OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

LEAGUE A GROUP 1

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. ITALY

18 NOVEMBER w 20:45 STADIUM GRBAVICA, UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE - Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Italy

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Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FOOTBALL FEDERATION

Osnovan / Foundation: 1992. Član FIFA / Affi liated: 1995. Član UEFA / Affi liated: 1998. Predsjednik / President: Elvedin Begić Generalni sekretar / Secretary General: Adnan Džemidžić Broj registrovanih igrača / reported players: 35.454 Seniori / men: 33.288 Seniorke / women: 1.051 Igrači futsala / futsal players: 1.115 Broj registrovanih klubova / clubs: 804 Muški fudbal / men’s: 702 Ženski fudbal / women’s: 36 Futsal: 66 Broj sudija / Referees: 1.750 Žene / women: 77 Muškarci / men: 1.673

Italian Football Federation Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio

Osnovan / Foundation: 1898 Član FIFA / Affi liated: 1905 Član UEFA / Affi liated: 1954 Predsjednik / President: Gabriele Gravina Generalni sekretar / Secretary General: Marco Brunelli

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Poštovani sportski prijatelji, Dear sports friends, Situacija u kojoj se zbog korona The situation in which, due to the virusa, nalazi cijeli svijet primorala coronavirus, there is the whole world, nas je da se prilagodimo i nastavimo has forced us to adapt and continue raditi i živjeti u novim okolnostima. U to work and live in new circumstances. godini koju je obilježila globalna pan- In the year marked by the global pan- demija naučili smo da su solidarnost, demic, we have learned that solidarity, dialog i razumijevanje ključni faktori dialogue and understanding are key za lakše suočavanje sa novim izazovi- factors in making it easier to face new ma i njihovo savladavanje. challenges and overcome them. Nije bilo lako donijeti odluku da It was not easy to make a decision se nastavi takmičenje u Premijer ligi, to continue the competition in the Pre- niti je lako organizovati kampove, mier League, nor is it easy to organize seminare, takmičenja ostalih selekcija a posebno camps, seminars, competitions of other national teams, utakmice „A“ reprezentacije. U normalnim okol- and especially matches of the “A” national team. Under nostima za planiranje i održavanje svih ovih do- normal circumstances, we have enough time to plan gađaja imamo dovoljno vremena. Međutim, bez and hold all these events. However, despite all the diffi- obzira na sve teškoće i ograničernja koja donose, culties and limitations under which completely justified sasvim opravdane odluke nadležnih institucija, decisions of the competent institutions were brought, uspjeli smo pokrenuti novu sezonu i privesti kraju we managed to start a new season and bring to an end nastupe u ovogodišnjim UEFA takmičenjima. the performances in this year’s UEFA competitions. Ako govorimo o rezultatima, onda je sasvim If we talk about the results, then it is quite clear jasno da nismo ispunili cilj. To je bio plasman na that we have not fulfilled the goal. It was a qualifi- EURO ali izgleda da organizaciono ali ni igrački cation for the EURO, but it seems that we have not još nismo dorasli tom zadatku. Naravno, dio od- yet reached that task organizationally or playfully. Of govornosti preuzimamo i mi kao rukovodstvo Sa- course, we as the leadership of the Federation take veza. Možda smo mogli donositi drugačije odlu- part of the responsibility. We may have been able to ke, ali je pitanje koliko bi to uticalo na igru našeg make different decisions, but the question is how much tima. U svakom slučaju vrijeme je da svedemo that would affect the game of our team. In any case, it račune i, vidimo na koji način ćemo trasirati put is time to sum up the results and see how we will pave za nove genereacije mladih i talentovanih igra- the way for new generations of young and talented ča, koji će jednog dana ponovo biti na završnici players, who will one day be at the final stage of the evropskog ili svjetskog prvenstva. European Championship or the World Cup again. Ostala je još jedna utakmica u okviru UEFA There is one more match left within the UEFA Lige nacija, i to sa selekcijom Italije. Veliki protiv- Nations League, with the national team of Italy. It is a great opponent for a dignified farewell from this nik za dostojanstven oproštaj od ovogodišnjeg year’s national team appearance on the international reprezentativnog nastupa na međunarodnoj scene. I believe that our players are aware of that and sceni. Vjerujem da su naši igrači svjesni toga i da that they will provide us with a spectacular football će nam pružiti jednu spektakularnu nogometnu show at the Grbavica Stadium in Sarajevo. predstavu na stadionu „Grbavica“ u Sarajevu. Finally, as the President of the FF BH, I greet the Na kraju, kao Predsjednik NS/FS BiH, poz- dear guests from Italy, the players and management dravljam drage goste iz Italije, igrače i rukovod- of both national teams, as well as the official repre- stva obje reprezentacije, kao i službene predstav- sentatives of UEFA / FIFA. With the desire for to- nike UEFA/FIFA-e. Uz želju da se večerašnji susret night’s match to take place in the spirit of “fair-play”, odigra u duhu „fair-play-a“, neophodno je da se it is necessary that we all adhere to the decisions and svi pridržavamo odluka i protokola nadležnih insti- protocols of the competent institutions related to the tucija vezanih za suzbijanje pandemije Covid 19. suppression of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Predsjednik NS/FS BiH FF BH President Elvedin Begić Elvedin Begić

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA staff

Dušan Bajević Head Coach

Slaven Musa Adi Adilović Assistent Coach GK Coach

Rusmir Cviko Eldin Jelešković Assistent Coach Fitness Coach

Adnan Čustović Darko Ljubojević Assistent Coach Team Secretary

OFFICIALS

Referee Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (POR) Assistant referee 1 Rui Licino Barbosa Tavares (POR) Assistant referee 2 Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares (POR) 4th official Vitor Jorge Fernandes Ferreira (POR) Delegate Thura Win (ENG) Observer Jon Skjervold (NOR) RLO Tarik Kečo (BIH)

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Ibrahim Šehić Kenan Pirić Position Position GK GK Date of Birth Date of Birth 02.09.1988. 07.07.1994. Club Club Konyaspor NK Maribor Caps Caps 32 3 Goals Goals - -

Jasmin Burić Siniša Saničanin Position Position GK DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 18.02.1987. 24.04.1995. Club Club Hapoel Haifa FK Vojvodina Caps Caps 2 4 Goals Goals - -

Adnan Kovačević Dennis Hadžikadunić Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 09.09.1993. 09.07.1998. Club Club Ferencvarosi TC FK Rostov Caps Caps 4 3 Goals Goals - -

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Sead Kolašinac Bojan Nastić Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 20.06.1993. 06.07.1994. Club Club Arsenal FC Bate Borisov Caps Caps 35 5 Goals Goals - -

Advan Kadušić Branimir Cipetić Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 14.10.1997. 24.05.1995. Club Club NK Celje NK Široki Brijeg Caps Caps 2 3 Goals Goals - -

Darko Todorović Josip Ćorluka Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 05.05.1997. 03.03.1995. Club Club NK Hajduk Split HŠK Zrinjski Caps Caps 12 1 Goals Goals - -

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Rade Krunić Stjepan Lončar Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 07.10.1993. 10.11.1996. Club Club AC Milan HNK Rijeka Caps Caps 17 7 Goals Goals 2 -

Vladan Danilović Miralem Pjanić Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 27.07.1999. 12.04.1990. Club Club CD Nacional FC Barcelona Caps Caps 1 97 Goals Goals - 15

Gojko Cimirot Amer Gojak Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 19.12.1992. 13.02.1997. Club Club Standard Liege Torino FC Caps Caps 28 17 Goals Goals - 4

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Deni Milošević Amar Rahmanović Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 09.03.1995. 13.05.1994. Club Club Konyaspor FK Sarajevo Caps Caps 11 2 Goals Goals 1 -

Benjamin Tatar Almedin Ziljkić Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 17.05.1994. 25.02.1996. Club Club FK Sarajevo FK Borac Caps Caps 3 1 Goals Goals - -

Edin Višća Armin Hodžić Position Position MF FW Date of Birth Date of Birth 17.02.1990. 17.11.1994. Club Club Istanbul Kasimpasa Basaksehir Caps Caps 14 55 Goals Goals 3 10

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Smail Prevljak Irfan Hadžić Position Position FW FW Date of Birth Date of Birth 10.05.1995. 15.06.1993. Club Club Kas Eupen Akhisarspor Caps Caps 4 1 Goals Goals 1 -

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OFFICIALS

Referee Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (POR) Assistant referee 1 Rui Licino Barbosa Tavares (POR) Assistant referee 2 Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares (POR) 4th offi cial Vitor Jorge Fernandes Ferreira (POR) Delegate Observer Rune Pedersen (NOR) RLO Tarik Kečo (BIH)

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STAFF Assistant coach: Alberico Evani Assistant coach: Giulio Nuciari Assistant coach: Attilio Lombardo Assistant coach: Fausto Salsano GK coach: Massimo Battara Fitness Coach: Andrea Scanavino Fitness Coach: Claudio Donatelli

Roberto Mancini Head Coach

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i ta ly

No Player Position Date of Birth Club Cps/Gls 1 GK 28/06/1994 Cagliari 1 2 GK 25/02/1999 Milan 21 3 GK 22/03/1987 Napoli 1 4 GK 12/01/1987 Torino 26 5 DF 10/02/1988 Lazio 10/1 6 Cristiano Biraghi DF 01/09/1992 Fiorentina 9/1 7 DF 01/05/1987 Juventus 99/7 8 DF 06/12/1996 Milan 1 9 Domenico Criscito DF 30/12/1986 Genoa 26 10 Danilo D’ambrosio DF 09/09/1988 Inter 6 11 Giovanni Di Lorenzo DF 04/08/1993 Napoli 4 12 DF 03/08/1994 Chelsea 11 13 Alesssandro Florenzi DF 11/03/1991 PSG 39/2 14 Gianluca Mancini DF 17/04/1996 Roma 4 15 Angelo Obinze Ogbonna DF 23/11/1988 West Ham Utd 13 16 Luca Pellegrini DF 07/03/1999 Genoa 1 17 DF 12/01/1995 Milan 12/2 18 DF 25/03/1993 Roma 10 19 DF 13/04/1999 Inter 2 20 Nicolò Barella MF 07/02/1997 Inter 17/4 21 MF 17/02/1997 Fiorentina 1 22 MF 03/03/1995 Roma 9/1 23 Roberto Gagliardini MF 07/04/1994 Inter 7 24 Jorginho Jorge Luis Frello Filho MF 20/12/1991 Chelsea 26/5 25 MF 08/01/1998 Sassuolo 5 26 Lorenzo Pellegrini MF 19/06/1996 Roma 15/2 27 MF 21/04/1997 Atalanta 1 28 Roberto Soriano MF 08/02/1991 Bologna 9 29 MF 08/05/2000 Milan 4 30 FW 20/12/1993 Torino 30/9 31 FW 01/08/1994 Sassuolo 8/2 32 FW 16/02/1994 Juventus 26/5 33 Francesco Caputo FW 06/08/1987 Sassuolo 2/1 34 FW 25/10/1997 Juventus 21/1 35 FW 27/10/1992 Shanghay Shenhua 28/6 36 Vincenzo Grifo FW 07/04/1993 Friburgo 4/2 37 FW 20/02/1990 Lazio 42/10 38 FW 04/06/1991 Napoli 37/7 39 Moise Kean FW 28/02/2000 PSG 8/2 40 Kevin Lasagna FW 10/08/1992 Udinese 6 41 Riccardo Orsolini FW 24/01/1997 Bologna 2/2 42 Pietro Pellegri FW 17/03/2001 Monaco 1 43 Stefano Okaka FW 09/08/1989 Udinese 5/1

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#EqualGame logo. Reversed. Pantone 298 Blue and 655 Blue

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