EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Josy Barthel - Monday 8 September 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Luxembourg Group C - Matchday -12 Last updated 12/07/2021 16:38CET

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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 Luxembourg - Belarus Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg

Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2012 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Kornilenko 48 (P), 07/06/2011 QR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 2-0 Putilo 73 08/10/2010 QR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 0-0 Luxembourg

UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 13/10/2007 QR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 0-1 Gomel F. Leweck 90+5 Sagramola 68; 24/03/2007 QR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 1-2 Luxembourg Kalachev 25, Kutuzov 54

EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 11/10/1995 PR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 0-0 Luxembourg Romaschenko 67, 12/10/1994 PR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 2-0 Minsk Gerasimets 76

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 Luxembourg 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 - - - - 6 1 2 3 2 6 Belarus 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 - - - - 6 3 2 1 6 2 FIFA* Luxembourg ------Belarus ------Friendlies Luxembourg ------Belarus ------Total Luxembourg 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 - - - - 6 1 2 3 2 6 Belarus 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 - - - - 6 3 2 1 6 2 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Luxembourg - Belarus Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Match background

The UEFA European Championship is bringing Luxembourg and Belarus together once more, with their opening UEFA EURO 2016 Group C game their seventh encounter in the competition. Match background • Luxembourg's record in their six previous games against Belarus is W1 D2 L3 (W0 D2 L1 at home – W1 D0 L2 in Belarus). They are meeting for a third successive UEFA European Championship, having been pooled together in UEFA EURO 2008 and UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying. • The sides first met in EURO '96 qualifying. On 12 October 1994, Sergei Borovski's Belarus beat Paul Philipp's Luxembourg 2-0 in Minsk, Miroslav Romaschenko (67) and Sergei Gerasimets (76) the scorers. The return fixture in Luxembourg on 11 October 1995 ended goalless. • In UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying, Yuri Puntus's Belarus beat ' Luxembourg 2-1 at the Stade Josy Barthel on 24 March 2007, Timofei Kalachev (4) and Vitali Kutuzov (54) scoring before Chris Sagramola (68) pulled one back for the home side. On 13 October 2007, however, Hellers' side secured a rare away win, Alphonse Leweck's header five minutes into added time handing Bernd Stange's Belarus a 1-0 defeat – and earning Luxembourg a first competitive victory in 12 years. • Under , Luxembourg held Stange's Belarus to a 0-0 draw at home in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying on 8 October 2010 with Belarus's Sergei Kornilenko sent off on 69 minutes. On as a half-time substitute, Kornilenko made amends with the 48th-minute opener from the penalty spot in the corresponding fixture in Belarus on 7 June 2011, Anton Putilo (73) completing a 2-0 win. • Luxembourg's record in three UEFA age-group competition games against Belarus is W0 D1 L2, with the nations to meet in UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying on 15 October 2014. • In the only encounters between the nation's clubs in UEFA competition, FC Dinamo Minsk beat CS Hobscheid 6-0 at home in the first round of the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup, drawing the return fixture 1-1.

3 Luxembourg - Belarus Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Squad list

Luxembourg Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jonathan Joubert 12/09/1979 34 Dudelange - 0 0 0 0 69 - Standard - Anthony Moris 29/04/1990 24 - 0 0 0 0 2 - Liège - Charly Schinker 05/11/1987 26 Rumelange - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders Jeunesse - Eric Hoffmann 21/06/1984 30 - 0 0 0 0 88 - Esch - Tom Schnell 08/10/1985 28 Dudelange - 0 0 0 0 39 - - Kevin Malget 15/01/1991 23 Dudelange - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Tom Laterza 09/05/1992 22 Fola - 0 0 0 0 28 - - Chris Philipps 08/03/1994 20 Metz - 0 0 0 0 17 - Jeunesse - Marvin Da Graca 17/02/1995 19 - 0 0 0 0 1 - Esch Jeunesse - Ricardo Delgado 22/02/1994 20 - 0 0 0 0 - - Esch - Maxime Chanot 21/11/1989 24 Kortrijk - 0 0 0 0 5 1 Midfielders - Ben Payal 08/09/1988 25 Fola - 0 0 0 0 59 - - Mathias Jänisch 27/08/1990 24 Differdange - 0 0 0 0 36 1 - Lars Gerson 05/02/1990 24 Norrköping - 0 0 0 0 37 2 - Yannick Bastos 30/05/1993 21 Bolton - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Dwayn Holter 15/06/1995 19 Fürth - 0 0 0 0 2 - - 05/08/1992 22 Fola - 0 0 0 0 14 - - Christopher Pereira 19/02/1997 17 Lyon - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - 11/09/1985 28 Dudelange - 0 0 0 0 55 4 - 11/08/1988 26 Fola - 0 0 0 0 21 3 - Maurice Deville 31/07/1992 22 Kaiserslautern - 0 0 0 0 15 3 - Antonio Luisi 07/10/1994 19 Differdange - 0 0 0 0 5 - - 19/10/1992 21 Dudelange - 0 0 0 0 9 - Coach - Luc Holtz 14/06/1969 45 - 0 0 0 0 37 -

4 Luxembourg - Belarus Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg

Belarus Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Dinamo - Aleksandr Gutor 18/04/1989 25 - 0 0 0 0 5 - Minsk - Andrei Klimovich 27/08/1988 26 Gomel - 0 0 0 0 - - - Sergei Chernik 20/07/1988 26 BATE - 0 0 0 0 3 - Defenders - Maksim Bordachev 18/05/1986 28 Rostov - 0 0 0 0 33 2 - Aleksandr Martynovich 26/08/1987 27 Krasnodar - 0 0 0 0 38 2 - Egor Filipenko 10/04/1988 26 BATE - 0 0 0 0 32 1 - 24/10/1986 27 Mordovia - 0 0 0 0 38 1 Dinamo - Sergei Politevich 09/04/1990 24 - 0 0 0 0 2 - Minsk Dinamo - Oleg Veretilo 10/07/1988 26 - 0 0 0 0 13 - Minsk - Denis Polyakov 17/04/1991 23 BATE - 0 0 0 0 8 - Midfielders - Aleksandr Hleb 01/05/1981 33 Konyaspor - 0 0 0 0 66 6 - Timofei Kalachev 01/05/1981 33 Rostov - 0 0 0 0 63 8 - Sergei Kislyak 06/08/1987 27 Rubin - 0 0 0 0 45 6 Dinamo - Igor Stasevich 21/10/1985 28 - 0 0 0 0 16 2 Minsk Krylya - Stanislav Dragun 04/06/1988 26 - 0 0 0 0 23 3 Sovetov - Sergei Krivets 08/06/1986 28 Metz - 0 0 0 0 25 4 - Sergei Balanovich 29/08/1987 27 Amkar - 0 0 0 0 19 2 - Ilya Aleksievich 10/02/1991 23 BATE - 0 0 0 0 7 1 - Edgar Olekhnovich 17/05/1987 27 BATE - 0 0 0 0 13 1 Forwards Krylya - Sergei Kornilenko 14/06/1983 31 - 0 0 0 0 61 15 Sovetov Coach - Georgi Kondratiev 07/01/1960 54 - 0 0 0 0 25 -

5 Luxembourg - Belarus Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Head coach Luc Holtz Date of birth: 14 June 1969 Nationality: Luxembourger Playing career: Red Boys Differdange, FC Avenir Beggen, FC Etzella Ettelbruck Coaching career: FC Etzella Ettelbruck, Luxembourg Under-21s, Luxembourg • Holtz started his career with Red Boys Differdange, a club which today is part of successful outfit FC Differdange 03. • A creative playmaker with a keen eye for goal, Holtz moved to Avenir Beggen in 1992 where he went on to win the domestic double in 1993 and 1994. He was chosen as Luxembourg's footballer of the year in 1993. • Played until 2008 when, aged 38, he finished his career at Etzella having gone there from Beggen in 1999 to take over as player-coach. • Led Etzella to promotion to the top flight in 1999, his first season in charge. Lifted the cup two years later but was relegated in 2002, only to bounce back immediately. Proceeded to reach the cup final in 2003 and 2004, although both ended in defeat. • Having earned 55 caps for Luxembourg, he accepted an offer to coach the U21 national side in 2008. He was then handed the reins of the senior team following the resignation of Guy Hellers in August 2010. Georgi Kondratiev Date of birth: 7 January 1960 Nationality: Belarusian Playing career: FC Dvina Vitebsk, FC Dinamo Minsk, FC Dinamo Brest, FC Chornomorets Odesa, FC Lokomotiv Moskva, SKN St Pölten, FC Molodechno, FC Temp Shepetivka, KaIK Kaskinen, FC Slavia Mozyr Coaching career: FC Slavia Mozyr (assistant), FC Dinamo Minsk (assistant, caretaker coach), FC Lokomotiv Vitebsk, FC Smorgon, Belarus Under-21s (assistant, head coach), Belarus • A renowned striker in the USSR during the 1980s, Kondratiev's best years came at Dinamo Minsk as they won the Soviet title in 1982 and finished third a year later. He scored four goals in 14 games for the in that period. • Played various sports in his youth and participated in regional athletics competitions before focusing on football at 15. Quickly graduated from the academy to the first team at Soviet third-tier club Dvina Vitebsk. • Moved to Dinamo Minsk and went on to make 284 top-flight appearances, scoring 92 goals and earning a reputation for being committed, good in the air and having an eye for goal. • Started his coaching career in 1998 as an assistant at Slavia Mozyr and Dinamo Minsk. His best achievement at club level came in 2008 when he guided Smorgon to an eighth-place finish in Belarus. • Steered Belarus to the semi-finals of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and coached the team at the 2012 Olympics. Replaced Bernd Stange at the senior helm after UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying.

6 Luxembourg - Belarus Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Match officials

Referee Gediminas Mažeika (LTU) Assistant referees Vytautas Šimkus (LTU) , Saulius Dirda (LTU) Additional assistant referees Sergejus Slyva (LTU) , Jurij Paškovskij (LTU) Fourth official Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU) UEFA Delegate Jacob Erel (ISR) UEFA Referee observer Vasyl Melnychuk (UKR)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Gediminas Mažeika 24/03/1978 2 40

Gediminas Mazeika Referee since: 1999 First division: 2001 FIFA badge: 2008

Tournaments: 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2009 UEFA Regions' Cup, 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Finals N/A

UEFA European Championship matches featuring the two countries involved in this match 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 21/06/2008 UIC R1 FC Etzella Ettelbruck FC Lokomotiv 0-0 Ettelbruck 05/09/2009 WC QR Moldova Luxembourg 0-0 Chisinau 29/02/2012 FRIE. R1 Moldova Belarus 0-0 Antalya

7 Luxembourg - Belarus Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Competition facts

8 Luxembourg - Belarus Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Match-by-match lineups Luxembourg

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Luxembourg-Belarus Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) North Macedonia-Luxembourg Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Luxembourg-Spain Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Luxembourg-Ukraine Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Slovakia-Luxembourg Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Ukraine-Luxembourg Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Luxembourg-North Macedonia Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Belarus-Luxembourg Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Spain-Luxembourg Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Luxembourg-Slovakia Belarus

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Luxembourg-Belarus Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Belarus-Ukraine Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Belarus-Slovakia Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Spain-Belarus Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) North Macedonia-Belarus Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Belarus-Spain Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Ukraine-Belarus Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Belarus-Luxembourg Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Slovakia-Belarus Matchday 10 (12/10/2015)

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Belarus-North Macedonia

10 Luxembourg - Belarus Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Luxembourg History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify 1992 – did not qualify 1988 – did not qualify 1984 – did not qualify 1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – did not qualify 1960 – did not participate Qualifying win 2-1: Luxembourg v , 06/09/11 2-1: Luxembourg v Netherlands, 30/10/63 1-0: four times, most recently Belarus v Luxembourg, 13/10/07 Qualifying loss 9-0: England v Luxembourg, 15/12/82 Overall appearances 35: 34: 27: Robby Langers 26: Guy Hellers 25: Eric Hoffmann Overall goals 4: Gilbert Dussier 3: Nico Braun 2: Camille Dimmer 2: Henri Klein 2: Robby Langers 2: Paul Philipp 2: Jeannot Reiter 2: Lars Gerson

UEFA European Championship records: Belarus History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Qualifying win 2-4: Albania v Belarus, 17/11/07 4-2: Belarus v Slovenia, 11/10/06 2-0: four times, most recently Belarus v Luxembourg, 07/06/11 Qualifying loss 5-0: Austria v Belarus, 11/06/2003 Overall appearances 28: Aleksandr Kulchiy

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27: Sergei Gurenko 24: Maksim Romashchenko 23: Sergei Omelyanchuk 21: Overall goals 5: Sergei Gerasimets 5: Sergei Kornilenko 4: Vitali Kutuzov 4: Maksim Romashchenko 3: Sergei Aleinikov 3: Timofei Kalachev

12 Luxembourg - Belarus Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg 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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