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[lower-alpha 1]
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4[lower-alpha 1]
4	Poland (H)	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. 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	Salpingidis 51'

8 June 2012 (2012-06-08)

18:00

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 56,070^[2]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

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
Dzagoev 15', 79' Shirokov 24' Pavlyuchenko 82'	Report	Pilař 52'

8 June 2012 (2012-06-08)

20:45

Stadion Miejski, Wrocław

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
Gekas 53'	Report	Jiráček 3' Pilař 6'

12 June 2012 (2012-06-12)

18:00

Stadion Miejski, Wrocław

Attendance: 41,105^[8]

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

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
Błaszczykowski 57'	Report	Dzagoev 37'

12 June 2012 (2012-06-12)

20:45

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 55,920^[11]

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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
Jiráček 72'	Report

16 June 2012 (2012-06-16)

20:45

Stadion Miejski, Wrocław

Attendance: 41,480^[14]

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

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
Karagounis 45+2'	Report

16 June 2012 (2012-06-16)

20:45

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 55,614^[17]

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

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

• Czech Republic at the UEFA European Championship
• Greece at the UEFA European Championship
• Poland at the UEFA European Championship
• Russia at the UEFA European Championship

References

1. Mandeep Sanghera (16 June 2012). "Greece 1–0 Russia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
2. "Full-time report Poland-Greece" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
3. "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Poland-Greece" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
4. "Match Press Kit – Group A – Poland v Greece" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
5. "Full-time report Russia-Czech Republic" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
6. "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Russia-Czech Republic" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
7. "Match Press Kit – Group A – Russia v Czech Republic" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
8. "Full-time report Greece-Czech Republic" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
9. "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Greece-Czech Republic" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
10. "Match Press Kit – Group A – Greece v Czech Republic" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
11. "Full-time report Poland-Russia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
12. "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Poland-Russia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
13. "Match Press Kit – Group A – Poland v Russia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
14. "Full-time report Czech Republic-Poland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
15. "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Czech Republic-Poland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
16. "Match Press Kit – Group A – Czech Republic v Poland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
17. "Full-time report Greece-Russia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
18. "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Greece-Russia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
19. "Match Press Kit – Group A – Czech Republic v Poland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

External links

• UEFA Euro 2012 Group A