EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 Portugal EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio Algarve - Faro-Loulé Sunday 13 November CET (19.45 local time) Group B - Matchday 4 Latvia Last updated 07/06/ :55CET 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 Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/10/2005 QR (GS) Portugal - Latvia 3-0 Porto 04/09/2004 QR (GS) Latvia - Portugal 0-2 Riga EURO '96 Date Stage reached Pauleta 18, 20, Hugo Viana 85 Ronaldo 58, Pauleta 59 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/06/1995 PR (GS) Portugal - Latvia 3-2 Porto 09/10/1994 PR (GS) Latvia - Portugal 1-3 Liepaja Luís Figo 5, Secretário 20, Domingos 21; Rimkus 51, 82 Milevskis 87; João Pinto 31, 69, Luís Figo 70 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 Portugal Latvia

3 Squad list Portugal Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Rui Patrício 15/02/ Sporting CP Anthony Lopes 01/10/ Lyon Marafona 08/05/ Braga Defenders - Bruno Alves 27/11/ Cagliari José Fonte 22/12/ Southampton * Antunes 01/04/ Dynamo Kyiv João Cancelo 27/05/ Valencia Luís Neto 26/05/ Zenit Raphaël Guerreiro 22/12/ Dortmund Midfielders - Adrien Silva 15/03/ Sporting CP * William Carvalho 07/04/ Sporting CP João Mário 19/01/ Internazionale Danilo 09/09/ Porto André Gomes 30/07/ Barcelona Renato Sanches 18/08/ Bayern Bernardo Silva 10/08/ Monaco Gelson Martins 11/05/ Sporting CP Nélson Semedo 16/11/ Benfica Forwards - Ricardo Quaresma 26/09/ Beşiktaş Cristiano Ronaldo 05/02/ Real Madrid Nani 17/11/ Valencia Éder 22/12/ LOSC André Silva 06/11/ Porto Coach - Fernando Santos 10/10/

4 Latvia Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Andris Vaņins 30/04/ Zürich Pāvels Šteinbors 21/09/ Arka Kaspars Ikstens 05/06/ Jelgava Defenders - Kaspars Gorkšs 06/11/ Liepāja Vladislavs Gabovs 13/07/ Korona Gints Freimanis 09/05/ Jelgava Vitālijs Maksimenko 08/12/ Mattersburg * Mārcis Ošs 25/07/ Jelgava Midfielders - Aleksejs Višņakovs 03/02/ Skonto Oļegs Laizāns 28/03/ Riga * Artis Lazdiņš 03/05/ Jelgava Igors Tarasovs 16/10/ Giresunspor Artūrs Zjuzins 18/06/ Tambov * Vitālijs Jagodinskis 28/02/ Diósgyőr * Roberts Savaļnieks 04/02/ Liepājas Metalurgs FT Jānis Ikaunieks 16/02/ Metz Glebs Kļuškins 10/02/ Jelgava Forwards - Ģirts Karlsons 07/06/ Ventspils Ivans Lukjanovs 24/01/ Fakel Artjoms Rudņevs 13/01/ Köln Artūrs Karašausks 29/01/ Piast * Dāvis Ikaunieks 07/01/ Jihlava * Vladislavs Gutkovskis 02/04/ Nieciecza Coach - Marians Pahars 05/08/

5 Head coach Fernando Santos Date of birth: 10 October 1954 Nationality: Portuguese Playing career: SL Benfica, CS Marítimo, Estoril Praia Coaching career: Estoril Praia, CF Estrela da Amadora, FC Porto, AEK Athens FC (twice), Panathinaikos FC, Sporting Clube de Portugal, SL Benfica, PAOK FC, Greece, Portugal A left-back, Santos started his playing days at home-town club Benfica before two-year stints with Marítimo and Estoril-Praia. Retired in After a career change as a technician Santos holds a degree in electrical and telecommunications engineering he returned to football in 1987, taking over at former team Estoril-Praia. Stayed seven years, guiding them to two promotions and the Portuguese top flight. Had four seasons with Estrela da Amadora prior to joining Porto in Led his side to the Liga title in his first term, adding two domestic cups before departing for AEK in Again made an instant impact, lifting the 2002 Greek Cup. Went to Panathinaikos that summer followed by spells at Sporting, AEK and Benfica. He then revived PAOK's fortunes, steering them to runners-up spot in the 2009/10 Super League to earn a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Announced his departure in May 2010 and was confirmed as Otto Rehhagel's successor as Greece coach six weeks later, proving an immediate hit as he helped them to UEFA EURO Repeated the feat for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, guiding them to the last 16, before stepping down. He was appointed by Portugal that September after Paulo Bento's departure following a 1-0 defeat by Albania and led them to UEFA EURO 2016 thanks to seven successive victories. The crowning glory was to come in France, Portugal remaining unbeaten throughout the tournament and defeating the hosts in the St-Denis final thanks to Éder's extratime goal. Marians Pahars Date of birth: 5 August 1976 Nationality: Latvian Playing career: FK Pārdaugava, Skonto Metall FC, Skonto FC (twice), Southampton FC, Anorthosis Famagusta FC, FC Jūrmala Coaching career: Skonto FC, Latvia Under-21s, Latvia Born in the village of Chornobai in central Ukraine, he moved to Latvia his parents' homeland while young and undertook his football education in Riga before making his senior debut at Skonto in He won the league title in each of his first four seasons, and the double in three of them. Transferred to English Premier League outfit Southampton in 1999, where the diminutive forward became a firm fans' favourite. Known as the 'Latvian Owen' after England striker Michael Owen, he spent seven successful years with the Saints, despite a succession of injuries. After a year with Anorthosis, lifting the Cypriot Cup, Pahars returned to Latvia and Skonto, ending his career at Jūrmala in He accepted a role as assistant to Aleksandrs Starkovs at Skonto the following year. Skonto claimed the 2010 championship and Pahars replaced Starkovs at the helm the next year. His first term in the hot seat brought the Latvian Cup and a runners-up finish in the First Division, though Pahars soon left as Skonto were suffering off-the-pitch problems. Pahars was out of football for just two months before taking charge of Latvia's U21 side. His tenure lasted a solitary game as Starkovs' unexpected decision to step down as senior team boss in summer 2013 prompted the younger man's immediate promotion on a contract until

6 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner Referee observer Bobby Madden (SCO) David McGeachie (SCO), Stuart Stevenson (SCO) Steven McLean (SCO) Octavian Goga (ROU) Eugen Strigel (GER) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Bobby Madden 25/10/ Bobby Madden Referee since: 2002 First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2010 Tournaments: N/A Finals N/A 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 Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 26/10/2011 U17 QR Portugal Finland 2-1 Viseu 25/10/2012 UEL GS Club Atlético de Madrid A. Académica de Coimbra 2-1 Madrid 18/09/2014 UEL GS PSV Eindhoven Estoril Praia 1-0 Eindhoven 13/10/2014 EURO QR Latvia Turkey 1-1 Riga 01/10/2015 UEL GS SC Braga FC Groningen 1-0 Braga 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 Portugal FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Switzerland Portugal Hungary Faroe Islands Latvia Andorra Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Switzerland 2-0 Portugal Goals: 1-0 Embolo 24, 2-0 Mehmedi 30 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Pepe, Raphaël Guerreiro, Fonte, João Moutinho (68 Quaresma), Éder (46 André Silva), Bernardo Silva, William Carvalho (46 João Mário), Nani, Cédric, Adrien Silva Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Portugal 6-0 Andorra Goals: 1-0 Ronaldo 2, 2-0 Ronaldo 4, 3-0 João Cancelo 44, 4-0 Ronaldo 47, 5-0 Ronaldo 68, 6-0 André Silva 86 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Pepe (72 Gelson Martins), Raphaël Guerreiro (52 Antunes), Fonte, Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Bernardo Silva, André Gomes (66 João Mário), André Silva, Quaresma, João Cancelo Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Faroe Islands 0-6 Portugal Goals: 0-1 André Silva 12, 0-2 André Silva 22, 0-3 André Silva 37, 0-4 Ronaldo 65, 0-5 João Moutinho 90+1, 0-6 João Cancelo 90+3 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Pepe, Antunes, Fonte, Ronaldo, João Mário (81 João Moutinho), William Carvalho, André Gomes, André Silva (79 Éder), Quaresma (67 Gelson Martins), João Cancelo Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Portugal-Latvia Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Portugal-Hungary Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Latvia-Portugal Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Portugal-Faroe Islands Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Hungary-Portugal Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Andorra-Portugal Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Portugal-Switzerland Latvia FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Andorra 0-1 Latvia Goals: 0-1 Šabala 48 8

9 Latvia: Vaņins, Maksimenko, Gabovs, A. Višņakovs, Lazdiņš (46 Laizāns), Šabala, Gorkšs, Ikaunieks, D. Ikaunieks (63 Torres), Zjuzins (74 Karašausks), Jagodinskis Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Latvia 0-2 Faroe Islands Goals: 0-1 Nattestad 19, 0-2 Edmundsson 70 Latvia: Vaņins, Maksimenko, Laizāns, Gabovs, A. Višņakovs, Šabala, Gorkšs, Lukjanovs (76 D. Ikaunieks), Jagodinskis, Kļuškins (72 Zjuzins), Gutkovskis (64 Karlsons) Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Latvia 0-2 Hungary Goals: 0-1 Gyurcsó 10, 0-2 Szalai 77 Latvia: Vaņins, Maksimenko, Laizāns (77 Karašausks), Gabovs, A. Višņakovs (57 Zjuzins), D. Ikaunieks, Šabala, Gorkšs, Tarasovs, Jagodinskis, Kļuškins (68 Ikaunieks) Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Portugal-Latvia Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Switzerland-Latvia Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Latvia-Portugal Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Hungary-Latvia Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Latvia-Switzerland Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Faroe Islands-Latvia Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Latvia-Andorra 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: 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 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