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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Baku Olympic Stadium - Baku Saturday 10 October 2015 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Azerbaijan Group H - Matchday -4 Italy Last updated 12/07/2021 15:48CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 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 Azerbaijan - Italy Saturday 10 October 2015 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Chiellini 44, 82; 10/10/2014 QR (GS) Italy - Azerbaijan 2-1 Palermo Chiellini 76 (og) UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Vieri 15, F. Inzaghi 11/10/2003 QR (GS) Italy - Azerbaijan 4-0 Reggio Calabria 23, 86, Di Vaio 64 Akhmedov 33 (og), 07/09/2002 QR (GS) Azerbaijan - Italy 0-2 Baku Del Piero 65 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 Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 0 3 1 8 Italy 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 8 1 FIFA* Azerbaijan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Italy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Azerbaijan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Italy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 0 3 1 8 Italy 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 8 1 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Azerbaijan - Italy Saturday 10 October 2015 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku Match background Azerbaijan's four-game unbeaten run in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group H may be of concern to leaders Italy, who will seal their place at next summer's final tournament with a win in Baku. • Fifth-placed Azerbaijan can no longer qualify for UEFA EURO 2016. • Italy are two points clear of their final-day visitors Norway at the top of the section. Previous meetings • Italy beat Azerbaijan 2-1 in Palermo in the sides' Group H encounter last October, maintaining the Azzurri's 100% record over their opponents. All three goals were scored by Giorgio Chiellini – with his own goal Azerbaijan's first senior strike against Italy. • The Italians had won both previous meetings between the teams, without even conceding a goal – 2-0 in Baku and 4-0 in Reggio Calabria in UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying. Form guide • Having lost their first four matches in Group H, Azerbaijan are unbeaten in four (W1 D3) since the appointment of Robert Prosinečki as coach. • Italy are unbeaten in 48 qualifying fixtures (W37 D11) since a 3-1 reverse in France on 6 September 2006. They drew their two most recent Group H away games. Disciplinary • Dmitri Nazarov is a booking away from a ban. • Daniele De Rossi begins a two-match ban against Azerbaijan; Matteo Darmian will incur a suspension with his next yellow card. Trivia and links • Azerbaijan defender Ruslan Abışov turns 28 on 10 October, the day of Italy's visit to Baku. • Azerbaijan coach Prosinečki played three times against Italy – two draws with Yugoslavia and a 2-1 win with Croatia in EURO '96 qualifying. He was an unused substitute when Croatia overcame Italy 2-1 at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. • FC Internazionale Milano have figured in all the previous encounters between clubs from the two countries. Inter ousted Neftçi PFK 3-1 in Baku before a 2-2 draw in Milan in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage. The Nerazzurri then won 2-0 at home and drew 0-0 away to Qarabağ FK in the same competition's 2014/15 group stage. • Italy and Azerbaijan have met in seven UEFA youth and age-limit tournaments, with Italy very much on top, boasting the record W6 D1 L0. That sole draw was a 0-0 in a UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifier on 4 March 1997. It was only in the last of those seven games – a 2-1 defeat at U19 level in Sweden – that Azerbaijan scored their first goal against Italy. 3 Azerbaijan - Italy Saturday 10 October 2015 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku Squad list Azerbaijan Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Kamran Agayev 09/02/1986 29 Karşıyaka - 7 0 0 0 55 - Zira PFC - Anar Nazirov 08/09/1985 30 - 0 0 0 0 2 - Baku - Agil Mammadov 01/05/1989 26 Neftçi - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Rashad F. Sadygov 16/06/1982 33 Qarabağ - 8 0 0 0 96 4 - Arif Dashdemirov 10/02/1987 28 Qäbälä - 4 0 0 0 6 - Metalurh - Pavlo Pashayev 04/01/1988 27 - 0 0 0 0 2 - Zaporizhya - Ruslan Abışov 10/10/1987 27 Qäbälä - 2 0 0 0 45 4 - Maksim Medvedev 29/09/1989 26 Qarabağ - 4 0 0 0 29 - - Tarlan Guliyev 19/04/1992 23 Käpäz - 2 0 0 0 2 - - Badavi Hüseynov 11/07/1991 24 Qarabağ - 7 0 0 0 19 - - Magomed Mirzabekov 16/11/1990 24 Qäbälä - 2 0 0 0 3 - Midfielders - Rashad A. Sadygov 08/10/1983 32 Qäbälä - 2 0 0 0 23 - Xäzär - Rahid Amirguliyev 01/09/1989 26 - 7 2 0 0 45 3 Länkäran - Elvin Mammadov 18/07/1988 27 Qarabağ - 0 0 0 0 32 7 - Gara Garayev 12/10/1992 22 Qarabağ - 8 0 0 0 18 - - Afran Ismayilov 08/10/1988 27 Qarabağ - 4 0 0 0 23 1 - Rahman Hajiyev 25/07/1993 22 Neftçi - 0 0 0 0 - - - Tugrul Erat 17/06/1992 23 Düsseldorf - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Dmitri Nazarov 04/04/1990 25 Karlsruhe * 8 2 0 0 12 3 - Eddy 02/08/1992 23 Eibar - 2 0 0 0 2 - Forwards - Ruslan Gurbanov 12/09/1991 24 Neftçi - 4 0 0 0 5 - Xäzär - Elnur Jafarov 28/03/1997 18 - 0 0 0 0 - - Länkäran Coach - Robert Prosinečki 12/01/1969 46 - 4 0 0 0 5 - 4 Azerbaijan - Italy Saturday 10 October 2015 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku Italy Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gianluigi Buffon 28/01/1978 37 Juventus - 7 0 0 0 149 - - Salvatore Sirigu 12/01/1987 28 Paris - 2 0 0 0 14 - - Daniele Padelli 25/10/1985 29 Torino - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Giorgio Chiellini 14/08/1984 31 Juventus - 6 2 0 0 78 6 - Andrea Barzagli 08/05/1981 34 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 51 - - Matteo Darmian 02/12/1989 25 Man. United * 8 0 0 0 15 - - Davide Santon 02/01/1991 24 Internazionale - 0 0 0 0 8 - - Leonardo Bonucci 01/05/1987 28 Juventus - 7 1 0 0 49 3 - Mattia De Sciglio 20/10/1992 22 Milan - 5 0 0 0 19 - Midfielders - Riccardo Montolivo 18/01/1985 30 Milan - 0 0 0 0 58 2 - Antonio Candreva 28/02/1987 28 Lazio - 7 2 0 0 31 2 - Andrea Bertolacci 11/01/1991 24 Milan - 2 0 0 0 4 - - Roberto Soriano 08/02/1991 24 Sampdoria - 3 0 0 0 5 - - Giacomo Bonaventura 22/08/1989 26 Milan - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Marco Verratti 05/11/1992 22 Paris - 4 0 0 0 14 1 - Marco Parolo 25/01/1985 30 Lazio - 3 0 0 0 13 - - Alessandro Florenzi 11/03/1991 24 Roma - 4 0 0 0 9 1 Forwards - Fabio Quagliarella 31/01/1983 32 Torino - 0 0 0 0 25 6 - Sebastian Giovinco 26/01/1987 28 Toronto FC - 2 0 0 0 21 1 - Graziano Pellè 15/07/1985 30 Southampton - 5 2 0 0 6 3 - Éder 15/11/1986 28 Sampdoria - 3 1 0 0 4 1 - Stephan El Shaarawy 27/10/1992 22 Monaco - 3 0 0 0 14 1 - Simone Zaza 25/06/1991 24 Juventus - 5 1 0 0 6 1 Coach - Antonio Conte 31/07/1969 46 - 8 0 0 0 12 - 5 Azerbaijan - Italy Saturday 10 October 2015 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku Head coach Robert Prosinečki Date of birth: 12 January 1969 Nationality: Croatian Playing career: GNK Dinamo Zagreb (twice), FK Crvena zvezda, Real Madrid CF, Real Oviedo, FC Barcelona, Sevilla FC, NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac, R. Standard de Liège, Portsmouth FC, NK Olimpija Ljubljana, NK Zagreb Coaching career: Croatia (assistant), FK Crvena zvezda, Kayserispor • Born in Germany, Prosinečki moved back to Croatia with his family in 1979, and developed as a midfielder with stunning technique at Dinamo Zagreb. • He moved on to Crvena zvezda and helped the Belgrade side to win the 1990/91 European Champion Clubs' Cup, scoring the opening penalty in their shoot-out success against Olympique de Marseille. • After a high-profile transfer, injuries hampered his time at Real Madrid, though he was to stay in Spain for some time, representing Oviedo, Barcelona and Sevilla before further adventures in Belgium, England and Slovenia. • Capped 15 times for Yugoslavia and 49 times for Croatia, his goals in the 1990 and 1998 tournaments made him the only player to score in FIFA World Cup finals competitons for two different nations. • Having assisted former Croatia team-mate Slaven Bilić with the national team, Prosinečki coached Crvena zvezda to Serbian Cup success in 2011/12 and led Turkish side Kayserispor from 2012–13.