EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Borisov-Arena - Borisov Friday 9 June 2017 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Belarus Group A - Matchday 6 Bulgaria 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 - Bulgaria Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 13/11/2016 QR (GS) Bulgaria - Belarus 1-0 Sofia Popov 10 UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached M.Petrov 10, Yankov 06/06/2007 QR (GS) Bulgaria - Belarus 2-1 Sofia 40; Vasilyuk 5 (P) 02/06/2007 QR (GS) Belarus - Bulgaria 0-2 Minsk Berbatov 28, 46 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 - - - - 6 1 0 5 4 11 Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 6 5 0 1 11 4 2 Belarus - Bulgaria Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Squad list Belarus Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Dinamo - Andrei Klimovich 27/08/1988 28 - 0 0 0 0 Minsk - Andrei Gorbunov 29/05/1983 34 Atromitos - 5 0 0 0 - Sergei Chernik 20/07/1988 28 Nancy - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Mikhail Sivakov 16/01/1988 29 Orenburg * 2 0 0 0 - Yegor Filipenko 10/04/1988 29 M. Tel-Aviv - 3 0 0 0 - Sergei Politevich 09/04/1990 27 Gençlerbirliği - 4 0 0 0 Dinamo - Aleksandr Sachivko 05/01/1986 31 - 0 0 0 0 Minsk - Sergei Matveichik 05/06/1988 29 Shakhtyor - 0 0 0 0 Dinamo - Dmitri Aliseiko 28/08/1992 24 - 0 0 0 0 Brest - Denis Polyakov 17/04/1991 26 BATE - 4 0 0 0 Torpedo - Aleksandr Pavlovets 13/08/1996 20 - 0 0 0 0 Zhodino - Igor Burko 08/09/1988 28 Shakhtyor - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Stanislav Dragun 04/06/1988 29 Orenburg - 1 0 0 0 - Sergei Balanovich 29/08/1987 29 Amkar - 0 0 0 0 - Aleksei Rios 14/05/1987 30 BATE * 2 1 0 0 - Ivan Maevski 05/05/1988 29 Astana * 5 0 0 0 Dinamo - Artem Bykov 19/10/1992 24 - 0 0 0 0 Minsk Dynamo - Nikita Korzun 06/03/1995 22 * 3 0 0 0 Kyiv - Evgeni Berezkin 05/07/1996 20 BATE - 0 0 0 0 Forwards Torpedo - Maksim Skavysh 13/11/1989 27 - 0 0 0 0 Zhodino - Mikhail Gordeichuk 23/10/1989 27 BATE - 5 0 0 0 - Pavel Savitski 12/07/1994 22 Neman - 2 1 0 0 - Denis Laptev 01/08/1991 25 Shakhtyor - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Igor Kriushenko 10/02/1964 53 - 1 0 0 0 3 Belarus - Bulgaria Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Bulgaria Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Nikolay Mihaylov 28/06/1988 28 Mersin - 1 0 0 0 - Plamen Iliev 30/11/1991 25 Astra - 0 0 0 0 CSKA - Georgi Kitanov 06/03/1995 22 - 0 0 0 0 Sofia Defenders - Petar Zanev 18/10/1985 31 Amkar - 2 0 0 0 CSKA - Stanislav Manolev 16/12/1985 31 - 1 0 0 0 Sofia - Vasil Bozhikov 02/06/1988 29 Kasımpaşa - 3 0 0 0 Cherno - Aleksandar Tsvetkov 31/08/1990 26 - 0 0 0 0 More - Strahil Popov 31/08/1990 26 Kasımpaşa - 5 0 0 0 - Georgi Terziev 18/04/1992 25 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 - Aleksandar Bashliev 16/11/1989 27 Pirin - 0 0 0 0 CSKA - Anton Nedyalkov 30/04/1993 24 * 3 0 0 0 Sofia CSKA - Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski 08/08/1995 21 - 2 0 0 0 Sofia Midfielders Spartak - Ivelin Popov 26/10/1987 29 * 5 2 0 0 Moskva - Svetoslav Dyakov 31/05/1984 33 Ludogorets * 4 0 0 0 CSKA - Georgi Milanov 19/02/1992 25 - 4 0 0 0 Moskva - Ivaylo Chochev 18/02/1993 24 Palermo - 3 0 0 0 - Simeon Slavchev 25/09/1993 23 Lechia - 3 0 0 0 - Georgi Kostadinov 07/09/1990 26 Levski - 3 0 0 0 CSKA - Kiril Despodov 11/11/1996 20 - 0 0 0 0 Sofia Forwards - Alexandar Tonev 03/02/1990 27 Crotone * 4 1 0 0 - Spas Delev 22/09/1989 27 Pogoń - 2 2 0 0 - Andrej Galabinov 27/11/1988 28 Novara - 0 0 0 0 - Bozhidar Kraev 23/06/1997 19 Levski - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Petar Houbtchev 26/02/1964 53 - 4 0 0 0 4 Belarus - Bulgaria Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 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. Petar Hubchev Date of birth: 26 February 1964 Nationality: Bulgarian Playing career: PFC Litex Lovech, PFC Levski Sofia, Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt Coaching career: PFC Slavia Sofia, Chernomorets Pomorie, PFC Botev Plovdiv, PFC Beroe Stara Zagora • Made debut for Bulgaria while playing in the second tier in a friendly against Greece in 1984, the first of 35 caps. Hubchev was one of the mainstays of the great Bulgaria side that reached the 1994 FIFA World Cup semi-finals. He also played at EURO '96. • Hubchev came through the ranks of Osum Lovech (now known as Litex Lovech). He was a right-back before establishing himself as a central defender. • In 1989 he moved to Levski, winning the league and cup double in 1993 before departing at the end of that year for Hamburg. In 1996 he moved on to Eintracht, helping them back to the Bundesliga. • Hubchev began his coaching career at Eintracht in 2001, and after a six-month stint as head coach at Slavia Sofia in 2005 he returned to Germany for spells with the reserve sides of Eintracht and Wolfsburg. • In 2009 he was back in Bulgaria at Chernomorets Pomorie, guiding the second division side to the cup final in his first season. Following a brief spell at Botev Plovdiv he had four seasons at Beroe Stara Zagora, leading them to the Bulgarian Cup in 2013. On 3 October 2016 Hubchev succeeded Ivaylo Petev as Bulgaria coach. 5 Belarus - Bulgaria Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Borisov-Arena, Borisov Match officials Referee Matej Jug (SVN) Assistant referees Matej Žunič (SVN) , Manuel Vidali (SVN) Fourth official Rade Obrenovic (SVN) FIFA Match Commissioner William Campbell (NIR) Referee observer Matteo Trefoloni (ITA) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Matej Jug 25/09/1980 3 65 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 26/03/2008 U21 QR Portugal Bulgaria 2-0 Guimaraes 16/09/2014 UCL GS Liverpool FC PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 2-1 Liverpool 6 Belarus - Bulgaria Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 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.