Slovakia EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Štadión Antona Malatinského - Trnava Sunday 4 September 2016 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Group F - Matchday 1 England Last updated 09/11/2016 23:48CET 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
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 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 17 2 4 11 21 38 England 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 17 11 4 2 38 21 2
Squad list Slovakia Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Matúš Kozáčik 27/12/1983 32 Plzeň - 0 0 0 0 - Martin Dúbravka 15/01/1989 27 Liberec - 0 0 0 0 - Ján Novota 29/11/1983 32 Rapid Wien - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Martin Škrtel 15/12/1984 31 Fenerbahçe - 0 0 0 0 - Peter Pekarík 30/10/1986 29 Hertha - 0 0 0 0 - Ján Ďurica 10/12/1981 34 Trabzonspor - 0 0 0 0 - Tomáš Hubočan 17/09/1985 30 Marseille - 0 0 0 0 - Lukáš Štetina 28/07/1991 25 Dukla - 0 0 0 0 - Lukáš Pauschek 09/12/1992 23 Mladá Boleslav FT - 0 0 0 0 - Norbert Gyömber 03/07/1992 24 Pescara - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Viktor Pečovský 24/05/1983 33 Žilina - 0 0 0 0 - Marek Hamšík 27/07/1987 29 Napoli - 0 0 0 0 - Dušan Švento 01/08/1985 31 Slavia Praha - 0 0 0 0 - Róbert Mak 08/03/1991 25 Zenit - 0 0 0 0 - Juraj Kucka 26/02/1987 29 Milan - 0 0 0 0 - Ján Greguš 29/01/1991 25 København - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Kiss 13/10/1990 25 Haugesund - 0 0 0 0 - František Kubík 14/03/1989 27 Slovan Bratislava - 0 0 0 0 - Jakub Považanec 31/01/1991 25 Dukla - 0 0 0 0 - Jakub Holúbek 12/01/1991 25 Žilina - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Jakub Sylvestr 02/02/1989 27 Nürnberg - 0 0 0 0 - Michal Ďuriš 01/06/1988 28 Plzeň - 0 0 0 0 - Róbert Pich 12/11/1988 27 Kaiserslautern - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Ján Kozák 17/04/1954 62-0 0 0 0 3
England Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Tom Heaton 15/04/1986 30 Burnley - 0 0 0 0 - Joe Hart 19/04/1987 29 Torino - 0 0 0 0 - Alex McCarthy 03/12/1989 26 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Phil Jagielka 17/08/1982 34 Everton - 0 0 0 0 - Danny Rose 02/07/1990 26 Tottenham - 0 0 0 0 - Gary Cahill 19/12/1985 30 Chelsea - 0 0 0 0 - Kyle Walker 28/05/1990 26 Tottenham - 0 0 0 0 - Chris Smalling 22/11/1989 26 Man. United - 0 0 0 0 - Nathaniel Clyne 05/04/1991 25 Liverpool - 0 0 0 0 - John Stones 28/05/1994 22 Man. City - 0 0 0 0 - Matt Targett 18/09/1995 20 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Adam Lallana 10/05/1988 28 Liverpool - 0 0 0 0 - Danny Drinkwater 05/03/1990 26 Leicester - 0 0 0 0 - Jordan Henderson 17/06/1990 26 Liverpool - 0 0 0 0 - Raheem Sterling 08/12/1994 21 Man. City - 0 0 0 0 - Michail Antonio 28/03/1990 26 West Ham - 0 0 0 0 - Eric Dier 15/01/1994 22 Tottenham - 0 0 0 0 - Dele Alli 11/04/1996 20 Tottenham - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Wayne Rooney 24/10/1985 30 Man. United - 0 0 0 0 - Theo Walcott 16/03/1989 27 Arsenal - 0 0 0 0 - Daniel Sturridge 01/09/1989 27 Liverpool - 0 0 0 0 - Harry Kane 28/07/1993 23 Tottenham - 0 0 0 0 - Jamie Vardy 11/01/1987 29 Leicester - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Sam Allardyce 19/10/1954 61-0 0 0 0 4
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 1990. 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 2012. 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 2012. 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 2016. 5
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 23/03/1973 4 71 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 1893 2-2 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
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
Match-by-match lineups Slovakia FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group F Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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
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