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UEFA EURO 2012 MATCH PRESS KIT

Denmark Group B - Matchday 2 Arena , Lviv Wednesday 13 June 2012 18.00CET (19.00 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 3 Match facts...... 5 Team facts...... 7 Squad list...... 9 Head coach...... 11 Match officials...... 12 Competition facts...... 13 Match-by-match lineups...... 15 UEFA information...... 16 Legend...... 17 v Portugal Wednesday 13 June 2012 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT , Lviv Previous meetings

Head to Head 2012 UEFA European Championship Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 11/10/11 QR (GS) Denmark - Portugal 2-1 Krohn-Dehli 13, Bendtner 63; 90+2 08/10/10 QR (GS) Portugal - Denmark 3-1 29, 30, Cristiano Ronaldo 85; Carvalho 79(og) FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/09/09 QR (GS) Denmark - Portugal 1-1 Copenhagen Bendtner 43; Liedson 86 10/09/08 QR (GS) Portugal - Denmark 2-3 Nani 42, 86(p); Bendtner 83, C. Poulsen 88, Jensen 90+2 EURO '96 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/06/96 GS-FT Denmark - Portugal 1-1 Sheffield Laudrup 22; Sá Pinto 53 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/10/77 QR (GS) Denmark - Portugal 2-4 Copenhagen Røntved 45, Hansen 88; Rui Jordão 14, Nené 35, Soares Fernandes 61, Machado 79 17/11/76 QR (GS) Portugal - Denmark 1-0 Lisbon Soares Fernandes 72 1972 UEFA European Championship Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/05/71 PR (GS) Portugal - Denmark 5-0 Porto Rodrigues 17, Eusébio 42, Baptista 47, 49, Sandvad 87(og) 14/10/70 PR (GS) Denmark - Portugal 0-1 Copenhagen João 40

Qualifying Final tournament Total Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Denmark 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 3 4 11 Portugal 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 3 1 1 11 4 FIFA* Denmark 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 - - - - 4 1 1 2 6 8 Portugal 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 - - - - 4 2 1 1 8 6 Friendly matches Denmark ------3 1 0 2 6 7 Portugal ------3 2 0 1 7 6 Total Denmark 4 1 1 2 4 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 12 3 2 7 16 26 Portugal 4 3 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 12 7 2 3 26 16 * FIFA World Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup

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Denmark and Portugal will meet for the third time in this UEFA EURO 2012 campaign with the Danes hoping to maintain the supremacy they have enjoyed in the sides' recent qualifying encounters. • The teams come into the contest in contrasting moods; Michael Krohn-Dehli scored the only as Denmark upset the in , while Portugal went down to by the same scoreline in Lviv. Head-to-head • The nations are playing for a 13th time, with Denmark's record in their previous contests reading W3 D2 L7. • Denmark finished as group winners when pitted against Portugal in both UEFA EURO 2012 and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying, winning 3-2 in Lisbon and drawing 1-1 at home in the latter instance. Both times Portugal finished second and beat in the play-offs. • The countries first met in a friendly in Esbjerg on 21 June 1966, which Portugal won 3-1. Indeed the Portuguese triumphed in the sides' first six matches, and it took until their eighth attempt – a 4-2 friendly win in Brondby on 1 September 2006 – for Denmark to record a first victory in this fixture. • Denmark have won three of the last five meetings between the two sides – all within the past five years, all under current coach – but their most recent victory was their first in five UEFA European Championship games, with three of the first four ending in defeat. • has scored in all three of his competitive games against Portugal and also in a 4-2 friendly victory. He has yet to be on the losing side in this fixture. • Nani may be Portugal's talisman having scored three times in his four outings against Denmark, including on his senior international debut in September 2006. Selected previous meetings 11 October 2011: Denmark 2-1 Portugal (Krohn-Dehli 13, Bendtner 63; Cristiano Ronaldo 90+2) – Parken Stadion, Copenhagen, UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Denmark: Sørensen, Jacobsen, Bjelland, Kjær, Silberbauer (S Poulsen 76), Kvist, Zimling, Rommedahl (J Poulsen 87), Eriksen, Krohn-Dehli, Bendtner. Portugal: Rui Patrício, João Pereira, , , ( 65), Carlos Martins ( 65), , João Moutinho, Nani, Hélder Postiga ( 78), Cristiano Ronaldo. 8 October 2010: Portugal 3-1 Denmark (Nani 29 30, Cristiano Ronaldo 85; 79og) – Estádio do Dragão, Porto, UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Portugal: Eduardo, João Pereira, Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, Fábio Coentrão, João Moutinho, Raul Meireles, Carlos Martins (Tiago 75), Nani ( 88), Cristiano Ronaldo, (Hélder Postiga 69). Denmark: Sørensen (Lindegaard 32), Kjær, Krøldrup, Jacobsen, C Poulsen, Silberbauer, Jensen (Eriksen 58), Kvist (Løvenkrands 72), Vingaard, Pedersen, Rommedahl. • Having lost in Portugal in their first qualifying meeting, Olsen's side turned the tables in the return fixture to seal first place in Group H, and force 's charges into the aforementioned play-off against Bosnia and Herzegovina. 9 June 1996: Denmark 1-1 Portugal ( 22; Sá Pinto 53) – Hillsborough, Sheffield, EURO '96 group stage Denmark: Schmeichel, Helveg, Rieper, Høgh, Risager, Larsen (Vilfort 90), M Laudrup, B Nielsen, Thomsen (Piechnik 83), B Laudrup, Beck. Portugal: Vítor Baía, , Hélder Cristóvão, , , Oceano (António Folha 37), (José Tavares 79), Sá Pinto, Luís Figo (Domingos 62), João Pinto, . • The teams' only previous meeting at a major final tournament came in their opening fixture at EURO '96; Richard Møller Nielsen's Danes led but Sá Pinto replied for António Oliveira's side. Portugal went on to win Group D, while the Danes bowed out with a third-placed finish. Form guide • Winners in 1992, Denmark failed to reach UEFA EURO 2008. Prior to that, they had competed at every UEFA European Championship finals since 1984, when they reached the semi-finals, but lost out to on penalties. • Having made their debut at the 1984 finals, Portugal have featured at every UEFA European Championship since EURO '96. They have never failed to progress beyond the group stage, famously reaching the final on home soil at UEFA EURO 2004 but losing to outsiders Greece.

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Team ties • Denmark's and were team-mates of Portugal Raul Meireles at Liverpool FC in the 2010/11 season. • played with Ricardo Costa at VfL Wolfsburg up until the Portugal defender's departure for LOSC Lille Métropole on at the start of 2010. • Portugal coach Bento had some notable Danish team-mates in his days as a midfielder. He played alongside Peter Møller at Real from 1998 to 2000 and at Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2000/01. • Denmark right-back signed a five-year contract with SL Benfica in May 2011 but two months later he was loaned to French club Évian Thonon Gaillard FC. • João Pereira, who recently agreed a deal to join Valencia CF, captained Sporting Clube de Portugal for the first time in Denmark in last August's UEFA Europa League play-off first leg against FC Nordsjælland. • Former Portugal international (birth name Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro) was given his nickname due to his resemblance to Michael Manniche, the Danish international who represented SL Benfica between 1983 and 1987. Competition format • If two or more teams finish level on points, Articles 8.07 and 8.08 of the UEFA EURO 2012 regulations apply. In May Article 8.07 was amended after being approved by the UEFA Executive Committee. It now reads: If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings: a) Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; b) Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question; c) Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; d) If, after having applied criteria a) to c), two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria a) to c) are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine the final rankings of the two teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria e) to i) apply in the order given; e) superior goal difference in all group matches; f) higher number of goals scored in all group matches; g) position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system (see annex I, paragraph 1.2.2); h) fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament); i) drawing of lots • The Group B coefficients are as follows: Netherlands 40.860 Germany 40.446 Portugal 31.717 Denmark 31.205 • Article 8.08 reads: if two teams which have the same number of points, the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, the ranking of the two teams in question is determined by kicks from the penalty mark provided no other teams within the group have the same number of points on completion of all group matches. Should more than two teams have the same number of points, the criteria listed under paragraph 8.07 apply.

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DENMARK • Denmark have never lost a UEFA European Championship final tournament game after scoring first, winning six and drawing four. • Michael Krohn-Dehli has registered in five games for Denmark and his side have won all of them. The midfielder has scored four goals in his last eight internationals. • Denmark have won seven of their last nine matches, including the 2-1 qualifying victory over Portugal on 11/10/2011. • and received yellow cards against the Netherlands and are a booking away from a suspension. • If Denmark triumph in /Ukraine, the uncapped will follow in the footsteps of dad Peter, who inspired the country to glory in 1992. They would be the first father and son to win the UEFA European Championship. Injury news • First-choice keeper Thomas Sørensen was ruled out of UEFA EURO 2012 due to a back injury sustained during the 3-1 friendly defeat by on 26/05; Schmeichel took his place in the final squad. Miscellaneous • will join Dutch side FC Twente after UEFA EURO 2012. • There are three survivors in the squad from the last time Denmark reached the UEFA European Championship finals under Morten Olsen in 2004: , Christian Poulsen and . • Another veteran of that tournament in Portugal, , is now Denmark's forwards coach. • The Danish squad began arriving at their training camp in Elsinore, the eastern town where Shakespeare's Hamlet was set, on 17/05. More players joined up the following week after the conclusion of the Danish top flight. • On 04/06 the squad arrived at their tournament base of Kolobrzeg on the Baltic coast. Pre-tournament friendlies 02/06 Denmark 2-0 Australia (Agger 32pen, Bjelland 68) 26/05 Denmark 1-3 Brazil (Bendtner 71; 8 39, Zimling og 14) • Bjelland scored his first international goal against Australia; won his 50th . UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying • Jacobsen scored his first goal in his 45th international appearance as Denmark beat Cyprus 4-1 on 07/10/2011. • Jacobsen, and Rommedahl were all ever-present during qualifying. • Four of the final tournament squad did not feature in qualifying: Schmeichel, Andersen, and . • Denmark scored 15 goals in qualifying, the second fewest of all the finalists behind Greece (14) and level with the Czech Republic and . Olsen's side did, however, play two matches fewer than all those sides. • Nicklas Bendtner and Rommedahl were Denmark's leading scorers in qualifying with three goals apiece. • Denmark qualified as Group H winners thanks to a 2-1 defeat of Portugal in Copenhagen in the final round of matches. • Denmark won all four of their home qualifiers, conceding just a lone Cristiano Ronaldo goal in the process. • Once a place in Poland and Ukraine had been confirmed, Olsen went back on his 2010 decision to step down after UEFA EURO 2012, agreeing a deal until after the next FIFA World Cup. Domestic information • Bjelland, Okore and Mikkelsen were all part of the FC Nordsjælland side that claimed their maiden championship, Bjelland completing a 3-0 victory over AC Horsens on the final day to hold off FC København. • Jacobsen and København gained some consolation as they beat Horsens 1-0 in the final on 17/05. • Eriksen missed one game as AFC Ajax claimed their 31st Dutch championship. • Daniel Agger lifted the English League Cup with Liverpool FC in February, beating City FC in the final.

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PORTUGAL • Portugal are four games without a win in 2012, two 0-0 draws preceding defeats by Turkey and Germany. • Fábio Coentrão and Hélder Postiga, who was winning his 50th cap for Portugal, received yellow cards against Germany and are a booking away from a suspension. • At 24 years and 115 days, Rui Patrício became Portugal's youngest ever goalkeeper at a final tournament against Germany on Saturday, breaking a mark set by Vítor Baía, who was 26 at EURO '96. • Three of Portugal's last six games have ended goalless. • and Custódio are yet to make a competitive appearance for Portugal but won their first caps in the friendly against Turkey on 02/06. Injury news • Hugo Almeida missed training on 10/06 because of a bout of flu. • Carlos Martins withdrew from the initial 23-men squad due to a calf injury, with taking his place. Miscellaneous • Viana had not represented Portugal for five years before his late call-up – he was also a last-minute replacement at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, coming in for the suspended . • Eleven of the squad have been in past UEFA European Championship parties: Cristiano Ronaldo (2004, 2008), Hélder Postiga (2004, 2008), Pepe (2008), Bruno Alves (2008), Miguel Veloso (2008), João Moutinho (2008), Raul Meireles (2008), Ricardo Quaresma (2008), Nani (2008), Almeida (2008) and Patrício (2008). This is Ronaldo's fifth successive major tournament. • Miguel Lopes had to postpone his wedding on 26/05 after receiving his first call-up. "It's OK," he said, "it's for a good cause. We [he and his wife] were going to the Bahamas [for honeymoon] but that can wait." • Portugal gathered on 16/05 for their pre-tournament team camp in Obidos, 100km north of Lisbon. Ronaldo, Coentrão, Pepe, Meireles, Patrício and João Pereira joined five days later due to club commitments and Viana followed on the 24th. Portugal arrived at their EURO base of Opalenica, Poland, on 04/06. Pre-tournament friendlies 02/06 Portugal 1-3 Turkey (Nani 57; Umut 35 51, Pepe og 88) 26/05 Portugal 0-0 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia • Ronaldo had a penalty saved with the score 2-1 against Turkey, when Bruno Alves won his 50th cap. UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying • Nani and Meireles started all ten of Portugal's qualifiers, each passing 50 caps during the campaign. • Ronaldo struck seven times in eight qualifiers, taking his international goals tally to 32, level with Luís Figo in third place on Portugal's top scorer list. Only (47) and Eusébio (41) lie ahead. • Bento replaced two games – and one point – into UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying. He handed João Pereira an international debut in his first game in charge: a 3-1 win against Denmark. • Of the final 23-men squad, six players did not feature in qualifying: Beto, Miguel Lopes, Ricardo Costa, Custódio, Viana and Nélson Oliveira. • Ronaldo had 23 shots on target in qualifying; more than any other player. Domestic information • Meireles helped Chelsea FC to their fourth FA Cup win in six years and a maiden UEFA Champions League triumph, though he was suspended for the Munich final. • Ronaldo, Pepe and Coentrão helped Real Madrid CF to their first Spanish Liga title in four years. • Ronaldo was ever-present, and eclipsed his record of 40 Spanish top-flight goals set in 2010/11 with 46 this time round – that was, however, four shy of leading scorer . • Rolando, Moutinho and Silvestre Varela were part of the FC Porto squad that earned their sixth Portuguese championship in seven years. • Bruno Alves helped FC Zenit St Petersburg retain the Russian title in a 44-game, 14-month campaign as the Premier-Liga made the transition from summer to winter league. • Beto helped CFR 1907 Cluj to their third Romanian championship.

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Team facts: Denmark UEFA European Championship record 2008: did not qualify 2004: quarter-finals 2000: group stage, final tournament 1996: group stage, final tournament 1992: winners 1988: group stage, final tournament 1984: semi-finals 1980: did not qualify 1976: did not qualify 1972: did not qualify 1968: did not qualify 1964: fourth place 1960: last 16 Team EURO records Final tournament win 5-0: Denmark v Yugoslavia, 16/06/84, group stage Final tournament loss 3-0: five times, most recently Czech Republic v Denmark, 27/06/04, quarter-finals Qualifying win 6-0: Denmark v Luxembourg, 12/10/83 Qualifying loss 6-0: Hungary v Denmark, 21/09/66 Player EURO records Final tournament appearances 13: Peter Schmeichel 10: 10: John Sivebæk 9: Final tournament goals 3: 3: 3: Brian Laudrup 3: 2: Preben Elkjær Overall appearances 39: Peter Schmeichel 32: Thomas Helveg 32: Morten Olsen 32: Dennis Rommedahl 31: Martin Jørgensen 31: Jon Dahl Tomasson Overall goals 22: Jon Dahl Tomasson 11: 10: Preben Elkjær 10: Michael Laudrup 9: Dennis Rommedahl

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Team facts: Portugal UEFA European Championship record 2008: quarter-finals 2004: runners-up 2000: semi-finals 1996: quarter-finals 1992: did not qualify 1988: did not qualify 1984: semi-finals 1980: did not qualify 1976: did not qualify 1972: did not qualify 1968: did not qualify 1964: preliminary round 1960: quarter-finals Team EURO records Qualifying win 8-0: Portugal v , 09/06/99 8-0: Portugal v Liechtenstein, 18/12/94 Qualifying loss 5-0: USSR v Portugal, 27/04/83 5-0: Czechoslovakia v Portugal, 30/04/75 Final tournament win 3-0: Portugal v Germany, 20/06/00, group stage 0-3: Croatia v Portugal, 19/06/96, group stage Biggest loss 2-0: v Portugal, 15/06/08, group stage Player EURO records Final tournament appearances 14: Luís Figo 14: Nuno Gomes 12: Fernando Couto 12: Rui Costa 10: Cristiano Ronaldo 10: 10: Ricardo Final tournament goals 6: Nuno Gomes 3: Sérgio Conceição 3: Cristiano Ronaldo Overall appearances 34: Luís Figo 33: Vítor Baía 32: Rui Costa 31: Cristiano Ronaldo 29: Fernando Couto 28: Nuno Gomes Overall goals 18: Cristiano Ronaldo 14: João Pinto 12: Rui Costa 9: Nuno Gomes 8: Hélder Postiga 8: Luís Figo 8: Nené

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Denmark

UEFA EURO 2012 Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Stephan Andersen 26/11/81 30 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC - - - 1 - 11 - 16 13/04/84 28 Manchester United FC - 3 - - - 5 - 22 Kasper Schmeichel 05/11/86 25 Leicester City FC ------Defenders 3 Simon Kjær 26/03/89 23 VfL Wolfsburg - 7 - 1 - 25 - 4 Daniel Agger 12/12/84 27 Liverpool FC - 4 - 1 - 47 6 5 Simon Poulsen 07/10/84 27 AZ Alkmaar * 3 - 1 - 19 - 6 Lars Jacobsen 20/09/79 32 FC København - 8 1 1 - 51 1 12 Andreas Bjelland 11/07/88 23 FC Nordsjælland - 2 - - - 6 1 13 Jores Okore 11/08/92 19 FC Nordsjælland - - - - - 3 - 18 Daniel Wass 31/05/89 23 SL Benfica - 1 - - - 6 - 2 Christian Poulsen 28/02/80 32 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC - 7 - - - 91 6 7 William Kvist 24/02/85 27 VfB Stuttgart * 6 - 1 - 29 - 8 Christian Eriksen 14/02/92 20 AFC Ajax - 8 1 1 - 24 2 14 Lasse Schøne 27/05/86 26 AFC Ajax - 2 1 1 - 11 2 15 07/07/81 30 BSC Young Boys - 5 - - - 24 1 19 07/07/83 28 FC Midtjylland - 2 - - - 22 1 20 Thomas Kahlenberg 20/03/83 29 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC - 1 1 - - 38 4 21 19/04/85 27 Club Brugge KV - 4 - 1 - 12 - Forwards 9 Michael Krohn-Dehli 06/06/83 29 Brøndby IF - 7 2 1 1 22 5 10 Dennis Rommedahl 22/07/78 33 Brøndby IF - 8 3 1 - 117 21 11 Nicklas Bendtner 16/01/88 24 Arsenal FC - 5 3 1 - 49 18 17 10/10/87 24 FC Groningen - 4 - - - 7 - 23 Tobias Mikkelsen 18/09/86 25 FC Nordsjælland - - - 1 - 4 - Coach - Morten Olsen 14/08/49 62 - - 8 - 1 - 4 -

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Portugal

UEFA EURO 2012 Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Eduardo 19/09/82 29 SL Benfica - 5 - - - 28 - 12 Rui Patrício 15/02/88 24 Sporting Clube de Portugal - 5 - 1 - 12 - 22 Beto 01/05/82 30 CFR 1907 Cluj - - - - - 2 - Defenders 2 Bruno Alves 27/11/81 30 FC Zenit St Petersburg - 8 - 1 - 51 5 3 Pepe 26/02/83 29 Real Madrid CF - 6 - 1 - 40 2 5 Fábio Coentrão 11/03/88 24 Real Madrid CF * 7 - 1 - 23 1 13 Ricardo Costa 16/05/81 31 Valencia CF - - - - - 11 - 14 Rolando 31/08/85 26 FC Porto - 2 - - - 14 - 19 Miguel Lopes 19/12/86 25 SC - - - - - 1 - 21 João Pereira 25/02/84 28 Sporting Clube de Portugal - 8 - 1 - 15 - Midfielders 4 Miguel Veloso 11/05/86 26 Genoa CFC - 6 1 1 - 25 2 6 Custódio 24/05/83 29 SC Braga - - - - - 1 - 8 João Moutinho 08/09/86 25 FC Porto - 9 1 1 - 44 2 10 Ricardo Quaresma 26/09/83 28 Beşiktaş JK - 4 - - - 35 3 15 Rúben Micael 19/08/86 25 Real Zaragoza - 5 - - - 8 2 16 Raul Meireles 17/03/83 29 Chelsea FC - 10 2 1 - 57 8 17 Nani 17/11/86 25 Manchester United FC - 10 5 1 - 55 13 20 Hugo Viana 15/01/83 29 SC Braga - - - - - 27 1 Forwards 7 Cristiano Ronaldo 05/02/85 27 Real Madrid CF - 8 7 1 - 91 32 9 Hugo Almeida 23/05/84 28 Beşiktaş JK - 6 2 - - 42 15 11 Nélson Oliveira 08/08/91 20 SL Benfica - - - 1 - 4 - 18 Silvestre Varela 02/02/85 27 FC Porto - 2 - 1 - 7 1 23 Hélder Postiga 02/08/82 29 Real Zaragoza * 8 5 1 - 50 19 Coach - Paulo Bento 20/06/69 42 - - 8 - 1 - 1 -

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Denmark: Morten Olsen Date of birth: 14 August 1949 Nationality: Danish Playing career: B 1901, Cercle Brugge KSV, RWD Molenbeek, RSC Anderlecht, 1. FC Köln Coaching career: Brøndby IF, 1. FC Köln, AFC Ajax, Denmark • A commanding central defender, he played most of his club football in Belgium, winning three national titles and the UEFA Cup with Anderlecht between 1980 and 1986. • Twice crowned Danish Player of the Year, he was captain of the legendary 'Dynamite' team of the mid-1980s that reached two successive UEFA European Championships and the 1986 FIFA World Cup; became the first Danish footballer to reach 100 caps in an international career spanning 19 years. • Went straight into coaching and proved an immediate success, leading Brøndby to two national titles and the 1990/91 UEFA Cup semi-finals – the furthest any Danish team had progressed in . • Moved on to coach former club Köln and then, following a two-year break, Ajax, where, assisted on the field by his former Denmark team-mate Michael Laudrup, he won a Dutch league and cup double in 1998. • Appointed Denmark head coach in 2000 and led team to 2002 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2004. Enjoyed success again as Denmark topped their 2010 World Cup qualifying group, celebrating qualification with 1-0 win against in his 100th match in charge. Subsequently named Coach of the Year in Denmark, although his team failed to get out of their group in South Africa, but bounced back to lead them to UEFA EURO 2012 and agreed a new deal until 2014.

Portugal: Paulo Bento Date of birth: 20 June 1969 Nationality: Portuguese Playing career: CF Estrela da Amadora, Vitória SC, SL Benfica, Real Oviedo CF, Sporting Clube de Portugal Coaching career: Sporting Clube de Portugal, Portugal • A former international midfielder who made an instant impact upon rising to the top job at Sporting in October 2005, Paulo Bento has enjoyed success throughout his footballing life. He began his playing career at Estrela da Amadora, helping them to the Portuguese Cup in 1989/90. • Moved on to Vitória SC before a switch to Benfica brought another cup triumph in 1995/96, prior to four seasons in Spain with Real Oviedo. • Returned to Sporting for 2000/01, helping them win the Portuguese double the following season. Retired from playing in summer 2004 and quickly accepted a role in the Sporting coaching set-up where he guided the youth team to the national title in 2004/05. • In October 2005, promoted to first-team coach after the sacking of José Peseiro and quickly improved the side's fortunes, leading Sporting on a run of ten straight victories between January and April 2006. • Started 2008/09 with a Super Cup win against FC Porto but failed to add to that and left the club midway through the following campaign after a run of poor results. In September 2010 was appointed Carlos Queiroz's successor as Portugal coach after the team had taken only one point from their first two UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying games and oversaw a revival that culminated in a play-off win against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Referee (SCO) Assistant referees Alasdair Ross (SCO), Derek Rose (SCO) Additional assistant referees William Collum (SCO), Euan Norris (SCO) Fourth official Viktor Shvetsov (UKR) Reserve official Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR) UEFA Delegate Jozef Kliment (SVK) UEFA Referee observer Jaap Uilenberg (NED) Referee Name Date of birth Nationality Craig Thomson 20/06/1972 SCO • Craig Thomson has put the judgement he has acquired as a lawyer to good use to become a promising international referee. • Thomson, who has been officiating since the age of 16 and counts golf, reading and cinema among his hobbies, made his first foray into international refereeing in spring 2003 when he took charge of two UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite round fixtures. • That September he refereed his first competitive U21 game and stepped up to the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round in summer 2004. Thomson made his FIFA World Cup qualifying debut that September and also featured in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying, subsequently acting as fourth official in three group matches at the final tournament. • He officiated at three UEFA Cup matches in 2006/07 and took charge of two games at the 2007 UEFA European U21 Championship finals before making his UEFA Champions League group stage debut when Rosenborg BK played Valencia CF in October 2007, going on to make regular appearances over subsequent seasons. • Thomson also worked at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in the Korea Republic the same year, although his career highlights remain his '' games between Celtic FC and Rangers FC, the 2007, 2010 and 2011 finals and the 2009 final. UEFA European Championship matches featuring teams from the two countries involved in this match No matches found Other matches Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 15/11/06 EURO QR Finland Armenia 1-0 Helsinki 02/06/07 EURO QR Latvia Spain 0-2 26/03/11 EURO QR Armenia Russia 0-0 Yerevan 02/09/11 EURO QR Greece 0-1 Tel Aviv 11/10/11 EURO QR France Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1

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UEFA European Football Championship final tournament: Did you know? • Germany are the most competition's most successful side having lifted the trophy in 1972, 1980 (both as West Germany) and 1996, reaching the final in 1976, 1992 and 2008. Only Spain (1964, 2008) and France (1984, 2000) have also triumphed more than once. • Only three sides have ever won the UEFA European Championship on home soil: Spain (1964), (1968) and France (1984). • No side has ever retained the trophy, and no player has ever appeared in two victorious UEFA European Championship finals. The Soviet Union (1960, 1964) and West Germany (1972, 1976) returned to the finals as holders only to lose, while Rainer Bonhof twice picked up a winners' medal with West Germany (1972, 1980) but did not play in either tournament. • was a winner as a player with West Germany in 1972 and as coach of Germany in 1996, making him the only man to win as player and coach. • Since 1980, when the final tournament expanded to become an eight-team event, the hosts or co-hosts have only failed to reach the semi-finals – or better – three times: Italy (1980), Belgium (2000) and Austria and Switzerland (2008). • UEFA EURO 2012 is Germany's 11th successive UEFA European Championship final tournament – they last missed out as West Germany in 1968. The Netherlands are taking part in the finals for the seventh successive edition. • Germany are appearing in the finals for the eleventh time, one more than Russia. This is the ninth tournament for the Netherlands and Spain. • Five teams have qualified for the finals with a perfect record, including Spain and Germany this time round. The others are France (1992 and 2004) and Czech Republic (2000). • The Netherlands' 6-1 defeat of Yugoslavia in the UEFA EURO 2000 quarter-finals is the biggest win in a final tournament. Three games have finished 5-0, most recently Sweden's 2004 defeat of Bulgaria. • Spain are seeking to retain the trophy having already become only the third team to hold the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup at the same time. West Germany won the European title in 1972 and added the world crown two years later, while France won the 1998 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000. No team has ever won three consecutive world and continental titles. • A total of 15 players appeared in both those finals: for West Germany, , , Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, , Uli Hoeness and Gerd Müller played in both matches, while , , Bixente Lizarazu, , , Youri Djorkaeff, , Zinédine Zidane and Christophe Dugarry also achieved the feat for France. • , , , Joan Capdevila, Andrés Iniesta, Hernández, Cesc Fàbregas, and played in Spain's 2008 EURO final win and the 2010 World Cup success. • Five players have appeared in European Cup and UEFA European Championship final victories in the same year: Luis Suárez achieved the feat with FC Internazionale Milano and Spain in 1964, while in 1988 PSV Eindhoven quartet Hans van Breucklen, , Barry van Aerle and were all in the victorious Netherlands side. • Wim Kieft and Nicolas Anelka narrowly missed out on this club. A Champion Clubs' Cup finalist with PSV in 1988, Kieft was an unused substitute in the Netherlands' European triumph, while Nicolas Anelka was similarly thwarted with France in 2000 after appearing in Real Madrid CF's UEFA Champions League final. Anelka's Madrid team-mate Christian Karembeu holds the unique position of being an unused substitute in both European Cup and European Championship final victories in the same year. • In 2008 Germany's , then with Chelsea FC, became the first player to appear in European Cup and EURO final defeats in the same year. • Four players have followed European Cup final defeat with EURO victory in the same year: Ignacio Zoco and Amancio Amaro (1964, Real Madrid CF and Spain) and Manny Kaltz and (1980, Hamburger SV and West Germany).

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• Lothar Matthäus is the oldest player to appear in a UEFA European Championship finals; he was aged 39 years 91 days in Germany's 3-0 loss to Portugal at UEFA EURO 2000. • became the youngest player to grace a UEFA European Championship when he started the Netherlands' opening Group B match against Denmark at UEFA EURO 2012. The PSV Eindhoven defender was aged 18 years and 71 days, breaking the record held by Belgium's Enzo Scifo, who was 18 years and 115 days against Yugoslavia in 1984. • Five players have appeared in four final tournaments: Lothar Matthäus, Peter Schmeichel, , Edwin van der Sar and Lilian Thuram. • Austria's Ivica Vastic is the oldest player to score having found the net in a 1-1 draw against Poland at UEFA EURO 2008 aged 38 years 257 days. • Johan Vonlanthen was 18 years 141 days old when scoring in Switzerland's 3-1 defeat by France at UEFA EURO 2004, making him the youngest player to strike in the finals. • Russia's Dmitri Kirichenko scored the fastest goal in a UEFA European Championship; his effort against Greece at UEFA EURO 2004 was timed at 67 seconds. • There have been eight hat-tricks in a final tournament: Dieter Müller (1976), (1980), (1984, twice), (1988), Sérgio Conceição (2000), (2000) and (2008).

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Final tournament Group B Standings Pld W D L GF GA Pts Germany 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Denmark 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Portugal 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

Matchday 1 (09/06/12) Netherlands 0-1 Denmark Goals: 0-1 Krohn-Dehli 24 Denmark: Andersen, Kjær, Agger, S. Poulsen, Jacobsen, Kvist, Eriksen (Schøne 74), Krohn-Dehli, Rommedahl (Mikkelsen 84), Bendtner, Zimling Germany 1-0 Portugal Goals: 1-0 Gomez 72 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Miguel Veloso, Fábio Coentrão, Cristiano Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Raul Meireles (Varela 80), Nani, João Pereira, Hélder Postiga (Nélson Oliveira 70)

Matchday 2 (13/06/12) Denmark v Portugal

Matchday 3 (17/06/12) Portugal v Netherlands Denmark v Germany

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Vigilance at training sessions Further to an incident that occurred at a Dutch national team training session on 8 June, UEFA has written to the mayors of the Polish and Ukrainian cities where open training sessions are scheduled to take place to ask that all effective and necessary measures – including an increased police presence – be implemented to prevent any display of discriminatory or racist behaviour at such public sessions. UEFA has also requested that the authorities ensure that any person found to be engaging in racist behaviour be immediately ejected from the stadium and its vicinity, and that criminal proceedings be launched against such individuals. A letter was also sent to the sports minister of Poland, Joanna Mucha, to ask for the full support of the Polish authorities in dealing with these important matters. Any such behaviour is totally incompatible with UEFA's zero-tolerance policy towards any type of discriminatory conduct. UEFA is nevertheless confident that the local authorities will deal adequately with the issue. 'Poland is living football' As proud co-hosts of UEFA EURO 2012, Poles are hoping that the tournament will leave a positive image of their country in addition to the social and economic impact that the event has already had since it was awarded to Poland and Ukraine in April 2007. "I think when it comes to the infrastructure and organisation, the [early] evaluation is very positive," said the president of the Polish Football Federation (PZPN), . "I am very happy that the tournament is taking place in Poland – and not only the favourites are winning, this is what is beautiful about football." Lato and Polish tournament director Adam Olkowicz agreed that UEFA EURO 2012 had been pushing sporting and economic development forward in Poland. "We have great stadiums and centres, EURO 2012 is driving the development of football," said Lato. "We have constructed big stadiums and hundreds of kilometres of new highways, new airport terminals, it's a great challenge for development," added Olkowicz. "Thousands of workplaces have been created, so the tournament has had a great economic impact. This is the biggest event, not only in terms of , but also the biggest social event that has ever been organised in our country." EURO Legends choose Carlsberg Man of the Match Legends who have graced past EUROs will be making a key contribution to UEFA EURO 2012 by voting for and helping to present the Carlsberg Man of the Match Award at each of the 31 games in Poland and Ukraine – and fans will join them in deciding who wins the coveted prize each time. A EURO legend, invited by UEFA President Michel Platini, will be present at each match. A fan vote will be accessible via the UEFA.com match centre, and the EURO Legend will take into consideration the fans' vote before making the final decision on the most outstanding man on the field during the match. A glittering array of superstars are being lined up to decide who wins each UEFA EURO 2012 Carlsberg Man of the Match Award. Fernando Couto (Portugal), Christian Karembeu (France), Predrag Mijatović (), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark), (Denmark), Davor Šuker (Croatia) and Patrick Vieira (France) are among those who will act as award ambassadors in Poland and Ukraine. UEFA charity donation for EURO goals Committed to providing improved access and facilities for disabled football fans, UEFA is donating €3,000 for every goal scored at UEFA EURO 2012 to the Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE), the official tournament charity. As part of the Respect programme at UEFA EURO 2012, UEFA is working with CAFE to manage separate Respect Inclusion initiatives, and football followers and other benefactors are being encouraged to donate money for upcoming schemes. CAFE was set up via UEFA's CHF1m charity cheque in 2009 to promote and ensure equal access across UEFA's member national associations. It provides support, guidance and advice to partners and stakeholders, which include UEFA, national associations, leagues and clubs, disabled fans and disabled supporter groups. Anti-doping tests under way Following extensive pre-tournament out-of competition testing, the in-competition anti-doping programme is under way for UEFA EURO 2012. The pre-tournament testing involved blood and urine samples being collected from all 16 participating teams at key points during their preparations. Now the in-competition programme is operational for the final round in Poland and Ukraine. All 31 matches will be subject to controls, while teams and players may be subject to no-notice testing in rest periods between matches. UEFA operates a "zero tolerance" policy approach to doping. In addition, UEFA's EURO 2012 anti-doping programme is fully supported by all participating teams, whose team doctors have signed an anti-doping charter to confirm their commitment to promoting clean football among their teams and players. UEFA and the participating teams are aiming to achieve the objective of a successful and drug-free UEFA EURO 2012.

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:: All-time statistics The all-time record of the competing teams in the UEFA European Championship. Final tournament: The UEFA European Championship was a four-team event in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976. From 1980 it was expanded to an eight-team finals and remained in that format in 1984, 1988 and 1992 until 1996, when the current 16-team format was adopted. Goals for/against: Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out after a tie ended in a draw. :: Squad list The eligible list of players ordered first by playing position and then numeric order. UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying: Total UEFA EURO 2012 appearances/goals in qualifying competition only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2012 appearances/goals in final tournament only. Overall: Total international appearances/goals. DoB: Date of birth Age: based on the date press kit was last updated BL: Booking list (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended) :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay gg: Match decided by golden goal W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation N/a: Not applicable tournament play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match :: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on www..com.

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