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
Notes
References
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