GROUP C Germany National Anthem Deutschlandlied Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Für das deutsche Vaterland! Danach lasst uns alle streben Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand! Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Sind des Glückes Unterpfand; Blüh’ im Glanze dieses Glückes, Blühe, deutsches Vaterland! Blüh’ im Glanze dieses Glückes, Blühe, deutsches Vaterland! Unity and justice and freedom Capital: Berlin For the German fatherland! Let us all strive for this purpose Population: 81,083,600 The Berlin wall Brotherly with heart and hand! Currency: Euro divided East and Unity and justice and freedom West Germany Are the pledge of happiness; Area: 357,168km2 from 1961 to 1989. Bloom in the glow of happiness, Highest Peak: Zugspitze (2,962 metres) It was 3.6 metres Bloom, German fatherland! Bloom in the glow of happiness, Longest River: River Rhine (1,230km) high and over 140 kilometers long. Bloom, German fatherland! Germany is the most populous Did you European country (apart from Russia), with a population of 82 know? million. Over 100 Germans Germany lies In 2005 Germany have been awarded in the center of Europe produced approximately 35% the Nobel prize in their and shares borders with of the world’s wind energy. field, including Albert 9 countries: Denmark, Einstein, who was There are over 20,000 wind born in Germany. Poland, Czech Republic, turbines off the coast of northern Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, the largest of which Luxemburg, Belgium and reach 200 metres in the Netherlands. height. 22 German GROUP C football crest CURRENT SQUAD Manuel Neuer FC Bayern Munchen German Bernd Leno Bayer 04 Leverkusen Marc-André ter Stegen FC Barcelona football Shkodran Mustafi Valencia CF German Sebastian Rudy 1899 Hoffenheim football Mats Hummels Borussia Dortmund team facts jersey Emre Can Liverpool Antonio Rüdiger Roma Nickname: Die Mannschaft Matthias Ginter Borussia Dortmund Jérôme Boateng FC Bayern Munchen Captain: Bastian Schweinsteiger Germany have won the European Legend: Gerd Müller Sami Khedira Juventus FC Championships Manager: Joachim Löw three times before Julian Draxler VfL Wolfsburg National Stadium: No Permanent Stadium - in 1972, 1980 André Schürrle VfL Wolfsburg and 1996. Karim Bellarabi Bayer 04 Leverkusen Kit Manufacturer: Adidas Thomas Müller FC Bayern Munchen Most Appearances: Lothar Matthäus (150 caps) İlkay Gündoğan Borussia Dortmund Most Goals: Miroslav Klose (71 goals) Bastian Schweinsteiger Manchester United FC Toni Kroos Real Madrid CF Euro Record: Winners (1972, 1980, 1996) Marco Reus Borussia Dortmund FIFA Ranking: 5 Mesut Özil Arsenal FC First International: v Switzerland (Lost 3-5, 05/04/1908) Mario Götze FC Bayern Munchen Largest Victory: v Russia (Won 16-0, 01/07/1912) Kevin Volland 1899 Hoffenheim Famous Result: v Netherlands (Won 2-1, 07/07/1974) Mario Gómez Beşiktaş JK 23 GROUP C Northern Ireland National Anthem God Save the Queen God save our gracious Queen! Long live our noble Queen! God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the Queen. Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour, Long may she reign. May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause, To sing with heart and voice, Capital: Belfast God save the Queen. Population: 1,856,168 The Giant’s Causeway, situated on Currency: British Pound Sterling the North East coast of Area: 14,130km2 Northern Ireland, is an Highest Peak: Slieve Donard (850 metres) area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt Longest River: River Bann (159km) columns, the result of an ancient volcanic Did you know? eruption. HMS Titanic ship was built in Belfast, After years of the capital of civil war, Ireland became a republic in 1921. Belfast City Airport Northern Ireland. At this time, Britain negotiated with Ireland opened in 1983 and to keep the six counties in the north-east was renamed George of Ireland. These six counties now make up Best Airport what is known as Northern Ireland. in 2006. 24 GROUP C Northern Irish crest CURRENT SQUAD Roy Carroll Notts County FC Northern Michael McGovern Hamilton Academical FC Alan Mannus St. Johnstone FC Ireland Chris Baird Derby County FC Northern Gareth McAuley West Bromwich Albion FC Irish Jonny Evans West Bromwich Albion FC team facts jersey Craig Cathcart Watford FC Lee Hodson Milton Keynes Dons FC Nickname: Green and White Army Conor McLaughlin Fleetwood Town FC Captain: Steven Davis Shane Ferguson Millwall FC Legend: George Best (right) Steven Davis Southampton FC Manager: Michael O’Neill Chris Brunt West Bromwich Albion FC National Stadium: Windsor Park (20,000) Corry Evans Blackburn Rovers FC Oliver Norwood Reading FC Kit Manufacturer: Adidas Paddy McCourt Luton Town FC Most Appearances: Pat Jennings (119 caps) Stuart Dallas Leeds United FC Most Goals: David Healy (36 goals) Kyle Lafferty Norwich City FC Euro Record: Debut in Euro 2016 Niall McGinn Aberdeen FC FIFA Ranking: 26 Jamie Ward Nottingham Forest FC First International: v England (Lost 13-0, 18/02/1882) Josh Magennis Kilmarnock FC Billy McKay Dundee United FC Largest Victory: v Faroe Islands (Won 5-0, 11/09/1991) Will Grigg Wigan Athletic FC Famous Result: v England (Won 1-0, 07/09/2005) Liam Boyce Ross County FC 25 GROUP C Poland National Anthem Mazurek Dąbrowskiego Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła, Kiedy my żyjemy. Co nam obca przemoc wzięła, Szablą odbierzemy. Marsz, marsz, Dąbrowski, Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski. Za twoim przewodem Złączym się z narodem. Marsz, marsz, Dąbrowski, Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski. Za twoim przewodem Złączym się z narodem. Capital: Warsaw Marsz, marsz, Dąbrowski, Population: 38,483,957 Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski. Currency: Polish Zloty Za twoim przewodem Złączym się z narodem. Area: 312,679km2 Highest Peak: Rysy (2,499 metres) Poland has not yet perished, Longest River: Vistula River (1,047km) So long as we still live. What the alien force has taken from us, Poland is the We shall retrieve with a sabre. 9th largest March, march, Dąbrowski, Did you country in From the Italian land to Poland. Under your command Europe by land We shall rejoin the nation. area. know? We shall retrieve with a sabre. March, march, Dąbrowski, Forests cover over From the Italian land to Poland. 30% of Poland’s Under your command land area and the We shall rejoin the nation. country is the fourth most forested in Just over 120,000 people Of all migratory Europe. of Polish ancestry live in birds that travel to Europe the Republic of Ireland, for the summer, one quarter according to the 2011 breed in Poland making census. it the most important bird breeding ground 26 in Europe. GROUP C Polish football crest CURRENT SQUAD Artur Boruc Bournemouth FC Polish Wojciech Szczęsny AS Roma Przemysław Tytoń VfB Stuttgart football Jakub Wawrzyniak Lechia Gdańsk Polish Łukasz Piszczek Borussia Dortmund football Kamil Glik Torino FC team facts jersey Łukasz Szukała Osmanlıspor Artur Jędrzejczyk Legia Warsaw Nickname: Biało-czerwoni (The White and Reds) Michał Pazdan Legia Warsaw Captain: Robert Lewandowski Thiago Cionek US Cittá di Palermo Paweł Dawidowicz S.L. Benfica B Legend: Zbigniew Boniek Manager: Adam Nawałka Maciej Rybus Terek Grozny National Stadium: Stadion Narodowy w Warszawie (56,826) Tomasz Jodłowiec Legia Warsaw Sebastian Mila Lechia Gdańsk Kit Manufacturer: Nike Kamil Grosicki Rennes Most Appearances: Michał Żewłakow (102 caps) Sławomir Peszko Lechia Gdańsk Most Goals: Włodzimierz Lubański (48 goals) Krzysztof Mączyński Wisła Kraków Piotr Zieliński Empoli Euro Record: Group Stage (2008, 2012) Ariel Borysiuk Legia Warsaw FIFA Ranking: 34 Karol Linetty Lech Poznań First International: v Hungary (Lost 0-1, 18/12/1921) Arkadiusz Milik Ajax Largest Victory: v San Marino (Won 10-0, 01/04/2009) Artur Sobiech Hannover 96 Famous Result: v France (Won 3-2, 10/07/1982) Robert Lewandowski FC Bayern Munchen 27 GROUP C Ukraine National Anthem Shche ne vmerly Ukrainy i slava i volya Shche ne vmerla Ukrayiny i slava, i volya, Shche nam, brattia molodiyi, usmikhnet’sia dolia. Z-hynut’ nashi vorizhen’ky, yak rosa na sontsi, Zapanuyem i my, brattia, u svoyiy storontsi. Refrain x2 Dushu y tilo my polozhym za nashu svobodu, I pokazhem, shcho my, brattia, kozats’koho rodu! Capital: Kiev Ukraine’s glory has not yet died, nor Ukraine her freedom, Population: 44,429,471 has many Upon us, compatriots, fate shall smile Currency: Ukranian Hryvnia interesting animals once more. Our enemies will vanish, like dew in Area: 603,500km2 including lynxes, wolves, wild boar, the morning sun, Highest Peak: Hora Hoverla (2,061 metres) brown bears, beavers, And we too shall rule, brothers, in a Longest River: Dnieper (981km) otters, hamsters free land of our own. and gophers. Carp, Refrain x2 bream and catfish are Souls and bodies we’ll lay down, all for common fish species, our freedom, while Great White And we will show that we, brothers, are Pelicans are native of the Cossack nation! Did you to south-west know? areas. Ukrainian national The world’s Ukraine has an area costume is called “vyshyvanka“. of 603,628 km² worst nuclear power plant It’s a plain white shirt made of (233,062 mi²), accident, the 1986 Chernobyl linen and decorated with floral which makes it the Nuclear Power Plant or ornamental hand-sewn largest country with its entirety within Europe. disaster, took place in the now embroidery. They are worn by abandoned Ukrainian town both men and women on of Pripyat. numerous occasions. 28 GROUP C Ukraine football crest CURRENT SQUAD Andriy Pyatov FC Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine Denys Boyko Beşiktaş J.K. Mykyta Shevchenko Zorya Luhansk football