EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena - Lviv Saturday 5 September 2015 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Group C - Matchday -6 Last updated 12/07/2021 17:54CET

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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 Ukraine - Belarus Saturday 5 September 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit , Lviv

Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Martynovich 82 (og), 09/10/2014 QR (GS) Belarus - Ukraine 0-2 Borisov Sydorchuk 90+3

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 09/09/2009 QR (GS) Belarus - Ukraine 0-0 Minsk 06/09/2008 QR (GS) Ukraine - Belarus 1-0 Lviv Shevchenko 90+4 (P)

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 01/09/2001 QR (GS) Belarus - Ukraine 0-2 Minsk Shevchenko 45, 57 24/03/2001 QR (GS) Ukraine - Belarus 0-0

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 Ukraine - - - - 1 1 0 0 - - - - 1 1 0 0 2 0 Belarus 1 0 0 1 ------1 0 0 1 0 2 FIFA* Ukraine 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 - - - - 4 2 2 0 3 0 Belarus 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 - - - - 4 0 2 2 0 3 Friendlies Ukraine ------3 1 1 1 4 4 Belarus ------3 1 1 1 4 4 Total Ukraine 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 - - - - 8 4 3 1 9 4 Belarus 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 - - - - 8 1 3 4 4 9 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Ukraine - Belarus Saturday 5 September 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv Match background

With Spain hosting Slovakia, Ukraine have a great opportunity to close the gap on the leading sides in Group C as they welcome Belarus in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying. Previous meetings • Aleksandr Martynovich's own goal and a late strike by substitute earned Ukraine a 2-0 away win when they first tackled Belarus in Group C back in October 2014. • Ukraine's record in eight games against Belarus now reads W4 D3 L1 – or W3 D2 L0 in competitive fixtures. • Belarus have yet to score in five competitive outings against Ukraine – though two of the matches ended in 0-0 draws. • The sole Belarusian victory over Ukraine came in a 2002 friendly tournament in Moscow, the late Valentin Belkevich and Aleksandr Hleb getting the goals in a 2-0 success. Disciplinary • Ukraine defender Olexandr Kucher and midfielder Sydorchuk are both a booking away from a suspension. • Belarus duo Maksim Bordachev misses out due to a one-match ban. Timofei Kalachou, Aleksandr Martynovich and Igor Shitov are all a booking away from a suspension. Form guide • Ukraine have lost only one of their last eight competitive home games (W6 D1 L1), conceding just twice during that run. • Belarus's 2-1 win in FYR Macedonia in their last Group C away assignment halted a sequence of ten competitive away matches without a win (D3 L7) since a sensational 1-0 defeat of France in a UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier on 3 September 2010. Trivia and links • The four UEFA age-group tournament meetings between these countries have ended in four Ukrainian wins, most recently a 4-1 victory for the Under-17s in 2006. • Thus far, the Ukrainian team has won seven of the nine meetings between the two nations' clubs – with Belarus's sole success coming in the first encounter as FC Shakhtar lost 2-1 at home to FC Ataka-Aura Minsk in the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup. • Players on both sides will have rather fresher memories of FC BATE Borisov's tussles with Shakhtar last season; the Ukrainian outfit triumphed 7-0 away and 5-0 at home in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

3 Ukraine - Belarus Saturday 5 September 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv Squad list

Ukraine Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Shakhtar - 28/06/1984 31 - 6 0 0 0 55 - Donetsk - 29/01/1988 27 - 0 0 0 0 3 - - 26/01/1993 22 Zorya - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders Shakhtar - 13/05/1979 36 - 6 0 0 0 45 - Donetsk Shakhtar - Olexandr Kucher 22/10/1982 32 * 5 0 0 0 46 2 Donetsk Dynamo - Mykola Morozyuk 17/01/1988 27 - 2 0 0 0 13 1 Kyiv - Artem Fedetskiy 26/04/1985 30 Dnipro - 5 0 0 0 39 2 Shakhtar - Yaroslav Rakitskiy 03/08/1989 26 - 3 0 0 0 32 4 Donetsk Dynamo - 28/07/1987 28 - 5 0 0 0 34 3 Kyiv - Andriy Pylyavskyi 04/12/1988 26 Zorya - 0 0 0 0 1 - Midfielders - 30/03/1979 36 Kairat - 4 0 0 0 139 4 - 29/10/1981 33 Dnipro - 4 0 0 0 80 7 Dynamo - Oleh Gusev 25/04/1983 32 - 1 0 0 0 96 13 Kyiv Dynamo - Denys Garmash 19/04/1990 25 - 2 1 0 0 20 2 Kyiv Shakhtar - 08/08/1989 26 - 5 0 0 0 21 1 Donetsk - 29/09/1989 25 Sevilla - 5 1 0 0 45 10 Dynamo - 01/04/1990 25 - 0 0 0 0 2 - Kyiv - Ruslan Malinovskiy 04/05/1993 22 Zorya - 0 0 0 0 1 - Shakhtar - Maksym Malyshev 24/12/1992 22 - 0 0 0 0 - - Donetsk Forwards Shakhtar - Olexandr Gladkiy 24/08/1987 28 - 0 0 0 0 9 1 Donetsk Dynamo - Artem Kravets 03/06/1989 26 - 2 1 0 0 6 2 Kyiv Dynamo - 23/10/1989 25 - 6 3 0 0 49 19 Kyiv - Pylyp Budkivskiy 10/03/1992 23 Zorya - 4 0 0 0 6 - Coach - Mykhailo Fomenko 19/09/1948 66 - 6 0 0 0 15 -

4 Ukraine - Belarus Saturday 5 September 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv

Belarus Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Yuri Zhevnov 17/04/1981 34 Ural - 4 0 0 0 59 - - Andrei Gorbunov 29/05/1983 32 Atromitos - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Sergei Chernik 20/07/1988 27 BATE - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Aleksandr Martynovich 26/08/1987 28 Ural * 6 0 0 0 45 2 - Mikhail Sivakov 16/01/1988 27 Zorya - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Yegor Filipenko 10/04/1988 27 Málaga - 5 0 0 0 39 1 - Igor Shitov 24/10/1986 28 Mordovia * 4 0 0 0 45 1 Dinamo - Roman Begunov 22/03/1993 22 - 0 0 0 0 - - Minsk Midfielders - Aleksandr Hleb 01/05/1981 34 BATE - 2 0 0 0 69 6 - Timofei Kalachev 01/05/1981 34 Rostov * 5 2 0 0 69 10 - Sergei Kislyak 06/08/1987 28 Rubin - 5 0 0 0 53 9 - Igor Stasevich 21/10/1985 29 BATE - 5 0 0 0 24 2 Krylya - Stanislav Dragun 04/06/1988 27 - 6 1 0 0 32 4 Sovetov - Pavel Nekhaychik 15/07/1988 27 Tom - 3 0 0 0 14 1 - 03/11/1988 26 Rio Ave - 1 0 0 0 18 3 - Ivan Maevski 05/05/1988 27 Anji - 2 0 0 0 3 - - Maksim Volodko 10/11/1992 22 BATE - 1 0 0 0 4 - Forwards Krylya - Sergei Kornilenko 14/06/1983 32 - 5 1 0 0 69 16 Sovetov - 23/10/1989 25 BATE - 2 0 0 0 7 1 - Nikolai Signevich 20/02/1992 23 BATE - 1 0 0 0 2 1 Coach - Aleksandr Khatskevich 19/10/1973 41 - 2 0 0 0 4 -

5 Ukraine - Belarus Saturday 5 September 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv Head coach Mykhailo Fomenko Date of birth: 19 September 1948 Nationality: Ukrainian Playing career: FC Spartak Sumy, FC Zorya , FC Dynamo Kyiv Coaching career: FC Frunzenets Sumy, FC Desna Chernihiv, FC Kryvbas , FC Guria Lanchkhuti, FC Rashid Baghdad, FC Avtomobilist Sumy, FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC Veres Rivne, Guinea, FC CSKA Kyiv, FC Metalist (three times), SC Tavriya , FC Salyut Belgorod, Ukraine • An integral part of the famous Dynamo Kyiv side of the 1970s, the defender lifted three Soviet league titles, three domestic cups, the 1975 European Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup, as the Ukrainian outfit established themselves as a major European force. • Earned 24 caps for the USSR between 1972 and 1976, and was a key member of the team during qualifying for the 1976 UEFA European Championship, which were defeated by eventual winners Czechoslovakia at the quarter-final stage. • First moved into coaching in 1979 with Frunzenets Sumy, working in Ukraine, and Iraq, before taking over at old club Dynamo Kyiv in 1993 and helping them to a Ukrainian league and cup double during his only season in charge. • Enjoyed a first taste of international management when taking the helm of Guinea, but swiftly returned to the domestic game. Had three separate stints at Metalist Kharkiv between 1996 and 2005, and also took CSKA Kyiv to the final, only to fall to FC Shakhtar Donetsk. • Spells at Tavriya Simferopol and Russian side Salyut Belgorod followed, before he was called upon by the national federation to take permanent control of Ukraine after Oleh Blokhin stepped down following UEFA EURO 2012. Helped his country to a play-off place in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying; however, despite a 2-0 first-leg success against France, Ukraine fell 3-2 on aggregate to miss out on Brazil. Aleksandr Khatskevich Nationality: Belarus Date of birth: 19 October 1973 Playing career: FC Dinamo Minsk (twice), FC Dynamo Kyiv, Tianjin Teda FC, FK Venta Coaching career: FC Dinamo Minsk, Belarus Under-18, FC Vitebsk, Ukraine (assistant), FC Dynamo Kyiv (reserves), Belarus • Born in the Belarusian capital, Khatskevich was schooled at FC Dinamo Minsk where he won four national championships before moving abroad. • Khatskevich made his name as a central midfielder with FC Dynamo Kyiv, collecting seven Ukrainian titles from 1996–2003. Reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals with Dynamo in 1998/99 and was Belarusian Player of the Year in 1998 and 2000. • Capped 38 times between 1993 and 2005, Khatskevich's playing career wound down with spells in China and , before a closing shift back at Dinamo Minsk. • He went straight into coaching with periods in charge of Dinamo Minsk, Belarus's Under-18s and FC Vitebsk before once more returning to Ukraine. • Worked on Myron Markevich's coaching staff with the Ukraine national team, and under his successor Yuriy Kalytvyntsev; replaced Georgi Kondratyev as Belarus coach in December 2014 after a stint with Dynamo Kyiv's youth and reserve sides.

6 Ukraine - Belarus Saturday 5 September 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv Match officials

Referee Liran Liany (ISR) Assistant referees David Elias Biton (ISR) , Nissan Davidy (ISR) Additional assistant referees Orel Grinfeld (ISR) , Eli Hacmon (ISR) Fourth official Oren Borneshtain (ISR) UEFA Delegate Olzhas Abrayev (KAZ) UEFA Referee observer Levan Paniashvili (GEO)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Liran Liany 24/05/1977 2 38

Liran Liany Referee since: 1994 First division: 2004 FIFA badge: 2010

Tournaments: 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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 18/08/2011 UEL PO FC Vorskla Poltava FC Dinamo Bucureşti 2-1 Poltava 07/08/2012 UCL 3QR Debreceni VSC FC BATE Borisov 0-2 Nyiregyhaza 03/10/2013 UEL GS FC Chornomorets Odesa PSV Eindhoven 0-2 20/02/2014 UEL R32 FC Dynamo Kyiv Valencia CF 0-2 Nicosia

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8 Ukraine - Belarus Saturday 5 September 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv Match-by-match lineups Ukraine

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Ukraine 0-1 Slovakia Goals: 0-1 Mak 17 Ukraine: Pyatov, Kovalchuk (66 Bezus), Kucher, Stepanenko, Yarmolenko, Zozulya, Gusev (81 Gromov), Shevchuk, Fedetskiy, Rakitskiy, Edmar Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Belarus 0-2 Ukraine Goals: 0-1 Martynovich 82 (og) , 0-2 Sydorchuk 90+3 Ukraine: Pyatov, Khacheridi, Kucher, Stepanenko, Yarmolenko, Zozulya (91 Tymoshchuk), Konoplyanka, Shevchuk, Rotan (64 Sydorchuk), Fedetskiy, Edmar (79 Budkivskiy) Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Ukraine 1-0 North Macedonia Goals: 1-0 Sydorchuk 45+2 Ukraine: Pyatov, Khacheridi, Kucher, Stepanenko, Yarmolenko, Zozulya (77 Budkivskiy), Konoplyanka, Shevchuk, Rotan (92 Tymoshchuk), Fedetskiy, Sydorchuk (95 Edmar) Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) 0-3 Ukraine Goals: 0-1 Yarmolenko 33, 0-2 Yarmolenko 53, 0-3 Yarmolenko 56 Ukraine: Pyatov, Khacheridi, Tymoshchuk, Yarmolenko, Zozulya (72 Budkivskiy), Konoplyanka (76 Morozyuk), Oliynyk (85 Kovalchuk), Shevchuk, Fedetskiy, Rakitskiy, Sydorchuk Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Spain 1-0 Ukraine Goals: 1-0 Morata 28 Ukraine: Pyatov, Khacheridi, Tymoshchuk, Kucher, Stepanenko (76 Garmash), Yarmolenko, Zozulya (32 Kravets (91 Budkivskiy)), Konoplyanka, Shevchuk, Rotan, Fedetskiy Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Ukraine 3-0 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Kravets 49, 2-0 Garmash 57, 3-0 Konoplyanka 86 Ukraine: Pyatov, Morozyuk, Khacheridi, Stepanenko, Yarmolenko, Konoplyanka, Shevchuk, Rotan (46 Garmash), Sydorchuk, Rakitskiy (77 Kucher), Kravets (69 Seleznyov) Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Ukraine-Belarus Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Slovakia-Ukraine Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) North Macedonia-Ukraine Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Ukraine-Spain Belarus

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Luxembourg 1-1 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Gerson 42, 1-1 Dragun 78 Belarus: Gutor, Dragun, Martynovich, Shitov, Veretilo (62 Stasevich), Krivets, Kislyak (73 Kornilenko), Balanovich, Olekhnovich (77 Aleksiyevich), Filipenko, Kalachev Matchday 2 (09/10/2014)

9 Ukraine - Belarus Saturday 5 September 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv Belarus 0-2 Ukraine Goals: 0-1 Martynovich 82 (og) , 0-2 Sydorchuk 90+3 Belarus: Zhevnov, Dragun, Martynovich (87 Savitski), Polyakov , Stasevich (46 Kislyak), Gordeichuk (79 Kornilenko), Krivets, Balanovich, Verkhovtsov, Filipenko, Kalachev Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Belarus 1-3 Slovakia Goals: 0-1 Hamšík 65, 1-1 Kalachev 79, 1-2 Hamšík 84, 1-3 Šesták 90+1 Belarus: Zhevnov, Dragun, Martynovich, Shitov (76 Stasevich), Renan Bressan (46 Gordeichuk), Krivets, Balanovich, Verkhovtsov, Bordachev, Filipenko (55 Polyakov ), Kalachev Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Spain 3-0 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Isco 18, 2-0 Busquets 19, 3-0 Pedro Rodríguez 55 Belarus: Zhevnov, Dragun, Martynovich (31 Bordachev), Kornilenko (67 Signevich), Krivets (80 Kislyak), Matveichik, Balanovich, Nekhaychik, Politevich, Yanushkevich, Kalachev Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) North Macedonia 1-2 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Trajkovski 9, 1-1 Kalachev 44, 1-2 Kornilenko 82 Belarus: Zhevnov, Martynovich, Shitov, Kornilenko, Stasevich (93 Nekhaychik), Hleb (87 Dragun), Kislyak, Maevski (80 Putilo), Bordachev, Filipenko, Kalachev Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Belarus 0-1 Spain Goals: 0-1 Silva 45 Belarus: Gorbunov, Martynovich, Shitov, Kornilenko, Hleb (89 Putilo), M. Volodko (81 Stasevich), Kislyak (78 Dragun), Nekhaychik, Maevski, Bordachev, Filipenko Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Ukraine-Belarus Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Belarus-Luxembourg Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Slovakia-Belarus Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Belarus-North Macedonia

10 Ukraine - Belarus Saturday 5 September 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Ukraine History 2012 – group stage 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Final tournament win 2-1: Ukraine v Sweden, 11/06/12, group stage Final tournament defeat 0-2: Ukraine v France, 15/06/12, group stage Qualifying win 5-0: Ukraine v Faroe Islands, 17/10/07 Qualifying defeat 4-0: Croatia v Ukraine, 25/03/95 Final tournament appearances 3: 11 players 2: Taras Mikhalik 2: Final tournament goals 2: Overall appearances 29: Andriy Shevchenko 26: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 25: Olexandr Shovkovskiy 24: Oleh Luzhny 21: Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko 21: Andriy Voronin 19: Andriy Husin 19: Oleh Kuznetsov 19: Oleh Gusev 18: Sehiy Rebrov Overall goals 12: Andriy Shevchenko 5: Tymerlan Huseynov 5: 4: Oleh Gusev 4: Oleh Protasov 4: Andriy Yarmolenko

UEFA European Championship records: Belarus History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Qualifying win 2-4: v Belarus, 17/11/07 4-2: Belarus v Slovenia, 11/10/06 2-0: four times, most recently Belarus v Luxembourg, 07/06/11 Qualifying loss 5-0: Austria v Belarus, 11/06/2003

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Overall appearances 28: Aleksandr Kulchiy 27: Sergei Gurenko 24: Maksim Romashchenko 24: Sergei Kornilenko 23: Aleksandr Hleb 23: Sergei Omelyanchuk 23: Timofei Kalachev 21: Overall goals 7: Sergei Kornilenko 5: Sergei Gerasimets 4: Timofei Kalachev 4: Vitali Kutuzov 4: Maksim Romashchenko 3: Sergei Aleinikov

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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 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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