Olympic Stadium built in the interwar period is a stadium proposed by Wrocław in the official offer of Poland and Ukraine on Euro 2012. According to conception of stadium conversion it is expected to reach capacity over 40 thousand seats and is expected to be a part of sports center, with a swimming pool, a sports hall, a shooting range, tennis courts and also shop centres and gastronomic centres. Below you can see graphic symbols of Olympic Stadium after planned conversion. Organizers of the European championships make plans for playing […]
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 […]
British bookmakers give the best chance to win the European football championships that are taking place next year to Spaniards, who are defending the title, and the worst to Czechs and Irish. The Poles are not regarded as favorites, either; in case they succeed, for every GBP bet on Franciszek Smudas national team, you can get 51 GBP for Poland Euro 2012 winner. The chances of Spaniards are estimated at the level 3.5 to 1. Slightly lower is the rating of Germans – finalists of the previous championships four years […]
The moment has arrived. All football fans, just six months before the curtain goes up. Excitement will reincarnate as the Euro 2012 knocks at the door with all the pleasantries. the door is hard but it will break, soon enough on June 8 when the world welcomes Euro Cup 2012, a much anticipated contest after the WORLD CUP 2010. The qualifying rounds are still in progress and so far Germany and Spain has showed great class with zero defeats and victories in all of their qualifying matches. Former world Champions […]
UEFA has started taking ticket applications for 2012 European Championship matches from fans of the 16 competing countries. UEFA to make 450 thousand more Euro 2012 tickets available Europe’s top governing body is making an additional 450,000 tickets available on Dec. 12 for next year’s Euro 2012 taking place in Ukraine and Poland. Sales of tickets are reserved for fans of each of the national football associations participating in the 16-nation tournament, Ukraine’s Euro 2012 infromation center announced on Dec. 7 UEFA says it will sell at least 6,000 seats […]
Bastian Schweinsteiger, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Xavi Hernandez and Cristiano Ronaldo – these are five players mentioned by Pele when asked about it who might be the biggest star of the Euro 2012. Although seven months remains for the EURO 2012, the British “Sky Sports” today decided to ask the legendary Brazilian footballer about it who, in his opinion, would be the star during this tournament. Triple world champion pointed to five players and justified his choice. Unfortunately, the list did not include any players of the Polish national team. […]