Moldova EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadionul Zimbru - Chisinau Tuesday 5 September 2017 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Group D - Matchday 8 Wales Last updated 05/09/2017 10:38CET 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 05/09/2016 QR (GS) Wales - Moldova 4-0 Cardiff Vokes 38, Allen 44, Bale 51, 90+5 (P) EURO '96 Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/09/1995 PR (GS) Wales - Moldova 1-0 Cardiff Speed 55 12/10/1994 PR (GS) 3-2 Chisinau Belous 8, Secu 28, Pogorelov 80; Speed 6, Blake 70 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 Moldova 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 1 0 2 3 7 Wales 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 2 0 1 7 3 2
Squad list Moldova Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Serghei Paşcenco 18/12/1982 34 Zaria Balti - 0 0 0 0 - Ilie Cebanu 29/12/1986 30 Mordovia - 4 0 0 0 - Stanislav Namaşco 10/11/1986 30 Levadiakos - 2 0 0 0 Defenders - Vitalie Bordian 11/08/1984 33 Sheriff - 3 0 0 0 - Alexandru Epureanu 27/09/1986 30 İstanbul Başakşehir FT - 6 0 0 0 - Igor Armaş 14/07/1987 30 Anji - 3 0 0 0 - Cătălin Carp 20/10/1993 23 Ufa - 3 0 0 0 - Artiom Rozgoniuc 01/10/1995 21 FC Speranța Nisporeni - 0 0 0 0 - Veaceslav Posmac 07/11/1990 26 Sheriff - 5 0 0 0 - Dinu Graur 27/12/1994 22 Milsami - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Andrei Cojocari 21/01/1987 30 Milsami - 5 0 0 0 - Alexandru Dedov 26/07/1989 28 Milsami - 6 1 0 0 - Alexandru Paşcenco 28/05/1989 28 Dacia - 0 0 0 0 - Eugeniu Cebotaru 16/10/1984 32 Sibir - 6 0 0 0 - Alexandru Antoniuc 23/05/1989 28 Milsami - 4 0 0 0 - Artur Ioniţa 17/08/1990 27 Cagliari - 3 0 0 0 - Vladislav Ivanov 07/05/1990 27 Sheriff - 0 0 0 0 - Gheorghe Anton 27/01/1993 24 Sheriff - 1 0 0 0 - Eugeniu Cociuc 11/05/1993 24 Žilina - 2 0 0 0 Forwards - Igor Bugaev 26/06/1984 33 Irtysh * 7 1 0 0 - Radu Gînsari 10/12/1991 25 H. Haifa * 5 1 0 0 - Vladimir Ambros 30/12/1993 23 Petrocub - 0 0 0 0 - Sergiu Platica 05/06/1991 26 Milsami - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Igor Dobrovolski 27/08/1967 50-7 0 0 0 3
Wales Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Wayne Hennessey 24/01/1987 30 Crystal Palace FT - 7 0 0 0 - Danny Ward 22/06/1993 24 Liverpool - 0 0 0 0 - Adam Davies 17/07/1992 25 Barnsley - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Chris Gunter 21/07/1989 28 Reading - 7 0 0 0 - Neil Taylor 07/02/1989 28 Aston Villa * 5 0 0 0 - Jazz Richards 12/04/1991 26 Cardiff * 3 0 0 0 - James Chester 23/01/1989 28 Aston Villa * 7 0 0 0 - Ashley Williams 23/08/1984 33 Everton * 7 0 0 0 - Ben Davies 24/04/1993 24 Tottenham * 6 0 0 0 - Thomas Lockyer 03/12/1994 22 Midfielders Bristol Rovers - 0 0 0 0 - David Edwards 03/02/1986 31 Wolves - 5 0 0 0 - Joe Ledley 23/01/1987 30 * 6 0 0 0 - Aaron Ramsey 26/12/1990 26 Arsenal * 4 1 0 0 - Joe Allen 14/03/1990 27 Stoke - 5 2 0 0 - Andy King 29/10/1988 28 Leicester - 4 0 0 0 - Tom Lawrence 13/01/1994 23 Derby - 3 0 0 0 - Lee Evans 24/07/1994 23 Wigan - 0 0 0 0 - Ethan Ampadu 14/09/2000 16 Chelsea - 0 0 0 0 - Marley Watkins 17/10/1990 26 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Gareth Bale 16/07/1989 28 Real Madrid - 6 4 0 0 - Sam Vokes 21/10/1989 27 Burnley - 7 1 0 0 - Hal Robson-Kanu 21/05/1989 28 West Brom - 6 0 0 0 - Ben Woodburn 15/10/1999 17 Liverpool - 1 1 0 0 Coach - Chris Coleman 10/06/1970 47-7 0 0 0 4
Head coach Igor Dobrovolski Date of birth: 27/08/1967 Nationality: Russian Playing career: FC Nistru Chisinau, FC Dinamo Moskva, Playas de Castellón FS, Servette FC, Genoa CFC, Olympique de Marseille, Club Atlético de Madrid, SC Fortuna Düsseldorf, FC Tiligul Tiraspol Coaching career: FC Tiligul Tiraspol, FC Academia Chisinau, FC Dacia Chisinau, FC Veris, FC Sakhalin, Moldova (twice) Born near the Ukrainian-Moldovan border, Dobrovolski was schooled at an academy in Tiraspol, and made his name as a creative midfielder with Nistru Chisinau, earning a move to Dinamo Moskva in 1986. A gold medal winner with the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympics, he was also in the side that won the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He appeared with the senior side at the FIFA World Cup finals that summer, and also played at the 1992 and 1996 UEFA European Championships. Capped 47 times in total. Played in Spain, Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and was at Marseille when they followed up a 1991/92 French title success with triumph in the 1992/93 UEFA Champions League. Returned to Moldova in 2005 to become player-coach at Tiligul, leading his side to fourth place in his only season in charge. Hired as Moldova coach Anatol Teslev's assistant, he was in sole command from 2007-09, Moldova earning a best-ever total of 12 points under him in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying, and reaching a pinnacle of 37th in the FIFA rankings. Led Dacia to Moldovan title in 2010/11 before working with Veris and Sakhalin. Hired as Moldova boss for a second time on 23 December 2015. Chris Coleman Date of birth: 10 June 1970 Nationality: Welsh Playing career: Manchester City FC, Swansea City AFC, Crystal Palace FC, Blackburn Rovers FC, Fulham FC Coaching career: Fulham FC, Real Sociedad de Fútbol, Coventry City FC, Larissa FC, Wales A solid defender, Coleman came through the youth ranks at Manchester City but started his career in earnest with home-town team Swansea, where he won Welsh Cups in 1989 and 1991. Picked up the first of 32 caps for Wales while at Crystal Palace, where he occasionally served as a makeshift striker, before joining then reigning English champions Blackburn in 1995 for an injury-ravaged two-year stay. A broken leg sustained in a car crash in 2001 when Coleman was playing for Fulham effectively ended his playing days, but he was brought on to the club's coaching staff, taking the top job after a successful stint as caretaker in 2003. After leaving Fulham in 2007, Coleman headed abroad to manage first Real Sociedad and then Larissa either side of a spell at Coventry. Hired as Wales manager in January 2012 following the death of former team-mate Gary Speed, Coleman signed a two-year extension in November 2013, and was rewarded by guiding the side to UEFA EURO 2016 their first major tournament since 1958. Even better was to come in France, as Wales upset the odds by reaching the semi-finals, their best-ever performance in a major finals. 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner Referee observer Paweł Raczkowski (POL) Michal Obukowicz (POL), Radosław Siejka (POL) Pawel Gil (POL) Michail Kassabov (BUL) Cyril Zimmermann (SUI) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Paweł Raczkowski 10/05/1983 2 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 No such matches refereed 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 Moldova FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Serbia 7 4 3 0 16 7 15 Republic of Ireland 7 3 4 0 9 5 13 Wales 7 2 5 0 10 5 11 Austria 7 2 2 3 9 9 8 Georgia 7 0 4 3 7 11 4 Moldova 7 0 2 5 4 18 2 Matchday 1 (05/09/2016) Wales 4-0 Moldova Goals: 1-0 Vokes 38, 2-0 Allen 44, 3-0 Bale 51, 4-0 Bale 90+5 (P) Moldova: Cebanu, Armaş, A. Epureanu, Ioniţa, Gaţcan, Cebotaru (75 Sidorenco), Dedov (85 Mihaliov), Gînsari (75 Bugaev), Cașcaval, Cojocari, I. Jardan Matchday 2 (06/10/2016) Moldova 0-3 Serbia Goals: 0-1 Kostić 19, 0-2 Ivanović 37, 0-3 Tadić 59 Moldova: Cebanu, Carp, Racu, A. Epureanu, Cojocari, Gaţcan, Cebotaru (77 Gînsari), Dedov (63 Sidorenco), Bolohan, Andronic (69 Mihaliov), Bugaev Matchday 3 (09/10/2016) Moldova 1-3 Republic of Ireland Goals: 0-1 Long 2, 1-1 Bugaev 45+1, 1-2 McClean 69, 1-3 McClean 76 Moldova: Calancea, Armaş (36 Golovatenco), Cojocari, Gaţcan, Dedov, Bordian, Posmac, Bolohan, Andronic (83 Sidorenco), Bugaev, Zasaviţchi (61 Cebotaru) Matchday 4 (12/11/2016) Georgia 1-1 Moldova Goals: 1-0 Kazaishvili 16, 1-1 Gaţcan 78 Moldova: Cebanu, Posmac, I. Jardan, A. Epureanu, Racu (41 Golovatenco), Gaţcan, Bordian, Bolohan, Mihaliov (77 Andronic), Sidorenco (70 A. Antoniuc), Bugaev Matchday 5 (24/03/2017) Austria 2-0 Moldova Goals: 1-0 Arnautović 75, 2-0 Harnik 90 Moldova: St. Namaşco, Golovatenco (80 Racu), A. Epureanu, Gaţcan, Cebotaru, Dedov, Gînsari, Posmac, A. Antoniuc (62 Ioniţa), Bolohan (90 Mihaliov), Bugaev Matchday 6 (11/06/2017) Moldova 2-2 Georgia Goals: 1-0 Gînsari 15, 2-0 Dedov 36, 2-1 Merebashvili 65, 2-2 Kazaishvili 70 Moldova: St. Namaşco, Posmac, Carp (73 Cojocari), A. Epureanu, Ţîgîrlaş (78 Racu), Cebotaru, Dedov, Gînsari, Bordian, A. Antoniuc, Cociuc (73 Bugaev) Matchday 7 (02/09/2017) Serbia 3-0 Moldova Goals: 1-0 Gačinović 20, 2-0 Kolarov 30, 3-0 A. Mitrović 81 Moldova: Cebanu, Armaş, Posmac, A. Epureanu, Ioniţa, Cociuc (59 A. Antoniuc), Cebotaru, Dedov, Gînsari, Cojocari (75 Carp), Anton (81 Bugaev) Matchday 8 (05/09/2017) Moldova-Wales Matchday 9 (06/10/2017) 8
Republic of Ireland-Moldova Matchday 10 (09/10/2017) Moldova-Austria Wales FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (05/09/2016) Wales 4-0 Moldova Goals: 1-0 Vokes 38, 2-0 Allen 44, 3-0 Bale 51, 4-0 Bale 90+5 (P) Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, N. Taylor, Davies, Chester, A. Williams (82 Collins), Allen, King, Bale, Ledley (67 Huws), Vokes (75 Robson-Kanu) Matchday 2 (06/10/2016) Austria 2-2 Wales Goals: 0-1 Allen 22, 1-1 Arnautović 28, 1-2 Wimmer 45+1 (og), 2-2 Arnautović 48 Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, N. Taylor (91 Huws), Davies, Chester, A. Williams, Allen (56 Edwards), King, Bale, Ledley, Vokes (77 Robson-Kanu) Matchday 3 (09/10/2016) Wales 1-1 Georgia Goals: 1-0 Bale 10, 1-1 Okriashvili 57 Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, N. Taylor (70 Cotterill), Davies, Chester, A. Williams, King (61 Robson-Kanu), Bale, Edwards, Ledley (73 Huws), Vokes Matchday 4 (12/11/2016) Wales 1-1 Serbia Goals: 1-0 Bale 30, 1-1 A. Mitrović 86 Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, N. Taylor, Chester, A. Williams, Allen, Robson-Kanu (68 Lawrence), Ramsey, Bale, Ledley (84 Edwards), Vokes Matchday 5 (24/03/2017) Republic of Ireland 0-0 Wales Wales: Hennessey, N. Taylor, Allen, Ledley (72 Richards), Chester, Robson-Kanu (46 Vokes), Bale, Gunter, Davies, A. Williams, Ramsey Matchday 6 (11/06/2017) Serbia 1-1 Wales Goals: 0-1 Ramsey 35 (P), 1-1 A. Mitrović 74 Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, Davies, Chester, A. Williams, Allen, Ramsey, Edwards (73 Huws), Ledley, Richards, Vokes (86 Lawrence) Matchday 7 (02/09/2017) Wales 1-0 Austria Goals: 1-0 Woodburn 74 Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, Richards (46 King), Davies, Chester, A. Williams, Lawrence (69 Woodburn), Ramsey, Bale, Edwards, Vokes (69 Robson-Kanu) Matchday 8 (05/09/2017) Moldova-Wales Matchday 9 (06/10/2017) Georgia-Wales Matchday 10 (09/10/2017) Wales-Republic of Ireland 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