EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski - Sofia Sunday 13 November 2016 Bulgaria 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Belarus Group A - Matchday 4 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10 1 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached M.Petrov 10, Yankov 06/06/2007 QR (GS) Bulgaria - Belarus 2-1 Sofia 40; Vasilyuk 5 (P) 02/06/2007 QR (GS) Belarus - Bulgaria 0-2 Minsk Berbatov 28, 46 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 Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 5 4 0 1 10 4 Belarus 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 5 1 0 4 4 10 2 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Squad list Bulgaria Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Nikolay Mihaylov 28/06/1988 28 Mersin - 0 0 0 0 - Vladislav Stoyanov 08/06/1987 29 Ludogorets - 3 0 0 0 CSKA- - Georgi Kitanov 06/03/1995 21 - 0 0 0 0 Sofia Defenders - Petar Zanev 18/10/1985 31 Amkar - 0 0 0 0 Cherno - Daniel Zlatkov 06/03/1989 27 - 0 0 0 0 More - Aleksandar Aleksandrov 13/04/1986 30 Levski * 2 0 0 0 - Vasil Bozhikov 02/06/1988 28 Kasımpaşa - 1 0 0 0 - Atanas Zehirov 13/02/1989 27 Beroe - 0 0 0 0 - Strahil Popov 31/08/1990 26 Kasımpaşa - 3 0 0 0 CSKA- - Anton Nedyalkov 30/04/1993 23 * 2 0 0 0 Sofia CSKA- - Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski 30/11/1995 20 - 1 0 0 0 Sofia Midfielders Spartak - Ivelin Popov 26/10/1987 29 * 3 1 0 0 Moskva - Svetoslav Dyakov 31/05/1984 32 Ludogorets - 3 0 0 0 CSKA - Georgi Milanov 19/02/1992 24 - 3 0 0 0 Moskva - Ivaylo Chochev 18/02/1993 23 Palermo - 2 0 0 0 - Simeon Slavchev 25/09/1993 23 Lechia - 1 0 0 0 Botev - Todor Nedelev 07/02/1993 23 - 1 0 0 0 Plovdiv Forwards Slavia - Nikolay Dimitrov 15/10/1987 29 - 0 0 0 0 Sofia - Alexandar Tonev 03/02/1990 26 Crotone * 2 1 0 0 CSKA- - Preslav Yordanov 21/07/1989 27 - 0 0 0 0 Sofia - Spas Delev 22/09/1989 27 Pogoń - 0 0 0 0 - Radoslav Kirilov 29/06/1992 24 Beroe - 0 0 0 0 - Bozhidar Kraev 23/06/1997 19 Levski - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Petar Houbtchev 26/02/1964 52 - 2 0 0 0 3 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Belarus Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Aleksandr Gutor 18/04/1989 27 Orenburg - 0 0 0 0 - Andrei Gorbunov 29/05/1983 33 Atromitos - 3 0 0 0 - Sergei Chernik 20/07/1988 28 Nancy - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Aleksandr Martynovich 26/08/1987 29 Ural * 1 0 0 0 - Yegor Filipenko 10/04/1988 28 M. Tel-Aviv - 1 0 0 0 - Igor Shitov 24/10/1986 30 Astana - 0 0 0 0 - Sergei Politevich 09/04/1990 26 Gençlerbirliği - 2 0 0 0 - Roman Begunov 22/03/1993 23 Dinamo Minsk - 0 0 0 0 - Denis Polyakov 17/04/1991 25 BATE - 3 0 0 0 Torpedo - Evgeni Klopotski 12/08/1993 23 - 0 0 0 0 Zhodino Midfielders - Aleksandr Hleb 01/05/1981 35 BATE - 2 0 0 0 - Sergei Kislyak 06/08/1987 29 Gaziantepspor - 1 0 0 0 - Pavel Nekhaychik 15/07/1988 28 Orenburg - 0 0 0 0 - Aleksei Rios 14/05/1987 29 BATE * 1 1 0 0 - Ivan Maevski 05/05/1988 28 Anji * 3 0 0 0 - Yuri Kendysh 10/06/1990 26 BATE - 0 0 0 0 - Maksim Volodko 10/11/1992 24 BATE - 3 0 0 0 - Nikita Korzun 06/03/1995 21 Dynamo Kyiv * 3 0 0 0 Forwards Krylya - Sergei Kornilenko 14/06/1983 33 * 3 0 0 0 Sovetov - Mikhail Gordeichuk 23/10/1989 27 BATE - 3 0 0 0 - Pavel Savitski 12/07/1994 22 Jagiellonia - 1 1 0 0 - Nikolai Signevich 20/02/1992 24 BATE * 2 0 0 0 - Denis Laptev 01/08/1991 25 Shakhtyor - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Aleksandr Khatskevich 19/10/1973 43 - 3 0 0 0 4 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Head coach Petar Hubchev Date of birth: 26 February 1964 Nationality: Bulgarian Playing career: PFC Litex Lovech, PFC Levski Sofia, Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt Coaching career: PFC Slavia Sofia, Chernomorets Pomorie, PFC Botev Plovdiv, PFC Beroe Stara Zagora • Made debut for Bulgaria while playing in the second tier in a friendly against Greece in 1984, the first of 35 caps. Hubchev was one of the mainstays of the great Bulgaria side that reached the 1994 FIFA World Cup semi-finals. He also played at EURO '96. • Hubchev came through the ranks of Osum Lovech (now known as Litex Lovech). He was a right-back before establishing himself as a central defender. • In 1989 he moved to Levski, winning the league and cup double in 1993 before departing at the end of that year for Hamburg. In 1996 he moved on to Eintracht, helping them back to the Bundesliga. • Hubchev began his coaching career at Eintracht in 2001, and after a six-month stint as head coach at Slavia Sofia in 2005 he returned to Germany for spells with the reserve sides of Eintracht and Wolfsburg. • In 2009 he was back in Bulgaria at Chernomorets Pomorie, guiding the second division side to the cup final in his first season. Following a brief spell at Botev Plovdiv he had four seasons at Beroe Stara Zagora, leading them to the Bulgarian Cup in 2013. On 3 October 2016 Hubchev succeeded Ivaylo Petev as Bulgaria 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. 5 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match officials Referee Stephan Klossner (SUI) Assistant referees Remy Zgraggen (SUI) , Marco Zürcher (SUI) Fourth official Alain Bieri (SUI) FIFA Match Commissioner Orkhan Huseynzade (AZE) Referee observer Karen Nalbandyan (ARM) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Stephan Klossner 30/05/1981 1 27 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving 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 26/03/2013 U21 QR Belarus Iceland 1-2 Zhodino 23/07/2013 UCL 2QR FC Shakhter Karagandy FC BATE Borisov 1-0 Karagandy 6 Bulgaria - Belarus Sunday 13 November 2016 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Competition facts The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers – which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup comprises nine groups of six teams, with matches played on a home-and- away basis. Qualifying takes place under the 'Week of Football' concept, introduced ahead of the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying campaign, in which games are spread out from Thursday to Tuesday, shining the spotlight on more teams on the road to the finals in Russia. Moreover, thanks to the Week of Football, at least 43% of matches will be played on weekends, giving fans a better chance to follow the action on television, in the stadiums and on UEFA.com. Kick-off times will be set mainly at 18:00CET and 20:45CET on Saturdays and Sundays and at 20:45CET for Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays. In double-header matchweeks, sides will play on Thursday/Sunday, Friday/Monday or Saturday/Tuesday. Each day of the Week of Football will feature eight to ten games. The nine group winners will qualify directly for the final tournament.