EURO 2021

Joachim Loew, Germany’s national team coach, assured during an interview with the Polish Press Agency that the friendly match with Poland on 6 September in Gdansk was of great importance for him. On Friday his team, as the first one from eliminations, may secure promotion to the Euro 2012. For Polish fans and players the match with the German team is very important due to, among others, the history and proximity of Germany and the fact that Poland has never won with the team. Does the German team also have […]

Finland v Holland Finland take on Holland which should technically be a home venue, but is being played on a neutral ground in Germany’s Olympstadion. The Oranje are coming off the best form in their life, and are now undefeated in all 7 games of their campaign and looking to make it 8 in a row tonight with a win over their opponents Finland who are sitting towards the lower half of the table. For Holland, van Persie, Sneijder, Huntelaar and Dirk Kuyt who have been among the form scorers […]

European stadiums witnessed matches that took place on the selection of Euro 2012. For some teams the games  identified the tournament fate. For example, Germany came outto  the final part. Qualifiers Euro 2012, September 2 Israel – Greece – 0:1 (0:0) Goal: Ninis, 60 Lithuania – Liechtenstein – 0-0 Finland – Moldova – 4:1 (2:0) Goals: Hämäläinen, 11 (1-0), 43 (2-0), Forssel, 52 (3-0), Armash, 70 (4-0, own goal), Alexeev, 85 (4-1) Azerbaijan – Belgium – 1:1 Goals: Simons, 55 (0-1), Aliyev, 86 (1-1) Andorra – Armenia – 0:3 Goals: […]

The 2012 Euro 2012 qualifiers resume this week after the usual long international football summer break in Europe. We are roughly half way through the qualifying process and most big European teams are aiming to secure their participation to the tournament co-organised by Poland & Ukraine asap, hence the importance of this week’s matches. Germany v Austria (kick-off 20:45) Germany could become the first team to qualify for the Euro 2012 finals if they beat neighbours Austria on Friday. Joachim Loew’s side are unbeaten so far in group A, with […]

On last saturday night the facade of the National Stadium in Warsaw for the first time flash with lights. Hundreds of LED lights and lamps lit red and white facade. Spectacular show, which started just before 23.00, watched thousands of spectators.

Ukraine and Poland will duly prepare for hosting the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) European Football Championship in 2012, said UEFA President Michel Platini. “We have been in intense preparations for the Euro 2012. There have been some difficulties, but everything will be good at the 2012 European Championship in Ukraine and Poland. We had asked for stadiums to be ready two years before the tournament, but this is not always possible. This is very hard work. Everything will be done on time,” he told a press conference in […]

Builders involved in the sites of European Football Championship, are not paid in time. It is reported by “Radio” Liberty” with a reference to the trade union leaders and workers themselves. Working with NSK “Olympic” saying that the money paid little and more and not timely. They believe that this situation threatens the quality and timing of completion. “I get a hundred hryvnia per day, somebody has – 150. It’s very small! Withhold wages for the time. Now delayed for a week” – said one of the builders. A few […]

On 18 August 2011, at the invitation of the Polish Parliament’s National and Ethnic Minorities Committee, the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association presented its activities against racism and xenophobia in football stadiums in the lead up to EURO 2012. – ‘Polish football is often quite multi-cultural, which is emblematic of broader demographic changes across Europe, but the situation in many stadiums still gives reasons for concern’ – said Dr Rafal Pankowski, the coordinator of the East Europe Monitoring Centre set up by ‘NEVER AGAIN’ in cooperation with the FARE Network and UEFA. […]