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UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP - 2019/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Gyirmóti Stadion - Győr Thursday 25 March 2021 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Russia Group C - Matchday 1 Iceland Last updated 06/04/2021 14:34CET UEFA UNDER 21 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Match officials 6 Match-by-match lineups 7 Team facts 10 Legend 12 1 Russia - Iceland Thursday 25 March 2021 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Gyirmóti Stadion, Győr Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Buznikin 67, 09/06/1999 QR (GS) Russia - Iceland 3-0 Moscow Bezrodny 70, Saveliev 83 Sigthorsson 75; 14/10/1998 QR (GS) Iceland - Russia 1-2 Kopavogur Laktionov 9, Gusev 61 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 01/06/1993 QR (GS) Iceland - Russia 0-1 Hafnarfjördur Simutenkov 46 Mashkarin 1, Simutenkov 17, 13/10/1992 QR (GS) Russia - Iceland 5-0 Moscow Fayzulin 38, 89, Grichine 77 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 Russia 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 11 1 Iceland 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 1 11 2 Russia - Iceland Thursday 25 March 2021 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Gyirmóti Stadion, Győr Match background Russia and Iceland are both making their second appearance in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship as they meet in the opening round of Group C games. • History favours Russia for their fixture at the Gyirmóti Stadion in Győr, although both sides will be hoping for a positive start as they look to improve on their last finals appearance, which in each case ended in the group stage. Previous meetings • Russia have dominated the European U21 Championship meetings between the sides, winning all four matches while scoring 11 goals and conceding only one. • The teams have not met since 9 June 1999, when Russia ran out 3-0 winners at Moscow's Stadion Lokomotiv thanks to second-half goals from Maxim Buznikin (67), Artem Bezrodny (70) and Alexey Saveliev (83). • Russia had won 2-1 in Kópavogur on 14 October 1998, Denis Laktionov (9) and Rolan Gusev (61) getting the goals with Andri Sigthórsson's 75th-minute effort in vain for Iceland. • Russia, however, failed to qualify for the final tournament despite finishing as runners-up to France in Group 4, losing 4-1 on aggregate to Slovakia in the play-offs. Iceland were eliminated in fourth place in the qualifying section. • It was a different outcome in the 1994 preliminaries, Russia beating Iceland home (5-0) and away (1-0) – Igor Simutenkov scoring in both games – en route to finishing first in Group 5. They subsequently lost 3-0 on aggregate to France in the quarter-finals. • Aleksandr Lomovitski opened the scoring in Russia's 4-0 win against Iceland in Krasnodar in the European U17 Championship elite round on 23 March 2015. Aleksandr Maksimenko and Nikita Kalugin also appeared for Russia, with Kolbeinn Finnsson, Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson and substitute Hördur Ingi Gunnarsson in the Iceland line-up. Mikhail Galaktionov, the current Russia U21 coach, was in charge for the home side. Form guide Russia • Champions as part of the Soviet Union in 1980 and 1990, this is only Russia's second finals appearance since they reached the quarter-finals in 1998, a tournament in which they finished in seventh place. • Russia's most recent U21 EURO, in 2013, ended in group stage elimination; a side coached by Nikolai Pisarev lost to Spain (0-1), Netherlands (1-5) and Germany (1-2) to finish bottom of Group B, Russia's only goals coming from future senior internationals Denis Cheryshev and Alan Dzagoev. • Russia have therefore lost five of their six games at the U21 final tournament, the exception a 2-1 victory against hosts Romania in Bucharest in the seventh-place play-off in 1998. • This time round, a team coached by Galaktionov – who has been in charge since 2018 – finished first in qualifying Group 5 on 23 points, three ahead of second-placed Poland. Russia won seven of their ten fixtures, losing only to Poland in their eighth game (0-1 a) and scoring four goals in each of their last two, against Estonia (4-0 h) and Latvia (4-1 a). Iceland • Iceland are making only their second appearance in the final tournament having featured in the 2011 finals in Denmark. After 2-0 defeats by both Belarus and Switzerland, goals from Kolbeinn Sigthórsson, Birkir Bjarnason – both key members of the squad that reached the UEFA EURO 2016 quarter-finals – and Hjörtur Logi Valgardsson, who also went on to represent Iceland at senior level, secured a 3-1 closing win against the hosts in Aalborg. • That left Eyjólfur Sverrisson's Iceland third in Group A on three points, level with Belarus – who claimed second place, and a semi-final spot, in a three-way head-to-head – and Denmark, with Switzerland first on nine points. • In qualifying for the 2021 finals, a team coached by Arnar Thór Vidarsson – who was named head coach of the senior side on 22 December 2020 – claimed second place in Group 1 on 21 points, winning seven of their ten games with two of their three defeats coming against section winners Italy (25 points). Iceland were credited with victories in four of their last five matches, including the last two. 3 Russia - Iceland Thursday 25 March 2021 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Gyirmóti Stadion, Győr Squad list Russia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Krylya 1 Ivan Lomaev 21/01/1999 22 - 0 0 0 0 - - Sovetov Spartak 12 Aleksandr Maksimenko 19/03/1998 23 - 3 0 0 0 5 - Moskva 23 Denis Adamov 20/02/1998 23 Sochi - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders CSKA 3 Igor Diveev 27/09/1999 21 - 7 3 0 0 7 3 Moskva Dynamo 4 Roman Evgeniev 23/02/1999 22 - 10 1 0 0 10 1 Moscow 5 Danil Krugovoi 28/05/1998 22 Zenit - 4 1 0 0 4 1 6 Artem Golubev 21/01/1999 22 Ufa - 4 0 0 0 4 - Spartak 14 Pavel Maslov 14/04/2000 20 - 3 0 0 0 3 - Moskva 16 Nikita Kalugin 12/03/1998 23 Neftekhimik - 4 1 0 0 4 1 Midfielders Arsenal 7 Aleksandr Lomovitski 27/01/1998 23 - 9 1 0 0 9 1 Tula CSKA 10 Ivan Oblyakov 05/07/1998 22 - 10 0 0 0 18 2 Moskva 11 Magomed Suleymanov 16/12/1999 21 Krasnodar - 8 2 0 0 8 2 Lokomotiv 15 Daniil Kulikov 24/06/1998 22 - 0 0 0 0 - - Moskva 18 Daniil Utkin 12/10/1999 21 Krasnodar - 7 1 0 0 7 1 Dynamo 19 Daniil Lesovoy 12/01/1998 23 - 7 1 0 0 7 1 Moscow Spartak 20 Nail Umyarov 27/06/2000 20 - 8 1 0 0 8 1 Moskva 21 Danil Glebov 03/11/1999 21 Rostov - 7 1 0 0 7 1 Dynamo 22 Arsen Zakharyan 26/05/2003 17 - 0 0 0 0 - - Moscow Forwards CSKA 2 Nayair Tiknizyan 12/05/1999 21 - 2 0 0 0 2 - Moskva Dynamo 8 Konstantin Tyukavin 22/06/2002 18 - 0 0 0 0 - - Moscow CSKA 9 Fedor Chalov 10/04/1998 22 - 8 4 0 0 14 8 Moskva 13 Denis Makarov 18/02/1998 23 Rubin - 1 0 0 0 1 - Dynamo 17 Vyacheslav Grulev 23/03/1999 22 - 8 0 0 0 8 - Moscow Coach - Mikhail Galaktionov 21/05/1984 36 - 10 0 0 0 10 - 4 Russia - Iceland Thursday 25 March 2021 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Gyirmóti Stadion, Győr Iceland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Elias Rafn Olafsson 11/03/2000 21 Fredericia - 1 0 0 0 1 - 12 Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson 13/10/2001 19 Grótta - 0 0 0 0 - - 13 Patrik Gunnarsson 15/11/2000 20 Silkeborg - 8 0 0 0 8 - Defenders 2 Finnur Tómas Pálmason 12/02/2000 21 Norrköping - 2 0 0 0 2 - 3 Valgeir Lunddal Fridriksson 24/09/2001 19 Häcken - 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 Róbert Orri Thorkelsson 03/04/2002 18 Breidablik - 3 0 0 0 3 - 5 Ísak Ólafsson 30/06/2000 20 SønderjyskE - 6 2 0 0 6 2 23 Ari Leifsson 19/04/1998 22 Strømsgodset - 8 1 0 0 8 1 Midfielders 6 Alex Hauksson 26/11/1999 21 Öster - 8 0 0 0 10 - 7 Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson 23/03/2003 18 Norrköping - 4 0 0 0 4 - 8 Andri Fannar Baldursson 10/01/2002 19 Bologna - 3 0 0 0 3 - 10 Mikael Anderson 01/07/1998 22 Midtjylland - 3 0 0 0 8 - 11 Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson 26/11/1998 22 AGF - 7 2 0 0 15 3 16 Hördur Ingi Gunnarsson 14/08/1998 22 FH - 7 0 0 0 8 - 18 Willum Thor Willumsson 23/10/1998 22 BATE - 9 3 0 0 11 3 20 Kolbeinn Finnsson 25/08/1999 21 Fylkir - 8 0 0 0 8 - 21 Thórir Jóhann Helgason 28/09/2000 20 FH - 4 0 0 0 4 - 22 Kolbeinn Thordarson 12/03/2000 21 Lommel - 4 0 0 0 4 - Forwards 9 Stefán Teitur Thórdarson 16/10/1998 22 Silkeborg - 7 0 0 0 8 - 14 Brynjolfur Andersen Willumsson 12/08/2000 20 Kristiansund - 8 1 0 0 8 1 15 Valdimar Thór Ingimundarson 28/04/1999 21 Strømsgodset - 7 1 0 0 7 1 17 Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen 12/05/1998 22 OB - 9 5 0 0 9 5 19 Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason 11/05/2000 20 Venezia - 1 0 0 0 1 - Coach - Davíð Snorri Jónasson 26/02/1987 34 - 0 0 0 0 - - 5 Russia - Iceland Thursday 25 March 2021 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Gyirmóti Stadion, Győr Match officials Referee Halil Umut Meler (TUR) Assistant referees Mustafa Eyisoy (TUR) , Abdullah Özkara (TUR) Fourth official Ádám Farkas (HUN) UEFA Delegate Lukasz Wachowski (POL) UEFA Referee observer Marc Batta (FRA) Referee Under-21 Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Halil Umut Meler 01/08/1986 3 35 Halil Umut Meler Referee since: 2004 First division: 2015 FIFA badge: 2017 Tournaments: 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Finals 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship UEFA European Under-21 Championship matches featuring teams from 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 27/09/2017 UYL R1 FC Kairat Almaty FC Krasnodar 2-2