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The tournament was won by Spain, who defeated Germany 1–0 in the final. Spain were only the second nation to win all their group stage fixtures and then the European Championship itself, matching France's achievement from 1984. Spain were also the first team since Germany in 1996 to win the tournament undefeated.
- Who Won Euro 2008?
- Who Were The Top Scorers at Euro 2008?
- Where Was Euro 2008 held?
- Who Managed The Winning Team at Euro 2008?
- Who Was The Winning Captain at Euro 2008?
- What Was The Format For Euro 2008?
- How Many Teams Featured at Euro 2008?
- How Did Euro 2008 Qualifying Work?
- Who Was in The Euro 2008 Squad of The Tournament?
- Who Scored The First Goal at Euro 2008?
Spain beat Germany 1-0 in the UEFA EURO 2008 final in Vienna on 29 June 2008, but Fernando Torres's goal on 33 minutes was perhaps the least La Roja deserved from a game they utterly dominated. In the course of the decider at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, Spain had seven shots on target while Joachim Löw's side mustered just one. Fielded as a...
David Villa missed Spain's final win against Germany through injury but had the tiny consolation of ending the tournament as EURO 2008's four-goal top scorer. The Valencia striker kicked off with a hat-trick in a 4-1 victory over Russia (which he called "the best game of my life") and hit a late winner in the next game against Sweden. He scored a n...
Neighbours Austria and Switzerland co-hosted the 2008 UEFA European Championship, with four venues in each nation. Basel's St.Jakob-Park staged the opening game, with Berne (Stade de Suisse), Geneva (Stade de Genève) and Zurich (Letzigrund) also hosting games in Switzerland. Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion was Austria's main venue – and the arena use...
Luis Aragonés led Spain to glory at EURO 2008. Famous for his long association with Atlético Madrid – as a player and a coach – he took charge in July 2004 when aged 65 and remoulded the team to chime with the 'tiki-taka' short-passing style then prevalent at Barcelona. He stepped down in the wake of the EURO 2008 victory, proud of a job well done,...
Iker Casillas became the first goalkeeper to captain a team to the EURO title in 2008. The Real Madrid No1 was still just 27 at the finals but boasted huge experience at the highest levels, including two UEFA Champions League crowns, though he admitted to a few nerves before the final. "I feel responsible for my team-mates and 44 million people," h...
Staged from 7 June to 29 June, EURO 2008 deployed a similar format to the previous three editions of the tournament, with the top two sides in each of the four four-team groups (three points for a win, one for a draw) moving into the knockout phase. As a new experiment, teams in Groups A and B were separated from teams in Groups C and D until the f...
There were 16 sides at the final tournament, while 50 UEFA member countries participated in qualifying (excluding co-hosts Austria and Switzerland).
With Austria and Switzerland qualifying automatically as hosts, the remaining 50 UEFA nations entered a qualifying competition which involved seven groups (six made up of seven teams, one made up of eight teams). The seven group winners and runners-up qualified for the finals directly.
Spain's Xavi Hernández was named Player of the Tournament, UEFA technical director Andy Roxburgh commenting: "He was extremely influential in the whole possession, passing, penetrating kind of game that Spain played." UEFA’s 23-man squad of the tournament was: GK: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) GK: Iker Casillas (Spain) GK: Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands...
Substitute Václav Svĕrkoš of the Czech Republic silenced the home crowd at St. Jakob-Park by scoring the first goal of EURO 2008, as Switzerland lost the 7 June opening game. The low finish was the first of three international goals for the then 24-year-old, who had been the Czech league's 15-goal top scorer in 2007/08 with Baník Ostrava. However, ...
Spain win Euro 2008 to claim their first title in 44 years after a 1-0 win over Germany in Vienna thanks to a Fernando Torres goal.
Jun 30, 2008 · Article summary. There was much to admire over a glorious month at UEFA EURO 2008: from Arshavin to Zidane via kidney transplants, sensational Turkish comebacks and naked walks in the...
Jun 17, 2021 · Spain’s fortunes duly rose, and they came into Euro 2008 on a 16-game unbeaten run – although that statistic hides the fact that they had struggled in their final warm-up match, being booed from the field after a narrow win over the United States.
The UEFA Euro 2008 final was the final match of UEFA Euro 2008, the thirteenth edition of the European Championship, UEFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, Austria, on 29 June 2008, and was contested between Germany and Spain.
Spain win Euro 2008 to claim their first title in 44 years after a 1-0 win over Germany in Vienna thanks to a Fernando Torres goal.
