EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS LFF stadionas - Vilnius Sunday 12 October 2014 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Lithuania Group E - Matchday -10 Slovenia Last updated 11/04/2016 12:37CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Head coach 2 Legend 3 1 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 12 October 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius Head coach Lithuania: Igoris Pankratjevas Date of birth: 9 August 1964 Nationality: Lithuanian Playing career: FK Kelininkas Kaunas, FK Atlantas, VMFD Žalgiris, SC Westfalia Herne, KSV Hessen Kassel, FC Dinamo Moskva, FC Dynamo Kyiv, FK Lietuvos Makabi, FC Nyva Borysfen, FC Šiauliai, FC Zorya Luhansk (twice), FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, FC Nyva Ternopil Coaching career: FK Inkaras Kaunas, FK Atlantas, FBK Kaunas, VMFD Žalgiris (twice), Lithuania Under-21s, FK Sūduva, FK Standard Sumqayıt • A towering midfielder, Pankratjevas started his playing days at home-town team Kelininkas, before a short spell at Atlantas followed by a move to Žalgiris. • Spent six seasons with Žalgiris and played in the 1988/89 UEFA Cup – the first time a Lithuanian club had been involved in UEFA competition. • After brief stints in Germany and Russia, Pankratjevas eventually settled in Ukraine. First signed for Dynamo Kyiv before playing periods with four other sides, ending his career at Zorya. Earned four international caps. • Began his coaching life with Inkaras, before returning to former teams Atlantas, Kaunas, Žalgiris and Sūduva. Won the Lithuanian Cup with Atlantas and Kaunas, and was named club coach of the year in 2010 during his second Žalgiris tenure. • Took over the Lithuania U21s in 2007 and five years later was appointed assistant to senior coach Csaba László. Named caretaker boss in September 2013 and received a permanent deal three months later. Slovenia: Srečko Katanec Date of birth: 16 July 1963 Nationality: Slovenian Playing career: NK Olimpija Ljubljana, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, FK Partizan, VfB Stuttgart, UC Sampdoria Coaching career: Slovenia Under-21s, ND Gorica, Slovenia (twice), Olympiacos FC, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Arab Emirates • A centre-back or defensive midfielder, Katanec began his playing days at home-town club Olimpija before spells with Dinamo and Partizan. He reached the 1989 UEFA Cup final with Stuttgart and won the same competition the following season with Sampdoria, whom he also helped to the 1992 UEFA Champions League showpiece. • Earned 31 caps for Yugoslavia (five goals) – including at the 1984 UEFA European Championship, the 1984 Olympic Games and the 1990 FIFA World Cup – and five for Slovenia (one goal). • Started his coaching career with Slovenia's U21s in 1996, two years after retiring as a player. After a brief stint in the Gorica dugout, took charge of the senior Slovenia side in 1998 and guided them to UEFA EURO 2000 – their first major tournament – and the 2002 World Cup. • Joined Olympiacos in 2002 but stayed for only three months and in February 2006 assumed the FYROM helm, where he remained for three years. Named United Arab Emirates coach in June 2009, a position he held for two years. • Katanec was reappointed by Slovenia in January 2013 and is contracted until the end of UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying. 2 Lithuania - Slovenia Sunday 12 October 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit LFF stadionas, Vilnius 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 2016 only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2016 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 is 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. 3.