EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 England EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Wembley Stadium - London Monday 4 September CET (19.45 local time) Group F - Matchday 8 Slovakia Last updated 04/09/ :58CET 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 FIFA World Cup 04/09/2016 QR (GS) Slovakia - England 0-1 Trnava Lallana UEFA European Championship 20/06/2016 GS-FT Slovakia - England 0-0 Saint-Etienne UEFA EURO /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 20/06/1982 GS-FT England - Czechoslovakia 2-0 Bilbao 1976 UEFA European Championship Francis 62, Barmoš 66 (og) 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 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 England Slovakia

3 Squad list 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/ West Ham Jack Butland 10/03/ Stoke Defenders - Ryan Bertrand 05/08/ Southampton Gary Cahill 19/12/ Chelsea Kyle Walker 28/05/ Man. City Chris Smalling 22/11/ Man. United Phil Jones 21/02/ Man. United Michael Keane 11/01/ Everton Aaron Cresswell 15/12/ West Ham John Stones 28/05/ Man. City Midfielders - Jake Livermore 14/11/ West Brom * Jordan Henderson 17/06/ Liverpool Nathaniel Chalobah 12/12/ Watford Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 15/08/ Liverpool Raheem Sterling 08/12/ Man. City Eric Dier 15/01/ Tottenham Dele Alli 11/04/ Tottenham Forwards - Daniel Sturridge 01/09/ Liverpool * Danny Welbeck 26/11/ Arsenal Harry Kane 28/07/ Tottenham Jamie Vardy 11/01/ Leicester Marcus Rashford 31/10/ Man. United * Coach - Gareth Southgate 03/09/

4 Slovakia Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Martin Dúbravka 15/01/ Sparta Praha Martin Poláček 02/04/ Zagłębie Ján Novota 29/11/ Debrecen Defenders - Martin Škrtel 15/12/ Fenerbahçe Peter Pekarík 30/10/ Hertha Ján Ďurica 10/12/ Trabzonspor Tomáš Hubočan 17/09/ Marseille Norbert Gyömber 03/07/ Bari Róbert Mazáň 09/02/ Žilina Milan Škriniar 11/02/ Internazionale * Midfielders - Marek Hamšík 27/07/ Napoli Vladimír Weiss 30/11/ Al-Gharafa Juraj Kucka 26/02/ Trabzonspor Ján Greguš 29/01/ København Jaroslav Mihalík 27/07/ Cracovia Albert Rusnák 07/07/ Erik Sabo 22/11/ Real Salt Lake Beitar Jerusalem FT * Patrik Hrošovský 22/04/ Plzeň Ondrej Duda 05/12/ Hertha Stanislav Lobotka 25/11/ Celta Forwards - Adam Nemec 02/09/ Dinamo Bucureşti Róbert Mak 08/03/ PAOK * Michal Ďuriš 01/06/ Orenburg * Coach - Ján Kozák 17/04/

5 Head coach Gareth Southgate of birth: 3 September 1970 Nationality: English Playing career: Crystal Palace FC, Aston Villa FC, Middlesbrough FC Coaching career: Middlesbrough FC, England Under-21s, England (caretaker) Came through the ranks at Palace, initially as a midfielder, becoming captain and leading the club to promotion to the Premier League in 1993/94. Moved on to Villa following relegation in 1995 and was converted into a centre-back, winning the League Cup in his first season and helping the team reach the 2000 FA Cup final. Won 57 caps for England, although best known for missing a crucial penalty against Germany in the EURO '96 semi-final at Wembley; also appeared at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO Left Villa for Middlesbrough in 2001 and became the first Boro captain to lift a trophy, skippering the side to victory against Sam Allardyce's Bolton Wanderers FC in the 2004 League Cup final; also helped Boro reach the UEFA Cup final in memorable fashion two years later. Defeat by Sevilla FC in Eindhoven proved Southgate's last game as he moved into the Middlesbrough dug-out to succeed Steve McClaren following the latter's departure for England; kept them in the Premier League until 2009, when they were relegated with Southgate dismissed that October. Joined the Football Association in 2011, initially as head of elite development before taking over as Under-21 coach two years later; appointed caretaker manager of the national side in September 2016 following Allardyce's departure. 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

6 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner Referee observer Clément Turpin (FRA) Nicolas Danos (FRA), Cyril Gringore (FRA) Ruddy Buquet (FRA) Jim Stjerne Hansen (DEN) Murat Ilgaz (TUR) Referee Name of birth UEFA matches Clément Turpin 16/05/ 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 14/07/2011 UEL 2QR Crusaders FC Fulham FC 1-3 Belfast 06/10/2011 U21 QR Iceland England 0-3 Reykjavik 14/10/2014 U21 PO Croatia England 1-2 Vinkovci 04/11/2014 UCL GS Arsenal FC RSC Anderlecht 3-3 London 20/08/2015 UEL PO Southampton FC FC Midtjylland 1-1 Southampton 30/09/2015 UCL GS VfL Borussia Manchester City Mönchengladbach FC 1-2 Monchengladbach 25/02/2016 UEL R32 Liverpool FC FC Augsburg 1-0 Liverpool 22/02/2017 UCL R16 Sevilla FC Leicester City FC 2-1 Seville 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 England FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group F Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts England Slovakia Scotland Slovenia Lithuania Malta Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Slovakia 0-1 England Goals: 0-1 Lallana 90+5 England: Hart, Walker, Rose, Dier, Cahill, Stones, Sterling (71 Walcott), Henderson (64 Alli), Kane (82 Sturridge), Rooney, Lallana Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) England 2-0 Malta Goals: 1-0 Sturridge 29, 2-0 Alli 38 England: Hart, Walker, Bertrand (19 Rose), Henderson, Cahill, Stones, Walcott (68 Rashford), Alli, Sturridge (73 Vardy), Rooney, Lingard Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovenia 0-0 England England: Hart, Walker, Rose, Henderson, Cahill, Stones, Walcott (62 Townsend), Dier, Sturridge (82 Rashford), Alli (73 Rooney), Lingard Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) England 3-0 Scotland Goals: 1-0 Sturridge 23, 2-0 Lallana 50, 3-0 Cahill 61 England: Hart, Walker, Rose, Dier, Cahill, Stones, Sterling, Henderson, Sturridge (74 Vardy), Rooney, Lallana Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) England 2-0 Lithuania Goals: 1-0 Defoe 22, 2-0 Vardy 66 England: Hart, Walker, Bertrand, Dier, Keane, Stones, Sterling (60 Rashford), Oxlade-Chamberlain, Defoe (60 Vardy), Alli, Lallana Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Scotland 2-2 England Goals: 0-1 Oxlade-Chamberlain 70, 1-1 Griffiths 87, 2-1 Griffiths 90, 2-2 Kane 90+3 England: Hart, Walker, Bertrand, Dier, Cahill, Smalling, Rashford (65 Oxlade-Chamberlain), Livermore (92 Defoe), Kane, Alli (84 Sterling), Lallana Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Malta 0-4 England Goals: 0-1 Kane 53, 0-2 Bertrand 86, 0-3 Welbeck 90+1, 0-4 Kane 90+2 England: Hart, Walker, Bertrand, Henderson, Cahill, Jones, Sterling (46 Rashford), Livermore, Kane, Alli (69 Vardy), Oxlade-Chamberlain (76 Welbeck) Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) England-Slovakia Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) England-Slovenia 8

9 Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Lithuania-England Slovakia FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Slovakia 0-1 England Goals: 0-1 Lallana 90+5 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík, Škrtel, Ďurica, Greguš, Hubočan, Hamšík, Švento (78 Kiss), Mak (71 Kubík), Ďuriš, Pečovský (55 Gyömber) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Slovenia 1-0 Slovakia Goals: 1-0 Kronaveter 74 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Ďurica, Greguš, Hrošovský (79 Ďuriš), Pauschek (79 Sabo), Hubočan, Saláta, Hamšík, Švento (79 Holúbek), Kucka, Mak Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovakia 3-0 Scotland Goals: 1-0 Mak 18, 2-0 Mak 56, 3-0 Nemec 68 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Škrtel, Ďurica, Sabo, Nemec (69 Bakoš), Škriniar, Hamšík (87 Kiss), Kucka, Mak (80 Švento), Ďuriš, Holúbek Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Slovakia 4-0 Lithuania Goals: 1-0 Nemec 12, 2-0 Kucka 15, 3-0 Škrtel 36, 4-0 Hamšík 86 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík, Škrtel, Ďurica, Weiss (89 Bero), Nemec (77 Ďuriš), Škriniar, Hubočan, Hamšík, Kucka, Mak (83 Švento) Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Malta 1-3 Slovakia Goals: 0-1 Weiss 2, 1-1 J.P. Farrugia 14, 1-2 Greguš 41, 1-3 Nemec 84 Slovakia: Kozáčik, Pekarík, Škrtel, Greguš, Weiss (86 Rusnák), Nemec, Hrošovský, Škriniar, Hubočan, Kucka (74 Ďuriš), Mak (50 Hamšík) Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Lithuania 1-2 Slovakia Goals: 0-1 Weiss 32, 0-2 Hamšík 58, 1-2 Novikovas 90+3 Slovakia: Dúbravka, Pekarík, Škrtel, Ďurica, Greguš, Weiss, Duda (89 Bénes), Škriniar, Hubočan (58 Gyömber), Hamšík, Mak (77 Rusnák) Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Slovakia 1-0 Slovenia Goals: 1-0 M. Mevlja 81 (og) Slovakia: Dúbravka, Pekarík, Gyömber, Weiss (55 Rusnák), Nemec, Škriniar, Hubočan, Hamšík (87 Duda), Kucka (65 Greguš), Mak, Lobotka Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) England-Slovakia Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Scotland-Slovakia Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Slovakia-Malta 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