Match Officials
On 20 December 2011, UEFA named twelve referees and four fourth officials for Euro 2012. On 27 March 2012, UEFA issued the full list of 80 referees to be used in Euro 2012, including the assistant referees, the additional assistant referees, and the four reserve assistant referees. Each refereeing team consisted of five match officials from the same country: one main referee, two assistant referees, and two additional assistant referees. All of the main referees, additional assistant referees, and fourth officials were FIFA referees, and the assistant referees (including the four reserve assistant referees) were FIFA assistant referees. For each refereeing team, a third assistant referee from each country was named to remain on standby until the start of the tournament to take the place of a colleague if required. In two cases, for the French and Slovenian refereeing teams, the standby assistant referees took the place of one of the assistant referees before the start of the tournament. Continuing the experiments carried out in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, the two additional assistant referees were used on the goal line for the first time in European Championship history with approval from the International Football Association Board.
| Country | Referee | Assistant referees | Additional assistant referees | Matches refereed |
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| England | Howard Webb | Michael Mullarkey Peter Kirkup Stephen Child (standby) |
Martin Atkinson Mark Clattenburg |
Russia–Czech Republic (Group A) Italy–Croatia (Group C) Czech Republic–Portugal (Quarter-final) |
| France | Stéphane Lannoy | Eric Dansault (replaced by standby) Frédéric Cano Michaël Annonier (standby) |
Fredy Fautrel Ruddy Buquet |
Germany–Portugal (Group B) Greece–Czech Republic (Group A) Germany–Italy (Semi-final) |
| Germany | Wolfgang Stark | Jan-Hendrik Salver Mike Pickel Mark Borsch (standby) |
Florian Meyer Deniz Aytekin |
Poland–Russia (Group A) Croatia–Spain (Group C) |
| Hungary | Viktor Kassai | Gábor Erős György Ring Róbert Kispál (standby) |
István Vad Tamás Bognár |
Spain–Italy (Group C) England–Ukraine (Group D) |
| Italy | Nicola Rizzoli | Renato Faverani Andrea Stefani Luca Maggiani (standby) |
Gianluca Rocchi Paolo Tagliavento |
France–England (Group D) Portugal–Netherlands (Group B) Spain–France (Quarter-final) |
| Netherlands | Björn Kuipers | Sander van Roekel Erwin Zeinstra Norbertus Simons (standby) |
Pol van Boekel Richard Liesveld |
Republic of Ireland–Croatia (Group C) Ukraine–France (Group D) |
| Portugal | Pedro Proença | Bertino Miranda Ricardo Santos Tiago Trigo (standby) |
Jorge Sousa Duarte Gomes |
Spain–Republic of Ireland (Group C) Sweden–France (Group D) England–Italy (Quarter-final) Spain–Italy (Final) |
| Scotland | Craig Thomson | Alasdair Ross Derek Rose Graham Chambers (standby) |
William Collum Euan Norris |
Denmark–Portugal (Group B) Czech Republic–Poland (Group A) |
| Slovenia | Damir Skomina | Primož Arhar Marko Stančin (replaced by standby) Matej Žunič (standby) |
Matej Jug Slavko Vinčič |
Netherlands–Denmark (Group B) Sweden–England (Group D) Germany–Greece (Quarter-final) |
| Spain | Carlos Velasco Carballo | Roberto Alonso Fernández Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez Jesús Calvo Guadamuro (standby) |
David Fernández Borbalán Carlos Clos Gómez |
Poland–Greece (Group A) Denmark–Germany (Group B) |
| Sweden | Jonas Eriksson | Stefan Wittberg Mathias Klasenius Fredrik Nilsson (standby) |
Markus Strömbergsson Stefan Johannesson |
Netherlands–Germany (Group B) Greece–Russia (Group A) |
| Turkey | Cüneyt Çakır | Bahattin Duran Tarık Ongun Mustafa Emre Eyisoy (standby) |
Hüseyin Göçek Bülent Yıldırım |
Ukraine–Sweden (Group D) Italy–Republic of Ireland (Group C) Portugal–Spain (Semi-final) |
- Final referee; only referee assigned to four matches.
Four match officials, who served only as fourth officials, and four reserve assistant referees were also named:
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