EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ullevaal Stadion - Oslo Sunday 4 September 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Norway Group C - Matchday 1 Germany 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 Norway - Germany Sunday 4 September 2016 - 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 Morlock 31, 63, O. Walter 79, F. Walter 22/11/1953 QR (GS) Germany - Norway 5-1 Hamburg 80, Rahn 82; Nordahl 27 Hennum 40; F. Walter 19/08/1953 QR (GS) Norway - Germany 1-1 Oslo 44 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 Norway 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 20 2 5 13 17 50 Germany 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 20 13 5 2 50 17 2 Norway - Germany Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Squad list Norway Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Rune Jarstein 29/09/1984 31 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 - Ørjan Nyland 10/09/1990 25 Ingolstadt - 0 0 0 0 - Sten Grytebust 25/10/1989 26 OB - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Even Hovland 14/02/1989 27 Nürnberg - 0 0 0 0 - Thomas Rogne 29/06/1990 26 Göteborg - 0 0 0 0 - Stefan Strandberg 25/07/1990 26 Hannover - 0 0 0 0 - Jonas Svensson 06/03/1993 23 Rosenborg - 0 0 0 0 - Martin Linnes 20/09/1991 24 Galatasaray - 0 0 0 0 - Haitam Aleesami 31/07/1991 25 Palermo - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Alexander Tettey 04/04/1986 30 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 - Håvard Nordtveit 21/06/1990 26 West Ham - 0 0 0 0 - Magnus Wolff Eikrem 08/08/1990 26 Malmö - 0 0 0 0 - Stefan Johansen 08/01/1991 25 Fulham - 0 0 0 0 - Markus Henriksen 25/07/1992 24 Hull - 0 0 0 0 - Ole Selnæs 07/07/1994 22 St-Étienne - 0 0 0 0 - Ruben Yttergård Jenssen 04/05/1988 28 Groningen - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Mohammed Abdellaoue 23/10/1985 30 Vålerenga - 0 0 0 0 - Jo Inge Berget 11/09/1990 25 Malmö - 0 0 0 0 - Joshua King 15/01/1992 24 Bournemouth - 0 0 0 0 - Veton Berisha 13/04/1994 22 Fürth - 0 0 0 0 - Adama Diomande° 14/02/1990 26 Hull - 0 0 0 0 - Alexander Sørloth 05/12/1995 20 Groningen - 0 0 0 0 - Martin Samuelsen 17/04/1997 19 Blackburn - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Per-Mathias Høgmo 01/12/1959 56 - 0 0 0 0 3 Norway - Germany Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Germany Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Manuel Neuer 27/03/1986 30 Bayern - 0 0 0 0 - Bernd Leno 04/03/1992 24 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 - Marc-André ter Stegen 30/04/1992 24 Barcelona - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Mats Hummels 16/12/1988 27 Bayern - 0 0 0 0 - Benedikt Höwedes 29/02/1988 28 Schalke - 0 0 0 0 - Shkodran Mustafi 17/04/1992 24 Arsenal - 0 0 0 0 - Jonathan Tah 11/02/1996 20 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 - Joshua Kimmich 08/02/1995 21 Bayern - 0 0 0 0 - Jonas Hector 27/05/1990 26 Köln - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Sami Khedira 04/04/1987 29 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 Real - Toni Kroos 04/01/1990 26 - 0 0 0 0 Madrid - Mesut Özil 15/10/1988 27 Arsenal - 0 0 0 0 - Mario Götze 03/06/1992 24 Dortmund - 0 0 0 0 - Karim Bellarabi 08/04/1990 26 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 - Julian Draxler 20/09/1993 22 Wolfsburg - 0 0 0 0 - Max Meyer 18/09/1995 20 Schalke - 0 0 0 0 - Julian Brandt 02/05/1996 20 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 - Julian Weigl 08/09/1995 20 Dortmund - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Thomas Müller 13/09/1989 26 Bayern - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Joachim Löw 03/02/1960 56 - 0 0 0 0 4 Norway - Germany Sunday 4 September 2016 - 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. • Coached Norway's women's side from 1997, winning Olympic gold in 2000, before being asked to spearhead the men's Under-21 squad, a position he left in 2003. • Following a second spell in charge of Tromsø, Høgmo worked as a television pundit. A subsequent return to club football with Rosenborg in 2005 was ill-fated: he quit the next year, having been signed off with health problems. • Returned to coaching, again with Tromsø, in 2008, securing some solid league finishes and two attempts at UEFA Europa League qualifying before heading abroad for the first time in his career to take the reins at Swedish outfit Djurgården in 2013. • Appointed Norway coach in September 2013 after Egil Olsen agreed to step down, penning a four-year contract, and lost out to Hungary in the UEFA EURO 2016 play-offs. Joachim Löw Date of birth: 3 February 1960 Nationality: German Playing career: SC Freiburg (three times), VfB Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt, Karlsruher SC, FC Schaffhausen, FC Winterthur, FC Frauenfeld Coaching career: FC Winterthur (youth), FC Frauenfeld, VfB Stuttgart, Fenerbahçe SK, Karlsruher SC, Adanaspor AŞ, FC Tirol Innsbruck, FK Austria Wien, Germany (assistant), Germany • A native of the Black Forest in south-west Germany, Löw spent most of his playing days with local club Freiburg, where he had three spells, before winding down his career in Switzerland. • Operated as a player-coach in Switzerland before becoming an assistant, and later head coach, back in Germany with Stuttgart. Succeeded Rolf Fringer in 1996 and led the Swabian side to a German Cup win in his first season and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final against Chelsea FC in his second. • Left Stuttgart for Fenerbahçe but struggled to match his early success until he joined Tirol Innsbruck, guiding the team to the 2001/02 Austrian Bundesliga title. • After nine months with Austria Wien he was summoned by old friend Jürgen Klinsmann to become his assistant with Germany. The pair steered the Nationalmannschaft to a third-place finish on home soil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. • Replaced Klinsmann as head coach, taking the side to a runners-up spot at UEFA EURO 2008 and third place at the 2010 World Cup. They also reached the last four of UEFA EURO 2012, before qualifying unbeaten for the 2014 global finals. • The real glory was to follow in Brazil, Löw leading the team to their fourth world title with a final defeat of Argentina. In 2015 he signed a new contract running until 2018, although Germany were unable to add the European title to their world crown, losing to hosts France in the UEFA EURO 2016 semi-finals. 5 Norway - Germany Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Match officials Referee William Collum (SCO) Assistant referees Douglas Ross (SCO) , Francis Connor (SCO) Fourth official John Beaton (SCO) FIFA Match Commissioner Dane Jošt (SVN) Referee observer Vladimir Antonov (MDA) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches William Collum 18/01/1979 5 76 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 07/06/2013 WC QR Albania Norway 1-1 Tirana 15/10/2013 WC QR Sweden Germany 3-5 Solna Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 05/05/2006 U17 GS-FT Germany Czech Republic 0-0 Grevenmacher 11/05/2006 U17 SF Germany Russia 0-1 Luxembourg 14/07/2008 U19 GS-FT Germany Spain 2-1 Plzen 26/07/2008 U19 Final Germany Italy 3-1 Jablonec nad Nisou 26/02/2009 UEL R32 VfB Stuttgart FC Zenit 1-2 Stuttgart 05/08/2009 UCL 3QR Stabæk Fotball FC København 0-0 Oslo 24/02/2011 UEL R32 Bayer 04 Leverkusen FC Metalist Kharkiv 2-0 Leverkusen 23/02/2012 UEL R32 Club Brugge KV Hannover 96 0-1 Bruges 22/08/2012 UEL PO VfB Stuttgart FC Dinamo Moskva 2-0 Stuttgart 05/12/2012 UCL GS FC Bayern München FC BATE Borisov 4-1 Munich 20/02/2013 UCL R16 Galatasaray AŞ FC Schalke 04 1-1 Istanbul 07/06/2013 WC QR Albania Norway 1-1 Tirana 15/10/2013 WC QR Sweden Germany 3-5 Solna 05/11/2013 UCL GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-0 Donetsk 25/02/2014 UCL R16 FC Zenit Borussia Dortmund 2-4 St Petersburg 30/09/2014 UCL GS PFC CSKA Moskva FC Bayern München 0-1 Khimki 11/03/2015 UCL R16 FC Bayern München FC Shakhtar Donetsk 7-0 Munich 17/03/2016 UEL R16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Villarreal CF 0-0 Leverkusen 6 Norway - Germany Sunday 4 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 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.