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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Spartak - Sunday 12 October 2014 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Group G - Matchday -10 Moldova Last updated 12/07/2021 17:00CET

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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 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow

Previous meetings Head to Head 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 Russia ------Moldova ------FIFA* Russia ------Moldova ------Friendlies Russia ------1 1 0 0 1 0 Moldova ------1 0 0 1 0 1 Total Russia ------1 1 0 0 1 0 Moldova ------1 0 0 1 0 1 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Match background

Two former Soviet republics meet for the first time in a competitive game in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group G, with past meetings between Russian and Moldovan clubs suggesting a tight encounter. Match background • The sides' only previous senior encounter was a friendly at Republika Stadium in Chisinau on 4 June 2000, which Russia won 1-0, Maxim Buznikin scoring the only goal on 14 minutes – it was the first of the striker's five goals in eight appearances for Russia. • The nations have met in seven UEFA age-group competitions, with Moldova's record W0 D1 L6. That one draw came in their most recent encounter, a UEFA European Under-21 Championship meeting in Yekaterinburg on 10 September 2012 which ended 2-2. Russia were on target for a 2-1 win, Maxim Grigorev (74) and Fedor Smolov (81) having responded to a 43rd-minute opener from Anatoli Cheptine, but Ion Jardan levelled two minutes into added time. • All four of the meetings between the nations' clubs in UEFA competitions have ended in draws; FC Spartak Moskva eliminated FC Sheriff on away goals in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, drawing 1-1 in Tiraspol and 0-0 in Moscow. More recently, FC Anji Makhachkhala drew 0-0 with Sheriff in Tiraspol and 0-0 in Ramenskoye in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Alexandr Curteian, who took over as Moldova coach on 24 September, won the with FC Zenit in 1999.

3 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Squad list

Russia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers CSKA - 08/04/1986 28 - 2 0 0 0 74 - Moskva Spartak - Artem Rebrov 04/03/1984 30 - 0 0 0 0 - - Moskva - 26/05/1990 24 Zenit - 1 0 0 0 5 - Defenders CSKA - 20/06/1982 32 - 2 0 0 0 85 4 Moskva CSKA - 14/07/1979 35 - 2 0 0 0 102 6 Moskva - 08/08/1988 26 Zenit - 2 0 0 0 4 - Spartak - Sergei Parshivlyuk 18/03/1989 25 - 0 0 0 0 1 - Moskva Dinamo - 22/05/1987 27 - 1 0 0 0 7 1 Moskva CSKA - Georgi Schennikov 27/04/1991 23 - 0 0 0 0 4 - Moskva - Andrei Semenov 24/03/1989 25 Terek - 0 0 0 0 1 - Midfielders Lokomotiv - 19/07/1984 30 - 2 0 0 0 23 3 Moskva Dinamo - 18/02/1989 25 - 0 0 0 0 6 - Moskva - Maksim Grigoryev 06/07/1990 24 Rostov - 1 0 0 0 4 - CSKA - 17/06/1990 24 - 2 0 0 0 38 8 Moskva - 22/04/1986 28 Zenit - 1 0 0 0 23 4 Spartak - 27/01/1987 27 - 2 0 0 0 32 3 Moskva - Magomed Ozdoev 05/11/1992 21 Rubin - 1 0 0 0 2 - - 26/12/1990 23 Villarreal - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Yuri Gazinski 20/07/1989 25 Krasnodar - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - 27/11/1982 31 Zenit - 1 0 0 0 84 27 Spartak - 22/08/1988 26 - 2 1 0 0 5 1 Moskva - Dmitri Poloz 12/07/1991 23 Rostov - 0 0 0 0 1 - Dinamo - 19/03/1991 23 - 2 1 0 0 26 7 Moskva Coach - 18/06/1946 68 - 2 0 0 0 26 -

4 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow

Moldova Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Ilie Cebanu 29/12/1986 27 Mordovia - 2 0 0 0 10 - - Nicolae Calancea 29/08/1986 28 Ceahlăul - 0 0 0 0 15 - FC - Alexei Koşelev 19/11/1993 20 - 0 0 0 0 - - Saxan Defenders - Victor Golovatenco 28/04/1984 30 Sibir - 2 0 0 0 64 3 İstanbul - Alexandru Epureanu 27/09/1986 28 - 2 0 0 0 64 6 BB - Petru Racu 17/07/1987 27 Veris - 1 0 0 0 27 - - Iulian Erhan 01/07/1986 28 Zimbru - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Igor Armaş 14/07/1987 27 Kuban - 2 0 0 0 37 3 - Vasile Jardan 20/07/1993 21 Dacia - 0 0 0 0 - - - Ion Jardan 10/01/1990 24 Zimbru - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Veaceslav Posmac 07/11/1990 23 Dacia - 1 0 0 0 10 - - Ştefan Burghiu 28/03/1991 23 Zimbru - 0 0 0 0 4 - Midfielders - Alexandru Gaţcan 27/03/1984 30 Rostov - 1 0 0 0 41 2 - Artur Patraş 10/01/1988 26 Milsami - 1 0 0 0 18 - - Andrei Cojocari 21/01/1987 27 Milsami - 1 0 0 0 10 1 - Alexandru Dedov 26/07/1989 25 Zimbru - 2 1 0 0 21 2 - Artur Ioniţa 17/08/1990 24 Verona - 2 0 0 0 16 2 - Serghei Gheorghiev 20/10/1991 22 Sheriff - 1 0 0 0 16 - - Cătălin Carp 20/10/1993 20 CFR Cluj - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Vadim Raţa 05/05/1993 21 Tiraspol - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - Igor Picuşciac 27/03/1983 31 Amkar - 1 0 0 0 21 2 - Alexandru Antoniuc 23/05/1989 25 Milsami - 2 0 0 0 18 2 H. - Eugeniu Sidorenco 19/03/1989 25 - 2 0 0 0 23 7 Nazareth Coach - Alexandr Kurteyan 11/02/1974 40 - 1 0 0 0 1 -

5 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Head coach Fabio Capello Date of birth: 18 June 1946 Nationality: Italian Playing career: Spal 1907, AS Roma, Juventus, AC Milan Coaching career: AC Milan (twice), Real Madrid CF (twice), AS Roma, Juventus, England, Russia • Forged a successful playing career, winning four Serie A titles – three with Juventus, one with Milan – and scoring eight goals from midfield in 32 games for Italy, including the winner in the Azzurri's first victory over England at Wembley in November 1973. • Despite lacking coaching experience Capello replaced Arrigo Sacchi at Milan in 1991, launching a hugely impressive five-year spell in which he led a star-studded team to four Italian championships – the first without losing a match – and the 1994 UEFA Champions League, beating Johan Cruyff's FC Barcelona 4-0 in the final. • Left Milan for Real Madrid and lifted the Spanish title in his only season there before an unsuccessful return to Milan. Re-established himself as one of world's foremost coaches at both Roma, where he won the 2000/01 Scudetto, and Juventus, where he ended each of his two campaigns as Serie A champion – only for both titles to be revoked as a result of the sporting fraud scandal. • Another one-year Liga title-winning effort at Madrid (a decade after the first) prompted the Football Association (FA) to appoint him England coach. Took over in January 2008 and steered the side to the 2010 FIFA World Cup with eight straight victories. Stayed on for UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying despite failing to progress beyond the last 16 in South Africa and guided his charges to the finals in Poland and Ukraine. • Stood down from England in February 2012, less than four months before UEFA EURO 2012, but the following summer took the Russia job and led them to the 2014 World Cup, where they failed to progress beyond the group stage. Signed a contract extension in January 2014 to remain in charge until after the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Alexandr Curteian Date of birth: 11 February 1974 Nationality: Moldovan Playing career: FC Zimbru Chisinau, RTS Widzew Łódź, FC Zenit, Hamburger SV, FC Torpedo Moskva, Moldova Coaching career: FC Zimbru Chisinau, FC Smena-Zenit (assistant), Moldova (assistant), Moldova Under-21s, Moldova • A product of the Zimbru youth academy, Curteian won five league titles with the club as a player. In 1993 and 1998 he was named Moldova's best player; he scored twice in 38 appearances for the national team. • A creative midfielder, Curteian won the Polish league title with Widzew in 1996/97 and later claimed the Russian Cup with Zenit. He is one of only two Moldovan players to have featured in the Bundesliga. • Following the end of his playing career, Curteian held a number of administrative posts at Zimbru before taking to the dugout in 2007. He immediately guided them to Moldovan Cup success. • In 2009, he joined the Smena-Zenit coaching team and a year later became assistant to Moldova coach Gabi Balint. • Curteian started working with the Moldova U21s in October 2011 and his team finished third in their qualifying group for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He replaced Ion Caras at the senior team helm in September 2014.

6 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Match officials

Referee Kristinn Jakobsson (ISL) Assistant referees Gunnar Gunnarsson (ISL) , Gylfi Mar Sigurdsson (ISL) Additional assistant referees Thorvaldur Árnason (ISL) , Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL) Fourth official Sigurdur Oli Thorleifsson (ISL) UEFA Delegate Pierino L.G. Lardi (SUI) UEFA Referee observer Ryszard Wójcik (POL)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Kristinn Jakobsson 11/06/1969 6 91

UEFA European Championship matches featuring the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 11/06/2003 EURO QR Czech Republic Moldova 5-0 Olomouc

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 11/06/2003 EURO QR Czech Republic Moldova 5-0 Olomouc 13/10/2004 WC QR Moldova Scotland 1-1 Tiraspol 20/10/2005 UEL GS PFC CSKA Moskva 1-2 Moscow 08/11/2007 UEL GS FC Spartak Moskva Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 Moscow 05/12/2007 UEL GS Everton FC FC Zenit 1-0 Liverpool 06/11/2008 UEL GS FC Spartak Moskva Udinese Calcio 1-2 Moscow 24/02/2011 UEL R32 FC Zenit BSC Young Boys 3-1 St Petersburg 30/08/2012 UEL PO Olympique de Marseille FC Sheriff 0-0 Marseille 24/10/2013 UEL GS Swansea City AFC FC Kuban Krasnodar 1-1 Swansea 31/07/2014 UEL 3QR FC Dinamo Moskva Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC 1-1 Khimki

7 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Competition facts

8 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Match-by-match lineups Russia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Russia 4-0 Liechtenstein Goals: 1-0 M. Büchel 4 (og) , 2-0 Burgmeier 50 (og) , 3-0 D. Kombarov 54 (P) , 4-0 Dzyuba 65 Russia: Akinfeev (72 Lodygin), Smolnikov, Ignashevich, Glushakov, Kokorin, Dzagoev (64 Ozdoev), Kerzhakov (46 Dzyuba), V. Berezutski, Cheryshev, Samedov, D. Kombarov Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Sweden 1-1 Russia Goals: 0-1 Kokorin 10, 1-1 Toivonen 49 Russia: Akinfeev, Smolnikov, Ignashevich, Glushakov, Kokorin, V. Berezutski, Shatov, Samedov (73 Grigoryev), Fayzulin (87 Dzagoev), Dzyuba, D. Kombarov (88 Granat) Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Russia-Moldova Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Austria-Russia Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Montenegro-Russia Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Russia-Austria Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Russia-Sweden Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Liechtenstein-Russia Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Moldova-Russia Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Russia-Montenegro Moldova

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Montenegro 2-0 Moldova Goals: 1-0 Vučinić 45+2, 2-0 Tomašević 73 Moldova: Cebanu, Armaş, Golovatenco, Racu, Epureanu, Ioniţa, A. Antoniuc (54 M. Antoniuc), Dedov, Alexeev, Gheorghiev (81 Cebotaru), Sidorenco (68 Posmac) Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Moldova 1-2 Austria Goals: 0-1 Alaba 12 (P) , 1-1 Dedov 27 (P) , 1-2 Janko 51 Moldova: Cebanu, Armaş, Epureanu, Golovatenco, I. Jardan, Erhan (87 Patraş), Cojocari (65 A. Antoniuc), Gaţcan, Ioniţa, Dedov, Picuşciac (46 Sidorenco) Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Russia-Moldova Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Moldova-Liechtenstein Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Moldova-Sweden

9 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow

Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Liechtenstein-Moldova Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Austria-Moldova Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Moldova-Montenegro Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Moldova-Russia Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Sweden-Moldova

10 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Russia History 2012 – group stage 2008 – semi-finals 2004 – group stage 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – group stage 1992 – group stage (as Commonwealth of Independent States) 1988 – runners-up (as Soviet Union) 1984 – did not qualify (as Soviet Union) 1980 – did not qualify (as Soviet Union) 1976 – quarter-finals (as Soviet Union) 1972 – runners-up (as Soviet Union) 1968 – fourth place (as Soviet Union) 1964 – runners-up (as Soviet Union) 1960 – winners (as Soviet Union) Final tournament win 4-1: Russia v Czech Republic, 08/06/12 0-3: Czechoslovakia v Soviet Union, 06/07/60 Final tournament defeat 4-1: Spain v Russia, 10/06/08 0-3: four times, most recently Russia v Spain, 26/06/08 Qualifying win 0-7: San Marino v Russia, 07/06/95 Qualifying defeat 3-0: England v Russia, 12/09/07 3-0: Republic of Ireland v Soviet Union, 30/10/74 Final tournament appearances 9: 8: 8: 7: Sergei Ignashevich 7: Final tournament goals 4: Roman Pavlyuchenko 3: Alan Dzagoev 3: Valentin Ivanov 3: Viktor Ponedelnik 2: Overall appearances 40: Sergei Ignashevich 34: 28: Aleksandr Anyukov 28: Andrey Arshavin 27: Aleksandr Kerzhakov 26: Vasili Berezutski 25: Yuri Zhirkov 23: Konstantin Zyryanov Overall goals 10: Roman Pavlyuchenko 9: Aleksandr Kerzhakov 8: 8:

11 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow

UEFA European Championship records: Moldova History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Qualifying win 4-0: Moldova v San Marino, 11/10/11 Qualifying defeat 6-1: Germany v Moldova, 04/06/99 6-1: Germany v Moldova, 08/10/95 5-0: three times, most recently Turkey v Moldova, 11/10/06 Overall appearances 27: Radu Rebeja 24: Serghei Cleşcenco 21: Alexandru Epureanu 17: Serghei Stroenco 17: Victor Golovatenco 16: Igor Bugaev 16: Ghenadie Olexic 16: Ion Testemiţanu Overall goals 5: Viorel Frunză 4: Igor Bugaev 4: Alexandru Suvorov 3: Igor Oprea

12 Russia - Moldova Sunday 12 October 2014 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Spartak, Moscow 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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