UEFA Euro 2012 statistics

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These are the statistics for the UEFA Euro 2012, which took place in Poland and Ukraine.

Contents

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.45 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA [1]

Assists

There were 60 assists made in Euro 2012. Four players assisted three goals, seven assisted two goals and 36 assisted one goal. [2]

3 assists

2 assists

1 assist

Scoring

Sources: Opta Sports, [4] UEFA [3]

Attendance

Wins and losses

Discipline

Sanctions against foul play at Euro 2012 were in the first instance the responsibility of the referee, but when if he deemed it necessary to give a caution, or dismiss a player, UEFA kept a record and may have enforced a suspension. UEFA's disciplinary committee had the ability to penalize players for offenses unpunished by the referee.

Overview

Red cards

A player receiving a red card was automatically suspended for the next match. A longer suspension was possible if the UEFA disciplinary committee had judged the offence as warranting it. In keeping with the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) and UEFA Disciplinary Regulations (UDR), UEFA did not allow for appeals of red cards except in the case of mistaken identity. The FDC further stipulated that if a player was sent off during his team's final Euro 2012 match, the suspension would carry over to his team's next competitive international(s), which in this case would be the qualification matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [5]

Any player who was suspended due to a red card that was earned in Euro 2012 qualifying was required to serve the balance of any suspension unserved by the end of qualifying either in the Euro 2012 finals (for any player on a team that qualified, whether he was selected to the final squad or not) or in World Cup qualifying (for players on teams that did not qualify).

Yellow cards

Any player receiving a single yellow card during two of the three group stage matches and the quarter-final match was suspended for the following match. A single yellow card did not carry over to the semi-finals. This meant that no player could have been suspended for final unless he was sent off in semi-final or he was serving a longer suspension for an earlier incident. Suspensions due to yellow cards did carry over to the World Cup qualifiers. [6] [7] Yellow cards and any related suspensions earned in the Euro 2012 qualifiers were neither counted nor enforced in the final tournament. [8]

In the event a player was sent off for two bookable offenses, only the red card was counted for disciplinary purposes. However, in the event a player received a direct red card after being booked in the same match, then both cards would have been counted. If the player was already facing a suspension for two tournament bookings when he was sent off, this would have resulted in separate suspensions that would have been served consecutively. The one match ban for the yellow cards would be served first unless the player's team was eliminated in the match in which he was sent off. If the player's team was eliminated in the match in which he was serving his ban for the yellow cards, then the ban for the sending off would have been carried over to the World Cup qualifiers.

Additional punishment

For serious transgressions, a longer suspension may have been handed down at the discretion of the UEFA disciplinary committee. The disciplinary committee was also charged with reviewing any incidents that were missed by the officials and could have awarded administrative red cards and suspensions accordingly. However, just as appeals of red cards were not considered, the disciplinary committee was also not allowed to review transgressions that were already punished by the referee with something less than a red card. For example, if a player was booked but not sent off for a dangerous tackle, the disciplinary committee could not subsequently deem the challenge to be violent conduct and then upgrade the card to a red. However, if the same player then spat at the opponent but was still not sent off, then the referee's report would have been unlikely to mention this automatic red card offense. Video evidence of the spitting incident could then be independently reviewed.

Unlike the rules in many domestic competitions, there is no particular category of red card offense that automatically results in a multi-game suspension. In general however, extended bans were only assessed for red cards given for serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting or perhaps foul and abusive language. Also, unlike many sets of domestic rules second and subsequent red cards also did not automatically incur an extended ban, although a player's past disciplinary record (including prior competition) might have been considered by the disciplinary committee when punishing him. As a rule, only automatic red card offenses were considered for longer bans. A player who was sent off for picking up two yellow cards in the same match would not have had his automatic one-match ban extended by UEFA on account of what he did to get the second booking, because the referee deemed him as not to have committed an automatic red card offense.

If UEFA suspended a player after his team's elimination from the tournament, or for more games than the team ended up playing without him prior to the final or their elimination (whichever came first), then the remaining suspension was to be served during 2014 World Cup qualifying. For a particularly grave offense UEFA had the power to impose a lengthy ban against the offender.

Disciplinary statistics

By individual

Red cards

Three red cards were shown over the course of the tournament's thirty one matches, an average of 0.10 red cards per match.

1 red card

Source: UEFA [9]

Yellow cards

123 yellow cards were shown over the course of the tournament's thirty one matches, an average of 3.97 yellow cards per match.

3 yellow cards
2 yellow cards
1 yellow card


By referee

RefereeMatches Red card.svg Red Yellow card.svg YellowRed Cards
Flag of Turkey.svg Cüneyt Çakır 31181 second yellow
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Stéphane Lannoy 30150
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Pedro Proença 40120
Flag of Hungary.svg Viktor Kassai 20120
Flag of Scotland.svg Craig Thomson 20120
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Stark 20100
Flag of Slovenia.svg Damir Skomina 3090
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Eriksson 2090
Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Rizzoli 3080
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Björn Kuipers 2080
Flag of England.svg Howard Webb 3060
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Velasco Carballo 2241 straight red
1 second yellow

By team

TeamMatches Red card.svg Red Yellow card.svg YellowRed CardsSuspensions
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 309
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 407
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 304
Flag of England.svg  England 405 W. Rooney v France & Sweden
(due to red card in final qualifying match)
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 406 P. Mexès v Spain
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 504 J. Boateng v Denmark
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4111 S. Papastathopoulos v Poland
second booking
S. Papastathopoulos v Czech Republic
J. Holebas & G. Karagounis
v Germany
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 318 K. Andrews v Italy
second booking
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6016 C. Maggio v Germany
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 305
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 317 W. Szczęsny v Greece
professional foul
W. Szczęsny v Russia
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 5012
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 306
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6011
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 307
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 305

Other sanctions

Penalised partySanctionReasonMatch
Croatian Football Federation €25,000Supporters' behaviourvs Ireland [10]
Croatian Football Federation €80,000Supporters' behaviourvs Italy [11]
Croatian Football Federation €30,000Supporters' behaviourvs Spain [12]
The Football Association (England)€5,000Supporters' behaviourvs Sweden [13]
Football Union of Russia €120,000 + 6 point deduction in Euro 2016 qualifiers (suspended)Supporters' behaviourvs Czech Republic [14]
Football Union of Russia €30,000Supporters' behaviourvs Poland [15]
Football Union of Russia €35,000Supporters' behaviourvs Greece [16]
Football Union of Russia €30,000Supporters' behaviourvs Czech Republic [17]
German Football Association €10,000Supporters' behaviourvs Portugal [18]
German Football Association €25,000Supporters' behaviourvs Denmark [19]
Nicklas Bendtner (Denmark)€100,000 + one match ban in 2014 World Cup qualifiersImproper conductvs Portugal [20]
Portuguese Football Federation €5,000Players' behaviourvs Germany [18]
Portuguese Football Federation €7,000Supporters' behaviourvs Czech Republic [12]
Royal Spanish Football Federation €20,000Supporters' behaviourvs Italy [17]

Overall statistics

TeamPldWDLPtsAPtsGFAGFGAAGAGDAGDCSACSYCAYCRCARC
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 311141.3341.3331.00+10.3300.0093.0000.00
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 420261.5041.0061.50−2−0.5010.2571.7500.00
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 310231.0041.3351.67−1−0.3310.3341.3300.00
Flag of England.svg  England 422082.0051.2530.75+20.5020.5051.2500.00
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 411241.0030.7551.25−2−0.5010.2561.5000.00
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5401122.40102.0061.20+40.8010.2040.8000.00
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 411241.0051.2571.75−2−0.5010.25112.7510.25
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 623191.5061.0071.17−1−0.1720.33162.6700.00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 300300.0020.6751.67−3−1.0000.0051.6700.00
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 302120.6720.6731.00−1−0.3300.0072.3310.33
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 5311102.0061.2040.80+20.4020.40122.4000.00
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 300300.0010.3393.00−8−2.6700.0082.6710.33
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 311141.3351.6731.00+20.6700.0062.0000.00
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6420142.33122.0010.17+111.8350.83111.8300.00
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 310231.0051.6751.6700.0010.3372.3300.00
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 310231.0020.6741.33−2−0.6700.0051.6700.00
Total31(1)247(2)24861.39761.23761.2300.00170.271231.9830.05

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Footnotes

  1. Indicates Golden Boot award (the tie was broken first by highest number of assists and then by fewest minutes played).

References

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  2. "Individual Goal Assists". ESPN.com. ESPN. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Lewandowski scores second-quickest EURO goal". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016. The third-fastest goal mark was equalled as the second set of UEFA EURO 2012 games began in Wroclaw. The Czechs had lost their opener to Russia and required a result, which was heralded when Tomáš Hübschman measured a pass between makeshift Greece centre-backs Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Kostas Katsouranis for Jiráček to score a goal swiftly added to by Václav Pilař.
  4. 1 2 "Euro 2012: all the statistics you need from Opta". The Guardian . London. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2016. 1'14" - Juan Mata is the fastest substitute to score at Euro 2012, only 1 minute & 14 seconds after coming onto the pitch
  5. Article 38.2 f) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code
  6. Article 20.04 of the UEFA Euro 2012 Tournament Regulations
  7. Article 38.4 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code
  8. Article 20.03 of the UEFA Euro 2012 Tournament Regulations
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