EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS A. Le Coq Arena - Tallinn Monday 12 October 2015 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Estonia Group E - Matchday -3 Switzerland Last updated 12/07/2021 18:28CET 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 Estonia - Switzerland Monday 12 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Schär 17, Xhaka 27, 27/03/2015 QR (GS) Switzerland - Estonia 3-0 Lucerne Seferovic 80 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Knup 32, Bregy 35, 17/11/1993 QR (GS) Switzerland - Estonia 4-0 Berne Ohrel 45, Chapuisat 62 Chapuisat 12, 66, 16/08/1992 QR (GS) Estonia - Switzerland 0-6 Tallinn Bregy 29, Knup 46, 65, Sforza 84 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 Estonia - - - - 1 0 0 1 - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 3 Switzerland 1 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 3 0 FIFA* Estonia 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 10 Switzerland 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 10 0 Friendlies Estonia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Estonia 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 0 3 0 13 Switzerland 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 13 0 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Estonia - Switzerland Monday 12 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Match background While Switzerland are already sure of their place at UEFA EURO 2016, Estonia have not entirely given up hope of claiming a play-off place from Group E – although they need a remarkable series of results. • Switzerland sealed their qualification as Group E runners-up with 7-0 win against San Marino on 9 October, equalling their record UEFA European Championship victory. • Estonia can only claim a play-off if they win their final game and Slovenia lose to San Marino by a margin that overturns Slovenia's goal-difference advantage. Slovenia's goal difference is currently +5; Estonia's is -4. Previous meetings • Fabian Schär, Granit Xhaka and Haris Seferovic scored as Switzerland defeated the Baltic team 3-0 in Lucerne on 27 March. • In their only previous senior encounters, Roy Hodgson's Switzerland beat Uno Piir's Estonia 6-0 away and 4-0 at home in 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying. That 6-0 defeat was Estonia's first competitive game since regaining independence. • Estonia have thus lost all of their previous games against Switzerland without scoring. Form guide • Estonia have won three of their four Group E home fixtures, and only lost 1-0 to England in the other. • Switzerland's away record in Group E is W2 D0 L2. Disciplinary • The latest booking list is available here: http://www.uefa.org/disciplinary/disciplinary-cases/booking-lists/index.html. Trivia and links • The nations' ten meetings in UEFA age-group competitions have favoured Switzerland, whose record in those matches is W8 D1 L1. The lone Estonian success was a 1-0 away win for the Under-21s in August 2009. • In eight UEFA competition encounters between the countries' clubs, the Swiss side has tended to come out on top, boasting the record W6 D1 L1. 3 Estonia - Switzerland Monday 12 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Squad list Estonia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Mihkel Aksalu 07/11/1984 30 Seinäjoki - 5 0 0 0 19 - - Pavel Londak 14/05/1980 35 Bodø/Glimt - 0 0 0 0 24 - - Marko Meerits 26/04/1992 23 Emmen - 0 0 0 0 3 - Defenders - Enar Jääger 18/11/1984 30 Vålerenga - 7 0 0 0 116 - - Alo Bärengrub 12/02/1984 31 Kalju - 1 0 0 0 48 - - Ragnar Klavan 30/10/1985 29 Augsburg - 8 0 0 0 106 3 - Gert Kams 25/05/1985 30 Flora - 1 0 0 0 39 1 - Ken Kallaste 31/08/1988 27 Kalju - 7 0 0 0 19 - - Markus Jürgenson 09/09/1987 28 Flora - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Nikita Baranov 19/08/1992 23 Flora - 0 0 0 0 - - - Artur Pikk 05/03/1993 22 Levadia - 4 0 0 0 7 - - Karol Mets 16/05/1993 22 Viking - 9 0 0 0 20 - Midfielders - Joel Lindpere 05/10/1981 34 Kalju - 8 0 0 0 103 7 - Aleksandr Dmitrijev 18/02/1982 33 Infonet - 5 0 0 0 94 - - Konstantin Vassiljev 16/08/1984 31 Jagiellonia - 8 1 0 0 82 20 - Sander Puri 07/05/1988 27 Sligo - 3 0 0 0 60 3 - Taijo Teniste 31/01/1988 27 Sogndal - 7 0 0 0 41 - - Siim Luts 12/03/1989 26 Levadia - 3 0 0 0 23 1 - Ilja Antonov 05/12/1992 22 Levadia - 6 0 0 0 19 - Forwards - Ingemar Teever 24/02/1983 32 Levadia - 3 0 0 0 30 4 - Ats Purje 03/08/1985 30 Kalju - 6 1 0 0 53 7 - Sergei Zenjov 20/04/1989 26 Qäbälä - 9 2 0 0 47 9 - Maksim Gussev 20/07/1994 21 Flora - 0 0 0 0 1 - Coach - Magnus Pehrsson 25/05/1976 39 - 9 0 0 0 21 - 4 Estonia - Switzerland Monday 12 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn 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 - 8 0 0 0 14 - - Roman Bürki 14/11/1990 24 Dortmund - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Marwin Hitz 18/09/1987 28 Augsburg - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders - Johan Djourou 18/01/1987 28 Hamburg - 7 1 0 0 56 2 - Michael Lang 08/02/1991 24 Basel - 1 1 0 0 10 2 - Timm Klose 09/05/1988 27 Wolfsburg - 2 0 0 0 11 - - François Moubandje 21/06/1990 25 Toulouse - 2 0 0 0 5 - - Fabian Schär 20/12/1991 23 Hoffenheim - 6 2 0 0 16 5 Midfielders - Blerim Dzemaili 12/04/1986 29 Genoa - 6 1 0 0 44 5 - Gökhan Inler 27/06/1984 31 Leicester - 7 1 0 0 86 7 - Luca Zuffi 27/03/1990 25 Basel - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Fabian Lustenberger 02/05/1988 27 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Granit Xhaka 27/09/1992 23 Mönchengladbach - 7 1 0 0 38 6 - Pajtim Kasami 02/06/1992 23 Olympiacos - 3 1 0 0 8 2 - Silvan Widmer 05/03/1993 22 Udinese - 2 0 0 0 4 - - Renato Steffen 03/11/1991 23 Young Boys - 1 0 0 0 1 - Forwards - Eren Derdiyok 12/06/1988 27 Kasımpaşa - 1 1 0 0 47 9 - Admir Mehmedi 16/03/1991 24 Leverkusen - 7 1 0 0 35 3 - Xherdan Shaqiri 10/10/1991 24 Stoke - 8 4 0 0 48 17 - Josip Drmic 08/08/1992 23 Mönchengladbach - 9 3 0 0 23 7 - Breel Embolo 14/02/1997 18 Basel - 4 1 0 0 6 1 Coach - Vladimir Petković 15/08/1963 52 - 9 0 0 0 12 - 5 Estonia - Switzerland Monday 12 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Head coach Magnus Pehrsson Date of birth: 25 May 1976 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: IF Brommapojkarna, Djurgårdens IF (twice), Bradford City AFC (loan), IFK Göteborg Coaching career: Åtvidabergs FF, IK Sirius, GAIS Göteborg, Aalborg BK, Djurgårdens IF, Estonia • A midfielder who made his name with Djurgården, Pehrsson lifted the Swedish title with the Stockholm club in 2002 yet was forced to end his career in 2003 after suffering serious injury. • Despite his young age Pehrsson learned the coaching ropes at Åtvidaberg before a move to Sirius in 2006; tasted life in Sweden's top tier when he joined GAIS in 2008. • After a season in the Allsvenskan he went to Denmark with AaB in January 2009, guiding the side to a seventh- placed finish in his first term. The club came two places higher the following campaign, yet Pehrsson departed the helm in October 2010. • Returned to Sweden to take charge of former team Djurgården in May 2011, helping them avoid relegation in his first season before steering them to a ninth-placed finish in the 2012 campaign. • Resigned as Djurgården boss in April 2013 and appointed Estonia's national team coach in December that year. 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; returned to the second division to represent Martigny, Bellinzona and Locarno.