European Football Championship 2008 / Group A

In Group A of the European Football Championship in 2008 , the favorite from Portugal was already group leader after two match days, but lost the final game against the already eliminated Swiss hosts 2-0. Turkey and the Czech Republic both won against Switzerland and faced each other in the decisive group game on matchday three. The Czech Republic already led 2-0 before Turkey turned the game around in the 75th minute and thus made the quarter-finals perfect.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	06th
2.	Turkey	3	2	0	1	005: 500	± 0	06th
3.	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	004: 600	−2	03
4th	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	003: 300	± 0	03
For positions 1 and 2 as well as 3 and 4, the direct comparison is decisive (see mode ).

Switzerland - Czech Republic 0: 1 (0: 0)

Switzerland		Czech Republic		Lineup
	1st matchday Saturday, June 7th, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in Basel ( St. Jakob-Park ) Spectators: 39,730 (sold out) Referee: Roberto Rosetti ( Italy )   Match report
	Diego Benaglio - Stephan Lichtsteiner (75th Johan Vonlanthen ), Patrick Müller , Philippe Senderos , Ludovic Magnin - Valon Behrami (84th Eren Derdiyok ), Gökhan Inler , Gelson Fernandes , Tranquillo Barnetta - Alexander Frei (46th Hakan Yakin ), Marco Streller Coach: Jakob Kuhn	Petr Čech - Zdenek Grygera , Tomáš Ujfaluši , David Rozehnal , Marek Jankulovski - Libor Sionko (83. Stanislav Vlcek ), David Jarolím (87. Radoslav Kováč ), Tomáš Galásek , January Polák , Jaroslav Plašil - Jan Koller (56. Václav Svěrkoš ) Trainer: Karel Brückner
		0: 1 Svěrkoš (71.)
	Ludovic Magnin (59th), Johan Vonlanthen (76th), Tranquillo Barnetta (90th + 3 ')
	Player of the Match: Tomáš Ujfaluši (Czech Republic)

 Wikinews: Switzerland loses the opening game against the Czech Republic 0-1  - news

Portugal - Turkey 2: 0 (0: 0)

Portugal		Turkey		Lineup
	1st matchday Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Geneva ( Stade de Genève ) Spectators: 29,106 (sold out) Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Germany )   Match report
	Ricardo - José Bosingwa , Pepe , Ricardo Carvalho , Paulo Ferreira - Petit , João Moutinho - Cristiano Ronaldo , Deco (90th + 2 ' Fernando Meira ), Simão (83rd Raúl Meireles ) - Nuno Gomes (69th Nani ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari	Volkan Demirel - Hamit Altıntop (76 Semih Şentürk ), Servet Çetin , Gökhan Zan (55th Emre Aşık ), Hakan Balta - Kâzım Kâzım , Emre Belözoğlu , Mehmet Aurélio - Mevlüt Erdinç (46 Sabri Sarıoğlu ), Tuncay Şanlı - Nihat Kahveci Trainer: Fatih Terim
	1: 0 Pepe (61st) 2: 0 Meireles (90th + 3 ')
		Kâzım Kâzım (4th), Gökhan Zan (51st), Sabri Sarıoğlu (73rd)
	Player of the Match: Pepe (Portugal)

 Wikinews: European Football Championship 2008: Portugal wins against Turkey 2-0  - news

Czech Republic - Portugal 1: 3 (1: 1)

Czech Republic		Portugal		Lineup
	2nd matchday Wednesday 11 June 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in Geneva ( Stade de Genève ) Spectators: 29,016 Referee: Kyros Vassaras ( Greece )   Match report
	Petr Čech - Zdenek Grygera , Tomáš Ujfaluši , David Rozehnal , Marek Jankulovski - Libor Sionko , Marek Matějovský (68. Stanislav Vlcek ), Tomáš Galásek (73. Jan Koller ), January Polák , Jaroslav Plašil (85. David Jarolím ) - Milan Baroš Trainer: Karel Brückner	Ricardo - José Bosingwa , Pepe , Ricardo Carvalho , Paulo Ferreira - Petit , João Moutinho (75th Fernando Meira ) - Cristiano Ronaldo , Deco , Simão (80th Ricardo Quaresma ) - Nuno Gomes (79th Hugo Almeida ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari
	1: 1 Sionko (17.)	0: 1 Deco (8th) 1: 2 Cristiano Ronaldo (63rd) 1: 3 Quaresma (90th + 1 ')
	Jan Polák (22.)	José Bosingwa (31st)
	Player of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Switzerland - Turkey 1: 2 (1: 0)

Switzerland		Turkey		Lineup
	2nd matchday Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Basel ( St. Jakob-Park ) Spectators: 39,730 (sold out) Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia )   Match report
	Diego Benaglio - Stephan Lichtsteiner , Patrick Müller , Philippe Senderos , Ludovic Magnin - Valon Behrami , Gökhan Inler , Gelson Fernandes (76th Ricardo Cabanas ), Tranquillo Barnetta (66th Johan Vonlanthen ) - Hakan Yakin (85th Daniel Gygax ), Eren Derdiyok Coach: Jakob Kuhn	Volkan Demirel - Hamit Altıntop , Emre Aşık , Servet Cetin , Hakan Balta - Mehmet Aurélio - Gökdeniz Karadeniz (46 Semih Şentürk ) Arda Turan - belongings Metin (46. Mehmet Topal ) - Nihat Kahveci (85. Kâzım Kâzım ), Tuncay Şanlı Trainer: Fatih Terim
	1-0 yakin (32nd)	1: 1 Şentürk (57th) 1: 2 Turan (90th + 2 ')
	Eren Derdiyok (55.)	Tuncay Şanlı (31st), Mehmet Aurélio (41st), Hakan Balta (48th)
	Player of the Match: Arda Turan (Turkey)

 Wikinews: European Football Championship 2008: Host Switzerland loses 2-1 to Turkey and is eliminated  - news

Switzerland - Portugal 2: 0 (0: 0)

Switzerland		Portugal		Lineup
	3rd matchday Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Basel ( St. Jakob-Park ) Spectators: 39,730 (sold out) Referee: Konrad Plautz ( Austria )   Match report
	Pascal Zuberbühler - Stephan Lichtsteiner (83rd Stéphane Grichting ), Patrick Müller , Philippe Senderos , Ludovic Magnin - Valon Behrami , Gelson Fernandes , Gökhan Inler , Johan Vonlanthen (61st Tranquillo Barnetta ) - Hakan Yakin (86th Ricardo Cabanas ), Eren Derdiyok Coach: Jakob Kuhn	Ricardo - Miguel , Pepe , Bruno Alves , Paulo Ferreira (41st Jorge Ribeiro ) - Fernando Meira , Miguel Veloso (71st João Moutinho ), Raúl Meireles - Ricardo Quaresma , Nani - Hélder Postiga (74th Hugo Almeida ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari
	1-0 Yakin (71st) 2-0 Yakin (83rd, foul penalty)
	Hakan Yakin (27th), Johan Vonlanthen (37th), Tranquillo Barnetta (81st), Gelson Fernandes (90th + 2 ')	Paulo Ferreira (30th), Jorge Ribeiro (64th), Fernando Meira (78th), Miguel (81st)
	Player of the Match: Hakan Yakin (Switzerland)

Turkey - Czech Republic 3: 2 (0: 1)

Turkey		Czech Republic		Lineup
	3rd matchday Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Geneva ( Stade de Genève ) Spectators: 29,016 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt ( Sweden )   Match report
	Volkan Demirel - Hamit Altıntop , Emre Güngör (63. Emre Aşık ), Servet Cetin , Hakan Balta - Mehmet Topal (57. Kâzım Kâzım ), Mehmet Aurélio , Arda Turan , Tuncay Şanlı - Nihat Kahveci , Semih Şentürk (46. Sabri Sarıoğlu ) Trainer: Fatih Terim	Petr Čech - Zdeněk Grygera , Tomáš Ujfaluši , David Rozehnal , Marek Jankulovski - Libor Sionko (84th Stanislav Vlček ), Marek Matějovský (39th David Jarolím ), Tomáš Galásek , Jan Polák , Jaroslav Plašil (80th Michal Kaderle ) - Jan Kaderle Trainer: Karel Brückner
	1: 2 Turan (75th) 2: 2 Kahveci (87th) 3: 2 Kahveci (89th)	0: 1 Koller (34.) 0: 2 Plašil (62.)
	Mehmet Topal (6th), Mehmet Aurélio (10th), Arda Turan (62nd), Emre Aşık (73rd)	Tomáš Galásek (80th), Tomáš Ujfaluši (90th + 4 '), Milan Baroš (90th + 5', on the bench)
	Volkan Demirel (90th + 2 ', assault)
	Player of the Match: Nihat Kahveci (Turkey)

 Wikinews: European Football Championship 2008: Turkey reaches quarter-finals after a dramatic game against the Czech Republic  - news

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} The man of the game (English officially Carlsberg Man of the Match Award ) was chosen in an internet vote on euro2008.uefa.com.

Web links

• Group A on the official UEFA European Championship website ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (in the Internet Archive )