UEFA UNDER 21 CHAMPIONSHIP

v LIECHTENSTEIN 07.09.2018 WALES11.09.2018 v PORTUGAL VSM BANGOR CITY FOOTBALL CLUB STADIUM KO 6:00PM

GÊM RAGBROFOL PENCAMPWRIAETH UEFA DAN 21

v LIECHTENSTEIN 07.09.2018 CYMRU11.09.2018 v PORTUGAL STADIWM VSM CPD DINAS BANGOR TOGETHER. STRONGER CIC GYNTAF 6:00YH OFFICIAL RETAIL PARTNER THE MANAGER’S VIEW GAIR GAN Y RHEOLWR

INTERMEDIATE TEAM MANAGER ROB PAGE HAS TAKEN A GMAE RHEOLWR Y TIMAU CANOLRADD, ROB PAGE, AR BEN LOT OF SATISFACTION FROM SEEING HIS YOUNG PLAYERS EI DDIGON I WELD EI CHWARAEWYR IFANC YN GWNEUD IMPRESS SENIOR TEAM MANAGER RYAN GIGGS, BUT ARGRAFF AR REOLWR CYMRU, RYAN GIGGS, OND MAE HAS ALSO TARGETED AN UPTURN IN RESULTS AS HIS HEFYD YN GOBEITHIO GWELD CANLYNIADAU MWY U21 SQUAD HEAD INTO THE FINAL FOUR GAMES OF THE CADARNHAOL WRTH I’W GARFAN DAN 21 WYNEBU PEDAIR QUALIFYING CAMPAIGN. GÊM DERFYNOL YR YMGYRCH RAGBROFOL.

With three home games and a visit to Romania left for Wales in Gyda thair gêm gartref ac ymweliad â Rwmania yn weddill i Gymru Group 8, Page is looking forward to the immediate challenges yng Nghrŵp 8, mae Page yn edrych ymlaen at yr heriau y bydd ei that his team face against Liechtenstein and Portugal. “They’re dîm yn eu hwynebu’n fuan yn erbyn Liechtenstein a Phortiwgal. two different tests,” he explained. “Portugal were outstanding “Mae’r ddwy gêm yn brofion hollol wahanol,” esboniodd. “Roedd when we played them away. We fell short, but the players gave Portiwgal yn rhagorol pan chwaraeon ni yn eu herbyn nhw oddi everything. We’ve had them watched, we know what they’re all cartref. Doedden ni methu â chyrraedd y nod, ond fe wnaeth bob about and we know they’ve got quality. But why can’t we get a chwaraewr roi o’u gorau. Rydym ni wedi bod yn eu gwylio nhw, result? Liechtenstein might come and park the bus like they did in yn gwybod llawer amdanyn nhw, ac yn deall eu bod nhw’n dîm o their home game against us, but we got the win out there.” ansawdd. Ond pam na allwn ni sicrhau canlyniad? Efallai y bydd Liechtenstein yn dod draw ac amddiffyn yn galed fel y gwnaethon However, Page isn’t willing to let the progression of his players nhw yn ein gêm oddi cartref yn eu herbyn, ond llwyddon ni i disrupt his plans for the U21 team. “I’m greedy,” said the manager sicrhau’r fuddugoliaeth draw yna.” when he announced his squad in Cardiff last week. “I want to win games and I want the satisfaction of bringing players through to Fodd bynnag, nid yw Page yn fodlon gadael i ddatblygiad ei the 1st team. It’s a nice part of the job. The young players now chwaraewyr amharu ar ei gynlluniau ar gyfer y tîm Dan 21. have the opportunity to train with the senior team, with the “Dwi’n farus,” meddai’r rheolwr wrth iddo gyhoeddi ei garfan yng manager watching over them and taking the training. Me and Ryan Nghaerdydd yr wythnos ddiwethaf. “Rydw i eisiau ennill gemau never had that as Under-21 players, and it’s certainly an incentive ac rydw i eisiau’r boddhad o ddatblygu chwaraewyr hyd at y tîm to show the manager what you can do. cyntaf. Mae’n rhan braf o’r swydd. Mae gan y chwaraewyr ifanc nawr gyfle i chwarae gyda’r tîm uwch, gyda’r rheolwr yn cadw “They’re a good group of players. In the main they’ve come golwg arnyn nhw ac yn arwain y sesiwn hyfforddi. Chefais i na Ryan through the ages together. What’s pleasing for me is seeing y cyfleoedd hynny fel chwaraewyr Dan 21, ac mae bendant yn how they have developed, and that they know there’s a pathway sbardun i ddangos i’r rheolwr beth maen nhw’n gallu ei wneud. there to the 1st team. There’s nothing more frustrating for young players than when they don’t get given that opportunity. “Maen nhw’n grŵp da o chwaraewyr. Ar y cyfan, maen nhw wedi Ryan’s clearly shown that not only is he going to give them dod drwy’r rhengoedd gyda’i gilydd. Yr hyn sy’n rhoi pleser i mi yw that opportunity, but he’s also going to be hands on in terms of gweld sut maen nhw wedi datblygu, a’u bod nhw’n gwybod bod training, and that’s fantastic for a young player. So it’s encouraging llwybr i’r tîm cyntaf. Does dim yn fwy rhwystredig i chwaraewyr that there’s a pathway there, as that makes it much easier to ifanc na phan nad ydyn nhw’n cael y cyfle hwnnw. Mae Ryan wedi develop players.” dangos yn glir nid yn unig ei fod am roi’r cyfle hwnnw iddyn nhw, ond ei fod hefyd yn mynd i fod yn rhan fawr o’r hyfforddi, ac Enjoy the matches, mae hynny’n wych i chwaraewr ifanc. Felly mae’n galonogol bod ROB PAGE llwybr yn bodoli, ac mae hynny’n ei gwneud hi’n haws datblygu chwaraewyr.”

JDX LIVE ON THE APP NOW ROB PAGE

www.faw.cymru 3 FOCUS ON BWRW GOLWG DROS LIECHTENSTEIN LIECHTENSTEIN

LIECHTENSTEIN CURRENTLY SIT BOTTOM AR HYN O BRYD, MAE LIECHTENSTEIN AR OF GROUP 8 HAVING LOST ALL SIX OF THEIR WAELOD GRŴP 8 AR ÔL COLLI CHWE O’U QUALIFYING GAMES, CONCEDING 24 GOALS GEMAU RHAGBROFOL, A GADAEL 24 O IN THE PROCESS. GOLIAU I GEFN Y RHWYD YN Y BROSES. A heavy 6-0 reverse to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Roedd cweir 6-0 gan Bosnia a Herzegovina yn Zenica back in March 2017 set the scene for a side Zenica yn ôl ym mis Mawrth 2017 yn arwydd o that have lost all 55 games that they have ever bethau i ddod i dîm sydd wedi colli pob un o’r 55 played at Under-21 level. A 2-0 defeat against o gemau maen nhw wedi’u chwarae ar lefel Dan Romania in June 2017 offered signs of optimism, 21. Er i Rwmania eu curo 2-0 ym mis Mehefin and their one and only goal of the campaign 2017, roedd fflachiadau o optimistiaeth, a daeth arrived in their 3-1 defeat to Wales last October eu hunig gôl yn yr ymgyrch wrth iddynt golli in Eschen. Ridvan Kardesoglu finding the back of 3-1 i Gymru fis Hydref diwethaf yn Eschen gyda the net on 57 minutes. The side ended 2017 with Ridvan Kardesoglu yn canfod cefn y rhwyd ar a 2-0 defeat against neighbours Switzerland, but ôl 57 munud. Daeth colled 2-0 arall yn erbyn suffered their heaviest defeat of the group when eu cymdogion, y Swistir, i orffen 2017, ond the campaign resumed in March, as Portugal daeth y grasfa fwyaf pan ail-gydiodd y grŵp claimed a 7-0 victory in Tondela. A few days later, yn y chwarae ym mis Mawrth, wrth i Bortiwgal Bosnia and Herzegovina eased to a 4-0 victory in hawlio buddugoliaeth 7-0 yn Tondela. Ychydig Vaduz. The challenge for Austrian coach Heinz ddyddiau yn ddiweddarach, llwyddodd Bosnia Fuchsbichler now will be to try and avoid defeat in a Herzegovina i’w trechu 4-0 yn Vaduz. Yr her at least of their remaining four games, and with it i’r hyfforddwr o’r Awstria, Heinz Fuchsbichler, achieve the greatest result in the history of nawr fydd ceisio osgoi colli mewn o leiaf un o’r the team. pedair gêm sy’n weddill, a chyda hynny, sicrhau’r canlyniad gorau yn hanes y tîm.

FOCUS ON BWRW GOLWG DROS PORTUGAL BORTIWGAL PORTUGAL WERE LOSING FINALISTS AT THE 2015 UEFA UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIPS, COLLODD PORTIWGAL YN ROWND AND RUI JORGE WILL BE DESPERATE FOR DERFYNOL PENCAMPWRIAETH DAN 21 UEFA ANOTHER CHANCE TO TAKE HIS SIDE TO THE YN 2015, A BYDD RUI JORGE YN YSU AM FINALS HAVING FAILED TO MAKE THROUGH GYFLE ARALL I FYND Â’I DIM I’R ROWNDIAU THE GROUP STAGES IN POLAND IN 2017. TERFYNOL AR ÔL METHU Â MYND HEIBIO’R Currently challenging at the top of the qualifying CAMAU GRŴP YNG NGWLAD PWYL YN 2017. group, Portugal started the campaign with a Ar hyn o bryd yn herio ar frig y grŵp, dechreuodd 2-0 win over Wales in Chaves last September. Portiwgal yr ymgyrch gyda buddugoliaeth However, a 3-1 defeat against Bosnia and 2-0 dros Gymru yn Chaves fis Medi diwethaf. Herzegovina and a 1-1 draw with Romania left the Fodd bynnag, ar ôl colli 3-1 yn erbyn Bosnia a side with work to do. Goals from Diogo Goncalves Herzegovina a gêm gyfartal 1-1 gyda Rwmania, and Diogo Jota earned Portugal a 2-1 win over roedd dipyn o dasg yn wynebu’r tîm. Diolch Switzerland last November, but 2018 showed i goliau gan Diogo Goncalves a Diogo Jota, their qualifying credentials as a hat-trick from llwyddodd Portiwgal i drechu’r Swistir 2-1 fis Goncalves headlined a 7-0 win over Liechtenstein. Tachwedd diwethaf, ond dangosodd 2018 pam It would prove to be a positive March for Jorge eu bod nhw’n dîm i gadw llygad arnyn nhw wrth i and his side, as they followed their seven goal hatrig gan Goncalves goroni buddugoliaeth 7-0 victory with a 4-2 win away to Switzerland a few dros Liechtenstein. Profodd i fod yn fis Mawrth days later. i’w gofio i Jorge a’i dîm wrth iddynt drechu’r Swistir 4-2 oddi cartref ychydig ddyddiau wedi’r fuddugoliaeth enfawr yn erbyn Liechtenstein.

4 www.faw.cymru www.faw.cymru 5 FOCUS ON WALES – THE STORY SO FAR BWRW GOLWG DROS GYMRU – YR HANES HYD YN A

GOALS FROM , DAVID BROOKS AND CAFODD CYMRU Y DECHRAU GORAU DIOLCH I GOLIAU GAN GEORGE THOMAS HANDED WALES THE PERFECT START TO TYLER ROBERTS, DAVID BROOKS A GEORGE THOMAS FIS THE QUALIFYING CAMPAIGN LAST SEPTEMBER IN BIEL AS MEDI DIWETHAF YN BIEL WRTH I DÎM ROB PAGE HAWLIO ROB PAGE’S SIDE CLAIMED AN IMPRESSIVE 3-0 VICTORY BUDDUGOLIAETH WEFREIDDIOL 3-0 DROS Y SWISTIR. OVER SWITZERLAND. Fodd bynnag, ar ôl colli 2-0 i Bortiwgal ychydig ddyddiau’n However, a 2-0 defeat to Portugal a few days highlighted the size ddiweddarach, daeth y dasg o’u blaenau yn amlwg. Er hynny, of the task ahead, but the side responded with a 3-1 win away to ymatebodd y tîm gyda buddugoliaeth 3-1 oddi cartref i Liechtenstein Liechtenstein in October. Two home qualifiers in November would ym mis Hydref. Byddai dwy gêm ragbrofol gartref ym mis Tachwedd shape the remainder of the campaign, but a heavy 4-0 defeat to yn llywio gweddill yr ymgyrch, ond siom a gafwyd yn dilyn crasfa Bosnia and Herzegovina proved disappointing. A 0-0 draw with 4-0 gan Bosnia a Herzegovina. Llwyddodd y tîm i adennill ychydig Romania restored some pride and optimism for the remaining o falchder ac optimistiaeth ar gyfer gweddill y gemau gyda gêm fixtures, but a 1-0 defeat against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica gyfartal 0-0 yn erbyn Rwmania, ond daeth colled arall 1-0 yn erbyn back in March followed. However, while the elevation of a number of Bosnia a Herzegovina yn Zenica yn ôl ym mis Mawrth. Fodd bynnag, players to the senior side has left Page with limited resources, the gyda llawer o chwaraewyr wedi ennill lle yn y tîm cyntaf, prin yw’r benefits of providing a player pathway to Ryan Giggs’ senior squad adnoddau sydd ar gael i Page erbyn hyn. Mae’n debyg mai manteision will prove to be the real success story of this campaign. cynnig llwybr i chwaraewyr at dîm cyntaf Ryan Giggs fydd gwir lwyddiant yr ymgyrch hon.

6 www.faw.cymru www.faw.cymru 7 PREVIOUS MEETINGS GEMAU BLAENOROL

LIECHTENSTEIN 1-3 WALES LIECHTENSTEIN 1-3 CYMRU SPORTPARK ESCHEN-MAUREN, ESCHEN SPORTPARK ESCHEN-MAUREN, ESCHEN 5TH OCTOBER 2017 5 HYDREF 2017

WALES WENT INTO THIS MATCH ON THE AETH CYMRU I MEWN I’R GÊM HON AR BACK OF A 2-0 DEFEAT AGAINST PORTUGAL ÔL COLLI 2-0 YN ERBYN PORTIWGAL MIS THE PREVIOUS MONTH IN WHAT WAS YNGHYNT YN NHRYDEDD GÊM YR YMGYRCH THE THIRD MATCH OF THE QUALIFYING RAGBROFOL I DÎM ROB PAGE. CAMPAIGN FOR ROB PAGE’S SIDE. Nid oedd y ffefrynnau, Cymru, yn cymryd unrhyw Although favourites, Wales were not taking beth yn ganiataol, ond gosodwyd y tôn yn yr their opponents for granted, but two goals from hanner cyntaf gyda dwy gôl gan George Thomas, George Thomas in the opening half, his second ei ail o’r smotyn. Aeth Cymru ymhellach ar y from the penalty spot, set the tone for the blaen diolch i gôl gan Matthew Smith ychydig remainder of the match. Matthew Smith extended ar ôl hanner amser, ond sgoriodd Liechtenstein the lead just after half-time, but Liechtenstein eu hunig gôl o’r twrnamaint hyd yn hyn ar ôl 57 scored what is still their only goal of the qualifying munud drwy Ridvan Kardesoglu. “Y peth pwysicaf campaign on 57 minutes through Ridvan oedd y gôl gyntaf,” eglurodd Page ar ôl y gêm. Kardesoglu. “The most important thing was the “Roedd honno’n allweddol. Fe lwyddodd i agor first goal,” explained Page after the match. “That y gêm a rhoi ychydig o le i ni ymosod. Mae chwe was the key. It opened the game up and gave us phwynt allan o naw yn ddechrau gwych ac mae’n some space to attack. Six points out of a potential ein rhoi ni mewn lle da ar gyfer y ddwy gêm nine is a great start and it sets us up nicely for the gartref ym mis Tachwedd. Mae’n ganlyniad da, ond two home games in November. It’s a good result mae mwy i ddod gan y grŵp hwn, ac mae hynny’n but there’s more to come from this group and gyffrous iddyn nhw.” that’s exciting for them.”

PORTUGAL 2-0 WALES PORTIWGAL 2-0 CYMRU MUNICIPAL DE CHAVES, CHAVES MUNICIPAL DE CHAVES, CHAVES 5TH SEPTEMBER 2017 5 MEDI 2017

WALES WERE FULL OF CONFIDENCE FOR ROEDD CYMRU YN LLAWN HYDER AR GYFER THEIR VISIT TO PORTUGAL FOLLOWING EU HYMWELIAD Â PHORTIWGAL YN DILYN EU THE 3-0 WIN OVER SWITZERLAND IN THEIR BUDDUGOLIAETH 3-0 DROS Y SWISTIR YN EU OPENING MATCH. GÊM AGORIADOL. However, it was Portugal in their opening Fodd bynnag, Portiwgal a hawliodd y tri phwynt qualification match that would claim all three cyfan ar ôl sgorio dwy gôl cyn hanner amser. Y points after scoring two goals before half-time. tîm cartref oedd y rhai mwyaf creadigol wrth Portugal were the more creative team in attack ymosod gyda sawl ymgais, rhai yn hitio’r targed, as they registered several attempts both on and gyda Renato Sanches, Concalo Guedes a Gil Dias off target with Renato Sanches, Concalo Guedes oll yn creu cyfleoedd, er i David Brooks fynd yn and Gil Dias creating opportunities, whilst David agos i Gymru. Aeth Portiwgal ar y blaen gyda chic Brooks went close for Wales. Portugal took the o’r smotyn ar ôl i’r dyfarnwr bennu bod Joe Rodon lead from the penalty spot in the after Joe Rodon wedi ffowlio Guedes yn y blwch cosbi. Camodd was judged to have fouled Guedes in the box. Ruben Neves i’r smotyn i sgorio i’r tîm cartref. Ruben Neves stepped up for the home team Ychydig ar ôl i Sanches fethu cyfle i roi Portiwgal to score from the penalty spot. Moments after ymhellach ar y blaen, creodd Dias gyfle i Guedes Sanches missed an opportunity to increase i’w gwneud hi’n 2-0 cyn diwedd yr hanner cyntaf. Portugal’s lead, Dias set-up Guedes to male it 2-0 Roedd Cymru yn cwrso’r gêm yn yr ail hanner, ond before the first half was completed. Wales were daeth ergyd pan aeth y tîm i lawr i 10 dyn wedi chasing the game in the second half but were i Christopher Mepham weld dau gerdyn melyn dealt a blow when they were reduced to 10-men mewn tri munud. after Christopher Mepham picked up two yellow cards in the space of three minutes.

8 www.faw.cymru www.faw.cymru 9 LATEST FROM THE INTERMEDIATE TEAMS

WALES WILL HOST THE GROUP 4 QUALIFIERS IN NOVEMBER AHEAD OF THE 2019 UEFA UNDER-19 CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN ARMENIA. Paul Bodin’s side will take on Scotland, Sweden and San Marino with the venues for the qualifiers yet to be confirmed. In preparation for the mini- tournament, the side competed at the Slovakia Cup earlier this year, winning one of their four matches, to finish the competition in sixth place. This week, the team are in Dublin to take on the Republic of Ireland in two friendlies. Meanwhile, the Under-17 team have been drawn in Group 11 for their next qualifying campaign, and will take on host nation Portugal, Belarus and Kazakhstan as they look to earn a place at the 2019 finals that will take place in the Republic of Ireland. The side warmed-up for the fixtures by competing at the Telki Cup in Hungary recently, drawing 2-2 with the hosts after suffering defeats against the Czech Republic and Croatia.

Y DIWEDDARAF GAN Y TIMAU CANOLRADD

BYDD CYMRU YN CYNNAL GEMAU RHAGBROFOL GRŴP 4 YM MIS TACHWEDD CYN ROWNDIAU TERFYNOL PENCAMPWRIAETH DAN 19 UEFA 2019 A FYDD YN DIGWYDD YN ARMENIA. Bydd tîm Paul Bodin yn herio’r Alban, Sweden a San Marino, er nad yw lleoliadau’r gemau rhagbrofol wedi’u cadarnhau eto. I baratoi ar gyfer y twrnamaint mini, cymerodd y tîm ran yng Nghwpan Slofacia ddechrau’r flwyddyn, gan ennill un o’u pedwar gêm a dod yn chweched yn y gystadleuaeth. Yr wythnos hon, mae’r tîm yn Nulyn i herio Gweriniaeth Iwerddon mewn dwy gêm gyfeillgar. Yn y cyfamser, mae’r tîm Dan 17 yn canfod eu hunain yng Ngrŵp 11 ar gyfer yr ymgyrch ragbrofol nesaf, a byddant yn herio’r wlad gartref, Portiwgal, yn ogystal â Belarus a Kazakhstan wrth iddyn nhw geisio bachu lle yn rowndiau terfynol 2019 a fydd yn cael eu cynnal yng Ngweriniaeth Iwerddon. Bu i’r tîm baratoi ar gyfer y gemau drwy gystadlu yng Nghwpan Telki yn Hwngari yn ddiweddar, gan sicrhau gêm gyfartal 2-2 gyda’r wlad gartref ar ôl colli yn erbyn y Weriniaeth Tsiec a Croatia.

10 www.faw.cymru

16061_TEAM MODE_WALES_148x210mm.indd 1 29/08/2018 15:14 WALES / CYMRU LIECHTENSTEIN PORTUGAL

OWEN EVANS ICLAUDIO MAJER JOEL PEREIRA LUKE PILLING JUSTIN OSPELT JOÃO VIRGINIA COLE DASILVA RAFFAEL LOOSLI ANDRÉ FERREIRA CAMERON COXE RAFAEL GRÜNENFELDER DIOGO DALOT MANUEL MIKUS FRANCISCO FERREIRA REGAN POOLE ROMAN SPIRIG JORGE FERNANDES RHYS ABBRUZZESE JENS HOFER YURI RIBEIRO BRANDON COOPER FABIO WOLFINGER FERNANDO MATTHEW SMITH BENJAMIN VOGT IVANILDO FERNANDES NATHAN BROADHEAD LIVIO MEIER PEDRO AMARAL JACK EVANS SEBASTIAN TSCHUPP PEDRO RODRIGUES NOAH FRICK ANDRÉ HORTA MARK HARRIS NOAH FROMMELT JOÃO CARVALHO TYLER ROBERTS COLIN HAAS STEPHEN EUSTAQUIO RABBI MATONDO MARTIN MARXER RAFAEL BARBOSA DANIEL JAMES MORITZ EIDENENZ PEDRO DELGADO GEORGE THOMAS LUCA RITTER JOÃO FÉLIX HARRY WILSON PASCAL KOLLER BRUNO XADAS MANAGER / RHEOLWR: RIDVAN KARDESOGLU DIOGO GONÇALVES ROB PAGE MANAGER / RHEOLWR: RONALDO TAVARES HEINZ FUCHSBICHLER GIL DIAS HERIERTO TAVARES RAFAEL LEÃO MANAGER / RHEOLWR: RUI JORGE

Sign up for the official Together Stronger Newsletter:

THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF WALES FOUNDED 1876 CYMDEITHAS BÊL-DROED CYMRU SEFYDLWYD 1876

Contact Us / Cysylltwch â Ni: FAW / CBDC All content copyright of the On our website / Ar ein Gwefan: Football Association of Wales Mae hawlfraint yr holl gynnwys www.faw.cymru yn pertain i Gymdeithas 029 2043 5830 Bêl-droed Cymru.