UEFA Euro 2012 Group A

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]

Teams

Draw position Team Pot Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		UEFA Rankings
November 2011[nb 1] 		FIFA Rankings
June 2012
A1  Poland 1 Co-host 18 April 2007 2nd 2008 Group stage (2008) 28 62
A2  Greece 3 Group F winner 11 October 2011 4th 2008 Winners (2004) 8 15
A3  Russia[nb 2] 2 Group B winner 11 October 2011 10th 2008 Winners (1960) 6 13
A4  Czech Republic[nb 3] 4 Play-off winner 15 November 2011 8th 2008 Winners (1976) 13 27

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

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.

In the quarter-finals,

  • The winner of Group A, Czech Republic, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, Portugal.
  • The runner-up of Group A, Greece, advanced to play the winner of Group B, Germany.

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Poland vs Greece

Poland 1–1 Greece
  • Lewandowski 17'
 Report
Attendance: 56,070[2]
Poland[3]
Greece[3]
GK 1 Wojciech Szczęsny  68'
RB 20 Łukasz Piszczek
CB 13 Marcin Wasilewski
CB 15 Damien Perquis
LB 2 Sebastian Boenisch
CM 11 Rafał Murawski
CM 7 Eugen Polanski
RW 16 Jakub Błaszczykowski (c)
AM 10 Ludovic Obraniak
LW 8 Maciej Rybus  70'
CF 9 Robert Lewandowski
Substitutions:
GK 22 Przemysław Tytoń  70'
Manager:
Franciszek Smuda
GK 1 Kostas Chalkias
RB 15 Vasilis Torosidis
CB 19 Sokratis Papastathopoulos  35'  44'
CB 8 Avraam Papadopoulos  37'
LB 20 José Holebas  45+2'
RM 2 Ioannis Maniatis
CM 21 Kostas Katsouranis
LM 10 Giorgos Karagounis (c)  54'
RF 18 Sotiris Ninis  46'
CF 17 Theofanis Gekas  68'
LF 7 Georgios Samaras
Substitutions:
DF 5 Kyriakos Papadopoulos  37'
FW 14 Dimitris Salpingidis  46'
MF 22 Kostas Fortounis  68'
Manager:
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 4–1 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 40,803[5]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Russia[6]
Czech Republic[6]
GK 16 Vyacheslav Malafeev
RB 2 Aleksandr Anyukov
CB 12 Aleksei Berezutski
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB 5 Yuri Zhirkov
RM 6 Roman Shirokov
CM 7 Igor Denisov
LM 8 Konstantin Zyryanov
RF 17 Alan Dzagoev  84'
CF 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov  73'
LF 10 Andrei Arshavin (c)
Substitutions:
FW 14 Roman Pavlyuchenko  73'
FW 18 Aleksandr Kokorin  84'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat
GK 1 Petr Čech
RB 2 Theodor Gebre Selassie
CB 5 Roman Hubník
CB 6 Tomáš Sivok
LB 3 Michal Kadlec
CM 13 Jaroslav Plašil
CM 19 Petr Jiráček  76'
RW 14 Václav Pilař
AM 10 Tomáš Rosický (c)
LW 9 Jan Rezek  46'
CF 15 Milan Baroš  85'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Tomáš Hübschman  46'
MF 11 Milan Petržela  76'
FW 21 David Lafata  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 1–2 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 41,105[8]
Greece[9]
Czech Republic[9]
GK 1 Kostas Chalkias  23'
RB 15 Vasilis Torosidis  34'
CB 5 Kyriakos Papadopoulos  56'
CB 21 Kostas Katsouranis
LB 20 José Holebas
RM 16 Georgios Fotakis  46'
CM 2 Ioannis Maniatis
LM 10 Giorgos Karagounis (c)
RF 14 Dimitris Salpingidis  57'
CF 7 Georgios Samaras
LF 22 Kostas Fortounis  71'
Substitutions:
GK 13 Michalis Sifakis  23'
FW 17 Theofanis Gekas  46'
FW 11 Kostas Mitroglou  71'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
GK 1 Petr Čech
RB 2 Theodor Gebre Selassie
CB 6 Tomáš Sivok
CB 3 Michal Kadlec
LB 8 David Limberský
CM 17 Tomáš Hübschman
CM 13 Jaroslav Plašil
RW 19 Petr Jiráček  36'
AM 10 Tomáš Rosický (c)  27'  46'
LW 14 Václav Pilař
CF 15 Milan Baroš  64'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Daniel Kolář  65'  46'  90'
FW 20 Tomáš Pekhart  64'
DF 12 František Rajtoral  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 1–1 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 55,920[11]
Poland[12]
Russia[12]
GK 22 Przemysław Tytoń
RB 20 Łukasz Piszczek
CB 13 Marcin Wasilewski
CB 15 Damien Perquis
LB 2 Sebastian Boenisch
CM 5 Dariusz Dudka  73'
CM 7 Eugen Polanski  79'  85'
RW 16 Jakub Błaszczykowski (c)
AM 11 Rafał Murawski
LW 10 Ludovic Obraniak  90+3'
CF 9 Robert Lewandowski  60'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Adrian Mierzejewski  73'
MF 6 Adam Matuszczyk  85'
FW 23 Paweł Brożek  90+3'
Manager:
Franciszek Smuda
GK 16 Vyacheslav Malafeev
RB 2 Aleksandr Anyukov
CB 12 Aleksei Berezutski
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB 5 Yuri Zhirkov
RM 6 Roman Shirokov
CM 7 Igor Denisov  60'
LM 8 Konstantin Zyryanov
RF 17 Alan Dzagoev  75'  79'
CF 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov  70'
LF 10 Andrei Arshavin (c)
Substitutions:
FW 14 Roman Pavlyuchenko  70'
MF 9 Marat Izmailov  79'
Manager:
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 1–0 Poland
 Report
Attendance: 41,480[14]
Czech Republic[15]
Poland[15]
GK 1 Petr Čech (c)
RB 2 Theodor Gebre Selassie
CB 6 Tomáš Sivok
CB 3 Michal Kadlec
LB 8 David Limberský  12'
CM 17 Tomáš Hübschman
CM 13 Jaroslav Plašil  87'
RW 19 Petr Jiráček  84'
AM 18 Daniel Kolář
LW 14 Václav Pilař  88'
CF 15 Milan Baroš  90+1'
Substitutions:
DF 12 František Rajtoral  84'
FW 9 Jan Rezek  88'
FW 20 Tomáš Pekhart  90+4'  90+1'
Manager:
Michal Bílek
GK 22 Przemysław Tytoń
RB 20 Łukasz Piszczek
CB 13 Marcin Wasilewski  61'
CB 15 Damien Perquis  90'
LB 2 Sebastian Boenisch
CM 5 Dariusz Dudka
CM 7 Eugen Polanski  48'  56'
RW 16 Jakub Błaszczykowski (c)  87'
AM 11 Rafał Murawski  22'  73'
LW 10 Ludovic Obraniak  73'
CF 9 Robert Lewandowski
Substitutions:
MF 21 Kamil Grosicki  56'
FW 23 Paweł Brożek  73'
MF 18 Adrian Mierzejewski  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 1–0 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 55,614[17]
Greece[18]
Russia[18]
GK 13 Michalis Sifakis
RB 15 Vasilis Torosidis
CB 19 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
CB 5 Kyriakos Papadopoulos
LB 3 Georgios Tzavelas
CM 21 Kostas Katsouranis
CM 2 Ioannis Maniatis
RW 14 Dimitris Salpingidis  83'
AM 10 Giorgos Karagounis (c)  61'  67'
LW 7 Georgios Samaras
CF 17 Theofanis Gekas  64'
Substitutions:
MF 20 José Holebas  90+4'  64'
MF 6 Grigoris Makos  67'
MF 18 Sotiris Ninis  83'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
GK 16 Vyacheslav Malafeev
RB 2 Aleksandr Anyukov  61'  81'
CB 12 Aleksei Berezutski
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB 5 Yuri Zhirkov  69'
RM 6 Roman Shirokov
CM 7 Igor Denisov
LM 22 Denis Glushakov  72'
RF 17 Alan Dzagoev  70'
CF 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov  46'
LF 10 Andrei Arshavin (c)
Substitutions:
FW 14 Roman Pavlyuchenko  46'
FW 20 Pavel Pogrebnyak  90+3'  72'
MF 9 Marat Izmailov  81'
Manager:
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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