UEFA EURO 2016 MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Pierre Mauroy - Lille Métropole Friday 1 July 2016 - 21.00CET Matchday 5 - Quarter-finals Wales #WALBEL Belgium Last updated 09/07/2016 19:26CET UEFA EURO 2016 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Team facts 17 Legend 20 1 Wales - Belgium Friday 1 July 2016 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille Métropole Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/06/2015 QR (GS) Wales - Belgium 1-0 Cardiff Bale 25 16/11/2014 QR (GS) Belgium - Wales 0-0 Brussels FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers De Bruyne 64; 15/10/2013 QR (GS) Belgium - Wales 1-1 Brussels Ramsey 88 Kompany 41, 07/09/2012 QR (GS) Wales - Belgium 0-2 Cardiff Vertonghen 83 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Staelens 4 (P), Claessens 32, 11/10/1997 QR (GS) Belgium - Wales 3-2 Brussels Wilmots 39; Pembridge 53 (P), Giggs 66 Speed 65; Crasson 29/03/1997 QR (GS) Wales - Belgium 1-2 Cardiff 24, Staelens 45 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 31/03/1993 QR (GS) Wales - Belgium 2-0 Cardiff Giggs 18, Rush 39 Staelens 54, Degryse 18/11/1992 QR (GS) Belgium - Wales 2-0 Brussels 59 EURO '92 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Degryse 48; Saunders 27/03/1991 PR (GS) Belgium - Wales 1-1 Brussels 60 Rush 29, Saunders 17/10/1990 PR (GS) Wales - Belgium 3-1 Cardiff 86, Hughes 88; Versavel 24 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 Wales 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 - - - - 4 2 2 0 5 2 Belgium 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 2 2 2 5 FIFA* Wales 3 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 - - - - 6 1 1 4 6 10 Belgium 3 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 - - - - 6 4 1 1 10 6 2 Wales - Belgium Friday 1 July 2016 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille Métropole Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Friendlies Wales - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 1 6 4 Belgium - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 1 4 6 Total Wales 5 3 0 2 5 0 3 2 - - - - 12 4 3 5 17 16 Belgium 5 2 3 0 5 2 0 3 - - - - 12 5 3 4 16 17 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Wales - Belgium Friday 1 July 2016 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille Métropole Match background Wales will look to set a new mark by reaching the semi-finals of UEFA EURO 2016, having already proved in qualifying that they can get the better of Marc Wilmots' Belgium. Previous meetings • Belgium have had the better of the sides' 12 meetings to date, but only just: W5 D3 L4. • The teams were pooled together during qualifying so know each other well; they drew 0-0 in Brussels, while Gareth Bale got the only goal in a 1-0 win for Chris Coleman's men in Cardiff in the return fixture on 12 June 2015. • The teams for that game were: Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, Taylor, Richards, Chester, Williams, Allen, Robson-Kanu (King 90+3), Ramsey, Bale (Vokes 87), Ledley. Belgium: Courtois, Alderweireld (Carrasco 77), Lombaerts, Nainggolan, Vertonghen, Witsel, De Bruyne, Benteke, Hazard, Mertens (Lukaku 46), Denayer. Follow all the build-up to Wales v Belgium in the EURO2016.com MatchCentre EURO facts – Wales • Wales have never before reached a UEFA European Championship final tournament. Their previous best performance came in 1976, when they lost to Yugoslavia 3-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals, losing the first leg 2-0 in Zagreb before a 1-1 draw in Cardiff. • Wales have matched their greatest international success by reaching the last eight; they were also quarter-finalists at their only FIFA World Cup in 1958, losing out 1-0 to eventual winners Brazil. • Bale scored seven of Wales' 11 goals in qualifying for UEFA EURO 2016, providing two assists – meaning he scored or set up 82% of his side's goals. With three goals and one assist at the finals so far, he has been a little less efficient – he has had a hand in just 57% of the Dragons' strikes in France. • This is the first time a Welsh side – club or national – will play a game in Lille. EURO facts – Belgium • This is Belgium's first UEFA European Championship final tournament since they co-hosted UEFA EURO 2000 with the Netherlands, and their fifth EURO in total. • The Red Devils' biggest achievement to date was reaching the final of this tournament in 1980, when they lost 2-1 to West Germany in Rome. • Belgium's 4-0 win against Hungary in the round of 16 was the most emphatic victory recorded at UEFA EURO 2016, and their biggest margin of victory at any major final tournament. • Lille is just over the border from Belgium, and this will be the national team's third game in the city; they lost 4-3 to France in Lille in a 1914 friendly game, and more recently won 5-0 as the away side in a World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg played in the city in 1989. Coach and player links • Current team-mates: Joe Allen and Danny Ward with Christian Benteke and Simon Mignolet (Liverpool FC) Toby Alderweireld, Mousa Dembélé and Jan Vertonghen with Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur FC) • Eden Hazard (2007-12) and Divock Origi (2012-14) both started their professional careers at LOSC Lille, having crossed the border into France to play in the club's youth academy. Hazard won a domestic double with the club in 2010/11. • As a player, Coleman remained on the bench for Wales in two World Cup qualifiers in which Wilmots featured for Belgium: a 2-0 loss in Brussels in November 1992 and a 3-2 defeat in the Belgian capital in October 1997, with Wilmots playing all 90 minutes and scoring in the more recent game after coming on as a late substitute in the former. Penalty shoot-outs • Belgium beat Spain 5-4 on penalties in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals – their only previous competitive penalty shoot-out. They also beat England 4-3 on spot kicks after a goalless draw in a friendly match in Casablanca in May 1998. • Wales have yet to feature in a shoot-out. 4 Wales - Belgium Friday 1 July 2016 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille Métropole Squad list Wales Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Crystal 1 Wayne Hennessey 24/01/1987 29 - 10 0 3 0 60 - Palace 12 Owain Fôn Williams 17/03/1987 29 Inverness - 0 0 0 0 1 - 21 Danny Ward 22/06/1993 23 Liverpool - 0 0 1 0 3 - Defenders 2 Chris Gunter 21/07/1989 26 Reading - 10 0 4 0 71 - 3 Neil Taylor 07/02/1989 27 Swansea * 9 0 4 1 32 1 4 Ben Davies 24/04/1993 23 Tottenham * 7 0 4 0 24 - 5 James Chester 23/01/1989 27 West Brom - 6 0 4 0 15 - 6 Ashley Williams 23/08/1984 31 Swansea - 10 0 4 0 63 1 15 Jazz Richards 12/04/1991 25 Fulham - 4 0 1 0 10 - 19 James Collins 23/08/1983 32 West Ham - 1 0 0 0 47 3 Midfielders 7 Joe Allen 14/03/1990 26 Liverpool - 5 0 4 0 29 - 8 Andy King 29/10/1988 27 Leicester - 6 0 1 0 34 2 10 Aaron Ramsey 26/12/1990 25 Arsenal * 8 2 4 1 43 11 14 David Edwards 03/02/1986 30 Wolves - 5 0 3 0 35 3 Crystal 16 Joe Ledley 23/01/1987 29 - 7 0 4 0 65 4 Palace Crystal 20 Jonathan Williams 09/10/1993 22 - 2 0 3 0 15 - Palace Nottm 22 David Vaughan 18/02/1983 33 - 2 0 0 0 42 1 Forest Forwards 9 Hal Robson-Kanu 21/05/1989 27 Reading - 9 1 3 1 33 3 Real 11 Gareth Bale 16/07/1989 26 - 10 7 4 3 59 22 Madrid 13 George Williams 07/09/1995 20 Fulham - 4 0 0 0 7 - 17 David Cotterill 04/12/1987 28 Birmingham - 2 1 0 0 23 2 18 Sam Vokes 21/10/1989 26 Burnley * 6 0 2 0 42 6 23 Simon Church 10/12/1988 27 MK Dons - 7 0 1 0 37 3 Coach - Chris Coleman 10/06/1970 46 - 10 0 4 0 36 - 5 Wales - Belgium Friday 1 July 2016 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille Métropole Belgium Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Thibaut Courtois 11/05/1992 24 Chelsea - 8 0 4 0 41 - 12 Simon Mignolet 06/08/1988 27 Liverpool - 2 0 0 0 17 - 13 Jean-François Gillet 31/05/1979 37 Mechelen - 0 0 0 0 9 - Defenders 2 Toby Alderweireld 02/03/1989 27 Tottenham - 10 0 4 1 59 2 3 Thomas Vermaelen 14/11/1985 30 Barcelona S 2 0 4 0 57 1 5 Jan Vertonghen 24/04/1987 29 Tottenham * 10 0 4 0 82 6 15 Jason Denayer 28/06/1995 21 Galatasaray - 2 0 0 0 7 - Club 16 Thomas Meunier 12/09/1991 24 * 2 0 3 0 8 - Brugge 18 Christian Kabasele 24/02/1991 25 Genk - 0 0 0 0 - - 21 Jordan Lukaku 25/07/1994 21 Oostende - 1 0 0 0 4 - 23 Laurent Ciman 05/08/1985 30 Montreal - 0 0 1 0 12 1 Midfielders 4 Radja Nainggolan 04/05/1988 28 Roma - 9 2 4 1 23 5 6 Axel Witsel 12/01/1989 27 Zenit * 8 0 4 1 72 7 7 Kevin De Bruyne 28/06/1991 25 Man.