EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Romania Last updated 05/10/2017 11:50CET Ilie Oană - Ploiesti Thursday 5 October 2017 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Group E - Matchday 9 Kazakhstan 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 11/10/2016 QR (GS) Kazakhstan - Romania 0-0 Astana 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 Romania - - - - 1 0 1 0 - - - - 1 0 1 0 0 0 Kazakhstan 1 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Squad list Romania Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Costel Pantilimon 01/02/1987 30 Deportivo - 1 0 0 0 - Ciprian Tătăruşanu 09/02/1986 31 Nantes - 7 0 0 0 - Florin Niță 03/07/1987 30 FCSB - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Romario Benzar 26/03/1992 25 FCSB * 8 0 0 0 - Dragoş Grigore 07/09/1986 31 Al-Sailiya - 4 0 0 0 - Vlad Chiricheş 14/11/1989 27 Napoli - 5 0 0 0 - Mihai Bălașa 14/01/1995 22 FCSB - 0 0 0 0 - Cristian Ganea 24/05/1992 25 Viitorul - 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Ciprian Deac 16/02/1986 31 CFR Cluj - 0 0 0 0 - Constantin Budescu 19/02/1989 28 FCSB - 0 0 0 0 - Ovidiu Hoban 27/12/1982 34 CFR Cluj - 4 0 0 0 - Nicolae Stanciu 07/05/1993 24 Anderlecht - 8 1 0 0 - Alexandru Ioniţă 14/12/1994 22 Astra - 0 0 0 0 - Mihai Pintilii 09/11/1984 32 FCSB - 3 0 0 0 - Răzvan Marin 23/05/1996 21 - Sergiu Hanca 04/04/1992 25 Standard Liège Dinamo Bucureşti FT - 6 1 0 0-2 0 0 0 - Nicusor Bancu 18/09/1992 25 U Craiova - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Claudiu Keșerü 02/12/1986 30 Ludogorets - 4 0 0 0 - Alexandru Chipciu 18/05/1989 28 Anderlecht * 7 1 0 0 - George Ţucudean 30/04/1991 26 Viitorul - 0 0 0 0 - Gheorghe Grozav 29/09/1990 27 Akhmat - 1 0 0 0 - Mihail Baluta 13/09/1993 24 U Craiova * 2 0 0 0 - Florin Andone 11/04/1993 24 Deportivo - 6 0 0 0 Coach - Cosmin Contra 15/12/1975 41-0 0 0 0 3
Kazakhstan Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - David Loria 31/10/1981 35 Irtysh - 4 0 0 0 - Igor Shatski 23/07/1982 35 Shakhter - 0 0 0 0 - Stas Pokatilov 08/12/1992 24 Kairat - 4 0 0 0 Defenders - Abzal Beysebekov 30/11/1992 24 Astana * 7 0 0 0 - Yeldos Akhmetov 01/06/1990 27 Kairat - 6 0 0 0 - Dmitri Miroshnichenko 26/02/1992 25 Tobol - 0 0 0 0 - Viktor Dmitrenko 04/04/1991 26 Shakhter * 2 0 0 0 - Gafurzhan Suyumbayev 19/08/1990 27 Kairat * 5 1 0 0 - Sergei Maliy 05/06/1990 27 Astana * 5 0 0 0 Midfielders - Azat Nurgaliyev 30/06/1986 31 Ordabasy * 6 0 0 0 - Maksat Bayzhanov 06/08/1984 33 Kaysar - 5 0 0 0 - Tanat Nuserbayev 01/01/1987 30 Astana * 2 0 0 0 - Askhat Tagybergen 09/08/1990 27 Astana * 6 0 0 0 - Aslan Darabayev 21/01/1989 28 Irtysh - 1 0 0 0 - Islambek Kuat 12/01/1993 24 Kairat * 7 1 0 0 - Yerkebulan Tunggyshbayev 14/01/1995 22 Ordabasy - 3 0 0 0 - Bauyrzhan Turysbek 15/10/1991 25 Kairat - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Sergei Khizhnichenko 17/07/1991 26 Shakhter * 5 2 0 0 - Aleksei Schetkin 21/05/1991 26 Tobol - 1 0 0 0 - Roman Murtazayev 10/09/1993 24 Astana - 5 0 0 0 Coach - Aleksandr Borodyuk 30/11/1962 54-4 0 0 0 4
Head coach Cosmin Contra Date of birth: 15 December 1975 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: FC Politehnica Timişoara (three times), FC Dinamo Bucureşti, Deportivo Alavés, AC Milan, Club Atlético de Madrid, West Bromwich Albion FC (loan), Getafe CF Coaching career: FC Politehnica Timişoara, CF Fuenlabrada, FC Petrolul Ploieşti, Getafe CF, Guangzhou R&F FC, AD Alcorcón, FC Dinamo Bucureşti, Romania Started and ended his playing career with his hometown club, heading to Spain in 1999 after a spell in the Romanian capital with Dinamo Bucureşti. A major hit with Alavés, he helped the little-known club to reach the 2000/01 UEFA Cup final in their first season in European competition, scoring three goals and putting in a fine performance in the final a 5-4 loss to Liverpool after extra time in Dortmund. Played for Milan, Atlético, West Brom, then helped Getafe make it to the 2007/08 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Played in his second UEFA European Championship in summer 2008, and won the last of his 73 Romania caps in 2010. Moved from pitch to bench at Timişoara, working as player-coach briefly. After a spell in Spain, led Petrolul to 2012/13 Romanian Cup success, then returned to save Getafe from relegation in 2014 before trying his luck in China. Hired as Romania coach in September 2017, having won the 2016/17 Romanian Cup with Dinamo Bucureşti. Aleksandr Borodyuk Date of birth: 30 November 1962 Nationality: Russian Playing career: FC Fakel Voronezh, FC Dinamo Vologda, FC Dinamo Moskva, FC Schalke 04, SC Freiburg, Hannover 96, FC Lokomotiv Moskva, FC Torpedo-ZIL Moskva, FC Krylya Sovetov Samara Coaching career: FC Krylya Sovetov Samara (assistant), Russia (assistant), Russia Under-21, Russia (caretaker), FC Torpedo Moskva, FC Kairat Almaty, Kazakhstan A forward, Borodyuk won the 1984 Soviet Cup and was twice Soviet First League top scorer during an eight-season spell at Dinamo Moskva. He also played for the USSR and Russia, striking football gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Joined Schalke in 1989, scoring the goal that earned them promotion to the Bundesliga in 1990/91, and later helped Freiburg finish third in the 1994/95 competition. Coached Krylya Sovetov before assisting Guus Hiddink and then Dick Advocaat during their respective terms as Russia coach. Briefly Dinamo's sporting director, he returned to head-coaching by leading Torpedo Moskva to promotion in 2014. Having lifted the Kazakh Super Cup with Kairaty in 2016, he replaced Talgat Baysufinov as Kazakhstan coach in February 2017 when his predecessor became the national association's technical director. 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner Referee observer Sandro Schärer (SUI) Stephane De Almeida (SUI), Sladan Josipović (SUI) Alain Bieri (SUI) Vasko Dojčinovski (MKD) Bertrand Layec (FRA) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Sandro Schärer 06/06/1988 0 18 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 20/07/2016 UCL 2QR FC Astana FK Žalgiris Vilnius 2-1 Astana 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 Romania FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group E Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Poland 8 6 1 1 18 11 19 Montenegro 8 5 1 2 18 7 16 Denmark 8 5 1 2 18 7 16 Romania 8 2 3 3 8 8 9 Armenia 8 2 0 6 8 19 6 Kazakhstan 8 0 2 6 4 22 2 Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Romania 1-1 Montenegro Goals: 1-0 Popa 85, 1-1 Jovetić 87 Romania: Pantilimon, Filip, Moţi, Hoban, Benzar, Andone (70 Torje), Bicfalvi (76 Popa), Stancu (90 Keșerü), Grigore, Săpunaru, Stanciu Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Armenia 0-5 Romania Goals: 0-1 Stancu 4 (P), 0-2 Popa 10, 0-3 Marin 12, 0-4 Stanciu 29, 0-5 Chipciu 60 Romania: Tătăruşanu, Benzar, Latovlevici, Hoban, Chipciu (67 Rotariu), Popa, Marin, Stancu (57 Keșerü), Grigore, Săpunaru, Stanciu (82 Bicfalvi) Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Kazakhstan 0-0 Romania Romania: Tătăruşanu, Benzar, Hoban, Toşca, Chipciu (46 Enache), Popa (84 Andone), Marin, Stancu, Grigore (26 Moţi), Săpunaru, Stanciu Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Romania 0-3 Poland Goals: 0-1 Grosicki 11, 0-2 Lewandowski 83, 0-3 Lewandowski 90+1 (P) Romania: Tătăruşanu, Benzar, Toşca, Hoban (46 Prepeliţă), Chiricheş, Chipciu, Popa (46 Andone), Marin, Stancu, Grigore, Stanciu (82 Keșerü) Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Romania 0-0 Denmark Romania: Tătăruşanu, Benzar, Toşca, Chiricheş, Chipciu (85 Ivan), Pintilii, Keșerü (63 Alibec), Latovlevici (76 Rotariu), Marin, Săpunaru, Stanciu Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Poland 3-1 Romania Goals: 1-0 Lewandowski 29 (P), 2-0 Lewandowski 57, 3-0 Lewandowski 62 (P), 3-1 Stancu 77 Romania: Tătăruşanu, Benzar, Toşca, Chiricheş, Chipciu (60 Stanciu), Pintilii, Andone, Latovlevici (60 Grozav), Marin (79 Hanca), Stancu, Săpunaru Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Romania 1-0 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Maxim 90+1 Romania: Tătăruşanu, Benzar, Toşca, Chiricheş, Chipciu (68 Popa), Pintilii, Andone, Baluta (74 Ivan), Stancu (81 Maxim), Ganea, Stanciu Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Montenegro 1-0 Romania Goals: 1-0 Jovetić 75 Romania: Tătăruşanu, Benzar, Toşca, Moţi, Chiricheş, Chipciu, Andone (64 Baluta), Maxim, Găman (81 Hanca), Marin (64 Stanciu), Stancu 8
Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Romania-Kazakhstan Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Denmark-Romania Kazakhstan FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Kazakhstan 2-2 Poland Goals: 0-1 Kapustka 9, 0-2 Lewandowski 35 (P), 1-2 Khizhnichenko 51, 2-2 Khizhnichenko 58 Kazakhstan: Pokatilov, Maliy, Kislitsyn, Kuat, Y. Akhmetov (61 Abdulin), Islamkhan (79 Tagybergen), Muzhikov, Bayzhanov (69 Nurgaliyev), Shomko, Khizhnichenko, Beysebekov Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Montenegro 5-0 Kazakhstan Goals: 1-0 Tomašević 24, 2-0 N. Vukčević 59, 3-0 Jovetić 64, 4-0 Bećiraj 73, 5-0 Savić 78 Kazakhstan: Pokatilov, Maliy, Kislitsyn, Kuat (76 Tagybergen), Mukhutdinov, Islamkhan (64 Muzhikov), Nurgaliyev, Shomko, Khizhnichenko (85 Murtazayev), Beysebekov, Logvinenko Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Kazakhstan 0-0 Romania Kazakhstan: Pokatilov, Maliy, Kuat (86 Tagybergen), Y. Akhmetov, Smakov, Muzhikov, Bayzhanov (66 Nurgaliyev), Shomko, Khizhnichenko (82 Murtazayev), Beysebekov, Logvinenko Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Denmark 4-1 Kazakhstan Goals: 1-0 Cornelius 15, 1-1 Suyumbayev 17, 2-1 Eriksen 36 (P), 3-1 Ankersen 78, 4-1 Eriksen 90+2 Kazakhstan: Pokatilov, Maliy, Y. Akhmetov, Mukhutdinov, Islamkhan (70 Murtazayev), Muzhikov (81 Tunggyshbayev), Bayzhanov, Suyumbayev, Shomko, Khizhnichenko (60 Moldakaraev), Logvinenko Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Armenia 2-0 Kazakhstan Goals: 1-0 Mkhitaryan 73, 2-0 Özbiliz 75 Kazakhstan: Loria, Maliy, Kuat (82 Dmitrenko), Tunggyshbayev (79 Muzhikov), Tagybergen, Islamkhan (87 Bayzhanov), Nurgaliyev, Suyumbayev, Nuserbayev, Shomko, Beysebekov Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Kazakhstan 1-3 Denmark Goals: 0-1 N. Jørgensen 27, 0-2 Eriksen 51 (P), 1-2 Kuat 76, 1-3 Dolberg 81 Kazakhstan: Loria, Kuat, Y. Akhmetov, Islamkhan, Zhukov, Muzhikov, Nurgaliyev (56 Beysebekov), Suyumbayev, Nuserbayev (74 Tunggyshbayev), Shomko (67 Vorogovskiy), Logvinenko Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Kazakhstan 0-3 Montenegro Goals: 0-1 Vešović 31, 0-2 Bećiraj 53, 0-3 Simić 63 Kazakhstan: Loria, Kuat, Y. Akhmetov, Zhukov (17 Bayzhanov), Muzhikov, Nurgaliyev (62 Turysbek), Murtazayev, Suyumbayev (85 Tagybergen), Shomko, Beysebekov, Logvinenko Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Poland 3-0 Kazakhstan Goals: 1-0 Milik 11, 2-0 Glik 74, 3-0 Lewandowski 86 (P) Kazakhstan: Loria, Dmitrenko, Kuat, Y. Akhmetov, Darabayev, Murtazayev, Suyumbayev, Shomko, Khizhnichenko (68 Schetkin), Beysebekov (86 Tagybergen), Logvinenko Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Romania-Kazakhstan Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Kazakhstan-Armenia 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