2012 European Championship Statistics

Qualifying for Euro 2012 began in September 2010 and ended with the qualifying play-offs in November 2011. Many players and teams have achieved an impressive record of goals scored and games won, there are also those that have 'racked up' a less impressive count of fouls, yellow cards and sending off's.

Euro 2012 Qualifying Top Goal Scorers

Players and teams that have achieved the greatest number of goals during their participation in qualifying for the 2012 Euro Championships.

Players
Player	Team		Goals Scored
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar		Netherlands	12
Miroslav Klose		Germany	9
David Villa		Spain	7
Cristiano Ronaldo		Portugal	7
Mikael Forssell		Finland	7
Robbie Keane		Rep of Ireland	7
Mario Gomez		Germany	6
Robin van Persie		Netherlands	6
Gergely Rudolf		Hungary	6
Antonio Cassano		Italy	6

Teams
Team		Goals Scored
	Netherlands	37
	Germany	34
	Sweden	31
	Portugal	27
	Spain	26
	Armenia	22
	Hungary	22
	Belgium	21
	Croatia	21
	Italy	20

Offsides

Players and teams that have acquired the most 'Offside' decisions in qualifying for the 2012 Euro Championships.

Players
Player	Team		Offsides
Edin Džeko		Bosnia and Herzegovina	22
Karim Benzema		France	14
Zlatan Ibrahimović		Sweden	14
Andy Selva		San Marino	14
Hamdi Salihi		Albania	13
Sergei Kornilenko		Belarus	12
David Villa		Spain	12
Dimitris Salpingidis		Greece	12
Michael Mifsud		Malta	12
Burak Yılmaz		Turkey	11

Teams
Team		Offsides
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51
	France	36
	Italy	34
	Cyprus	34
	Belarus	33
	Northern Ireland	31
	Hungary	31
	Moldova	31
	Albania	30
	Greece	29

Fouls Committed

Players and teams that have been accused of the most amount of fouls in qualifying for the 2012 Euro Championships.

Players
Player	Team		Fouls
Kevin Doyle		Republic of Ireland	28
Jóan Edmundsson		Faroe Islands	28
Marouane Fellaini		Belgium	27
Elvir Rahimić		Bosnia and Herzegovina	27
Keith Andrews		Republic of Ireland	24
Fródi Benjaminsen		Faroe Islands	24
Juraj Kucka		Slovakia	22
Aleksandrs Cauņa		Latvia	22
Timmy Simons		Belgium	22
Raio Piiroja		Estonia	21

Teams
Team		Fouls
	Montenegro	199
	Estonia	185
	Republic of Ireland	176
	Latvia	167
	Bosnia-Herzegovina	166
	Belgium	161
	Croatia	157
	Slovakia	155
	Turkey	149
	Russia	147

Yellow Cards

Players and teams that have acquired the most amount of yellow cards in qualifying for the 2012 Euro Championships.

Players
Player	Team		Yellow Cards
Davide Simoncini		San Marino	5
Timofei Kalachev		Belarus	5
Zoltán Lipták		Hungary	5
Milorad Peković		Montenegro	5
Mario Mutsch		Luxembourg	5
Vincent Kompany		Belgium	5
Raio Piiroja		Estonia	5
Savo Pavičević		Montenegro	4
Andrew Cohen		Malta	4
Erjon Bogdani		Albania	4

Teams
Team		Yellow Cards
	Montenegro	35
	San Marino	30
	Bosnia-Herzegovina	29
	Estonia	28
	Andorra	27
	Greece	27
	Belarus	26
	Albania	25
	Macedonia	25
	Latvia	25

Red Cards

Players and teams that have acquired the most amount of red cards in qualifying for the 2012 Euro Championships.

Players
Player	Team		Red Cards
Nurtas Kurgulin		Kazakhstan	1
Andrei Stepanov		Estonia	1
Sami Hyypiä		Finland	1
Igor Ţîgîrlaş		Moldova	1
Carlo Valentini		San Marino	1
Aleksandr Kislitsyn		Kazakhstan	1
Zhivko Milanov		Bulgaria	1
Steven Whittaker		Scotland	1
Saša Yunisoğlu		Azerbaijan	1
Pól Jóhannus Justinussen		Faroe Islands	1

Teams
Team		Red Cards
	Albania	4
	Belarus	3
	Estonia	3
	Macedonia	3
	Czech Republic	2
	Finland	2
	Kazakhstan	2
	Luxembourg	2
	San Marino	2
	Switzerland	2