UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP - 2013/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Letná Stadium - Prague Saturday 27 June 2015 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Matchday 4 - Semi-finals Last updated 26/06/2015 10:52CET

UEFA UNDER 21 OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Match background 2 Legend 5

1 Denmark - Sweden Saturday 27 June 2015 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Letná Stadium, Prague

Match background

Denmark and Sweden are attempting to end a long wait for international success as they meet in Prague in the second semi-final of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. • Denmark have reached one semi-final before, losing 1-0 at home and 2-0 away to an Italy team featuring Demetrio Albertini, Dino Baggio and Angelo Peruzzi in 1992. The greatest day in Danish football history was just two months away, however, as goals by and completed the EURO '92 fairy tale for Richard Møller Nielsen's last-minute entrants. • Sweden have never won a UEFA men's competition, losing to Italy 2-1 on aggregate over two legs in the final of that same 1992 U21 competition. The Scandinavian side reached this stage most recently in 2009 as hosts, losing an epic semi-final 5-4 on penalties to England after a 3-3 draw in . They were also semi-finalists in 1990 and 2004. • All group stage bookings were wiped out ahead of the semi-finals so no player is unavailable because of a disciplinary issue. Semi-final records Denmark (P1 L1) • 09/04/1992 (Aalborg): Denmark 0-1 Italy 22/04/1992 (Perugia): Italy 2-0 Denmark Denmark lost 3-0 on aggregate Sweden (P4 W1 L3) • 26/06/2009 (Gothenburg): England 3-3 Sweden (5-4 on pens) • 05/06/2004 (Oberhausen): Sweden 1-1 Serbia and Montenegro (5-6 on pens) • 22/04/1992 (Aberdeen): Scotland 0-0 Sweden 29/04/1992 (Orebro): Sweden 1-0 Scotland Sweden won 1-0 on aggregate • 25/04/1990 (Vaxjo): Sweden 1-1 USSR 09/05/1990 (Simferopol): USSR 2-0 Sweden Sweden lost 3-1 on aggregate Penalty shoot-out records Denmark: No previous U21 shoot-outs Sweden: W0 L2 • 26/06/2009, semi-final (Gothenburg): England 3-3 Sweden (5-4 on pens) Marcus Berg, who scored twice as Sweden came back from 3-0 down, missed Sweden's first penalty and Guillermo Molins hit the post with their sixth kick to send England through to a final against Germany. • 05/06/2004, semi-final (Oberhausen): Sweden 1-1 Serbia and Montenegro (5-6 on pens) Babis Stefanidis, Sweden's first-half goalscorer, missed Sweden's sixth kick as Serbia and Montenegro secured a final against Italy and a ticket to the Olympic Games. Previous meetings • These teams met in a pre-tournament friendly international in front of 4,084 spectators at Lyngby Stadion in on Thursday 11 June. John Guidetti (17) and Simon Gustafson (86) scored for Sweden either side of a Nicolai Brock-Madsen double (19 and 66) for Denmark. • The lineups were: Denmark: Busk (Rønnow 46), Scholz (Remmer 62), Sørensen, Banggaard, Knudsen (Durmisi 46), Vigen, Nørgaard (Gregor 69), Andersen (Jønsson 27) Bech (Dessler 30), Brock-Madsen (Marcondes 69), Falk (Juulsager 62). Sweden: Carlgren (Rinne 63), Krafth (Ssewankambo 20), Holmén (Bergström 82), Helander (Baffo 46), Konate, Quaison, Hiljemark (Gustafsson 77), Lewicki (Larsson 46), Khalili (Olsson 63), Ishak (Hrgota 46), Guidetti (Zeneli 77). • The Danish Football Association website says the overall record between the pair at U21 level reads: 12 Denmark wins, 19 draws, 19 Sweden wins. • On the competitive front, the teams have met five times in U21 EURO history, though never before in a final tournament. • Denmark have the edge with two wins, though Sweden's sole victory came in the sides' most recent encounter in qualifying for the 2007 final tournament. In a three-team Group 11 that also included FYR Macedonia, Sweden beat the Danes with two goals in the last six minutes of a winner-takes-all game in Farum, Denmark on 5 September 2006.

2 Denmark - Sweden Saturday 27 June 2015 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Letná Stadium, Prague

• Samuel Holmén, elder brother of current squad member Sebastian, scored Sweden's first. Substitute Erkan Zengin added the second goal a minute from time. Sweden's Mattias Bjärsmyr was sent off for a second bookable offence on 71 minutes. • The lineups at Farum Park that day were: Denmark: Rasmussen, Jakobsen, Troest (Kildentoft 51), Jensen, Rasmusen, Zimling (c), Kvist, Thygesen, Curth, Lorentzen (Bergvold 84), Poulsen (Olsen 61). Sweden: Dahlin, Stoor, Granqvist (c), Bjärsmyr, Wendt, Lindgren, Holmén, Wernbloom, Runström (Zengin 63), Farnerud (Lustig 90+2), Goitom (Berg 68). • Sweden were subsequently beaten by eventual runners-up Serbia in the play-offs, losing the second leg 5-0 having triumphed 3-0 in the first. • Denmark got the better of the neighbours' two meetings in qualifying for the 1982 competition, winning 2-1 at home in October 1980 before a goalless draw in Sweden in June 1981. Both teams failed to progress, though, as Scotland won their three-team group. • Denmark also won the duo's first official U21 EURO encounter in October 1976, prevailing 2-0 in Hvidore in the first championship staged after the age category was switched from U23. They followed that up with a 2-2 draw in Helsingborg in June 1977 to progress to the quarter-finals where they lost on away goals to Bulgaria. • In a UEFA context, the two nations' most famous senior meeting came at EURO 2004 in Porto when a last-minute goal by Sweden's Mattias Jonson sealed a 2-2 draw that meant both advanced from Group C. scored twice for Denmark either side of 's penalty. Italy finished level on five points with the Scandinavian pair, but Sweden ended top courtesy of goals scored between the three sides, with Denmark second having scored one more than Italy. • The overall senior record from 103 matches between the neighbours is 40 wins for Denmark, 45 wins for Sweden and 18 draws. Olympic records Both teams (along with Portugal and Germany) have qualified for the 2016 Olympic football tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Denmark • Denmark have played in the men's football tournament at eight Olympic Games (1908, 1912, 1920, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1972 and 1992). • Denmark won the silver medal in 1908, 1912 and 1960, plus a bronze in 1948. • Denmark recorded their biggest-ever win at the 1908 Games: 17-1 against France. Sweden • Sweden have played in the men's football tournament at nine Olympic Games (1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1988 and 1992). • Sweden won the 1948 gold medal in London and bronze at the 1924 and 1952 Games. • At the 1908 Games the Swedes suffered a worst-ever defeat: losing 12-1 to Great Britain. • In 1936 they were knocked out by Japan in the national team's most famous defeat. Squad news Denmark • Denmark are the only team to have won two games in the group stage and reached six points. • Denmark have been caught offside the least amount of times in the tournament (1). • Frederik Sørensen, sidelined since limping off with a hamstring injury against the Czech Republic on matchday one, is available. • The squad gathered at the team hotel on Wednesday evening to watch the final Group B games and went on a boat trip on the River Vltava on Thursday afternoon. • Many of the players' family and friends are returning to the Czech capital for the weekend having left after matchday two. • Brøndby coach Thomas Frank, working in Prague for Danish television, led Denmark to the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship semi-finals with a team including , Lasse Vigen Christensen, , Pierre Højbjerg, Christian Nørgaard and . They lost 2-0 to Germany in the last four. • Germany's 3-0 win against Denmark during the group stage was the Scandinavians' heaviest defeat in a U21 EURO

3 Denmark - Sweden Saturday 27 June 2015 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Letná Stadium, Prague final tournament, surpassing the 3-1 loss they suffered to Iceland on home soil in 2011. Sweden • Sweden scored more goals than Group B winners Portugal (3), but generating the lowest number of corners and attempts of all eight teams. • With over half of their squad (52.2%) having been capped at senior level prior to this tournament, Sweden's experience could be a key factor for them. • Sweden gained all of their points in the group stage from losing positions: they recovered to beat Italy 2-1 and to hold Portugal 1-1. • Sweden have scored two of their three goals in the final five minutes of matches, carrying on a trend from qualifying. Oscar Hiljemark secured their play-off place with a 92nd-minute winner against Turkey and in then Oscar Lewicki struck in the 88th minute of the play-off second leg against France to take his team through to these finals. • Sweden's most famous player, Zlatan Ibrahimović, got caught up in the excitement of the draw with Portugal. "Big congratulations to the U21 team, totally deserved," said Ibrahimović. "We Swedish Vikings never give up." • Mikael Ishak has recovered from the fever which caused him to miss the Portugal game. • Joseph Baffo was substituted in the 80th minute against Portugal and has subsequently had an x-ray on his left shoulder, which he has previously had surgery on. A final decision on his availability will be taken before kick-off. • Sweden left their base in Brno on Thursday and headed to Prague, holding a press conference at the team hotel that evening. Team ties The following players play their club football together: • Randers: Nicolai Brock-Madsen (Denmark), Mikael Ishak (Sweden) • København: Christoffer Remmer (Denmark), Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden) • Midtjylland: Pione Sisto, Patrick Banggaard (Denmark), (Sweden) Form guide Denmark Last five games (most recent first): WLWDW Tournament top scorer: Pione Sisto (2) Qualifying top scorer: Lasse Christensen (5) Sweden Last five games (most recent first): DLWDW Tournament top scorer: , John Guidetti, (1) Qualifying top scorer: Guidetti, Kiese Thelin (4) Senior internationals in squad (caps) Denmark: 10 players with 32 caps between them Pierre Højbjerg (7), Viktor Fischer (7), Yussuf Poulsen (5), (3), Uffe Bech (3), (2), (2), Riza Durmisi (1), (1), (1) Sweden: 11 players with 37 caps between them Oscar Hiljemark (6), Isaac Kiese Thelin (5), (5), Oscar Lewicki (4), Alexander Miloševic (4), Branimir Hrgota (3), Ludwig Augustinsson (2), John Guidetti (2), Simon Gustafson (2), Sebastian Holmén (2), Mikael Ishak (2) Coach profiles Denmark: (21/02/1970) The former striker – who played in Germany, Austria and Norway – took charge in June 2013, a month after overseeing Esbjerg's victory against Randers in the final, their first trophy since 1979. He was named Denmark's coach of the year as a result. Sweden: Håkan Ericson (29/05/1960) The son of Georg Ericson, Sweden coach from 1970-79, Håkan Ericson took charge of the U21s in November 2010. Formerly at the helm of Norrköping, he moved into the dugout in 1983 after a knee injury cut short his career when he was 21.

4 Denmark - Sweden Saturday 27 June 2015 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Letná Stadium, Prague Legend

:: Squad list No: number DoB: date of birth Qual: qualifying FT: final tournament Pld: played Gls: goals Overall U21: final tournament only

:: Match officials Nat: nationality DoB: date of birth

Under-21: Total matches officiated in the UEFA European U21 Championship including all qualifying round matches. Matches as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.

UEFA: Total matches officiated in all UEFA competitions including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.

:: Group statistics/Tournament schedule Pos: position Pld: played W: won D: drawn L: lost GF: goals for GA: goals against Pts: points

:: NOTE: All-time statistics Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out. 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 Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited

5 Denmark - Sweden Saturday 27 June 2015 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Letná Stadium, Prague 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|mpo_under21: 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.

6