UEFA Euro Finals Squads

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GREECE EURO 2012 FINALS SQUADS

Goalkeepers

Michalis Sifakis
Club: Aris Thessaloniki
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Kostas Chalkias
Club: PAOK
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Alexandros Tzorvas
Club: Palermo
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Vassilis Torossidis
Club: Olympiakos
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Club: Schalke 04
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Club: Werder Bremen
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Jose Holebas
Club: Olympiacos
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Giorgios Tzarvellas
Club: AS Monaco
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Steilos Malezas
Club: PAOK
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Midfielders

Kostas Katsouranis
Club: Panathinaikos
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Giorgos Karagounis
Club: Panathinaikos
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Giannis Maniatis
Club: Olympiakos
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Gorgos Fotakis
Club: PAOK
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Grigoris Makos
Club: AEK Athens
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Giannis Fetfatzidis
Club: Olympiakos
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Sotiris Ninis
Club: Panathianikos
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Alexandros Tziolis
Club: AS Monaco
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Kostas Fortounis
Club: Kaiserslautern
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Panagiotis Kone
Club: Bologna
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Dimitris Salpingidis
Club: PAOK
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Giorgos Samaras
Club: Celtic
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Nikos Liberopoulos
Club: AEK Athens
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Kostas Mitroglou
Club: Atromitos FC
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Theofanis Gekas
Club: Samsunspor
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ENGLAND EURO 2012 FINALS SQUADS

Goalkeepers

Charles Joseph John Hart
Club: Manchester City
Birth: Shrewsbury, 19.04.1987
Ht-Wt: 194-83
Caps-goals: 17-0

Robert Paul Green
Club: West Ham United
Birth: Chertsey, 18.01.1980
Ht-Wt: 191-93
Caps-goals: 11-0

Jack Butland
Club: Birmingham City
Birth: Bristol, 10.03.1993
Ht-Wt: 193-
Caps-goals: 0-0

Defenders:

Leighton John Baines
Club: Everton
Birth: Kirkby, 11.12.1984
Ht-Wt: 170-70
Caps-goals: 3-0

Philip Nikodem Jagielka
Club: Everton
Birth: Sale, 17.08.1982
Ht-Wt: 183-
Caps-goals: 12-0

Ashley Cole
Club: Chelsea
Birth: Stepney, 20.12.1980
Ht-Wt: 176-66
Caps-goals: 93-0

Glen McLeod Cooper Johnson
Club: Liverpool
Birth: Greenwich, 23.08.1984
Ht-Wt: 182-70
Caps-goals: 35-1

Philip Anthony Jones
Club: Manchester United
Birth: Preston, 21.12.1992
Ht-Wt: 180-70
Caps-goals: 4-0

Joleon Patrick Lescott
Club: Manchester City
Birth: Birmingham, 16.08.1982
Ht-Wt: 188-82
Caps-goals: 14-0

John George Terry
Club: Chelsea
Birth: London, 07.12.1980
Ht-Wt: 187-90
Caps-goals: 72-6


Martin Ronald Kelly
Club: Liverpool
Birth: Whiston, 27.042.1990
Ht-Wt: 191-
Caps-goals: 1-0

 Midfielders

Stewart Downing
Club: Liverpool
Birth: Middlesbrough, 22.07.1984
Ht-Wt: 180-64
Caps-goals: 34-0

Steven George Gerrard
Club: Liverpool
Birth: Whiston, 30.05.1980
Ht-Wt: 183-83
Caps-goals: 87-19

Jordan Brian Henderson
Club: Liverpool
Birth: Sunderland, 17.06.1990
Ht-Wt: 182-
Caps-goals: 3-0

James Philip Milner
Club: Manchester City
Birth: Wortley, 04.01.1986
Ht-Wt: 176-70
Caps-goals: 26-0

Alex Mark David Oxlade-Chamberlain
Club: Arsenal
Birth: Portsmouth, 15.08.1993
Ht-Wt: 180-69
Caps-goals: 2-0

Scott Matthew Parker
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Birth: Lambeth, 13.10.1980
Ht-Wt: 175-69
Caps-goals: 13-0

Theo James Walcott
Club: Arsenal
Birth: Stanmore, 16.03.1989
Ht-Wt: 180-67
Caps-goals: 24-3

Ashley Simon Young
Club: Manchester United
Birth: Stevenage, 09.07.1985
Ht-Wt: 175-65
Caps-goals: 21-6

Forwards

Andy Thomas Carroll
Club: Liverpool
Birth: Gateshead, 06.01.1989
Ht-Wt: 191-76
Caps-goals: 4-1

Jermain Colin Defoe
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Birth: Beckton, 07.10.1982
Ht-Wt: 169-65
Caps-goals: 47-15

Wayne Mark Rooney
Club: Manchester United
Birth: Liverpool, 24.10.1985
Ht-Wt: 176-78
Caps-goals: 74-28

Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck
Club: Manchester United
Birth: Longsight, 26.10.1990
Ht-Wt: 185-73
Caps-goals: 5-1
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SWEDEN EURO 2012 FINALS SQUADS

Goalkeepers:

Andreas Isaksson
Club: PSV Eindhoven
Birth: Trelleborg, 03.10.1981
Ht-Wt: 199-88
Caps-goals: 90-0

Johan Wiland
Club: FC Kobenhavn
Birth: Boras, 24.01.1981
Ht-Wt: 188-78
Caps-goals: 7-0

Par Hansson
Club: Helsingborgs IF
Birth: Vejbystrand, 22.06.1986
Ht-Wt: 185-82
Caps-goals: 2-0

Defenders:

Mikael Antonsson
Club: Bologna
Birth: Karlskrona, 31.05.1981
Ht-Wt: 189-80
Caps-goals: 4-0

Andreas Granqvist
Club: Genoa
Birth: Helsingborgs, 16.04.1985
Ht-Wt: 192-84
Caps-goals: 16-2

Olof Mellberg
Club: Olympiakos Piraeus
Birth: Amneharad, 03.09.1977
Ht-Wt: 180-82
Caps-goals: 112-7

Jonas Olsson
Club: West Bromwich Albion
Birth: Landskrona, 10.03.1983
Ht-Wt: 193-84
Caps-goals: 6-0

Martin Osson
Club: Blackburn Rovers
Birth: Gavle, 17.05.1988
Ht-Wt: 170-81
Caps-goals: 5-2

Behrang Safari
Club: RSC Anderlecht
Birth: Teheran, 09.02.1985
Ht-Wt: 184-73
Caps-goals: 23-0

Carl Mikael Lustig
Club: Celtic
Birth: Umea, 13.12.1986
Ht-Wt: 189-77
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Midfielders:

Emir Bajrami
Club: FC Twente
Birth: Prishtina, 07.03.1988
Ht-Wt: 178-77
Caps-goals: 15-2

Rasmus Elm
Club: AZ Alkmaar
Birth: Kalmar, 17.03.1988
Ht-Wt: 184-78
Caps-goals: 22-1

Samuel Holmen
Club: Istanbul BBSK
Birth: Annelund, 28.06.1984
Ht-Wt: 178-70
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Kim Kallstrom
Club: Olympique Lyon
Birth: Sandviken, 24.08.1982
Ht-Wt: 181-79
Caps-goals: 90-16

Sebastian Larsson
Club: Sunderland
Birth: Eskilstuna, 06.06.1985
Ht-Wt: 178-70
Caps-goals: 39-5

Anders Svensson
Club: IF Elfsborg
Birth: Goteborg, 17.07.1976
Ht-Wt: 177-77
Caps-goals: 123-17

Pontus Wernbloom
Club: PFC CSKA Moskva
Birth: Kungalv, 25.06.1986
Ht-Wt: 186-85
Caps-goals: 21-2

Christian Ulf Wilhemsson
Club: Al-Hilal
Birth: Malmo, 08.12.1979
Ht-Wt: 177-68
Caps-goals: 72-8

Forwards:

Johan Elmander
Club: Galatasaray
Birth: Alingsas, 27.05.1981
Ht-Wt: 188-84
Caps-goals: 63-11

Tobias Hysen
Club: IFK Goteborg
Birth: Goteborg, 09.03.1982
Ht-Wt: 180-82
Caps-goals: 19-4

Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Club: AC Milan
Birth: Malmo, 03.10.1981
Ht-Wt: 195-95
Caps-goals: 75-29

Markus Rosenberg
Club: Werder Bremen
Birth: Malmo, 27.09.1982
Ht-Wt: 185-76
Caps-goals: 30-6

Ola Toivonen
Club: PSV Eindhoven
Birth: Degersfors, 03.07.1986
Ht-Wt: 190-74
Caps-goals: 22-4
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Provisional Squads for Euro 2012

ITALY

Goalkeepers:

Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Emiliano Viviano (Palermo)

Belakang:

Cristian Maggio (Napoli), Domenico Criscito (Zenit St. Petersburg), Ignazio Abate (Milan), Federico Balzaretti (Palermo), Davide Astori (Cagliari), Salvatore Bochetti (Rubin Kazan), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Andrea Ranocchia (Internazionale), Angelo Ogbonna (Torino)

Tengah:

Andrea Pirlo (Juventus), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Ezequiel Schelotto (Atalanta), Luca Cigarini (Atalanta), Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna), Marco Veratti (Pescara)

Fowards:

Antonio Cassano (Milan), Mario Balotelli (Manchester City), Sebastian Giovinco (Parma), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Mattia Destro (Siena), Fabio Borini (Roma)

GREECE

Goalkeepers:

Dionisis Chiotis (APOEL), Alexandros Tzorvas (Palermo)

Defenders:

Vangelis Moras (Cesena), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Schalke 04), Sokratis Papasthathopoulos (Werder Bremen), Giorgios Tzarvelas (Monaco)

Midfielders:

Panagiotis Kone (Bologna), Athanasios Petsos (Kaiserslautern), Alexandros Tziolis (Monaco), Kostas Fortounis (Kaiserslautern)

Forwards:

Theofanis Gekas (Samsunspor), Georgios Samaras (Celtic)

GERMANY

Goalkeepers:

Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96)

Defenders:

Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Benedikt Hoewedes (Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders:

Lars Bender (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Draxler (Schalke 04), Mario Goetze (Borussia Dortmund), Ilkay Guendogan (Borussia Dortmund), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Oezil (Real Madrid), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal), Andre Schuerrle (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)

Forwards:

Cacau (VfB Stuttgart), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Miroslav Klose (SS Lazio)

FRANCE

Goalkeepers

Cedric Carasso Bordeaux, Hugo Lloris Lyon, Steve Mandanda Marseille

Defenders

Mathieu Debucy Lille, Anthony Reveillere Lyon, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa Montpellier, Gael Clichy Manchester City, Patrice Evra Manchester United, Laurent Koscielny Arsenal, Adil Rami Valencia, Philippe Mexes Milan, Younes Kaboul Tottenham Hotspur

Midfielders

Alou Diarra Marseille, Yoann Gourcuff Lyon, Yann M'Vila Rennes, Marvin Martin Sochaux, Blaise Matuidi PSG, Yohan Cabaye Newcastle United, Florent Malouda Chelsea, Samir Nasri Manchester City

Forwards

Olivier Giroud Montpellier, Jeremy Menez PSG, Mathieu Valbuena Marseille, Loic Remy Marseille, Hatem Ben Arfa Newcastle United, Karim Benzema Real Madrid, Franck Ribery Bayern Munich

NETHERLANDS

Goalkeepers:

Tim Krul (Newcastle United FC), Maarten Stekelenburg (AS Roma), Michel Vorm (Swansea City AFC).

Defenders:

Vurnon Anita (AFC Ajax), Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart), Wilfred Bouma (PSV Eindhoven), John Heitinga (Everton FC), Joris Mathijsen (Málaga CF), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Gregory van der Wiel (AFC Ajax), Jetro Willems (PSV Eindhoven).

Midfielders:

Mark van Bommel (AC Milan), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City FC), Siem de Jong (AFC Ajax), Adam Maher (AZ Alkmaar), Stijn Schaars (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Wesley Sneijder (FC Internazionale Milano), Kevin Strootman (PSV Eindhoven), Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur FC)

Forwards:

Ibrahim Afellay (FC Barcelona), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (FC Schalke 04), Luuk de Jong (FC Twente), Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool FC), Jeremain Lens (PSV Eindhoven), Luciano Narsingh (sc Heerenveen), Robin van Persie (Arsenal FC), Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München).

PORTUGAL

Goalkeepers:

Eduardo (SL Benfica), Rui Patrício (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Beto (CFR 1907 Cluj).

Defenders:

João Pereira (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Fábio Coentrão (Real Madrid CF), Bruno Alves (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Rolando (FC Porto), Ricardo Costa (Valencia CF), Pepe (Real Madrid CF), Miguel Lopes (SC Braga).

Midfielders:

Raúl Meireles (Chelsea FC), Miguel Veloso (Genoa CFC), João Moutinho (FC Porto), Rúben Micael (Real Zaragoza), Carlos Martins (Granada CF), Custódio (SC Braga).

Forwards:


Nani (Manchester United FC), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF), Hugo Almeida (Beşiktaş JK), Ricardo Quaresma (Beşiktaş JK), Silvestre Varela (FC Porto), Hélder Postiga (Real Zaragoza), Nélson Oliveira (SL Benfica).

SWEDEN

Goalkeepers:

Andreas Isaksson (PSV Eindhoven), Johan Wiland (FC København), Pär Hansson (Helsingborgs IF).

Defenders:

Mikael Antonsson (Bologna FC), Andreas Granqvist (Genoa CFC), Olof Mellberg (Olympiacos FC), Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion FC), Martin Olsson (Blackburn Rovers FC), Behrang Safari (RSC Anderlecht), Mikael Lustig (Celtic FC).

Midfielders:

Emir Bajrami (FC Twente), Rasmus Elm (AZ Alkmaar), Samuel Holmén (İstanbul BB SK), Kim Källström (Olympique Lyonnais), Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland AFC), Anders Svensson (IF Elfsborg), Pontus Wernbloom (PFC CSKA Moskva), Christian Wilhelmsson (Al-Hilal FC).

Forwards:

Johan Elmander (Galatasaray AŞ), Tobias Hysén (IFK Göteborg), Zlatan Ibrahimović (AC Milan), Markus Rosenberg (SV Werder Bremen), Ola Toivonen (PSV Eindhoven).


UKRAINE

Goalkeepers:

Oleksandr Bandura (FC Metalurh Donetsk), Oleksandr Goryainov (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Maxym Koval (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Pyatov (FC Shakhtar Donetsk).

Defenders:

Bohdan Butko (FC Illychivets Mariupil), Olexandr Kucher (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Vitaly Mandziuk (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Taras Mikhalik (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Yevhen Selin (FC Vorskla Poltava), Yevhen Khacheridi (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (FC Shakhtar Donetsk).

Midfielders:

Olexandr Aliyev (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Denys Garmash (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Oleh Gusev (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Konoplyanka (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy Nazarenko (SC Tavriya Simferopol), Ruslan Rotan (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Taras Stepanenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (FC Bayern München), Andriy Yarmolenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv).

Forwards:

Andriy Voronin (FC Dinamo Moskva), Marko Dević (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Artem Milevskiy (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Seleznyov (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv).

On standby:

Roman Bezus (FC Vorskla Poltava), Oleksandr Volovyk (FC Metalurh Donetsk), Edmar (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Maxym Kalynychenko (SC Tavriya Simferopol), Olexandr Kovpak (FC Arsenal Kyiv), Artem Fedetskiy (FC Karpaty Lviv), Anton Shinder (SC Tavriya Simferopol), Bohdan Shust (FC Shakhtar Donetsk).


CZECH REPUBLIC

Goalkeepers:

Petr Čech (Chelsea FC), Jan Laštůvka (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Jaroslav Drobný (Hamburger SV), Tomáš Grigar (FK Teplice).

Defenders:

Roman Hubník (Hertha BSC Berlin), Michal Kadlec (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Tomáš Sivok (Beşiktaş JK), Daniel Pudil (AC Cesena), David Limberský (FC Viktoria Plzeň), František Rajtoral (FC Viktoria Plzeň), Theo Gebre Selassie (FC Slovan Liberec), Marek Suchý (FC Spartak Moskva).

Midfielders:

Tomáš Rosický (Arsenal FC), Petr Jiráček (VfL Wolfsburg), Daniel Kolář (FC Viktoria Plzeň), Václav Pilař (FC Viktoria Plzeň), Jan Rezek (Anorthosis Famagusta FC), Jaroslav Plašil (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Milan Petržela (FC Viktoria Plzeň), Tomáš Hübschman (FC Shakhtar Donetsk).

Forwards:

Milan Baroš (Galatasaray AŞ), Tomáš Pekhart (1. FC Nürnberg), David Lafata (FK Jablonec), Tomáš Necid (PFC CSKA Moskva). 


CROATIA

Goalkeepers:

Stipe Pletikosa (FC Rostov), Danijel Subašić (AS Monaco FC), Ivan Kelava (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Goran Blažević (HNK Hajduk Split).

Defenders:

Vedran Ćorluka (Tottenham Hotspur FC, on loan at Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Josip Šimunić (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Gordon Schildenfeld (Eintracht Frankfurt), Darijo Srna (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Šime Vrsaljko (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Domagoj Vida (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Danijel Pranjić (FC Bayern München), Dejan Lovren (Olympique Lyonnais), Jurica Buljat (Maccabi Haifa FC), Ivan Strinić (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk).

Midfielders:

Luka Modrić (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Ognjen Vukojević (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Tomislav Dujmović (FC Dinamo Moskva), Ivan Perišić (Borussia Dortmund), Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla FC), Niko Kranjčar (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Milan Badelj (GNK Dinamo Zagreb).

Forwards:

Eduardo (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Mario Mandžukić (VfL Wolfsburg), Nikica Jelavić (Everton FC), Ivica Olić (FC Bayern München), Nikola Kalinić (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Ivo Iličević (Hamburger SV). 


IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF

Goalkeepers:

Shay Given (Aston Villa FC), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland AFC), David Forde (Millwall FC).

Defenders:

John O'Shea (Sunderland AFC), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa FC), Stephen Ward (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Sean St Ledger (Leicester City FC), Darren O'Dea (Celtic FC), Stephen Kelly (Fulham FC), Kevin Foley (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC).

Midfielders:

Glenn Whelan (Stoke City FC), Keith Andrews (West Bromwich Albion FC), Aiden McGeady (FC Spartak Moskva), Darron Gibson (Everton FC), Keith Fahey (Birmingham City FC), Damien Duff (Fulham FC), Stephen Hunt (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), James McClean (Sunderland AFC).

Forwards:

Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Kevin Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Shane Long (West Bromwich Albion FC), Jonathan Walters (Stoke City FC), Simon Cox (West Bromwich Albion FC).

On standby:

Darren Randolph (Motherwell FC), Paul McShane (Hull City AFC), Paul Green (unattached), Seamus Coleman (Everton FC), Andy Keogh (Millwall FC).
 

RUSSIA

Goalkeepers:

Igor Akinfeev (PFC CSKA Moskva), Vyacheslav Malafeev (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Anton Shunin (FC Dinamo Moskva).

Defenders:

Aleksandr Anyukov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Aleksei Berezutski (PFC CSKA Moskva), Vasili Berezutski (PFC CSKA Moskva), Sergei Ignashevich (PFC CSKA Moskva), Vladimir Granat (FC Dinamo Moskva), Yuri Zhirkov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala), Dmitri Kombarov (FC Spartak Moskva), Roman Sharonov (FC Rubin Kazan), Roman Shishkin (FC Lokomotiv Moskva).

Midfielders:

Igor Denisov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Konstantin Zyryanov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Shirokov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Denis Glushakov (FC Lokomotiv Moskva), Magomed Ozdoev (FC Lokomotiv Moskva), Igor Semshov (FC Dinamo Moskva), Marat Izmailov (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Alan Dzagoev (PFC CSKA Moskva).

Strikers:

Andrey Arshavin (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Aleksandr Kerzhakov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Artem Dzyuba (FC Spartak Moskva), Aleksandr Kokorin (FC Dinamo Moskva), Roman Pavlyuchenko (FC Lokomotiv Moskva), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham FC).
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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

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


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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UEFA Euro Finals Squads