UEFA Euro 2008 squads

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

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

Portugal

Manager: 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 Real Betis
2 2DF Paulo Ferreira (1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 29) 47 0 Chelsea
3 2DF Bruno Alves (1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 26) 11 1 Porto
4 2DF José Bosingwa (1982-08-24)24 August 1982 (aged 25) 8 0 Porto[note 6]
5 2DF Fernando Meira (1978-06-05)5 June 1978 (aged 30) 49 2 VfB Stuttgart[note 7]
6 3MF Raul Meireles (1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 25) 9 0 Porto
7 4FW Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 23) 55 20 Manchester United
8 3MF Petit (1976-09-25)25 September 1976 (aged 31) 54 4 Benfica
9 4FW Hugo Almeida (1984-05-23)23 May 1984 (aged 24) 9 2 Werder Bremen
10 3MF João Moutinho (1986-09-09)9 September 1986 (aged 21) 13 1 Sporting CP
11 4FW Simão (1979-10-31)31 October 1979 (aged 28) 61 15 Atlético Madrid
12 1GK Nuno (1974-01-25)25 January 1974 (aged 34) 0 0 Porto
13 2DF Miguel (1980-01-04)4 January 1980 (aged 28) 47 1 Valencia
14 2DF Jorge Ribeiro (1981-11-09)9 November 1981 (aged 26) 8 0 Boavista[note 8]
15 2DF Pepe (1983-02-26)26 February 1983 (aged 25) 3 0 Real Madrid
16 2DF Ricardo Carvalho (1978-05-18)18 May 1978 (aged 30) 43 4 Chelsea
17 4FW Ricardo Quaresma (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 24) 21 2 Porto
18 3MF Miguel Veloso (1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 22) 6 0 Sporting CP
19 4FW Nani (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 21) 13 2 Manchester United
20 3MF Deco (1977-08-27)27 August 1977 (aged 30) 53 3 Barcelona
21 4FW Nuno Gomes (captain) (1976-07-05)5 July 1976 (aged 31) 69 28 Benfica
22 1GK Rui Patrício (1988-02-15)15 February 1988 (aged 20) 0 0 Sporting CP
23 4FW Hélder Postiga (1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 25) 32 10 Porto[note 9]

Switzerland

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 VfL Wolfsburg
2 2DF Johan Djourou (1987-01-21)21 January 1987 (aged 21) 17 1 Arsenal
3 2DF Ludovic Magnin (1979-04-20)20 April 1979 (aged 29) 50 3 VfB Stuttgart
4 2DF Philippe Senderos (1985-02-14)14 February 1985 (aged 23) 28 3 Arsenal
5 2DF Stephan Lichtsteiner (1984-01-16)16 January 1984 (aged 24) 12 0 Lille
6 3MF Benjamin Huggel (1977-07-07)7 July 1977 (aged 30) 25 0 Basel
7 3MF Ricardo Cabanas (1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (aged 29) 49 4 Grasshoppers
8 3MF Gökhan Inler (1984-06-27)27 June 1984 (aged 23) 17 1 Udinese
9 4FW Alexander Frei (captain) (1979-07-15)15 July 1979 (aged 28) 59 35 Borussia Dortmund
10 3MF Hakan Yakin (1977-02-22)22 February 1977 (aged 31) 66 15 Young Boys
11 4FW Marco Streller (1981-06-26)26 June 1981 (aged 26) 28 11 Basel
12 4FW Eren Derdiyok (1988-06-12)12 June 1988 (aged 19) 3 1 Basel
13 2DF Stéphane Grichting (1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 29) 18 0 Auxerre
14 3MF Daniel Gygax (1981-08-28)28 August 1981 (aged 26) 34 5 Metz
15 3MF Gélson Fernandes (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 21) 8 0 Manchester City
16 3MF Tranquillo Barnetta (1985-05-22)22 May 1985 (aged 23) 32 6 Bayer Leverkusen
17 2DF Christoph Spycher (1978-03-30)30 March 1978 (aged 30) 39 0 Eintracht Frankfurt
18 1GK Pascal Zuberbühler (1971-01-08)8 January 1971 (aged 37) 50 0 Neuchâtel Xamax
19 3MF Valon Behrami (1985-04-19)19 April 1985 (aged 23) 16 2 Lazio
20 2DF Patrick Müller (1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 31) 78 3 Lyon
21 1GK Eldin Jakupović (1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 23) 0 0 Lokomotiv Moscow[note 10]
22 4FW Johan Vonlanthen (1986-02-01)1 February 1986 (aged 22) 30 6 Red Bull Salzburg
23 4FW Philipp Degen (1983-02-15)15 February 1983 (aged 25) 30 0 Borussia Dortmund

Turkey

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 Beşiktaş
2 2DF Servet Çetin (1981-03-17)17 March 1981 (aged 27) 29 1 Galatasaray
3 2DF Hakan Balta (1983-03-23)23 March 1983 (aged 25) 8 1 Galatasaray
4 2DF Gökhan Zan (1981-09-07)7 September 1981 (aged 26) 19 0 Beşiktaş
5 3MF Emre Belözoğlu (captain) (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 27) 56 4 Newcastle United
6 3MF Mehmet Topal (1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 22) 5 0 Galatasaray
7 3MF Mehmet Aurélio (1977-12-15)15 December 1977 (aged 30) 19 1 Fenerbahçe
8 4FW Nihat Kahveci (1979-11-23)23 November 1979 (aged 28) 54 15 Villarreal
9 4FW Semih Şentürk (1983-04-29)29 April 1983 (aged 25) 4 1 Fenerbahçe
10 4FW Gökdeniz Karadeniz (1980-01-11)11 January 1980 (aged 28) 46 6 Rubin Kazan
11 3MF Tümer Metin (1974-10-14)14 October 1974 (aged 33) 23 7 Fenerbahçe[note 11]
12 1GK Tolga Zengin (1983-10-10)10 October 1983 (aged 24) 2 0 Trabzonspor
13 2DF Emre Güngör (1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 23) 1 0 Galatasaray
14 3MF Arda Turan (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 21) 18 1 Galatasaray
15 2DF Emre Aşık (1973-12-13)13 December 1973 (aged 34) 27 2 Galatasaray[note 12]
16 2DF Uğur Boral (1982-04-14)14 April 1982 (aged 26) 8 0 Fenerbahçe
17 4FW Tuncay Şanlı (1982-01-16)16 January 1982 (aged 26) 54 15 Middlesbrough
18 3MF Colin Kazim-Richards (1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 21) 2 0 Fenerbahçe
19 3MF Ayhan Akman (1977-02-23)23 February 1977 (aged 31) 10 1 Galatasaray
20 3MF Sabri Sarıoğlu (1984-07-26)26 July 1984 (aged 23) 13 1 Galatasaray
21 4FW Mevlüt Erdinç (1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 21) 4 0 Sochaux
22 3MF Hamit Altıntop (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 25) 42 2 Bayern Munich
23 1GK Volkan Demirel (1981-10-27)27 October 1981 (aged 26) 21 0 Fenerbahçe

Group B

Austria

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 Siena
2 3MF Joachim Standfest (1980-05-30)30 May 1980 (aged 28) 30 2 Austria Wien
3 2DF Martin Stranzl (1980-06-16)16 June 1980 (aged 27) 45 2 Spartak Moscow
4 2DF Emanuel Pogatetz (1983-01-16)16 January 1983 (aged 25) 27 1 Middlesbrough
5 3MF Christian Fuchs (1986-04-07)7 April 1986 (aged 22) 17 0 Mattersburg
6 3MF René Aufhauser (1976-06-21)21 June 1976 (aged 31) 51 11 Red Bull Salzburg
7 3MF Ivica Vastić (1969-09-29)29 September 1969 (aged 38) 48 13 LASK Linz
8 3MF Christoph Leitgeb (1985-04-14)14 April 1985 (aged 23) 19 0 Red Bull Salzburg
9 4FW Roland Linz (1981-08-09)9 August 1981 (aged 26) 32 7 Braga
10 3MF Andreas Ivanschitz (captain) (1983-10-15)15 October 1983 (aged 24) 39 6 Red Bull Salzburg[note 13]
11 3MF Ümit Korkmaz (1985-09-17)17 September 1985 (aged 22) 2 0 Rapid Wien[note 14]
12 2DF Ronald Gërçaliu (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 22) 11 0 Red Bull Salzburg[note 15]
13 2DF Markus Katzer (1979-12-11)11 December 1979 (aged 28) 11 0 Rapid Wien
14 2DF György Garics (1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 24) 12 1 Napoli
15 2DF Sebastian Prödl (1987-06-21)21 June 1987 (aged 20) 10 2 Sturm Graz[note 16]
16 2DF Jürgen Patocka (1977-07-30)30 July 1977 (aged 30) 2 0 Rapid Wien
17 2DF Martin Hiden (1973-03-11)11 March 1973 (aged 35) 49 1 Rapid Wien[note 17]
18 4FW Roman Kienast (1984-03-29)29 March 1984 (aged 24) 6 1 HamKam
19 3MF Jürgen Säumel (1984-09-08)8 September 1984 (aged 23) 11 0 Sturm Graz
20 4FW Martin Harnik (1987-06-10)10 June 1987 (aged 20) 8 2 Werder Bremen
21 1GK Jürgen Macho (1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 30) 14 0 AEK Athens
22 4FW Erwin Hoffer (1987-04-14)14 April 1987 (aged 21) 4 0 Rapid Wien
23 1GK Ramazan Özcan (1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 23) 0 0 Red Bull Salzburg[note 18]

Croatia

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 Spartak Moscow
2 2DF Dario Šimić (1975-11-12)12 November 1975 (aged 32) 98 3 Milan
3 2DF Josip Šimunić (1978-02-18)18 February 1978 (aged 30) 62 3 Hertha BSC
4 2DF Robert Kovač (1974-04-06)6 April 1974 (aged 34) 74 0 Borussia Dortmund
5 2DF Vedran Ćorluka (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 22) 20 0 Manchester City
6 2DF Hrvoje Vejić (1977-06-08)8 June 1977 (aged 30) 2 0 Tom Tomsk
7 3MF Ivan Rakitić (1988-03-10)10 March 1988 (aged 20) 8 1 Schalke 04
8 3MF Ognjen Vukojević (1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (aged 24) 5 1 Dinamo Zagreb[note 19]
9 4FW Nikola Kalinić (1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 20) 1 0 Hajduk Split
10 3MF Niko Kovač (captain) (1971-10-15)15 October 1971 (aged 36) 77 14 Red Bull Salzburg
11 2DF Darijo Srna (1982-05-01)1 May 1982 (aged 26) 55 15 Shakhtar Donetsk
12 1GK Mario Galinović (1976-11-15)15 November 1976 (aged 31) 2 0 Panathinaikos
13 3MF Nikola Pokrivač (1985-11-26)26 November 1985 (aged 22) 1 0 Monaco
14 3MF Luka Modrić (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 (aged 22) 26 3 Dinamo Zagreb[note 20]
15 2DF Dario Knežević (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 (aged 26) 7 1 Livorno
16 3MF Jerko Leko (1980-04-09)9 April 1980 (aged 28) 52 2 Monaco
17 4FW Ivan Klasnić (1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 28) 29 8 Werder Bremen
18 4FW Ivica Olić (1979-09-14)14 September 1979 (aged 28) 54 9 Hamburger SV
19 3MF Niko Kranjčar (1984-08-13)13 August 1984 (aged 23) 41 7 Portsmouth
20 4FW Igor Budan (1980-04-22)22 April 1980 (aged 28) 5 0 Parma
21 4FW Mladen Petrić (1981-01-01)1 January 1981 (aged 27) 24 9 Borussia Dortmund
22 3MF Danijel Pranjić (1981-12-02)2 December 1981 (aged 26) 11 0 Heerenveen
23 1GK Vedran Runje (1976-02-10)10 February 1976 (aged 32) 4 0 Lens

Germany

Manager: Joachim Löw

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

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]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Artur Boruc 20 February 1980 (28) 34 0 Celtic
2 2DF Mariusz Jop 8 March 1978 (30) 24 0 FC Moscow
3 2DF Jakub Wawrzyniak 7 July 1983 (24) 11 0 Legia Warsaw
4 2DF Paweł Golański 12 October 1982 (25) 10 1 Steaua București
5 3MF Dariusz Dudka 9 December 1983 (24) 26 2 Wisła Kraków
6 2DF Jacek Bąk 24 March 1973 (35) 94 3 Austria Wien
7 4FW Euzebiusz Smolarek 9 January 1981 (27) 31 13 Racing Santander
8 3MF Jacek Krzynówek 15 May 1976 (32) 79 15 VfL Wolfsburg
9 4FW Maciej Żurawski (captain) 11 September 1976 (31) 71 17 Larissa
10 3MF Łukasz Garguła 25 February 1981 (27) 12 1 GKS Bełchatów
11 4FW Marek Saganowski 31 October 1978 (29) 23 3 Southampton
12 1GK Wojciech Kowalewski 11 May 1977 (31) 10 0 Korona Kielce
13 2DF Marcin Wasilewski 9 June 1980 (27) 27 1 Anderlecht
14 2DF Michał Żewłakow 22 April 1976 (32) 76 2 Olympiacos
15 3MF Michał Pazdan 21 September 1987 (20) 5 0 Górnik Zabrze
16 3MF Łukasz Piszczek 3 June 1985 (23) 3 0 Hertha BSC
17 3MF Wojciech Łobodziński 20 October 1982 (25) 16 2 Wisła Kraków
18 3MF Mariusz Lewandowski 18 May 1979 (29) 47 3 Shakhtar Donetsk
19 3MF Rafał Murawski 9 October 1981 (26) 9 1 Lech Poznań
20 3MF Roger Guerreiro 25 May 1982 (26) 2 0 Legia Warsaw
21 4FW Tomasz Zahorski 22 November 1984 (23) 9 1 Górnik Zabrze
22 1GK Łukasz Fabiański 18 April 1985 (23) 8 0 Arsenal
23 2DF Adam Kokoszka 6 October 1986 (21) 7 2 Wisła Kraków

Group C

France

Manager: Raymond Domenech

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

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]

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

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]

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

Romania

Manager: Victor Piţurcă

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

Group D

Greece

Manager: Otto Rehhagel

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

Russia

Manager: 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 8 April 1986 (22) 20 0 CSKA Moscow
2 2DF Vasili Berezutski 20 June 1982 (26) 29 1 CSKA Moscow
3 2DF Renat Yanbayev 7 April 1984 (24) 2 0 Lokomotiv Moscow
4 2DF Sergei Ignashevich 14 July 1979 (28) 37 3 CSKA Moscow
5 2DF Aleksei Berezutski 20 June 1982 (26) 32 0 CSKA Moscow
6 4FW Roman Adamov 21 June 1982 (25) 2 0 FC Moscow
7 3MF Dmitri Torbinski 28 April 1984 (24) 11 1 Lokomotiv Moscow
8 2DF Denis Kolodin 11 January 1982 (26) 13 0 Dynamo Moscow
9 3MF Ivan Saenko 17 October 1983 (24) 7 0 1. FC Nürnberg
10 4FW Andrey Arshavin 29 May 1981 (27) 34 11 Zenit Saint Petersburg
11 3MF Sergei Semak (captain) 27 February 1976 (32) 46 4 Rubin Kazan
12 1GK Vladimir Gabulov 19 October 1983 (24) 5 0 Dynamo Moscow
13 3MF Oleg Ivanov 4 August 1986 (21) 0 0 Krylia Sovetov Samara
14 2DF Roman Shirokov 6 July 1981 (26) 4 0 Zenit Saint Petersburg
15 3MF Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 27 February 1985 (23) 23 2 Lokomotiv Moscow
16 1GK Vyacheslav Malafeev 4 March 1979 (29) 16 0 Zenit Saint Petersburg
17 3MF Konstantin Zyryanov 5 October 1977 (30) 12 2 Zenit Saint Petersburg
18 2DF Yuri Zhirkov 20 August 1983 (24) 19 0 CSKA Moscow
19 4FW Roman Pavlyuchenko 15 December 1981 (26) 17 6 Spartak Moscow
20 3MF Igor Semshov 6 April 1978 (30) 27 0 Dynamo Moscow
21 4FW Dmitri Sychev 26 October 1983 (24) 41 15 Lokomotiv Moscow
22 2DF Aleksandr Anyukov 28 September 1982 (25) 32 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg
23 3MF Vladimir Bystrov 31 January 1984 (24) 20 4 Spartak Moscow

Spain

Manager: Luis Aragonés

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

Sweden

Manager: Lars Lagerbäck

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

Player representation

by club
PlayersClubs
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
PlayersClubs
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
NationNo. of players playing in home leagues
Austria15
Croatia3
Czech Republic2
France10
Germany19
Greece14
Italy19
Netherlands9
Poland10
Portugal12
Romania12
Russia22
Spain18
Sweden6
Switzerland6
Turkey16

Notes

  1. Milan Baroš was on loan to Portsmouth.
  2. Tomáš Sivok was on loan to Sparta Prague and joined Beşiktaş after the tournament.
  3. Rudolf Skácel was on loan to Hertha BSC.
  4. Tomáš Ujfaluši joined Atlético Madrid after the tournament.
  5. David Rozehnal was on loan to Lazio.
  6. José Bosingwa joined Chelsea after the tournament.
  7. Fernando Meira joined Galatasaray after the tournament.
  8. Jorge Ribeiro joined Benfica after the tournament.
  9. Hélder Postiga was on loan to Panathinaikos and joined Sporting CP after the tournament.
  10. Eldin Jakupović was on loan to Grasshoppers.
  11. Tümer Metin was on loan to Larissa for the second half of the 2007–08 season.
  12. Emre Aşık was on loan to Ankaraspor.
  13. Andreas Ivanschitz was on loan to Panathinaikos.
  14. Ümit Korkmaz joined Eintracht Frankfurt after the tournament.
  15. Ronald Gërçaliu was on loan to Austria Wien.
  16. Sebastian Prödl joined Werder Bremen after the tournament.
  17. Martin Hiden was on loan to Austria Kärnten.
  18. Ramazan Özcan was on loan to 1899 Hoffenheim and joined them permanently after the tournament.
  19. Ognjen Vukojević joined Dynamo Kyiv after the tournament.
  20. Luka Modrić joined Tottenham Hotspur after the tournament.
  21. Jens Lehmann joined VfB Stuttgart after the tournament.
  22. Tim Borowski joined Bayern Munich after the tournament.
  23. Andrea Barzagli joined VfL Wolfsburg after the tournament.
  24. Marco Borriello joined Milan after the tournament.
  25. Marco Amelia joined Palermo after the tournament.
  26. Gianluca Zambrotta joined Milan after the tournament.
  27. John Heitinga joined Atlético Madrid after the tournament.
  28. Khalid Boulahrouz was on loan to Sevilla.
  29. Ștefan Radu was on loan to Lazio.
  30. Georgios Samaras was on loan to Celtic.
  31. Konstantinos Chalkias joined PAOK after the tournament.
  32. Rubén de la Red joined Real Madrid after the tournament.
  33. Olof Mellberg joined Juventus after the tournament.
  34. Daniel Majstorović joined AEK Athens after the tournament.
  35. Andreas Granqvist was on loan to Helsingborg.
  36. Marcus Allbäck joined Örgryte after the tournament.
  37. Christian Wilhelmsson was on loan to Deportivo La Coruña.

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