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England: Quarter-finals
How England performed
England qualified for the 2012 UEFA European Championship, co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine, without losing a match, recording five wins and three draws in Group G with 17 goals scored and five conceded. Defoe opened the campaign with a hat-trick in a 4–0 win over Bulgaria, and Defoe, Rooney, Bent and Young each finished with three qualifying goals.
At the finals, Roy Hodgson's side, captained by Steven Gerrard, drew 1–1 with France, Lescott scoring, and then beat Sweden 3–2: Carroll put England ahead, Sweden turned the game round to lead 2–1, and Walcott and Welbeck replied. Rooney's goal secured a 1–0 win over the co-hosts, Ukraine, and with it a place in the quarter-finals. There England drew 0–0 with Italy after extra time and lost the penalty shoot-out 4–2. They went out with two wins and two draws from four matches, five goals scored and three conceded, matching the quarter-final finish of 2004.
England fixtures
England
4–0
Bulgaria
England won
England: Defoe 3', Defoe 61', A. Johnson 83', Defoe 86'
Bulgaria: None
Switzerland
1–3
England
England won
England: Rooney 10', A. Johnson 69', Bent 88'
Switzerland: Shaqiri 71'
England
0–0
Montenegro
England drew
Wales
0–2
England
England won
England: Lampard 7' pen, Bent 14'
Wales: None
England
2–2
Switzerland
England drew
England: Lampard 37' pen, Young 51'
Switzerland: Barnetta 32', Barnetta 35'
Bulgaria
0–3
England
England won
England: Cahill 13', Rooney 21', Rooney 45+1'
Bulgaria: None
England
1–0
Wales
England won
England: Young 35'
Wales: None
Montenegro
2–2
England
England drew
England: Young 11', Bent 31'
Montenegro: Zverotić 45', Delibašić 90+1'
France
1–1
England
England drew
England: Lescott 30'
France: Nasri 39'
Sweden
2–3
England
England won
England: Carroll 23', Walcott 64', Welbeck 78'
Sweden: Johnson 49' og, Mellberg 59'
England
1–0
Ukraine
England won
England: Rooney 48'
Ukraine: None
England
0–0
Italy
England drew
a.e.t., 2–4 pens
England statistics
Full England squad
| No. | Player | Pos | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Hart | GK | Manchester City | – |
| 2 | Glen Johnson | DF | Liverpool | – |
| 3 | Ashley Cole | DF | Chelsea | – |
| 4 | Steven Gerrard C | MF | Liverpool | – |
| 5 | Martin Kelly | DF | Liverpool | – |
| 6 | John Terry | DF | Chelsea | – |
| 7 | Theo Walcott | FW | Arsenal | 1 |
| 8 | Jordan Henderson | MF | Liverpool | – |
| 9 | Andy Carroll | FW | Liverpool | 1 |
| 10 | Wayne Rooney | FW | Manchester United | 4 |
| 11 | Ashley Young | MF | Manchester United | 3 |
| 12 | Leighton Baines | DF | Everton | – |
| 13 | Robert Green | GK | West Ham United | – |
| 14 | Phil Jones | DF | Manchester United | – |
| 15 | Joleon Lescott | DF | Manchester City | 1 |
| 16 | James Milner | MF | Manchester City | – |
| 17 | Scott Parker | MF | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 18 | Phil Jagielka | DF | Everton | – |
| 19 | Stewart Downing | MF | Liverpool | – |
| 20 | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | MF | Arsenal | – |
| 21 | Jermain Defoe | FW | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 |
| 22 | Danny Welbeck | FW | Manchester United | 1 |
| 23 | Jack Butland | GK | Birmingham City | – |
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