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UEFA Euro 2012 Group A#Russia vs Czech Republic

{{Short description|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.{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18138461 |title= Greece 1–0 Russia |author= Mandeep Sanghera |publisher= BBC Sport |date= 16 June 2012 |access-date= 17 June 2012}}

Teams

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! UEFA Rankings
November 2011{{refn|group=nb|The UEFA rankings of November 2011 were used for seeding for the final draw.}}

! FIFA Rankings
June 2012

A1style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|POL}}1Co-host18 April 20072nd2008data-sort-value="7" | Group stage (2008)2862
A2style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|GRE}}3Group F winner11 October 20114th2008data-sort-value="1" | Winners (2004)815
A3style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|RUS}}{{refn|group=nb|From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.}}2Group B winner11 October 201110th2008data-sort-value="1" | Winners (1960)613
A4style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|CZE}}{{refn|group=nb|From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.}}4Play-off winner15 November 20118th2008data-sort-value="1" | Winners (1976)1327

Notes

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Standings

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|win_CZE=2 |draw_CZE=0 |loss_CZE=1 |gf_CZE=4 |ga_CZE=5

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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

{{Hatnote|All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)}}

=Poland vs Greece=

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|date={{Start date|2012|6|8|df=y}}

|time=18:00 CEST

|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}

|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2012 Group A#Poland vs Greece|1–1}}

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2003319/

|team2={{fb|GRE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=56,070{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003319_fr.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205145159/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003319_fr.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |title=Full-time report Poland-Greece |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=8 June 2012 |access-date=8 June 2012 }}

|referee=Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

}}

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GK1Wojciech Szczęsny{{sent off|0|68}}
RB20Łukasz Piszczek
CB13Marcin Wasilewski
CB15Damien Perquis
LB2Sebastian Boenisch
CM11Rafał Murawski
CM7Eugen Polanski
RW16Jakub Błaszczykowski (c)
AM10Ludovic Obraniak
LW8Maciej Rybus{{suboff|70}}
CF9Robert Lewandowski
colspan=3|Substitutions:
GK22Przemysław Tytoń{{subon|70}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Franciszek Smuda

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|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|

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GK1Kostas Chalkias
RB15Vasilis Torosidis
CB19Sokratis Papastathopoulos{{sent off|2|35|44}}
CB8Avraam Papadopoulos{{suboff|37}}
LB20José Holebas{{yel|45+2}}
RM2Ioannis Maniatis
CM21Kostas Katsouranis
LM10Giorgos Karagounis (c){{yel|54}}
RF18Sotiris Ninis{{suboff|46}}
CF17Theofanis Gekas{{suboff|68}}
LF7Georgios Samaras
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF5Kyriakos Papadopoulos{{subon|37}}
FW14Dimitris Salpingidis{{subon|46}}
MF22Kostas Fortounis{{subon|68}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|POR}} Fernando Santos

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Man of the Match:


Robert Lewandowski (Poland)

Assistant referees:{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/euro/2012/e/e_2003319_pk.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611112315/http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/euro/2012/E/E_2003319_pk.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2012 |title=Match Press Kit – Group A – Poland v Greece |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=14 June 2012 |access-date=21 February 2021}}


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=

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|date={{Start date|2012|6|8|df=y}}

|time=20:45 CEST

|team1={{fb-rt|RUS}}

|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2012 Group A#Russia vs Czech Republic|4–1}}

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2003320/

|team2={{fb|CZE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Miejski, Wrocław

|attendance=40,803{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003320_fr.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205144358/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003320_fr.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |title=Full-time report Russia-Czech Republic |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=8 June 2012 |access-date=8 June 2012 }}

|referee=Howard Webb (England)

}}

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GK16Vyacheslav Malafeev
RB2Aleksandr Anyukov
CB12Aleksei Berezutski
CB4Sergei Ignashevich
LB5Yuri Zhirkov
RM6Roman Shirokov
CM7Igor Denisov
LM8Konstantin Zyryanov
RF17Alan Dzagoev{{suboff|84}}
CF11Aleksandr Kerzhakov{{suboff|73}}
LF10Andrei Arshavin (c)
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW14Roman Pavlyuchenko{{subon|73}}
FW18Aleksandr Kokorin{{subon|84}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|NED}} Dick Advocaat

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|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|

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GK1Petr Čech
RB2Theodor Gebre Selassie
CB5Roman Hubník
CB6Tomáš Sivok
LB3Michal Kadlec
CM13Jaroslav Plašil
CM19Petr Jiráček{{suboff|76}}
RW14Václav Pilař
AM10Tomáš Rosický (c)
LW9Jan Rezek{{suboff|46}}
CF15Milan Baroš{{suboff|85}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF17Tomáš Hübschman{{subon|46}}
MF11Milan Petržela{{subon|76}}
FW21David Lafata{{subon|85}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Michal Bílek

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Man of the Match:


Alan Dzagoev (Russia)

Assistant referees:{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/euro/2012/e/e_2003320_pk.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611113207/http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/euro/2012/E/E_2003320_pk.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2012 |title=Match Press Kit – Group A – Russia v Czech Republic |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=14 June 2012 |access-date=21 February 2021}}


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=

{{#invoke:Football box|main|section=a3

|date={{Start date|2012|6|12|df=y}}

|time=18:00 CEST

|team1={{fb-rt|GRE}}

|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2012 Group A#Greece vs Czech Republic|1–2}}

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2003328/

|team2={{fb|CZE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Miejski, Wrocław

|attendance=41,105{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003328_fr.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205143959/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003328_fr.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |title=Full-time report Greece-Czech Republic |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=12 June 2012 |access-date=12 June 2012 }}

|referee=Stéphane Lannoy (France)

}}

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GK1Kostas Chalkias{{suboff|23}}
RB15Vasilis Torosidis{{yel|34}}
CB5Kyriakos Papadopoulos{{yel|56}}
CB21Kostas Katsouranis
LB20José Holebas
RM16Georgios Fotakis{{suboff|46}}
CM2Ioannis Maniatis
LM10Giorgos Karagounis (c)
RF14Dimitris Salpingidis{{yel|57}}
CF7Georgios Samaras
LF22Kostas Fortounis{{suboff|71}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
GK13Michalis Sifakis{{subon|23}}
FW17Theofanis Gekas{{subon|46}}
FW11Kostas Mitroglou{{subon|71}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|POR}} Fernando Santos

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GK1Petr Čech
RB2Theodor Gebre Selassie
CB6Tomáš Sivok
CB3Michal Kadlec
LB8David Limberský
CM17Tomáš Hübschman
CM13Jaroslav Plašil
RW19Petr Jiráček{{yel|36}}
AM10Tomáš Rosický (c){{yel|27}}{{suboff|46}}
LW14Václav Pilař
CF15Milan Baroš{{suboff|64}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF18Daniel Kolář{{yel|65}}{{subon|46}}{{suboff|90}}
FW20Tomáš Pekhart{{subon|64}}
DF12František Rajtoral{{subon|90}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Michal Bílek

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Man of the Match:


Václav Pilař (Czech Republic)

Assistant referees:{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/euro/2012/e/e_2003328_pk.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616210413/http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/euro/2012/E/E_2003328_pk.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |title=Match Press Kit – Group A – Greece v Czech Republic |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=14 June 2012 |access-date=21 February 2021}}


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=

{{#invoke:Football box|main|section=a4

|date={{Start date|2012|6|12|df=y}}

|time=20:45 CEST

|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}

|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2012 Group A#Poland vs Russia|1–1}}

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2003327/

|team2={{fb|RUS}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=55,920{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003327_fr.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205144240/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003327_fr.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |title=Full-time report Poland-Russia |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=12 June 2012 |access-date=12 June 2012 }}

|referee=Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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GK22Przemysław Tytoń
RB20Łukasz Piszczek
CB13Marcin Wasilewski
CB15Damien Perquis
LB2Sebastian Boenisch
CM5Dariusz Dudka{{suboff|73}}
CM7Eugen Polanski{{yel|79}}{{suboff|85}}
RW16Jakub Błaszczykowski (c)
AM11Rafał Murawski
LW10Ludovic Obraniak{{suboff|90+3}}
CF9Robert Lewandowski{{yel|60}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF18Adrian Mierzejewski{{subon|73}}
MF6Adam Matuszczyk{{subon|85}}
FW23Paweł Brożek{{subon|90+3}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Franciszek Smuda

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GK16Vyacheslav Malafeev
RB2Aleksandr Anyukov
CB12Aleksei Berezutski
CB4Sergei Ignashevich
LB5Yuri Zhirkov
RM6Roman Shirokov
CM7Igor Denisov{{yel|60}}
LM8Konstantin Zyryanov
RF17Alan Dzagoev{{yel|75}}{{suboff|79}}
CF11Aleksandr Kerzhakov{{suboff|70}}
LF10Andrei Arshavin (c)
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW14Roman Pavlyuchenko{{subon|70}}
MF9Marat Izmailov{{subon|79}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|NED}} Dick Advocaat

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Man of the Match:


Jakub Błaszczykowski (Poland)

Assistant referees:{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/euro/2012/e/e_2003327_pk.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616215115/http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/euro/2012/E/E_2003327_pk.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |title=Match Press Kit – Group A – Poland v Russia |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=10 June 2012 |access-date=21 February 2021}}


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=

{{#invoke:Football box|main|section=a5

|date={{Start date|2012|6|16|df=y}}

|time=20:45 CEST

|team1={{fb-rt|CZE}}

|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2012 Group A#Czech Republic vs Poland|1–0}}

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2003336/

|team2={{fb|POL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Miejski, Wrocław

|attendance=41,480{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003336_fr.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205143754/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2012/2003336_fr.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |title=Full-time report Czech Republic-Poland |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=16 June 2012 |access-date=16 June 2012 }}

|referee=Craig Thomson (Scotland)

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width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Petr Čech (c)
RB2Theodor Gebre Selassie
CB6Tomáš Sivok
CB3Michal Kadlec
LB8David Limberský{{yel|12}}
CM17Tomáš Hübschman
CM13Jaroslav Plašil{{yel|87}}
RW19Petr Jiráček{{suboff|84}}
AM18Daniel Kolář
LW14Václav Pilař{{suboff|88}}
CF15Milan Baroš{{suboff|90+1}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF12František Rajtoral{{subon|84}}
FW9Jan Rezek{{subon|88}}
FW20Tomáš Pekhart{{yel|90+4}}{{subon|90+1}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Michal Bílek

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GK22Przemysław Tytoń
RB20Łukasz Piszczek
CB13Marcin Wasilewski{{yel|61}}
CB15Damien Perquis{{yel|90}}
LB2Sebastian Boenisch
CM5Dariusz Dudka
CM7Eugen Polanski{{yel|48}}{{suboff|56}}
RW16Jakub Błaszczykowski (c){{yel|87}}
AM11Rafał Murawski{{yel|22}}{{suboff|73}}
LW10Ludovic Obraniak{{suboff|73}}
CF9Robert Lewandowski
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MF21Kamil Grosicki{{subon|56}}
FW23Paweł Brożek{{subon|73}}
MF18Adrian Mierzejewski{{subon|73}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Franciszek Smuda

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Man of the Match:


Petr Jiráček (Czech Republic)

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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)

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GK13Michalis Sifakis
RB15Vasilis Torosidis
CB19Sokratis Papastathopoulos
CB5Kyriakos Papadopoulos
LB3Georgios Tzavelas
CM21Kostas Katsouranis
CM2Ioannis Maniatis
RW14Dimitris Salpingidis{{suboff|83}}
AM10Giorgos Karagounis (c){{yel|61}}{{suboff|67}}
LW7Georgios Samaras
CF17Theofanis Gekas{{suboff|64}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF20José Holebas{{yel|90+4}}{{subon|64}}
MF6Grigoris Makos{{subon|67}}
MF18Sotiris Ninis{{subon|83}}
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colspan=3|{{flagicon|POR}} Fernando Santos

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GK16Vyacheslav Malafeev
RB2Aleksandr Anyukov{{yel|61}}{{suboff|81}}
CB12Aleksei Berezutski
CB4Sergei Ignashevich
LB5Yuri Zhirkov{{yel|69}}
RM6Roman Shirokov
CM7Igor Denisov
LM22Denis Glushakov{{suboff|72}}
RF17Alan Dzagoev{{yel|70}}
CF11Aleksandr Kerzhakov{{suboff|46}}
LF10Andrei Arshavin (c)
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FW14Roman Pavlyuchenko{{subon|46}}
FW20Pavel Pogrebnyak{{yel|90+3}}{{subon|72}}
MF9Marat Izmailov{{subon|81}}
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colspan=3|{{flagicon|NED}} Dick Advocaat

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Man of the Match:


Giorgos Karagounis (Greece)

Assistant referees:{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/euro/2012/e/e_2003335_pk.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709233733/http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/euro/2012/E/E_2003335_pk.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 9, 2012 |title=Match Press Kit – Group A – Czech Republic v Poland |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=14 June 2012 |access-date=21 February 2021}}


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

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111114003105/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2012/standings/round=15172/group=700964/index.html UEFA Euro 2012 Group A]

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Category:Russia at UEFA Euro 2012

Category:Czech Republic at UEFA Euro 2012

Category:Greece at UEFA Euro 2012

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