EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS St. Jakob-Park - Basel Saturday 5 September 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Switzerland Group E - Matchday -6 Slovenia Last updated 12/07/2021 17:56CET 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 Switzerland - Slovenia Saturday 5 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 09/10/2014 QR (GS) Slovenia - Switzerland 1-0 Maribor Novakovič 79 (P) 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 Switzerland - - - - 1 0 0 1 - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 1 Slovenia 1 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 1 0 FIFA* Switzerland 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 - - - - 4 2 1 1 5 3 Slovenia 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 - - - - 4 1 1 2 3 5 Friendlies Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 3 0 0 9 2 Slovenia - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 0 0 3 2 9 Total Switzerland 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 - - - - 8 5 1 2 14 6 Slovenia 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 - - - - 8 2 1 5 6 14 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Switzerland - Slovenia Saturday 5 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Match background Switzerland and Slovenia appear to be locked in a battle for second place in UEFA EURO 2016 Group E, with England one win away from guaranteeing one of the top spots. Previous meetings • Milivoje Novakovič's penalty with 11 minutes left secured Slovenia maximum points in Maribor when the sides met in Group E last October. • Switzerland's record in eight games against Slovenia is W5 D1 L2 (W3 D0 L1 in Switzerland), with those games including a friendly played in Muscat, Oman, which Switzerland won 2-0. That was the nations' first encounter. • The teams also faced off in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying. In the opening instalment, 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 concluded in Berne; had they won, Slovenia – by then coached by Srečko Katanec – would have earned a play-off place. Disciplinary • Switzerland midfielder Xhaka is a booking away from a suspension. Form guide • In Switzerland's last 16 home qualifiers (W11 D3 L2), the only country to have beaten them are England – 3-1 in 2010 and 2-0 in 2014. • Switzerland have won their last four Group E matches since opening with defeats by England and Slovenia. • Slovenia's campaign has been one of extremes: W3 L3, with no games drawn. Trivia and links • Slovenia midfielder Andraž Kirm turns 31 the day after the Switzerland fixture. • Slovenia goalkeeper Samir Handanovič and Switzerland midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri were club-mates at FC Internazionale Milano before Shaqiri left for Stoke City FC this summer. • In nine encounters between these nations in UEFA age-group competitions, Switzerland's record is W7 D1 L1. • The two countries' clubs have met in nine UEFA matches, with the Swiss teams' record W4 D4 L1. 3 Switzerland - Slovenia Saturday 5 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Squad list 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 26 Mönchengladbach - 6 0 0 0 12 - - Roman Bürki 14/11/1990 24 Dortmund - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Marwin Hitz 18/09/1987 27 Augsburg - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders - Stephan Lichtsteiner 16/01/1984 31 Juventus - 6 0 0 0 75 5 - Steve von Bergen 10/06/1983 32 Young Boys - 3 0 0 0 49 - - Ricardo Rodriguez 25/08/1992 23 Wolfsburg - 5 0 0 0 30 - - Timm Klose 09/05/1988 27 Wolfsburg - 0 0 0 0 9 - - François Moubandje 21/06/1990 25 Toulouse - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Fabian Schär 20/12/1991 23 Hoffenheim - 3 2 0 0 13 5 Midfielders - Valon Behrami 19/04/1985 30 Watford - 5 0 0 0 59 2 - Blerim Dzemaili 12/04/1986 29 Genoa - 4 1 0 0 42 5 - Gelson Fernandes 02/09/1986 29 Rennes - 1 0 0 0 52 2 - Gökhan Inler 27/06/1984 31 Leicester - 5 0 0 0 84 6 - Valentin Stocker 12/04/1989 26 Hertha - 1 0 0 0 29 4 - Fabian Lustenberger 02/05/1988 27 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Granit Xhaka 27/09/1992 22 Mönchengladbach * 5 1 0 0 36 6 - Pajtim Kasami 02/06/1992 23 Olympiacos - 2 0 0 0 7 1 - Silvan Widmer 05/03/1993 22 Udinese - 2 0 0 0 4 - Forwards - Admir Mehmedi 16/03/1991 24 Leverkusen - 5 0 0 0 33 2 - Xherdan Shaqiri 10/10/1991 23 Stoke - 6 4 0 0 46 17 - Haris Seferovic 22/02/1992 23 Frankfurt - 6 3 0 0 23 5 - Josip Drmic 08/08/1992 23 Mönchengladbach - 6 1 0 0 20 5 - Breel Embolo 14/02/1997 18 Basel - 1 0 0 0 3 - Coach - Vladimir Petković 15/08/1963 52 - 6 0 0 0 9 - 4 Switzerland - Slovenia Saturday 5 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel 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 31 Internazionale - 6 0 0 0 77 - - Nejc Vidmar 31/03/1989 26 Domžale - 0 0 0 0 - - - Jan Oblak 07/01/1993 22 Atlético - 0 0 0 0 5 - Defenders - Boštjan Cesar 09/07/1982 33 Chievo - 6 0 0 0 83 6 - Branko Ilič 06/02/1983 32 Astana - 5 1 0 0 58 1 - Bojan Jokić 17/05/1986 29 Villarreal - 1 0 0 0 69 1 - Miral Samardžić 17/02/1987 28 Rijeka - 1 0 0 0 5 - - Andraž Struna 23/04/1989 26 Giannina - 5 1 0 0 19 1 - Nejc Skubic 13/06/1989 26 Domžale - 0 0 0 0 - - - Luka Krajnc 19/09/1994 20 Cesena - 0 0 0 0 1 - Midfielders - Valter Birsa 07/08/1986 29 Chievo - 6 0 0 0 72 5 - Dalibor Stevanović 27/09/1984 30 Mordovia - 2 0 0 0 21 1 - Nejc Pečnik 03/01/1986 29 JEF United - 3 1 0 0 27 5 - Andraž Kirm 06/09/1984 30 Omonia - 5 0 0 0 68 6 - Dejan Lazarevič 15/02/1990 25 Antalyaspor - 6 1 0 0 16 1 - René Krhin 21/05/1990 25 Granada - 0 0 0 0 16 1 - Jasmin Kurtič 01/01/1989 26 Atalanta - 6 0 0 0 25 1 - Kevin Kampl 09/10/1990 24 Leverkusen - 6 1 0 0 17 2 İstanbul - Rajko Rotman 19/03/1989 26 - 2 0 0 0 6 - Başakşehir Forwards Urawa Red - Zlatan Ljubijankič 15/12/1983 31 - 2 0 0 0 43 6 Diamonds - Milivoje Novakovič 18/05/1979 36 Nagoya - 6 5 0 0 69 30 - Robert Berić 17/06/1991 24 St-Étienne - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Josip Iličić 29/01/1988 27 Fiorentina - 3 1 0 0 29 2 Coach - Srečko Katanec 16/07/1963 52 - 6 0 0 0 66 - 5 Switzerland - Slovenia Saturday 5 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Head coach 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. • Moved to Switzerland in 1987, playing for second-tier Chur and then ascending to the top flight with Sion in 1988/89; failed to secure a regular place and returned to the second division to represent Martigny, Bellinzona and Locarno. • Petković hung up his boots in 1999, aged 36, following a season as player-coach at Bellinzona. Then led Malcantone Agno to promotion from the third divison in 2002/03 before becoming the first coach of AC Lugano – successors to FC Lugano. • Rejoined Bellinzona in October 2005, steering them to the 2007/08 Swiss Cup final, where they lost 4-1 to FC Basel 1893, but consolation came two weeks later as victory in a relegation/promotion play-off against FC St Gallen gave Bellinzona a Super League berth.