Last Four Teams to Qualify for Euro 2012 Part II

We have already had a look through the 12 qualifiers in the previous editions. Nine teams have qualified for Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland by ending up as Group winners, one team has booked their berths as best runner up and the host nations have also qualified automatically for the main draw. Now we will have a look at the teams who qualified for Euro 2012 after ending up as runner-up of their respective groups and winning play-offs.

PORTUGAL

GROUP QUALIFIERS

3^rd September, 2010, Guimaraes: PORTUGAL 4 [Hugo Almeida 8’, Raul Meireles 29’, Danny 50’, Manuel Fernandes 60’] vs. CYPRUS 4 [Efstathios Aloneftis 3’, Michalis Konstatinou 11’, Yiannis Okkas 57’, Andreas Avraam 89’]

7^th September, 2010, Oslo: PORTUGAL 0 vs. NORWAY 1 [Erik Huseklepp 21’]

Nani Scores his First Goal against Iceland

8^th October, 2010, Porto: PORTUGAL 3 [Nani (29’, 30’), Cristiano Ronaldo 85’] vs. DENMARK 1 [Ricardo Carvalho 79 (o.g.)]

12^th October, 2010, Reykjavik: PORTUGAL 3 [Cristiano Ronaldo 3’, Raul Meireles 27’, Helder Postiga 72’] vs. ICELAND 1 [heidar Helguson 17’]

4^th June, 2011, Lisbon: PORTUGAL 1 [Helder Postiga 53’] vs. NORWAY 0

2^nd September, 2011, Nicosia: PORTUGAL 4 [Cristiano Ronaldo (35’ P, 82’), Hugo Almeida 84’, Danny 90+2’] vs. CYPRUS 0

Helder Postiga in the Match Against Denmark

7^th October, 2011, Porto: PORTUGAL 5 [Nani (13’, 21’), Helder Postiga 44’, Joao Moutinho 81’, Eliseu 87’] vs. ICELAND 3 [hallgrimur Jonasson (48’, 68’), Gylfi Sigurdsson 90+4’ (P)]

11^th October, 2011, Copenhagen: PORTUGAL 1 [Cristiano Ronaldo 90+2’] vs. DENMARK 2 [Micheal Krohn-Deli 13’, Nicklas Bendtner 63’]

PLAY-OFFS

Cristiano Ronaldo fights for Possession with Adnan Zahirovic (Bosnia)  

11^th November, 2011, Zenica: PORTUGAL 0 vs. BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA 0

15^th November, 2011, Lisbon: PORTUGAL 6 [Cristiano Ronaldo (8’, 53’), Nani 24’, Helder Postiga (72’, 82’), Miguel Veloso 80’] vs. BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA 2 [Zvjezdan Misimovic 41’ (P), Emir Spahic 65’]

(Through on 6-2 aggregate)

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

GROUP QUALIFIERS

3^rd September, 2010, Yerevan: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1 [Keith Fahey 76’] vs. ARMENIA 0

7^th September, 2010, Dublin: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 3 [Kevin Kilbane 15’, Kevin Doyle 41’, Robbie Keane 54’] vs. ANDORRA 1 [Cristian Martinez 45’]

Josep Manel Ayala of Andorra tries to tackle Kevin Doyle of Republic of Ireland

8^th October, 2010, Dublin: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 2 [Robbie Keane 72’ (P), Shane Long 78’] vs. RUSSIA 3 [Aleksandr Kerzhakov 11’, Alan Dzagoev 29’, Roman Shirokov 50’]

12^th October, 2010, Zilina: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1 [Sean St Ledger 16’] vs. SLOVAKIA 1 [Jan Durica 36’]

26^th March, 2011, Dublin: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 2 [Aiden McGeady 2’, Robbie Keane 21’] vs. FYROM 1 [Ivan Trickoski 46’]

4^th June, 2011, Skopje: REPUBLIC OR IRELAND 2 [Robbie Keane (8’, 37’)] vs. FYROM 0

2^nd September, 2011, Dublin: REPUBLIC OR IRELAND 0 vs. SLOVAKIA 0

6^th September, 2011, Moscow: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 0 vs. RUSSIA 0

John O'Shea Tackling Andorra Player

7^th October, 2011, Andorra la Vella: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 2 [Kevin Doyle 8’, Aiden McGeedy 20’] vs. ANDORRA 0

11^th October, 2011, Dublin: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 2 [Valeri Aleksanyan 43’ (o.g), Richard Dunne 59’] vs. ARMENIA 1 [Henrik Mkhitaryan 62’]

PLAY-OFFS

Robbie Keane celebrates after scoring against Estonia

11^th November, 2011, Tallinn: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 4 [Keith Andrews 13’, Jon Walters 67’, Robbie Keane (71’, 88’ P)] vs. ESTONIA 0

15^th November, 2011, Dublin: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1 [Stephen Ward 32’] vs. ESTONIA 1 [Konstantin Vassiljev 57’]

(Through on 5-1 aggregate)