EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ullevaal Stadion - Oslo Tuesday 9 September 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Norway Group H - Matchday -12 Italy Last updated 12/07/2021 16:45CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 12 Legend 14 1 Norway - Italy Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 04/06/2005 QR (GS) Norway - Italy 0-0 Oslo De Rossi 4, Toni 79; 04/09/2004 QR (GS) Italy - Norway 2-1 Palermo Carew 1 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 27/06/1998 1/8 Italy - Norway 1-0 Marseille Vieri 18 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 23/06/1994 GS-FT Italy - Norway 1-0 New Jersey D. Baggio 69 EURO '92 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Rizzitelli 83; Jakobsen 13/11/1991 PR (GS) Italy - Norway 1-1 Genoa 60 Dahlum 4, Bohinen 05/06/1991 PR (GS) Norway - Italy 2-1 Oslo 25; Schillaci 77 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 2-1 Ferraris 2, Piola 94 05/06/1938 GS-FT Italy - Norway Marseille (aet) ET; Brustad 83 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 Norway 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 1 1 0 3 2 Italy 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 1 1 2 3 FIFA* Norway 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 5 0 1 4 2 6 Italy 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 5 4 1 0 6 2 Friendlies Norway - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 2 2 2 5 6 Italy - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 2 2 2 6 5 Total 2 Norway - Italy Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Norway 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 13 3 4 6 10 14 Italy 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 13 6 4 3 14 10 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Norway - Italy Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Match background Norway and Italy meet for the 14th time in UEFA EURO 2016 Group H, with past meetings suggesting that this should be a close encounter. Match background • Italy's record in 13 games against Norway is W6 D4 L3 (W2 D2 L1 in Italy; W1 D2 L2 in Oslo). The sides also met on neutral territory at the 1938, 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup, Italy winning all three matches by single-goal margins. • Since Italy beat Norway 3-1 in Oslo in a friendly on 27 May 1937 – the nations' first encounter and Italy's only away win to date – there has never been a margin of more than a goal between the sides. • In their most recent pairings, in 2006 World Cup qualifying, Marcello Lippi's Italy beat Åge Hareide's Norway 2-1 in Palermo on 4 September 2004, Luca Toni's 80th-minute strike winning the game after John Carew (1) and Daniele De Rossi (4) swapped early goals. Gianluigi Buffon put in a commanding performance as Italy earned a 0-0 draw in the Oslo return on 4 June 2005. • The sides' only previous UEFA European Championship meetings came in qualifying for the 1992 finals. Tore André Dahlum (4) and Lars Bohinen (25) set Egil Olsen's Norway on the path to a 2-1 home win in their first encounter on 5 June 1991, Salvatore Schillachi (77) pulling one back before fellow substitute Giuseppe Bergomi was sent off for Azeglio Vicini's Italy. • The sides reconvened in Genoa on 13 November that year. Jahn Ivar Jakobsen (60) put Norway ahead, but – in their first game under Arrigo Sacchi – Italy salvaged a 1-1 draw, substitute Ruggiero Rizzitelli (83) striking back. • Italian clubs' record in 27 UEFA competition games against Norwegian sides' reads W19 D5 L3 (W11 D0 L2 at home – W8 D5 L1 in Norway). • Italy and Norway have met in ten UEFA youth and age-group tournaments with Italy boasting the record W6 D1 L3. Most recently, they drew 1-1 at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Israel on 11 June 2013. Stefan Strandberg converted from the spot in the 90th minute for Norway, but fellow substitute Andrea Bertolacci equalised deep into added time. 4 Norway - Italy Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Squad list Norway Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Rune Jarstein 29/09/1984 29 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 37 - - Orjan Haskjold 10/09/1990 23 Molde - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Andre Hansen 17/12/1989 24 Odd - 0 0 0 0 2 - Defenders - Tom Høgli 24/02/1984 30 København - 0 0 0 0 41 2 - Steffen Hagen 08/03/1986 28 Odd - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Per Egil Flo 18/01/1989 25 Molde - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Omar Elabdellaoui 05/12/1991 22 Olympiacos - 0 0 0 0 8 - - Vegard Forren 16/02/1988 26 Molde - 0 0 0 0 14 - - Fredrik Semb Berge 06/02/1990 24 Brøndby - 0 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders - Morten Gamst Pedersen 08/09/1981 33 Rosenborg - 0 0 0 0 82 17 - Jone Samuelsen 06/07/1984 30 Odd - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Per Ciljan Skjelbred 16/06/1987 27 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 24 1 - André Danielsen 20/01/1985 29 Viking - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Alexander Tettey 04/04/1986 28 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 18 - - Håvard Nordtveit 21/06/1990 24 Mönchengladbach - 0 0 0 0 16 1 - Anders Konradssen 18/07/1990 24 Rennes - 0 0 0 0 6 1 - Stefan Johansen 08/01/1991 23 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 10 1 - Ruben Yttergård Jenssen 04/05/1988 26 Kaiserslautern - 0 0 0 0 33 - - Mats Møller Daehli 02/03/1995 19 Cardiff - 0 0 0 0 6 - Forwards - Tarik Elyounoussi 23/02/1988 26 Hoffenheim - 0 0 0 0 32 8 - Ola Kamara 15/10/1989 24 Austria Wien - 0 0 0 0 7 1 - Joshua King 15/01/1992 22 Blackburn - 0 0 0 0 12 2 - Håvard Nielsen 15/07/1993 21 Braunschweig - 0 0 0 0 6 1 Coach - Per-Mathias Høgmo 01/12/1959 54 - 0 0 0 0 11 - 5 Norway - Italy Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Italy Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gianluigi Buffon 28/01/1978 36 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 141 - - Salvatore Sirigu 12/01/1987 27 Paris - 0 0 0 0 10 - - Mattia Perin 10/11/1992 21 Genoa - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Davide Astori 07/01/1987 27 Roma - 0 0 0 0 8 1 - Matteo Darmian 02/12/1989 24 Torino - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Manuel Pasqual 13/03/1982 32 Fiorentina - 0 0 0 0 6 - - Andrea Ranocchia 16/02/1988 26 Internazionale - 0 0 0 0 14 - - Angelo Ogbonna 23/05/1988 26 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 9 - - Leonardo Bonucci 01/05/1987 27 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 39 2 - Mattia De Sciglio 20/10/1992 21 Milan - 0 0 0 0 13 - - Emanuele Giaccherini 05/05/1985 29 Sunderland - 0 0 0 0 20 3 Midfielders - Daniele De Rossi 24/07/1983 31 Roma - 0 0 0 0 98 16 - Antonio Candreva 28/02/1987 27 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 23 - - Andrea Poli 29/09/1989 24 Milan - 0 0 0 0 4 1 - Marco Verratti 05/11/1992 21 Paris - 0 0 0 0 9 1 - Marco Parolo 25/01/1985 29 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Alessandro Florenzi 11/03/1991 23 Roma - 0 0 0 0 4 1 Forwards - Fabio Quagliarella 31/01/1983 31 Torino - 0 0 0 0 25 7 - Sebastian Giovinco 26/01/1987 27 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 18 1 - Mattia Destro 20/03/1991 23 Roma - 0 0 0 0 6 1 - Ciro Immobile 20/02/1990 24 Dortmund - 0 0 0 0 5 1 - Stephan El Shaarawy 27/10/1992 21 Milan - 0 0 0 0 10 1 - Simone Zaza 25/06/1991 23 Sassuolo - 0 0 0 0 1 - Coach - Antonio Conte 31/07/1969 45 - 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 Norway - Italy Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Head coach Per-Mathias Høgmo Date of birth: 1 December 1959 Nationality: Norwegian Playing career: Gratangen IL, FK Mjølner, Tromsø IL (twice), IFK Norrköping Coaching career: Gratangen IL, Tromsalden UIL, Tromsø IL (three times), Fossum IF, Moss FK, Norway (women), Norway Under-21, Rosenborg BK, Djurgårdens IF, Norway • An industrious winger, Høgmo's playing career peaked with a 1986 Norwegian Cup success with Tromsø; he then turned to coaching, leading local clubs and helping out with Norway's national youth teams.