UEFA EURO 2012 MATCH PRESS KIT

France England Group D - Matchday 1 , Monday 11 June 2012 18.00CET (19.00 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 3 Match facts...... 4 Team facts...... 6 Squad list...... 8 Head coach...... 10 Match officials...... 11 Competition facts...... 12 Match-by-match lineups...... 14 UEFA information...... 15 Legend...... 16 France v England Monday 11 June 2012 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Donbass Arena, Donetsk Previous meetings

Head to Head UEFA EURO 2004 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 13/06/04 GS-FT France - England 2-1 Lisbon Zidane 90+1, 90+3(p); Lampard 38 EURO '92 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/06/92 GS-FT France - England 0-0 Malmo FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/06/82 GS-FT England - France 3-1 Bilbao Robson 1, 67, Mariner 83; Soler 24 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/07/66 GS-FT England - France 2-0 London Hunt 38, 75 1964 UEFA European Championship Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/02/63 PR France - England 5-2 Paris Wisnieski 3, 75, Douis 32, Cossou 43, agg: 6-3 82; Smith 57, Tambling 74 03/10/62 PR England - France 1-1 Sheffield Flowers 57(p); Goujon 8

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 France 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 8 4 England 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 4 8 FIFA* France ------2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 England ------2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 Friendly matches France ------22 6 2 14 26 57 England ------22 14 2 6 57 26 Total France 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 28 8 4 16 35 66 England 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 28 16 4 8 66 35 * FIFA World Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup

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Ashley Young says he will "thrive under the pressure" of being handed the England 's role at UEFA EURO 2012. The 26-year-old is generally employed on the left for Manchester United FC but has shone in a more central role for his country of late. He scored the winner against Norway and teed up club colleague Welbeck to net the decider against Belgium as England won each of their pre-tournament friendlies 1-0. "I've enjoyed it a lot," Young told UEFA.com. "It's a lot of pressure to be put on me, but I enjoy the challenge. Wherever I'm called upon to play, I'm going to go out and give 110% as I always do, especially when I put on an England shirt. It's a proud moment for me." Since missing out on the FIFA World Cup in South Africa two years ago, Young's performances have not only earned him a high-profile move to Old Trafford but also made him an integral member of the England set-up. The 21-time international has been identified as the player who could hold his side's creative key in and Ukraine, especially in the absence of , suspended from England's first two games of the tournament. "He's a world-class player," said Young, underlining Rooney's importance on the field but stressing that the mere presence of his United colleague in the camp was enough to give the rest of the squad a lift. "He's a great character to have in the squad and we've got a great team spirit here. Everybody's thinking in the right way and I think if you've got that off the pitch, you can take it onto the pitch and get the right results." Having watched the opening set of fixtures, Young is now eager to gain his first experience of playing at a major international tournament against France in Donetsk on Monday. "I watched the games yesterday, I'm excited and I just want our games to kick off now," he said. England face a baptism of fire in 's first competitive match in charge against a France side unbeaten in 21 matches. However, based on the two solid performances against Norway and Belgium, Young is confident England can get off to a positive start. "I think if you look at the organisation of the team, we're defending from the front, right the way through to the back," Young said. "I think [Roy] has set up many of the teams he's worked for like that and it's important for us to be able to do that too. If we play in the right manner and go out and give 100% like we have done in the last two games, we'll be able get the right result."

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FRANCE • France are 21 games unbeaten, winning 15 since their 1-0 home defeat by Belarus on 03/09/2010. • is making his debut as coach in a major tournament; he took part in four as a player. • Franck Ribéry scored in each of France's three pre-tournament friendlies. • Ex-Tours FC team-mates and are yet to play a competitive international. Injury news • Yann M'Vila suffered an ankle injury in the opening minutes of France's 2-0 win against Serbia. • Younès Kaboul (knee) and Loïc Rémy (thigh) withdrew from the preliminary squad due to injuries. • and Lassana Diarra were not considered for selection after injuries restricted their seasons, while broke a leg on 05/05. • A recurring ankle problem was cited as the reason for failing to make the last 23. Miscellaneous • Blanc made two squad announcements due to the late finish of the Ligue 1 season. He first selected 12 foreign-based players, who began preparations at Clairefontaine on 18/05 minus and Ribéry due to the following day's UEFA Champions League final. Fourteen France-based players teamed up with the squad on 24/05. • Ribéry linked up ahead of the friendly against Iceland on 26/05 and Les Bleus travelled to Donetsk on 06/06. • Six players have previous UEFA European Championship experience, all from 2008: , Malouda, , , and Ribéry. Pre-tournament friendlies 05/06 France 4-0 Estonia (Ribéry 24, Benzema 36 47, Menez 90+1) Lloris; Rami, Debuchy, Mexès, Evra; Nasri (Ben Arfa 73), Malouda (Martin 73), Diarra (Koscielny 65), Cabaye (Valbuena 51), Ribéry (Martin 65); Benzema (Giroud 73). 31/05 France 2-0 Serbia (Ribéry 11, Malouda 16) Lloris; Réveillère, Mexès (Rami 72), Koscielny, Clichy; Nasri, Malouda (Ben Arfa 76), Cabaye (Martin 60), M'Vila (Diarra 7), Ribéry (Menez 61); Benzema (Giroud 61). 27/05 France 3-2 Iceland (Debuchy 52, Ribéry 84, Rami 87; Bjarnason 27, Sigthórsson 34) Mandanda; Debuchy, Rami, Mexès, Evra; Cabaye (Diarra 59), Gourcuff (Ribéry 75); Nasri (Martin 60); Ben Arfa (Giroud 59), Benzema (Malouda 60), Menez (Valbuena 60). UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying • was the only man to play every minute of France's campaign, keeping six clean sheets in ten qualifiers. • Les Bleus lost their opener at home to Belarus before embarking on a nine-match unbeaten run to top the section. • Five members of France's finals squad did not appear in qualifying: goalkeepers Mandanda and Cédric Carrasso, defender Koscielny, winger and striker Giroud. Domestic information • Malouda was a 73rd-minute substitute in Chelsea FC's UEFA Champions League final triumph against Ribéry's FC Bayern München on 19/05. He also featured a fortnight earlier in the dying moments of the FA Cup final, helping the Blues edge a 2-1 victory against Liverpool FC. • Nasri and Gaël Clichy helped Manchester City FC win their first English top-flight title in 44 years. • Giroud was Ligue 1's joint top scorer, registering 21 times as Montpellier Hérault SC sealed their first title. • Lloris won his first trophy since joining Olympique Lyonnais in 2008 as Rémi Garde's team beat amateur side US Quevilly 1-0 to lift the French Cup on 28/04. • , and Mandanda helped Olympique de Marseille retain the League Cup, beating Lyon 1-0 in the final on 14/04. • Benzema scored 21 goals in 34 Liga appearances, supplanting Zinédine Zidane as the Spanish top flight's highest scoring Frenchman in the process, as Real Madrid CF claimed their first title since 2007/08.

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ENGLAND • Wayne Rooney is suspended for the games against France and Sweden after being sent off in England's final qualifier in last October. • The France game marks Roy Hodgson's first competitive match in charge of England having been unveiled as 's successor on 01/05, assuming the reins on 14/05. Capello resigned on 08/02. • , Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Martin Kelly are yet to make a competitive appearance for England; Butland is the only uncapped member of the squad. • has gone a record 94 outfield appearances without an England goal. Gary Neville, a member of the coaching staff at UEFA EURO 2012, set the previous mark of 85. Injury news • (broken finger), (torn stomach muscle), (thigh) and (broken jaw) pulled out of the squad with injuries and were replaced by Butland, , Henderson and Kelly respectively. Miscellaneous • briefly returned home on 07/06 following the death of his father. • England convened in Manchester on 23/05, with Chelsea FC's UEFA Champions League-winning contingent joining six days later as their base moved to Hertfordshire on their return from Oslo. They arrived in Krakow on 06/06. • Four players in the squad have previous UEFA European Championship experience: (2000, 2004), Cole (2004), (2004), Rooney (2004). • Gerrard is the fifth England player to feature at three UEFA European Championships after Tony Adams, , Gary Neville and Sol Campbell. Pre-tournament friendlies 02/06 England 1-0 Belgium (Welbeck 36) Hart; G Johnson, Cahill (Lescott 19), Terry (Jagielka 70), Cole; Milner, Gerrard (Henderson 83), Parker, Oxlade-Chamberlain (Walcott 67); Young (Defoe 66); Welbeck (Rooney 53). 26/05 Norway 0-1 England (Young 9) Green; Jones (Kelly 88), Lescott, Jagielka, Baines; Milner, Parker (Walcott 56), Gerrard (Barry 46), Downing (A Johnson 85); Young (Oxlade-Chamberlain 73); Carroll. • Oxlade-Chamberlain and Kelly won their first caps in Norway; scored his first international goal against Belgium. UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying • played every minute of England's campaign, keeping five clean sheets in eight qualifiers; Cole was the only other ever-present member of the squad. • The 2-2 draw with Montenegro in their final qualifier was England's 900th official match, including two fixtures that were abandoned. • Defoe scored three goals against Bulgaria on 03/09/2010, one of ten hat-tricks in qualifying. • Five of the final tournament squad did not feature in qualifying: , Butland, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Henderson and Kelly. • England scored 17 goals in qualifying at an average of 2.12 goals per game; the (3.7) led the way. Domestic information • Hart and helped Manchester City FC earn their first top-flight championship in 44 years. • Cole played on 19/05 as Chelsea defeated FC Bayern München to win the UEFA Champions League for the first time, the left-back converting a penalty as the shoot-out ended 4-3 following a 1-1 draw. Captain Terry was suspended but lifted the trophy, Chelsea's second in a fortnight after beating Liverpool FC 2-1 in the FA Cup final. • struck for Liverpool, who at least had the consolation of the League Cup having seen off City FC in the final in February. Level at 2-2 after full time, Gerrard missed the Reds' opening penalty of the shoot-out but made no mistake and Johnson converted the winner to make it 3-2. • Rooney scored 27 goals in 34 league appearances for Manchester United FC, his best ever return. • Butland spent the season on loan at fourth-tier Cheltenham Town FC, losing the play-off final on 27/05.

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Team facts: France UEFA European Championship record 2008: group stage 2004: quarter-finals 2000: winners 1996: semi-finals 1992: group stage, final tournament 1988: did not qualify 1984: winners 1980: did not qualify 1976: did not qualify 1972: did not qualify 1968: Quarter-finals 1964: Quarter-finals 1960: Fourth place Team EURO records Final tournament win 5-0: France v Belgium, 16/06/84, group stage Final tournament loss 4-1: Netherlands v France, 13/06/08, group stage Qualifying win 10-0: France v Azerbaijan, 06/09/95 Qualifying loss 5-1: Yugoslavia v France, 24/04/68 Player EURO records Final tournament appearances 16: Lilian Thuram 14: Zinédine Zidane 13: Laurent Blanc 13: 12: Marcel Desailly 12: Bixente Lizarazu Final tournament goals 9: 6: Thierry Henry 5: Zinédine Zidane Overall appearances 47: Lilian Thuram 36: Didier Deschamps 35: Laurent Blanc 34: Marcel Desailly 33: Zinédine Zidane Overall goals 18: Thierry Henry 12: Jean-Pierre Papin 12: David Trezeguet 11: Zinédine Zidane 11: Youri Djorkaeff

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Team facts: England UEFA European Championship record 2008: did not qualify 2004: quarter-finals 2000: group stage, final tournament 1996: semi-finals 1992: group stage, final tournament 1988: group stage, final tournament 1984: did not qualify 1980: group stage, final tournament 1976: did not qualify 1972: quarter-finals 1968: third place 1964: did not qualify 1960: did not enter Team EURO records Final tournament win 1-4: Netherlands v England, 18/06/96, group stage 3-0: England v , 17/06/04, group stage Final tournament loss 1-3: England v USSR, 18/06/88, group stage 1-3: England v Netherlands, 15/06/88, group stage Qualifying win 9-0: England v Luxembourg, 15/12/82 Qualifying loss 5-2: France v England, 27/02/63 Player EURO records Final tournament appearances 11: Gary Neville 9: Tony Adams 9: Alan Shearer 8: Sol Campbell 8: Final tournament goals 7: Alan Shearer 4: Wayne Rooney 3: Frank Lampard Overall appearances 26: Steven Gerrard 26: Michael Owen 25: Ashley Cole 24: Gary Neville Overall goals 13: Michael Owen 13: Alan Shearer 11: Wayne Rooney 8: Geoff Hurst 8: Kevin Keegan

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France

UEFA EURO 2012 Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Hugo Lloris 26/12/86 25 Olympique Lyonnais - 10 - - - 33 - 16 Steve Mandanda 28/03/85 27 Olympique de Marseille - - - - - 15 - 23 Cédric Carrasso 30/12/81 30 FC Girondins de Bordeaux - - - - - 1 - Defenders 2 28/07/85 26 LOSC Lille Métropole - 1 - - - 5 1 3 Patrice Evra 15/05/81 31 Manchester United FC - 5 - - - 41 - 4 27/12/85 26 Valencia CF - 9 - - - 20 1 5 Philippe Mexès 30/03/82 30 AC Milan - 5 1 - - 26 1 13 Anthony Réveillère 10/11/79 32 Olympique Lyonnais - 5 1 - - 17 1 21 Laurent Koscielny 10/09/85 26 Arsenal FC - - - - - 3 - 22 Gaël Clichy 26/07/85 26 Manchester City FC - 4 - - - 12 - Midfielders 6 14/01/86 26 Newcastle United FC - 3 - - - 13 - 7 Franck Ribéry 07/04/83 29 FC Bayern München - 4 - - - 60 10 8 Mathieu Valbuena 28/09/84 27 Olympique de Marseille - 4 - - - 12 2 11 Samir Nasri 26/06/87 24 Manchester City FC - 8 1 - - 31 3 12 09/04/87 25 Paris Saint-Germain FC - 1 - - - 4 - 14 Jérémy Ménez 07/05/87 25 Paris Saint-Germain FC - 2 - - - 13 1 15 Florent Malouda 13/06/80 31 Chelsea FC - 9 3 - - 77 9 17 Yann M'Vila 29/06/90 21 Stade Rennais FC - 8 1 - - 19 1 18 Alou Diarra 15/07/81 30 Olympique de Marseille - 6 - - - 41 - 19 10/01/88 24 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - 4 - - - 12 2 20 Hatem Ben Arfa 07/03/87 25 Newcastle United FC - - - - - 11 2 Forwards 9 Olivier Giroud 30/09/86 25 Montpellier Hérault SC - - - - - 6 1 10 Karim Benzema 19/12/87 24 Real Madrid CF - 7 3 - - 45 15 Coach - Laurent Blanc 19/11/65 46 - - 10 - - - - -

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England

UEFA EURO 2012 Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Joe Hart 19/04/87 25 Manchester City FC - 8 - - - 18 - 13 Robert Green 18/01/80 32 West Ham United FC - - - - - 12 - 23 Jack Butland 10/03/93 19 Birmingham City FC ------Defenders 2 23/08/84 27 Liverpool FC - 5 - - - 36 1 3 Ashley Cole 20/12/80 31 Chelsea FC - 8 - - - 94 - 5 Martin Kelly 27/04/90 22 Liverpool FC - - - - - 1 - 6 John Terry 07/12/80 31 Chelsea FC - 5 - - - 73 6 12 11/12/84 27 Everton FC - 1 - - - 8 - 14 Phil Jones 21/02/92 20 Manchester United FC - 1 - - - 5 - 15 16/08/82 29 Manchester City FC - 2 - - - 16 - 18 Phil Jagielka 17/08/82 29 Everton FC - 3 - - - 12 - Midfielders 4 Steven Gerrard 30/05/80 32 Liverpool FC - 3 - - - 92 19 7 16/03/89 23 Arsenal FC - 5 - - - 24 3 8 Jordan Henderson 17/06/90 21 Liverpool FC - - - - - 3 - 11 09/07/85 26 Manchester United FC - 7 3 - - 21 6 16 James Milner 04/01/86 26 Manchester City FC - 6 - - - 26 - 17 13/10/80 31 Tottenham Hotspur FC - 5 - - - 13 - 19 Stewart Downing 22/07/84 27 Liverpool FC - 5 - - - 34 - 20 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 15/08/93 18 Arsenal FC - - - - - 2 - Forwards 9 Andy Carroll 06/01/89 23 Liverpool FC - 1 - - - 4 1 10 Wayne Rooney 24/10/85 26 Manchester United FC S 7 3 - - 74 28 21 Jermain Defoe 07/10/82 29 Tottenham Hotspur FC - 2 3 - - 47 15 22 Danny Welbeck 26/11/90 21 Manchester United FC - 1 - - - 5 1 Coach - Roy Hodgson 09/08/47 64 ------

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France: Laurent Blanc Date of birth: 19 November 1965 Nationality: French Playing career: Montpellier Hérault SC, Napoli SSC, Nîmes Olympique SC, AS Saint-Étienne, AJ Auxerre, FC Barcelona, Olympique de Marseille, FC Internazionale Milano, Manchester United FC Coaching career: FC Girondins de Bordeaux, France • The defender's 20-year club career brought a French Cup win with Montpellier in 1990, a 1996 league and cup double with Auxerre, the 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona and a title with United just before retirement in 2003. • Nicknamed Le Président on account of his authority, elegance and leadership. • Famous for 'good luck' kiss on goalkeeper Fabien Barthez's bald head before kick-offs, he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil after scoring France's golden goal winner against Paraguay in the last 16, but missed the Paris final after being sent off in the semis. • Helped France win UEFA EURO 2000, scoring against Denmark in the group stage, before retiring from international football that year with 97 caps and 16 goals. • Spent four years gaining coaching qualifications before taking charge of Bordeaux in June 2007. His team finished second in his first season and won a championship and League Cup double in 2009. Guided Bordeaux into 2009/10 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals before succeeding Raymond Domenech as France coach that summer, leading his new team to UEFA EURO 2012.

England: Roy Hodgson Date of birth: 9 August 1947 Nationality: English Playing career: Crystal Palace FC, Tonbridge Angels FC, Gravesend and Northfleet FC, Maidstone United FC, Berea Park FC Coaching career: Halmstads BK, Bristol City FC, IK Oddevold, Örebro SK, Malmö FF, Neuchâtel Xamax FC, Switzerland, FC Internazionale Milano (twice), Blackburn Rovers FC, Grasshopper-Club, FC København, Udinese Calcio, United Arab Emirates, Viking FK, Finland, Fulham FC, Liverpool FC, West Bromwich Albion FC, England • After spending the majority of his playing career in the English non-league, a coaching career spanning eight countries began with Halmstad for Hodgson. He guided the Swedish club to their first ever Allsvenskan titles in 1976 and 1979; five successive championships later came with Malmö. • A spell at Xamax followed before the first of four forays into international management. Hodgson's Switzerland side qualified for the 1994 FIFA World Cup – their first in 28 years – and then EURO '96 but the coach left for Inter before the latter tournament. • After taking the Nerazzurri to the 1997 UEFA Cup final, Hodgson had spells in England, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, the UAE, Norway and Finland, as well as a short stint back at Inter as technical director. • He returned to England and relegation-threatened Fulham in 2007/08, leading them to safety in his first season, a club-best seventh in the Premier League in his second and then guiding them to the 2010 UEFA Europa League final. The 2-1 extra-time defeat by Club Atlético de Madrid proved his last game with the Cottagers before taking the reins at Liverpool. • He left Anfield after 31 games in charge, the shortest reign in Liverpool history, but within five weeks he was at West Brom, whom he guided to a Premier League high of 11th. He was appointed England manager on 1 May 2012.

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Referee (ITA) Assistant referees Renato Faverani (ITA), Andrea Stefani (ITA) Additional assistant referees (ITA), (ITA) Fourth official Pavel Kralovec (CZE) Reserve official Roman Slyško (SVK) UEFA Delegate Armen Minasyan (ARM) UEFA Referee observer Jozef Marko (SVK) Referee Name Date of birth Nationality Nicola Rizzoli 05/10/1971 ITA • Born in the Italian town of Mirandola in October 1971, Nicola Rizzoli is following in the footsteps of one of the most famous referees of recent years, Pierluigi Collina, who also started his career as part of the group of match officials based in Bologna. • An architect by profession, Rizzoli was promoted to the refereeing lists for and B in 2001, making his top-flight debut the following year. • His major breakthrough came in 2006/07 when he took charge of some of Serie A's most high-profile fixtures, including the game between AS Roma and FC Internazionale Milano and the derbies in Milan and Rome. By the end of that season he had become a regular presence as a fourth official in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. • Rizzoli made his only refereeing appearance in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying in the Netherlands-Slovenia match in October 2007 having received his FIFA badge earlier that year. Also in the middle for three 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. • He was selected in the UEFA Champions League proper for the first time at the start of 2008/09, taking charge of two games in that season's group stage. Rizzoli oversaw six more the following season, which concluded with him refereeing the first UEFA Europa League final in Hamburg having taken charge of the showpiece a week earlier, and was in the middle for five matches in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League. UEFA European Championship matches featuring teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 07/09/10 EURO QR Switzerland England 1-3 Basel Other matches Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 17/10/07 EURO QR Netherlands Slovenia 2-0 Eindhoven 03/06/11 EURO QR Belgium Turkey 1-1 Brussels 11/10/11 EURO QR Denmark Portugal 2-1 Copenhagen 15/11/11 EURO PO Montenegro Czech Republic 0-1 Podgorica

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UEFA European Football Championship final tournament: Did you know? • Germany are the most competition's most successful side having lifted the trophy in 1972, 1980 (both as West Germany) and 1996, reaching the final in 1976, 1992 and 2008. Only Spain (1964, 2008) and France (1984, 2000) have also triumphed more than once. • Only three sides have ever won the UEFA European Championship on home soil: Spain (1964), 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. • was a winner as a player with West Germany in 1972 and as coach of Germany in 1996, making him the only man to win as player and coach. • Since 1980, when the final tournament expanded to become an eight-team event, the hosts or co-hosts have only failed to reach the semi-finals – or better – three times: Italy (1980), Belgium (2000) and Austria and Switzerland (2008). • UEFA EURO 2012 is Germany's 11th successive UEFA European Championship final tournament – they last missed out as West Germany in 1968. The Netherlands are taking part in the finals for the seventh successive edition. • Germany are appearing in the finals for the eleventh time, one more than Russia. This is the ninth tournament for the Netherlands and Spain. • Five teams have qualified for the finals with a perfect record, including Spain and Germany this time round. The others are France (1992 and 2004) and Czech Republic (2000). • The Netherlands' 6-1 defeat of Yugoslavia in the UEFA EURO 2000 quarter-finals is the biggest win in a final tournament. Three games have finished 5-0, most recently Sweden's 2004 defeat of Bulgaria. • Spain are seeking to retain the trophy having already become only the third team to hold the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup at the same time. West Germany won the European title in 1972 and added the world crown two years later, while France won the 1998 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000. No team has ever won three consecutive world and continental titles. • A total of 15 players appeared in both those finals: for West Germany, Sepp Maier, , 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, Patrick Vieira, Zinédine Zidane and Christophe Dugarry also achieved the feat for France. • , , , Joan Capdevila, Andrés Iniesta, Hernández, Cesc Fàbregas, and played in Spain's 2008 EURO final win and the 2010 World Cup success. • Five players have appeared in European Cup and UEFA European Championship final victories in the same year: Luis Suárez achieved the feat with FC Internazionale Milano and Spain in 1964, while in 1988 PSV Eindhoven quartet Hans van Breucklen, 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 Christian Karembeu holds the unique position of being an unused substitute in both European Cup and European Championship final victories in the same year. • In 2008 Germany's , then with Chelsea FC, became the first player to appear in European Cup and EURO final defeats in the same year. • Four players have followed European Cup final defeat with EURO victory in the same year: Ignacio Zoco and Amancio Amaro (1964, Real Madrid CF and Spain) and Manny Kaltz and (1980, Hamburger SV and West Germany).

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

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Final tournament Group D Standings Pld W D L GF GA Pts Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (11/06/12) France v England

Matchday 2 (15/06/12) Ukraine v France Sweden v England

Matchday 3 (19/06/12) Sweden v France England v Ukraine

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Proceedings opened against RFS After having looked at the security reports and available images, UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Football Union of Russia (RFS) for the improper conduct of its supporters (crowd disturbances), the setting off and throwing of fireworks and the display of illicit banners at Friday's UEFA EURO 2012 Group A match in Wroclaw between Russia and the Czech Republic. The Control and Disciplinary Body will review the case on Wednesday 13 June. In addition, regarding reports of alleged abuse directed at Czech Republic players from Russia fans, UEFA is investigating this further and is working with FARE to collect more evidence. 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. Technical Team studies tactical trends UEFA's Technical Team of experienced technicians will look at the trends and talking points at UEFA EURO 2012 from a coaching point of view, helping to produce a report on the tournament. Appropriately, it is an 11-man team captained by UEFA's technical director Andy Roxburgh. "The brief is to provide a permanent record of the event from a coach's viewpoint and to trigger debate on the trends and talking points which emerge," he said. "A EURO, alongside the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Champions League, is where benchmarks are laid and the most significant trends at the elite end of the game become apparent. These can supply valuable information to pinpoint facets of the game which might need to be built into youth development programmes throughout UEFA's member associations." Alongside Roxburgh will be Fabio Capello, Jerzy Engel, Dusan Fitzel, Gérard Houllier, Lars Lagerbäck, György Mezey and Holger Osieck, with Jean-Paul Brigger and Walter Gagg providing FIFA input, while Mordechai Shpigler will act as linkman to UEFA's Development & Technical Assistance Committee. The technical team's work is based on first-hand observations at each of the 31 matches. At least two of the team will attend every fixture to make sure each side is watched by a pair of expert eyes. One of the other tasks facing the technical team will be to acknowledge outstanding individual contributions and, after the final in , Roxburgh and his team will be getting together to put the finishing touches to UEFA's All-Star Squad. 'Respect Diversity – Football Unites' The UEFA/FARE 'Respect Diversity – Football Unites' programme at UEFA EURO 2012 was launched at an event at the Polish Foreign Ministry in . The programme includes monitoring at matches, anti-discrimination messages at every game, a joint protocol on the reporting of incidents, a commitment to take disciplinary sanctions and a campaign focus at the semi-finals that will include diversity messages from team captains. Speakers at the event were UEFA Executive Committee member and the chairman of UEFA's Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee, Peter Gilliéron, Poland's deputy foreign affairs minister Beata Stelmach, deputy sports minister Jacek Foks, minister for equality Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Rafał Pankowski from the Warsaw-based Never Again association and coordinator of the FARE programme for UEFA EURO 2012, and Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations Secretary General's special adviser on sport for development and peace. "We are here to celebrate diversity: diversity in football and diversity in society," Peter Gilliéron told the audience. "For the past decade, under the leadership of UEFA and our friends at FARE, football has been striving to better itself and to contribute to a betterment of society by fostering tolerance and respect."

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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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