EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Rajko Mitić - Monday 5 September 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group D - Matchday 1 Republic of Ireland Last updated 10/11/2016 01:40CET

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Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10

1 Serbia - Republic of Ireland Monday 5 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade

Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2000 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Keane 53, Kennedy 01/09/1999 PR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Yugoslavia 2-1 Dublin 69; Stanković 59 18/11/1998 PR (GS) Yugoslavia - Republic of Ireland 1-0 Belgrade Mijatović 64

Final Qualifying Total tournament

Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Serbia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 7 3 2 2 9 7 Republic of Ireland 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 7 2 2 3 7 9

2 Serbia - Republic of Ireland Monday 5 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade Squad list

Serbia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Marko Dmitrović 24/01/1992 24 Alcorcón - 0 0 0 0 - Predrag Rajković 31/10/1995 20 M. Tel-Aviv - 0 0 0 0 - Aleksandar Jovanović 06/12/1992 23 AGF - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Duško Tošić 19/01/1985 31 Beşiktaş - 0 0 0 0 - Branislav Ivanović 22/02/1984 32 Chelsea - 0 0 0 0 - Antonio Rukavina 26/01/1984 32 Villarreal - 0 0 0 0 - Slobodan Rajković 03/02/1989 27 Palermo - 0 0 0 0 - Jagoš Vuković 10/06/1988 28 Konyaspor - 0 0 0 0 - Matija Nastasić 28/03/1993 23 Schalke - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Mladenović 15/08/1991 25 Köln - 0 0 0 0 - Stefan Mitrović 22/05/1990 26 Gent - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders CSKA - Zoran Tošić 28/04/1987 29 - 0 0 0 0 Moskva - Aleksandar Ignjovski 27/01/1991 25 Freiburg - 0 0 0 0 - Luka Milivojević 07/04/1991 25 Olympiacos - 0 0 0 0 - Nemanja Gudelj 16/11/1991 24 Ajax - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Kostić 01/11/1992 23 Hamburg - 0 0 0 0 - Aleksandar Katai 06/02/1991 25 Alavés - 0 0 0 0 - Nemanja Maksimović 26/01/1995 21 Astana - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Dušan Tadić 20/11/1988 27 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 - Nikola Stoiljković 17/08/1992 24 Braga - 0 0 0 0 - Lazar Marković 02/03/1994 22 Sporting CP - 0 0 0 0 - Andrija Pavlović 16/11/1993 22 København - 0 0 0 0 - Aleksandar Mitrović 16/09/1994 21 Newcastle - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Slavoljub Muslin 14/06/1953 63 - 0 0 0 0

3 Serbia - Republic of Ireland Monday 5 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade

Republic of Ireland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gary Rogers 25/09/1981 34 Dundalk - 0 0 0 0 - Darren Randolph 12/05/1987 29 West Ham - 0 0 0 0 Sheff. - Keiren Westwood 23/10/1984 31 - 0 0 0 0 Wednesday Defenders - John O'Shea 30/04/1981 35 Sunderland - 0 0 0 0 - Paul McShane 06/01/1986 30 Reading - 0 0 0 0 - Stephen Ward 20/08/1985 31 Burnley - 0 0 0 0 - Marc Wilson 17/08/1987 29 Bournemouth - 0 0 0 0 - Richard Keogh 11/08/1986 30 Derby - 0 0 0 0 - Ciaran Clark 26/09/1989 26 Newcastle - 0 0 0 0 - Seamus Coleman 11/10/1988 27 Everton - 0 0 0 0 - Cyrus Christie 30/09/1992 23 Derby - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Glenn Whelan 13/01/1984 32 Stoke - 0 0 0 0 - Wes Hoolahan 20/05/1982 34 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 - Aiden McGeady 04/04/1986 30 Preston - 0 0 0 0 - Harry Arter 28/12/1989 26 Bournemouth - 0 0 0 0 - Stephen Quinn 01/04/1986 30 Reading - 0 0 0 0 - Robbie Brady 14/01/1992 24 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 - David Meyler 29/05/1989 27 Hull - 0 0 0 0 - James McClean 22/04/1989 27 West Brom - 0 0 0 0 - Jeff Hendrick 31/01/1992 24 Burnley - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Jon Walters 20/09/1983 32 Stoke - 0 0 0 0 - Daryl Murphy 15/03/1983 33 Newcastle - 0 0 0 0 - Shane Long 22/01/1987 29 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Martin O'Neill 01/03/1952 64 - 0 0 0 0

4 Serbia - Republic of Ireland Monday 5 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade Head coach Slavoljub Muslin Date of birth: 15 June 1953 Nationality: Serbian Playing career: OFK Beograd, FK BASK, FK Rad, FK Crvena zvezda, LOSC Lille, Stade Brestois 29, SM Caen Coaching career: Stade Brestois 29, Pau FC, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, RC Lens, Le Mans FC, Wydad Casablanca, FK Crvena zvezda (twice), PFC Levski Sofia, FC Metalurh Donetsk, KSC Lokeren OV (twice), FC Lokomotiv Moskva, FC Khimki, FC Dinamo Minsk, Anorthosis Famagusta FC, FC Krasnodar, FC Amkar Perm, R. Standard de Liège, Serbia • Born and raised in Belgrade, Muslin played for a number of smaller clubs in the city before arriving at Crvena zvezda in 1975; was a defensive stalwart for 'Red Star' for six years, winning three Yugoslavian titles and reaching the 1978/79 UEFA Cup final, where his side lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach. • Spent the latter years of his playing career in France, and started out as a coach there; helped to nurture the careers of David Ginola (Brest), Zinédine Zidane, Bixente Lizarazu and Christophe Dugarry (all Bordeaux). • Won three domestic titles and a national cup in two spells as Crvena zvezda boss in the early 2000s; also coached clubs in Morocco, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Belgium, Belarus and Cyprus. • Hired as Serbia coach in May 2016 to replace Radovan Ćurčić; agreed contract for the duration of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying, with the option of an extension if he takes his side to the finals. Martin O'Neill Date of birth: 1 March 1952 Nationality: Northern Irish Playing career: Lisburn Distillery FC, Nottingham Forest FC, Norwich City FC (twice), Manchester City FC, Notts County FC, Chesterfield FC, Fulham FC Coaching career: Grantham Town FC, Shepshed Charterhouse FC, Wycombe Wanderers FC, Norwich City FC, Leicester City FC, Celtic FC, Aston Villa FC, Sunderland AFC, Republic of Ireland • The highlight of Northern Irish international O'Neill's playing career was winning the 1977/78 English title and 1979 and 1980 European Cups under Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest (though he did not play in the first of those finals). He also appeared at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. • After injury ended O'Neill's career, he entered management with non-league Grantham, Shepshed and Wycombe, whom he led into the Football League for the first time in 1993 and a further promotion the next year. • He left Wycombe for Norwich in June 1995 but within six months had gone to Leicester, whom he would guide into the Premier League, winning the 1997 and 2000 League Cups to earn two UEFA Cup campaigns. • O'Neill was appointed by Celtic in summer 2000 and in five years at the helm landed three league titles and three Scottish Cups, the Scottish League Cup completing a 2000/01 treble. He also led them to the 2003 UEFA Cup final. • Managed Aston Villa between 2006 and 2010, then Sunderland from 2011 to March 2013. O'Neill was appointed Ireland manager, to be assisted by fellow former Forest player Roy Keane, that November, and led the team to UEFA EURO 2016 via a play-off win against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Agreed to stay on until the 2018 FIFA World Cup before the finals, where Ireland were eliminated by hosts France in the last 16.

5 Serbia - Republic of Ireland Monday 5 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade Match officials

Referee Viktor Kassai (HUN) Assistant referees Vencel Tóth (HUN) , György Ring (HUN) Fourth official Tamás Bognar (HUN) FIFA Match Commissioner Ainar Leppänen (EST) UEFA Referee observer Alfredo Trentalange (ITA)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Viktor Kassai 10/09/1975 4 93

FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from 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 Central Moravia Amateur Rep. of Ireland Amateur Veseli nad 20/06/2001 RCUP GS-FT 2-0 (CZE) (IRL) Moravou 28/07/2004 UCL 2QR HNK Hajduk Split Shelbourne FC 3-2 Split 26/07/2005 U19 SF Serbia England 1-3 Lurgan 11/11/2011 EURO PO Estonia Republic of Ireland 0-4 Tallinn

6 Serbia - Republic of Ireland Monday 5 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade Competition facts

The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers – which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup comprises nine groups of six teams, with matches played on a home-and- away basis. Qualifying takes place under the 'Week of Football' concept, introduced ahead of the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying campaign, in which games are spread out from Thursday to Tuesday, shining the spotlight on more teams on the road to the finals in Russia. Moreover, thanks to the Week of Football, at least 43% of matches will be played on weekends, giving fans a better chance to follow the action on television, in the stadiums and on UEFA.com. Kick-off times will be set mainly at 18:00CET and 20:45CET on Saturdays and Sundays and at 20:45CET for Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays. In double-header matchweeks, sides will play on Thursday/Sunday, Friday/Monday or Saturday/Tuesday. Each day of the Week of Football will feature eight to ten games. The nine group winners will qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up will contest play-offs to decide the last four qualifiers for the finals. The 13 qualifiers then join hosts Russia in the finals to make it 14 UEFA member associations represented. How qualification works The other confederations have the following qualifying berths: Africa: 5 Asia: 4.5 North and Central America and Caribbean: 3.5 Oceania: 0.5 South America: 4.5

7 Serbia - Republic of Ireland Monday 5 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade Match-by-match lineups Serbia

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (05/09/2016) Serbia-Republic of Ireland Matchday 2 (06/10/2016) Moldova-Serbia Matchday 3 (09/10/2016) Serbia-Austria Matchday 4 (12/11/2016) Wales-Serbia Matchday 5 (24/03/2017) Georgia-Serbia Matchday 6 (11/06/2017) Serbia-Wales Matchday 7 (02/09/2017) Serbia-Moldova Matchday 8 (05/09/2017) Republic of Ireland-Serbia Matchday 9 (06/10/2017) Austria-Serbia Matchday 10 (09/10/2017) Serbia-Georgia Republic of Ireland

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (05/09/2016) Serbia-Republic of Ireland Matchday 2 (06/10/2016) Republic of Ireland-Georgia Matchday 3 (09/10/2016) Moldova-Republic of Ireland Matchday 4 (12/11/2016) Austria-Republic of Ireland Matchday 5 (24/03/2017) Republic of Ireland-Wales

8 Serbia - Republic of Ireland Monday 5 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade Matchday 6 (11/06/2017) Republic of Ireland-Austria Matchday 7 (02/09/2017) Georgia-Republic of Ireland Matchday 8 (05/09/2017) Republic of Ireland-Serbia Matchday 9 (06/10/2017) Republic of Ireland-Moldova Matchday 10 (09/10/2017) Wales-Republic of Ireland

9 Serbia - Republic of Ireland Monday 5 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship 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 Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended Overall: Total appearances in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament only 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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