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1 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Romania Last updated 09/07/ :41CET Arena Națională - Bucharest Monday 7 September CET (21.45 local time) Group F - Matchday -5 Greece EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 11 Team facts 12 Legend 15 1

2 Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/09/2014 QR (GS) Greece - Romania 0-1 Piraeus Marica 10 (P) FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/11/2013 PO Romania - Greece 1-1 agg: 2-4 Bucharest 15/11/2013 PO Greece - Romania 3-1 Piraeus Torosidis 55 (og); Mitroglou 23 Mitroglou 14, 67, Salpingidis 21; Stancu 19 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/04/1989 QR (GS) Greece - Romania 0-0 Athens 02/11/1988 QR (GS) Romania - Greece 3-0 Bucharest Mateut 26, Hagi 40 (P), Sabău 84 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/11/1969 QR (GS) Romania - Greece 1-1 Bucharest 16/04/1969 QR (GS) Greece - Romania 2-2 Piraeus Dembrovski 36; Domazos 49 Sideris 51, Dedes 60; Dumitrache 54, 66 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/1957 QR (GS) Romania - Greece 3-0 Bucharest 16/06/1957 QR (GS) Greece - Romania 1-2 Athens Petschovski 51 (P), Tătaru 64, Cacoveanu 67 Panakis 29; Ene 15, Ozon 78 EURO Qualifying Home Away Final tournament Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Romania Greece FIFA* Romania Greece Friendlies Romania

3 Greece Total Romania Greece * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup Qualifying Home Away Final tournament Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA 3

4 Match background Romania lost out to Greece a play-off for a 2014 FIFA World Cup finals place, but a Group F double over visitors whose qualifying hopes are now over will keep them on track for UEFA EURO Alexandru Chipchiu is suspended after accumulating three bookings. The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Claudiu Keseru (Romania), Nikos Karelis, Panagiotis Kone, Giannis Maniatis, Kostas Manolas and Andreas Samaris (Greece). Previous meetings Greece's ill-starred UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying campaign began with a 1-0 home defeat to Romania, Ciprian Marica scoring from the penalty spot in the first game of Claudio Ranieri's short spell as Greece coach. The sides have met 34 times at senior level, with Romania's record in those games reading W18 D9 L7 (W11 D3 L1 in Romania W6 D5 L5 in Greece). These matches include two friendlies played on neutral territory a win for Romania in Belgrade in 1932 and a 2-2 draw in Sofia in 1935 but not Greece's 3-2 win against Romania on 12 May 2002, which is not classed as an official FIFA game. The balance of power between the two nations has shifted in recent years; it took 16 attempts for Greece to record their first win against Romania, a 2-1 success in Athens on 13 December Things are now much more even: since the turn of the millennium, Romania's seven official games against Greece have ended W3 D1 L3. Greece eliminated Romania in the play-offs for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, winning 3-1 in Piraeus and earning a 1-1 draw in Bucharest. Form guide Unbeaten Romania have the best defence in qualifying, with just one goal conceded in seven outings. Romania are unbeaten in five qualifying home games (W3 D2) since a 2-0 loss to Turkey on 10 September Greece are without a win on the road in Group F, coach Sergio Markarián tendering his resignation in the aftermath of their most recent away game, a 2-1 loss in the Faroe Islands. Trivia and links This is Greece's 250th competitive game; this is their 124th UEFA European Championship game, while they have played 126 in the FIFA World Cup. Romania defender Dragoş Grigore turns 29 on the day of the Greece game. In 14 UEFA age-group meetings with Romania, Greece's record is W10 D0 L4. In the 28 UEFA competition fixtures between Greek and Romanian clubs, the Greek sides' record is W11 D2 L15, though the Greek side has won the last three encounters without conceding. 4

5 Squad list Romania Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Costel Pantilimon 01/02/ Sunderland Ciprian Tătăruşanu 09/02/ Fiorentina Silviu Lung 04/06/ Astra Defenders - Răzvan Raţ 26/05/ Rayo Vallecano Dorin Goian 12/12/ Asteras Cosmin Moţi 03/12/ Ludogorets Alexandru Măţel 17/10/ Dinamo Zagreb Paul Papp 11/11/ Steaua Dragoş Grigore 07/09/ Al-Sailiya Vlad Chiricheş 14/11/ Napoli Midfielders - Lucian Sânmărtean 13/03/ Al-Ittihad Andrei Prepeliţă 08/12/ Ludogorets Gabriel Torje 22/11/ Osmanlıspor * Claudiu Bumba 05/01/ H. Tel-Aviv Steliano Filip 15/05/ Ovidiu Hoban 27/12/ Dinamo Bucureşti H. Beer Sheva Mihai Pintilii 09/11/ H. Tel-Aviv Alexandru Maxim 08/07/ Stuttgart Forwards - Claudiu Keșerü 02/12/ Ludogorets * Denis Alibec 05/01/ Astra Constantin Budescu 19/02/ Astra Florin Andone 11/04/ Córdoba Adrian Popa 24/07/ Steaua Coach - Anghel Iordanescu 04/05/

6 Greece Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Orestis Karnezis 11/07/ Udinese Markos Vellidis 04/04/ Giannina Stefanos Kapino 18/03/ Olympiacos Defenders - Loukas Vyntra 05/02/ H. Tel-Aviv Vangelis Moras 26/08/ Verona Sokratis Papastathopoulos 09/06/ Dortmund Kyriakos Papadopoulos 23/02/ Leverkusen Kostas Giannoulis 09/12/ Asteras Kostas Manolas 14/06/ Roma * José Holebas 27/06/ Watford Stelios Kitsiou 28/09/ PAOK Midfielders - Christos Aravidis 13/03/ AEK Alexandros Tziolis 13/02/ PAOK Panagiotis Kone 26/07/ Udinese * Andreas Samaris 13/06/ Benfica * Panagiotis Tachtsidis 15/02/ Genoa Giannis Fetfatzidis 21/12/ Al-Ahly Kostas Fortounis 16/10/ Olympiacos Vangelis Platellas 01/12/ AEK Forwards - Kostas Mitroglou 12/03/ Benfica Nikos Karelis 24/02/ Panathinaikos * Taxiarchis Fountas 04/09/ Asteras Coach - Kostas Tsanas 22/08/

7 Head coach Anghel Iordănescu Date of birth: 4 May 1950 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: FC Steaua București, OFI Crete FC Coaching career: FC Steaua București (twice), Anorthorsis Famagusta FC, Romania (three times), Greece, Al-Hilal, FC Rapid București, Al-Ain (twice), Al-Ittihad The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) named Iordănescu 'Coach of the 20th Century' for his exploits with both Steaua and the national team, to which he was appointed for the third time on 27 October Between the ages of 12 and 32 he was a midfielder with Steaua, making his debut aged 18 in Before leaving in 1982 he won two titles and four Romanian Cups, scoring 155 goals in 317 league games. He also made 57 appearances for Romania, scoring 21 international goals. After two years at OFI Crete, returned to Steaua as assistant and surprisingly played as a 73rd-minute substitute in the 1986 European Champions Clubs' Cup final win against FC Barcelona. Then became Steaua coach, winning the UEFA Super Cup, three league titles and three cups in four seasons as well as reaching the 1989 European Cup final. After two years at Anorthosis, returned to Steaua and won the league again. In 1993 became national coach and led Romania to their first FIFA World Cup quarter-final a year later, also taking them to EURO '96 and the 1998 World Cup where they made the last 16, a unique run in the team's history. After 1998 had spells as Greece coach and in the Middle East, leading Al-Hilal to 2000 Asian Club Championship victory, and coached Romania again between 2002 and In 2004 he joined Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad, winning the 2005 AFC Champions League, before retiring from football to concentrate on politics, becoming a Romanian senator. However in 2013 he was appointed FRF technical director and ten months later became national coach again. Kostas Tsanas Date of birth: 22 August 1967 Nationality: Greek Playing career: Levadiakos FC, Kalamata FC, Athinaikos FC, Ethnikos Asteras FC Coaching career: Athinaikos FC, Ilysiakos FC, Greece Under-19 (assistant), Greece U21 (assistant), Greece U19, Greece U21, Greece (caretaker) As a striker Tsanas spent the bulk of his playing career at Levadiakos, hanging up his boots in He promptly moved into coaching, starting in the youth sections of Athinaikos the following year before taking charge of the senior squad in 2005, moving on to Ilysiakos 12 months later. Tsanas spent 2008/09 working as a scout for AEK Athens before joining the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) as a coach. He was appointed assistant to Giorgos Georgiadis with the Under-19 team; a year later the duo took over the U21 squad. In October 2011 Tsanas succeeded Leonidas Vokolos as U19 head coach after Vokolos had become Fernando Santos's assistant in the senior squad. He led the side to the 2012 UEFA European U19 Championship final, losing 1-0 to Spain in Tallinn. Tsanas then switched to the U21s, also getting the Greece team to the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time guiding his side to the last 16 at the tournament in Turkey. In August 2015 he took over the reins of the senior national squad after the departure of Sergio Markarián. 7

8 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR) Vitali Malyutin (BLR), Oleg Maslyanko (BLR) Sergei Tsinkevich (BLR), Viktor Shimusik (BLR) Dmitri Zhuk (BLR) Eduard Dervishaj (ESP) Vladimir Sajn (SVN) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA EURO matches UEFA matches Aleksei Kulbakov 27/12/ Aleksei Kulbakov Referee since: 1995 First division: 2003 FIFA badge: 2005 Tournaments: 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Finals 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship UEFA European Championship matches featuring 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 Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 14/08/2008 UEL 2QR SK Liepājas Metalurgs FC Vaslui 0-2 Liepaja 17/09/2009 UEL GS CFR 1907 Cluj FC København 2-0 Cluj-Napoca 18/08/2011 UEL PO FK Austria Wien CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 3-1 Vienna 03/11/2011 UEL GS Shamrock Rovers FC PAOK FC 1-3 Dublin 23/08/2012 UEL PO FK Ekranas FC Steaua Bucureşti 0-2 Vilnius 8

9 Competition facts UEFA European Championship qualifying records There have been 14 qualifying tournaments for the UEFA European Championship with 11 countries participating in all of them: Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Spain and Turkey. The Soviet Union and Russia combined have also been involved in all 14 qualifying tournaments, as have Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. Of those ever-present nations, Spain have the most successful record, reaching the final tournament on nine occasions, including the 1964 event which they hosted. The most prolific qualifying country are West Germany/Germany, with ten successful attempts out of 11. Their only failure was in their first participation, for the 1968 tournament. They are on a run of ten successful qualifications, broken only by EURO '88, for which they qualified automatically as hosts. Discounting host nation exemptions, France and Germany hold the record for consecutive qualifications, from 1992 to Like West Germany/Germany, the Soviet Union/Russia have enjoyed a record ten successful qualifications but from a maximum 14 entries. The best percentage record for a single country is shared by Germany and the Czech Republic, who both have a 100% success rate, with six and five qualifications respectively. Next best are Croatia, who have qualified four times out of five (80%), from 1996 to Excluding tournament hosts, 2016 organisers France among them, ten countries are on a run of multiple successful qualifications going into UEFA EURO 2016 Germany (six), Czech Republic, Italy and Spain (five), Sweden (four), Croatia, Greece, Netherlands and Russia (three), and Portugal (two). Including tournament hosts, the longest sequences of ongoing consecutive multiple participations at the finals are as follows: West Germany/Germany (11), the Netherlands (seven), France (six), Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal and Spain (five), Sweden (four), Croatia, Greece, Russia (three), and Poland (two). Of the 53 nations pursuing a UEFA EURO 2016 spot via the qualifiers, 26 have never featured at a final tournament. Additionally, neither Austria nor Ukraine have ever experienced a fruitful qualifying campaign, their only appearances at the finals being in 2008 and 2012 respectively, when they were co-hosts. Gibraltar are the sole association in the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying field to be making their competition debut. Montenegro will make their second appearance and Kazakhstan their third. On just one of their ten successful qualification bids have West Germany/Germany failed to qualify as group winners. That was in 2008, when the Czech Republic edged them into second place, a position that also carried automatic qualification. The longest ongoing streak of qualifying group victories is held by Italy, who have topped their section in each of the last four competitions. Greece have the next best record in that regard, finishing first in the last three qualifying events. Spain are the only other nation to have won their group in the qualifying campaigns for both 2008 and Hungary and the Republic of Ireland share the record for the highest number of qualification matches played by a single nation, with 116 apiece, although the Soviet Union/Russia have contested 117. Twenty other countries or combinations have amassed a century or more of qualifying games with nine Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Belgium, Wales, Finland and Cyprus joining that select band in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying. Spain have registered the most UEFA European Championship qualifying wins, 79, followed by Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic on 74, with the Netherlands and the Soviet Union/Russia both on 70. Spain are also the competition's top goalscorers, finding the net 277 times. The Netherlands are second in the list with 246. The side with the highest number of defeats are Luxembourg with 89, followed by Malta (83) and Cyprus (72). Aside from debutants Gibraltar, two teams have never won a UEFA European Championship qualifier. Andorra have lost every one of their 47 matches; San Marino had lost 59 in a row before the goalless draw against Estonia in November The most goals conceded by one team is 293, by Luxembourg, closely followed by Malta on 283. San Marino are next up on 278 from just 63 games, in which they have scored a mere six goals, the fewest by any competing nation bar Gibraltar. The Republic of Ireland have drawn 35 qualifiers, more than any other side but closely followed by Romania on 33. 9

10 Only five teams have qualified with a perfect record in their group France (eight victories out of eight, EURO '92 and UEFA EURO 2004), Czech Republic (ten out of ten, UEFA EURO 2000), Germany (ten, UEFA EURO 2012), and Spain (eight, UEFA EURO 2012). Italy have the longest ongoing unbeaten UEFA European Championship qualifying run, having avoided defeat in each of their last 26 qualifying matches. Greece's 18-game unbeaten run was ended by Romania on matchday one, Spain's own 18-match streak and Germany's 13-game sequence both ended on matchday two. England (13) are also on a long sequence without defeat. Those five countries all came through the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying campaign unbowed, but no side avoided defeat en route to UEFA EURO Armenia and Liechtenstein have never qualified for a UEFA European Championship final tournament but boast the players with the most appearances in the qualifying competition, Sargis Hovsepyan and Mario Frick respectively with 47. Ireland's Keane became the highest scorer in UEFA European Championship qualifying matches on matchday two as his hat-trick against Gibraltar took him to 21 goals. He leapfrogged Turkey's Hakan Şükür on 20 goals, with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo on the same mark; the Czech Republic's Jan Koller and Denmark's Jon Dahl Tomasson are both on 19. Two players are on 18 goals: Miroslav Klose (Germany) and Raúl González (Spain). The highest number of goals netted in a single qualifying tournament is 13, by Northern Ireland's David Healy ahead of the 2008 finals. Next on the chart are Davor Šuker (1996) and Huntelaar (2012) with 12 apiece. 10

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12 Team facts UEFA European Championship records: Romania History 2012 did not qualify 2008 group stage 2004 did not qualify 2000 quarter-finals 1996 group stage 1992 did not qualify 1988 did not qualify 1984 group stage 1980 did not qualify 1976 did not qualify 1972 did not qualify 1968 did not qualify 1964 did not qualify 1960 did not qualify Final tournament win 2-3: England v Romania, 20/06/00 Final tournament loss 2-0: Netherlands v Romania, 17/06/08 2-0: Italy v Romania, 24/06/00 Qualifying win 7-0: Romania v Liechtenstein, 02/09/98 7-0: Romania v Cyprus, 23/04/67 0-7: Luxembourg v Romania, 16/10/02 Qualifying defeat 7-1: Switzerland v Romania, 24/05/67 6-0: Spain v Romania, 01/11/62 Final tournament appearances 8: Gheorghe Hagi 7: Cristian Chivu 7: Dorinel Munteanu 6: Cosmin Contra 6: Dan Petrescu 6: Bogdan Stelea 6: Viorel Moldovan 6: Constantin Gâlcă 6: Adrian Ilie 6: Adrian Mutu 6: Gheorghe Popescu Final tournament goals 1: Viorel Moldovan 1: Cristian Chivu 1: Dorinel Munteanu 1: Ioan Ganea 1: Florin Răducioiu 1: Laszlo Bölöni 1: Marcel Coraş 1: Adrian Mutu Overall appearances 36: Gheorghe Popescu 35: Dorinel Munteanu 35: Răzvan Raţ 32: Gheorghe Hagi 12

13 31: Dan Petrescu 31: Ioan Lupescu Overall goals 16: Adrian Mutu 9: Ciprian Marica 9: Florin Răducioiu 8: Gheorghe Hagi 8: Dorinel Munteanu 8: Ioan Ganea UEFA European Championship records: Greece History 2012 quarter-finals 2008 group stage 2004 winners 2000 did not qualify 1996 did not qualify 1992 did not qualify 1988 did not qualify 1984 did not qualify 1980 group stage 1976 did not qualify 1972 did not qualify 1968 did not qualify 1964 did not participate 1960 did not qualify Final tournament win 1-2: Portugal v Greece, 12/06/04 1-0: four times, most recently Greece v Russia, 16/06/12 Final tournament loss 1-3: Greece v Czechoslovakia, 14/06/80 0-2: Greece v Sweden, 10/06/08 Qualifying win 8-1: Greece v Finland, 11/10/78 Qualifying loss 7-1: France v Greece, 01/10/58 Final tournament appearances 13: Kostas Katsouranis 10: Giorgos Karagounis 9: Antonis Nikopolidis 9: Traianos Dellas 9: Angelos Charisteas Final tournament goals 4: Angelos Charisteas 2: Giorgos Karagounis 2: Dimitris Salpingidis 1: Six players Overall appearances 38: Giorgos Karagounis 36: Theodoros Zagorakis 34: Kostas Katsouranis 27: Vasilis Torosidis 26: Angelos Charisteas 25: Antonis Nikopolidis 25: Stelios Giannakopoulos Overall goals 13

14 11: Angelos Charisteas 11: Nikos Anastopoulos 7: Nikos Machlas 7: Fanis Gekas 6: Dimitris Saravakos 6: Giotis Tsalouchidis 14

15 Legend :: Previous meetings Goals for/against: Goal totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (e.g. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored during a penalty shoot-out after a tie ended in a draw :: Squad list Qual.: Total European Qualifiers appearances/goals for UEFA EURO 2016 only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2016 appearances/goals in final tournament only. Overall: Total international appearances/goals. DoB: Date of birth Age: Based on the date press kit was last updated D: Disciplinary (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended) :: Team facts EURO finals: The UEFA European Championship was a four-team event in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 (when the preliminary round and quarter-finals were considered part of qualifying). From 1980 it was expanded to an eight-team finals and remained in that format in 1984, 1988 and 1992 until 1996, when the 16-team format was adopted. UEFA EURO 2016 is the first tournament to be played as a 24-team finals. Records of inactive countries A number of UEFA associations have been affected by dissolution or splits of member associations. For statistical purposes, the records of these inactive countries have been allocated elsewhere: therefore, all Soviet Union matches are awarded to Russia; all West Germany but not East Germany matches are awarded to Germany; all Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro matches are awarded to Serbia; all Czechoslovakia matches are allocated to both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Abandoned/forfeited matches For statisical purposes, when a match has been started and then abandoned but later forfeited, the result on the pitch at the time of abandonment is counted. Matches that never started and were either cancelled or forfeited are not included in the overall statistics. Competitions Other abbreviations (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: Date 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 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. 15