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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS A. Le Coq Arena - Tallinn Sunday 14 June 2015 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Estonia Group E - Matchday -7 San Marino Last updated 12/07/2021 17:42CET 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 12 1 Estonia - San Marino Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 15/11/2014 QR (GS) San Marino - Estonia 0-0 Serravalle 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 - - - - 1 0 1 0 - - - - 1 0 1 0 0 0 San Marino 1 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0 0 0 FIFA* Estonia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - San Marino - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Estonia - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 1 0 San Marino - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 1 Total Estonia - - - - 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 1 1 0 1 0 San Marino 1 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - 2 0 1 1 0 1 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Estonia - San Marino Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Match background Held to a 0-0 draw when the sides met in November, Estonia will look to break a lengthy goalscoring duck when they welcome San Marino in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group E. Previous meetings • San Marino ended a 59-game wait for a first UEFA European Championship point when they held Estonia to a 0-0 draw in Serravalle back in November. • They had not gained a competitive point since 2001, when they drew 1-1 with Latvia in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. • In the sides' only previous meeting, on 21 May 2002, Arno Pijpers' Estonia got the better of Giampaolo Mazza's San Marino in Serravalle, Indrek Zelinski's 36th-minute strike proving to be the only goal of the game. • It was Zelinski's 22nd effort for Estonia, and broke Eduard Ellman-Eelma's national goalscoring record. Andres Oper, however, is now Estonia's all-time top scorer with 38, Zelinski having retired with 27 international goals to his name. Form guide • Estonia have not scored in four Group E games (D1 L3) since opening with a 1-0 success at home against Slovenia, Ats Purje notching their only strike of the campaign to date. • San Marino have yet to win a competitive match; their only friendly victory to date was a 1-0 triumph against Liechtenstein on 28 April 2004, Andy Selva scoring the only goal. • The stalemate against Estonia was San Marino's third competitive draw; they previously held Turkey (0-0, 1993) and Latvia (1-1, 2001) in World Cup qualifiers, the latter result away from home. • San Marino have not scored in seven competitive games (D1 L6) since Alex Della Valle equalised in a 5-1 home defeat by Poland in September 2013. Trivia and links • Midfielder Joel Lindpere could make his 100th appearance for Estonia in the San Marino game. • In the only encounter to date between the nations' clubs, SP La Fiorita lost 1-0 at home and 7-0 away to Estonia's FC Levadia Tallinn in the first qualifying round of this season's UEFA Champions League. • The only other meeting between sides from these nations in UEFA club competition came in the UEFA Regions' Cup – the competition for Europe's top amateur teams – where South Amateur from Estonia beat a San Marino national selection 2-0 in September 2002. • No Sammarinese side has thus scored in five encounters with Estonian opponents. 3 Estonia - San Marino Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Squad list Estonia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Sergei Pareiko 31/01/1977 38 Levadia - 4 0 0 0 - Mihkel Aksalu 07/11/1984 30 Seinäjoki - 1 0 0 0 - Pavel Londak 14/05/1980 35 Bodø/Glimt - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Ragnar Klavan 30/10/1985 29 Augsburg - 4 0 0 0 - Dmitri Kruglov 24/05/1984 31 Levadia - 3 0 0 0 - Gert Kams 25/05/1985 30 Flora - 1 0 0 0 - Ken Kallaste 31/08/1988 26 Kalju - 3 0 0 0 - Markus Jürgenson 09/09/1987 27 Flora - 0 0 0 0 - Artur Pikk 05/03/1993 22 Levadia - 1 0 0 0 - Karol Mets 16/05/1993 22 Viking - 5 0 0 0 Midfielders - Joel Lindpere 05/10/1981 33 Kalju - 4 0 0 0 - Aleksandr Dmitrijev 18/02/1982 33 Infonet * 2 0 0 0 - Konstantin Vassiljev 16/08/1984 30 Piast - 4 0 0 0 - Taijo Teniste 31/01/1988 27 Sogndal - 3 0 0 0 - Siim Luts 12/03/1989 26 Levadia - 0 0 0 0 - Ilja Antonov 05/12/1992 22 Levadia - 5 0 0 0 Forwards - Ingemar Teever 24/02/1983 32 Levadia - 1 0 0 0 - Ats Purje 03/08/1985 29 Kalju - 2 1 0 0 Torpedo - Sergei Zenjov 20/04/1989 26 * 5 0 0 0 Moskva - Artjom Dmitrijev 14/11/1988 26 Infonet - 0 0 0 0 Dundee - Henri Anier 17/12/1990 24 - 5 0 0 0 United - Rauno Alliku 02/03/1990 25 Flora - 1 0 0 0 - Maksim Gussev 20/07/1994 20 Flora - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Magnus Pehrsson 25/05/1976 39 - 5 0 0 0 4 Estonia - San Marino Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn San Marino Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Aldo Simoncini 30/08/1986 28 Libertas - 4 0 0 0 - Elia Benedettini 22/06/1995 19 Murata - 1 0 0 0 - Giacomo Muraccini 15/09/1990 24 Domagnano - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Alessandro Della Valle 08/06/1982 33 Folgore - 3 0 0 0 - Carlo Valentini 15/03/1982 33 Murata - 0 0 0 0 - Alex Della Valle 13/06/1990 25 Faetano - 0 0 0 0 - Matteo Colonna 10/05/1990 25 Tre Penne - 0 0 0 0 - Cristian Brolli 28/02/1992 23 Folgore - 5 0 0 0 - Marco Berardi 12/02/1993 22 Folgore - 0 0 0 0 - Davide Cesarini 16/02/1995 20 Tre Penne - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Alex Gasperoni 30/06/1984 30 Tre Penne * 2 0 0 0 - Giovanni Bonini 05/09/1986 28 Tre Penne - 4 0 0 0 - Michele Cervellini 14/04/1988 27 Pennarossa - 2 0 0 0 - Maicol Berretti 01/05/1989 26 Pennarossa - 0 0 0 0 - Mirko Palazzi 21/03/1987 28 Tre Penne * 4 0 0 0 - Lorenzo Gasperoni 03/01/1990 25 Juvenes/Dogana - 2 0 0 0 - Manuel Battistini 22/07/1994 20 Juvenes/Dogana - 5 0 0 0 - Luca Tosi 04/11/1992 22 Folgore - 4 0 0 0 Forwards - Matteo Vitaioli 27/10/1989 25 Fiorentino - 5 0 0 0 - Alessandro Bianchi 19/07/1989 25 Folgore - 0 0 0 0 - Mattia Stefanelli 12/03/1993 22 Juvenes/Dogana - 2 0 0 0 - Danilo Rinaldi 18/04/1986 29 La Fiorita - 2 0 0 0 - José Hirsch 31/01/1986 29 Folgore - 5 0 0 0 Coach - Pierangelo Manzaroli 25/03/1969 46 - 5 0 0 0 5 Estonia - San Marino Sunday 14 June 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 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. Pierangelo Manzaroli Date of birth: 25 March 1969 Nationality: Sammarinese Playing career: SS Cosmos, SP Cailungo, San Marino Calcio, SS Pennarossa Coaching career: SS Pennarossa, AC Libertas, San Marino Under-15, San Marino Under-21, San Marino • After starting his career in the local league, the midfielder had a successful two-year spell with San Marino Calcio in the Italian fourth division before returning to the Sammarinese league to play for Pennarossa, where he started to work as a coach in 2006/07, leading the team to the league title in his first season on charge. • Capped 38 times for San Marino between 1991 and 2001, Manzaroli left Pennarossa at the end of the 2006/07 season to join AC Libertas and led his new team to a historic 1-1 draw against Irish club Drogheda United FC in a 2007/08 UEFA Cup game.