European Football Championship 2012 / Czech Republic

This article covers the Czech national team at the 2012 European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine . Since the Czech team has been in existence as a separate team, they have qualified for all the finals and took part for the fifth time in 2012.

qualification

Czech Republic completed the qualification for the European Championship in Group I .

Games

All results from a Czech perspective.

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
07.09.2010	Olomouc	Lithuania	0: 1 (0: 1)	0: 1 Šernas (27.)
10/08/2010	Prague	Scotland	1: 0 (0: 0)	1: 0 R. Hubník (69.)
10/12/2010	Vaduz	Liechtenstein	2: 0 (2: 0)	1-0 Necid (12th), 2-0 Kadlec (29th)
03/25/2011	Granada	Spain	1: 2 (1: 0)	1: 0 Plašil (29th), 1: 1, 1: 2 Villa (69th, 72nd, E)
03/29/2011	Ceske Budejovice	Liechtenstein	2: 0 (1: 0)	1-0 Baroš (3rd), 2-0 Kadlec (70th)
09/03/2011	Glasgow	Scotland	2: 2 (0: 1)	0: 1 Miller (45th), 1: 1 Plašil (78th), 1: 2 Fletcher (82nd), 2: 2 Kadlec (90./E)
07/10/2011	Prague	Spain	0: 2 (0: 2)	0: 1 J. Mata (7th), 0: 2 X. Alonso (23rd)
10/11/2011	Kaunas	Lithuania	4: 1 (3: 0)	1: 0, 4: 1 Kadlec (2./E, 85./E), 2: 0, 3: 0 Rezek (16., 45.), 3: 1 Šernas (68., E)

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Spain	8th	8th	0	0	26: 06	24
2	Czech Republic	8th	4th	1	3	12: 08	13
3	Scotland	8th	3	2	3	09:10	11
4th	Lithuania	8th	1	2	5	04:13	05
5	Liechtenstein	8th	1	1	6th	03:17	04th

Playoff games

According to the UEFA coefficient , the Czech Republic was seeded alongside Ireland , Croatia and Portugal for the playoff games of the runners -up .

date	Venue	host	guest	Result	Goal scorers
11/11/2011	Prague Letná Stadium	Czech Republic	Montenegro	2: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Pilař (63), 2-0 Sivok (90th + 2nd)
11/15/2011	Podgorica Stadium Podgorica	Montenegro	Czech Republic	0: 1 (0: 1)	0: 1 Jiráček (81.)

The most successful goalscorer was Michal Kadlec with four goals.

Contingent

On May 14, 2012, the preliminary squad for the European Football Championship 2012 was named, from which a goalkeeper has to be deleted by May 29. The most experienced players were goalkeepers Petr Čech , Milan Baroš , Tomáš Hübschman , Michal Kadlec , Jaroslav Plašil and Tomáš Rosický , who also played in the European Championship finals in 2000 , 2004 and / or 2008 . On May 20, Vladimír Darida was appointed to the provisional squad, but should only participate in the European Championship if Tomáš Rosický was injured. Tomáš Rosický, who was injured before the EM, was able to take part in the EM. On May 29, the final squad was named and Tomáš Grigar and Daniel Pudil deleted.

Jersey no.	player	society	debut	Calls	Gates	Date of birth	size	EM games	Sp.	Gates	red	G / R	yellow
goalkeeper
01	Petr Čech	Chelsea FC	02/12/2002	94	0	05/20/1982	196 cm	4 (2004), 3 (2008)	4th
23	Jaroslav Drobný	Hamburger SV	02/11/2009	6th	0	October 18, 1979	192 cm
16	Jan Laštůvka	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	09/03/2011	1	0	07/07/1982	191 cm
Defense
02	Theodor Gebre Selassie	Slovan Liberec	06/04/2011	13	0	12/24/1986	182 cm		4th
05	Roman Hubník	Hertha BSC	06/05/2009	22nd	2	06/06/1984	192 cm		1
03	Michal Kadlec	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	11/17/2007	38	8th	12/13/1984	184 cm	1 (2008)	4th
08th	David Limberský	FC Viktoria Plzen	06/05/2009	11	0	10/06/1983	178 cm		3				2
06th	Tomáš Sivok	Beşiktaş Istanbul	09/03/2005	30th	3	09/15/1983	185 cm		4th
04th	Marek Suchý	Spartak Moscow	07.09.2010	3	0	March 29, 1988	186 cm
midfield
22nd	Vladimír Darida	FC Viktoria Plzen	06/01/2012	2	0	08/08/1990	170 cm		1
17th	Tomáš Hübschman	Shakhtar Donetsk	11/10/2001	47	0	09/04/1981	180 cm	4 (2004)	4th
19th	Petr Jiráček	VfL Wolfsburg	05.09.2011	11	3	03/02/1986	180 cm		4th	2			1
18th	Daniel Kolář	FC Viktoria Plzen	06/05/2009	12	1	October 27, 1985	181 cm		2				1
11	Milan Petržela	FC Viktoria Plzen	10/12/2010	10	0	06/19/1983	175 cm		1
14th	Václav Pilař	FC Viktoria Plzen	06/04/2011	12	3	10/13/1988	170 cm		4th	2
13	Jaroslav Plašil	Girondins Bordeaux	03/31/2004	75	6th	05/01/1982	183 cm	1 (2004), 3 (2008)	4th				1
12	František Rajtoral	FC Viktoria Plzen	02/29/2012	4th	0	03/12/1986	179 cm		2
10	Tomáš Rosický	Arsenal FC	02/23/2000	87	20th	04/10/1980	175 cm	2 (2000), 4 (2004)	2				1
attack
15th	Milan Baroš	Galatasaray Istanbul	04/25/2001	92	40	10/28/1981	184 cm	5 (2004), 1 (2008)	4th
21st	David Lafata	FK Jablonec	09/02/2006	19th	3	09/18/1981	180 cm		1
07th	Tomáš Necid	CSKA Moscow	11/19/2008	26th	7th	08/13/1989	190 cm
20th	Tomáš Pekhart	1. FC Nuremberg	05/22/2010	13	0	05/26/1989	194 cm		3				1
09	Jan Rezek	Anorthosis Famagusta	11/17/2010	16	3	05/05/1982	175 cm		3
Trainer
	Michal Bílek		11/15/2009			04/13/1965			4th

1. ↑ Status before the EM
2. ↑ ^{a b} Status: June 21, 2012 (after the game against Portugal)

preparation

The Czech Republic played two test matches immediately before the European Championship: On May 26, an unofficial international match against Israel (2: 1) took place in Graz and on June 1 in Prague against Hungary a final test that was lost 2: 1.

Games of the Czech Republic

Preliminary round

Czech denied the preliminary competition in the group A . The Czech Republic, like Greece and Russia, were drawn into the hosted Polish team. The record against Greece was negative with 2 draws and 1 defeat before the EM, the latter in the semifinals of the EM 2004 with the last silver goal prevented the Czech team from reaching the final. The record against Poland was also negative with 2 wins and 3 defeats. Both have never met at a European Championship finals. So far there has only been one game against Russia: In the European Championship preliminary round in 1996 , the two separated 3: 3, with the Czechs reaching the quarter-finals by 3: 3 in the 90th minute.

All preliminary round matches of the Czech team took place in the Polish city ​​of Wroclaw , which meant that the Czech spectators had the shortest journey of all visiting teams.

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, 8:45 p.m.
Russia	-	Czech Republic	4: 1 (2: 0)
Tue., June 12, 2012, 6 p.m.
Greece	-	Czech Republic	1: 2 (0: 2)
Saturday, June 16, 2012, 8:45 p.m.
Czech Republic	-	Poland	1: 0 (0: 0)

Quarter finals

The Czechs were the first team with a negative goal difference to be group winners at a European Championship finals and met second in Group B in the quarter-finals on June 21 in Warsaw against Portugal. Both had previously met twice, in the European Championship quarter-finals in 1996 ( 1-0 ) and the European Championship preliminary round 2008 ( 1: 3 ).

Thursday, June 21, 2012, 8:45 p.m.
Czech Republic	-	Portugal	0: 1 (0: 0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA.com: Rajtoral, Suchý and Kolář in the Czech squad
2. ↑ Darida called as a precaution
3. ↑ Czech Republic names EURO squad