Euro 2008 Austria/Switzerland Official Thread

[Niall Quinn]

I think Spain will win,it two top strikers and probably the most gifted squad

This quote has been used before big tournaments for generations.

i fancy the germans

Me too - I've never really got over 1988 Stefi Graf properly.

[Billys Boots]

I've never really got over 1988 Stefi Graf properly.

Me neither. 

[The Real Laoislad]

18 days 30mins exactly left till kick off

[new devil]

18 days 30mins exactly left till kick off

Waaaawooooo

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Greece name their provisional squad of 24 - one player will be cut after tomorrows friendly against Hungary

Greece squad

Goalkeepers: Antonios Nikopolidis (Olympiacos CFP), Konstantinos Chalkias (Aris Thessaloniki FC), Alexandros Tzorvas (OFI Crete FC).

Defenders: Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Giourkas Seitaridis (Club Atlético de Madrid), Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens FC), Loukas Vintra (Panathinaikos FC), Nikolaos Spiropoulos (Panathinaikos FC), Ioannis Goumas (Panathinaikos FC), Vassilis Torosidis (Olympiacos CFP), Christos Patsatzoglou (Olympiacos CFP), Paraskevas Antzas (Olympiacos CFP), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (AEK Athens FC).

Midfielders: Angelos Basinas (RCD Mallorca), Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers FC), Georgios Karagounis (Panathinaikos FC), Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos FC), Konstantinos Katsouranis (SL Benfica).

Forwards: Dimitrios Salpingidis (Panathinaikos FC), Nikolaos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens FC), Theofanis Gekas (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Georgios Samaras (Celtic FC), Ioannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt), Angelos Charisteas (1. FC Nürnberg).

[AZOffaly]

Today is the final deadline for the 16 squad lists.

[nutsy--1]

i think France will win it. alot of old and experienced players and some very good younger players like benzema
benzema for golden boot!

[AZOffaly]

Squads announced. These are the official 23 man squads for all 16 countries.

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UEFA EURO 2008™ squads

Austria
1 Alex Manninger
2 Joachim Standfest
3 Martin Stranzl
4 Emanuel Pogatetz
5 Christian Fuchs
6 René Aufhauser
7 Ivica Vastic
8 Christoph Leitgeb
9 Roland Linz
10 Andreas Ivanschitz
11 Ümit Korkmaz
12 Ronald Gercaliu
13 Markus Katzer
14 György Garics
15 Sebastian Prödl
16 Jürgen Patocka
17 Martin Hiden
18 Roman Kienast
19 Jürgen Säumel
20 Martin Harnik
21 Jürgen Macho
22 Erwin Hoffer
23 Ramazan Özcan
Coach: Josef Hickersberger

Croatia
1 Stipe Pletikosa
2 Dario Šimić
3 Josip Šimunić
4 Robert Kovač
5 Vedran Ćorluka
6 Hrvoje Vejić
7 Ivan Rakitić
8 Ognjen Vukojević
9 Nikola Kalinić
10 Niko Kovač
11 Darijo Srna
12 Mario Galinović
13 Nikola Pokrivač
14 Luka Modrić
15 Dario Knežević
16 Jerko Leko
17 Ivan Klasnić
18 Ivica Olić
19 Niko Kranjčar
20 Igor Budan
21 Mladen Petrić
22 Danijel Pranjić
23 Vedran Runje
Coach: Slaven Bilić

Czech Republic
1 Petr Čech
2 Zdeněk Grygera
3 Jan Polák
4 Tomáš Galásek
5 Radoslav Kováč
6 Marek Jankulovski
7 Libor Sionko
8 Martin Fenin
9 Jan Koller
10 Václav Svěrkoš
11 Stanislav Vlček
12 Zdeněk Pospěch
13 Michal Kadlec
14 David Jarolím
15 Milan Baroš
16 Jaromír Blažek
17 Marek Matějovský
18 Tomáš Sivok
19 Rudolf Skácel
20 Jaroslav Plašil
21 Tomáš Ujfaluši
22 David Rozehnal
23 Daniel Zítka
Coach: Karel Brückner

France (shirt numbers yet to be announced)
Grégory Coupet
Eric Abidal
Jean-Alain Boumsong
François Clerc
Patrice Evra
William Gallas
Lassana Diarra
Claude Makelele
Nicolas Anelka
Karim Benzema
Sidney Govou
Thierry Henry
Florent Malouda
Samir Nasri
Franck Ribéry
Jérémy Toulalan
Patrick Vieira
Steve Mandanda
Sébastien Frey
Willy Sagnol
Sébastien Squillaci
Lilian Thuram
Bafétimbi Gomis
Coach: Raymond Domenech

Germany
1 Jens Lehmann
2 Marcell Jansen
3 Arne Friedrich
4 Clemens Fritz
5 Heiko Westermann
6 Simon Rolfes
7 Bastian Schweinsteiger
8 Torsten Frings
9 Mario Gómez
10 Oliver Neuville
11 Miroslav Klose
12 Robert Enke
13 Michael Ballack
14 Piotr Trochowski
15 Thomas Hitzlsperger
16 Philipp Lahm
17 Per Mertesacker
18 Tim Borowski
19 David Odonkor
20 Lukas Podolski
21 Christoph Metzelder
22 Kevin Kuranyi
23 René Adler
Coach: Joachim Löw

Greece
1 Antonios Nikopolidis
2 Giourkas Seitaridis
3 Christos Patsatzoglou
4 Nikolaos Spyropoulos
5 Traianos Dellas
6 Angelos Basinas
7 Georgios Samaras
8 Stylianos Giannakopoulos
9 Angelos Charisteas
10 Georgios Karagounis
11 Loukas Vintra
12 Konstantinos Chalkias
13 Alexandros Tzorvas
14 Dimitrios Salpingidis
15 Vassilios Torosidis
16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos
17 Theofanis Gekas
18 Ioannis Goumas
19 Paraskevas Antzas
20 Ioannis Amanatidis
21 Konstantinos Katsouranis
22 Alexandros Tziolis
23 Nikolaos Liberopoulos
Coach: Otto Rehhagel

Italy
1 Gianluigi Buffon
2 Christian Panucci
3 Fabio Grosso
4 Giorgio Chiellini
5 Fabio Cannavaro
6 Andrea Barzagli
7 Alessandro Del Piero
8 Gennaro Gattuso
9 Luca Toni
10 Daniele De Rossi
11 Antonio Di Natale
12 Marco Borriello
13 Massimo Ambrosini
14 Marco Amelia
15 Fabio Quagliarella
16 Mauro Camoranesi
17 Morgan De Sanctis
18 Antonio Cassano
19 Gianluca Zambrotta
20 Simone Perrotta
21 Andrea Pirlo
22 Alberto Aquilani
23 Marco Materazzi
Coach: Roberto Donadoni

Netherlands
1 Edwin van der Sar
2 André Ooijer
3 John Heitinga
4 Joris Mathijsen
5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst
6 Demy de Zeeuw
7 Robin van Persie
8 Orlando Engelaar
9 Ruud van Nistelrooy
10 Wesley Sneijder
11 Arjen Robben
12 Mario Melchiot
13 Henk Timmer
14 Wilfred Bouma
15 Tim de Cler
16 Maarten Stekelenburg
17 Nigel de Jong
18 Dirk Kuyt
19 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
20 Ibrahim Afellay
21 Ryan Babel
22 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
23 Rafael van der Vaart
Coach: Marco van Basten

Poland
1 Artur Boruc
2 Mariusz Jop
3 Jakub Wawrzyniak
4 Pawel Golański
5 Dariusz Dudka
6 Jacek Bąk
7 Euzebiusz Smolarek
8 Jacek Krzynówek
9 Maciej Żurawski
10 Łukasz Garguła
11 Marek Saganowski
12 Tomasz Kuszczak
13 Marcin Wasilewski
14 Michał Żewłakow
15 Michał Pazdan
16 Jakub Błaszczykowski
17 Wojciech Łobodziński
18 Mariusz Lewandowski
19 Rafał Murawski
20 Roger Guerreiro
21 Tomasz Zahorski
22 Łukasz Fabiański
23 Adam Kokoszka
Coach: Leo Beenhakker

Portugal
1 Ricardo
2 Paulo Ferreira
3 Bruno Alves
4 Bosingwa
5 Fernando Meira
6 Raul Meireles
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
8 Petit
9 Hugo Almeida
10 João Moutinho
11 Simão
12 Quim
13 Miguel
14 Jorge Ribeiro
15 Pepe
16 Ricardo Carvalho
17 Ricardo Quaresma
18 Miguel Veloso
19 Nani
20 Deco
21 Nuno Gomes
22 Rui Patrício
23 Hélder Postiga
Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Romania
1 Bogdan Lobonţ
2 Cosmin Contra
3 Răzvan Raţ
4 Gabriel Tamaş
5 Cristian Chivu
6 Mirel Rădoi
7 Florentin Petre
8 Paul Codrea
9 Ciprian Marica
10 Adrian Mutu
11 Răzvan Cociş
12 Marius Cornel Popa
13 Cristian Sapunaru
14 Sorin Ghionea
15 Dorin Goian
16 Bănel Nicoliţă
17 Cosmin Moti
18 Marius Niculae
19 Adrian Cristea
20 Nicolae Dică
21 Daniel Niculae
22 Ştefan Radu
23 Eduard Stăncioiu
Coach: Victor Piţurcă

Russia
1 Igor Akinfeev
2 Vasili Berezutski
3 Renat Yanbaev
4 Sergei Ignashevich
5 Aleksei Berezutski
6 Roman Adamov
7 Dmitri Torbinskiy
8 Denis Kolodin
9 Ivan Saenko
10 Andrei Arshavin
11 Sergei Semak
12 Vladimir Gabulov
13 Pavel Pogrebnyak
14 Roman Shirokov
15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
16 Vyacheslav Malafeev
17 Konstantin Zyrianov
18 Yuri Zhirkov
19 Roman Pavlyuchenko
20 Igor Semshov
21 Dmitri Sychev
22 Aleksandr Anyukov
23 Vladimir Bystrov
Coach: Guus Hiddink

Spain
1 Iker Casillas
2 Raúl Albiol
3 Fernando Navarro
4 Carlos Marchena
5 Carles Puyol
6 Andrés Iniesta
7 David Villa
8 Xavi Hernández
9 Fernando Torres
10 Cesc Fábregas
11 Joan Capdevila
12 Santi Cazorla
13 Andrés Palop
14 Xabi Alonso
15 Sergio Ramos
16 Sergio García
17 Daniel Güiza
18 Álvaro Arbeloa
19 Marcos Senna
20 Juanito Gutiérrez
21 David Silva
22 Rubén De La Red
23 Pepe Reina
Coach: Luis Aragonés

Sweden
1 Andreas Isaksson
2 Mikael Nilsson
3 Olof Mellberg
4 Petter Hansson
5 Fredrik Stoor
6 Tobias Linderoth
7 Niclas Alexandersson
8 Anders Svensson
9 Fredrik Ljungberg
10 Zlatan Ibrahimović
11 Johan Elmander
12 Rami Shaaban
13 Johan Wiland
14 Daniel Majstorovic
15 Andreas Granqvist
16 Kim Källström
17 Henrik Larsson
18 Sebastian Larsson
19 Daniel Andersson
20 Marcus Allbäck
21 Christian Wilhelmsson
22 Markus Rosenberg
23 Mikael Dorsin
Coach: Lars Lagerbäck

Switzerland
1 Diego Benaglio
2 Johan Djourou
3 Ludovic Magnin
4 Philippe Senderos
5 Stephan Lichtsteiner
6 Benjamin Huggel
7 Ricardo Cabanas
8 Gökhan Inler
9 Alexander Frei
10 Hakan Yakin
11 Marco Streller
12 Eren Derdiyok
13 Stéphane Grichting
14 Daniel Gygax
15 Gelson Fernandes
16 Tranquillo Barnetta
17 Christoph Spycher
18 Pascal Zuberbühler
19 Valon Behrami
20 Patrick Müller
21 Eldin Jakupovic
22 Johan Vonlanthen
23 Philipp Degen
Coach: Jakob Kuhn


Turkey
1 Rüştü Reçber
2 Servet Çetin
3 Hakan Balta
4 Gökhan Zan
5 Emre Belözoğlu
6 Mehmet Topal
7 Mehmet Aurélio
8 Nihat Kahveci
9 Semih Şentürk
10 Gökdeniz Karadeniz
11 Tümer Metin
12 Tolga Zengin
13 Emre Güngör
14 Arda Turan
15 Emre Aşık
16 Uğur Boral
17 Tuncay Şanlı
18 Kazım Kazım
19 Ayhan Akman
20 Sabri Sarıoğlu
21 Mevlüt Erdinç
22 Hamit Altıntop
23 Volkan Demirel
Coach: Fatih Terim

[ONeill]

http://euro.predictor.yahoo.eurosport.co.uk/

Italy to bate Portugal

[Niall Quinn]

Ned to beat Portugal.

[Dinny Breen]

Italy to beat Germany

[AZOffaly]

Ryan Babel out of the Dutch squad with ankle ligament damage today. Hope it's not too serious for the lad, he was promising, but red raw, at times this season.

[The Real Laoislad]

I read today that any players with yellow cards will have their slate wiped clean if the reach the 1/4 finals..Therefore the only way a player will miss the Final is if he is sent off in the Semi Finals

[AZOffaly]

What about a yellow in the quarter and semi?

[The Real Laoislad]

Sorry i meant if they get thru the 1/4 finals or basically reach the semi finals