EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 Greece EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 1-4) Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis - Piraeus Sunday 12 November CET (21.45 local time) Play-off, Second leg Croatia Last updated 12/11/ :29CET 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 11 1

2 Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/11/2017 PO Croatia - Greece 4-1 Zagreb Modrić 13 (P), N. Kalinić 19, Perišić 33, Kramarić 49; Papastathopoulos 30 UEFA EURO 2012 Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/10/2011 QR (GS) Greece - Croatia 2-0 Piraeus 07/09/2010 QR (GS) Croatia - Greece 0-0 Zagreb Samaras 71, Gekas 79 FIFA World Cup Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/04/1997 QR (GS) Greece - Croatia 0-1 Salonika Šuker 74 10/11/1996 QR (GS) Croatia - Greece 1-1 Zagreb Šuker 44; Nikolaidis 9 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 Greece Croatia

3 Squad list Greece Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Orestis Karnezis 11/07/ Watford Stefanos Kapino 18/03/ Olympiacos Giannis Anestis 09/03/ AEK Defenders - Vasilis Torosidis 10/06/ Bologna Sokratis Papastathopoulos 09/06/ Dortmund Giorgos Tzavellas 26/11/ Alanyaspor Giannis Maniatis 12/10/ Alanyaspor Kyriakos Papadopoulos 23/02/ Hamburg Kostas Manolas 14/06/ Roma Charalambos Lykogiannis 22/10/ Sturm Kostas Stafylidis 02/12/ Augsburg Panagiotis Retsos 09/08/ Leverkusen Marios Oikonomou 06/10/ SPAL Midfielders - Alexandros Tziolis 13/02/ Al-Fayha FC FT Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 19/12/ AEK Andreas Samaris 13/06/ Benfica Panagiotis Tachtsidis 15/02/ Olympiacos Yannis Gianniotas 29/04/ Valladolid Kostas Fortounis 16/10/ Olympiacos Zeca 31/08/ København Forwards - Kostas Mitroglou 12/03/ Marseille Dimitris Diamantakos 05/03/ Bochum Tasos Bakasetas 28/06/ AEK Coach - Michael Skibbe 04/08/

4 Croatia Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Danijel Subašić 27/10/ Monaco Lovre Kalinić 03/04/ Gent Dominik Livaković 09/01/ Defenders Dinamo Zagreb FT Ivan Strinić 17/07/ Sampdoria Dejan Lovren 05/07/ Liverpool Josip Pivarić 30/01/ Dynamo Kyiv Domagoj Vida 29/04/ Dynamo Kyiv Marin Leovac 07/08/ PAOK Šime Vrsaljko 10/01/ Atlético Matej Mitrović 10/11/ Beşiktaş Zoran Nižić 11/10/ Hajduk Split Midfielders - Luka Modrić 09/09/ Real Madrid Ivan Rakitić 10/03/ Barcelona Ivan Perišić 02/02/ Internazionale Marcelo Brozović 16/11/ Internazionale Mario Pašalić 09/02/ Spartak Moskva Filip Bradarić 11/01/ Rijeka Nikola Vlašić 04/10/ Everton Marko Rog 19/07/ Napoli Forwards - Nikola Kalinić 05/01/ Milan Mario Mandžukić 21/05/ Juventus Andrej Kramarić 19/06/ Hoffenheim Ante Rebić 21/09/ Frankfurt Coach - Zlatko Dalic 26/10/

5 Head coach Michael Skibbe Date of birth: 4 August 1965 Nationality: German Playing career: FC Schalke 04 Coaching career: Borussia Dortmund, Germany (assistant), Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Galatasaray AŞ, Eintracht Frankfurt, Eskişehirspor (twice), Hertha BSC Berlin, Kardemir Karabükspor, Grasshopper Club, Greece Michael Skibbe started out as a midfielder at home-town club Schalke; however, the former youth international made just 15 first-team appearances before a series of cruciate injuries forced him to abandon his playing career in his early 20s. Impressing as a youth coach at Schalke and Dortmund, Skibbe became the youngest boss in Bundesliga history when he was given the senior job at Dortmund aged 32 in July Worked in tandem with Rudi Völler during the latter's time as Germany coach, reaching the 2002 FIFA World Cup final but the pair resigning after the national team's early exit from UEFA EURO Skibbe returned to club football, coaching Leverkusen from First ventured abroad to coach Galatasaray from Went back to Turkey three more times, twice leading Eskişehirspor and briefly taking charge of Karabükspor. Had a longer stint in Switzerland with Grasshoppers. Hired as Greece coach in late October 2015, tasked with directing their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying attempt after failure to reach UEFA EURO Zlatko Dalić Date of birth: 26 October 1966 Nationality: Croatian Playing career: HNK Hajduk Split (twice), HNK Cibalia, FK Velež, NK Varteks (twice) Coaching career: NK Varteks, HNK Rijeka, FK Dinamo Tirana, NK Slaven Belupo (twice), al-faisaly, al-ain, Croatia A midfielder, he spent the best years of his playing career at Varteks, scoring 13 goals in 108 matches from Played for Varteks in two spells, and after hanging up his boots in 2000, worked simultaneously as the club's assistant coach and sporting director. Took sole command on the field for the first time in Dalić more recently found success in the United Arab Emirates with al-hilal and al-ain; in 2016, he led al-ain to the AFC Champions League final, where they lost to South Korea's Jeonbuk FC over two legs. Assistant coach of Croatia under-21s from , he returned to the national-team set-up as boss of the senior side on 7 October 2017, stepping in following the departure of Ante Čačić. 5

6 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Björn Kuipers (NED) Sander van Roekel (NED), Erwin Zeinstra (NED) Danny Makkelie (NED) Claude Runavot (FRA) Nikolay Levnikov (RUS) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Björn Kuipers 28/03/ FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 22/03/2013 WC QR Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece 3-1 Zenica 19/11/2013 WC PO Croatia Iceland 2-0 Zagreb Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 13/07/2006 UEL 1QR NK Varaždin KF Tirana 1-1 Varazdin 17/11/2007 U21 QR Greece Croatia 3-4 Athens 03/09/2010 EURO QR Latvia Croatia 0-3 Riga 10/06/2012 EURO GS-FT Republic of Ireland Croatia 1-3 Poznan 21/11/2012 UCL GS FC Schalke 04 Olympiacos FC 1-0 Gelsenkirchen 22/03/2013 WC QR Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece 3-1 Zenica 27/08/2013 UCL PO PAOK FC FC Schalke Salonika 19/11/2013 WC PO Croatia Iceland 2-0 Zagreb 19/03/2014 UCL R16 Manchester United FC Olympiacos FC 3-0 Manchester 16/11/2014 EURO QR Italy Croatia 1-1 Milan 21/06/2016 EURO GS-FT Croatia Spain 2-1 Bordeaux 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 Greece FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group H Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Belgium Greece Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Cyprus Gibraltar Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Gibraltar 1-4 Greece Goals: 0-1 Mitroglou 10, 1-1 Walker 26, 1-2 Wiseman 44 (og), 1-3 Fortounis 45, 1-4 Torosidis 45+2 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis (71 Tziolis), Tzavellas, Manolas, Fortounis, Mitroglou (73 Vellios), Bakasetas, Torosidis, Mantalos (62 Gianniotas), Papastathopoulos, Samaris Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Greece 2-0 Cyprus Goals: 1-0 Mitroglou 12, 2-0 Mantalos 42 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis, Tzavellas (88 Karelis), Manolas, Fortounis, Mitroglou, Bakasetas (77 Holebas), Torosidis, Mantalos, Papastathopoulos, Stafylidis (70 Papadopoulos) Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Estonia 0-2 Greece Goals: 0-1 Torosidis 2, 0-2 Stafylidis 60 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis (86 Tziolis), Manolas, Papadopoulos, Karelis, Mitroglou, Bakasetas, Torosidis (18 Oikonomou), Mantalos, Papastathopoulos (6 Tachtsidis), Stafylidis Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Greece 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Goals: 0-1 Karnezis 32 (og), 1-1 Tzavellas 90+5 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis (61 Gianniotas), Tzavellas, Papadopoulos, Fortounis, Mitroglou, Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Mantalos (87 Karelis), Stafylidis, Samaris Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Belgium 1-1 Greece Goals: 0-1 Mitroglou 46, 1-1 R. Lukaku 89 Greece: Kapino, Tzavellas, Manolas, Fortounis (67 Tziolis), Mitroglou (92 Vellios), Torosidis, Tachtsidis, Papastathopoulos, Mantalos (84 Zeca), Stafylidis, Samaris Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-0 Greece Greece: Karnezis, Manolas, Tziolis, Zeca, Fortounis (94 Maniatis), Mitroglou, Bakasetas (50 Donis), Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Mantalos (91 Kourbelis), Stafylidis Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Greece 0-0 Estonia Greece: Karnezis, Tzavellas, Manolas, Papadopoulos (66 Stafylidis), Tziolis, Zeca, Vellios (70 Diamantakos), Fortounis, Donis, Mantalos (80 Bakasetas), Retsos Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Greece 1-2 Belgium Goals: 0-1 Vertonghen 70, 1-1 Zeca 73, 1-2 R. Lukaku 74 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis (85 Bakasetas), Tzavellas, Manolas, Tziolis, Zeca, Fortounis (89 Vellios), Donis, Papastathopoulos, Stafylidis (69 Lykogiannis), Samaris 8

9 Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Cyprus 1-2 Greece Goals: 1-0 Sotiriou 18, 1-1 Mitroglou 24, 1-2 Tziolis 26 Greece: Karnezis, Tzavellas, Manolas, Tziolis, Zeca, Fortounis (75 Donis), Mitroglou (89 Samaris), Torosidis (69 Retsos), Papastathopoulos, Mantalos, Stafylidis Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Greece 4-0 Gibraltar Goals: 1-0 Torosidis 32, 2-0 Mitroglou 61, 3-0 Mitroglou 63, 4-0 Gianniotas 78 Greece: Karnezis, Papadopoulos, Christodoulopoulos (74 Gianniotas), Zeca, Fortounis, Mitroglou, Torosidis (68 Maniatis), Tachtsidis, Papastathopoulos (68 Tziolis), Mantalos, Stafylidis Play-off Matchday 11 (09/11/2017) Croatia 4-1 Greece Goals: 1-0 Modrić 13 (P), 2-0 N. Kalinić 19, 2-1 Papastathopoulos 30, 3-1 Perišić 33, 4-1 Kramarić 49 Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis (46 Retsos), Tzavellas, Papadopoulos, Tziolis, Zeca, Fortounis, Mitroglou, Papastathopoulos, Stafylidis (71 Bakasetas), Samaris (62 Tachtsidis) Matchday 12 (12/11/2017) Greece-Croatia Croatia FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group I Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Iceland Croatia Ukraine Turkey Finland Kosovo Matchday 1 (05/09/2016) Croatia 1-1 Turkey Goals: 1-0 Rakitić 44 (P), 1-1 Hakan Çalhanoğlu 45+2 Croatia: Kalinić, Vrsaljko, Strinić, Perišić, Ćorluka, Rakitić (64 Brozović), Modrić, Mandžukić (85 Kramarić), Badelj, Pjaca (80 N. Kalinić), Vida Matchday 2 (06/10/2016) Kosovo 0-6 Croatia Goals: 0-1 Mandžukić 6, 0-2 Mandžukić 24, 0-3 Mandžukić 35, 0-4 Mitrović 68, 0-5 Perišić 83, 0-6 N. Kalinić 90+2 Croatia: Subašić, Vrsaljko, Perišić, Ćorluka (46 Mitrović), Kovačić, Kramarić (71 Rog), Brozović, Mandžukić (59 N. Kalinić), Badelj, Vida, Pivarić Matchday 3 (09/10/2016) Finland 0-1 Croatia Goals: 0-1 Mandžukić 18 Croatia: Subašić, Vrsaljko, Perišić, Mitrović, Kovačić, Kramarić (81 Rog), Brozović (71 Čop), Mandžukić (87 N. Kalinić), Badelj, Vida, Pivarić Matchday 4 (12/11/2016) Croatia 2-0 Iceland Goals: 1-0 Brozović 15, 2-0 Brozović 90+1 Croatia: Subašić, Vrsaljko, Perišić, Ćorluka, Rakitić (85 Kramarić), Kovačić (46 Modrić), Brozović, Mandžukić (92 Čop), Badelj, Vida, Pivarić Matchday 5 (24/03/2017) 9

10 Croatia 1-0 Ukraine Goals: 1-0 N. Kalinić 38 Croatia: Subašić, Mitrović, Rakitić (79 Kovačić), Modrić, Brozović (91 Rog), Jedvaj, N. Kalinić (87 Kramarić), Mandžukić, Badelj, Vida, Pivarić Matchday 6 (11/06/2017) Iceland 1-0 Croatia Goals: 1-0 H. Magnússon 90 Croatia: Kalinić, Perišić, Lovren, Kovačić, Modrić, Jedvaj, N. Kalinić (63 Brozović), Mandžukić (88 Santini), Badelj, Vida, Pivarić Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Croatia 1-0 Kosovo Goals: 1-0 Vida 74 Croatia: Subašić, Vrsaljko, Perišić, Lovren, Rakitić (55 Kramarić), Kovačić (55 Badelj), Modrić, Brozović (72 N. Kalinić), Mandžukić, Vida, Pivarić Matchday 8 (05/09/2017) Turkey 1-0 Croatia Goals: 1-0 Cenk Tosun 75 Croatia: Subašić, Vrsaljko (84 Čop), Perišić, Lovren, Kovačić (70 Kramarić), Modrić, Brozović, N. Kalinić (62 Mandžukić), Badelj, Vida, Pivarić Matchday 9 (06/10/2017) Croatia 1-1 Finland Goals: 1-0 Mandžukić 57, 1-1 Soiri 90 Croatia: Subašić, Vrsaljko, Perišić, Mitrović, Rakitić, Kramarić (81 Čop), Modrić, Brozović (54 Rog), Mandžukić (85 Pašalić), Vida, Pivarić Matchday 10 (09/10/2017) Ukraine 0-2 Croatia Goals: 0-1 Kramarić 62, 0-2 Kramarić 70 Croatia: Subašić, Vrsaljko (86 Pivarić), Perišić, Mitrović, Lovren, Rakitić, Kramarić (88 Pašalić), Modrić, Mandžukić (90 Rog), Badelj, Vida Play-off Matchday 11 (09/11/2017) Croatia 4-1 Greece Goals: 1-0 Modrić 13 (P), 2-0 N. Kalinić 19, 2-1 Papastathopoulos 30, 3-1 Perišić 33, 4-1 Kramarić 49 Croatia: Subašić, Vrsaljko, Strinić, Perišić, Lovren, Rakitić, Kramarić (82 Vlašić), Modrić (89 Pašalić), Brozović, N. Kalinić (76 Rebić), Vida Matchday 12 (12/11/2017) Greece-Croatia 10

11 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 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. 11