UEFA Euro 2012 squads UEFA Euro 2012 squads The following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. The tournament started on 8 June and the final took place in Kiev on 1 July 2012. Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers, by 29 May 2012. If a player was injured severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player. Club memberships are correct as of 2011–12 season. Caps and goals correct
UEFA Euro 2016 previous champions, the Netherlands (1988) and Denmark (1992), missed out on the finals. The Dutch team failed to qualify for the first time since Euro 1984 (also held in France), missing out on their first major tournament since the 2002 FIFA World Cup and only 16 months after having finished third at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Denmark did not appear at the Euro finals for the first time since 2008, after losing in the play-off round against Sweden. The draw for the finals took place at the Palais des Congrès de la Porte Maillot in Paris on 12 December