EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Josy Barthel - Luxembourg Friday 7 October 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Luxembourg Group A - Matchday 2 Sweden 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 - Sweden Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2000 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 08/09/1999 PR (GS) Luxembourg - Sweden 0-1 Luxembourg Alexandersson 39 Mjällby 35, Larsson 27/03/1999 PR (GS) Sweden - Luxembourg 2-0 Gothenburg 86 1980 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Braun 4 (P); 23/10/1979 PR (GS) Luxembourg - Sweden 1-1 Esch-sur-Alzette Grönhagen 61 Grönhagen 15, Cervin 07/06/1979 PR (GS) Sweden - Luxembourg 3-0 Malmo 28, Borg 53 (P) 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 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 1 3 1 7 Sweden 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 - - - - 4 3 1 0 7 1 2 Luxembourg - Sweden Friday 7 October 2016 - 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 - Anthony Moris 29/04/1990 26 Mechelen - 0 0 0 0 UNA - Ralph Schon 20/01/1990 26 - 0 0 0 0 Strassen Defenders - Kevin Malget 15/01/1991 25 Dudelange * 1 0 0 0 Waasland- - Laurent Jans 05/08/1992 24 - 1 0 0 0 Beveren Jeunesse - Ricardo Delgado 22/02/1994 22 - 0 0 0 0 Esch New York - Maxime Chanot 21/11/1989 26 - 1 0 0 0 City FC - Tim Hall 15/04/1997 19 Saarbrücken - 0 0 0 0 - Pit Simon 17/02/1998 18 Metz - 0 0 0 0 - Aldin Skenderovic 28/06/1997 19 Pétange - 0 0 0 0 Union Titus - Dirk Carlson 01/04/1998 18 - 0 0 0 0 Petange Midfielders - Mario Mutsch 03/09/1984 32 St Gallen - 1 0 0 0 - Mathias Jänisch 27/08/1990 26 Differdange - 0 0 0 0 - Chris Philipps 08/03/1994 22 Metz - 1 0 0 0 - Christopher Martins 19/02/1997 19 Lyon * 1 0 0 0 - Florian Bohnert 09/11/1997 18 Schalke * 1 1 0 0 - Eric Veiga 18/02/1997 19 Braunschweig * 0 0 0 0 - Sébastien Thill 29/12/1993 22 Progrès - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Daniel Da Mota 11/09/1985 31 Dudelange - 1 0 0 0 - Aurélien Joachim 10/08/1986 30 Lierse - 1 2 0 0 - Maurice Deville 31/07/1992 24 FSV Frankfurt - 1 0 0 0 - David Turpel 19/10/1992 23 Dudelange - 1 0 0 0 - Vincent Thill 04/02/2000 16 Metz - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Luc Holtz 14/06/1969 47 - 1 0 0 0 3 Luxembourg - Sweden Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Sweden Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Karl-Johan Johnsson 28/01/1990 26 Guingamp - 0 0 0 0 - Robin Olsen 08/01/1990 26 København - 1 0 0 0 - Patrik Carlgren 08/01/1992 24 AIK - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Andreas Granqvist 16/04/1985 31 Krasnodar - 1 0 0 0 - Mikael Lustig 13/12/1986 29 Celtic * 1 0 0 0 - Oscar Wendt 24/10/1985 30 Mönchengladbach - 1 0 0 0 - Martin Olsson 17/05/1988 28 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 - Pontus Jansson 13/02/1991 25 Leeds - 0 0 0 0 - Ludwig Augustinsson 21/04/1994 22 København - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Helander 22/04/1993 23 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 - Emil Krafth 02/08/1994 22 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 - Victor Lindelöf 17/07/1994 22 Benfica - 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Albin Ekdal 28/07/1989 27 Hamburg - 0 0 0 0 - Jimmy Durmaz 22/03/1989 27 Toulouse - 1 0 0 0 - Emil Forsberg 23/10/1991 24 Leipzig - 1 0 0 0 - Oscar Hiljemark 28/06/1992 24 Palermo - 1 0 0 0 - Viktor Claesson 02/01/1992 24 Elfsborg - 0 0 0 0 - Marcus Rohdén 11/05/1991 25 Crotone - 1 0 0 0 - Alexander Fransson 02/04/1994 22 Basel - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Marcus Berg 17/08/1986 30 Panathinaikos - 1 1 0 0 - Ola Toivonen 03/07/1986 30 Toulouse - 0 0 0 0 - John Guidetti 15/04/1992 24 Celta - 1 0 0 0 - Christoffer Nyman 05/10/1992 24 Braunschweig * 1 0 0 0 Coach - Jan Andersson 29/09/1962 54 - 1 0 0 0 4 Luxembourg - Sweden Friday 7 October 2016 - 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. Janne Andersson Date of birth: 29 September 1962 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Alets IK (twice), IS Halmia, Laholms FK Coaching career: Alets IK, Halmstads BK (assistant, twice), Laholms FK, Halmstads BK, Örgryte IS, IFK Norrköping, Sweden • Janne Andersson succeeded Erik Hamrén after UEFA EURO 2016 having led Norrköping to their first Allsvenskan title in almost two decades the previous year. • A footballer and handball player in his native Halmstad, Andersson became assistant coach to Stuart Baxter at the city's main club in 1990, going on to work under Tom Prahl and then Jonas Thern. • Andersson, who also coached lower-division teams Alet and Laholm, took the Halmstad reins himself in 2004 and in his first season in charge was named coach of the year in Sweden after steering Halmstad to second place. • After a brief spell at Örgryte in 2010, Andersson was named Norrköping coach the following year as they returned to the Allsvenskan, at first keeping them up then guiding them to the 2015 title. • His appointment as Sweden coach meant he missed out on leading the club into UEFA Champions League qualifying, Andersson saying on his unveiling: "Right now I'm just humbled and grateful. This is an honour and a challenge that will be very exciting to take on." 5 Luxembourg - Sweden Friday 7 October 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Match officials Referee Ivan Bebek (CRO) Assistant referees Tomislav Petrović (CRO) , Miro Grgić (CRO) Fourth official Mario Zebec (CRO) FIFA Match Commissioner Eduard Dervishaj (ESP) Referee observer Vladimir Petrov (UKR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Ivan Bebek 30/05/1977 6 94 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 15/09/2011 UEL GS AZ Alkmaar Malmö FF 4-1 Alkmaar 01/08/2012 UCL 3QR WKS Śląsk Wrocław Helsingborgs IF 0-3 Wroclaw 27/03/2015 EURO QR Moldova Sweden 0-2 Chisinau 6 Luxembourg - Sweden Friday 7 October 2016 - 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. Kick-off times will be set mainly at 18:00CET and 20:45CET on Saturdays and Sundays and at 20:45CET for Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays. In double-header matchweeks, sides will play on Thursday/Sunday, Friday/Monday or Saturday/Tuesday.