EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Bosnia and Herzegovina Last updated 09/07/ :30CET Stadion Bilino polje - Zenica Monday 13 October CET (20.45 local time) Group B - Matchday -10 Belgium EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Team facts 10 Legend 12 1

2 Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/04/2009 QR (GS) 28/03/2009 QR (GS) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Belgium Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 Zenica 2-4 Genk Džeko 12, 14; Swerts 88 Dembélé 66, Sonck 85 (P); Džeko 7, Jahić 75, Bajramović 77, Misimović 81 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/09/2005 QR (GS) 26/03/2005 QR (GS) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Belgium Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 Zenica Barbarez Brussels Emile Mpenza 15, 54, Daerden 44, Buffel 76; Bajramović 1 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium FIFA* Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Friendlies Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Total Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2

3 Match background Bosnia and Herzegovina will look to put their opening UEFA EURO 2016 Group B home result down to experience as they take on Belgium in Zenica. Match background The sides have met in four previous games, all FIFA World Cup qualifiers; Belgium won the first 4-1 but have lost all the subsequent matches including both their previous fixtures in Zenica. The most recent encounters were in the run-up to the 2010 finals. In seven meetings in UEFA age-group competitions, Belgium have the record W4 D2 L1. In terms of encounters in UEFA club competitions, the nations are closely matched, with the Belgian teams' record reading W7 D1 L6. Bosnia and Herzegovina coach Safet Sušić was twice on the losing side against Belgium in international games with Yugoslavia: a 2-0 reverse at the 1984 UEFA European Championship and a 1-0 friendly defeat in In their last two qualifying group campaigns, Bosnia and Herzegovina have recorded four victories and a defeat at home; they will hope they can forge on to win their remaining four Group B home matches now, following a 2-1 loss to Cyprus in their opening fixture. 3

4 Squad list Bosnia and Herzegovina Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Ratko Dujković 16/03/ Zrinjski Asmir Begović 20/06/ Stoke Jasmin Fejzic 15/05/ Aalen Defenders - Emir Spahić 18/08/ Leverkusen Avdija Vršajević 06/03/ Hajduk Split Toni Šunjić 15/12/ Kuban Ognjen Vranješ 24/10/ Elazığspor Senad Lulić 18/01/ Lazio Midfielders - Mensur Mujdža 28/03/ Freiburg Haris Medunjanin 08/03/ Deportivo Miralem Pjanić 02/04/ Roma Anel Hadzic 16/08/ Sturm Edin Višća 17/02/ İstanbul BB Sanjin Prcić 20/11/ Rennes Josip Kvesić 21/09/ Željezničar Izet Hajrovic 04/08/ Bremen Muhamed Bešić 10/09/ Everton Tino-Sven Sušić 13/02/ Hajduk Split Gojko Cimirot 19/12/ Sarajevo Forwards - Edin Džeko 17/03/ Man. City * Vedad Ibišević 06/08/ Stuttgart Coach - Safet Susic 13/04/

5 Belgium Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jean-François Gillet 31/05/ Torino Simon Mignolet 06/08/ Liverpool Thibaut Courtois 11/05/ Chelsea Defenders - Nicolas Lombaerts 20/03/ Zenit Jelle Van Damme 10/10/ Standard Liège Vincent Kompany 10/04/ Man. City Sébastien Pocognoli 01/08/ West Brom Laurent Ciman 05/08/ Standard Liège Toby Alderweireld 02/03/ Southampton Jan Vertonghen 24/04/ Tottenham Jason Denayer 28/06/ Celtic Midfielders - Mousa Dembélé 16/07/ Tottenham Steven Defour 15/04/ Anderlecht Marouane Fellaini 22/11/ Man. United Eden Hazard 07/01/ Chelsea Radja Nainggolan 04/05/ Roma Kevin De Bruyne 28/06/ Wolfsburg Dries Mertens 06/05/ Napoli Nacer Chadli 02/08/ Tottenham Adnan Januzaj 05/02/ Man. United Forwards - Romelu Lukaku 13/05/ Everton Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 04/09/ Monaco Divock Origi 18/04/ LOSC Coach - Marc Wilmots 22/02/

6 Head coach Safet Sušić Date of birth: 13 April 1955 Nationality: Bosnian Playing career: FK Krivaja Zavidovići, FK Sarajevo, Paris Saint-Germain, Red Star FC Coaching career: AS Cannes, İstanbulspor AŞ, al-hilal FC, Konyaspor, MKE Ankaragücü, Rizespor, Ankaraspor, Bosnia and Herzegovina An outstanding attacking midfielder with an eye for the killer pass and an excellent scoring record, Sušić spent nine years with Sarajevo. Yugoslavia's Footballer of the Year in 1979, he was the Yugoslavian First League's joint-top marksman with 17 goals in 1979/80 as Sarajevo finished runners-up. Moved to Paris in 1982 and played for nine seasons in the French capital, becoming one of the country's finest-ever footballing imports and helping his side win the French Cup in his first term and the league title in 1985/86. A long-time stalwart of the Yugoslavia national team, Sušić made his first appearance in 1977 and his last in Claimed 21 goals in 54 appearances and featured at the 1982 and 1990 FIFA World Cups as well as the 1984 UEFA European Championship. Launched coaching career in France with Cannes before taking jobs in Istanbul and Riyadh. Eventually settled in Turkey, where he coached four clubs between 2004 and Named Bosnia and Herzegovina's Golden Player as part of UEFA's jubilee celebrations in 2004, he succeeded Miroslav Blažević as national coach in December With Sušić at the helm, Bosnia and Herzegovina reached the qualifying play-offs for UEFA EURO 2012, losing out to Portugal. They then topped their group to seal a spot at the 2014 World Cup the nation's first qualification for a major tournament and, after narrow defeats by Argentina and Nigeria, overcame Iran 3-1 to bow out on a high note. Marc Wilmots Date of birth: 22 February 1969 Nationality: Belgian Playing career: K. Sint-Truidense VV, KV Mechelen, R. Standard de Liège, FC Schalke 04, FC Girondins de Bordeaux Coaching career: FC Schalke 04, K. Sint-Truidense VV, Belgium Started out at Sint-Truiden in 1985 and joined Mechelen in 1988, appearing as a substitute in the first leg of that year's UEFA Super Cup as the Belgian side defeated PSV Eindhoven. A forward before later moving into midfield, Wilmots helped Mechelen clinch the Belgian title in 1988/89 ahead of a switch to Standard, where he lifted the Belgian Cup in Signed for Schalke after five years with Standard, scoring the winner in the first leg of the 1997 UEFA Cup final against FC Internazionale Milano and then converting the decisive spot kick in the second-leg shoot-out. Wilmots ended his career with Schalke picking up the German Cup in 2002 after a short stint at Bordeaux. Notched 28 goals in 70 outings for Belgium, including two at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and three in South Korea/Japan in 2002; he also featured at the 1994 World Cup and UEFA EURO Took over as Schalke coach after retiring in 2003 but left the post soon afterwards to pursue a career in politics. Serving as a senator in his native Belgium, he then briefly held the reins at Sint-Truiden from 2004 to Returned to the dugout in 2009 as assistant to Belgium boss Dick Advocaat, and later Georges Leekens, before his own nomination as head coach in May Steered his country to the 2014 World Cup in his first qualifying campaign, Belgium going on to reach the quarter-finals in Brazil. 6

7 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Luca Banti (ITA) Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA), Alessandro Giallatini (ITA) Gianluca Rocchi (ITA), Daniele Doveri (ITA) Alfonso Marrazzo (ITA) Dusan Tittel (SVK) Ilkka Koho (FIN) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA EURO matches UEFA matches Luca Banti 27/03/ 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 11/08/2010 U21 QR France Belgium 0-1 Vannes 19/08/2010 UEL PO KRC Genk FC Porto 0-3 Genk 08/11/2012 UEL GS Club Brugge KV Newcastle United FC 2-2 Bruges 30/07/2013 UCL 3QR PSV Eindhoven SV Zulte Waregem 2-0 Eindhoven 28/08/2014 UEL PO Club Brugge KV Grasshopper Club 1-0 Bruges 7

8 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 111 apiece, although the Soviet Union/Russia have contested 113. Fourteen other countries or combinations have amassed a century or more of qualifying games with four Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Portugal joining that select band when they played their first fixture on the road to UEFA EURO Spain have registered the most UEFA European Championship qualifying wins, 74, followed by Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic on 71, with the Soviet Union/Russia on 68 and the Netherlands on 68. Spain are also the competition's top goalscorers, finding the net 270 times. The Netherlands are second in the list with 237. The side with the highest number of defeats are Luxembourg with 86, followed by Malta (79) and Cyprus (69). Aside from debutants Gibraltar, two teams have never won a UEFA European Championship qualifier. Indeed, both San Marino and Andorra have lost every one of their matches 58 and 42 respectively. The most goals conceded by one team is 284, by Luxembourg, closely followed by Malta on 277. San Marino are next up on 260 from just 58 games, in which they have scored a mere six goals, the fewest by any competing nation. The Republic of Ireland have drawn 32 qualifiers, more than any other side but closely followed by Romania on 31. Only five teams have qualified with a perfect record in their group France (eight victories out of eight, EURO '92 8

9 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 22 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 have never qualified for a UEFA European Championship final tournament but they boast the player with the most appearances in the qualifying competition, defender Sargis Hovsepyan with 47. Liechtenstein's Mario Frick is next on the all-time listing with 45 appearances - followed on 40 by Latvia's Vitālijs Astafjevs with Finland's Jari Litmanen on 38. The Republic of Ireland's Robbie 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 and Czech Republic's Jan Koller and Denmark's Jon Dahl Tomasson, 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. 9

10 Team facts UEFA European Championship records: Bosnia and Herzegovina History 2012 did not qualify 2008 did not qualify 2004 did not qualify 2000 did not qualify Qualifying win 5-0: Bosnia and Herzegovina v Luxembourg, 07/10/11 Qualifying loss 6-2: Portugal v Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15/11/11 0-4: Bosnia and Herzegovina v Greece, 11/10/06 Overall appearances 23: Zvjezdan Misimović 20: Edin Džeko 18: Kenan Hasagić 18: Elvir Rahimić 18: Emir Spahić Overall goals 8: Zvjezdan Misimović 7: Elvir Baljić 6: Elvir Bolić 5: Sergej Barbarez 5: Edin Džeko UEFA European Championship records: Belgium History 2012 did not qualify 2008 did not qualify 2004 did not qualify 2000 group stage 1996 did not qualify 1992 did not qualify 1988 did not qualify 1984 group stage 1980 runners-up 1976 did not qualify 1972 third 1968 did not qualify 1964 did not qualify 1960 did not participate Final tournament win 2-0: Belgium v Yugoslavia, 13/06/84 Final tournament loss 5-0: France v Belgium, 16/06/84 Qualifying win 6-0: Belgium v Andorra, 10/10/14 0-6: Luxembourg v Belgium, 14/10/86 Qualifying loss 5-0: Netherlands v Belgium, 25/04/76 Final tournament appearances 7: Jan Ceulemans 7: Jean-Marie Pfaff 7: René Vandereycken 10

11 6: Erwin Vandenbergh Final tournament goals 2: Jan Ceulemans 1: 11 players Overall appearances 29: Timmy Simons 27: Eric Gerets 26: Jan Ceulemans 22: Jean-Marie Pfaff 22: Daniel Van Buyten 22: François Van Der Elst 22: Bart Goor Overall goals 9: François Van Der Elst 8: Paul Van Himst 7: Nico Claesen 7: Marc Degryse 7: Erwin Vandenbergh 6: Jan Ceulemans 6: Johan Devrindt 6: Wesley Sonck 11

12 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. 12