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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Aviva Stadium - Dublin Friday 6 October 2017 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Republic of Ireland Group D - Matchday 9 Moldova Last updated 06/10/2017 10:23CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10 1 Republic of Ireland - Moldova Friday 6 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Bugaev 45+1; Long 2, 09/10/2016 QR (GS) Moldova - Republic of Ireland 1-3 Chisinau McClean 69, 76 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 Republic of Ireland - - - - 1 1 0 0 - - - - 1 1 0 0 3 1 Moldova 1 0 0 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 Republic of Ireland - Moldova Friday 6 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Squad list Republic of Ireland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Colin Doyle 12/06/1985 32 Bradford - 0 0 0 0 - Darren Randolph 12/05/1987 30 Middlesbrough - 8 0 0 0 - Rob Elliot 30/04/1986 31 Newcastle - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - John O'Shea 30/04/1981 36 Sunderland - 3 0 0 0 - Stephen Ward 20/08/1985 32 Burnley * 7 0 0 0 - Richard Keogh 11/08/1986 31 Derby - 2 0 0 0 - Ciaran Clark 26/09/1989 28 Newcastle - 6 0 0 0 - Shane Duffy 01/01/1992 25 Brighton * 6 1 0 0 - Kevin Long 18/08/1990 27 Burnley - 1 0 0 0 - Cyrus Christie 30/09/1992 25 Middlesbrough * 4 0 0 0 Midfielders - Glenn Whelan 13/01/1984 33 Aston Villa * 7 0 0 0 - Wes Hoolahan 20/05/1982 35 Norwich - 4 0 0 0 - Aiden McGeady 04/04/1986 31 Sunderland * 4 0 0 0 - Harry Arter 28/12/1989 27 Bournemouth - 3 0 0 0 - Eunan O'Kane 10/07/1990 27 Leeds - 1 0 0 0 - Conor Hourihane 02/02/1991 26 Aston Villa - 1 0 0 0 - David Meyler 29/05/1989 28 Hull * 4 0 0 0 - Jeff Hendrick 31/01/1992 25 Burnley - 5 1 0 0 - Callum O'Dowda 23/04/1995 22 Bristol City - 2 0 0 0 Forwards - Daryl Murphy 15/03/1983 34 Nottm Forest - 4 1 0 0 - Shane Long 22/01/1987 30 Southampton - 6 1 0 0 - Seán Maguire 01/05/1994 23 Preston - 0 0 0 0 - Scott Hogan 13/04/1992 25 Aston Villa - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Martin O'Neill 01/03/1952 65 - 8 0 0 0 3 Republic of Ireland - Moldova Friday 6 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Moldova Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Serghei Paşcenco 18/12/1982 34 Zaria Balti - 0 0 0 0 - Ilie Cebanu 29/12/1986 30 Mordovia - 5 0 0 0 Politehnica - Alexei Koşelev 19/11/1993 23 - 0 0 0 0 Iaşi Defenders - Vitalie Bordian 11/08/1984 33 Sheriff - 4 0 0 0 İstanbul - Alexandru Epureanu 27/09/1986 31 * 7 0 0 0 Başakşehir - Petru Racu 17/07/1987 30 Sheriff - 4 0 0 0 - Artiom Rozgoniuc 01/10/1995 22 Petrocub - 1 0 0 0 - Dinu Graur 27/12/1994 22 Milsami * 1 0 0 0 - Petru Ojog 17/07/1990 27 Costuleni - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Alexandru Gaţcan 27/03/1984 33 Rostov - 5 1 0 0 - Andrei Cojocari 21/01/1987 30 Milsami - 6 0 0 0 - Alexandru Dedov 26/07/1989 28 Milsami * 7 1 0 0 - Alexandru Paşcenco 28/05/1989 28 Dacia - 1 0 0 0 - Alexandru Antoniuc 23/05/1989 28 Milsami - 4 0 0 0 - Artur Ioniţa 17/08/1990 27 Cagliari - 4 0 0 0 - Gheorghe Anton 27/01/1993 24 Sheriff - 2 0 0 0 - Eugeniu Cociuc 11/05/1993 24 Žilina - 2 0 0 0 Forwards - Radu Gînsari 10/12/1991 25 H. Haifa * 6 1 0 0 - Vladimir Ambros 30/12/1993 23 Petrocub - 1 0 0 0 - Sergiu Platica 05/06/1991 26 Milsami - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Igor Dobrovolski 27/08/1967 50 - 8 0 0 0 4 Republic of Ireland - Moldova Friday 6 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Head coach 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. Igor Dobrovolski Date of birth: 27/08/1967 Nationality: Russian Playing career: FC Nistru Chisinau, FC Dinamo Moskva, Playas de Castellón FS, Servette FC, Genoa CFC, Olympique de Marseille, Club Atlético de Madrid, SC Fortuna Düsseldorf, FC Tiligul Tiraspol Coaching career: FC Tiligul Tiraspol, FC Academia Chisinau, FC Dacia Chisinau, FC Veris, FC Sakhalin, Moldova (twice) • Born near the Ukrainian-Moldovan border, Dobrovolski was schooled at an academy in Tiraspol, and made his name as a creative midfielder with Nistru Chisinau, earning a move to Dinamo Moskva in 1986. • A gold medal winner with the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympics, he was also in the side that won the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He appeared with the senior side at the FIFA World Cup finals that summer, and also played at the 1992 and 1996 UEFA European Championships. Capped 47 times in total. • Played in Spain, Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and was at Marseille when they followed up a 1991/92 French title success with triumph in the 1992/93 UEFA Champions League. • Returned to Moldova in 2005 to become player-coach at Tiligul, leading his side to fourth place in his only season in charge. Hired as Moldova coach Anatol Teslev's assistant, he was in sole command from 2007-09, Moldova earning a best-ever total of 12 points under him in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying, and reaching a pinnacle of 37th in the FIFA rankings. • Led Dacia to Moldovan title in 2010/11 before working with Veris and Sakhalin. Hired as Moldova boss for a second time on 23 December 2015. 5 Republic of Ireland - Moldova Friday 6 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Match officials Referee Bas Nijhuis (NED) Assistant referees Joost van Zuilen (NED) , Charles Schaap (NED) Fourth official Serdar Gözübüyük (NED) FIFA Match Commissioner Luca Zorzi (SUI) Referee observer Oguz Sarvan (TUR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Bas Nijhuis 12/01/1977 5 67 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 13/07/2010 UCL 2QR Bohemian FC The New Saints FC 1-0 Dublin 6 Republic of Ireland - Moldova Friday 6 October 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin 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.