UEFA EURO 2016 MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Bollaert-Delelis - Lens Agglo Saturday 11 June 2016 - 15.00CET Group A - Matchday 1 Albania #ALBSUI Switzerland Last updated 09/07/2016 16:58CET

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Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Team facts 16 Legend 18

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Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Salihi 89 (P); Shaqiri 11/10/2013 QR (GS) Albania - Switzerland 1-2 47, M. Lang 78 Shaqiri 22, Inler 68 11/09/2012 QR (GS) Switzerland - Albania 2-0 Lucerne (P)

UEFA EURO 2004 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Haas 10, A. Frei 32, 11/06/2003 PR (GS) Switzerland - Albania 3-2 Cabanas 71; Lala 22, Skela 86 (P) 12/10/2002 PR (GS) Albania - Switzerland 1-1 Tirana Murati 79; Yakin 37

FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/05/1965 QR (GS) Switzerland - Albania 1-0 Geneva Kuhn 10 Quentin 34, Kuhn 90 11/04/1965 QR (GS) Albania - Switzerland 0-2 Tirana (P)

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 Albania 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 1 1 3 4 Switzerland 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 1 1 0 4 3 FIFA* Albania 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 1 7 Switzerland 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 7 1 Friendlies Albania ------Switzerland ------Total Albania 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 - - - - 6 0 1 5 4 11 Switzerland 3 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 - - - - 6 5 1 0 11 4 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

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Albania make their final tournament debut against Switzerland in UEFA EURO 2016 Group A, with brothers Taulant and potentially playing on opposite sides in Lens. Previous meetings • Albania have yet to win in six internationals against Switzerland (D1 L5). • The teams' most recent encounters took place in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying, 's Albania losing 2-0 in Lucerne and 2-1 in Tirana to 's men. , who has Kosovar-Albanian roots, scored for Switzerland in both matches. • Albania's lone draw against Switzerland came at home in UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying, when Edvin Murati cancelled out Murat Yakin's opener to earn a point for a side coached by another Italian, Giuseppe Dossena. • The countries have met in four age group competition fixtures, two each at Under-17 and U21 level, with the Swiss recording three wins and a draw. • In four UEFA competition meetings between the nations' clubs, the Swiss sides' record is also W3 D1. Most recently, Thun eliminated Vllaznia 2-1 on aggregate in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. EURO facts – Albania • Albania are one of two teams making their major tournament debut at UEFA EURO 2016 along with Iceland. • Albania's record in qualifying was W4 D2 L2; prior to a 3-0 victory in Armenia in their final qualifier, they had not scored in three competitive games (D1 L2), which included two home defeats. EURO facts – Switzerland • Switzerland's record in qualifying was W7 D0 L3, two of those defeats coming against Group E winners England. They won their last two competitive games, scoring eight goals and conceding none. • This is Switzerland's first European championship final tournament since they co-hosted UEFA EURO 2008 with Austria. They lost their opening two matches and bowed out at the group stage despite a 2-0 triumph against Portugal in their last game. • That success against Portugal was Switzerland's first win in nine EURO finals contests (W1 D2 L6). They have yet to make it through the group stage in three finals appearances. • Switzerland have reached the finals of the last three World Cups, opening two of them with victories – 1-0 against Spain in 2010 and 2-1 versus Ecuador in 2014 – and drawing 0-0 with France in 2006. • The only Swiss side to have played a competitive game in Lens is Young Boys, who lost 5-1 to Lens in a 2007/08 UEFA Cup second qualifying round match. Coach and player links • Albania midfielder could face his younger brother, Switzerland midfielder Granit. The siblings were born in Basel to Kosovar-Albanian parents and both represented Switzerland at youth level. They would be the first brothers to meet in a EURO game. • There is some precedent for this: Germany's Jérôme Boateng has twice played against Ghana sides featuring his brother Kevin-Prince Boateng at World Cup final tournaments. Germany won 1-0 in 2010 and drew 2-2 in 2014. • The game is taking place the day after Switzerland defender 's 33rd birthday and the day before his team-mate turns 28. • As well as Granit Xhaka, Switzerland's , and Xherdan Shaqiri are from Kosovar- Albanian families, while Blerim Džemaili is also of Albanian extraction. • Albania's Amir Abrashi, , , Shkëlzen Gashi and Frédéric Veseli were all born in Switzerland, while team-mates , , and spent significant parts of their childhood in the Alpine nation. • Albania captain Cana made his senior international debut against Switzerland, coming on as a substitute in a 3-2 UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying loss in June 2003. • Albania coach De Biasi will celebrate his 60th birthday at UEFA EURO 2016, on 16 June – the day after his side meet France in their second Group A game. • De Biasi coached Switzerland's Džemaili at Torino in 2008/09. • Albania's Cana and played under Switzerland coach Vladimir Petković during their time at Lazio from 2012–14.

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• Albania assistant coach and Switzerland midfielder Behrami were team-mates at Verona in 2004/05. • Albania's Gashi, Taulant Xhaka (Basel), Kukeli, (Zürich), Aliji (Basel, Vaduz), Veseli (Lugano) and Basha (Luzern) played club football in Switzerland in 2015/16. Gashi joined the Colorado Rapids on 1 February. • Play together: Naser Aliji and Taulant Xhaka (Albania) & Michael Lang and (Switzerland) – Basel

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Albania Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Etrit Berisha 10/03/1989 27 Lazio - 8 0 0 0 34 - 12 25/09/1977 38 Skënderbeu - 0 0 0 0 7 - 23 23/11/1987 28 Partizani - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders 2 12/02/1986 30 Giannina - 4 0 0 0 57 - 4 20/02/1994 22 Napoli - 6 0 0 0 19 - 6 Frédéric Veseli 20/11/1992 23 Lugano - 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 11/10/1982 33 Qarabağ - 7 0 0 0 61 2 15 Mërgim Mavraj 09/06/1986 30 Köln - 4 1 0 0 26 3 17 Naser Aliji 27/12/1993 22 Basel - 1 0 0 0 4 - 18 Arlind Ajeti 25/09/1993 22 Frosinone - 2 0 0 0 9 1 Midfielders 3 Ermir Lenjani 05/08/1989 26 Nantes - 7 1 0 0 18 3 5 Lorik Cana 27/07/1983 32 Nantes - 8 0 0 0 90 1 8 Migjen Basha 05/01/1987 29 Como - 4 0 0 0 18 3 9 17/12/1986 29 Pescara - 3 0 0 0 13 - 13 Burim Kukeli 16/01/1984 32 Zürich - 7 0 0 0 15 - 14 Taulant Xhaka 28/03/1991 25 Basel - 8 0 0 0 11 - 20 Ergys Kaçe 08/07/1993 22 PAOK - 2 0 0 0 16 2 21 22/05/1991 25 Rijeka - 5 0 0 0 31 1 22 Amir Abrashi 27/03/1990 26 Freiburg - 7 0 0 0 18 - Forwards 10 Armando Sadiku 27/05/1991 25 Vaduz - 2 1 0 0 19 5 11 Shkelzen Gashi 15/07/1988 27 Colorado - 4 1 0 0 13 1 İstanbul 16 Sokol Çikalleshi 27/07/1990 25 - 7 0 0 0 18 2 Başakşehir 19 11/01/1991 25 Rijeka - 5 1 0 0 15 1 Coach - Giovanni de Biasi 16/06/1956 59 - 8 0 0 0 39 -

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Switzerland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 17/12/1988 27 Mönchengladbach - 8 0 0 0 18 - 12 18/09/1987 28 Augsburg - 1 0 0 0 2 - 21 Roman Bürki 14/11/1990 25 Dortmund - 1 0 0 0 5 - Defenders 2 16/01/1984 32 Juventus - 8 0 0 0 81 5 3 François Moubandje 21/06/1990 25 Toulouse - 3 0 0 0 11 - 4 30/09/1996 19 Mönchengladbach - 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 Steve von Bergen 10/06/1983 33 Young Boys - 3 0 0 0 50 - 6 Michael Lang 08/02/1991 25 Basel - 2 1 0 0 17 2 13 Ricardo Rodríguez 25/08/1992 23 Wolfsburg - 8 0 0 0 37 - 20 18/01/1987 29 Hamburg - 8 1 0 0 60 2 22 Fabian Schär 20/12/1991 24 Hoffenheim - 6 2 0 0 20 5 Midfielders 8 08/01/1989 27 Mainz - 1 0 0 0 8 1 10 Granit Xhaka 27/09/1992 23 Mönchengladbach - 8 1 0 0 43 6 11 Valon Behrami 19/04/1985 31 Watford - 7 0 0 0 66 2 14 20/11/1996 19 Young Boys - 0 0 0 0 2 - 15 Blerim Džemaili 12/04/1986 30 Genoa - 7 1 0 0 48 6 16 02/09/1986 29 Rennes - 1 0 0 0 56 2 23 Xherdan Shaqiri 10/10/1991 24 Stoke - 9 4 0 0 53 17 Forwards 7 Breel Embolo 14/02/1997 19 Basel - 5 1 0 0 10 1 9 Haris Seferović 22/02/1992 24 Frankfurt - 8 3 0 0 30 7 17 Shani Tarashaj 07/02/1995 21 Grasshoppers - 0 0 0 0 4 - 18 Admir Mehmedi 16/03/1991 25 Leverkusen - 8 1 0 0 42 4 19 Eren Derdiyok 12/06/1988 27 Kasımpaşa - 2 1 0 0 52 10 Coach - Vladimir Petković 15/08/1963 52 - 10 0 0 0 19 -

6 Albania - Switzerland Saturday 11 June 2016 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens Agglo Head coach Gianni De Biasi Date of birth: 16 June 1956 Nationality: Italian Playing career: Treviso FC, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Reggiana 1919, Pescara Calcio, Brescia Calcio, US Città di Palermo, Vicenza Calcio, Bassano Virtus 55 ST Coaching career: FC Pro Vasto, Carpi FC 1909, Cosenza Calcio, SPAL 1907, Modena FC, Brescia Calcio, Torino FC (three times), Levante UD, Udinese Calcio, Albania • Served apprenticeship as an academy coach and on the lower rungs of the Italian football ladder before making his name overseeing back-to-back promotions at Modena – guiding them from the third division to Serie A in 2002. It ended a 38-year absence from the top flight. • Helped Modena survive first season among the elite before moving to Brescia, where he stayed two years before embarking on a tumultuous spell at Torino in 2005. • Arrived with Torino picking up the pieces after bankruptcy and exceeded expectations by steering them back to Serie A in his first campaign, only to be replaced by Alberto Zaccheroni three days before the start of the next term. He was reappointed within seven months, leading the Granata to safety. • Spent 2007/08 at Levante, winning plaudits despite relegation, then returned for a third stint at Torino with five games of the season remaining and saved them from relegation again. Sacked that December, he had a two-month reign at Udinese in 2009/10 before finding more constancy as Albania boss. • A one-time midfielder with a handful of top-flight playing campaigns under his belt, De Biasi was installed in December 2011 as successor to Josip Kuže. He signed a new deal running until the end of UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying in November 2013, and promptly led the team to the finals for the first time. Vladimir Petković Date of birth: 15 August 1963 Nationality: Swiss Playing career: FK Sarajevo (twice), FK Rudar Ljubija, FC Koper, FC Chur 97 (twice), FC Sion, FC Martigny-Sports, AC Bellinzona (twice), FC Locarno Coaching career: AC Bellinzona (twice), FC Malcantone Agno, AC Lugano, BSC Young Boys, Samsunspor, FC Sion, SS Lazio, Switzerland • Started his career in midfield with Sarajevo, losing in the 1983 Yugoslavian Cup final but featuring twice as his team took the 1984/85 league title, the only major honour of his playing days. Moved to Switzerland in 1987, playing for second-tier Chur and then ascending to the top flight with Sion in 1988/89; returned to the second division to represent Martigny, Bellinzona and Locarno. • Petković hung up his boots in 1999, aged 36, following a season as player-coach at Bellinzona. Then led Malcantone Agno to promotion from the third divison in 2002/03 before becoming the first coach of AC Lugano – successors to FC Lugano. • Rejoined Bellinzona in October 2005, steering them to the 2007/08 final, where they lost 4-1 to FC Basel 1893, but consolation came two weeks later as victory in a relegation/promotion play-off against FC St Gallen gave Bellinzona a Super League berth. • Was appointed Young Boys coach in August 2008, guiding them to second-placed finishes in his first two campaigns in charge as well the 2008/09 Swiss Cup final. After short spells in charge of Turkey's Samsunspor and Sion back in Switzerland, was named Lazio coach in June 2012 and won the Coppa Italia in his first term in Italy, also helping the side to seventh position in the final standings. • Left in January 2014 after being anointed Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld's successor, taking the reins after the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Promptly guided his charges to UEFA EURO 2016.

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Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) Assistant referees Roberto Alonso (ESP) , Juan Yuste (ESP) Additional assistant referees Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP) , Carlos Del Cerro (ESP) Fourth official Pol van Boekel (NED) Reserve official Erwin Zeinstra (NED) UEFA Delegate Alan McRae (SCO) UEFA Referee observer Bo Karlsson (SWE)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Carlos Velasco Carballo 16/03/1971 11 65

Carlos Velasco Carballo Referee since: 1988 First division: 2004 FIFA badge: 2008

Tournaments: 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA EURO 2012

Finals 2011 UEFA Europa League

UEFA European Championship matches featuring 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 Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 17/09/2009 UEL GS FC Basel 1893 AS Roma 2-0 Basel 02/11/2011 UCL GS SL Benfica FC Basel 1893 1-1 Lisbon

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UEFA European Football Championship final tournament: Did you know? • Spain (1964, 2008, 2012) and Germany (1972, 1980 – both as West Germany – 1996) are the competition's most successful sides having lifted the trophy three times each. Only France (1984, 2000) have also triumphed more than once. • Only three teams have ever won the UEFA European Championship on home soil: Spain (1964), Italy (1968) and France (1984). • In 2012 Spain became the first nation to retain the Henri Delaunay Cup, having also won in 2008. The Soviet Union (1960, 1964) and West Germany (1972, 1976) returned to the final as holders only to lose. • Eight players have appeared in two victorious finals – Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Cesc Fàbregas and David Silva all started Spain's triumphs in 2008 and 2012, with Fernando Torres starting in 2008 and coming on four years later and Xabi Alonso coming on in the 2008 final and starting in 2012. Rainer Bonhof twice picked up a winners' medal with West Germany (1972, 1980) but did not play in either tournament. • Berti Vogts was a winner as a player with West Germany in 1972 and as Germany coach in 1996, making him the only man to triumph in both roles. • Since 1980, when the final tournament expanded to become an eight-team event, the hosts or co-hosts have only failed to reach the semi-finals – or better – four times: Italy (1980), Belgium (2000), Austria and Switzerland (2008) and Poland and Ukraine (2012). • UEFA EURO 2016 will be Germany's 12th successive UEFA European Championship final tournament – they last missed out as West Germany in 1968. • Germany are appearing in the finals for the 12th time, one more than Russia (includes appearances as USSR). This is the tenth tournament for Spain. • Six teams have qualified for the finals with a perfect record, including England this time round. The others are France (1992 and 2004), the Czech Republic (2000) and Spain and Germany (2012). • The Netherlands' 6-1 defeat of Yugoslavia in the UEFA EURO 2000 quarter-finals is the biggest win in a final tournament. Three games have finished 5-0, most recently Sweden's 2004 defeat of Bulgaria. • Three teams have held the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup at the same time. West Germany won the European title in 1972 and added the world crown two years later, while France claimed the 1998 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000 and Spain triumphed at UEFA EURO 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. Spain's 2012 EURO victory made them the first country to win three major tournaments in a row; West Germany were within a shoot-out of achieving the feat before their 1976 loss to Czechoslovakia. • For West Germany, Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Gerd Müller played in both those finals, while Fabien Barthez, Marcel Desailly, Bixente Lizarazu, Lilian Thuram, Didier Deschamps, Youri Djorkaeff, Patrick Vieira, Zinédine Zidane and Christophe Dugarry achieved the feat for France. • Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, Joan Capdevila, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Cesc Fàbregas, Xabi Alonso and Fernando Torres played in Spain's 2008 EURO final win and the 2010 World Cup success. Casillas, Ramos, Iniesta, Xavi, Fàbregas, Alonso and Torres appeared in all three of Spain's final wins between 2008 and 2012. • In addition to the 24 players mentioned above, Dino Zoff (Italy 1968, 1982) and Germany's Thomas Hässler and Jürgen Klinsmann (1990, 1996) also featured in two final triumphs. • In 2012 Spain's Chelsea FC pair Fernando Torres and Juan Mata joined a small group of players to have appeared in European Cup and UEFA European Championship final victories in the same year. Luis Suárez achieved the feat with FC Internazionale Milano and Spain in 1964, while in 1988 PSV Eindhoven quartet Hans van Breucklen, Ronald Koeman, Barry van Aerle and Gerald Vanenburg were all in the victorious Netherlands side. • Wim Kieft and Nicolas Anelka narrowly missed out on this club. A European Champion Clubs' Cup finalist with PSV in 1988, Kieft was an unused substitute in the Netherlands' European Championship triumph, while Anelka was similarly thwarted with France in 2000 after appearing in Real Madrid CF's UEFA Champions League final. Anelka's Madrid team-mate Christian Karembeu holds the unique position of being an unused substitute in European Cup and European Championship final victories in the same year. • In 2008 Germany's , then with Chelsea FC, became the first player to appear in European Cup and EURO final defeats in the same year.

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• Four players have followed European Cup final defeat with EURO victory in the same year: Ignacio Zoco and Amancio Amaro (1964, Real Madrid CF and Spain) and Manny Kaltz and Horst Hrubesch (1980, Hamburger SV and West Germany). • Lothar Matthäus is the oldest player to have appeared in a UEFA European Championship finals; he was aged 39 years 91 days in Germany's 3-0 loss to Portugal at UEFA EURO 2000. • The Netherlands' Jetro Willems is the youngest player to have featured; he was 18 years 71 days in the 1-0 defeat by Denmark at the 2012 finals. • Six players have appeared in four final tournaments: Lothar Matthäus, Peter Schmeichel, Alessandro Del Piero, Edwin van der Sar, Lilian Thuram and Olof Mellberg. • Austria's Ivica Vastic is the oldest player to have scored, having found the net in a 1-1 draw against Poland at UEFA EURO 2008 aged 38 years and 257 days. • Johan Vonlanthen was 18 years and 141 days old when scoring in Switzerland's 3-1 defeat by France at UEFA EURO 2004, making him the youngest player to have struck at the finals. • Russia's Dmitri Kirichenko scored the fastest goal in a UEFA European Championship; his effort against Greece at UEFA EURO 2004 was timed at 67 seconds. • There have been eight hat-tricks in a final tournament: Dieter Müller (1976), Klaus Allofs (1980), Michel Platini (1984, twice), Marco van Basten (1988), Sérgio Conceição (2000), Patrick Kluivert (2000) and David Villa (2008). UEFA European Championship final tournament: All-time records • Leading scorer by tournament 1960: 2 François Heutte (FRA), Viktor Ponedelnik (URS), Valentin Ivanov (URS), Dražan Jerković (YUG) 1964: 2 Jesús María Pereda (ESP), Ferenc Bene (HUN), Deszö Novák (HUN) 1968: 2 Dragan Džajić (YUG) 1972: 4 Gerd Müller (FRG) 1976: 4 Dieter Müller (FRG) 1980: 3 Klaus Allofs (FRG) 1984: 9 Michel Platini (FRA) 1988: 5 Marco van Basten (NED) 1992: 3 Henrik Larsen (DEN), Karl-Heinz Riedle (GER), Dennis Bergkamp (NED), Tomas Brolin (SWE) 1996: 5 Alan Shearer (ENG) 2000: 5 Patrick Kluivert (NED), Savo Miloševic (YUG) 2004: 5 Milan Baroš (CZE) 2008: 4 David Villa (ESP) 2012: 3 Fernando Torres (ESP), Alan Dzagoev (RUS), Mario Gomez (GER), Mario Mandžukić (CRO), Mario Balotelli (ITA), Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) • Oldest player 39yrs 91days: Lothar Matthäus (Portugal 3-0 Germany, 20/06/00) 38yrs 308days: Morten Olsen (Italy 2-0 Denmark, 17/06/88) 38yrs 271days: Peter Shilton (England 1-3 Netherlands, 15/06/88) • Youngest player 18 yrs 71 days: Jetro Willems (Netherlands 0-1 Denmark, 09/06/12) 18yrs 115days: Enzo Scifo (Belgium 2-0 Yugoslavia, 13/06/84) 18yrs 128days: Valeri Bozhinov (Italy 2-1 Bulgaria, 22/06/04) • Oldest goalscorer 38yrs 257 days: Ivica Vastic (Austria 1-1 Poland, 12/06/08) 35yrs 77 days: Jan Koller (Turkey 3-2 Czech Republic, 15/06/08) 35yrs 62 days: Christian Panucci (Italy 1-1 Romania, 13/06/08) • Youngest goalscorer 18yrs 141days: Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland 1-3 France, 21/06/04) 18yrs 237days: Wayne Rooney (England 3-0 Switzerland, 17/06/04) • Most goals in a match 9 (4-5): France v Yugoslavia (06/07/60) 7 (6-1): Netherlands v Yugoslavia (25/06/00) 7 (3-4): Yugoslavia v Spain (21/06/00) • Biggest victory

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6-1: Netherlands v Yugoslavia (25/06/00) 5-0: Sweden v Bulgaria (14/06/04) 5-0: Denmark v Yugoslavia (16/06/84) 5-0: France v Belgium (16/06/84) • Hat-tricks Dieter Müller (West Germany 4-2 Yugoslavia, semi-finals 17/06/76) Klaus Allofs (West Germany 3-2 Netherlands, group stage 14/06/80) Michel Platini (France 5-0 Belgium, group stage 16/06/84) Michel Platini (France 3-2 Yugoslavia, group stage 19/06/84) Marco van Basten (Netherlands 3-1 England, group stage 15/06/88) Sérgio Conceição (Portugal 3-0 Germany, group stage 20/06/00) Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands 6-1 Yugoslavia, quarter-finals 25/06/00) David Villa (Spain 4-1 Russia, group stage 10/06/08) • Fastest hat-trick 18mins: Michel Platini (France 3-2 Yugoslavia, 19/06/84) • Fastest goals 1 min 7 secs: Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia 2-1 Greece, 20/06/04) 2 mins 7 secs: Sergei Aleinikov (England 1-3 Soviet Union, 18/06/88) 2 mins 14 secs: Alan Shearer (Germany 1-1 England, 26/06/96) 2 mins 25 secs: Michael Owen (Portugal 2-2 England, 24/06/04) 2 mins 27 secs: Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria 1-0 Romania, 13/06/96) 2 mins 42 secs: Paul Scholes (Portugal 3-2 England, 17/06/00) • Appearances • Players Overall 54: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) 51: Mario Frick (Liechtenstein) 48: Iker Casillas (Spain) 47: Petr Čech (Czech Republic) 47: Sargis Hovsepyan (Armenia) 47: Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) 47: Lilian Thuram (France) 46: Sergei Ignashevich (Russia) 44: Andreas Isaksson (Sweden) 44: Kim Kallström (Sweden) 43: Vitālijs Astafjevs (Latvia) 43: Darijo Srna (Croatia) 42: Peter Jehle (Liechtenstein) 41: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Final tournament 16: Lilian Thuram (France) 16: Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands) 14: Iker Casillas (Spain) 14: Philipp Lahm (Germany) 14: Luís Figo (Portugal) 14: Nuno Gomes (Portugal) 14: Karel Poborský (Czech Republic) 14: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 14: Zinédine Zidane (France) Teams • Final tournament 11: West Germany/Germany 10: Soviet Union/Russia 9: Spain; Netherlands 8: Czech Republic; Denmark; England; France; Italy • Appearing in four finals tournaments Lothar Matthäus (West Germany/Germany 1980, 1984, 1988, 2000)

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Peter Schmeichel (Denmark 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000) Alessandro Del Piero (Italy 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) Lilian Thuram (France, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) Olof Mellberg (Sweden, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) • Goals Overall 26: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 23: Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) 22: Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) 22: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark) 22: Hakan Şükür (Turkey) 21: Jan Koller (Czech Republic) 20: Davor Šuker (Yugoslavia/Croatia) 19: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands) 19: Miroslav Klose (Germany) 19: Raúl González (Spain) 19: Wayne Rooney (England) 18: Thierry Henry (France) 18: David Villa (Spain) 18: Zlatko Zahovič (Slovenia) Final tournament 9: Michel Platini (France) 7: Alan Shearer (England) 6: Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) 6: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 6: Thierry Henry (France) 6: Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands) 6: Nuno Gomes (Portugal) 6: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands)

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Final tournament - Group stage Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (11/06/2016) Albania-Switzerland Matchday 2 (15/06/2016) France-Albania Matchday 3 (19/06/2016) Romania-Albania

European Qualifiers Group I Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Portugal 8 7 0 1 11 5 21 Albania 8 4 2 2 10 5 14 Denmark 8 3 3 2 8 5 12 Serbia 8 2 1 5 8 13 4 Armenia 8 0 2 6 5 14 2

(07/09/2014) Portugal 0-1 Albania Goals: 0-1 Balaj 52 Albania: Berisha, Lenjani (75 Lila), Hysaj, Cana, Agolli, Kukeli (66 Kaçe), Xhaka, Mavraj, Balaj (82 Çikalleshi), Roshi, Abrashi (11/10/2014) Albania 1-1 Denmark Goals: 1-0 Lenjani 38, 1-1 Vibe 81 Albania: Berisha, Lila (87 Çurri), Lenjani, Hysaj, Cana, Agolli, Kukeli, Xhaka (82 Rama), Mavraj, Balaj (69 Çikalleshi), Abrashi (14/10/2014) Serbia 0-3 Albania (Match forfeited) Albania: Berisha, Lila, Lenjani, Hysaj, Cana, Agolli, Kukeli, Xhaka, Mavraj, Balaj, Abrashi (29/03/2015) Albania 2-1 Armenia Goals: 0-1 Mavraj 4 (og) , 1-1 Mavraj 77, 2-1 Gashi 81 Albania: Berisha, Hysaj, Cana, Agolli, Memushaj (46 Gashi), Kukeli, Xhaka, Mavraj, Çikalleshi, Roshi (69 Salihi), Abrashi (46 Lenjani) (04/09/2015) Denmark 0-0 Albania Albania: Berisha, Lenjani (64 Sadiku), Cana, Xhimshiti, Agolli, Gashi (83 Roshi), Kukeli, Xhaka, Arlind Ajeti, Çikalleshi, Abrashi (64 Basha)

13 Albania - Switzerland Saturday 11 June 2016 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens Agglo (07/09/2015) Albania 0-1 Portugal Goals: 0-1 Miguel Veloso 90+2 Albania: Berisha, Lenjani, Cana, Xhimshiti, Agolli, Gashi (70 Roshi), Kukeli, Xhaka, Arlind Ajeti, Çikalleshi (86 Balaj), Abrashi (54 Basha) (08/10/2015) Albania 0-2 Serbia Goals: 0-1 Kolarov 90+1, 0-2 Ljajić 90+4 Albania: Berisha, Lila (46 Kaçe), Lenjani (83 Meha), Hysaj, Cana, Xhimshiti, Agolli, Basha, Memushaj , Xhaka, Balaj (69 Çikalleshi) (11/10/2015) Armenia 0-3 Albania Goals: 0-1 K. Hovhannisyan 9 (og) , 0-2 Xhimshiti 23, 0-3 Sadiku 76 Albania: Berisha, Hysaj, Cana, Xhimshiti, Aliji, Basha (87 Abrashi), Memushaj (72 Kukeli), Gashi, Xhaka, Çikalleshi (58 Sadiku), Roshi Switzerland

Final tournament - Group stage Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (11/06/2016) Albania-Switzerland Matchday 2 (15/06/2016) Romania-Switzerland Matchday 3 (19/06/2016) Switzerland-France

European Qualifiers Group E Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts England 10 10 0 0 31 3 30 Switzerland 10 7 0 3 24 8 21 Slovenia 10 5 1 4 18 11 16 Estonia 10 3 1 6 4 9 10 Lithuania 10 3 1 6 7 18 10 San Marino 10 0 1 9 1 36 1

(08/09/2014) Switzerland 0-2 England Goals: 0-1 Welbeck 58, 0-2 Welbeck 90+4 Switzerland: Sommer, Lichtsteiner, Von Bergen, Inler, Seferović, Xhaka (74 Džemaili), Behrami, Rodríguez, Mehmedi (64 Drmic), Djourou, Shaqiri (09/10/2014) Slovenia 1-0 Switzerland Goals: 1-0 Novakovič 79 (P) Switzerland: Sommer, Lichtsteiner, Senderos (70 Von Bergen), Inler (82 Kasami), Seferović, Xhaka, Behrami,

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Rodríguez, Drmic (74 Mehmedi), Djourou, Shaqiri (14/10/2014) San Marino 0-4 Switzerland Goals: 0-1 Seferović 10, 0-2 Seferović 23, 0-3 Džemaili 30, 0-4 Shaqiri 79 Switzerland: Sommer, Lichtsteiner (59 Widmer), Von Bergen, Seferović, Xhaka, Rodríguez, Džemaili, Kasami (71 Barnetta), Drmic (46 Mehmedi), Djourou, Shaqiri (15/11/2014) Switzerland 4-0 Lithuania Goals: 1-0 Arlauskis 66 (og) , 2-0 Schär 68, 3-0 Shaqiri 80, 4-0 Shaqiri 90 Switzerland: Sommer, Lichtsteiner, Moubandje (75 Fernandes), Inler, Seferović (83 Schönbächler), Behrami, Džemaili, Mehmedi (63 Drmic), Djourou, Schär, Shaqiri (27/03/2015) Switzerland 3-0 Estonia Goals: 1-0 Schär 17, 2-0 Xhaka 27, 3-0 Seferović 80 Switzerland: Sommer, Lichtsteiner (78 Widmer), Inler, Seferović, Xhaka (87 Frei), Behrami, Rodríguez, Drmic (62 Stocker), Djourou, Schär, Shaqiri (14/06/2015) Lithuania 1-2 Switzerland Goals: 1-0 Černych 64, 1-1 Drmic 69, 1-2 Shaqiri 84 Switzerland: Sommer, Lichtsteiner, Inler (57 Džemaili), Seferović (57 Mehmedi), Xhaka, Behrami, Rodríguez, Drmic (81 Embolo), Djourou, Schär, Shaqiri (05/09/2015) Switzerland 3-2 Slovenia Goals: 0-1 Novakovič 45, 0-2 Cesar 48, 1-2 Drmic 80, 2-2 Stocker 84, 3-2 Drmic 90+4 Switzerland: Sommer, Lichtsteiner, Klose, Seferović (80 Stocker), Xhaka, Behrami, Rodríguez, Džemaili (64 Drmic), Mehmedi (56 Embolo), Schär, Shaqiri (08/09/2015) England 2-0 Switzerland Goals: 1-0 Kane 67, 2-0 Rooney 84 (P) Switzerland: Sommer, Lichtsteiner, Klose, Inler, Xhaka, Behrami (79 Džemaili), Rodríguez, Stocker (71 Seferović), Drmic (63 Embolo), Schär, Shaqiri (09/10/2015) Switzerland 7-0 San Marino Goals: 1-0 M. Lang 17, 2-0 Inler 55 (P) , 3-0 Mehmedi 65, 4-0 Djourou 72 (P) , 5-0 Kasami 75, 6-0 Embolo 80 (P) , 7- 0 Derdiyok 89 Switzerland: Bürki, M. Lang, Embolo, Inler, Rodríguez (62 Moubandje), Zuffi, Kasami, Mehmedi (68 Derdiyok), Drmic (78 Steffen), Djourou, Schär (12/10/2015) Estonia 0-1 Switzerland Goals: 0-1 Klavan 90+4 (og) Switzerland: Hitz, M. Lang, Moubandje, Lustenberger, Inler, Derdiyok, Xhaka (80 Kasami), Džemaili, Mehmedi (71 Steffen), Djourou, Shaqiri (46 Embolo)

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UEFA European Championship records: Albania History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 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 – did not participate Final tournament win N/A Final tournament defeat 1-0: Albania v Switzerland, 11/06/16 Qualifying win 3-0: six times, most recently Armenia v Albania, 11/10/15 Qualifying defeat 9-0: Spain v Albania, 19/12/90 Final tournament appearances 1: 14 players Final tournament goals N/A Overall appearances 29: Fotaq Strakosha 29: 28: Lorik Cana 25: Erjon Bogdani 25: Klodia Duro 23: Alban Bushi 23: Altin Rraklli Overall goals 5: Edmond Kapllani 4: Sokol Kushta 4: Alban Bushi 4: Altin Rraklli 4: 4:

UEFA European Championship records: Switzerland History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – group stage 2004 – group stage 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – group stage 1992 – did not qualify 1988 – did not qualify 1984 – did not qualify

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1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – did not qualify 1960 – did not qualify Final tournament win 2-0: Switzerland v Portugal, 15/06/08 Final tournament loss 3-0: England v Switzerland, 17/06/04 Qualifying win 7-0: Switzerland v San Marino, 09/10/15 7-0: Switzerland v San Marino, 05/06/91 Qualifying defeat 4-0: Italy v Switzerland, 23/12/67 Final tournament appearances 6: Hakan Yakin 6: Patrick Müller 5: Stéphane Chapuisat 5: Stéphane Henchoz 5: Johann Vogel 5: Johan Vonlanthen Final tournament goals 3: Hakan Yakin 1: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1: Johan Vonlanthen: 1: Fabian Schär Overall appearances 29: Stéphane Chapuisat 27: Heinz Hermann 24: Alain Geiger 22: Stéphane Henchoz 21: Johann Vogel Overall goals 9: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 8: Fritz Künzli 8: Xherdan Shaqiri 7: Adrian Knup 6: Stéphane Chapuisat 6: Hakan Yakin

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:: 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 2016 only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2016 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 is 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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