UEFA Euro 2012 23 best players over the course of the tournament. The group of eleven analysts watched every game at the tournament before making their decision after the final. Ten players from the winning Spanish team were selected in the team of the tournament, while Zlatan Ibrahimović was the only player to be included whose team was knocked out in the group stage. Fernando Torres tied with five other players on goals and with Mario Gómez on goals and assists; however, he played 92 fewer minutes than Gómez did, thus earning the title. Torres also became the first player to score in
UEFA Team of the Year for best coach was discontinued. After the votes are cast, they are tallied and the final team is announced on the UEFA website. The player with the most appearances in the team is Cristiano Ronaldo, having appeared twelve times. Second is Lionel Messi, having appeared nine times. Joint third are Iker Casillas, Carles Puyol, Andrés Iniesta and Sergio Ramos, who all have six appearances each. The most consecutive appearances in the team is eleven for Cristiano Ronaldo (2007–2017), followed by Iker Casillas with six (2007–2012), and both Thierry Henry (2001–2005) and Lionel Messi (2008–2012) with five. The teams with the