EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadionul Zimbru - Chisinau Thursday 6 October 2016 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Moldova Group D - Matchday 2 Serbia 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 Moldova - Serbia Thursday 6 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams 2 Moldova - Serbia Thursday 6 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Squad list Moldova Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Ilie Cebanu 29/12/1986 29 Mordovia - 1 0 0 0 - Stanislav Namaşco 10/11/1986 29 Levadiakos - 0 0 0 0 - Nicolae Calancea 29/08/1986 30 U Craiova - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Vitalie Bordian 11/08/1984 32 Sheriff - 0 0 0 0 - Victor Golovatenco 28/04/1984 32 Zaria Balti - 0 0 0 0 İstanbul - Alexandru Epureanu 27/09/1986 30 - 1 0 0 0 Başakşehir - Vadim Bolohan 15/08/1986 30 Milsami - 0 0 0 0 - Petru Racu 17/07/1987 29 Milsami - 0 0 0 0 - Igor Armaş 14/07/1987 29 Kuban - 1 0 0 0 - Cătălin Carp 20/10/1993 22 Viitorul - 0 0 0 0 - Maxim Antoniuc 15/01/1991 25 Academia - 0 0 0 0 - Veaceslav Posmac 07/11/1990 25 Dacia - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Alexandru Gaţcan 27/03/1984 32 Rostov - 1 0 0 0 - Andrei Cojocari 21/01/1987 29 Milsami - 1 0 0 0 - Alexandru Dedov 26/07/1989 27 Milsami * 1 0 0 0 - Maxim Mihaliov 22/08/1986 30 Zaria Balti - 1 0 0 0 - Eugeniu Cebotaru 16/10/1984 31 Sibir - 1 0 0 0 - Vladislav Ivanov 07/05/1990 26 Sheriff - 0 0 0 0 - Gheorghe Andronic 25/09/1991 25 Milsami - 0 0 0 0 - Eugen Zasavitchi 24/11/1992 23 Trakai - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Igor Bugaev 26/06/1984 32 Zaria Balti - 1 0 0 0 - Eugeniu Sidorenco 19/03/1989 27 Milsami - 1 0 0 0 - Radu Gînsari 10/12/1991 24 Sheriff - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Igor Dobrovolski 27/08/1967 49 - 1 0 0 0 3 Moldova - Serbia Thursday 6 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Serbia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Vladimir Stojković 28/07/1983 33 Nottm Forest - 0 0 0 0 - Predrag Rajković 31/10/1995 20 M. Tel-Aviv - 1 0 0 0 - Aleksandar Jovanović 06/12/1992 23 AGF - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Branislav Ivanović 22/02/1984 32 Chelsea - 1 0 0 0 - Antonio Rukavina 26/01/1984 32 Villarreal - 1 0 0 0 - Aleksandar Kolarov 10/11/1985 30 Man. City - 0 0 0 0 - Jagoš Vuković 10/06/1988 28 Konyaspor - 1 0 0 0 - Matija Nastasić 28/03/1993 23 Schalke * 1 0 0 0 - Nikola Maksimović 25/11/1991 24 Napoli - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Mladenović 15/08/1991 25 Köln - 1 0 0 0 - Stefan Mitrović 22/05/1990 26 Gent - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders CSKA - Zoran Tošić 28/04/1987 29 - 0 0 0 0 Moskva - Ljubomir Fejsa 14/08/1988 28 Benfica - 0 0 0 0 - Luka Milivojević 07/04/1991 25 Olympiacos - 1 0 0 0 - Nemanja Gudelj 16/11/1991 24 Ajax - 1 0 0 0 - Nemanja Radoja 06/02/1993 23 Celta - 0 0 0 0 - Lazar Marković 02/03/1994 22 Sporting CP - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Kostić 01/11/1992 23 Hamburg - 1 1 0 0 - Aleksandar Katai 06/02/1991 25 Alavés * 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Dušan Tadić 20/11/1988 27 Southampton - 1 1 0 0 - Nikola Stoiljković 17/08/1992 24 Braga - 0 0 0 0 - Andrija Pavlović 16/11/1993 22 København - 1 0 0 0 - Aleksandar Mitrović 16/09/1994 22 Newcastle - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Slavoljub Muslin 14/06/1953 63 - 1 0 0 0 4 Moldova - Serbia Thursday 6 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Head coach Igor Dobrovolski Date of birth: 27/08/1967 Nationality: Russian Playing career: FC Nistru Chisinau, FC Dinamo Moskva, Playas de Castellón FS, Servette FC, Genoa CFC, Olympique de Marseille, Club Atlético de Madrid, SC Fortuna Düsseldorf, FC Tiligul Tiraspol Coaching career: FC Tiligul Tiraspol, FC Academia Chisinau, FC Dacia Chisinau, FC Veris, FC Sakhalin, Moldova (twice) • Born near the Ukrainian-Moldovan border, Dobrovolski was schooled at an academy in Tiraspol, and made his name as a creative midfielder with Nistru Chisinau, earning a move to Dinamo Moskva in 1986. • A gold medal winner with the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympics, he was also in the side that won the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He appeared with the senior side at the FIFA World Cup finals that summer, and also played at the 1992 and 1996 UEFA European Championships. Capped 47 times in total. • Played in Spain, Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and was at Marseille when they followed up a 1991/92 French title success with triumph in the 1992/93 UEFA Champions League. • Returned to Moldova in 2005 to become player-coach at Tiligul, leading his side to fourth place in his only season in charge. Hired as Moldova coach Anatol Teslev's assistant, he was in sole command from 2007-09, Moldova earning a best-ever total of 12 points under him in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying, and reaching a pinnacle of 37th in the FIFA rankings. • Led Dacia to Moldovan title in 2010/11 before working with Veris and Sakhalin. Hired as Moldova boss for a second time on 23 December 2015. Slavoljub Muslin Date of birth: 15 June 1953 Nationality: Serbian Playing career: OFK Beograd, FK BASK, FK Rad, FK Crvena zvezda, LOSC Lille, Stade Brestois 29, SM Caen Coaching career: Stade Brestois 29, Pau FC, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, RC Lens, Le Mans FC, Wydad Casablanca, FK Crvena zvezda (twice), PFC Levski Sofia, FC Metalurh Donetsk, KSC Lokeren OV (twice), FC Lokomotiv Moskva, FC Khimki, FC Dinamo Minsk, Anorthosis Famagusta FC, FC Krasnodar, FC Amkar Perm, R. Standard de Liège, Serbia • Born and raised in Belgrade, Muslin played for a number of smaller clubs in the city before arriving at Crvena zvezda in 1975; was a defensive stalwart for 'Red Star' for six years, winning three Yugoslavian titles and reaching the 1978/79 UEFA Cup final, where his side lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach. • Spent the latter years of his playing career in France, and started out as a coach there; helped to nurture the careers of David Ginola (Brest), Zinédine Zidane, Bixente Lizarazu and Christophe Dugarry (all Bordeaux). • Won three domestic titles and a national cup in two spells as Crvena zvezda boss in the early 2000s; also coached clubs in Morocco, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Belgium, Belarus and Cyprus. • Hired as Serbia coach in May 2016 to replace Radovan Ćurčić; agreed contract for the duration of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying, with the option of an extension if he takes his side to the finals. 5 Moldova - Serbia Thursday 6 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau Match officials Referee Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR) Assistant referees Dmitri Zhuk (BLR) , Oleg Maslyanko (BLR) Fourth official Denis Scherbakov (BLR) FIFA Match Commissioner Jean-François Crucke (BEL) Referee observer Sokol Jareci (ALB) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Aleksei Kulbakov 27/12/1979 3 77 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 08/10/2008 U19 QR Serbia Northern Ireland 3-1 Belfast 05/11/2009 UEL GS FC Twente FC Sheriff 2-1 Enschede 01/08/2013 U19 Final France Serbia 0-1 Marijampole 06/08/2014 UCL 3QR FK Partizan PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 2-2 Belgrade 08/09/2014 EURO QR Montenegro Moldova 2-0 Podgorica 6 Moldova - Serbia Thursday 6 October 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Zimbru, Chisinau 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. Each day of the Week of Football will feature eight to ten games. The nine group winners will qualify directly for the final tournament.