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Stadionul Zimbru - ChisinauMonday 9 October 2017

20.45CET (21.45 local time)Group D - Matchday 10 Austria

Last updated 09/10/2017 14:54CET

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Previous meetings 2Squad list 3Head coach 5Match officials 6Competition facts 7Match-by-match lineups 8Legend 11

Previous meetingsHead to HeadFIFA World Cup

Date Stagereached Match Result Venue Goalscorers

24/03/2017 QR (GS) Austria - Moldova 2-0 Vienna Arnautović 75, Harnik90

2016 UEFA European Championship

Date Stagereached Match Result Venue Goalscorers

05/09/2015 QR (GS) Austria - Moldova 1-0 Vienna Junuzović 52

09/10/2014 QR (GS) Moldova - Austria 1-2 Chisinau Dedov 27 (P); Alaba12 (P), Janko 51

UEFA EURO 2004

Date Stagereached Match Result Venue Goalscorers

07/06/2003 PR (GS) Moldova - Austria 1-0 Tiraspol Frunză 6007/09/2002 PR (GS) Austria - Moldova 2-0 Vienna Herzog 4 (P), 29 (P)

Qualifying Final

tournament Total

Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA

TotalMoldova 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 - - - - 5 1 0 4 2 7Austria 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 - - - - 5 4 0 1 7 2

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Squad listMoldova

Current seasonQual. FT

No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld GlsGoalkeepers

- Serghei Paşcenco 18/12/1982 34 Zaria Balti - 0 0 0 0- Ilie Cebanu 29/12/1986 30 Mordovia - 6 0 0 0

- Alexei Koşelev 19/11/1993 23 PolitehnicaIaşi - 0 0 0 0

Defenders- Vitalie Bordian 11/08/1984 33 Sheriff - 5 0 0 0

- Alexandru Epureanu 27/09/1986 31 İstanbulBaşakşehir * 8 0 0 0

- Vadim Bolohan 15/08/1986 31 Milsami * 4 0 0 0- Petru Racu 17/07/1987 30 Sheriff - 5 0 0 0- Artiom Rozgoniuc 01/10/1995 22 Petrocub * 2 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- Igor Ţîgîrlaş 24/02/1984 33 Zaria Balti - 1 0 0 0- Andrei Cojocari 21/01/1987 30 Milsami - 6 0 0 0- Alexandru Dedov 26/07/1989 28 Milsami * 8 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 - 5 0 0 0- Vladislav Ivanov 07/05/1990 27 Sheriff - 0 0 0 0- Gheorghe Anton 27/01/1993 24 Sheriff - 3 0 0 0- Eugeniu Cociuc 11/05/1993 24 Žilina - 3 0 0 0

Forwards- Radu Gînsari 10/12/1991 25 H. Haifa * 7 1 0 0- Vadim Paireli 08/11/1995 21 Petrocub - 0 0 0 0- Vladimir Ambros 30/12/1993 23 Petrocub - 2 0 0 0- Sergiu Platica 05/06/1991 26 Milsami - 1 0 0 0

Coach- Igor Dobrovolski 27/08/1967 50 - 9 0 0 0

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AustriaCurrent seasonQual. FT

No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld GlsGoalkeepers

- Heinz Lindner 17/07/1990 27 Grasshoppers - 5 0 0 0- Pavao Pervan 13/11/1987 29 LASK - 0 0 0 0- Daniel Bachmann 09/07/1994 23 Watford - 0 0 0 0

Defenders- Florian Klein 17/11/1986 30 Austria Wien - 4 0 0 0- Stefan Lainer 27/08/1992 25 Salzburg - 2 0 0 0- Moritz Bauer 25/01/1992 25 Rubin * 2 0 0 0- Philipp Lienhart 11/07/1996 21 Freiburg - 0 0 0 0- Maximilian Wöber 04/02/1998 19 Ajax * 1 0 0 0

Midfielders- Julian Baumgartlinger 02/01/1988 29 Leverkusen * 8 0 0 0- Christoph Knasmüllner 30/04/1992 25 Admira - 0 0 0 0- Florian Kainz 24/10/1992 24 Bremen * 3 0 0 0- Louis Schaub 29/12/1994 22 Rapid Wien - 4 2 0 0- Dominik Wydra 21/03/1994 23 Erzgebirge - 0 0 0 0- Florian Grillitsch 07/08/1995 22 Hoffenheim - 3 0 0 0- Valentino Lazaro 24/03/1996 21 Hertha - 3 0 0 0- Philipp Schobesberger 10/12/1993 23 Rapid Wien - 0 0 0 0- Kevin Danso 19/09/1998 19 Augsburg * 3 0 0 0- Hannes Wolf 16/04/1999 18 Salzburg - 0 0 0 0

Forwards- Marc Janko 25/06/1983 34 Sparta Praha * 7 2 0 0- Guido Burgstaller 29/04/1989 28 Schalke * 3 1 0 0- Marko Arnautović 19/04/1989 28 West Ham - 8 4 0 0- Michael Gregoritsch 18/04/1994 23 Augsburg - 4 0 0 0

Coach- Marcel Koller 11/11/1960 56 - 9 0 0 0

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Head coachIgor DobrovolskiDate of birth: 27/08/1967Nationality: RussianPlaying 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 TiraspolCoaching 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 nameas 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 UEFAEuropean Under-21 Championship. He appeared with the senior side at the FIFA World Cup finals that summer, andalso 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 titlesuccess 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 incharge. Hired as Moldova coach Anatol Teslev's assistant, he was in sole command from 2007-09, Moldova earning abest-ever total of 12 points under him in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying, and reaching a pinnacle of 37th in the FIFArankings.

• Led Dacia to Moldovan title in 2010/11 before working with Veris and Sakhalin. Hired as Moldova boss for a secondtime on 23 December 2015.

Marcel KollerDate of birth: 11 November 1960Nationality: SwissPlaying career: Grasshopper Club ZürichCoaching career: FC Wil 1900, FC St Gallen, Grasshopper Club Zürich, 1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum 1848, Austria

• A former midfielder, Koller spent his entire playing career with Swiss side Grasshoppers, making over 400 leagueappearances from 1978 to 1997 and winning seven league titles and five Swiss Cups.

• Capped 55 times by Switzerland, he scored three goals for his country and made two appearances at EURO '96,coming off the bench in the 1-1 draw with hosts England and starting the 1-0 loss to Scotland.

• Began coaching career at Wil in 1997 and took over at St Gallen two years later, leading the club to their first Swisschampionship since 1903/04 in his maiden season. Returned to Grasshoppers in 2002 and promptly secured theSwiss league crown, but resigned in October 2003 after a disappointing run.

• Appointed by Köln the following month, he was sacked after the Bundesliga team finished the season bottom, yetbounced back at Bochum in 2005, earning promotion to the top tier in his first campaign.

• Dismissed by Bochum in September 2009, Koller was installed as Austria coach on 4 October 2011, replacingDietmar Constantini. Missed out on a place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup but earned a contract extension untilDecember 2015 and rewarded that faith by overseeing a first successful UEFA European Championship qualifyingcampaign as Austria reached UEFA EURO 2016, although they failed to get out of their group in France.

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Bart Vertenten (BEL)Rien Vanyzere (BEL) , Thibaud Nijssen (BEL)

Lawrence Visser (BEL)Steve Stride (ENG)

Jouni Hyytiä (FIN)

Match officialsRefereeAssistant refereesFourth officialFIFA Match CommissionerReferee observer

RefereeName Date of birth UEFA matchesBart Vertenten 13/05/1988 0 25

FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved inthis matchNo such matches refereed

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved inthis matchNo such matches refereed

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Competition factsThe Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the EuropeanQualifiers – 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-and-away basis.

Qualifying takes place under the 'Week of Football' concept, introduced ahead of the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifyingcampaign, in which games are spread out from Thursday to Tuesday, shining the spotlight on more teams on the roadto the finals in Russia. Moreover, thanks to the Week of Football, at least 43% of matches will be played onweekends, 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 forThursdays, 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 todecide 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 worksThe other confederations have the following qualifying berths:

Africa: 5Asia: 4.5North and Central America and Caribbean: 3.5Oceania: 0.5South America: 4.5

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Match-by-match lineupsMoldovaFIFA World Cup - Qualifying roundGroup DTeam Pld W D L GF GA PtsSerbia 9 5 3 1 19 10 18Wales 9 4 5 0 13 5 17Republic of Ireland 9 4 4 1 11 6 16Austria 9 3 3 3 13 12 12Georgia 9 0 5 4 8 13 5Moldova 9 0 2 7 4 22 2

Matchday 1 (05/09/2016)Wales 4-0 MoldovaGoals: 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 (75Bugaev), Cașcaval, Cojocari, I. Jardan

Matchday 2 (06/10/2016)Moldova 0-3 SerbiaGoals: 0-1 Kostić 19, 0-2 Ivanović 37, 0-3 Tadić 59Moldova: 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 IrelandGoals: 0-1 Long 2, 1-1 Bugaev 45+1, 1-2 McClean 69, 1-3 McClean 76Moldova: Calancea, Armaş (36 Golovatenco), Cojocari, Gaţcan, Dedov, Bordian, Posmac, Bolohan, Andronic (83Sidorenco), Bugaev, Zasaviţchi (61 Cebotaru)

Matchday 4 (12/11/2016)Georgia 1-1 MoldovaGoals: 1-0 Kazaishvili 16, 1-1 Gaţcan 78Moldova: Cebanu, Posmac, I. Jardan, A. Epureanu, Racu (41 Golovatenco), Gaţcan, Bordian, Bolohan, Mihaliov (77Andronic), Sidorenco (70 A. Antoniuc), Bugaev

Matchday 5 (24/03/2017)Austria 2-0 MoldovaGoals: 1-0 Arnautović 75, 2-0 Harnik 90Moldova: 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 GeorgiaGoals: 1-0 Gînsari 15, 2-0 Dedov 36, 2-1 Merebashvili 65, 2-2 Kazaishvili 70Moldova: 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 MoldovaGoals: 1-0 Gačinović 20, 2-0 Kolarov 30, 3-0 A. Mitrović 81Moldova: 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 WalesGoals: 0-1 Robson-Kanu 80, 0-2 Ramsey 90+3

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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 2-0 MoldovaGoals: 1-0 Murphy 2, 2-0 Murphy 19Moldova: Cebanu, Racu, A. Epureanu, Ioniţa, Gaţcan, Dedov (55 Cociuc), Gînsari, Bordian, Platica (79 Ambros),Anton, Rozgoniuc

Matchday 10 (09/10/2017)Moldova-Austria

AustriaFIFA World Cup - Qualifying roundMatchday 1 (05/09/2016)Georgia 1-2 AustriaGoals: 0-1 Hinteregger 16, 0-2 Janko 42, 1-2 Ananidze 78Austria: Almer, Dragović, Hinteregger, Arnautović, Alaba, Junuzović (67 Schöpf), Harnik (72 Sabitzer), Suttner,Baumgartlinger, Klein, Janko (76 Gregoritsch)

Matchday 2 (06/10/2016)Austria 2-2 WalesGoals: 0-1 Allen 22, 1-1 Arnautović 28, 1-2 Wimmer 45+1 (og) , 2-2 Arnautović 48Austria: Almer (58 Özcan), Dragović, Hinteregger, Wimmer, Arnautović (87 Schaub), Alaba, Sabitzer, Junuzović (79Schöpf), Baumgartlinger, Klein, Janko

Matchday 3 (09/10/2016)Serbia 3-2 AustriaGoals: 1-0 A. Mitrović 6, 1-1 Sabitzer 16, 2-1 A. Mitrović 23, 2-2 Janko 62, 3-2 Tadić 74Austria: Özcan, Dragović (71 Prödl), Hinteregger, Wimmer, Arnautović, Alaba, Sabitzer, Junuzović (63 Schöpf),Baumgartlinger (58 Ilsanker), Klein, Janko

Matchday 4 (12/11/2016)Austria 0-1 Republic of IrelandGoals: 0-1 McClean 48Austria: Özcan, Dragović, Hinteregger, Wimmer (78 Ilsanker), Arnautović, Alaba, Sabitzer (73 Harnik),Baumgartlinger, Klein, Schöpf (57 Schaub), Janko

Matchday 5 (24/03/2017)Austria 2-0 MoldovaGoals: 1-0 Arnautović 75, 2-0 Harnik 90Austria: Lindner, Dragović, Hinteregger, Ilsanker, Arnautović (93 Suttner), Alaba, Sabitzer, Junuzović, Prödl,Burgstaller (82 Harnik), Lazaro (69 Janko)

Matchday 6 (11/06/2017)Republic of Ireland 1-1 AustriaGoals: 0-1 Hinteregger 31, 1-1 Walters 85Austria: Lindner, Lainer, Dragović, Hinteregger, Alaba, Kainz (90 Gregoritsch), Junuzović (79 Grillitsch),Baumgartlinger, Prödl, Burgstaller (75 Harnik), Lazaro

Matchday 7 (02/09/2017)Wales 1-0 AustriaGoals: 1-0 Woodburn 74Austria: Lindner, Lainer, Dragović, Hinteregger, Ilsanker, Arnautović, Alaba, Sabitzer (78 Gregoritsch), Harnik (81Janko), Baumgartlinger, Prödl (27 Danso)

Matchday 8 (05/09/2017)Austria 1-1 GeorgiaGoals: 0-1 Gvilia 8, 1-1 Schaub 43Austria: Lindner, Dragović, Hinteregger, Arnautović, Alaba (38 Schaub), Harnik (68 Janko), Bauer, Baumgartlinger,Grillitsch (80 Ilsanker), Kainz, Danso

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Austria 3-2 SerbiaGoals: 0-1 Milivojević 11, 1-1 Burgstaller 25, 2-1 Arnautović 76, 2-2 Matić 83, 3-2 Schaub 89Austria: Lindner, Dragović, Wöber, Ilsanker, Arnautović, Bauer, Baumgartlinger, Kainz (61 Schaub), Danso,Burgstaller (82 Gregoritsch), Grillitsch (77 Lazaro)

Matchday 10 (09/10/2017)Moldova-Austria

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(aet): After extra time pens: PenaltiesNo.: Number og: Own goalag: Match decided on away goals P: Penaltyagg: Aggregate Pld: Matches playedAP: Appearances Pos.: PositionComp.: Competition Pts: PointsD: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card)DoB: Date of birth Res.: ResultET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goalGA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coinGF: Goals for W: Wongg: Match decided by golden goal Y: BookedL: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards)Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable

-: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced*: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

Club competitionsUCL: UEFA Champions LeagueECCC: European Champion Clubs' CupUEL: UEFA Europa LeagueUCUP: UEFA CupUCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super CupUIC: UEFA Intertoto CupICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

National team competitionsEURO: UEFA European Football ChampionshipWC: FIFA World CupCONFCUP: FIFA Confederations CupFRIE: Friendly internationalsU21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationalsU21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipU17: UEFA Under-17 ChampionshipU16: UEFA European Under-16 ChampionshipU19: UEFA Under-19 ChampionshipU18: UEFA European Under-18 ChampionshipWWC: FIFA Women's World CupWEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship

LegendCompetitions

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Statistics

Squad listD: Disciplinary*: Misses next match if bookedS: SuspendedOverall: Total appearances in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament onlyDisclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document isaccurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressedor implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use orinterpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations availableon UEFA.com.

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