EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Netherlands Last updated 03/09/2017 11:12CET Amsterdam ArenA - Amsterdam Sunday 3 September 2017 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Group A - Matchday 8 Bulgaria 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) Bulgaria - Netherlands 2-0 Delev 5, 20 UEFA EURO 2008 Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/09/2007 QR (GS) Netherlands - Bulgaria 2-0 Amsterdam 07/10/2006 QR (GS) Bulgaria - Netherlands 1-1 FIFA World Cup Date Stage reached Sneijder 22, Van Nistelrooy 58 M.Petrov 12; Van Persie 62 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/06/1974 GS-FT Bulgaria - Netherlands 1-4 Dortmund FIFA World Cup Date Stage reached Krol 79 (og); Neeskens 5 (P), 45 (P), Rep 71, de Jong 78 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/10/1969 QR (GS) Netherlands - Bulgaria 1-1 Rotterdam 27/10/1968 QR (GS) Bulgaria - Netherlands 2-0 Veenstra 23; Bonev 60 Bonev 44, Asparuhov 65 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 Netherlands 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 11 4 2 5 17 16 Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11 5 2 4 16 17 2
Squad list Netherlands Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jeroen Zoet 06/01/1991 26 PSV 2 0 0 0 - Jasper Cillessen 22/04/1989 28 Barcelona 2 0 0 0 - Maarten Stekelenburg 22/09/1982 34 Everton 3 0 0 0 Defenders - Daley Blind 09/03/1990 27 Man. United 7 0 0 0 - Stefan de Vrij 05/02/1992 25 Lazio 2 0 0 0 - Joël Veltman 15/01/1992 25 Ajax 1 0 0 0 - Bruno Martins Indi 08/02/1992 25 Stoke 1 0 0 0 - Karim Rekik 02/12/1994 22 Hertha - Kenny Tete 09/10/1995 21 Lyon - Wesley Hoedt 06/03/1994 23 Southampton 3 0 0 0 - Timothy Fosu-Mensah 02/01/1998 19 Crystal Palace FT 1 0 0 0 - Matthijs de Ligt 12/08/1999 18 Ajax 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Wesley Sneijder 09/06/1984 33 Nice 6 2 0 0 - Arjen Robben 23/01/1984 33 Bayern 4 2 0 0 - Georginio Wijnaldum 11/11/1990 26 Liverpool 7 1 0 0 - Davy Pröpper 02/09/1991 26 Brighton 2 0 0 0 - Marco van Ginkel 01/12/1992 24 PSV - Tonny Vilhena 03/01/1995 22 Feyenoord 1 0 0 0 - Quincy Promes 04/01/1992 25 Spartak Moskva 6 3 0 0 - Donny van de Beek 18/04/1997 20 Ajax Forwards - Bas Dost 31/05/1989 28 Sporting CP 5 0 0 0 - Memphis Depay 13/02/1994 23 Lyon 3 2 0 0 - Vincent Janssen 15/06/1994 23 Tottenham 5 2 0 0 Coach - Dick Advocaat 27/09/1947 69 2 0 0 0 3
Bulgaria Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Bozhidar Mitrev 31/03/1987 30 Levski - Plamen Iliev 30/11/1991 25 Astra 1 0 0 0 - Georgi Kitanov 06/03/1995 22 Defenders - Orlin Starokin 08/01/1987 30 Cherno More FT - Petar Zanev 18/10/1985 31 Amkar 4 0 0 0 - Stanislav Manolev 16/12/1985 31 - Vasil Bozhikov 02/06/1988 29 - Atanas Zehirov 13/02/1989 28 - Aleksandar Tsvetkov 31/08/1990 27 Slovan Bratislava Cherno More Cherno More 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 - Strahil Popov 31/08/1990 27 Kasımpaşa 7 0 0 0 - Georgi Terziev 18/04/1992 25 Ludogorets - Anton Nedyalkov 30/04/1993 24 Midfielders - Ivelin Popov 26/10/1987 29 - Georgi Milanov 19/02/1992 25 Spartak Moskva Moskva 3 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 - Ivaylo Chochev 18/02/1993 24 Palermo 5 1 0 0 - Simeon Slavchev 25/09/1993 23 - Todor Nedelev 07/02/1993 24 - Kristiyan Malinov 30/03/1994 23 Sporting CP Botev Plovdiv 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - Georgi Kostadinov 07/09/1990 26 M. Haifa 5 2 0 0 - Kiril Despodov 11/11/1996 20 - Bozhidar Kraev 23/06/1997 20 Midtjylland 2 0 0 0 Forwards - Andrej Galabinov 27/11/1988 28 Genoa 1 0 0 0 - Ivaylo Dimitrov 26/03/1989 28 Coach Slavia 1 0 0 0 - Gueorgui Donkov 02/06/1970 47 4
Head coach Dick Advocaat Date of birth: 27 September 1947 Nationality: Dutch Playing career: ADO Den Haag (twice), Roda JC, VVV Venlo, Chicago Sting, Sparta Rotterdam, K. Berchem Sport, FC Utrecht Coaching career: DSVP, HFC Haarlem, FC Dordrecht, Netherlands (three times), PSV Eindhoven, Rangers FC, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, United Arab Emirates, South Korea, FC Zenit St Petersburg, AZ Alkmaar (twice), Belgium, Russia, Serbia, Sunderland, Netherlands (assistant), Fenerbahçe SK A combative midfielder, Advocaat's playing career lasted 18 years and included three seasons in the North American Soccer League with Chicago Sting. Twice served as assistant coach to Rinus Michels with the Dutch national team, where he earned the nickname Little General. Then took charge himself and led the Oranje to the 1994 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals in the United States. Won the Dutch Cup and Eredivisie with PSV (1995 98) before moving to Scotland and picking up domestic treble in the first of four seasons with Rangers. He then opted for a second spell with the Netherlands and led team to UEFA EURO 2004 semi-finals. Two years later he was in charge of South Korea at the World Cup finals. Returned to club football with Zenit, winning the Russian title in 2007 and the UEFA Cup where he defeated former club Rangers and UEFA Super Cup a year later. Left in August 2009, becoming Belgium coach two months later before agreeing to coach AZ Alkmaar for the rest of the season. Took charge of Russia in May 2010, clinching a place at UEFA EURO 2012 with a 6-0 defeat of Andorra on the last day of qualifying. In April 2012 he announced his decision to depart after that summer's finals and subsequently agreed a return to PSV. Returned to Alkmaar in October 2013 on a short-term basis. After an ill-fated four-month spell as Serbia coach in 2014, he successfully negotiated the end of Sunderland's relegation battle the following year. He extended his association, but a poor start to 2015/16 brought his resignation and he worked as an assistant to the senior Dutch team before being unveiled at Fenerbahçe on 17 August. The following May, succeeded Danny Blind as Netherlands coach for his third spell in charge. Petar Hubchev Date of birth: 26 February 1964 Nationality: Bulgarian Playing career: PFC Litex Lovech, PFC Levski, Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt Coaching career: PFC Slavia, Chernomorets Pomorie, PFC Botev Plovdiv, PFC Beroe Stara Zagora Made debut for Bulgaria while playing in the second tier in a friendly against Greece in 1984, the first of 35 caps. Hubchev was one of the mainstays of the great Bulgaria side that reached the 1994 FIFA World Cup semi-finals. He also played at EURO '96. Hubchev came through the ranks of Osum Lovech (now known as Litex Lovech). He was a right-back before establishing himself as a central defender. In 1989 he moved to Levski, winning the league and cup double in 1993 before departing at the end of that year for Hamburg. In 1996 he moved on to Eintracht, helping them back to the Bundesliga. Hubchev began his coaching career at Eintracht in 2001, and after a six-month stint as head coach at Slavia in 2005 he returned to Germany for spells with the reserve sides of Eintracht and Wolfsburg. In 2009 he was back in Bulgaria at Chernomorets Pomorie, guiding the second division side to the cup final in his first season. Following a brief spell at Botev Plovdiv he had four seasons at Beroe Stara Zagora, leading them to the Bulgarian Cup in 2013. On 3 October 2016 Hubchev succeeded Ivaylo Petev as Bulgaria coach. 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner Referee observer Tasos Sidiropoulos (GRE) Polychronis Kostaras (GRE), Lazaros Dimitriadis (GRE) Anastasios Papapetrou (GRE) Jacques Antenen (SUI) Oguz Sarvan (TUR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Tasos Sidiropoulos 09/08/1979 4 53 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 20/03/2014 UEL R16 Valencia CF PFC Ludogorets 1945 1-0 Valencia 09/10/2014 U21 PO Netherlands Portugal 0-2 Alkmaar 06/12/2016 UCL GS Paris Saint-Germain PFC Ludogorets 1945 2-2 Paris 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 Netherlands 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) Sweden 1-1 Netherlands Goals: 1-0 Berg 42, 1-1 Sneijder 67 Netherlands: Zoet, Janmaat, Bruma, Van Dijk, Blind, Strootman, Klaassen, Wijnaldum (66 Dost), Janssen, Sneijder, Promes (78 Berghuis) 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 Netherlands: Stekelenburg, Karsdorp, Bruma, Van Dijk, Blind, Strootman (79 Clasie), Klaassen, Wijnaldum, Janssen (83 Dost), Sneijder (46 Pröpper), Promes Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Netherlands 0-1 France Goals: 0-1 Pogba 30 Netherlands: Stekelenburg, Karsdorp, Bruma, Van Dijk, Blind, Strootman, Klaassen, Wijnaldum (62 Dost), Janssen, Pröpper (84 Willems), Promes (16 Depay) Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Luxembourg 1-3 Netherlands Goals: 0-1 Robben 36, 1-1 Chanot 44 (P), 1-2 Depay 58, 1-3 Depay 84 Netherlands: Stekelenburg, Brenet, Bruma, Van Dijk, Blind, Ramselaar (88 De Roon), Klaassen, Wijnaldum, Dost, Sneijder (46 Depay), Robben (46 Berghuis) Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Bulgaria 2-0 Netherlands Goals: 1-0 Delev 5, 2-0 Delev 20 Netherlands: Zoet, Karsdorp, De Ligt (46 Hoedt), Martins Indi, Blind, Strootman, Promes (68 L. de Jong), Wijnaldum (46 Sneijder), Dost, Klaassen, Robben Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Netherlands 5-0 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Robben 21, 2-0 Sneijder 34, 3-0 Wijnaldum 62, 4-0 Promes 70, 5-0 Janssen 84 (P) Netherlands: Cillessen, Veltman, De Vrij, Hoedt, Blind, Strootman, Depay (66 Promes), Wijnaldum, Janssen, Sneijder (82 Aké), Robben (73 Lens) Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) France 4-0 Netherlands Goals: 1-0 Griezmann 14, 2-0 Lemar 73, 3-0 Lemar 88, 4-0 Mbappé 90+1 Netherlands: Cillessen, Fosu-Mensah, De Vrij, Hoedt, Blind, Strootman, Promes, Wijnaldum, Janssen (64 Van Persie), Sneijder (46 Vilhena), Robben Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Netherlands-Bulgaria Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) 8
Belarus-Netherlands Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Netherlands-Sweden Bulgaria FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Bulgaria 4-3 Luxembourg Goals: 1-0 Rangelov 16, 1-1 Joachim 60, 1-2 Joachim 62, 2-2 Marcelinho 65, 3-2 Popov 79, 3-3 Bohnert 90+1, 4-3 Tonev 90+2 Bulgaria: Stoyanov, Popov, Nedyalkov, Chorbadzhiyski, Alexandrov (56 Chochev), Rangelov, Popov (85 Bojilov), Marcelinho, Ivanov, Milanov (64 Tonev), Dyakov Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) France 4-1 Bulgaria Goals: 0-1 Alexandrov 6 (P), 1-1 Gameiro 23, 2-1 Payet 26, 3-1 Griezmann 38, 4-1 Gameiro 59 Bulgaria: Stoyanov, Popov, A. Aleksandrov, Alexandrov (76 Nedelev), Kostadinov, Popov (68 Tonev), Marcelinho (62 Rangelov), Pirgov, Milanov, Milanov, Dyakov Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Sweden 3-0 Bulgaria Goals: 1-0 Toivonen 39, 2-0 Hiljemark 45, 3-0 Lindelöf 58 Bulgaria: Stoyanov, Popov, A. Aleksandrov, Bozhikov, Slavchev (89 Rainov), Kostadinov (53 Alexandrov), Popov, Nedyalkov, Milanov, Chochev (72 Marcelinho), Dyakov Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Bulgaria 1-0 Belarus Goals: 1-0 Popov 10 Bulgaria: Stoyanov, Popov, A. Aleksandrov, Zanev, Slavchev, Delev, Popov (75 Yordanov ), Bozhikov, Milanov (53 Chochev), Tonev (66 Kirilov), Dyakov Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Bulgaria 2-0 Netherlands Goals: 1-0 Delev 5, 2-0 Delev 20 Bulgaria: Mihaylov, Popov, Zanev (86 Nedyalkov), Chorbadzhiyski, Slavchev, Kostadinov, Delev (88 Bodurov), Popov (67 Kraev), Manolev, Bozhikov, Tonev Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Belarus 2-1 Bulgaria Goals: 1-0 Sivakov 33 (P), 2-0 Savitski 80, 2-1 Kostadinov 90+1 Bulgaria: Mihaylov, Popov, Zanev, Chorbadzhiyski, Kostadinov, Delev (54 Galabinov), Popov (64 Chochev), Manolev (81 Milanov), Bozhikov, Tonev, Dyakov 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 Bulgaria: Iliev, Popov, Zanev, Chorbadzhiyski, Slavchev, Kostadinov, Popov (83 Dimitrov), Manolev (75 Kraev), Bozhikov, Milanov (61 Nedelev), Chochev Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Netherlands-Bulgaria Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Bulgaria-France Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Luxembourg-Bulgaria 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