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UEFA Euro 2012
Mistrzostwa Europy w piłce nożnej 2012 Template:Pl icon
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UEFA Euro 2012 official logo
Tournament details
Host countriesPoland
Ukraine
Dates8 June – 1 July
Teams16
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored57 (2.59 per match)
Attendance956,795 (43,491 per match)
Top scorer(s)Russia Alan Dzagoev
Germany Mario Gómez
Croatia Mario Mandžukić
(3 goals each)
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The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is the 14th European Championship for national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament is being hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. It is the first time that either nation has hosted the tournament. This bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2007.[1]

The final tournament features 16 nations, the last European Championship to do so (from Euro 2016 onward, there will be 24 finalists). Qualification was contested by 51 nations between August 2010 and November 2011 to join the two host nations in the tournament. The winner of the tournament gains automatic entry to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil.[2]

The tournament is played across eight venues, four in each host country, five of which were newly built for the tournament. Aside from venues, the host nations have also invested heavily in improving infrastructure, such as railways and roads, at UEFA's request.

Host selection

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 bids

The hosting of the event was initially contested by five bids representing seven countries: Croatia–Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland–Ukraine, and Turkey. In 2005 these were narrowed down by UEFA to three candidates: Croatia–Hungary, Poland–Ukraine and Italy.[3] This was followed by a second round of the selection process which among other included visits by UEFA to candidate countries.[4] After that the Poland–Ukraine bid was chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Cardiff on 18 April 2007.[1] Poland–Ukraine became the third successful joint bid for the European Championship, after those of Belgium–Netherlands (2000) and Austria–Switzerland (2008). Their bid received an absolute majority of votes, and was therefore announced the winner without requiring a second round. Italy, which received the remaining votes,[1] had been considered favourites to win the hosting but incidents of fan violence and a match fixing scandal were widely cited as factors behind their failure.[5][6][7]

Afterwards, there were some changes in the Poland-Ukraine bid regarding the venues. The final approval was made on a UEFA meeting on 13 May 2009.[8] During the preparation process in Poland and Ukraine UEFA expressed concern about their ability to host the event and different candidates were suggested to take over if they did not improve; however in the end UEFA withdrew the criticism.

Venues

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 venues

Eight cities were selected by UEFA as host venues. In a return to the format used at Euro 1992, Euro 1996 and Euro 2008, each of the four groups is based around two stadiums.

The host cities Warsaw, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Poznań, Kiev, Lviv are all popular tourist destinations, unlike Donetsk and Kharkiv (the latter having replaced Dnipropetrovsk as a host city in 2009).[9]

The requirement for football infrastructure improvements has been met through the building of new stadiums: five of the eight venues are brand new stadiums having completed construction and was ready to open in advance of the tournament; the remaining three (in Kiev, Poznań and Kharkiv) underwent major renovations to improve them.[10][11] Three of the stadiums meet the criteria as UEFA's highest category stadiums.

The transport system in Poland and Ukraine was also extensively modified on the request of UEFA to cope with the large influx of football fans.[12] (1.4 million tickets have been sold for the games, and over 20,000 people are forecast to cross the Poland–Ukraine border each day during the tournament.[13])

The tournament is broadcast live by around 100 TV channels covering the whole world.[14] Over 12 million have applied for tickets, which represented a 17% increase on the 2008 finals, and an all-time record for the UEFA European Championship.[15] Owing to the over-subscription for the matches, lotteries were carried out to allocate tickets.

Stadiums

A total of 31 matches will be played during Euro 2012, with Ukraine hosting 16 of them and Poland 15.

Poland
Warsaw Gdańsk Wrocław Poznań
National Stadium
Built for tournament
Capacity: 56,070[16] 		PGE Arena
Built for tournament
Capacity: 39,150[17] 		Municipal Stadium
Built for tournament
Capacity: 40,000[18] 		Municipal Stadium
Reconstructed
Capacity: 39,550[19]
3 matches in Group A
(incl. opening match),
1 quarter-final and
1 semi-final 		3 matches in Group C and
1 quarter-final 		3 matches in Group A 3 matches in Group C
File:Stadion Miejski we Wrocławiu.jpg
Denmark
Germany
Spain
Republic of Ireland
Portugal
Czech Republic
England
Netherlands
Italy
Croatia
Poland
Greece
Russia
Ukraine
Sweden
France
France
: Team base-camp
•
: Match venue
Ukraine
Kiev Donetsk Kharkiv Lviv
Olympic Stadium
Reconstructed
Capacity: 64,640[20] 		Donbass Arena
Built for tournament
Capacity: 49,400[21] 		Metalist Stadium
Reconstructed
Capacity: 37,750[22] 		Arena Lviv
Built for tournament
Capacity: 32,990[23]
3 matches in Group D,
1 quarter-final and
the final 		3 matches in Group D,
1 quarter-final and
1 semi-final 		3 matches in Group B 3 matches in Group B
File:Estadio Olímpico de Kiev 2011.jpg File:Donezk Donbass Arena 01.JPG File:Metallist Stadium Facade.jpg File:Арена Львов 13.11.2011.jpg

Teams' stay

Each team has a "Team Base Camp" for their stay between the matches. From an initial list of 38 potential locations (21 in Poland, 17 in Ukraine),[24] the national associations chose their locations in 2011. These bases were the initial destination for all teams upon their arrival. The teams will then both train and reside in these locations throughout the tournament, traveling to games staged away from their bases. Thirteen teams are staying in   Poland and three in   Ukraine.[25]

Team Arrival Departure Base camp Group stage match venues
 Croatia 5 June 18 June Warka
Near Warsaw		 Gdańsk and Poznań
 Czech Republic 3 June Wrocław Wrocław
 Denmark 4 June 17 June Kołobrzeg Kharkiv and Lviv
 England 6 June Kraków Kiev and Donetsk
 France 6 June Donetsk Kiev and Donetsk
 Germany 3 June Gdańsk Kharkiv and Lviv
 Greece 3 June Jachranka
Near Warsaw		 Warsaw and Wrocław
 Republic of Ireland 5 June 18 June Sopot
Near Gdańsk		 Gdańsk and Poznań
 Italy 5 June Kraków Gdańsk and Poznań
 Netherlands 4 June 17 June Kraków Kharkiv
 Poland 28 May 16 June Warsaw Warsaw and Wrocław
 Portugal 4 June Opalenica
Near Poznań		 Kharkiv and Lviv
 Russia 3 June 16 June Warsaw Warsaw and Wrocław
 Spain 5 June Gniewino
Near Gdańsk		 Gdańsk
 Sweden 6 June 19 June Kiev Kiev
 Ukraine 6 June Kiev Kiev and Donetsk

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
  Euro 2012 hosts – Poland & Ukraine
  Qualified
  Failed to qualify
  Country is not a UEFA member

The draw for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition took place in Warsaw on 7 February 2010.[26] 51 teams entered to compete for the 14 remaining places in the finals, alongside co-hosts Poland and Ukraine. These teams were divided into nine groups, with the draw using the new UEFA national team coefficient for the first time in order to determine the seedings. As reigning champions Spain was automatically top seeded.[27] The qualifying process began in August 2010 and concluded in November 2011. At the conclusion of the qualifying group stage in October 2011, the nine group winners qualified automatically, with the second placed team with the best ranking also doing so. The remaining eight teams who finished second in their respective groups contested two-legged play-offs, with the winner of each tie qualifying for the finals.[27]

Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated at the previous tournament in 2008, with England and Denmark returning having last participated in 2004. The Republic of Ireland return after an absence of 24 years to make their second appearance at a European finals. One of the co-hosts, Ukraine, make their debut as an independent nation. (before 1992 Ukrainian footballplayer played for the Soviet Union) The sixteen finalists are:

Hosts:

Qualified:

Final draw

Further information: UEFA Euro 2012 seeding

The draw for the final tournament took place on 2 December 2011 at the Ukraine Palace of Arts in Kiev, Ukraine.[28][29] The hour-long ceremony was hosted by Olga Freimut and Piotr Sobczyński, television presenters from the two host countries. As was the case for the 2004 and 2008 finals, the sixteen finalists were divided into four seeding pots, using the UEFA national team coefficient ranking.[30] Three teams were automatically placed in pot 1: Poland and Ukraine as hosts and Spain as defending champion. They were joined by Netherlands, the country of the rest with the highest coefficient.[31]

In the draw procedure, each of the four groups had one team drawn from each pot. It also determined which place in the group teams drawn from Pots 2–4 would take (i.e. A2, A3 or A4) to create the match schedule.[31] For logistical reasons, Poland were assigned in advance to A1, and Ukraine to D1.[32] The balls were drawn by four former players who have each been part of European Championship winning teams: Horst Hrubesch, Marco van Basten, Peter Schmeichel and Zinedine Zidane.[33]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

The rank of the UEFA Coefficient Ranking is shown in brackets.[34] They are calculated by adding up:[35]

Match officials

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 match officials

UEFA named the twelve referees and four fourth officials for UEFA Euro 2012 on 20 December 2011.[36][37] Each team is made up of five match officials from the same country: one main referee, two additional assistant referees who are also FIFA referees, and two FIFA assistant referees. In addition, a third assistant referee from each country has also been named, and he will remain on standby until the start of the tournament to take the place of a colleague if required.[38] Continuing the trials carried out in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, the two additional assistant referees will be used on the goal line for the first time in the history of the UEFA European Championship with approval from the International Football Association Board.[36]

Country Referee
England England Howard Webb
France France Stéphane Lannoy
Germany Germany Wolfgang Stark
Hungary Hungary Viktor Kassai
Italy Italy Nicola Rizzoli
Netherlands Netherlands Björn Kuipers
Portugal Portugal Pedro Proença
Scotland Scotland Craig Thomson
Slovenia Slovenia Damir Skomina
Spain Spain Carlos Velasco Carballo
Sweden Sweden Jonas Eriksson
Turkey Turkey Cüneyt Çakır

Squads

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 squads

Each nation had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom have to be goalkeepers, by 28 May 2012.

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 schedule
File:Euro 2012 Results.png
  Still in tournament

The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups will progress to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams will be eliminated from the tournament.[39]

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (according to paragraphs 8.07 and 8.08 of the regulations, and amendment to 8.07 adopted by the UEFA Executive Committee):[40][41]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3 to more than two teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine the final rankings of the two teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 apply in the order given;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If two teams which are tied in all criteria 1 to 6 play their last group match against each other (i.e., the result is a draw and the two teams have the same number of points, goal difference and goals scored), and provided no other teams within the group have the same number of points, the ranking of the two teams in question is determined by penalty shoot-out. Otherwise, criteria 8 to 10 apply in the order given;
  8. Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system;
  9. Fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament);
  10. Drawing of lots.

Note: As all teams have different UEFA national team coefficients, the last two tie-breakers (fair play conduct and drawing of lots) will never be applied in this tournament.

Key to colours in group tables
Team has progressed to the quarter-finals
Team failed to, or cannot progress to the quarter-finals

Group A

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Greece 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[a]
3  Russia 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4[a]
4  Poland (H) 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Greece 1–0 Russia.
Poland 1–1 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 56,070[42]
Russia 4–1 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 40,803[43]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Greece 1–2 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 41,105[44]
Poland 1–1 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 55,920[45]
Czech Republic 1–0 Poland
 Report
Attendance: 41,480[46]
Greece 1–0 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 55,614[47]

Greece were placed above Russia based on their head-to-head record (1−0).

8 June 2012
Poland  1–1  Greece
Russia  4–1  Czech Republic
12 June 2012
Greece  1–2  Czech Republic
Poland  1–1  Russia
16 June 2012
Czech Republic  1–0  Poland
Greece  1–0  Russia

Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Netherlands 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Netherlands 0–1 Denmark
Report
Attendance: 35,923[48]
Germany 1–0 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 32,990[49]
Denmark 2–3 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 31,840[50]
Netherlands 1–2 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 37,750[51]
Portugal 2–1 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 37,445[52]
Denmark 1–2 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 32,990[53]
9 June 2012
Netherlands  0–1  Denmark
Germany  1–0  Portugal
13 June 2012
Denmark  2–3  Portugal
Netherlands  1–2  Germany
17 June 2012
Portugal  2–1  Netherlands
Denmark  1–2  Germany

Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Italy 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3  Croatia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  Republic of Ireland 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 1–1 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 38,869[54]
Republic of Ireland 1–3 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 39,550[55]
Italy 1–1 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 37,096[56]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Spain 4–0 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 39,150[57]
Croatia 0–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 39,076[58]
Italy 2–0 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 38,794[59]
10 June 2012
Spain  1–1  Italy
Republic of Ireland  1–3  Croatia
14 June 2012
Italy  1–1  Croatia
Spain  4–0  Republic of Ireland
18 June 2012
Croatia  0–1  Spain
Italy  2–0  Republic of Ireland

Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  France 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Ukraine (H) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3[a]
4  Sweden 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3[a]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Ukraine 2–1 Sweden.
France 1–1 England
 Report
Attendance: 47,400[60]
Ukraine 2–1 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 64,290[61]
Ukraine 0–2 France
Report
Attendance: 48,000[62]
Sweden 2–3 England
 Report
Attendance: 64,640[64]
England 1–0 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 48,700[65]
Sweden 2–0 France
 Report
Attendance: 63,010[66]
11 June 2012
France  1–1  England
Ukraine  2–1  Sweden
15 June 2012
Ukraine  0–2  France
Sweden  2–3  England
19 June 2012
England  Match 23  Ukraine
Sweden  Match 24  France

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) in Poland and Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) in Ukraine.[67]

The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2012 began with the quarter-finals on 21 June 2012, and was completed on 1 July 2012 with the final at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, won by Spain.[68] After the completion of the group stage on 19 June 2012, eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals (two from each group), which were played from 21 to 24 June 2012.[69][70] Host nations Poland and Ukraine failed to qualify for the quarter-finals, making it only the third time in European Championship history that the host nation(s) failed to make it out of the group stage; at Euro 2000, co-host Belgium were eliminated at the group stage, and at Euro 2008, co-hosts Austria and Switzerland also failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Format

Any game in the knockout stage that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes was followed by 30 minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). If scores were still level after 30 minutes of extra time, there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A  Czech Republic  Greece
B  Germany  Portugal
C  Spain  Italy
D  England  France

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
21 June – Warsaw
 
 
 Czech Republic0
 
27 June – Donetsk
 
 Portugal1
 
 Portugal0 (2)
 
23 June – Donetsk
 
 Spain (p)0 (4)
 
 Spain2
 
1 July – Kyiv
 
 France0
 
 Spain4
 
22 June – Gdańsk
 
 Italy0
 
 Germany4
 
28 June – Warsaw
 
 Greece2
 
 Germany1
 
24 June – Kyiv
 
 Italy2
 
 England0 (2)
 
 
 Italy (p)0 (4)
 

Quarter-finals

Czech Republic vs Portugal

Czech Republic 0–1 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 55,590[71]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Czech Republic[72]
Portugal[72]
GK 1 Petr Čech (c)
RB 2 Theodor Gebre Selassie
CB 6 Tomáš Sivok
CB 3 Michal Kadlec
LB 8 David Limberský Yellow card 90'
CM 17 Tomáš Hübschman downward-facing red arrow 86'
CM 13 Jaroslav Plašil
RW 19 Petr Jiráček
AM 22 Vladimír Darida downward-facing red arrow 61'
LW 14 Václav Pilař
CF 15 Milan Baroš
Substitutions:
MF 9 Jan Rezek upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 20 Tomáš Pekhart upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Michal Bílek
GK 12 Rui Patrício
RB 21 João Pereira
CB 3 Pepe
CB 2 Bruno Alves
LB 5 Fábio Coentrão
CM 16 Raul Meireles downward-facing red arrow 88'
CM 4 Miguel Veloso Yellow card 27'
CM 8 João Moutinho
RF 17 Nani Yellow card 26' downward-facing red arrow 84'
CF 23 Hélder Postiga downward-facing red arrow 40'
LF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
FW 9 Hugo Almeida upward-facing green arrow 40'
MF 6 Custódio upward-facing green arrow 84'
DF 14 Rolando upward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
Paulo Bento

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)[71]

Assistant referees:[73]
Michael Mullarkey (England)
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Additional assistant referees:
Martin Atkinson (England)
Mark Clattenburg (England)
Reserve assistant referee:
Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)

Germany vs Greece

Germany 4–2 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 38,751[74]
Germany[75]
Greece[75]
GK 1 Manuel Neuer
RB 20 Jérôme Boateng
CB 5 Mats Hummels
CB 14 Holger Badstuber
LB 16 Philipp Lahm (c)
CM 6 Sami Khedira
CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger
RW 21 Marco Reus downward-facing red arrow 80'
AM 8 Mesut Özil
LW 9 André Schürrle downward-facing red arrow 67'
CF 11 Miroslav Klose downward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutions:
MF 13 Thomas Müller upward-facing green arrow 67'
FW 23 Mario Gómez upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 19 Mario Götze upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
GK 13 Michalis Sifakis
RB 15 Vasilis Torosidis
CB 19 Sokratis Papastathopoulos Yellow card 75'
CB 5 Kyriakos Papadopoulos
LB 3 Georgios Tzavelas downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 6 Grigoris Makos downward-facing red arrow 72'
CM 2 Ioannis Maniatis
RW 18 Sotiris Ninis downward-facing red arrow 46'
AM 21 Kostas Katsouranis (c)
LW 7 Georgios Samaras Yellow card 14'
CF 14 Dimitris Salpingidis
Substitutions:
FW 17 Theofanis Gekas upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 16 Georgios Fotakis upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 9 Nikos Liberopoulos upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
Portugal Fernando Santos

Man of the Match:
Mesut Özil (Germany)[74]

Assistant referees:[76]
Primož Arhar (Slovenia)
Matej Žunič (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Additional assistant referees:
Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Frédéric Cano (France)

Spain vs France

See also: France–Spain football rivalry
Spain 2–0 France
 Report
Attendance: 47,000[77]
Spain[78]
France[78]
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 17 Álvaro Arbeloa
CB 3 Gerard Piqué
CB 15 Sergio Ramos Yellow card 31'
LB 18 Jordi Alba
RM 8 Xavi
CM 16 Sergio Busquets
LM 14 Xabi Alonso
RF 21 David Silva downward-facing red arrow 65'
CF 10 Cesc Fàbregas downward-facing red arrow 67'
LF 6 Andrés Iniesta downward-facing red arrow 84'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Pedro upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 9 Fernando Torres upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 20 Santi Cazorla upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque
GK 1 Hugo Lloris (c)
RB 13 Anthony Réveillère
CB 4 Adil Rami
CB 21 Laurent Koscielny
LB 22 Gaël Clichy
DM 17 Yann M'Vila downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 6 Yohan Cabaye Yellow card 42'
CM 15 Florent Malouda downward-facing red arrow 65'
RW 2 Mathieu Debuchy downward-facing red arrow 64'
LW 7 Franck Ribéry
CF 10 Karim Benzema
Substitutions:
MF 14 Jérémy Ménez Yellow card 76' upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 11 Samir Nasri upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 9 Olivier Giroud upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Laurent Blanc

Man of the Match:
Xabi Alonso (Spain)[77]

Assistant referees:[79]
Renato Faverani (Italy)
Andrea Stefani (Italy)
Fourth official:
Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Additional assistant referees:
Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Reserve assistant referee:
Alasdair Ross (Scotland)

England vs Italy

England 0–0 (a.e.t.) Italy
Report
Penalties
 2–4
Attendance: 64,340[80]
England[81]
Italy[81]
GK 1 Joe Hart
RB 2 Glen Johnson
CB 6 John Terry
CB 15 Joleon Lescott
LB 3 Ashley Cole
CM 4 Steven Gerrard (c)
CM 17 Scott Parker downward-facing red arrow 94'
RW 16 James Milner downward-facing red arrow 61'
LW 11 Ashley Young
SS 10 Wayne Rooney
CF 22 Danny Welbeck downward-facing red arrow 60'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Andy Carroll upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 7 Theo Walcott upward-facing green arrow 61'
MF 8 Jordan Henderson upward-facing green arrow 94'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c)
RB 7 Ignazio Abate downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
CB 15 Andrea Barzagli Yellow card 82'
CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci
LB 6 Federico Balzaretti
DM 21 Andrea Pirlo
RW 8 Claudio Marchisio
AM 18 Riccardo Montolivo
LW 16 Daniele De Rossi downward-facing red arrow 80'
CF 9 Mario Balotelli
CF 10 Antonio Cassano downward-facing red arrow 78'
Substitutions:
MF 22 Alessandro Diamanti upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 23 Antonio Nocerino upward-facing green arrow 80'
DF 2 Christian Maggio Yellow card 94' upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli

Man of the Match:
Andrea Pirlo (Italy)[82]

Assistant referees:[83]
Bertino Miranda (Portugal)
Ricardo Santos (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Additional assistant referees:
Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Duarte Gomes (Portugal)
Reserve assistant referee:
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)

Semi-finals

Portugal vs Spain

See also: Portugal–Spain football rivalry
Portugal 0–0 (a.e.t.) Spain
Report
Penalties
 2–4
Attendance: 48,000[84]
Portugal[85]
Spain[85]
GK 12 Rui Patrício
RB 21 João Pereira Yellow card 64'
CB 3 Pepe Yellow card 61'
CB 2 Bruno Alves Yellow card 86'
LB 5 Fábio Coentrão Yellow card 45'
CM 16 Raul Meireles downward-facing red arrow 113'
CM 4 Miguel Veloso Yellow card 90+3' downward-facing red arrow 106'
CM 8 João Moutinho
RF 17 Nani
CF 9 Hugo Almeida downward-facing red arrow 81'
LF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
FW 11 Nélson Oliveira upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 6 Custódio upward-facing green arrow 106'
FW 18 Silvestre Varela upward-facing green arrow 113'
Manager:
Paulo Bento
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 17 Álvaro Arbeloa Yellow card 84'
CB 3 Gerard Piqué
CB 15 Sergio Ramos Yellow card 40'
LB 18 Jordi Alba
CM 8 Xavi downward-facing red arrow 87'
CM 16 Sergio Busquets Yellow card 60'
CM 14 Xabi Alonso Yellow card 113'
RF 21 David Silva downward-facing red arrow 60'
CF 11 Álvaro Negredo downward-facing red arrow 54'
LF 6 Andrés Iniesta
Substitutions:
MF 10 Cesc Fàbregas upward-facing green arrow 54'
MF 22 Jesús Navas upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 7 Pedro upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque

Man of the Match:
Sergio Ramos (Spain)[84]

Assistant referees:[86]
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Fourth official:
Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Additional assistant referees:
Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)
Reserve assistant referee:
Matej Žunič (Slovenia)

Germany vs Italy

See also: Germany–Italy football rivalry
Germany 1–2 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 55,540[87]
Germany[88]
Italy[88]
GK 1 Manuel Neuer
RB 20 Jérôme Boateng downward-facing red arrow 71'
CB 5 Mats Hummels Yellow card 90+4'
CB 14 Holger Badstuber
LB 16 Philipp Lahm (c)
CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger
CM 6 Sami Khedira
RW 18 Toni Kroos
AM 8 Mesut Özil
LW 10 Lukas Podolski downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 23 Mario Gómez downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Miroslav Klose upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 21 Marco Reus upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 13 Thomas Müller upward-facing green arrow 71'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c)
RB 6 Federico Balzaretti
CB 15 Andrea Barzagli
CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci Yellow card 61'
LB 3 Giorgio Chiellini
DM 21 Andrea Pirlo
RW 8 Claudio Marchisio
AM 18 Riccardo Montolivo downward-facing red arrow 64'
LW 16 Daniele De Rossi Yellow card 84'
CF 9 Mario Balotelli Yellow card 37' downward-facing red arrow 70'
CF 10 Antonio Cassano downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutions:
MF 22 Alessandro Diamanti upward-facing green arrow 58'
MF 5 Thiago Motta Yellow card 89' upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 11 Antonio Di Natale upward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli

Man of the Match:
Andrea Pirlo (Italy)[87]

Assistant referees:[89]
Frédéric Cano (France)
Michaël Annonier (France)
Fourth official:
Howard Webb (England)
Additional assistant referees:
Fredy Fautrel (France)
Ruddy Buquet (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Michael Mullarkey (England)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Final
Spain 4–0 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 63,170[90]
Red shirt with yellow trim, blue shorts with yellow trim, red socks with yellow trim
Spain[91]
Italy[91]
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 17 Álvaro Arbeloa
CB 3 Gerard Piqué Yellow card 25'
CB 15 Sergio Ramos
LB 18 Jordi Alba
DM 16 Sergio Busquets
CM 8 Xavi
CM 14 Xabi Alonso
CM 10 Cesc Fàbregas downward-facing red arrow 75'
AM 21 David Silva downward-facing red arrow 59'
AM 6 Andrés Iniesta downward-facing red arrow 87'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Pedro upward-facing green arrow 59'
FW 9 Fernando Torres upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 13 Juan Mata upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c)
RB 7 Ignazio Abate
CB 15 Andrea Barzagli Yellow card 45'
CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci
LB 3 Giorgio Chiellini downward-facing red arrow 21'
DM 21 Andrea Pirlo
RW 8 Claudio Marchisio
AM 18 Riccardo Montolivo downward-facing red arrow 57'
LW 16 Daniele De Rossi
CF 9 Mario Balotelli
CF 10 Antonio Cassano downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
DF 6 Federico Balzaretti upward-facing green arrow 21'
FW 11 Antonio Di Natale upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 5 Thiago Motta upward-facing green arrow 57'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli

Man of the Match:
Andrés Iniesta (Spain)[92]

Assistant referees:[93]
Bertino Miranda (Portugal)
Ricardo Santos (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Additional assistant referees:
Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Duarte Gomes (Portugal)
Reserve assistant referee:
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)

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Quarter-finals

Czech Republic Match 25 Portugal
Germany Match 26 Greece
Spain Match 27 Runner-up Group D
Winner Group D Match 28 Italy

Semi-finals

Winner Match 25 Match 29 Winner Match 27
Winner Match 26 Match 30 Winner Match 28

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Final
Winner Match 29 Match 31 Winner Match 30

Statistics

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 statistics

Goalscorers

Players in bold are still active in the competition.

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Discipline

The following players were suspended for one or more games as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulation. Note that suspensions for yellow cards do not carry over to World Cup qualifying matches as per tournament regulation 21.05.[1]

Player Offence(s) Suspension(s) Notes
England Wayne Rooney Red card in Euro qualifying v Montenegro Group D v France
Group D v Sweden 		Suspension due to red card in
last game of qualifying Group G
Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group A v Poland Group A v Czech Republic
Poland Wojciech Szczęsny Red card in Group A v Greece Group A v Russia
Germany Jérôme Boateng Yellow card in Group B v Portugal
Yellow card in Group B v Netherlands 		Group B v Denmark
Greece Giorgos Karagounis Yellow card in Group A v Poland
Yellow card in Group A v Russia 		Quarter-final v Germany
Greece José Holebas Yellow card in Group A v Poland
Yellow card in Group A v Russia 		Quarter-final v Germany
Republic of Ireland Sean St Ledger Yellow card in Group C v Spain
Yellow card in Group C v Italy 		World Cup qualifying v Kazakhstan
Republic of Ireland Keith Andrews Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group C v Italy World Cup qualifying v Kazakhstan

Apart from discipline measures following cards, UEFA fined the Croatian Football Federation €25,000 and The Football Union of Russia €30,000 for spectator incidents.[2][3] Further, Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner was fined € 100,000 for ambush-marketing during the match against Portugal.[4]

Penalty kicks

Scored

None

Missed

Accessories

Logo, slogan and theme songs

File:UEFA Euro 2012 official logos.svg

The competition slogan, Creating History Together (Template:Lang-pl, literally, "Together we are creating the future", Template:Lang-uk, Tvorymo istoriyu razom), was announced along with the logo.[5] The official logo for the tournament was unveiled at a special event at Mykhailivska Square, Kiev, on 14 December 2009. Designed by Portuguese group Brandia Central.[6] It takes its visual identity from Wycinanki or Vytynanky, traditional form of paper cutting practised in rural areas of Poland and Ukraine. The art form symbolises the nature of the rural areas of both countries.[5][7] As part of the event, landmark buildings in the eight host cities were illuminated with the tournament logo.[8]

The official Euro 2012 song is "Endless Summer" by the German singer Oceana.[9] In addition, UEFA has retained the melody that was composed by Rollo Armstrong of Faithless on its behalf for the 2008 tournament.[10] The Republic of Ireland has also produced an official song: "The Rocky Road to Poland" recorded by a collaboration of Irish performers has already reached number 1 in Ireland.[11] In Spain, the broadcasting company Mediaset España commissioned the song "No hay 2 sin 3", performed by David Bisbal and Cali & El Dandee and produced by RedOne.[12]

When the teams walk out from the stadium and before the national anthems are played, "Heart of Courage" by Two Steps From Hell is played.[citation needed]

Trophy

File:Henri Delaunay Cup, Manufaktura Łódź May 2012.jpg
The Henri Delaunay Trophy

The Henri Delaunay Trophy began a journey through the host cities seven weeks before the start of the tournament. A hundred days before the first match a 35.5-metre-high (116 ft) hot air balloon in the shape of the trophy was flown in Nyon, Switzerland and will visit 14 cities throughout the host countries, reminding spectators of the impending tournament.[13] On 20 April 2012 the trophy tour started and visited Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Poznań, Kraków, Katowice and Łódź cities. After the Polish cities, the trophy visited seven Ukrainian cities: Kiev, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Odesa.[14][15]

Merchandise and mascots

Slavek & Slavko

UEFA signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to help promote the tournament.[16] The agreement involved licensing to third parties for: Accessories, Apparel, Automotive accessories, Baby personal care and accessories, Bags, Computer accessories, Drinking vessels, Footwear, General souvenirs, Home textiles, Houseware products and accessories, Jewellery, Publications, Sports accessories, Stationery and writing instruments, Toys and games.[17]

Also designed by Warner Bros. are Slavek and Slavko the official mascots of the UEFA Euro 2012. They are twins and represent Polish and Ukrainian footballers in national colours. The mascots were announced in December 2010.[18] They are similar to the Trix and Flix from Euro 2008. As in 2008 the names Slavek and Slavko were also chosen in the web voting, over "Siemko and Strimko" and "Klemek and Ladko".[citation needed]

Match ball

Main article: Adidas Tango 12
File:Tango 12 match ball of UEFA EURO 2012.png
The official match ball of Euro 2012

The Adidas Tango 12 is the official match ball of UEFA Euro 2012.[19] The ball is named after the original and successful Adidas Tango family of footballs; however, the Tango 12 and its variations have a completely new design. Variations of the ball have been used in other contemporary competitions including the Africa Cup of Nations and the Summer Olympics. It is designed to be easier to dribble and control than the reportedly unpredictable Adidas Jabulani used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[20]

Concerns and controversies

Main article: Concerns and controversies related to UEFA Euro 2012

Early UEFA concerns

After Poland and Ukraine were chosen by a vote of the UEFA Executive Committee as host countries for Euro 2012, several issues arose that jeopardized the Polish/Ukrainian host status.

In June 2008 Ukraine reported several problems which threatened their ability to co-host, including delays in the renovation of Kiev’s Olympic Stadium[21] and difficulties funding infrastructure work after the economic crisis struck.[22] and in September of the same year, the Polish government suspended the Polish Football Association (PZPN) over corruption issues, and assigned an administrator to fight against corruption in football. UEFA swiftly issued a letter warning that Poland risked losing the right to co-host.[23] The decision of Drzewiecki, Polish Minister for Sports, remained unchanged.[24] This raised concerns about the hosting would be moved to another country, but in April 2009, Platini announced that all was on track and he saw no major problems.[25] UEFA confirmed the appointment of the Polish cities of Warsaw, Poznań, Wrocław and Gdańsk.[26] At the same meeting, an appeal for the delayed decision on the Ukrainian venues was granted to Lviv, Donetsk and Kharkiv in order to meet specific conditions regarding infrastructure, with a warning that only Kiev and the best prepared city of the other candidates would otherwise be used if issues were not resolved by the end of November.[27]

In May 2010 Platini gave an interview to the German FA, suggesting that Germany and Hungary could replace Ukraine unless improvements were made, and this cast renewed doubt on the readiness of the Ukrainian hosts.[28] However, by August 2010, Platini revisited that and stated "You can consider that the ultimatum no longer exists,"[29] and that he was optimistic about preparations in both countries and saw no major obstacles.[30] After a UEFA delegation visited Ukraine in September 2011, he stated the country was "virtually ready for Euro 2012".[31]

Political boycotts

Tymoshenko and Chancellor Angela Merkel at European People's Party summit March 2011

Following Yulia Tymoshenko's hunger strike which started on 20 April 2012 and her mistreatment in a Ukrainian prison, there were calls to boycott the Euro 2012 in Ukraine.[32] The European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, the Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding and Androulla Vassiliou the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth have announced they will boycott the tournament in Ukraine.[33][34] The Austrian Chancellor, Werner Faymann, announced in May that Austrian government officials would not attend the tournament as a "political signal".[35] Belgium's government officials have announced they will boycott games held in Ukraine, with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders calling on Ukraine's government to respect all of Tymoshenko's rights.[36] Germany has announced that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit would depend on Tymoshenko's release,[33] and she has urged her ministers to do the same.[37] Germany's Interior and sports minister Hans-Peter Friedrich will boycott the Germany v Netherlands match in Kharkiv.[37] The manager of Bayern Munich has called on the president of UEFA to condemn Ukraine's authoritarian regime,[37] and the manager of Borussia Dortmund has stated that he will boycott the event.[37] However, German sports officials have said that such boycotts are ineffective and the event should go ahead.[38] Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has criticised calls for a boycott saying that they are inappropriate,[39] but added that Ukraine's reputation will "suffer dramatically" without a solution.[40] Poland's opposition party is in favour of boycotting matches in Ukraine to change decision about Yulia Tymoshenko.[41]

Racism and hooliganism

Police in Warsaw on 12 June 2012.

On 28 May 2012, BBC current affairs programme Panorama examined the issues of racism, antisemitism and football hooliganism which it stated were prevalent among Polish and Ukrainian supporters.[42] The programme, titled Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate, included recent footage of supporters chanting various antisemitic slogans and displays of white power symbols and banners. The documentary recorded antisemitism and monkey noise taunts of black players.[42] FC Metalist Kharkiv supporters were seen violently assaulting a group of Asian students at the Metalist Oblast Sports Complex, one of the stadiums hosting matches in Ukraine.[43][44] The documentary was criticised as unfair by the Euro 2012 organisers. Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleh Voloshyn responded that the allegations were an "invented and mythical problem",[45] and that "Nazi symbols can be seen at ... any match in England".[46] Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated: "Nobody who comes to Poland will be in any danger because of his race. This is not our custom, as is not pointing out similar incidents in other countries."[47]

According to the Dutch daily de Telegraaf, during an open training session in Kraków, Dutch black players were allegedly subjected to monkey noises and jeers, an incident that the Holland captain Mark van Bommel described as a "real disgrace". UEFA acknowledged that there had been "isolated incidents of racist chanting".[48] However, other Dutch media, including the prestigious daily de Volkskrant, have reported that the allegations of monkey chants were made up. According to the newspaper, the coach of the Dutch team has made several statements to the BBC that he had not heard the supposed chanting, nor did the rest of the team. According to de Volksrant, the story was sensationalized by de Telegraaf.[49]

The first incidence of hooliganism at Euro 2012 happened on June 8th 2012 after Russia vs Czech Republic in Wrocław.[50] Russian hooligans were violent against Polish stewards at the Wrocław`s Municipal Stadium.[51][52] Around 30 Russian hooligans attacked a handful of stewards.[53][54] Four stewards needed hospital treatment after this attack.[55]

A clash involving Dutch and Russian, Ukrainian football supporters took place in Kharkiv. 17 People were arrested - 10 Dutch and 7 Russians, 7 people hospitalised - 3 Ukrainians and 4 Russians. The clash started when Russian and Ukrainian fans provoked the Dutch by burning the flag of The Netherlands and the Dutch retaliated by attacking the Russians & Ukrainians.[Date and citation needed]

On 11 June 2012, before the Euro 2012 match between Croatia and Ireland, Croatian football fans clashed with riot police in the Polish city of Poznań.[56] Croatian fans threw chairs, bottles and flares at Polish riot police. The incident began after a clash between intoxicated supporters of two rival Croatian teams from Zagreb and Split in one of the city centre's bars, shortly after 5:00 pm. Croatia was also later charged with racist chants and symbols against Mario Balotelli in the Italy game with anti-discrimination monitors reporting monkey noises were being made as well as far-right nationalist flags being displayed. A photographer for the AFP also reported monkey noises made and spotting a steward picking up a banana that was thrown onto the pitch.[57]

On 13 June 2012, after the Euro 2012 match between Netherlands and Germany, Dutch fans attacked German fans and set fire to cars with German license plates.

A clash involving football fans took place in Warsaw on 12 June 2012.[58] The violence broke out when, during a march organised by Russian fans celebrating Russia Day before the Poland vs. Russia game at Warsaw's National Stadium, rival groups of supporters began to provoke each other with insulting chants.[59] The Polish Police fired warning shots and used water cannon to disperse rival groups of fans; around 100 arrests were made and ten people hospitalised – seven Poles, two Russians and one German.[60]

17 June 2012, after the Euro 2012 match between Portugal and Netherlands, a group of according to eyewitnesses, 250 Dutch fans attacked the Portuguese fans that were chanting victory songs at the Dutch. 27 Portuguese and 2 Dutch were hospitalised, 5 Portuguese seriously injured.[citation needed]

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