EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Denmark Last updated 11/11/2017 00:34CET Telia Parken - Copenhagen Saturday 11 November 2017 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Play-off, First leg Republic of Ireland 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 11 1
Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/04/1993 QR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Denmark 1-1 Dublin Quinn 75; Vilfort 27 14/10/1992 QR (GS) Denmark - Republic of Ireland 0-0 Copenhagen FIFA World Cup Match Result Venue Goalscorers 13/11/1985 QR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Denmark 1-4 Dublin 14/11/1984 QR (GS) Denmark - Republic of Ireland 3-0 Copenhagen 1980 UEFA European Championship Stapleton 6; Elkjær 7, 76, M. Laudrup 49, Sivebæk 57 Elkjær 30, 46, Lerby 55 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/05/1979 PR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Denmark 2-0 Dublin Daly 44, Givens 66 24/05/1978 PR (GS) Denmark - Republic of Ireland 3-3 Copenhagen FIFA World Cup Jensen 33, Nielsen 79 (P), Lerby 80; Stapleton 11, Grealish 25, Daly 65 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/10/1969 QR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Denmark 1-1 Dublin Givens 8; Jensen 85 (P) 27/05/1969 QR (GS) Denmark - Republic of Ireland 2-0 Copenhagen Sørensen 35, 67 FIFA World Cup Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/10/1957 QR (GS) Denmark - Republic of Ireland 0-2 Copenhagen 03/10/1956 QR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Denmark 2-1 Dublin Cummins 53, Curtis 62 Curtis 27, Gavin 45; Jensen 85 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 Denmark 5 2 2 1 5 1 2 2 - - - - 13 3 5 5 16 20 Republic of Ireland 5 2 2 1 5 1 2 2 - - - - 13 5 5 3 20 16 2
Squad list Denmark Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jesper Hansen 31/03/1985 32 Midtjylland - 0 0 0 0 - Kasper Schmeichel 05/11/1986 31 Leicester * 7 0 0 0 - Jonas Lössl 01/02/1989 28 Huddersfield - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Mathias Jørgensen 23/04/1990 27 Huddersfield - 2 0 0 0 - Andreas Bjelland 11/07/1988 29 Brentford - 4 0 0 0 - Simon Kjær 26/03/1989 28 Sevilla * 10 0 0 0 - Jens Stryger Larsen 21/02/1991 26 Udinese - 4 0 0 0 - Peter Ankersen 22/09/1990 27 København * 5 1 0 0 - Jonas Knudsen 16/09/1992 25 Ipswich - 0 0 0 0 - Jannik Vestergaard 03/08/1992 25 Mönchengladbach - 4 0 0 0 - Andreas Christensen 10/04/1996 21 Chelsea - 5 0 0 0 Midfielders - William Kvist 24/02/1985 32 København - 9 0 0 0 - Lasse Schöne 27/05/1986 31 Ajax - 4 0 0 0 - Mike Jensen 19/02/1988 29 Rosenborg - 1 0 0 0 - Christian Eriksen 14/02/1992 25 Tottenham * 10 8 0 0 - Thomas Delaney 03/09/1991 26 Bremen * 10 4 0 0 - Lukas Lerager 12/07/1993 24 Bordeaux - 1 0 0 0 - Pione Sisto 04/02/1995 22 Celta - 6 0 0 0 Forwards - Nicklas Bendtner 16/01/1988 29 Rosenborg - 3 0 0 0 - Viktor Fischer 09/06/1994 23 Mainz * 4 0 0 0 - Nicolai Jørgensen 15/01/1991 26 Feyenoord * 7 2 0 0 - Yussuf Poulsen 15/06/1994 23 Leipzig * 7 1 0 0 - Andreas Cornelius 16/03/1993 24 Atalanta * 6 2 0 0 Coach - Aage Hareide 23/09/1953 64-10 0 0 0 3
Republic of Ireland Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Darren Randolph 12/05/1987 30 Middlesbrough * 10 0 0 0 - Keiren Westwood 23/10/1984 33 Sheff. Wednesday FT - 0 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 - Paul McShane 06/01/1986 31 Reading - 0 0 0 0 - Stephen Ward 20/08/1985 32 Burnley * 9 0 0 0 - Ciaran Clark 26/09/1989 28 Newcastle * 8 0 0 0 - Shane Duffy 01/01/1992 25 Brighton * 8 1 0 0 - Kevin Long 18/08/1990 27 Burnley - 2 0 0 0 - Matthew Doherty 16/01/1992 25 Wolves - 0 0 0 0 - Cyrus Christie 30/09/1992 25 Derby * 6 0 0 0 Midfielders - Glenn Whelan 13/01/1984 33 Aston Villa * 8 0 0 0 - Wes Hoolahan 20/05/1982 35 Norwich - 5 0 0 0 - Aiden McGeady 04/04/1986 31 Sunderland * 5 0 0 0 - Harry Arter 28/12/1989 27 Bournemouth * 5 0 0 0 - Conor Hourihane 02/02/1991 26 Aston Villa - 1 0 0 0 - Robbie Brady 14/01/1992 25 Burnley - 7 0 0 0 - James McClean 22/04/1989 28 West Brom * 9 4 0 0 - Jeff Hendrick 31/01/1992 25 Burnley - 7 1 0 0 - Callum O'Dowda 23/04/1995 22 Bristol City - 3 0 0 0 Forwards - Daryl Murphy 15/03/1983 34 Nottm Forest * 6 3 0 0 - Shane Long 22/01/1987 30 Southampton - 7 1 0 0 - Scott Hogan 13/04/1992 25 Aston Villa - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Martin O'Neill 01/03/1952 65-10 0 0 0 4
Head coach Åge Hareide of birth: 23 September 1953 Nationality: Norwegian Playing career: IL Hødd, Molde FK, Manchester City FC, Norwich City FC, Molde FK, Norway Coaching career: Molde FK, Helsinborgs IF (twice), Brøndby IF, Rosenborg BK, Norway, Örgryte IS, Viking FK, Malmö FF Having trained as a tax accountant before turning professional, Hareide was a physical defender who represented his country 50 times between 1976 and 1986. His club career took him from Molde to Manchester City and then Norwich in the English top flight. Hareide made the transition to coaching before hanging up his boots. After returning from England he acted as player-coach for Molde during two seasons. From 1987 he focused solely on coaching and a second spell as Molde boss brought his first silverware the 1994 Norwegian Cup. His first trophy in Sweden was also the cup, with Helsingborg in 1998. In 2003, Hareide added one more Norwegian Cup as coach of Rosenborg. Hareide is the only coach to win league titles in Sweden (Helsingborg 1999, Malmö 2014), Denmark (Brøndby 2001/02) and Norway (Rosenborg 2003). Coached Norway from January 2004 until December 2008. Under Hareide, Norway made it to the play-offs for the 2006 FIFA World Cup but lost 2-0 on aggregate to the Czech Republic. Returned to Helsingborg in 2012 for a six-month spell and steered the side to the UEFA Champions League playoffs. In January 2014 he was appointed by Malmö, leading them to the Swedish title and into the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time at the start of 2014/15. He repeated the feat when Malmö progressed via the play-offs in 2015/16, before being appointed Denmark coach in December 2015. Martin O'Neill 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. 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Milorad Mažić (SRB) Milovan Ristić (SRB), Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB) Srdjan Jovanović (SRB) Jacques Antenen (SUI) Jaap Uilenberg (NED) Referee Name of birth UEFA matches Milorad Mažić 23/03/1973 9 86 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Competition Home Away Result Venue 01/09/2017 WC QR Denmark Poland 4-0 Copenhagen Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Competition Home Away Result Venue 18/06/2011 U21 GS-FT Iceland Denmark 3-1 Aalborg 03/09/2014 FRIE. GS-FT Denmark Turkey 1-2 Copenhagen 14/11/2014 EURO QR Scotland Republic of Ireland 1-0 Glasgow 13/06/2016 EURO GS-FT Republic of Ireland Sweden 1-1 Saint-Denis 22/11/2016 UCL GS FC København FC Porto 0-0 Copenhagen 01/09/2017 WC QR Denmark Poland 4-0 Copenhagen 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 Denmark FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group E Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Poland 10 8 1 1 28 14 25 Denmark 10 6 2 2 20 8 20 Montenegro 10 5 1 4 20 12 16 Romania 10 3 4 3 12 10 13 Armenia 10 2 1 7 10 26 7 Kazakhstan 10 0 3 7 6 26 3 Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Denmark 1-0 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Eriksen 17 Denmark: Rønnow, Ankersen, Vestergaard, Kjær, Durmisi, A. Christensen, Kvist, N. Jørgensen (66 Y. Poulsen), Eriksen, Fischer, Højbjerg (81 Delaney) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Poland 3-2 Denmark Goals: 1-0 Lewandowski 20, 2-0 Lewandowski 36 (P), 3-0 Lewandowski 48, 3-1 Glik 49 (og), 3-2 Y. Poulsen 69 Denmark: Schmeichel, Ankersen, Vestergaard (82 Delaney), Kjær, Durmisi, A. Christensen, Kvist, N. Jørgensen (46 Y. Poulsen), Eriksen, Fischer (75 Sisto), Højbjerg Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Denmark 0-1 Montenegro Goals: 0-1 Bećiraj 32 Denmark: Schmeichel, Ankersen, Kjær, Durmisi, A. Christensen, Delaney, Eriksen, Fischer (70 Cornelius), M. Jørgensen (83 N. Jørgensen), Y. Poulsen, Højbjerg (63 Sisto) 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 Denmark: Rønnow, Ankersen, Kjær, Durmisi, Kvist, Delaney, N. Jørgensen, Eriksen, Bjelland, Y. Poulsen, Cornelius (82 Dolberg) Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Romania 0-0 Denmark Denmark: Schmeichel, Ankersen, Vestergaard, Kjær (46 M. Jørgensen), Durmisi, A. Christensen, Kvist, Delaney, Eriksen, Schöne (69 Braithwaite), Cornelius 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 Denmark: Rønnow, Vestergaard, Kjær, Durmisi, Kvist (46 Schöne), Delaney, N. Jørgensen, Eriksen, Braithwaite, Stryger Larsen (82 Dalsgaard), Y. Poulsen (68 Dolberg) Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Denmark 4-0 Poland Goals: 1-0 Delaney 16, 2-0 Cornelius 42, 3-0 N. Jørgensen 59, 4-0 Eriksen 80 Denmark: Schmeichel, Kjær, Kvist, Delaney (86 Jensen), N. Jørgensen (82 Lerager), Eriksen, Bjelland, Dalsgaard, Stryger Larsen, Cornelius (75 Bendtner), Sisto Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Armenia 1-4 Denmark Goals: 1-0 Koryan 6, 1-1 Delaney 17, 1-2 Eriksen 29, 1-3 Delaney 82, 1-4 Delaney 90+3 Denmark: Schmeichel, Kjær, Kvist, Delaney, N. Jørgensen, Eriksen, Bjelland, Dalsgaard, Stryger Larsen, Cornelius 8
(78 Schöne), Sisto (67 Fischer) Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Montenegro 0-1 Denmark Goals: 0-1 Eriksen 16 Denmark: Schmeichel, Kjær, Kvist, Delaney, Eriksen, Bjelland, Dalsgaard, Stryger Larsen (43 Durmisi), Y. Poulsen, Cornelius (64 Bendtner), Sisto Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Denmark 1-1 Romania Goals: 1-0 Eriksen 60 (P), 1-1 Deac 88 Denmark: Schmeichel, Kjær, Durmisi, A. Christensen, Kvist, Delaney, Eriksen, Bendtner (70 Dolberg), Dalsgaard, Y. Poulsen (83 Schöne), Sisto Play-off Matchday 11 (11/11/2017) Denmark-Republic of Ireland Matchday 12 (14/11/2017) Republic of Ireland-Denmark Republic of Ireland FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Serbia 10 6 3 1 20 10 21 Republic of Ireland 10 5 4 1 12 6 19 Wales 10 4 5 1 13 6 17 Austria 10 4 3 3 14 12 15 Georgia 10 0 5 5 8 14 5 Moldova 10 0 2 8 4 23 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, 9
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), Meyler (79 Hourihane), Walters, Duffy Matchday 9 (06/10/2017) Republic of Ireland 2-0 Moldova Goals: 1-0 Murphy 2, 2-0 Murphy 19 Republic of Ireland: Randolph, Christie, Clark, Murphy (79 Arter), Long (83 Maguire), O'Dowda, Hendrick, Hoolahan (79 McGeady), Ward, Meyler, Duffy Matchday 10 (09/10/2017) Wales 0-1 Republic of Ireland Goals: 0-1 McClean 57 Republic of Ireland: Randolph, Christie, Clark, Murphy (92 Long), Brady, McClean, Hendrick, Ward, Meyler, Duffy, Arter (78 Whelan) Play-off Matchday 11 (11/11/2017) Denmark-Republic of Ireland Matchday 12 (14/11/2017) Republic of Ireland-Denmark 10
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: 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 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. 11