EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS LFF stadionas - Sunday 4 September 2016 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Group F - Matchday 1 Slovenia Last updated 10/11/2016 00:38CET

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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 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 4 September 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius

Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Birsa 45+1 (P); 09/10/2015 QR (GS) Slovenia - Lithuania 1-1 Novikovas 79 (P) 12/10/2014 QR (GS) Lithuania - Slovenia 0-2 Vilnius Novakovič 33, 37

EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Stonkus 47, Šuika 70; 07/06/1995 PR (GS) Lithuania - Slovenia 2-1 Vilnius Gliha 83 Zahovič 55; 16/11/1994 PR (GS) Slovenia - Lithuania 1-2 Sukristovas 64, Zuta 87

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 Lithuania 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 - - - - 4 2 1 1 5 5 Slovenia 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 - - - - 4 1 1 2 5 5

2 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 4 September 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Squad list

Lithuania Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Saulius Klevinskas 02/04/1984 32 Žalgiris - 0 0 0 0 - Ernestas Šetkus 25/05/1985 31 Den Haag - 0 0 0 0 Bnei - Emilijus Zubas 10/07/1990 26 - 0 0 0 0 Yehuda Defenders - Arūnas Klimavičius 05/10/1982 33 Trakai - 0 0 0 0 - Georgas Freidgeimas 10/08/1987 29 Irtysh - 0 0 0 0 - Vaidas Slavickas 26/02/1986 30 Sūduva - 0 0 0 0 - Linas Klimavičius 10/04/1989 27 Žalgiris - 0 0 0 0 - Egidijus Vaitkūnas 08/08/1988 28 Žalgiris - 0 0 0 0 - Edvinas Girdvainis 17/01/1993 23 Piast - 0 0 0 0 - Rolandas Baravykas 23/08/1995 21 Atlantas - 0 0 0 0 - Fiodor Černych 21/05/1991 25 Jagiellonia - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Deividas Česnauskis 30/06/1981 35 Trakai - 0 0 0 0 - Vytautas Lukša 14/08/1984 32 Žalgiris - 0 0 0 0 - Nerijus Valskis 04/08/1987 29 Trakai - 0 0 0 0 - Arvydas Novikovas 18/12/1990 25 Bochum - 0 0 0 0 - Artūras Žulpa 10/06/1990 26 Tobol - 0 0 0 0 - Mantas Kuklys 10/06/1987 29 Žalgiris - 0 0 0 0 - Karolis Chvedukas 21/04/1991 25 Split - 0 0 0 0 - Ovidijus Verbickas 04/07/1993 23 Atlantas - 0 0 0 0 - Mindaugas Grigaravičius 15/07/1992 24 Jelgava - 0 0 0 0 Den - Vykintas Slivka 29/04/1995 21 - 0 0 0 0 Bosch Forwards - Tomas Radzinevičius 05/06/1981 35 Sūduva - 0 0 0 0 - Deivydas Matulevičius 08/04/1989 27 Botoşani - 0 0 0 0 Coach - 12/03/1975 41 - 0 0 0 0

3 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 4 September 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius

Slovenia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 06/06/1990 26 Carpi - 0 0 0 0 - Matic Kotnik 23/07/1990 26 Celje - 0 0 0 0 - Jan Oblak 07/01/1993 23 Atlético - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Boštjan Cesar 09/07/1982 34 Chievo - 0 0 0 0 - Bojan Jokić 17/05/1986 30 Villarreal - 0 0 0 0 Henan - Miral Samardžić 17/02/1987 29 - 0 0 0 0 Jianye FC - Nejc Skubic 13/06/1989 27 Konyaspor - 0 0 0 0 - Aljaž Struna 04/08/1990 26 Palermo - 0 0 0 0 - Miha Mevlja 12/06/1990 26 Rostov - 0 0 0 0 - Dejan Trajkovski 14/04/1992 24 Twente - 0 0 0 0 Dinamo - Petar Stojanovič 07/10/1995 20 - 0 0 0 0 Zagreb Midfielders - 07/08/1986 30 Chievo - 0 0 0 0 - René Krhin 21/05/1990 26 Granada - 0 0 0 0 - Matic Črnic 12/06/1992 24 Domžale - 0 0 0 0 - Kevin Kampl 09/10/1990 25 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 - Blaž Vrhovec 20/02/1992 24 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 Olimpija - Miha Zajc 01/07/1994 22 - 0 0 0 0 Ljubljana - Benjamin Verbič 27/11/1993 22 København - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Milivoje Novakovič 18/05/1979 37 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 - Roman Bezjak 21/02/1989 27 Darmstadt - 0 0 0 0 - Robert Berić 17/06/1991 25 St-Étienne - 0 0 0 0 - Josip Iličić 29/01/1988 28 Fiorentina - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Srečko Katanec 16/07/1963 53 - 0 0 0 0

4 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 4 September 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Head coach Edgaras Jankauskas Date of birth: 12 March 1975 Nationality: Lithuanian Playing career: FK Žalgiris Vilnius, PFC CSKA Moskva, FC Torpedo Moskva, Club Brugge KV, Real Sociedad de Fútbol, SL Benfica, FC Porto, OGC Nice, Heart of Midlothian FC, AEK Larnaca FC, Os Belenenses, Skonto FC, New England Revolution, FC Fakel Voronezh. Coaching career: FC Lokomotiv Moskva (assistant), Heart of Midlothian FC (assistant), FK Trakai, Lithuania • A hard-working target man, Jankauskas began his career at local club Žalgiris before moving to Russia to play for CSKA and Torpedo. Lifted the league title in Belgium in his first season with Club Brugge. • Became Lithuania's most expensive player when signing for Real Sociedad for a reported €2.3m in 2001; then shone on loan at Benfica, yet joined their Portuguese Liga rivals Porto in 2003 and was part of the team that won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League under José Mourinho (though he did not play in either final). • Later played in France, Scotland, Cyprus, Latvia and the United States, and represented Lithuania regularly for over 13 years, earning 56 caps and scoring ten goals. • Helped out José Couceiro during his spell as Lithuania boss (2008–10) and gathered more experience as assistant coach of Lokomotiv and Hearts; given sole command of Lithuanian side Trakai in 2014, he was subsequently named Lithuania boss at the start of 2016. Srečko Katanec Date of birth: 16 July 1963 Nationality: Slovenian Playing career: NK Olimpija Ljubljana, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, FK Partizan, VfB Stuttgart, UC Sampdoria Coaching career: Slovenia Under-21s, ND Gorica, Slovenia (twice), Olympiacos FC, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Arab Emirates • A centre-back or defensive midfielder, Katanec began his playing days at home-town club Olimpija before spells with Dinamo and Partizan. He reached the 1989 UEFA Cup final with Stuttgart and won the same competition the following season with Sampdoria, whom he also helped to the 1992 UEFA Champions League showpiece. • Earned 31 caps for Yugoslavia (five goals) – including at the 1984 UEFA European Championship, the 1984 Olympic Games and the 1990 FIFA World Cup – and five for Slovenia (one goal). • Started his coaching career with Slovenia's U21s in 1996, two years after retiring as a player. After a brief stint in the Gorica dugout, took charge of the senior Slovenia side in 1998 and guided them to UEFA EURO 2000 – their first major tournament – and the 2002 World Cup. • Joined Olympiacos in 2002 but stayed for only three months and in February 2006 assumed the FYROM helm, where he remained for three years. Named United Arab Emirates coach in June 2009, a position he held for two years. • Katanec was reappointed by Slovenia in January 2013, signing a contract until the end of UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying, and stayed on despite the failure to reach France after a play-off defeat by Ukraine.

5 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 4 September 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Match officials

Referee Artur Dias (POR) Assistant referees Rui Tavares (POR) , Paulo Soares (POR) Fourth official Manuel De Sousa (POR) FIFA Match Commissioner Jean Paul Mievis (BEL) UEFA Referee observer Markus Nobs (SUI)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Artur Dias 14/07/1979 0 43

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 27/07/2011 UCL 3QR Maccabi Haifa FC NK Maribor 2-1 Haifa

6 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 4 September 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius 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 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 4 September 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Match-by-match lineups Lithuania

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group F Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Lithuania-Slovenia Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Scotland-Lithuania Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Lithuania-Malta Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Slovakia-Lithuania Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) England-Lithuania Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Lithuania-Slovakia Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Lithuania-Scotland Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Slovenia-Lithuania Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Malta-Lithuania Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Lithuania-England Slovenia

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Lithuania-Slovenia Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Slovenia-Slovakia Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovenia-England Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Malta-Slovenia Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Scotland-Slovenia

8 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 4 September 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Slovenia-Malta Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Slovakia-Slovenia Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Slovenia-Lithuania Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) England-Slovenia Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Slovenia-Scotland

9 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 4 September 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius 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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