EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion FK Partizan - Belgrade Sunday 11 October 2015 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Serbia Group I - Matchday -3 Portugal Last updated 12/07/2021 18:26CET 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 Serbia - Portugal Sunday 11 October 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Carvalho 10, Fábio 29/03/2015 QR (GS) Portugal - Serbia 2-1 Lisbon Coentrão 63; Matić 61 UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 12/09/2007 QR (GS) Portugal - Serbia 1-1 Lisbon Simão 11; Ivanović 88 28/03/2007 QR (GS) Serbia - Portugal 1-1 Belgrade Janković 37; Tiago 5 1960 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Šekularac 8, Čebinac 5-1 22/05/1960 QF Yugoslavia - Portugal Belgrade 45, Kostić 50, 88, agg: 6-3 Galić 79; Cavém 29 Santana 30, Matateu 08/05/1960 QF Portugal - Yugoslavia 2-1 Oeiras 70; Kostić 81 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 Serbia 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 1 2 2 9 7 Portugal 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 5 2 2 1 7 9 FIFA* Serbia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Portugal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Serbia - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 1 5 5 Portugal - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 1 5 5 Total Serbia 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 7 2 2 3 14 12 Portugal 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 7 3 2 2 12 14 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Serbia - Portugal Sunday 11 October 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Match background Serbia will strive to record their first competitive victory in Belgrade since September 2011 when they welcome already-qualified Portugal in their final UEFA EURO 2016 Group I game. • Portugal booked their place in France, as group winners, with a 1-0 home win against Denmark on 8 October. They have won their last six qualifiers. Previous meetings • Fábio Coentrão scored the winner as Portugal beat Serbia 2-1 in the sides' Group I meeting in Lisbon on 29 March. • Portugal and Serbia have now met three times since the break-up of Yugoslavia: a pair of 1-1 draws in UEFA EURO 2008 qualification preceding Portugal's springtime victory at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. • Portugal's four encounters with Yugoslavia were close – W2 D0 L2, in addition to a match at the 1928 Olympic Games which the Iberian team edged 2-1. • To date, both sides have scored in all seven senior contests between Portugal and Yugoslavia/Serbia. Form guide • Serbia ended a two-game wait for a competitive home win when they overcame Armenia 2-0 in their most recent Group I home fixture – in Novi Sad on 4 September. • Serbia are without a competitive victory in five matches in Belgrade (D2 L3) since a 3-1 dismissal of the Faroe Islands in September 2011. • Portugal have won their last six away qualifiers since a 3-3 draw in Israel in March 2013. Disciplinary • The latest booking list is available here: http://www.uefa.org/disciplinary/disciplinary-cases/booking-lists/index.html. Trivia and links • The game is taking place the day after Portugal coach Fernando Santos turns 61. • Serbia midfielder Ljubomir Fejsa plays his club football in Portugal with SL Benfica. • Serbia's Dušan Tadić and Portugal's José Fonte are club-mates at Southampton FC. • Serbia have had the better of the countries' five matches in UEFA age-group competitions: W2 D3 L0. • The 21 meetings between clubs from the two nations in UEFA competition have slightly favoured the Portuguese sides: W8 D7 L6. 3 Serbia - Portugal Sunday 11 October 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Squad list Serbia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Vladimir Stojković 28/07/1983 32 M. Haifa - 7 0 0 0 63 - - Marko Dmitrović 24/01/1992 23 Alcorcón - 0 0 0 0 - - - Predrag Rajković 31/10/1995 19 M. Tel-Aviv - 0 0 0 0 2 - Defenders - Duško Tošić 19/01/1985 30 Beşiktaş - 2 0 0 0 14 1 - Nenad Tomović 30/08/1987 28 Fiorentina - 2 0 0 0 20 - - Aleksandar Kolarov 10/11/1985 29 Man. City - 6 1 0 0 57 7 - Ivan Obradović 25/07/1988 27 Anderlecht - 0 0 0 0 21 1 Crvena - Marko Petković 03/09/1992 23 - 0 0 0 0 - - zvezda - Uroš Spajić 13/02/1993 22 Toulouse - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Stefan Mitrović 22/05/1990 25 Gent - 4 0 0 0 7 - Midfielders CSKA - Zoran Tošić 28/04/1987 28 - 7 2 0 0 69 10 Moskva - Miralem Sulejmani 05/12/1988 26 Young Boys - 1 0 0 0 17 1 - Ljubomir Fejsa 14/08/1988 27 Benfica - 3 0 0 0 22 - - Luka Milivojević 07/04/1991 24 Olympiacos - 1 0 0 0 9 - - Nemanja Gudelj 16/11/1991 23 Ajax - 3 0 0 0 10 1 - Nemanja Matić 01/08/1988 27 Chelsea - 7 1 0 0 24 1 - Darko Brašanac 12/02/1992 23 Partizan - 1 0 0 0 1 - Crvena - Aleksandar Katai 06/02/1991 24 - 0 0 0 0 - - zvezda - Sergej Milinković-Savić 27/02/1995 20 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards Lokomotiv - Petar Škuletić 29/06/1990 25 - 2 0 0 0 4 - Moskva - Dušan Tadić 20/11/1988 26 Southampton - 6 0 0 0 33 6 - Adem Ljajić 29/09/1991 24 Internazionale - 4 2 0 0 15 3 - Aleksandar Mitrović 16/09/1994 21 Newcastle - 6 0 0 0 16 2 Coach - Radovan Ćurčić 10/01/1972 43 - 4 0 0 0 11 - 4 Serbia - Portugal Sunday 11 October 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Portugal Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Dinamo - Eduardo 19/09/1982 33 - 0 0 0 0 35 - Zagreb - Rui Patrício 15/02/1988 27 Sporting CP - 7 0 0 0 40 - - Ventura 14/01/1988 27 Belenenses - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Bruno Alves 27/11/1981 33 Fenerbahçe - 3 0 0 0 81 10 - Eliseu 01/10/1983 32 Benfica - 4 0 0 0 11 1 - José Fonte 22/12/1983 31 Southampton - 3 0 0 0 6 - - Cédric 31/08/1991 24 Southampton - 3 0 0 0 7 - - Luís Neto 26/05/1988 27 Zenit - 0 0 0 0 9 - Midfielders - Danny 07/08/1983 32 Zenit - 6 0 0 0 35 4 - Miguel Veloso 11/05/1986 29 Dynamo Kyiv - 2 1 0 0 55 3 - João Moutinho 08/09/1986 29 Monaco - 6 1 0 0 80 3 - João Mário 19/01/1993 22 Sporting CP - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Danilo 09/09/1991 24 Porto - 2 0 0 0 5 - - Bernardo Silva 10/08/1994 21 Monaco - 2 0 0 0 4 - - Rafa Silva 17/05/1993 22 Braga - 0 0 0 0 3 - - André André 26/08/1989 26 Porto - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Nélson Semedo 16/11/1993 21 Benfica - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - Ricardo Quaresma 26/09/1983 32 Beşiktaş - 5 0 0 0 44 4 - Nani 17/11/1986 28 Fenerbahçe - 7 0 0 0 89 14 - Rui Fonte 23/04/1990 25 Braga - 0 0 0 0 - - - Éder 22/12/1987 27 Swansea - 4 0 0 0 20 1 - Ricardo 06/10/1993 22 Nice - 0 0 0 0 - - Coach - Fernando Santos 10/10/1954 61 - 4 0 0 0 9 - 5 Serbia - Portugal Sunday 11 October 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Head coach Radovan Ćurčić Date of birth: 10 January 1972 Nationality: Serbian Playing career: FK Javor (three times), FK Sloboda Užice, OFK Beograd, NK Gorica, FK Priština, FK Borac Čačak Coaching career: FK Javor (twice), FK Borac Čačak, Serbia (assistant, caretaker), Serbia Under-21, Serbia • A powerful forward, Ćurčić was top scorer in the second division for Javor in 2001/02, managing 24 goals. • Having hung up his boots in 2003, promptly moved into coaching with Javor, where he stayed till 2006. After a season at Borac (2006/07), returned for a second stint at Javour, staying till 2010. • Accepted invitation to work as Vladimir Petrović's assistant with the national team ahead of the 2010/11 season, but found himself in caretaker charge following the latter's resignation in October 2011. • Following appointment of Siniša Mihajlović as Petrović's permanent successor, Ćurčić took over as Serbia Under-21 coach and went on to lead the team to the 2015 UEFA European U21 Championship finals, eliminating Spain – who had won the two previous tournaments – in the play-offs. • Ćurčić, however, would not be around for the tournament in the Czech Republic, stepping back up to the senior side after Dick Advocaat resigned in November 2014; this time he was given the role on a long-term basis, agreeing a deal until after the 2018 FIFA World Cup.