EURO 2021

„My most severe deliberations concerned defenders and strikers,” said the Polish national team selector, who after 30 months of attempts and tests presented his choices. 26 players fighting for 23 places in the national team line-up have been nominated (the final decision will be taken after the preparatory camp in Austria taking place from 16th to 28th of May); the roster includes also 7 substitute players who have to be ready to replace the injured or indisposed players from the starting line-up. Franciszek Smuda indicated that football fans shouldn’t count […]

Security preparations for Euro 2012 football championship, co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine, are progressing according to the schedule, Polish deputy Interior Minister Michal Deskur said on Thursday. Deskur recalled that the Interior Ministry and its services have been preparing for the tournament for several years. ” Complete readiness should be confirmed in mid-May, about three weeks before the first match,” he added. Three organisational areas are of key significance to the tournament: security, transport and servicing the guests, the deputy minister explained. Referring to his cooperation with Ukrainian authorities he […]

The number of hotels and hostels in Poland is limited, so fans, during the Euro 2012, will live, among others, at student hostels and private houses. It’s not the end of options. A very interesting offer for football fans is prepared by one of the global sponsors of the tournament – Carlsberg, which will open a modern camps. We heard about plans for creation of such sites in October from Rafał Rosiejak, the national coordinator for the accommodation from the PL 2012 company. “I have to say something about the […]

The stadium in Wroclaw is prepared to organize a friendly match between Poland and Portugal, scheduled on February 29 – said Paweł Czuma, a spokesman of the City of Wroclaw, on Monday. At the end of January, Grzegorz Lato, the president of the Polish Football Association said that if the friendly match between Poland and Portugal is not held on February 29 at the National Stadium in Warsaw, it will take part in Wroclaw. Grzegorz Lato has already contacted Rafał Dutkiewicz, President of Wroclaw, on this matter. “We express interest […]

A coach should have a detailed plan for every group match. Franciszek Smuda, 63, has been leading the national team for 25 months. – In the clubs he used to be adamant. He worked hard for a great respect and recognition, because he focused on the work with the team and he wasn’t interested in nothing else – says Marek Koźmiński, 46-time representative, a silver Olympic medalist from Barcelona from 1992, who played over 100 matches in Series A and appeared at the World Cup in Korea. – In the […]

For some SPA was important, for others it was a golf course and a private beach. All of them wanted luxury hotels and even pitches. What were the national football teams driven by when choosing residential bases for Euro 2012 UEFA announced the official list of centres in October this year. It included 21 offers from Poland and 17 offers from Ukraine. For the last twelve months, representatives of football teams taking part in Euro 2012 have been traveling around Poland and Ukraine in search of places where footballers could […]

PGE Arena is a football stadium in Gdańsk’s Letnica neighborhood, Poland, which is constructed for the UEFA Euro 2012. The stadiums’ exterior is designed to resemble amber; which has long been extracted on the Baltic coast. Construction started in 2008, completed in 2011. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 44,000 people. Construction cost 623 million PLN Architect RKW Rhode Kellermann Wawrowsky Capacity 44,000 Field dimensions 227 x 197 x 45 metres PARKING: on the stadium 180 buses / 1 400 cars next to […]

The results of the match played by our football team can be different. However, this does not mean that Euro 2012 will not be successful. Everyone who will be a volunteer can contribute to it. Recruitment has already begun. I encourage everyone, not just young people, to work for Euro 2012 – says the Mayor Ryszard Grobelny. The opportunity is unique. I am convinced that volunteering is one of the greatest successes of the entire Euro 2012 championships in Poland – he added. For the first time in the history […]

In four Polish host cities three thousand volunteers will help guests of the EURO 2012. The recruitment officially began on Wednesday. The “Volunteer Work of Host Cities” programme is independent of the similar one organized by the UEFA and is directed mainly to fans and tourists, not only to team players of the EURO 2012. In Warsaw there will be a group of thousands of volunteers, in Wroclaw – 650 people, and, in Gdansk and Poznan – 600 people per each city. In order to become a volunteer, you need […]

With the Polish venues on track in their preparations for co-hosting Euro 2012, the lingering concern for the country’s football fans is whether they will have a national team capable of putting up a respectable performance. Coach Franciszek Smuda has seen his side fall as far as 73rd in FIFA’s admittedly farcical ranking system, with the dearth of playing talent a regular topic for the country’s footballing media. Many wonder what happened to the squad that won the European Under-18 Championship in Finland in 2001. That team included Tomasz Kuszczak, […]