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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Telia 5G Arena - Helsinki Friday 15 November 2019 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Finland Group J - Matchday 9 Liechtenstein Last updated 15/11/2019 10:37CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Match-by-match lineups 7 Legend 10 1 Finland - Liechtenstein Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Telia 5G Arena, Helsinki Previous meetings Head to Head 2020 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 11/06/2019 QR (GS) Liechtenstein - Finland 0-2 Vaduz Pukki 37, Källman 57 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Polverino 75; 09/09/2009 QR (GS) Liechtenstein - Finland 1-1 Vaduz Litmanen 74 (P) Forssell 33, 06/06/2009 QR (GS) Finland - Liechtenstein 2-1 Helsinki Johansson 71; M. Frick 13 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 Finland - - - - 1 1 0 0 - - - - 1 1 0 0 2 0 Liechtenstein 1 0 0 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 2 FIFA* Finland 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 1 1 0 3 2 Liechtenstein 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 1 1 2 3 Friendlies Finland - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0 1 1 Liechtenstein - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0 1 1 Total Finland 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 - - - - 4 2 2 0 6 3 Liechtenstein 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 4 0 2 2 3 6 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Finland - Liechtenstein Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Telia 5G Arena, Helsinki Squad list Finland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Bristol - Anssi Jaakkola 13/03/1987 32 - 0 0 0 0 Rovers - Lukas Hradecky 24/11/1989 29 Leverkusen - 8 0 0 0 - Jesse Joronen 21/03/1993 26 Brescia - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Jukka Raitala 15/09/1988 31 Montreal - 5 0 0 0 - Juha Pirinen 22/10/1991 28 Tromsø - 2 0 0 0 - Paulus Arajuuri 15/06/1988 31 Pafos - 7 0 0 0 - Thomas Lam 18/12/1993 25 Zwolle - 0 0 0 0 - Daniel O'Shaughnessy 14/09/1994 25 HJK - 0 0 0 0 - Sauli Väisänen 05/06/1994 25 Chievo - 4 0 0 0 - Leo Väisänen 23/07/1997 22 Den Bosch - 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Tim Sparv 20/02/1987 32 Midtjylland - 6 0 0 0 - Joona Toivio 10/03/1988 31 Häcken - 8 0 0 0 - Joni Kauko 12/07/1990 29 Esbjerg - 3 0 0 0 - Rasmus Schüller 18/06/1991 28 Minnesota - 6 0 0 0 - Robin Lod 17/04/1993 26 Minnesota - 8 0 0 0 - Pyry Soiri 22/09/1994 25 Esbjerg - 7 1 0 0 - Glen Kamara 28/10/1995 24 Rangers * 8 0 0 0 - Fredrik Jensen 09/09/1997 22 Augsburg - 3 2 0 0 - Robert Taylor 21/10/1994 25 Tromsø - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Teemu Pukki 29/03/1990 29 Norwich - 8 7 0 0 - Simon Skrabb 19/01/1995 24 Norrköping - 1 0 0 0 - Jasse Tuominen 12/11/1995 24 BATE - 3 0 0 0 Fortuna - Rasmus Karjalainen 04/04/1996 23 - 2 0 0 0 Sittard Coach - Markku Kanerva 24/05/1964 55 - 8 0 0 0 3 Finland - Liechtenstein Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Telia 5G Arena, Helsinki Liechtenstein Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Benjamin Büchel 04/07/1989 30 Vaduz - 6 0 0 0 - Lorenzo Lo Russo 08/07/1993 26 Linth 04 - 0 0 0 0 - Justin Ospelt 07/09/1999 20 Vaduz - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Martin Rechsteiner 15/02/1989 30 Balzers - 6 0 0 0 - Daniel Brändle 23/01/1992 27 SV Pullach - 4 0 0 0 - Seyhan Yildiz 30/04/1989 30 Balzers - 4 0 0 0 - Max Göppel 31/08/1997 22 Vaduz - 7 0 0 0 Mohrenbräu - Andreas Malin 31/01/1994 25 - 5 0 0 0 Dornbirn Midfielders - Martin Büchel 19/02/1987 32 Red Star Zurich - 7 0 0 0 - Michele Polverino 26/09/1984 35 Balzers - 6 0 0 0 - Marco Wolfinger 18/04/1989 30 Balzers - 0 0 0 0 Sporting - Nicolas Hasler 04/05/1991 28 * 8 0 0 0 Kansas City - Sandro Wolfinger 24/08/1991 28 Eschen/Mauren - 6 0 0 0 - Aron Sele 02/09/1996 23 Vaduz - 6 0 0 0 - Fabio Wolfinger 11/05/1996 23 Eschen/Mauren - 0 0 0 0 - Dennis Salanovic 26/02/1996 23 Thun - 8 1 0 0 - Livio Meier 10/01/1998 21 Eschen/Mauren - 5 0 0 0 - Robin Gubser 17/04/1991 28 Eschen/Mauren - 5 0 0 0 Forwards - Philipp Ospelt 07/10/1992 27 Eschen/Mauren - 0 0 0 0 Rapperswil- - Yanik Frick 27/05/1998 21 - 3 1 0 0 Jona - Ridvan Kardesoglu 12/10/1996 23 Chur 97 - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Helgi Kolvidsson 13/09/1971 48 - 8 0 0 0 4 Finland - Liechtenstein Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Telia 5G Arena, Helsinki Head coach Markku Kanerva Date of birth: 24 May 1964 Nationality: Finnish Playing career: HJK Helsinki (twice), Elfsborg, FinnPa Coaching career: HJK Helsinki (assistant), Viikingit, Finland Under-21s, Finland (caretaker, twice), Finland (assistant), Finland • A defender in his playing days, Markku Kanerva started out at home-town club HJK and won five Finnish titles and three Finnish Cups over two spells, returning for four years until his retirement in 1998 after an initial stay from 1983 to 1990. • Contested five games in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League with HJK, having rejoined after stints with Swedish side Elfsborg and Finnish outfit FinnPa; Kanerva also picked up 59 caps for his national team, scoring once. • Began his coaching career as an assistant at HJK before briefly holding the reins at Viikingit in 2003 and entering the Football Association of Finland (SPL-FBF) coaching set-up the following year. • Took charge of Finland's U21s between 2004 and 2009, earning recognition as Finland's coach of the year in 2008 after booking the side a historic maiden place at the 2009 UEFA European U21 Championship finals. • Assistant coach of Finland's senior team between 2010 and 2016, Kanerva took over in an interim capacity in both 2011 and 2015 before being handed the role full time as Hans Backe's replacement in December 2016. A home win against Iceland was the highlight of the unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup but better was to follow as Finland won promotion to League B in the first UEFA Nations League. Helgi Kolvidsson Date of birth: 13 September 1971 Nationality: Icelandic Playing career: ÍK, HK, Pfullendorf (twice), Austria Lustenau, Mainz, Ulm, Kärnten Coaching career: Pfullendorf (twice), Austria Lustenau, Wiener Neustadt, Ried, Iceland (assistant), Liechtenstein • A defender who spent the majority of his career outside his native Iceland, Kolvidsson started out with local side ÍK, joining HK in 1991 after his first club folded. He moved to Germany in 1995, signing for Pfullendorf. • Switched to Austria Lustenau 12 months later, enjoying two years there before returning to Germany with Mainz and making 61 appearances over two seasons. He subsequently had a year at Ulm and then went back to Austria, joining Kärnten in 2001 before returning to Pfullendorf three years later. • Hung up his boots in 2007, ending a career that also brought 29 international caps – making Kolvidsson a rarity among Icelandic footballers in having represented his country without appearing in the national top division. • Appointed head coach at Pfullendorf in 2008, he stepped down to work as assistant to Walter Schneck while studying for his UEFA A licence, resuming control in 2010. Kolvidsson left for another former club, Austria Lustenau, the next year. • Spent 2014/15 in Vienna with Wiener Neustadt before a campaign in charge of Ried. Appointed Iceland assistant coach to Heimir Hallgrímsson in August 2016, he helped the team reach their first FIFA World Cup. After Hallgrímsson stepped down following Iceland's ensuing group stage elimination in Russia, Kolvidsson struck out on his own by succeeding Rene Pauritsch as Liechtenstein boss that December. 5 Finland - Liechtenstein Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Telia 5G Arena, Helsinki Match officials Referee Benoît Bastien (FRA) Assistant referees Hicham Zakrani (FRA) , Frédéric Haquette (FRA) Fourth official Benoît Millot (FRA) UEFA Delegate Graham Hover (ENG) UEFA Referee observer Kaj Østergaard (DEN) Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Benoît Bastien 17/04/1983 2 42 Benoît Bastien Referee since: 2001 First division: 2011 FIFA badge: 2014 Tournaments: 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Finals 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 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 09/10/2017 WC QR Finland Turkey 2-2 Turku 6 Finland - Liechtenstein Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Telia 5G Arena, Helsinki Match-by-match lineups Finland Final tournament - Qualifying round Group J Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Italy 8 8 0 0 25 3 24 Finland 8 5 0 3 12 8 15 Armenia 8 3 1 4 13 15 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 1 4 17 14 10 Greece 8 2 2 4 9 13 8 Liechtenstein 8 0 2 6 2 25 2 Matchday 1 (23/03/2019) Italy 2-0 Finland Goals: 1-0 Barella 7, 2-0 Kean 74 Finland: Hradecky, Arajuuri, Granlund (90 Soiri), Toivio, Väisänen, Kamara, Lod, Pukki (83 Karjalainen), Sparv, Pirinen, Hämäläinen (70 Lappalainen) Matchday 2 (26/03/2019) Armenia 0-2 Finland Goals: 0-1 Jensen 14, 0-2 Soiri 78 Finland: Hradecky, Arajuuri, Granlund, Toivio, Kamara, Lod (87 Taylor), Jensen (69 Schüller), Pukki, Sparv, Pirinen, Hämäläinen (57 Soiri) Matchday 3 (08/06/2019) Finland 2-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Goals: 1-0 Pukki 56, 2-0 Pukki 68 Finland: Hradecky, Arajuuri, Granlund (38 Raitala), Toivio, Kamara, Lod, Pukki, Sparv, Skrabb (84 Schüller), Uronen, Forsell (63 Lappalainen) Matchday 4 (11/06/2019) Liechtenstein 0-2 Finland Goals: 0-1 Pukki 37, 0-2 Källman 57 Finland: Hradecky, Arajuuri, Toivio, Kamara, Källman, Lod, Pukki, Sparv (61 Schüller), Uronen, Lappalainen (74 Soiri), Raitala (86 Väisänen) Matchday 5 (05/09/2019) Finland 1-0 Greece Goals: 1-0 Pukki 52 (P) Finland: Hradecky, Arajuuri, Toivio, Kamara, Lod, Pukki (85 Karjalainen), Soiri (93 Schüller), Sparv, Uronen, Tuominen (87 Jensen), Raitala Matchday 6 (08/09/2019) Finland 1-2 Italy Goals: 0-1 Immobile 59, 1-1 Pukki 72 (P) , 1-2 Jorginho 79 (P) Finland: Hradecky, Arajuuri, Granlund (82 Soiri), Toivio, Kamara, Lod, Pukki, Schüller (87 Kauko), Väisänen, Uronen, Lappalainen (75 Tuominen) Matchday 7 (12/10/2019) Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-1 Finland Goals: 1-0 I.