EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Luxembourg Stade Josy Barthel - Luxembourg Friday 7 October 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group A - Matchday 2 Sweden 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 UEFA EURO 2000 Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/09/1999 PR (GS) Luxembourg - Sweden 0-1 Luxembourg Alexandersson 39 27/03/1999 PR (GS) Sweden - Luxembourg 2-0 Gothenburg 1980 UEFA European Championship Date Stage reached Mjällby 35, Larsson 86 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/10/1979 PR (GS) Luxembourg - Sweden 1-1 Esch-sur-Alzette 07/06/1979 PR (GS) Sweden - Luxembourg 3-0 Malmo Braun 4 (P); Grönhagen 61 Grönhagen 15, Cervin 28, Borg 53 (P) 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 Luxembourg 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 1 3 1 7 Sweden 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 - - - - 4 3 1 0 7 1 2
Squad list Luxembourg Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jonathan Joubert 12/09/1979 37 Dudelange - 1 0 0 0 - Anthony Moris 29/04/1990 26 Mechelen - 0 0 0 0 - Ralph Schon 20/01/1990 26 Defenders UNA Strassen FT - 0 0 0 0 - Kevin Malget 15/01/1991 25 Dudelange * 1 0 0 0 - Laurent Jans 05/08/1992 24 - Ricardo Delgado 22/02/1994 22 - Maxime Chanot 21/11/1989 26 Waasland- Beveren Jeunesse Esch New York City FC - 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-1 0 0 0 - Tim Hall 15/04/1997 19 Saarbrücken - 0 0 0 0 - Pit Simon 17/02/1998 18 Metz - 0 0 0 0 - Aldin Skenderovic 28/06/1997 19 Pétange - 0 0 0 0 - Dirk Carlson 01/04/1998 18 Midfielders Union Titus Petange - 0 0 0 0 - Mario Mutsch 03/09/1984 32 St Gallen - 1 0 0 0 - Mathias Jänisch 27/08/1990 26 Differdange - 0 0 0 0 - Chris Philipps 08/03/1994 22 Metz - 1 0 0 0 - Christopher Martins 19/02/1997 19 Lyon * 1 0 0 0 - Florian Bohnert 09/11/1997 18 Schalke * 1 1 0 0 - Eric Veiga 18/02/1997 19 Braunschweig * 0 0 0 0 - Sébastien Thill 29/12/1993 22 Progrès - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Daniel Da Mota 11/09/1985 31 Dudelange - 1 0 0 0 - Aurélien Joachim 10/08/1986 30 Lierse - 1 2 0 0 - Maurice Deville 31/07/1992 24 FSV Frankfurt - 1 0 0 0 - David Turpel 19/10/1992 23 Dudelange - 1 0 0 0 - Vincent Thill 04/02/2000 16 Metz - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Luc Holtz 14/06/1969 47-1 0 0 0 3
Sweden Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Karl-Johan Johnsson 28/01/1990 26 Guingamp - 0 0 0 0 - Robin Olsen 08/01/1990 26 København - 1 0 0 0 - Patrik Carlgren 08/01/1992 24 AIK - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Andreas Granqvist 16/04/1985 31 Krasnodar - 1 0 0 0 - Mikael Lustig 13/12/1986 29 Celtic * 1 0 0 0 - Oscar Wendt 24/10/1985 30 Mönchengladbach - 1 0 0 0 - Martin Olsson 17/05/1988 28 Norwich - 0 0 0 0 - Pontus Jansson 13/02/1991 25 Leeds - 0 0 0 0 - Ludwig Augustinsson 21/04/1994 22 København - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Helander 22/04/1993 23 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 - Emil Krafth 02/08/1994 22 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 - Victor Lindelöf 17/07/1994 22 Benfica - 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Albin Ekdal 28/07/1989 27 Hamburg - 0 0 0 0 - Jimmy Durmaz 22/03/1989 27 Toulouse - 1 0 0 0 - Emil Forsberg 23/10/1991 24 Leipzig - 1 0 0 0 - Oscar Hiljemark 28/06/1992 24 Palermo - 1 0 0 0 - Viktor Claesson 02/01/1992 24 Elfsborg - 0 0 0 0 - Marcus Rohdén 11/05/1991 25 Crotone - 1 0 0 0 - Alexander Fransson 02/04/1994 22 Basel - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Marcus Berg 17/08/1986 30 Panathinaikos - 1 1 0 0 - Ola Toivonen 03/07/1986 30 Toulouse - 0 0 0 0 - John Guidetti 15/04/1992 24 Celta - 1 0 0 0 - Christoffer Nyman 05/10/1992 24 Braunschweig * 1 0 0 0 Coach - Jan Andersson 29/09/1962 54-1 0 0 0 4
Head coach Luc Holtz Date of birth: 14 June 1969 Nationality: Luxembourger Playing career: Red Boys Differdange, FC Avenir Beggen, FC Etzella Ettelbruck Coaching career: FC Etzella Ettelbruck, Luxembourg Under-21s, Luxembourg Holtz started his career with Red Boys Differdange, a club which today is part of successful outfit FC Differdange 03. A creative playmaker with a keen eye for goal, Holtz moved to Avenir Beggen in 1992 where he went on to win the domestic double in 1993 and 1994. He was chosen as Luxembourg's footballer of the year in 1993. Played until 2008 when, aged 38, he finished his career at Etzella having gone there from Beggen in 1999 to take over as player-coach. Led Etzella to promotion to the top flight in 1999, his first season in charge. Lifted the cup two years later but was relegated in 2002, only to bounce back immediately. Proceeded to reach the cup final in 2003 and 2004, although both ended in defeat. Having earned 55 caps for Luxembourg, he accepted an offer to coach the U21 national side in 2008. He was then handed the reins of the senior team following the resignation of Guy Hellers in August 2010. Janne Andersson Date of birth: 29 September 1962 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Alets IK (twice), IS Halmia, Laholms FK Coaching career: Alets IK, Halmstads BK (assistant, twice), Laholms FK, Halmstads BK, Örgryte IS, IFK Norrköping, Sweden Janne Andersson succeeded Erik Hamrén after UEFA EURO 2016 having led Norrköping to their first Allsvenskan title in almost two decades the previous year. A footballer and handball player in his native Halmstad, Andersson became assistant coach to Stuart Baxter at the city's main club in 1990, going on to work under Tom Prahl and then Jonas Thern. Andersson, who also coached lower-division teams Alet and Laholm, took the Halmstad reins himself in 2004 and in his first season in charge was named coach of the year in Sweden after steering Halmstad to second place. After a brief spell at Örgryte in 2010, Andersson was named Norrköping coach the following year as they returned to the Allsvenskan, at first keeping them up then guiding them to the 2015 title. His appointment as Sweden coach meant he missed out on leading the club into UEFA Champions League qualifying, Andersson saying on his unveiling: "Right now I'm just humbled and grateful. This is an honour and a challenge that will be very exciting to take on." 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner Referee observer Ivan Bebek (CRO) Tomislav Petrović (CRO), Miro Grgić (CRO) Mario Zebec (CRO) Eduard Dervishaj (ESP) Vladimir Petrov (UKR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Ivan Bebek 30/05/1977 6 94 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 15/09/2011 UEL GS AZ Alkmaar Malmö FF 4-1 Alkmaar 01/08/2012 UCL 3QR WKS Śląsk Wrocław Helsingborgs IF 0-3 Wroclaw 27/03/2015 EURO QR Moldova Sweden 0-2 Chisinau 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 Luxembourg FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 4 3 3 Netherlands 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Sweden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Belarus 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 France 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Luxembourg 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 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 Luxembourg: Joubert, Chanot, Malget, Philipps (84 Deville), Gerson, C. Martins, Da Mota (68 Bohnert), Thill (59 Turpel), Mutsch, Jans, Joachim Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Luxembourg-Sweden Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) Belarus-Luxembourg Matchday 4 (13/11/2016) Luxembourg-Netherlands Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Luxembourg-France Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Netherlands-Luxembourg Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Luxembourg-Belarus Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) France-Luxembourg Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Sweden-Luxembourg Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Luxembourg-Bulgaria Sweden FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (06/09/2016) Sweden 1-1 Netherlands Goals: 1-0 Berg 42, 1-1 Sneijder 67 Sweden: Olsen, Lustig, Lindelöf, Granqvist, Rohdén (76 Kujovic), Berg (87 Durmaz), Forsberg, Guidetti (64 Nyman), Hiljemark, Wendt, Fransson Matchday 2 (07/10/2016) Luxembourg-Sweden Matchday 3 (10/10/2016) 8
Sweden-Bulgaria Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) France-Sweden Matchday 5 (25/03/2017) Sweden-Belarus Matchday 6 (09/06/2017) Sweden-France Matchday 7 (31/08/2017) Bulgaria-Sweden Matchday 8 (03/09/2017) Belarus-Sweden Matchday 9 (07/10/2017) Sweden-Luxembourg Matchday 10 (10/10/2017) Netherlands-Sweden 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