EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Borisov-Arena - Borisov Sunday 3 September 2017 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Belarus Group A - Matchday 8 Sweden 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 Belarus - Sweden Sunday 3 September 2017 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Forsberg 19 (P), 49, 25/03/2017 QR (GS) Sweden - Belarus 4-0 Solna Berg 57, Kiese Thelin 78 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Gurenko 39; 20/08/1997 QR (GS) Belarus - Sweden 1-2 Minsk Andersson 75, Zetterberg 84 Andersson 20, 62, Dahlin 29, Patrik 01/06/1996 QR (GS) Sweden - Belarus 5-1 Solna Andersson 76, Larsson 87; Belkevich 74 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 Belarus 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 2 12 Sweden 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 12 2 2 Belarus - Sweden Sunday 3 September 2017 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Squad list Belarus Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Dinamo - Andrei Klimovich 27/08/1988 29 0 0 0 0 Minsk - Dmitri Guschenko 12/05/1988 29 Vitebsk 0 0 0 0 - Sergei Chernik 20/07/1988 29 Nancy 2 0 0 0 Defenders - Mikhail Sivakov 16/01/1988 29 Amkar 4 1 0 0 M. Tel- - Yegor Filipenko 10/04/1988 29 5 0 0 0 Aviv Dinamo - Aleksandr Sachivko 05/01/1986 31 0 0 0 0 Minsk - Sergei Matveichik 05/06/1988 29 Shakhtyor 2 0 0 0 Dinamo - Dmitri Aliseiko 28/08/1992 25 2 0 0 0 Brest Dinamo - Aleksei Gavrilovich 05/01/1990 27 0 0 0 0 Brest - Nikita Naumov 15/11/1989 27 Vitebsk 0 0 0 0 - Igor Burko 08/09/1988 28 Shakhtyor 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Stanislav Dragun 04/06/1988 29 BATE 3 0 0 0 Dinamo - Pavel Nekhaychik 15/07/1988 29 1 0 0 0 Brest - Sergei Balanovich 29/08/1987 30 Amkar 2 0 0 0 - Aleksei Rios 14/05/1987 30 BATE 2 1 0 0 - Ivan Maevski 05/05/1988 29 Astana 7 0 0 0 - Mikhail Gordeichuk 23/10/1989 27 BATE 7 0 0 0 Dinamo - Artem Bykov 19/10/1992 24 1 0 0 0 Minsk Dynamo - Nikita Korzun 06/03/1995 22 3 0 0 0 Kyiv Forwards - Pavel Savitski 12/07/1994 23 Neman 4 2 0 0 - Nikolai Signevich 20/02/1992 25 BATE 3 0 0 0 Dinamo - Anton Saroka 05/03/1992 25 1 0 0 0 Minsk Coach - Igor Kriushenko 10/02/1964 53 3 0 0 0 3 Belarus - Sweden Sunday 3 September 2017 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Sweden Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Kristoffer Nordfeldt 23/06/1989 28 Swansea 0 0 0 0 - Karl-Johan Johnsson 28/01/1990 27 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 - Robin Olsen 08/01/1990 27 København 7 0 0 0 Defenders - Andreas Granqvist 16/04/1985 32 Krasnodar 7 0 0 0 - Mikael Lustig 13/12/1986 30 Celtic 5 2 0 0 - Martin Olsson 17/05/1988 29 Swansea 2 0 0 0 - Pontus Jansson 13/02/1991 26 Leeds 2 0 0 0 - Ludwig Augustinsson 21/04/1994 23 Bremen 5 0 0 0 - Filip Helander 22/04/1993 24 Bologna 0 0 0 0 - Emil Krafth 02/08/1994 23 Bologna 2 0 0 0 - Victor Lindelöf 17/07/1994 23 Man. United 6 1 0 0 Midfielders - Sebastian Larsson 06/06/1985 32 Hull 2 0 0 0 Seattle - Gustav Svensson 07/02/1987 30 0 0 0 0 Sounders - Jakob Johansson 21/06/1990 27 AEK 4 0 0 0 - Jimmy Durmaz 22/03/1989 28 Toulouse 7 1 0 0 - Emil Forsberg 23/10/1991 25 Leipzig 7 3 0 0 - Oscar Hiljemark 28/06/1992 25 Genoa 5 1 0 0 - Viktor Claesson 02/01/1992 25 Krasnodar 3 0 0 0 - Marcus Rohdén 11/05/1991 26 Crotone 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Marcus Berg 17/08/1986 31 Al-Ain 6 3 0 0 - Samuel Armenteros 27/05/1990 27 Benevento 1 0 0 0 - Christoffer Nyman 05/10/1992 24 Braunschweig 2 0 0 0 - Isaac Kiese Thelin 24/06/1992 25 Anderlecht 2 1 0 0 Coach - Jan Andersson 29/09/1962 54 7 0 0 0 4 Belarus - Sweden Sunday 3 September 2017 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Head coach Igor Kriushenko Date of birth: 10 February 1964 Nationality: Belarusian Playing career: FC Dinamo Minsk, FC Neman Grodno, FC Lida, FC Alga Bishkek, FC Aktyubinets, FC Metallurg Aldan, FC Dinamo Yakutsk, FC Selenga, FC Torpedo Mogilev Coaching career: FC Torpedo Mogilev, FC BATE Borisov (reserve team), FC BATE Borisov, FC Dinamo Minsk, FC Sibir Novosibirsk, FC Shurtan Guzar, FC Torpedo Zhodino, Belarus • A graduate of one Minsk's youth academies, his first coach was Mikhail Mustygin – Soviet Top League top scorer with Dinamo Minsk in 1962 and 1967. A Soviet youth international, Kriushenko never made the first team at Dinamo Minsk, and spent his playing career in the lower divisions. • After four years as a coach with BATE's reserve team, took charge of the seniors in 2005 and won league titles in 2006 and 2007. • League runner-up as Dinamo Minsk coach in 2008, he moved to Russia and led Sibir Novosibirsk to promotion in his first campaign, and then to the Russian Cup final and the UEFA Europa League play-offs in 2010. • Won a Belarusian Cup with Torpedo Zhodino in 2016 and was named Belarus coach on a temoporary basis on 1 March 2017, coaching Torpedo and the national team in tandem. Janne Andersson Date of birth: 29 September 1962 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Alets IK (twice), IS Halmia, Laholms FK Coaching career: Alets IK, Halmstads BK (assistant, twice), Laholms FK, Halmstads BK, Örgryte IS, IFK Norrköping, Sweden • Janne Andersson succeeded Erik Hamrén after UEFA EURO 2016 having led Norrköping to their first Allsvenskan title in almost two decades the previous year. • A footballer and handball player in his native Halmstad, Andersson became assistant coach to Stuart Baxter at the city's main club in 1990, going on to work under Tom Prahl and then Jonas Thern. • Andersson, who also coached lower-division teams Alet and Laholm, took the Halmstad reins himself in 2004 and in his first season in charge was named coach of the year in Sweden after steering Halmstad to second place. • After a brief spell at Örgryte in 2010, Andersson was named Norrköping coach the following year as they returned to the Allsvenskan, at first keeping them up then guiding them to the 2015 title. • His appointment as Sweden coach meant he missed out on leading the club into UEFA Champions League qualifying, Andersson saying on his unveiling: "Right now I'm just humbled and grateful. This is an honour and a challenge that will be very exciting to take on." 5 Belarus - Sweden Sunday 3 September 2017 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Match officials Referee Tobias Stieler (GER) Assistant referees Mike Pickel (GER) , Jan Seidel (GER) Fourth official Christian Dingert (GER) FIFA Match Commissioner Steve Stride (ENG) Referee observer Juan Antonio Fernandez Marin (ESP) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Tobias Stieler 02/07/1981 1 16 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 26/05/2014 U19 ELITE Italy Sweden 1-3 Stara Zagora 29/05/2014 U19 ELITE Sweden Czech Republic 3-0 Sliven 16/07/2015 UEL 2QR PFC Cherno More Varna FC Dinamo Minsk 1-1 Razgrad 16/06/2017 U21 GS-FT Sweden England 0-0 Kielce 6 Belarus - Sweden Sunday 3 September 2017 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov 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.