EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS A. Le Coq Arena - Monday 8 September 2014 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Estonia Group E - Matchday -12 Slovenia Last updated 12/07/2021 16:40CET

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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 Estonia - Slovenia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn

Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2012 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Matavž 78; Vassiljev 02/09/2011 QR (GS) Slovenia - Estonia 1-2 29 (P), Purje 81 12/10/2010 QR (GS) Estonia - Slovenia 0-1 Tallinn Sidorenkov 67 (og)

EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Reim 26; Novak 38, 11/06/1995 PR (GS) Estonia - Slovenia 1-3 Tallinn 69, Zahovič 80 Zahovič 40, Gliha 52, 29/03/1995 PR (GS) Slovenia - Estonia 3-0 Maribor Kokol 90

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 Estonia 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 - - - - 4 1 0 3 3 8 Slovenia 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 3 0 1 8 3 FIFA* Estonia ------Slovenia ------Friendlies Estonia ------3 0 1 2 1 4 Slovenia ------3 2 1 0 4 1 Total Estonia 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 - - - - 7 1 1 5 4 12 Slovenia 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 - - - - 7 5 1 1 12 4 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Estonia - Slovenia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Match background

Estonia and Slovenia met for the first time in their first official friendly fixtures since gaining independence. Now the Baltic side are eyeing a first home win against their guests in UEFA EURO 2016 Group E. Match background • Estonia's record in seven games against Slovenia is W1 D1 L5 (W0 D1 L2 as the home side – W1 D0 L3 in Slovenia). Their first victory came in the sides' most recent encounter, in Ljubljana on 2 September 2011. • The sides first met in Tallinn on 3 June 1992, in what was Estonia's first game since the end of the Soviet Union – and Slovenia's first FIFA-recognised fixture (their 1-0 win against Croatia on 19 June 1991 being regarded as unofficial). Aleksandar Puštov's free-kick (7) put Uno Piir's Estonia in front but Igor Benedejčič's 73rd-minute header earned Bojan Prašnikar's Slovenia a 1-1 draw. • Slovenia won 2-0 when the sides met in Ljubljana on 7 April 1993. It was Slovenia's first international victory, at the third attempt, with Samir Zulič and Sašo Udovič on target. • Estonia and Slovenia's first competitive meetings were in EURO '96 qualifying. Under Zdenko Verdenik, Slovenia won 3-0 against Roman Ubakivi's Estonia in Ljubljana on 29 March 1995, Zlatko Zahovič (40), Primož Gliha (52) and Vladimir Kokol (90+3) scoring. It was Kokol's only goal for Slovenia. • In the reverse fixture in Tallinn on 11 June 1995, Džoni Novak (38, 69) and Zahovič (80) responded after (26) had put the home side in front to earn a 3-1 victory for the visitors. They were the first two goals of Novak's international career – he was only to score three in 71 games for Slovenia. • Most recently, the teams met in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying. On 12 October 2010 Andrei Sidorenkov's own goal (67) gave Matjaž Kek's Slovenia a 1-0 win. Tarmo Rüütli's Estionia has their revenge on 2 September 2011, Ats Purje (81) earning a 2-1 win in Ljubljana after Tim Matavž (78) had cancelled out Estonia's opener, 's 29th-minute penalty. • The nations' clubs have met in eight UEFA competition games, the Slovenian side winning all eight fixtures.

3 Estonia - Slovenia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Squad list

Estonia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 31/01/1977 37 Volga - 0 0 0 0 56 - - 07/11/1984 29 SJK - 0 0 0 0 12 - - Pavel Londak 14/05/1980 34 Bodø/Glimt - 0 0 0 0 24 - Defenders - Enar Jääger 18/11/1984 29 Lierse - 0 0 0 0 104 - - Alo Bärengrub 12/02/1984 30 Kalju - 0 0 0 0 45 - - 30/10/1985 28 Augsburg - 0 0 0 0 93 2 - Gert Kams 25/05/1985 29 SJK - 0 0 0 0 35 1 - Ken Kallaste 31/08/1988 26 Kalju - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Igor Morozov 27/05/1989 25 Debrecen - 0 0 0 0 24 - - Artjom Artjunin 24/01/1990 24 Levadia - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Artur Pikk 05/03/1993 21 Levadia - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Karol Mets 16/05/1993 21 Flora - 0 0 0 0 6 - Midfielders - 05/10/1981 32 Baník - 0 0 0 0 92 7 - Martin Vunk 21/08/1984 30 Kalju - 0 0 0 0 63 1 - Aleksandr Dmitrijev 18/02/1982 32 Levadia - 0 0 0 0 86 - - Taijo Teniste 31/01/1988 26 Sogndal - 0 0 0 0 31 - - Henrik Ojamaa 20/05/1991 23 Motherwell - 0 0 0 0 18 - - Ilja Antonov 05/12/1992 21 Levadia - 0 0 0 0 6 - Forwards - Ats Purje 03/08/1985 29 KuPS - 0 0 0 0 45 4 - Kaimar Saag 05/08/1988 26 Assyriska - 0 0 0 0 46 3 - Sergei Zenjov 20/04/1989 25 Blackpool - 0 0 0 0 34 7 - Henri Anier 17/12/1990 23 Erzgebirge - 0 0 0 0 15 5 - Rimo Hunt 05/11/1985 28 Kaysar - 0 0 0 0 5 - Coach - 25/05/1976 38 - 0 0 0 0 5 -

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Slovenia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Samir Handanovič 14/07/1984 30 Internazionale - 0 0 0 0 70 - - Vid Belec 06/06/1990 24 Internazionale - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Jan Oblak 07/01/1993 21 Atlético - 0 0 0 0 3 - Defenders - Boštjan Cesar 09/07/1982 32 Chievo - 0 0 0 0 77 6 - Branko Ilič 06/02/1983 31 Partizan - 0 0 0 0 53 - - Mišo Brečko 01/05/1984 30 Köln - 0 0 0 0 68 - - Gregor Balažic 12/02/1988 26 Karpaty - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Miral Samardžić 17/02/1987 27 Rijeka - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Mitja Viler 01/09/1986 28 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 - - - Andraž Struna 23/04/1989 25 Giannina - 0 0 0 0 12 - - Dominic Maroh 03/03/1987 27 Köln - 0 0 0 0 5 - Midfielders - Valter Birsa 07/08/1986 28 Chievo - 0 0 0 0 66 5 Torpedo - Dalibor Stevanović 27/09/1984 29 - 0 0 0 0 19 1 Moskva - Aleš Mertelj 22/03/1987 27 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 11 - - Dejan Lazarevič 15/02/1990 24 Chievo - 0 0 0 0 8 - - Josip Iličić 29/01/1988 26 Fiorentina - 0 0 0 0 26 1 - Jasmin Kurtič 01/01/1989 25 Fiorentina - 0 0 0 0 18 1 - Kevin Kampl 09/10/1990 23 Salzburg - 0 0 0 0 10 1 - Damjan Bohar 18/10/1991 22 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 - - - Rajko Rotman 19/03/1989 25 İstanbul BB - 0 0 0 0 2 - Forwards - Zlatan Ljubijankič 15/12/1983 30 Omiya Ardija - 0 0 0 0 42 6 Shimizu S- - Milivoje Novakovič 18/05/1979 35 - 0 0 0 0 63 25 Pulse - Tim Matavž 13/01/1989 25 Augsburg - 0 0 0 0 28 10 Coach - Srečko Katanec 16/07/1963 51 - 0 0 0 0 60 -

5 Estonia - Slovenia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Head coach Magnus Pehrsson Date of birth: 25 May 1976 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: IF Brommapojkarna, Djurgårdens IF (twice), Bradford City AFC (loan), IFK Göteborg Coaching career: Åtvidabergs FF, IK Sirius, GAIS Göteborg, Aalborg BK, Djurgårdens IF, Estonia • A midfielder who made his name with Djurgården, Pehrsson lifted the Swedish title with the Stockholm club in 2002 yet was forced to end his career in 2003 after suffering serious injury. • Despite his young age Pehrsson learned the coaching ropes at Åtvidaberg before a move to Sirius in 2006; tasted life in Sweden's top tier when he joined GAIS in 2008. • After a season in the Allsvenskan he went to Denmark with AaB in January 2009, guiding the side to a seventh- placed finish in his first term. The club came two places higher the following campaign, yet Pehrsson departed the helm in October 2010. • Returned to Sweden to take charge of former team Djurgården in May 2011, helping them avoid relegation in his first season before steering them to a ninth-placed finish in the 2012 campaign. • Resigned as Djurgården boss in April 2013 and appointed Estonia's national team coach in December that year. Srečko Katanec Date of birth: 16 July 1963 Nationality: Slovenian Playing career: NK Olimpija Ljubljana, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, FK Partizan, VfB Stuttgart, UC Sampdoria Coaching career: Slovenia Under-21s, ND Gorica, Slovenia (twice), Olympiacos FC, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Arab Emirates • A centre-back or defensive midfielder, Katanec began his playing days at home-town club Olimpija before spells with Dinamo and Partizan. He reached the 1989 UEFA Cup final with Stuttgart and won the same competition the following season with Sampdoria, whom he also helped to the 1992 UEFA Champions League showpiece. • Earned 31 caps for Yugoslavia (five goals) – including at the 1984 UEFA European Championship, the 1984 Olympic Games and the 1990 FIFA World Cup – and five for Slovenia (one goal). • Started his coaching career with Slovenia's U21s in 1996, two years after retiring as a player. After a brief stint in the Gorica dugout, took charge of the senior Slovenia side in 1998 and guided them to UEFA EURO 2000 – their first major tournament – and the 2002 World Cup. • Joined Olympiacos in 2002 but stayed for only three months and in February 2006 assumed the FYROM helm, where he remained for three years. Named United Arab Emirates coach in June 2009, a position he held for two years. • Katanec was reappointed by Slovenia in January 2013 and is contracted until the end of UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying.

6 Estonia - Slovenia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Match officials

Referee Szymon Marciniak (POL) Assistant referees Paweł Sokolnicki (POL) , Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL) Additional assistant referees Paweł Raczkowski (POL) , Tomasz Musiał (POL) Fourth official Radosław Siejka (POL) UEFA Delegate Danilo Filacchione (ITA) UEFA Referee observer Jaap Uilenberg (NED)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Szymon Marciniak 07/01/1981 0 23

Szymon Marciniak Referee since: 2002 First division: 2009 FIFA badge: 2011

Tournaments: N/A

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 04/10/2012 UEL GS SS Lazio NK Maribor 1-0 Rome 12/12/2013 UEL GS NK Maribor Wigan Athletic FC 2-1 Maribor

7 Estonia - Slovenia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Competition facts

8 Estonia - Slovenia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Match-by-match lineups Estonia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Estonia-Slovenia Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Lithuania-Estonia Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Estonia-England Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) San Marino-Estonia Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Switzerland-Estonia Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Estonia-San Marino Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Estonia-Lithuania Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Slovenia-Estonia Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) England-Estonia Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Estonia-Switzerland Slovenia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Estonia-Slovenia Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Slovenia-Switzerland Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Lithuania-Slovenia Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) England-Slovenia Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Slovenia-San Marino Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Slovenia-England Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Switzerland-Slovenia Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Slovenia-Estonia Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Slovenia-Lithuania Matchday 10 (12/10/2015)

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San Marino-Slovenia

10 Estonia - Slovenia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Estonia History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Qualifying win 5-0: Estonia v Faroe Islands, 04/06/98 Qualifying defeat 7-1: Croatia v Estonia, 03/09/95 Overall appearances 35: 27: 27: Martin Reim 27: Enar Jääger 27: Ragnar Klavan 25: 24: Dmitri Kruglov 24: Overall goals 6: Konstantin Vassiljev 5: Martin Reim 4: Andres Oper 4: Raio Piiroja

UEFA European Championship records: Slovenia History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – group stage 1996 – did not qualify Final tournament win N/A Final tournament loss 1-2: Slovenia v Spain, 18/06/00 Qualifying win 5-1: Slovenia v Faroe Islands, 08/10/10 Qualifying loss 5-0: France v Slovenia, 12/10/02 Final tournament appearances 3: Milenko Ačimovič 3: Aleš Čeh 3: Mladen Dabanovič 3: Marinko Galič 3: Amir Karič 3: Željko Milinovič 3: Džoni Novak 3: Milan Osterc 3: Miran Pavlin 3: Mladen Rudonja 3: Zlatko Zahovič

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Final tournament goals 3: Zlatko Zahovič 1: Miran Pavlin Overall appearances 30: Zlatko Zahovič 27: Milenko Ačimovič 24: Robert Koren 23: Aleš Čeh 23: Džoni Novak 23: Miran Pavlin 23: Valter Birsa Overall goals 18: Zlatko Zahovič 9: Ermin Šiljak 7: Milivoje Novakovič 5: Tim Matavž 4: Klemen Lavrič 4: Sašo Udovič

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:: 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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