EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 Slovenia EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Stožice - Ljubljana Saturday 8 October CET (20.45 local time) Group F - Matchday 2 Slovakia Last updated 10/11/ :17CET 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 10/10/2009 QR (GS) Slovakia - Slovenia 0-2 Bratislava Birsa 56, Pečnik /09/2008 QR (GS) Slovenia - Slovakia 2-1 Maribor Novakovič 22, 81; Jakubko 83 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 Slovenia Slovakia

3 Squad list Slovenia Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jan Koprivec 15/07/ Anorthosis Vid Belec 06/06/ Carpi Jan Oblak 07/01/ Atlético Defenders - Boštjan Cesar 09/07/ Chievo Bojan Jokić 17/05/ Villarreal Miral Samardžić 17/02/ Henan Jianye FC FT * Boban Jovič 25/06/ Wisła Nejc Skubic 13/06/ Konyaspor Aljaž Struna 04/08/ Carpi Miha Mevlja 12/06/ Rostov Dejan Trajkovski 14/04/ Twente Midfielders - Valter Birsa 07/08/ Chievo Rok Kronaveter 07/12/ Olimpija Ljubljana René Krhin 21/05/ Granada Nik Omladič 21/08/ Braunschweig Josip Iličić 29/01/ Fiorentina Matic Črnic 12/06/ Rijeka Jasmin Kurtič 01/01/ Atalanta Aleks Pihler 15/01/ Maribor Miha Zajc 01/07/ Olimpija Ljubljana Benjamin Verbič 27/11/ København Forwards - Milivoje Novakovič 18/05/ Maribor Roman Bezjak 21/02/ Darmstadt Coach - Srečko Katanec 16/07/

4 Slovakia Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Matúš Kozáčik 27/12/ Plzeň Martin Dúbravka 15/01/ Liberec Ján Novota 29/11/ Rapid Wien Defenders - Ján Ďurica 10/12/ Trabzonspor Tomáš Hubočan 17/09/ Marseille * Kornel Saláta 24/01/ Slovan Bratislava FT Lukáš Štetina 28/07/ Dukla Lukáš Pauschek 09/12/ Midfielders Mladá Boleslav Marek Hamšík 27/07/ Napoli Dušan Švento 01/08/ Slavia Praha Róbert Mak 08/03/ Zenit Juraj Kucka 26/02/ Milan Ján Greguš 29/01/ København Filip Kiss 13/10/ Haugesund Jakub Považanec 31/01/ Dukla Erik Sabo 22/11/ Beitar Jerusalem Jakub Holúbek 12/01/ Žilina Patrik Hrošovský 22/04/ Plzeň Forwards - Marek Bakoš 15/04/ Plzeň Adam Nemec 02/09/ Dinamo Bucureşti Michal Ďuriš 01/06/ Plzeň Coach - Ján Kozák 17/04/

5 Head coach Srečko Katanec Date of birth: 16 July 1963 Nationality: Slovenian Playing career: NK Olimpija Ljubljana, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, FK Partizan, VfB Stuttgart, UC Sampdoria Coaching career: Slovenia Under-21s, ND Gorica, Slovenia (twice), Olympiacos FC, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Arab Emirates A centre-back or defensive midfielder, Katanec began his playing days at home-town club Olimpija before spells with Dinamo and Partizan. He reached the 1989 UEFA Cup final with Stuttgart and won the same competition the following season with Sampdoria, whom he also helped to the 1992 UEFA Champions League showpiece. Earned 31 caps for Yugoslavia (five goals) including at the 1984 UEFA European Championship, the 1984 Olympic Games and the 1990 FIFA World Cup and five for Slovenia (one goal). Started his coaching career with Slovenia's U21s in 1996, two years after retiring as a player. After a brief stint in the Gorica dugout, took charge of the senior Slovenia side in 1998 and guided them to UEFA EURO 2000 their first major tournament and the 2002 World Cup. Joined Olympiacos in 2002 but stayed for only three months and in February 2006 assumed the FYROM helm, where he remained for three years. Named United Arab Emirates coach in June 2009, a position he held for two years. Katanec was reappointed by Slovenia in January 2013, signing a contract until the end of UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying, and stayed on despite the failure to reach France after a play-off defeat by Ukraine. Ján Kozák Date 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 UEFA Referee observer Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA), Mauro Tonolini (ITA) Antonio Damato (ITA) Bernd Barutta (GER) Horst Brummeier (AUT) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Nicola Rizzoli 05/10/ FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 06/09/2013 WC QR Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovakia 0-1 Zenica Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 20/09/2004 RCUP PR Primorska (SLO) Mid Cheshire League (ENG) 1-4 Koper 10/10/2008 U19 QR Norway Slovenia 4-2 Ptuj 06/09/2013 WC QR Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovakia 0-1 Zenica 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 Slovenia FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group F Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Scotland England Slovenia Lithuania Slovakia Malta Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Lithuania 2-2 Slovenia Goals: 1-0 Černych 32, 2-0 Slivka 34, 2-1 Krhin 77, 2-2 Cesar 90+3 Slovenia: Oblak, Skubic, Samardžić, Cesar, Krhin, Berić (46 Iličić), Birsa, Jokić, Bezjak, Kampl, Verbič (56 Novakovič) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Slovenia-Slovakia Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovenia-England Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Malta-Slovenia Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Scotland-Slovenia Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Slovenia-Malta Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Slovakia-Slovenia Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Slovenia-Lithuania Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) England-Slovenia Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Slovenia-Scotland 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-Slovakia Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Slovakia-Scotland 8

9 Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Slovakia-Lithuania Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Malta-Slovakia Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Lithuania-Slovakia Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Slovakia-Slovenia 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: 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