EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Norway Ullevaal Stadion - Oslo Saturday 10 June 2017 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group C - Matchday 6 Czech Republic 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
Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 11/11/2016 QR (GS) Czech Republic - Norway 2-1 Prague FIFA World Cup Date Stage reached Krmenčik 11, Zmrhal 47; King 87 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/11/2005 PO Czech Republic - Norway 1-0 agg: 2-0 Prague Rosický 35 12/11/2005 PO Norway - Czech Republic 0-1 Oslo Šmicer 31 EURO '96 Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/09/1995 PR (GS) Czech Republic - Norway 2-0 Prague Skuhravý 6, Drulák 87 16/08/1995 PR (GS) Norway - Czech Republic 1-1 Oslo Berg 27; Suchopárek 80 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 Norway 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 - - - - 10 1 2 7 11 17 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 - - - - 10 7 2 1 17 11 2
Squad list Norway Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Rune Jarstein 29/09/1984 32 Hertha - 5 0 0 0 - Ørjan Nyland 10/09/1990 26 Ingolstadt - 0 0 0 0 - Mathias Dyngeland 07/10/1995 21 Sogndal - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Tore Reginiussen 10/04/1986 31 Rosenborg - 0 0 0 0 - Per Egil Flo 18/01/1989 28 Slavia Praha - 0 0 0 0 - Even Hovland 14/02/1989 28 Nürnberg - 5 0 0 0 - Gustav Valsvik 26/05/1993 24 Braunschweig - 1 0 0 0 - Jonas Svensson 06/03/1993 24 AZ * 3 0 0 0 - Birger Meling 17/12/1994 22 Rosenborg - 0 0 0 0 - Haitam Aleesami 31/07/1991 25 Palermo - 4 0 0 0 Midfielders - Tarik Elyounoussi 23/02/1988 29 Olympiacos - 2 0 0 0 - Håvard Nordtveit 21/06/1990 26 West Ham * 2 0 0 0 - Stefan Johansen 08/01/1991 26 Fulham - 4 0 0 0 - Fredrik Midtsjø 11/08/1993 23 Rosenborg - 0 0 0 0 - Mats Møller Daehli 02/03/1995 22 St Pauli - 2 0 0 0 - Anders Trondsen 30/03/1995 22 Sarpsborg - 0 0 0 0 - Sander Berge 14/02/1998 19 Genk - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Jo Inge Berget 11/09/1990 26 Malmö - 3 0 0 0 - Alexander Søderlund 03/08/1987 29 St-Étienne - 1 0 0 0 - Ohi Kwoeme 10/01/1994 23 Stabæk - 0 0 0 0 - Mohamed Elyounoussi 04/08/1994 22 Basel - 1 0 0 0 - Bjorn Johnsen 06/11/1991 25 Hearts - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Lars Lagerbäck 16/07/1948 68-1 0 0 0 3
Czech Republic Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Tomáš Vaclík 29/03/1989 28 Basel - 5 0 0 0 - Tomáš Koubek 26/08/1992 24 - Jiří Pavlenka 14/04/1992 25 Defenders Sparta Praha Slavia Praha FT - 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - Tomáš Sivok 15/09/1983 33 Bursaspor - 4 0 0 0 - Marek Suchý 29/03/1988 29 Basel - 2 0 0 0 - Theodor Gebre Selassie 24/12/1986 30 Bremen - 2 1 0 0 - Ondřej Čelůstka 18/06/1989 27 Antalyaspor - 0 0 0 0 - Pavel Kadeřábek 25/04/1992 25 Hoffenheim * 3 0 0 0 - Tomáš Kalas 15/05/1993 24 Fulham - 0 0 0 0 - Jakub Brabec 06/08/1992 24 Genk - 3 0 0 0 Midfielders - Bořek Dočkal 30/09/1988 28 - Petr Mareš 17/01/1991 26 - Jaromír Zmrhal 02/08/1993 23 Henan Jianye FC * 4 0 0 0 Mladá Boleslav Slavia Praha - 0 0 0 0-3 1 0 0 - Tomáš Hořava 29/05/1988 29 Plzeň - 3 0 0 0 - Ladislav Krejčí 05/07/1992 24 Bologna - 5 0 0 0 - Jan Kopic 04/06/1990 27 Plzeň - 1 0 0 0 - Vladimír Darida 08/08/1990 26 Hertha - 2 2 0 0 - Tomáš Souček 27/02/1995 22 Slavia Praha - 0 0 0 0 - Jakub Jankto 19/01/1996 21 Ascoli - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Milan Škoda 16/01/1986 31 - Tomáš Přikryl 04/07/1992 24 Slavia Praha Mladá Boleslav - 3 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - Michael Krmenčik 15/03/1993 24 Plzeň - 2 2 0 0 - Patrik Schick 24/01/1996 21 Sampdoria - 2 0 0 0 Coach - Karel Jarolím 23/08/1956 60-5 0 0 0 4
Head coach Lars Lagerbäck Date of birth: 16 July 1948 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Alby FF, Gimonäs CK Coaching career: Kilafors IF, Arbrå BK, Hudiksvalls ABK, Sweden (youth sides), Sweden, Nigeria, Iceland, Norway A lower-league player, Lagerbäck began his coaching career in 1977 with Kilafors, joining the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) as a youth coach after spells with two other modest club sides Arbrå and Hudiksvall. Coached the national Under-21 and B teams until Tommy Söderberg took him on as his assistant with the senior national squad in 1998. Söderberg and Lagerbäck managed Sweden in tandem from 2000, reaching UEFA EURO 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2004; following Söderberg's departure, Lagerbäck took the troops to the 2006 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2008 single-handed. Stepped down after failing to lead Sweden to the 2010 World Cup finals, but ended up travelling to that tournament as coach of Nigeria. Appointed Iceland boss in October 2011, he steered the side to the 2014 World Cup play-offs where they lost to Croatia. Agreed a new contract that would mean he handed over the reins to assistant Heimir Hallgrímsson at the end of the UEFA EURO 2016 campaign and promptly guided Iceland to their first ever major tournament. Even better was to follow as Iceland knocked out England en route to reaching the quarter-finals, where they lost to France, and in February 2017 Lagerbäck came out of retirement to take over as coach of Norway. Karel Jarolím Date of birth: 23 August 1956 Nationality: Czech Playing career: AFP Pardubice, SK Slavia Praha (three times), AC Dukla Praha, Dukla Tábor, FC Rouen, Amiens SC, FC Viktoria Žižkov, Benešov, CU Bohemians Praha, Česká Lípa Coaching career: FK Marila Příbram, SK Slavia Praha (three times), RC Strasbourg, 1. FC Slovácko, ŠK Slovan Bratislava, Al-Ahli, Al-Wahda SCC, FK Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic Karel Jarolím has Slavia Praha running through his veins. During his playing days with the club in the 1980s he was a skilful playmaker with great passing range and superb stamina. Slavia signed the 20-year-old Jarolím from Pardubice in 1977, but the midfielder won his only title with crosstown rivals Dukla Praha during his military service in 1979. Scored twice in 13 appearances for Czechoslovakia before moving to France, where he played for Rouen then Amiens during a four-year spell abroad. Jarolím returned home in 1991 and continued to play in the top flight until he was 39, finishing with 272 league games and 63 goals at that level. Began his coaching career at Marila Příbram in 1997, returning to Slavia as František Cipro's assistant in 2000. He replaced him as head coach ten games into the season and took Slavia to second place but his contract was not extended so Jarolím returned to France where he became assistant to Ivan Hašek at Strasbourg, helping the club to promotion. After one year back in the Czech Republic at Slovácko he returned to Slavia in April 2005, winning league titles in 2008 and 2009. Guided Slovan Bratislava to the Slovakian double in 2011 before a spell in Saudi Arabia with Al-Ahli, who he took to the 2012 AFC Champions League final. Jarolím, whose two sons David and Lukáš also became professional footballers, returned to his homeland with Mladá Boleslav in January 2014, winning the Czech Cup two years later. Appointed Czech Republic coach after UEFA EURO 2016. 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner Referee observer Andre Marriner (ENG) Simon Bennett (ENG), Adam Nunn (ENG) Craig Pawson (ENG) Philippe Prudhon (FRA) Stefan Messner (AUT) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Andre Marriner 01/01/1971 3 31 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 20/05/2009 U19 ELITE Norway Romania 1-1 Saint-Lo 30/07/2013 UCL 3QR Nõmme Kalju FC FC Viktoria Plzeň 0-4 Tallinn 27/11/2014 UEL GS AC Sparta Praha SSC Napoli 0-0 Prague 05/11/2015 UEL GS Rosenborg BK SS Lazio 0-2 Trondheim 08/12/2016 UEL GS PAOK FC FC Slovan Liberec 2-0 Salonika 6
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
Match-by-match lineups Norway FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Germany 5 5 0 0 20 1 15 Northern Ireland 5 3 1 1 10 2 10 Czech Republic 5 2 2 1 8 4 8 Azerbaijan 5 2 1 2 3 8 7 Norway 5 1 0 4 5 9 3 San Marino 5 0 0 5 1 23 0 Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Norway 0-3 Germany Goals: 0-1 Müller 15, 0-2 Kimmich 45, 0-3 Müller 60 Norway: Jarstein, Aleesami, Hovland, Tettey, Nordtveit, King (72 Sørloth), Johansen (67 Jenssen), Henriksen (61 Selnæs), Svensson, Veton Berisha, Diomande Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Azerbaijan 1-0 Norway Goals: 1-0 Medvedev 11 Norway: Jarstein, Aleesami, Hovland, Strandberg, King (61 Sørloth), Henriksen, Skjelbred (84 Johansen), Svensson, Selnæs, Diomande, Helland (71 Berget) Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Norway 4-1 San Marino Goals: 1-0 D. Simoncini 12 (og), 1-1 Stefanelli 54, 2-1 Diomande 77, 3-1 Samuelsen 82, 4-1 King 83 Norway: Jarstein, Aleesami, Hovland, Strandberg, Tettey (67 Samuelsen), King, Henriksen (46 Diomande), Skjelbred, Svensson, Selnæs, Berget (73 Sørloth) Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Czech Republic 2-1 Norway Goals: 1-0 Krmenčik 11, 2-0 Zmrhal 47, 2-1 King 87 Norway: Jarstein, Aleesami, Hovland, Tettey, King, Johansen, Henriksen (61 Diomande), Elabdellaoui, Skjelbred (51 Daehli), Forren, Berget (71 T. Elyounoussi) Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Northern Ireland 2-0 Norway Goals: 1-0 Ward 2, 2-0 Washington 33 Norway: Jarstein, Skjelvik, Hovland, Valsvik, Nordtveit, King, Johansen (75 Berge), Søderlund (63 Diomande), T. Elyounoussi (53 Daehli), Elabdellaoui, Elyounoussi Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Norway-Czech Republic Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Norway-Azerbaijan Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Germany-Norway Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) San Marino-Norway Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Norway-Northern Ireland Czech Republic 8
FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Czech Republic 0-0 Northern Ireland Czech Republic: Vaclík, Kadeřábek, Kadlec, Darida, Skalák (77 Kopic), Pavelka, V. Kadlec (83 Vydra), Suchý, Krejčí, Škoda (68 Necid), Novák Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Germany 3-0 Czech Republic Goals: 1-0 Müller 13, 2-0 Kroos 49, 3-0 Müller 65 Czech Republic: Vaclík, Kadeřábek, Sivok, Novák, Dočkal, Petržela (69 Skalák), Pavelka (63 Droppa), Suchý, Hořava, Krejčí, Vydra (76 V. Kadlec) Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Czech Republic 0-0 Azerbaijan Czech Republic: Vaclík, Droppa, Gebre Selassie, Brabec, Sivok, Dočkal, Skalák (74 Zmrhal), V. Kadlec, Sýkora, Krejčí (64 Petržela), Schick (66 Škoda) Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Czech Republic 2-1 Norway Goals: 1-0 Krmenčik 11, 2-0 Zmrhal 47, 2-1 King 87 Czech Republic: Vaclík, Kadeřábek, Droppa (81 Pavelka), Sivok, Zmrhal, Dočkal, Krmenčik (81 Schick), Brabec, Hořava, Krejčí (86 Skalák), Novák Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) San Marino 0-6 Czech Republic Goals: 0-1 Barák 17, 0-2 Darida 19, 0-3 Barák 24, 0-4 Gebre Selassie 26, 0-5 Krmenčik 43, 0-6 Darida 77 (P) Czech Republic: Vaclík, Gebre Selassie, Brabec, Sivok, Darida, Dočkal, Krmenčik (68 Škoda), Jankto (68 Zmrhal), Krejčí, Barák (76 Hořava), Novák Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Norway-Czech Republic Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Czech Republic-Germany Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Northern Ireland-Czech Republic Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Azerbaijan-Czech Republic Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Czech Republic-San Marino 9
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