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UEFA Euro 2012 Group A

Football tournament group stage

Summary

Football tournament group stage

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 positionTeamPotMethod of
qualificationDate of
qualificationFinals
appearanceLast
appearancePrevious best
performanceUEFA Rankings
November 2011FIFA Rankings
June 2012
A11Co-host18 April 20072nd2008Group stage (2008)2862
A23Group F winner11 October 20114th2008Winners (2004)815
A32Group B winner11 October 201110th2008Winners (1960)613
A44Play-off winner15 November 20118th2008Winners (1976)1327

Notes

Standings

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+02:00

Poland vs Greece

  • [Lewandowski
  • Salpingidis
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Franciszek Smuda
POR Fernando Santos

|}

Russia vs Czech Republic

  • Dzagoev
  • Shirokov
  • Pavlyuchenko
  • Pilař
{{Football kitpattern_la = _rus12hpattern_b = _rus12hpattern_ra = _rus12hpattern_sh = _acm1011t1pattern_so = _rus12hleftarm = FF0000body = FF0000rightarm = FF0000shorts = FF0000socks = FF0000url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003320_lu.pdfarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512181918/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003320_lu.pdfurl-status=deadarchive-date=May 12, 2014title=Tactical Line-up – Group A – Russia-Czech Republicwork=UEFApublisher=Union of European Football Associationsformat=PDFdate=8 June 2012access-date=8 June 2012 }}{{Football kitpattern_la = _borderonwhitepattern_b = _redcollarpattern_ra = _borderonwhitepattern_sh =pattern_so = _ita12aleftarm = 0000FFbody = FFFFFFrightarm = 0000FFshorts = FFFFFFsocks = FFFFFFCzech Republic}}
NED Dick Advocaat
Michal Bílek

|}

Greece vs Czech Republic

  • Gekas
  • Jiráček
  • Pilař
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POR Fernando Santos
Michal Bílek

|}

Poland vs Russia

  • Błaszczykowski
  • Dzagoev
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Franciszek Smuda
NED Dick Advocaat

|}

Czech Republic vs Poland

  • Jiráček
{{Football kitpattern_la =pattern_b = _cze12hpattern_ra =pattern_sh =pattern_so = _cze12hleftarm = FF0000body = E12500rightarm = FF0000shorts = FF0000socks = FF0000Czech Republic}}{{Football kitpattern_la =pattern_b = _pol12hpattern_ra =pattern_sh =pattern_so =leftarm = FFFFFFbody = FFFFFFrightarm = FFFFFFshorts = FFFFFFsocks = FFFFFFtitle = Poland
Michal Bílek
Franciszek Smuda

|}

Greece vs Russia

  • Karagounis
{{Football kitpattern_la = _gre12hpattern_b = _gre12hpattern_ra = _gre12hpattern_sh = _isr12apattern_so = _color_3_stripes_blueleftarm = FFFFFFbody = FFFFFFrightarm = FFFFFFshorts = FFFFFFsocks = FFFFFFurl=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003335_lu.pdfarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512181950/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003335_lu.pdfurl-status=deadarchive-date=May 12, 2014title=Tactical Line-up – Group A – Greece-Russiawork=UEFApublisher=Union of European Football Associationsformat=PDFdate=16 June 2012access-date=16 June 2012 }}{{Football kitpattern_la = _rus12hpattern_b = _rus12hpattern_ra = _rus12hpattern_sh = _acm1011t1pattern_so = _rus12hleftarm = FF0000body = FF0000rightarm = FF0000shorts = FF0000socks = FF0000title = Russia
POR Fernando Santos
NED Dick Advocaat

|}

References

References

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