European Football Championship 2012 / Poland
This article covers the Polish national football team at the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine . After Poland was able to qualify for the finals for the first time in 2008 , this was the second participation in the finals - this time as co-host of the first European Championship to be held in Eastern Europe. As in 2008, Poland could not win a game and were eliminated from the group stage as bottom group.
qualification
As the host of the European Championship, the Polish team was automatically qualified for the finals.
Contingent
The provisional line-up was announced on May 2, 2012. The 26-man squad completed a training camp in Lienz , Austria from May 16-28, 2012 . In addition, seven players were appointed who were on a reserve list and could have been nominated if they were injured. The final 23 EM players were announced on May 27, 2012. The following three players were eliminated from the squad: Kamil Glik ( Turin FC ), Tomasz Jodłowiec ( Polonia Warsaw ) and Michał Kucharczyk ( Legia Warsaw ).
Squad
Jersey no. |
player | society | Date of birth | Games | Gates | EM games | Sp. | Gates | red | G / R | yellow |
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goalkeeper | |||||||||||
12 | Grzegorz Sandomierski | Jagiellonia Białystok | 5th September 1989 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
1 | Wojciech Szczęsny | Arsenal FC | April 18, 1990 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
22nd | Przemysław Tytoń | PSV Eindhoven | 4th January 1987 | 8th | 0 | 3 | |||||
Defense | |||||||||||
2 | Sebastian Boenisch | Werder Bremen | February 1, 1987 | 9 | 0 | 3 | |||||
4th | Marcin Kamiński | Lech poses | January 15, 1992 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
15th | Damien Perquis | FC Sochaux | April 10, 1984 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
20th | Łukasz Piszczek | Borussia Dortmund | 3rd June 1985 | 27 | 0 | 1 (2008) | 3 | ||||
13 | Marcin Wasilewski | RSC Anderlecht | June 9, 1980 | 51 | 2 | 3 (2008) | 3 | 1 | |||
14th | Jakub Wawrzyniak | KP Legia Warsaw | July 7, 1983 | 26th | 0 | 1 (2008) | |||||
3 | Grzegorz Wojtkowiak | Lech poses | January 26, 1984 | 19th | 0 | ||||||
midfield | |||||||||||
16 | Jakub Błaszczykowski | Borussia Dortmund | December 14, 1985 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
5 | Dariusz Dudka | AJ Auxerre | December 9, 1983 | 65 | 2 | 3 (2008) | 2 | ||||
21st | Kamil Grosicki | Sivasspor | June 8, 1988 | 14th | 0 | 1 | |||||
6th | Adam Matuszczyk | Fortuna Dusseldorf | February 14, 1989 | 20th | 1 | 1 | |||||
18th | Adrian Mierzejewski | Trabzonspor | November 6, 1986 | 25th | 1 | 2 | |||||
11 | Rafał Murawski | Lech poses | October 9, 1981 | 46 | 1 | 2 (2008) | 3 | 1 | |||
10 | Ludovic Obraniak | Girondins Bordeaux | November 10, 1984 | 26th | 5 | 3 | |||||
7th | Eugene Polanski | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | March 17, 1986 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||||
8th | Maciej Rybus | Terek Grozny | August 19, 1989 | 22nd | 1 | 1 | |||||
19th | Rafał Wolski | KP Legia Warsaw | November 10, 1992 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
attack | |||||||||||
23 | Paweł Brożek | Celtic Glasgow | April 21, 1983 | 36 | 8th | 2 | |||||
9 | Robert Lewandowski | Borussia Dortmund | August 21, 1988 | 45 | 15th | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
17th | Artur Sobiech | Hannover 96 | June 12, 1990 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
Trainer | |||||||||||
Franciszek Smuda | June 22, 1948 | 3 | |||||||||
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Reserve squad
In the reserve squad were Grzegorz Sandomierski ( Jagiellonia Białystok ), Arkadiusz Glowacki ( Trabzonspor ), Marcin Komorowski ( Terek Grozny ), Ariel Borysiuk ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ), Michał Żyro ( Legia Warsaw ), Ireneusz Jeleń ( Lille ) and Arkadiusz Piech ( Ruch Chorzów ). Only Grzegorz Sandomierski was nominated after Łukasz Fabiański ( Arsenal FC , shoulder injury ) lost due to injury.
preparation
In preparation for the European Championship, Poland has played 21 test matches since August 2010, eight of which were won, eight ended in a draw and five were lost. Victories can only be achieved against teams that did not take part in the European Championship. There were three test matches immediately before the European Championship: on May 22nd and 26th in Klagenfurt against Latvia (1-0) and Slovakia (1-0) and on June 2nd in Warsaw against Andorra (4-0).
Games of Poland
As one of the hosts, Poland was selected as the group head of Group A at the draw. In the FIFA world rankings (as of May 6, 2012), however, the group opponents occupied significantly better places than Poland: Russia 11th, Greece 14th, Czech Republic 26th. Poland was 65th (worst ranking of all European Championship participants), taking into account it must be that the qualification games of the group opponents have a higher value than the friendlies of the Poles.
Poland last played against Russia on August 22, 2007. In Moscow they drew 2-2. The overall balance against Russia was even with one win, one draw and one defeat before the European Championship. The last game against Greece on March 29, 2011 also ended in a draw. In Larisa , both parted goalless. The overall balance against Greece (9 wins, 2 draws, 3 defeats before the EM) is positive. There was a 2-0 defeat against the Czech Republic in their last game on October 10, 2009 as part of the qualification for the 2010 World Cup in Prague . The overall balance against the Czech Republic (3 wins, 2 defeats before the European Championship) was also positive.
EM preliminary round
Preliminary group A:
All games took place in Poland .
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4: 5 | −1 | 6th |
2. | Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3: 3 | ± 0 | 4th |
3. | Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5: 3 | +2 | 4th |
4th | Poland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2: 3 | −1 | 2 |
Friday, June 8, 2012, 6:00 p.m. in Warsaw (opening game) | |||
Poland | - | Greece | 1: 1 (1: 0) |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 8:45 p.m. in Warsaw | |||
Poland | - | Russia | 1: 1 (0: 1) |
Saturday, June 16, 2012, 8:45 p.m. in Wroclaw | |||
Czech Republic | - | Poland | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ 90minut.pl: Szeroka kadra Polski na Euro 2012 , May 2, 2012, accessed on May 6, 2012
- ↑ 90minut.pl: Smuda ogłosił kadrę na Euro 2012 , May 27, 2012, accessed on May 28, 2012
- ↑ 90minut.pl: Grzegorz Sandomierski dołączy do reprezentacji , May 26, 2012, accessed on May 28, 2012
- ↑ 90minut.pl: Łukasz Fabiański nie zagra na Euro , May 26, 2012, accessed on May 28, 2012