EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Ljudski vrt - Maribor Thursday 9 October 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Slovenia Group E - Matchday -11 Switzerland Last updated 12/07/2021 16:48CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Slovenia - Switzerland Thursday 9 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 15/10/2013 QR (GS) Switzerland - Slovenia 1-0 Berne Xhaka 74 07/09/2012 QR (GS) Slovenia - Switzerland 0-2 Ljubljana Xhaka 20, Inler 51 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 06/06/2001 QR (GS) Switzerland - Slovenia 0-1 Basel Cimirotič 82 Šiljak 44, Ačimovič 11/10/2000 QR (GS) Slovenia - Switzerland 2-2 Ljubljana 79; Türkyilmaz 18, 66 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Slovenia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FIFA* Slovenia 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 - - - - 4 1 1 2 3 5 Switzerland 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 - - - - 4 2 1 1 5 3 Friendlies Slovenia - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 0 0 3 2 9 Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 3 0 0 9 2 Total Slovenia 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 - - - - 7 1 1 5 5 14 Switzerland 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 - - - - 7 5 1 1 14 5 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Slovenia - Switzerland Thursday 9 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Match background Slovenia and Switzerland meet for the first time in the UEFA European Championship in qualifying Group E, past meetings suggesting the home side are in for a tough time. Match background • Slovenia's record in seven matches against Switzerland is W1 D1 L5 (W0 D1 L2 at home, W1 D0 L2 in Switzerland), with those ties including a friendly played in Muscat, Oman, which Switzerland won 2-0. That fixture was the nations' first encounter. • The sides last met in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying. In their opening qualifying fixture, Granit Xhaka (20) and captain Gökhan Inler (51) scored as Ottmar Hitzfeld's Switzerland beat Slaviša Stojanovič's Slovenia 2-0 in Ljubljana on 7 September 2012. Xhaka (74) struck again as the Swiss prevailed 1-0 when the sides' group stage campaign ended in Berne; had they won, Slovenia – by then coached by Srečko Katanec – would have earned a play-off place. • Their first competitive encounters were in 2002 World Cup qualifying. They drew 2-2 in Bezigrad on 11 October 2000, Katanec's Slovenia striking back through Ermin Šiljak (44) and Milenko Ačimovič after Kübilay Türkyilmaz (18 and 66) had twice put Enzo Trossero's Switzerland in front. • Better was to come in the return fixture, as a first international goal for Sebastjan Cimirotič earned the visitors a 1-0 win in Basel on 6 June 2001. Slovenia went on to finish second in the section, reaching the finals in Korea and Japan after a play-off success against Romania. • Both teams suffered opening-day Group E losses, Switzerland going down 2-0 at home to England while Slovenia conceded four minutes from time as they lost in Estonia. • In nine meetings between these nations in UEFA age-group competitions, Slovenia's record is W1 D1 L7. • The nations' clubs have met in nine UEFA matches, with the Slovenian teams' record W1 D4 L4. 3 Slovenia - Switzerland Thursday 9 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Squad list Slovenia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Samir Handanovič 14/07/1984 30 Internazionale - 1 0 0 0 71 - - Vid Belec 06/06/1990 24 Internazionale - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Jan Oblak 07/01/1993 21 Atlético - 0 0 0 0 3 - Defenders - Boštjan Cesar 09/07/1982 32 Chievo - 1 0 0 0 78 6 - Branko Ilič 06/02/1983 31 Partizan - 0 0 0 0 53 - - Mišo Brečko 01/05/1984 30 Köln - 1 0 0 0 69 - - Gregor Balažic 12/02/1988 26 Karpaty - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Mitja Viler 01/09/1986 28 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 - - Standard - Martin Milec 20/09/1991 23 - 0 0 0 0 3 - Liège - Andraž Struna 23/04/1989 25 Giannina - 1 0 0 0 13 - - Dominic Maroh 03/03/1987 27 Köln - 0 0 0 0 5 - Midfielders - Valter Birsa 07/08/1986 28 Chievo - 1 0 0 0 67 5 Crvena - Nejc Pečnik 03/01/1986 28 - 0 0 0 0 23 4 zvezda - Andraž Kirm 06/09/1984 30 Omonia - 0 0 0 0 62 6 - Aleš Mertelj 22/03/1987 27 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 11 - - Dejan Lazarevič 15/02/1990 24 Chievo - 1 0 0 0 9 - - Jasmin Kurtič 01/01/1989 25 Fiorentina - 1 0 0 0 19 1 - Kevin Kampl 09/10/1990 24 Salzburg - 1 0 0 0 11 1 - Željko Filipović 03/10/1988 26 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Rajko Rotman 19/03/1989 25 İstanbul BB - 1 0 0 0 3 - Forwards - Zlatan Ljubijankič 15/12/1983 30 Omiya Ardija - 0 0 0 0 42 6 Shimizu S- - Milivoje Novakovič 18/05/1979 35 - 1 0 0 0 64 25 Pulse - Tim Matavž 13/01/1989 25 Augsburg - 0 0 0 0 28 10 Coach - Srečko Katanec 16/07/1963 51 - 1 0 0 0 61 - 4 Slovenia - Switzerland Thursday 9 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Switzerland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Yann Sommer 17/12/1988 25 Mönchengladbach - 1 0 0 0 7 - - Roman Bürki 14/11/1990 23 Freiburg - 0 0 0 0 - - - Marwin Hitz 18/09/1987 27 Augsburg - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Stephan Lichtsteiner 16/01/1984 30 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 68 5 - Philippe Senderos 14/02/1985 29 Aston Villa - 0 0 0 0 54 5 - Steve von Bergen 10/06/1983 31 Young Boys - 1 0 0 0 44 - - Johan Djourou 18/01/1987 27 Hamburg - 1 0 0 0 49 1 - Ricardo Rodriguez 25/08/1992 22 Wolfsburg - 1 0 0 0 26 - - François Moubandje 21/06/1990 24 Toulouse - 0 0 0 0 - - Midfielders - Tranquillo Barnetta 22/05/1985 29 Schalke - 0 0 0 0 74 10 - Valon Behrami 19/04/1985 29 Hamburg - 1 0 0 0 53 2 - Blerim Dzemaili 12/04/1986 28 Galatasaray - 1 0 0 0 38 2 - Gelson Fernandes 02/09/1986 28 Rennes - 0 0 0 0 48 2 - Gökhan Inler 27/06/1984 30 Napoli - 1 0 0 0 78 6 - Xherdan Shaqiri 10/10/1991 22 Bayern - 1 0 0 0 38 12 - Fabian Lustenberger 02/05/1988 26 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Granit Xhaka 27/09/1992 22 Mönchengladbach - 1 0 0 0 31 5 - Pajtim Kasami 02/06/1992 22 Olympiacos - 0 0 0 0 2 1 - Silvan Widmer 05/03/1993 21 Udinese - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - Admir Mehmedi 16/03/1991 23 Freiburg - 1 0 0 0 26 2 Eintracht - Haris Seferovic 22/02/1992 22 - 1 0 0 0 16 2 Frankfurt - Josip Drmić 08/08/1992 22 Leverkusen - 1 0 0 0 12 3 - Michael Frey 19/07/1994 20 LOSC - 0 0 0 0 - - Coach - Vladimir Petković 15/08/1963 51 - 1 0 0 0 2 - 5 Slovenia - Switzerland Thursday 9 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Head coach 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. Vladimir Petković Date of birth: 15 August 1963 Nationality: Swiss Playing career: FK Sarajevo (twice), FK Rudar Ljubija, FC Koper, FC Chur 97 (twice), FC Sion, FC Martigny-Sports, AC Bellinzona (twice), FC Locarno Coaching career: AC Bellinzona (twice), FC Malcantone Agno, AC Lugano, BSC Young Boys, Samsunspor, FC Sion, SS Lazio, Switzerland • Started his career in midfield with Sarajevo, losing in the 1983 Yugoslavian Cup final but featuring twice as his team took the 1984/85 league title, the only major honour of his playing days.