EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Štadión MŠK Žilina - Zilina Sunday 14 June 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group C - Matchday -7 Last updated 12/07/2021 17:42CET

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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 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina

Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 15/11/2014 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 0-2 Kucka 25, Nemec 38

UEFA EURO 2012 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Noveski 79; Piroska 11/10/2011 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 1-1 Skopje 54 03/09/2010 QR (GS) Slovakia - North Macedonia 1-0 Bratislava Hološko 90+1

UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Németh 25; 10/09/2003 QR (GS) Slovakia - North Macedonia 1-1 Zilina Dimitrovski 62 M. Petráš 28, Reiter 29/03/2003 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 0-2 Skopje 90

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Reiter 28, Dzúrik 56, 07/10/2001 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 0-5 Skopje P. Németh 72, Pinte 80, Oravec 89 03/09/2000 QR (GS) Slovakia - North Macedonia 2-0 Bratislava Balis 3, Demo 74

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 Slovakia 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 - - - - 5 3 2 0 7 2 North Macedonia 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 - - - - 5 0 2 3 2 7 FIFA* Slovakia 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 7 0 North Macedonia 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 7 Friendlies Slovakia ------North Macedonia ------Total Slovakia 3 2 1 0 4 3 1 0 - - - - 7 5 2 0 14 2 North Macedonia 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 - - - - 7 0 2 5 2 14 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Match background

Slovakia will look to maintain their 100% record in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group C as they welcome an FYR Macedonia side in need of a pick-me-up. Previous meetings • Juraj Kucka and Adam Nemec scored as Slovakia got the better of FYR Macedonia in their first Group C meeting in Skopje back in November. • Slovakia's record in seven meetings with FYR Macedonia is W5 D2 L0 (W2 D1 L0 at home). FYR Macedonia have yet to take the lead in a game against Slovakia. • FYR Macedonia's 5-0 home loss to 's Slovakia on 7 October 2001 matched their worst ever home result in national team football – a 5-0 defeat by Belgium in a 7 June 1995 UEFA European Championship qualifier. Form guide • Slovakia have won all five of their Group C games; England are the only other side that reached the halfway stage in qualifying with a 100% record. • Slovakia have won their last six international home matches (two qualifiers, four friendlies) since the end of FIFA World Cup qualifying, including a celebrated 2-1 win against European champions Spain. They have conceded just twice in the process. • FYR Macedonia have lost their last three Group C outings since a 3-2 success against Luxembourg. • FYR Macedonia are without a win in ten competitive away games (D1 L9) since a 2-0 triumph in in October 2010.

Trivia and links • This is FYR Macedonia's first game under new coach Ljubinko Drulović; the Serbian replaced Boshko Djurovski in April. • Slovakia's record in six UEFA age-group competition games against FYR Macedonia is W5 D1. • The six meetings between the nations' clubs in UEFA competition offer more encouragement for FYR Macedonia: the Macedonian and Slovakian clubs have both won three apiece.

3 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Squad list

Slovakia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Arsenal - Ján Mucha 05/12/1982 32 - 0 0 0 0 Tula - Matúš Kozáčik 27/12/1983 31 Plzeň - 5 0 0 0 Rapid - Ján Novota 29/11/1983 31 - 0 0 0 0 Wien Defenders - Martin Škrtel 15/12/1984 30 Liverpool * 4 0 0 0 - Peter Pekarík 30/10/1986 28 Hertha - 5 1 0 0 Dunajská - Ľubomír Michalík 13/08/1983 31 - 0 0 0 0 Streda Dinamo - Tomáš Hubočan 17/09/1985 29 - 4 0 0 0 Moskva Slovan - Kornel Saláta 24/01/1985 30 - 0 0 0 0 Bratislava Midfielders - Viktor Pečovský 24/05/1983 32 Žilina - 5 0 0 0 - Marek Hamšík 27/07/1987 27 Napoli - 5 2 0 0 - Dušan Švento 01/08/1985 29 Köln - 1 0 0 0 Arsenal - Lukáš Tesák 08/03/1985 30 - 0 0 0 0 Tula - Miroslav Stoch 19/10/1989 25 Al-Ain - 5 1 0 0 - Vladimír Weiss 30/11/1989 25 Lekhwiya - 5 1 0 0 - Róbert Mak 08/03/1991 24 PAOK - 4 1 0 0 - Juraj Kucka 26/02/1987 28 Genoa * 5 2 0 0 - Ján Greguš 29/01/1991 24 Jablonec - 0 0 0 0 - Patrik Hrošovský 22/04/1992 23 Plzeň - 1 0 0 0 - Ondrej Duda 05/12/1994 20 Legia - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Filip Hološko 17/01/1984 31 Rizespor - 0 0 0 0 New York - Adam Nemec 02/09/1985 29 - 4 2 0 0 City FC - Martin Jakubko 26/02/1980 35 Amkar - 0 0 0 0 Mladá - Michal Ďuriš 01/06/1988 27 - 3 0 0 0 Boleslav Coach - Ján Kozák 17/04/1954 61 - 5 0 0 0

4 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina North Macedonia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Tome Pacovski 28/06/1982 32 Vardar - 5 0 0 0 - Stole Dimitrievski 25/12/1993 21 Granada - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Gacevski 17/08/1990 24 Bregalnica - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Aleksandar Todorovski 26/02/1984 31 Zagłębie - 0 0 0 0 - Vladimir Dimitrovski 30/11/1988 26 Kerkyra - 0 0 0 0 - Daniel Mojsov 25/12/1987 27 Lierse - 3 0 0 0 - Kirce Ristevski 22/10/1990 24 Tirana - 0 0 0 0 - 12/02/1992 23 Latina * 5 0 0 0 - Egzijan Alilovski 12/02/1992 23 Schaffhausen - 4 0 0 0 - Darko Velkoski 21/06/1995 19 Rabotnicki - 0 0 0 0 - Leonard Zhuta 09/08/1992 22 Häcken - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - 29/08/1988 26 Maribor - 3 1 0 0 - Muarem Muarem 22/10/1988 26 Qarabağ - 1 0 0 0 - 23/08/1990 24 Vardar - 1 0 0 0 - Dusko Trajcevski 01/11/1990 24 Rabotnicki - 0 0 0 0 Dinamo - 29/05/1991 24 - 3 0 0 0 Zagreb - Besart Abdurahimi 31/07/1990 24 Lokeren * 5 1 0 0 Forwards - Ostoja Stjepanovic 17/01/1985 30 Wisła - 0 0 0 0 - 20/02/1988 27 Sarajevo - 4 0 0 0 - Mirko Ivanovski 31/10/1989 25 Videoton - 2 0 0 0 - Feran Hasani 18/06/1990 24 Brøndby - 1 0 0 0 Zulte - 05/09/1992 22 * 5 2 0 0 Waregem Coach - Ljubinko Drulović 11/09/1968 46 - 0 0 0 0

5 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Head coach Ján Kozák Date of birth: 17 April 1954 Nationality: Slovak Playing career: LB Spišská Nová Ves, Lokomotíva Košice (three times), RFC Seraing, FK Dukla Praha Coaching career: Lokomotíva Košice, MFK Zemplín Michalovce, FC Steel Trans Ličartovce, 1. FC Košice, Slovakia • A creative midfielder, Kozák spent much of his playing career with local team Lokomotíva Košice, where he had three spells. He returned for the first time in 1982 at the conclusion of his military service in Prague, where he turned out for Dukla. • A member of the Czechoslovakia squad that finished third at the 1980 UEFA European Championship, beating Italy 9-8 on penalties in the bronze-medal match, he scored nine goals in 55 international appearances. Kozák also travelled to the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain but did not feature due to injury. • Won the three times and the 1982 league championship with Dukla before retiring in 1990. Moved into coaching several years later and proved an instant success, steering 1. FC Košice to successive titles (1997, 1998) and into the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League where, as Slovakia's first ever group stage representative, they lost all six games in a section containing , Juventus and Manchester United FC. • Left Košice in 1998 but came back for further stints in 2005 and 2012. He stood down in summer 2013, succeeding and as coach of Slovakia on a two-year contract. • His son Ján Kozák Jr played in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage for MFK Petržalka, equalising and then creating the winner in a famous 3-2 comeback victory over FC Porto; grandson Filip Lesniak has been at Tottenham Hotspur FC since 2012. Ljubinko Drulović Coach: Ljubinko Drulović Date of birth: 11/04/1968 Nationality: Serbian Playing career: FK Zlatar, FK Sloga Kraljevo, FK Sloboda Point, FK Rad, Gil Vicente FC, FC Porto, SL Benfica, FK Partizan, FC Penafiel Coaching career: GD Tourizense, FK Banat Zrenjanin, NK Drava, CD Primeiro do Agosto, Serbia Under-19, Serbia (caretaker), FYR Macedonia • A winger, Drulović made 38 appearances and scored three goals for Yugoslavia, playing at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000 final rounds. • Quick and skilful, the left-sided player spent the best years of his career in Portugal, winning five Liga titles and four Portuguese Cups during a successful spell with Porto from 1994–2001. • Having ended his playing days with Penafiel, he started out as a coach with modest Tourizense, taking up further posts in Serbia, Slovenia and Angola before being tasked with leading Serbia's U19 squad in 2012. • Drulović struck gold the next year, guiding Serbia to their first UEFA European U19 Championship crown, overseeing a final victory against France in Lithuania. • Following a brief stint in temporary charge of the senior side in 2014, Drulović signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with FYR Macedonia in April 2014, becoming their fourth foreign coach.

6 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Match officials

Referee Kenn Hansen (DEN) Assistant referees Lars Rix (DEN) , David Vang Andersen (DEN) Additional assistant referees Jakob Kehlet (DEN) , Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN) Fourth official Daniel R. Nørgaard (DEN) UEFA Delegate Jevgenijs Milevskis (LVA) UEFA Referee observer Alan Snoddy (NIR)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Kenn Hansen 29/05/1980 1 29

Kenn Hansen Referee since: 1997 First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2011

Tournaments: 2012 UEFA European Under-19 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 18/10/2011 U17 QR Germany Slovakia 2-0 Tallinn 15/10/2012 U21 PO Netherlands Slovakia 2-0 Rotterdam

7 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Competition facts

8 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Match-by-match lineups Slovakia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Ukraine 0-1 Slovakia Goals: 0-1 Mak 17 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík, Ďurica, Gyömber, Weiss (67 Stoch), Nemec (63 Kiss), Hubočan, Hamšík, Kucka, Mak (92 Ďuriš), Pečovský Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Slovakia 2-1 Spain Goals: 1-0 Kucka 17, 1-1 Paco Alcácer 82, 2-1 Stoch 87 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík, Škrtel, Ďurica, Gyömber, Weiss (54 Ďuriš), Hubočan, Hamšík, Kucka (83 Kiss), Mak (61 Stoch), Pečovský 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 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík, Škrtel, Ďurica, Gyömber, Weiss (80 Stoch), Nemec, Hamšík, Kucka (86 Kiss), Mak (62 Šesták), Pečovský Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) North Macedonia 0-2 Slovakia Goals: 0-1 Kucka 25, 0-2 Nemec 38 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík (46 Švento), Škrtel, Ďurica, Weiss (78 Ďuriš), Stoch, Nemec, Hubočan, Hamšík, Kucka (55 Kiss), Pečovský Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Slovakia 3-0 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Nemec 10, 2-0 Weiss 21, 3-0 Pekarík 40 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík, Škrtel, Ďurica, Weiss (71 Mak), Stoch (80 Šesták), Nemec, Hubočan, Hamšík, Kucka (59 Hrošovský), Pečovský Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Slovakia-North Macedonia Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Spain-Slovakia Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Slovakia-Ukraine Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Slovakia-Belarus Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Luxembourg-Slovakia North Macedonia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Spain 5-1 North Macedonia Goals: 1-0 Ramos 16 (P) , 2-0 Paco Alcácer 17, 2-1 Ibraimi 28 (P) , 3-1 Busquets 45+3, 4-1 Silva 50, 5-1 Pedro Rodríguez 90+1 North Macedonia: Pacovski, Cuculi, Mojsov, Sikov, Trajkovski, Jahović, Ibraimi, Ristovski, Alilovski (46 Demiri), Abdurahimi (74 K. Velkoski), Spirovski (64 Radeski) Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) North Macedonia 3-2 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Trajkovski 20, 1-1 Bensi 39, 1-2 Turpel 44, 2-2 Jahović 66 (P) , 3-2 Abdurahimi 90+2

9 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina North Macedonia: Pacovski, Cuculi (46 Alilovski), Mojsov, Sikov, Trajkovski, Demiri, Ibraimi (46 Abdurahimi), Ristovski, Muarem (60 Jahović), Ademi, Kostovski Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Ukraine 1-0 North Macedonia Goals: 1-0 Sydorchuk 45+2 North Macedonia: Pacovski, Alilovski, Damchevski, Sikov, Trajkovski, Jahović (62 K. Velkoski), Ristovski, Ademi, Gligorov (86 Stojkov), Abdurahimi, Ivanovski (70 Kostovski) Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) North Macedonia 0-2 Slovakia Goals: 0-1 Kucka 25, 0-2 Nemec 38 North Macedonia: Pacovski, Alilovski, Mojsov, Sikov, Trajkovski, Demiri (74 David Babunski), Stojkov (46 Kostovski), K. Velkoski (70 Ivanovski), Ristovski, Ademi, Abdurahimi Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) North Macedonia 1-2 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Trajkovski 9, 1-1 Kalachev 44, 1-2 Kornilenko 82 North Macedonia: Pacovski, Georgievski, Polozani (31 Bardi), Markoski, Sikov, Trajkovski, K. Velkoski (63 Todorovski), Ibraimi, Hasani, Ristovski, Abdurahimi (75 Blazevski) Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Slovakia-North Macedonia Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Luxembourg-North Macedonia Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) North Macedonia-Spain Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) North Macedonia-Ukraine Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Belarus-North Macedonia

10 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Slovakia History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify 1992 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1988 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1984 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1980 – third place (as Czechoslovakia) 1976 – winners (as Czechoslovakia) 1972 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1968 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1964 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1960 – third place (as Czechoslovakia) Final tournament win 1-3: Greece v Czechoslovakia, 14/06/80 3-1: Czechoslovakia v Netherlands, 16/06/76 (aet) 2-0: Czechoslovakia v France, 09/07/60 Final tournament defeat 0-3: Czechoslovakia v USSR, 06/07/60 Qualifying win 7-0: Slovakia v San Marino, 13/10/07 Qualifying loss 5-0: Poland v Slovakia, 07/06/95 Final tournament appearances 6: Koloman Gögh (for Czechoslovakia) 6: Marián Masný (for Czechoslovakia) 6: Zdeněk Nehoda (for Czechoslovakia) 6: Anton Ondruš (for Czechoslovakia) 6: Antonín Panenka (for Czechoslovakia) 6: (for Czechoslovakia) 4: Ladislav Vízek (for Czechoslovakia) Final tournament goals 3: Zdeněk Nehoda (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Vlastimil Bubník (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Karol Dobiaš (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Anton Ondruš (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Antonín Panenka (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Ladislav Pavlovič (for Czechoslovakia) 1: František Veselý (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Ladislav Vízek (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Ján Švehlík (for Czechoslovakia) 1: Ladislav Jurkemik (for Czechoslovakia) Overall appearances 26: 21: Filip Hološko 21: Marek Hamšík 20: Ján Ďurica 20: (for Czechoslovakia) 20: Anton Ondruš (for Czechoslovakia) 19: Martin Škrtel 19: Marián Masný (for Czechoslovakia)

11 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina 18: Dušan Tittel 18: Zdeněk Nehoda (for Czechoslovakia) 17: Ladislav Jurkemik 17: Koloman Gögh (for Czechoslovakia) 16: Peter Dubovský 16: Ladislav Vízek (for Czechoslovakia) Overall goals 9: Zdeněk Nehoda (for Czechoslovakia) 7: Marián Masný (for Czechoslovakia) 7: Antonín Panenka (for Czechoslovakia) 7: Ladislav Vízek (for Czechoslovakia) 6: Marek Mintál 5: Peter Dubovský 5: Szilárd Németh 5: Titus Buberník (for Czechoslovakia)

UEFA European Championship records: FYR Macedonia History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Qualifying win 4-0: FYR Macedonia v Malta, 06/09/98 Qualifying loss 0-5: FYR Macedonia v Belgium, 07/06/95 Overall appearances 28: Velice Sumulikoski 23: Goce Sedloski 20: Igor Mitreski 20: Nikolce Noveski 19: Petar Milosevski Overall goals 5: Artim Sakiri 5: Ilco Naumoski 4: Goce Sedloski 3: Risto Bozinov 3: Sasa Ciric 3: Bosko Djurovski 3: Georgi Hristov

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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 Soviet Union 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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