UEFA Euro 2008 squads explained
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. The tournament started on 7 June and the final took place in Vienna on 29 June 2008.[1] [2]
Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, by 28 May 2008. If a player was injured severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.[3]
All caps, goals, ages, and clubs of players are correct as of 7 June 2008, the first day of the tournament.
Group A
Czech Republic
Manager: Karel Brückner
Portugal
Manager: 
Luiz Felipe Scolari
Quim injured a wrist on 6 June and was replaced by Nuno.[4]
Switzerland
Manager: Köbi Kuhn
Turkey
Manager: Fatih Terim
Group B
Austria
Manager: Josef Hickersberger
Croatia
Manager: Slaven Bilić
Germany
Manager: Joachim Löw
Poland
Manager: Leo Beenhakker
Jakub Błaszczykowski injured a hamstring on 5 June and was replaced by Łukasz Piszczek.[5] Tomasz Kuszczak injured his back on 6 June and was replaced by Wojciech Kowalewski.[6]
Group C
France
Manager: Raymond Domenech
Italy
Manager: 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.[7]
Netherlands
Manager: 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.[8]
Romania
Manager: Victor Piţurcă
Group D
Greece
Manager: Otto Rehhagel
Russia
Manager: Guus Hiddink
Pavel Pogrebnyak failed to recover from injury and was replaced by Oleg Ivanov on 7 June.[9]
Spain
Manager: Luis Aragonés
Sweden
Manager: Lars Lagerbäck
Player representation
- by club
| Players | Clubs |
|---|
| 11 | Lyon |
| 9 | Bayern Munich, Galatasaray |
| 8 | Barcelona, Chelsea, Panathinaikos |
| 7 | Arsenal, Real Madrid, Red Bull Salzburg, Werder Bremen |
| 6 | Fenerbahçe, Hamburger SV, Lokomotiv Moscow, Porto, Steaua București |
| 5 | CSKA Moscow, Juventus, Liverpool, Milan, 1. FC Nürnberg, Olympiacos, Rapid Wien, Spartak Moscow, VfB Stuttgart, Valencia, Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
- By club nationality
| Players | Clubs |
|---|
| 55 | Germany |
| 45 | England |
| 39 | Spain |
| 36 | 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 were not represented by their national teams in the finals
- by representatives of domestic league
| Nation | No. of players playing in home leagues |
|---|
| Austria | 15 |
| Croatia | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 2 |
| France | 10 |
| Germany | 19 |
| Greece | 14 |
| Italy | 19 |
| Netherlands | 9 |
| Poland | 10 |
| Portugal | 12 |
| Romania | 12 |
| Russia | 22 |
| Spain | 18 |
| Sweden | 6 |
| Switzerland | 6 |
| Turkey | 16 | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: UEFA EURO 2008 squad lists announced . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 28 May 2008 . 6 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120620184829/http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/pressrelease/uefa/uefamedia/70/24/56/702456_download.pdf . 20 June 2012 . live .
- News: Final squads announced for EURO . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 28 May 2008 . 6 September 2010 . dead . https://archive.today/20130105013518/http://en.archive.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=702209.html . 5 January 2013 .
- Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2006/08 . 29 July 2014. UEFA . 19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140809112907/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressConference/Competitions/MediaServices/68/13/42/681342_DOWNLOAD.pdf . 9 August 2014 . dead .
- News: Crushing Blow for Portugal's Quim . euro2008.uefa.com . Union of European Football Associations . 7 June 2008 . 7 June 2008 .
- News: Błaszczykowski ruled out of EURO . euro2008.uefa.com . Union of European Football Associations . 5 June 2008 . 5 June 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080609190928/http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=706482.html . 9 June 2008 .
- News: Injury rules out Poland's Kuszczak . euro2008.uefa.com . Union of European Football Associations . 6 June 2008 . 6 June 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080609185542/http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=707281.html . 9 June 2008 .
- News: Italy rocked by Cannavaro injury . BBC Sport . BBC . 2 June 2008 . 2 June 2008 .
- News: Injury rules Babel out of Euros . BBC Sport . BBC . 31 May 2008 . 31 May 2008 .
- News: Russian abandon hope for Pogrebnyak . euro2008.uefa.com . Union of European Football Associations . 7 June 2008 . 7 June 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080616164950/http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=707855.html . 16 June 2008 .
