title: UEFA Euro 2012 Group A
text: # UEFA Euro 2012 Group A
  
  Group A of UEFA Euro 2012 was played from 8 to 16 June 2012. The pool was made up of co-host Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and Russia. The top two finishing teams, Czech Republic and Greece, progressed to the quarter-finals, while Russia and Poland were eliminated from the tournament.
  
  ## Teams
  
  | Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | UEFA Rankings November 2011 | FIFA Rankings June 2012 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | A1 | Poland | 1 | Co-host | 18 April 2007 | 2nd | 2008 | Group stage (2008) | 28 | 62 |
  | A2 | Greece | 3 | Group F winner | 11 October 2011 | 4th | 2008 | Winners (2004) | 8 | 15 |
  | A3 | Russia | 2 | Group B winner | 11 October 2011 | 10th | 2008 | Winners (1960) | 6 | 13 |
  | A4 | Czech Republic | 4 | Play-off winner | 15 November 2011 | 8th | 2008 | Winners (1976) | 13 | 27 |
  
  Notes
  
  * ↑ The UEFA rankings of November 2011 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  * ↑ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
  * ↑ From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
  
  ## Standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
  | 2 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout phase |
  | 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
  | 4 | Poland (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
  
  * 1 2 Head-to-head result: Greece 1–0 Russia.
  
  In the quarter-finals,
  
  * The winner of Group A, Czech Republic, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, Portugal.
  * The runner-up of Group A, Greece, advanced to play the winner of Group B, Germany.
  
  ## Matches
  
  ### Poland vs Greece
  
  | Poland | Greece |
  | - | - |
  | GK | 1 | Wojciech Szczęsny |
  | RB | 20 | Łukasz Piszczek |
  | CB | 13 | Marcin Wasilewski |
  | CB | 15 | Damien Perquis |
  | LB | 2 | Sebastian Boenisch |
  | CM | 11 | Rafał Murawski |
  | CM | 7 | Eugen Polanski |
  | RW | 16 | Jakub Błaszczykowski (c) |
  | AM | 10 | Ludovic Obraniak |
  | LW | 8 | Maciej Rybus | 70' |
  | CF | 9 | Robert Lewandowski |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | GK | 22 | Przemysław Tytoń | 70' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Franciszek Smuda ||
  | GK | 1 | Kostas Chalkias |
  | RB | 15 | Vasilis Torosidis |
  | CB | 19 | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 35' 44' |
  | CB | 8 | Avraam Papadopoulos | | 37' |
  | LB | 20 | José Holebas | 45+2' |
  | RM | 2 | Ioannis Maniatis |
  | CM | 21 | Kostas Katsouranis |
  | LM | 10 | Giorgos Karagounis (c) | 54' |
  | RF | 18 | Sotiris Ninis | | 46' |
  | CF | 17 | Theofanis Gekas | | 68' |
  | LF | 7 | Georgios Samaras |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | DF | 5 | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | | 37' |
  | FW | 14 | Dimitris Salpingidis | | 46' |
  | MF | 22 | Kostas Fortounis | | 68' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Fernando Santos ||
  
  * Man of the Match:
  * Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
  * Assistant referees:
  * Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain)
  * Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain)
  * Fourth official:
  * Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
  * Additional assistant referees:
  * David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
  * Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
  * Reserve assistant referee:
  * Renato Faverani (Italy)
  
  ### Russia vs Czech Republic
  
  | Russia | Czech Republic |
  | - | - |
  | GK | 16 | Vyacheslav Malafeev |
  | RB | 2 | Aleksandr Anyukov |
  | CB | 12 | Aleksei Berezutski |
  | CB | 4 | Sergei Ignashevich |
  | LB | 5 | Yuri Zhirkov |
  | RM | 6 | Roman Shirokov |
  | CM | 7 | Igor Denisov |
  | LM | 8 | Konstantin Zyryanov |
  | RF | 17 | Alan Dzagoev | 84' |
  | CF | 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 73' |
  | LF | 10 | Andrei Arshavin (c) |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | FW | 14 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 73' |
  | FW | 18 | Aleksandr Kokorin | 84' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Dick Advocaat ||
  | GK | 1 | Petr Čech |
  | RB | 2 | Theodor Gebre Selassie |
  | CB | 5 | Roman Hubník |
  | CB | 6 | Tomáš Sivok |
  | LB | 3 | Michal Kadlec |
  | CM | 13 | Jaroslav Plašil |
  | CM | 19 | Petr Jiráček | 76' |
  | RW | 14 | Václav Pilař |
  | AM | 10 | Tomáš Rosický (c) |
  | LW | 9 | Jan Rezek | 46' |
  | CF | 15 | Milan Baroš | 85' |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | MF | 17 | Tomáš Hübschman | 46' |
  | MF | 11 | Milan Petržela | 76' |
  | FW | 21 | David Lafata | 85' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Michal Bílek ||
  
  * Man of the Match:
  * Alan Dzagoev (Russia)
  * Assistant referees:
  * Michael Mullarkey (England)
  * Peter Kirkup (England)
  * Fourth official:
  * Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
  * Additional assistant referees:
  * Martin Atkinson (England)
  * Mark Clattenburg (England)
  * Reserve assistant referee:
  * Bertino Miranda (Portugal)
  
  ### Greece vs Czech Republic
  
  | Greece | Czech Republic |
  | - | - |
  | GK | 1 | Kostas Chalkias | | 23' |
  | RB | 15 | Vasilis Torosidis | 34' |
  | CB | 5 | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 56' |
  | CB | 21 | Kostas Katsouranis |
  | LB | 20 | José Holebas |
  | RM | 16 | Georgios Fotakis | | 46' |
  | CM | 2 | Ioannis Maniatis |
  | LM | 10 | Giorgos Karagounis (c) |
  | RF | 14 | Dimitris Salpingidis | 57' |
  | CF | 7 | Georgios Samaras |
  | LF | 22 | Kostas Fortounis | | 71' |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | GK | 13 | Michalis Sifakis | | 23' |
  | FW | 17 | Theofanis Gekas | | 46' |
  | FW | 11 | Kostas Mitroglou | | 71' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Fernando Santos ||
  | GK | 1 | Petr Čech |
  | RB | 2 | Theodor Gebre Selassie |
  | CB | 6 | Tomáš Sivok |
  | CB | 3 | Michal Kadlec |
  | LB | 8 | David Limberský |
  | CM | 17 | Tomáš Hübschman |
  | CM | 13 | Jaroslav Plašil |
  | RW | 19 | Petr Jiráček | 36' |
  | AM | 10 | Tomáš Rosický (c) | 27' | 46' |
  | LW | 14 | Václav Pilař |
  | CF | 15 | Milan Baroš | | 64' |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | MF | 18 | Daniel Kolář | 65' | 46' | 90' |
  | FW | 20 | Tomáš Pekhart | | 64' |
  | DF | 12 | František Rajtoral | | | 90' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Michal Bílek ||
  
  * Man of the Match:
  * Václav Pilař (Czech Republic)
  * Assistant referees:
  * Frédéric Cano (France)
  * Michaël Annonier (France)
  * Fourth official:
  * Matej Jug (Slovenia)
  * Additional assistant referees:
  * Fredy Fautrel (France)
  * Ruddy Buquet (France)
  * Reserve assistant referee:
  * Primož Arhar (Slovenia)
  
  ### Poland vs Russia
  
  | Poland | Russia |
  | - | - |
  | GK | 22 | Przemysław Tytoń |
  | RB | 20 | Łukasz Piszczek |
  | CB | 13 | Marcin Wasilewski |
  | CB | 15 | Damien Perquis |
  | LB | 2 | Sebastian Boenisch |
  | CM | 5 | Dariusz Dudka | | 73' |
  | CM | 7 | Eugen Polanski | 79' | 85' |
  | RW | 16 | Jakub Błaszczykowski (c) |
  | AM | 11 | Rafał Murawski |
  | LW | 10 | Ludovic Obraniak | | 90+3' |
  | CF | 9 | Robert Lewandowski | 60' |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | MF | 18 | Adrian Mierzejewski | | 73' |
  | MF | 6 | Adam Matuszczyk | | 85' |
  | FW | 23 | Paweł Brożek | | 90+3' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Franciszek Smuda ||
  | GK | 16 | Vyacheslav Malafeev |
  | RB | 2 | Aleksandr Anyukov |
  | CB | 12 | Aleksei Berezutski |
  | CB | 4 | Sergei Ignashevich |
  | LB | 5 | Yuri Zhirkov |
  | RM | 6 | Roman Shirokov |
  | CM | 7 | Igor Denisov | 60' |
  | LM | 8 | Konstantin Zyryanov |
  | RF | 17 | Alan Dzagoev | 75' | 79' |
  | CF | 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | | 70' |
  | LF | 10 | Andrei Arshavin (c) |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | FW | 14 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | | 70' |
  | MF | 9 | Marat Izmailov | | 79' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Dick Advocaat ||
  
  * Man of the Match:
  * Jakub Błaszczykowski (Poland)
  * Assistant referees:
  * Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
  * Mike Pickel (Germany)
  * Fourth official:
  * István Vad (Hungary)
  * Additional assistant referees:
  * Florian Meyer (Germany)
  * Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
  * Reserve assistant referee:
  * Gábor Erős (Hungary)
  
  ### Czech Republic vs Poland
  
  | Czech Republic | Poland |
  | - | - |
  | GK | 1 | Petr Čech (c) |
  | RB | 2 | Theodor Gebre Selassie |
  | CB | 6 | Tomáš Sivok |
  | CB | 3 | Michal Kadlec |
  | LB | 8 | David Limberský | 12' |
  | CM | 17 | Tomáš Hübschman |
  | CM | 13 | Jaroslav Plašil | 87' |
  | RW | 19 | Petr Jiráček | | 84' |
  | AM | 18 | Daniel Kolář |
  | LW | 14 | Václav Pilař | | 88' |
  | CF | 15 | Milan Baroš | | 90+1' |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | DF | 12 | František Rajtoral | | 84' |
  | FW | 9 | Jan Rezek | | 88' |
  | FW | 20 | Tomáš Pekhart | 90+4' | 90+1' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Michal Bílek ||
  | GK | 22 | Przemysław Tytoń |
  | RB | 20 | Łukasz Piszczek |
  | CB | 13 | Marcin Wasilewski | 61' |
  | CB | 15 | Damien Perquis | 90' |
  | LB | 2 | Sebastian Boenisch |
  | CM | 5 | Dariusz Dudka |
  | CM | 7 | Eugen Polanski | 48' | 56' |
  | RW | 16 | Jakub Błaszczykowski (c) | 87' |
  | AM | 11 | Rafał Murawski | 22' | 73' |
  | LW | 10 | Ludovic Obraniak | | 73' |
  | CF | 9 | Robert Lewandowski |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | MF | 21 | Kamil Grosicki | | 56' |
  | FW | 23 | Paweł Brożek | | 73' |
  | MF | 18 | Adrian Mierzejewski | | 73' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Franciszek Smuda ||
  
  * Man of the Match:
  * Petr Jiráček (Czech Republic)
  * Assistant referees:
  * Alasdair Ross (Scotland)
  * Derek Rose (Scotland)
  * Fourth official:
  * Fredy Fautrel (France)
  * Additional assistant referees:
  * William Collum (Scotland)
  * Euan Norris (Scotland)
  * Reserve assistant referee:
  * Frédéric Cano (France)
  
  ### Greece vs Russia
  
  | Greece | Russia |
  | - | - |
  | GK | 13 | Michalis Sifakis |
  | RB | 15 | Vasilis Torosidis |
  | CB | 19 | Sokratis Papastathopoulos |
  | CB | 5 | Kyriakos Papadopoulos |
  | LB | 3 | Georgios Tzavelas |
  | CM | 21 | Kostas Katsouranis |
  | CM | 2 | Ioannis Maniatis |
  | RW | 14 | Dimitris Salpingidis | | 83' |
  | AM | 10 | Giorgos Karagounis (c) | 61' | 67' |
  | LW | 7 | Georgios Samaras |
  | CF | 17 | Theofanis Gekas | | 64' |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | MF | 20 | José Holebas | 90+4' | 64' |
  | MF | 6 | Grigoris Makos | | 67' |
  | MF | 18 | Sotiris Ninis | | 83' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Fernando Santos ||
  | GK | 16 | Vyacheslav Malafeev |
  | RB | 2 | Aleksandr Anyukov | 61' | 81' |
  | CB | 12 | Aleksei Berezutski |
  | CB | 4 | Sergei Ignashevich |
  | LB | 5 | Yuri Zhirkov | 69' |
  | RM | 6 | Roman Shirokov |
  | CM | 7 | Igor Denisov |
  | LM | 22 | Denis Glushakov | | 72' |
  | RF | 17 | Alan Dzagoev | 70' |
  | CF | 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | | 46' |
  | LF | 10 | Andrei Arshavin (c) |
  | Substitutions: ||
  | FW | 14 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | | 46' |
  | FW | 20 | Pavel Pogrebnyak | 90+3' | 72' |
  | MF | 9 | Marat Izmailov | | 81' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Dick Advocaat ||
  
  * Man of the Match:
  * Giorgos Karagounis (Greece)
  * Assistant referees:
  * Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)
  * Mathias Klasenius (Sweden)
  * Fourth official:
  * Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
  * Additional assistant referees:
  * Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
  * Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
  * Reserve assistant referee:
  * Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
  