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)
Runners-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(s)	Xavi

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	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
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
	Report	Torres  33'

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 51,428

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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.