UEFA EURO 2016 PLAY-OFF DRAW PRESS KIT Nyon, Switzerland Sunday 18 October 2015 11.20CET Last updated 16/10/2015 18:03CET UEFA EURO 2016 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Facts & figures 2 Pots 4 Team profiles: Pot 1 5 Team profiles: Pot 2 27 UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying 48 UEFA EURO play-off history 59 Legend 61 1 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Facts & figures UEFA European Championship play-off records Team facts • Bosnia and Herzegovina This is their second consecutive appearance in the EURO play-offs; they lost to Portugal 6-2 on aggregate in the UEFA EURO 2012 play-offs having drawn the first leg 0-0. • Denmark The 1992 European champions are the only former winners in the play-offs. They qualified through the play-offs once before, defeating Israel to qualify for UEFA EURO 2000. • Hungary This is the first appearance in the play-offs for Hungary. They are aiming to qualify for the first time since 1972. • Norway Norway's last appearance in the play-offs was in the UEFA EURO 2004 preliminaries, when they lost both home and away to Spain. Their only appearance at the finals came in 2000. • Republic of Ireland This is their fourth appearance in the play-offs, which is more than any other nation. They are aiming to qualify through the play-offs for the second EURO in a row. • Slovenia Slovenia are making their third appearance in the play-offs. They qualified for the 2000 finals by beating Ukraine but lost out to Croatia four years later. • Sweden Sweden are making their first appearance in the play-offs. They have not failed to qualify for a European Championship since 1996. • Ukraine Ukraine competed in the play-offs for UEFA EURO 2000; they lost 3-2 on aggregate to Slovenia despite scoring the first goal in both legs. Play-off facts • The Netherlands and Croatia have won both their play-off ties. Scotland are the only team to have competed twice and lost both times. • Only one team has ever lost the first leg and advanced, the Netherlands lost 1-0 in Scotland in the UEFA EURO 2004 play-offs but won the return 6-0. • The best performances of any teams qualifying via the play-offs came in 2004 and 2012 when the Netherlands and Portugal reached the semi-finals of the respective tournaments. No team has ever won the final tournament after qualifying through the play-offs. • Slovenia (2000) and Latvia (2004) earned their UEFA EURO final tournament debuts via the play-offs. Slovenia beat fellow 2016 play-off contenders Ukraine in 2000. • Ruud van Nistelrooy is the only player to score a play-off hat-trick, in the Netherlands' 6-0 second-leg win against Scotland in 2004. • Robbie Keane and Jon Dahl Tomasson are the only other players with a career tally of three play-off goals. • Milenko Ačimovič (Slovenia), Mladen Dabanovič (Slovenia), Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland), Barry Ferguson (Scotland), Amir Karič (Slovenia), Miran Pavlin (Slovenia), Stipe Pletikosa (Croatia), Darijo Srna (Croatia) and Zlatko Zahovič (Slovenia) have all played in a record four play-off matches. • Ukraine (2000), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012), Estonia (2012) and Montenegro (2012) all missed out on debut final tournaments in play-offs. • Only three teams have won both legs of a play-off tie: Denmark (v Israel, 2000), Spain (v Norway, 2004), Czech Republic (v Montenegro, 2012). • Most appearances – three: Republic of Ireland (1996, 2000, 2012) and Turkey (2004, 2008, 2012) • Biggest aggregate win: Denmark 8-0 Israel (2000) • Biggest first-leg win: Israel 0-5 Denmark (2000) 2 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland • Biggest home win first leg: Czech Republic 2-0 Montenegro (2012) • Biggest home win second leg: Netherlands 6-0 Scotland (2004) • Biggest away win first leg: Israel 0-5 Denmark (2000) • Biggest away win second leg: Norway 0-3 Spain (2004) • Fastest goal – two minutes: Ivica Olić (Turkey vs Croatia, 2012); Jon Dahl Tomasson (Israel v Denmark, 2000) • In 13 two-legged ties, the team playing home in the first leg has qualified six times (46%) with the team playing away in the first leg qualifying seven times (54%). 3 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Pots POT 1 POT 2 Bosnia and Denmark Herzegovina Republic of Ireland Ukraine Norway Sweden Slovenia Hungary 4 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Team profiles: Pot 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ukraine Sweden 5 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina - Team profile Best result: have never qualified Coach: Mehmed Baždarević Leading scorer: all-time – Edin Džeko (44); current – Edin Džeko (44) Most appearances: all-time – Emir Spahić (85); current – Emir Spahić (85) Association formed: 1992 Nickname: Zmajevi (Dragons), Ljiljani (Lilies) Where they play: Bilino Polje, Zenica; Asim Ferhatović, Sarajevo After losing out to Portugal in play-offs for both the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina finally made it all the way to a major tournament when, spearheaded by free-scoring pair Edin Džeko and Vedad Ibišević, they topped their 2014 World Cup qualifying section to secure a direct ticket to Brazil, although they were unable to progress beyond the group stage. UEFA EURO 2016 represents their fifth attempt to reach the continental finals. Before gaining independence in 1992 the country supplied several top players to Yugoslavia. EURO pedigree Matches played Overall: P52 W22 D9 L21 F73 A73 Final tournament: P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0 Qualifying: P52 W22 D9 L21 F73 A73 Bosnia and Herzegovina made their UEFA European Championship debut with a 1-0 win against the Faroe Islands in August 1998 and have been close to the finals twice before. Victory against Denmark in Sarajevo in their final qualifying game would have sent Blaž Slišković's team to UEFA EURO 2004, but a 1-1 draw meant they finished fourth in a competitive section. They again came close in their final UEFA EURO 2012 Group D fixture, Safet Sušić's side drawing 1-1 against France in Paris when victory would have taken them through. As it was, they finished as runners-up – the 20-point haul their best yet in the competition – but in the play-offs they were no match for Portugal. Memorable EURO matches 02/06/07: Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-2 Turkey, UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying Adnan Ćustović's late goal earned a first competitive home win in eight years at the Koševo Stadium. 02/04/03: Denmark 0-2 Bosnia and Herzegovina, UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying Slišković's side won despite having to draft in three U21 starlets who had played 24 hours earlier. 09/10/99: Estonia 1-4 Bosnia and Herzegovina, UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying Elvir Baljić scored all four as Bosnia and Herzegovina claimed a first away win in EURO qualifying. Did you know? Sušić's men were 12 minutes from victory in Paris in that final UEFA EURO 2012 group game before Samir Nasri's penalty consigned Bosnia and Herzegovina to the play-offs. A 0-0 draw in Zenica preceded a 6-2 loss in Portugal – equalling their heaviest ever EURO qualifying defeat. *Last updated on 14/10/15 6 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina - Coach profile Mehmed Baždarević Date of birth: 28 September 1960 Nationality: Bosnian Playing career: FK Željezničar, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Nîmes Olympique, Étoile Carouge FC Coaching career: FC Istres, Étoile du Sahel, Al-Wakrah SC (twice), Grenoble Foot 38, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, MC Alger, Bosnia and Herzegovina • Baždarević played in midfield for Sarajevo-based Željezničar, helping them reach the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 1984/85. • Transferred to France for a lengthy spell with Sochaux, and was named as the best foreign player in Ligue 1 in 1988/89. Wound his career down with spells at Nîmes and Swiss side Étoile Carouge. • Capped 54 times by Yugoslavia, he made two appearances for the independent Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying. • Achieved a coaching coup by leading Istres to promotion to the top division in France, with further spells at Grenoble and Sochaux between assignments in Tunisia, Qatar and Algeria. • Hired to replace Safet Sušić as Bosnia and Herzegovina coach in December 2014 with the Dragons having taken two points from their first four UEFA EURO 2016 qualifiers. 7 UEFA EURO 2016 - PLAY-OFF DRAW Sunday 18 October 2015 - 11.20CET (11.20 local time) Press kit Nyon, Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina - Team facts EURO record Pld W D L GF GA Overall 42 17 7 18 56 61 Qualifying 42 17 7 18 56 61 Final tournament - - - - - - UEFA European Championship records: Bosnia and Herzegovina History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify Qualifying win 5-0: Bosnia and Herzegovina v Luxembourg, 07/10/11 Qualifying loss 6-2: Portugal v Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15/11/11 0-4: Bosnia and Herzegovina v Greece, 11/10/06 Overall appearances 25: Edin Džeko 25: Emir Spahić 23: Zvjezdan Misimović 23: Vedad Ibišević 22: Senad Lulić 21: Miralem Pjanić 19: Haris Medunjanin 18: Kenan Hasagić 18: Elvir Rahimić Overall goals 12: Edin Džeko 8: Zvjezdan Misimović 7: Elvir Baljić 6: Elvir Bolić 5: Sergej Barbarez 5: Vedad Ibišević 5: Haris Medunjanin UEFA EURO and FIFA World Cup campaigns Season Competition Result Pld W