UEFA EURO 2012 - European Club Association
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UEFA EURO 2012 - European Club Association
Facts and Key Figures Player Release Analysis UEFA EURO 2012 POLAND & UKRAINE 8 June - 1 July ECA Research - June 2012 TM Player Release Analysis UEFA Euro 2012TM Table of Contents 1 Foreword 2 Highlights 3 Introduction 4 Confederations representation 5 Most represented national championships 7 Club analysis – Top 10 Overview 8 European club analysis – Overview per National Association 10 ECA Members Clubs represented 11 Appendix 1: Club analysis – Full list of National Team squads 17 Appendix 2: Comparison with statistics of UEFA Euro 2008TM 20 Appendix 3: Full list of National Team squads ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS EURO 2012 POLAND & UKRAINE Foreword The UEFA Euro 2012™ is the most important international football competition in Europe. It is organised by the Union Européenne de Football Association (UEFA) and the first edition was held in 1960. The 14th edition is hosted in Poland and Ukraine from the 8th of June to the 1st of July 2012. For the UEFA Euro 2012™, all clubs have to release their players for the tournament according to the FIFA regulations: in accordance with Annexe 1 to the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, “if a player is called up, he must be released to play in the final competition organised by FIFA or a confederation and held in a period fixed/set in the calendar. In this event, the period of release shall be 14 days.” Following fruitful talks held in spring 2012 between the European Club Association (ECA) and UEFA, which ended in the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding in March 2012, the UEFA Executive Committee has decided to allocate an amount of €100 million from the benefits of the the UEFA Euro 2012TM to clubs (compared to €43’466’390 for Euro 2008). A part of this €100 million will be distributed amongst those clubs who released players for the UEFA Euro 2012™. Moreover, any club whose player(s) appeared on the match sheet of a UEFA Euro 2012™ qualification game will receive a fixed amount. The exact figures will be officialised during the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on the 30th of June 2012. The purpose of this research is to show the overall situation of players released by European clubs with a focus on ECA Members. The research is based on the official UEFA Squad Lists published on the 29th of May 2012 (with ulterior replacements due to injury before the start of the tournament). ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS EURO 2012 POLAND & UKRAINE 1 Highlights • 134 clubs in total released one or more players to the UEFA Euro 2012™. 132 of these clubs are European clubs from UEFA Member Associations. • 99% of the UEFA Euro 2012™ players (366 players from a total of 368) are playing in one of the European national championships. • FC Bayern München released the highest number of players for the UEFA EURO 2012TM: 12. • 58.2% of the UEFA Euro 2012™ players (214 players) come from clubs playing in Germany, England, Italy, Spain or France. • 22 English clubs released 79 players in total. • All the English players are playing in their own national championship, followed by Russia and Ukraine (21 out of 23 players). • 83 ECA Member Clubs from 22 different UEFA Members Associations have at least one player playing in the UEFA Euro 2012™. • None of the Irish players play in the Irish national championship. ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 2 Introduction UEFA Euro 2012™ The UEFA Euro 2012TM finals are held in Poland and Ukraine in eight venues (played in Gdansk, Poznań, Warsaw, Wrocław (Poland), Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, L’viv (Ukraine) between the 8th of June and the 1st of July. Nine Member Associations have won the trophy, with Germany having won it three times. France, Italy, Spain hold two titles and Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Denmark, Greece and Soviet Union each won one title. The European premier football tournament lines up 16 countries, which emerged from a qualification process that began in September 2010. The 2012 participants form four groups of four teams. Group A Group B Group C Group D Poland Netherlands Spain Ukraine Russia Germany Italy England Greece Denmark Croatia Sweden Czech Republic Portugal Rep. of Ireland France This research is based on a comprehensive UEFA Euro 2012™ players’ analysis and outlines in which country, national championship and club the players were registered in the past season. ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 3 Confederations representation The table below shows in which confederation the 368 UEFA Euro 2012™ players are currently registered. 366 players are competing in one of the European national championships (UEFA Member Associations) and 2 players are playing outside Europe. Confederation 1 Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) 366 players 2 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 1 player Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) 1 player ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 4 Most represented national championships The 368 players participating in the UEFA Euro 2012™ are registered with clubs from 24 different national championships. 22 are European national championships (UEFA), 1 is from the Asian Confederation (AFC), 1 is from the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association (CONCACAF). National championship per confederation (in decreasing order) Europe (UEFA): England, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey, Denmark, Czech Republic, Poland, Belgium, Croatia, Scotland, Sweden, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland, Romania ASIA (AFC): Saudi Arabia (Al-Hilal FC) Northern America (CONCACAF): USA (LA Galaxy) National championship Players 1 England 79 2 Germany 46 3 Spain 33 4 Italy 31 5 Russia 29 6 Ukraine 28 7 France 25 8 Greece 17 9 Netherlands 16 10 Portugal 12 11 Turkey 9 12 Denmark 8 Czech Republic 8 14 Poland 6 15 Croatia 5 16 Scotland 4 ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 5 National championship 17 19 / Players Belgium 3 Sweden 3 Cyprus 1 Israel 1 Switzerland 1 Romania 1 Other Conferderations 2 One player out of five is playing in an English league (21.5%). 214 players (58.2%) are playing in one of the “Big 5” national championships (including Second division), being Germany, England, Italy, Spain or France. Despite not being represented by their national team at the UEFA Euro 2012™, Cyprus, Belgium, Israel, Romania, Scotland, Switzerland and Turkey, have at least one player from their national championship participating in the UEFA Euro 2012™ Poland/Ukraine. Sweden 0,82% Scotland 1,09% Cyprus 0,27% Israel 0,27% Croatia 1,09% Romania 0,27% Belgium 0,82% Poland 1,63% Czech Republic 1,90% Switzerland 0,27% Other Confederations 0,54% Denmark 2,17% England 21,5% Turkey 2,45% Portugal 3,26% Netherlands 4,35% Greece 4,62% Germany 13,04% France 6,79% Ukraine 7,34% Spain 8,70% Russia 8,15% Italy 8,42% ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 6 Club analysis - Top 10 Overview Most represented clubs 134 clubs in total are involved in releasing players, 132 of which are European clubs. FC Bayern München released 12 players, the highest number of players for the UEFA Euro 2012™ followed by Real Madrid CF with 11 players and FC Dynamo Kyiv with 10 players. All the English players are playing in an English league, followed by Russia and Ukraine where 21 players are playing in their own league. The table below outlines which clubs are releasing most players: Players Club Name 12 FC Bayern München, Germany 11 Real Madrid CF, Spain 10 FC Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine 9 Liverpool FC, England 8 Manchester City FC, England 8 BVB Dortmund, Germany 8 FC Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia 8 FC Barcelona, Spain 8 FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine 7 Five teams Names Holger Badstuber, Jérôme Boateng, Mario Gomez, Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer, Thomas Müller, Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER), Danijel Pranjić (CRO), Franck Ribéry (FRA), Arjen Robben (NED), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (UKR) Raúl Albiol, Xabi Alonso, Álvaro Arbeloa, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos (SPA), Karim Benzema (FRA), Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil (GER), Fábio Coentrão, Pepe, Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) Olexandr Aliyev, Denys Garmash, Oleh Gusev, Yevhen Khacheridi, Maxym Koval, Taras Mikhalik, Artem Milevskiy, Andriy Yarmolenko, Andriy Shevchenko (UKR), Ognjen Vukojević (CRO) Glen Johnson, Stewart Downing, Steven Gerrard, Andy Carroll, Martin Kelly and Jordan Henderson (ENG), Daniel Agger (DEN), Pepe Reina (ESP), Dirk Kuyt (NED) Joe Hart, Joleon Lescott, James Milner (ENG), Gaël Clichy, Samir Nasri (FRA), Mario Balotelli (ITA), Nigel de Jong (NED), David Silva (SPA) Mario Götze, Íkay Gündoğan, Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer (GER), Ivan Perišić (CRO), Jakub Błaszczykowski, Robert Lewandowski, Łukasz Piszczek (POL) Aleksandr Anyukov, Andrey Arshavin, Igor Denisov, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Vyacheslav Malafeev, Roman Shirokov, Konstantin Zyryanov (RUS) Bruno Alves (POR) Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Gerard Piqué, Pedro Rodríguez, Víctor Valdés (SPA), Ibrahim Afellay (NED) Olexandr Kucher, Andriy Pyatov, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Yevhen Seleznyov, Vyacheslav Shevchuk (UKR), Eduardo, Darijo Srna (CRO), Tomáš Hübschman (CZE) ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 7 European club analysis Overview per National Association Number of players Number of clubs Member Association UEFA Country Ranking1 366 players out of a total of 368 play in one of the 22 European national championships. 132 European clubs are involved in releasing players to the UEFA Euro 2012™ 1 England 22 79 2 Spain 8 33 3 Germany 17 46 4 Italy 13 31 5 Portugal 4 12 6 France 11 25 7 Russia 9 29 8 Netherlands 8 16 9 Ukraine 7 28 Club (number of players) Liverpool FC (9), Manchester City FC (8), Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Manchester United FC (7), Tottenham Hotspur FC, Everton FC, Sunderland FC (5), West Bromwich Albion FC (4), Fulham FC, Wolverhampton Wanderers, FC Newcastle United FC (3), Aston Villa FC, Stoke City FC, Leicester City FC (2), Blackburn Rovers FC, Birmingham City FC, Derby County FC, Hull City FC, Millwall FC, Swansea AFC, West Ham FC (1) Real Madrid CF (11), FC Barcelona (8), Valencia CF, Sevilla FC, Real Zaragoza (3), Athletic Club, Málaga CF (2), Club Atlético de Madrid (1) FC Bayern München (12), BVB Dortmund (8), Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Werder Bremen (4), FC Schalke 04 (3), Hannover 96, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg (2), 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1. FC Köln, 1. FC Nürnberg, 1. FSV Mainz, Borussia VfL 1900 M’Gladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895, Hertha BSC Berlin, Hamburger SV (1) Juventus (7), AC Milan (6), AS Roma (4), SSC Napoli (2), Bologna FC (2), Genoa CFC (2), US Città di Palermo (2), AFC Fiorentina, FC Internazionale Milano, FC Parma, Udinese Calcio, SS Lazio, Torino FC (1) Sporting Clube de Portugal (4), SC Braga (3), FC Porto (3), SL Benfica (2) Évian Thonon Gaillard FC, Paris Saint-Germain FC (4), FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Olympique de Marseille, Olympique Lyonnais (3), AS Monaco FC, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (2), AJ Auxerre, LOSC Lille Métropole, Montpellier Hérault SC, Stade Rennais FC (1) FC Zenit St. Petersburg (9), PFC CSKA Moskva (7), FC Dinamo Moskva (5), FC Spartak Moskva (3), PFC Lokomotiv Moskva (2), FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Terek Grozny, FC Rostov, FC Rubin Kazan (1) PSV Eindhoven (6), AFC Ajax, AZ Alkmaar, FC Twente (2), Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Groningen, NEC Nijmegen, sc Heerenveen (1) FC Dynamo Kyiv (10), FC Shakhtar Donetsk (8), FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (5), FC Metalist Kharkiv (2), FC Illychivets Mariupil, FC Vorskla Poltava, SC Tavriya Simferopol (1) ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 8 Number of clubs Number of players Member Association UEFA Country Ranking1 10 Greece 6 17 11 Turkey 6 9 12 Belgium 2 3 RSC Anderlecht (2), Club Brugge KV (1) 13 Denmark 4 8 FC Nordsjælland (3), Brøndby IF (2), FC København (2), FC Midtjylland IF (1) 14 Switzerland 1 1 BSC Young Boys (1) 16 Cyprus 1 1 Anorthosis Famagusta FC (1) 17 Israel 1 1 Maccabi Haifa FC (1) 18 Scotland 1 4 Celtic FC (4) 19 Czech Rep. 3 8 FC Viktoria Plzen̆ (6), FC Slovan Liberec, FK Jablonec (1) 20 Poland 2 6 KKS Lech Poznan´ (3), KP Legia Warszawa (2), Jagiellonia Białystok (1) 21 Croatia 1 5 NK Dinamo Zagreb (5) 22 Romania 1 1 CFR 1907 Cluj (1) 24 Sweden 3 3 Helsingborgs IF, IF Elfsborg, IFK Göteborg (1) Club (number of players) Olympiakos FC (6), PAOK (4), Panathinaikos FC (3), AEK Athens (2), Aris FC, Atromitos FC (1) . Be sikta ˛ s˛ JK (3), Galatasaray AS (2), Istanbul BB, SK Samsunspor, Sivasspor Trabzonspor AS˛ (1) 1) UEFA Country Ranking May 2012 ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 9 ECA Member Clubs represented 83 ECA Members from 22 different UEFA Member Associations have at least one player participating in the UEFA Euro 2012™ edition in Poland and Ukraine (290 in total). As we mentioned before, FC Bayern München have released 12 players. UEFA Ranking2 21 Member Association ECA Member Clubs represented NK Dinamo Zagreb, Everton FC, AS Monaco FC, FC Bayern München, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, BV Borussia Dortmund, VfL Wolfsburg, Maccabi Haifa FC, Sevilla FC, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Slovan Liberec, FC Viktoria Plzen, Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Hamburger SV, Anorthosis Famagusta FC, FC Spartak Moskva, PFC CSKA Moskva, Be˛sikta˛s JK, Galatasaray AS, ˛ FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Shakhtar Donetsk Brøndby IF, FC København, Club Brugge KV, Arsenal FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester United FC, VfB Stuttgart, AS Roma, AZ Alkmaar, AFC Ajax, BSC Young Boys Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Everton FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Manchester United FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC Bayer 04 Leverkusen, BV Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern München, FC Schalke 04, SV Werder Bremen, Borussia VfL 1900 M’Gladbach, Arsenal FC, Real Madrid CF AEK Athens FC, Aris FC, Olympiacos FC, Panathinaikos FC, PAOK FC, AS Monaco FC, FC Schalke 04, SV Werder Bremen, US Città di Palermo, Celtic FC FC Girondins de Bordeaux, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, LOSC Lille Métropole, Olympique Lyonnais, Olympique de Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain FC, Arsenal FC, Manchester City FC, Manchester United FC, Newcastle United FC, FC Bayern München, AC Milan, Real Madrid CF, Valencia CF AC Milan, ACF Fiorentina, AS Roma, FC Parma, Juventus, SSC Napoli, US Città di Palermo, Manchester City FC, Paris Saint-Germain FC Croatia ^ 19 Czech Rep. 13 Denmark 1 England 3 Germany 10 Greece 6 France 4 Italy 33 Rep. of Ireland 8 Netherlands 20 Poland 5 Portugal 7 Russia 2 Spain 24 Sweden 9 Ukraine Aston Villa FC, Everton FC, Fulham FC, FC Spartak Moskva, Celtic FC AFC Ajax, Feyenoord, FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven, sc Heerenveen, Arsenal FC, Everton FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Newcastle United FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, FC Bayern München, FC Schalke 04, VfB Stuttgart, AC Milan, AS Roma, FC Internazionale Milano, Sporting Clube de Portugal, FC Barcelona, KKS Lech Poznań , KP Legia Warszawa, KRC Genk, RSC Anderlecht, Arsenal FC, AJ Auxerre, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, BV Borussia Dortmund, SV Werder Bremen, PSV Eindhoven, Celtic FC, Trabzonspor AS, ˛ SC Braga, SL Benfica, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Chelsea FC, Manchester United FC, FC Porto, CFR 1907 Cluj, FC Zenit St Petersburg, Real Madrid CF, Valencia CF, Be˛sikta˛s JK PFC CSKA Moskva, FC Lokomotiv Moskva, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Spartak Moskva, FC Zenit St Petersburg, Fulham FC, Sporting Clube de Portugal FC Barcelona, Club Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid CF, Sevilla FC, Valencia CF, Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC Helsingborgs IF, IF Elfsborg, IFK Göteborg, RSC Anderlecht, FC København, Olympique Lyonnais, SV Werder Bremen, Olympiacos FC, AC Milan, AZ Alkmaar, PSV Eindhoven, FC Twente, PFC CSKA Moskva, Celtic FC, Galatasaray AS˛ FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Bayern München 2) UEFA Country Ranking May 2012 ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 10 Appendix 1: Club analysis Full list of club origin of players represented in UEFA Euro 2012tm. Club NA 12 FC Bayern München Germany 11 Real Madrid CF 10 FC Dynamo Kyiv 9 Liverpool FC 8 Manchester City FC 8 BVB Dortmund 8 FC Barcelona 8 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 8 FC Zenit St. Petersburg 7 Arsenal FC 7 Chelsea FC 7 Manchester United FC 7 Juventus 7 PFC CSKA Moskva 6 FC Viktoria Plzen̆ 6 Olympiacos FC Player Holger Badstuber, Jérôme Boateng, Mario Gomez, Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer, Thomas Müller, Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER), Danijel Pranjić (CRO), Franck Ribéry (FRA), Arjen Robben (NED), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (UKR) Spain Raúl Albiol, Xabi Alonso, Álvaro Arbeloa, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos (SPA), Karim Benzema (FRA), Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil (GER), Fábio Coentrão, Pepe, Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) Ukraine Olexandr Aliyev, Denys Garmash, Oleh Gusev, Yevhen Khacheridi, Maxym Koval, Taras Mikhalik, Artem Milevskiy, Andriy Yarmolenko, Andriy Shevchenko (UKR), Ognjen Vukojević (CRO) England Glen Johnson, Stewart Downing, Steven Gerrard, Andy Carroll, Martin Kelly and Jordan Henderson (ENG), Daniel Agger (DEN), Pepe Reina (ESP), Dirk Kuyt (NED) England Joe Hart, Joleon Lescott, James Milner (ENG), Gaël Clichy, Samir Nasri (FRA), Mario Balotelli (ITA), Nigel de Jong (NED), David Silva (SPA) Germany Mario Götze, Ílkay Gündoğan, Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer (GER), Ivan Perišić (CRO), Jakub Błaszczykowski, Robert Lewandowski, Łukasz Piszczek (POL) Spain Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Gerard Piqué, Pedro Rodríguez, Víctor Valdés (SPA), Ibrahim Afellay (NED) Ukraine Olexandr Kucher, Andriy Pyatov, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Yevhen Seleznyov, Vyacheslav Shevchuk (UKR), Eduardo, Darijo Srna (CRO), Tomáš Hübschman (CZE) Russia Aleksandr Anyukov, Andrey Arshavin, Igor Denisov, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Vyacheslav Malafeev, Roman Shirokov, Konstantin Zyryanov (RUS) Bruno Alves (POR) England Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott (ENG), Tomáš Rosický (CZE), Laurent Koscielny (FRA), Per Mertesacker (GER), Wojciech Szcz˛esny (POL), Robin van Persie (NED) ˘ England Ashley Cole, John Terry (ENG), Petr Cech (CZE), Florent Malouda (FRA), Raúl Meireles (POR), Juan Mata, Fernando Torres (SPA) England Phil Jones, Wayne Rooney, Daniel Welbeck, Ashley Young (ENG), Anders Lindegaard (DEN), Patrice Evra (FRA), Nani (POR) Italy Gianluigi Buffon, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Emanuele Giaccherini, Andrea Pirlo, Claudio Marchisio (ITA) Russia Igor Akinfeev, Aleksei Berezutski, Alan Dzagoev, Sergei Ignashevich, Kirill Nababkin (RUS), Tomáš Necid (CZE), Pontus Wernbloom (SWE) Czech Rep. Vladimír Darida, Daniel Kolár̆, David Limberský, Milan Petržela, Václav Pilar̆, František Rajtoral (CZE) Greece José Holebas, Giannis Fetfatzidis Giannis Maniatis, Avraam Papadopoulos, Vassilis Torossidis (GRE), Olof Mellberg (SWE) ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 11 Club NA Player 6 AC Milan Italy 6 PSV Eindhoven 5 NK Dinamo Zagreb Ignazio Abate, Antonio Nocerino, Antonio Cassano (ITA), Philippe Mexès (FRA), Mark van Bommel (NED), Zlatan Ibrahimović (SWE) Netherlands Wilfred Bouma, Kevin Strootman, Jetro Willems (NED), Przemysław Tytoń (POL), Andreas Isaksson, Ola Toivonen (SWE) Croatia Milan Badelj, Ivan Kelava, Josip Šimunić, Domagoj Vida, Šime Vrsaljko (CRO) 5 Everton FC England 5 Sunderland FC England 5 Tottenham Hotspur FC England 5 FC Dinamo Moskva Russia 5 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 4 West Bromwich Albion FC England Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka (ENG), Nikica Jelavić (CRO), Darron Gibson (IRE), John Heitinga (NED) Nicklas Bendtner (DEN), James McClean, John O'Shea, Keiren Westwood (IRE), Sebastian Larsson (SWE) Scott Parker, Jermain Defoe (ENG), Niko Kranjc̆ar, Luka Modrić (CRO), Rafael van der Vaart (NED) Aleksandr Kokorin, Vladimir Granat, Igor Semshov, Anton Shunin (RUS), Andriy Voronin (UKR) Yevhen Konoplyanka, Ruslan Rotan (UKR), Nikola Kalinić, Ivan Strinić (CRO), Jan Laštuvka (CZE) Simon Cox, Keith Andrews, Shane Long (IRE), Jonas Olsson (SWE) 4 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC France Stephan Andersen, Christian Poulsen, Thomas Kahlenberg, Daniel Wass (DEN) 4 Paris Saint-Germain FC France Blaise Matuidi, Jérémy Menez (FRA), Thiago Motta, Salvatore Sirigu (ITA) 4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Germany 4 Werder Bremen Germany 4 PAOK Greece Lars Bender, André Schürrle (GER), Vedran Corluka (CRO), Michal Kadlec (CZE) Tim Wiese (GER), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (GRE), Sebastian Boenisch (POL), Markus Rosenberg (SWE) Kostas Chalkias, Giorgos Fotakis, Stelios Malezas, Dimitris Salpingidis (GRE) 4 AS Roma Italy 4 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 4 Celtic FC Scotland 3 FC Nordsjælland Denmark Giorgos Samaras (GRE), Darren O'Dea (IRE), Paweł Brozek (POL) Mikael Lustig (SWE) Andreas Bjelland, Tobias Mikkelsen, Jores Okore (DEN) 3 Fulham FC England Damien Duff, Stephen Kelly (IRE), Pavel Pogrebnyak (RUS) 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC England Kevin Doyle, Stephen Hunt, Stephen Ward (IRE) 3 Newcastle United FC England Hatem Ben Arfa, Yohan Cabaye (FRA), Tim Krul (NED) 3 FC Girondins de Bordeaux France Cédric Carrasso (FRA), Jaroslav Plašil (CZE), Ludovic Obraniak (POL) 3 Olympique de Marseille France Alou Diarra, Steve Mandanda, Mathieu Valbuena (FRA) 3 Olympique Lyonnais France Hugo Lloris, Anthony Réveillère (FRA), Kim Källström (SWE) 3 FC Schalke 04 Germany Benedikt Höwedes (GER), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (GRE), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (NED) Fabio Borini, Daniele De Rossi (ITA), Simon Kjær (DEN), Maarten Stekelenburg (NED) . Rui Patrício, João Pereira (POR), Stijn Schaars (NED), Marat Izmailov (RUS) ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 12 Club NA Player 3 Panathinaikos FC Greece Kostas Katsouranis, Giorgos Karagounis, Sotiris Ninis (GRE) 3 KKS Lech Poznań Poland Marcin Kamiński, Rafał Murawski, Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (POL) 3 SC Braga Portugal Custodio, Miguel Lopes, Hugo Viana (POR) 3 FC Porto Portugal João Moutinho, Rolando, Silvestre Varela (POR) 3 FC Spartak Moskva Russia Dmitri Kombarov (RUS), Marek Suchý (CZE), Aiden McGeady (IRE) 3 Sevilla FC Spain Jesús Navas, Álvaro Negredo (SPA), Ivan Rakitić (CRO) 3 Valencia CF Spain Jordi Alba (SPA) Adil Rami (FRA) Ricardo Costa (POR) 3 Be˛sikta˛s JK Turkey Tomáš Sivok (CZE), Hugo Almeida, Ricardo Quaresma (POR) 3 Real Zaragoza Spain Tomislav Dujmović (CRO), Rúben Micael, Hélder Postiga (POR) 2 RSC Anderlecht Belgium Marcin Wasilewski (POL), Behrang Safari (SWE) 2 Brøndby IF Denmark Michael Krohn-Dehli, Dennis Rommedahl (DEN) 2 FC København Denmark Lars Jacobsen (DEN), Johan Wiland (SWE) 2 Aston Villa FC England Richard Dunne, Shay Given (IRE) 2 Leicester City FC England Kaspar Schmeichel (DEN), Sean St Ledger (IRE) 2 Stoke City FC England Jonathan Walters, Glenn Whelan (IRE) 2 AS Monaco FC France Danijel Subašić (CRO), Giorgos Tzavellas (GRE) 2 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard France Marvin Martin (FRA), Damien Perquis (POL) 2 Hannover 96 Germany Ron-Robert Zieler (GER), Artur Sobiech (POL) 2 VfB Stuttgart Germany William Kvist (DEN), Khalid Boulahrouz (NED) 2 VfL Wolfsburg Germany Mario Mandžukić (CRO), Petr Jirác̆ek (CZE) 2 AEK Athens FC Greece Nikos Liberopoulos, Grigoris Makos (GRE) 2 Bologna FC Italy Alessandro Diamanti (ITA), Mikael Antonsson (SWE) 2 Genoa CFC Italy Miguel Veloso (POR), Andreas Granqvist (SWE) 2 US Città di Palermo Italy Federico Balzaretti (ITA), Alexandros Tzorvas (GRE) 2 SSC Napoli Italy Morgan De Sanctis, Christian Maggio (ITA) ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 13 Club NA Player 2 AFC Ajax Netherlands Gregory van der Wiel (NED), Christian Eriksen (DEN) 2 AZ Alkmaar Netherlands Simon Poulsen (DEN), Rasmus Elm (SWE) 2 FC Twente Netherlands Luuk de Jong (NED), Emir Bajrami (SWE) 2 KP Legia Warszawa Poland Jakub Wawrzyniak, Rafał Wolski (POL) 2 SL Benfica Portugal Eduardo, Nélson Oliveira (POR) 2 PFC Lokomotiv Moskva Russia Denis Glushakov, Roman Pavlyuchenko (RUS) 2 Athletic Club Spain Fernando Llorente, Javi Martínez (SPA) 2 Málaga CF Spain Santi Cazorla (SPA), Joris Mathijsen (NED) 2 Galatasaray AS Turkey Milan Baroš (CZE), Johan Elmander (SWE) 2 FC Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Marko Dević, Oleksandr Goryainov (UKR) 1 Club Brugge KV Belgium Niki Zimling (DEN) 1 FC Slovan Liberec Czech Rep. Theodor Gebre Selassie (CZE) 1 FK Jablonec Czech Rep. David Lafata (CZE) 1 Anorthosis Famagusta FC Cyprus Jan Rezek (CZE) 1 FC Midtjylland IF Denmark Jakob Poulsen (DEN) 1 Birmingham City FC England Jack Butland (ENG) 1 Blackburn Rovers FC England Martin Olsson (SWE) 1 Derby County FC England Paul Green (IRE) 1 Hull City FC England Paul McShane (IRE) 1 Millwall FC England David Forde (IRE) 1 Swansea AFC England Michel Vorm (NED) 1 West Ham FC England Robert Green (ENG) 1 AJ Auxerre France Dariusz Dudka (POL) 1 LOSC Lille Métropole France Mathieu Debuchy (FRA) 1 Montpellier Hérault SC France Olivier Giroud (FRA) ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 14 Club NA Player 1 Stade Rennais FC, France France Yann M’Vila (FRA) 1 1. FC Nürnberg Germany Tomáš Pekhart (CZE) 1 1. FC Köln Germany Lukas Podolski (GER) 1 1. FSV Mainz Germany Eugen Polanski (POL) 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Kostas Fortounis (GRE) 1 Borussia VfL 1900 M’gladbach Germany Marco Reus (GER) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Gordon Schildenfeld (CRO) 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Germany Adam Matuszczyk (POL) 1 Hamburger SV Germany Jaroslav Drobný (CZE) 1 Hertha BSC Berlin Germany Roman Hubník (CZE) 1 Aris FC Greece Michalis Sifakis (GRE) 1 Atromitos FC Greece Kostas Mitroglou (GRE) 1 AFC Fiorentina Italy Riccardo Montolivo (ITA) 1 FC Internazionale Milano Italy Wesley Sneijder (ITA) 1 FC Parma Italy Sebastian Giovinco (ITA) 1 SS Lazio Italy Miroslav Klose (GER) 1 Torino FC Italy Angelo Ogbonna (ITA) 1 Udinese Calcio Italy Antonio Di Natale (ITA) 1 Maccabi Haifa FC Israel Jurica Buljat (CRO) 1 Feyenoord Rotterdam Netherlands Ron Vlaar (NED) 1 FC Groningen Netherlands Nicklas Pedersen (DEN) 1 sc Heerenveen Netherlands Luciano Narsingh (NED) 1 NEC Nijmegen Netherlands Lasse Schøne (DEN) 1 Jagiellonia Białystok Poland Grzegorz Sandomierski (POL) 1 CFR 1907 Cluj Romania Beto (POR) ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 15 Club NA Player 1 FC Terek Grozny Russia Maciej Rybus (POL) 1 FC Rostov Russia Stipe Pletikosa (CRO) 1 FC Anzhi Makhachkala Russia Yuri Zhirkov (RUS) 1 FC Rubin Kazan Russia Roman Sharonov (RUS) 1 Club Atlético de Madrid Spain Juanfran (SPA) 1 BSC Young Boys Switzerland Michael Silberbauer (DEN) 1 Helsingborgs IF Sweden Pär Hansson (SWE) 1 IF Elfsborg Sweden Anders Svensson (SWE) 1 IFK Göteborg Sweden Tobias Hysén 1 Sivasspor Turkey Kamil Grosicki (POL) 1 Trabzonspor AS˛ Turkey Adrian Mierzejewski (POL) 1 Samsunspor Turkey Fanis Gekas (GRE) Istanbul BB SK Turkey Samuel Holmén (SWE) 1 FC Illychivets Mariupil Ukraine Bohdan Butko (UKR) 1 FC Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Yevhen Selin (UKR) 1 SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Serhiy Nazarenko (UKR) 1 Los Angeles Galaxy USA Robbie Keane (IRE) 1 Al Hilal Saudi Arabia Christian Wilhelmsson (SWE) 1 . 368 ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 16 Appendix 2: Comparison with statistics of UEFA Euro 2008TM Clubs Euro 2008 Euro 2012 FC Bayern München, Germany 9 12 +3 Real Madrid CF, Spain 7 11 +4 Liverpool FC, England 5 9 +4 FC Barcelona, Spain 8 8 0 FC Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia 5 8 +3 PFC CSKA Moskva, Russia 5 7 +2 Juventus, Italy 5 7 +2 Chelsea FC, England 8 7 -1 Arsenal FC, England 7 7 0 AC Milan, Italy 5 6 +1 Olympiacos CFP, Greece 5 6 +1 Werder Bremen, Germany 7 4 -3 Olympique Lyonnais, France 11 3 -8 Panathinaikos FC, Greece 8 3 -5 FC Porto, Portugal 6 3 -3 FC Spartak Moskva, Russia 5 3 -2 Valencia CF, Spain 5 3 -2 Galatasaray SK, Turkey 9 2 -7 Hamburger SV, Germany 6 1 -5 FC Lokomotiv Moskva, Russia 6 2 -4 VfB Stuttgart, Germany 5 2 -3 1. FC Nürnberg, Germany 5 1 -4 FC Red Bull Salzburg, Austria 7 0 -7 FC Steaua Bucure˛sti, Romania 6 0 -6 SK Rapid Wien, Austria 5 0 -5 Fenerbahçe SK, Turkey 5 0 -5 ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 17 Difference Clubs Origin of the player Euro 2008 Euro 2012 Difference Players playing in Europe 367 366 -1 Players playing in “Big 5” 201 214 + 13 % of Players playing in “Big 5” 54,7% 58,2% + 3,5% Most represented national championships Clubs from Euro 2008 Euro 2012 Germany 55 46 -9 England 45 80 + 35 Spain 39 33 -6 Italy 36 31 -5 Russia 30 29 -1 France 26 24 -2 Greece 20 17 -3 Austria 18 0 - 18 Turkey 17 9 -8 Portugal 14 12 -2 Romania 14 1 - 13 Netherlands 10 16 +6 Poland 10 6 -4 Switzerland 7 1 -6 Sweden 6 3 -3 Belgium 4 3 -1 Croatia 3 5 +2 Denmark 3 8 +5 Scotland 3 4 +1 Ukraine 3 28 + 25 Czech Republic 2 8 +6 Norway 2 0 -2 Bulgaria 1 0 -1 ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 18 Difference Number of players playing in their home championship Clubs from Euro 2008 Euro 2012 Austria 15 / / Croatia 3 5 +2 Czech Republic 2 8 +6 Denmark / 7 / England / 23 / France 10 12 +2 Germany 19 19 0 Greece 14 16 +2 Italy 19 20 +1 Ireland / 0 / Netherlands 9 7 -2 Poland 10 6 -4 Portugal 10 10 Romania 12 / / Russia 22 21 -1 Spain 18 19 +1 Sweden 6 3 -3 Switzerland 6 / / Turkey 16 / / Ukraine / 21 / Nations in Italic are not represented in 2012 ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 19 Difference 0 Appendix 3: full list of National Team squads (as per 8 June 2012) GROUP A Poland Goalkeepers: Wojciech Szcz˛esny (Arsenal FC), Przemysław Tytoń (PSV Eindhoven), Grzegorz Sandomierski (Jagiellonia Białystok). Defenders: Sebastian Boenisch (SV Werder Bremen), Marcin Kamiński (KKS Lech Poznań), Damien Perquis (FC SochauxMontbéliard), Łukasz Piszczek (BV Borussia Dortmund), Marcin Wasilewski (RSC Anderlecht), Jakub Wawrzyniak (KP Legia Warszawa), Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (KKS Lech Poznań). Midfielders: Jakub Błaszczykowski (BV Borussia Dortmund), Dariusz Dudka (AJ Auxerre), Kamil Grosicki (Sivasspor), Adam Matuszczyk (Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895), Adrian Mierzejewski (Trabzonspor AS˛), Rafał Murawski (KKS Lech Poznań), Eugen Polanski (1. FSV Mainz), Ludovic Obraniak (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Maciej Rybus (FC Terek Grozny), Rafał Wolski (KP Legia Warszawa). . Forwards: Paweł Brozek (Celtic FC), Robert Lewandowski (BV Borussia Dortmund), Artur Sobiech (Hannover 96). Russia Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (PFC CSKA Moskva), Vyacheslav Malafeev (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Anton Shunin (FC Dinamo Moskva). Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Aleksei Berezutski (PFC CSKA Moskva), Sergei Ignashevich (PFC CSKA Moskva), Vladimir Granat (FC Dinamo Moskva), Yuri Zhirkov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala), Dmitri Kombarov (FC Spartak Moskva), Roman Sharonov (FC Rubin Kazan), Kirill Nababkin (PFC CSKA Moskva). Midfielders: Igor Denisov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Konstantin Zyryanov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Shirokov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Denis Glushakov (FC Lokomotiv Moskva), Igor Semshov (FC Dinamo Moskva), Marat Izmailov (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Alan Dzagoev (PFC CSKA Moskva). Forwards: Andrey Arshavin (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Aleksandr Kerzhakov (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Aleksandr Kokorin (FC Dinamo Moskva), Roman Pavlyuchenko (FC Lokomotiv Moskva), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham FC). Greece Goalkeepers: Kostas Chalkias (PAOK FC), Michalis Sifakis (Aris Thessaloniki FC), Alexandros Tzorvas (US Città di Palermo). Defenders: Vassilis Torossidis (Olympiacos FC), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (FC Schalke 04), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (SV Werder Bremen), Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiacos FC), José Holebas (Olympiacos FC), Giorgos Tzavellas (AS Monaco FC), Stelios Malezas (PAOK FC). Midfielders: Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos FC), Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos FC), Giannis Maniatis (Olympiacos FC), Giorgos Fotakis (PAOK FC), Grigoris Makos (AEK Athens FC), Giannis Fetfatzidis (Olympiacos FC), Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos FC), Kostas Fortounis (1. FC Kaiserslautern). Forwards: Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK FC), Giorgos Samaras (Celtic FC), Fanis Gekas (Samsunspor), Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens FC), Kostas Mitroglou (Atromitos FC). Czech Republic ˘ Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Chelsea FC), Jaroslav Drobný (Hamburger SV), Jan Laštuvka (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk). Defenders: Theodor Gebre Selassie (FC Slovan Liberec), Roman Hubník (Hertha BSC Berlin), Michal Kadlec (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), David Limberský (FC Viktoria Plzen̆), Tomáš Sivok (Be siktas ˛ ˛ JK), Marek Suchý (FC Spartak Moskva). Midfielders: Vladimír Darida (FC Viktoria Plzen̆), Tomáš Hübschman (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Petr Jirác̆ek (VfL Wolfsburg), Daniel Kolá r̆ (FC Viktoria Plzen̆), Milan Petržela (FC Viktoria Plzen̆), Václav Pilar̆ (FC Viktoria Plzen̆), Jaroslav Plašil (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), František Rajtoral (FC Viktoria Plzen̆), Tomáš Rosický (Arsenal FC). Forwards: Milan Baroš (Galatasaray AS˛), David Lafata (FK Jablonec), Tomáš Necid (PFC CSKA Moskva), Tomáš Pekhart (1. FC Nürnberg), Jan Rezek (Anorthosis Famagusta FC) ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 20 GROUP B Netherlands Goalkeepers: Tim Krul (Newcastle United FC), Maarten Stekelenburg (AS Roma), Michel Vorm (Swansea City AFC). Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart), Wilfred Bouma (PSV Eindhoven), John Heitinga (Everton FC), Joris Mathijsen (Málaga CF), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Gregory van der Wiel (AFC Ajax), Jetro Willems (PSV Eindhoven). Midfielders: Mark van Bommel (AC Milan), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City FC), Stijn Schaars (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Wesley Sneijder (FC Internazionale Milano), Kevin Strootman (PSV Eindhoven), Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur FC). Forwards: Ibrahim Afellay (FC Barcelona), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (FC Schalke 04), Luuk de Jong (FC Twente), Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool FC), Luciano Narsingh (sc Heerenveen), Robin van Persie (Arsenal FC), Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München). Germany Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München), Tim Wiese (SV Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96). Defenders: Holger Badstuber (FC Bayern München), Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München), Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (BV Borussia Dortmund), Marcel Schmelzer (BV Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal FC). Midfielders: Lars Bender (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Toni Kroos (FC Bayern München), Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid CF), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid CF), Marco Reus (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach), André Schürrle (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München), Mario Götze (BV Borussia Dortmund), Ílkay Gündoğan (BV Borussia Dortmund), Forwards: Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln), Miroslav Klose (S.S. Lazio), Mario Gomez (FC Bayern München) Portugal Goalkeepers: Eduardo (SL Benfica), Rui Patrício (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Beto (CFR 1907 Cluj). Defenders: João Pereira (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Fábio Coentrão (Real Madrid CF), Bruno Alves (FC Zenit St Petersburg), Rolando (FC Porto), Ricardo Costa (Valencia CF), Pepe (Real Madrid CF), Miguel Lopes (SC Braga). Midfielders: Raúl Meireles (Chelsea FC), Miguel Veloso (Genoa CFC), João Moutinho (FC Porto), Rúben Micael (Real Zaragoza), Hugo Viana (SC Braga), Custódio (SC Braga). Forwards: Nani (Manchester United FC), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF), Hugo Almeida (Be sikta ˛ s˛ JK), Ricardo Quaresma (Be sikta ˛ s˛ JK), Silvestre Varela (FC Porto), Hélder Postiga (Real Zaragoza), Nélson Oliveira (SL Benfica). Denmark Goalkeepers: Stephan Andersen (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City FC), Anders Lindegaard (Manchester United FC). Defenders: Lars Jacobsen (FC København), Daniel Wass (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), Daniel Agger (Liverpool FC), Simon Kjær (AS Roma), Andreas Bjelland (FC Nordsjælland), Simon Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar), Jores Okore (FC Nordsjælland). Midifelders: Christian Poulsen (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), Jakob Poulsen (FC Midtjylland), William Kvist (VfB Stuttgart), Niki Zimling (Club Brugge KV), Thomas Kahlenberg (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), Christian Eriksen (AFC Ajax), Michael Silberbauer (BSC Young Boys), Lasse Schøne (NEC Nijmegen). Forwards: Dennis Rommedahl (Brøndby IF), Nicklas Bendtner (Sunderland AFC), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brøndby IF), Tobias Mikkelsen (FC Nordsjælland), Nicklas Pedersen (FC Groningen). ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 21 GROUP C Spain Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF), Víctor Valdés (FC Barcelona), Pepe Reina (Liverpool FC). Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid CF), Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona), Jordi Alba (Valencia CF), Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid CF), Raúl Albiol (Real Madrid CF), Juanfran (Club Atlético de Madrid), Javi Martínez (Athletic Club). Midfielders: Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona), Sergio Busquets (FC Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid CF), David Silva (Manchester City FC), Santi Cazorla (Málaga CF), Jesús Navas (Sevilla FC), Cesc Fàbregas (FC Barcelona), Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona). Forwards: Fernando Llorente (Athletic Club), Juan Mata (Chelsea FC), Fernando Torres (Chelsea FC), Pedro Rodríguez (FC Barcelona), Álvaro Negredo (Sevilla FC) Italy Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (SSC Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain FC). Defenders: Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Federico Balzaretti (US Città di Palermo), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Christian Maggio (SSC Napoli), Angelo Ogbonna (Torino FC). Midfielders: Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna FC), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus) Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (ACF Fiorentina), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain FC), Antonio Nocerino (AC Milan), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus). Forwards: Mario Balotelli (Manchester City FC), Fabio Borini (AS Roma), Antonio Cassano (AC Milan), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese Calcio), Sebastian Giovinco (FC Parma). Croatia Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (FC Rostov), Ivan Kelava (NK Dinamo Zagreb), Danijel Subašić (AS Monaco FC). ´ Defenders: Jurica Buljat (Maccabi Haifa FC), Vedran Corluka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Danijel Pranjić (FC Bayern München), Gordon Schildenfeld (Eintracht Frankfurt), Josip Šimunić (NK Dinamo Zagreb), Darijo Srna (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Strinić (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Domagoj Vida (NK Dinamo Zagreb). Midfielders: Milan Badelj (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Tomislav Dujmović (Real Zaragoza), Sime Vrsaljko (NK Dinamo Zagreb), Niko Kranjc̆ar (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Luka Modrić (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Ivan Perišić (BV Borussia Dortmund), Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla FC), Ognjen Vukojević (FC Dynamo Kyiv). Forwards: Eduardo (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Nikica Jelavić (Everton FC), Mario Mandžukić (VfL Wolfsburg), Nikola Kalinić (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk). Republic of Ireland Goalkeepers: Shay Given (Aston Villa FC), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland AFC), David Forde (Millwall FC). Defenders: John O'Shea (Sunderland AFC), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa FC), Stephen Ward (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Sean St Ledger (Leicester City FC), Darren O'Dea (Celtic FC), Stephen Kelly (Fulham FC), Paul McShane (Hull City AFC). Midfielders: Glenn Whelan (Stoke City FC), Keith Andrews (West Bromwich Albion FC), Aiden McGeady (FC Spartak Moskva), Darron Gibson (Everton FC), Paul Green (Derby County FC), Damien Duff (Fulham FC), Stephen Hunt (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), James McClean (Sunderland AFC). Forwards: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Kevin Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Shane Long (West Bromwich Albion FC), Jonathan Walters (Stoke City FC), Simon Cox (West Bromwich Albion FC). ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 22 GROUP D Ukraine Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Goryainov (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Maxym Koval (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Pyatov (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) Defenders: Bohdan Butko (FC Illychivets Mariupil), Olexandr Kucher (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Taras Mikhalik (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Yevhen Selin (FC Vorskla Poltava), Yevhen Khacheridi (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (FC Shakhtar Donetsk). Midfielders: Olexandr Aliyev (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Denys Garmash (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Oleh Gusev (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Konoplyanka (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy Nazarenko (SC Tavriya Simferopol), Ruslan Rotan (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (FC Bayern München), Andriy Yarmolenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv). Forwards: Andriy Voronin (FC Dinamo Moskva), Marko Dević (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Artem Milevskiy (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Seleznyov (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv). England Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City FC), Robert Green (West Ham United FC), Jack Butland (Birmingham City FC). Defenders: Leighton Baines (Everton FC), Martin Kelly (Liverpool FC), Ashley Cole (Chelsea FC), Glen Johnson (Liverpool FC), Phil Jones (Manchester United FC), Joleon Lescott (Manchester City FC), John Terry (Chelsea FC). Midfielders: Stewart Downing (Liverpool FC), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC), Phil Jagielka (Everton FC), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool FC), James Milner (Manchester City FC), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal FC), Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Theo Walcott (Arsenal FC), Ashley Young (Manchester United FC) Forwards: Andy Carroll (Liverpool FC), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United FC), Daniel Welbeck (Manchester United FC). Sweden Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson (PSV Eindhoven), Johan Wiland (FC København), Pär Hansson (Helsingborgs IF). Defenders: Mikael Antonsson (Bologna FC), Andreas Granqvist (Genoa CFC), Olof Mellberg (Olympiacos FC), Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion FC), Martin Olsson (Blackburn Rovers FC), Behrang Safari (RSC Anderlecht), Mikael Lustig (Celtic FC). Midfielders: Emir Bajrami (FC Twente), Rasmus Elm (AZ Alkmaar), Samuel Holmén (İstanbul BB SK), Kim Källström (Olympique Lyonnais), Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland AFC), Anders Svensson (IF Elfsborg), Pontus Wernbloom (PFC CSKA Moskva), Christian Wilhelmsson (Al-Hilal FC). Forwards: Johan Elmander (Galatasaray AS), ˛ Tobias Hysén (IFK Göteborg), Zlatan Ibrahimović (AC Milan), Markus Rosenberg (SV Werder Bremen), Ola Toivonen (PSV Eindhoven). France Goalkeepers: Cédric Carrasso (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Hugo Lloris (Olympique Lyonnais), Steve Mandanda (Olympique de Marseille). Defenders: Gaël Clichy (Manchester City FC), Mathieu Debuchy (LOSC Lille Métropole), Patrice Evra (Manchester United FC), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal FC), Philippe Mexès (AC Milan), Adil Rami (Valencia CF), Anthony Réveillère (Olympique Lyonnais). Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United FC), Alou Diarra (Olympique de Marseille), Florent Malouda (Chelsea FC), Marvin Martin (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard), Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain FC), Yann M'Vila (Stade Rennais FC), Samir Nasri (Manchester City FC). Forwards: Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United FC), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid CF), Olivier Giroud (Montpellier Hérault SC), Jérémy Menez (Paris Saint-Germain FC), Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München), Mathieu Valbuena (Olympique de Marseille). ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS UEFA EURO 2012TM POLAND & UKRAINE 23 Disclaimer The Facts and Key Figures, Player Analysis of the UEFA Euro 2012TM was elaborated by Olivier Jarosz, ECA Membership Services Manager. This research is based on the UEFA Official Squad List published on the 29th of May 2012 (with ulterior replacements due to injury before the start of the tournament). 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