Belarus EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Borisov-Arena - Borisov Sunday 3 September 2017 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Group A - Matchday 8 Sweden 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 25/03/2017 QR (GS) Sweden - Belarus 4-0 Solna Forsberg 19 (P), 49, Berg 57, Kiese Thelin 78 FIFA World Cup Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/08/1997 QR (GS) Belarus - Sweden 1-2 Minsk 01/06/1996 QR (GS) Sweden - Belarus 5-1 Solna Gurenko 39; Andersson 75, Zetterberg 84 Andersson 20, 62, Dahlin 29, Patrik Andersson 76, Larsson 87; Belkevich 74 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 Belarus 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 2 12 Sweden 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 12 2 2
Squad list Belarus Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Andrei Klimovich 27/08/1988 29 Minsk FT 0 0 0 0 - Dmitri Guschenko 12/05/1988 29 Vitebsk 0 0 0 0 - Sergei Chernik 20/07/1988 29 Nancy 2 0 0 0 Defenders - Mikhail Sivakov 16/01/1988 29 Amkar 4 1 0 0 - Yegor Filipenko 10/04/1988 29 - Aleksandr Sachivko 05/01/1986 31 M. Tel- Aviv Minsk 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Sergei Matveichik 05/06/1988 29 Shakhtyor 2 0 0 0 - Dmitri Aliseiko 28/08/1992 25 - Aleksei Gavrilovich 05/01/1990 27 Brest Brest 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Nikita Naumov 15/11/1989 27 Vitebsk 0 0 0 0 - Igor Burko 08/09/1988 28 Shakhtyor 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Stanislav Dragun 04/06/1988 29 BATE 3 0 0 0 - Pavel Nekhaychik 15/07/1988 29 Brest 1 0 0 0 - Sergei Balanovich 29/08/1987 30 Amkar 2 0 0 0 - Aleksei Rios 14/05/1987 30 BATE 2 1 0 0 - Ivan Maevski 05/05/1988 29 Astana 7 0 0 0 - Mikhail Gordeichuk 23/10/1989 27 BATE 7 0 0 0 - Artem Bykov 19/10/1992 24 - Nikita Korzun 06/03/1995 22 Forwards Minsk Dynamo Kyiv 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - Pavel Savitski 12/07/1994 23 Neman 4 2 0 0 - Nikolai Signevich 20/02/1992 25 BATE 3 0 0 0 - Anton Saroka 05/03/1992 25 Coach Minsk 1 0 0 0 - Igor Kriushenko 10/02/1964 53 3 0 0 0 3
Sweden Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Kristoffer Nordfeldt 23/06/1989 28 Swansea 0 0 0 0 - Karl-Johan Johnsson 28/01/1990 27 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 - Robin Olsen 08/01/1990 27 København 7 0 0 0 Defenders - Andreas Granqvist 16/04/1985 32 Krasnodar 7 0 0 0 - Mikael Lustig 13/12/1986 30 Celtic 5 2 0 0 - Martin Olsson 17/05/1988 29 Swansea 2 0 0 0 - Pontus Jansson 13/02/1991 26 Leeds 2 0 0 0 - Ludwig Augustinsson 21/04/1994 23 Bremen 5 0 0 0 - Filip Helander 22/04/1993 24 Bologna 0 0 0 0 - Emil Krafth 02/08/1994 23 Bologna 2 0 0 0 - Victor Lindelöf 17/07/1994 23 Man. United 6 1 0 0 Midfielders - Sebastian Larsson 06/06/1985 32 Hull 2 0 0 0 - Gustav Svensson 07/02/1987 30 Seattle Sounders FT 0 0 0 0 - Jakob Johansson 21/06/1990 27 AEK 4 0 0 0 - Jimmy Durmaz 22/03/1989 28 Toulouse 7 1 0 0 - Emil Forsberg 23/10/1991 25 Leipzig 7 3 0 0 - Oscar Hiljemark 28/06/1992 25 Genoa 5 1 0 0 - Viktor Claesson 02/01/1992 25 Krasnodar 3 0 0 0 - Marcus Rohdén 11/05/1991 26 Crotone 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Marcus Berg 17/08/1986 31 Al-Ain 6 3 0 0 - Samuel Armenteros 27/05/1990 27 Benevento 1 0 0 0 - Christoffer Nyman 05/10/1992 24 Braunschweig 2 0 0 0 - Isaac Kiese Thelin 24/06/1992 25 Anderlecht 2 1 0 0 Coach - Jan Andersson 29/09/1962 54 7 0 0 0 4
Head coach Igor Kriushenko Date of birth: 10 February 1964 Nationality: Belarusian Playing career: FC Minsk, FC Neman Grodno, FC Lida, FC Alga Bishkek, FC Aktyubinets, FC Metallurg Aldan, FC Yakutsk, FC Selenga, FC Torpedo Mogilev Coaching career: FC Torpedo Mogilev, FC BATE Borisov (reserve team), FC BATE Borisov, FC Minsk, FC Sibir Novosibirsk, FC Shurtan Guzar, FC Torpedo Zhodino, Belarus A graduate of one Minsk's youth academies, his first coach was Mikhail Mustygin Soviet Top League top scorer with Minsk in 1962 and 1967. A Soviet youth international, Kriushenko never made the first team at Minsk, and spent his playing career in the lower divisions. After four years as a coach with BATE's reserve team, took charge of the seniors in 2005 and won league titles in 2006 and 2007. League runner-up as Minsk coach in 2008, he moved to Russia and led Sibir Novosibirsk to promotion in his first campaign, and then to the Russian Cup final and the UEFA Europa League play-offs in 2010. Won a Belarusian Cup with Torpedo Zhodino in 2016 and was named Belarus coach on a temoporary basis on 1 March 2017, coaching Torpedo and the national team in tandem. Janne Andersson Date of birth: 29 September 1962 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Alets IK (twice), IS Halmia, Laholms FK Coaching career: Alets IK, Halmstads BK (assistant, twice), Laholms FK, Halmstads BK, Örgryte IS, IFK Norrköping, Sweden Janne Andersson succeeded Erik Hamrén after UEFA EURO 2016 having led Norrköping to their first Allsvenskan title in almost two decades the previous year. A footballer and handball player in his native Halmstad, Andersson became assistant coach to Stuart Baxter at the city's main club in 1990, going on to work under Tom Prahl and then Jonas Thern. Andersson, who also coached lower-division teams Alet and Laholm, took the Halmstad reins himself in 2004 and in his first season in charge was named coach of the year in Sweden after steering Halmstad to second place. After a brief spell at Örgryte in 2010, Andersson was named Norrköping coach the following year as they returned to the Allsvenskan, at first keeping them up then guiding them to the 2015 title. His appointment as Sweden coach meant he missed out on leading the club into UEFA Champions League qualifying, Andersson saying on his unveiling: "Right now I'm just humbled and grateful. This is an honour and a challenge that will be very exciting to take on." 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner Referee observer Tobias Stieler (GER) Mike Pickel (GER), Jan Seidel (GER) Christian Dingert (GER) Steve Stride (ENG) Juan Antonio Fernandez Marin (ESP) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Tobias Stieler 02/07/1981 1 16 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 26/05/2014 U19 ELITE Italy Sweden 1-3 Stara Zagora 29/05/2014 U19 ELITE Sweden Czech Republic 3-0 Sliven 16/07/2015 UEL 2QR PFC Cherno More Varna FC Minsk 1-1 Razgrad 16/06/2017 U21 GS-FT Sweden England 0-0 Kielce 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 Belarus FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts France 7 5 1 1 15 5 16 Sweden 7 4 1 2 14 7 13 Bulgaria 7 4 0 3 12 14 12 Netherlands 7 3 1 3 13 10 10 Belarus 7 1 2 4 4 12 5 Luxembourg 7 1 1 5 7 17 4 Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Belarus 0-0 France Belarus: Gorbunov, Polyakov, Politevich, Korzun, Stasevich (69 Krivets), Gordeichuk (85 M. Volodko), Sivakov, Maevski, Bordachev, Signevich (81 Kornilenko), Kalachev Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Netherlands 4-1 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Promes 15, 2-0 Promes 31, 2-1 Rios 47, 3-1 Klaassen 56, 4-1 Janssen 64 Belarus: Gorbunov, Polyakov, Politevich, Korzun, Kornilenko, Gordeichuk (74 M. Volodko), Krivets (67 Kislyak), Rios, Sivakov, Maevski (46 Hleb), Bordachev Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Belarus 1-1 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Savitski 80, 1-1 Joachim 85 Belarus: Gorbunov, Martynovich, Polyakov, Korzun, Hleb, Gordeichuk, Maevski (71 Savitski), Bordachev (78 M. Volodko), Signevich (60 Kornilenko), Filipenko, Kalachev Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Bulgaria 1-0 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Popov 10 Belarus: Gorbunov, Martynovich (36 Shitov), Polyakov, Politevich, Hleb, Gordeichuk, Nekhaychik (61 Savitski), Kendysh, Maevski (74 Kornilenko), Filipenko, Laptev Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Sweden 4-0 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Forsberg 19 (P), 2-0 Forsberg 49, 3-0 Berg 57, 4-0 Kiese Thelin 78 Belarus: Gorbunov, Martynovich, Shitov, Politevich, Renan Bressan, Gordeichuk, Signevich (71 Rodionov), Rios, Maevski (65 Dragun), Bordachev (69 M. Volodko), Filipenko Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Belarus 2-1 Bulgaria Goals: 1-0 Sivakov 33 (P), 2-0 Savitski 80, 2-1 Kostadinov 90+1 Belarus: Chernik, Dragun, Matveichik, Aliseiko, Politevich, Savitski (82 Skavysh), Sivakov, Maevski (89 Gordeichuk), Laptev (74 Bykov), Filipenko, Balanovich Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Luxembourg 1-0 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Da Mota 60 Belarus: Chernik, Dragun, Matveichik, Aliseiko, Politevich (46 Savitski), Gordeichuk (61 Polyakov ), Laptev, Sivakov, Maevski (77 Saroka), Filipenko, Balanovich Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Belarus-Sweden Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) 8
Belarus-Netherlands Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) France-Belarus Sweden FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Sweden 1-1 Netherlands Goals: 1-0 Berg 42, 1-1 Sneijder 67 Sweden: Olsen, Lustig, Lindelöf, Granqvist, Rohdén (76 Kujovic), Berg (87 Durmaz), Forsberg, Guidetti (64 Nyman), Hiljemark, Wendt, Fransson Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Luxembourg 0-1 Sweden Goals: 0-1 Lustig 58 Sweden: Olsen, Lustig, Lindelöf, Granqvist, M. Olsson, Ekdal (79 Fransson), Berg, Forsberg, Guidetti (70 Toivonen), Hiljemark, Durmaz (88 Nyman) Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Sweden 3-0 Bulgaria Goals: 1-0 Toivonen 39, 2-0 Hiljemark 45, 3-0 Lindelöf 58 Sweden: Olsen, Lindelöf, Granqvist, M. Olsson (63 Augustinsson), Ekdal, Berg (85 Guidetti), Forsberg (74 Wendt), Hiljemark, Krafth, Toivonen, Durmaz Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) France 2-1 Sweden Goals: 0-1 Forsberg 55, 1-1 Pogba 58, 2-1 Payet 65 Sweden: Olsen, Lindelöf, Granqvist, Augustinsson, Ekdal (66 Hiljemark), Forsberg, Guidetti (73 Kiese Thelin), J. Johansson, Krafth, Toivonen, Durmaz (87 Jansson) Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Sweden 4-0 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Forsberg 19 (P), 2-0 Forsberg 49, 3-0 Berg 57, 4-0 Kiese Thelin 78 Sweden: Olsen, Lustig, Granqvist, Augustinsson, Ekdal (69 J. Johansson), Berg, Forsberg, Hiljemark, Jansson, Toivonen (74 Kiese Thelin), Durmaz (85 Claesson) Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Sweden 2-1 France Goals: 0-1 Giroud 37, 1-1 Durmaz 43, 2-1 Toivonen 90+3 Sweden: Olsen, Lustig, Lindelöf, Granqvist, Augustinsson, Ekdal (77 S. Larsson), Berg (88 Guidetti), Forsberg, J. Johansson, Toivonen, Durmaz (76 Claesson) Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Bulgaria 3-2 Sweden Goals: 1-0 Manolev 12, 1-1 Lustig 29, 2-1 Kostadinov 33, 2-2 Berg 44, 3-2 Chochev 79 Sweden: Olsen, Lustig, Lindelöf, Granqvist, Augustinsson, Ekdal (70 S. Larsson), Berg, Forsberg, J. Johansson (85 Armenteros), Toivonen, Durmaz (82 Claesson) Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Belarus-Sweden Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Sweden-Luxembourg Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Netherlands-Sweden 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