UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP - 2015/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Kielce Stadium - Kielce Friday 16 June 2017 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Sweden Group A - Matchday 1 England Last updated 16/06/2017 09:46CET
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1 Sweden - England Friday 16 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Kielce Stadium, Kielce
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Holders Sweden and England will seek to make a positive start to the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship when they meet in the first round of Group A matches – with England looking to continue their strong recent record in the fixture. Previous meetings • This is the second successive tournament Sweden and England have met in the group stage, with substitute Jesse Lingard's 85th-minute goal giving Gareth Southgate's England a 1-0 win in Olomouc two years ago. • The teams at the Ander Stadium on 21 June 2015 were: Sweden: Carlgren, Lindelöf, Helander, Augustinsson, Lewicki, Hiljemark, Khalili (Quaison 87), Thelin, Tibbling (Larsson 78), Baffo, Guidetti (Ishak 81). England: Butland, Jenkinson, Garbutt, Gibson, Moore, Chalobah, Carroll (Loftus-Cheek 73), Pritchard (Lingard 85), Redmond, Hughes (Ings 46), Kane. • England also prevailed in the 2009 semi-final between the sides, coming through 5-4 on penalties after a 3-3 draw in Gothenburg. Stuart Pearce's men had led 3-0 through Martin Cranie (1), Nedum Onuoha (27) and Matthias Bjärsmyr's own goal (38) only for hosts Sweden to score three times in the last quarter of normal time, through Marcus Berg (68, 81) and Ola Toivonen (75). • Berg and Guillermo Molins both failed in the penalty shoot-out, however, as did England's James Milner. Joe Hart, Lee Cattermole, Adam Johnson, Theo Walcott and Kieran Gibbs all scored for England, with Rasmus Elm, Bjärsmyr, Mikael Lustig and Rasmus Bengtsson successful for Sweden. • The line-ups at the Gamla Ullevi on 26 June 2009 were: England: Hart, Cranie, Onuoha, Richards, Gibbs, Cattermole, Noble (Rodwell 70), Milner, Muamba (Johnson 116), Agbonlahor (Campbell 60), Walcott. Sweden: Dahlin, Lustig, Bjärsmyr, Bengtsson, Johansson (Söder 75), Landgren (Molins 46), Svensson, Olsson (Harbuzi 46), Elm, Toivonen, Berg. • The teams' previous four meetings all came in qualifying, with England winning twice in the 2000 preliminaries en route to the finals. Jamie Carragher and Frank Lampard struck in a 2-0 victory in Sundsvall in September 1998, before Carl Cort scored twice and Richard Cresswell once in a 3-0 home win in Huddersfield the following June. • Sweden had the better of their encounters in qualifying for the 1990 finals, Klas Ingesson's 67th-minute effort cancelling out David White's 29th-minute opener in Coventry on 18 October 1988. Sweden's Hans Eklund got the only goal in Uppsala. Match background Sweden • Reigning champions Sweden claimed their first U21 title in the Czech Republic two years ago. A squad including Victor Lindelöf, Ludwig Augustinsson, Oscar Lewicki, Oscar Hiljemark, John Guidetti and Isaac Kiese Thelin came second behind Portugal in Group B to set up a semi-final with neighbours Denmark, won 4-1 by Håkan Ericson's side. Portugal were then beaten 4-3 on penalties in the Prague final after a goalless draw. • This is Sweden's eighth appearance in the final tournament, including their quarter-final losses in 1986 and 1998. Semi-finalists in 1990 and on home soil in 2009, Sweden were runners-up in 1992 and fourth in 2004, finally lifting the trophy two years ago. Therefore, in their four appearances since the tournament expanded to an eight-team finals in 1998, the Swedes have got to the knockout phase every time. • In qualifying for this event, Sweden finished a point above Spain at the top of Group 6, winning seven games and drawing the other three – making them one of six teams to qualify unbeaten. England • England are in the finals for a sixth successive edition, although in each of the past three tournaments, they failed to survive the group stage. Champions in 1982 and 1984, they progressed to the final under Stuart Pearce in 2009 – losing to Germany – and they have been semi-finalists on a further five occasions, most recently 2007. • This time, England registered six victories and two draws to end up four points clear at the top of Group 9 – another of the six countries to qualify unbeaten. They won all four home matches with a goal difference of 17-2, but managed just three goals in their four away fixtures (despite winning two and drawing the others). Their record of three goals against was the joint lowest in qualifying, along with Denmark and Italy. Coach and player links • Muamer Tankovic was at Fulham between 2011 and 2014. His team-mates at Craven Cottage included Cauley
2 Sweden - England Friday 16 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Kielce Stadium, Kielce Woodrow. • Joel Asoro signed for Sunderland in 2015, playing alongside Jordan Pickford. • Sweden's Kristoffer Olsson was at Arsenal between 2011 and 2014, while Tim Erlandsson joined Nottingham Forest in 2015, spending 2017 on loan in his native Sweden with Eskilstuna. • Gustav Engvall moved to Bristol City in summer 2016. • Jacob Larsson was in the Sweden team beaten 3-0 by England in European U17 Championship qualifying in October 2010. Simon Tibbling was an unused substitute; Pickford kept goal for England. Coach profiles Håkan Ericson, Sweden Ericson's father Georg led Sweden to the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups; his son's playing career was cut short by injury at the age of 22. Ericson Jr accepted his first coaching assignment two years after being forced to hang up his boots, taking charge of fourth-division FC Kick in his home town Norrkoping. Steady progress over the years led to his appointment by IFK Norrköping – one of his father's old clubs – in 2002. After several years working as a coaching instructor with the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), he joined Tommy Söderberg at the helm of the Under-21s, taking sole command in 2013. He led the team to U21 EURO glory in 2015, Sweden's first-ever men's continental title. Aidy Bothroyd, England A lower-league defender whose longest spell came with Mansfield Town, Boothroyd went into coaching in 1998 with the junior teams at Peterborough. Stints in the youth ranks of Norwich City and West Bromwich Albion followed before he stepped up to become first-team coach at Leeds United in 2004. Boothroyd's first managerial appointment arrived 12 months later, when he took the Watford reins aged 34. He guided the Hornets into the Premier League in his first full season, 2005/06, but left in 2008 with the club back in the Championship. Shorter stays with Colchester United, Coventry City and, from 2011–13, Northampton Town then ensued. Opportunity knocked with England's youth set-up in February 2014, and he eventually became U21 coach in October 2016 following Gareth Southgate's promotion to the senior job.
3 Sweden - England Friday 16 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Kielce Stadium, Kielce 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
4 Sweden - England Friday 16 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Kielce Stadium, Kielce 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: 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.
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