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.
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.
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 BrücknerPortugal
Manager: Luiz Felipe ScolariQuim injured a wrist on 6 June and was replaced by Nuno.
Switzerland
Manager: Köbi KuhnTurkey
Manager: Fatih TerimGroup B
Austria
Manager: Josef HickersbergerCroatia
Manager: Slaven BilićGermany
Manager: Joachim LöwPoland
Manager: Leo BeenhakkerJakub Błaszczykowski injured a hamstring on 5 June and was replaced by Łukasz Piszczek. Tomasz Kuszczak injured his back on 6 June and was replaced by Wojciech Kowalewski.
Group C
France
Manager: Raymond DomenechItaly
Manager: Roberto DonadoniFabio Cannavaro was ruled out of the Italian squad on 2 June after he was injured in training; he was replaced by Alessandro Gamberini.
Netherlands
Manager: Marco van BastenRyan Babel was ruled out of the Dutch squad on 31 May after he was injured in training; he was replaced by Khalid Boulahrouz.
Romania
Manager: Victor PiţurcăGroup D
Greece
Manager: Otto RehhagelRussia
Manager: Guus HiddinkPavel Pogrebnyak failed to recover from injury and was replaced by on 7 June.
Spain
Manager: Luis AragonésSweden
Manager: Lars LagerbäckPlayer representation
;by club;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 are 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 |