UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Tampere Stadion - Tampere Monday 15 October 2018 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Finland Group C2 - Matchday 4 Greece Last updated 13/11/2018 16:29CET Previous meetings 2 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Legend 13 1 Finland - Greece Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Tampere Stadion, Tampere Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 04/09/2015 QR (GS) Greece - Finland 0-1 Piraeus Pohjanpalo 75 11/10/2014 QR (GS) Finland - Greece 1-1 Helsinki Hurme 55; Karelis 24 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Forssell 14, 45, Riihilahti 21, Kolkka 05/09/2001 QR (GS) Finland - Greece 5-1 Helsinki 38, Litmanen 53; Karagounis 30 07/10/2000 QR (GS) Greece - Finland 1-0 Athens Liberopoulos 59 EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Litmanen 44 (P), 11/06/1995 PR (GS) Finland - Greece 2-1 Helsinki Hjelm 54; Nikolaidis 6 Markos 22, Batista 69, 12/10/1994 PR (GS) Greece - Finland 4-0 Salonika Machlas 76, 89 EURO '92 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Saravakos 49, 30/10/1991 PR (GS) Greece - Finland 2-0 Athens Borbokis 51 Ukkonen 50; 09/10/1991 PR (GS) Finland - Greece 1-1 Helsinki Tsalouchidis 74 1980 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Nikoloudis 15, 25, Delikaris 23, 47, 11/10/1978 PR (GS) Greece - Finland 8-1 Athens Mavros 38, 44, 75 (P), Galakos 81; Heiskanen 61 Ismail 35, 82, 24/05/1978 PR (GS) Finland - Greece 3-0 Helsinki Nieminen 80 1968 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Peltonen 18; Chaitas 10/05/1967 PR (GS) Finland - Greece 1-1 Helsinki 39 2 Finland - Greece Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Tampere Stadion, Tampere 1968 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers Alexiadis 39, 86; 16/10/1966 PR (GS) Greece - Finland 2-1 Salonika Mäkipää 57 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 Finland 6 3 3 0 6 1 0 5 - - - - 14 4 3 7 18 26 Greece 6 5 0 1 6 0 3 3 - - - - 14 7 3 4 26 18 3 Finland - Greece Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Tampere Stadion, Tampere Squad list Finland League phase No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Lukas Hradecky 24/11/1989 28 Leverkusen - 3 0 12 Jesse Joronen 21/03/1993 25 København - 0 0 23 Anssi Jaakkola 13/03/1987 31 Reading - 0 0 Defenders 2 Paulus Arajuuri 15/06/1988 30 Brøndby * 3 0 5 Sauli Väisänen 05/06/1994 24 Crotone - 1 0 15 Markus Halsti 19/03/1984 34 Esbjerg - 0 0 17 Juha Pirinen 22/10/1991 26 HJK - 0 0 18 Jere Uronen 13/07/1994 24 Genk * 2 0 19 Thomas Lam 18/12/1993 24 Zwolle - 0 0 22 Jukka Raitala 15/09/1988 30 Montreal - 3 0 Midfielders 4 Joona Toivio 10/03/1988 30 Häcken - 3 0 6 Glen Kamara 28/10/1995 22 Dundee - 1 0 Sporting 7 Robin Lod 17/04/1993 25 - 3 0 Gijón 8 Robert Taylor 21/10/1994 23 Tromsø - 1 0 Minnesota 11 Rasmus Schüller 18/06/1991 27 - 3 0 United 14 Tim Sparv 20/02/1987 31 Midtjylland * 3 0 16 Petteri Forsell 16/10/1990 27 Miedz - 1 0 Forwards 3 Simon Skrabb 19/01/1995 23 Norrköping - 0 0 9 Eero Markkanen 03/07/1991 27 Dalkurd FF - 1 0 10 Teemu Pukki 29/03/1990 28 Norwich * 3 3 13 Pyry Soiri 22/09/1994 24 Admira - 3 0 20 Jasse Tuominen 12/11/1995 22 BATE - 3 0 21 Rasmus Karjalainen 04/04/1996 22 KuPS - 1 0 Coach - Markku Kanerva 24/05/1964 54 - 3 0 4 Finland - Greece Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Tampere Stadion, Tampere Greece League phase No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Orestis Karnezis 11/07/1985 33 Napoli - 0 0 12 Alexandros Paschalakis 28/07/1989 29 PAOK - 0 0 13 Vassilis Barkas 30/05/1994 24 AEK - 3 0 Defenders 2 Michalis Bakakis 18/03/1991 27 AEK * 1 0 3 Giorgos Tzavellas 26/11/1987 30 Alanyaspor * 1 0 4 Kostas Manolas 14/06/1991 27 Roma - 3 1 15 Vasilis Lampropoulos 31/03/1990 28 AEK - 0 0 19 Sokratis Papastathopoulos 09/06/1988 30 Arsenal * 3 0 20 Dimitris Kolovetsios 16/10/1991 26 Panathinaikos - 0 0 21 Dimitris Giannoulis 17/10/1995 22 Atromitos - 0 0 23 Kostas Tsimikas 12/05/1996 22 Olympiacos * 1 0 Midfielders 5 Andreas Bouchalakis 05/04/1993 25 Olympiacos - 3 0 6 Alexandros Tziolis 13/02/1985 33 Al-Fayha FC - 2 0 7 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 19/12/1986 31 Olympiacos - 2 0 8 Carlos Zeca 31/08/1988 30 København - 1 0 10 Kostas Fortounis 16/10/1992 25 Olympiacos - 3 1 16 Dimitris Kourbelis 02/11/1993 24 Panathinaikos - 3 0 18 Dimitris Pelkas 26/10/1993 24 PAOK - 3 0 22 Giannis Fetfatzidis 21/12/1990 27 Olympiacos - 0 0 Forwards 9 Efthymis Koulouris 06/03/1996 22 Atromitos - 1 0 11 Kostas Mitroglou 12/03/1988 30 Marseille - 3 1 14 Tasos Bakasetas 28/06/1993 25 AEK - 2 0 17 Nikos Karelis 24/02/1992 26 PAOK - 0 0 Coach - Michael Skibbe 04/08/1965 53 - 3 0 5 Finland - Greece Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Tampere Stadion, Tampere Head coach Markku Kanerva Date of birth: 24 May 1964 Nationality: Finnish Playing career: HJK Helsinki (twice), Elfsborg, FinnPa Coaching career: HJK Helsinki (assistant), Viikingit, Finland Under-21s, Finland (caretaker, twice), Finland (assistant), Finland • A defender in his playing days, Markku Kanerva started out at home-town club HJK and won five Finnish titles and three Finnish Cups over two spells, returning for four years until his retirement in 1998 after an initial stay from 1983 to 1990. • Contested five games in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League with HJK, having rejoined after stints with Swedish side Elfsborg and Finnish outfit FinnPa; Kanerva also picked up 59 caps for his national team, scoring once. • Began his coaching career as an assistant at HJK before briefly holding the reins at Viikingit in 2003 and entering the Football Association of Finland (SPL-FBF) coaching set-up the following year. • Took charge of Finland's U21s between 2004 and 2009, earning recognition as Finland's coach of the year in 2008 after booking the side a historic maiden place at the 2009 UEFA European U21 Championship finals. • Assistant coach of Finland's senior team between 2010 and 2016, Kanerva took over in an interim capacity in both 2011 and 2015 before being handed the role full time as Hans Backe's replacement in December 2016. A home win against Iceland was the highlight of the unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Michael Skibbe Date of birth: 4 August 1965 Nationality: German Playing career: Schalke Coaching career: Borussia Dortmund, Germany (assistant), Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Eintracht Frankfurt, Eskişehirspor (twice), Hertha Berlin, Karabükspor, Grasshoppers, Greece • Michael Skibbe started out as a midfielder at home-town club Schalke; however, the former youth international made just 15 first-team appearances before a series of cruciate injuries forced him to abandon his playing career in his early 20s. • Impressing as a youth coach at Schalke and Dortmund, Skibbe became the youngest boss in Bundesliga history when he was given the senior job at Dortmund aged 32 in July 1998. • Worked in tandem with Rudi Völler during the latter's time as Germany coach, reaching the 2002 FIFA World Cup final, but the pair resigned after the national team's early exit from UEFA EURO 2004. Skibbe returned to club football, coaching Leverkusen from 2005–08. • First ventured abroad to coach Galatasaray from 2008–09. Went back to Turkey three more times, twice leading Eskişehirspor and briefly taking charge of Karabükspor. Had a longer stint in Switzerland with Grasshoppers. • Hired as Greece coach in late October 2015, tasked with directing their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying attempt after failure to reach UEFA EURO 2016; took them to the play-offs, where they were beaten by eventual runners-up Croatia. 6 Finland - Greece Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Tampere Stadion, Tampere Match officials Referee Pawel Gil (POL) Assistant referees Konrad Sapela (POL) , Marcin Borkowski (POL) Additional assistant referees Krzysztof Jakubik (POL) , Piotr Lasyk (POL) Fourth official Adam Kupsik (POL) UEFA Delegate Paolo Rondelli (SMR) UEFA Referee observer Stefano Podeschi (SMR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Pawel Gil 28/06/1976 0 65 Pawel Gil Referee since: 1995 First division: 2005 FIFA badge: 2009 Tournaments: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Finals N/A UEFA Nations League matches between the two teams 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 04/06/2011 EURO QR Greece Malta 3-1 Piraeus 20/07/2011 U19 GS-FT Greece Republic of Ireland 1-2 Buftea 06/12/2012 UEL GS Tottenham Hotspur FC Panathinaikos FC 3-1 London 30/07/2014 UCL 3QR HJK Helsinki APOEL FC 2-2 Helsinki 11/12/2014 UEL GS FK Partizan Asteras Tripolis FC 0-0 Belgrade 29/09/2016 UEL GS Olympiacos FC APOEL FC 0-1 Piraeus 28/09/2017 UEL GS AEK Athens FC FK Austria Wien 2-2 Athens 7 Finland - Greece Monday 15 October 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Tampere Stadion, Tampere Competition facts What is the background to the UEFA Nations League? The rejuvenation of national team football – and the UEFA Nations League – stems from the desire of UEFA and its 55 member associations to improve the quality and standing of national team football.