UEFA Euro 2012 Group A
# 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.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | UEFA Rankings November 2011 | 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 | 2 | Group B winner | 11 October 2011 | 10th | 2008 | Winners (1960) | 6 | 13 |
| A4 | Czech Republic | 4 | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 8th | 2008 | Winners (1976) | 13 | 27 |

Notes

* ↑ The UEFA rankings of November 2011 were used for seeding for the final draw.
* ↑ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
* ↑ 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 phase |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Poland (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |

* 1 2 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

### Poland vs Greece

| Poland | Greece |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Wojciech Szczęsny |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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 | Czech Republic |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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 | Czech Republic |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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 | Russia |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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 | Poland |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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 | Russia |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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)
