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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio Municipal de Aveiro - Aveiro Sunday 7 September 2014 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Portugal Group I - Matchday -12 Last updated 12/07/2021 16:38CET

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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 10 Legend 12

1 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Bogdani 29; Hugo 06/06/2009 QR (GS) Albania - Portugal 1-2 Almeida 28, 90+2 15/10/2008 QR (GS) Portugal - Albania 0-0 Braga

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached João Pinto 14, Luís 07/06/1997 QR (GS) Portugal - Albania 2-0 Figo 70 Luís Figo 11, Hélder 09/10/1996 QR (GS) Albania - Portugal 0-3 Tirana 77, 89

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 Portugal ------Albania ------FIFA* Portugal 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 3 1 0 7 1 Albania 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 - - - - 4 0 1 3 1 7 Friendlies Portugal ------1 1 0 0 5 3 Albania ------1 0 0 1 3 5 Total Portugal 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 5 4 1 0 12 4 Albania 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 - - - - 5 0 1 4 4 12 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Match background

Portugal begin their bid for a place at UEFA EURO 2016 with a first UEFA meeting against Albania at senior level, the visitors eager to make a positive start in Aveiro after drawing their last game in Portugal. Match background • The countries have met five times with Portugal boasting the W4 D1 L0 (W2 D1 L0 at home – W2 D0 L0 in Albania). They are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • The sides first met in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Artur Jorge's Portugal won 3-0 in Tirana on 9 October 1996, with goals from Luís Figo (11), Hélder Cristóvão (77) and Rui Costa (89). João Pinto (14) and Figo (70) were on target as Portugal won the return fixture 2-0 in Porto. • The sides next met in an action-packed friendly in on 11 October 2003: 's side took a seventh-minute lead through Figo, but it was 2-1 to Albania by the break, Ardian Aliaj (13) and (44) on target. Simão (51) Rui Costa (57), (59) and Miguel (65) all scored for Portugal after the break, Aliaj (61) replying as the game ended 5-3. • Their last meetings, in 2010 World Cup qualifying, were closer, 's Albania holding 's Portugal to a 0-0 draw in Braga on 15 October 2008. Under Josip Kuže, they came within seconds of earning another draw in Tirana, (28) cancelling out 's opener (27), only for Bruno Alves to score a 90th- minute winner. • Portuguese and Albanian clubs have met in four UEFA competition games: the Portuguese teams' record is W3 D1 L0 (W2 D0 L0 at home – W1 D1 L0 in Albania) with eight goals scored and none conceded. • The nations' most recent competitive meetings came in 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification. Albania twice came from behind to draw 2-2 in Durres in the first meeting on 14 November 2011 – despite ending the game with ten men – but lost the return fixture 3-1 in Marinha Grande on 6 June 2012. • In the 20 UEFA games between Albanian and Portuguese sides – including club games, youth games, women's matches and futsal – there has been just one Albanian victory. Rigels Qosa (68) scored the only goal in Tirana as Albania beat Portugal 1-0 in a UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifier on 3 March 1993. Of the remaining 19 games, 15 have been Portuguese wins.

3 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Squad list

Portugal Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Dinamo - Eduardo 19/09/1982 31 - 0 0 0 0 35 - Zagreb - Rui Patrício 15/02/1988 26 Sporting - 0 0 0 0 31 - - Anthony Lopes 01/10/1990 23 Lyon - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Ricardo Costa 16/05/1981 33 Al-Sailiya - 0 0 0 0 21 1 - João Pereira 25/02/1984 30 Valencia - 0 0 0 0 39 - Real - Pepe 26/02/1983 31 - 0 0 0 0 60 3 - Antunes 01/04/1987 27 Málaga - 0 0 0 0 8 - Real - Fábio Coentrão 11/03/1988 26 - 0 0 0 0 46 4 Madrid - André Almeida 10/09/1990 23 Benfica - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Luís Neto 26/05/1988 26 Zenit - 0 0 0 0 9 - - Rúben Vezo 25/04/1994 20 Valencia - 0 0 0 0 - - Dynamo - 11/05/1986 28 - 0 0 0 0 52 2 Kyiv - João Moutinho 08/09/1986 27 Monaco - 0 0 0 0 71 2 - Adrien Silva 15/03/1989 25 Sporting - 0 0 0 0 - - - 07/04/1992 22 Sporting - 0 0 0 0 6 - - 17/03/1983 31 Fenerbahçe - 0 0 0 0 76 10 - Ivan Cavaleiro 18/10/1993 20 Deportivo - 0 0 0 0 1 - - André Gomes 30/07/1993 21 Valencia - 0 0 0 0 - - - Pedro Tiba 31/08/1988 26 Braga - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - 24/01/1986 28 Wolfsburg - 0 0 0 0 10 1 - 17/11/1986 27 Sporting - 0 0 0 0 78 14 - Éder 22/12/1987 26 Braga - 0 0 0 0 11 - - Ricardo Horta 15/09/1994 19 Málaga - 0 0 0 0 - - Coach - 20/06/1969 45 - 0 0 0 0 46 -

4 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

Albania Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 25/09/1977 36 Skënderbeu - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Stivi Frasheri 29/08/1990 24 Tirana - 0 0 0 0 - - - 10/03/1989 25 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 18 - Defenders - 11/10/1982 31 Qarabağ - 0 0 0 0 42 2 - 12/02/1986 28 Giannina - 0 0 0 0 47 - - Debatik Çurri 28/12/1983 30 Tirana - 0 0 0 0 43 1 - Mërgim Mavraj 09/06/1986 28 Köln - 0 0 0 0 17 1 - 20/02/1994 20 Empoli - 0 0 0 0 7 - Midfielders - 27/07/1983 31 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 76 1 - 28/03/1991 23 Basel - 0 0 0 0 - - - 27/03/1990 24 Grasshoppers - 0 0 0 0 7 - - 16/01/1984 30 Zürich - 0 0 0 0 4 - - 05/08/1989 25 St Gallen - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Ergys Kaçe 08/07/1993 21 PAOK - 0 0 0 0 10 - - Herolind Shala 01/02/1992 22 Odd - 0 0 0 0 - - - Emiliano Vila 12/03/1988 26 Partizani - 0 0 0 0 26 3 Forwards - Edmond Kapllani 31/07/1982 32 FSV Frankfurt - 0 0 0 0 41 6 - 19/01/1984 30 Hapoel Acre - 0 0 0 0 48 11 - Shkelzen Gashi 15/07/1988 26 Basel - 0 0 0 0 5 - - 22/05/1991 23 FSV Frankfurt - 0 0 0 0 19 1 - 11/01/1991 23 Slavia Praha - 0 0 0 0 4 - - 27/07/1990 24 Split - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Armando Vajushi 03/12/1991 22 Litex - 0 0 0 0 6 1 Coach - Giovanni de Biasi 16/06/1956 58 - 0 0 0 0 23 -

5 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Head coach Paulo Bento Date of birth: 20 June 1969 Nationality: Portuguese Playing career: CF Benfica, CF Estrela da Amadora, Vitória SC, SL Benfica, Real Oviedo CF, Sporting Clube de Portugal Coaching career: Sporting Clube de Portugal, Portugal • A former international who made an instant impact upon rising to the top job at Sporting in October 2005, Paulo Bento has enjoyed success throughout his football life. He began his playing career at Estrela da Amadora, lifting the Portuguese Cup in 1989/90. • Moved on to Vitória Guimarães before a switch to Benfica brought another cup triumph in 1995/96, prior to four seasons in with Real Oviedo. Joined Sporting ahead of 2000/01, winning the Portuguese double the following campaign. Retired from playing in summer 2004 and quickly accepted a role in the Sporting coaching set-up where he guided the youth team to the national title in 2004/05. • In October 2005 was promoted to head coach after the sacking of José Peseiro and quickly improved the side's fortunes, leading Sporting on a run of ten straight victories between January and April 2006 and winning the Portuguese Cup in 2007 and 2008, adding the Super Cup in 2007/08. • Started 2008/09 with another Super Cup triumph against FC Porto yet failed to add to that and left the post midway through the next term after a series of poor results. In September 2010 was appointed Carlos Queiroz's successor as Portugal coach after the team had taken only one point from their first two UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers; oversaw a revival that culminated in a play-off victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina. • Bento's Portugal lost to Spain on penalties in the UEFA EURO 2012 semi-finals but dusted themselves down to reach the 2014 FIFA World Cup, once more via the play-offs, although they failed to survive the group stage in Brazil. He agreed a two-year extension in 2014, committing to coach Portugal for the duration of their UEFA EURO 2016 campaign. Date of birth: 16 June 1956 Nationality: Italian Playing career: Treviso FC, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Reggiana 1919, Pescara Calcio, , US Città di Palermo, Vicenza Calcio, Bassano Virtus 55 ST Coaching career: FC Pro Vasto, Carpi FC 1909, Cosenza Calcio, SPAL 1907, Modena FC, Brescia Calcio, Torino FC (three times), Levante UD, , Albania • Served apprenticeship as an academy coach and on the lower rungs of the Italian football ladder before making his name overseeing back-to-back promotions at Modena – guiding them from the third division to in 2002. It ended a 38-year absence from the top flight. • Helped Modena survive first season among the elite before moving to Brescia, where he stayed two years before embarking on a tumultuous spell at Torino in 2005. • Arrived with Torino picking up the pieces after bankruptcy and exceeded expectations by steering them back to Serie A in his first campaign, only to be replaced by three days before the start of the next term. He was reappointed within seven months, leading the Granata to safety. • Spent 2007/08 at Levante, winning plaudits despite relegation, then returned for a third stint at Torino with five games of the season remaining and saved them from relegation again. Sacked that December, he had a two-month reign at Udinese in 2009/10 before finding more constancy as Albania boss. • A one-time midfielder with a handful of top-flight playing campaigns under his belt, De Biasi was installed in December 2011 as successor to Josip Kuže. He signed a new deal running until the end of UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying in November 2013.

6 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Match officials

Referee Ruddy Buquet (FRA) Assistant referees Frédéric Cano (FRA) , Guillaume Debart (FRA) Additional assistant referees Fredy Fautrel (FRA) , Benoît Millot (FRA) Fourth official Stephan Luzi (FRA) UEFA Delegate Ivan Borissov Lekov (BUL) UEFA Referee observer Tomasz Mikulski (POL)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Ruddy Buquet 29/01/1977 0 20

Ruddy Buquet Referee since: 2001 First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2011

Tournaments: N/A

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 No such matches refereed

7 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Competition facts

8 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Match-by-match lineups Portugal

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Portugal-Albania Matchday 3 (14/10/2014) -Portugal Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Portugal-Armenia Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Portugal-Serbia Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Armenia-Portugal Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Albania-Portugal Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Portugal-Denmark Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Serbia-Portugal Albania

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Portugal-Albania Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Albania-Denmark Matchday 3 (14/10/2014) Serbia-Albania Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Albania-Armenia Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Denmark-Albania Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Albania-Portugal Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Albania-Serbia Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Armenia-Albania

9 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Portugal History 2012 – semi-finals 2008 – quarter-finals 2004 – runners-up 2000 – semi-finals 1996 – quarter-finals 1992 – did not qualify 1988 – did not qualify 1984 – semi-finals 1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – did not qualify 1960 – did not qualify Final tournament win 3-0: Portugal v , 20/06/00 0-3: v Portugal, 19/06/96 Final tournament loss 2-0: Switzerland v Portugal, 15/06/08 Qualifying win 8-0: Portugal v Liechtenstein, 09/06/99 8-0: Portugal v Liechtenstein, 18/12/94 Qualifying loss 5-0: USSR v Portugal, 27/04/83 5-0: Czechoslovakia v Portugal, 30/04/75 Final tournament appearances 14: Luís Figo 14: 14: 12: 12: Rui Costa Final tournament goals 6: Nuno Gomes 6: Cristiano Ronaldo 3: Sérgio Conceição 3: Hélder Postiga Overall appearances 35: Cristiano Ronaldo 34: Luís Figo 33: Vítor Baía 32: Rui Costa 29: Fernando Couto 28: Nani 28: Nuno Gomes Overall goals 21: Cristiano Ronaldo 14: João Pinto 12: Rui Costa 9: Hélder Postiga 9: Nuno Gomes

UEFA European Championship records: Albania

10 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

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 1988 – did not qualify 1984 – did not qualify 1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – did not qualify 1960 – did not participate Qualifying win 3-0: five times, most recently v Albania, 06/06/07 Qualifying defeat 9-0: Spain v Albania, 19/12/90 Overall appearances 29: Fotaq Strakosha 29: 25: Erjon Bogdani 25: Klodia Duro 23: 23: Overall goals 5: Edmond Kapllani 4: Sokol Kushta 4: Alban Bushi 4: Altin Rraklli 4: 4: Igli Tare

11 Portugal - Albania Sunday 7 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Legend

:: 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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