EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Josy Barthel - Luxembourg Thursday 31 August 2017 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Luxembourg Group A - Matchday 7 Belarus 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 Luxembourg - Belarus Thursday 31 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Savitski 80; Joachim 10/10/2016 QR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 1-1 Borisov 85 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 08/09/2015 QR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 2-0 Borisov Gordeichuk 34, 62 08/09/2014 QR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 1-1 Luxembourg Gerson 42; Dragun 78 UEFA EURO 2012 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Kornilenko 48 (P), 07/06/2011 QR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 2-0 Minsk Putilo 73 08/10/2010 QR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 0-0 Luxembourg UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 13/10/2007 QR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 0-1 Gomel F. Leweck 90+5 Sagramola 68; 24/03/2007 QR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 1-2 Luxembourg Kalachev 25, Kutuzov 54 EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 11/10/1995 PR (GS) Luxembourg - Belarus 0-0 Luxembourg Romaschenko 67, 12/10/1994 PR (GS) Belarus - Luxembourg 2-0 Minsk Gerasimets 76 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 Luxembourg 4 0 3 1 5 1 1 3 - - - - 9 1 4 4 4 10 Belarus 5 3 1 1 4 1 3 0 - - - - 9 4 4 1 10 4 2 Luxembourg - Belarus Thursday 31 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Squad list Luxembourg Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jonathan Joubert 12/09/1979 37 Dudelange - 1 0 0 0 - Emanuel Cabral 02/08/1996 21 Fola - 0 0 0 0 - Youn Czekanowicz 08/08/2000 17 Gent - 0 0 0 0 Defenders Waasland- - Laurent Jans 05/08/1992 25 * 6 0 0 0 Beveren Jeunesse - Marvin Martins 17/02/1995 22 - 0 0 0 0 Esch Jeunesse - Ricardo Delgado 22/02/1994 23 * 2 0 0 0 Esch - Tim Hall 15/04/1997 20 Lierse - 0 0 0 0 Union Titus - Aldin Skenderovic 28/06/1997 20 - 0 0 0 0 Petange Union Titus - Dirk Carlson 01/04/1998 19 * 2 0 0 0 Petange Midfielders - Mathias Jänisch 27/08/1990 27 Differdange - 2 0 0 0 - Chris Philipps 08/03/1994 23 Metz - 5 0 0 0 - Dwayn Holter 15/06/1995 22 Differdange - 0 0 0 0 - Eric Veiga 18/02/1997 20 Braunschweig * 1 0 0 0 - Jan Ostrowski 14/04/1999 18 Frankfurt - 0 0 0 0 - Olivier Thill 17/12/1996 20 Progrès - 0 0 0 0 - Danel Sinani 05/04/1997 20 Dudelange - 0 0 0 0 - Vincent Thill 04/02/2000 17 Metz * 5 0 0 0 - Gerson Rodrigues 20/06/1995 22 Fola - 2 0 0 0 Forwards Racing FC - Daniel Da Mota 11/09/1985 31 Union - 5 0 0 0 Luxembourg - Aurélien Joachim 10/08/1986 31 Lierse - 4 4 0 0 SV Waldhof - Maurice Deville 31/07/1992 25 - 2 0 0 0 Mannheim - David Turpel 19/10/1992 24 Dudelange - 5 0 0 0 Coach - Luc Holtz 14/06/1969 48 - 6 0 0 0 3 Luxembourg - Belarus Thursday 31 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Belarus Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Dinamo - Andrei Klimovich 27/08/1988 29 - 0 0 0 0 Minsk - Dmitri Guschenko 12/05/1988 29 Vitebsk - 0 0 0 0 - Sergei Chernik 20/07/1988 29 Nancy - 1 0 0 0 Defenders - Mikhail Sivakov 16/01/1988 29 Amkar * 3 1 0 0 - Yegor Filipenko 10/04/1988 29 M. Tel-Aviv * 4 0 0 0 - Sergei Politevich 09/04/1990 27 Gençlerbirliği - 5 0 0 0 - Sergei Matveichik 05/06/1988 29 Shakhtyor - 1 0 0 0 Dinamo - Dmitri Aliseiko 28/08/1992 25 * 1 0 0 0 Brest Dinamo - Aleksei Gavrilovich 05/01/1990 27 - 0 0 0 0 Brest - Nikita Naumov 15/11/1989 27 Vitebsk - 0 0 0 0 - Denis Polyakov 17/04/1991 26 BATE - 4 0 0 0 - Igor Burko 08/09/1988 28 Shakhtyor - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Stanislav Dragun 04/06/1988 29 BATE - 2 0 0 0 Dinamo - Pavel Nekhaychik 15/07/1988 29 - 1 0 0 0 Brest - Sergei Balanovich 29/08/1987 30 Amkar - 1 0 0 0 - Aleksei Rios 14/05/1987 30 BATE * 2 1 0 0 - Ivan Maevski 05/05/1988 29 Astana * 6 0 0 0 Dinamo - Artem Bykov 19/10/1992 24 * 1 0 0 0 Minsk Dynamo - Nikita Korzun 06/03/1995 22 * 3 0 0 0 Kyiv Forwards - Mikhail Gordeichuk 23/10/1989 27 BATE - 6 0 0 0 - Pavel Savitski 12/07/1994 23 Neman - 3 2 0 0 Dinamo - Anton Saroka 05/03/1992 25 - 0 0 0 0 Minsk - Denis Laptev 01/08/1991 26 Shakhtyor - 2 0 0 0 Coach - Igor Kriushenko 10/02/1964 53 - 2 0 0 0 4 Luxembourg - Belarus Thursday 31 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Head coach Luc Holtz Date of birth: 14 June 1969 Nationality: Luxembourger Playing career: Red Boys Differdange, FC Avenir Beggen, FC Etzella Ettelbruck Coaching career: FC Etzella Ettelbruck, Luxembourg Under-21s, Luxembourg • Holtz started his career with Red Boys Differdange, a club which today is part of successful outfit FC Differdange 03. • A creative playmaker with a keen eye for goal, Holtz moved to Avenir Beggen in 1992 where he went on to win the domestic double in 1993 and 1994. He was chosen as Luxembourg's footballer of the year in 1993. • Played until 2008 when, aged 38, he finished his career at Etzella having gone there from Beggen in 1999 to take over as player-coach. • Led Etzella to promotion to the top flight in 1999, his first season in charge. Lifted the cup two years later but was relegated in 2002, only to bounce back immediately. Proceeded to reach the cup final in 2003 and 2004, although both ended in defeat. • Having earned 55 caps for Luxembourg, he accepted an offer to coach the U21 national side in 2008. He was then handed the reins of the senior team following the resignation of Guy Hellers in August 2010. 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. 5 Luxembourg - Belarus Thursday 31 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Match officials Referee Clayton Pisani (MLT) Assistant referees Alan Camilleri (MLT) , Edward Spiteri (MLT) Fourth official Farrugia Cann Trustin (MLT) FIFA Match Commissioner Octavian Goga (ROU) Referee observer Michael Thomas Ross (NIR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Clayton Pisani 31/07/1978 2 35 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 06/10/2011 U21 QR Luxembourg Scotland 1-5 Luxembourg 6 Luxembourg - Belarus Thursday 31 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg 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.