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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Elbasan Arena - Elbasan Saturday 11 October 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Albania Group I - Matchday -11 Denmark Last updated 12/07/2021 15:35CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Albania - Denmark Saturday 11 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Bogdani 50; Bendtner 09/09/2009 QR (GS) Albania - Denmark 1-1 Tirana 40 Andreasen 31, Larsen 01/04/2009 QR (GS) Denmark - Albania 3-0 Copenhagen 37, C. Poulsen 80 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Larsen 4, 46, 08/06/2005 QR (GS) Denmark - Albania 3-1 Copenhagen Jørgensen 54; Bogdani 72 Jørgensen 52, 09/10/2004 QR (GS) Albania - Denmark 0-2 Tirana Tomasson 71 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 08/09/1993 QR (GS) Albania - Denmark 0-1 Tirana Pingel 64 Jensen 12, Pingel 22, 02/06/1993 QR (GS) Denmark - Albania 4-0 Copenhagen 41, Møller 29 1964 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 1-0 30/10/1963 1/8 Albania - Denmark Tirana Pano 3 agg: 1-4 Petersen 18 (P), 29/06/1963 1/8 Denmark - Albania 4-0 Copenhagen Madsen 25, Clausen 36, Enoksen 49 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 Albania - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 Denmark - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 FIFA* Albania 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 - - - - 6 0 1 5 2 14 Denmark 3 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 - - - - 6 5 1 0 14 2 Friendlies Albania - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Denmark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Albania - Denmark Saturday 11 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Elbasan Arena, Elbasan 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 Albania 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 8 1 1 6 3 18 Denmark 3 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 8 6 1 1 18 3 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Albania - Denmark Saturday 11 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Match background Albania will look to record their first victory against Denmark in over 50 years as the sides meet in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group I. Match background • In eight senior international meetings with Denmark, Albania's record is W1 D1 L6 (W1 D1 L2 at home, W0 D0 L4 in Denmark). • The sides' only UEFA European Championship meetings came in the first round of the 1964 competition. Poul Eyvind Petersen's side beat Loro Boriçi's Albania 4-0 in Copenhagen on 29 June 1963, Panajot Pano scoring the only goal as Albania earned a 1-0 win in the second leg on 30 October – still Albania's only winner against Denmark. • The sides have since been paired in FIFA World Cup qualifying three times, Josip Kuže's Albania finally bringing an end to a five-match losing streak against Denmark by holding Morten Olsen's Danes to a 1-1 draw in their most recent meeting in Tirana on 9 September 2009. Nicklas Bendtner (40) put the Danes in front, but Erjon Bogdani (50) levelled after the break. • Albanian and Danish clubs have met in eight UEFA matches, with the Albanian sides yet to record a victory over 90 minutes – W0 D2 L6 (W0 D1 L3 at home, W0 D1 L3 in Denmark). However, KS Besa did eliminate BK Fremad Amager on away goals in the first round of the 1972/73 European Cup Winners' Cup. • In 26 meetings between Albanian and Danish sides – including club, youth, women's and futsal matches – 19 have ended in Danish wins with just three victories for Albania. No Albanian side has beaten a Danish counterpart in nine games (D2 L7) since a 3-0 away win for the Under-19s on 10 October 2004 – ten years and a day before the senior sides' latest meeting. 4 Albania - Denmark Saturday 11 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Squad list Albania Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Orges Shehi 25/09/1977 37 Skënderbeu - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Alban Hoxha 23/11/1987 26 Partizan - 0 0 0 0 - - - Etrit Berisha 10/03/1989 25 Lazio - 1 0 0 0 19 - Defenders - Ansi Agolli 11/10/1982 31 Qarabağ - 1 0 0 0 43 2 - Andi Lila 12/02/1986 28 Giannina - 1 0 0 0 48 - - Debatik Çurri 28/12/1983 30 Tirana - 0 0 0 0 43 1 - Mërgim Mavraj 09/06/1986 28 Köln - 1 0 0 0 18 1 - Elseid Hysaj 20/02/1994 20 Empoli - 1 0 0 0 8 - Midfielders - Lorik Cana 27/07/1983 31 Lazio - 1 0 0 0 77 1 - Emilian Vila 12/03/1988 26 Partizani - 0 0 0 0 26 3 - Taulant Xhaka 28/03/1991 23 Basel - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Amir Abrashi 27/03/1990 24 Grasshoppers - 1 0 0 0 8 - - Burim Kukeli 16/01/1984 30 Zürich - 1 0 0 0 5 - - Ermir Lenjani 05/08/1989 25 St Gallen - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Ergys Kaçe 08/07/1993 21 PAOK - 1 0 0 0 11 - - Alban Meha 26/04/1986 28 Paderborn - 0 0 0 0 6 2 - Herolind Shala 01/02/1992 22 Odd - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - Edmond Kapllani 31/07/1982 32 FSV Frankfurt - 0 0 0 0 41 6 - Hamdi Salihi 19/01/1984 30 Hapoel Acre - 0 0 0 0 48 11 - Bekim Balaj 11/01/1991 23 Slavia Praha - 1 1 0 0 5 1 - Sokol Cikalleshi 27/07/1990 24 Split - 1 0 0 0 5 - - Armando Vajushi 03/12/1991 22 Litex - 0 0 0 0 6 1 1860 - Valdet Rama 20/11/1987 26 - 0 0 0 0 12 3 München Coach - Giovanni de Biasi 16/06/1956 58 - 1 0 0 0 24 - 5 Albania - Denmark Saturday 11 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Denmark Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Stephan Andersen 26/11/1981 32 København - 0 0 0 0 28 - - Jesper Hansen 31/03/1985 29 Évian - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Kasper Schmeichel 05/11/1986 27 Leicester - 1 0 0 0 6 - Defenders - Lars Jacobsen 20/09/1979 35 Guingamp - 0 0 0 0 77 2 - Simon Poulsen 07/10/1984 30 AZ - 0 0 0 0 28 - - Andreas Bjelland 11/07/1988 26 Twente - 1 0 0 0 17 2 - Simon Kjær 26/03/1989 25 LOSC - 1 0 0 0 42 1 - Nicolai Boilesen 16/02/1992 22 Ajax - 1 0 0 0 9 1 - Kian Hansen 03/03/1989 25 Nantes - 0 0 0 0 - - - Peter Ankersen 22/09/1990 24 Salzburg - 1 0 0 0 8 - - Jores Okore 11/08/1992 22 Aston Villa - 1 0 0 0 8 - Midfielders - Thomas Kahlenberg 20/03/1983 31 Brøndby - 1 1 0 0 43 5 - Jakob Poulsen 07/07/1983 31 Midtjylland - 0 0 0 0 33 2 - William Kvist 24/02/1985 29 Stuttgart - 1 0 0 0 52 2 - Lasse Schöne 27/05/1986 28 Ajax - 1 0 0 0 20 3 - Christian Eriksen 14/02/1992 22 Tottenham - 1 0 0 0 46 5 - Pierre Højbjerg 05/08/1995 19 Bayern - 1 1 0 0 3 1 - Lasse Vibe 22/02/1987 27 Göteborg - 1 0 0 0 2 - Forwards - Michael Krohn-Dehli 06/06/1983 31 Celta - 1 0 0 0 47 6 - Nicklas Bendtner 16/01/1988 26 Wolfsburg - 1 0 0 0 60 24 - Uffe Bech 13/01/1993 21 Nordsjælland - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Martin Braithwaite 05/06/1991 23 Toulouse - 0 0 0 0 7 1 - Yussuf Poulsen 15/06/1994 20 Leipzig - 0 0 0 0 1 - Coach - Morten Olsen 14/08/1949 65 - 1 0 0 0 165 - 6 Albania - Denmark Saturday 11 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Head coach Gianni De Biasi Date of birth: 16 June 1956 Nationality: Italian Playing career: Treviso FC, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Reggiana 1919, Pescara Calcio, Brescia 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, Udinese Calcio, 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 Serie A 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 Alberto Zaccheroni three days before the start of the next term.