EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Poland Last updated 09/07/ :14CET Stadion Narodowy - Warsaw Monday 7 September CET (20.45 local time) Group D - Matchday -5 Gibraltar EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1

2 Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/09/2014 QR (GS) Gibraltar - Poland 0-7 Faro-Loule Grosicki 11, 48, Lewandowski 50, 53, 86, 90+2, Szukała 58 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 Poland Gibraltar FIFA* Poland Gibraltar Friendlies Poland Gibraltar Total Poland Gibraltar * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2

3 Match background Poland beat Gibraltar 7-0 as they met on the opening day of UEFA EURO 2016 Group D qualifying and will look to rack up a few more goals in the rematch in Warsaw. The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Łukasz Szukała (Poland) and Joseph Chipolina (Gibraltar). Previous meetings Robert Lewandowski posted his first ever four-goal haul for Poland as Gibraltar's first competitive home game ended in a 7-0 defeat. That remains the nations' only meeting in any UEFA competition. Form guide Poland are unbeaten in five competitive home games (W3 D2) since a 3-1 loss to neighbours Ukraine in Warsaw on 22 March Gibraltar have lost all three of their Group D away games to date, conceding 17 goals in the process. The only positive came in their 6-1 loss in Scotland, when Lee Casciaro scored their first ever competitive goal briefly levelling the scores at Hampden Park. Trivia and links Jeff Wood is the third coach to take charge of Gibraltar during this campaign; they kicked off with Allen Bula in charge before Scotsman David Wilson took command. He is now working as Wood's assistant. Poland midfielder Tomasz Jodłowiec turns 30 the day after the Gibraltar game. 3

4 Squad list Poland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Artur Boruc 20/02/ Bournemouth Łukasz Fabiański 18/04/ Swansea Przemysław Tytoń 04/01/ Stuttgart Wojciech Szczęsny 18/04/ Roma Defenders - Łukasz Szukała 26/05/ Osmanlıspor * Artur Jędrzejczyk 04/11/ Krasnodar Kamil Glik 03/02/ Torino Tomasz Jodłowiec 08/09/ Legia Thiago Cionek 21/04/ Modena Paweł Olkowski 13/02/ Köln Midfielders - Sebastian Mila 10/07/ Lechia Sławomir Peszko 19/02/ Lechia Jakub Błaszczykowski 14/12/ Fiorentina Grzegorz Krychowiak 29/01/ Sevilla Maciej Rybus 19/08/ Terek Kamil Grosicki 08/06/ Rennes Ariel Borysiuk 29/07/ Lechia Krzysztof Mączyński 23/05/ Wisła Kamil Wilczek 14/01/ Carpi Piotr Zieliński 20/05/ Empoli Bartosz Kapustka 23/12/ Cracovia Forwards - Robert Lewandowski 21/08/ Bayern Arkadiusz Milik 28/02/ Ajax Coach - Adam Nawalka 23/10/

5 Gibraltar Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jamie Robba 26/10/ Le Pontet Jordan Perez 13/11/ Lincoln Liam Neale 01/12/ Glacis Defenders - Roy Chipolina 20/01/ Lincoln Robert Guilling 14/10/ Lynx Joseph Chipolina 14/12/ Lincoln * Erin Barnett 02/09/ Lions Gibraltar - John Sergeant 27/02/ Manchester 62 - Jayce Mascarenhas-Olivero 02/07/ Lions Gibraltar Ryan Casciaro 11/05/ Lincoln Jean Carlos Garcia 05/07/ Lincoln James Bosio 24/09/ Lincoln Justin Rovegno 17/07/ Manchester 62 Midfielders - Jesse Victory 02/04/ Manchester 62 - James Coombes 27/05/ Manchester Liam Walker 13/04/ Lincoln Kyle Casciaro 02/12/ Lincoln Jake Gosling 11/08/ Bristol Rovers Anthony Bardon 19/01/ Lincoln Jeremy Lopez 12/04/ Manchester 62 Forwards Lee Casciaro 29/09/ Lincoln John Paul Duarte 12/12/ Lincoln Michael Yome 29/08/ Lincoln Coach - Jeff Wood 04/02/

6 Head coach Adam Nawałka Date of birth: 23 October 1957 Nationality: Polish Playing career: Wisła Kraków, PAAC Eagles Coaching career: GKS Świt Krzeszowice, Wisła Kraków (three times), Zagłębie Lubin, MKS Sandecja Nowy Sącz, Jagiellonia Białystok, GKS Katowice, Górnik Zabrze, Poland Nawałka, part of Poland's squad at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, spent most of his playing days in the Wisła midfield before ending his career in the late 1980s in Chicago. Having qualified as a coach, he took charge of Krzeszowice in 1996 before returning to Wisła two years later to head their youth set-up. He twice had spells at the senior helm, winning the 2001 Polish League Cup. After several adventures in the dugouts of clubs in Poland's top two divisions, culminating in a return to Wisła, Nawałka had a short stint as assistant to national coach Leo Beenhakker, aiding their UEFA EURO 2008 qualification. Soon back in club coaching with Katowice, at the start of 2010 Nawałka switched to Górnik and within six months had guided them to promotion. With Górnik top of the Polish First Division in October 2013, Nawałka agreed to take the Poland job, beginning the following month. Jeff Wood Date of birth: 4 February 1954 Nationality: English Playing career: Charlton Athletic FC, Colchester United FC, HJK Helsinki, Exeter City FC, Happy Valley AA, Rabat Ajax FC, Grankulla IFK, IF Gnistan Coaching career: Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Sliema Wanderers FC, Lions Gibraltar FC, Gibraltar A former goalkeeper, London-born Wood played more than 150 games for Charlton and also had spells in Finland, Hong Kong and Malta. Among his playing achievements were two Maltese titles and two cups with Rabat. In 1996 Wood became assistant to former Charlton team-mate Steve Gritt at Brighton and in 1999 was briefly his successor as manager. Further coaching spells followed in the United States, Malta (in charge of Sliema) and English non-league before Wood took over Charlton's European soccer school in Spain in Norwich's goakeeping coach from 2011 to 2012, a spell including promotion and a Premier League season, Wood became Wales Under-21 and U19 goalkeeping coach in 2013, followed by a stint in a similar role at Luton Town FC. In May 2014 Wood took over Gibraltar Lions and in July 2015 was appointed as team national coach. 6

7 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Gediminas Mažeika (LTU) Vytautas Šimkus (LTU), Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU) Nerijus Dunauskas (LTU), Jurij Paškovskij (LTU) Aleksandr Radius (LTU) Velid Imamović (BIH) Adrian D. Casha (MLT) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA EURO matches UEFA matches Gediminas Mažeika 24/03/ Gediminas Mazeika Referee since: 1999 First division: 2001 FIFA badge: 2008 Tournaments: 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2009 UEFA Regions' Cup, 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Finals N/A 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 09/07/2009 UEL 1QR KSP Polonia Warszawa FK Budućnost Podgorica 0-1 Warsaw 08/07/2010 UEL 1QR Ruch Chorzów FC Shakhter Karagandy 1-0 Chorzow 03/09/2010 U21 QR Finland Poland 2-0 Pori 22/10/2014 UEL GS FC Metalist Kharkiv Legia Warszawa 0-1 Kyiv 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 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. 8

9 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. 9

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11 Team facts UEFA European Championship records: Poland History 2012 group stage 2008 group stage 2004 did not qualify 2000 did not qualify 1996 did not qualify 1992 did not qualify 1988 did not qualify 1984 did not qualify 1980 did not qualify 1976 did not qualify 1972 did not qualify 1968 did not qualify 1964 did not qualify 1960 last 16 Final tournament win N/A Final tournament defeat 2-0: Germany v Poland, 08/06/08 Qualifying win 7-0: Gibraltar v Poland, 07/09/14 Qualifying defeat 1-4: twice, most recently Slovakia v Poland, 11/10/95 0-3: three times, most recently Sweden v Poland, 11/06/03 Final tournament appearances 6: Marcin Wasilewski 5: Dariusz Dudka 5: Rafał Murawski 4: Łukasz Piszczek 3: 15 players Final tournament goals 1: Jakub Błaszczykowski 1: Roger Guerreiro 1: Robert Lewandowski Overall appearances 28: Jacek Bąk 20: Mariusz Lewandowski 19: Maciej Żurawski 19: Jacek Krzynówek 18: Michał Żewłakow 18: Marcin Wasilewski Overall goals 9: Euzebiusz Smolarek 9: Robert Lewandowski 8: Andrzej Juskowiak 6: Włodzimierz Lubański UEFA European Championship records: Gibraltar Qualifying win N/A Qualifying loss 0-7: Gibraltar v Poland, 07/09/14 11

12 0-7: Republic of Ireland v Gibraltar, 11/10/14 0-7: Gibraltar v Germany, 13/06/15 Overall appearances 7: Lee Casciaro 7: Joseph Chipolina 7: Roy Chipolina 7: Liam Walker 6: Ryan Casciaro 6: Jake Gosling 5: Scott Wiseman 5: Kyle Casciaro 5: Jean Carlos Garcia 5: Adam Priestley 4: Aaron Payas 4: Brian Perez 4: Jordan Perez 4: Jamie Robba Overall goals 1: Lee Casciaro 12

13 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. 13