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UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu - Baku Saturday 17 November 2018 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Azerbaijan Group D3 - Matchday 5 Faroe Islands Last updated 12/02/2019 19:41CET Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 10 Legend 12 1 Azerbaijan - Faroe Islands Saturday 17 November 2018 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Nations League Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Richard Almeida 28, 11/10/2018 GS-FT Faroe Islands - Azerbaijan 0-3 Torshavn 86 (P), Nazarov 67 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Azerbaijan - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 Faroe Islands - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 2 Azerbaijan - Faroe Islands Saturday 17 November 2018 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Squad list Azerbaijan League phase No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Kamran Agayev 09/02/1986 32 Keşla - 4 0 12 Emil Balayev 17/04/1994 24 Sabail - 0 0 23 Salahat Agayev 04/01/1991 27 Neftçi - 0 0 Defenders 3 Urfan Abbasov 14/10/1992 26 Gabala - 2 0 4 Pavlo Pashayev 04/01/1988 30 Olexandriya - 4 0 5 Maksim Medvedev 29/09/1989 29 Qarabağ * 4 0 6 Badavi Hüseynov 11/07/1991 27 Qarabağ - 4 0 18 Shahriyar Aliyev 25/12/1992 25 Sumqayıt - 0 0 19 Rahil Mammadov 24/11/1995 22 Qarabağ - 2 0 21 Tamkin Khalilzade 06/08/1993 25 Gabala - 3 1 Midfielders 2 Gara Garayev 12/10/1992 26 Qarabağ * 4 0 7 Araz Abdullayev 18/04/1992 26 Qarabağ - 2 1 8 Emin Makhmudov 27/04/1992 26 Neftçi - 3 0 13 Dmitri Nazarov 04/04/1990 28 Erzgebirge * 4 1 14 Rahid Amirguliyev 01/09/1989 29 Sabail - 0 0 15 Javid Imamverdiyev 08/01/1990 28 Sabah - 3 0 17 Mahir Madatov 01/07/1997 21 Qarabağ - 4 0 20 Richard Almeida 20/03/1989 29 Astana * 4 2 22 Afran Ismayilov 08/10/1988 30 Sumqayıt - 0 0 Forwards 9 Mirabdulla Abbasov 27/04/1995 23 Neftçi - 0 0 10 Ruslan Gurbanov 12/09/1991 27 Sabail - 2 0 Krylya 11 Ramil Sheydaev 15/03/1996 22 - 2 0 Sovetov Preußen 16 Rüfat Dadaşov 29/09/1991 27 - 2 0 Münster Coach - Gurban Gurbanov 13/04/1972 46 - 4 0 3 Azerbaijan - Faroe Islands Saturday 17 November 2018 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Faroe Islands League phase No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Gunnar Nielsen 07/10/1986 32 FH * 4 0 12 Teitur Gestsson 19/08/1992 26 HB - 0 0 23 Kristian Joensen 21/12/1992 25 KÍ - 0 0 Defenders 3 Viljormur Davidsen 19/07/1991 27 VB - 4 0 4 Atli Gregersen 15/06/1982 36 Vikingur * 4 0 5 Ragnar Nattestad 04/08/1994 24 Horsens - 3 0 15 Odmar Faerø 01/11/1989 29 B36 - 2 0 18 Jógvan Rói Davidsen 09/10/1991 27 HB - 0 0 19 Rógvi Baldvinsson 06/12/1989 28 Bryne * 4 0 Midfielders 2 Magnus Egilsson 19/03/1994 24 HB - 0 0 6 Hallur Hansson 08/07/1992 26 Horsens * 4 1 7 Kaj Bartalsstovu 23/06/1991 27 ÍBV - 3 0 8 Brandur Hendriksson 19/12/1995 22 FH - 4 0 10 Sølvi Vatnhamar 05/05/1986 32 Vikingur - 2 0 Fremad 11 Heini Vatnsdal 18/10/1991 27 - 2 0 Amager 13 Árni Frederiksberg 13/06/1992 26 NSÍ - 0 0 16 René Joensen 08/02/1993 25 Grindavík S 4 2 17 Gunnar Vatnhamar 29/03/1995 23 Vikingur * 2 0 20 Jóannes Bjartalíð 10/07/1996 22 KÍ - 0 0 Forwards 9 Gilli Rólantsson 11/08/1992 26 Brann - 4 0 14 Meinhard Olsen 10/04/1997 21 B36 - 0 0 21 Klæmint Olsen 17/07/1990 28 NSÍ * 3 0 22 Jákup Thomsen 23/11/1997 20 FH - 0 0 Coach - Lars Olsen 02/02/1961 57 - 4 0 4 Azerbaijan - Faroe Islands Saturday 17 November 2018 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Head coach Gurban Gurbanov Date of birth: 13 April 1972 Nationality: Azerbaijani Playing career: Daşqın Zaqatala (twice), Mertskhali, Alazani, Turan Tovuz (twice), Kur Nur, Neftçi (three times), Dinamo Stavropol, Fakel Voronezh (three times), Baltika Kaliningrad, Volgar Astrakhan, İnter Bakı Coaching career: Neftçi, Qarabağ, Azerbaijan • Started his playing career in 1988 with local side Daşqın Zaqatala before a spell in Georgia. Having returned to Azerbaijan, striker Gurbanov spent two more years at Daşqın and won the league with Turan Tovuz in 1993/94. • Claimed three more Azerbaijani titles with Baku-based Neftçi, ending up as the league's leading marksman in 1996/97 and adding the domestic cup in 2004. • With 12 goals in 64 matches for Azerbaijan, Gurbanov remains the national team's top scorer; after 115 goals in 191 Azerbaijani league games, he finished playing in 2006. • Kicked off his coaching career at Neftçi and came second in the league before taking charge of Qarabağ in 2008. Won the Azerbaijani Cup in his first season and went on to lift the trophy three more times. • Landed five league championships in a row with Qarabağ, getting to the UEFA Europa League play-offs three times before eventually qualifying for the competition proper in 2014/15 and then for the next two seasons. In 2017/18, he guided Qarabağ to the UEFA Champions League group stage – the first club from Azerbaijan to achieve that feat – and in November 2017 was appointed as Azerbaijan coach in addition to his club role. Lars Olsen Date of birth: 2 February 1961 Nationality: Danish Playing career: Glostrup, Køge, Brøndby (twice), Trabzonspor, Seraing, Basel Coaching career: Brøndby (youth/reserves/assistant), Randers, Odense, Faroe Islands • Enjoyed an illustrious playing career as a central defender, winning five Danish titles in a six-year spell at Brøndby between 1985 and 1991. • Allegedly drove from Turkey to Scandinavia when he learned of his country's belated call-up to EURO '92. His passion and leadership – he played every minute in Sweden – helped inspire Denmark to the most unlikely of triumphs. He ended his career with 84 caps, a record 69 as captain. • Learned his coaching craft with Brøndby, taking charge at various youth and reserve levels after finishing his playing days at the club in 1996, before accepting his first senior job with newly formed Randers in 2003. Guided the team into the Danish Super League in 2004 but could not help maintain their elite status, suffering immediate relegation. • Steered second-division Randers to a surprise 2006 Danish Cup success, beating Esbjerg in the final, while also securing a return to the top flight. Moved to Odense in summer 2007, leading his new side to a fourth-place finish in his first term. Consecutive runners-up spots followed in 2008/09 and 2009/10 before he departed in September 2010. • Appointed coach of the Faroe Islands in November 2011, his team were unable to register a win as they came bottom of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying Group C, earning their only point in a 1-1 home draw with Kazakhstan. However, UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying featured two high points in the shape of home and away wins against the 2004 champions Greece, while there were two more victories in the 2018 World Cup preliminaries. 5 Azerbaijan - Faroe Islands Saturday 17 November 2018 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Match officials Referee Dimitrios Massias (CYP) Assistant referees Marios Kalogirou (CYP) , Ioannis Lazarou (CYP) Additional assistant referees Vasilis Dimitriou (CYP) , Lucas Soteriou (CYP) Fourth official Omiros Tziortzis (CYP) UEFA Delegate Jaroslav Dudl (CZE) UEFA Referee observer Vladimir Petrov (UKR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Dimitrios Massias 27/03/1981 0 22 UEFA Nations League matches between the two teams No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 17/03/2015 U17 ELITE Croatia Azerbaijan 4-0 Baku 19/03/2015 U17 ELITE Portugal Azerbaijan 3-0 Baku 6 Azerbaijan - Faroe Islands Saturday 17 November 2018 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Competition facts What is the background to the UEFA Nations League? The rejuvenation of national team football – and the UEFA Nations League – stems from the desire of UEFA and its 55 member associations to improve the quality and standing of national team football. UEFA and its associations wanted more sporting meaning in national team football, with associations, coaches, players and supporters increasingly of the opinion that friendly matches are not providing adequate competition for national teams. Extensive consultation and discussions started as far back as the 2011 UEFA Strategy Meeting in Cyprus and continued at a series of Top Executive Programme (TEP) meetings over the following three years. The UEFA Nations League was unanimously adopted at the XXXVIII Ordinary UEFA Congress in Astana on 27 March 2014. What is the basic format? The format of the UEFA Nations League features promotion and relegation. The 55 European national teams have been divided into four leagues in accordance with UEFA's national association coefficient rankings on 11 October 2017.