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| | | | |  Laurent Blanc's first game in charge of France ended in a 2-1 loss in Norway, though the coaches of Greece, Russia and Turkey all enjoyed winning starts to their tenures on a busy night of friendlies. | | | | |
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| | | | |  Mexico 1-1 Spain
Newly-crowned world champions Spain needed a last-minute David Silva goal to salvage a share of the spoils at the Azteca Stadium. | | | | |
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| | | | |  Republic of Ireland 0-1 Argentina
Ángel di María's exquisite first-half goal was enough to condemn the hosts to defeat in their opening game at the Dublin Arena. | | | | |
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| | | | |  Poland 0-3 Cameroon
Poland captain Michał Żewłakow was left ruing another "painful" result after Samuel Eto'o struck twice for the visitors in Szczecin. | | | | |
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| | | | |  Ukraine 1-1 Netherlands
The UEFA EURO 2012 co-hosts failed to win for the first time under Myron Markevich but avoided defeat thanks to Olexandr Aliyev's equaliser. | | | | |
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| | | | |  Estonia 2-1 Faroe Islands
The UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying campaign kicked off in thrilling fashion in Tallinn as Estonia struck twice in added time to secure an unlikely victory. | | | | |
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| | | | |  Philippe Senderos is set to miss Switzerland's opening three UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers after being ruled out for six months with a torn Achilles tendon sustained in Fulham FC training. | | | | |
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| | | | |  UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying begins on 11 August and UEFA.com looks at the numbers that matter from the 2,267 matches so far – from Hakan Şükür's scoring feat to France's seven-year winning run. | | | | |
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