EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Republic of Ireland Last updated 06/10/2017 10:23CET Aviva Stadium - Dublin Friday 6 October 2017 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Group D - Matchday 9 Moldova 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 09/10/2016 QR (GS) Moldova - Republic of Ireland 1-3 Chisinau Bugaev 45+1; Long 2, McClean 69, 76 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 Republic of Ireland - - - - 1 1 0 0 - - - - 1 1 0 0 3 1 Moldova 1 0 0 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 1 3 2
Squad list Republic of Ireland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Colin Doyle 12/06/1985 32 Bradford - 0 0 0 0 - Darren Randolph 12/05/1987 30 Middlesbrough - 8 0 0 0 - Rob Elliot 30/04/1986 31 Newcastle - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - John O'Shea 30/04/1981 36 Sunderland - 3 0 0 0 - Stephen Ward 20/08/1985 32 Burnley * 7 0 0 0 - Richard Keogh 11/08/1986 31 Derby - 2 0 0 0 - Ciaran Clark 26/09/1989 28 Newcastle - 6 0 0 0 - Shane Duffy 01/01/1992 25 Brighton * 6 1 0 0 - Kevin Long 18/08/1990 27 Burnley - 1 0 0 0 - Cyrus Christie 30/09/1992 25 Middlesbrough * 4 0 0 0 Midfielders - Glenn Whelan 13/01/1984 33 Aston Villa * 7 0 0 0 - Wes Hoolahan 20/05/1982 35 Norwich - 4 0 0 0 - Aiden McGeady 04/04/1986 31 Sunderland * 4 0 0 0 - Harry Arter 28/12/1989 27 Bournemouth - 3 0 0 0 - Eunan O'Kane 10/07/1990 27 Leeds - 1 0 0 0 - Conor Hourihane 02/02/1991 26 Aston Villa - 1 0 0 0 - David Meyler 29/05/1989 28 Hull * 4 0 0 0 - Jeff Hendrick 31/01/1992 25 Burnley - 5 1 0 0 - Callum O'Dowda 23/04/1995 22 Bristol City - 2 0 0 0 Forwards - Daryl Murphy 15/03/1983 34 Nottm Forest - 4 1 0 0 - Shane Long 22/01/1987 30 Southampton - 6 1 0 0 - Seán Maguire 01/05/1994 23 Preston - 0 0 0 0 - Scott Hogan 13/04/1992 25 Aston Villa - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Martin O'Neill 01/03/1952 65-8 0 0 0 3
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 - 5 0 0 0 - Alexei Koşelev 19/11/1993 23 Politehnica Iaşi Defenders FT - 0 0 0 0 - Vitalie Bordian 11/08/1984 33 Sheriff - 4 0 0 0 - Alexandru Epureanu 27/09/1986 31 İstanbul Başakşehir * 7 0 0 0 - Petru Racu 17/07/1987 30 Sheriff - 4 0 0 0 - Artiom Rozgoniuc 01/10/1995 22 Petrocub - 1 0 0 0 - Dinu Graur 27/12/1994 22 Milsami * 1 0 0 0 - Petru Ojog 17/07/1990 27 Costuleni - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Alexandru Gaţcan 27/03/1984 33 Rostov - 5 1 0 0 - Andrei Cojocari 21/01/1987 30 Milsami - 6 0 0 0 - Alexandru Dedov 26/07/1989 28 Milsami * 7 1 0 0 - Alexandru Paşcenco 28/05/1989 28 Dacia - 1 0 0 0 - Alexandru Antoniuc 23/05/1989 28 Milsami - 4 0 0 0 - Artur Ioniţa 17/08/1990 27 Cagliari - 4 0 0 0 - Gheorghe Anton 27/01/1993 24 Sheriff - 2 0 0 0 - Eugeniu Cociuc 11/05/1993 24 Žilina - 2 0 0 0 Forwards - Radu Gînsari 10/12/1991 25 H. Haifa * 6 1 0 0 - Vladimir Ambros 30/12/1993 23 Petrocub - 1 0 0 0 - Sergiu Platica 05/06/1991 26 Milsami - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Igor Dobrovolski 27/08/1967 50-8 0 0 0 4
Head coach Martin O'Neill Date of birth: 1 March 1952 Nationality: Northern Irish Playing career: Lisburn Distillery FC, Nottingham Forest FC, Norwich City FC (twice), Manchester City FC, Notts County FC, Chesterfield FC, Fulham FC Coaching career: Grantham Town FC, Shepshed Charterhouse FC, Wycombe Wanderers FC, Norwich City FC, Leicester City FC, Celtic FC, Aston Villa FC, Sunderland AFC, Republic of Ireland The highlight of Northern Irish international O'Neill's playing career was winning the 1977/78 English title and 1979 and 1980 European Cups under Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest (though he did not play in the first of those finals). He also appeared at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. After injury ended O'Neill's career, he entered management with non-league Grantham, Shepshed and Wycombe, whom he led into the Football League for the first time in 1993 and a further promotion the next year. He left Wycombe for Norwich in June 1995 but within six months had gone to Leicester, whom he would guide into the Premier League, winning the 1997 and 2000 League Cups to earn two UEFA Cup campaigns. O'Neill was appointed by Celtic in summer 2000 and in five years at the helm landed three league titles and three Scottish Cups, the Scottish League Cup completing a 2000/01 treble. He also led them to the 2003 UEFA Cup final. Managed Aston Villa between 2006 and 2010, then Sunderland from 2011 to March 2013. O'Neill was appointed Ireland manager, to be assisted by fellow former Forest player Roy Keane, that November, and led the team to UEFA EURO 2016 via a play-off win against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Agreed to stay on until the 2018 FIFA World Cup before the finals, where Ireland were eliminated by hosts France in the last 16. 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. 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner Referee observer Bas Nijhuis (NED) Joost van Zuilen (NED), Charles Schaap (NED) Serdar Gözübüyük (NED) Luca Zorzi (SUI) Oguz Sarvan (TUR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Bas Nijhuis 12/01/1977 5 67 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 13/07/2010 UCL 2QR Bohemian FC The New Saints FC 1-0 Dublin 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 Republic of Ireland FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Serbia 8 5 3 0 17 7 18 Wales 8 3 5 0 12 5 14 Republic of Ireland 8 3 4 1 9 6 13 Austria 8 2 3 3 10 10 9 Georgia 8 0 5 3 8 12 5 Moldova 8 0 2 6 4 20 2 Matchday 1 (05/09/2016) Serbia 2-2 Republic of Ireland Goals: 0-1 Hendrick 3, 1-1 Kostić 62, 2-1 Tadić 69 (P), 2-2 Murphy 81 Republic of Ireland: Randolph, Coleman, O'Shea, Keogh, Whelan, Long (91 Clark), Brady, McClean, Hendrick (75 Murphy), Ward (70 Quinn), Walters Matchday 2 (06/10/2016) Republic of Ireland 1-0 Georgia Goals: 1-0 Coleman 56 Republic of Ireland: Randolph, Coleman, Clark, Duffy, McCarthy, Long (94 O'Shea), Brady (79 Whelan), McClean, Hendrick, Ward, Walters 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 Republic of Ireland: Randolph, Coleman, Clark, Whelan, Duffy, McCarthy (80 Meyler), Long (63 O'Dowda), McClean, Hoolahan (86 O'Kane), Ward, Walters Matchday 4 (12/11/2016) Austria 0-1 Republic of Ireland Goals: 0-1 McClean 48 Republic of Ireland: Randolph, Coleman, Clark, Whelan (24 Meyler), Arter, Brady, McClean (85 McGeady), Hendrick, Hoolahan (78 McGoldrick), Duffy, Walters Matchday 5 (24/03/2017) Republic of Ireland 0-0 Wales Republic of Ireland: Randolph, Coleman (72 Christie), Keogh, O'Shea, McClean, Whelan, Long, Hendrick, Ward, Meyler (79 McGeady), Walters Matchday 6 (11/06/2017) Republic of Ireland 1-1 Austria Goals: 0-1 Hinteregger 31, 1-1 Walters 85 Republic of Ireland: Randolph, Christie, Whelan (77 McGeady), Brady, McClean, Hendrick, Ward (56 Murphy), Long, Walters, Duffy, Arter (71 Hoolahan) Matchday 7 (02/09/2017) Georgia 1-1 Republic of Ireland Goals: 0-1 Duffy 4, 1-1 Kazaishvili 34 Republic of Ireland: Randolph, Christie, Clark, Whelan (79 Murphy), Long, Brady, McClean, Ward, Walters, Duffy, Arter (61 McGeady) Matchday 8 (05/09/2017) Republic of Ireland 0-1 Serbia Goals: 0-1 Kolarov 55 Republic of Ireland: Randolph, Christie, Clark, Long, Brady, McClean, Hoolahan (62 Murphy), Ward (72 O'Dowda), 8
Meyler (79 Hourihane), Walters, Duffy Matchday 9 (06/10/2017) Republic of Ireland-Moldova Matchday 10 (09/10/2017) Wales-Republic of Ireland Moldova 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) 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 0-2 Wales Goals: 0-1 Robson-Kanu 80, 0-2 Ramsey 90+3 Moldova: Cebanu, Graur (85 Ambros), Posmac, A. Epureanu, Ioniţa (85 Bugaev), Dedov, Gînsari, Bordian, Anton, Paşcenco (70 Cojocari), Rozgoniuc Matchday 9 (06/10/2017) Republic of Ireland-Moldova Matchday 10 (09/10/2017) Moldova-Austria 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