Euro 2012
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Euro 2012 was the national teams competition which was held in Poland and Ukraine, between June 8 and July 1, 2012, and was won by Spain - the first defending European champions to repeat.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 Qualifiers
- 3 Finals
- 3.1 The Greek Squad
- 3.2 Final Group A Standings (top two teams qualify for quarterfinals)
- 3.3 Final Group B Standings (top two teams qualify for quarterfinals)
- 3.4 Final Group C Standings (top two teams qualify for quarterfinals)
- 3.5 Final Group D Standings (top two teams qualify for quarterfinals)
- 3.6 Quarterfinals
- 3.7 Semifinals
- 3.8 Final
Background
On April 18, 2007, Poland and Ukraine were chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee to jointly host the final round of the UEFA European Football Championship in 2012.
Other candidate nations had been Italy and a joint Croatia–Hungary bid.
Qualifiers
The teams that qualified for the finals are:
- Poland (co-hosts)
- Ukraine (co-hosts)
- Germany (Group A winners)
- Russia (Group B winners)
- Italy (Group C winners)
- France (Group D winners)
- Holland (Group E winners)
- Greece (Group F winners)
- England (Group G winners)
- Denmark (Group H winners)
- Spain (Group I winners)
- Sweden (best runners-up)
- Eire (playoff winners)
- Portugal (playoff winners)
- Czech Republic (playoff winners)
- Croatia (playoff winners)
Greece qualified for the finals from Group F that also included: Croatia, Israel, Latvia, Georgia and Malta.
Final Group F Standings (top team qualifies for finals)
Pos | Team | Points | W-D-L | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Greece | 24 | 7-3-0 | 14-5 |
2. | Croatia | 22 | 7-1-2 | 18-7 |
3. | Israel | 16 | 5-1-4 | 13-11 |
4. | Latvia | 11 | 3-2-5 | 9-12 |
5. | Georgia | 10 | 2-4-4 | 7-9 |
6. | Malta | 1 | 0-1-9 | 4-21 |
Finals
Greece was drawn in Group A which also included co-hosts Poland, Russia and the Czech Republic.
The Greek Squad
- Head coach: Fernando Santos
- 1 Kostas Chalkias (PAOK)
- 2 Yiannis Maniatis (Olympiakos)
- 3 Giorgos Tzavelas (AC Monaco)
- 4 Stelios Malezas (PAOK)
- 5 Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Schalke 04)
- 6 Grigoris Makos (AEK)
- 7 Giorgos Samaras (Glasgow Celtic)
- 8 Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos)
- 9 Nikos Lyberopoulos (AEK)
- 10 Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos)
- 11 Kostas Mitroglou (Atromitos Athens)
- 12 Alexandros Tzorvas (Palermo)
- 13 Michalis Sifakis (Aris)
- 14 Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK)
- 15 Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiakos)
- 16 Giorgos Fotakis (PAOK)
- 17 Fanis Gekas (Free agent)
- 18 Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos)
- 19 Socrates Papastathopoulos (Werder Bremen)
- 20 Jose Holebas (Olympiakos)
- 21 Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos)
- 22 Kostas Fortounis (Kaiserslautern)
- 23 Yiannis Fetfatzidis (Olympiakos)
Final Group A Standings (top two teams qualify for quarterfinals)
Pos | Team | Points | W-D-L | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Czech Republic | 6 | 2-0-1 | 4-5 |
2. | Greece | 4 | 1-1-1 | 3-3 |
3. | Russia | 4 | 1-1-1 | 5-3 |
4. | Poland | 2 | 0-2-1 | 2-3 |
Final Group B Standings (top two teams qualify for quarterfinals)
Pos | Team | Points | W-D-L | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Germany | 9 | 3-0-0 | 5-2 |
2. | Portugal | 6 | 2-0-1 | 5-4 |
3. | Denmark | 3 | 1-0-2 | 4-5 |
4. | Holland | 0 | 0-0-3 | 2-5 |
Final Group C Standings (top two teams qualify for quarterfinals)
Pos | Team | Points | W-D-L | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Spain | 7 | 2-1-0 | 6-1 |
2. | Italy | 5 | 1-2-0 | 4-2 |
3. | Croatia | 4 | 1-1-1 | 4-3 |
4. | Rep. Ireland | 0 | 0-0-3 | 1-9 |
Final Group D Standings (top two teams qualify for quarterfinals)
Pos | Team | Points | W-D-L | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | England | 7 | 2-1-0 | 6-1 |
2. | France | 4 | 1-1-1 | 3-3 |
3. | Ukraine | 3 | 1-0-2 | 2-4 |
4. | Sweden | 3 | 1-0-2 | 5-5 |
Quarterfinals
- Portugal - Czech Republic 1-0
- Germany - Greece 4-2 (Samaras, Salpigidis)
- Spain - France 2-0
- Italy - England 0-0 (4-2 pen.)
Semifinals
- Spain - Portugal 0-0 (4-2 pen.)
- Italy - Germany 2-1
Final
- Spain - Italy 4-0