Poland Ukraine Fanguide euro2012 CONTENTS Fanguide 2012 - Contents Contents 03 04 Foreword FSE/UEFA Welcome to Poland/Ukraine 06 Poland A-Z 08 Group A - Warsaw 14 Group A - Wrocław 16 Group A - Competing Countries 18 Group C - Gdańsk 22 Group C - Poznań 24 Group C - Competing Countries 26 Contents 30 Safety and Security 03 Match Schedule 32 34 Ukraine A-Z 40 Group B - Lviv 42 Group B - Kharkiv 44 Group B - Competing Countries 48 Group D - Kiev 50 Group D - Donetsk 52 Group D - Competing Countries Information for disabled fans 56 58 Words and Phrases - Ukraine Words and Phrases - Poland 60 62 Respect fansembassy.org // 2012fanguide.org // facebook.com/FansEmbassies // Twitter @FansEmbassies Foreword from FSE FSE Foreword from UEFA UEFA More than just a tourist guide… The thinking behind what we do is simple: supporters are the heart of football. If Welcome to Poland and Ukraine; These initiatives offer knowledge and insights Dear football supporters from all over you view fans coming to a tournament welcome to UEFA EURO 2012 from those who know best – your fellow Europe, Welcome to Euro 2012, as guests to be treated with respect and supporters. A key factor of the concept is Foreword from FSE and welcome to Poland and Ukraine! not as a security risk to be handled by “The supporters are the lifeblood of the production of fan guides with practical Foreword from UEFA police forces, they will behave accordingly. football“– that belief has formed UEFA’s information in different languages but, 04 What you are holding in your hands right They will enjoy themselves, party attitude towards football fans throughout most importantly, written in our common 05 now is the Football Supporters Europe (FSE) together and create a great atmosphere. the last few years. And that is why we are also language, the language of football FanGuide Euro 2012, written by fans for officially backing Football Supporters Europe supporters. We hope that this FanGuide fans. The FSE network is an independent, For many of you, this might be your first (FSE) as an independent, representative Euro 2012 will accompany you throughout representative and democratically organised visit to Poland and Ukraine; and you will and democratically organised European the tournament and serve as a souvenir of a grassroots network of football fans in be dependent on reliable and useful association of football supporters. Players great football summer in Poland and Ukraine. Europe, with members in 40 countries information about the cities, about stadium change, managers and owners may across the continent. Part of our work is the regulations or the local football scene, as change, but the supporters remain. They Enjoy UEFA EURO 2012™. organisation of the RESPECT Fan Culture – well as how to say “Cheers” in Polish and support their team through losses and Fans’ Embassy programme for Euro 2012. Ukrainian. In other words, all the things a wins, and accompany them from one football supporter abroad wants to know and corner of the world to another. Therefore, Within this programme we are providing won’t find in just any normal tourist guide. supporters’ views and knowledge are information and advice services for fans valuable to the governing bodies of football. travelling to the big tournament – fans We hope that you will enjoy the just like you. You can find our stationary coming days and weeks with your UEFA is committed to taking the needs and Michel Platini Fans’ Embassies in each host city, where team and your fellow supporters. viewpoints of supporters into account. That UEFA President you can get help and advice, or meet is why we have, in collaboration with FSE, up with supporters from your own and See you around, launched the RESPECT Fan Culture – other countries. Additionally, mobile Fans’ Embassy project as an integral part Fans’ Embassy teams for almost all of the of our wider Respect Campaign. Fans’ participating countries will accompany their Embassies will be set up in the eight supporters throughout the tournament. host cities offering assistance and help for travelling fans. Moreover, supporters There is also a multi-lingual website from the participating countries will also at www.2012fanguide.org, a Facebook Michael Gabriel have their own mobile Fans’ Embassies page and, of course, this FanGuide... Director of the FSE Fans’ Embassy Division accompanying them from venue to venue. fansembassy.org // 2012fanguide.org // facebook.com/FansEmbassies // Twitter @FansEmbassies fansembassy.org // 2012fanguide.org // facebook.com/FansEmbassies // Twitter @FansEmbassies Welcome toPOLAND Poland WelcomeUKRAINE to Ukraine Welcome to Poland and Ukraine, joint hosts Preparations significant renovations being made to the Every major tournament has its share of two existing stadiums in Poznań and Kharkiv. of this year’s European Championship controversies and logistical concerns during the build-up, and questions such as ‘Will it The Tournament Preparations finals were held in Austria and Switzerland, all be ready on time?’ are never far away. Poland and Greece will be kicking things off While you might have been planning and Euro 2000 was held in the Netherlands in the National Stadium in Warsaw on 8th your trip since your country confirmed and Belgium), it’s rare to find such In the original bid Dnipropetrovsk had June, and in total 31 matches will be played their qualification last autumn, or differences between co-hosting nations. been planned as a Ukrainian host city, in 8 host cities over 24 days, culminating in Welcome Poland to perhaps since the draw allocated the although it was eventually replaced by the final in Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium on 1st July. host cities in early December last year, This is a tournament whose hosts speak Kharkiv in 2009; while as late as the summer 06 the build-up to this tournament has different languages, use different alphabets, of 2010 there were still rumours that the Each group is based in two host cities: 07 been going on for more than 8 years. operate different currencies and run in slow pace of preparations, caused in part Group A is in Warsaw and Wrocław; different time zones. One is a member of by the global financial crisis, could see Group B in Kharkiv and Lviv; Group C Poland and Ukraine’s original bid to host the EU while the other is not, and even the some matches being moved from Ukraine in Gdańsk and Poznań; and Group D the tournament was shortlisted by UEFA trains need to be changed at the border to Poland, or even a different country in Kyiv and Donetsk. The tournament in November 2005 along with one from because the tracks are different sizes. being invited to co-host altogether. also marks the last time we will see a Welcome Ukraineto Italy, and another joint bid from Croatia 16-team format, as from Euro 2016, and Hungary – solo bids from Turkey and Such logistical challenges are only added to By January 2012, however, we saw the which is due to be held in France, the Greece failed in the initial round of voting. when taken together with the vast distances completion and opening of the last of finals will expand to include 24 teams. The Poland and Ukraine bid actually involved – from Donetsk in the southeast, the eight stadiums; and, whilst when you received the fewest votes from any of the to Gdańsk in the northwest, the distance is arrive the paint might still be drying on Whichever of the two countries and shortlisted countries; but, after a lengthy well over 1800 kilometres, or the equivalent some of the walls and the roadworks might eight cities you find yourself visiting this process, they turned around support of travelling from London to Rome. only just have finished, we’re confident summer, we are sure that you will find the for their bid and eventually secured the that as with every major tournament, most welcoming and friendly atmosphere tournament at a UEFA vote in April 2007. Something that both countries have in everything will be ready on schedule. imaginable. If our visits to Poland and Ukraine common, however, is that hosting the Euros over the past two years are anything to Neither country has been the host of a major forms part of a longstanding modernisation Both host nations have made huge strides go by, the enthusiasm amongst local fans tournament before, and the challenge that process. Both have made great efforts since in their transport and tourism infrastructure in the host cities has been reaching fever each has faced to complete its preparations making the transition from Communist rule to welcome the massive influx of supporters pitch in the run-up to the tournament, and in time has been unprecedented, particularly (Poland in 1989 and Ukraine in 1991) to this summer, with new train services, everyone now just can’t wait for kick-off. when looked at in relation to the global update their industries and infrastructure, airport terminals and motorways ready economic problems of the past few years. and look westwards to attract investment to transport fans between host cities. Whether you’re coming for just one match, and tourism. The tournament offers a week, or staying throughout the whole Co-Hosting both countries the chance to display In all, 6 new stadiums have been built for the competition, we wish you an enjoyable, While it’s not the first time that the their new, modern image to a continent tournament (although Donetsk’s Donbass pleasant and safe tournament off the pitch, tournament has been co-hosted (the 2008 of visitors and a world of TV viewers. Arena opened as long ago as 2009), with and the best of luck to your team on it.