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1 UEFA EURO Portugal Semifinals Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Spain Contents Previous meetings... Match background... Match facts...5 Team facts...7 Squad list...9 Head coach... Match officials... Competition facts... Matchbymatch lineups...5 UEFA information...7 Legend...8

2 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Date 9/6/ Stage /8 Match Spain Portugal Result Venue Cape Town Goalscorers Villa 6 UEFA EURO 4 Date /6/4 Stage GSFT Match Spain Portugal Result Venue Lisbon Goalscorers Nuno Gomes UEFA European Championship Date 7/6/84 Stage GSFT Match Portugal Spain Result Venue Marseille Goalscorers Sousa 5; Santillana 7 FIFA World Cup Date 9/4/5 /4/5 Stage QR (GS) QR (GS) Match Portugal Spain Spain Portugal Result 5 Venue Lisbon Madrid Goalscorers Travaços 5, Correia 54; Zarraonandia Montoya 5, Gainza 8 Zarraonandia Montoya 8, 58, Basora 9, Panizo, Molowny 65; Cabrita 8 FIFA World Cup Date 8//4 //4 Stage QR (GS) QR (GS) Match Portugal Spain Spain Portugal Result 9 Venue Lisbon Madrid Goalscorers Silva ; Lánguara, 5 Gonzalez Valiño, Lánguara, 4(p), 46, 7, 85, Regueiro 65, 7, Ventolra 68 EURO Portugal Spain FIFA* Portugal Spain Friendly matches Portugal Spain Total Portugal Spain Pld Home W D Qualifying L Pld Away W D L Final tournament Pld W D L Pld W Total D L GF GA * FIFA World Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET Previous meetings

3 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Match background Holders Spain find neighbours Portugal barring their path to a third successive major final when the teams square off in the first UEFA EURO semifinal in Donetsk. Not since West Germany in the 97s has a European team achieved a hattrick of successive final appearances but Spain are just one win away from matching that feat after their triumphs at UEFA EURO 8 and the FIFA World Cup. Vicente del Bosque's men have a more significant piece of history in their sights, though, as they bid to become the first team to retain the Henri Delaunay Cup. Portugal will have other ideas as they look to return to the final, eight years after their 4 defeat by Greece. Still seeking their first major trophy, they suffered elimination by Spain in the last 6 of the World Cup but emphatically triumphed in the team's most recent meeting and now have the perfect opportunity for revenge against opponents they knocked out of UEFA EURO 4. Headtohead record The Iberian rivals first met in Madrid in December 9, Spain prevailing. They have largely held the upper hand ever since, with a record against Portugal of P4 W5 D L7 F7 A4. Spain enjoyed an emphatic victory against their neighbours in 94 World Cup qualifying, winning 9 in Madrid prior to a success in Lisbon. That ninegoal reverse remains Portugal's second heaviest defeat. Portugal were also undone by Spain in 95 World Cup qualifying, succumbing 5 away before a home draw. Selected previous meetings 7 November : Portugal 4 Spain (Carlos Martins 45, Hélder Postiga 49 68, Hugo Almeida 9) Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon, friendly Portugal: Eduardo (Rui Patricio 46), João Pereira, Carvalho (Pepe 46), Bruno Alves, Bosingwa, Carlos Martins (Manuel Fernandes 6), Meireles, Moutinho, Cristiano Ronaldo (Danny 46), Nani (Paulo Machado 88), Hélder Postiga (Hugo Almeida 76). Spain: Casillas, Ramos, Piqué (Marchena 46), Puyol (Arbeloa 7), Capdevila, Busquets, Alonso (Llorente 58), Xavi (Fàbregas 46), Iniesta (Cazorla 58), Villa (Torres 46), Silva. Del Bosque included ten of the starting XI from Spain's World Cup final triumph but Portugal inflicted La Roja's heaviest defeat since June : Spain Portugal (Villa 6) Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, FIFA World Cup, round of 6 Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Puyol, Capdevila, Ramos, Iniesta, Xavi, Alonso (Marchena 9), Busquets, Villa (Pedro 88), Torres (Llorente 58). Portugal: Eduardo, Bruno Alves, Carvalho, Pepe (Pedro Mendes 7), Ricardo Costa, Coentrão, Meireles, Tiago, Cristiano Ronaldo, Simão (Liedson 7), Hugo Almeida (Danny 58). David Villa's secondhalf goal ended Portugal's 9match unbeaten run as Spain took another step closer to the world crown in South Africa. Ricardo Costa's red card compounded Carlos Queiroz's side's misery. June 4: Spain Portugal (Nuno Gomes 57) Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, UEFA EURO 4, group match Spain: Casillas, Puyol, Juanito (Morientes 8), Helguera, Bravo, Joaquín (Luque 7), Alonso, Albelda (Baraja 66), Vicente, Raúl González, Torres. Portugal: Ricardo, Miguel, Jorge Andrade, Carvalho, Nuno Valente, Costinha, Figo (Petit 78), Maniche, Deco, Cristiano Ronaldo (Fernando Couto 85), Pauleta (Nuno Gomes 45). Nuno Gomes's strike gave Luiz Felipe Scolari's Portugal their first win against Spain since 98, as well as their first in a competitive encounter. It spelled elimination for Spain and the end of Iñaki Sáez's reign as coach. 7 June 984: Portugal Spain (Sousa 5; Santillana 7) Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, UEFA European Championship, group match Portugal: Bento, João Pinto, Lima Pereira, Eurico Gomes, Álvaro, Carlos Manuel, Frasco (Diamantino 76), Jaime Pacheco, António Sousa, Chalana, Jordão. Spain: Arconada, Urquiaga (Señor 79), Goicoechea, Maceda, Camacho, Julio Alberto (Señor 79), Gordillo, Muñoz, Gallego, Santillana, Lobo Carrasco. Carlos Santillana's 7rdminute goal for eventual finalists Spain cancelled out António Sousa's opener and left both teams with work to do in their final group game and both duly progressed together, Portugal beating Romania and Spain overcoming West Germany. Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET Match background

4 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Form guide Spain have lost only three of their last 47 competitive UEFA European Championship and World Cup fixtures and won 4 of them. Spain's record in UEFA European Championship semifinals is W L: 964 Hungary 984 Denmark (aet, 54 pens) 8 Russia Portugal's semifinal record is W L: 984 France (aet) France (aet) 4 Netherlands Adding Spain's World Cup semifinal victory, they have never lost at this stage, whereas Portugal also lost World Cup semifinals in 966 and 6. Team ties Portugal coach Paulo Bento played at Real Oviedo between 996 and and won his first international cap against Spain as a substitute in a goalless friendly draw in January 99. Bento helped Vitória SC defeat Real Sociedad de Fútbol on aggregate in the 99/9 UEFA Cup first round. As a coach his Sporting Clube de Portugal side lost away and 5 at home to FC Barcelona in the 8/9 UEFA Champions League group stage. As a player Del Bosque helped Real Madrid CF beat FC Porto on away goals in the second round of the 979/8 European Champion Clubs' Cup. As Madrid coach his record against Portuguese clubs was W D, including a 4 home win against a Sporting side including João Pinto, now Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) director, in the / UEFA Champions League. Fábio Coentrão, Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo won the / Spanish Liga title alongside Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Álvaro Arbeloa and Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid. Ricardo Costa and Jordi Alba are teammates at Valencia CF and will be joined next season by João Pereira. Gerard Piqué was a teammate of Ronaldo at Manchester United FC from 4 to 8, also playing alongside Nani in 7/8. Piqué, along with Xavi Hernández, Víctor Valdés, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and substitute Pedro Rodríguez, was part of the Barcelona team that overcame the Manchester United of Ronaldo and Nani in the 9 UEFA Champions League final in Rome. Those Barça players all featured in the win against Nani's United at Wembley two years later, Pedro scoring the opening goal. Ronaldo and Pepe were on the losing side in a UEFA Champions League semifinal with Real Madrid against Spain's Barcelona contingent in /, although Ronaldo's header did earn Madrid victory in that season's Spanish Cup final between the teams. Ronaldo also enjoyed a UEFA Champions League semifinal victory against a Barcelona side featuring Valdés, Xavi and Iniesta with Manchester United in 7/8. João Moutinho and Rolando who was sent off plus substitute Silvestre Varela featured in Porto's UEFA Super Cup defeat by Barcelona in Monaco last August, Cesc Fàbregas scoring the second goal. Fernando Torres, Juan Mata and Raul Meireles were UEFA Champions League winners with Chelsea FC in May. Meireles tasted victory against Barcelona in the semifinals, while Torres and Mata helped eliminate Nélson Oliveira's SL Benfica in the previous round. Rui Patrício and João Pereira's Sporting lost to Athletic Club in the / UEFA Europa League semifinals, Fernando Llorente scoring the winning goal and Javi Martínez also featuring for Athletic. The Portuguese pair had helped Sporting eliminate David Silva's Manchester City FC in the round of 6. Hugo Almeida's Beşiktaş JK lost out to Juanfran's Club Atlético de Madrid in the / UEFA Europa League round of 6. João Moutinho and Silvestre Varela helped Porto overcome a Villarreal CF team including Santi Cazorla in the / UEFA Europa League semifinals. Hélder Postiga and Rubén Micael play for Liga side Real Zaragoza. Ricardo Quaresma spent /4 alongside Valdés, Xavi and Iniesta at Barcelona. Hugo Viana was contracted to Valencia CF between 5 and 9, with a loan spell at CA Osasuna in 7/8. Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 4 Match background

5 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Match facts PORTUGAL Portugal were four games without a win in, scoring just once in that time, before beating Denmark on /6. They have now claimed three successive victories. Paulo Bento has named the same starting XI in each of Portugal's last six competitive games. Cristiano Ronaldo needs just one more to equal the record for UEFA European Championship goals of, qualifying included, currently shared by Hakan Şükür (Turkey) and Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark). Ronaldo has scored six UEFA European Championship finals goals, matching Nuno Gomes' national record. Portugal have hit the woodwork six times at UEFA EURO, already one more than any other team in UEFA European Championship history. Ronaldo alone has struck it four times. Ronaldo's three goals at UEFA EURO have taken his international goals tally to 5, above Luís Figo () and third on Portugal's top scorer list. Only Pauleta (47) and Eusébio (4) lie ahead. Hélder Postiga and Ronaldo are now among seven players to score at three UEFA European Championships, after Jürgen Klinsmann, Vladimír Šmicer, Nuno Gomes, Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimović. Injury news Postiga will miss the semifinal after sustaining a thigh muscle injury against the Czech Republic. Carlos Martins withdrew from the initial men squad due to a calf injury, with Hugo Viana, who had not represented Portugal for five years, taking his place. Miscellaneous Pepe (v Denmark) and Ronaldo (v Netherlands, v Czech Republic) have won Carlsberg Man of the Match awards at UEFA EURO. Pepe scored Portugal's opening goal at UEFA EURO, as he did in Austria/Switzerland four years ago. At 4 years and 5 days, Rui Patrício became Portugal's youngest ever final tournament keeper against Germany. Eleven of the squad have been in past EURO squads: Ronaldo (4, 8), Postiga (4, 8), Pepe (8), Bruno Alves (8), Miguel Veloso (8), João Moutinho (8), Raul Meireles (8), Ricardo Quaresma (8), Nani (8), Hugo Almeida (8) and Patrício (8). This is Ronaldo's fifth successive major tournament. Miguel Lopes had to postpone his wedding on 6/5 after receiving his first callup. Portugal gathered on 6/5 for their pretournament team camp in Obidos, km north of Lisbon. Ronaldo, Coentrão, Pepe, Meireles, Patrício and João Pereira joined five days later due to club commitments and Viana followed on the 4th. Portugal arrived at their EURO base of Opalenica, Poland, on 4/6. Pretournament friendlies /6 Portugal Turkey (Nani 57; Umut 5 5, Pepe og 88) 6/5 Portugal Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ronaldo had a penalty saved at against Turkey, when Miguel Lopes and Custódio won their first caps. UEFA EURO qualifying Nani and Meireles started all ten of Portugal's qualifiers, each passing 5 caps during the campaign. Six of the final squad did not play in qualifying: Beto, Lopes, Ricardo Costa, Custódio, Viana and Nélson Oliveira. Bento replaced Carlos Queiroz two games and one point into UEFA EURO qualifying. Domestic information Meireles helped Chelsea FC to their fourth FA Cup win in six years and a maiden UEFA Champions League triumph, though he was suspended for the Munich final. Ronaldo, Pepe and Coentrão helped Real Madrid CF to their first Spanish Liga title in four years. Ronaldo was everpresent, and eclipsed his record of 4 Spanish topflight goals set in / with 46 this time round that was, however, four shy of leading scorer Lionel Messi. Rolando, João Moutinho, Silvestre Varela (FC Porto), Alves (FC Zenit St Petersburg) and Beto (CFR 97 Cluj) all won domestic league titles. Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 5 Match facts

6 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) SPAIN Spain are 8 competitive games without defeat, since their loss to Switzerland on 6/6/ at the FIFA World Cup. They have lost four of their 4 friendlies in that time, however. Spain are nine games unbeaten, winning seven since their defeat by England on //. Iker Casillas has gone 99 minutes without conceding, since Antonio Di Natale's effort for Italy on /6. Spain have kept eight successive clean sheets in major tournament knockout games. Xavi Hernández has made more completed passes at UEFA EURO (74) than any other player at a UEFA European Championship. He broke the record for passes in a single game against the Republic of Ireland (). Cesc Fàbregas has made six substitute appearances in the UEFA European Championship, only one fewer than the Netherlands' Aron Winter's record of seven. Vicente del Bosque's team made 67 completed passes to Italy's 4, 8 to Ireland's 98, 69 to Croatia's and 68 to France's 49. Spain have had over 5% possession in of their last games at major final tournaments, the exception being the UEFA EURO 8 final against Germany (46%). Injury news Carles Puyol (knee) and Spain's record scorer, David Villa (broken leg), were ruled out of the finals. Miscellaneous Andrés Iniesta (v Croatia, Italy), Fernando Torres (v Ireland) and Xabi Alonso (v France) have won Carlsberg Man of the Match awards at UEFA EURO. Spain's 4 victory against the Republic of Ireland was their biggest ever win at a UEFA European Championship. Alonso marked his th appearance for Spain with his 4th and 5th international goals against France. Spain, minus players from Chelsea FC and Copa del Rey finalists FC Barcelona and Athletic Club, travelled to a training camp in Schruns, Austria, on /5. Juan Mata and Torres joined them on 6/5, with the final man squad unveiled the following day. Spain arrived at their EURO base of Gniewino on 5/6. Spain's squad includes of the party that won UEFA EURO 8: Casillas, Raúl Albiol, Iniesta, Xavi, Torres, Fàbregas, Santi Cazorla, Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Álvaro Arbeloa, David Silva and Pepe Reina. Casillas, Xavi, Alonso and Torres were also in the UEFA EURO 4 squad, and for Casillas this represents a national record fourth UEFA European Championship appearance as he was also at UEFA EURO. Pretournament friendlies /6 Spain China (Silva 84) /5 Spain 4 South Korea (Torres, Alonso 5pen, Cazorla 55, Negredo 79; Kim Do Heon 4) 6/5 Spain Serbia (Adrián 67, Cazorla 74pen) Casillas kept his 7rd clean sheet for Spain against Serbia on 6/5, beating Edwin van der Sar's international record. Five days later he celebrated a record 95th international win against South Korea 4. UEFA EURO qualifying Spain won eight out of eight in Group I, becoming one of only five sides to go through a qualifying campaign with a % record in the history of the UEFA European Championship. Ramos and Villa were the only players to feature in all eight group games for Del Bosque's side. Two of the final tournament squad did not feature in qualifying: Reina and Juanfran. Domestic information Casillas, Ramos, Arbeloa, Albiol and Alonso helped Real Madrid CF to Liga glory, Albiol making five league starts. FC Barcelona's Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Xavi, Fàbregas, Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Pedro Rodríguez won the Copa del Rey, Pedro scoring twice on 5/5 in a final triumph against an Athletic side featuring Fernando Llorente and Javi Martínez. Barça also won the UEFA Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. Mata and Torres were UEFA Champions League and FA Cup winners with Chelsea, while Reina enjoyed English League Cup success with Liverpool FC. Silva was in the Manchester City FC side that won the English top flight for the first time in 44 years. Juanfran, who made his Spain debut against Serbia on 6/5, was in the Club Atlético de Madrid XI that defeated an Athletic team featuring Llorente and Javi Martínez in the UEFA Europa League final in Bucharest on 9/5. Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 6 Match facts

7 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Team facts Team facts: Portugal UEFA European Championship record 8: quarterfinals 4: runnersup : semifinals 996: quarterfinals 99: did not qualify 988: did not qualify 984: semifinals 98: did not qualify 976: did not qualify 97: did not qualify 968: did not qualify 964: preliminary round 96: quarterfinals Team EURO records Qualifying win 8: Portugal v Liechtenstein, 9/6/99 8: Portugal v Liechtenstein, 8//94 Qualifying loss 5: USSR v Portugal, 7/4/8 5: Czechoslovakia v Portugal, /4/75 Final tournament win : Portugal v Germany, /6/, group stage : Croatia v Portugal, 9/6/96, group stage Biggest loss : Switzerland v Portugal, 5/6/8, group stage Player EURO records Final tournament appearances 4: Luís Figo 4: Nuno Gomes : Cristiano Ronaldo : Fernando Couto : Rui Costa Final tournament goals 6: Nuno Gomes 6: Cristiano Ronaldo : Sérgio Conceição : Hélder Postiga Overall appearances 4: Luís Figo 4: Cristiano Ronaldo : Vítor Baía : Rui Costa 9: Fernando Couto 8: Nuno Gomes Overall goals : Cristiano Ronaldo 4: João Pinto : Rui Costa 9: Hélder Postiga 9: Nuno Gomes Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 7 Team facts

8 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Team facts: Spain UEFA European Championship record 8: winners 4: group stage, final tournament : quarterfinals 996: quarterfinals 99: qualifying 988: group stage, final tournament 984: runnersup 98: group stage, final tournament 976: quarterfinals 97: qualifying 968: quarterfinals 964: winners 96: quarterfinals Team EURO records Final tournament win 4: Spain v Republic of Ireland, 4/6/, group stage Final tournament loss : Germany v Spain, 7/6/88, group stage : France v Spain, 7/6/84, final Qualifying win : Spain v Malta, //8 Qualifying loss : three times, most recently France v Spain, //9 : three times, most recently Sweden v Spain, 7//6 Note: Spain's quarterfinal against the Soviet Union on /5/6 was awarded to the Soviet Union after Spain withdrew Player EURO records Final tournament appearances : Iker Casillas : Fernando Torres : Rafael Gordillo : Cesc Fàbregas : Andrés Iniesta : Xabi Alonso Final tournament goals 4: David Villa 4: Fernando Torres : Alfonso Pérez : Cesc Fàbregas Overall appearances 9: Iker Casillas : Andoni Zubizarreta : Xavi Hernández 8: Sergio Ramos 7: Raúl González Overall goals 9: Raúl González 8: David Villa 4: Carlos Santillana : Fernando Hierro Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 8 Team facts

9 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Squad list Portugal No. Player Goalkeepers Eduardo Rui Patrício Beto Defenders Bruno Alves Pepe 5 Fábio Coentrão Ricardo Costa 4 Rolando 9 Miguel Lopes João Pereira Midfielders 4 Miguel Veloso 6 Custódio 8 João Moutinho Ricardo Quaresma 5 Rúben Micael 6 Raul Meireles 7 Nani Hugo Viana Forwards 7 Cristiano Ronaldo 9 Hugo Almeida Nélson Oliveira 8 Silvestre Varela Hélder Postiga Coach Paulo Bento DoB 9/9/8 5//88 /5/8 7//8 6//8 //88 6/5/8 /8/85 9//86 5//84 /5/86 4/5/8 8/9/86 6/9/8 9/8/86 7//8 7//86 5//8 5//85 /5/84 8/8/9 //85 /8/8 /6/69 Age Club SL Benfica Sporting Clube de Portugal CFR 97 Cluj FC Zenit St Petersburg Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF Valencia CF FC Porto SC Braga Sporting Clube de Portugal Genoa CFC SC Braga FC Porto Beşiktaş JK Real Zaragoza Chelsea FC Manchester United FC SC Braga Real Madrid CF Beşiktaş JK SL Benfica FC Porto Real Zaragoza D UEFA EURO Qual. FT Pld Gls Pld Gls Overall Team Pld Gls Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 9 Squad list

10 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Spain No. Player Goalkeepers Iker Casillas Víctor Valdés Pepe Reina Defenders Raúl Albiol Gerard Piqué 4 Javi Martínez 5 Juanfran 5 Sergio Ramos 7 Álvaro Arbeloa 8 Jordi Alba Midfielders 6 Andrés Iniesta 8 Xavi Hernández Cesc Fàbregas 4 Xabi Alonso 6 Sergio Busquets Santi Cazorla David Silva Jesús Navas Forwards 7 Pedro Rodríguez 9 Fernando Torres Álvaro Negredo Juan Mata 9 Fernando Llorente Coach Vicente del Bosque DoB /5/8 4//8 /8/8 4/9/85 //87 /9/88 9//85 //86 7//8 //89 /5/84 5//8 4/5/87 5//8 6/7/88 //84 8//86 //85 8/7/87 //84 /8/85 8/4/88 6//85 //5 Age Club Real Madrid CF FC Barcelona Liverpool FC Real Madrid CF FC Barcelona Athletic Club Club Atlético de Madrid Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF Valencia CF FC Barcelona FC Barcelona FC Barcelona Real Madrid CF FC Barcelona Málaga CF Manchester City FC Sevilla FC FC Barcelona Chelsea FC Sevilla FC Chelsea FC Athletic Club D UEFA EURO Qual. FT Pld Gls Pld Gls Overall Team Pld Gls Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET Squad list

11 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Head coach Portugal: Paulo Bento Date of birth: June 969 Nationality: Portuguese Playing career: CF Estrela da Amadora, Vitória SC, SL Benfica, Real Oviedo CF, Sporting Clube de Portugal Coaching career: Sporting Clube de Portugal, Portugal A former international midfielder who made an instant impact upon rising to the top job at Sporting in October 5, Paulo Bento has enjoyed success throughout his footballing life. He began his playing career at Estrela da Amadora, helping them to the Portuguese Cup in 989/9. Moved on to Vitória SC before a switch to Benfica brought another cup triumph in 995/96, prior to four seasons in Spain with Real Oviedo. Returned to Sporting for /, helping them win the Portuguese double the following season. Retired from playing in summer 4 and quickly accepted a role in the Sporting coaching setup where he guided the youth team to the national title in 4/5. In October 5, promoted to firstteam coach after the sacking of José Peseiro and quickly improved the side's fortunes, leading Sporting on a run of ten straight victories between January and April 6. Started 8/9 with a Super Cup win against FC Porto but failed to add to that and left the club midway through the following campaign after a run of poor results. In September was appointed Carlos Queiroz's successor as Portugal coach after the team had taken only one point from their first two UEFA EURO qualifying games and oversaw a revival that culminated in a playoff win against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Spain: Vicente del Bosque Date of birth: December 95 Nationality: Spanish Playing career: Real Madrid Castilla, Córdoba CF, CD Castellón, Real Madrid CF Coaching career: Real Madrid Castilla, Real Madrid CF, Beşiktaş JK, Spain Came up through the youth ranks at Real Madrid and became an important member of the team as a defensive midfielder during the 97s, winning five league titles in six seasons and four Spanish Cups. Capped 8 times, Del Bosque ended Spain career at the 98 UEFA European Championship in Italy his only major tournament as a player. Also appeared for Madrid in the 98 European Champion Clubs' Cup final against Liverpool FC. Joined Madrid's coaching staff shortly after stopping playing in 984 and spent many years in youth development, stepping up in 994 and 996 as the first team's interim coach. Given the job full time in November 999, he won seven trophies including two UEFA Champions League triumphs and two Spanish titles. Left in and resurfaced briefly in Turkey with Beşiktaş. Succeeded Luis Aragonés as Spain coach in July 8. Set a new global record by winning his opening matches and steered the European champions to the FIFA World Cup with a perfect qualifying record. Went on to guide Spain to a first world title in South Africa with a final victory against the Netherlands and subsequently took team to UEFA EURO with wins in all eight qualifiers. Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET Head coach

12 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official Reserve official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Cüneyt Çakır (TUR) Bahattin Duran (TUR), Tarik Ongun (TUR) Hüseyin Göçek (TUR), Bülent Yıldırım (TUR) Damir Skomina (SVN) Matej Žunič (SVN) Jānis Mežeckis (LVA) Jozef Marko (SVK) Referee Name Cüneyt Çakır Date of birth //976 Nationality One of Turkey's most promising match officials, Cüneyt Çakir has enjoyed a rapid rise up the ladder since his UEFA debut as the fourth official in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round game between Skonto FC and Sliema Wanderers FC in July. Took charge of two matches at the 7 UEFA European Under9 Championship in Austria and was also the referee for two UEFA EURO 8 qualifying fixtures. Çakir, who lives with his wife in Istanbul and works in insurance, made his refereeing debut in the UEFA Cup proper in 8/9, taking charge of two games including the group stage fixture between FC Twente and FC Schalke 4 in December 8. He has been in the middle for more than matches in the Turkish Süper Lig and was selected for the U finals in Sweden in 9, taking charge of three games including England's penalty shootout win against the hosts in the semifinals. Oversaw Fulham's secondleg win against Hamburger SV in the 9/ UEFA Europa League semifinals, one of seven matches he refereed in total in the competition that season. Çakir took charge of three group stage matches in the / UEFA Champions League and was selected for the FIFA U World Cup, when he was in the middle for the FrancePortugal semifinal. UEFA European Championship matches featuring teams from the two countries involved in this match Date 4/6/ Competition EURO Other matches Date 8//7 7//7 /9/ // /6/ 8/6/ Competition EURO EURO EURO EURO EURO EURO Stage QR Stage QR QR QR QR GS GS Home Portugal Home Israel Denmark Lithuania Sweden Ukraine Italy Away Norway Away Estonia Latvia Scotland Netherlands Sweden Republic of Ireland Result Result 4 TUR Venue Lisbon Venue Tel Aviv Copenhagen Kaunas Solna Kyiv Poznan Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET Match officials

13 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Competition facts UEFA European Championship final tournament: Did you know? Germany are the competition's most successful side having lifted the trophy in 97, 98 (both as West Germany) and 996, reaching the final in 976, 99 and 8. Only Spain (964, 8) and France (984, ) have also triumphed more than once. Only three sides have ever won the UEFA European Championship on home soil: Spain (964), Italy (968) and France (984). No side has ever retained the trophy, and no player has ever appeared in two victorious UEFA European Championship finals. The Soviet Union (96, 964) and West Germany (97, 976) returned to the finals as holders only to lose, while Rainer Bonhof twice picked up a winners' medal with West Germany (97, 98) but did not play in either tournament. Berti Vogts was a winner as a player with West Germany in 97 and as coach of Germany in 996, making him the only man to win as player and coach. Since 98, when the final tournament expanded to become an eightteam event, the hosts or cohosts have only failed to reach the semifinals or better four times: Italy (98), Belgium () Austria and Switzerland (8) and now Poland and Ukraine. UEFA EURO is Germany's th successive UEFA European Championship final tournament they last missed out as West Germany in 968. The Netherlands were in the finals for the seventh successive edition. Germany are appearing in the finals for the eleventh time, one more than Russia. This is the ninth tournament for the Netherlands and Spain. Five teams have qualified for the finals with a perfect record, including Spain and Germany this time round. The others are France (99 and 4) and Czech Republic (). The Netherlands' 6 defeat of Yugoslavia in the UEFA EURO quarterfinals is the biggest win in a final tournament. Three games have finished 5, most recently Sweden's 4 defeat of Bulgaria. The biggest margin of victory in a UEFA European Championship semifinal is, achieved three times: twice by the USSR against Czechoslovakia in 96 and Denmark four years later and Spain, who beat Russia in UEFA EURO 8. The 96 semifinal between Yugoslavia and France featured more goals nine than any other single lastfour match, Yugoslavia winning 54. Only West Germany, in 976, have also scored more than three goals in semifinal. A total of semifinals have gone to extra time, with five settled in the additional minutes: Spain's defeat of Hungary in 964, Czechoslovakia's victory against the Netherlands and West Germany's 4 defeat of Yugoslavia, both in 976, plus France's win against Portugal in and Greece's victory against the Czech Republic in 4. The last two victories came on golden and silver goals respectively. The remaining tie, between Italy and the USSR in 968, remained goalless after minutes and was settled on the toss of a coin, Italy going on to reach the final and lift the trophy. Five semifinal ties required penalties at the end of extra time, the first being Spain's 54 shootout defeat of Denmark following a draw in 984. Denmark came out on top against the Netherlands in 99 (, 54 penalties) while both semifinals at EURO '96 ended 65 after a shootout, Germany overcoming England after a draw and the Czech Republic eliminating France ( aet). The last semifinal to go to spot kicks was Italy's defeat of the Netherlands following a goalless minutes at UEFA EURO. Spain are seeking to retain the trophy having already become only the third team to hold the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup at the same time. West Germany won the European title in 97 and added the world crown two years later, while France won the 998 World Cup and UEFA EURO. No team has ever won three consecutive world and continental titles. A total of 5 players appeared in both those finals: for West Germany, Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer, HansGeorg Schwarzenbeck, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Gerd Müller played in both matches, while Fabien Barthez, Marcel Desailly, Bixente Lizarazu, Lilian Thuram, Didier Deschamps, Youri Djorkaeff, Patrick Vieira, Zinédine Zidane and Christophe Dugarry also achieved the feat for France. Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET Competition facts

14 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, Joan Capdevila, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Cesc Fàbregas, Xabi Alonso and Fernando Torres played in Spain's 8 EURO final win and the World Cup success. Five players have appeared in European Cup and UEFA European Championship final victories in the same year: Luis Suárez achieved the feat with FC Internazionale Milano and Spain in 964, while in 988 PSV Eindhoven quartet Hans van Breucklen, Ronald Koeman, Barry van Aerle and Gerald Vanenburg were all in the victorious Netherlands side. Wim Kieft and Nicolas Anelka narrowly missed out on this club. A Champion Clubs' Cup finalist with PSV in 988, Kieft was an unused substitute in the Netherlands' European triumph, while Nicolas Anelka was similarly thwarted with France in after appearing in Real Madrid CF's UEFA Champions League final. Anelka's Madrid teammate Christian Karembeu holds the unique position of being an unused substitute in both European Cup and European Championship final victories in the same year. In 8 Germany's Michael Ballack, then with Chelsea FC, became the first player to appear in European Cup and EURO final defeats in the same year. Four players have followed European Cup final defeat with EURO victory in the same year: Ignacio Zoco and Amancio Amaro (964, Real Madrid CF and Spain) and Manny Kaltz and Horst Hrubesch (98, Hamburger SV and West Germany). Lothar Matthäus is the oldest player to appear in a UEFA European Championship finals; he was aged 9 years 9 days in Germany's loss to Portugal at UEFA EURO. Jetro Willems became the youngest player to grace a UEFA European Championship when he started the Netherlands' opening Group B match against Denmark at UEFA EURO. The PSV Eindhoven defender was aged 8 years and 7 days, breaking the record held by Belgium's Enzo Scifo, who was 8 years and 5 days against Yugoslavia in 984. Before UEFA EURO, five players had appeared in four final tournaments: Lothar Matthäus, Peter Schmeichel, Alessandro Del Piero, Edwin van der Sar and Lilian Thuram. Olof Mellberg and Iker Casillas joined the group in Poland and Ukraine. Austria's Ivica Vastic is the oldest player to score having found the net in a draw against Poland at UEFA EURO 8 aged 8 years 57 days. Johan Vonlanthen was 8 years 4 days old when scoring in Switzerland's defeat by France at UEFA EURO 4, making him the youngest player to strike in the finals. Russia's Dmitri Kirichenko scored the fastest goal in a UEFA European Championship; his effort against Greece at UEFA EURO 4 was timed at 67 seconds. There have been eight hattricks in a final tournament: Dieter Müller (976), Klaus Allofs (98), Michel Platini (984, twice), Marco van Basten (988), Sérgio Conceição (), Patrick Kluivert () and David Villa (8). Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 4 Competition facts

15 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Matchbymatch lineups Portugal Final tournament Group B Standings Germany Portugal Denmark Netherlands Pld W D L GF GA Pts 9 6 Matchday (9/6/) Germany Portugal Goals: Gomez 7 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Miguel Veloso, Fábio Coentrão, Cristiano Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Raul Meireles (Varela 8), Nani, João Pereira, Hélder Postiga (Nélson Oliveira 7) Matchday (/6/) Denmark Portugal Goals: Pepe 4, Hélder Postiga 6, Bendtner 4, Bendtner 8, Varela 87 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Miguel Veloso, Fábio Coentrão, Cristiano Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Raul Meireles (Varela 84), Nani (Rolando 89), João Pereira, Hélder Postiga (Nélson Oliveira 64) Matchday (7/6/) Portugal Netherlands Goals: Van der Vaart, Cristiano Ronaldo 8, Cristiano Ronaldo 74 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Miguel Veloso, Fábio Coentrão, Cristiano Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Raul Meireles (Custódio 7), Nani (Rolando 87), João Pereira, Hélder Postiga (Nélson Oliveira 64) Quarterfinals (/6/) Czech Republic Portugal Goals: Cristiano Ronaldo 79 Portugal: Rui Patrício, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Miguel Veloso, Fábio Coentrão, Cristiano Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Raul Meireles (Rolando 88), Nani (Custódio 84), João Pereira, Hélder Postiga (Hugo Almeida 4) Semifinals (7/6/) Portugal v Spain Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 5 Matchbymatch lineups

16 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Spain Final tournament Group C Standings Spain Italy Croatia Republic of Ireland Pld W D L GF GA 9 Pts Matchday (/6/) Spain Italy Goals: Di Natale 6, Fàbregas 64 Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Fàbregas (Torres 74), Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Busquets, Arbeloa, Jordi Alba, Silva (Jesús Navas 64) Matchday (4/6/) Spain 4 Republic of Ireland Goals: Torres 4, Silva 49, Torres 7, 4 Fàbregas 8 Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Iniesta (Santi Cazorla 8), Xavi Hernández, Torres (Fàbregas 74), Xabi Alonso (Javi Martínez 65), Sergio Ramos, Busquets, Arbeloa, Jordi Alba, Silva Matchday (8/6/) Croatia Spain Goals: Jesús Navas 88 Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Iniesta, Xavi Hernández (Negredo 89), Torres (Jesús Navas 6), Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Busquets, Arbeloa, Jordi Alba, Silva (Fàbregas 7) Quarterfinals (/6/) Spain France Goals: Xabi Alonso 9, Xabi Alonso 9+(pen) Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Iniesta (Santi Cazorla 84), Xavi Hernández, Fàbregas (Torres 67), Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Busquets, Arbeloa, Jordi Alba, Silva (Pedro Rodríguez 65) Semifinals (7/6/) Portugal v Spain Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 6 Matchbymatch lineups

17 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) UEFA information EURO Legends choose Carlsberg Man of the Match Legends who have graced past EUROs will be making a key contribution to UEFA EURO by voting for and helping to present the Carlsberg Man of the Match Award at each of the games in Poland and Ukraine and fans will join them in deciding who wins the coveted prize each time. A EURO legend, invited by UEFA President Michel Platini, will be present at each match. A fan vote will be accessible via the UEFA.com match centre, and the EURO Legend will take into consideration the fans' vote before making the final decision on the most outstanding man on the field during the match. A glittering array of superstars are being lined up to decide who wins each UEFA EURO Carlsberg Man of the Match Award. Fernando Couto (Portugal), Christian Karembeu (France), Predrag Mijatović (Montenegro), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark), Allan Simonsen (Denmark), Davor Šuker (Croatia) and Patrick Vieira (France) are among those who will act as award ambassadors in Poland and Ukraine. Tournament charity benefits from EURO goals Fans in the stadiums and in front of their TV screens have been hailing the goals at UEFA EURO, and the Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE), the official tournament charity, have had more reason than most to cheer with joy. UEFA is donating, to CAFE for each goal scored at the tournament. The group stage featured no less than 6 goals in 4 games which means that European football's governing body donated 8,, to contribute to improved access and facilities for disabled football fans. As part of the Respect programme at UEFA EURO, UEFA is working with CAFE to manage separate Respect Inclusion initiatives, and football followers and other benefactors are being encouraged to donate money for upcoming schemes. President visits Gdansk UEFA President Michel Platini took a guided tour of the Gdansk shipyards, birthplace of the Solidarność trade union, ahead of the UEFA EURO quarterfinal between Germany and Greece. The chief of the trade union, Piotr Duda, guided Mr Platini around the shipyard and an exhibition on the union's work in Poland, entitled Roads To Freedom. An official photograph was then taken in front of the city's Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers. "I'm happy that Mr Platini found time to meet people from Solidarność," said Mr Duda. The UEFA President promised to visit Solidarność when he met Mr Duda at the House of European Football in Nyon a year ago. Mr Platini was also invited to attend a ceremony at the city's Władysławowo sports centre, where a star on the pavement was laid in his honour, as part of a walk of fame in Gdansk. Volunteers' vital role Volunteers are a critical component for the success of a major championship such as UEFA EURO, as they will quite often be the first contact that supporters have with the tournament. For UEFA EURO, organisers received a UEFA European Championship record,965 applications from fans worldwide to work as a volunteer. Ultimately more than 5, volunteers are supporting UEFA's fulltime staff in areas of operation, and are working at official UEFA EURO sites such as stadiums, airports and hotels. Volunteers not only support the successful implementation of operations but also lend their enthusiasm and a unique hostcountry flavour, helping to give visitors and participants an unforgettable experience. Showcase games UEFA EURO has welcomed disabled athletes to demonstrate their football skills at matches taking place ahead of the quarterfinals. These games formed part of UEFA's RESPECT Inclusion projects, initiatives implemented by CAFE (Centre for Access to Football in Europe) to promote the integration of disabled players and fans into football. The showcase games gave UEFA EURO fans the opportunity to watch disabled players compete against each other. A total of four matches were staged at stadiums 9 minutes before the quarterfinal games a sevenaside game for athletes with intellectual disabilities from Special Olympics Poland; a fiveaside game for blind and partiallysighted players from the CROSS association; a sevenaside game for deaf players; and a sevenaside game for players with locomotive disabilities, such as cerebral palsy. Respect Diversity At the UEFA EURO semifinal matches in Donetsk and Warsaw the captains of the national teams of Spain, Portugal, Germany and Italy will reaffirm their stance against racism and encourage intercultural dialogue between fans. The semifinal matches are the culmination of UEFA's Respect campaign for UEFA EURO. Football supporters are also becoming an integral part of the RESPECT campaign, by joining the fan choreographies organised in the stands at both stadiums, and which will see the word Respect and the national team flags appear just minutes before kickoff. The Respect Diversity project is implemented by UEFA's longtime partner the FARE network and its local counterpart in Poland/Ukraine, Never Again. Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 7 UEFA information

18 Wednesday 7 June.45CET (.45 local time) Legend :: Alltime statistics The alltime record of the competing teams in the UEFA European Championship. Final tournament: The UEFA European Championship was a fourteam event in 96, 964, 968, 97 and 976. From 98 it was expanded to an eightteam finals and remained in that format in 984, 988 and 99 until 996, when the current 6team format was adopted. Goals for/against: Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg match forfeits when a result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shootout after a tie ended in a draw. :: Squad list The eligible list of players ordered first by playing position and then numeric order. UEFA EURO qualifying: Total UEFA EURO appearances/goals in qualifying competition only. FT: Total UEFA EURO appearances/goals in final tournament only. Overall: Total international appearances/goals. DoB: Date of birth Age: based on the date press kit was last updated BL: Booking list (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended) :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UFRIE: Under friendly internationals U: UEFA European Under Championship U7: UEFA Under7 Championship U6: UEFA European Under6 Championship U9: UEFA Under9 Championship U8: UEFA European Under8 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS: First group stage GS: Second group stage KO: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarterfinals QR: Qualifying round QR: First qualifying round QR: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament ELITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff GSFT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics () : Denotes player substituted (*) : Denotes player sent off :: Squad list D: Disciplinary S: Suspended QR: Third qualifying round R: First round R: Second round R: Third round R4: Fourth round SF: Semifinals R6: round of 6 R: Round of st: first leg nd: second leg PO: Playoff (Rep) : Replay PO FT: Playoff for Final Tournament Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation playoff :: Other abbreviations (aet): Match decided after extra timeno.: Number aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shootout ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result GA: Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin gg: Match decided by golden goal W: Won L: Lost Y: Booked Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) N/a: Not applicable (+) : Denotes player introduced (+/) : Denotes player introduced and substituted *: Misses next match if booked #: Suspended for at least one match :: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on Last updated 6/6/ 6:5:56CET 8 Legend