UEFA Euro 2008 squads
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The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. The tournament started on 7 June and the final took place in Vienna on 29 June 2008.
Each nation had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of which had to be goalkeepers, by 28 May 2008. If a player was injured seriously enough to prevent his taking part in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.[1]
Caps, goals and ages as of 7 June 2008.
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[edit] Group A
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Czech Republic
Head coach: Karel Brückner
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Portugal
Head coach: 
Luiz Felipe Scolari
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Switzerland
Head coach: Köbi Kuhn
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Turkey
Head coach: Fatih Terim
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[edit] Group B
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Austria
Head coach: Josef Hickersberger
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Croatia
Head coach: Slaven Bilić
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Germany
Head coach: Joachim Löw
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Poland
Head coach: 
Leo Beenhakker
- Jakub Błaszczykowski injured a hamstring on 5 June and was replaced by Łukasz Piszczek.[25] Tomasz Kuszczak injured his back on 6 June and was replaced by Wojciech Kowalewski.[26]
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[edit] Group C
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France
Head coach: Raymond Domenech
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Italy
Head coach: Roberto Donadoni
- Fabio Cannavaro was ruled out of the Italian squad on 2 June after he was injured in training; he was replaced by Alessandro Gamberini.[27]
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[edit] Netherlands
Head coach: Marco van Basten
- Ryan Babel was ruled out of the Dutch squad on 31 May after he was injured in training; he was replaced by Khalid Boulahrouz.[33]
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Romania
Head coach: Victor Piţurcă
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[edit] Group D
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Greece
Head coach: Otto Rehhagel
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Russia
Head coach: Guus Hiddink
- Pavel Pogrebnyak failed to recover from injury and was replaced by Oleg Ivanov on 7 June.[39]
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Spain
Head coach: Luis Aragonés
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Sweden
Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck
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[edit] Player representation
- by club
| Players | Clubs |
|---|---|
| 11 | Lyon |
| 9 | Bayern Munich, Galatasaray |
| 8 | Barcelona, Chelsea, Panathinaikos, Real Madrid |
| 7 | Arsenal, Red Bull Salzburg, Werder Bremen |
| 6 | Hamburg, Lokomotiv Moscow, Porto, Steaua Bucureşti |
| 5 | CSKA Moscow, Fenerbahçe, Juventus, Liverpool, Milan, Nuremberg, Olympiacos, Rapid Wien, Spartak Moscow, Stuttgart, Valencia, Zenit St. Petersburg |
- By club nationality
| Players | Clubs |
|---|---|
| 55 | Germany |
| 45 | England |
| 40 | Spain |
| 35 | Italy |
| 30 | Russia |
| 26 | France |
| 20 | Greece |
| 18 | Austria |
| 17 | Turkey |
| 14 | Portugal, Romania |
| 10 | Netherlands, Poland |
| 7 | Switzerland |
| 6 | Sweden |
| 4 | Belgium |
| 3 | Croatia, Denmark, Scotland, Ukraine |
| 2 | Czech Republic, Norway |
| 1 | Bulgaria |
Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals
- by representatives of domestic league
| National Squad | No. of players playing in home leagues |
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| Austria | 15 |
| Croatia | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 2 |
| France | 10 |
| Germany | 19 |
| Greece | 14 |
| Italy | 18 |
| Netherlands | 9 |
| Poland | 10 |
| Portugal | 12 |
| Romania | 12 |
| Russia | 22 |
| Spain | 18 |
| Sweden | 6 |
| Switzerland | 6 |
| Turkey | 16 |
[edit] Notes and references
- General
"Final squads announced for EURO". euro2008.uefa.com. 28 May 2008. http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=702209.html. Retrieved on 28 May 2008.
- Specific
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2006/08" (PDF). UEFA. 19. http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressConference/Competitions/MediaServices/68/13/42/681342_DOWNLOAD.pdf. Retrieved on 21 May 2008.
- ^ Milan Baroš was on loan at Portsmouth.
- ^ Tomáš Sivok was on loan at Sparta Prague and will join Beşiktaş after the tournament.
- ^ Rudolf Skácel was on loan at Hertha BSC.
- ^ Tomáš Ujfaluši will join Atlético Madrid after the tournament.
- ^ David Rozehnal was on loan at Lazio.
- ^ "Crushing Blow for Portugal's Quim". euro2008.uefa.com (Union of European Football Associations). 7 June 2008. http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=707803.html. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
- ^ José Bosingwa will join Chelsea after the tournament.
- ^ Fernando Meira will join Galatasaray after the tournament.
- ^ Jorge Ribeiro will join Benfica after the tournament.
- ^ Hélder Postiga was on loan at Panathinaikos and will join Sporting CP after the tournament.
- ^ Eldin Jakupović was loaned at Grasshoppers.
- ^ Philipp Degen will join Liverpool after the tournament.
- ^ Emre Aşık was on loan at Ankaraspor.
- ^ Andreas Ivanschitz was on loan at Panathinaikos.
- ^ Ümit Korkmaz will join Eintracht Frankfurt after the tournament.
- ^ Ronald Gërçaliu was on loan at Austria Wien.
- ^ Sebastian Prödl will join Werder Bremen after the tournament.
- ^ Martin Hiden was on loan at Austria Kärnten.
- ^ Ramazan Özcan was on loan at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and joined them permanently after the tournament.
- ^ Ognjen Vukojević will join Dynamo Kyiv after the tournament.
- ^ Luka Modrić will join Tottenham Hotspur after the tournament.
- ^ Jens Lehmann will join Stuttgart after the tournament.
- ^ Tim Borowski will join Bayern Munich after the tournament.
- ^ "Błaszczykowski ruled out of EURO". euro2008.uefa.com (Union of European Football Associations). 5 June 2008. http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=706482.html. Retrieved on 5 June 2008.
- ^ "Injury rules out Poland's Kuszczak". euro2008.uefa.com (Union of European Football Associations). 6 June 2008. http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=707281.html. Retrieved on 6 June 2008.
- ^ "Italy rocked by Cannavaro injury". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2 June 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/italy/7432512.stm. Retrieved on 2 June 2008.
- ^ Andrea Barzagli will join Wolfsburg after the tournament.
- ^ Marco Borriello was co-owned by Milan and will join them permanently after the tournament.
- ^ Marco Amelia will join Palermo after the tournament.
- ^ Antonio Cassano was on loan at Sampdoria and will join them permanently after the tournament.
- ^ Gianluca Zambrotta will join AC Milan after the tournament.
- ^ "Injury rules Babel out of Euros". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 31 May 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2008/netherlands/7429356.stm. Retrieved on 31 May 2008.
- ^ John Heitinga will join Atlético Madrid after the tournament.
- ^ Khalid Boulahrouz was on loan at Sevilla.
- ^ Ştefan Radu was on loan at Lazio.
- ^ Georgios Samaras was on loan at Celtic.
- ^ Konstantinos Chalkias will join PAOK after the tournament.
- ^ "Russian abandon hope for Pogrebnyak". euro2008.uefa.com (Union of European Football Associations). 7 June 2008. http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=707855.html. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
- ^ Rubén de la Red will join Real Madrid after the tournament.
- ^ Olof Mellberg will join Juventus after the tournament.
- ^ Daniel Majstorović will join AEK Athens after the tournament.
- ^ Andreas Granqvist was on loan at Helsingborg.
- ^ Marcus Allbäck will join Örgryte after the tournament.
- ^ Christian Wilhelmsson was on loan at Deportivo.
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