TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — England will kick off its Euro 2012 qualification campaign with a home match against Bulgaria on Sept. 3.
The game was announced Thursday at a UEFA draw in Tel Aviv.
Group G, which contains Fabio Capello’s team, was one of four pools where UEFA was forced to hold a draw to determine the schedule after the competing soccer associations were unable to come to an agreement.
The English will travel to Switzerland on Sept. 7 for their second qualifying match and play neighbor Wales on March 26, 2011. England’s campaign will finish on Oct. 7, 2011, at Montenegro.
The other pools drawn on Thursday were Group F, containing Israel, Greece and Croatia; Group B, including Russia, Slovakia and the Republic of Ireland; and Group H, containing Portugal, Norway and Denmark.
