EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 0-2) Stadion Ljudski vrt - Maribor Tuesday 17 November 2015 Slovenia 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Ukraine Play-off, Second leg Last updated 12/07/2021 18:39CET 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 12 Legend 14 1 Slovenia - Ukraine Tuesday 17 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Yarmolenko 22, 14/11/2015 PO Ukraine - Slovenia 2-0 Lviv Seleznyov 54 UEFA EURO 2000 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 1-1 17/11/1999 PO Ukraine - Slovenia Kyiv Rebrov 68; Pavlin 78 agg: 2-3 Zahovič 53, Ačimovič 13/11/1999 PO Slovenia - Ukraine 2-1 Ljubljana 84; Shevchenko 33 EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Udovič 50, 90, 11/10/1995 PR (GS) Slovenia - Ukraine 3-2 Ljubljana Zahovič 73; Skrypnyk 23, Guseinov 44 12/10/1994 PR (GS) Ukraine - Slovenia 0-0 Kyiv 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 Slovenia 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 - - - - 5 2 2 1 6 6 Ukraine 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 - - - - 5 1 2 2 6 6 FIFA* Slovenia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ukraine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Slovenia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ukraine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Slovenia 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 - - - - 5 2 2 1 6 6 Ukraine 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 - - - - 5 1 2 2 6 6 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Slovenia - Ukraine Tuesday 17 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Match background Slovenia will look to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit and frustrate Ukraine for the second time in a UEFA European Championship play-off as their tie concludes in Maribor on Tuesday. Previous meetings • Ukraine's victory in Lviv on Saturday was their first in five games against Slovenia. That sequence includes a loss to the Balkan nation in the play-offs for a place at UEFA EURO 2000. • Andriy Yarmolenko's first-half strike was supplemented when Yevhen Seleznyov finished from close range nine minutes after the interval. • This second leg takes place exactly 16 years to the day after a 1-1 draw in Kyiv earned Slovenia that play-off success. • Then, as now, Srečko Katanec was coach of Slovenia, while his current assistant Aleš Čeh captained the national team in that tie. Form guide • England are the only side to win in Slovenia in their last seven competitive home matches (W5 D1 L1). • Ukraine's away record in qualifying was decent (W3 D1 L1); European champions Spain were the only host team to beat them. • Ukraine's single previous UEFA European Championship play-off ended in that 3-2 aggregate defeat by Slovenia. • Ukraine have also missed out in four FIFA World Cup finals play-offs, for the tournaments in 1998 (1-3 agg Croatia), 2002 (2-5 agg Germany), 2010 (0-1 agg Greece) and 2014 (2-3 agg France). • Ukraine coach Mykhailo Fomenko, speaking of that last tie when Ukraine won 2-0 at home but lost 3-0 in France, said: "Of course it would be better to start away, but we cannot change anything with the draw. We have experience of beating France in a home first leg and we will use that in our preparations this time." • Slovenia have been involved in two EURO play-offs, winning one and losing one. They overcame Ukraine 3-2 on aggregate to reach their first finals – UEFA EURO 2000 – but succumbed 2-1 to neighbours Croatia to sit out the 2004 event. • Slovenia also won both of their past World Cup play-offs: they edged past Romania (3-2 agg) to qualify for the 2002 tournament and Russia on away goals (2-2 agg) to get to the 2010 finals. Disciplinary • Ukraine's Olexandr Kucher and Taras Stepanenko served one-game bans in the first leg having collected three bookings during the qualifying group stage. Trivia and links • Ukraine finished third in Group C behind European champions Spain and Slovakia. Slovenia recovered from a 1-0 defeat in Estonia in their opening fixture to come third in Group E behind England and Switzerland. • Ukraine made their EURO finals debut as co-hosts of UEFA EURO 2012. Their biggest achievement at international level was progressing to the 2006 World Cup quarter-finals. • Slovenia's sole previous EURO finals, UEFA EURO 2000, culminated in a group stage exit. 3 Slovenia - Ukraine Tuesday 17 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Squad list Slovenia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Samir Handanovič 14/07/1984 31 Internazionale - 10 0 0 0 81 - - Nejc Vidmar 31/03/1989 26 Domžale - 0 0 0 0 - - - Jan Oblak 07/01/1993 22 Atlético - 1 0 0 0 6 - Defenders - Boštjan Cesar 09/07/1982 33 Chievo - 11 2 0 0 88 8 - Branko Ilić 06/02/1983 32 Astana - 9 1 0 0 62 1 - Bojan Jokić 17/05/1986 29 Villarreal - 6 0 0 0 74 1 - Mišo Brečko 01/05/1984 31 Nürnberg - 7 0 0 0 76 - - Miral Samardžić 17/02/1987 28 Rijeka - 3 0 0 0 7 - - Andraž Struna 23/04/1989 26 Giannina - 9 1 0 0 23 1 - Siniša Andjelković 13/02/1986 29 Palermo - 0 0 0 0 5 - Midfielders - Valter Birsa 07/08/1986 29 Chievo - 11 1 0 0 77 6 - Nejc Pečnik 03/01/1986 29 JEF United - 7 2 0 0 31 6 - Andraž Kirm 06/09/1984 31 Omonia - 6 0 0 0 69 6 - Dejan Lazarevič 15/02/1990 25 Antalyaspor - 9 1 0 0 19 1 - René Krhin 21/05/1990 25 Granada - 5 0 0 0 21 1 - Jasmin Kurtič 01/01/1989 26 Atalanta - 11 0 0 0 30 1 - Kevin Kampl 09/10/1990 25 Leverkusen - 9 1 0 0 20 2 - Benjamin Verbič 27/11/1993 21 København - 0 0 0 0 1 - İstanbul - Rajko Rotman 19/03/1989 26 - 3 0 0 0 7 - Başakşehir Forwards - Zlatan Ljubijankič 15/12/1983 31 Urawa - 5 0 0 0 46 6 - Milivoje Novakovič 18/05/1979 36 Nagoya - 8 6 0 0 71 31 - Roman Bezjak 21/02/1989 26 Rijeka - 1 0 0 0 7 - - Josip Iličić 29/01/1988 27 Fiorentina - 8 1 0 0 34 2 Coach - Srečko Katanec 16/07/1963 52 - 11 0 0 0 71 - 4 Slovenia - Ukraine Tuesday 17 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Ukraine Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Shakhtar - Andriy Pyatov 28/06/1984 31 - 11 0 0 0 60 - Donetsk - Denys Boyko 29/01/1988 27 Dnipro - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Mykyta Shevchenko 26/01/1993 22 Zorya - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders Shakhtar - Vyacheslav Shevchuk 13/05/1979 36 - 11 0 0 0 50 - Donetsk Shakhtar - Olexandr Kucher 22/10/1982 33 - 6 0 0 0 47 2 Donetsk - Artem Fedetskiy 26/04/1985 30 Dnipro - 10 0 0 0 44 2 Shakhtar - Yaroslav Rakitskiy 03/08/1989 26 - 8 0 0 0 37 4 Donetsk Dynamo - Yevhen Khacheridi 28/07/1987 28 - 9 0 0 0 38 3 Kyiv - Andriy Pylyavskyi 04/12/1988 26 Zorya - 0 0 0 0 1 - Midfielders - Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 30/03/1979 36 Kairat - 4 0 0 0 139 4 Dynamo - Oleh Gusev 25/04/1983 32 - 2 0 0 0 97 13 Kyiv Dynamo - Denys Garmash 19/04/1990 25 - 5 1 0 0 23 2 Kyiv Shakhtar - Taras Stepanenko 08/08/1989 26 - 8 0 0 0 24 1 Donetsk - Yevhen Konoplyanka 29/09/1989 26 Sevilla - 10 2 0 0 50 11 - Oleksandr Karavayev 02/06/1992 23 Zorya - 2 0 0 0 2 - Dynamo - Serhiy Sydorchuk 02/05/1991 24 - 6 2 0 0 8 2 Kyiv Dynamo - Serhiy Rybalka 01/04/1990 25 - 5 0 0 0 7 - Kyiv - Mykyta Kamenyuka 03/06/1985 30 Zorya - 0 0 0 0 - - - Ivan Petriak 13/03/1994 21 Zorya - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards Dynamo - Artem Kravets 03/06/1989 26 - 7 3 0 0 11 4 Kyiv - Yevhen Seleznyov 20/07/1985 30 Dnipro - 4 2 0 0 47 11 Dynamo - Andriy Yarmolenko 23/10/1989 26 - 11 5 0 0 54 21 Kyiv - Pylyp Budkivskiy 10/03/1992 23 Zorya - 4 0 0 0 6 - Coach - Mikhail Fomenko 19/09/1948 67 - 11 0 0 0 29 - 5 Slovenia - Ukraine Tuesday 17 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Head coach Srečko Katanec Date of birth: 16 July 1963 Nationality: Slovenian Playing career: NK Olimpija Ljubljana, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, FK Partizan, VfB Stuttgart, UC Sampdoria Coaching career: Slovenia Under-21s, ND Gorica, Slovenia (twice), Olympiacos FC, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Arab Emirates • A centre-back or defensive midfielder, Katanec began his playing days at home-town club Olimpija before spells with Dinamo and Partizan. He reached the 1989 UEFA Cup final with Stuttgart and won the same competition the following season with Sampdoria, whom he also helped to the 1992 UEFA Champions League showpiece.