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Facts and Key Figures Player Release Analysis

UEFA EURO 2012TM & 8 June - 1 July

ECA Research - June 2012 Player Release Analysis UEFA Euro 2012TM

Table of Contents

1 Foreword 2 Highlights 3 Introduction 4 Confederations representation 5 Most represented national championships 7 Club analysis – Top 10 Overview 8 European club analysis – Overview per National Association 10 ECA Members Clubs represented

11 Appendix 1: Club analysis – Full list of National Team squads 17 Appendix 2: Comparison with statistics of UEFA Euro 2008TM 20 Appendix 3: Full list of National Team squads

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS EURO 2012 POLAND & UKRAINE Foreword

The UEFA Euro 2012™ is the most important international football competition in . It is organised by the Union Européenne de Football Association (UEFA) and the first edition was held in 1960. The 14th edition is hosted in Poland and Ukraine from the 8th of June to the 1st of July 2012.

For the UEFA Euro 2012™, all clubs have to release their players for the tournament according to the FIFA regulations: in accordance with Annexe 1 to the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, “if a player is called up, he must be released to play in the final competition organised by FIFA or a confederation and held in a period fixed/set in the calendar. In this event, the period of release shall be 14 days.”

Following fruitful talks held in spring 2012 between the European Club Association (ECA) and UEFA, which ended in the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding in March 2012, the UEFA Executive Committee has decided to allocate an amount of €100 million from the benefits of the the UEFA Euro 2012TM to clubs (compared to €43’466’390 for Euro 2008). A part of this €100 million will be distributed amongst those clubs who released players for the UEFA Euro 2012™. Moreover, any club whose player(s) appeared on the match sheet of a UEFA Euro 2012™ qualification game will receive a fixed amount. The exact figures will be officialised during the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on the 30th of June 2012.

The purpose of this research is to show the overall situation of players released by European clubs with a focus on ECA Members. The research is based on the official UEFA Squad Lists published on the 29th of May 2012 (with ulterior replacements due to injury before the start of the tournament).

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS EURO 2012 POLAND & UKRAINE 1 Highlights

• 134 clubs in total released one or more players to the UEFA Euro 2012™. 132 of these clubs are European clubs from UEFA Member Associations.

• 99% of the UEFA Euro 2012™ players (366 players from a total of 368) are playing in one of the European national championships.

• FC Bayern München released the highest number of players for the UEFA EURO 2012TM: 12.

• 58.2% of the UEFA Euro 2012™ players (214 players) come from clubs playing in , England, , or .

• 22 English clubs released 79 players in total.

• All the English players are playing in their own national championship, followed by and Ukraine (21 out of 23 players).

• 83 ECA Member Clubs from 22 different UEFA Members Associations have at least one player playing in the UEFA Euro 2012™.

• None of the Irish players play in the Irish national championship.

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 2 Introduction

UEFA Euro 2012™

The UEFA Euro 2012TM finals are held in Poland and Ukraine in eight venues (played in Gdansk, Pozna´n, , Wrocław (Poland), , , , L’viv (Ukraine) between the 8th of June and the 1st of July.

Nine Member Associations have won the trophy, with Germany having won it three times. France, Italy, Spain hold two titles and , Netherlands, Denmark, and each won one title.

The European premier football tournament lines up 16 countries, which emerged from a qualification process that began in September 2010. The 2012 participants form four groups of four teams.

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Poland Netherlands Spain Ukraine Russia Germany Italy England Greece Denmark Croatia Rep. of Ireland France

This research is based on a comprehensive UEFA Euro 2012™ players’ analysis and outlines in which country, national championship and club the players were registered in the past .

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 3 Confederations representation

The table below shows in which confederation the 368 UEFA Euro 2012™ players are currently registered. 366 players are competing in one of the European national championships (UEFA Member Associations) and 2 players are playing outside Europe.

Confederation

1 Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) 366 players 2 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 1 player Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF) 1 player

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 4 Most represented national championships

The 368 players participating in the UEFA Euro 2012™ are registered with clubs from 24 different national championships. 22 are European national championships (UEFA), 1 is from the Asian Confederation (AFC), 1 is from the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association (CONCACAF).

National championship per confederation (in decreasing order)

Europe (UEFA): England, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey, Denmark, Czech Republic, Poland, , Croatia, Scotland, Sweden, Cyprus, , Switzerland,

ASIA (AFC): Saudi Arabia (Al-Hilal FC)

Northern America (CONCACAF): USA (LA Galaxy)

National championship Players

1 England 79

2 Germany 46

3 Spain 33

4 Italy 31

5 Russia 29

6 Ukraine 28

7 France 25

8 Greece 17

9 Netherlands 16

10 Portugal 12

11 Turkey 9

12 Denmark 8

Czech Republic 8

14 Poland 6

15 Croatia 5

16 Scotland 4

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 5 National championship Players

17 Belgium 3

Sweden 3

19 Cyprus 1

Israel 1

Switzerland 1

Romania 1

/ Other Conferderations 2

One player out of five is playing in an English league (21.5%). 214 players (58.2%) are playing in one of the “Big 5” national championships (including Second division), being Germany, England, Italy, Spain or France.

Despite not being represented by their national team at the UEFA Euro 2012™, Cyprus, Belgium, Israel, Romania, Scotland, Switzerland and Turkey, have at least one player from their national championship participating in the UEFA Euro 2012™ Poland/Ukraine.

Cyprus 0,27% Israel 0,27% Sweden 0,82% Switzerland 0,27% Croatia 1,09% Romania 0,27% Scotland 1,09% Other Confederations 0,54% Belgium 0,82% Poland 1,63% Czech Republic 1,90% Denmark 2,17%

Turkey 2,45% England 21,5%

Portugal 3,26%

Netherlands 4,35%

Greece 4,62%

Germany 13,04%

France 6,79%

Ukraine 7,34%

Spain 8,70%

Russia 8,15% Italy 8,42%

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 6 Club analysis - Top 10 Overview

Most represented clubs

134 clubs in total are involved in releasing players, 132 of which are European clubs.

FC Bayern München released 12 players, the highest number of players for the UEFA Euro 2012™ followed by Real CF with 11 players and FC Kyiv with 10 players.

All the English players are playing in an English league, followed by Russia and Ukraine where 21 players are playing in their own league.

The table below outlines which clubs are releasing most players:

Players Club Name Names

Holger Badstuber, Jérôme Boateng, Mario Gomez, Toni Kroos, , , Thomas Müller, (GER), 12 FC Bayern München, Germany Danijel Pranji´c (CRO), Franck Ribéry (FRA), (NED), (UKR) Raúl Albiol, , Álvaro Arbeloa, , 11 Real Madrid CF, Spain (SPA), (FRA), , Mesut Özil (GER), Fábio Coentrão, Pepe, (POR) Olexandr Aliyev, Denys Garmash, Oleh Gusev, Yev hen Khacheridi, 10 FC Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine Maxym Koval, Taras Mikhalik, Artem Milevskiy, Yarmolenko, (UKR), Ognjen Vukojevic´ (CRO) Glen Johnson, Stewart Downing, , Andy Carroll, 9 FC, England Martin Kelly and (ENG), (DEN), (ESP), (NED) , Joleon Lescott, James Milner (ENG), Gaël Clichy, 8 City FC, England (FRA), (ITA), Nigel de Jong (NED), (SPA) Mario Götze, Íkay Gündog˘an, Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer (GER), 8 BVB , Germany Ivan Perišic´ (CRO), Jakub Błaszczykowski, , Łukasz Piszczek (POL) , , , , 8 FC Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia , , (RUS) Bruno Alves (POR) , Cesc Fàbregas, Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, 8 FC Barcelona, Spain Gerard Piqué, Pedro Rodríguez, Víctor Valdés (SPA), Ibrahim Afellay (NED) Olexandr Kucher, , Yaroslav Rakitskiy, , 8 FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine (UKR), Eduardo, (CRO), Tomáš Hübschman (CZE)

7 Five teams

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 7 European club analysis Overview per National Association

366 players out of a total of 368 play in one of the 22 European national championships. 132 European clubs are involved in releasing players to the UEFA Euro 2012™ 1

Club (number of players) UEFA Country UEFA Ranking Member Association Number of clubs Number of players

Liverpool FC (9), Manchester City FC (8), Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Manchester United FC (7), Tottenham Hotspur FC, Everton FC, Sunderland FC (5), West Bromwich Albion FC (4), Fulham FC, 1 England 22 79 Wolverhampton Wanderers, FC Newcastle United FC (3), Aston Villa FC, Stoke City FC, Leicester City FC (2), Blackburn Rovers FC, Birmingham City FC, Derby County FC, Hull City FC, Millwall FC, Swansea AFC, West Ham FC (1) Real Madrid CF (11), FC Barcelona (8), Valencia CF, Sevilla FC, Real 2 Spain 8 33 Zaragoza (3), Athletic Club, Málaga CF (2), Club Atlético de Madrid (1) FC Bayern München (12), BVB Dortmund (8), , Werder Bremen (4), FC Schalke 04 (3), , VfB , 3 Germany 17 46 VfL Wolfsburg (2), 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1. FC Köln, 1. FC Nürnberg, 1. FSV Mainz, Borussia VfL 1900 M’Gladbach, , Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895, Hertha BSC , Hamburger SV (1) Juventus (7), AC (6), AS Roma (4), SSC Napoli (2), Bologna FC (2), 4 Italy 13 31 Genoa CFC (2), US Città di (2), AFC Fiorentina, FC Internazionale Milano, FC , , SS Lazio, Torino FC (1) Sporting Clube de Portugal (4), SC Braga (3), FC (3), 5 Portugal 4 12 SL Benfica (2) Évian Thonon Gaillard FC, Saint-Germain FC (4), FC Girondins de Bordeaux, , (3), AS Monaco 6 France 11 25 FC, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (2), AJ Auxerre, LOSC Lille Métropole, Montpellier Hérault SC, Stade Rennais FC (1) FC Zenit St. Petersburg (9), PFC CSKA Moskva (7), FC Dinamo Moskva 7 Russia 9 29 (5), FC Spartak Moskva (3), PFC Lokomotiv Moskva (2), FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Terek Grozny, FC Rostov, FC Rubin (1) PSV Eindhoven (6), AFC Ajax, AZ Alkmaar, FC Twente (2), 8 Netherlands 16 8 Rotterdam, FC Groningen, NEC Nijmegen, sc Heerenveen (1) FC Dynamo Kyiv (10), FC Shakhtar Donetsk (8), FC 9 Ukraine 7 28 Dnipropetrovsk (5), FC Metalist Kharkiv (2), FC Illychivets Mariupil, FC Vorskla , SC Tavriya Simferopol (1)

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 8 1

Club (number of players) UEFA Country UEFA Ranking Member Association Number of clubs Number of players

Olympiakos FC (6), PAOK (4), Panathinaikos FC (3), AEK (2), 10 Greece 6 17 Aris FC, Atromitos FC (1) . Besikta ˛ s ˛ JK (3), Galatasaray AS (2), BB, SK Samsunspor, 11 Turkey 6 9 AS ˛ (1)

12 Belgium 2 3 RSC Anderlecht (2), Club Brugge KV (1) FC Nordsjælland (3), Brøndby IF (2), FC København (2), 13 Denmark 4 8 FC Midtjylland IF (1) 14 Switzerland 1 1 BSC Young Boys (1) 16 Cyprus 1 1 Anorthosis Famagusta FC (1) 17 Israel 1 1 Maccabi Haifa FC (1) 18 Scotland 1 4 Celtic FC (4) 19 Czech Rep. 3 8 FC Viktoria Plzen˘ (6), FC Slovan Liberec, FK Jablonec (1) 20 Poland 2 6 KKS Lech Poznan ´ (3), KP Legia Warszawa (2), Jagiellonia Białystok (1) 21 Croatia 1 5 NK Dinamo (5) 22 Romania 1 1 CFR 1907 Cluj (1) 24 Sweden 3 3 IF, IF Elfsborg, IFK Göteborg (1)

1) UEFA Country Ranking May 2012

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 9 ECA Member Clubs represented

83 ECA Members from 22 different UEFA Member Associations have at least one player participating in the UEFA Euro 2012™ edition in Poland and Ukraine (290 in total). As we mentioned before, FC Bayern München have released 12 players.

UEFA Member ECA Member Clubs represented Ranking2 Association NK Dinamo Zagreb, Everton FC, AS Monaco FC, FC Bayern München, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, BV , VfL Wolfsburg, Maccabi Haifa FC, Sevilla FC, 21 Croatia FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Slovan Liberec, FC Viktoria Plzen^ , Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Hamburger SV, Anorthosis Famagusta FC, FC Spartak Moskva, PFC 19 Czech Rep. CSKA Moskva, Be˛sikta˛s JK, Galatasaray AS, ˛ FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Shakhtar Donetsk Brøndby IF, FC København, Club Brugge KV, Arsenal FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester United 13 Denmark FC, VfB Stuttgart, AS Roma, AZ Alkmaar, AFC Ajax, BSC Young Boys Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Everton FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Manchester United 1 England FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC Bayer 04 Leverkusen, BV Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern München, FC Schalke 04, SV 3 Germany Werder Bremen, Borussia VfL 1900 M’Gladbach, Arsenal FC, Real Madrid CF AEK Athens FC, Aris FC, Olympiacos FC, Panathinaikos FC, PAOK FC, AS Monaco FC, FC 10 Greece Schalke 04, SV Werder Bremen, US Città di Palermo, Celtic FC FC Girondins de Bordeaux, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, LOSC Lille Métropole, Olympique Lyonnais, Olympique de Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain FC, Arsenal FC, Manchester City FC, 6 France Manchester United FC, Newcastle United FC, FC Bayern München, AC Milan, Real Madrid CF, Valencia CF AC Milan, ACF Fiorentina, AS Roma, FC Parma, Juventus, SSC Napoli, US Città di Palermo, 4 Italy Manchester City FC, Paris Saint-Germain FC 33 Rep. of Ireland Aston Villa FC, Everton FC, Fulham FC, FC Spartak Moskva, Celtic FC AFC Ajax, Feyenoord, FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven, sc Heerenveen, Arsenal FC, Everton FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Newcastle United FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, FC Bayern 8 Netherlands München, FC Schalke 04, VfB Stuttgart, AC Milan, AS Roma, FC Internazionale Milano, Sporting Clube de Portugal, FC Barcelona, KKS Lech Poznan´, KP Legia Warszawa, KRC Genk, RSC Anderlecht, Arsenal FC, 20 Poland AJ Auxerre, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, BV Borussia Dortmund, SV Werder Bremen, PSV Eindhoven, Celtic FC, Trabzonspor AS, ˛ SC Braga, SL Benfica, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Chelsea FC, Manchester United FC, FC 5 Portugal Porto, CFR 1907 Cluj, FC Zenit St Petersburg, Real Madrid CF, Valencia CF, Be˛sikta˛s JK PFC CSKA Moskva, FC Lokomotiv Moskva, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Spartak Moskva, FC Zenit 7 Russia St Petersburg, Fulham FC, Sporting Clube de Portugal FC Barcelona, Club Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid CF, Sevilla FC, Valencia CF, Chelsea FC, 2 Spain Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC Helsingborgs IF, IF Elfsborg, IFK Göteborg, RSC Anderlecht, FC København, Olympique 24 Sweden Lyonnais, SV Werder Bremen, Olympiacos FC, AC Milan, AZ Alkmaar, PSV Eindhoven, FC Twente, PFC CSKA Moskva, Celtic FC, Galatasaray A˛S 9 Ukraine FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Bayern München

2) UEFA Country Ranking May 2012

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 10 Appendix 1: Club analysis

Full list of club origin of players represented in UEFA Euro 2012tm.

Club NA Player

12 FC Bayern München Germany , Jérôme Boateng, Mario Gomez, Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer, Thomas Müller, Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER), Danijel Pranji´c (CRO), Franck Ribéry (FRA), Arjen Robben (NED), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (UKR) 11 Real Madrid CF Spain Raúl Albiol, Xabi Alonso, Álvaro Arbeloa, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos (SPA), Karim Benzema (FRA), Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil (GER), Fábio Coentrão, Pepe, Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) 10 FC Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine Olexandr Aliyev, Denys Garmash, Oleh Gusev, , Maxym Koval, Taras Mikhalik, Artem Milevskiy, , Andriy Shevchenko (UKR), Ognjen Vukojevi´c (CRO) 9 Liverpool FC England Glen Johnson, Stewart Downing, Steven Gerrard, Andy Carroll, Martin Kelly and Jordan Henderson (ENG), Daniel Agger (DEN), Pepe Reina (ESP), Dirk Kuyt (NED) 8 Manchester City FC England Joe Hart, Joleon Lescott, James Milner (ENG), Gaël Clichy, Samir Nasri (FRA), Mario Balotelli (ITA), Nigel de Jong (NED), David Silva (SPA) 8 BVB Dortmund Germany Mario Götze, Ílkay Gündogan, ˘ Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer (GER), Ivan Periši´c (CRO), Jakub Błaszczykowski, Robert Lewandowski, Łukasz Piszczek (POL) 8 FC Barcelona Spain Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Gerard Piqué, Pedro Rodríguez, Víctor Valdés (SPA), Ibrahim Afellay (NED) 8 FC Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine Olexandr Kucher, Andriy Pyatov, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Yevhen Seleznyov, Vyacheslav Shevchuk (UKR), Eduardo, Darijo Srna (CRO), Tomáš Hübschman (CZE) 8 FC Zenit St. Petersburg Russia Aleksandr Anyukov, Andrey Arshavin, Igor Denisov, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Vyacheslav Malafeev, Roman Shirokov, Konstantin Zyryanov (RUS) Bruno Alves (POR) 7 Arsenal FC England Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, (ENG), Tomáš Rosický (CZE), (FRA), (GER), Wojciech Szcz˛esny (POL), (NED) 7 Chelsea FC England , John Terry (ENG), Petr Cech˘ (CZE), (FRA), Raúl Meireles (POR), Juan Mata, (SPA) 7 Manchester United FC England Phil Jones, , Daniel Welbeck, (ENG), (DEN), (FRA), (POR) 7 Juventus Italy , , , , , , (ITA) 7 PFC CSKA Moskva Russia , , , , (RUS), Tomáš Necid (CZE), (SWE) 6 FC Viktoria Plzen ˘ Czech Rep. Vladimír Darida, Daniel Kolá˘r, David Limberský, Milan Petržela, Václav Pila˘r, František Rajtoral (CZE) 6 Olympiacos FC Greece José Holebas, , , Vassilis Torossidis (GRE), (SWE)

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 11 Club NA Player

6 AC Milan Italy , , (ITA), Philippe Mexès (FRA), Mark van Bommel (NED), Zlatan Ibrahimovi´c (SWE) 6 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands Wilfred Bouma, Kevin Strootman, Jetro Willems (NED), Przemysław Tyto´n (POL), , (SWE) 5 NK Dinamo Zagreb Croatia , , Josip Šimuni´c, , Šime Vrsaljko (CRO)

5 Everton FC England Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka (ENG), Nikica Jelavi´c (CRO), (IRE), John Heitinga (NED) 5 Sunderland FC England (DEN), James McClean, John O'Shea, (IRE), (SWE) 5 Tottenham Hotspur FC England , (ENG), Niko Kranjcar, ˘ Luka Modri´c (CRO), Rafael van der Vaart (NED) 5 FC Dinamo Moskva Russia , , , (RUS), (UKR) 5 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine , (UKR), Nikola Kalini´c, Ivan Strini´c (CRO), Jan Laštuvka (CZE) 4 West Bromwich Albion FC England Simon Cox, Keith Andrews, (IRE), Jonas Olsson (SWE)

4 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC France , , , (DEN)

4 Paris Saint-Germain FC France , Jérémy Menez (FRA), , (ITA)

4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Germany Lars Bender, André Schürrle (GER), Vedran Corluka (CRO), (CZE) 4 Werder Bremen Germany Tim Wiese (GER), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (GRE), (POL), (SWE) 4 PAOK Greece , Giorgos Fotakis, , (GRE)

4 AS Roma Italy , (ITA), Simon Kjær (DEN), Maarten Stekelenburg (NED) . 4 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal Rui Patrício, João Pereira (POR), Stijn Schaars (NED), (RUS)

4 Celtic FC Scotland Giorgos Samaras (GRE), Darren O'Dea (IRE), Paweł Brozek (POL) (SWE) 3 FC Nordsjælland Denmark , , (DEN)

3 Fulham FC England , Stephen Kelly (IRE), (RUS)

3 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC England , Stephen Hunt, Stephen Ward (IRE)

3 Newcastle United FC England , (FRA), (NED)

3 FC Girondins de Bordeaux France Cédric Carrasso (FRA), Jaroslav Plašil (CZE), (POL)

3 Olympique de Marseille France Alou Diarra, , (FRA)

3 Olympique Lyonnais France , Anthony Réveillère (FRA), Kim Källström (SWE)

3 FC Schalke 04 Germany Benedikt Höwedes (GER), (GRE), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (NED)

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 12 Club NA Player

3 Panathinaikos FC Greece , , (GRE)

3 KKS Lech Pozna´n Poland Marcin Kami´nski, Rafał Murawski, (POL)

3 SC Braga Portugal Custodio, , (POR)

3 FC Porto Portugal João Moutinho, , (POR)

3 FC Spartak Moskva Russia (RUS), Marek Suchý (CZE), Aiden McGeady (IRE)

3 Sevilla FC Spain Jesús Navas, Álvaro Negredo (SPA), Ivan Rakiti´c (CRO)

3 Valencia CF Spain (SPA) (FRA) Ricardo Costa (POR)

3Be˛sikta˛s JK Turkey Tomáš Sivok (CZE), , (POR)

3 Spain Tomislav Dujmovi´c (CRO), Rúben Micael, Hélder Postiga (POR)

2 RSC Anderlecht Belgium (POL), (SWE)

2 Brøndby IF Denmark Michael Krohn-Dehli, (DEN)

2 FC København Denmark (DEN), (SWE)

2 Aston Villa FC England , (IRE)

2 Leicester City FC England Kaspar Schmeichel (DEN), (IRE)

2 Stoke City FC England , (IRE)

2 AS Monaco FC France Danijel Subaši´c (CRO), Giorgos Tzavellas (GRE)

2 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard France (FRA), (POL)

2 Hannover 96 Germany Ron-Robert Zieler (GER), (POL)

2 VfB Stuttgart Germany (DEN), Khalid Boulahrouz (NED)

2 VfL Wolfsburg Germany Mario Mandžuki´c (CRO), Petr Jirácek ˘ (CZE)

2 AEK Athens FC Greece , (GRE)

2 Bologna FC Italy (ITA), (SWE)

2 Genoa CFC Italy (POR), (SWE)

2 US Città di Palermo Italy (ITA), (GRE)

2 SSC Napoli Italy , (ITA)

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 13 Club NA Player

2 AFC Ajax Netherlands Gregory van der Wiel (NED), (DEN)

2 AZ Alkmaar Netherlands (DEN), (SWE)

2 FC Twente Netherlands (NED), (SWE)

2 KP Legia Warszawa Poland , Rafał Wolski (POL)

2 SL Benfica Portugal Eduardo, Nélson Oliveira (POR)

2 PFC Lokomotiv Moskva Russia , (RUS)

2 Athletic Club Spain Fernando Llorente, Javi Martínez (SPA)

2 Málaga CF Spain (SPA), Joris Mathijsen (NED)

2 Galatasaray AS Turkey Milan Baroš (CZE), (SWE)

2 FC Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Marko Devi´c, Oleksandr Goryainov (UKR)

1 Club Brugge KV Belgium (DEN)

1 FC Slovan Liberec Czech Rep. (CZE)

1 FK Jablonec Czech Rep. David Lafata (CZE)

1 Anorthosis Famagusta FC Cyprus (CZE)

1 FC Midtjylland IF Denmark (DEN)

1 Birmingham City FC England (ENG)

1 Blackburn Rovers FC England (SWE)

1 Derby County FC England Paul Green (IRE)

1 Hull City FC England Paul McShane (IRE)

1 Millwall FC England (IRE)

1 Swansea AFC England (NED)

1 West Ham FC England Robert Green (ENG)

1 AJ Auxerre France (POL)

1 LOSC Lille Métropole France (FRA)

1 Montpellier Hérault SC France (FRA)

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 14 Club NA Player

1 Stade Rennais FC, France France Yann M’Vila (FRA)

1 1. FC Nürnberg Germany Tomáš Pekhart (CZE)

1 1. FC Köln Germany (GER)

1 1. FSV Mainz Germany (POL)

1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany (GRE)

1 Borussia VfL 1900 M’gladbach Germany Marco Reus (GER)

1 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany (CRO)

1 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Germany (POL)

1 Hamburger SV Germany Jaroslav Drobný (CZE)

1 Hertha BSC Berlin Germany Roman Hubník (CZE)

1 Aris FC Greece (GRE)

1 Atromitos FC Greece (GRE)

1 AFC Fiorentina Italy (ITA)

1 FC Internazionale Milano Italy (ITA)

1 FC Parma Italy (ITA)

1 SS Lazio Italy (GER)

1 Torino FC Italy (ITA)

1 Udinese Calcio Italy (ITA)

1 Maccabi Haifa FC Israel (CRO)

1 Feyenoord Rotterdam Netherlands Ron Vlaar (NED)

1 FC Groningen Netherlands (DEN)

1 sc Heerenveen Netherlands Luciano Narsingh (NED)

1 NEC Nijmegen Netherlands Lasse Schøne (DEN)

1 Jagiellonia Białystok Poland (POL)

1 CFR 1907 Cluj Romania Beto (POR)

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 15 Club NA Player

1 FC Terek Grozny Russia (POL)

1 FC Rostov Russia (CRO)

1 FC Anzhi Makhachkala Russia (RUS)

1 FC Rubin Kazan Russia (RUS)

1 Club Atlético de Madrid Spain Juanfran (SPA)

1 BSC Young Boys Switzerland (DEN)

1 Helsingborgs IF Sweden Pär Hansson (SWE)

1 IF Elfsborg Sweden (SWE)

1 IFK Göteborg Sweden Tobias Hysén

1 Sivasspor Turkey (POL)

1 Trabzonspor AS˛ Turkey (POL)

1 Samsunspor Turkey Fanis Gekas (GRE) . 1 Istanbul BB SK Turkey Samuel Holmén (SWE)

1 FC Illychivets Mariupil Ukraine (UKR)

1 FC Vorskla Poltava Ukraine (UKR)

1 SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine (UKR)

1 Los Angeles Galaxy USA (IRE)

1 Al Hilal Saudi Arabia (SWE)

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ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 16 Appendix 2: Comparison with statistics of UEFA Euro 2008TM

Clubs Euro 2008 Euro 2012 Difference

FC Bayern München, Germany 9 12 + 3 Real Madrid CF, Spain 7 11 + 4 Liverpool FC, England 5 9 + 4 FC Barcelona, Spain 8 8 0

FC Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia 5 8 + 3 PFC CSKA Moskva, Russia 5 7 + 2 Juventus, Italy 5 7 + 2 Chelsea FC, England 8 7 - 1 Arsenal FC, England 7 7 0 AC Milan, Italy 5 6 + 1 Olympiacos CFP, Greece 5 6 + 1 Werder Bremen, Germany 7 4 - 3 Olympique Lyonnais, France 11 3 - 8 Panathinaikos FC, Greece 8 3 - 5 FC Porto, Portugal 6 3 - 3 FC Spartak Moskva, Russia 5 3 - 2 Valencia CF, Spain 5 3 - 2 Galatasaray SK, Turkey 9 2 - 7 Hamburger SV, Germany 6 1 - 5 FC Lokomotiv Moskva, Russia 6 2 - 4 VfB Stuttgart, Germany 5 2 - 3 1. FC Nürnberg, Germany 5 1 - 4 FC Red Bull Salzburg, Austria 7 0 - 7 FC Steaua Bucure˛sti, Romania 6 0 - 6 SK Rapid Wien, Austria 5 0 - 5 Fenerbahçe SK, Turkey 5 0 - 5

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 17 Clubs Origin of the player Euro 2008 Euro 2012 Difference

Players playing in Europe 367 366 - 1 Players playing in “Big 5” 201 214 + 13

% of Players playing in “Big 5” 54,7% 58,2% + 3,5%

Most represented national championships

Clubs from Euro 2008 Euro 2012 Difference

Germany 55 46 - 9 England 45 80 + 35 Spain 39 33 - 6 Italy 36 31 - 5 Russia 30 29 - 1 France 26 24 - 2 Greece 20 17 - 3 Austria 18 0 - 18 Turkey 17 9 - 8 Portugal 14 12 - 2 Romania 14 1 - 13 Netherlands 10 16 + 6 Poland 10 6 - 4 Switzerland 7 1 - 6 Sweden 6 3 - 3 Belgium 4 3 - 1 Croatia 3 5 + 2 Denmark 3 8 + 5 Scotland 3 4 + 1 Ukraine 3 28 + 25 Czech Republic 2 8 + 6 2 0 - 2 Bulgaria 1 0 - 1

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 18 Number of players playing in their home championship

Clubs from Euro 2008 Euro 2012 Difference

Austria 15 / / Croatia 3 5 + 2 Czech Republic 2 8 + 6 Denmark / 7 / England / 23 / France 10 12 + 2 Germany 19 19 0 Greece 14 16 + 2 Italy 19 20 + 1 Ireland / 0 / Netherlands 9 7 - 2 Poland 10 6 - 4 Portugal 10 10 0

Romania 12 / / Russia 22 21 - 1 Spain 18 19 + 1 Sweden 6 3 - 3

Switzerland 6 / / Turkey 16 / / Ukraine / 21 /

Nations in Italic are not represented in 2012

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 19 Appendix 3: full list of National Team squads (as per 8 June 2012)

GROUP A

Poland Goalkeepers: Wojciech Szcz˛esny (Arsenal FC), Przemysław Tyto´n (PSV Eindhoven), Grzegorz Sandomierski (Jagiellonia Białystok). Defenders: Sebastian Boenisch (SV Werder Bremen), Marcin Kami´nski (KKS Lech Pozna´n), Damien Perquis (FC Sochaux- Montbéliard), Łukasz Piszczek (BV Borussia Dortmund), Marcin Wasilewski (RSC Anderlecht), Jakub Wawrzyniak (KP Legia Warszawa), Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (KKS Lech Pozna´n). : Jakub Błaszczykowski (BV Borussia Dortmund), Dariusz Dudka (AJ Auxerre), Kamil Grosicki (Sivasspor), Adam Matuszczyk (Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895), Adrian Mierzejewski (Trabzonspor AS˛ ), Rafał Murawski (KKS Lech Pozna´n), Eugen Polanski (1. FSV Mainz), Ludovic Obraniak (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Maciej Rybus (FC Terek Grozny), Rafał Wolski (KP Legia Warszawa). . Forwards: Paweł Brozek (Celtic FC), Robert Lewandowski (BV Borussia Dortmund), Artur Sobiech (Hannover 96).

Russia Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (PFC CSKA Moskva), Vyacheslav Malafeev (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Anton Shunin (FC Dinamo Moskva). Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Aleksei Berezutski (PFC CSKA Moskva), Sergei Ignashevich (PFC CSKA Moskva), Vladimir Granat (FC Dinamo Moskva), Yuri Zhirkov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala), Dmitri Kombarov (FC Spartak Moskva), Roman Sharonov (FC Rubin Kazan), Kirill Nababkin (PFC CSKA Moskva). Midfielders: Igor Denisov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Konstantin Zyryanov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Shirokov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Denis Glushakov (FC Lokomotiv Moskva), Igor Semshov (FC Dinamo Moskva), Marat Izmailov (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Alan Dzagoev (PFC CSKA Moskva). Forwards: Andrey Arshavin (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Aleksandr Kerzhakov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Aleksandr Kokorin (FC Dinamo Moskva), Roman Pavlyuchenko (FC Lokomotiv Moskva), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham FC).

Greece Goalkeepers: Kostas Chalkias (PAOK FC), Michalis Sifakis (Aris FC), Alexandros Tzorvas (US Città di Palermo). Defenders: Vassilis Torossidis (Olympiacos FC), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (FC Schalke 04), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (SV Werder Bremen), Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiacos FC), José Holebas (Olympiacos FC), Giorgos Tzavellas (AS Monaco FC), Stelios Malezas (PAOK FC). Midfielders: Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos FC), Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos FC), Giannis Maniatis (Olympiacos FC), Giorgos Fotakis (PAOK FC), Grigoris Makos (AEK Athens FC), Giannis Fetfatzidis (Olympiacos FC), Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos FC), Kostas Fortounis (1. FC Kaiserslautern). Forwards: Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK FC), Giorgos Samaras (Celtic FC), Fanis Gekas (Samsunspor), Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens FC), Kostas Mitroglou (Atromitos FC).

Czech Republic Goalkeepers: Petr Cech˘ (Chelsea FC), Jaroslav Drobný (Hamburger SV), Jan Laštuvka (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk). Defenders: Theodor Gebre Selassie (FC Slovan Liberec), Roman Hubník (Hertha BSC Berlin), Michal Kadlec (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), David Limberský (FC Viktoria Plzen˘ ), Tomáš Sivok (Be˛siktas˛ JK), Marek Suchý (FC Spartak Moskva). Midfielders: Vladimír Darida (FC Viktoria Plzen˘ ), Tomáš Hübschman (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Petr Jirá˘cek (VfL Wolfsburg), Daniel Kolár ˘ (FC Viktoria Plzen˘) , Milan Petržela (FC Viktoria Plzen˘ ), Václav Pilar˘ (FC Viktoria Plzen˘ ), Jaroslav Plašil (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), František Rajtoral (FC Viktoria Plzen˘ ), Tomáš Rosický (Arsenal FC). Forwards: Milan Baroš (Galatasaray AS˛ ), David Lafata (FK Jablonec), Tomáš Necid (PFC CSKA Moskva), Tomáš Pekhart (1. FC Nürnberg), Jan Rezek (Anorthosis Famagusta FC)

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 20 GROUP B

Netherlands Goalkeepers: Tim Krul (Newcastle United FC), Maarten Stekelenburg (AS Roma), Michel Vorm (Swansea City AFC). Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart), Wilfred Bouma (PSV Eindhoven), John Heitinga (Everton FC), Joris Mathijsen (Málaga CF), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Gregory van der Wiel (AFC Ajax), Jetro Willems (PSV Eindhoven). Midfielders: Mark van Bommel (AC Milan), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City FC), Stijn Schaars (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Wesley Sneijder (FC Internazionale Milano), Kevin Strootman (PSV Eindhoven), Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur FC). Forwards: Ibrahim Afellay (FC Barcelona), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (FC Schalke 04), Luuk de Jong (FC Twente), Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool FC), Luciano Narsingh (sc Heerenveen), Robin van Persie (Arsenal FC), Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München).

Germany Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München), Tim Wiese (SV Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96). Defenders: Holger Badstuber (FC Bayern München), Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München), Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (BV Borussia Dortmund), Marcel Schmelzer (BV Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal FC). Midfielders: Lars Bender (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Toni Kroos (FC Bayern München), Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid CF), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid CF), Marco Reus (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach), André Schürrle (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München), Mario Götze (BV Borussia Dortmund), Ílkay Gündog˘an (BV Borussia Dortmund), Forwards: Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln), Miroslav Klose (S.S. Lazio), Mario Gomez (FC Bayern München)

Portugal Goalkeepers: Eduardo (SL Benfica), Rui Patrício (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Beto (CFR 1907 Cluj). Defenders: João Pereira (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Fábio Coentrão (Real Madrid CF), Bruno Alves (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Rolando (FC Porto), Ricardo Costa (Valencia CF), Pepe (Real Madrid CF), Miguel Lopes (SC Braga). Midfielders: Raúl Meireles (Chelsea FC), Miguel Veloso (Genoa CFC), João Moutinho (FC Porto), Rúben Micael (Real Zaragoza), Hugo Viana (SC Braga), Custódio (SC Braga). Forwards: Nani (Manchester United FC), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF), Hugo Almeida (Besikta ˛ s ˛ JK), Ricardo Quaresma (Besikta ˛ s ˛ JK), Silvestre Varela (FC Porto), Hélder Postiga (Real Zaragoza), Nélson Oliveira (SL Benfica).

Denmark Goalkeepers: Stephan Andersen (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), (Leicester City FC), Anders Lindegaard (Manchester United FC). Defenders: Lars Jacobsen (FC København), Daniel Wass (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), Daniel Agger (Liverpool FC), Simon Kjær (AS Roma), Andreas Bjelland (FC Nordsjælland), Simon Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar), Jores Okore (FC Nordsjælland). Midifelders: Christian Poulsen (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), Jakob Poulsen (FC Midtjylland), William Kvist (VfB Stuttgart), Niki Zimling (Club Brugge KV), Thomas Kahlenberg (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), Christian Eriksen (AFC Ajax), Michael Silberbauer (BSC Young Boys), Lasse Schøne (NEC Nijmegen). Forwards: Dennis Rommedahl (Brøndby IF), Nicklas Bendtner (Sunderland AFC), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brøndby IF), Tobias Mikkelsen (FC Nordsjælland), Nicklas Pedersen (FC Groningen).

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 21 GROUP C

Spain Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF), Víctor Valdés (FC Barcelona), Pepe Reina (Liverpool FC). Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid CF), Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona), Jordi Alba (Valencia CF), Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid CF), Raúl Albiol (Real Madrid CF), Juanfran (Club Atlético de Madrid), Javi Martínez (Athletic Club). Midfielders: Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona), Sergio Busquets (FC Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid CF), David Silva (Manchester City FC), Santi Cazorla (Málaga CF), Jesús Navas (Sevilla FC), Cesc Fàbregas (FC Barcelona), Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona). Forwards: Fernando Llorente (Athletic Club), Juan Mata (Chelsea FC), Fernando Torres (Chelsea FC), Pedro Rodríguez (FC Barcelona), Álvaro Negredo (Sevilla FC)

Italy Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (SSC Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain FC). Defenders: Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Federico Balzaretti (US Città di Palermo), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Christian Maggio (SSC Napoli), Angelo Ogbonna (Torino FC). Midfielders: Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna FC), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus) Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (ACF Fiorentina), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain FC), Antonio Nocerino (AC Milan), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus). Forwards: Mario Balotelli (Manchester City FC), Fabio Borini (AS Roma), Antonio Cassano (AC Milan), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese Calcio), Sebastian Giovinco (FC Parma).

Croatia Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (FC Rostov), Ivan Kelava (NK Dinamo Zagreb), Danijel Subašic´ (AS Monaco FC). Defenders: Jurica Buljat (Maccabi Haifa FC), Vedran Corluka´ (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Danijel Pranjic´ (FC Bayern München), Gordon Schildenfeld (Eintracht Frankfurt), Josip Šimunic´ (NK Dinamo Zagreb), Darijo Srna (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Strinić (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Domagoj Vida (NK Dinamo Zagreb). Midfielders: Milan Badelj (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Tomislav Dujmovic´ (Real Zaragoza), Sime Vrsaljko (NK Dinamo Zagreb), Niko Kranjcar ˘ (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Luka Modric´ (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Ivan Perišic´ (BV Borussia Dortmund), Ivan Rakiti´c (Sevilla FC), Ognjen Vukojevic´ (FC Dynamo Kyiv). Forwards: Eduardo (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Nikica Jelavic´ (Everton FC), Mario Mandžukic´ (VfL Wolfsburg), Nikola Kalini´c (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk).

Republic of Ireland Goalkeepers: Shay Given (Aston Villa FC), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland AFC), David Forde (Millwall FC). Defenders: John O'Shea (Sunderland AFC), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa FC), Stephen Ward (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Sean St Ledger (Leicester City FC), Darren O'Dea (Celtic FC), Stephen Kelly (Fulham FC), Paul McShane (Hull City AFC). Midfielders: Glenn Whelan (Stoke City FC), Keith Andrews (West Bromwich Albion FC), Aiden McGeady (FC Spartak Moskva), Darron Gibson (Everton FC), Paul Green (Derby County FC), Damien Duff (Fulham FC), Stephen Hunt (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), James McClean (Sunderland AFC). Forwards: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Kevin Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Shane Long (West Bromwich Albion FC), Jonathan Walters (Stoke City FC), Simon Cox (West Bromwich Albion FC).

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 22 GROUP D

Ukraine Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Goryainov (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Maxym Koval (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Pyatov (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) Defenders: Bohdan Butko (FC Illychivets Mariupil), Olexandr Kucher (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Taras Mikhalik (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Yevhen Selin (FC Vorskla Poltava), Yevhen Khacheridi (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (FC Shakhtar Donetsk). Midfielders: Olexandr Aliyev (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Denys Garmash (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Oleh Gusev (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Konoplyanka (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy Nazarenko (SC Tavriya Simferopol), Ruslan Rotan (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (FC Bayern München), Andriy Yarmolenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv). Forwards: Andriy Voronin (FC Dinamo Moskva), Marko Devic´ (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Artem Milevskiy (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Seleznyov (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv).

England Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City FC), Robert Green (West Ham United FC), Jack Butland (Birmingham City FC). Defenders: Leighton Baines (Everton FC), Martin Kelly (Liverpool FC), Ashley Cole (Chelsea FC), Glen Johnson (Liverpool FC), Phil Jones (Manchester United FC), Joleon Lescott (Manchester City FC), John Terry (Chelsea FC). Midfielders: Stewart Downing (Liverpool FC), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC), Phil Jagielka (Everton FC), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool FC), James Milner (Manchester City FC), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal FC), Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Theo Walcott (Arsenal FC), Ashley Young (Manchester United FC) Forwards: Andy Carroll (Liverpool FC), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United FC), Daniel Welbeck (Manchester United FC).

Sweden Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson (PSV Eindhoven), Johan Wiland (FC København), Pär Hansson (Helsingborgs IF). Defenders: Mikael Antonsson (Bologna FC), Andreas Granqvist (Genoa CFC), Olof Mellberg (Olympiacos FC), Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion FC), Martin Olsson (Blackburn Rovers FC), Behrang Safari (RSC Anderlecht), Mikael Lustig (Celtic FC). Midfielders: Emir Bajrami (FC Twente), Rasmus Elm (AZ Alkmaar), Samuel Holmén (İstanbul BB SK), Kim Källström (Olympique Lyonnais), Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland AFC), Anders Svensson (IF Elfsborg), Pontus Wernbloom (PFC CSKA Moskva), Christian Wilhelmsson (Al-Hilal FC). Forwards: Johan Elmander (Galatasaray AS), ˛ Tobias Hysén (IFK Göteborg), Zlatan Ibrahimovi´c (AC Milan), Markus Rosenberg (SV Werder Bremen), Ola Toivonen (PSV Eindhoven).

France Goalkeepers: Cédric Carrasso (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Hugo Lloris (Olympique Lyonnais), Steve Mandanda (Olympique de Marseille). Defenders: Gaël Clichy (Manchester City FC), Mathieu Debuchy (LOSC Lille Métropole), Patrice Evra (Manchester United FC), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal FC), Philippe Mexès (AC Milan), Adil Rami (Valencia CF), Anthony Réveillère (Olympique Lyonnais). Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United FC), Alou Diarra (Olympique de Marseille), Florent Malouda (Chelsea FC), Marvin Martin (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard), Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain FC), Yann M'Vila (Stade Rennais FC), Samir Nasri (Manchester City FC). Forwards: Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United FC), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid CF), Olivier Giroud (Montpellier Hérault SC), Jérémy Menez (Paris Saint-Germain FC), Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München), Mathieu Valbuena (Olympique de Marseille).

ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 23 Disclaimer

The Facts and Key Figures, Player Analysis of the UEFA Euro 2012TM was elaborated by Olivier Jarosz, ECA Membership Services Manager. This research is based on the UEFA Official Squad List published on the 29th of May 2012 (with ulterior replacements due to injury before the start of the tournament). The European Club Associ- ation has endeavoured to keep the information up to date, but it makes no representations or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, with respect to this information. The aim of this research is purely informative.

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