Road to Finals : Portugal

Road to Finals : Portugal

Matches at the qualifiers

02.09.2010 - home
at Estadio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes (POR)
ref. Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Portugal v Cyprus 4-4

07.09.2010 - away
at Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (NOR)
ref. Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
Norway v Portugal 1-0

08.10.2010 - home
at Estadio do Dragao, Porto (POR)
ref. Eric Bramhaar (NED)
Portugal v Denmark 3-1

12.10.2010 - away
at Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik (ISL)
ref. Thomas Einwaller (AUT)
Iceland v Portugal 1-3

04.06.2011 - home
at Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon (POR)
ref. Cuneyt Cakir (TUR)
Portugal v Norway 1-0

07.09.2011 - away
at GSP Stadium, Nikosia (CYP)
ref. Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Cyprus v Portugal 0-4

07.10.2011 - home
at Estadio do Dragao, Porto (POR)
ref. Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Portugal v Iceland 5-3

11.10.2011 - away
at Parken, Copenhagen (DEN)
ref. Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Denmark v Portugal 2-1

11.11.2011 - away
at Bilino Polje, Zenica (BIH)
ref. Wolfgang Stark (GER)
Bosnia i Herzegovina v Portugal 0-0

15.11.2011 - home
at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon (POR)

Squads played at the qualifiers

Eduardo (5), Rui Patricio (5), Fabio Coentrao (7), Rolando (2), Silvio Pereira (2), Pepe (6), Joao Pereira (8), Bruno Alves (8), Ricardo Carvalho (4), Miguel (1), Manuel Fernandes (2), Raul Meireles (10), Nani (10), Ricardo Quaresma (4), Miguel Veloso (6), Tiago (3), Joao Moutinho (9), Carlos Martins (6), Ruben Micael (6), Eliseu (2), Nuno Gomes (2), Silvestre Varela (2), Helder Postiga (8), Liedson (2), Yannick Djalo (1), Cristiano Ronaldo (7), Danny (4), Hugo Almeida (6)

Top goalscorers at the qualifiers

Cristiano Ronaldo (7), Helder Postiga (5), Nani (5), Danny (2), Hugo Almeida (2), Raul Meireles (2)

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Meet the Europe's Double-Winners

Meet the Europe's Double-Winners

A great momentum for a player to make an European double success ~ winning the European titles at both club and national levels in the same year. In fact, this achievement has been rarely found and accordingly a unique one. The club competition refers to the former UEFA Champions Cup and the current UEFA Champions League, the most prestigious club competition in Europe held since mid-1950s.

It must be a wonderful memory for those who have been graced by such particular status for not many able ~ or, to be precisely, fortunate ~ to get it. For example Paolo Maldini is far above Gerald Vanenburg in term of silverware collections and fame and many things. But the former has to admit that the Dutchman is more successful in term of this double-winning category. The latter was one of the squads playing football for PSV Eindhoven, the Champions of Europe in 1988, when they won the Euro'88 in De Oranje jersey. Another example, Michael Laudrup was unlucky not to be included by Coach Moeller-Nielsen into the 1992 winning squads despite the winners with Barcelona at the year's Champions Cup.

So far there are only seven players who make the doubles, and of them, the Dutchmen dominate the list by registering five players, thanks to PSV Eindhoven's only success, but the greatest ever in term of double-winning side, and impressive achievement of the "Rinus Michels' Total Football" in Euro'88 held in the former West Germany.

A unique fashion was demonstrated by Luis Suarez and Nicolas Anelka, who represented Spain in Euro'64 and France in Euro 2000, respectively. Suarez and Anelka brought his country to the European triumph following the success at club level with Internazionale Milan and Real Madrid, respectively. In other words, they won the Champions when they played professional football in foreign countries. Meanwhile, Gerrard Pique could have had followed his senior compatriot had he stayed in the jersey of Manchester United, the Champions League winners in 2008, when Spain tipped-off the second European title. Instead, Pique was on loan to Real Zaragoza.

List of European Double-Winners

1. Luis Suarez (Internazionale Milan - Spain)
2. Hans van Breukelen (PSV Eindhoven - Netherlands)
3. Ronald Koeman (PSV Eindhoven - Netherlands)
4. Berry van Aerle (PSV Eindhoven - Netherlands)
5. Gerald Vanenburg (PSV Eindhoven - Netherlands)
6. Wim Kieft (PSV Eindhoven - Netherlands)
7. Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid - France)

Generally speaking, Spain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and England, according to their convincing results during the Euro 2012 qualifiers, have been on the pole position of the favorites to win the Euro 2012, whatsoever they take form. This trend can be combined by the positive run of Barcelona, AC Milan, and Real Madrid at the 2011/2012 UEFA Champions League (as of the 1st leg of the Last-16) has hovered hope to their players to be called into the fixed squads of their respective national sides next summer. It can be Xavi Hernandez & Co. the patriots of their own, be Mesut Oezil & Co. inheriting Suarez's legacy, or even be Mark van Bommel & Co. clarifying the dominance of the Dutch Double-winners.

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Road to Finals: Poland

Road to Finals: Poland

Poland entered the final tournament of the Euro 2012 automatically as co-hosts (alongside Ukraine)

Matches in 2011 (friendlies)

06.02.2011 - home
Poland v Moldova 1-0

09.02.2011 - home
Poland v Norway 1-0

25.03.2011 - away
at Dariatus ir Gireno stadionas, Kaunas (LTU)
ref. Andris Treimanis (LVA)
Lithuania v Poland 2-0

29.03.2011 - away
ref. Martin Atkinson
Greece v Poland 0-0

05.06.2011 - home
ref. Manuel Graefe (GER)
Poland v Argentina 2-1

09.06.2011 - home
at Stadion Wojska Polskiego im, Warsaw (POL)
ref. Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
Poland v France 0-1

10.08.2011 - home
at Zaglebia, Lubin (POL)
ref. Andriy Shandor (UKR)
Poland v Georgia 1-0

02.09.2011 - home
at Stadion Wojska Polskiego im, Warsaw (POL)
ref. Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)
Poland v Mexico 1-1

06.09.2011 - home
at Lechia, Gdansk (POL)
ref. Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Poland v Germany 2-2

07.10.2011 - away
Korea Republic v Poland 2-2

11.10.2011 - home
at BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden (GER)
Poland v Belarus 2-0

11.11.2011 - home
at Oporewskiej, Wroclaw (POL)
ref. Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
Poland v Italy 0-2

15.11.2011 - home
at National Stadium Warsaw, Warsaw (POL)
ref. Hannes Kaasik (EST)
Poland v Hungary 1-2
Available squads

Lukasz Fabianski (Arsenal), Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal), Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warsaw), Tomasz Jodlowiec (Polonia Warsaw), Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund), Gregorz Wojtkowiak (Lech Poznan), Damien Perquis (Sochaux), Sebastian Boenisch (Werder Bremen), Marcin Kaminski (Lech Poznan), Dariusz Dudka (Auxerre), Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Sebastian Mila (Slask Wroclaw), Slawomir Peszko (FC Koln), Ludovic Obraniak (Bordeaux), Adrian Mierzejewski (Trabzonspor), Maciej Rybus (Terek Grozny), Adam Matuszczyk (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Eugen Polanski (Mainz 05), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund), Ireneusz Jelen (Lille OSC), Kamil Grosicky (Sivasspor)

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Road to Finals: Netherlands

Road to Finals: Netherlands

Winning squads (Euro 1988, Head coach RINUS MICHELS)

Hans van Breukelen (PSV Eindhoven), Adri van Tiggelen (Anderlecht), Sjaak Troost (Feyenoord), Ronald Koeman (PSV Eindhoven), Aron Winter (Ajax Amsterdam), Berry van Aerle (PSV Eindhoven), Gerald Vanenburg (PSV Eindhoven), Arnold Muhren (Ajax Amsterdam), John Bosman (Ajax Amstedam), Ruud Gullit (AC Milan), John van't Schip (Ajax Amsterdam), Marco van Basten (AC Milan), Erwin Koeman (KV Mechelen), Wim Kieft (PSV Eindhoven), Wim Koevermans (Fortuna Sittard), Joop Hiele (Feyenoord), Frank Rijkaard (Real Zaragoza), Wilbert Suvrijn (Roda JC Kerkade), Hendrie Kruzen (Den Bosch), Jan Wouters (Ajax Amsterdam)

Matches at the qualifiers

03.09.2010 - away
at Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle (SMR)
ref. Simon Lee Evans (WAL)
San Marino v Netherlands 0-5

07.09.2010 - home
at Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (NED)
ref. Aleksei Nikolaev (RUS)
Netherlands v Finland 2-1

08.10.2010 - away
at Zimbru, Chisinau (MDA)
ref. Florian Meyer
Moldova v Netherlands 0-1

12.10.2010 - home
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam (NED)
ref. Stephane Lannoy (FRA)
Neherlands v Sweden 4-1

25.03.2011 - away
at Ferenc Puskas, Budapest (HUN)
ref. Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Hungary v Netherlands 0-4

29.03.2011 - home
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam (NED)
ret. Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Netherlands v Hungary 5-3

02.09.2011 - home
at PSV Stadion, Eindhoven (NED)
ref. Liran Liany (ISR)
Netherlands v San Marino 11-0

06.09.2011 - away
at Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (FIN)
ref. Manuel Graefe (GER)
Finland v Netherlands 0-2

07.10.2011 - home
at Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (NED)
ref. Matej Jug (SVN)
Netherlands v Moldova 1-0

11.10.2011 - away
at Rasundastadion, Solna (SWE)
ref. Cuneyt Cakir (TUR)
Sweden v Netherlands 3-2

Squads played at the qualifiers

Michel Vorm (4), Maarten Stekelenburg (6), Jeffrey Bruma (2), John Heitinga (7), Vurnon Anita (1), Gregory van der Wiel (10), Joris Mathijsen (10), Erik Peeters (9), Rafael van der Vaart (8), Ibrahim Afellay (6), Wesley Sneijder (8), Eljero Elia (8), Kevin Strootman (5), Urby Emanuelson (2), Wout Brama (1), Mark van Bommel (8), Hedwiges Maduro (8), Georginio Wijnaldum (1), Robin van Persie (6), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (8), Ruud van Nistelrooij (5), Luuk de Jong (2), Dirk Kuyt (9)

Top goalscorrers at the qualifiers

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (12), Robin van Persie (6), Dirk Kuyt (6), Ibrahim Afellay (3), Wesley Sneijder (3), Ruud van Nistelrooij (2)

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Markas kontestan Euro 2012

Markas kontestan Euro 2012

Pemilihan markas dan tempat latihan sangat menentukan tingkat keberhasilan tim, apalagi dalam 'high-profile event' seperti Euro 2012. Setiap negara pasti telah membuat pertimbangan yang terbaik sebelum menjatuhkan pilihan 'homestay' dan 'training ground' selama mereka berlaga dalam kejuaraan antarnegara terhebat benua Eropa. Salah satu alasan pemilihan tempat ialah kedekatan dengan stadion di mana mereka akan berlaga. Berikut ini adalah markas, tempat menginap dan tempat latihan keenambelas negara finalis Euro 2012.

KROASIA (Warsawa)
- Hotel Sielanka Warka
- Training Ground Sielanka Warka

REPUBLIK CEKO (Wroclaw)
- Hotel Monopol
- Municipal Stadium Oporowska

DENMARK (Wroclaw)
- Hotel Marine Kolobrzeg
- Municipal Stadium Kolobrzeg

INGGRIS (Wroclaw)
- Stary Hotel Krakow
- Hutnik Stadium Krakow

SPANYOL (Gdansk)
- Hotel Mistral Sport Gniewino
- Municipal Stadium Gniewino

PRANCIS (Donetsk)
- Kirsha Training Facility

JERMAN (Gdansk)
- Hotel Dwor Oliwski
- Germany-Municipal Sport Centre Gdansk

YUNANI (Warsawa)
- Hotel Warszawianka Wellness & Spa Serock
- Municipal Stadium Legionowo

REPUBLIK IRLANDIA (Gdansk)
- Sheraton Sopot Hotel
- Municipal Stadium Gdynia

ITALIA (Wroclaw)
- Turowka Hotel & Spa Wieliczka
- Municipal Stadium Cracovia Krakow

BELANDA (Wroclaw)
- Sheraton Krakow Hotel
- Municipal Stadium Wisla Krakow

POLANDIA (Warsawa)
- Hyatt Regency Warsaw
- Municipal Stadium Polonia Warszawa

PORTUGAL (Poznan)
- Hotel Remes Sport & Spa Opalenica
- Municipal Stadium Opalenica

RUSIA (Warsawa)
- Hotel Le Meridien Bristol Warsawa
- Municipal Stadium Sulejowek

SWEDIA (Kiev)
- Platium Hotel Kozyn
- Koncha Zaspa Training Centre

UKRAINA (Kiev)
- Dynamo Kiev Training Center

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Road to Finals: Italy

Road to Finals: Italy

Winning squads (Euro 1968, Head coach FERRUCCIO VALCAREGGI)

Enrico Albertosi (Fiorentina), Pietro Anastasi (Varese), Angelo Anquilletti (Milan), Giancarlo Bercellino (Juventus), Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale), Giacomo Bulgarelli (Bologna), Ernesto Castano (Juventus), Giancarlo De Sisti (Fiorentina), Angelo Domenghini (Internazionale), Giacinto Facchetti (Internazionale), Giorgio Ferrini (Torino), Aristide Guarneri (Internazionale), Antonio Juliano (Napoli), Giovanni Lodetti (Milan), Sandro Mazzolla (Internazionale), Pierino Prati (Milan), Luigi Riva (Cagliari), Gianni Rivera (Milan), Roberto Rosato (Milan), Sandro Salvadore (Juventus), Lido Vieri (Torino), Dino Zoff (Juventus).

Matches at the qualifiers

03.09.2010 - away
at A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (EST)
ref. Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Estonia v Italy 1-2

07.09.2010 - home
at Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence (ITA)
ref. Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
Italy v Faroe Islands 5-0

08.10.2010 - away
at Windsor Park, Belfast (NIR)
ref. Tony Chapron (FRA)
Northern Ireland v Italy 0-0

12.10.2010 - home
at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genova (ITA)
ref. Craig Thomson (SCO)
Italy v Serbia 3-0 (match forfeited)

25.03.2011 - away
at SRC Stozice, Ljubljana (SVN)
ref. Felix Brych (FRA)
Slovenia v Italy 0-1

03.06.2011 - home
at Alberto Braglia, Modena (ITA)
ref. Alexandru Dan Tudor (ROU)
Italy v Estonia 3-0

02.09.2011 - away
at Torsvellur, Torshavn (FRO)
ref. Tamas Bognar (HUN)
Faroe Islands v Italy 0-1

06.09.2011 - home
at Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence (ITA)
ref. Svain Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Italy v Slovenia 1-0

07.10.2011 - away
at Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Beograd (SRB)
ref. Pedro Proenca (POR)
Serbia v Italy 1-1

11.10.2011 - home
at Adriatico, Pescara (ITA)
ref. Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Italy v Northern Ireland 3-0

Squads played at the qualifiers

Emiliano Viviano (3), Gianluigi Buffon (6), Salvatore Sirigu (1), Morgan De Sanctis (1), Andrea Ranocchia (3), Andrea Barzagli (2), Luca Antonelli (2), Mattia Cassani (4), Cristian Molinaro (1), Lorenzo Silvestri (1), Gianluca Zambrotta (1), Federico Balzaretti (4), Giorgio Chiellini (10), Leonardo Bonucci (6), Domenico Criscito (3), Stefano Mauri (3), Claudio Marchisio (6), Riccardo Montolivo (8), Christian Maggio (4), Antonio Nocerino (4), Alberto Aquilani (5), Angelo Palombo (3), Simone Pepe (2), Andrea Pirlo (9), Daniele De Rossi (7), Thiago Motta (3), Pablo Osvaldo (1), Marco Borriello (1), Fabio Quagliarella (2), Mario Balotelli (2), Alberto Gilardino (1), Giuseppe Rossi (7), Giampaolo Pazzini (8), Antonio Cassano (10), Sebastian Giovinco (3).

Top Goalscorers at the qualifiers

Antonio Cassano 6, Giampaolo Pazzini 2.

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Road to Finals: Greece

Road to Finals: Greece

Winning squads (Euro 2004, Head coach OTTO REHHAGEL)

Antonios Nikopolidis (Olympiacos), Giourkas Seitaridis (Panathinaikos), Stylianos Venetidis (Olympiacos), Nikos Dabizas (Leicester City), Traianos Dellas (Roma), Angelos Basinas (Panathinaikos), Theodoros Zagorakis (AEK Athens), Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers), Angelos Charisteas (Werder Bremen), Vassilios Tsartas (AEK Athens), Demis Nikolaidis (Atletico Madrid), Konstantinos Chalkias (Panathinaikos), Fanis Katergiannakis (Olympiacos), Takis Fyssas (Benfica), Zisis Vryzas (Fiorentina), Pantelis Kafes (Olympiacos), Georgios Georgiadis (Olympiacos), Giannis Goumas (Panathinaikos), Michalis Kapsis (AEK Athens), Giorgos Karagounis (Internazionale), Kostas Katsouranis (AEK Athens), Dimitrios Papadopoulos (Panathinaikos), Vassilis Lakis (AEK Athens)

Matches at the qualifiers

03.09.2010 - home
at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus (GRE)
ref. Carlos Cios Gomez (ESP)
Greece v Georgia 1-1

07.09.2010 - away
at Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb (CRO)
ref. Claus Bo Larsen (DEN)
Croatia v Greece 0-0

08.10.2010 - home
at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus (GRE)
ref. Antonio Damato (ITA)
Greece v Latvia 1-0

12.10.2010 - home
at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus (GRE)
ref. Martin Hansson (SWE)
Greece v Israel 2-1

26.03.2011 - away
at Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali (MLT)
ref. Michael Weiner (GER)
Malta v Greece 0-1

04.06.2011 - home
at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus (GRE)
ref. Pawel Gil (POL)
Greece v Malta 3-1

02.09.2011 - away
at Itztadion Bloomfield, Tel Aviv (ISR)
ref. Craig Thomson (SCO)
Israel v Greece 0-1

06.09.2011 - away
at Skonto Stadions, Riga (LVA)
ref. Stanislav Todorov (BUL)
Latvia v Greece 1-1

07.10.2011 - home
at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus (GRE)
ref. Howard Webb (ENG)
Greece v Croatia 2-0

11.10.2011 - away
at Miheil Meskhi, Tbilisi (GEO)
Georgia v Greece 1-2

Squads played at the qualifiers

Alexandros Tzorvas (3), Michalis Sifakis (6), Dimitris Konstantopoulos (1), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (4), Giannis Zaradoukas (3), Nikos Spyropoulos (4), Giannis Maniatis (3), Giourkas Seitaridis (2), Giorgos Tzavellas (3), Vangelis Moras (5), Loukas Vyntra (5), Avraam Papadopoulos (7), Vassilis Torossidis (7), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (8), Kostas Katsouranis (9), Giorgos Karagounis (10), Sotiris Ninis (7), Pantelis Kafes (4), Pangiotis Kone (2), Giannis Fetfatzidis (6), Grigoris Makos (3), Alexandros Tziolis (6), Giorgos Fotakis (2), Lazaros Christodoupoulos (1), Giorgos Georgiadis (1), Angelos Charisteas (1), Stefanos Athanasiadis (1), Giorgos Samaras (8), Fanis Gekas (4), Nikos Liberopoulos (2), Kostas Mitroglou (5), Dimitris Salpingidis (10).

Top goal scorers at the qualifiers
Giannis Fetfatzidis (2), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (2), Vassilis Torossidis (2)

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