UEFA Euro 2008 squads

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 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.[1]

Caps, goals, ages and players's clubs are correct as of 7 June 2008.

Group A

Czech Republic

Head coach: Karel Brückner

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Petr Čech 20 May 1982 (26) 59 0 England Chelsea
2 DF Zdeněk Grygera 14 May 1980 (28) 53 2 Italy Juventus
3 MF Jan Polák 14 March 1981 (27) 38 6 Belgium Anderlecht
4 MF Tomáš Galásek 15 January 1973 (35) 66 1 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
5 DF Radoslav Kováč 27 November 1979 (28) 23 1 Russia Spartak Moscow
6 MF Marek Jankulovski 9 May 1977 (31) 64 10 Italy Milan
7 FW Libor Sionko 1 February 1977 (31) 30 6 Denmark Copenhagen
8 FW Martin Fenin 16 April 1987 (21) 5 0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
9 FW Jan Koller 30 March 1973 (35) 87 54 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
10 FW Václav Svěrkoš 1 November 1983 (24) 2 0 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava
11 FW Stanislav Vlček 26 February 1976 (32) 10 0 Belgium Anderlecht
12 DF Zdeněk Pospěch 14 December 1978 (29) 8 0 Denmark Copenhagen
13 DF Michal Kadlec 13 December 1984 (23) 6 1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
14 MF David Jarolím 17 May 1979 (29) 16 1 Germany Hamburger SV
15 FW Milan Baroš 28 October 1981 (26) 64 31 France Lyon[2]
16 GK Jaromír Blažek 29 December 1972 (35) 14 0 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
17 MF Marek Matějovský 20 December 1981 (26) 10 1 England Reading
18 MF Tomáš Sivok 15 September 1983 (24) 6 0 Italy Udinese[3]
19 MF Rudolf Skácel 17 July 1979 (28) 5 1 England Southampton[4]
20 MF Jaroslav Plašil 5 January 1982 (26) 37 2 Spain Osasuna
21 DF Tomáš Ujfaluši (c) 24 March 1978 (30) 68 2 Italy Fiorentina[5]
22 DF David Rozehnal 5 July 1980 (27) 45 0 England Newcastle United[6]
23 GK Daniel Zítka 20 June 1975 (32) 1 0 Belgium Anderlecht

Portugal

Head coach: Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari

Quim injured a wrist on 6 June and was replaced by Nuno.[7]
# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Ricardo 11 February 1976 (32) 75 0 Spain Real Betis
2 DF Paulo Ferreira 18 January 1979 (29) 47 0 England Chelsea
3 DF Bruno Alves 27 November 1981 (26) 11 1 Portugal Porto
4 DF Bosingwa 24 August 1982 (25) 8 0 Portugal Porto[8]
5 DF Fernando Meira 5 June 1978 (30) 49 2 Germany VfB Stuttgart[9]
6 MF Raul Meireles 17 March 1983 (25) 9 0 Portugal Porto
7 FW Cristiano Ronaldo 5 February 1985 (23) 55 20 England Manchester United
8 MF Petit 25 September 1976 (31) 54 4 Portugal Benfica
9 FW Hugo Almeida 23 May 1984 (24) 9 2 Germany Werder Bremen
10 MF João Moutinho 9 September 1986 (21) 13 1 Portugal Sporting CP
11 FW Simão 31 October 1979 (28) 61 15 Spain Atlético Madrid
12 GK Nuno 25 January 1974 (34) 0 0 Portugal Porto
13 DF Miguel 4 January 1980 (28) 47 1 Spain Valencia
14 DF Jorge Ribeiro 9 November 1981 (26) 8 0 Portugal Boavista[10]
15 DF Pepe 26 February 1983 (25) 3 0 Spain Real Madrid
16 DF Ricardo Carvalho 18 May 1978 (30) 43 4 England Chelsea
17 FW Ricardo Quaresma 26 September 1983 (24) 21 2 Portugal Porto
18 MF Miguel Veloso 11 May 1986 (22) 6 0 Portugal Sporting CP
19 FW Nani 17 November 1986 (21) 13 2 England Manchester United
20 MF Deco 27 August 1977 (30) 53 3 Spain Barcelona
21 FW Nuno Gomes (c) 5 July 1976 (31) 69 28 Portugal Benfica
22 GK Rui Patrício 15 February 1988 (20) 0 0 Portugal Sporting CP
23 FW Hélder Postiga 2 August 1982 (25) 32 10 Portugal Porto[11]

Switzerland

Head coach: Köbi Kuhn

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Diego Benaglio 8 September 1983 (24) 12 0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
2 DF Johan Djourou 21 January 1987 (21) 17 1 England Arsenal
3 DF Ludovic Magnin 20 April 1979 (29) 50 3 Germany VfB Stuttgart
4 DF Philippe Senderos 14 February 1985 (23) 28 3 England Arsenal
5 DF Stephan Lichtsteiner 16 January 1984 (24) 12 0 France Lille
6 MF Benjamin Huggel 7 July 1977 (30) 25 0 Switzerland Basel
7 MF Ricardo Cabanas 29 April 1979 (29) 49 4 Switzerland Grasshoppers
8 MF Gökhan Inler 27 June 1984 (23) 17 1 Italy Udinese
9 FW Alexander Frei (c) 15 July 1979 (28) 59 35 Germany Borussia Dortmund
10 MF Hakan Yakin 22 February 1977 (31) 66 15 Switzerland Young Boys
11 FW Marco Streller 26 June 1981 (26) 28 11 Switzerland Basel
12 FW Eren Derdiyok 12 June 1988 (19) 3 1 Switzerland Basel
13 DF Stéphane Grichting 30 March 1979 (29) 18 0 France Auxerre
14 MF Daniel Gygax 28 August 1981 (26) 34 5 France Metz
15 MF Gelson Fernandes 2 September 1986 (21) 8 0 England Manchester City
16 MF Tranquillo Barnetta 22 May 1985 (23) 32 6 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
17 DF Christoph Spycher 30 March 1978 (30) 39 0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
18 GK Pascal Zuberbühler 8 January 1971 (37) 50 0 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax
19 MF Valon Behrami 19 April 1985 (23) 16 2 Italy Lazio
20 DF Patrick Müller 31 December 1976 (31) 78 3 France Lyon
21 GK Eldin Jakupović 2 October 1984 (23) 0 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow[12]
22 FW Johan Vonlanthen 1 February 1986 (22) 30 6 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
23 DF Philipp Degen 15 February 1983 (25) 30 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund[13]

Turkey

Head coach: Fatih Terim

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Rüştü Reçber 10 May 1973 (35) 116 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
2 DF Servet Çetin 17 March 1981 (27) 29 1 Turkey Galatasaray
3 DF Hakan Balta 23 March 1983 (25) 8 1 Turkey Galatasaray
4 DF Gökhan Zan 7 September 1981 (26) 19 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
5 MF Emre Belözoğlu (c) 7 September 1980 (27) 56 4 England Newcastle United
6 MF Mehmet Topal 3 March 1986 (22) 5 0 Turkey Galatasaray
7 MF Mehmet Aurélio 15 December 1977 (30) 19 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
8 FW Nihat Kahveci 23 November 1979 (29) 54 15 Spain Villarreal
9 FW Semih Şentürk 29 April 1983 (25) 4 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
10 FW Gökdeniz Karadeniz 11 January 1980 (28) 46 6 Russia Rubin Kazan
11 MF Tümer Metin 14 October 1974 (33) 23 7 Turkey Fenerbahçe[14]
12 GK Tolga Zengin 10 October 1983 (24) 2 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
13 DF Emre Güngör 1 August 1984 (23) 1 0 Turkey Galatasaray
14 MF Arda Turan 30 January 1987 (21) 18 1 Turkey Galatasaray
15 DF Emre Aşık 13 December 1973 (34) 27 2 Turkey Galatasaray[15]
16 DF Uğur Boral 14 April 1982 (26) 8 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
17 FW Tuncay Şanlı 16 January 1982 (26) 54 15 England Middlesbrough
18 MF Colin Kazim-Richards 26 August 1986 (21) 2 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
19 MF Ayhan Akman 23 February 1977 (31) 10 1 Turkey Galatasaray
20 MF Sabri Sarıoğlu 26 July 1984 (23) 13 1 Turkey Galatasaray
21 FW Mevlüt Erdinç 25 February 1987 (23) 4 0 France Sochaux
22 MF Hamit Altıntop 8 December 1982 (25) 42 2 Germany Bayern Munich
23 GK Volkan Demirel 27 October 1981 (26) 21 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe

Group B

Austria

Head coach: Josef Hickersberger

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Alex Manninger 4 June 1977 (31) 27 0 Italy Siena
2 MF Joachim Standfest 30 May 1980 (28) 30 2 Austria Austria Wien
3 DF Martin Stranzl 16 June 1980 (27) 45 2 Russia Spartak Moscow
4 DF Emanuel Pogatetz 16 January 1983 (25) 27 1 England Middlesbrough
5 MF Christian Fuchs 7 April 1986 (22) 17 0 Austria Mattersburg
6 MF René Aufhauser 21 June 1976 (31) 51 11 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
7 MF Ivica Vastić 29 September 1969 (38) 48 13 Austria LASK Linz
8 FW Christoph Leitgeb 14 April 1985 (23) 19 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
9 FW Roland Linz 9 August 1981 (26) 32 7 Portugal Braga
10 MF Andreas Ivanschitz (c) 15 October 1983 (24) 39 6 Austria Red Bull Salzburg[16]
11 MF Ümit Korkmaz 17 September 1985 (22) 2 0 Austria Rapid Wien[17]
12 DF Ronald Gërçaliu 12 February 1986 (22) 11 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg[18]
13 DF Markus Katzer 11 December 1979 (28) 11 0 Austria Rapid Wien
14 DF György Garics 8 March 1984 (24) 12 1 Italy Napoli
15 DF Sebastian Prödl 21 June 1987 (20) 10 2 Austria Sturm Graz[19]
16 DF Jürgen Patocka 30 July 1977 (30) 2 0 Austria Rapid Wien
17 DF Martin Hiden 11 March 1973 (35) 49 1 Austria Rapid Wien[20]
18 FW Roman Kienast 29 March 1984 (24) 6 1 Norway HamKam
19 MF Jürgen Säumel 8 September 1984 (23) 11 0 Austria Sturm Graz
20 FW Martin Harnik 10 June 1987 (20) 8 2 Germany Werder Bremen
21 GK Jürgen Macho 24 August 1977 (30) 14 0 Greece AEK Athens
22 FW Erwin Hoffer 14 April 1987 (21) 4 0 Austria Rapid Wien
23 GK Ramazan Özcan 28 June 1984 (23) 0 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg[21]

Croatia

Head coach: Slaven Bilić

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Stipe Pletikosa 8 January 1979 (29) 69 0 Russia Spartak Moscow
2 DF Dario Šimić 12 November 1975 (32) 98 3 Italy Milan
3 DF Josip Šimunić 18 February 1978 (30) 62 3 Germany Hertha BSC
4 DF Robert Kovač 6 April 1974 (34) 74 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
5 DF Vedran Ćorluka 5 February 1986 (22) 20 0 England Manchester City
6 DF Hrvoje Vejić 8 June 1977 (30) 2 0 Russia Tom Tomsk
7 MF Ivan Rakitić 10 March 1988 (20) 8 1 Germany Schalke 04
8 MF Ognjen Vukojević 20 December 1983 (24) 5 1 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb[22]
9 FW Nikola Kalinić 5 January 1988 (20) 1 0 Croatia Hajduk Split
10 MF Niko Kovač (c) 15 October 1971 (36) 77 14 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
11 DF Darijo Srna 1 May 1982 (26) 55 15 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
12 GK Mario Galinović 15 November 1976 (31) 2 0 Greece Panathinaikos
13 MF Nikola Pokrivač 26 November 1985 (22) 1 0 France AS Monaco
14 MF Luka Modrić 9 September 1985 (22) 26 3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb[23]
15 DF Dario Knežević 20 April 1982 (26) 7 1 Italy Livorno
16 MF Jerko Leko 9 April 1980 (28) 52 2 France AS Monaco
17 FW Ivan Klasnić 29 January 1980 (28) 29 8 Germany Werder Bremen
18 FW Ivica Olić 14 September 1979 (28) 54 9 Germany Hamburger SV
19 MF Niko Kranjčar 13 August 1984 (23) 41 7 England Portsmouth
20 FW Igor Budan 22 April 1980 (28) 5 0 Italy Parma
21 FW Mladen Petrić 1 January 1981 (27) 24 9 Germany Borussia Dortmund
22 MF Danijel Pranjić 2 December 1981 (26) 11 0 Netherlands Heerenveen
23 GK Vedran Runje 10 February 1976 (32) 4 0 France Lens

Germany

Head coach: Joachim Löw

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Jens Lehmann 10 November 1969 (38) 55 0 England Arsenal[24]
2 DF Marcell Jansen 4 November 1985 (22) 22 1 Germany Bayern Munich
3 DF Arne Friedrich 29 May 1979 (29) 57 0 Germany Hertha BSC
4 DF Clemens Fritz 7 December 1980 (27) 14 2 Germany Werder Bremen
5 DF Heiko Westermann 14 August 1983 (24) 3 0 Germany Schalke 04
6 MF Simon Rolfes 21 January 1982 (26) 10 0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
7 MF Bastian Schweinsteiger 1 August 1984 (23) 51 13 Germany Bayern Munich
8 MF Torsten Frings 22 November 1976 (31) 72 10 Germany Werder Bremen
9 FW Mario Gómez 10 July 1985 (22) 10 6 Germany VfB Stuttgart
10 FW Oliver Neuville 1 May 1973 (35) 68 10 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
11 FW Miroslav Klose 9 June 1978 (30) 75 39 Germany Bayern Munich
12 GK Robert Enke 24 August 1977 (30) 1 0 Germany Hannover 96
13 MF Michael Ballack (c) 26 September 1976 (31) 81 36 England Chelsea
14 MF Piotr Trochowski 22 March 1984 (24) 12 0 Germany Hamburger SV
15 MF Thomas Hitzlsperger 5 April 1982 (26) 33 5 Germany VfB Stuttgart
16 DF Philipp Lahm 11 November 1983 (24) 41 2 Germany Bayern Munich
17 DF Per Mertesacker 29 September 1984 (23) 43 1 Germany Werder Bremen
18 MF Tim Borowski 2 May 1980 (28) 31 2 Germany Werder Bremen[25]
19 MF David Odonkor 21 February 1984 (24) 15 1 Spain Real Betis
20 FW Lukas Podolski 4 June 1985 (23) 48 25 Germany Bayern Munich
21 DF Christoph Metzelder 5 November 1980 (27) 41 0 Spain Real Madrid
22 FW Kevin Kurányi 2 March 1982 (26) 47 19 Germany Schalke 04
23 GK René Adler 15 January 1985 (23) 0 0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen

Poland

Head coach: Netherlands Leo Beenhakker

Jakub Błaszczykowski injured a hamstring on 5 June and was replaced by Łukasz Piszczek.[26] Tomasz Kuszczak injured his back on 6 June and was replaced by Wojciech Kowalewski.[27]
# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Artur Boruc 20 February 1980 (28) 34 0 Scotland Celtic
2 DF Mariusz Jop 8 March 1978 (30) 24 0 Russia FC Moscow
3 DF Jakub Wawrzyniak 7 July 1983 (24) 11 0 Poland Legia Warsaw
4 DF Paweł Golański 12 October 1982 (25) 10 1 Romania Steaua Bucureşti
5 MF Dariusz Dudka 9 December 1983 (24) 26 2 Poland Wisła Kraków
6 DF Jacek Bąk 24 March 1973 (35) 94 3 Austria Austria Wien
7 FW Euzebiusz Smolarek 9 January 1981 (27) 31 13 Spain Racing Santander
8 MF Jacek Krzynówek 15 May 1976 (32) 79 15 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
9 FW Maciej Żurawski (c) 11 September 1976 (31) 71 17 Greece Larissa
10 MF Łukasz Garguła 25 February 1981 (27) 12 1 Poland GKS Bełchatów
11 FW Marek Saganowski 31 October 1978 (29) 23 3 England Southampton
12 GK Wojciech Kowalewski 11 May 1977 (31) 10 0 Poland Korona Kielce
13 DF Marcin Wasilewski 9 June 1980 (27) 27 1 Belgium Anderlecht
14 DF Michał Żewłakow 22 April 1976 (32) 76 2 Greece Olympiacos
15 MF Michał Pazdan 21 September 1987 (20) 5 0 Poland Górnik Zabrze
16 MF Łukasz Piszczek 3 June 1985 (23) 3 0 Germany Hertha BSC
17 MF Wojciech Łobodziński 20 October 1982 (25) 16 2 Poland Wisła Kraków
18 MF Mariusz Lewandowski 18 May 1979 (29) 47 3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
19 MF Rafał Murawski 9 October 1981 (26) 9 1 Poland Lech Poznań
20 MF Roger Guerreiro 25 May 1982 (26) 2 0 Poland Legia Warsaw
21 FW Tomasz Zahorski 22 November 1984 (23) 9 1 Poland Górnik Zabrze
22 GK Łukasz Fabiański 18 April 1985 (23) 8 0 England Arsenal
23 DF Adam Kokoszka 6 October 1986 (21) 7 2 Poland Wisła Kraków

Group C

France

Head coach: Raymond Domenech

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Steve Mandanda 28 March 1985 (22) 1 0 France Marseille
2 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong 14 December 1979 (28) 23 1 France Lyon
3 DF Éric Abidal 11 September 1979 (28) 35 0 Spain Barcelona
4 MF Patrick Vieira (c) 23 June 1976 (31) 105 6 Italy Internazionale
5 DF William Gallas 17 August 1977 (30) 62 2 England Arsenal
6 MF Claude Makélélé 18 February 1973 (35) 68 0 England Chelsea
7 MF Florent Malouda 13 June 1980 (27) 39 3 England Chelsea
8 FW Nicolas Anelka 14 March 1979 (29) 48 11 England Chelsea
9 FW Karim Benzema 19 December 1987 (20) 11 3 France Lyon
10 FW Sidney Govou 27 July 1979 (28) 32 7 France Lyon
11 MF Samir Nasri 20 June 1987 (20) 10 2 France Marseille
12 FW Thierry Henry 17 August 1977 (30) 100 44 Spain Barcelona
13 DF Patrice Evra 15 May 1981 (27) 11 0 England Manchester United
14 DF François Clerc 18 April 1983 (25) 12 0 France Lyon
15 DF Lilian Thuram 1 January 1972 (36) 140 2 Spain Barcelona
16 GK Sébastien Frey 18 March 1980 (28) 2 0 Italy Fiorentina
17 DF Sébastien Squillaci 11 August 1980 (27) 13 0 France Lyon
18 FW Bafétimbi Gomis 6 August 1985 (22) 2 2 France Saint-Étienne
19 DF Willy Sagnol 18 March 1977 (31) 56 0 Germany Bayern Munich
20 MF Jérémy Toulalan 10 September 1983 (24) 13 0 France Lyon
21 MF Lassana Diarra 10 March 1985 (23) 13 0 England Portsmouth
22 MF Franck Ribéry 7 April 1983 (24) 27 4 Germany Bayern Munich
23 GK Grégory Coupet 31 December 1972 (35) 31 0 France Lyon

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.[28]
# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Gianluigi Buffon 28 January 1978 (30) 82 0 Italy Juventus
2 DF Christian Panucci 12 April 1973 (35) 53 3 Italy Roma
3 DF Fabio Grosso 28 November 1977 (31) 31 3 France Lyon
4 DF Giorgio Chiellini 14 August 1984 (23) 10 1 Italy Juventus
5 DF Alessandro Gamberini 27 August 1981 (26) 2 0 Italy Fiorentina
6 DF Andrea Barzagli 8 May 1981 (27) 22 0 Italy Palermo[29]
7 FW Alessandro Del Piero (c) 9 November 1974 (33) 86 27 Italy Juventus
8 MF Gennaro Gattuso 9 January 1978 (30) 58 1 Italy Milan
9 FW Luca Toni 26 May 1977 (31) 34 15 Germany Bayern Munich
10 MF Daniele De Rossi 24 July 1983 (24) 33 4 Italy Roma
11 FW Antonio Di Natale 13 October 1977 (30) 18 7 Italy Udinese
12 FW Marco Borriello 18 June 1982 (25) 3 0 Italy Milan
13 MF Massimo Ambrosini 29 May 1977 (31) 31 0 Italy Milan
14 GK Marco Amelia 2 April 1982 (26) 6 0 Italy Livorno[30]
15 FW Fabio Quagliarella 31 January 1983 (25) 8 3 Italy Udinese
16 MF Mauro Camoranesi 4 October 1976 (31) 35 4 Italy Juventus
17 GK Morgan De Sanctis 26 March 1977 (31) 2 0 Spain Sevilla
18 FW Antonio Cassano 12 July 1982 (25) 11 3 Italy Sampdoria
19 DF Gianluca Zambrotta 19 February 1977 (31) 71 2 Spain Barcelona[31]
20 MF Simone Perrotta 17 September 1977 (30) 41 2 Italy Roma
21 MF Andrea Pirlo 19 May 1979 (29) 46 6 Italy Milan
22 MF Alberto Aquilani 7 July 1984 (23) 5 0 Italy Roma
23 DF Marco Materazzi 19 August 1973 (34) 40 2 Italy Internazionale

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.[32]
# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Edwin van der Sar (c) 29 October 1970 (37) 125 0 England Manchester United
2 DF André Ooijer 11 July 1974 (33) 37 2 England Blackburn Rovers
3 DF John Heitinga 15 November 1983 (24) 36 5 Netherlands Ajax[33]
4 DF Joris Mathijsen 5 April 1980 (28) 32 2 Germany Hamburger SV
5 MF Giovanni van Bronckhorst 5 February 1975 (33) 78 4 Netherlands Feyenoord
6 MF Demy de Zeeuw 26 May 1983 (25) 15 0 Netherlands AZ
7 FW Robin van Persie 6 August 1983 (24) 24 7 England Arsenal
8 MF Orlando Engelaar 24 August 1979 (28) 6 0 Netherlands Twente
9 FW Ruud van Nistelrooy 1 July 1976 (31) 61 31 Spain Real Madrid
10 MF Wesley Sneijder 9 June 1984 (23) 45 9 Spain Real Madrid
11 FW Arjen Robben 23 January 1984 (24) 33 9 Spain Real Madrid
12 DF Mario Melchiot 4 November 1976 (31) 21 0 England Wigan Athletic
13 GK Henk Timmer 3 December 1971 (36) 5 0 Netherlands Feyenoord
14 DF Wilfred Bouma 15 June 1978 (29) 33 2 England Aston Villa
15 DF Tim de Cler 8 November 1978 (29) 15 0 Netherlands Feyenoord
16 GK Maarten Stekelenburg 22 September 1982 (25) 11 0 Netherlands Ajax
17 MF Nigel de Jong 30 November 1984 (23) 23 0 Germany Hamburger SV
18 FW Dirk Kuyt 22 July 1980 (27) 38 7 England Liverpool
19 FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 12 August 1983 (24) 12 7 Netherlands Ajax
20 MF Ibrahim Afellay 2 April 1986 (22) 5 0 Netherlands PSV
21 DF Khalid Boulahrouz 28 December 1981 (26) 22 0 England Chelsea[34]
22 FW Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 7 November 1978 (29) 16 3 Scotland Celtic
23 MF Rafael van der Vaart 11 February 1983 (25) 55 12 Germany Hamburger SV

Romania

Head coach: Victor Piţurcă

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Bogdan Lobonţ 18 January 1978 (30) 63 0 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti
2 DF Cosmin Contra 15 December 1975 (32) 63 7 Spain Getafe
3 DF Răzvan Raţ 26 May 1981 (27) 48 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
4 DF Gabriel Tamaş 9 November 1983 (24) 32 2 France Auxerre
5 DF Cristian Chivu (c) 26 October 1980 (27) 59 3 Italy Internazionale
6 MF Mirel Rădoi 22 March 1981 (27) 43 1 Romania Steaua Bucureşti
7 MF Florentin Petre 15 January 1976 (32) 50 5 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
8 MF Paul Codrea 4 April 1981 (27) 33 1 Italy Siena
9 FW Ciprian Marica 2 October 1985 (22) 24 8 Germany VfB Stuttgart
10 FW Adrian Mutu 8 January 1979 (29) 61 28 Italy Fiorentina
11 MF Răzvan Cociş 19 February 1983 (24) 21 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
12 GK Marius Popa 31 July 1978 (29) 2 0 Romania Politehnica Timişoara
13 DF Cristian Săpunaru 5 April 1984 (24) 1 0 Romania Rapid Bucureşti
14 DF Sorin Ghionea 11 May 1979 (29) 10 1 Romania Steaua Bucureşti
15 DF Dorin Goian 12 December 1980 (26) 19 3 Romania Steaua Bucureşti
16 MF Bănel Nicoliţă 7 January 1985 (23) 20 1 Romania Steaua Bucureşti
17 DF Cosmin Moţi 3 December 1984 (23) 2 0 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti
18 FW Marius Niculae 16 May 1981 (27) 30 13 Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle
19 MF Adrian Cristea 30 November 1983 (24) 6 0 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti
20 MF Nicolae Dică 9 May 1980 (28) 25 8 Romania Steaua Bucureşti
21 FW Daniel Niculae 6 October 1982 (25) 22 5 France Auxerre
22 DF Ştefan Radu 22 October 1986 (21) 8 0 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti[35]
23 GK Eduard Stăncioiu 3 March 1981 (27) 1 0 Romania CFR Cluj

Group D

Greece

Head coach: Germany Otto Rehhagel

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Antonios Nikopolidis 14 January 1971 (37) 87 0 Greece Olympiacos
2 DF Giourkas Seitaridis 4 June 1981 (27) 56 1 Spain Atlético Madrid
3 MF Christos Patsatzoglou 19 March 1979 (29) 29 1 Greece Olympiacos
4 DF Nikos Spiropoulos 10 October 1983 (24) 5 0 Greece Panathinaikos
5 DF Traianos Dellas 31 January 1976 (32) 42 1 Greece AEK Athens
6 MF Angelos Basinas (c) 3 January 1976 (32) 88 7 Spain Real Mallorca
7 FW Georgios Samaras 21 February 1985 (23) 18 3 England Manchester City[36]
8 MF Stelios Giannakopoulos 12 July 1974 (33) 75 12 England Bolton Wanderers
9 FW Angelos Charisteas 9 February 1980 (28) 65 18 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
10 MF Giorgos Karagounis 6 March 1977 (31) 73 6 Greece Panathinaikos
11 DF Loukas Vyntra 5 February 1981 (27) 18 0 Greece Panathinaikos
12 GK Konstantinos Chalkias 30 May 1974 (34) 15 0 Greece Aris[37]
13 GK Alexandros Tzorvas 12 August 1982 (25) 0 0 Greece OFI Crete
14 FW Dimitris Salpingidis 10 August 1981 (26) 21 1 Greece Panathinaikos
15 DF Vasilis Torosidis 10 June 1985 (22) 13 0 Greece Olympiacos
16 DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos 23 July 1979 (28) 38 4 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
17 FW Theofanis Gekas 23 May 1980 (28) 27 6 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
18 DF Yannis Goumas 24 May 1975 (33) 45 0 Greece Panathinaikos
19 DF Paraskevas Antzas 18 August 1976 (31) 24 0 Greece Olympiacos
20 FW Ioannis Amanatidis 3 December 1981 (26) 26 3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
21 MF Kostas Katsouranis 26 June 1979 (28) 49 6 Portugal Benfica
22 MF Alexandros Tziolis 13 February 1985 (23) 8 0 Greece Panathinaikos
23 FW Nikos Liberopoulos 4 August 1975 (32) 59 13 Greece AEK Athens

Russia

Head coach: Netherlands Guus Hiddink

Pavel Pogrebnyak failed to recover from injury and was replaced by on 7 June.[38]
# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Igor Akinfeev 8 April 1986 (22) 20 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
2 DF Vasili Berezutski 20 June 1982 (26) 29 1 Russia CSKA Moscow
3 DF Renat Yanbayev 7 April 1984 (24) 2 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
4 DF Sergei Ignashevich 14 July 1979 (28) 37 3 Russia CSKA Moscow
5 DF Aleksei Berezutski 20 June 1982 (26) 32 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
6 FW Roman Adamov 21 June 1982 (25) 2 0 Russia FC Moscow
7 MF Dmitri Torbinski 28 April 1984 (24) 11 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
8 DF Denis Kolodin 11 January 1982 (26) 13 0 Russia Dynamo Moscow
9 MF Ivan Saenko 17 October 1983 (24) 7 0 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
10 FW Andrei Arshavin 29 May 1981 (27) 34 11 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
11 MF Sergei Semak (c) 27 February 1976 (32) 46 4 Russia Rubin Kazan
12 GK Vladimir Gabulov 19 October 1983 (24) 5 0 Russia Dynamo Moscow
13 MF Oleg Ivanov 4 August 1986 (21) 0 0 Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara
14 DF Roman Shirokov 6 July 1981 (26) 4 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
15 MF Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 27 February 1985 (23) 23 2 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
16 GK Vyacheslav Malafeev 4 March 1979 (29) 16 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
17 MF Konstantin Zyryanov 5 October 1977 (30) 12 2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
18 MF Yuri Zhirkov 20 August 1983 (24) 19 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
19 FW Roman Pavlyuchenko 15 December 1981 (26) 17 6 Russia Spartak Moscow
20 MF Igor Semshov 6 April 1978 (30) 27 0 Russia Dynamo Moscow
21 FW Dmitri Sychev 26 October 1983 (24) 41 15 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
22 DF Aleksandr Anyukov 28 September 1982 (25) 32 1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
23 MF Vladimir Bystrov 31 January 1984 (24) 20 4 Russia Spartak Moscow

Spain

Head coach: Luis Aragonés

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Iker Casillas (c) 20 May 1981 (27) 77 0 Spain Real Madrid
2 DF Raúl Albiol 4 September 1985 (22) 4 0 Spain Valencia
3 DF Fernando Navarro 25 June 1982 (25) 1 0 Spain Mallorca
4 DF Carlos Marchena 31 July 1979 (28) 42 2 Spain Valencia
5 DF Carles Puyol 13 April 1978 (30) 61 1 Spain Barcelona
6 MF Andrés Iniesta 11 May 1984 (24) 23 5 Spain Barcelona
7 FW David Villa 3 December 1981 (26) 31 14 Spain Valencia
8 MF Xavi 25 January 1980 (28) 58 6 Spain Barcelona
9 FW Fernando Torres 20 March 1984 (24) 49 15 England Liverpool
10 MF Cesc Fàbregas 4 May 1987 (21) 26 0 England Arsenal
11 DF Joan Capdevila 3 February 1978 (30) 18 3 Spain Villarreal
12 MF Santi Cazorla 13 December 1984 (23) 2 0 Spain Villarreal
13 GK Andrés Palop 22 October 1973 (34) 0 0 Spain Sevilla
14 MF Xabi Alonso 25 November 1981 (26) 43 1 England Liverpool
15 DF Sergio Ramos 30 March 1986 (22) 34 4 Spain Real Madrid
16 FW Sergio García 9 June 1983 (24) 1 0 Spain Real Zaragoza
17 FW Dani Güiza 17 August 1980 (27) 4 0 Spain Mallorca
18 DF Álvaro Arbeloa 17 January 1983 (25) 2 0 England Liverpool
19 MF Marcos Senna 17 July 1976 (31) 11 0 Spain Villarreal
20 DF Juanito 23 July 1976 (31) 23 2 Spain Real Betis
21 MF David Silva 8 January 1986 (22) 14 2 Spain Valencia
22 MF Rubén de la Red 5 June 1985 (23) 2 0 Spain Getafe[39]
23 GK Pepe Reina 31 August 1982 (25) 9 0 England Liverpool

Sweden

Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Andreas Isaksson 3 October 1981 (26) 56 0 England Manchester City
2 DF Mikael Nilsson 24 June 1978 (29) 47 3 Greece Panathinaikos
3 DF Olof Mellberg 3 September 1977 (30) 82 4 England Aston Villa[40]
4 DF Petter Hansson 14 December 1976 (31) 32 1 France Rennes
5 DF Fredrik Stoor 28 February 1984 (24) 5 0 Norway Rosenborg
6 MF Tobias Linderoth 21 April 1979 (29) 75 2 Turkey Galatasaray
7 MF Niclas Alexandersson 29 December 1971 (36) 108 7 Sweden IFK Göteborg
8 MF Anders Svensson 17 July 1976 (31) 90 15 Sweden Elfsborg
9 MF Fredrik Ljungberg (c) 16 April 1977 (31) 72 14 England West Ham United
10 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 3 October 1981 (26) 50 18 Italy Internazionale
11 FW Johan Elmander 27 May 1981 (27) 35 11 France Toulouse
12 GK Rami Shaaban 30 June 1975 (32) 16 0 Sweden Hammarby
13 GK Johan Wiland 24 January 1981 (27) 3 0 Sweden Elfsborg
14 DF Daniel Majstorović 5 April 1977 (31) 15 1 Switzerland Basel[41]
15 DF Andreas Granqvist 16 April 1985 (23) 3 0 England Wigan Athletic[42]
16 MF Kim Källström 24 August 1982 (25) 55 8 France Lyon
17 FW Henrik Larsson 20 September 1971 (36) 95 36 Sweden Helsingborg
18 MF Sebastian Larsson 6 June 1985 (23) 4 0 England Birmingham City
19 MF Daniel Andersson 28 August 1977 (30) 62 0 Sweden Malmö FF
20 FW Marcus Allbäck 5 July 1973 (34) 73 30 Denmark Copenhagen[43]
21 MF Christian Wilhelmsson 8 December 1979 (28) 51 4 France Nantes[44]
22 FW Markus Rosenberg 27 September 1982 (25) 21 6 Germany Werder Bremen
23 DF Mikael Dorsin 6 October 1981 (26) 12 0 Romania CFR Cluj

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 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
55Germany
45England
39Spain
36Italy
30Russia
26France
20Greece
18Austria
17Turkey
14Portugal, Romania
10Netherlands, Poland
7Switzerland
6Sweden
4Belgium
3Croatia, Denmark, Scotland, Ukraine
2Czech Republic, Norway
1Bulgaria

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
Austria15
Croatia3
Czech Republic2
France10
Germany19
Greece14
Italy19
Netherlands9
Poland10
Portugal12
Romania12
Russia22
Spain18
Sweden6
Switzerland6
Turkey16

Notes and references

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2006/08" (PDF). UEFA. p. 19. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Milan Baroš was on loan at Portsmouth.
  3. ↑ Tomáš Sivok was on loan at Sparta Prague and will join Beşiktaş after the tournament.
  4. ↑ Rudolf Skácel was on loan at Hertha BSC.
  5. ↑ Tomáš Ujfaluši will join Atlético Madrid after the tournament.
  6. ↑ David Rozehnal was on loan at Lazio.
  7. ↑ "Crushing Blow for Portugal's Quim". euro2008.uefa.com (Union of European Football Associations). 7 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
  8. ↑ José Bosingwa will join Chelsea after the tournament.
  9. ↑ Fernando Meira will join Galatasaray after the tournament.
  10. ↑ Jorge Ribeiro will join Benfica after the tournament.
  11. ↑ Hélder Postiga was on loan at Panathinaikos and will join Sporting CP after the tournament.
  12. ↑ Eldin Jakupović was loaned at Grasshoppers.
  13. ↑ Philipp Degen will join Liverpool after the tournament.
  14. ↑ Tümer Metin was on loan at Larissa for the second half of the 2007–08 season.
  15. ↑ Emre Aşık was on loan at Ankaraspor.
  16. ↑ Andreas Ivanschitz was on loan at Panathinaikos.
  17. ↑ Ümit Korkmaz will join Eintracht Frankfurt after the tournament.
  18. ↑ Ronald Gërçaliu was on loan at Austria Wien.
  19. ↑ Sebastian Prödl will join Werder Bremen after the tournament.
  20. ↑ Martin Hiden was on loan at Austria Kärnten.
  21. ↑ Ramazan Özcan was on loan at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and joined them permanently after the tournament.
  22. ↑ Ognjen Vukojević will join Dynamo Kyiv after the tournament.
  23. ↑ Luka Modrić will join Tottenham Hotspur after the tournament.
  24. ↑ Jens Lehmann will join Stuttgart after the tournament.
  25. ↑ Tim Borowski will join Bayern Munich after the tournament.
  26. ↑ "Błaszczykowski ruled out of EURO". euro2008.uefa.com (Union of European Football Associations). 5 June 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
  27. ↑ "Injury rules out Poland's Kuszczak". euro2008.uefa.com (Union of European Football Associations). 6 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
  28. ↑ "Italy rocked by Cannavaro injury". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
  29. ↑ Andrea Barzagli will join Wolfsburg after the tournament.
  30. ↑ Marco Amelia will join Palermo after the tournament.
  31. ↑ Gianluca Zambrotta will join Milan after the tournament.
  32. ↑ "Injury rules Babel out of Euros". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 31 May 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  33. ↑ John Heitinga will join Atlético Madrid after the tournament.
  34. ↑ Khalid Boulahrouz was on loan at Sevilla.
  35. ↑ Ştefan Radu was on loan at Lazio.
  36. ↑ Georgios Samaras was on loan at Celtic.
  37. ↑ Konstantinos Chalkias will join PAOK after the tournament.
  38. ↑ "Russian abandon hope for Pogrebnyak". euro2008.uefa.com (Union of European Football Associations). 7 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
  39. ↑ Rubén de la Red will join Real Madrid after the tournament.
  40. ↑ Olof Mellberg will join Juventus after the tournament.
  41. ↑ Daniel Majstorović will join AEK Athens after the tournament.
  42. ↑ Andreas Granqvist was on loan at Helsingborg.
  43. ↑ Marcus Allbäck will join Örgryte after the tournament.
  44. ↑ Christian Wilhelmsson was on loan at Deportivo.

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