UEFA Euro 2008

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship (or the Euro 2008) was the 13th UEFA European Championships. It was hosted by Austria and Switzerland during June 7 and June 29, 2008. The winners were Spain, defeating Germany 1-0. Spain was also the first team since Germany in 1996, to win undefeated.

UEFA Euro 2008

Tournament details
Host countries	Austria Switzerland
Dates	7 June – 29 June
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	77 (2.48 per match)
Attendance	1,140,902 (36,803 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Villa (4 goals)
Best player	Xavi
← 2004 2012 →

Greece, the UEFA Euro 2004 champions, recorded the worst finish in the UEFA Euro 2008. They got the least amount of money, and no points for the Group Stage.

Qualifying groups

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Russia 14 14 0 0 30 0 +30 42 Serbia 14 11 0 3 32 10 +22 33 England 14 6 4 4 20 11 +9 22 Israel 14 6 3 5 17 13 +4 21 Kazakhstan 14 3 8 3 7 4 +3 17 Estonia 14 3 3 8 7 18 −11 12 North Macedonia 14 2 4 8 8 15 −7 10 Andorra 14 0 0 14 0 50 −50 0

Andorra England Estonia FYR Macedonia Israel Kazakhstan Russia Serbia Andorra — 0-3 0-2 0-3 0-2 0-2 0-4 0-6 England 5-0 — 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-3 2-3 Estonia 2-0 0-3 — 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 FYR Macedonia 3-0 0-1 1-1 — 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-2 Israel 4-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 — 0-0 0-3 3-4 Kazakhstan 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-1 2-1 Russia 4-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 — 1-0 Serbia 7-0 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 —

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Italy 14 9 4 1 20 9 +11 31 France 14 8 4 2 25 5 +20 28 Scotland 14 8 2 4 21 12 +9 26 Ukraine 14 5 4 5 18 16 +2 19 Lithuania 14 5 3 6 11 13 −2 18 Kyrgyzstan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 Georgia 14 2 4 8 14 18 −4 10 Faroe Islands 14 0 3 11 4 40 −36 3

Faroe Islands France Georgia Italy Kyrgyzstan Lithuania Scotland Ukraine Faroe Islands — 0-6 0-6 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-2 France 5-0 — 1-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 0-1 2-0 Georgia 1-1 0-3 — 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 Italy 2-1 0-0 2-0 — 0-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 Kyrgyzstan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 0-0 Lithuania 2-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 0-0 — 1-2 2-0 Scotland 6-0 1-0 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-1 — 3-1 Ukraine 5-0 2-2 3-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 2-0 —

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Turkey 14 8 5 1 27 11 +16 29 Norway 14 7 4 3 27 11 +16 25 Montenegro 14 7 3 4 20 17 +3 24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 6 3 5 21 17 +4 21 Monaco 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 Moldova 14 3 5 6 12 19 −7 14 Hungary 14 4 2 8 11 22 −11 14 Malta 14 1 4 9 10 31 −21 7

Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Malta Moldova MNC Montenegro Norway Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1-3 1-0 0-1 0-0 4-0 0-2 3-2 Hungary 1-0 — 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-2 1-4 0-1 Malta 2-5 2-1 — 2-3 0-0 0-1 1-4 2-2 Moldova 2-2 3-0 1-1 — 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 MNC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 0-0 Montenegro 2-3 2-0 5-0 2-1 0-0 — 1-0 1-4 Norway 1-2 4-0 4-0 2-0 0-0 2-2 — 1-2 Turkey 1-0 3-0 2-0 5-0 0-0 2-1 2-2 —

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Poland 14 9 4 1 27 11 +16 31 Portugal 14 9 3 2 23 8 +15 30 Croatia 14 5 5 4 20 12 +8 20 Finland 14 4 6 4 10 11 −1 18 Belgium 14 5 3 6 12 17 −5 18 Tajikistan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 Armenia 14 0 7 7 2 13 −11 7 Azerbaijan 14 1 4 9 4 26 −22 7

Armenia Azerbaijan Belgium Croatia Finland Poland Portugal Tajikistan Armenia — 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 Azerbaijan 0-0 — 0-1 1-6 1-0 1-3 0-2 0-0 Belgium 3-0 3-0 — 3-2 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-0 Croatia 3-0 1-0 1-0 — 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 Finland 1-0 2-1 2-0 0-2 — 0-0 2-1 0-0 Poland 1-0 5-0 5-0 2-1 4-3 — 2-0 0-0 Portugal 1-0 3-0 4-0 2-1 2-0 3-0 — 0-0 Tajikistan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 —

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Romania 12 9 2 1 26 7 +19 29 Netherlands 12 8 2 2 37 5 +32 26 Bulgaria 12 7 4 1 18 17 +11 25 Belarus 12 4 1 7 17 23 −6 13 Albania 12 2 5 5 12 18 −6 11 Slovenia 12 3 2 7 9 16 −7 11 Luxembourg 12 1 0 11 2 45 −43 3

Albania Belarus Bulgaria Luxembourg Netherlands Romania Slovenia Albania — 2-4 1-1 2-0 0-1 0-2 0-0 Belarus 2-2 — 0-2 0-1 2-1 1-3 4-2 Bulgaria 0-0 2-1 — 3-0 1-1 1-0 3-0 Luxembourg 0-3 1-2 0-1 — 0-11 0-2 0-3 Netherlands 2-1 3-0 2-0 13-0 — 0-0 2-0 Romania 6-1 3-1 2-2 3-0 1-0 — 2-0 Slovenia 0-0 1-0 0-2 2-0 0-1 1-2 —

Qualified Teams

The teams that qualified were:

• Austria
• Switzerland
• Poland
• Portugal
• Italy
• France
• Greece
• Turkey
• Czech Republic
• Germany
• Croatia
• Russia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Romania
• Netherlands

Final

29 June 2008 20:45	Germany	0 – 1	Spain	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 51,428 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
		Report	Torres  33'

Final rankings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16
2	Germany	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12
Eliminated in the Semi-finals
3	Russia	5	3	0	2	7	8	–1	9
4	Turkey	5	2	1	2	8	9	–1	7
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5	Croatia	4	3	1	0	5	2	+3	10
6	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6	9
7	Portugal	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	6
8	Italy	4	1	2	1	3	4	–1	5
Eliminated in the Group stage
9	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
10	Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
11	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	3
12	Romania	3	0	2	1	1	3	–2	2
13	Austria	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1
14	Poland	3	0	1	2	1	4	–3	1
15	France	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1
16	Greece	3	0	0	3	1	5	–4	0

Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.