UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

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UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates11 August 2010 – 15 November 2011
Teams51
Tournament statistics
Matches played248
Goals scored665 (2.68 per match) [note 1]
Top scorer(s) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (12 goals)
2008
2016

The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 was a series of parallel association football competitions held in Poland and Ukraine between 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 7 February 2010 in the Congress Hall of the Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, with matches set to take place between August 2010 and November 2011.

Contents

Two host countries qualified automatically. For the first qualifying round, there were nine groups. Six of these groups had six teams (one from pots 1 to 6 below); the remaining three groups consisted of five teams (one each from pots 1 to 5 below). The group competition was a double round robin: each team hosted a game with every other team in its group. Each group winner qualified, along with the second-place team with the most points against teams ranked in the top five in the group. The remaining eight second-place teams were paired for two-game play-offs, with the winner of each total goals tie (or away goals rule, or penalty shootout) qualifying for the finals to complete the field of sixteen teams.

Qualified teams

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TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament [upper-alpha 1]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Co-host18 April 20071 (2008)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0 (debut)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [upper-alpha 2] Group A winner2 September 201110 ( 1972 , 1976, 1980 , 1984, 1988 , 1992, 1996 , 2000, 2004, 2008)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Group C winner6 September 20117 ( 1968 , 1980 , 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Group E winner6 September 20118 (1976, 1980, 1988 , 1992, 1996, 2000 , 2004, 2008)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Group I winner6 September 20118 ( 1964 , 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 )
Flag of England.svg  England Group G winner7 October 20117 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996 , 2000, 2004)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [upper-alpha 3] Group B winner11 October 20119 ( 1960 , 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008)
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Group D winner11 October 20117 ( 1960 , 1984 , 1992, 1996, 2000 , 2004, 2008)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Group F winner11 October 20113 (1980, 2004 , 2008)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Group H winner11 October 20117 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992 , 1996, 2000, 2004)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Best runner-up 11 October 20114 ( 1992 , 2000, 2004, 2008)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Play-off winner15 November 20113 (1996, 2004, 2008)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [upper-alpha 4] Play-off winner15 November 20117 (1960, 1976 , 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Play-off winner15 November 20115 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004 , 2008)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland Play-off winner15 November 20111 (1988)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  3. From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
  4. From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.

Seedings

The pot allocations for the qualifying group stage draw were based on the UEFA national team coefficient rankings as of the end of 2009. The sole exception was the automatic placement of Spain, as reigning European champions, as the top-ranked team (their coefficient ranking would have also placed them in this position anyway). [1] [2] [3] Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating: [4]

The 51 entrants were divided into the following six pots for the drawing of nine qualifying groups on 7 February 2010 in Warsaw, Poland: [5]

Pot 1
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (title holders)39,9641
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 38,2942
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 37,8213
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 35,8384
Flag of England.svg  England 34,8195
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 33,6776
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 33,2267
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 32,5518
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 32,4779
Pot 2
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 31,26810
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 30,87111
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 30,69512
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 30,39513
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 29,81114
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 29,44715
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 29,22216
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 28,22817
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 28,14518
Pot 3
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 28,05220
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 27,19821
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26,82722
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26,21024
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 25,97125
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 25,64626
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 24,51827
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 24,38128
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 24,36529
Pot 4
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 24,22130
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 23,30331
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 23,04832
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 22,07133
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 21,51534
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 21,42635
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 21,27436
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 19,40937
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 18,79138
Pot 5
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 18,75139
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 18,31940
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 17,79241
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 15,81942
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 15,73443
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 15,40444
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 15,16445
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 14,73046
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 13,58147
Pot 6
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 13,50048
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 11,87249
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 11,51750
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 10,62051
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 9,19752
Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg  San Marino 7,78353

Notes

Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia would not be drawn against Azerbaijan (due to the dispute concerning territory of Nagorno-Karabakh) and Georgia would not be drawn against Russia (due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia). [6]

Armenia and Azerbaijan were drawn together in Group A during the draw ceremony, forcing UEFA to reassign Armenia to Group B, as Azerbaijan had refused to play in Armenia when they had been drawn together during UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. [7]

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings. [8]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. if, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two or more teams still had an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) was reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6) to 10) applied;
  6. superior goal difference in all group matches;
  7. higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. higher number of goals scored away from home in all group matches;
  9. fair play ranking in all group matches;
  10. drawing of lots.

Summary

  Group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2012
  The remaining runners-up advanced to the play-offs
  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Group I
Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of France.svg
France
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of Turkey.svg
Turkey
Flag of Ireland.svg
Republic of Ireland
Flag of Estonia.svg
Estonia
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
Flag of Croatia.svg
Croatia
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Montenegro
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
Flag of Austria.svg
Austria
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Azerbaijan
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
Kazakhstan
Flag of Armenia.svg
Armenia
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Slovakia
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Macedonia
Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
Flag of Serbia.svg
Serbia
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
Ulster Banner.svg
Northern Ireland
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg
Faroe Islands
Flag of Romania.svg
Romania
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Belarus
Flag of Albania.svg
Albania
Flag of Luxembourg.svg
Luxembourg
Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary
Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
Flag of Moldova.svg
Moldova
Flag of San Marino.svg
San Marino
Flag of Israel.svg
Israel
Flag of Latvia.svg
Latvia
Flag of Georgia.svg
Georgia
Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
Wales
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bulgaria
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
Flag of Iceland.svg
Iceland
Flag of Cyprus.svg
Cyprus
Flag of Scotland.svg
Scotland
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Lithuania
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
Liechtenstein

Groups

The following 18 dates were reserved for group matches in qualifying:

For the first time, Tuesday evenings replaced Wednesday evenings for midweek qualifying fixtures where two matchdays occurred in the same week. This was in order to allow players an extra day to return to their clubs for domestic duty the following week. Consequently, teams were permitted to move the earlier weekend match forward to the Friday evening. [9] [10] [11]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 101000347+2730Qualify for final tournament 3–0 3–1 6–2 6–1 4–0
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 105231311+217Advance to play-offs 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–1
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 104332115+615 0–1 1–1 4–4 4–1 4–1
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 103341617112 1–2 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–0
5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 102171026167 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–4 3–2
6Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 10118624184 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–0 2–1
Source: UEFA

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of Armenia.svg Flag of Slovakia.svg Flag of North Macedonia.svg Flag of Andorra.svg
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 10721174+1323Qualify for final tournament 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 6–0
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 10631157+821Advance to play-offs 2–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1
3Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 105232210+1217 0–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 4–0
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 10433710315 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–0
5Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 1022681468 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0
6Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 100010125240 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Estonia.svg Flag of Serbia.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Ulster Banner.svg Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10820202+1826Qualify for final tournament 3–0 3–0 [lower-alpha 1] 1–0 3–0 5–0
2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 105141514+116Advance to play-offs 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–1
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 104331312+115 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–1
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 10424117+414 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 5–1
5Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1023591349 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 4–0
6Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 10118626204 0–1 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. The Italy v Serbia match was abandoned at 0–0 after six minutes due to rioting by Serbian fans. [12] The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to Italy. [13]

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Flag of Albania.svg Flag of Luxembourg.svg
1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 10631154+1121Qualify for final tournament 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–0
2Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10622178+920Advance to play-offs 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–0
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 10352139+414 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
4Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1034387+113 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0
5Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1023571479 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
6Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 10118321184 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–0 2–1
Source: UEFA

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Finland.svg Flag of Moldova.svg Flag of San Marino.svg
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 10901378+2927Qualify for final tournament 4–1 5–3 2–1 1–0 11–0
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 108023111+2024 3–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 6–0
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 106132214+819 0–4 2–1 0–0 2–1 8–0
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 103161616010 0–2 1–2 1–2 4–1 8–0
5Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 10307121649 0–1 1–4 0–2 2–0 4–0
6Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 100010053530 0–5 0–5 0–3 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Greece.svg Flag of Croatia.svg Flag of Israel.svg Flag of Latvia.svg Flag of Georgia.svg Flag of Malta.svg
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 10730145+924Qualify for final tournament 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 10712187+1122Advance to play-offs 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–0
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 105141311+216 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–1
4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 10325912311 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–0
5Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1024479210 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
6Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 10019421171 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–1
Source: UEFA

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of England.svg Flag of Montenegro.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg
1Flag of England.svg  England 8530175+1218Qualify for final tournament 0–0 2–2 1–0 4–0
2Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 833277012Advance to play-offs 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 83231210+211 1–3 2–0 4–1 3–1
4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 830561049 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1
5Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8125313105 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1
Source: UEFA

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Iceland.svg Flag of Cyprus.svg
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8611156+919Qualify for final tournament 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 85122112+916 [lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 3–1 1–0 5–3 4–4
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8512107+316 [lower-alpha 1] 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 811661484 0–2 1–3 1–2 1–0
5Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 8026720132 1–4 0–4 1–2 0–0
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

Group I

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Spain.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Scotland.svg Flag of Lithuania.svg Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8800266+2024Qualify for final tournament 2–1 3–1 3–1 6–0
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8413128+413Advance to play-offs 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0
3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8323910111 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–1
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 812541395 1–3 1–4 0–0 0–0
5Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 8116317144 0–4 0–2 0–1 2–0
Source: UEFA

Ranking of second-placed teams

The highest ranked second placed team from the groups qualified automatically for the tournament, while the remainder entered the play-offs. As six groups contain six teams and three with five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were not included in this ranking. As a result, a total of eight matches played by each team count toward the purpose of the second-placed ranking table.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 E Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 86022011+918Qualify for final tournament
2 H Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 85122112+916Advance to play-offs
3 F Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8512126+616
4 B Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 8431106+415
5 D Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 842298+114
6 I Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8413128+413
7 C Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 84131311+213
8 G Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 833277012
9 A Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8323810211
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) UEFA national team coefficient ranking; 6) Lower disciplinary points total; 7) Drawing of lots.

Play-offs

The eight remaining second-placed teams contested two-legged play-offs to determine the last four qualifiers for the finals. The teams were seeded for the play-off draw according to the UEFA national team coefficient rankings updated after the completion of the qualifying group stage. The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 2011 in Kraków, Poland. [14]

Seedings

The seedings were as follows: [15]

Pot 1 (seeded)
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 32.7237
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 31.20211
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 28.20313
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 27.98215
Pot 2 (unseeded)
TeamCoeffRank
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27.60118
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.19919
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 21.87635
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 20.35537

Matches

The first legs were played on 11 November, and the second legs were played on 15 November 2011. The four play-off winners qualified for the final tournament.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg0–3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0–3 0–0
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg1–5Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 0–4 1–1
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–0Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 2–0 1–0
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg2–6Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0–0 2–6

Goalscorers

There were 665 goals scored in 248 matches, for an average of 2.68 goals per match. [note 1]

12 goals

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. 1 2 The goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.

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