European Football Championship 2012 / Statistics
This article gives an overview of the records and statistics for the 2012 European Football Championship .
Goalscorer
Remarks:
- Sorting order: 1. Number of goals, 2. Number of assists, 3. Less playing time
Special goals
- First goal: Robert Lewandowski (Poland) in the opening game Poland - Greece in the 17th minute
- Fastest goal: Petr Jiráček (Czech Republic) after 2:14 minutes of the game Greece - Czech Republic (final score 1: 2). Up until then the goal was one of the two third fastest goals in European Championship history together with the first goal from England - Germany in 1996 .
- First own goal: Glen Johnson (England) in the game Sweden - England to mean 1: 1 (final score 2: 3)
- Last goal and fastest goal after a substitution: Juan Mata , in the 88th minute of the final to 4-0, one minute after being substituted on.
Unofficial 1 overall table EM 2012
The table was sorted according to the games.
| team | Games | G | U | V | Gates | Goal difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain
|
6th | 4th | 2 | 0 | 12: 1 | +11 | 14th | |
 Italy
|
6th | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6: 7 | −1 | 9 | |
 Germany
|
5 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 10: 6 | +4 | 12 | |
 Portugal
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6: 4 | +2 | 10 | |
 England
|
4th | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5: 3 | +2 | 8th | |
 Czech Republic
|
4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4: 6 | −2 | 6th | |
 Greece
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4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5: 7 | −2 | 4th | |
 France
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4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3: 5 | −2 | 4th | |
 Russia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5: 3 | +2 | 4th | |
 Croatia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4: 3 | +1 | 4th | |
 Sweden
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5: 5 | ± 0 | 3 | |
 Denmark
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4: 5 | −1 | 3 | |
 Ukraine
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2: 4 | −2 | 3 | |
 Poland
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2: 3 | −1 | 2 | |
 Netherlands
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2: 5 | −3 | 0 | |
 Ireland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1: 9 | −8 | 0 | |
| As of July 1, 2012 | ||||||||
1 The two losers in the semi-finals are officially ranked third by UEFA. In addition, UEFA does not provide an official ranking of the other participants. (Consequently, for example, the losers of the quarter-finals would have to be placed fifth, etc.)
Note: Games that were decided in a penalty shoot-out are counted as a draw, since the penalty shoot-out is not officially part of the game. Goals on penalties are not counted.
Color legend:
- European champion
- Out in the final
- Out in the semifinals
- Out in the quarterfinals
- Out in the preliminary round
player
- The oldest player in the finals was Greece's goalkeeper Konstantinos Chalkias (38). He was used in the first two games, but had to be substituted in the second game after 23 minutes.
- The youngest player was the Dutch defender Jetro Willems (18 years and 71 days). He replaced Enzo Scifo as the youngest player in a European Championship finals.
- The tallest players were Konstantinos Chalkias (Greece) and Andreas Isaksson (Sweden) with 1.99 m , the smallest Sebastian Giovinco (Italy) with 1.64 m.
- Iker Casillas and Olof Mellberg were the only players who were already in the squad for three European Championship finals. While Casillas was not used in 2000, Mellberg was also used in all three participations. On June 11th, Mellberg played against co-hosts Ukraine and has stakes in four final tournaments.
- Twelve players with at least 100 international matches were in the squads of the EM participants. All were used in their teams' first game. In addition, Lukas Podolski (Germany) and Damien Duff (Ireland) made their 100th international match in the last group match of their teams and Xabi Alonso (Spain) in the quarter-finals.
- Most of the players from a football club came from FC Bayern Munich (12 in 5 teams).
- Most of the players in the final were FC Barcelona and Juventus Turin (6 each)
- "Italy, Russia, Republic of Ireland and Sweden had the oldest cadres with an average age of 28 years."
- Germany provided the youngest team with an average age of 24 years.
Only England only used players from the domestic league. In contrast, only players who play in foreign leagues were in Ireland's squad. The Swedish team included players from 13 leagues. Only two players, Irishman Robbie Keane and Swede Christian Wilhelmsson, play in non-UEFA countries. The following table summarizes the number of players playing in foreign leagues and the domestic league (highlighted in green) for European Championship participants before the European Championship (as of June 8, 2012).
| Leagues |
DNK
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DEU
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CLOSELY
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FRA
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GRC
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IRL
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ITA
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HRV
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NLD
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POLE
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PRT
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RUS
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SWE
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ESP
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CZE
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UKR
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Number of EM players in the country's league |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Denmark | 7th | 1 | 8th | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 1 | 19th | 1 | 3 | 6th | 3 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 1 | 47 | ||||||
| England | 4th | 1 | 23 | 7th | 20th | 1 | 3 | 7th | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 2 | 79 | ||
| France | 4th | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25th | ||||||||
| Greece | 16 | 1 | 17th | ||||||||||||||
| Israel | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20th | 3 | 1 | 3 | 31 | ||||||||
| Croatia | 4th | 4th | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 4th | 7th | 1 | 4th | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Poland | 6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Romania | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21st | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30th | ||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4th | ||||||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6th | 19th | 32 | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 8th | 8th | |||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 21st | 28 | |||||||||||||
| United States | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Note: Countries in italics are not represented at the European Championship because they did not qualify or do not belong to UEFA.
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Trainer
- The following coaches have already participated as players in a European Championship finals: Slaven Bilić ( Croatia ) 1996, Laurent Blanc ( France ) 1992, 1996 and 2000, Vicente del Bosque ( Spain ) 1980, Paulo Bento ( Portugal ) 2000 and Morten Olsen ( Denmark ) 1984 and 1988.
- The oldest coach was Giovanni Trapattoni , who was 73 years and 85 days old when the Irish team first played. He surpassed the previous age record of Otto Barić , who was 71 years old as coach of the Croatian team in 2004 .
- The youngest coach was Paulo Bento , who was 42 years and 355 days old when the Portuguese team played their first game.
- Three teams (Greece, Ireland and Russia) were coached by foreign coaches.
- Two coaches each came from Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal.
- Only two countries competed with the same head coach as in 2008: Germany with Joachim Löw and Croatia with Slaven Bilić . Denmark already competed with Morten Olsen in 2004 , but could not qualify for the EM 2008.
- Dick Advocaat is the second coach (after Guus Hiddink ) to make it to the finals with two different teams (like Hiddink with the Netherlands and Russia).
- Giovanni Trapattoni is the third coach to have also competed in a finals with two different teams (Italy and Ireland).
Penalty kicks
- First penalty awarded: Giorgos Karagounis ( Greece ) in the opening game Poland - Greece (71st minute)
- First penalty converted: Dimitrios Salpingidis ( Greece ) in the quarter-finals Germany - Greece (89th minute)
cards
Cards by player
Cards by team
| space | country |
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total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Italy
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16 | 16 | ||
| 2. |
Portugal
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12 | 12 | ||
| 3. |
Spain
|
11 | 11 | ||
| 4th |
Greece
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9 | 1 | 10 | |
| 5. |
Croatia
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9 | 9 | ||
| 6th |
Poland
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7th | 1 | 8th | |
| 7th |
Ireland
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6th | 1 | 7th | |
| 8th. |
Sweden
|
7th | 7th | ||
|
Czech Republic
|
7th | 7th | |||
| 10. |
France
|
6th | 6th | ||
|
Russia
|
6th | 6th | |||
| 12. |
England
|
5 | 5 | ||
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Netherlands
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5 | 5 | |||
|
Ukraine
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5 | 5 | |||
| 15th |
Denmark
|
4th | 4th | ||
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Germany
|
4th | 4th | |||
| 119 | 2 | 1 | 122 | ||
Annotation:
- Sorting order: 1. Total of all cards, 2. Alphabetical sorting
Blocking on the basis of cards
| player | Offense | In-game suspension | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
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Wayne Rooney
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in Euro qualification against Montenegro
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Group D vs. France Group D vs. Sweden |
2 games suspension after red card in the last qualifying game of group G |
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Socratis
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in group A vs. Poland
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Group A vs. Czech Republic | |
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Wojciech Szczęsny
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in group A vs. Greece
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Group A vs. Russia | |
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Jerome Boateng
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in group B against Portugal in group B against the Netherlands
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Group B vs. Denmark | |
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Eugene Polanski
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in group A against Russia in group A against the Czech Republic
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no | as Poland left early, the penalty is forfeited |
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Giorgos Karagounis
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in group A against Poland in group A against Russia
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Quarter-finals vs. Germany | |
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Alan Dzagoyev
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in group A against Poland in group A against Greece
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no | since Russia left early, the penalty is forfeited |
|
José Holebas
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in group A against Poland in group A against Russia
|
Quarter-finals vs. Germany | |
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Jetro Willems
|
in group B against Germany in group B against Portugal
|
no | as the Netherlands left early, the penalty is forfeited |
|
Sean St. Ledger
|
in group C against Spain in group C against Italy
|
no | as Ireland left early, the penalty is forfeited |
|
Keith Andrews
|
in group C vs. Italy
|
World Cup qualification against Kazakhstan | |
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Anatoly Tymoshchuk
|
in group D against France in group D against England
|
no | as Ukraine left early, the penalty is forfeited |
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Not so Svensson
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in group D against England in group D against France
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no | as Sweden left early, the penalty is forfeited |
|
Philippe Mexès
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in group D against Ukraine in group D against Sweden
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Quarter-finals vs. Spain | |
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David Limberský
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in group A against Poland in the quarterfinals against Portugal
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no | since the Czech Republic left prematurely, the penalty expires |
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Jérémy Ménez
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in group D against Ukraine in the quarterfinals against Spain
|
no | as France left early, the penalty is forfeited |
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Christian Maggio
|
in group C against Spain in the quarterfinals against England
|
Semi-finals vs. Germany |
useful information
- First yellow-red card : Sokratis ( Greece ) - 44th minute Poland - Greece
- First red card : Wojciech Szczęsny ( Poland ) - 69th minute Poland - Greece
- Most cards in one game: 9 yellow cards in the game Portugal - Spain
Men of the Matches
In cooperation with the sponsor Carlsberg , the best man of the match is determined by internet voting for each final round game . “A proven expert will be present at every game, to whom the top 3 players chosen by the fans will be presented after 83 minutes shortly before the end of the game. He then chooses the winner of the official Man of the Game award and announces the result. ” Andrés Iniesta and Andrea Pirlo were voted the most frequently (3 times each), and Iniesta was also named the best player of the tournament.
| Preliminary round - matchday 1 | Preliminary round - matchday 2 | Preliminary round - matchday 3 | Final round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man of the game | Lot | Man of the game | Lot | Man of the game | Lot | Man of the game | Lot |
| Robert Lewandowski (POL) |
1: 1
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Václav Pilař (CZE) |
1: 2
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Giorgos Karagounis (GRC) |
1-0
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Cristiano Ronaldo (PRT) |
0: 1
|
| Alan Dzagoyev (RUS) |
4: 1
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Jakub Błaszczykowski (POL) |
1: 1
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Petr Jiráček (CZE) |
1-0
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Mesut Özil (DEU) |
4: 2
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| Michael Krohn-Dehli (DNK) |
0: 1
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Pepe (PRT) |
2: 3
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Cristiano Ronaldo (PRT) |
2: 1
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Xabi Alonso (ESP) |
2-0
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| Mesut Özil (DEU) |
1-0
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Mario Gómez (DEU) |
1: 2
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Lukas Podolski (DEU) |
1: 2
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Andrea Pirlo (ITA) |
0: 0 a.d., 2: 4 i. E.
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| Andrés Iniesta (ESP) |
1: 1
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Andrea Pirlo (ITA) |
1: 1
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Andrés Iniesta (ESP) |
0: 1
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Sergio Ramos (ESP) |
0: 0 a.d., 2: 4 i. E.
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| Mario Mandžukić (HRV) |
1: 3
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Fernando Torres (ESP) |
4-0
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Antonio Cassano (ITA) |
2-0
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Andrea Pirlo (ITA) |
1: 2
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| Samir Nasri (FRA) |
1: 1
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Franck Ribéry (FRA) |
0: 2
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Zlatan Ibrahimović (SWE) |
2-0
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Andrés Iniesta (ESP) |
4-0
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| Andrij Shevchenko (UKR) |
2: 1
|
Olof Mellberg (SWE) |
2: 3
|
Steven Gerrard (ENG) |
1-0
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particularities
- With the Czech Republic, a team with a negative goal difference became group winners for the first time at a European Championship finals.
- Germany ended the group stage with three wins for the first time.
- The Netherlands ended the group stage with three defeats for the first time.
- In each of the four groups, a team that started the tournament with a victory was eliminated after the preliminary round (Russia, Denmark, Croatia, Ukraine). Only Germany reached the quarter-finals after an opening win.
- All finalists of the previous four European Championships reached the quarter-finals: Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain. The eighth quarter-finalist (England) is the only one who has never reached the final.
- Greece lost a game in the knockout round for the first time.
- England were eliminated for the third time in the knockout round on penalties.
- For the first time, Spain and Italy met in the final, two teams that drew against each other in the preliminary round as well as the last two world champions.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ uefa.com: UEFA European Championship adidas Golden Boot Trophy
- ↑ uefa.com: The fastest EURO goals - 67 seconds and more
- ↑ FIFA.com: Laws of the Game 2011/2012 (PDF file; 1.9 MB), p. 132
- ↑ uefa.com: Hundreds Club at the EURO
- ↑ a b uefa.com: EURO player statistics: The ultimate source
- ↑ uefa.com: Age before beauty in the eternally young Trapattoni
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Regulations for the UEFA European Football Championship. (PDF 1.24MB) Article 21 - Yellow and red cards. UEFA, p. 29 , accessed June 18, 2012 .
- ↑ Man of the Game on uefa.com
- ^ Award Carlsberg Man of the Game - The Trophy
Statistics of the European football championships