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.[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[edit]

Czech Republic[edit]

Manager: Karel Brückner

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Petr Čech (1982-05-20)20 May 1982 (aged 26) 59 0 England Chelsea
2 2DF Zdeněk Grygera (1980-05-14)14 May 1980 (aged 28) 53 2 Italy Juventus
3 3MF Jan Polák (1981-03-14)14 March 1981 (aged 27) 38 6 Belgium Anderlecht
4 3MF Tomáš Galásek (1973-01-15)15 January 1973 (aged 35) 66 1 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
5 2DF Radoslav Kováč (1979-11-27)27 November 1979 (aged 28) 23 1 Russia Spartak Moscow
6 2DF Marek Jankulovski (1977-05-09)9 May 1977 (aged 31) 64 10 Italy Milan
7 3MF Libor Sionko (1977-02-01)1 February 1977 (aged 31) 30 6 Denmark Copenhagen
8 4FW Martin Fenin (1987-04-16)16 April 1987 (aged 21) 5 0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
9 4FW Jan Koller (1973-03-30)30 March 1973 (aged 35) 87 54 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
10 4FW Václav Svěrkoš (1983-11-01)1 November 1983 (aged 24) 2 0 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava
11 4FW Stanislav Vlček (1976-02-26)26 February 1976 (aged 32) 10 0 Belgium Anderlecht
12 2DF Zdeněk Pospěch (1978-12-14)14 December 1978 (aged 29) 8 0 Denmark Copenhagen
13 2DF Michal Kadlec (1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 23) 6 1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
14 3MF David Jarolím (1979-05-17)17 May 1979 (aged 29) 16 1 Germany Hamburger SV
15 4FW Milan Baroš (1981-10-28)28 October 1981 (aged 26) 64 31 France Lyon[note 1]
16 1GK Jaromír Blažek (1972-12-29)29 December 1972 (aged 35) 14 0 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
17 3MF Marek Matějovský (1981-12-20)20 December 1981 (aged 26) 10 1 England Reading
18 3MF Tomáš Sivok (1983-09-15)15 September 1983 (aged 24) 6 0 Italy Udinese[note 2]
19 3MF Rudolf Skácel (1979-07-17)17 July 1979 (aged 28) 5 1 England Southampton[note 3]
20 3MF Jaroslav Plašil (1982-01-05)5 January 1982 (aged 26) 37 2 Spain Osasuna
21 2DF Tomáš Ujfaluši (captain) (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 30) 68 2 Italy Fiorentina[note 4]
22 2DF David Rozehnal (1980-07-05)5 July 1980 (aged 27) 45 0 England Newcastle United[note 5]
23 1GK Daniel Zítka (1975-06-20)20 June 1975 (aged 32) 1 0 Belgium Anderlecht

Portugal[edit]

Manager: Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari

Quim injured a wrist on 6 June and was replaced by Nuno.[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ricardo (1976-02-11)11 February 1976 (aged 32) 75 0 Spain Real Betis
2 2DF Paulo Ferreira (1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 29) 47 0 England Chelsea
3 2DF Bruno Alves (1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 26) 11 1 Portugal Porto
4 2DF José Bosingwa (1982-08-24)24 August 1982 (aged 25) 8 0 Portugal Porto[note 6]
5 2DF Fernando Meira (1978-06-05)5 June 1978 (aged 30) 49 2 Germany VfB Stuttgart[note 7]
6 3MF Raul Meireles (1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 25) 9 0 Portugal Porto
7 4FW Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 23) 55 20 England Manchester United
8 3MF Petit (1976-09-25)25 September 1976 (aged 31) 54 4 Portugal Benfica
9 4FW Hugo Almeida (1984-05-23)23 May 1984 (aged 24) 9 2 Germany Werder Bremen
10 3MF João Moutinho (1986-09-09)9 September 1986 (aged 21) 13 1 Portugal Sporting CP
11 4FW Simão (1979-10-31)31 October 1979 (aged 28) 61 15 Spain Atlético Madrid
12 1GK Nuno (1974-01-25)25 January 1974 (aged 34) 0 0 Portugal Porto
13 2DF Miguel (1980-01-04)4 January 1980 (aged 28) 47 1 Spain Valencia
14 2DF Jorge Ribeiro (1981-11-09)9 November 1981 (aged 26) 8 0 Portugal Boavista[note 8]
15 2DF Pepe (1983-02-26)26 February 1983 (aged 25) 3 0 Spain Real Madrid
16 2DF Ricardo Carvalho (1978-05-18)18 May 1978 (aged 30) 43 4 England Chelsea
17 4FW Ricardo Quaresma (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 24) 21 2 Portugal Porto
18 3MF Miguel Veloso (1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 22) 6 0 Portugal Sporting CP
19 4FW Nani (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 21) 13 2 England Manchester United
20 3MF Deco (1977-08-27)27 August 1977 (aged 30) 53 3 Spain Barcelona
21 4FW Nuno Gomes (captain) (1976-07-05)5 July 1976 (aged 31) 69 28 Portugal Benfica
22 1GK Rui Patrício (1988-02-15)15 February 1988 (aged 20) 0 0 Portugal Sporting CP
23 4FW Hélder Postiga (1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 25) 32 10 Portugal Porto[note 9]

Switzerland[edit]

Manager: Köbi Kuhn

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Diego Benaglio (1983-09-08)8 September 1983 (aged 24) 12 0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
2 2DF Johan Djourou (1987-01-21)21 January 1987 (aged 21) 17 1 England Arsenal
3 2DF Ludovic Magnin (1979-04-20)20 April 1979 (aged 29) 50 3 Germany VfB Stuttgart
4 2DF Philippe Senderos (1985-02-14)14 February 1985 (aged 23) 28 3 England Arsenal
5 2DF Stephan Lichtsteiner (1984-01-16)16 January 1984 (aged 24) 12 0 France Lille
6 3MF Benjamin Huggel (1977-07-07)7 July 1977 (aged 30) 25 0 Switzerland Basel
7 3MF Ricardo Cabanas (1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (aged 29) 49 4 Switzerland Grasshopper
8 3MF Gökhan Inler (1984-06-27)27 June 1984 (aged 23) 17 1 Italy Udinese
9 4FW Alexander Frei (captain) (1979-07-15)15 July 1979 (aged 28) 59 35 Germany Borussia Dortmund
10 3MF Hakan Yakin (1977-02-22)22 February 1977 (aged 31) 66 15 Switzerland Young Boys
11 4FW Marco Streller (1981-06-26)26 June 1981 (aged 26) 28 11 Switzerland Basel
12 4FW Eren Derdiyok (1988-06-12)12 June 1988 (aged 19) 3 1 Switzerland Basel
13 2DF Stéphane Grichting (1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 29) 18 0 France Auxerre
14 3MF Daniel Gygax (1981-08-28)28 August 1981 (aged 26) 34 5 France Metz
15 3MF Gélson Fernandes (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 21) 8 0 England Manchester City
16 3MF Tranquillo Barnetta (1985-05-22)22 May 1985 (aged 23) 32 6 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
17 2DF Christoph Spycher (1978-03-30)30 March 1978 (aged 30) 39 0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
18 1GK Pascal Zuberbühler (1971-01-08)8 January 1971 (aged 37) 50 0 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax
19 3MF Valon Behrami (1985-04-19)19 April 1985 (aged 23) 16 2 Italy Lazio
20 2DF Patrick Müller (1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 31) 78 3 France Lyon
21 1GK Eldin Jakupović (1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 23) 0 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow[note 10]
22 4FW Johan Vonlanthen (1986-02-01)1 February 1986 (aged 22) 30 6 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
23 4FW Philipp Degen (1983-02-15)15 February 1983 (aged 25) 30 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund

Turkey[edit]

Manager: Fatih Terim

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Rüştü Reçber (1973-05-10)10 May 1973 (aged 35) 116 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
2 2DF Servet Çetin (1981-03-17)17 March 1981 (aged 27) 29 1 Turkey Galatasaray
3 2DF Hakan Balta (1983-03-23)23 March 1983 (aged 25) 8 1 Turkey Galatasaray
4 2DF Gökhan Zan (1981-09-07)7 September 1981 (aged 26) 19 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
5 3MF Emre Belözoğlu (captain) (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 27) 56 4 England Newcastle United
6 3MF Mehmet Topal (1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 22) 5 0 Turkey Galatasaray
7 3MF Mehmet Aurélio (1977-12-15)15 December 1977 (aged 30) 19 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
8 4FW Nihat Kahveci (1979-11-23)23 November 1979 (aged 28) 54 15 Spain Villarreal
9 4FW Semih Şentürk (1983-04-29)29 April 1983 (aged 25) 4 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
10 3MF Gökdeniz Karadeniz (1980-01-11)11 January 1980 (aged 28) 46 6 Russia Rubin Kazan
11 3MF Tümer Metin (1974-10-14)14 October 1974 (aged 33) 23 7 Turkey Fenerbahçe[note 11]
12 1GK Tolga Zengin (1983-10-10)10 October 1983 (aged 24) 2 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
13 2DF Emre Güngör (1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 23) 1 0 Turkey Galatasaray
14 3MF Arda Turan (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 21) 18 1 Turkey Galatasaray
15 2DF Emre Aşık (1973-12-13)13 December 1973 (aged 34) 27 2 Turkey Galatasaray[note 12]
16 2DF Uğur Boral (1982-04-14)14 April 1982 (aged 26) 8 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
17 4FW Tuncay Şanlı (1982-01-16)16 January 1982 (aged 26) 54 15 England Middlesbrough
18 4FW Colin Kazim-Richards (1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 21) 2 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
19 3MF Ayhan Akman (1977-02-23)23 February 1977 (aged 31) 10 1 Turkey Galatasaray
20 2DF Sabri Sarıoğlu (1984-07-26)26 July 1984 (aged 23) 13 1 Turkey Galatasaray
21 4FW Mevlüt Erdinç (1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 21) 4 0 France Sochaux
22 3MF Hamit Altıntop (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 25) 42 2 Germany Bayern Munich
23 1GK Volkan Demirel (1981-10-27)27 October 1981 (aged 26) 21 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe

Group B[edit]

Austria[edit]

Manager: Josef Hickersberger

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Alex Manninger (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 31) 27 0 Italy Siena
2 3MF Joachim Standfest (1980-05-30)30 May 1980 (aged 28) 30 2 Austria Austria Wien
3 2DF Martin Stranzl (1980-06-16)16 June 1980 (aged 27) 45 2 Russia Spartak Moscow
4 2DF Emanuel Pogatetz (1983-01-16)16 January 1983 (aged 25) 27 1 England Middlesbrough
5 2DF Christian Fuchs (1986-04-07)7 April 1986 (aged 22) 17 0 Austria Mattersburg
6 3MF René Aufhauser (1976-06-21)21 June 1976 (aged 31) 51 11 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
7 3MF Ivica Vastić (1969-09-29)29 September 1969 (aged 38) 48 13 Austria LASK
8 3MF Christoph Leitgeb (1985-04-14)14 April 1985 (aged 23) 19 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
9 4FW Roland Linz (1981-08-09)9 August 1981 (aged 26) 32 7 Portugal Braga
10 3MF Andreas Ivanschitz (captain) (1983-10-15)15 October 1983 (aged 24) 39 6 Austria Red Bull Salzburg[note 13]
11 3MF Ümit Korkmaz (1985-09-17)17 September 1985 (aged 22) 2 0 Austria Rapid Wien[note 14]
12 2DF Ronald Gërçaliu (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 22) 11 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg[note 15]
13 2DF Markus Katzer (1979-12-11)11 December 1979 (aged 28) 11 0 Austria Rapid Wien
14 2DF György Garics (1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 24) 12 1 Italy Napoli
15 2DF Sebastian Prödl (1987-06-21)21 June 1987 (aged 20) 10 2 Austria Sturm Graz[note 16]
16 2DF Jürgen Patocka (1977-07-30)30 July 1977 (aged 30) 2 0 Austria Rapid Wien
17 2DF Martin Hiden (1973-03-11)11 March 1973 (aged 35) 49 1 Austria Rapid Wien[note 17]
18 4FW Roman Kienast (1984-03-29)29 March 1984 (aged 24) 6 1 Norway HamKam
19 3MF Jürgen Säumel (1984-09-08)8 September 1984 (aged 23) 11 0 Austria Sturm Graz
20 4FW Martin Harnik (1987-06-10)10 June 1987 (aged 20) 8 2 Germany Werder Bremen
21 1GK Jürgen Macho (1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 30) 14 0 Greece AEK Athens
22 4FW Erwin Hoffer (1987-04-14)14 April 1987 (aged 21) 4 0 Austria Rapid Wien
23 1GK Ramazan Özcan (1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 23) 0 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg[note 18]

Croatia[edit]

Manager: Slaven Bilić

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Stipe Pletikosa (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 29) 69 0 Russia Spartak Moscow
2 2DF Dario Šimić (1975-11-12)12 November 1975 (aged 32) 98 3 Italy Milan
3 2DF Josip Šimunić (1978-02-18)18 February 1978 (aged 30) 62 3 Germany Hertha BSC
4 2DF Robert Kovač (1974-04-06)6 April 1974 (aged 34) 74 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
5 2DF Vedran Ćorluka (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 22) 20 0 England Manchester City
6 2DF Hrvoje Vejić (1977-06-08)8 June 1977 (aged 30) 2 0 Russia Tom Tomsk
7 3MF Ivan Rakitić (1988-03-10)10 March 1988 (aged 20) 8 1 Germany Schalke 04
8 3MF Ognjen Vukojević (1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (aged 24) 5 1 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb[note 19]
9 4FW Nikola Kalinić (1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 20) 1 0 Croatia Hajduk Split
10 3MF Niko Kovač (captain) (1971-10-15)15 October 1971 (aged 36) 77 14 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
11 2DF Darijo Srna (1982-05-01)1 May 1982 (aged 26) 55 15 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
12 1GK Mario Galinović (1976-11-15)15 November 1976 (aged 31) 2 0 Greece Panathinaikos
13 3MF Nikola Pokrivač (1985-11-26)26 November 1985 (aged 22) 1 0 France Monaco
14 3MF Luka Modrić (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 (aged 22) 26 3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb[note 20]
15 2DF Dario Knežević (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 (aged 26) 7 1 Italy Livorno
16 3MF Jerko Leko (1980-04-09)9 April 1980 (aged 28) 52 2 France Monaco
17 4FW Ivan Klasnić (1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 28) 29 8 Germany Werder Bremen
18 4FW Ivica Olić (1979-09-14)14 September 1979 (aged 28) 54 9 Germany Hamburger SV
19 3MF Niko Kranjčar (1984-08-13)13 August 1984 (aged 23) 41 7 England Portsmouth
20 4FW Igor Budan (1980-04-22)22 April 1980 (aged 28) 5 0 Italy Parma
21 4FW Mladen Petrić (1981-01-01)1 January 1981 (aged 27) 24 9 Germany Borussia Dortmund
22 3MF Danijel Pranjić (1981-12-02)2 December 1981 (aged 26) 11 0 Netherlands Heerenveen
23 1GK Vedran Runje (1976-02-10)10 February 1976 (aged 32) 4 0 France Lens

Germany[edit]

Manager: Joachim Löw

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Jens Lehmann (1969-11-10)10 November 1969 (aged 38) 55 0 England Arsenal[note 21]
2 2DF Marcell Jansen (1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 22) 22 1 Germany Bayern Munich
3 2DF Arne Friedrich (1979-05-29)29 May 1979 (aged 29) 57 0 Germany Hertha BSC
4 2DF Clemens Fritz (1980-12-07)7 December 1980 (aged 27) 14 2 Germany Werder Bremen
5 2DF Heiko Westermann (1983-08-14)14 August 1983 (aged 24) 3 0 Germany Schalke 04
6 3MF Simon Rolfes (1982-01-21)21 January 1982 (aged 26) 10 0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
7 3MF Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 23) 51 13 Germany Bayern Munich
8 3MF Torsten Frings (1976-11-22)22 November 1976 (aged 31) 72 10 Germany Werder Bremen
9 4FW Mario Gómez (1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 22) 10 6 Germany VfB Stuttgart
10 4FW Oliver Neuville (1973-05-01)1 May 1973 (aged 35) 68 10 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
11 4FW Miroslav Klose (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 29) 75 39 Germany Bayern Munich
12 1GK Robert Enke (1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 30) 1 0 Germany Hannover 96
13 3MF Michael Ballack (captain) (1976-09-26)26 September 1976 (aged 31) 81 36 England Chelsea
14 3MF Piotr Trochowski (1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 24) 12 0 Germany Hamburger SV
15 3MF Thomas Hitzlsperger (1982-04-05)5 April 1982 (aged 26) 33 5 Germany VfB Stuttgart
16 2DF Philipp Lahm (1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 24) 41 2 Germany Bayern Munich
17 2DF Per Mertesacker (1984-09-29)29 September 1984 (aged 23) 43 1 Germany Werder Bremen
18 3MF Tim Borowski (1980-05-02)2 May 1980 (aged 28) 31 2 Germany Werder Bremen[note 22]
19 3MF David Odonkor (1984-02-21)21 February 1984 (aged 24) 15 1 Spain Real Betis
20 4FW Lukas Podolski (1985-06-04)4 June 1985 (aged 23) 48 25 Germany Bayern Munich
21 2DF Christoph Metzelder (1980-11-05)5 November 1980 (aged 27) 41 0 Spain Real Madrid
22 4FW Kevin Kurányi (1982-03-02)2 March 1982 (aged 26) 47 19 Germany Schalke 04
23 1GK René Adler (1985-01-15)15 January 1985 (aged 23) 0 0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen

Poland[edit]

Manager: Netherlands 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]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Artur Boruc (1980-02-20)20 February 1980 (aged 28) 34 0 Scotland Celtic
2 2DF Mariusz Jop (1978-08-03)3 August 1978 (aged 29) 24 0 Russia FC Moscow
3 2DF Jakub Wawrzyniak (1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 24) 11 0 Poland Legia Warsaw
4 2DF Paweł Golański (1982-10-12)12 October 1982 (aged 25) 10 1 Romania Steaua București
5 3MF Dariusz Dudka (1983-12-09)9 December 1983 (aged 24) 26 2 Poland Wisła Kraków
6 2DF Jacek Bąk (1973-03-24)24 March 1973 (aged 35) 94 3 Austria Austria Wien
7 4FW Ebi Smolarek (1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 27) 31 13 Spain Racing Santander
8 3MF Jacek Krzynówek (1976-05-15)15 May 1976 (aged 32) 79 15 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
9 4FW Maciej Żurawski (captain) (1976-09-12)12 September 1976 (aged 31) 71 17 Greece Larissa
10 3MF Łukasz Garguła (1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 27) 12 1 Poland GKS Bełchatów
11 4FW Marek Saganowski (1978-10-31)31 October 1978 (aged 29) 23 3 England Southampton
12 1GK Wojciech Kowalewski (1977-05-11)11 May 1977 (aged 31) 10 0 Poland Korona Kielce
13 2DF Marcin Wasilewski (1980-06-09)9 June 1980 (aged 27) 27 1 Belgium Anderlecht
14 2DF Michał Żewłakow (1976-04-22)22 April 1976 (aged 32) 76 2 Greece Olympiacos
15 3MF Michał Pazdan (1987-09-21)21 September 1987 (aged 20) 5 0 Poland Górnik Zabrze
16 2DF Łukasz Piszczek (1985-06-03)3 June 1985 (aged 23) 3 0 Germany Hertha BSC
17 3MF Wojciech Łobodziński (1982-10-20)20 October 1982 (aged 25) 16 2 Poland Wisła Kraków
18 2DF Mariusz Lewandowski (1979-05-18)18 May 1979 (aged 29) 47 3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
19 3MF Rafał Murawski (1981-10-09)9 October 1981 (aged 26) 9 1 Poland Lech Poznań
20 3MF Roger Guerreiro (1982-05-25)25 May 1982 (aged 26) 2 0 Poland Legia Warsaw
21 4FW Tomasz Zahorski (1984-11-22)22 November 1984 (aged 23) 9 1 Poland Górnik Zabrze
22 1GK Łukasz Fabiański (1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 23) 8 0 England Arsenal
23 2DF Adam Kokoszka (1986-10-06)6 October 1986 (aged 21) 7 2 Poland Wisła Kraków

Group C[edit]

France[edit]

Manager: Raymond Domenech

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Steve Mandanda (1985-03-28)28 March 1985 (aged 23) 1 0 France Marseille
2 2DF Jean-Alain Boumsong (1979-12-14)14 December 1979 (aged 28) 23 1 France Lyon
3 2DF Eric Abidal (1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 28) 35 0 Spain Barcelona
4 3MF Patrick Vieira (1976-06-23)23 June 1976 (aged 31) 105 6 Italy Internazionale
5 2DF William Gallas (1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 30) 62 2 England Arsenal
6 3MF Claude Makélélé (1973-02-18)18 February 1973 (aged 35) 68 0 England Chelsea
7 3MF Florent Malouda (1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 27) 39 3 England Chelsea
8 4FW Nicolas Anelka (1979-03-14)14 March 1979 (aged 29) 48 11 England Chelsea
9 4FW Karim Benzema (1987-12-19)19 December 1987 (aged 20) 11 3 France Lyon
10 4FW Sidney Govou (1979-07-27)27 July 1979 (aged 28) 32 7 France Lyon
11 3MF Samir Nasri (1987-06-20)20 June 1987 (aged 20) 10 2 France Marseille
12 4FW Thierry Henry (1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 30) 100 44 Spain Barcelona
13 2DF Patrice Evra (1981-05-15)15 May 1981 (aged 27) 11 0 England Manchester United
14 2DF François Clerc (1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 25) 12 0 France Lyon
15 2DF Lilian Thuram (captain) (1972-01-01)1 January 1972 (aged 36) 140 2 Spain Barcelona
16 1GK Sébastien Frey (1980-03-18)18 March 1980 (aged 28) 2 0 Italy Fiorentina
17 2DF Sébastien Squillaci (1980-08-11)11 August 1980 (aged 27) 13 0 France Lyon
18 4FW Bafétimbi Gomis (1985-08-06)6 August 1985 (aged 22) 2 2 France Saint-Étienne
19 2DF Willy Sagnol (1977-03-18)18 March 1977 (aged 31) 56 0 Germany Bayern Munich
20 3MF Jérémy Toulalan (1983-09-10)10 September 1983 (aged 24) 13 0 France Lyon
21 3MF Lassana Diarra (1985-03-10)10 March 1985 (aged 23) 13 0 England Portsmouth
22 3MF Franck Ribéry (1983-04-07)7 April 1983 (aged 25) 27 4 Germany Bayern Munich
23 1GK Grégory Coupet (1972-12-31)31 December 1972 (aged 35) 31 0 France Lyon

Italy[edit]

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]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Gianluigi Buffon (1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 30) 82 0 Italy Juventus
2 2DF Christian Panucci (1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 35) 53 3 Italy Roma
3 2DF Fabio Grosso (1977-11-28)28 November 1977 (aged 30) 31 3 France Lyon
4 2DF Giorgio Chiellini (1984-08-14)14 August 1984 (aged 23) 10 1 Italy Juventus
5 2DF Alessandro Gamberini (1981-08-27)27 August 1981 (aged 26) 2 0 Italy Fiorentina
6 2DF Andrea Barzagli (1981-05-08)8 May 1981 (aged 27) 22 0 Italy Palermo[note 23]
7 4FW Alessandro Del Piero (captain) (1974-11-09)9 November 1974 (aged 33) 86 27 Italy Juventus
8 3MF Gennaro Gattuso (1978-01-09)9 January 1978 (aged 30) 58 1 Italy Milan
9 4FW Luca Toni (1977-05-26)26 May 1977 (aged 31) 34 15 Germany Bayern Munich
10 3MF Daniele De Rossi (1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 24) 33 4 Italy Roma
11 4FW Antonio Di Natale (1977-10-13)13 October 1977 (aged 30) 18 7 Italy Udinese
12 4FW Marco Borriello (1982-06-18)18 June 1982 (aged 25) 3 0 Italy Genoa [note 24]
13 3MF Massimo Ambrosini (1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 31) 31 0 Italy Milan
14 1GK Marco Amelia (1982-04-02)2 April 1982 (aged 26) 6 0 Italy Livorno[note 25]
15 4FW Fabio Quagliarella (1983-01-31)31 January 1983 (aged 25) 8 3 Italy Udinese
16 3MF Mauro Camoranesi (1976-10-04)4 October 1976 (aged 31) 35 4 Italy Juventus
17 1GK Morgan De Sanctis (1977-03-26)26 March 1977 (aged 31) 2 0 Spain Sevilla
18 4FW Antonio Cassano (1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 25) 11 3 Italy Sampdoria
19 2DF Gianluca Zambrotta (1977-02-19)19 February 1977 (aged 31) 71 2 Spain Barcelona[note 26]
20 3MF Simone Perrotta (1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (aged 30) 41 2 Italy Roma
21 3MF Andrea Pirlo (1979-05-19)19 May 1979 (aged 29) 46 6 Italy Milan
22 3MF Alberto Aquilani (1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 23) 5 0 Italy Roma
23 2DF Marco Materazzi (1973-08-19)19 August 1973 (aged 34) 40 2 Italy Internazionale

Netherlands[edit]

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]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Edwin van der Sar (captain) (1970-10-29)29 October 1970 (aged 37) 125 0 England Manchester United
2 2DF André Ooijer (1974-07-11)11 July 1974 (aged 33) 37 2 England Blackburn Rovers
3 2DF John Heitinga (1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 24) 36 5 Netherlands Ajax[note 27]
4 2DF Joris Mathijsen (1980-04-05)5 April 1980 (aged 28) 32 2 Germany Hamburger SV
5 3MF Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975-02-05)5 February 1975 (aged 33) 78 4 Netherlands Feyenoord
6 3MF Demy de Zeeuw (1983-05-26)26 May 1983 (aged 25) 15 0 Netherlands AZ
7 4FW Robin van Persie (1983-08-06)6 August 1983 (aged 24) 24 7 England Arsenal
8 3MF Orlando Engelaar (1979-08-24)24 August 1979 (aged 28) 6 0 Netherlands Twente
9 4FW Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 (aged 31) 61 31 Spain Real Madrid
10 3MF Wesley Sneijder (1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 23) 45 9 Spain Real Madrid
11 4FW Arjen Robben (1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 24) 33 9 Spain Real Madrid
12 2DF Mario Melchiot (1976-11-04)4 November 1976 (aged 31) 21 0 England Wigan Athletic
13 1GK Henk Timmer (1971-12-03)3 December 1971 (aged 36) 5 0 Netherlands Feyenoord
14 2DF Wilfred Bouma (1978-06-15)15 June 1978 (aged 29) 33 2 England Aston Villa
15 2DF Tim de Cler (1978-11-08)8 November 1978 (aged 29) 15 0 Netherlands Feyenoord
16 1GK Maarten Stekelenburg (1982-09-22)22 September 1982 (aged 25) 11 0 Netherlands Ajax
17 3MF Nigel de Jong (1984-11-30)30 November 1984 (aged 23) 23 0 Germany Hamburger SV
18 4FW Dirk Kuyt (1980-07-22)22 July 1980 (aged 27) 38 7 England Liverpool
19 4FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1983-08-12)12 August 1983 (aged 24) 12 7 Netherlands Ajax
20 3MF Ibrahim Afellay (1986-04-02)2 April 1986 (aged 22) 5 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
21 2DF Khalid Boulahrouz (1981-12-28)28 December 1981 (aged 26) 22 0 England Chelsea[note 28]
22 4FW Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (1978-11-07)7 November 1978 (aged 29) 16 3 Scotland Celtic
23 3MF Rafael van der Vaart (1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 25) 55 12 Germany Hamburger SV

Romania[edit]

Manager: Victor Piţurcă

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Bogdan Lobonț (1978-01-18)18 January 1978 (aged 30) 63 0 Romania Dinamo București
2 2DF Cosmin Contra (1975-12-15)15 December 1975 (aged 32) 63 7 Spain Getafe
3 2DF Răzvan Raț (1981-05-26)26 May 1981 (aged 27) 48 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
4 2DF Gabriel Tamaș (1983-11-09)9 November 1983 (aged 24) 32 2 France Auxerre
5 2DF Cristian Chivu (captain) (1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 27) 59 3 Italy Internazionale
6 3MF Mirel Rădoi (1981-03-22)22 March 1981 (aged 27) 43 1 Romania Steaua București
7 3MF Florentin Petre (1976-01-15)15 January 1976 (aged 32) 50 5 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
8 3MF Paul Codrea (1981-04-04)4 April 1981 (aged 27) 33 1 Italy Siena
9 4FW Ciprian Marica (1985-10-02)2 October 1985 (aged 22) 24 8 Germany VfB Stuttgart
10 4FW Adrian Mutu (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 29) 61 28 Italy Fiorentina
11 3MF Răzvan Cociș (1983-02-19)19 February 1983 (aged 25) 21 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
12 1GK Marius Popa (1978-07-31)31 July 1978 (aged 29) 2 0 Romania Politehnica Timișoara
13 2DF Cristian Săpunaru (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 24) 1 0 Romania Rapid București
14 2DF Sorin Ghionea (1979-05-11)11 May 1979 (aged 29) 10 1 Romania Steaua București
15 2DF Dorin Goian (1980-12-12)12 December 1980 (aged 27) 19 3 Romania Steaua București
16 3MF Bănel Nicoliță (1985-01-07)7 January 1985 (aged 23) 20 1 Romania Steaua București
17 2DF Cosmin Moți (1984-12-03)3 December 1984 (aged 23) 2 0 Romania Dinamo București
18 4FW Marius Niculae (1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 27) 30 13 Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle
19 3MF Adrian Cristea (1983-11-30)30 November 1983 (aged 24) 6 0 Romania Dinamo București
20 3MF Nicolae Dică (1980-05-09)9 May 1980 (aged 28) 25 8 Romania Steaua București
21 4FW Daniel Niculae (1982-10-06)6 October 1982 (aged 25) 22 5 France Auxerre
22 2DF Ștefan Radu (1986-10-22)22 October 1986 (aged 21) 8 0 Romania Dinamo București[note 29]
23 1GK Eduard Stăncioiu (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 27) 1 0 Romania CFR Cluj

Group D[edit]

Greece[edit]

Manager: Germany Otto Rehhagel

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Antonios Nikopolidis (1971-01-14)14 January 1971 (aged 37) 87 0 Greece Olympiacos
2 2DF Giourkas Seitaridis (1981-06-04)4 June 1981 (aged 27) 56 1 Spain Atlético Madrid
3 3MF Christos Patsatzoglou (1979-03-19)19 March 1979 (aged 29) 29 1 Greece Olympiacos
4 2DF Nikos Spiropoulos (1983-10-10)10 October 1983 (aged 24) 5 0 Greece Panathinaikos
5 2DF Traianos Dellas (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 32) 42 1 Greece AEK Athens
6 3MF Angelos Basinas (captain) (1976-01-03)3 January 1976 (aged 32) 88 7 Spain Mallorca
7 4FW Georgios Samaras (1985-02-21)21 February 1985 (aged 23) 18 3 England Manchester City[note 30]
8 3MF Stelios Giannakopoulos (1974-07-12)12 July 1974 (aged 33) 75 12 England Bolton Wanderers
9 4FW Angelos Charisteas (1980-02-09)9 February 1980 (aged 28) 65 18 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
10 3MF Giorgos Karagounis (1977-03-06)6 March 1977 (aged 31) 73 6 Greece Panathinaikos
11 2DF Loukas Vyntra (1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 27) 18 0 Greece Panathinaikos
12 1GK Konstantinos Chalkias (1974-05-30)30 May 1974 (aged 34) 15 0 Greece Aris[note 31]
13 1GK Alexandros Tzorvas (1982-08-12)12 August 1982 (aged 25) 0 0 Greece OFI Crete
14 4FW Dimitris Salpingidis (1981-08-18)18 August 1981 (aged 26) 21 1 Greece Panathinaikos
15 2DF Vasilis Torosidis (1985-06-10)10 June 1985 (aged 22) 13 0 Greece Olympiacos
16 2DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos (1979-07-23)23 July 1979 (aged 28) 38 4 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
17 4FW Theofanis Gekas (1980-05-23)23 May 1980 (aged 28) 27 6 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
18 2DF Yannis Goumas (1975-05-24)24 May 1975 (aged 33) 45 0 Greece Panathinaikos
19 2DF Paraskevas Antzas (1977-08-18)18 August 1977 (aged 30) 24 0 Greece Olympiacos
20 4FW Ioannis Amanatidis (1981-12-03)3 December 1981 (aged 26) 26 3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
21 3MF Kostas Katsouranis (1979-06-21)21 June 1979 (aged 28) 49 6 Portugal Benfica
22 3MF Alexandros Tziolis (1985-02-13)13 February 1985 (aged 23) 8 0 Greece Panathinaikos
23 4FW Nikos Liberopoulos (1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 32) 59 13 Greece AEK Athens

Russia[edit]

Manager: Netherlands Guus Hiddink

Pavel Pogrebnyak failed to recover from injury and was replaced by on 7 June.[9]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Igor Akinfeev (1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 22) 20 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
2 2DF Vasili Berezutski (1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 25) 29 1 Russia CSKA Moscow
3 2DF Renat Yanbayev (1984-04-07)7 April 1984 (aged 24) 2 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
4 2DF Sergei Ignashevich (1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 28) 37 3 Russia CSKA Moscow
5 2DF Aleksei Berezutski (1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 25) 32 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
6 4FW Roman Adamov (1982-06-21)21 June 1982 (aged 25) 2 0 Russia FC Moscow
7 3MF Dmitri Torbinski (1984-04-28)28 April 1984 (aged 24) 11 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
8 2DF Denis Kolodin (1982-01-11)11 January 1982 (aged 26) 13 0 Russia Dynamo Moscow
9 3MF Ivan Saenko (1983-10-17)17 October 1983 (aged 24) 7 0 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
10 4FW Andrey Arshavin (1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 27) 34 11 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
11 3MF Sergei Semak (captain) (1976-02-27)27 February 1976 (aged 32) 46 4 Russia Rubin Kazan
12 1GK Vladimir Gabulov (1983-10-19)19 October 1983 (aged 24) 5 0 Russia Dynamo Moscow
13 3MF Oleg Ivanov (1986-08-04)4 August 1986 (aged 21) 0 0 Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara
14 2DF Roman Shirokov (1981-07-06)6 July 1981 (aged 26) 4 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
15 3MF Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (1985-02-27)27 February 1985 (aged 23) 23 2 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
16 1GK Vyacheslav Malafeev (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 29) 16 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
17 3MF Konstantin Zyryanov (1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 30) 12 2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
18 2DF Yuri Zhirkov (1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 24) 19 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
19 4FW Roman Pavlyuchenko (1981-12-15)15 December 1981 (aged 26) 17 6 Russia Spartak Moscow
20 3MF Igor Semshov (1978-04-06)6 April 1978 (aged 30) 27 0 Russia Dynamo Moscow
21 4FW Dmitri Sychev (1983-10-26)26 October 1983 (aged 24) 41 15 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
22 2DF Aleksandr Anyukov (1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 25) 32 1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
23 3MF Vladimir Bystrov (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 24) 20 4 Russia Spartak Moscow

Spain[edit]

Manager: Luis Aragonés

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Iker Casillas (captain) (1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 27) 77 0 Spain Real Madrid
2 2DF Raúl Albiol (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 22) 4 0 Spain Valencia
3 2DF Fernando Navarro (1982-06-25)25 June 1982 (aged 25) 1 0 Spain Mallorca
4 2DF Carlos Marchena (1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 28) 42 2 Spain Valencia
5 2DF Carles Puyol (1978-04-13)13 April 1978 (aged 30) 61 1 Spain Barcelona
6 3MF Andrés Iniesta (1984-05-11)11 May 1984 (aged 24) 23 5 Spain Barcelona
7 4FW David Villa (1981-12-03)3 December 1981 (aged 26) 31 14 Spain Valencia
8 3MF Xavi (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 28) 58 6 Spain Barcelona
9 4FW Fernando Torres (1984-03-20)20 March 1984 (aged 24) 49 15 England Liverpool
10 3MF Cesc Fàbregas (1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 21) 26 0 England Arsenal
11 2DF Joan Capdevila (1978-02-03)3 February 1978 (aged 30) 18 3 Spain Villarreal
12 3MF Santi Cazorla (1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 23) 2 0 Spain Villarreal
13 1GK Andrés Palop (1973-10-22)22 October 1973 (aged 34) 0 0 Spain Sevilla
14 3MF Xabi Alonso (1981-11-25)25 November 1981 (aged 26) 43 1 England Liverpool
15 2DF Sergio Ramos (1986-03-30)30 March 1986 (aged 22) 34 4 Spain Real Madrid
16 4FW Sergio García (1983-06-09)9 June 1983 (aged 24) 1 0 Spain Zaragoza
17 4FW Daniel Güiza (1980-08-17)17 August 1980 (aged 27) 4 0 Spain Mallorca
18 2DF Álvaro Arbeloa (1983-01-17)17 January 1983 (aged 25) 2 0 England Liverpool
19 3MF Marcos Senna (1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 31) 11 0 Spain Villarreal
20 2DF Juanito (1976-07-23)23 July 1976 (aged 31) 23 2 Spain Real Betis
21 3MF David Silva (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 22) 14 2 Spain Valencia
22 3MF Rubén de la Red (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 23) 2 0 Spain Getafe[note 32]
23 1GK Pepe Reina (1982-08-31)31 August 1982 (aged 25) 9 0 England Liverpool

Sweden[edit]

Manager: Lars Lagerbäck

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Andreas Isaksson (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 26) 56 0 England Manchester City
2 2DF Mikael Nilsson (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 29) 47 3 Greece Panathinaikos
3 2DF Olof Mellberg (1977-09-03)3 September 1977 (aged 30) 82 4 England Aston Villa[note 33]
4 2DF Petter Hansson (1976-12-14)14 December 1976 (aged 31) 32 1 France Rennes
5 2DF Fredrik Stoor (1984-02-28)28 February 1984 (aged 24) 5 0 Norway Rosenborg
6 3MF Tobias Linderoth (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 29) 75 2 Turkey Galatasaray
7 3MF Niclas Alexandersson (1971-12-29)29 December 1971 (aged 36) 108 7 Sweden IFK Göteborg
8 3MF Anders Svensson (1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 31) 90 15 Sweden Elfsborg
9 3MF Freddie Ljungberg (captain) (1977-04-16)16 April 1977 (aged 31) 72 14 England West Ham United
10 4FW Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 26) 50 18 Italy Internazionale
11 4FW Johan Elmander (1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 27) 35 11 France Toulouse
12 1GK Rami Shaaban (1975-06-30)30 June 1975 (aged 32) 16 0 Sweden Hammarby
13 1GK Johan Wiland (1981-01-24)24 January 1981 (aged 27) 3 0 Sweden Elfsborg
14 2DF Daniel Majstorović (1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 31) 15 1 Switzerland Basel[note 34]
15 2DF Andreas Granqvist (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 (aged 23) 3 0 England Wigan Athletic[note 35]
16 3MF Kim Källström (1982-08-24)24 August 1982 (aged 25) 55 8 France Lyon
17 4FW Henrik Larsson (1971-09-20)20 September 1971 (aged 36) 95 36 Sweden Helsingborg
18 3MF Sebastian Larsson (1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 23) 4 0 England Birmingham City
19 3MF Daniel Andersson (1977-08-28)28 August 1977 (aged 30) 62 0 Sweden Malmö FF
20 4FW Marcus Allbäck (1973-07-05)5 July 1973 (aged 34) 73 30 Denmark Copenhagen[note 36]
21 3MF Christian Wilhelmsson (1979-12-08)8 December 1979 (aged 28) 51 4 France Nantes[note 37]
22 4FW Markus Rosenberg (1982-09-27)27 September 1982 (aged 25) 21 6 Germany Werder Bremen
23 2DF Mikael Dorsin (1981-10-06)6 October 1981 (aged 26) 12 0 Romania CFR Cluj

Player representation[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ Baroš was on loan to Portsmouth.
  2. ^ Sivok was on loan to Sparta Prague and joined Beşiktaş after the tournament.
  3. ^ Skácel was on loan to Hertha BSC.
  4. ^ Ujfaluši joined Atlético Madrid after the tournament.
  5. ^ Rozehnal was on loan to Lazio.
  6. ^ Bosingwa joined Chelsea after the tournament.
  7. ^ Meira joined Galatasaray after the tournament.
  8. ^ Ribeiro joined Benfica after the tournament.
  9. ^ Postiga was on loan to Panathinaikos and joined Sporting CP after the tournament.
  10. ^ Jakupović was on loan to Grasshopper.
  11. ^ Metin was on loan to Larissa for the second half of the 2007–08 season.
  12. ^ Aşık was on loan to Ankaraspor.
  13. ^ Ivanschitz was on loan to Panathinaikos.
  14. ^ Korkmaz joined Eintracht Frankfurt after the tournament.
  15. ^ Gërçaliu was on loan to Austria Wien.
  16. ^ Prödl joined Werder Bremen after the tournament.
  17. ^ Hiden was on loan to Austria Kärnten.
  18. ^ Özcan was on loan to 1899 Hoffenheim and joined them permanently after the tournament.
  19. ^ Vukojević joined Dynamo Kyiv after the tournament.
  20. ^ Modrić joined Tottenham Hotspur after the tournament.
  21. ^ Lehmann joined VfB Stuttgart after the tournament.
  22. ^ Borowski joined Bayern Munich after the tournament.
  23. ^ Barzagli joined VfL Wolfsburg after the tournament.
  24. ^ Borriello joined Milan after the tournament.
  25. ^ Amelia joined Palermo after the tournament.
  26. ^ Zambrotta joined Milan after the tournament.
  27. ^ Heitinga joined Atlético Madrid after the tournament.
  28. ^ Boulahrouz was on loan to Sevilla.
  29. ^ Radu was on loan to Lazio.
  30. ^ Samaras was on loan to Celtic.
  31. ^ Chalkias joined PAOK after the tournament.
  32. ^ De la Red joined Real Madrid after the tournament.
  33. ^ Mellberg joined Juventus after the tournament.
  34. ^ Majstorović joined AEK Athens after the tournament.
  35. ^ Granqvist was on loan to Helsingborg.
  36. ^ Allbäck joined Örgryte after the tournament.
  37. ^ Wilhelmsson was on loan to Deportivo La Coruña.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Final squads announced for EURO". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2008. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
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  5. ^ "Błaszczykowski ruled out of EURO". euro2008.uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 June 2008. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Injury rules out Poland's Kuszczak". euro2008.uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2008. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
  7. ^ "Italy rocked by Cannavaro injury". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
  8. ^ "Injury rules Babel out of Euros". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
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