EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 Slovakia EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Štadión Antona Malatinského - Trnava Sunday 4 September CET (18.00 local time) Group F - Matchday 1 England Last updated 09/11/ :48CET 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

2 Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/06/2016 GS-FT Slovakia - England 0-0 Saint-Etienne UEFA EURO 2004 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 11/06/2003 PR (GS) England - Slovakia 2-1 Middlesbrough 12/10/2002 PR (GS) Slovakia - England 1-2 Bratislava FIFA World Cup Owen 61 (P), 72; Janočko 31 Németh 23; Beckham 64, Owen 82 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/06/1982 GS-FT England - Czechoslovakia 2-0 Bilbao 1976 UEFA European Championship Francis 62, Barmoš 66 (og) Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/10/1975 PR (GS) Czechoslovakia - England 2-1 Bratislava 30/10/1974 PR (GS) England - Czechoslovakia 3-0 London FIFA World Cup Nehoda 45, Galis 46; Channon 27 Channon 72, Bell 80, 83 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 11/06/1970 GS-FT England - Czechoslovakia 1-0 Guadalajara Clarke 48 (P) Total Qualifying Home Away Final tournament Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Slovakia England

3 Squad list Slovakia Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Matúš Kozáčik 27/12/ Plzeň Martin Dúbravka 15/01/ Liberec Ján Novota 29/11/ Rapid Wien Defenders - Martin Škrtel 15/12/ Fenerbahçe Peter Pekarík 30/10/ Hertha Ján Ďurica 10/12/ Trabzonspor Tomáš Hubočan 17/09/ Marseille Lukáš Štetina 28/07/ Dukla Lukáš Pauschek 09/12/ Mladá Boleslav FT Norbert Gyömber 03/07/ Pescara Midfielders - Viktor Pečovský 24/05/ Žilina Marek Hamšík 27/07/ Napoli Dušan Švento 01/08/ Slavia Praha Róbert Mak 08/03/ Zenit Juraj Kucka 26/02/ Milan Ján Greguš 29/01/ København Filip Kiss 13/10/ Haugesund František Kubík 14/03/ Slovan Bratislava Jakub Považanec 31/01/ Dukla Jakub Holúbek 12/01/ Žilina Forwards - Jakub Sylvestr 02/02/ Nürnberg Michal Ďuriš 01/06/ Plzeň Róbert Pich 12/11/ Kaiserslautern Coach - Ján Kozák 17/04/

4 England Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Tom Heaton 15/04/ Burnley Joe Hart 19/04/ Torino Alex McCarthy 03/12/ Southampton Defenders - Phil Jagielka 17/08/ Everton Danny Rose 02/07/ Tottenham Gary Cahill 19/12/ Chelsea Kyle Walker 28/05/ Tottenham Chris Smalling 22/11/ Man. United Nathaniel Clyne 05/04/ Liverpool John Stones 28/05/ Man. City Matt Targett 18/09/ Southampton Midfielders - Adam Lallana 10/05/ Liverpool Danny Drinkwater 05/03/ Leicester Jordan Henderson 17/06/ Liverpool Raheem Sterling 08/12/ Man. City Michail Antonio 28/03/ West Ham Eric Dier 15/01/ Tottenham Dele Alli 11/04/ Tottenham Forwards - Wayne Rooney 24/10/ Man. United Theo Walcott 16/03/ Arsenal Daniel Sturridge 01/09/ Liverpool Harry Kane 28/07/ Tottenham Jamie Vardy 11/01/ Leicester Coach - Sam Allardyce 19/10/

5 Head coach Ján Kozák of birth: 17 April 1954 Nationality: Slovak Playing career: LB Spišská Nová Ves, Lokomotíva Košice (three times), RFC Seraing, FK Dukla Praha Coaching career: Lokomotíva Košice, MFK Zemplín Michalovce, FC Steel Trans Ličartovce, 1. FC Košice, Slovakia A creative midfielder, Kozák spent much of his playing career with local team Lokomotíva Košice, where he had three spells. He returned for the first time in 1982 at the conclusion of his military service in Prague, where he turned out for Dukla. A member of the Czechoslovakia squad that finished third at the 1980 UEFA European Championship, beating Italy 9-8 on penalties in the bronze-medal match, he scored nine goals in 55 international appearances. Kozák also travelled to the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain but did not feature due to injury. Won the Czechoslovak Cup three times and the 1982 league championship with Dukla before retiring in Moved into coaching several years later and proved an instant success, steering 1. FC Košice to successive titles (1997, 1998) and into the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League where, as Slovakia's first ever group stage representative, they lost all six games in a section containing Feyenoord, Juventus and Manchester United FC. Left Košice in 1998 but came back for further stints in 2005 and He stood down in summer 2013, succeeding Stanislav Griga and Michal Hipp as coach of Slovakia, and led the team to UEFA EURO 2016 as Group C runners-up behind holders Spain. Kozák's side went on to reach the last 16 at the finals in France. His son Ján Kozák Jr played in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage for MFK Petržalka, equalising and then creating the winner in a famous 3-2 comeback victory over FC Porto; grandson Filip Lesniak has been at Tottenham Hotspur FC since Sam Allardyce of birth: 19 October 1954 Nationality: English Playing career: Bolton Wanderers FC (twice), Sunderland AFC, Millwall FC, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Coventry City FC, Huddersfield Town FC, Preston North End FC (twice), West Bromwich Albion FC, Limerick FC Coaching career: Limerick FC, Blackpool FC, Notts County FC, Bolton Wanderers FC, Newcastle United FC, Blackburn Rovers FC, West Ham United FC, Sunderland AFC, England A well-travelled and no-nonsense centre-back as a player, Allardyce initially made his name in management at Bolton, who he steered into the Premier League in 2001 via the play-offs. The highlight of his eight years in charge of the Lancashire side came when he guided them to a sixth-place finish in the 2004/05 Premier League and the next season, Wanderers' first in Europe, he oversaw their run to the UEFA Cup round of 32. In May 2012, Allardyce achieved a second promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs, this time as West Ham boss. Known for his scientific approach to management, Allardyce has never been relegated from the Premier League, a record he preserved in 2015/16 when he led Sunderland, mired in the bottom three for much of the campaign, to survival. Allardyce was appointed England manager on an initial two-year contract on 22 July

6 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner UEFA Referee observer Milorad Mažić (SRB) Milovan Ristić (SRB), Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB) Srdjan Jovanović (SRB) Danilo Filacchione (ITA) Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE) Referee Name of birth UEFA matches Milorad Mažić 23/03/ 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 Competition Home Away Result Venue 24/02/2011 UEL R32 Liverpool FC AC Sparta Praha 1-0 Liverpool 18/08/2011 UEL PO CD Nacional Birmingham City FC 0-0 Funchal 23/10/2012 UCL GS Manchester United FC SC Braga 3-2 Manchester 04/12/2012 UCL GS Borussia Dortmund Manchester City FC 1-0 Dortmund 04/04/2013 UEL QF Tottenham Hotspur FC FC Basel London 01/10/2013 UCL GS Arsenal FC SSC Napoli 2-0 London 10/12/2013 UCL GS Manchester United FC FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 Manchester 02/04/2014 UCL QF Paris Saint-Germain Chelsea FC 3-1 Paris 19/08/2014 UCL PO Beşiktaş JK Arsenal FC 0-0 Istanbul 10/12/2014 UCL GS AS Roma Manchester City FC 0-2 Rome 08/12/2015 UCL GS VfL Wolfsburg Manchester United FC 3-2 Wolfsburg 17/03/2016 UEL R16 Manchester United FC Liverpool FC 1-1 Manchester 06/04/2016 UCL QF Paris Saint-Germain Manchester City FC 2-2 Paris 6

7 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-andaway 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. The eight best runners-up will contest play-offs to decide the last four qualifiers for the finals. The 13 qualifiers then join hosts Russia in the finals to make it 14 UEFA member associations represented. How qualification works The other confederations have the following qualifying berths: Africa: 5 Asia: 4.5 North and Central America and Caribbean: 3.5 Oceania: 0.5 South America: 4.5 7

8 Match-by-match lineups Slovakia FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group F Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts England Lithuania Malta Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Slovakia-England Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Slovenia-Slovakia Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovakia-Scotland Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Slovakia-Lithuania Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Malta-Slovakia Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Lithuania-Slovakia Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Slovakia-Slovenia Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) England-Slovakia Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Scotland-Slovakia Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Slovakia-Malta England FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Slovakia-England Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) England-Malta Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovenia-England Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) England-Scotland Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) England-Lithuania 8

9 Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Scotland-England Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Malta-England Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) England-Slovakia Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) England-Slovenia Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Lithuania-England 9

10 Legend Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Other abbreviations National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended Overall: Total appearances in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament only Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com. 10