EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Borisov-Arena - Borisov Tuesday 8 September 2015 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Belarus Group C - Matchday -5 Luxembourg Last updated 12/07/2021 15:47CET
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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 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov
Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 08/09/2014 QR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 1-1 Luxembourg Gerson 42; Dragun 78
UEFA EURO 2012 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Kornilenko 48 (P), 07/06/2011 QR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 2-0 Minsk Putilo 73 08/10/2010 QR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 0-0 Luxembourg
UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 13/10/2007 QR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 0-1 Gomel F. Leweck 90+5 Sagramola 68; 24/03/2007 QR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 1-2 Luxembourg Kalachev 25, Kutuzov 54
EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 11/10/1995 PR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 0-0 Luxembourg Romaschenko 67, 12/10/1994 PR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 2-0 Minsk Gerasimets 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 EURO Belarus 3 2 0 1 4 1 3 0 - - - - 7 3 3 1 7 3 Luxembourg 4 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 - - - - 7 1 3 3 3 7 FIFA* Belarus ------Luxembourg ------Friendlies Belarus ------Luxembourg ------Total Belarus 3 2 0 1 4 1 3 0 - - - - 7 3 3 1 7 3 Luxembourg 4 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 - - - - 7 1 3 3 3 7 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup
2 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Match background
Luxembourg will look to end another long drought away from home in qualifying matches as they come up against Belarus in UEFA EURO 2016 Group C. • The Luxembourgers are boosted by Saturday's 1-0 home success over now-bottom-ranked FYR Macedonia, whom they have leapfrogged to join Tuesday's visitors Belarus on four points in the section. Neither team can now qualify, however, despite the weekend victory being Luxembourg's first win of the campaign. • Aleksandr Martynovich (Belarus) and Christopher Martins (Luxembourg) are both suspended after accumulating three bookings. The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Timofei Kalachev, Igor Shitov (Belarus), Daniel Da Mota, Dwayn Holter, Ben Payal and Chris Philipps (Luxembourg). Previous meetings • Stanislav Dragun struck to cancel out Lars Gerson's opener as Belarus held Luxembourg to a 1-1 draw in the teams' first Group C encounter last September. • Belarus's record in seven matches against Luxembourg is W3 D3 L1 (W2 D0 L1 in Belarus – W1 D3 L0 in Luxembourg). The sides have been drawn together in three successive UEFA European Championship qualifying competitions, also pooled together in the run-up to UEFA EURO 2008 and UEFA EURO 2012. • On 13 October 2007, Alphonse Leweck's header secured a 1-0 triumph for Luxembourg in Belarus – their first competitive victory in 12 years. Form guide • Belarus are without a win in five competitive home games (D1 L4), including defeats in their last four – and their only three competitive games at the new Borisov Arena. • Luxembourg have lost their last five competitive away matches. They have not won in 17 away qualifiers (D3 L14) since a shock 2-1 success against Switzerland in qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 10 September 2008. Trivia and links • Luxembourg midfielder Payal turns 27 the day of the Belarus game. Team-mate Da Mota celebrates his 30th birthday three days later. • Luxembourg's record in four UEFA age-group competition matches against Belarus is W0 D2 L2. • In the only encounters between the nations' clubs in UEFA competition, Dinamo Minsk beat CS Hobscheid 6-0 at home in the first round of the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup, drawing the return fixture 1-1.
3 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Squad list
Belarus Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Yuri Zhevnov 17/04/1981 34 Ural - 4 0 0 0 59 - - Andrei Gorbunov 29/05/1983 32 Atromitos - 2 0 0 0 3 - - Sergei Chernik 20/07/1988 27 BATE - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Maksim Bordachev 18/05/1986 29 Tom - 4 0 0 0 38 2 - Mikhail Sivakov 16/01/1988 27 Zorya - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Yegor Filipenko 10/04/1988 27 Málaga - 6 0 0 0 40 1 - Igor Shitov 24/10/1986 28 Mordovia * 5 0 0 0 46 1 Dinamo - Roman Begunov 22/03/1993 22 - 0 0 0 0 - - Minsk Midfielders - Aleksandr Hleb 01/05/1981 34 BATE - 3 0 0 0 70 6 - Timofei Kalachev 01/05/1981 34 Rostov * 6 2 0 0 70 10 - Sergei Kislyak 06/08/1987 28 Rubin - 5 0 0 0 53 9 - Igor Stasevich 21/10/1985 29 BATE - 6 0 0 0 25 2 Krylya - Stanislav Dragun 04/06/1988 27 - 6 1 0 0 32 4 Sovetov - Pavel Nekhaychik 15/07/1988 27 Tom - 3 0 0 0 14 1 - Renan Bressan 03/11/1988 26 Rio Ave - 2 0 0 0 19 3 - Ivan Maevski 05/05/1988 27 Anji - 3 0 0 0 4 - - Maksim Volodko 10/11/1992 22 BATE - 2 0 0 0 5 - Forwards Krylya - Sergei Kornilenko 14/06/1983 32 - 6 2 0 0 70 17 Sovetov - Mikhail Gordeichuk 23/10/1989 25 BATE - 3 0 0 0 8 1 - Nikolai Signevich 20/02/1992 23 BATE - 2 0 0 0 3 1 Coach - Aleksandr Khatskevich 19/10/1973 41 - 3 0 0 0 5 -
4 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov
Luxembourg Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jonathan Joubert 12/09/1979 35 Dudelange - 7 0 0 0 77 - Union Titus - Andrea Amodio 13/07/1997 18 - 0 0 0 0 - - Petange - Valentin Roulez 12/12/1996 18 Mondercange - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Tom Schnell 08/10/1985 29 Dudelange - 4 0 0 0 45 - - Massimo Martino 18/09/1990 24 Fola - 0 0 0 0 17 - - Kevin Malget 15/01/1991 24 Dudelange - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Mathias Jänisch 27/08/1990 25 Differdange - 4 0 0 0 41 1 Waasland- - Laurent Jans 05/08/1992 23 - 7 0 0 0 23 - Beveren Jeunesse - Ricardo Delgado 22/02/1994 21 - 1 0 0 0 1 - Esch - Maxime Chanot 21/11/1989 25 Kortrijk - 6 0 0 0 13 1 Midfielders - Ben Payal 08/09/1988 26 Fola * 5 0 0 0 66 - - Mario Mutsch 03/09/1984 31 St Gallen - 5 0 0 0 80 3 - Lars Gerson 05/02/1990 25 Sundsvall - 7 1 0 0 46 3 Preußen - Chris Philipps 08/03/1994 21 * 6 0 0 0 25 - Münster - Christopher Martins 19/02/1997 18 Lyon - 5 0 0 0 6 - - Luca Duriatti 11/02/1998 17 Saarbrücken - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Sébastien Thill 29/12/1993 21 Progrès - 1 1 0 0 1 1 Forwards - Daniel Da Mota 11/09/1985 29 Dudelange * 7 0 0 0 64 4 - Stefano Bensi 11/08/1988 27 Fola - 7 1 0 0 29 4 - Aurélien Joachim 10/08/1986 29 Burton - 3 0 0 0 54 7 - Maurice Deville 31/07/1992 23 Kaiserslautern - 6 0 0 0 23 3 - Antonio Luisi 07/10/1994 20 Differdange - 1 0 0 0 6 - - David Turpel 19/10/1992 22 Dudelange - 5 1 0 0 15 1 Coach - Luc Holtz 14/06/1969 46 - 7 0 0 0 45 -
5 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Head coach Aleksandr Khatskevich Nationality: Belarus Date of birth: 19 October 1973 Playing career: FC Dinamo Minsk (twice), FC Dynamo Kyiv, Tianjin Teda FC, FK Venta Coaching career: FC Dinamo Minsk, Belarus Under-18, FC Vitebsk, Ukraine (assistant), FC Dynamo Kyiv (reserves), Belarus • Born in the Belarusian capital, Khatskevich was schooled at FC Dinamo Minsk where he won four national championships before moving abroad. • Khatskevich made his name as a central midfielder with FC Dynamo Kyiv, collecting seven Ukrainian titles from 1996–2003. Reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals with Dynamo in 1998/99 and was Belarusian Player of the Year in 1998 and 2000. • Capped 38 times between 1993 and 2005, Khatskevich's playing career wound down with spells in China and Latvia, before a closing shift back at Dinamo Minsk. • He went straight into coaching with periods in charge of Dinamo Minsk, Belarus's Under-18s and FC Vitebsk before once more returning to Ukraine. • Worked on Myron Markevich's coaching staff with the Ukraine national team, and under his successor Yuriy Kalytvyntsev; replaced Georgi Kondratyev as Belarus coach in December 2014 after a stint with Dynamo Kyiv's youth and reserve sides. Luc Holtz Date of birth: 14 June 1969 Nationality: Luxembourger Playing career: Red Boys Differdange, FC Avenir Beggen, FC Etzella Ettelbruck Coaching career: FC Etzella Ettelbruck, Luxembourg Under-21s, Luxembourg • Holtz started his career with Red Boys Differdange, a club which today is part of successful outfit FC Differdange 03. • A creative playmaker with a keen eye for goal, Holtz moved to Avenir Beggen in 1992 where he went on to win the domestic double in 1993 and 1994. He was chosen as Luxembourg's footballer of the year in 1993. • Played until 2008 when, aged 38, he finished his career at Etzella having gone there from Beggen in 1999 to take over as player-coach. • Led Etzella to promotion to the top flight in 1999, his first season in charge. Lifted the cup two years later but was relegated in 2002, only to bounce back immediately. Proceeded to reach the cup final in 2003 and 2004, although both ended in defeat. • Having earned 55 caps for Luxembourg, he accepted an offer to coach the U21 national side in 2008. He was then handed the reins of the senior team following the resignation of Guy Hellers in August 2010.
6 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Match officials
Referee Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Assistant referees Bojan Ul (SVN) , Tomaž Klančnik (SVN) Additional assistant referees Mitja Žganec (SVN) , Dragoslav Perič (SVN) Fourth official Gregor Rojko (SVN) UEFA Delegate Dimitri Bokeria (GEO) UEFA Referee observer Marcel Vanelshocht (BEL)
Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Slavko Vinčić 25/11/1979 1 29
Slavko Vinčič Referee since: 2000 First division: 2006 FIFA badge: 2010
Tournaments: 2013 UEFA European Under-17 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 08/07/2010 UEL 1QR Fylkir FC Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino 1-3 Reykjavik
7 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Competition facts
8 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Match-by-match lineups Belarus
European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Luxembourg 1-1 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Gerson 42, 1-1 Dragun 78 Belarus: Gutor, Dragun, Martynovich, Shitov, Veretilo (62 Stasevich), Krivets, Kislyak (73 Kornilenko), Balanovich, Olekhnovich (77 Aleksievich), Filipenko, Kalachev Matchday 2 (09/10/2014) Belarus 0-2 Ukraine Goals: 0-1 Martynovich 82 (og) , 0-2 Sydorchuk 90+3 Belarus: Zhevnov, Dragun, Martynovich (87 Savitski), Polyakov , Stasevich (46 Kislyak), Gordeichuk (79 Kornilenko), Krivets, Balanovich, Verkhovtsov, Filipenko, Kalachev 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 Belarus: Zhevnov, Dragun, Martynovich, Shitov (76 Stasevich), Renan Bressan (46 Gordeichuk), Krivets, Balanovich, Verkhovtsov, Bordachev, Filipenko (55 Polyakov ), Kalachev Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Spain 3-0 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Isco 18, 2-0 Busquets 19, 3-0 Pedro Rodríguez 55 Belarus: Zhevnov, Dragun, Martynovich (31 Bordachev), Kornilenko (67 Signevich), Krivets (80 Kislyak), Matveichik, Balanovich, Nekhaychik, Politevich, Yanushkevich, Kalachev Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) North Macedonia 1-2 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Trajkovski 9, 1-1 Kalachev 44, 1-2 Kornilenko 82 Belarus: Zhevnov, Martynovich, Shitov, Kornilenko, Stasevich (93 Nekhaychik), Hleb (87 Dragun), Kislyak, Maevski (80 Putilo), Bordachev, Filipenko, Kalachev Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Belarus 0-1 Spain Goals: 0-1 Silva 45 Belarus: Gorbunov, Martynovich, Shitov, Kornilenko, Hleb (89 Putilo), M. Volodko (81 Stasevich), Kislyak (78 Dragun), Nekhaychik, Maevski, Bordachev, Filipenko Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Ukraine 3-1 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Kravets 7, 2-0 Yarmolenko 30, 3-0 Konoplyanka 40 (P) , 3-1 Kornilenko 62 (P) Belarus: Gorbunov, Martynovich, Shitov, Kornilenko, Stasevich, Hleb (86 Renan Bressan), M. Volodko, Sivakov (46 Gordeichuk), Maevski, Filipenko, Kalachev (72 Signevich) Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Belarus-Luxembourg Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Slovakia-Belarus Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Belarus-North Macedonia Luxembourg
European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (08/09/2014) Luxembourg 1-1 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Gerson 42, 1-1 Dragun 78
9 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Luxembourg: Joubert, Jänisch, Schnell, Philipps, Gerson, Da Mota (67 Laterza), Bensi, C. Martins, Jans, Holter (77 Payal), Turpel (63 Luisi) 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 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Jänisch, Philipps, Gerson, C. Martins, Da Mota (63 Holter), Bensi (75 Laterza), Mutsch, Jans, Turpel (70 Deville) Matchday 3 (12/10/2014) Luxembourg 0-4 Spain Goals: 0-1 Silva 27, 0-2 Paco Alcácer 42, 0-3 Diego Costa 69, 0-4 Bernat 88 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Jänisch, Philipps, Gerson, C. Martins (61 Turpel), Da Mota (75 Payal), Bensi, Mutsch (86 Deville), Jans, Holter Matchday 4 (15/11/2014) Luxembourg 0-3 Ukraine Goals: 0-1 Yarmolenko 33, 0-2 Yarmolenko 53, 0-3 Yarmolenko 56 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Jänisch, Schnell, Gerson, C. Martins (53 Da Mota), Bensi (63 Joachim), Mutsch, Jans, Holter, Turpel (76 Deville) Matchday 5 (27/03/2015) Slovakia 3-0 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Nemec 10, 2-0 Weiss 21, 3-0 Pekarík 40 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Schnell, Philipps, Gerson, Bensi (78 Laterza), Joachim, Mutsch, Jans, Holter (51 Da Mota), Deville (64 Payal) Matchday 6 (14/06/2015) Ukraine 3-0 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Kravets 49, 2-0 Garmash 57, 3-0 Konoplyanka 86 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Schnell, Gerson, Da Mota (71 Deville), Payal, Malget, Mutsch, Jans, Holter (77 Philipps), Turpel (52 Bensi) Matchday 7 (05/09/2015) Luxembourg 1-0 North Macedonia Goals: 1-0 S. Thill 90+2 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Delgado, Philipps, Gerson, C. Martins (72 S. Thill), Da Mota, Payal, Joachim, Jans, Deville (64 Bensi) Matchday 8 (08/09/2015) Belarus-Luxembourg Matchday 9 (09/10/2015) Spain-Luxembourg Matchday 10 (12/10/2015) Luxembourg-Slovakia
10 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Team facts
UEFA European Championship records: Belarus History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Qualifying win 2-4: Albania v Belarus, 17/11/07 4-2: Belarus v Slovenia, 11/10/06 2-0: four times, most recently Belarus v Luxembourg, 07/06/11 Qualifying loss 5-0: Austria v Belarus, 11/06/2003 Overall appearances 28: Aleksandr Kulchiy 27: Sergei Gurenko 24: Maksim Romashchenko 24: Sergei Kornilenko 23: Aleksandr Hleb 23: Sergei Omelyanchuk 23: Timofei Kalachev 21: Sergei Aleinikov Overall goals 7: Sergei Kornilenko 5: Sergei Gerasimets 4: Timofei Kalachev 4: Vitali Kutuzov 4: Maksim Romashchenko 3: Sergei Aleinikov
UEFA European Championship records: Luxembourg 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 2-1: Luxembourg v Albania, 06/09/11 2-1: Luxembourg v Netherlands, 30/10/63 1-0: four times, most recently Belarus v Luxembourg, 13/10/07 Qualifying loss 9-0: England v Luxembourg, 15/12/82 Overall appearances 35: Jeff Strasser
11 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov 34: Carlo Weis 27: Robby Langers 27: Jonathan Joubert 26: Guy Hellers 25: Eric Hoffmann Overall goals 4: Gilbert Dussier 3: Nico Braun 2: Camille Dimmer 2: Henri Klein 2: Robby Langers 2: Paul Philipp 2: Jeannot Reiter 2: Lars Gerson
12 Belarus - Luxembourg Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov 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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