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
goalkeeper
12	Grzegorz Sandomierski	Jagiellonia Białystok	5th September 1989	3	0
01	Wojciech Szczęsny	Arsenal FC	April 18, 1990	11	0		1		1
22nd	Przemysław Tytoń	PSV Eindhoven	4th January 1987	8th	0		3
Defense
02	Sebastian Boenisch	Werder Bremen	February 1, 1987	9	0		3
04th	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)
03	Grzegorz Wojtkowiak	Lech poses	January 26, 1984	19th	0
midfield
16	Jakub Błaszczykowski	Borussia Dortmund	December 14, 1985	54	10		3	1			1
05	Dariusz Dudka	AJ Auxerre	December 9, 1983	65	2	3 (2008)	2
21st	Kamil Grosicki	Sivasspor	June 8, 1988	14th	0		1
06th	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
07th	Eugene Polanski	1. FSV Mainz 05	March 17, 1986	11	0		3				2
08th	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
09	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
↑ a b Status: After the game against the Czech Republic on June 16, 2012 ↑ Status before the EM

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

→ Main article : European Football Championship 2012 / Group A

Preliminary group A:

All games took place in Poland .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	004: 500	−1	06th
2.	Greece	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Russia	3	1	1	1	005: 300	+2	04th
4th	Poland	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02
The direct comparison is decisive for placing 2 and 3 (see mode ).

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

1. ↑ 90minut.pl: Szeroka kadra Polski na Euro 2012 , May 2, 2012, accessed on May 6, 2012
2. ↑ 90minut.pl: Smuda ogłosił kadrę na Euro 2012 , May 27, 2012, accessed on May 28, 2012
3. ↑ 90minut.pl: Grzegorz Sandomierski dołączy do reprezentacji , May 26, 2012, accessed on May 28, 2012
4. ↑ 90minut.pl: Łukasz Fabiański nie zagra na Euro , May 26, 2012, accessed on May 28, 2012