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606: 11 October 2015

vs Greece - 606 - vs Latvia
Sunday, 11 October 2015. 
FINLAND (FIN) 1-1 NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) (H/T 0-1)
* NORTHERN IRELAND CONFIRM FIRST PLACE IN GROUP F *

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance:
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant referees: Anton Averianov (RUS), Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Fourth official: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Additional assistant referees: Sergei Lapochkin (RUS), Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Goals: FIN: Arajuuri 87; NIR: Cathcart 31

NORTHERN IRELAND (all blue)
Manager: Michael O'Neill
Captain: Steven Davis
McGovern; McNair [C. McLaughlin 51], Brunt, McAuley, Cathcart, Baird, McGinn [Ferguson 71], Davis, Norwood, K. Lafferty [Magennis 79], Dallas
Unused subs: Mannus (gk), Carroll (gk), McCullough, R. McLaughlin, McCourt, Reeves, Ward, McKay, Boyce

FINLAND (all white)

Manager: Markku Kanerva
Captain: Tim Sparv
Hradecky; Arajuuri, Jalasto, Ojala, Uronen, Schüller [Hämäläinen 79], Sparv, Mattila, Ring [Lod 44], Sadik [Pukki 66], Pohjanpalo
Unused subs: Mäenpää (gk), Joronen (gk), Moisander, Arkivuo, Lam, Raitala, Toivio


Match Programme/Team Sheet:


Pre Match:
Northern Ireland Squad:
Luke McCullough, Ben Reeves and Rory McArdle added to squad.

Finland Squad:
Name
Club
DOB
Caps/Gls*
Lukas Hradecky
Eintracht Frankfurt  
24.11.1989
24/0
Niki Mäenpää
Brighton & Hove Albion
23.01.1985
25/0
Jesse Joronen
Stevenage   
21.03.1993
1/0
Jere Uronen
Helsingborgs IF  
13.07.1994
14/0
Kari Arkivuo
BK Häcken  
23.06.1983
40/1
Jukka Raitala
Aalborg BK  
15.09.1988
26/0
Ville Jalasto
Stabäk   
19.04.1986
4/0
Joona Toivio
Molde FK  
10.03.1988
33/2
Niklas Moisander
UC Sampdoria  
29.09.1985
50/2
Paulus Arajuuri
KKS Lech Poznan 
15.06.1988
9/0
Alexander Ring
FC Kaiserslautern  
09.04.1991
32/1
Perparim Hetemaj
AC Chievo Verona 
12.12.1986
38/4
Tim Sparv
FC Midtjylland
20.02.1987
49/1
Rasmus Schüller
HJK   
18.06.1991
11/0
Markus Halsti
D.C. United  
19.03.1984
25/0
Thomas Lam
PEC Zwolle  
18.12.1993
2/0
Sakari Mattila
Fulham
14.07.1989
8/0
Roman Eremenko
PFC CSKA Moskva 
19.03.1987
68/5
Kasper Hämäläinen
KKS Lech Poznan 
08.08.1986
47/7
Teemu Pukki
Brøndby IF  
29.03.1990
42/8
Riku Riski
IFK Göteborg  
16.08.1989
26/4
Joel Pohjanpalo
Fortuna Düsseldorf  
13.09.1994
16/3
* caps/goals correct at squad announcement (prior to Romania match)

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