UEFA EURO 2012 MATCH PRESS KIT

Czech Republic Quarter-finals National Stadium Warsaw, Warsaw Thursday 21 June 2012 20.45CET (20.45 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...... 17 Legend...... 18 Czech Republic v Portugal Thursday 21 June 2012 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Stadium Warsaw, Warsaw Previous meetings

Head to Head UEFA EURO 2008 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 11/06/08 GS-FT Czech Republic - Portugal 1-3 Geneva Sionko 17; 8, 63, Quaresma 90+1 EURO '96 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/06/96 QF Czech Republic - Portugal 1-0 Birmingham Poborský 53 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/11/89 QR (GS) Portugal - Czechoslovakia 0-0 06/10/89 QR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Portugal 2-1 Prague Bílek 11(p), 83; Aguas 73 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/09/85 QR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Portugal 1-0 Prague Hruska 21 14/10/84 QR (GS) Portugal - Czechoslovakia 2-1 Diamantino 14, Carlos Manuel 50; Janecka 39 1976 UEFA European Championship Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/11/75 PR (GS) Portugal - Czechoslovakia 1-1 Porto Nené 7; Ondruš 6 30/04/75 PR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Portugal 5-0 Prague Bičovský 11, 22, Nehoda 25, 46, Petráš 52 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 31/10/65 QR (GS) Portugal - Czechoslovakia 0-0 Porto 25/04/65 QR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Portugal 0-1 Bratislava Eusébio 20

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 Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 8 4 Portugal 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 4 8 FIFA* Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 3 0 2 1 - - - - 6 2 2 2 4 4 Portugal 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 - - - - 6 2 2 2 4 4 Friendly matches Czech Republic ------1 0 0 1 0 1 Portugal ------1 1 0 0 1 0 Total Czech Republic 4 3 0 1 4 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 11 4 3 4 12 9 Portugal 4 1 3 0 4 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 11 4 3 4 9 12 * FIFA World Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup

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The Czech Republic will hope to turn back the clock when they take on Portugal in the first UEFA EURO 2012 quarter-final in Warsaw. • Sixteen years ago the Czechs overcame Portugal 1-0 at this stage en route to the final of EURO '96 in England. Then as now they recovered from an opening defeat to progress from a group with a negative goal difference – and with Russia eliminated beneath them. This time round, unlike then, Michal Bílek's side advanced as Group A winners after victories against Greece and Poland. • 's Portugal also recovered from a defeat in their first match, in their case against Germany, to claim second place in Group B thanks to wins against Denmark and the Netherlands. The only other time they lost their opening game was in 2004, when they went all the way to the final. • The winners will take on Spain or France in the semi-finals in Donetsk on 27 June. Head-to-head • The Czech Republic have faced Portugal twice, both in UEFA European Championship final tournaments. In addition to that 1996 Czech victory, Portugal were 3-1 winners on matchday two at UEFA EURO 2008. • Portugal also took on Czechoslovakia nine times with the record W3 D3 L3 F6 A10. • The teams met in qualifying for the 1976 UEFA European Championship, Czechoslovakia winning 5-0 in Prague – Přemysl Bičovský and Zdeněk Nehoda each scoring twice – and drawing 1-1 in Porto en route to winning the section as they set out on the road that would ultimately end with them claiming the trophy. • Portugal finished ahead of Czechoslovakia in qualifying for the 1966 FIFA World Cup after winning 1-0 away thanks to Eusébio's goal and drawing 0-0 at home. The teams traded home wins in qualifying for Mexico '86 but Portugal eventually qualified in second place with Czechoslovakia in fourth. • Czechoslovakia gained revenge on the last day of qualification for Italia '90 when a 0-0 draw in Lisbon secured their passage at Portugal's expense. Selected previous meetings 11 June 2008: Czech Republic 1-3 Portugal (Sionko 17; Deco 8, Ronaldo 63, Quaresma 90) – Stade de Genève, Geneva, UEFA EURO 2008 group match Czech Republic: Čech, Grygera, Ujfaluši, Rozehnal, Jankulovski, Galásek (Koller 73), Sionko, Matějovský (Vlček 68), Polák, Plašil (Jarolím 85), Baroš. Portugal: Ricardo, Bosingwa, Pepe, Carvalho, Ferreira, Petit, Moutinho ( 75), Ronaldo, Deco, Simao (Quaresma 80), ( 79). • Portugal sealed qualification from Group A with a game to spare. Although Libor Sionko cancelled out Deco's early goal, Cristiano Ronaldo restored Portugal's lead and set up for a third. • Michal Kadlec and Tomáš Sivok were unused substitutes for the Czechs and Rui Patrício, , , , and Hélder Postiga remained on the bench for Portugal. 23 June 1996: Czech Republic 1-0 Portugal (Poborský 53) – , Birmingham, EURO '96 quarter-final Czech Republic: Kouba, Suchopárek, Kadlec, Horňák, Látal, Němeček (Berger 90), Němec, Bejbl, Šmicer (Kubík 46), Poborský, Kuka. Portugal: Baía, Secretário, Couto, Hélder, Oceano (Folha 65), , Figo (Cadete 82), Sousa, João Pinto, Sá Pinto (Domingos 46), . • Karel Poborský's sublime chip over Vítor Baía settled a tight game, the Czechs hanging on despite Radoslav Látal's 82nd-minute red card. Form guide • The Czech Republic are playing their third quarter-final of a EURO final tournament and have yet to lose one after victories in 1996 against Portugal and 2004, when they beat Denmark 3-0. As part of Czechoslovakia they also won two-legged quarter-finals in 1960 (v Romania, 5-0 on aggregate) and 1976 (v Soviet Union, 4-2 on aggregate). • This is Portugal's fifth successive quarter-final, with victories in 2000 (v Turkey, 2-0) and 2004 (v England 2-2, 6-5 on penalties) and defeats in 1996 (v Czech Republic, 0-1) and 2008 (v Germany, 2-3). Prior to then their only quarter-final appearance was a two-legged 6-3 loss to Yugoslavia back in 1960. • Portugal did, though, reach the semi-finals in 1984, qualifying for the last four directly from the group stage.

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Team ties • Bílek helped Czechoslovakia qualify for the 1990 World Cup, eliminating Portugal in the process. On 6 October 1989 he scored both goals in a 2-1 victory in Prague, converting an 11th-minute penalty and then hitting the winner in the 83rd minute. • Czechoslovakia booked qualification with a 0-0 draw in Lisbon on 15 November 1989 on a night when Portugal needed a three-goal victory. Jan Stejskal, now the Czech Republic's goalkeeping coach, was between the posts for both matches. • Michal Kadlec's father Miroslav and Czech team manager Vladimír Šmicer both appeared in the EURO '96 quarter-final win against Portugal, whose team included João Pinto, now director of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Pinto later played alongside Poborský at SL Benfica between 1998 and 2000. • Petr Čech and Raul Meireles are team-mates at Chelsea FC. The goalkeeper got the better of Eduardo and Nélson Oliveira's Benfica in the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League, Meireles scoring Chelsea's final goal in a 3-1 aggregate win. • Tomáš Rosický helped Arsenal FC to a 6-2 aggregate win against an FC Porto side including Bruno Alves, , Meireles and in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League in 2009/10.

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CZECH REPUBLIC • David Limberský, Jaroslav Plašil, Tomáš Pekhart, Tomáš Rosický, Petr Jiráček and Daniel Kolář are all a booking away from a suspension. • The Czech Republic qualified from the group stage with a negative goal difference, as they did in 1996 when they reached the final. • Jiráček's goal against Greece came after two minutes 14 seconds, the joint-third fastest goal in EURO history. • Michal Bílek's side scored two goals inside the opening six minutes against Greece – no side had previously found the net twice before the 14th minute at a UEFA European Championship. • The Russia defeat was the Czech Republic's worst ever at a major final tournament, matching the 4-1 loss they suffered against Brazil at the 1970 FIFA World Cup when part of Czechoslovakia. • Petr Čech won his 92nd against Greece, moving above Pavel Nedvěd and Jan Koller into second in the Czech Republic's list of all-time appearance makers. Karel Poborský holds the record with 118. Injury news • Rosický missed the Poland win with an Achilles problem picked up against Greece. Miscellaneous • Vladimír Darida, who won his first cap in the friendly against Hungary on 01/06, is yet to make a competitive appearance for the Czech Republic. • Václav Pilař (v Greece) and Jiráček (v Poland) have won Carlsberg Man of the Match awards at UEFA EURO 2012. • Bílek signed a one-year deal on 27/05, with a 12-month option if the Czechs qualify for the 2014 World Cup. • Pilař will join VfL Wolfsburg after UEFA EURO 2012 having signed a deal with the German side in January. • The Czech Republic convened in Prague on 20/05, with Plašil (21/05) and Čech (24/05) following after club commitments. The Czechs arrived at their EURO base of Wroclaw on 03/06 by train. • This is the third successive EUROs for five of the squad: Čech, Milan Baroš, Rosický, Plašil and Tomáš Hübschman. There are three more survivors of UEFA EURO 2008: Michal Kadlec, Tomáš Sivok and Plašil. • Baroš was the five-goal top scorer at UEFA EURO 2004 – no player has won the adidas Golden Boot twice. Pre-tournament friendlies 01/06 Czech Republic 1-2 Hungary (Kadlec 24pen; Dzsudzsák 7, Gyurcsó 88) • David Latafa struck a 94th-minute winner as the Czechs beat Israel 2-1 in an unofficial friendly on 26/05. UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying • Pilař and Jiráček both scored their first senior international goals as the Czech Republic secured a 3-0 aggregate victory over Montenegro in the play-offs. • After Baroš missed from the spot in the opening loss to Lithuania, penalty-taking duties passed to defender Kadlec, who subsequently converted three out of three. • Kadlec was the only ever-present during qualifying, play-offs included. Two of the squad did not feature in qualifying: Drobný and Darida. Domestic information • Čech saved penalties from Arjen Robben in extra time and Ivica Olić and Bastian Schweinsteiger in the shoot-out as Chelsea beat FC Bayern München in the UEFA Champions League final on 19/05. The previous week the Blues overcame Liverpool FC in the FA Cup final. • Lafata struck a record 25 goals in the Gambrinus Liga for FK Jablonec, taking the top scorer honour for the second successive season. Theodor Gebre Selassie was the only player to feature in every minute of the 30-game Gambrinus Liga campaign, racking up 2,700 minutes for FC Slovan Liberec. • Seven of the squad played in the UEFA Champions League for FK Viktoria Plzeň: David Limberský, František Rajtoral, Milan Petržela, Daniel Kolář, Pilař, Darida and Jiráček. Jiráček moved to Wolfsburg in December and Pilař followed a month later, though he remained at Plzeň for the second half of the season.

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PORTUGAL • Portugal were four games without a win in 2012, scoring just once in that time, before back-to-back victories against Denmark and the Netherlands. • Portugal have never failed to progress from the group stage of a UEFA European Championship. • Cristiano Ronaldo's two goals against the Netherlands took his international goals tally to 34, ahead of Luís Figo (32) and into third place on Portugal's top scorer list. Only (47) and Eusébio (41) lie ahead. • Hélder Postiga and Ronaldo are now among seven players to score at three UEFA European Championships, after Jürgen Klinsmann, Vladimír Šmicer, Nuno Gomes, Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimović. • Fábio Coentrão, Postiga, Ronaldo, João Pereira and Raul Meireles are all a booking away from a suspension. • Pepe scored Portugal's opening goal at UEFA EURO 2012, as he did in Austria/Switzerland four years ago. • At 24 years and 115 days, Rui Patrício became Portugal's youngest ever goalkeeper at a final tournament against Germany on matchday one, breaking a mark set by Vítor Baía, who was 26 at EURO '96. Injury news • Carlos Martins withdrew from the initial 23-men squad due to a calf injury, with , who had not represented Portugal for five years, taking his place. Miscellaneous • Pepe (v Denmark) and Ronaldo (v Netherlands) have won Carlsberg Man of the Match awards at EURO. • Eleven of the squad have been in past EURO squads: Ronaldo (2004, 2008), Postiga (2004, 2008), Pepe (2008), Bruno Alves (2008), Miguel Veloso (2008), João Moutinho (2008), Meireles (2008), Ricardo Quaresma (2008), Nani (2008), Hugo Almeida (2008) and Patrício (2008). This is Ronaldo's fifth successive major tournament. • had to postpone his wedding on 26/05 after receiving his first call-up. • 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 at 2-1 against Turkey, when Miguel Lopes and Custódio won their first caps. 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. • 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 Lionel Messi. • 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: Czech Republic UEFA European Championship record 2008: group stage, final tournament 2004: semi-finals 2000: group stage, final tournament 1996: runners-up 1992: did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1988: did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1984: did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1980: third place (as Czechoslovakia) 1976: winners (as Czechoslovakia) 1972: did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1968: did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1964: did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1960: third place (as Czechoslovakia) Team EURO records Final tournament win 3-0: Czech Republic v Denmark, 27/06/04, quarter-finals Final tournament loss 4-1: Russia v Czech Republic, 08/06/12, group stage 0-3: Czechoslovakia v Soviet Union 06/07/60, semi-finals Qualifying win 7-0: Czech Republic v San Marino, 07/10/06 Qualifying loss 3-0: Finland v Czechoslovakia, 09/09/87 3-0: England v Czechoslovakia, 30/10/74 Player EURO records Final tournament appearances 14: Karel Poborský 12: Pavel Nedvěd 11: Vladimír Šmicer 10: Petr Čech 10: Jan Koller Final tournament goals 5: Milan Baroš 4: Vladimír Šmicer 3: Jan Koller 3: Zdeněk Nehoda Overall appearances 37: Petr Čech 35: Jan Koller 34: Karel Poborský 34: Tomáš Rosický 31: Pavel Nedvěd 31: Jiří Němec Overall goals 21: Jan Koller 12: Patrik Berger 12: Milan Baroš 9: Vladimír Šmicer 9: Zdeněk Nehoda

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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 Liechtenstein, 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: Switzerland v Portugal, 15/06/08, group stage Player EURO records Final tournament appearances 14: Luís Figo 14: Nuno Gomes 12: 12: Rui Costa 12: Cristiano Ronaldo Final tournament goals 6: Nuno Gomes 5:Cristiano Ronaldo 3: Sérgio Conceição 3: Hélder Postiga Overall appearances 34: Luís Figo 33: Cristiano Ronaldo 33: Vítor Baía 32: Rui Costa 29: Fernando Couto 28: Nuno Gomes Overall goals 20: Cristiano Ronaldo 14: João Pinto 12: Rui Costa 9: Hélder Postiga 9: Nuno Gomes

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Czech Republic

UEFA EURO 2012 Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Petr Čech 20/05/82 30 Chelsea FC - 9 - 3 - 93 - 16 Jan Laštuvka 07/07/82 29 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - 1 - - - 1 - 23 Jaroslav Drobný 18/10/79 32 Hamburger SV - - - - - 6 - Defenders 2 Theodor Gebre Selassie 24/12/86 25 FC Slovan Liberec - 4 - 3 - 13 - 3 Michal Kadlec 13/12/84 27 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 10 4 3 - 37 8 4 Marek Suchý 29/03/88 24 FC Spartak Moskva - 2 - - - 4 - 5 Roman Hubník 06/06/84 28 Hertha BSC Berlin - 9 1 1 - 23 2 6 Tomáš Sivok 15/09/83 28 Beşiktaş JK - 7 1 3 - 29 3 8 David Limberský 06/10/83 28 FC Viktoria Plzeň * - - 2 - 11 - 12 František Rajtoral 12/03/86 26 FC Viktoria Plzeň - - - 2 - 5 - 9 Jan Rezek 05/05/82 30 Anorthosis Famagusta FC - 5 2 2 - 15 3 10 Tomáš Rosický 04/10/80 31 Arsenal FC * 9 - 2 - 87 20 11 Milan Petržela 19/06/83 29 FC Viktoria Plzeň - 2 - 1 - 11 - 13 Jaroslav Plašil 05/01/82 30 FC Girondins de Bordeaux * 9 2 3 - 74 6 14 Václav Pilař 13/10/88 23 VfL Wolfsburg - 3 1 3 2 12 3 17 Tomáš Hübschman 04/09/81 30 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - 7 - 3 - 46 - 18 Daniel Kolář 27/10/85 26 FC Viktoria Plzeň * 4 - 2 - 13 1 19 Petr Jiráček 02/03/86 26 VfL Wolfsburg * 5 1 3 2 11 3 22 Vladimír Darida 08/08/90 21 FC Viktoria Plzeň - - - - - 2 - Forwards 7 Tomáš Necid 13/08/89 22 PFC CSKA Moskva - 5 1 - - 26 7 15 Milan Baroš 28/10/81 30 Galatasaray AŞ - 7 1 3 - 92 41 20 Tomáš Pekhart 26/05/89 23 1. FC Nürnberg * 5 - 2 - 12 - 21 David Lafata 18/09/81 30 FK Jablonec - 2 - 1 - 19 3 Coach - Michal Bílek 13/04/65 47 - - 10 - 3 - 3 -

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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 - 3 - 14 - 22 Beto 01/05/82 30 CFR 1907 Cluj - - - - - 2 - Defenders 2 Bruno Alves 27/11/81 30 FC Zenit St Petersburg - 8 - 3 - 53 5 3 Pepe 26/02/83 29 Real Madrid CF - 6 - 3 1 42 3 5 Fábio Coentrão 11/03/88 24 Real Madrid CF * 7 - 3 - 25 1 13 Ricardo Costa 16/05/81 31 Valencia CF - - - - - 11 - 14 Rolando 31/08/85 26 FC Porto - 2 - 2 - 16 - 19 Miguel Lopes 19/12/86 25 SC - - - - - 1 - 21 João Pereira 25/02/84 28 Sporting Clube de Portugal * 8 - 3 - 17 - Midfielders 4 Miguel Veloso 11/05/86 26 Genoa CFC - 6 1 3 - 27 2 6 Custódio 24/05/83 29 SC Braga - - - 1 - 2 - 8 João Moutinho 08/09/86 25 FC Porto - 9 1 3 - 46 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 3 - 59 8 17 Nani 17/11/86 25 Manchester United FC - 10 5 3 - 57 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 3 2 93 34 9 Hugo Almeida 23/05/84 28 Beşiktaş JK - 6 2 - - 42 15 11 Nélson Oliveira 08/08/91 20 SL Benfica - - - 3 - 6 - 18 Silvestre Varela 02/02/85 27 FC Porto - 2 - 2 1 8 2 23 Hélder Postiga 02/08/82 29 Real Zaragoza * 8 5 3 1 52 20 Coach - Paulo Bento 20/06/69 43 - - 8 - 3 - 3 -

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Czech Republic: Michal Bílek Date of birth: 13 April 1965 Nationality: Czech Playing career: AC Sparta Praha (four times), RH Cheb, Real Betis Balompié, FK Viktoria Žižkov, FK Teplice Coaching career: FK Teplice, CS Cartaginés, Czech Republic Under-19, FK Chmel Blšany, FK Viktoria Plzeň, AC Sparta Praha, MFK Ružomberok, Czech Republic • A gritty who was an expert at free-kicks and penalties, Bílek had four spells at Sparta, the most memorable between 1986 and 1990 during which he won three league titles and two Czechoslovakian Cups. • Travelled to the 1990 FIFA World Cup as the reigning Czechoslovakian Player of the Year; featured in all five matches at right-back to help Czechoslovakia to quarter-finals, scoring from the penalty spot in the opening two matches against the United States and Austria. • Extended his international career beyond break-up of Czechoslovakia, winning 35 caps and scoring 11 goals. • Had slow start to coaching career, including spell in Costa Rica, but eventually established himself at top level back at home and was appointed coach of Sparta in September 2006; won domestic double in his first season but dismissed in May 2008. • Led Slovakian club Ružomberok in 2008/09 before taking on assistant role to former team-mate Ivan Hašek with Czech national side. Promoted to top job in October 2009 as Hašek returned to his position as association president and guided the Czechs to UEFA EURO 2012 via a play-off win against Montenegro.

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 Howard Webb (ENG) Assistant referees Michael Mullarkey (ENG), Sander van Roekel (NED) Additional assistant referees Martin Atkinson (ENG), Mark Clattenburg (ENG) Fourth official Jonas Eriksson (SWE) Reserve official Stefan Wittberg (SWE) UEFA Delegate Geir Thorsteinsson (ISL) UEFA Referee observer Marc Batta (FRA) Referee Name Date of birth Nationality Howard Webb 14/07/1971 ENG • Howard Webb has made tremendous progress in recent years, both in his native England – where highlights include the 2006/07 League Cup final and the 2008/09 FA Cup final – but also abroad, particularly in 2009/10. • His appointment on matchday two of the 2006/07 campaign was his first taste of the UEFA Champions League proper, reward for an impressive performance at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Portugal. • A former police officer who enjoys keeping fit, Webb already has a long career behind him having been inspired to pick up the whistle by his father at the age of 18. Took charge of the 2005 FA Community Shield, and that November was in the middle for his first senior international between Northern Ireland and Portugal. • Having overseen five qualifiers, Webb was referee for two games at UEFA EURO 2008 and in 2008/09 took charge of the UEFA Cup semi-final first leg between Werder Bremen and Hamburger SV. • The following season he became the fifth Englishman to oversee the European Cup final when FC Internazionale Milano overcame FC Bayern München in Madrid. Even better was to come at the FIFA World Cup, however, where Webb refereed three matches before becoming the first Englishman since Jack Taylor in 1974 to be awarded the final as Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0. UEFA European Championship matches featuring teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 17/10/07 EURO QR Germany Czech Republic 0-3 Munich 11/11/11 EURO PO Bosnia and Herzegovina Portugal 0-0 Zenica 08/06/12 EURO GS Russia Czech Republic 4-1 Wroclaw Other matches Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 06/09/06 EURO QR Netherlands Belarus 3-0 Eindhoven 24/03/07 EURO QR Lithuania France 0-1 Kaunas 12/09/07 EURO QR Ukraine Italy 1-2 Kyiv 21/11/07 EURO QR Slovenia Bulgaria 0-2 Celje 12/06/08 EURO GS Austria Poland 1-1 Vienna 18/06/08 EURO GS Greece Spain 1-2 Salzburg 08/10/10 EURO QR Germany Turkey 3-0 Berlin 06/09/11 EURO QR Romania France 0-0 Bucharest 07/10/11 EURO QR Greece Croatia 2-0 Piraeus 14/06/12 EURO GS Italy Croatia 1-1 Poznan

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UEFA European 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), Italy (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. • Berti Vogts 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. • That 2000 Netherlands win is also the biggest margin of victory in a UEFA European Championship quarter-final, going back to 1960. Before the final tournament expanded to eight teams in 1980, five teams scored five goals in a single last-eight fixture: France (5-1 v Austria, 1960), Spain (5-1 v Republic of Ireland, 1964), Netherlands (5-0 v Belgium, 1976) and Yugoslavia twice (5-1 v both Portugal, 1960 and France, 1968). • Since quarter-finals were re-introduced in 1996, the biggest margin of victory aside from the Dutch's 6-1 triumph in 2000 is the Czech Republic's 3-0 defeat of Denmark four years later. Only two other teams have scored three goals or more, both in 2008: Germany beat Portugal 3-2 and Russia were 3-1 victors against the Netherlands, the latter after extra time. • 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, Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Gerd Müller played in both matches, while Fabien Barthez, Marcel Desailly, Bixente Lizarazu, Lilian Thuram, Didier Deschamps, Youri Djorkaeff, , Zinédine Zidane and Christophe Dugarry also achieved the feat for France. • Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, Joan Capdevila, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Cesc Fàbregas, Xabi Alonso and Fernando Torres 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, Ronald Koeman, Barry van Aerle and Gerald Vanenburg 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

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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 Michael Ballack, 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 Horst Hrubesch (1980, Hamburger SV and West Germany). • 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. • Jetro Willems 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. • Before UEFA EURO 2012, five players had appeared in four final tournaments: Lothar Matthäus, Peter Schmeichel, Alessandro Del Piero, Edwin van der Sar and Lilian Thuram. Olof Mellberg and Iker Casillas joined the group in Poland and Ukraine. • 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), Klaus Allofs (1980), Michel Platini (1984, twice), Marco van Basten (1988), Sérgio Conceição (2000), Patrick Kluivert (2000) and David Villa (2008).

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Czech Republic Final tournament Group A Standings Pld W D L GF GA Pts Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 4 5 6 Greece 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 Russia 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 Poland 3 0 2 1 2 3 2

Matchday 1 (08/06/12) Russia 4-1 Czech Republic Goals: 1-0 Dzagoev 15, 2-0 Shirokov 24, 2-1 Pilař 52, 3-1 Dzagoev 79, 4-1 Pavlyuchenko 82 Czech Republic: Čech, Gebre Selassie, M. Kadlec, Hubník, Sivok, Rezek (Hübschman 46), Rosický, Plašil, Pilař, Baroš (Lafata 85), Jiráček (Petržela 76)

Matchday 2 (12/06/12) Greece 1-2 Czech Republic Goals: 0-1 Jiráček 3, 0-2 Pilař 6, 1-2 Gekas 53 Czech Republic: Čech, Gebre Selassie, M. Kadlec, Sivok, Limberský, Rosický (Kolář 46), Plašil, Pilař, Baroš (Pekhart 64), Hübschman, Jiráček

Matchday 3 (16/06/12) Czech Republic 1-0 Poland Goals: 1-0 Jiráček 72 Czech Republic: Čech, Gebre Selassie, M. Kadlec, Sivok, Limberský, Plašil, Pilař (Rezek 88), Baroš (Pekhart 90+1), Hübschman, Kolář, Jiráček (Rajtoral 84)

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Portugal Final tournament Group B Standings Pld W D L GF GA Pts Germany 3 3 0 0 5 2 9 Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 4 6 Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 Netherlands 3 0 0 3 2 5 0

Matchday 1 (09/06/12) 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 2-3 Portugal Goals: 0-1 Pepe 24, 0-2 Hélder Postiga 36, 1-2 Bendtner 41, 2-2 Bendtner 80, 2-3 Varela 87 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Miguel Veloso, Fábio Coentrão, Cristiano Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Raul Meireles (Varela 84), Nani (Rolando 89), João Pereira, Hélder Postiga (Nélson Oliveira 64)

Matchday 3 (17/06/12) Portugal 2-1 Netherlands Goals: 0-1 Van der Vaart 11, 1-1 Cristiano Ronaldo 28, 2-1 Cristiano Ronaldo 74 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Miguel Veloso, Fábio Coentrão, Cristiano Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Raul Meireles (Custódio 72), Nani (Rolando 87), João Pereira, Hélder Postiga (Nélson Oliveira 64)

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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. Ban and fine for Bendtner The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body has suspended Denmark's Nicklas Bendtner for one competitive fixture for improper conduct at the Group B match against Portugal on 13 June. This suspension applies to the next 2014 FIFA World Cup match, including the qualifying competition, for which Bendtner is eligible. He has also been fined €100,000. 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 (Montenegro), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark), Allan Simonsen (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. Tobacco-free EURO UEFA has taken the health of football fans into account by banning the use, sale and promotion of tobacco in all stadiums during UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. The ban applies unequivocally to all spaces within stadium perimeters, both indoors and out. This tobacco-free policy was developed and has been implemented in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), World Heart Federation, European Healthy Stadia Network, local organising committees (LOCs) in Poland and Ukraine and local health advocacy groups. Put into place to protect the health, safety and comfort of all fans and other tournament participants, the tobacco ban has complemented other activities during UEFA EURO 2012 under UEFA's Respect campaign, including the jersey exchange initiative which capitalises on the visibility and unifying factor of football to promote social harmony. Medical requirements being met UEFA medical representatives have been assisting local stadium and medical service operators by conducting stadium medical checks to ensure the service provided to visiting teams and spectators meets requirements. The first matches at every stadium were attended before and during the match to review the provision of pitch-side medical services for players and officials, ambulances and medical posts for spectators, and the overall co-ordination of emergency care. These inspections are the culmination of considerable work by the local medical service, stadium operators and the UEFA Medical Committee over the last few years to ensure that stadiums are ready to meet the challenge of safely hosting UEFA EURO 2012 matches. All UEFA EURO 2012 matches are equipped to adhere to UEFA's minimum medical requirements, which ensure the availability of defibrillators, oxygen, stretchers, airway equipment and other life-saving equipment for anyone who may need treatment. These standards will become mandatory for all UEFA matches from the start of the 2012/13 season and reflect the work of the UEFA Medical Committee in promoting the optimum health of players.

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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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