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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Generali Arena - Sunday 4 September 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Czech Republic Group C - Matchday 1 Northern Ireland Last updated 09/11/2016 22:20CET

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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 Czech Republic - Northern Ireland Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Generali Arena, Prague

Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 14/10/2009 QR (GS) Czech Republic - Northern Ireland 0-0 Prague 10/09/2008 QR (GS) Northern Ireland - Czech Republic 0-0

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Czech Republic - Northern Kuka 40, 87, Baroš 06/06/2001 QR (GS) 3-1 Teplice Ireland 90; Mulryne 45 Northern Ireland - Czech 24/03/2001 QR (GS) 0-1 Belfast Nedvěd 11 Republic

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Northern Ireland - 2-1 McParland 45, 99 ET; 17/06/1958 GS-FT Malmo (aet) Zikán 20 Northern Ireland - 08/06/1958 GS-FT 1-0 Halmstad Cush 21 Czechoslovakia

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 Czech Republic 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 6 2 2 2 5 4 Northern Ireland 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 2 4 5

2 Czech Republic - Northern Ireland Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Generali Arena, Prague Squad list

Czech Republic Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jaroslav Drobný 18/10/1979 36 Bremen - 0 0 0 0 - Tomáš Vaclík 29/03/1989 27 Basel - 0 0 0 0 Sparta - Tomáš Koubek 26/08/1992 24 - 0 0 0 0 Praha Defenders Sparta - 13/12/1984 31 - 0 0 0 0 Praha - Marek Suchý 29/03/1988 28 Basel - 0 0 0 0 - 24/12/1986 29 Bremen - 0 0 0 0 - Pavel Kadeřábek 25/04/1992 24 Hoffenheim - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Novák 26/06/1990 26 Midtjylland - 0 0 0 0 - Tomáš Kalas 15/05/1993 23 Fulham - 0 0 0 0 - Lukáš Pokorný 05/07/1993 23 Liberec - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders Sheff. - 27/09/1985 30 - 0 0 0 0 Wednesday Sparta - Josef Šural 30/05/1990 26 - 0 0 0 0 Praha - Jiří Skalák 12/03/1992 24 Brighton - 0 0 0 0 - Ladislav Krejčí 05/07/1992 24 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 - Jan Sýkora 29/12/1993 22 Liberec - 0 0 0 0 - 18/05/1991 25 Kasımpaşa - 0 0 0 0 - Jan Kopic 04/06/1990 26 Plzeň - 0 0 0 0 - Vladimír Darida 08/08/1990 26 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 - Martin Pospíšil 26/06/1991 25 Jablonec - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Tomáš Necid 13/08/1989 27 Bursaspor - 0 0 0 0 Sparta - Václav Kadlec 20/05/1992 24 - 0 0 0 0 Praha Slavia - Milan Škoda 16/01/1986 30 - 0 0 0 0 Praha - Matěj Vydra 01/05/1992 24 Derby - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Karel Jarolím 23/08/1956 60 - 0 0 0 0

3 Czech Republic - Northern Ireland Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Generali Arena, Prague

Northern Ireland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 19/05/1982 34 St Johnstone - 0 0 0 0 - Michael McGovern 12/07/1984 32 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 - Trevor Carson 05/03/1988 28 Hartlepool - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Gareth McAuley 05/12/1979 36 West Brom - 0 0 0 0 - 03/01/1988 28 West Brom - 0 0 0 0 - Ryan McGivern 08/01/1990 26 Shrewsbury - 0 0 0 0 - Conor McLaughlin 26/07/1991 25 Fleetwood - 0 0 0 0 - Lee Hodson 02/10/1991 24 Rangers - 0 0 0 0 - Callum Morris 03/02/1990 26 Aberdeen - 0 0 0 0 - Michael Smith 04/09/1988 28 Peterborough - 0 0 0 0 - Paddy McNair 27/04/1995 21 Sunderland - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - 01/01/1985 31 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 - 12/05/1986 30 Nottm Forest - 0 0 0 0 - 15/08/1990 26 Kilmarnock - 0 0 0 0 - 30/07/1990 26 Blackburn - 0 0 0 0 - 12/04/1991 25 Brighton - 0 0 0 0 - 19/04/1991 25 Leeds - 0 0 0 0 - 12/07/1991 25 Millwall - 0 0 0 0 - Matthew Lund 21/11/1990 25 Rochdale - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - 16/09/1987 28 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 - Niall McGinn 20/07/1987 29 Aberdeen - 0 0 0 0 - Liam Boyce 08/04/1991 25 Ross County - 0 0 0 0 - 18/05/1992 24 QPR - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Michael O'Neill 05/07/1969 47 - 0 0 0 0

4 Czech Republic - Northern Ireland Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Generali Arena, Prague Head coach Karel Jarolím Date of birth: 23 August 1956 Nationality: Czech Playing career: AFP Pardubice, SK Slavia Praha (three times), AC Dukla Praha, Dukla Tábor, FC Rouen, Amiens SC, FC Viktoria Žižkov, Benešov, CU Bohemians Praha, Česká Lípa Coaching career: FK Marila Příbram, SK Slavia Praha (three times), RC Strasbourg, 1. FC Slovácko, ŠK Slovan Bratislava, Al-Ahli, Al-Wahda SCC, FK Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic • Karel Jarolím has Slavia Praha running through his veins. During his playing days with the club in the 1980s he was a skilful playmaker with great passing range and superb stamina. Slavia signed the 20-year-old Jarolím from Pardubice in 1977, but the midfielder won his only title with crosstown rivals Dukla Praha during his military service in 1979. • Scored twice in 13 appearances for Czechoslovakia before moving to France, where he played for Rouen then Amiens during a four-year spell abroad. Jarolím returned home in 1991 and continued to play in the top flight until he was 39, finishing with 272 league games and 63 goals at that level. • Began his coaching career at Marila Příbram in 1997, returning to Slavia as František Cipro's assistant in 2000. He replaced him as head coach ten games into the season and took Slavia to second place but his contract was not extended so Jarolím returned to France where he became assistant to Ivan Hašek at Strasbourg, helping the club to promotion. • After one year back in the Czech Republic at Slovácko he returned to Slavia in April 2005, winning league titles in 2008 and 2009. Guided Slovan Bratislava to the Slovakian double in 2011 before a spell in Saudi Arabia with Al-Ahli, who he took to the 2012 AFC Champions League final. • Jarolím, whose two sons David and Lukáš also became professional footballers, returned to his homeland with Mladá Boleslav in January 2014, winning the two years later. Appointed Czech Republic coach after UEFA EURO 2016. Michael O'Neill Date of birth: 5 July 1969 Nationality: Northern Irish Playing career: Coleraine FC, Newcastle United FC, Dundee United FC, Hibernian FC, Coventry City FC, Aberdeen FC (loan), Reading FC (loan), Wigan Athletic FC, Saint Johnstone FC, Portland Timbers, Clydebank FC, Glentoran FC, Ayr United FC Coaching career: Brechin City FC, Shamrock Rovers FC, Northern Ireland • A midfielder and forward during a 20-year playing career, O'Neill spent the bulk of his time in Scotland, most notably with Dundee United and Hibernian. Enjoyed late success when winning a Northern Irish league and League Cup double with Glentoran in 2002/03. • Made 31 appearances for his country, scoring four goals, two of which came in a memorable 5-3 victory against Austria during EURO '96 qualifying. • Moved into coaching as assistant manager of Scottish club Cowdenbeath in 2005 before taking the reins at Brechin in March 2006. Was named coach of Shamrock Rovers in the Republic of Ireland in December 2008, guiding the Hoops to a second-place finish in his debut season before clinching their first title since 1994 in 2010. • Made history as Rovers became the first Irish side to qualify for the group stage of a European competition, beating FK Partizan in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League play-offs. Also led the Hoops to a second successive domestic championship in 2011. • Appointed coach of his country in December 2011 and helped Northern Ireland record several notable results in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying, including a 1-1 draw in Portugal and a home win against Russia. Even better was to come as O'Neill steered his charges to UEFA EURO 2016, their first UEFA European Championship appearance, taking Northern Ireland to the last 16 at the finals in France.

5 Czech Republic - Northern Ireland Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Generali Arena, Prague Match officials

Referee Tasos Sidiropoulos (GRE) Assistant referees Polychronis Kostaras (GRE) , Lazaros Dimitriadis (GRE) Fourth official Georgios Kyzas (GRE) FIFA Match Commissioner Jacques Antenen (SUI) UEFA Referee observer Ray Ellingham (WAL)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Tasos Sidiropoulos 09/08/1979 2 45

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 06/09/2011 U21 QR Czech Republic Armenia 1-1 Uherske Hradiste 29/08/2013 UEL PO FC Slovan Liberec Udinese Calcio 1-1 Liberec 20/02/2014 UEL R32 FC Viktoria Plzeň FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 Plzen

6 Czech Republic - Northern Ireland Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Generali Arena, Prague 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 Czech Republic - Northern Ireland Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Generali Arena, Prague Match-by-match lineups Czech Republic

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Czech Republic-Northern Ireland Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Germany-Czech Republic Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Czech Republic-Azerbaijan Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Czech Republic-Norway Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) San Marino-Czech Republic Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Norway-Czech Republic Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Czech Republic-Germany Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Northern Ireland-Czech Republic Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Azerbaijan-Czech Republic Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Czech Republic-San Marino Northern Ireland

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Czech Republic-Northern Ireland Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Northern Ireland-San Marino Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Germany-Northern Ireland Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Northern Ireland-Azerbaijan Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Northern Ireland-Norway

8 Czech Republic - Northern Ireland Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Generali Arena, Prague Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Azerbaijan-Northern Ireland Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) San Marino-Northern Ireland Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Northern Ireland-Czech Republic Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Northern Ireland-Germany Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Norway-Northern Ireland

9 Czech Republic - Northern Ireland Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Generali Arena, Prague 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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