European Football Championship 2012 / England

This article covers the English national football team at the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine .

England was able to qualify again after missing qualification in 2008 and participated for the eighth time.

qualification

England qualified for the European Championship in qualification group G , one of three "groups of five".

Games

date	Venue	host	guest	Result	Goal scorers
09/03/2010	London Wembley Stadium	England	Bulgaria	4: 0 (1: 0)	1-0, 2-0, 4-0 Defoe (3rd, 61st, 86th), 3-0 Johnson (83rd)
07.09.2010	Basel St. Jakob-Park	Switzerland	England	1: 3 (0: 1)	0: 1 Rooney (10th), 0: 2 Johnson (69th), 1: 2, Shaqiri (71th), 1: 3 Bent (88th)
10/12/2010	London Wembley Stadium	England	Montenegro	0-0
03/26/2011	Cardiff Millennium Stadium	Wales	England	0: 2 (0: 2)	0: 1 Lampard (7./E), 0: 2 Bent (15.)
06/04/2011	London Wembley Stadium	England	Switzerland	2: 2 (1: 2)	0: 1, 0: 2 Barnetta (32., 35.), 1: 2 Lampard (37./E), 2: 2 Young (51.)
02.09.2011	Sofia Vasil Levski National Stadium	Bulgaria	England	0: 3 (0: 3)	0: 1 Cahill (13th), 0: 2, 0: 3 Rooney (21st, 45th + 1st)
09/06/2011	London Wembley Stadium	England	Wales	1: 0 (1: 0)	1-0 Young (35th)
07/10/2011	Podgorica Stadium Podgorica	Montenegro	England	2: 2 (1: 2)	0: 1 Young (11th) 0: 2 Bent (31st), 1: 2 Zverotić (45th), 2: 2 Delibašić (90th + 1st)

Top scorers with three goals each were Darren Bent , Jermain Defoe (all in the first game), Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young .

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	England	8th	5	3	0	17: 05	18th
2	Montenegro	8th	3	3	2	07: 07	12
3	Switzerland	8th	3	2	3	12:10	11
4th	Wales	8th	3	0	5	06:10	09
5	Bulgaria	8th	1	2	5	03:13	05

preparation

There were two test matches before the European Championship: on May 26th in Oslo against Norway (1-0, goalscorer Ashley Young ) and on June 2nd in London against Belgium (1-0, goalscorer Danny Welbeck ).

Games of England

EM preliminary round

At the draw, the English were drawn into group D, for which the host Ukraine was set as the group head. France and Sweden were also drawn. England has an overall positive record against all group opponents. At the European Championships, however, the record against France and Sweden was negative (1 draw, 1 defeat, 1: 2 goals and 1 defeat, 1: 2 goals). Against Ukraine, which took part in a final round for the first time, there have been no previous European championships. Before the European Championship, England won 1-0 against Sweden on November 15, 2011. The last game against France before the European Championship was lost on November 17, 2010 with 1: 2 in London. The last game before the European Championship against Ukraine was lost on October 10, 2009 as part of the qualification for the 2010 World Cup with 0: 1.

Preliminary group D:

All games took place in Ukraine .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	07th
2.	France	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Sweden	3	1	0	2	005: 500	± 0	03
The direct comparison is decisive for placing 3 and 4 (see mode ).

Mon., June 11, 2012, 6:00 p.m. in Donetsk
France	-	England	1: 1 (1: 1)
Friday, June 15, 2012, 8:45 p.m. in Kiev
Sweden	-	England	2: 3 (0: 1)
Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 8:45 p.m. in Donetsk
England	-	Ukraine	1: 0 (0: 0)

Knockout round

For the first time since 1996 England was able to reach the quarter-finals as group winners and met Italy, the runner-up in Group C. Before that, both played against each other 22 times, with seven English wins, six draws and nine defeats. They only met once in a placement game , in the game for third place at the 1990 World Cup, which England lost 2-1. At a European Championship, both met in the group stage in 1980, with England losing 1-0. The last game between the two up to that point took place on March 27, 2002 in Leeds and ended 1: 2.

June 24, 2012 at 8:45 p.m. (CEST) in Kiev ( Kiev Olympic Stadium )
England	-	Italy	0: 0 a.d., 2: 4 i. E.

Squad

On May 16, the new team manager Roy Hodgson nominated the squad. Nine days later, he deleted the originally called third goalkeeper John Ruddy due to a broken finger and replaced him with Jack Butland . The most experienced players were Ashley Cole , Steven Gerrard , Frank Lampard , Wayne Rooney and John Terry who were also used in 2004 . Up until the nomination without international appearances, the aforementioned goalkeeper Jack Butland and midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were . Phil Jagielka (Everton), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Johnson (Manchester City) and Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea) were named as possible successors . Phil Jagielka was then nominated for the injured Gareth Barry . The English squad is the only one that only has players from the domestic league. On May 31st, it was announced that Frank Lampard would be out with a hamstring injury, who will be replaced by Jordan Henderson. On June 3, Martin Kelly was nominated for Gary Cahill , as Cahill suffered a double broken jaw in the friendly against Belgium on June 2 . As the only player from the squad, substitute goalkeeper Butland was appointed to the squad of Team GB for the London Olympics, where he was the youngest player in the squad in all four games.

Jersey no.	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	EM games	Sp.	Gates	red	G / R	yellow
goalkeeper
23	Jack Butland	Birmingham City	10 Mar 1993	0	0
13	Robert Green	West Ham United	Jan. 18, 1980	12	0	May 31, 2005
1	Joe Hart	Manchester City	Apr 19, 1987	22nd	0	0June 1, 2008		4th
Defense
12	Leighton Baines	Everton FC	Dec 11, 1984	8th	0	03rd Mar 2010
5	Martin Kelly	Liverpool FC	Apr. 27, 1990	1	0	May 26, 2012
3	Ashley Cole	Chelsea FC	Dec 20, 1980	98	0	28 Mar 2001	4 (2004)	4th				1
2	Glen Johnson	Liverpool FC	23 Aug 1984	40	1	Nov 16, 2003		4th
14th	Phil Jones	Manchester United	Feb 21, 1992	5	0	0Oct 7, 2011
15th	Joleon Lescott	Manchester City	Aug 16, 1982	20th	1	Oct 13, 2007		4th	1
6th	John Terry	Chelsea FC	0Dec. 7, 1980	77	6th	0June 3, 2003	3 (2004)	4th
midfield
19th	Stewart Downing	Liverpool FC	July 22, 1984	34	0	0Feb 9, 2005
4th	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool FC	May 30, 1980	96	19th	May 31, 2000	1 (2000), 4 (2004)	4th				1
8th	Jordan Henderson	Liverpool FC	June 17, 1990	5	0	Nov 17, 2010		2
18th	Phil Jagielka	Everton FC	Aug 17, 1982	12	0	0June 1, 2008
16	James Milner	Manchester City	0Jan. 4, 1986	30th	0	Aug 12, 2009		4th				1
20th	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	Arsenal FC	Aug 15, 1993	5	0	May 26, 2012		3				1
17th	Scott Parker	Tottenham Hotspur	Oct 13, 1980	17th	0	Nov 16, 2003		4th
7th	Theo Walcott	Arsenal FC	16. Mar. 1989	28	4th	May 30, 2006		4th	1
11	Ashley Young	Manchester United	0July 9, 1985	25th	6th	Nov 16, 2007		4th				1
attack
9	Andy Carroll	Liverpool FC	0Jan. 6, 1989	7th	2	Nov 17, 2010		3	1
21st	Jermain Defoe	Tottenham Hotspur	0Oct 7, 1982	48	15th	31 Mar 2004		1
10	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	Oct 24, 1985	76	29	Feb 12, 2003	4 (2004)	2	1
22nd	Danny Welbeck	Manchester United	Nov. 26, 1990	6th	2	29 Mar 2011		4th	1
Trainer
	Roy Hodgson		0Aug 9, 1947			0May 1, 2012		4th

1. ↑ Status: Before the start of the European Championship finals
2. ↑ Wayne Rooney was banned from the first two games. [1]

As of June 24, 2012 (after the game against Italy)

Awards

Steven Gerrard was the only player from the English team to be elected to the UEFA All-Star Team of the 23 best players of the tournament.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Championship qualifying group G on UEFA.com
2. ↑ thefa.com: Hodgson names Euro 2012 squad
3. ↑ England loses Keeper by breaking a finger
4. ↑ uefa.com: Barry has to do without EURO
5. ↑ uefa.com: England without Lampard at the EURO
6. ↑ FIFA.com: England's Cahill is out of the European Championship