EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadionul Zimbru - Chisinau Monday 14 October 2019 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Moldova Group H - Matchday 8 Albania Last updated 13/11/2019 10:37CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Match-by-match lineups 7 Legend 10 1 Moldova - Albania Monday 14 October 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Previous meetings Head to Head 2020 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Çikalleshi 66, 11/06/2019 QR (GS) Albania - Moldova 2-0 Elbasan Ramadani 90+3 EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Curtean 10, Cleşcenco 15; Kushta 07/06/1995 PR (GS) Moldova - Albania 2-3 Chisinau 8, Bellai 25, Rudi Vata 71 Kushta 32, 78, Kacaj 29/03/1995 PR (GS) Albania - Moldova 3-0 Tirana 43 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 Moldova 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 0 3 2 8 Albania 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 8 2 FIFA* Moldova - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Albania - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Moldova - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0 0 0 Albania - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0 0 0 Total Moldova 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 1 3 2 8 Albania 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 4 3 1 0 8 2 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Moldova - Albania Monday 14 October 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Squad list Moldova Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Fortuna - Alexei Koşelev 19/11/1993 25 - 7 0 0 0 Sittard Sfintul - Nicolai Cebotari 24/05/1997 22 - 0 0 0 0 Gheorghe - Dumitru Celeadnic 23/04/1992 27 Sheriff - 0 0 0 0 Defenders Sfintul - Artiom Rozgoniuc 01/10/1995 24 - 3 0 0 0 Gheorghe Dinamo- - Valerii Macriţchii 13/02/1996 23 - 0 0 0 0 Auto - Veaceslav Posmac 07/11/1990 28 Sheriff - 3 0 0 0 - Victor Mudrac 03/03/1994 25 Petrocub - 2 0 0 0 - Dinu Graur 27/12/1994 24 Astra - 5 0 0 0 - Anatolie Prepeliță 06/08/1997 22 Zimbru - 1 0 0 0 Paços - Oleg Reabciuk 16/01/1998 21 - 7 0 0 0 Ferreira Speranța - Ștefan Efros 08/05/1990 29 - 3 0 0 0 Nisporeni Midfielders Sfintul - Alexandru Suvorov 02/02/1987 32 - 5 0 0 0 Gheorghe - Alexandru Dedov 26/07/1989 30 Petrocub - 1 0 0 0 Dinamo- - Maxim Mihaliov 22/08/1986 33 - 1 0 0 0 Auto Academica - Eugeniu Cebotaru 16/10/1984 34 - 7 0 0 0 Clinceni - Artur Ioniţa 17/08/1990 29 Cagliari - 6 0 0 0 - Gheorghe Anton 27/01/1993 26 Sheriff - 0 0 0 0 Speranța - Constantin Sandu 15/09/1993 26 - 2 0 0 0 Nisporeni Forwards - Eugeniu Sidorenco 19/03/1989 30 Zimbru - 0 0 0 0 - Alexandru Boiciuc 21/08/1997 22 Karpaty - 3 0 0 0 Coach - Semen Altman 21/04/1946 73 - 3 0 0 0 3 Moldova - Albania Monday 14 October 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Albania Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Alban Hoxha 23/11/1987 31 Partizani - 0 0 0 0 - Etrit Berisha 10/03/1989 30 SPAL - 4 0 0 0 - Thomas Strakosha 19/03/1995 24 Lazio - 3 0 0 0 Defenders - Frédéric Veseli 20/11/1992 26 Empoli - 5 0 0 0 - Berat Djimsiti 19/02/1993 26 Atalanta - 5 0 0 0 - Marash Kumbulla 08/02/2000 19 Verona - 0 0 0 0 - Ardian Ismajli 30/09/1996 23 Hajduk Split - 7 0 0 0 - Enea Mihaj 05/07/1998 21 PAOK - 0 0 0 0 - Kastriot Dermaku 15/01/1992 27 Parma * 3 1 0 0 Midfielders - Odise Roshi 22/05/1991 28 Akhmat - 4 1 0 0 - Amir Abrashi 27/03/1990 29 Freiburg * 7 1 0 0 - Ermir Lenjani 05/08/1989 30 Sion - 4 0 0 0 - Ledian Memushaj 07/12/1986 32 Pescara - 4 0 0 0 - Taulant Seferi 15/11/1996 22 Xamax - 0 0 0 0 - Keidi Bare 28/08/1997 22 Málaga - 3 0 0 0 - Kristi Qose 10/06/1995 24 Ružomberok - 1 0 0 0 - Lorenc Trashi 19/05/1992 27 Partizani - 0 0 0 0 - Ylber Ramadani 12/04/1996 23 VB - 2 1 0 0 - Lindon Selahi 26/02/1999 20 Twente - 0 0 0 0 - Klaus Gjasula 14/12/1989 29 Paderborn * 3 0 0 0 Forwards - Bekim Balaj 11/01/1991 28 Sturm - 5 1 0 0 - Sokol Çikalleshi 27/07/1990 29 Akhisar - 5 3 0 0 - Rei Manaj 24/02/1997 22 Albacete - 2 0 0 0 Coach - Edoardo Reja 10/10/1945 74 - 5 0 0 0 4 Moldova - Albania Monday 14 October 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Head coach Semen Altman Date of birth: 21 April 1946 Nationality: Ukrainian Playing career: Kolhosnyk Rivne, Volyn Lutsk, Chornomorets Odesa, Zvezda Tiraspol (twice), Lokomotiv Kherson Coaching career: Chornomorets Odesa (youth, assistant twice), Dinamo Moskva (assistant, caretaker), South Korea U23 (assistant), Zimbru Chisinau, Metalurh Donetsk, Ukraine (assistant, twice), Chornomorets Odesa, Illychivets Mariupil, Luch-Energia Vladivostok, Tavriya Simferopol, Moldova (caretaker) • Born in the Kharkiv region in Ukraine, Altman started out in Kyiv but made his name as a goalkeeper with Chornomorets before having to retire early due to injury. • Started his coaching career with the Chornomorets youth academy aged 30 and promoted to the first team staff in 1982, working as assistant to Viktor Prokopenko as the Odessa side finished fourth in the Soviet top flight two years later; moved to Dinamo Moskva, first working alongside Anatoli Byshovets and then having a spell in caretaker charge himself, leading the club to a third-placed league finish in 1990. • Following the collapse of the USSR Altman returned to work alongside Prokopenko at Chornomorets, helping the club to two Ukrainian Cups before two years assisting Byshovets with South Korea's side as they reached the 1996 Olympic Games. • Struck out on his own as head coach in 1997 with Zimbru, winning two league titles and the Moldovan Cup before leading both Metalurh Donetsk and Chornomorets to third place in the Ukrainian Premier League. Went on to have spells at Ukraine's Illychivets Mariupil (2007) and Russia's Luch-Energia Vladivostok (2008) before his most recent club stint, at Tavriya Simferopol in 2011/12. • Had two spells as Ukraine assistant coach (2003–06 and 2010–11), helping Oleh Blokhin guide the country to the 2006 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals. Appointed Moldova's director of national teams on 8 April 2019, three months later he temporarily returned to coaching, taking charge of the side following Alexandru Spiridon's departure. Edoardo Reja Date of birth: 10 October 1945 Nationality: Italian Playing career: SPAL, Palermo, Alessandria, Benevento Coaching career: Molinella, Monselice (twice), Pordenone, Pro Gorizia, Treviso, Mestre, Varese, Pescara (youth), Pescara, Cosenza, Verona, Bologna, Lecce, Brescia, Torino, Vicenza, Genoa, Catania, Cagliari, Napoli, Hajduk Split, Lazio (twice), Atalanta, Albania • Reja came through the ranks at SPAL alongside close friend Fabio Capello, the pair also featuring in the club's first team in Serie A in 1965; Reja went on to make more than 100 career appearances in Italy's top flight and also appeared for Palermo, Alessandria and Benevento before hanging up his boots in 1977. • Started his coaching career in Serie D with Molinella in 1979, going on to have short spells at a number of lower league clubs before stepping up to Serie B in 1989, when he took charge of Pescara. • After spells at Cosenza and Lecce, Reja led Brescia – including a young Andrea Pirlo – to the Serie B title in 1997, but opted to drop back into the second division to take charge of Torino. His Serie A debut came in 1998/99 with Vicenza, who he was unable to save from relegation but who he guided to an immediate top-flight return; subsequently also took Cagliari into Serie A in 2003/04. • In charge of Napoli between 2005 and 2009, winning successive promotions as the club returned to Italy's highest level, with the likes of Marek Hamšík and Ezequiel Lavezzi flourishing under Reja's guidance; then had a short spell in Croatia with Hajduk. • Returned to his homeland in February 2010, taking charge of Lazio for two years; had a second stint in 2014 prior to a short spell with Atalanta, but had not coached for three years before taking charge of the Albanian national side in April 2019, replacing fellow Italian Christian Panucci. 5 Moldova - Albania Monday 14 October 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Match officials Referee Chris Kavanagh (ENG) Assistant referees Daniel Richard Cook (ENG) , Constantine Hatzidakis (ENG) Fourth official Stuart Attwell (ENG) UEFA Delegate Léon Schelings (BEL) Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Chris Kavanagh 04/09/1985 0 1 UEFA European Championship matches featuring 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 No such matches refereed 6 Moldova - Albania Monday 14 October 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Match-by-match lineups Moldova Final tournament - Qualifying round Group H Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Turkey 8 6 1 1 16 3 19 France 8 6 1 1 21 5 19 Iceland 8 5 0 3 12 10 15 Albania 8 4 0 4 14 10 12 Andorra 8 1 0 7 1 16 3 Moldova 8 1 0 7 2 22 3 Matchday 1 (22/03/2019) Moldova 1-4 France Goals: 0-1 Griezmann 24, 0-2 Varane 27, 0-3 Giroud 36, 0-4 Mbappé 87, 1-4 Ambros 89 Moldova: Koşelev, Reabciuk, Posmac, Ioniţa, Carp, Cebotaru, Cociuc (46 Rozgoniuc), Gînsari, Nicolaescu (59 Damaşcan), I.