UEFA Euro 2012 Group A

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Group A of UEFA Euro 2012 was played from 8 to 16 June 2012. The pool was made up of co-host Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and Russia. The top two finishing teams, Czech Republic and Greece, progressed to the quarter-finals, while Russia and Poland were eliminated from the tournament. [1]

Contents

Teams

Draw positionTeamPotMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
UEFA Rankings
November 2011 [nb 1]
FIFA Rankings
June 2012
A1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1Co-host18 April 20072nd 2008 Group stage (2008)2862
A2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3 Group F winner11 October 20114th 2008 Winners (2004)815
A3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [nb 2] 2 Group B winner11 October 201110th 2008 Winners (1960)613
A4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [nb 3] 4 Play-off winner15 November 20118th 2008 Winners (1976)1327

Notes

  1. The UEFA rankings of November 2011 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
  3. From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 32014516Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 31113304 [a]
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 311153+24 [a]
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (H)30212312
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head result: Greece 1–0 Russia.

In the quarter-finals,

Matches

Poland vs Greece

Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Report
National Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 56,070 [2]
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
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Poland [3]
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Greece [3]
GK1 Wojciech Szczęsny Red card.svg 68'
RB20 Łukasz Piszczek
CB13 Marcin Wasilewski
CB15 Damien Perquis
LB2 Sebastian Boenisch
CM11 Rafał Murawski
CM7 Eugen Polanski
RW16 Jakub Błaszczykowski (c)
AM10 Ludovic Obraniak
LW8 Maciej Rybus Sub off.svg 70'
CF9 Robert Lewandowski
Substitutions:
GK22 Przemysław Tytoń Sub on.svg 70'
Manager:
Franciszek Smuda
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GK1 Kostas Chalkias
RB15 Vasilis Torosidis
CB19 Sokratis Papastathopoulos Yellow card.svg 35' Yellow-red card.svg 44'
CB8 Avraam Papadopoulos Sub off.svg 37'
LB20 José Holebas Yellow card.svg 45+2'
RM2 Ioannis Maniatis
CM21 Kostas Katsouranis
LM10 Giorgos Karagounis (c)Yellow card.svg 54'
RF18 Sotiris Ninis Sub off.svg 46'
CF17 Theofanis Gekas Sub off.svg 68'
LF7 Georgios Samaras
Substitutions:
DF5 Kyriakos Papadopoulos Sub on.svg 37'
FW14 Dimitris Salpingidis Sub on.svg 46'
MF22 Kostas Fortounis Sub on.svg 68'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Fernando Santos

Man of the Match:
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) [2]

Assistant referees: [4]
Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain)
Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain)
Fourth official:
Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Additional assistant referees:
David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
Reserve assistant referee:
Renato Faverani (Italy)

Russia vs Czech Republic

Russia  Flag of Russia.svg4–1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Report
Stadion Miejski, Wrocław
Attendance: 40,803 [5]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
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Russia [6]
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Czech Republic [6]
GK16 Vyacheslav Malafeev
RB2 Aleksandr Anyukov
CB12 Aleksei Berezutski
CB4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB5 Yuri Zhirkov
RM6 Roman Shirokov
CM7 Igor Denisov
LM8 Konstantin Zyryanov
RF17 Alan Dzagoev Sub off.svg 84'
CF11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Sub off.svg 73'
LF10 Andrei Arshavin (c)
Substitutions:
FW14 Roman Pavlyuchenko Sub on.svg 73'
FW18 Aleksandr Kokorin Sub on.svg 84'
Manager:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dick Advocaat
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GK1 Petr Čech
RB2 Theodor Gebre Selassie
CB5 Roman Hubník
CB6 Tomáš Sivok
LB3 Michal Kadlec
CM13 Jaroslav Plašil
CM19 Petr Jiráček Sub off.svg 76'
RW14 Václav Pilař
AM10 Tomáš Rosický (c)
LW9 Jan Rezek Sub off.svg 46'
CF15 Milan Baroš Sub off.svg 85'
Substitutions:
MF17 Tomáš Hübschman Sub on.svg 46'
MF11 Milan Petržela Sub on.svg 76'
FW21 David Lafata Sub on.svg 85'
Manager:
Michal Bílek

Man of the Match:
Alan Dzagoev (Russia) [5]

Assistant referees: [7]
Michael Mullarkey (England)
Peter Kirkup (England)
Fourth official:
Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Additional assistant referees:
Martin Atkinson (England)
Mark Clattenburg (England)
Reserve assistant referee:
Bertino Miranda (Portugal)

Greece vs Czech Republic

Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1–2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Report
Stadion Miejski, Wrocław
Attendance: 41,105 [8]
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
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Greece [9]
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Czech Republic [9]
GK1 Kostas Chalkias Sub off.svg 23'
RB15 Vasilis Torosidis Yellow card.svg 34'
CB5 Kyriakos Papadopoulos Yellow card.svg 56'
CB21 Kostas Katsouranis
LB20 José Holebas
RM16 Georgios Fotakis Sub off.svg 46'
CM2 Ioannis Maniatis
LM10 Giorgos Karagounis (c)
RF14 Dimitris Salpingidis Yellow card.svg 57'
CF7 Georgios Samaras
LF22 Kostas Fortounis Sub off.svg 71'
Substitutions:
GK13 Michalis Sifakis Sub on.svg 23'
FW17 Theofanis Gekas Sub on.svg 46'
FW11 Kostas Mitroglou Sub on.svg 71'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Fernando Santos
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GK1 Petr Čech
RB2 Theodor Gebre Selassie
CB6 Tomáš Sivok
CB3 Michal Kadlec
LB8 David Limberský
CM17 Tomáš Hübschman
CM13 Jaroslav Plašil
RW19 Petr Jiráček Yellow card.svg 36'
AM10 Tomáš Rosický (c)Yellow card.svg 27'Sub off.svg 46'
LW14 Václav Pilař
CF15 Milan Baroš Sub off.svg 64'
Substitutions:
MF18 Daniel Kolář Yellow card.svg 65'Sub on.svg 46'Sub off.svg 90'
FW20 Tomáš Pekhart Sub on.svg 64'
DF12 František Rajtoral Sub on.svg 90'
Manager:
Michal Bílek

Man of the Match:
Václav Pilař (Czech Republic) [8]

Assistant referees: [10]
Frédéric Cano (France)
Michaël Annonier (France)
Fourth official:
Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Additional assistant referees:
Fredy Fautrel (France)
Ruddy Buquet (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Primož Arhar (Slovenia)

Poland vs Russia

Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Report
National Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 55,920 [11]
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
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Poland [12]
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Russia [12]
GK22 Przemysław Tytoń
RB20 Łukasz Piszczek
CB13 Marcin Wasilewski
CB15 Damien Perquis
LB2 Sebastian Boenisch
CM5 Dariusz Dudka Sub off.svg 73'
CM7 Eugen Polanski Yellow card.svg 79'Sub off.svg 85'
RW16 Jakub Błaszczykowski (c)
AM11 Rafał Murawski
LW10 Ludovic Obraniak Sub off.svg 90+3'
CF9 Robert Lewandowski Yellow card.svg 60'
Substitutions:
MF18 Adrian Mierzejewski Sub on.svg 73'
MF6 Adam Matuszczyk Sub on.svg 85'
FW23 Paweł Brożek Sub on.svg 90+3'
Manager:
Franciszek Smuda
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GK16 Vyacheslav Malafeev
RB2 Aleksandr Anyukov
CB12 Aleksei Berezutski
CB4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB5 Yuri Zhirkov
RM6 Roman Shirokov
CM7 Igor Denisov Yellow card.svg 60'
LM8 Konstantin Zyryanov
RF17 Alan Dzagoev Yellow card.svg 75'Sub off.svg 79'
CF11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Sub off.svg 70'
LF10 Andrei Arshavin (c)
Substitutions:
FW14 Roman Pavlyuchenko Sub on.svg 70'
MF9 Marat Izmailov Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dick Advocaat

Man of the Match:
Jakub Błaszczykowski (Poland) [11]

Assistant referees: [13]
Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
Mike Pickel (Germany)
Fourth official:
István Vad (Hungary)
Additional assistant referees:
Florian Meyer (Germany)
Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
Reserve assistant referee:
Gábor Erős (Hungary)

Czech Republic vs Poland

Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
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Stadion Miejski, Wrocław
Attendance: 41,480 [14]
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
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Czech Republic [15]
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Poland [15]
GK1 Petr Čech (c)
RB2 Theodor Gebre Selassie
CB6 Tomáš Sivok
CB3 Michal Kadlec
LB8 David Limberský Yellow card.svg 12'
CM17 Tomáš Hübschman
CM13 Jaroslav Plašil Yellow card.svg 87'
RW19 Petr Jiráček Sub off.svg 84'
AM18 Daniel Kolář
LW14 Václav Pilař Sub off.svg 88'
CF15 Milan Baroš Sub off.svg 90+1'
Substitutions:
DF12 František Rajtoral Sub on.svg 84'
FW9 Jan Rezek Sub on.svg 88'
FW20 Tomáš Pekhart Yellow card.svg 90+4'Sub on.svg 90+1'
Manager:
Michal Bílek
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GK22 Przemysław Tytoń
RB20 Łukasz Piszczek
CB13 Marcin Wasilewski Yellow card.svg 61'
CB15 Damien Perquis Yellow card.svg 90'
LB2 Sebastian Boenisch
CM5 Dariusz Dudka
CM7 Eugen Polanski Yellow card.svg 48'Sub off.svg 56'
RW16 Jakub Błaszczykowski (c)Yellow card.svg 87'
AM11 Rafał Murawski Yellow card.svg 22'Sub off.svg 73'
LW10 Ludovic Obraniak Sub off.svg 73'
CF9 Robert Lewandowski
Substitutions:
MF21 Kamil Grosicki Sub on.svg 56'
FW23 Paweł Brożek Sub on.svg 73'
MF18 Adrian Mierzejewski Sub on.svg 73'
Manager:
Franciszek Smuda

Man of the Match:
Petr Jiráček (Czech Republic) [14]

Assistant referees: [16]
Alasdair Ross (Scotland)
Derek Rose (Scotland)
Fourth official:
Fredy Fautrel (France)
Additional assistant referees:
William Collum (Scotland)
Euan Norris (Scotland)
Reserve assistant referee:
Frédéric Cano (France)

Greece vs Russia

Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1–0Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
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National Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 55,614 [17]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
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Greece [18]
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Russia [18]
GK13 Michalis Sifakis
RB15 Vasilis Torosidis
CB19 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
CB5 Kyriakos Papadopoulos
LB3 Georgios Tzavelas
CM21 Kostas Katsouranis
CM2 Ioannis Maniatis
RW14 Dimitris Salpingidis Sub off.svg 83'
AM10 Giorgos Karagounis (c)Yellow card.svg 61'Sub off.svg 67'
LW7 Georgios Samaras
CF17 Theofanis Gekas Sub off.svg 64'
Substitutions:
MF20 José Holebas Yellow card.svg 90+4'Sub on.svg 64'
MF6 Grigoris Makos Sub on.svg 67'
MF18 Sotiris Ninis Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Fernando Santos
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GK16 Vyacheslav Malafeev
RB2 Aleksandr Anyukov Yellow card.svg 61'Sub off.svg 81'
CB12 Aleksei Berezutski
CB4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB5 Yuri Zhirkov Yellow card.svg 69'
RM6 Roman Shirokov
CM7 Igor Denisov
LM22 Denis Glushakov Sub off.svg 72'
RF17 Alan Dzagoev Yellow card.svg 70'
CF11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Sub off.svg 46'
LF10 Andrei Arshavin (c)
Substitutions:
FW14 Roman Pavlyuchenko Sub on.svg 46'
FW20 Pavel Pogrebnyak Yellow card.svg 90+3'Sub on.svg 72'
MF9 Marat Izmailov Sub on.svg 81'
Manager:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dick Advocaat

Man of the Match:
Giorgos Karagounis (Greece) [17]

Assistant referees: [19]
Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)
Mathias Klasenius (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
Additional assistant referees:
Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
Reserve assistant referee:
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)

See also

References

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