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European Qualifiers EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Rajko Mitić - Belgrade Saturday 27 March 2021 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Serbia Group A - Matchday 2 Portugal Last updated 25/03/2021 14:48CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match officials 2 Legend 3 1 Serbia - Portugal Saturday 27 March 2021 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade Match officials Referee Danny Makkelie (NED) Assistant referees Hessel Steegstra (NED) , Mario Diks (NED) Fourth official Jochem Kamphuis (NED) UEFA Delegate István Huszár (HUN) UEFA Referee observer Martin Hansson (SWE) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Danny Makkelie 28/01/1983 5 84 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 06/09/2013 WC QR Northern Ireland Portugal 2-4 Belfast 03/09/2017 WC QR Hungary Portugal 0-1 Budapest Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 02/09/2011 U21 QR Serbia Northern Ireland 1-0 Novi Sad 22/11/2012 UEL GS Newcastle United FC CS Marítimo 1-1 Newcastle 06/09/2013 WC QR Northern Ireland Portugal 2-4 Belfast 02/10/2014 UEL GS Asteras Tripolis FC FK Partizan 2-0 Tripoli Arkadia 18/06/2015 U21 GS-FT England Portugal 0-1 Uherske Hradiste 04/09/2015 FRIE. R1 Portugal France 0-1 Lisbon 02/11/2016 UCL GS Borussia Dortmund Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-0 Dortmund 03/09/2017 WC QR Hungary Portugal 0-1 Budapest 17/11/2018 UNL GS-FT Italy Portugal 0-0 Milan 12/02/2019 UCL R16 AS Roma FC Porto 2-1 Rome 17/04/2019 UCL QF FC Porto Liverpool FC 1-4 Porto 21/08/2019 UCL PO BSC Young Boys FK Crvena zvezda 2-2 Berne 08/09/2020 UNL GS-FT Sweden Portugal 0-2 Solna 2 Serbia - Portugal Saturday 27 March 2021 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade Legend Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship 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 Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended 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. 3.
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