UEFA Euro 2012 squads

The following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. The tournament started on 8 June 2012 and the final took place in Kyiv on 1 July 2012.

Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players by 29 May 2012, three of whom must be goalkeepers.^[1] If a player was injured severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.^[2]

Club memberships are correct as of the 2011–12 season. Caps and goals correct as of 18 June 2012. Ages are correct as of 8 June 2012, the opening day of the tournament.

Group A

Poland

Manager: Franciszek Smuda

On 2 May 2012, Smuda named a provisional list of 23 players for the tournament, along with a seven-man reserve list.^[3] Łukasz Fabiański withdrew from the squad on 26 May 2012 with a shoulder injury and was replaced by Grzegorz Sandomierski from the reserve list; Smuda named his 23-man final squad the following day.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Wojciech Szczęsny	(1990-04-18)18 April 1990 (aged 22)	11	0	Arsenal
2	2DF	Sebastian Boenisch	(1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 25)	9	0	Werder Bremen
3	2DF	Grzegorz Wojtkowiak	(1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 28)	19	0	Lech Poznań
4	2DF	Marcin Kamiński	(1992-01-15)15 January 1992 (aged 20)	3	0	Lech Poznań
5	3MF	Dariusz Dudka	(1983-12-09)9 December 1983 (aged 28)	65	2	Auxerre
6	3MF	Adam Matuszczyk	(1989-02-14)14 February 1989 (aged 23)	20	1	Fortuna Düsseldorf
7	3MF	Eugen Polanski	(1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 26)	11	0	Mainz 05
8	3MF	Maciej Rybus	(1989-08-19)19 August 1989 (aged 22)	22	1	Terek Grozny
9	4FW	Robert Lewandowski	(1988-08-21)21 August 1988 (aged 23)	45	15	Borussia Dortmund
10	3MF	Ludovic Obraniak	(1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 27)	26	5	Bordeaux
11	3MF	Rafał Murawski	(1981-10-09)9 October 1981 (aged 30)	46	1	Lech Poznań
12	1GK	Grzegorz Sandomierski	(1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 22)	3	0	Jagiellonia Białystok
13	2DF	Marcin Wasilewski	(1980-06-09)9 June 1980 (aged 31)	51	2	Anderlecht
14	2DF	Jakub Wawrzyniak	(1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 28)	26	0	Legia Warsaw
15	2DF	Damien Perquis	(1984-10-04)4 October 1984 (aged 27)	10	1	Sochaux
16	3MF	Jakub Błaszczykowski (captain)	(1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 26)	54	10	Borussia Dortmund
17	4FW	Artur Sobiech	(1990-06-12)12 June 1990 (aged 21)	5	1	Hannover 96
18	3MF	Adrian Mierzejewski	(1986-11-04)4 November 1986 (aged 25)	25	1	Trabzonspor
19	3MF	Rafał Wolski	(1992-11-10)10 November 1992 (aged 19)	3	0	Legia Warsaw
20	2DF	Łukasz Piszczek	(1985-06-03)3 June 1985 (aged 27)	27	0	Borussia Dortmund
21	3MF	Kamil Grosicki	(1988-06-08)8 June 1988 (aged 24)	14	0	Sivasspor
22	1GK	Przemysław Tytoń	(1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (aged 25)	8	0	PSV Eindhoven
23	4FW	Paweł Brożek	(1983-04-21)21 April 1983 (aged 29)	36	8	Trabzonspor

Greece

Manager: Fernando Santos

Santos named his first shortlist, composed of players based abroad, on 10 May 2012, and the second, composed of Greece-based players on 17 May 2012,^{[citation needed]} totalling a 25-player provisional list.^[5] On 28 May 2012, Santos announced his 23-man squad.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kostas Chalkias	(1974-05-30)30 May 1974 (aged 38)	32	0	PAOK
2	3MF	Giannis Maniatis	(1986-10-12)12 October 1986 (aged 25)	13	0	Olympiacos
3	2DF	Georgios Tzavellas	(1987-11-26)26 November 1987 (aged 24)	8	0	Monaco[note 1]
4	2DF	Stelios Malezas	(1985-03-11)11 March 1985 (aged 27)	2	0	PAOK
5	2DF	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	(1992-02-23)23 February 1992 (aged 20)	12	3	Schalke 04
6	3MF	Grigoris Makos	(1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 25)	13	0	AEK Athens
7	4FW	Georgios Samaras	(1985-02-21)21 February 1985 (aged 27)	58	8	Celtic
8	2DF	Avraam Papadopoulos	(1984-12-03)3 December 1984 (aged 27)	34	0	Olympiacos
9	4FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	(1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 36)	76	13	AEK Athens
10	3MF	Giorgos Karagounis (captain)	(1977-03-06)6 March 1977 (aged 35)	120	9	Panathinaikos
11	4FW	Kostas Mitroglou	(1988-03-12)12 March 1988 (aged 24)	14	0	Atromitos
12	1GK	Alexandros Tzorvas	(1982-08-12)12 August 1982 (aged 29)	16	0	Palermo
13	1GK	Michalis Sifakis	(1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 27)	15	0	Aris
14	4FW	Dimitris Salpingidis	(1981-08-18)18 August 1981 (aged 30)	60	9	PAOK
15	2DF	Vasilis Torosidis	(1985-06-10)10 June 1985 (aged 26)	48	6	Olympiacos
16	3MF	Georgios Fotakis	(1981-10-29)29 October 1981 (aged 30)	12	2	PAOK
17	4FW	Theofanis Gekas	(1980-05-23)23 May 1980 (aged 32)	62	22	Samsunspor
18	3MF	Sotiris Ninis	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 22)	22	2	Panathinaikos
19	2DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	(1988-06-09)9 June 1988 (aged 23)	31	0	Werder Bremen
20	2DF	José Holebas	(1984-06-27)27 June 1984 (aged 27)	7	0	Olympiacos
21	3MF	Kostas Katsouranis	(1979-06-21)21 June 1979 (aged 32)	95	9	Panathinaikos
22	3MF	Kostas Fortounis	(1992-10-16)16 October 1992 (aged 19)	5	0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
23	3MF	Giannis Fetfatzidis	(1990-12-21)21 December 1990 (aged 21)	13	3	Olympiacos

Russia

Manager: Dick Advocaat

On 11 May 2012, Advocaat named a provisional list of 26 players for the tournament.^[7] Vasili Berezutski and Roman Shishkin withdrew on 20 and 24 May respectively, Berezutski with a thigh injury and Shishkin due to a stomach complaint.^[8][9] Advocaat named his final squad on 25 May 2012; Kirill Nababkin was named having not been included in the provisional party.^[10]

A 2012 friendly match against Lithuania, recognized by the Russian Football Union but not by FIFA, is not counted for caps.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Igor Akinfeev	(1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 26)	51	0	CSKA Moscow
2	2DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 29)	64	1	Zenit Saint Petersburg
3	2DF	Roman Sharonov	(1976-09-08)8 September 1976 (aged 35)	8	0	Rubin Kazan
4	2DF	Sergei Ignashevich	(1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 32)	74	5	CSKA Moscow
5	2DF	Yuri Zhirkov	(1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 28)	51	0	Anzhi Makhachkala
6	3MF	Roman Shirokov	(1981-07-06)6 July 1981 (aged 30)	21	6	Zenit Saint Petersburg
7	3MF	Igor Denisov	(1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 28)	25	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
8	3MF	Konstantin Zyryanov	(1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 34)	49	7	Zenit Saint Petersburg
9	3MF	Marat Izmailov	(1982-09-21)21 September 1982 (aged 29)	32	2	Sporting CP
10	4FW	Andrey Arshavin (captain)	(1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 31)	70	17	Zenit Saint Petersburg
11	4FW	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	(1982-11-27)27 November 1982 (aged 29)	60	19	Zenit Saint Petersburg
12	2DF	Aleksei Berezutski	(1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 29)	47	0	CSKA Moscow
13	1GK	Anton Shunin	(1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 25)	2	0	Dynamo Moscow
14	4FW	Roman Pavlyuchenko	(1981-12-15)15 December 1981 (aged 30)	46	20	Lokomotiv Moscow
15	2DF	Dmitri Kombarov	(1987-01-22)22 January 1987 (aged 25)	3	0	Spartak Moscow
16	1GK	Vyacheslav Malafeev	(1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 33)	25	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
17	3MF	Alan Dzagoev	(1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 21)	19	4	CSKA Moscow
18	4FW	Aleksandr Kokorin	(1991-03-19)19 March 1991 (aged 21)	4	0	Dynamo Moscow
19	2DF	Vladimir Granat	(1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 25)	0	0	Dynamo Moscow
20	4FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak	(1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 28)	32	8	Fulham
21	2DF	Kirill Nababkin	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 25)	1	0	CSKA Moscow
22	3MF	Denis Glushakov	(1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 25)	9	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
23	3MF	Igor Semshov	(1978-04-06)6 April 1978 (aged 34)	56	3	Dynamo Moscow

Czech Republic

Manager: Michal Bílek

Michal Bílek announced his 24-man provisional squad on 14 May 2012.^[11] On 28 May 2012, he replaced Daniel Pudil with Vladimír Darida.^[12] The following day, he confirmed his 23-man squad, removing Tomáš Grigar.^[13]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Petr Čech	(1982-05-20)20 May 1982 (aged 30)	94	0	Chelsea
2	2DF	Theodor Gebre Selassie	(1986-12-24)24 December 1986 (aged 25)	14	0	Slovan Liberec
3	2DF	Michal Kadlec	(1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 27)	38	8	Bayer Leverkusen
4	2DF	Marek Suchý	(1988-03-29)29 March 1988 (aged 24)	4	0	Spartak Moscow
5	2DF	Roman Hubník	(1984-06-06)6 June 1984 (aged 28)	23	2	Hertha BSC
6	2DF	Tomáš Sivok	(1983-09-15)15 September 1983 (aged 28)	30	3	Beşiktaş
7	4FW	Tomáš Necid	(1989-08-13)13 August 1989 (aged 22)	26	7	CSKA Moscow
8	2DF	David Limberský	(1983-10-06)6 October 1983 (aged 28)	12	0	Viktoria Plzeň
9	4FW	Jan Rezek	(1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 30)	16	3	Anorthosis Famagusta
10	3MF	Tomáš Rosický (captain)	(1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 31)	87	20	Arsenal
11	3MF	Milan Petržela	(1983-06-19)19 June 1983 (aged 28)	11	0	Viktoria Plzeň
12	2DF	František Rajtoral	(1986-03-12)12 March 1986 (aged 26)	5	0	Viktoria Plzeň
13	3MF	Jaroslav Plašil	(1982-01-05)5 January 1982 (aged 30)	75	6	Bordeaux
14	4FW	Václav Pilař	(1988-10-13)13 October 1988 (aged 23)	13	3	Viktoria Plzeň
15	4FW	Milan Baroš	(1981-10-28)28 October 1981 (aged 30)	93	41	Galatasaray
16	1GK	Jan Laštůvka	(1982-07-07)7 July 1982 (aged 29)	1	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
17	3MF	Tomáš Hübschman	(1981-09-04)4 September 1981 (aged 30)	47	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
18	3MF	Daniel Kolář	(1985-10-27)27 October 1985 (aged 26)	13	1	Viktoria Plzeň
19	3MF	Petr Jiráček	(1986-03-02)2 March 1986 (aged 26)	12	3	VfL Wolfsburg
20	4FW	Tomáš Pekhart	(1989-05-26)26 May 1989 (aged 23)	13	0	1. FC Nürnberg
21	4FW	David Lafata	(1981-09-18)18 September 1981 (aged 30)	19	3	Jablonec
22	3MF	Vladimír Darida	(1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 21)	3	0	Viktoria Plzeň
23	1GK	Jaroslav Drobný	(1979-10-18)18 October 1979 (aged 32)	6	0	Hamburger SV

Group B

Netherlands

Manager: Bert van Marwijk

On 7 May 2012, Bert van Marwijk named a provisional list of 36 players for the tournament.^[14] However, Erik Pieters was forced to pull out of the squad shortly after the announcement with a foot injury.^[15] On 15 May 2012, Van Marwijk reduced his squad to 27 players.^[16] On 26 May 2012, Van Marwijk announced his 23-man squad for the tournament.^[17]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Maarten Stekelenburg	(1982-09-22)22 September 1982 (aged 29)	50	0	Roma
2	2DF	Gregory van der Wiel	(1988-02-03)3 February 1988 (aged 24)	35	0	Ajax
3	2DF	John Heitinga	(1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 28)	80	7	Everton
4	2DF	Joris Mathijsen	(1980-04-05)5 April 1980 (aged 32)	82	3	Málaga
5	2DF	Wilfred Bouma	(1978-06-15)15 June 1978 (aged 33)	37	2	PSV Eindhoven
6	3MF	Mark van Bommel (captain)	(1977-04-22)22 April 1977 (aged 35)	79	10	Milan
7	4FW	Dirk Kuyt	(1980-07-22)22 July 1980 (aged 31)	90	24	Liverpool
8	3MF	Nigel de Jong	(1984-11-30)30 November 1984 (aged 27)	63	1	Manchester City
9	4FW	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	(1983-08-12)12 August 1983 (aged 28)	56	31	Schalke 04
10	3MF	Wesley Sneijder	(1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 27)	87	24	Inter Milan
11	4FW	Arjen Robben	(1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 28)	60	17	Bayern Munich
12	1GK	Michel Vorm	(1983-10-20)20 October 1983 (aged 28)	9	0	Swansea City[note 2]
13	2DF	Ron Vlaar	(1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 27)	9	1	Feyenoord
14	3MF	Stijn Schaars	(1984-01-11)11 January 1984 (aged 28)	19	0	Sporting CP
15	2DF	Jetro Willems	(1994-03-30)30 March 1994 (aged 18)	5	0	PSV Eindhoven
16	4FW	Robin van Persie	(1983-08-06)6 August 1983 (aged 28)	68	29	Arsenal
17	3MF	Kevin Strootman	(1990-02-13)13 February 1990 (aged 22)	11	1	PSV Eindhoven
18	4FW	Luuk de Jong	(1990-08-27)27 August 1990 (aged 21)	7	1	Twente
19	4FW	Luciano Narsingh	(1990-09-13)13 September 1990 (aged 21)	2	0	Heerenveen
20	3MF	Ibrahim Afellay	(1986-04-02)2 April 1986 (aged 26)	41	5	Barcelona
21	2DF	Khalid Boulahrouz	(1981-12-28)28 December 1981 (aged 30)	35	0	VfB Stuttgart
22	1GK	Tim Krul	(1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 24)	3	0	Newcastle United
23	3MF	Rafael van der Vaart	(1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 29)	99	19	Tottenham Hotspur

Denmark

Manager: Morten Olsen

Denmark coach Morten Olsen named a 20-man squad for the tournament on 16 May 2012, with the three remaining berths to be filled.^[18] Anders Lindegaard was selected on 19 May.^[19] Jores Okore and Nicklas Pedersen were selected on 24 May.^[20] On 29 May, Thomas Sørensen was replaced by Kasper Schmeichel due to a back injury.^[21]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Stephan Andersen	(1981-11-26)26 November 1981 (aged 30)	13	0	Evian
2	3MF	Christian Poulsen	(1980-02-28)28 February 1980 (aged 32)	92	6	Evian
3	2DF	Simon Kjær	(1989-03-26)26 March 1989 (aged 23)	27	0	Roma
4	2DF	Daniel Agger (captain)	(1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 27)	49	6	Liverpool
5	2DF	Simon Poulsen	(1984-10-07)7 October 1984 (aged 27)	21	0	AZ
6	2DF	Lars Jacobsen	(1979-09-20)20 September 1979 (aged 32)	53	1	Copenhagen
7	3MF	William Kvist	(1985-02-24)24 February 1985 (aged 27)	31	0	VfB Stuttgart
8	3MF	Christian Eriksen	(1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 20)	26	2	Ajax
9	3MF	Michael Krohn-Dehli	(1983-06-06)6 June 1983 (aged 29)	24	6	Brøndby
10	4FW	Dennis Rommedahl	(1978-07-22)22 July 1978 (aged 33)	118	21	Brøndby
11	4FW	Nicklas Bendtner	(1988-01-16)16 January 1988 (aged 24)	51	20	Sunderland
12	2DF	Andreas Bjelland	(1988-07-11)11 July 1988 (aged 23)	6	1	Nordsjælland
13	2DF	Jores Okore	(1992-08-11)11 August 1992 (aged 19)	3	0	Nordsjælland
14	3MF	Lasse Schöne	(1986-05-27)27 May 1986 (aged 26)	12	2	NEC
15	3MF	Michael Silberbauer	(1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 30)	24	1	Young Boys
16	1GK	Anders Lindegaard	(1984-04-13)13 April 1984 (aged 28)	5	0	Manchester United
17	4FW	Nicklas Pedersen	(1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 24)	7	0	Groningen
18	2DF	Daniel Wass	(1989-05-31)31 May 1989 (aged 23)	6	0	Evian
19	3MF	Jakob Poulsen	(1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 28)	24	1	Midtjylland
20	3MF	Thomas Kahlenberg	(1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 29)	38	4	Evian
21	3MF	Niki Zimling	(1985-04-19)19 April 1985 (aged 27)	14	0	Club Brugge
22	1GK	Kasper Schmeichel	(1986-11-05)5 November 1986 (aged 25)	0	0	Leicester City
23	4FW	Tobias Mikkelsen	(1986-09-18)18 September 1986 (aged 25)	6	0	Nordsjælland

Germany

Manager: Joachim Löw

On 7 May 2012, Löw named a provisional list of 27 players for the tournament.^[22] On 28 May 2012, Löw announced his 23-man squad.^[23]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Manuel Neuer	(1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 26)	31	0	Bayern Munich
2	3MF	İlkay Gündoğan	(1990-10-24)24 October 1990 (aged 21)	2	0	Borussia Dortmund
3	2DF	Marcel Schmelzer	(1988-01-22)22 January 1988 (aged 24)	6	0	Borussia Dortmund
4	2DF	Benedikt Höwedes	(1988-02-29)29 February 1988 (aged 24)	8	0	Schalke 04
5	2DF	Mats Hummels	(1988-12-16)16 December 1988 (aged 23)	19	1	Borussia Dortmund
6	3MF	Sami Khedira	(1987-04-04)4 April 1987 (aged 25)	32	2	Real Madrid
7	3MF	Bastian Schweinsteiger	(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 27)	95	23	Bayern Munich
8	3MF	Mesut Özil	(1988-10-15)15 October 1988 (aged 23)	38	9	Real Madrid
9	3MF	André Schürrle	(1990-11-06)6 November 1990 (aged 21)	16	7	Bayer Leverkusen
10	3MF	Lukas Podolski	(1985-06-04)4 June 1985 (aged 27)	101	44	1. FC Köln
11	4FW	Miroslav Klose	(1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 33)	121	64	Lazio
12	1GK	Tim Wiese	(1981-12-17)17 December 1981 (aged 30)	6	0	Werder Bremen
13	3MF	Thomas Müller	(1989-09-13)13 September 1989 (aged 22)	32	10	Bayern Munich
14	2DF	Holger Badstuber	(1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 23)	25	1	Bayern Munich
15	3MF	Lars Bender	(1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 23)	9	1	Bayer Leverkusen
16	2DF	Philipp Lahm (captain)	(1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 28)	91	5	Bayern Munich
17	2DF	Per Mertesacker	(1984-09-29)29 September 1984 (aged 27)	81	1	Arsenal
18	3MF	Toni Kroos	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 22)	30	2	Bayern Munich
19	3MF	Mario Götze	(1992-06-03)3 June 1992 (aged 20)	15	2	Borussia Dortmund
20	2DF	Jérôme Boateng	(1988-09-03)3 September 1988 (aged 23)	25	0	Bayern Munich
21	3MF	Marco Reus	(1989-05-31)31 May 1989 (aged 23)	8	2	Borussia Mönchengladbach
22	1GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	(1989-02-12)12 February 1989 (aged 23)	1	0	Hannover 96
23	4FW	Mario Gómez	(1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 26)	57	25	Bayern Munich

Portugal

Manager: Paulo Bento

Paulo Bento named his final 23-man squad on 14 May 2012.^[24] On 23 May, Hugo Viana replaced Carlos Martins after Martins suffered a calf injury.^[25]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Eduardo	(1982-09-19)19 September 1982 (aged 29)	28	0	Benfica
2	2DF	Bruno Alves	(1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 30)	55	5	Zenit Saint Petersburg
3	2DF	Pepe	(1983-02-26)26 February 1983 (aged 29)	44	3	Real Madrid
4	3MF	Miguel Veloso	(1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 26)	29	2	Genoa
5	2DF	Fábio Coentrão	(1988-03-11)11 March 1988 (aged 24)	27	1	Real Madrid
6	3MF	Custódio	(1983-05-24)24 May 1983 (aged 29)	4	0	Braga
7	4FW	Cristiano Ronaldo (captain)	(1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 27)	95	35	Real Madrid
8	3MF	João Moutinho	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 25)	48	2	Porto
9	4FW	Hugo Almeida	(1984-05-23)23 May 1984 (aged 28)	44	15	Beşiktaş
10	4FW	Ricardo Quaresma	(1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 28)	35	3	Beşiktaş
11	4FW	Nélson Oliveira	(1991-08-08)8 August 1991 (aged 20)	7	0	Benfica
12	1GK	Rui Patrício	(1988-02-15)15 February 1988 (aged 24)	16	0	Sporting CP
13	2DF	Ricardo Costa	(1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 31)	11	0	Valencia
14	2DF	Rolando	(1985-08-31)31 August 1985 (aged 26)	17	0	Porto
15	3MF	Rúben Micael	(1986-08-19)19 August 1986 (aged 25)	8	2	Atlético Madrid
16	3MF	Raul Meireles	(1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 29)	61	8	Chelsea
17	4FW	Nani	(1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 25)	59	13	Manchester United
18	4FW	Silvestre Varela	(1985-02-02)2 February 1985 (aged 27)	9	2	Porto
19	2DF	Miguel Lopes	(1986-12-19)19 December 1986 (aged 25)	1	0	Braga
20	3MF	Hugo Viana	(1983-01-15)15 January 1983 (aged 29)	27	1	Braga
21	2DF	João Pereira	(1984-02-25)25 February 1984 (aged 28)	19	0	Sporting CP
22	1GK	Beto	(1982-05-01)1 May 1982 (aged 30)	2	0	CFR Cluj
23	4FW	Hélder Postiga	(1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 29)	53	20	Zaragoza

Group C

Spain

Manager: Vicente del Bosque

Vicente del Bosque named a squad to play in a set of warm-up matches on 15 May 2012, but it did not include any Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao or Chelsea players as the two Spanish sides were preparing for the Copa del Rey final final on 25 May, while Chelsea were to take on Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League final on 19 May.^[26] On 21 May 2012, Del Bosque called-up Chelsea players Fernando Torres and Juan Mata for the friendly matches.^[27] On 27 May, Del Bosque gave the final squad list, complete with Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao players.^[28]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Iker Casillas (captain)	(1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 31)	137	0	Real Madrid
2	2DF	Raúl Albiol	(1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 26)	34	0	Real Madrid
3	2DF	Gerard Piqué	(1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 25)	45	4	Barcelona
4	3MF	Javi Martínez	(1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 23)	8	0	Athletic Bilbao
5	2DF	Juanfran	(1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 27)	1	0	Atlético Madrid
6	3MF	Andrés Iniesta	(1984-05-11)11 May 1984 (aged 28)	71	10	Barcelona
7	4FW	Pedro	(1987-07-28)28 July 1987 (aged 24)	18	2	Barcelona
8	3MF	Xavi	(1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 32)	115	11	Barcelona
9	4FW	Fernando Torres	(1984-03-20)20 March 1984 (aged 28)	98	31	Chelsea
10	3MF	Cesc Fàbregas	(1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 25)	69	10	Barcelona
11	4FW	Álvaro Negredo	(1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 26)	12	6	Sevilla
12	1GK	Víctor Valdés	(1982-01-14)14 January 1982 (aged 30)	8	0	Barcelona
13	3MF	Juan Mata	(1988-04-28)28 April 1988 (aged 24)	19	6	Chelsea
14	3MF	Xabi Alonso	(1981-11-25)25 November 1981 (aged 30)	102	15	Real Madrid
15	2DF	Sergio Ramos	(1986-03-30)30 March 1986 (aged 26)	92	6	Real Madrid
16	3MF	Sergio Busquets	(1988-07-16)16 July 1988 (aged 23)	45	0	Barcelona
17	2DF	Álvaro Arbeloa	(1983-01-17)17 January 1983 (aged 29)	41	0	Real Madrid
18	2DF	Jordi Alba	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 23)	11	1	Valencia
19	4FW	Fernando Llorente	(1985-02-26)26 February 1985 (aged 27)	20	7	Athletic Bilbao
20	3MF	Santi Cazorla	(1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 27)	45	6	Málaga
21	3MF	David Silva	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 26)	64	18	Manchester City
22	2DF	Jesús Navas	(1985-11-21)21 November 1985 (aged 26)	20	2	Sevilla
23	1GK	Pepe Reina	(1982-08-31)31 August 1982 (aged 29)	25	0	Liverpool

Italy

Manager: Cesare Prandelli

Cesare Prandelli named a provisional 32-man squad on 13 May 2012, the final day of the 2011–12 Serie A season.^[29] On 29 May 2012, Prandelli announced his final squad list,^[30] with defender Domenico Criscito not considered due to match-fixing charges.^[31]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Gianluigi Buffon (captain)	(1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 34)	120	0	Juventus
2	2DF	Christian Maggio	(1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 30)	19	0	Napoli
3	2DF	Giorgio Chiellini	(1984-08-14)14 August 1984 (aged 27)	55	2	Juventus
4	2DF	Angelo Ogbonna	(1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 24)	3	0	Torino
5	3MF	Thiago Motta	(1982-08-28)28 August 1982 (aged 29)	13	1	Paris Saint-Germain
6	2DF	Federico Balzaretti	(1981-12-06)6 December 1981 (aged 30)	12	0	Palermo
7	2DF	Ignazio Abate	(1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 25)	5	0	Milan
8	3MF	Claudio Marchisio	(1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 26)	26	1	Juventus
9	4FW	Mario Balotelli	(1990-08-12)12 August 1990 (aged 21)	14	4	Manchester City
10	4FW	Antonio Cassano	(1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 29)	35	10	Milan
11	4FW	Antonio Di Natale	(1977-10-13)13 October 1977 (aged 34)	42	11	Udinese
12	1GK	Salvatore Sirigu	(1987-01-12)12 January 1987 (aged 25)	2	0	Paris Saint-Germain
13	3MF	Emanuele Giaccherini	(1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 27)	2	0	Juventus
14	1GK	Morgan De Sanctis	(1977-03-26)26 March 1977 (aged 35)	5	0	Napoli
15	2DF	Andrea Barzagli	(1981-05-08)8 May 1981 (aged 31)	33	0	Juventus
16	3MF	Daniele De Rossi	(1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 28)	78	10	Roma
17	4FW	Fabio Borini	(1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 21)	1	0	Roma
18	3MF	Riccardo Montolivo	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 27)	37	1	Fiorentina
19	2DF	Leonardo Bonucci	(1987-05-01)1 May 1987 (aged 25)	20	2	Juventus
20	4FW	Sebastian Giovinco	(1987-01-26)26 January 1987 (aged 25)	10	0	Parma
21	3MF	Andrea Pirlo	(1979-05-19)19 May 1979 (aged 33)	89	10	Juventus
22	3MF	Alessandro Diamanti	(1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 29)	4	0	Bologna
23	3MF	Antonio Nocerino	(1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 27)	13	0	Milan

Republic of Ireland

Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni

On 7 May 2012, Giovanni Trapattoni announced his 23-man squad list for Euro 2012, along with a five-man stand-by list.^[32] Keith Fahey withdrew with a groin injury on 26 May and was replaced by Paul Green.^[33] On 29 May 2012 Kevin Foley was replaced by Paul McShane.^[34] The Ireland team was the only squad at the tournament to consist entirely of players from foreign leagues.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Shay Given	(1976-04-20)20 April 1976 (aged 36)	125	0	Aston Villa
2	2DF	Sean St Ledger	(1984-12-28)28 December 1984 (aged 27)	30	3	Leicester City
3	2DF	Stephen Ward	(1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 26)	15	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
4	2DF	John O'Shea	(1981-04-30)30 April 1981 (aged 31)	79	1	Sunderland
5	2DF	Richard Dunne	(1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 32)	76	8	Aston Villa
6	3MF	Glenn Whelan	(1984-01-13)13 January 1984 (aged 28)	42	2	Stoke City
7	3MF	Aiden McGeady	(1986-04-04)4 April 1986 (aged 26)	52	2	Spartak Moscow
8	3MF	Keith Andrews	(1980-09-13)13 September 1980 (aged 31)	32	3	West Bromwich Albion
9	4FW	Kevin Doyle	(1983-09-18)18 September 1983 (aged 28)	50	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers
10	4FW	Robbie Keane (captain)	(1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 31)	120	53	LA Galaxy
11	3MF	Damien Duff	(1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 33)	100	8	Fulham
12	2DF	Stephen Kelly	(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 28)	30	0	Fulham
13	2DF	Paul McShane	(1986-01-06)6 January 1986 (aged 26)	27	0	Hull City
14	4FW	Jonathan Walters	(1983-09-20)20 September 1983 (aged 28)	10	1	Stoke City
15	3MF	Darron Gibson	(1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 24)	19	1	Everton
16	1GK	Keiren Westwood	(1984-10-23)23 October 1984 (aged 27)	10	0	Sunderland
17	3MF	Stephen Hunt	(1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 30)	39	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
18	2DF	Darren O'Dea	(1987-02-04)4 February 1987 (aged 25)	14	0	Celtic
19	4FW	Shane Long	(1987-01-22)22 January 1987 (aged 25)	27	7	West Bromwich Albion
20	4FW	Simon Cox	(1987-04-28)28 April 1987 (aged 25)	15	3	West Bromwich Albion
21	3MF	Paul Green	(1983-04-10)10 April 1983 (aged 29)	12	1	Derby County
22	3MF	James McClean	(1989-04-22)22 April 1989 (aged 23)	3	0	Sunderland
23	1GK	David Forde	(1979-12-20)20 December 1979 (aged 32)	2	0	Millwall

Croatia

Manager: Slaven Bilić

On 10 May 2012, a provisional list of 27 players was announced.^[35] On 29 May, the final 23-man squad was announced.^[36] On 4 June 2012, Ivica Olić was ruled out with an injury and was replaced by Nikola Kalinić.^[37] On 7 June 2012, Ivo Iličević was ruled out with an injury and was replaced by Šime Vrsaljko.^[38]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Stipe Pletikosa	(1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 33)	94	0	Rostov
2	2DF	Ivan Strinić	(1987-07-17)17 July 1987 (aged 24)	20	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
3	2DF	Josip Šimunić	(1978-02-18)18 February 1978 (aged 34)	95	3	Dinamo Zagreb
4	2DF	Jurica Buljat	(1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 25)	2	0	Maccabi Haifa
5	2DF	Vedran Ćorluka	(1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 26)	57	3	Bayer Leverkusen
6	3MF	Danijel Pranjić	(1981-12-02)2 December 1981 (aged 30)	45	0	Bayern Munich
7	3MF	Ivan Rakitić	(1988-03-10)10 March 1988 (aged 24)	44	8	Sevilla
8	3MF	Ognjen Vukojević	(1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (aged 28)	42	4	Dynamo Kyiv
9	4FW	Nikica Jelavić	(1985-08-27)27 August 1985 (aged 26)	22	3	Everton
10	3MF	Luka Modrić	(1985-09-09)9 September 1985 (aged 26)	57	8	Tottenham Hotspur
11	2DF	Darijo Srna (captain)	(1982-05-01)1 May 1982 (aged 30)	94	19	Shakhtar Donetsk
12	1GK	Ivan Kelava	(1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 24)	0	0	Dinamo Zagreb
13	2DF	Gordon Schildenfeld	(1985-03-18)18 March 1985 (aged 27)	15	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
14	3MF	Milan Badelj	(1989-02-25)25 February 1989 (aged 23)	4	1	Dinamo Zagreb
15	2DF	Šime Vrsaljko	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 20)	4	0	Dinamo Zagreb
16	3MF	Tomislav Dujmović	(1981-02-26)26 February 1981 (aged 31)	19	0	Zaragoza
17	4FW	Mario Mandžukić	(1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 26)	32	8	VfL Wolfsburg
18	4FW	Nikola Kalinić	(1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 24)	13	5	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
19	3MF	Niko Kranjčar	(1984-08-13)13 August 1984 (aged 27)	73	15	Tottenham Hotspur
20	3MF	Ivan Perišić	(1989-02-02)2 February 1989 (aged 23)	13	0	Borussia Dortmund
21	2DF	Domagoj Vida	(1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (aged 23)	11	0	Dinamo Zagreb
22	4FW	Eduardo	(1983-02-25)25 February 1983 (aged 29)	50	23	Shakhtar Donetsk
23	1GK	Danijel Subašić	(1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 27)	4	0	Monaco[note 1]

Group D

Ukraine

Manager: Oleg Blokhin

On 8 May 2012 Blokhin named a provisional list of 26 players for the tournament.^[39] On 29 May 2012 Blokhin announced the final squad for the tournament.^[40]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Maksym Koval	(1992-12-09)9 December 1992 (aged 19)	1	0	Dynamo Kyiv
2	2DF	Yevhen Selin	(1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 24)	9	1	Vorskla Poltava
3	2DF	Yevhen Khacheridi	(1987-07-28)28 July 1987 (aged 24)	14	0	Dynamo Kyiv
4	3MF	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	(1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 33)	119	4	Bayern Munich
5	2DF	Oleksandr Kucher	(1982-10-22)22 October 1982 (aged 29)	29	1	Shakhtar Donetsk
6	3MF	Denys Harmash	(1990-04-19)19 April 1990 (aged 22)	6	0	Dynamo Kyiv
7	4FW	Andriy Shevchenko (captain)	(1976-09-29)29 September 1976 (aged 35)	111	48	Dynamo Kyiv
8	3MF	Oleksandr Aliyev	(1985-02-03)3 February 1985 (aged 27)	28	6	Dynamo Kyiv
9	3MF	Oleh Husiev	(1983-04-25)25 April 1983 (aged 29)	75	12	Dynamo Kyiv
10	4FW	Andriy Voronin	(1979-07-21)21 July 1979 (aged 32)	74	8	Dynamo Moscow
11	4FW	Andriy Yarmolenko	(1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 22)	23	8	Dynamo Kyiv
12	1GK	Andriy Pyatov	(1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 27)	29	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
13	2DF	Vyacheslav Shevchuk	(1979-05-13)13 May 1979 (aged 33)	21	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
14	3MF	Ruslan Rotan	(1981-10-29)29 October 1981 (aged 30)	59	6	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
15	4FW	Artem Milevskyi	(1985-01-12)12 January 1985 (aged 27)	49	8	Dynamo Kyiv
16	4FW	Yevhen Seleznyov	(1985-07-20)20 July 1985 (aged 26)	29	5	Shakhtar Donetsk
17	2DF	Taras Mykhalyk	(1983-10-28)28 October 1983 (aged 28)	29	0	Dynamo Kyiv
18	3MF	Serhiy Nazarenko	(1980-02-16)16 February 1980 (aged 32)	53	12	Tavriya Simferopol
19	3MF	Yevhen Konoplyanka	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 22)	22	5	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
20	2DF	Yaroslav Rakitskyi	(1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 22)	18	3	Shakhtar Donetsk
21	2DF	Bohdan Butko	(1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 21)	11	0	Illichivets Mariupol
22	4FW	Marko Dević	(1983-10-27)27 October 1983 (aged 28)	24	2	Metalist Kharkiv
23	1GK	Oleksandr Horyainov	(1975-06-29)29 June 1975 (aged 36)	2	0	Metalist Kharkiv

Sweden

Manager: Erik Hamrén

Erik Hamrén announced Sweden's 23-man squad on 14 May 2012.^[41]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Andreas Isaksson	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 30)	93	0	PSV Eindhoven
2	2DF	Mikael Lustig	(1986-12-13)13 December 1986 (aged 25)	24	1	Celtic
3	2DF	Olof Mellberg	(1977-09-03)3 September 1977 (aged 34)	114	7	Olympiacos
4	2DF	Andreas Granqvist	(1985-04-16)16 April 1985 (aged 27)	18	2	Genoa
5	2DF	Martin Olsson	(1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 24)	9	4	Blackburn Rovers
6	3MF	Rasmus Elm	(1988-03-17)17 March 1988 (aged 24)	24	1	AZ
7	3MF	Sebastian Larsson	(1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 27)	41	5	Sunderland
8	3MF	Anders Svensson	(1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 35)	127	18	Elfsborg
9	3MF	Kim Källström	(1982-08-24)24 August 1982 (aged 29)	92	16	Lyon
10	4FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović (captain)	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 30)	77	31	Milan
11	4FW	Johan Elmander	(1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 31)	63	16	Galatasaray
12	1GK	Johan Wiland	(1981-01-24)24 January 1981 (aged 31)	8	0	Copenhagen
13	2DF	Jonas Olsson	(1983-03-10)10 March 1983 (aged 29)	8	0	West Bromwich Albion
14	4FW	Tobias Hysén	(1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 30)	23	7	IFK Göteborg
15	2DF	Mikael Antonsson	(1981-05-31)31 May 1981 (aged 31)	5	0	Bologna
16	3MF	Pontus Wernbloom	(1986-06-25)25 June 1986 (aged 25)	23	2	CSKA Moscow
17	2DF	Behrang Safari	(1985-02-09)9 February 1985 (aged 27)	24	0	Anderlecht
18	3MF	Samuel Holmén	(1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 27)	27	2	İstanbul B.B.
19	3MF	Emir Bajrami	(1988-03-07)7 March 1988 (aged 24)	16	2	Twente
20	4FW	Ola Toivonen	(1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 25)	24	6	PSV Eindhoven
21	3MF	Christian Wilhelmsson	(1979-12-08)8 December 1979 (aged 32)	74	9	Al Hilal
22	4FW	Markus Rosenberg	(1982-09-27)27 September 1982 (aged 29)	31	6	Werder Bremen
23	1GK	Pär Hansson	(1986-06-22)22 June 1986 (aged 25)	2	0	Helsingborg

England

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Roy Hodgson announced England's 23-man squad on 16 May 2012, along with a five-man stand-by list.^[42] The England team is the only squad to consist entirely of players from their domestic league. On 25 May, John Ruddy was ruled out with a broken finger; Jack Butland was called up as his replacement.^[43] On 28 May, Gareth Barry was ruled out with a groin injury, being replaced by Phil Jagielka.^[44] On 31 May, Frank Lampard was ruled out with a thigh injury and was replaced by Jordan Henderson.^[45] On 3 June, Gary Cahill was ruled out with a double fracture of his jaw and Martin Kelly was called up as his replacement.^[46]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Joe Hart	(1987-04-19)19 April 1987 (aged 25)	22	0	Manchester City
2	2DF	Glen Johnson	(1984-08-23)23 August 1984 (aged 27)	40	1	Liverpool
3	2DF	Ashley Cole	(1980-12-20)20 December 1980 (aged 31)	98	0	Chelsea
4	3MF	Steven Gerrard (captain)	(1980-05-30)30 May 1980 (aged 32)	96	19	Liverpool
5	2DF	Martin Kelly	(1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 22)	1	0	Liverpool
6	2DF	John Terry	(1980-12-07)7 December 1980 (aged 31)	77	6	Chelsea
7	4FW	Theo Walcott	(1989-03-16)16 March 1989 (aged 23)	28	4	Arsenal
8	3MF	Jordan Henderson	(1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 21)	5	0	Liverpool
9	4FW	Andy Carroll	(1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 23)	7	2	Liverpool
10	4FW	Wayne Rooney	(1985-10-24)24 October 1985 (aged 26)	76	29	Manchester United
11	3MF	Ashley Young	(1985-07-09)9 July 1985 (aged 26)	25	6	Manchester United
12	2DF	Leighton Baines	(1984-12-11)11 December 1984 (aged 27)	8	0	Everton
13	1GK	Robert Green	(1980-01-18)18 January 1980 (aged 32)	12	0	West Ham United
14	2DF	Phil Jones	(1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 20)	5	0	Manchester United
15	2DF	Joleon Lescott	(1982-08-16)16 August 1982 (aged 29)	20	1	Manchester City
16	3MF	James Milner	(1986-01-04)4 January 1986 (aged 26)	30	0	Manchester City
17	3MF	Scott Parker	(1980-10-13)13 October 1980 (aged 31)	17	0	Tottenham Hotspur
18	2DF	Phil Jagielka	(1982-08-17)17 August 1982 (aged 29)	12	0	Everton
19	3MF	Stewart Downing	(1984-07-22)22 July 1984 (aged 27)	34	0	Liverpool
20	3MF	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	(1993-08-15)15 August 1993 (aged 18)	5	0	Arsenal
21	4FW	Jermain Defoe	(1982-10-07)7 October 1982 (aged 29)	48	15	Tottenham Hotspur
22	4FW	Danny Welbeck	(1990-11-26)26 November 1990 (aged 21)	9	2	Manchester United
23	1GK	Jack Butland	(1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 19)	0	0	Birmingham City

France

Manager: Laurent Blanc

Blanc named his first shortlist on 9 May 2012, consisting of 12 players playing abroad.^[47] On 15 May 2012 second shortlist of 15 France-based players was announced, while on the same day Tottenham defender Younès Kaboul was ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury, leaving Blanc with a 26-man squad.^[48] On 29 May 2012, Blanc announced his final 23-man squad.^[49]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Hugo Lloris (captain)	(1986-12-26)26 December 1986 (aged 25)	37	0	Lyon
2	2DF	Mathieu Debuchy	(1985-07-28)28 July 1985 (aged 26)	9	1	Lille
3	2DF	Patrice Evra	(1981-05-15)15 May 1981 (aged 31)	42	0	Manchester United
4	2DF	Adil Rami	(1985-12-27)27 December 1985 (aged 26)	24	1	Valencia
5	2DF	Philippe Mexès	(1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 30)	29	1	Milan
6	3MF	Yohan Cabaye	(1986-01-14)14 January 1986 (aged 26)	16	1	Newcastle United
7	3MF	Franck Ribéry	(1983-04-07)7 April 1983 (aged 29)	64	10	Bayern Munich
8	3MF	Mathieu Valbuena	(1984-09-28)28 September 1984 (aged 27)	12	2	Marseille
9	4FW	Olivier Giroud	(1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 25)	9	1	Montpellier
10	4FW	Karim Benzema	(1987-12-19)19 December 1987 (aged 24)	49	15	Real Madrid
11	3MF	Samir Nasri	(1987-06-27)27 June 1987 (aged 24)	35	4	Manchester City
12	3MF	Blaise Matuidi	(1987-04-09)9 April 1987 (aged 25)	4	0	Paris Saint-Germain
13	2DF	Anthony Réveillère	(1979-11-10)10 November 1979 (aged 32)	18	1	Lyon
14	3MF	Jérémy Ménez	(1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 25)	16	2	Paris Saint-Germain
15	3MF	Florent Malouda	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 31)	80	9	Chelsea
16	1GK	Steve Mandanda	(1985-03-28)28 March 1985 (aged 27)	15	0	Marseille
17	3MF	Yann M'Vila	(1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 21)	22	1	Rennes
18	3MF	Alou Diarra	(1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 30)	44	0	Marseille
19	3MF	Marvin Martin	(1988-01-10)10 January 1988 (aged 24)	14	2	Sochaux
20	3MF	Hatem Ben Arfa	(1988-03-07)7 March 1988 (aged 24)	13	2	Newcastle United
21	2DF	Laurent Koscielny	(1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 26)	4	0	Arsenal
22	2DF	Gaël Clichy	(1985-07-26)26 July 1985 (aged 26)	15	0	Manchester City
23	1GK	Cédric Carrasso	(1981-12-30)30 December 1981 (aged 30)	1	0	Bordeaux

Statistics

• Republic of Ireland's Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy) and Sweden's Christian Wilhelmsson (Al Hilal) were the only two players at the tournament not playing in a UEFA league.
• The youngest player at the tournament was Jetro Willems of the Netherlands, born on 30 March 1994.
• The oldest player at the tournament was Greece goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias, born on 30 May 1974.
• The oldest outfield player at the tournament was Greece striker Nikos Liberopoulos, born on 4 August 1975.
• The youngest squad at the tournament was Germany, with an average age of 24.5 years.
• The oldest squad at the tournament was Russia, with an average age of 28.3 years.
• The tournament featured twelve players with more than 100 international caps for their country:
  • 129 caps – Iker Casillas (Spain)
  • 125 caps – Anders Svensson (Sweden)
  • 122 caps – Shay Given (Republic of Ireland)
  • 120 caps – Giorgos Karagounis (Greece)
  • 115 caps – Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland)
  • 114 caps – Miroslav Klose (Germany)
  • 114 caps – Olof Mellberg (Sweden)
  • 114 caps – Dennis Rommedahl (Denmark)
  • 114 caps – Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine)
  • 113 caps – Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
  • 108 caps – Xavi (Spain)
  • 105 caps – Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
• The squads included five players who still had not made their debut at full international level prior to the start of the tournament. Of the five, only Giaccherini made his debut in the tournament. The five players were:
  • Jack Butland (England)
  • Emanuele Giaccherini (Italy)
  • Vladimir Granat (Russia)
  • Ivan Kelava (Croatia)
  • Kasper Schmeichel (Denmark)

Player representation

By club

Players	Clubs
12	Bayern Munich
11	Real Madrid
10	Dynamo Kyiv
9	Liverpool Arsenal
8	Barcelona Borussia Dortmund Manchester City Shakhtar Donetsk
7	Chelsea Manchester United CSKA Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg Juventus
6	Milan Olympiacos PSV Eindhoven Viktoria Plzeň
5	Dinamo Zagreb Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Moscow Everton Tottenham Hotspur
4	Bayer Leverkusen Werder Bremen Celtic Evian Paris Saint-Germain PAOK Roma Sporting CP Sunderland West Bromwich Albion
3	Beşiktaş Bordeaux Lyon Marseille Braga Porto Fulham Newcastle United Wolverhampton Wanderers Lech Poznań Nordsjælland Panathinaikos Schalke 04 Sevilla Valencia Spartak Moscow
2	AEK Athens Ajax AZ Twente Anderlecht Aston Villa Leicester City Stoke City Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Málaga Zaragoza Benfica Bologna Genoa Napoli Palermo Brøndby Copenhagen Galatasaray Trabzonspor Hannover 96 VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg Legia Warsaw Lokomotiv Moscow Metalist Kharkiv Monaco[note 1] Sochaux
1	Al-Hilal Anorthosis Famagusta Anzhi Makhachkala Rostov Rubin Kazan Terek Grozny Aris Atromitos Auxerre Lille Montpellier Rennes Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Derby County Hull City Millwall Swansea City[note 2] West Ham United Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf Hamburger SV Hertha BSC 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Köln Mainz 05 1. FC Nürnberg CFR Cluj Club Brugge Elfsborg IFK Göteborg Helsingborg İstanbul B.B. Samsunspor Sivasspor Feyenoord NEC Groningen Heerenveen Fiorentina Inter Milan Lazio Parma Torino Udinese Illichivets Mariupol Tavriya Simferopol Vorskla Poltava Jablonec Slovan Liberec Jagiellonia Białystok LA Galaxy Maccabi Haifa Midtjylland Young Boys

By club nationality

Nations in bold were represented by their national teams in the tournament

Players	Clubs
78[note 2]	England
45	Germany
33	Spain
31	Italy
29	Russia
28	Ukraine
25[note 1]	France
17	Greece
16	Netherlands
12	Portugal
10	Turkey
8	Czech Republic Denmark
6	Poland
5	Croatia
4	Scotland
3	Belgium Sweden
1	Cyprus Israel Romania Saudi Arabia Switzerland United States

Notes

1. Monaco was a Monegasque side competing within the French football system.
2. Swansea City was a Welsh side competing within the English football system.

References

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External links

• Euro 2012 official site