EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Sammy Ofer Stadium - Haifa Sunday 16 November 2014 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Bosnia and Israel Group B - Matchday -9 Herzegovina Last updated 12/07/2021 17:19CET 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 12 1 Israel - Bosnia and Herzegovina Sunday 16 November 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 01/09/2001 QR (GS) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Israel 0-0 Sarajevo Berkovic 12, Abukasis 11/10/2000 QR (GS) Israel - Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 Tel-Aviv 62, Katan 76; Akrapovic 48 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 Israel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bosnia and Herzegovina - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FIFA* Israel 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 1 1 0 3 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 1 1 1 3 Friendlies Israel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bosnia and Herzegovina - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Israel 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 1 1 0 3 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 1 1 1 3 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Israel - Bosnia and Herzegovina Sunday 16 November 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa Match background Bosnia and Herzegovina know the size of the task that awaits them in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group B, as they have never beaten Israel in any national team competition. Match background • The nations' only previous meetings at senior level came in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. Current captain Yossi Benayoun came off the bench as Richard Møller Nielsen's Israel beat Mišo Smajlović's Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 in Tel Aviv on 11 October 2000, but was an unused substitute in the rematch – a 0-0 draw in Sarajevo on 1 September 2001. • Israel have won two and drawn one of the nations' three meetings in UEFA age-group competitions. • In ten meetings in UEFA club competitions, Israeli sides' record against Bosnian opponents is W8 D1 L1; FK Borac Banja Luka's 3-2 UEFA Champions League win against Maccabi Haifa FC on 20 July 2011 is the only men's football victory for a Bosnian side against Israeli opponents in a UEFA competition. 3 Israel - Bosnia and Herzegovina Sunday 16 November 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa Squad list Israel Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers H. Kiryat - Guy Haimov 09/03/1986 28 - 0 0 0 0 1 - Shmona Beitar - Boris Kleyman 26/10/1990 24 - 0 0 0 0 - - Jerusalem - Ofir Marciano 07/10/1989 25 Ashdod - 2 0 0 0 2 - Defenders - Tal Ben Haim I 31/03/1982 32 Charlton - 2 0 0 0 82 1 - Eyal Meshumar 10/08/1983 31 M. Haifa - 2 0 0 0 9 - H. Kiryat - Oded Elkayam 09/02/1988 26 - 0 0 0 0 - - Shmona M. Tel- - Eytan Tibi 16/11/1987 26 - 2 0 0 0 18 - Aviv M. Tel- - Omri Ben Harush 07/03/1990 24 - 1 0 0 0 7 - Aviv - Rami Gershon 12/08/1988 26 Gent - 0 0 0 0 19 2 H. Beer - Ofir Davidzada 05/05/1991 23 - 0 0 0 0 3 - Sheva Midfielders H. Tel- - Gil Vermouth 05/08/1985 29 - 2 0 0 0 24 1 Aviv Club - Lior Refaelov 26/04/1986 28 - 2 0 0 0 32 5 Brugge CSKA - Bebras Natcho 18/02/1988 26 - 2 0 0 0 34 1 Moskva H. Beer - Maor Buzaglo 14/01/1988 26 - 0 0 0 0 16 1 Sheva M. Tel- - Sheran Yeini 08/12/1986 27 - 1 0 0 0 11 - Aviv M. Tel- - Eran Zahavi 25/07/1987 27 - 2 0 0 0 22 2 Aviv - Nir Biton 30/10/1991 23 Celtic - 2 0 0 0 9 - Forwards H. Beer - Elyaniv Barda 15/12/1981 32 - 0 0 0 0 35 11 Sheva - Tomer Hemed 02/05/1987 27 Almería - 1 1 0 0 15 10 Austria - Omer Damari 24/03/1989 25 - 2 4 0 0 16 8 Wien - Etey Shechter 22/02/1987 27 Nantes - 2 0 0 0 23 4 - Ben Sahar 10/08/1989 25 Willem II - 0 0 0 0 33 6 M. Tel- - Tal Ben Haim II 05/08/1989 25 - 2 1 0 0 9 2 Aviv Coach - Eli Gutman 24/02/1958 56 - 2 0 0 0 23 - 4 Israel - Bosnia and Herzegovina Sunday 16 November 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa Bosnia and Herzegovina Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Ratko Dujković 16/03/1983 31 Zrinjski - 0 0 0 0 - - - Asmir Begović 20/06/1987 27 Stoke - 3 0 0 0 37 - - Jasmin Fejzic 15/05/1986 28 Aalen - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders - Emir Spahić 18/08/1980 34 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 77 3 - Toni Šunjić 15/12/1988 25 Kuban - 3 0 0 0 13 - - Ognjen Vranješ 24/10/1989 25 Elazığspor - 0 0 0 0 15 - - Senad Lulić 18/01/1986 28 Lazio - 3 0 0 0 38 1 - Ermin Bičakčić 24/01/1990 24 Hoffenheim - 1 0 0 0 10 1 Midfielders - Mensur Mujdža 28/03/1984 30 Freiburg - 2 0 0 0 29 - - Haris Medunjanin 08/03/1985 29 Deportivo - 3 0 0 0 41 5 - Miralem Pjanić 02/04/1990 24 Roma - 3 0 0 0 55 9 - Anel Hadzic 16/08/1989 25 Sturm - 2 0 0 0 5 - - Edin Višća 17/02/1990 24 İstanbul BB - 1 0 0 0 14 - - Sanjin Prcić 20/11/1993 20 Rennes - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Zoran Kvržić 07/08/1988 26 Rijeka - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Izet Hajrovic 04/08/1991 23 Bremen - 2 0 0 0 12 2 - Muhamed Bešić 10/09/1992 22 Everton - 3 0 0 0 16 - Široki - Goran Zakarić 07/11/1992 22 - 0 0 0 0 1 - Brijeg - Gojko Cimirot 19/12/1992 21 Sarajevo - 0 0 0 0 1 - Forwards Coach - Safet Sušić 13/04/1955 59 - 3 0 0 0 3 - 5 Israel - Bosnia and Herzegovina Sunday 16 November 2014 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa Head coach Eli Gutman Date of birth: 24 February 1958 Nationality: Israeli Playing career: Hapoel Haifa FC, Beitar Netanya FC, Maccabi Neve Shanan FC, Maccabi Kiryat Bialik FC Coaching career: Maccabi Kiryat Bialik FC, Beitar Haifa FC, Maccabi Tirat Carmel FC, Maccabi Tamra FC, Hapoel Zafririm Holon FC, Maccabi Herzliya FC, Hapoel Beit Sha'an FC, Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (twice), Hapoel Haifa FC (twice), Beitar Jerusalem FC, Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC, Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, Maccabi Netanya FC, AEL Limassol FC, Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC • Had a low-key career as a midfielder before hanging up his boots aged 28, moving into coaching with fifth division Maccabi Kiryat Bialik FC. Completed a sports science degree and became a teacher, while also coaching in local soccer after national service as a naval officer. • Gutman's first taste of top-flight football came in 1990 when he spent two years as assistant coach at Maccabi Haifa. Won his first major honour in 1997, leading Hapoel Beer-Sheva to Israeli State Cup success. • Returned to boyhood club Hapoel Haifa in 1997, clinching a league championship two years later. • Indifferent stints at Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Petach-Tikva preceded successful spells with Cypriot sides Paralimni and AEL. Responded to bottom-of-the-table Hapoel Tel-Aviv's rescue call in 2007, steering the team to seventh position and the State Cup final. • A dramatic climax to 2009/10 brought the league and cup double in a three-day period. At the start of the next term, Hapoel emerged through three qualifying rounds to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time. In December 2011, he was appointed Israel coach on a two-year deal, an arrangement that was extended in January 2014 to cover the UEFA EURO 2016 campaign. Safet Sušić Date of birth: 13 April 1955 Nationality: Bosnian Playing career: FK Krivaja Zavidovići, FK Sarajevo, Paris Saint-Germain, Red Star FC Coaching career: AS Cannes, İstanbulspor AŞ, al-Hilal FC, Konyaspor, MKE Ankaragücü, Rizespor, Ankaraspor, Bosnia and Herzegovina • An outstanding attacking midfielder with an eye for the killer pass and an excellent scoring record, Sušić spent nine years with Sarajevo. Yugoslavia's Footballer of the Year in 1979, he was the Yugoslavian First League's joint-top marksman with 17 goals in 1979/80 as Sarajevo finished runners-up. • Moved to Paris in 1982 and played for nine seasons in the French capital, becoming one of the country's finest-ever footballing imports and helping his side win the French Cup in his first term and the league title in 1985/86. • A long-time stalwart of the Yugoslavia national team, Sušić made his first appearance in 1977 and his last in 1990. Claimed 21 goals in 54 appearances and featured at the 1982 and 1990 FIFA World Cups as well as the 1984 UEFA European Championship.