and Herzegovina • Baždarević played in midfield for Sarajevo-based Željezničar, helping them reach the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 1984/85. • Transferred to France for a lengthy spell with Sochaux, and was named as the best foreign player in Ligue 1 in 1988/89. Wound his career down with spells at Nîmes and Swiss side Étoile Carouge. • Capped 54 times by Yugoslavia, he made two appearances for the independent Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying. • Achieved a coaching coup by leading Istres to promotion to the top division in France, with further spells at Grenoble and Sochaux between assignments in Tunisia, Qatar and Algeria. • Hired to replace Safet Sušić as Bosnia and Herzegovina coach in December 2014 with the Dragons having taken two points from their first four UEFA EURO 2016 qualifiers. 4 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina - Team facts EURO record Pld W D L GF GA Overall 42 17 7 18 56 61 Qualifying 42 17 7 18 56 61 Final tournament - - - - - - UEFA European Championship records: Bosnia and Herzegovina History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify Qualifying win 5-0: Bosnia and Herzegovina v Luxembourg, 07/10/11 Qualifying loss 6-2: Portugal v Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15/11/11 0-4: Bosnia and Herzegovina v Greece, 11/10/06 Overall appearances 25: Edin Džeko 25: Emir Spahić 23: Zvjezdan Misimović 23: Vedad Ibišević 22: Senad Lulić 21: Miralem Pjanić 19: Haris Medunjanin 18: Kenan Hasagić 18: Elvir Rahimić Overall goals 12: Edin Džeko 8: Zvjezdan Misimović 7: Elvir Baljić 6: Elvir Bolić 5: Sergej Barbarez 5: Vedad Ibišević 5: Haris Medunjanin UEFA EURO and FIFA World Cup campaigns Season Competition Result Pld W D L GF GA 2014 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 1st in group 10 8 1 1 30 6 2012 EURO qualifying Play-off for Final Tournament 12 6 3 3 19 14 2010 World Cup qualifying Play-off for Final Tournament 12 6 1 5 25 15 2008 EURO qualifying Qualifying round, 4th in group 12 4 1 7 16 22 2006 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 3rd in group 10 4 4 2 12 9 2004 EURO qualifying Qualifying round, 4th in group 8 4 1 3 7 8 2002 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 4th in group 8 2 2 4 12 12 2000 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 3rd in group 10 3 2 5 14 17 1998 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 4th in group 8 3 0 5 9 14 5 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina - Head to head against teams in other pots Bosnia and Herzegovina v Bosnia and Herzegovina v Bosnia and Herzegovina v Denmark Norway Republic of Ireland Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA EURO 2 1 1 0 3 1 EURO 4 2 0 2 3 5 EURO - - - - - - World Cup 2 1 0 1 3 2 World Cup - - - - - - World Cup - - - - - - Friendlies - - - - - - Friendlies - - - - - - Friendlies 1 0 0 1 0 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina v Slovenia Competition Pld W D L GF GA EURO - - - - - - World Cup 2 2 0 0 3 1 Friendlies 2 2 0 0 7 3 6 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Ukraine Ukraine - Team profile Best result: group stage 2012 Coach: Mykhailo Fomenko Leading scorers: all-time – Andriy Shevchenko (48); current – Andriy Yarmolenko (20) Most appearances: all-time – Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (140); current – Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (140) Association formed: 1992 Nickname: Synyo-Zhovti (Blue and yellows) Where they play: NSK Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv Ukraine supplied several players to Soviet Union sides competing at the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, notably in the late 1980s when legendary coach Valeriy Lobanovskiy was in charge. Since independence the country has challenged consistently for major tournaments but qualified only once, when Oleh Blokhin led an Andriy Shevchenko-inspired side not just to the 2006 World Cup but onwards to the quarter-finals. Ukraine's EURO duck was broken when they co-hosted the 2012 finals, but despite Blokhin's return a win against Sweden was followed by defeats by France and England and a group stage exit. EURO pedigree Matches played Overall: P55 W23 D14 L18 F72 A56 Final tournament: P3 W1 D0 L2 F2 A4 Qualifying: P52 W22 D14 L16 F70 A52 Ukraine was a prolific resource for the Soviet Union team that won the inaugural UEFA European Championship in 1960 and finished runners-up three times: losing to Spain (1964), West Germany (1972) and the Netherlands (1988). Ukraine have never qualified as an independent nation, but came within 12 minutes of reaching UEFA EURO 2000. Denied an automatic spot after a last-day draw in Russia, they were heading through on away goals in the play-offs before Miran Pavlin gave Slovenia a 3-2 aggregate win. They had to wait until 2012 for their first appearance, qualifying as co-hosts with Poland. Blokhin's side enjoyed a dream finals debut, Shevchenko rolling back the years and raising the roof of Kyiv's NSK Olimpiyskyi with two predatory headers as Ukraine came from behind to beat Sweden 2-1. It was as good as it got as they went down 2-0 against France and 1-0 to England to bow out. Memorable EURO matches 11/06/2012: Ukraine 2-1 Sweden, UEFA EURO 2012 group stage The last two goals of Shevchenko's career provided an electric start for the finals co-hosts. 09/10/1999: Russia 1-1 Ukraine, UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying Shevchenko's clever free-kick earned a point away to their fierce rivals. 27/03/1999: France 0-0 Ukraine, UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying Ukraine laid down a marker against the world champions and eventual EURO winners.