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UEFA EURO 2012 MATCH PRESS KIT

Netherlands Group B - Matchday 1 Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Saturday 9 June 2012 18.00CET (19.00 local time)

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

Head to Head FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/06/10 GS-FT Netherlands - Denmark 2-0 Johannesburg Agger 46(og), Kuyt 85 UEFA EURO 2000 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/06/00 GS-FT Denmark - Netherlands 0-3 Kluivert 57, R. de Boer 66, Zenden 77 EURO '92 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/06/92 SF Netherlands - Denmark 2-2 Gothenburg Bergkamp 23, Rijkaard 86; Larsen 5, 33 aet (4-5pens) 1968 UEFA European Championship Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/10/67 PR (GS) Denmark - Netherlands 3-2 Bjerre 43(p), 74, Søndergaard 54; Suurbier 74, 76 30/11/66 PR (GS) Netherlands - Denmark 2-0 Rotterdam Swart 58, Van Der Kuijlen 73

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 Netherlands 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 9 5 Denmark 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 5 9 FIFA* Netherlands ------1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Denmark ------1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 Friendly matches Netherlands ------24 9 9 6 47 35 Denmark ------24 6 9 9 35 47 Total Netherlands 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 29 12 10 7 58 40 Denmark 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 29 7 10 12 40 58 * FIFA World Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup

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For the second major tournament in succession, the Netherlands and Denmark will meet in their opening game, with the Oranje hoping for a similar result at UEFA EURO 2012 as they achieved at the FIFA World Cup in . Head-to-head record • The teams are meeting for the 31st time, with the Netherlands' record in the previous games reading W12 D10 L8. • The sides' four previous UEFA European Championship fixtures brought two Dutch wins, one Danish victory and a draw. • Denmark have not beaten the Netherlands in eight games – five draws and three defeats – since a 3-2 UEFA European Championship qualifying success in Copenhagen on 4 October 1967. • Their first encounter came in Stockholm on 2 July 1912, with Denmark beating the Netherlands 4-1 in the semi-finals of the Olympic football tournament. Denmark lost the final 4-2 to a Great Britain side, while the Dutch beat 9-0 to take the bronze medal. Selected previous meetings 14 June 2010: Netherlands 2-0 Denmark (Agger og 46, Kuyt 85) – Soccer City, Johannesburg, 2010 FIFA World Cup group stage Netherlands: Stekelenburg, Van der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Van Bronckhorst, Van Bommel, Sneijder, De Jong (De Zeeuw 88), Van der Vaart (Elia 67), Kuyt, Van Persie (Afellay 77). Denmark: Sørensen, Jacobsen, Kjær, Agger, S Poulsen, Jørgensen, C Poulsen, Enevoldsen (Grønkjær 57), Kahlenberg (Eriksen 73), Rommedahl, Bendtner (Beckmann 62). • After this, their most recent encounter, the Oranje won Group E and went on to reach the final; Denmark finished third in the section. 16 June 2000: Netherlands 3-0 Denmark (Kluivert 57, R de Boer 66, Zenden 77) – , Rotterdam, UEFA EURO 2000 group stage Netherlands: Van der Sar (Westerveld 89), Reiziger, F de Boer, Konterman, Van Bronckhorst, Zenden, Cocu, Davids, Overmars (R de Boer 62), Bergkamp (Winter 76), Kluivert. Denmark: Schmeichel, Henriksen, Heintze, Colding, Schjønberg (Helveg 82), A Nielsen (Tøfting 61), Gravesen (B Nielsen 67), Grønkjær, Tomasson, Sand, Bisgaard. • The Netherlands' victory confirmed their progress from Group D and in the process ended the hopes of 's Denmark. 's hosts were knocked out in the last four by . 22 June 1992: Denmark 2-2 Netherlands, Denmark won 5-4 on pens (Larsen 5 33; Bergkamp 23, Rijkaard 86) – Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, EURO '92 semi-finals Netherlands: Van Breukelen, Van Tiggelen, R Koeman, Rijkaard, F de Boer (Kieft 46), Gullit, Wouters, Witschge, Roy (Van't Schip 115), Bergkamp, Van Basten. Denmark: Schmeichel, Sivebæk, L Olsen, Andersen (Christiansen 70), Christofte, Piechnik, Jensen, Larsen, Vilfort, Povlsen, B Laudrup (Elstrup 57). • saved a penalty to tilt the shoot-out in his side's favour before Kim Christofte's final, match-winning spot kick. Richard Møller Nielsen's men overcame 2-0 in the final. Form guide • It is 45 years since Denmark's last victory over the Netherlands in October 1967 but they do go into the finals on a run of six competitive games unbeaten – five wins and a draw – since a 3-1 reverse against in in qualifying. • The Netherlands won their first nine UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers, but lost the last – 3-2 in – with their place at the finals already certain. • Denmark lost on their only previous visit to Ukraine, 1-0 against the home nation in a World Cup qualifier in Kyiv on 30 March 2005. • The Netherlands drew 1-1 with Ukraine in a Donetsk friendly on 11 August 2010 in their only previous game in the country. Team ties • Denmark's has coached in the Netherlands, leading AFC Ajax to the title in 1997/98, having brought in another Dane, , as a key player. Olsen was dismissed the following season.

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• A number of Denmark players play their football in Dutch football: (AFC Ajax, 2009-) (FC Groningen, 2009-) (AZ Alkmaar 2008-) Lasse Schøne ( 2005-06, 2006-08, NEC Nijmegen 2008-2012, AFC Ajax 2012-) In addition, will join FC Twente after UEFA EURO 2012. • Eriksen and the Netherlands' are team-mates with Ajax. • and spent 2011/12 together at VfB Stuttgart. • Denmark's and Dutch international are team-mates at Arsenal FC, though Bendtner spent the 2011/12 campaign on at Sunderland AFC. • Denmark's Michael Krohn-Dehli played in the Netherlands for Ajax (2003-04, 2006-08), RKC Waalwijk (2004-06) and – on loan – (2007). • Between 2008 and 2011, was at FC Utrecht, where was a team-mate in the second half of 2010/11. • had spells with PSV (1997-2004) and Ajax (2007-2010) and also played on loan for RKC Waalwijk (1997/98) and NEC Nijmegen (2008/09). At PSV he was team-mates with and while he played alongside , , Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, and Van der Wiel at Ajax. • made his Denmark debut in a 1-1 friendly draw against the Netherlands in Copenhagen on 10 November 2001; Martin Jørgensen hit Denmark's goal from the penalty spot. • Huntelaar scored in a 1-1 draw with Denmark at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Portugal. He also registered twice for Ajax in a 2-1 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round win at FC København on 9 August 2006, but his side were eliminated following a 2-0 home defeat in the return leg. • scored twice in Ajax's 3-1 home win against Brøndby IF in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg.

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NETHERLANDS • The Netherlands have won just three of their last seven official games. • , and are yet to make a competitive appearance for the Netherlands though all have played friendlies, Willems (26/05) and Narsingh (30/05) on the eve of the finals. • Willems will become the youngest player to grace a UEFA European Championship if he plays in Poland/Ukraine. The record is held by 's , who was 18 years and 115 days against Yugoslavia in 1984. • has made 95 international appearances and at UEFA EURO 2012 could become the fifth Dutchman to reach 100 caps, after , , and . Injury news • has not featured since straining a hamstring against on 26/05. • Wilfred Bouma was forced off following a clash of heads with John Heitinga against Slovakia on 30/05. Miscellaneous • At 18 years and 57 days, Willems became the Netherlands' youngest player since in 1982 when he started against Bulgaria, the tenth youngest ever. • The Netherlands had pre-tournament training camps in Hoenderloo near Apeldoorn and Lausanne before arriving at their EURO base of Krakow on 04/06. • Ten of the side that started the 2010 FIFA World Cup final defeat by are in the squad; the 11th, Van Bronckhorst, retired after the game in Johannesburg. • There are 13 survivors from UEFA EURO 2008 in Poland/Ukraine: Van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder, Heitinga, , Bouma, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Stekelenburg, Robin van Persie, , Mathijsen, , and Khalid Boulahrouz. Van der Vaart, Sneijder, Heitinga, Robben and Bouma were at UEFA EURO 2004. Pre-tournament friendlies 02/06 Netherlands 6-0 Northern Ireland (Van Persie 11 29pen, Sneijder 15, Afellay 37 51, Vlaar 78) Stekelenburg; Van der Wiel, Heitinga, Vlaar, Willems (Schaars 77); Van Bommel (Van der Vaart 57), De Jong; Robben (Narsingh 82), Sneijder (Kuyt 70), Afellay; Van Persie (Huntelaar 57). 30/05 Netherlands 2-0 Slovakia (Saláta og 8, Van der Vaart 75) Stekelenburg; Bouma (Vlaar 46), Heitinga, Schaars, Van Der Wiel; De Jong, Van Bommel; Afellay (Kuyt 80), Sneijder (Van der Vaart 51), Robben (Narsingh 84); Van Persie (Huntelaar 68). 26/05 Netherlands 1-2 Bulgaria (Van Persie 45; Popov 50pen, Micanski 90+3) Krul; Van der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen (Bouma 16), Willems (Schaars 64); Van Bommel, De Jong (Strootman 86); Sneijder, Van der Vaart (Kuyt 64), Van Persie; Huntelaar (Robben 77). UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying • The Netherlands' 11-0 victory against San Marino on 02/09/2011 was their record win, with Van Persie becoming the first Dutchman to score four in a game since Marco van Basten's haul of five against Malta in 1990. • The Netherlands qualified with a game to spare after winning their opening nine matches before a 3-2 loss to Sweden. • Defenders Mathijsen and Van der Wiel played every minute of the Netherlands' campaign. • Of the final 23-man squad, eight players did not feature in qualifying: Krul, Boulahrouz, Bouma, , Jetro, , Robben and Narsingh. • The Netherlands were the most prolific side in qualifying, scoring 37 goals in ten games while Huntelaar was the top individual scorer (12/8). Domestic information • Nigel de Jong was part of the City FC squad that earned their first top-flight title in 44 years in . Van Persie was player of the year in England after scoring 30 goals in 38 appearances. • Huntelaar became the first Dutchman to finish top scorer in the , scoring 29 for FC Schalke 04. • Van der Wiel played 19 games as AFC Ajax claimed their 31st Dutch championship. Kevin Strootman, Willems and Bouma helped PSV Eindhoven to Dutch Cup glory.

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DENMARK • Having ended 2011 with five successive wins, Denmark lost two in a row this year before beating Australia on 02/06. • If Denmark triumph in Poland/Ukraine, the uncapped will follow in the footsteps of dad Peter, who inspired the country to glory in 1992. They would be the first father and son to win the UEFA European Championship. Injury news • First-choice keeper Thomas Sørensen was ruled out of UEFA EURO 2012 due to a back injury sustained during the 3-1 friendly defeat by on 26/05; Schmeichel took his place in the final squad. Miscellaneous • Andreas Bjelland will join Dutch side FC Twente after UEFA EURO 2012. • There are three survivors in the squad from the last time Denmark reached the UEFA European Championship finals under Morten Olsen in 2004: , Christian Poulsen and Dennis Rommedahl. • Another veteran of that tournament in Portugal, , is now Denmark's forwards coach. • The Danish squad began arriving at their training camp in Elsinore, the eastern town where Shakespeare's Hamlet was set, on 17/05. More players joined up the following week after the conclusion of the Danish top flight. • On 04/06 the squad arrived at their tournament base of Kolobrzeg on the Baltic coast. Pre-tournament friendlies 02/06 Denmark 2-0 Australia (Agger 32pen, Bjelland 68) Andersen; Agger (Okore 63), Kjær (Bjelland 46), S Poulsen (Wass 76), Jacobsen; Zimling, Kvist (J Poulsen 83), Eriksen (Kahlenberg 46), Rommedahl, Krohn-Dehli (Mikkelsen 75); Bendtner. • Bjelland scored his first international goal; won his 50th cap. 26/05 Denmark 1-3 Brazil (Bendtner 71; Hulk 8 39, Zimling og 14) Sørensen (Andersen 25); Wass, Kjær, Agger, S Poulsen, C Poulsen (J Poulsen 46); Zimling, Eriksen (Rommedahl 62), Schøne (Kahlenberg 25), Krohn-Dehli (Pedersen 71); Bendtner. UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying • Jacobsen scored his first goal in 45 international appearances as Denmark beat Cyprus 4-1 on 07/10/2011. • Jacobsen, Christian Eriksen and Rommedahl were all ever-present during qualifying. • Four of the final tournament squad did not feature in qualifying: Schmeichel, Andersen, and . • Denmark scored 15 goals in qualifying, the second fewest of all the finalists behind Greece (14) and level with the Czech Republic and . Olsen's side did, however, play two matches fewer than all those sides. • Nicklas Bendtner and Rommedahl were Denmark's leading scorers in qualifying with three goals apiece. • Denmark qualified as Group H winners thanks to a 2-1 defeat of Portugal in Copenhagen in the final round of matches. • Denmark won all four of their home qualifiers, conceding just a lone goal in the process. • Once a place in Poland and Ukraine had been confirmed, Olsen went back on his 2010 decision to step down after UEFA EURO 2012, agreeing a deal until after the next FIFA World Cup. Domestic information • Bjelland, Okore and Mikkelsen were all part of the FC Nordsjælland side that claimed their maiden championship, Bjelland completing a 3-0 victory over AC Horsens on the final day to hold off FC København. • Jacobsen and København gained some consolation as they beat Horsens 1-0 in the final on 17/05. • Eriksen missed one game as AFC Ajax claimed their 31st Dutch championship. • lifted the English League Cup with FC in February, beating Cardiff City FC in the final.

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Team facts: Netherlands UEFA European Championship record 2008: quarter-finals 2004: semi-finals 2000: semi-finals 1996: quarter-finals 1992: semi-finals 1988: winners 1984: did not qualify 1980: group stage, final tournament 1976: third place 1972: did not qualify 1968: did not qualify 1964: last 16 1960: did not enter Team EURO records Final tournament win 6-1: Netherlands v Yugoslavia, 25/06/00, quarter-finals Final tournament loss 1-4: Netherlands v England, 18/06/96, group stage Qualifying win 11-0: Netherlands v San Marino, 02/09/11 Qualifying loss 4-1: Poland v Netherlands, 10/09/75 Player EURO records Final tournament appearances 16: Edwin van der Sar 13: Phillip Cocu 13: 12: 11: Giovanni van Bronckhorst Final tournament goals 6: 6: 5: Marco van Basten 4: Dennis Bergkamp Overall appearances 37: Edwin van der Sar 31: Frank de Boer 30: 29: 29: Rafael van der Vaart Overall goals 16: Marco van Basten 15: Ruud van Nistelrooy 14: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 13: Patrick Kluivert 12: 11: Robin van Persie

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

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Netherlands

UEFA EURO 2012 Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Maarten Stekelenburg 22/09/82 29 AS Roma - 6 - - - 47 - 12 20/10/83 28 Swansea City AFC - 4 - - - 9 - 22 Tim Krul 03/04/88 24 Newcastle United FC - - - - - 3 - Defenders 2 Gregory van der Wiel 03/02/88 24 AFC Ajax - 10 - - - 32 - 3 John Heitinga 15/11/83 28 Everton FC - 7 1 - - 78 7 4 Joris Mathijsen 05/04/80 32 Málaga CF - 10 - - - 80 3 5 Wilfred Bouma 15/06/78 33 PSV Eindhoven - - - - - 37 2 13 Ron Vlaar 16/02/85 27 - - - - - 7 1 15 Jetro Willems 30/03/94 18 PSV Eindhoven - - - - - 2 - 21 Khalid Boulahrouz 28/12/81 30 VfB Stuttgart - - - - - 35 - 6 Mark van Bommel 22/04/77 35 AC - 8 - - - 77 10 8 Nigel de Jong 30/11/84 27 Manchester City FC - 4 - - - 60 1 10 Wesley Sneijder 09/06/84 27 FC Internazionale Milano - 8 3 - - 84 24 11 Arjen Robben 23/01/84 28 FC Bayern München - - - - - 57 17 14 Stijn Schaars 11/01/84 28 Sporting Clube de Portugal - - - - - 19 - 17 Kevin Strootman 13/02/90 22 PSV Eindhoven - 5 1 - - 11 1 23 Rafael van der Vaart 11/02/83 29 Tottenham Hotspur FC - 8 1 - - 96 18 Forwards 7 Dirk Kuyt 22/07/80 31 Liverpool FC - 9 6 - - 88 24 9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 12/08/83 28 FC Schalke 04 - 8 12 - - 53 31 16 Robin van Persie 06/08/83 28 Arsenal FC - 6 6 - - 65 28 18 27/08/90 21 FC Twente - 2 1 - - 7 1 19 Luciano Narsingh 13/09/90 21 sc Heerenveen - - - - - 2 - 20 Ibrahim Afellay 02/04/86 26 FC - 6 3 - - 38 5 Coach - 19/05/52 60 - - 10 - - - - -

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Denmark

UEFA EURO 2012 Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Stephan Andersen 26/11/81 30 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC - - - - - 10 - 16 13/04/84 28 Manchester United FC - 3 - - - 5 - 22 Kasper Schmeichel 05/11/86 25 Leicester City FC ------Defenders 3 Simon Kjær 26/03/89 23 VfL Wolfsburg - 7 - - - 24 - 4 Daniel Agger 12/12/84 27 Liverpool FC - 4 - - - 46 6 5 Simon Poulsen 07/10/84 27 AZ Alkmaar - 3 - - - 18 - 6 Lars Jacobsen 20/09/79 32 FC København - 8 1 - - 50 1 12 Andreas Bjelland 11/07/88 23 FC Nordsjælland - 2 - - - 6 1 13 Jores Okore 11/08/92 19 FC Nordsjælland - - - - - 3 - 18 31/05/89 23 SL Benfica - 1 - - - 6 - Midfielders 2 Christian Poulsen 28/02/80 32 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC - 7 - - - 91 6 7 William Kvist 24/02/85 27 VfB Stuttgart - 6 - - - 28 - 8 Christian Eriksen 14/02/92 20 AFC Ajax - 8 1 - - 23 2 14 Lasse Schøne 27/05/86 26 AFC Ajax - 2 1 - - 10 2 15 Michael Silberbauer 07/07/81 30 BSC Young Boys - 5 - - - 24 1 19 07/07/83 28 FC Midtjylland - 2 - - - 22 1 20 20/03/83 29 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC - 1 1 - - 38 4 21 19/04/85 27 Club Brugge KV - 4 - - - 11 - Forwards 9 Michael Krohn-Dehli 06/06/83 29 Brøndby IF - 7 2 - - 21 4 10 Dennis Rommedahl 22/07/78 33 Brøndby IF - 8 3 - - 116 21 11 Nicklas Bendtner 16/01/88 24 Arsenal FC - 5 3 - - 48 18 17 Nicklas Pedersen 10/10/87 24 FC Groningen - 4 - - - 7 - 23 Tobias Mikkelsen 18/09/86 25 FC Nordsjælland - - - - - 3 - Coach - Morten Olsen 14/08/49 62 - - 8 - - - 3 -

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Netherlands: Bert van Marwijk Date of birth: 19 May 1952 Nationality: Dutch Playing career: , AZ Alkmaar, MVV Maastricht, , FC Assent Coaching career: FC Herderen, RKVCL Limmel, SV Meerssen, Fortuna Sittard, Feyenoord (twice), , Netherlands • Capped once by the Netherlands in 1975, Van Marwijk was a dynamic left-winger who racked up 393 appearances in the Dutch with four different clubs. His only trophy success was the 1978 Dutch Cup with AZ. • Served a long coaching apprenticeship with several minor clubs before replacing Pim Verbeek at top-flight Fortuna Sittard in 1998. Steered club to Dutch Cup final in first full season before joining Feyenoord in 2000. • Masterminded Feyenoord's UEFA Cup triumph in 2001/02, sealed with a 3-2 victory against Borussia Dortmund on home turf at De Kuip in the one-off final. • Joined Dortmund in 2004 but finished seventh in the Bundesliga in both of his first two seasons and dismissed midway through his third. Returned to Feyenoord and led Rotterdam club to 2008 Dutch Cup win in their centenary year. • Appointed Netherlands coach in succession to Marco van Basten in July 2008. Led Oranje through perfect 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, winning all eight matches, and subsequently guided them all the way to the final, falling at the last to Spain. The Dutch bounced back by winning their first nine UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers to book their place in Poland and Ukraine.

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

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Referee Damir Skomina (SVN) Assistant referees Primož Arhar (SVN), Matej Žunič (SVN) Additional assistant referees Matej Jug (SVN), Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Fourth official Pavel Kralovec (CZE) Reserve official Roman Slyško (SVK) UEFA Delegate Ainar Leppänen (EST) UEFA Referee observer Kyros Vassaras (GRE) Referee Name Date of birth Nationality Damir Skomina 05/08/1976 • One of Europe's most promising young referees, Damir Skomina has steadily worked his way up the ranks both in his native , where he has already taken charge of three cup finals, and abroad. • He cut his teeth in international football at the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and made his UEFA Cup bow in October 2003, his first UEFA Champions League qualifying appearance coming the following July. • Fourth official for the 2003 U17 final and 2005 European U19 Championship showpiece, Skomina was the youngest match official at the 2007 U21 finals in the Netherlands. There he oversaw three games, concluding with the hosts' 4-1 win against Serbia in the final. • A father of two sons who works in real estate, Skomina continued his rise to prominence by taking charge of three UEFA EURO 2008 qualifiers. He was fourth official at three matches at the finals, also overseeing two fixtures at that August's Olympic Games. • Skomina made his UEFA Champions League group stage bow on matchday three of the 2008/09 campaign as PSV Eindhoven took on and has since become a regular in that competition and the UEFA Europa League. Ended the 2010/11 season by taking charge of the Slovenian Cup final. UEFA European Championship matches featuring teams from the two countries involved in this match No matches found Other matches Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 07/10/06 EURO QR Armenia Finland 0-0 Yerevan 24/03/07 EURO QR Faroe Islands Ukraine 0-2 Toftir 08/09/07 EURO QR Scotland Lithuania 3-1 07/09/10 EURO QR Turkey Belgium 3-2 04/06/11 EURO QR England Switzerland 2-2 02/09/11 EURO QR Hungary Sweden 2-1 Budapest

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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. • 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. • 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, , 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 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, , Barry van Aerle and Gerald Vanenburg were all in the victorious Netherlands side. • 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 Matthas 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. • Belgium's Enzo Scifo is the youngest player to feature; he was 18 years 115 days in the 2-0 defeat of Yugoslavia at the 1984 finals. • Five players have appeared in four final tournaments: Lothar Matthäus, Peter Schmeichel, 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), (1984, twice), Marco van Basten (1988), Sérgio Conceição (2000), Patrick Kluivert (2000) and (2008).

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

Matchday 1 (09/06/12) Netherlands v Denmark

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

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

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UEFA President's EURO message "Make us dream" is the message from UEFA President Michel Platini and millions of football fans across the globe to the players of 16 expectant teams at the start of UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. The UEFA President spoke of his excitement at the footballing feast that lies ahead – and thanked the co-hosts for their outstanding efforts in bringing five years of preparations to fruition. "We are ready," said Mr Platini in Warsaw on Wednesday. "It has been a long, hard challenge, but I hope that it will be a great party. Poland and Ukraine have worked with considerable passion since 2007. It is a great challenge for both countries, and for UEFA. In all modesty, I think that this challenge is being met. I am very happy – the two countries made enormous efforts and a great amount of work to enable [the competition] to succeed. [They] have worked with all their hearts and I would like to congratulate them and thank them on behalf of football." 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), (Denmark), Davor Šuker (Croatia) and Patrick Vieira (France) are among those who will act as award ambassadors in Poland and Ukraine. Referees Committee briefs EURO teams Members of the UEFA Referees Committee have been meeting the coaches and players of the 16 participating teams ahead of UEFA EURO 2012 to discuss the instructions given to the referees for the tournament in Poland and Ukraine. The committee members – all vastly-experienced former international match officials – have emphasised the message that cooperation between the coaches, players and referees will contribute to the success and image of the tournament. Protection of players and the game's image, and punishment for mobbing the referee, as well as for incidents of mass confrontation, are among the instructions delivered by the UEFA Referees Committee to the 12 refereeing teams. IBC opens The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Warsaw, which will act as the focal point and hub for all broadcast operations at UEFA EURO 2012, was officially opened on Tuesday by UEFA President Michel Platini, Poland's sports minister Joanna Mucha and the deputy mayor of Warsaw, Jacek Wojciechowicz. Located at the Warszawskie Centrum EXPO XXI in Warsaw, the IBC's master control room will receive television signals from all eight stadiums in Poland and Ukraine via fibre networks and distribute them to broadcast partners, and thus on to the millions of fans watching around the world. In total, UEFA will bring nine multilateral feeds from the 32 match coverage cameras back to the IBC. These can be booked by broadcast partners and then used within their programming. Broadcast partners will also be sending their own unilateral feeds to Warsaw before distributing them to their respective home countries and audiences. Respect campaign under way UEFA President Michel Platini, Dutch legend Clarence Seedorf and Italian refereeing great Pierluigi Collina joined forces in Warsaw to launch UEFA's Respect campaign for UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. Respect, UEFA's social responsibility programme, was launched in 2008, and its objective is to support local communities, tackle social issues and work towards unity and respect across gender, race, religion and ability. The Respect project at UEFA EURO 2012 is receiving a UEFA financial contribution of up to €3m, and involves four main strands – UEFA's commitment to combat racism (Respect Diversity), increasing and improving access for fans with disabilities (Respect Inclusion), promoting health through physical activity (Respect Your Health), and fostering intercultural dialogue between fans and the host cities (Respect Fan Culture). UEFA is also promoting the idea of Respect at UEFA EURO 2012 through a jersey-exchanging initiative in which several football luminaries – including Seedorf and Collina – are acting as campaign ambassadors. By linking Respect with swapping shirts, European football's governing body hopes to make a connection with players and fans alike, encouraging everyone to exchange jerseys as a sign of respect for diversity. The campaign, aimed at players, officials, football fans and large TV audiences, will be visible through a 30-second TV spot which will be broadcast in all European territories at half-time during matches and in the fan zones, as well as on giant screens at the stadiums.

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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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NETHERLANDS 18.00 DENMARK CET 1 Maarten Stekelenburg GK 1 Stephan Andersen GK 2 Gregory van der Wiel 3 Simon Kjær 3 John Heitinga 4 Daniel Agger C 6 Mark van Bommel C 5 Simon Poulsen 8 Nigel de Jong 6 Lars Jacobsen 10 Wesley Sneijder 7 William Kvist 11 Arjen Robben 8 Christian Eriksen 13 Ron Vlaar 9 Michael Krohn-Dehli 15 Jetro Willems 10 Dennis Rommedahl 16 Robin van Persie 11 Nicklas Bendtner 20 Ibrahim Afellay 21 Niki Zimling

12 Michel Vorm GK 16 Anders Lindegaard GK 22 Tim Krul GK 22 Kasper Schmeichel GK 4 Joris Mathijsen 2 Christian Poulsen 5 Wilfred Bouma 12 Andreas Bjelland 7 Dirk Kuyt 13 Jores Okore 9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 14 Lasse Schøne 14 Stijn Schaars 15 Michael Silberbauer 17 Kevin Strootman 17 Nicklas Pedersen 18 Luuk de Jong 18 Daniel Wass 19 Luciano Narsingh 19 Jakob Poulsen 21 Khalid Boulahrouz 20 Thomas Kahlenberg 23 Rafael van der Vaart 23 Tobias Mikkelsen Bert Van Marwijk HC Morten Olsen HC Referee: Fourth official: Damir Skomina (SVN) Pavel Kralovec (CZE) Assistant referees: UEFA delegate: Primož Arhar (SVN) Ainar Leppänen (EST) Matej Žunič (SVN) Additional assistant referees: Matej Jug (SVN) Slavko Vinčić (SVN)

Weather Conditions: Partly Cloudy / Temperature: 27°C / Humidity: 65% 17:35:17CET C Captain GK Goalkeeper * Misses next match if booked HC Head coach 09 Jun 2012 Match 3 Half-time report NED-DEN Group B - Saturday 9 June 2012 Metalist Stadium - Kharkiv NETHERLANDS 0-1 DENMARK

18.00CET

1 Maarten Stekelenburg GK 1 Stephan Andersen GK 2 Gregory van der Wiel 3 Simon Kjæ r 3 John Heitinga 4 Daniel Agger C 6 Mark van Bommel C 5 Simon Poulsen 8 Nigel de Jong 6 Lars Jacobsen 10 Wesley S neijder 7 William Kvist 11 Arjen Robben 8 Christian Eriksen 13 Ron V laar 9 Michael Krohn-Dehli 15 Jetro Willems 10 Dennis Rommedahl 16 Robin van Persie 11 Nicklas Bendtner 20 Ibrahim Afellay 21 Niki Zim ling

12 Michel Vorm GK 16 Anders Lindegaard GK 22 Tim K rul GK 22 Kasper Schmeichel GK 4 Joris Mathijsen 2 Christian Poulsen 5 Wilfred Bouma 12 Andreas B jelland 7 Dirk Kuyt 13 Jores Okore 9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 14 Lasse Schøne 14 Stijn Schaars 15 Michael Silberbauer 17 Kevin Strootman 17 Nicklas Pedersen 18 Luuk de Jong 18 Daniel Wass 19 Luciano Narsingh 19 Jakob Poulsen 21 Khalid Boulahrouz 20 Thomas Kahlenberg 23 Rafael van der Vaart 23 Tobias Mikkelsen

Bert Van Marwijk HC Morten Olsen HC

Attempts total 13 Attempts total 5 Attempts on target 3 Attempts on target 5 Saves 2 Saves 2 Corners 3 Corners 1 Offsides 0 Offsides 2 Fouls committed 6 Fouls committed 6 Fouls suffered 6 Fouls suffered 6 Free kicks to goal 0 Free kicks to goal 1 Possession 56% Possession 44% Ball in play 17'19" Ball in play 13'33" Total ball in play 30'52" Total ball in play 30'52"

Referee: Fourth official: Damir Skomina (SVN) Pavel Kralovec (CZE) Assistant referees: UEFA delegate: Primož Arhar (SVN) Ainar Leppänen (EST) Matej Žunič (SVN) Additional assistant referees: Matej Jug (SVN) Slavko Vinčić (SVN)

18:51:12CET Goal Y Booked R Sent off Substitution P Penalty O Own goal C Captain GK Goalkeeper * Misses next match if booked HC Head coach 09 Jun 2012 Match 3 Full-time report NED-DEN Group B - Saturday 9 June 2012 Metalist Stadium - Kharkiv NETHERLANDS 0-1 DENMARK (0) (1) half time 18.00CET half time

1 Maarten Stekelenburg GK 1 Stephan Andersen GK 2 Gregory van der Wiel 3 Simon Kjær 3 John Heitinga 4 Daniel Agger C 6 Mark van Bommel C 5 Simon Poulsen Lars Jacobsen 8 Nigel de Jong 6 7 William Kvist 10 Wesley Sneijder 8 Christian Eriksen 11 Arjen Robben 9 Michael Krohn-Dehli 13 Ron Vlaar 10 Dennis Rommedahl 15 Jetro Willems 11 Nicklas Bendtner 16 Robin van Persie 21 Niki Zimling 20 Ibrahim Afellay

12 Michel Vorm GK 16 Anders Lindegaard GK 22 Tim Krul GK 22 Kasper Schmeichel GK 4 Joris Mathijsen 2 Christian Poulsen 5 Wilfred Bouma 12 Andreas Bjelland 7 Dirk Kuyt 13 Jores Okore 9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 14 Lasse Schøne 14 Stijn Schaars 15 Michael Silberbauer 17 Kevin Strootman 17 Nicklas Pedersen 18 Luuk de Jong 18 Daniel Wass 19 Luciano Narsingh 19 Jakob Poulsen 21 Khalid Boulahrouz 20 Thomas Kahlenberg 23 Rafael van der Vaart 23 Tobias Mikkelsen

Bert Van Marwijk HC Morten Olsen HC

Half Full Half Full Attempts total 13 28 Attempts total 5 8 Attempts on target 3 8 Attempts on target 5 8 Saves 2 3 Saves 2 5 Corners 3 11 Corners 1 4 Offsides 0 1 Offsides 2 2 Fouls committed 6 8 Fouls committed 6 12 Fouls suffered 6 11 Fouls suffered 6 8 Free kicks to goal 0 1 Free kicks to goal 1 1 Possession 56% 53% Possession 44% 47% Ball in play 17'19" 33'56" Ball in play 13'33" 29'58" Total ball in play 30'52" 63'54" Total ball in play 30'52" 63'54"

Referee: Fourth official: Damir Skomina (SVN) Pavel Kralovec (CZE) Assistant referees: UEFA delegate: Primož Arhar (SVN) Ainar Leppänen (EST) Matej Žunič (SVN)

Additional assistant referees: Man of the match: Matej Jug (SVN) 9, Michael Krohn-Dehli (Denmark) Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Attendance: 35,923 19:57:37CET Goal Y Booked R Sent off Substitution P Penalty O Own goal C Captain GK Goalkeeper * Misses next match if booked HC Head coach 09 Jun 2012

Fourth official: Match 3 Player Summary Statistics NED-DEN Group B - Saturday 9 June 2012 Metalist Stadium - Kharkiv NETHERLANDS 0-1 DENMARK

M G T P B W FC FS O Y R Maarten Stekelenburg 1 93'58" Gregory van der Wiel 2 85'10" John Heitinga 3 93'58" 2 1 1 Mark van Bommel 6 93'58" 1 1 1 3 1 Nigel de Jong 8 71'25" 1 Wesley Sneijder 10 93'58" 1 1 3 Arjen Robben 11 93'58" 1 1 4 1 Ron Vlaar 13 93'58" 1 1 Jetro Willems 15 93'58" 1 1 1 Robin van Persie 16 93'58" 3 4 2 2 Ibrahim Afellay 20 71'35" 1 4 1 Michel Vorm 12 Tim Krul 22 Joris Mathijsen 4 Wilfred Bouma 5 Dirk Kuyt 7 8'48" Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 9 22'23" 1 Stijn Schaars 14 Kevin Strootman 17 Luuk de Jong 18 Luciano Narsingh 19 Khalid Boulahrouz 21 Rafael van der Vaart 23 22'33" 1 1

M G T P B W FC FS O Y R 93'58" 1 1 Stephan Andersen 93'58" 1 3 Simon Kjær 93'58" 1 4 Daniel Agger 93'58" 1 1 5 Simon Poulsen 93'58" 2 1 6 Lars Jacobsen 93'58" 2 1 7 William Kvist 74'19" 1 3 8 Christian Eriksen 93'58" 1 3 1 9 Michael Krohn-Dehli 84'11" 1 1 2 10 Dennis Rommedahl 93'58" 1 1 2 11 Nicklas Bendtner 93'58" 1 2 1 21 Niki Zimling 16 Anders Lindegaard 22 Kasper Schmeichel 2 Christian Poulsen 12 Andreas Bjelland 13 Jores Okore 19'39" 1 14 Lasse Schøne 15 Michael Silberbauer 17 Nicklas Pedersen 18 Daniel Wass 19 Jakob Poulsen 20 Thomas Kahlenberg 9'47" 23 Tobias Mikkelsen

M Minutes played G Goals scored T Attempts on target P Attempts hitting post B Attempts hitting bar W Other attempts off target FC Fouls committed FS Fouls suffered 19:58:08CET O Offsides Y Yellow cards R Red cards 09 Jun 2012 Match Team statistics: Full time 3 Group B - 9 June 2012 NED - DEN Metalist Stadium - Kharkiv NETHERLANDS- DENMARK

24' Michael Krohn-Dehli

First half Second half Total Tournament average Tournament high

Scoring situations Netherlands Denmark Netherlands Denmark Netherlands Denmark Netherlands Denmark All Netherlands Denmark All Goals scored 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11.25 0 1 4 open play 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11.25 0 1 4 penalty 000000000000 direct from free-kick 000000000000 Total attempts 13 5 15 3 28 8 28 8 14 28 8 28 on target 3 5 5 3 8 8 8 86.59 8 8 10 off target 10 0 10 0 20 0 20 0 7.42 20 0 20 Assists 000000001004 Corners 3 1 8 3 11 4 11 45.09 11 4 11 Offsides 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 21.84 1 2 4 Saves 2 2 1 3 3 5 3 52.92 3 5 5 Time & distance Total time played (minutes) 46'01" 47'57" 93'58" Ball possession 57% 43% 50% 50% 53% 47% Distance covered (metres) 51998 55038 56785 57844 108783 112882 108783 112882 110961 108783 112882 118701 Discipline Yellow cards 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 21.75 1 2 4 Red cards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.17 0 0 1 Fouls committed 6 6 2 6 8 12 8 12 15 8 12 22 Passing & solo runs Passes attempted 334 255 320 271 654 526 654 526 575.59 654 526 834 Long 35 34 39 40 74 74 74 74 70.75 74 74 93 Medium 229 160 228 185 457 345 457 345 375.42 457 345 523 Short 70 61 53 46 123 107 123 107 129.42 123 107 235 Passes completed 261 187 235 190 496 377 496 377 407.59 496 377 672 Long 22 23 25 22 47 45 47 45 41.59 47 45 50 Medium 187 122 173 138 360 260 360 260 275.17 360 260 422 Short 52 42 37 30 89 72 89 72 90.84 89 72 200 Passes completion rate 78% 73% 73% 70% 76% 72% 76% 72% 71% 76% 72% 81% Long 63% 68% 64% 55% 64% 61% 64% 61% 59% 64% 61% 54% Medium 82% 76% 76% 75% 79% 75% 79% 75% 73% 79% 75% 81% Short 74% 69% 70% 65% 72% 67% 72% 67% 70% 72% 67% 85% Delivery/solo runs 26 21 42 20 68 41 68 41 50.84 68 41 86 into the attacking third 20 19 30 17 50 36 50 36 41.75 50 36 64 into the key area 19 8 26 12 45 20 45 20 29.17 45 20 62 into the 6 4 12 3 18 7 18 710.25 18 7 22

17:12:20CET Goals scored Penalty Bold values: number 1 in the ranking 11 Jun 2012 Match 3 Team / Players passing distribution: Full time NED-DEN Group B - Saturday 9 June 2012 Metalist Stadium - Kharkiv NETHERLANDS 0-1 DENMARK

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Long Medium Short Total From TP 1 2 3 6 8 10 11 13 15 16 20 7 9 23 PC PA PC PA PC PA PC PA % Maarten Stekelenburg 1 93'58" 1 10 3 - - 2 7 5 - 1 1 - 1 6 11 24 25 1 1 31 37 84% Gregory van der Wiel 2 85'10" 5 6 5 4 - 12 3 2 2 - - - - 7 10 26 31 6 9 39 50 78% John Heitinga 3 93'58" 4 8 4 5 2 5 15 - 3 3 1 - 3 2 4 47 53 4 6 53 63 84% Mark van Bommel 6 93'58" 4 6 7 2 5 5 2 2 3 2 2 - 4 8 12 31 40 5 6 44 58 76% Nigel de Jong 8 71'25" 1 2 5 5 11 4 4 4 - 5 - - - 7 8 29 35 5 7 41 50 82% Wesley Sneijder 10 93'58" - - 2 5 4 9 1 8 4 17 1 3 3 4 8 34 49 19 26 57 83 69% Arjen Robben 11 93'58" - 7 2 4 4 6 1 1 6 - - - 4 2 2 27 46 6 13 35 61 57% Ron Vlaar 13 93'58" 4 - 8 6 13 5 1 14 1 2 - - 4 4 5 51 55 3 5 58 65 89% Jetro Willems 15 93'58" 5 - 1 4 5 10 3 14 2 5 - 2 2 4 7 38 44 11 12 53 63 84% Robin van Persie 16 93'58" - 3 - 1 - 6 1 - 1 9 - - 2 0 0 11 21 12 16 23 37 62% Ibrahim Afellay 20 71'35" - 2 - 3 5 16 2 1 3 4 - - - 2 3 24 32 10 13 36 48 75% Dirk Kuyt 7 8'48" - - - 4 ------0 1 4 5 0 0 4 6 67% Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 9 22'23" - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 0 2 3 4 3 6 50% Rafael van der Vaart 23 22'33" - 4 4 2 - 5 1 1 1 1 - - - 1 3 14 19 4 5 19 27 70% Total passes received: 23 33 45 46 42 67 46 49 41 26 44 5 5 24 47 74 360 457 89 123 496 654 76%

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Long Medium Short Total From TP 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 21 14 23 PC PA PC PA PC PA PC PA % Stephan Andersen 1 93'58" 8 14 3 - 3 2 2 2 3 4 - - 11 21 30 36 0 0 41 57 72% Simon Kjær 3 93'58" 3 3 - 9 5 1 2 2 2 9 - - 5 8 28 38 3 5 36 51 71% Daniel Agger 4 93'58" 9 4 7 - 4 3 3 1 3 5 - - 3 5 34 38 3 5 40 48 83% Simon Poulsen 5 93'58" 1 1 3 - 5 3 13 1 7 5 2 1 7 9 21 30 14 16 42 55 76% Lars Jacobsen 6 93'58" - 5 - - - - 1 7 2 5 - - 1 4 15 23 4 7 20 34 59% William Kvist 7 93'58" 4 6 7 5 1 6 2 2 6 5 1 1 2 3 34 42 10 10 46 55 84% Christian Eriksen 8 74'19" 1 1 1 3 1 2 4 1 1 6 - - 1 2 12 19 8 17 21 38 55% Michael Krohn-Dehli 9 93'58" - - 3 10 2 4 3 - 2 4 1 1 7 10 14 22 9 14 30 46 65% Dennis Rommedahl 10 84'11" - 2 2 - 1 3 1 - 4 1 - - 1 3 6 11 7 9 14 23 61% Nicklas Bendtner 11 93'58" - 3 - 2 3 3 7 1 2 4 - 1 2 2 19 28 5 8 26 38 68% Niki Zimling 21 93'58" 1 7 6 3 4 7 3 5 2 6 - 3 4 6 38 43 5 9 47 58 81% Lasse Schøne 14 19'39" - - - 2 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 7 4 5 8 12 67% Tobias Mikkelsen 23 9'47" 1 - - - 1 - - - - - 2 2 1 1 5 8 0 2 6 11 55% Total passes received: 20 37 39 35 22 37 29 34 21 37 51 6 8 45 74 260 345 72 107 377 526 72%

19:59:11CET TP: Time played PA: Passes attempted PC: Passes completed %: Passing success percentage 09 Jun 2012 Match 3 Tactical lineups: Full time NED-DEN Group B - Saturday 9 June 2012 Metalist Stadium - Kharkiv NETHERLANDS 0-1 DENMARK

71' (In) 23 Van der Vaart / (Out) 8 N. de Jong 74' (In) 14 Schøne / (Out) 8 Eriksen 71' (In) 9 Huntelaar / (Out) 20 Afellay 84' (In) 23 Mikkelsen / (Out) 10 Rommedahl 85' (In) 7 Kuyt / (Out) 2 Van der Wiel

Total time played: 93'58" 53% - 33'56" Ball possession 47% - 29'58" Actual formation Direction of play --> <-- Direction of play Stekelenburg 1 1 Andersen Van der Wiel 2 3 Kjær Heitinga 3 4 Agger Van Bommel 6 5 S. Poulsen N. de Jong 8 6 Jacobsen Sneijder 10 7 Kvist Robben 11 8 Eriksen Vlaar 13 9 Krohn-Dehli Willems 15 10 Rommedahl Van Persie 16 11 Bendtner Afellay 20 21 Zimling

Kuyt 7 14 Schøne Huntelaar 9 23 Mikkelsen Van der Vaart 23 45-60 0-15 60-75 15-30 75-90 30-45 Second Half First Half

19:58:29CET did not play the entire match substitution R sent off 09 Jun 2012