UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates	11 August 2010 – 15 November 2011
Teams	51
Tournament statistics
Matches played	248
Goals scored	665 (2.68 per match)
Top scorer	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (12 goals)
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The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 was a series of parallel association football competitions held across Europe between 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 7 February 2010 in the Congress Hall of the Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, with matches set to take place between August 2010 and November 2011.

Two host countries qualified automatically. For the first qualifying round, there were nine groups. Six of these groups had six teams (one from pots 1 to 6 below); the remaining three groups consisted of five teams (one each from pots 1 to 5 below). The group competition was a double round robin: each team hosted a game with every other team in its group. Each group winner qualified, along with the second-place team with the most points against teams ranked in the top five in the group. The remaining eight second-place teams were paired for two-game play-offs, with the winner of each total goals tie (or away goals rule, or penalty shootout) qualifying for the finals to complete the field of sixteen teams.

Qualified teams

Euro 2012 qualifiers
  Qualified

  Did not qualify

  Did not enter

  Not a UEFA member

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^[A]
Poland	Co-host	18 April 2007	1 (2008)
Ukraine	Co-host	18 April 2007	0 (debut)
Germany^[B]	Group A winner	2 September 2011	10 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Italy	Group C winner	6 September 2011	7 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Netherlands	Group E winner	6 September 2011	8 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Spain	Group I winner	6 September 2011	8 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
England	Group G winner	7 October 2011	7 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Russia^[C]	Group B winner	11 October 2011	9 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008)
France	Group D winner	11 October 2011	7 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Greece	Group F winner	11 October 2011	3 (1980, 2004, 2008)
Denmark	Group H winner	11 October 2011	7 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Sweden	Best runner-up	11 October 2011	4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Croatia	Play-off winner	15 November 2011	3 (1996, 2004, 2008)
Czech Republic^[D]	Play-off winner	15 November 2011	7 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Portugal	Play-off winner	15 November 2011	5 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Republic of Ireland	Play-off winner	15 November 2011	1 (1988)

↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
↑ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
↑ 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.

Seedings

The pot allocations for the qualifying group stage draw were based on the UEFA national team coefficient rankings as of the end of 2009. The sole exception was the automatic placement of Spain, as reigning European champions, as the top-ranked team (their coefficient ranking would have also placed them in this position anyway).^[1]^[2]^[3] Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating:^[4]

40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage;
40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying stage and final tournament;
20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament.

The 51 entrants were divided into the following six pots for the drawing of nine qualifying groups on 7 February 2010 in Warsaw, Poland:^[5]

Pot 1
Team	Coeff	Rank
Spain (title holders)	39,964	1
Germany	38,294	2
Netherlands	37,821	3
Italy	35,838	4
England	34,819	5
Croatia	33,677	6
Portugal	33,226	7
France	32,551	8
Russia	32,477	9

Pot 2
Team	Coeff	Rank
Greece	31,268	10
Czech Republic	30,871	11
Sweden	30,695	12
Switzerland	30,395	13
Serbia	29,811	14
Turkey	29,447	15
Denmark	29,222	16
Slovakia	28,228	17
Romania	28,145	18

Pot 3
Team	Coeff	Rank
Israel	28,052	20
Bulgaria	27,198	21
Finland	26,827	22
Norway	26,210	24
Republic of Ireland	25,971	25
Scotland	25,646	26
Northern Ireland	24,518	27
Austria	24,381	28
Bosnia and Herzegovina	24,365	29

Pot 4
Team	Coeff	Rank
Slovenia	24,221	30
Latvia	23,303	31
Hungary	23,048	32
Lithuania	22,071	33
Belarus	21,515	34
Belgium	21,426	35
Wales	21,274	36
Macedonia	19,409	37
Cyprus	18,791	38

Pot 5
Team	Coeff	Rank
Montenegro	18,751	39
Albania	18,319	40
Estonia	17,792	41
Georgia	15,819	42
Moldova	15,734	43
Iceland	15,404	44
Armenia	15,164	45
Kazakhstan	14,730	46
Liechtenstein	13,581	47

Pot 6
Team	Coeff	Rank
Azerbaijan	13,500	48
Luxembourg	11,872	49
Malta	11,517	50
Faroe Islands	10,620	51
Andorra	9,197	52
San Marino	7,783	53

Notes

The co-hosts Ukraine and Poland, which qualified automatically, were ranked 19th (28,133) and 23rd (26,620) respectively.

Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia would not be drawn against Azerbaijan (due to the dispute concerning territory of Nagorno-Karabakh) and Georgia would not be drawn against Russia (due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia).^[6]

Armenia and Azerbaijan were drawn together in Group A during the draw ceremony, forcing UEFA to reassign Armenia to Group B, as Azerbaijan had refused to play in Armenia when they had been drawn together during UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.^[7]

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.^[8]

higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
if, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two or more teams still had an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) was reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6) to 10) applied;
superior goal difference in all group matches;
higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
higher number of goals scored away from home in all group matches;
fair play ranking in all group matches;
drawing of lots.

Summary

Group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2012

The remaining runners-up advanced to the play-offs

Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H	Group I
Germany	Russia	Italy	France	Netherlands	Greece	England	Denmark	Spain
Turkey	Republic of Ireland	Estonia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sweden	Croatia	Montenegro	Portugal	Czech Republic
Belgium Austria Azerbaijan Kazakhstan	Armenia Slovakia Macedonia Andorra	Serbia Slovenia Northern Ireland Faroe Islands	Romania Belarus Albania Luxembourg	Hungary Finland Moldova San Marino	Israel Latvia Georgia Malta	Switzerland Wales Bulgaria	Norway Iceland Cyprus	Scotland Lithuania Liechtenstein

Groups

The following 18 dates were reserved for group matches in qualifying:

3–4 and 7 September 2010
8–9 and 12 October 2010
25–26 and 29 March 2011
3–4 and 7 June 2011
2–3 and 6 September 2011
7–8 and 11 October 2011

For the first time, Tuesday evenings replaced Wednesday evenings for midweek qualifying fixtures where two matchdays occurred in the same week. This was in order to allow players an extra day to return to their clubs for domestic duty the following week. Consequently, teams were permitted to move the earlier weekend match forward to the Friday evening.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	10	0	0	34	7	+27	30	Qualify for final tournament	—	3–0	3–1	6–2	6–1	4–0
2	Turkey	10	5	2	3	13	11	+2	17	Advance to play-offs	1–3	—	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1
3	Belgium	10	4	3	3	21	15	+6	15		0–1	1–1	—	4–4	4–1	4–1
4	Austria	10	3	3	4	16	17	−1	12		1–2	0–0	0–2	—	3–0	2–0
5	Azerbaijan	10	2	1	7	10	26	−16	7		1–3	1–0	1–1	1–4	—	3–2
6	Kazakhstan	10	1	1	8	6	24	−18	4		0–3	0–3	0–2	0–0	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	10	7	2	1	17	4	+13	23	Qualify for final tournament	—	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	6–0
2	Republic of Ireland	10	6	3	1	15	7	+8	21	Advance to play-offs	2–3	—	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–1
3	Armenia	10	5	2	3	22	10	+12	17		0–0	0–1	—	3–1	4–1	4–0
4	Slovakia	10	4	3	3	7	10	−3	15		0–1	1–1	0–4	—	1–0	1–0
5	Macedonia	10	2	2	6	8	14	−6	8		0–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	—	1–0
6	Andorra	10	0	0	10	1	25	−24	0		0–2	0–2	0–3	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	8	2	0	20	2	+18	26	Qualify for final tournament	—	3–0	3–0^[a]	1–0	3–0	5–0
2	Estonia	10	5	1	4	15	14	+1	16	Advance to play-offs	1–2	—	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–1
3	Serbia	10	4	3	3	13	12	+1	15		1–1	1–3	—	1–1	2–1	3–1
4	Slovenia	10	4	2	4	11	7	+4	14		0–1	1–2	1–0	—	0–1	5–1
5	Northern Ireland	10	2	3	5	9	13	−4	9		0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	—	4–0
6	Faroe Islands	10	1	1	8	6	26	−20	4		0–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ The Italy v Serbia match was abandoned at 0–0 after six minutes due to rioting by Serbian fans.^[12] The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to Italy.^[13]

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	6	3	1	15	4	+11	21	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–0
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	6	2	2	17	8	+9	20	Advance to play-offs	0–2	—	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–0
3	Romania	10	3	5	2	13	9	+4	14		0–0	3–0	—	2–2	1–1	3–1
4	Belarus	10	3	4	3	8	7	+1	13		1–1	0–2	0–0	—	2–0	2–0
5	Albania	10	2	3	5	7	14	−7	9		1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	—	1–0
6	Luxembourg	10	1	1	8	3	21	−18	4		0–2	0–3	0–2	0–0	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	10	9	0	1	37	8	+29	27	Qualify for final tournament	—	4–1	5–3	2–1	1–0	11–0
2	Sweden	10	8	0	2	31	11	+20	24	Qualify for final tournament	3–2	—	2–0	5–0	2–1	6–0
3	Hungary	10	6	1	3	22	14	+8	19		0–4	2–1	—	0–0	2–1	8–0
4	Finland	10	3	1	6	16	16	0	10		0–2	1–2	1–2	—	4–1	8–0
5	Moldova	10	3	0	7	12	16	−4	9		0–1	1–4	0–2	2–0	—	4–0
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	0	53	−53	0		0–5	0–5	0–3	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	10	7	3	0	14	5	+9	24	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1
2	Croatia	10	7	1	2	18	7	+11	22	Advance to play-offs	0–0	—	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–0
3	Israel	10	5	1	4	13	11	+2	16		0–1	1–2	—	2–1	1–0	3–1
4	Latvia	10	3	2	5	9	12	−3	11		1–1	0–3	1–2	—	1–1	2–0
5	Georgia	10	2	4	4	7	9	−2	10		1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	—	1–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	4	21	−17	1		0–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	5	3	0	17	5	+12	18	Qualify for final tournament	—	0–0	2–2	1–0	4–0
2	Montenegro	8	3	3	2	7	7	0	12	Advance to play-offs	2–2	—	1–0	1–0	1–1
3	Switzerland	8	3	2	3	12	10	+2	11		1–3	2–0	—	4–1	3–1
4	Wales	8	3	0	5	6	10	−4	9		0–2	2–1	2–0	—	0–1
5	Bulgaria	8	1	2	5	3	13	−10	5		0–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	6	1	1	15	6	+9	19	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
2	Portugal	8	5	1	2	21	12	+9	16^[a]	Advance to play-offs	3–1	—	1–0	5–3	4–4
3	Norway	8	5	1	2	10	7	+3	16^[a]		1–1	1–0	—	1–0	3–1
4	Iceland	8	1	1	6	6	14	−8	4		0–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–0
5	Cyprus	8	0	2	6	7	20	−13	2		1–4	0–4	1–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	8	8	0	0	26	6	+20	24	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–1	3–1	3–1	6–0
2	Czech Republic	8	4	1	3	12	8	+4	13	Advance to play-offs	0–2	—	1–0	0–1	2–0
3	Scotland	8	3	2	3	9	10	−1	11		2–3	2–2	—	1–0	2–1
4	Lithuania	8	1	2	5	4	13	−9	5		1–3	1–4	0–0	—	0–0
5	Liechtenstein	8	1	1	6	3	17	−14	4		0–4	0–2	0–1	2–0	—

Source: UEFA

Ranking of second-placed teams

The highest ranked second placed team from the groups qualified automatically for the tournament, while the remainder entered the play-offs. As six groups contained six teams and three with five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were not included in this ranking. As a result, a total of eight matches played by each team counted toward the purpose of the second-placed ranking table.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	Sweden	8	6	0	2	20	11	+9	18	Qualify for final tournament
2	H	Portugal	8	5	1	2	21	12	+9	16	Advance to play-offs
3	F	Croatia	8	5	1	2	12	6	+6	16
4	B	Republic of Ireland	8	4	3	1	10	6	+4	15
5	D	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	4	2	2	9	8	+1	14
6	I	Czech Republic	8	4	1	3	12	8	+4	13
7	C	Estonia	8	4	1	3	13	11	+2	13
8	G	Montenegro	8	3	3	2	7	7	0	12
9	A	Turkey	8	3	2	3	8	10	−2	11

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) UEFA national team coefficient ranking; 6) Lower disciplinary points total; 7) Drawing of lots.

Play-offs

The eight remaining second-placed teams contested two-legged play-offs to determine the last four qualifiers for the finals. The teams were seeded for the play-off draw according to the UEFA national team coefficient rankings updated after the completion of the qualifying group stage. The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 2011 in Kraków, Poland.^[14]

Seedings

The seedings were as follows:^[15]

Pot 1 (seeded)
Team	Coeff	Rank
Croatia	32.723	7
Portugal	31.202	11
Republic of Ireland	28.203	13
Czech Republic	27.982	15

Pot 2 (unseeded)
Team	Coeff	Rank
Turkey	27.601	18
Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.199	19
Montenegro	21.876	35
Estonia	20.355	37

Matches

The first legs were played on 11 November, and the second legs were played on 15 November 2011. The four play-off winners qualified for the final tournament.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turkey	0–3	Croatia	0–3	0–0
Estonia	1–5	Republic of Ireland	0–4	1–1
Czech Republic	3–0	Montenegro	2–0	1–0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–6	Portugal	0–0	2–6

Goalscorers

There were 665 goals scored in 248 matches, for an average of 2.68 goals per match.^{[note 1]}

12 goals

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

9 goals

Miroslav Klose

7 goals

6 goals

Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Konstantin Vassiljev
Mario Gómez
Gergely Rudolf
Antonio Cassano
Dirk Kuyt
Robin van Persie

5 goals

Gevorg Ghazaryan
Marvin Ogunjimi
Mesut Özil
Nani
Hélder Postiga
Adrian Mutu
Tim Matavž
Zlatan Ibrahimović

4 goals

Yura Movsisyan
Marcos Pizzelli
Marko Arnautović
Edin Džeko
Zvjezdan Misimović
Niko Kranjčar
Michal Kadlec
Kasper Hämäläinen
Ádám Szalai
Yossi Benayoun
Aleksandrs Cauņa
Alexandru Suvorov
Alan Dzagoev
Roman Pavlyuchenko
David Silva
Xherdan Shaqiri
Arda Turan

3 goals

Hamdi Salihi
Timmy Simons
Haris Medunjanin
Eduardo
Mario Mandžukić
Ioannis Okkas
Nicklas Bendtner
Dennis Rommedahl
Darren Bent
Jermain Defoe
Wayne Rooney
Ashley Young
Karim Benzema
Yoann Gourcuff
Florent Malouda
Thomas Müller
Lukas Podolski
André Schürrle
Zoltán Gera
Vladimir Koman
Darvydas Šernas
Michael Mifsud
Ibrahim Afellay
Wesley Sneijder
Ciprian Marica
Marko Pantelić
Nikola Žigić
Fernando Llorente
Kim Källström
Sebastian Larsson
Christian Wilhelmsson
Burak Yılmaz
Gareth Bale

2 goals

Erjon Bogdani
Artur Sarkisov
Martin Harnik
Marc Janko
Franz Schiemer
Rauf Aliyev
Vagif Javadov
Vüqar Nadirov
Sergei Kornilenko
Marouane Fellaini
Daniel Van Buyten
Jelle Vossen
Axel Witsel
Vedad Ibišević
Miralem Pjanić
Ivelin Popov
Nikola Kalinić
Ivica Olić
Andreas Avraam
Jaroslav Plašil
Jan Rezek
Michael Krohn-Dehli
Adam Johnson
Frank Lampard
Tarmo Kink
Kaimar Saag
Sergei Zenjov
Fróði Benjaminsen
Loïc Rémy
Jaba Kankava
David Siradze
Giannis Fetfatzidis
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Vasilis Torosidis
Balázs Dzsudzsák
Imre Szabics
Heiðar Helguson
Hallgrímur Jónasson
Giampaolo Pazzini
Sergey Gridin
Kaspars Gorkšs
Ilčo Naumoski
Vanche Shikov
Anatolie Doroș
Mirko Vučinić
Elsad Zverotić
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Steven Davis
Paddy McCourt
Mohammed Abdellaoue
John Carew
Erik Huseklepp
Hugo Almeida
Danny
Raul Meireles
Kevin Doyle
Aiden McGeady
Gabriel Torje
Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Pavel Pogrebnyak
Kenny Miller
Steven Naismith
Zoran Tošić
Milivoje Novaković
Juan Mata
Álvaro Negredo
Fernando Torres
Xavi
Johan Elmander
Andreas Granqvist
Martin Olsson
Ola Toivonen
Pontus Wernbloom
Tranquillo Barnetta
Valentin Stocker
Hamit Altıntop
Aaron Ramsey

1 goal

Klodian Duro
Gjergji Muzaka
Cristian Martínez
Edgar Manucharyan
Erwin Hoffer
Andreas Ivanschitz
Zlatko Junuzović
Roland Linz
Sebastian Prödl
Ruslan Abışov
Murad Hüseynov
Rashad Sadygov
Mahir Shukurov
Stanislaw Drahun
Syarhey Kislyak
Sergey Krivets
Anton Putsila
Vitali Rodionov
Nacer Chadli
Eden Hazard
Vincent Kompany
Nicolas Lombaerts
Jan Vertonghen
Senijad Ibričić
Darko Maletić
Sejad Salihović
Emir Spahić
Ivan Ivanov
Milan Badelj
Vedran Ćorluka
Dejan Lovren
Luka Modrić
Mladen Petrić
Darijo Srna
Ognjen Vukojević
Efstathios Aloneftis
Michalis Konstantinou
Milan Baroš
Roman Hubník
Petr Jiráček
Václav Kadlec
Tomáš Necid
Václav Pilař
Tomáš Sivok
Christian Eriksen
Lars Jacobsen
Thomas Kahlenberg
Kasper Lorentzen
Morten Rasmussen
Lasse Schöne
Gary Cahill
Raio Piiroja
Ats Purje
Martin Vunk
Jóan Símun Edmundsson
Arnbjørn Hansen
Christian Holst
Christian Mouritsen
Jari Litmanen
Roni Porokara
Joona Toivio
Mika Väyrynen
Yann M'Vila
Philippe Mexès
Samir Nasri
Anthony Réveillère
Aleksandre Iashvili
Levan Kobiashvili
David Targamadze
Holger Badstuber
Mario Götze
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Heiko Westermann
Angelos Charisteas
Georgios Fotakis
Theofanis Gekas
Giorgos Karagounis
Sotiris Ninis
Dimitris Salpingidis
Georgios Samaras
Nikos Spyropoulos
Zoltán Lipták
Vilmos Vanczák
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
Gylfi Sigurðsson
Elyaniv Barda
Tal Ben Haim I
Tal Ben Haim II
Rami Gershon
Tomer Hemed
Beram Kayal
Lior Refaelov
Itay Shechter
Leonardo Bonucci
Daniele De Rossi
Alberto Gilardino
Claudio Marchisio
Thiago Motta
Andrea Pirlo
Fabio Quagliarella
Giuseppe Rossi
Ulan Konysbayev
Kairat Nurdauletov
Sergei Ostapenko
Vitali Yevstigneyev
Artjoms Rudņevs
Māris Verpakovskis
Aleksejs Višņakovs
Philippe Erne
Mario Frick
Michele Polverino
Marius Stankevičius
Gilles Bettmer
Lars Krogh Gerson
Aurélien Joachim
Mario Gjurovski
Mirko Ivanovski
Nikolče Noveski
Ivan Trichkovski
Jamie Pace
Serghei Alexeev
Gheorghe Andronic
Igor Bugaiov
Nicolae Josan
Denis Zmeu
Andrija Delibašić
Radomir Đalović
Stevan Jovetić
Luuk de Jong
John Heitinga
Kevin Strootman
Rafael van der Vaart
Georginio Wijnaldum
Corry Evans
Aaron Hughes
Kyle Lafferty
Gareth McAuley
Brede Hangeland
Tom Høgli
Morten Gamst Pedersen
John Arne Riise
Eliseu
Manuel Fernandes
João Moutinho
Miguel Veloso
Keith Andrews
Richard Dunne
Keith Fahey
Kevin Kilbane
Shane Long
Sean St Ledger
Jonathan Walters
Stephen Ward
Srdjan Luchin
Bogdan Stancu
Ianis Zicu
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Denis Glushakov
Sergei Ignashevich
Igor Semshov
Roman Shirokov
Darren Fletcher
David Goodwillie
Craig Mackail-Smith
Stephen McManus
Branislav Ivanović
Milan Jovanović
Zdravko Kuzmanović
Danko Lazović
Dejan Stanković
Ján Ďurica
Filip Hološko
Miroslav Karhan
Juraj Piroska
Filip Šebo
Miroslav Stoch
Vladimír Weiss
Zlatko Dedić
Dare Vršič
Xabi Alonso
Andrés Iniesta
Sergio Ramos
Emir Bajrami
Marcus Berg
Alexander Gerndt
Tobias Hysén
Mikael Lustig
Eren Derdiyok
Gökhan Inler
Stephan Lichtsteiner
Marco Streller
Hakan Balta
Gökhan Gönül
Nihat Kahveci
Semih Şentürk
Steve Morison

1 own goal

Valeri Aleksanyan (against Republic of Ireland)
Rashad Sadygov (against Germany)
Raio Piiroja (against Northern Ireland)
Andrei Sidorenkov (against Slovenia)
Rógvi Baldvinsson (against Slovenia)
Eric Abidal (against Belarus)
Arne Friedrich (against Austria)
Nikos Spyropoulos (against Israel)
Tadas Kijanskas (against Spain)
Igor Armaș (against Finland)
Gareth McAuley (against Italy)
Ricardo Carvalho (against Denmark)
Simone Bacciocchi (against Moldova)
Aldo Junior Simoncini (against Sweden)
Davide Simoncini (against Sweden)
Aleksandar Luković (against Estonia)
Gerard Piqué (against Scotland)

Notes

1 2 The goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.

References

↑ UEFA.com (5 February 2010). "Spain among top draw seeds | UEFA EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
↑ UEFA.com (2 December 2009). "UEFA EURO 2012™ Qualifying Draw | Inside UEFA". UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
↑ UEFA.com (20 September 2009). "UEFA EURO 2012™ qualifying draw procedure approved | UEFA EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
↑ "National Team Coefficients Overview" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009.
↑ "EURO 2012 qualifying draw in full". UEFA.
↑ "Azerbaijan, Armenia not to be drawn together in Euro qualifiers". news.az. 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009.
↑ "Hiddink sad UEFA kept ex-Soviet states apart". ESPN Soccernet. 7 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010.
↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010–12" (PDF). UEFA. September 2009. pp. 6–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
↑ Staff (25 March 2010). "England and Wales Euro 2012 qualifying fixtures announced". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
↑ Jackson, Jamie (25 March 2010). "England fans upset by decision to switch Euro 2012 games to a Friday". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
↑ UEFA.com (12 August 2010). "EURO qualifying to start in earnest | UEFA EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
↑ "Italy-Serbia match abandoned due to crowd trouble". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
↑ "UEFA decision on Italy-Serbia case". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
↑ "Draw for the UEFA EURO 2012 play-offs". UEFA. 13 October 2011.
↑ "Seedings confirmed for EURO play-off draw". UEFA. 12 October 2011.

External links

UEFA Euro 2012 at UEFA.com

[2] Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

[3] From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.

[4] From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

[5] From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.

[table_note_ITA_SRB0.46526690640732-19] The Italy v Serbia match was abandoned at 0–0 after six minutes due to rioting by Serbian fans.^[12] The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to Italy.^[13]

[table_hth_POR0.9862570152554-20] 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[tally-1] 1 2 The goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.

[6] UEFA.com (5 February 2010). "Spain among top draw seeds | UEFA EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[7] UEFA.com (2 December 2009). "UEFA EURO 2012™ Qualifying Draw | Inside UEFA". UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[8] UEFA.com (20 September 2009). "UEFA EURO 2012™ qualifying draw procedure approved | UEFA EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[9] "National Team Coefficients Overview" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009.

[10] "EURO 2012 qualifying draw in full". UEFA.

[11] "Azerbaijan, Armenia not to be drawn together in Euro qualifiers". news.az. 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009.

[12] "Hiddink sad UEFA kept ex-Soviet states apart". ESPN Soccernet. 7 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010.

[regulations-13] "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010–12" (PDF). UEFA. September 2009. pp. 6–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.

[14] Staff (25 March 2010). "England and Wales Euro 2012 qualifying fixtures announced". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[15] Jackson, Jamie (25 March 2010). "England fans upset by decision to switch Euro 2012 games to a Friday". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[16] UEFA.com (12 August 2010). "EURO qualifying to start in earnest | UEFA EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[abandoned-17] "Italy-Serbia match abandoned due to crowd trouble". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

[uefa_statement-18] "UEFA decision on Italy-Serbia case". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

[21] "Draw for the UEFA EURO 2012 play-offs". UEFA. 13 October 2011.

[22] "Seedings confirmed for EURO play-off draw". UEFA. 12 October 2011.

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