EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS National Stadium - Tbilisi Sunday 29 March 2015 Georgia 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Germany Group D - Matchday -8 Last updated 12/07/2021 17:29CET

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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 - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

Previous meetings Head to Head EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Möller 38, Ziege 56, 06/09/1995 PR (GS) Germany - Georgia 4-1 Nuremberg Kirsten 61, Babbel 72; Ketsbaia 28 29/03/1995 PR (GS) Georgia - Germany 0-2 Tbilisi Klinsmann 24, 45

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 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 1 6 Germany 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 6 1 FIFA* Georgia ------Germany ------Friendlies Georgia ------1 0 0 1 0 2 Germany ------1 1 0 0 2 0 Total Georgia 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 0 0 3 1 8 Germany 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 8 1 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Georgia - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Match background

Georgia will hope their new coach's experience counts for something as they take on world champions Germany in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group D. Previous meetings • Georgia have lost all three of their previous games against Germany; one at home and two away. • The sides' only competitive encounters came in EURO '96 qualifying, when Berti Vogts' Germany beat Aleksandre Chivadze's Georgia 2-0 in Tbilisi and 4-1 in Nuremberg. • Former Georgia coach Temuri Ketsbaia put the visitors in front in the second game; his 28th-minute strike remains the only goal Georgia have scored against Germany at senior level. • More recently, the teams met in a 2006 friendly in Rostock, with Joachim Löw's Germany winning 2-0 against a Georgia side led by German coach Klaus Toppmöller. Form guide • Georgia have had a tough start in Group D, recording three defeats and a 3-0 win in Gibraltar. Ketsbaia stepped down after five years as Georgia coach following a 4-0 home loss to Poland last time out. • Georgia are without a win in their last five competitive home games – four defeats and a creditworthy 0-0 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw against France. • Reigning world champions Germany have seven points after four games in the section. Their 2-0 loss to Poland in their second Group D game ended a run of 18 competitive fixtures without defeat (W16 D2). Trivia and links • New Georgia coach Kakhaber Tskhadadze played club football in Germany with Eintracht Frankfurt from 1992 to 1996. • Georgia come into this game having played exactly 100 competitive matches since independence, with their record reading W23 D19 L58. • In six encounters in UEFA age-group competitions, Georgia's record against Germany is W0 D1 L5. • In terms of UEFA club games, the record of Georgian teams against their German counterparts is W3 D2 L6. The most notable meeting, however, was a Georgian win, FC Dinamo Tbilisi beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2-1 in the 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup final; the teams were representing the USSR and East Germany respectively.

3 Georgia - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 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 - Nukri Revishvili 02/03/1987 28 Tosno - 0 0 0 0 24 - Dinamo - Mikheil Alavidze 05/11/1987 27 - 0 0 0 0 - - Batumi - Giorgi Loria 27/01/1986 29 OFI - 4 0 0 0 30 - - Bachana Tskhadadze 23/10/1987 27 İnter Bakı - 0 0 0 0 2 - Defenders - Aleksandr Amisulashvili 20/08/1982 32 İnter Bakı - 0 0 0 0 36 3 - George Navalovsky 28/06/1986 28 Tosno - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Ucha Lobzhanidze 23/02/1987 28 Omonia - 4 0 0 0 39 1 - Guram Kashia 04/07/1987 27 Vitesse - 2 0 0 0 34 1 Dinamo - Lasha Totadze 24/08/1988 26 - 0 0 0 0 - - Tbilisi - Levan Kakubava 15/10/1990 24 Samtredia - 0 0 0 0 4 - - Solomon Kverkvelia 06/02/1992 23 Rubin - 4 0 0 0 8 - - Lasha Dvali 14/05/1995 19 Kasımpaşa - 0 0 0 0 - - Midfielders - Jaba Kankava 18/03/1986 29 Dnipro - 4 1 0 0 54 6 - Kakhi Makharadze 20/10/1987 27 Pakhtakor - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Alexander Kobakhidze 11/02/1987 28 Volyn - 1 0 0 0 23 3 - Murtaz Daushvili 01/05/1989 25 Karpaty * 3 0 0 0 24 - Slavia - Levan Kenia 18/10/1990 24 - 0 0 0 0 24 3 Praha - Nika Dzalamidze 06/01/1992 23 Jagiellonia - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Valeri Kazaishvili 29/01/1993 22 Vitesse - 1 0 0 0 5 1 - Tornike Okriashvili 12/02/1992 23 Genk - 4 2 0 0 19 4 Forwards - Levan Mchedlidze 24/03/1990 25 Empoli - 2 0 0 0 24 2 - Mate Vatsadze 17/12/1988 26 AGF - 0 0 0 0 8 1 - Giorgi Chanturia 11/04/1993 21 CFR Cluj - 3 0 0 0 5 1 Coach - Kakhaber Tskhadadze 07/09/1968 46 - 0 0 0 0 - -

4 Georgia - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

Germany Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Roman Weidenfeller 06/08/1980 34 Dortmund - 0 0 0 0 4 - - Manuel Neuer 27/03/1986 29 Bayern - 4 0 0 0 57 - - Ron-Robert Zieler 12/02/1989 26 Hannover - 0 0 0 0 5 - Defenders - Jérôme Boateng 03/09/1988 26 Bayern - 4 0 0 0 50 - - Mats Hummels 16/12/1988 26 Dortmund - 2 0 0 0 38 4 - Benedikt Höwedes 29/02/1988 27 Schalke - 1 0 0 0 32 2 - Shkodran Mustafi 17/04/1992 22 Valencia - 1 0 0 0 7 - - Jonas Hector 27/05/1990 24 Köln - 1 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders - Bastian Schweinsteiger 01/08/1984 30 Bayern - 0 0 0 0 108 23 - Sami Khedira 04/04/1987 27 Real Madrid - 1 0 0 0 54 5 - Toni Kroos 04/01/1990 25 Real Madrid - 4 1 0 0 57 9 - Mesut Özil 15/10/1988 26 Arsenal - 0 0 0 0 63 18 - Max Kruse 19/03/1988 27 Mönchengladbach - 3 0 0 0 11 1 - Sebastian Rudy 28/02/1990 25 Hoffenheim - 2 0 0 0 6 - - İlkay Gündoğan 24/10/1990 24 Dortmund - 0 0 0 0 9 2 - André Schürrle 06/11/1990 24 Wolfsburg - 2 0 0 0 43 17 - Mario Götze 03/06/1992 22 Bayern - 4 1 0 0 42 12 - Marco Reus 31/05/1989 25 Dortmund - 1 0 0 0 24 8 - Christoph Kramer 19/02/1991 24 Mönchengladbach - 2 0 0 0 9 - Forwards - Lukas Podolski 04/06/1985 29 Arsenal - 4 0 0 0 122 48 - Thomas Müller 13/09/1989 25 Bayern - 4 4 0 0 62 26 Coach - Joachim Löw 03/02/1960 55 - 4 0 0 0 117 -

5 Georgia - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Head coach Kakhaber Tskhadadze Date of birth: 7 September 1968 Nationality: Georgian Playing career: FC Metalurgi Rustavi, FC Dinamo Tbilisi, FC Iberia (now FC Dinamo Tbilisi), GIF Sundsvall, FC Moskva, FC Dinamo Moskva, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Alania Vladikavkaz, Manchester City FC, FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi, FC Anji Makhachkala Coaching career: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Tbilisi, FC Sioni Bolnisi, Standard Bakı FK (now Standard Sumqayıt FK), Georgia Under-21, İnter Bakı PİK, Georgia • Towering centre-back for Dinamo Tbilisi, first in the Soviet Top League and then in the newly independent Georgian first division, winning titles in 1990 and 1991. • Had short stint at Spartak Moskva, lifting the last USSR Cup, before another truncated spell across town at Dinamo Moskva, as they finished third in the league. • A USSR youth international, Tskhadadze won six caps for CIS (scoring in a friendly against England) before becoming Georgia's first captain. He won 25 caps for Georgia, scoring his only goal against Poland in 1997. • Tskhadadze found more stability in four years at Eintracht, helping them finish third in 1992/93. Injuries hindered his progress at Alania and Manchester City, prompting his return to Lokomotivi Tbilisi as player-coach before he ended his career at Anji. • He returned to coaching in 2004 and won Georgian league titles in consecutive seasons with Dinamo Tbilisi and Sioni. Was named Georgian coach of 2005/06 before leaving for Standard Bakı and later İnter Bakı, who he led to the title at the first attempt. Amassed over 100 wins and 200 matches in the Azeri top flight – both new marks for foreign coaches. Joachim Löw Date of birth: 3 February 1960 Nationality: German Playing career: SC Freiburg (three times), VfB Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt, Karlsruher SC, FC Schaffhausen, FC Winterthur, FC Frauenfeld Coaching career: FC Winterthur (youth), FC Frauenfeld, VfB Stuttgart, Fenerbahçe SK, Karlsruher SC, Adanaspor AŞ, FC Tirol Innsbruck, FK Austria Wien, Germany (assistant), Germany • A native of the Black Forest in south-west Germany, Löw spent most of his playing days with local club Freiburg, where he had three spells, before winding down his career in Switzerland. • Operated as a player-coach in Switzerland before becoming an assistant, and later head coach, back in Germany with Stuttgart. Succeeded Rolf Fringer in 1996 and led the Swabian side to a German Cup win in his first season and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final against Chelsea FC in his second. • Left Stuttgart for Fenerbahçe but struggled to match his early success until he joined Tirol Innsbruck, guiding the team to the 2001/02 Austrian Bundesliga title. • After nine months with Austria Wien he was summoned by old friend Jürgen Klinsmann to become his assistant with Germany. The pair steered the Nationalmannschaft to a third-place finish on home soil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. • Replaced Klinsmann as head coach, taking the side to a runners-up spot at UEFA EURO 2008 and third place at the 2010 World Cup. They also reached the last four of UEFA EURO 2012, before qualifying unbeaten for the 2014 global finals. • The real glory was to follow in Brazil, Löw leading the team to their fourth world title with a final defeat of Argentina. In 2015 he signed a new contract running until 2018.

6 Georgia - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Match officials

Referee Clément Turpin (FRA) Assistant referees Frédéric Cano (FRA) , Nicolas Danos (FRA) Additional assistant referees Ruddy Buquet (FRA) , Fredy Fautrel (FRA) Fourth official Cyril Gringore (FRA) UEFA Delegate Danilo Filacchione (ITA) UEFA Referee observer Sándor Piller (HUN)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Clément Turpin 16/05/1982 2 34

Clément Turpin First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2010

Tournaments: 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Finals N/A

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 No such matches refereed

7 Georgia - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Competition facts

8 Georgia - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 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 0-4 Poland Goals: 0-1 Glik 51, 0-2 Krychowiak 71, 0-3 Mila 73, 0-4 Milik 90+2 Georgia: Loria, Lobzhanidze, Kverkvelia, Kashia, Grigalava, Khubutia, Kankava, Daushvili, Ananidze (59 Okriashvili), Kobakhidze (88 Dzalamidze), Mchedlidze (68 Chanturia) 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 Germany

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Germany 2-1 Scotland Goals: 1-0 T. Müller 18, 1-1 Anya 66, 2-1 T. Müller 70 Germany: Neuer, Höwedes, Rudy, Schürrle (84 Podolski), T. Müller, Durm, Boateng, Kroos, Götze, Kramer, Reus (92 Ginter) Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Poland 2-0 Germany Goals: 1-0 Milik 51, 2-0 Mila 88 Germany: Neuer, Hummels, Schürrle (77 Podolski), Bellarabi, T. Müller, Durm, Rüdiger (83 Kruse), Boateng, Kroos, Götze, Kramer (71 Draxler) Matchday 3 (14/10/2014)

9 Georgia - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Germany 1-1 Republic of Ireland Goals: 1-0 Kroos 71, 1-1 O'Shea 90+4 Germany: Neuer, Ginter (46 Podolski), Hummels, Bellarabi (86 Rudy), T. Müller, Draxler (70 Kruse), Durm, Rüdiger, Boateng, Kroos, Götze Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Germany 4-0 Gibraltar Goals: 1-0 T. Müller 12, 2-0 T. Müller 29, 3-0 Götze 38, 4-0 Santos 67 (og) Germany: Neuer, Mustafi, Khedira (60 Volland), Podolski, Bellarabi, T. Müller, Durm (72 Hector), Boateng, Kroos (79 Bender), Götze, Kruse Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Georgia-Germany Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Gibraltar-Germany Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Germany-Poland Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Scotland-Germany Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Republic of Ireland-Germany Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Germany-Georgia

10 Georgia - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 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: Germany History 2012 – semi-finals 2008 – runners-up 2004 – group stage 2000 – group stage 1996 – winners 1992 – runners-up 1988 – semi-finals (as West Germany) 1984 – group stage (as West Germany) 1980 – winners (as West Germany) 1976 – runners-up (as West Germany) 1972 – winners (as West Germany) 1968 – did not qualify (as West Germany) 1964 – did not enter 1960 – did not enter Final tournament win 3-0: West Germany v , 18/06/72 0-3: Russia v Germany, 16/06/96 Final tournament loss 3-0: Portugal v Germany, 20/06/00 Qualifying win 0-13: San Marino v Germany, 06/09/06 Qualifying loss 0-3: Germany v Czech Republic, 17/10/07

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Final tournament appearances 14: Philipp Lahm 13: Jürgen Klinsmann 13: Thomas Hässler 13: Bastian Schweinsteiger 13: Miroslav Klose 12: Andreas Brehme Final tournament goals 5: Jürgen Klinsmann 4: Gerd Müller 4: Lukas Podolski 4: Rudi Völler 4: Dieter Müller Overall appearances 36: Miroslav Klose 33: Philipp Lahm 32: Lukas Podolski 31: Lothar Matthäus 26: Jürgen Klinsmann 26: Bastian Schweinsteiger Overall goals 19: Miroslav Klose 16: Gerd Müller 15: Jürgen Klinsmann 15: Lukas Podolski 12: Rudi Völler

12 Georgia - Germany Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 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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