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UEFA Euro 2008 squads
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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.
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.
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: BRA Luiz Felipe Scolari
Quim injured a wrist on 6 June and was replaced by Nuno.
Switzerland
Manager: Köbi Kuhn
Turkey
Manager: Fatih Terim
Group B
Austria
Manager: Josef Hickersberger
Croatia
Manager: Slaven Bilić
Germany
Manager: Joachim Löw
Poland
Manager: NED Leo Beenhakker
Jakub Błaszczykowski injured a hamstring on 5 June and was replaced by Łukasz Piszczek. Tomasz Kuszczak injured his back on 6 June and was replaced by Wojciech Kowalewski.
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.
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.
Romania
Manager: Victor Piţurcă
Group D
Greece
Manager: GER Otto Rehhagel
Russia
Manager: NED Guus Hiddink
Pavel Pogrebnyak failed to recover from injury and was replaced by Oleg Ivanov on 7 June.
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](1-fc-nurnberg), 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 |
Notes
References
References
- (28 May 2008). "UEFA EURO 2008 squad lists announced". Union of European Football Associations.
- (28 May 2008). "Final squads announced for EURO". Union of European Football Associations.
- "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2006/08". UEFA.
- (7 June 2008). "Crushing Blow for Portugal's Quim". Union of European Football Associations.
- (5 June 2008). "Błaszczykowski ruled out of EURO". Union of European Football Associations.
- (6 June 2008). "Injury rules out Poland's Kuszczak". Union of European Football Associations.
- (2 June 2008). "Italy rocked by Cannavaro injury". BBC.
- (31 May 2008). "Injury rules Babel out of Euros". BBC.
- (7 June 2008). "Russian abandon hope for Pogrebnyak". Union of European Football Associations.
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