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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Hampden Park - Glasgow Thursday 5 October 2017 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Scotland Group F - Matchday 9 Slovakia Last updated 05/10/2017 12:07CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 11 1 Scotland - Slovakia Thursday 5 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Hampden Park, Glasgow Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Mak 18, 56, Nemec 11/10/2016 QR (GS) Slovakia - Scotland 3-0 Trnava 68 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Jordan 18, Hartford 21/09/1977 QR (GS) Scotland - Czechoslovakia 3-1 Glasgow 35, Dalglish 54; Gajdůšek 81 Panenka 48, Petráš 13/10/1976 QR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Scotland 2-0 Prague 50 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 17/10/1973 QR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Scotland 1-0 Bratislava Nehoda 15 (P) Holton 41, Jordan 72; 26/09/1973 QR (GS) Scotland - Czechoslovakia 2-1 Glasgow Nehoda 33 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Pluskal 36, Hledik 70, 4-2 Pospíchal 96 ET, 29/11/1961 QR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Scotland Brussels (aet) Kvašňák 101 ET; St. John 38, 70 St. John 21, Law 62, 26/09/1961 QR (GS) Scotland - Czechoslovakia 3-2 Glasgow 83; Kvašňák 6, Scherer 51 Pospíchal 8, 85, 14/05/1961 QR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Scotland 4-0 Bratislava Kvašňák 13, Kadraba 40 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 Scotland 3 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 - - - - 11 5 1 5 18 19 Slovakia 5 5 0 0 3 0 0 3 - - - - 11 5 1 5 19 18 2 Scotland - Slovakia Thursday 5 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Hampden Park, Glasgow Squad list Scotland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Allan McGregor 31/01/1982 35 Hull - 0 0 0 0 - Craig Gordon 31/12/1982 34 Celtic - 5 0 0 0 - Jordan Archer 12/04/1993 24 Millwall - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Charlie Mulgrew 06/03/1986 31 Blackburn * 4 0 0 0 - Christophe Berra 31/01/1985 32 Hearts - 4 1 0 0 - Liam Cooper 30/08/1991 26 Leeds - 0 0 0 0 - Grant Hanley 20/11/1991 25 Norwich * 5 0 0 0 - Andy Robertson 11/03/1994 23 Liverpool - 6 1 0 0 - Kieran Tierney 05/06/1997 20 Celtic - 5 0 0 0 Midfielders - Darren Fletcher 01/02/1984 33 Stoke - 4 0 0 0 - James Morrison 25/05/1986 31 West Brom - 4 0 0 0 - Robert Snodgrass 07/09/1987 30 Aston Villa - 6 3 0 0 Crystal - James McArthur 07/10/1987 29 * 6 2 0 0 Palace - James Forrest 07/07/1991 26 Celtic - 6 0 0 0 Sheff. - Barry Bannan 01/12/1989 27 - 3 0 0 0 Wednesday - Callum McGregor 14/06/1993 24 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 - Matthew Phillips 13/03/1991 26 West Brom - 2 0 0 0 - Ikechi Anya 03/01/1988 29 Derby - 5 0 0 0 - John McGinn 18/10/1994 22 Hibernian - 2 0 0 0 Forwards Sheff. - Steven Fletcher 26/03/1987 30 - 2 1 0 0 Wednesday - Chris Martin 04/11/1988 28 Derby - 6 2 0 0 - Leigh Griffiths 20/08/1990 27 Celtic * 7 3 0 0 - Ryan Fraser 24/02/1994 23 Bournemouth - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Gordon Strachan 09/02/1957 60 - 8 0 0 0 3 Scotland - Slovakia Thursday 5 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Hampden Park, Glasgow Slovakia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Matúš Kozáčik 27/12/1983 33 Plzeň - 5 0 0 0 Sparta - Martin Dúbravka 15/01/1989 28 - 3 0 0 0 Praha - Martin Poláček 02/04/1990 27 Zagłębie - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Martin Škrtel 15/12/1984 32 Fenerbahçe - 6 1 0 0 - Peter Pekarík 30/10/1986 30 Hertha - 6 0 0 0 - Ján Ďurica 10/12/1981 35 Trabzonspor - 6 0 0 0 - Tomáš Hubočan 17/09/1985 32 Marseille - 7 0 0 0 Sparta - Lukáš Štetina 28/07/1991 26 - 0 0 0 0 Praha - Norbert Gyömber 03/07/1992 25 Bari 1908 - 3 0 0 0 - Róbert Mazáň 09/02/1994 23 Žilina - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Marek Hamšík 27/07/1987 30 Napoli - 8 2 0 0 - Vladimír Weiss 30/11/1989 27 Al-Gharafa - 5 2 0 0 - Juraj Kucka 26/02/1987 30 Trabzonspor - 5 1 0 0 - Ján Greguš 29/01/1991 26 København - 5 1 0 0 - Jaroslav Mihalík 27/07/1994 23 Cracovia - 0 0 0 0 Real Salt - Albert Rusnák 07/07/1994 23 - 4 0 0 0 Lake Beitar - Erik Sabo 22/11/1991 25 * 2 0 0 0 Jerusalem - Patrik Hrošovský 22/04/1992 25 Plzeň - 2 0 0 0 - Ondrej Duda 05/12/1994 22 Hertha - 3 0 0 0 - Stanislav Lobotka 25/11/1994 22 Celta - 2 1 0 0 Forwards Dinamo - Adam Nemec 02/09/1985 32 - 5 3 0 0 Bucureşti - Róbert Mak 08/03/1991 26 PAOK * 8 2 0 0 Coach - Ján Kozák 17/04/1954 63 - 8 0 0 0 4 Scotland - Slovakia Thursday 5 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Hampden Park, Glasgow Head coach Gordon Strachan Date of birth: 9 February 1957 Nationality: Scottish Playing career: Dundee FC, Aberdeen FC, Manchester United FC, Leeds United AFC, Coventry City FC Coaching career: Coventry City FC, Southampton FC, Celtic FC, Middlesbrough FC, Scotland • An energetic and talented midfielder, Strachan was capped 50 times by Scotland and helped Aberdeen FC lift the European Cup Winners' Cup under Sir Alex Ferguson. Began in management while still a player at Coventry in November 1996 before ending his on-field career aged 40 to concentrate on coaching, keeping the club in the Premier League until 2001. • Although sacked early the following season, he was swiftly appointed by Southampton – whom he guided to eighth place in the English top flight in 2002/03 and the 2003 FA Cup final. Strachan stepped down in March 2004 to concentrate on media work. • Installed as Martin O'Neill's successor at Celtic in summer 2005, Strachan proceeded to win the Scottish Premier League in record time and also lifted the Scottish League Cup in his first campaign. In 2006/07, Celtic triumphed in both league and Scottish Cup, and got past the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time, falling in extra time to eventual winners AC Milan in the last 16. • Steered the Bhoys to the round of 16 again in 2007/08, this time succumbing to FC Barcelona, and a tremendous late surge took Celtic past Rangers FC to retain the Scottish championship. Stepped down at Celtic in 2009 after failing to defend the league crown. • After an unsuccessful year with Middlesbrough, was appointed national coach in January 2013, helping reinvigorate a Scotland team that went on to win home and away against Croatia in their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying pool, despite failing to make the cut for Brazil; Scotland also missed out on UEFA EURO 2016. Ján Kozák Date of birth: 17 April 1954 Nationality: Slovak Playing career: LB Spišská Nová Ves, Lokomotíva Košice (three times), RFC Seraing, FK Dukla Praha Coaching career: Lokomotíva Košice, MFK Zemplín Michalovce, FC Steel Trans Ličartovce, 1. FC Košice, Slovakia • A creative midfielder, Kozák spent much of his playing career with local team Lokomotíva Košice, where he had three spells. He returned for the first time in 1982 at the conclusion of his military service in Prague, where he turned out for Dukla. • A member of the Czechoslovakia squad that finished third at the 1980 UEFA European Championship, beating Italy 9-8 on penalties in the bronze-medal match, he scored nine goals in 55 international appearances. Kozák also travelled to the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain but did not feature due to injury. • Won the Czechoslovak Cup three times and the 1982 league championship with Dukla before retiring in 1990. Moved into coaching several years later and proved an instant success, steering 1. FC Košice to successive titles (1997, 1998) and into the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League where, as Slovakia's first ever group stage representative, they lost all six games in a section containing Feyenoord, Juventus and Manchester United FC. • Left Košice in 1998 but came back for further stints in 2005 and 2012. He stood down in summer 2013, succeeding Stanislav Griga and Michal Hipp as coach of Slovakia, and led the team to UEFA EURO 2016 as Group C runners-up behind holders Spain. Kozák's side went on to reach the last 16 at the finals in France. • His son Ján Kozák Jr played in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage for MFK Petržalka, equalising and then creating the winner in a famous 3-2 comeback victory over FC Porto; grandson Filip Lesniak has been at Tottenham Hotspur FC since 2012. 5 Scotland - Slovakia Thursday 5 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Hampden Park, Glasgow Match officials Referee Milorad Mažić (SRB) Assistant referees Milovan Ristić (SRB) , Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB) Fourth official Srdjan Jovanović (SRB) FIFA Match Commissioner Kris Bellon (BEL) Referee observer Sándor Piller (HUN) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Milorad Mažić 23/03/1973 8 83 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 04/09/2016 WC QR Slovakia England 0-1 Trnava Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 25/03/2009 U17 ELITE Scotland Austria 0-2 Stegersbach 09/07/2009 UEL 1QR Llanelli AFC Motherwell FC 0-3 Llanelli 14/11/2014 EURO QR Scotland Republic of Ireland 1-0 Glasgow 25/08/2015 UCL PO Malmö FF Celtic FC 2-0 Malmo 04/09/2016 WC QR Slovakia England 0-1 Trnava 6 Scotland - Slovakia Thursday 5 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Hampden Park, Glasgow Competition facts The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers – which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.