EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS San Marino Last updated 11/11/2016 11:28CET San Marino Stadium - Serravalle Friday 11 November 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group C - Matchday 4 Germany 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 2008 Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/06/2007 QR (GS) Germany - San Marino 6-0 Nuremberg 06/09/2006 QR (GS) San Marino - Germany 0-13 Serravalle Kuranyi 45, Jansen 52, Frings 56 (P), Gomez 63, 65, Fritz 67 Podolski 11, 43, 62, 70, Schweinsteiger 28, 47, Klose 29, 44, Ballack 34, Hitzlsperger 65, 72, M. Friedrich 88, Schneider 89 (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 San Marino 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 19 Germany 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 19 0 2
Squad list San Marino Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Aldo Simoncini 30/08/1986 30 Libertas - 3 0 0 0 - Mattia Manzaroli 03/10/1991 25 Juvenes/Dogana - 0 0 0 0 - Simone Benedettini 21/01/1997 19 Modena - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Alessandro Della Valle 08/06/1982 34 Folgore - 2 0 0 0 - Davide Simoncini 30/08/1986 30 Libertas * 3 0 0 0 - Carlo Valentini 15/03/1982 34 Murata - 2 0 0 0 - Fabio Vitaioli 05/04/1984 32 Murata * 2 0 0 0 - Cristian Brolli 28/02/1992 24 Folgore - 2 0 0 0 - Marco Berardi 12/02/1993 23 Folgore * 3 0 0 0 - Davide Cesarini 16/02/1995 21 Tre Penne * 2 0 0 0 Midfielders - Alex Gasperoni 30/06/1984 32 Tre Penne - 0 0 0 0 - Marco Domeniconi 29/01/1984 32 Folgore - 0 0 0 0 - Michele Cervellini 14/04/1988 28 Pennarossa - 0 0 0 0 - Mirko Palazzi 21/03/1987 29 Tre Penne - 2 0 0 0 - Pier Filippo Mazza 20/08/1988 28 Juvenes/Dogana - 1 0 0 0 - Tommaso Zafferani 19/02/1996 20 La Fiorita * 2 0 0 0 - Luca Tosi 04/11/1992 24 Folgore - 3 0 0 0 - Alessandro D'Addario 09/09/1997 19 Pianese - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Andy Selva 23/05/1976 40 La Fiorita - 1 0 0 0 - Matteo Vitaioli 27/10/1989 27 Murata - 2 0 0 0 - Mattia Stefanelli 12/03/1993 23 Juvenes/Dogana * 2 1 0 0 - José Hirsch 31/01/1986 30 Folgore - 3 0 0 0 - Filippo Berardi 18/05/1997 19 Torino - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Pierangelo Manzaroli 25/03/1969 47-3 0 0 0 3
Germany Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Kevin Trapp 08/07/1990 26 Paris - 0 0 0 0 - Bernd Leno 04/03/1992 24 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 - Marc-André ter Stegen 30/04/1992 24 Barcelona - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Mats Hummels 16/12/1988 27 Bayern - 3 0 0 0 - Benedikt Höwedes 29/02/1988 28 Schalke - 2 0 0 0 - Sebastian Rudy 28/02/1990 26 Hoffenheim - 0 0 0 0 - Shkodran Mustafi 17/04/1992 24 Arsenal - 1 0 0 0 - Jonathan Tah 11/02/1996 20 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 - Joshua Kimmich 08/02/1995 21 Bayern - 3 1 0 0 - Jonas Hector 27/05/1990 26 Köln - 3 0 0 0 Midfielders - Sami Khedira 04/04/1987 29 Juventus * 3 1 0 0 - İlkay Gündoğan 24/10/1990 26 Man. City - 2 0 0 0 - Serge Gnabry 14/07/1995 21 Bremen - 0 0 0 0 - Leon Goretzka 06/02/1995 21 Schalke - 0 0 0 0 - Max Meyer 18/09/1995 21 Schalke - 1 0 0 0 - Yannick Gerhardt 13/03/1994 22 Wolfsburg - 0 0 0 0 - Benjamin Henrichs 23/02/1997 19 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 - Julian Weigl 08/09/1995 21 Dortmund - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Mario Gomez 10/07/1985 31 Wolfsburg - 0 0 0 0 - Thomas Müller 13/09/1989 27 Bayern - 3 4 0 0 - Mario Götze 03/06/1992 24 Dortmund - 3 0 0 0 - Kevin Volland 30/07/1992 24 Leverkusen - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Joachim Löw 03/02/1960 56-3 0 0 0 4
Head coach Pierangelo Manzaroli Date of birth: 25 March 1969 Nationality: Sammarinese Playing career: SS Cosmos, SP Cailungo, San Marino Calcio, SS Pennarossa Coaching career: SS Pennarossa, AC Libertas, San Marino Under-15, San Marino Under-21, San Marino After starting his career in the local league, the midfielder had a successful two-year spell with San Marino Calcio in the Italian fourth division before returning to the Sammarinese league to play for Pennarossa, where he started to work as a coach in 2006/07, leading the team to the league title in his first season on charge. Capped 38 times for San Marino between 1991 and 2001, Manzaroli left Pennarossa at the end of the 2006/07 season to join AC Libertas and led his new team to a historic 1-1 draw against Irish club Drogheda United FC in a 2007/08 UEFA Cup game. Manzaroli than earned another notable coup when he led a San Marino side through the preliminary round of the 2008/09 UEFA Regions' Cup before being appointed as coach of the Under-21 national team in 2010. He led the U21s to some hugely surprising results in qualifying for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship a stalemate against Greece in June 2012 and a 1-0 victory against Wales in September 2013 before being appointed to replace long-standing San Marino senior coach Giampaolo Mazza in 2014. Joachim Löw Date of birth: 3 February 1960 Nationality: German Playing career: SC Freiburg (three times), VfB Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt, Karlsruher SC, FC Schaffhausen, FC Winterthur, FC Frauenfeld Coaching career: FC Winterthur (youth), FC Frauenfeld, VfB Stuttgart, Fenerbahçe SK, Karlsruher SC, Adanaspor AŞ, FC Tirol Innsbruck, FK Austria Wien, Germany (assistant), Germany A native of the Black Forest in south-west Germany, Löw spent most of his playing days with local club Freiburg, where he had three spells, before winding down his career in Switzerland. Operated as a player-coach in Switzerland before becoming an assistant, and later head coach, back in Germany with Stuttgart. Succeeded Rolf Fringer in 1996 and led the Swabian side to a German Cup win in his first season and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final against Chelsea FC in his second. Left Stuttgart for Fenerbahçe but struggled to match his early success until he joined Tirol Innsbruck, guiding the team to the 2001/02 Austrian Bundesliga title. After nine months with Austria Wien he was summoned by old friend Jürgen Klinsmann to become his assistant with Germany. The pair steered the Nationalmannschaft to a third-place finish on home soil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Replaced Klinsmann as head coach, taking the side to a runners-up spot at UEFA EURO 2008 and third place at the 2010 World Cup. They also reached the last four of UEFA EURO 2012, before qualifying unbeaten for the 2014 global finals. The real glory was to follow in Brazil, Löw leading the team to their fourth world title with a final defeat of Argentina. In 2015 he signed a new contract running until 2018, although Germany were unable to add the European title to their world crown, losing to hosts France in the UEFA EURO 2016 semi-finals. 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner UEFA Referee observer Artyom Kuchin (KAZ) Evgeni Belski (KAZ), Anatoli Hodin (KAZ) Aleksandr Gauzer (KAZ) Jim Stjerne Hansen (DEN) Shmuel Shteif (ISR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Artyom Kuchin 15/12/1977 1 44 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 No such matches refereed 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 San Marino FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Germany 3 3 0 0 8 0 9 Azerbaijan 3 2 1 0 2 0 7 Northern Ireland 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 Norway 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 Czech Republic 3 0 2 1 0 3 2 San Marino 3 0 0 3 1 9 0 Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) San Marino 0-1 Azerbaijan Goals: 0-1 R. Gurbanov 45 San Marino: A. Simoncini, Cesarini, Brolli, D. Simoncini, M. Vitaioli (86 C. Valentini), Hirsch, Palazzi, Tosi, Berardi, Berardi (73 D. Rinaldi), Chiaruzzi (54 L. Gasperoni) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Northern Ireland 4-0 San Marino Goals: 1-0 S. Davis 26 (P), 2-0 K. Lafferty 79, 3-0 Ward 85, 4-0 K. Lafferty 90+4 San Marino: A. Simoncini, Berardi, Coppini (71 E. Golinucci), F. Vitaioli, D. Simoncini, M. Vitaioli, Hirsch (56 Cesarini), Stefanelli (88 Zafferani), Ales. Della Valle, Tosi, Palazzi Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Norway 4-1 San Marino Goals: 1-0 D. Simoncini 12 (og), 1-1 Stefanelli 54, 2-1 Diomande 77, 3-1 Samuelsen 82, 4-1 King 83 San Marino: A. Simoncini, C. Valentini (68 Hirsch), F. Vitaioli, D. Simoncini, Brolli, Stefanelli (82 Selva), Ales. Della Valle, Zafferani, D. Rinaldi (46 Berardi), Tosi, Mazza Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) San Marino-Germany Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) San Marino-Czech Republic Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Germany-San Marino Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) San Marino-Northern Ireland Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Azerbaijan-San Marino Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) San Marino-Norway Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Czech Republic-San Marino Germany FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Norway 0-3 Germany Goals: 0-1 Müller 15, 0-2 Kimmich 45, 0-3 Müller 60 Germany: Neuer, Hector, Höwedes, Hummels, Khedira (84 Weigl), Kroos, Özil, Draxler (84 Meyer), Müller, Götze (72 8
Brandt), Kimmich Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Germany 3-0 Czech Republic Goals: 1-0 Müller 13, 2-0 Kroos 49, 3-0 Müller 65 Germany: Neuer, Hector (68 Höwedes), Hummels, Khedira, Draxler (80 Brandt), Kroos (76 Gündoğan), Özil, Müller, Boateng, Kimmich, Götze Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Germany 2-0 Northern Ireland Goals: 1-0 Draxler 13, 2-0 Khedira 17 Germany: Neuer, Hector (81 Volland), Hummels, Khedira, Draxler, Kroos, Özil (46 Gündoğan), Müller, Boateng (69 Mustafi), Kimmich, Götze Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) San Marino-Germany Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Azerbaijan-Germany Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Germany-San Marino Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Czech Republic-Germany Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Germany-Norway Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Northern Ireland-Germany Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Germany-Azerbaijan 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