European Football Championship 2008 / Group B

In Group B of the European Football Championship in 2008 , Croatia prevailed with a 2-1 win against Germany. The Germans were only able to qualify for the quarter-finals in the third group game with an unconvincing win against the Austrians. The hosts Austria, who remained without a goal except for one penalty, and the Polish team ended up in third and fourth place.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Croatia	3	3	0	0	004: 100	+3	09
2.	Germany	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Austria	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01
4th	Poland	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01
The goal difference from all group matches is decisive for the placement (see mode ).

Austria - Croatia 0: 1 (0: 1)

Austria		Croatia		Lineup
	1st matchday Sunday, June 8th, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in Vienna ( Ernst-Happel-Stadion ) Spectators: 51,428 (sold out) Referee: Pieter Vink ( Netherlands )   Match report
	Jürgen Macho - Sebastian Prödl , Martin Stranzl , Emanuel Pogatetz - René Aufhauser , Jürgen Säumel (61st Ivica Vastić ) - Joachim Standfest , Andreas Ivanschitz , Ronald Gercaliu (69th Ümit Korkmaz ) - Martin Harnik , Roland Linz (73rd Roman Kienast ) Trainer: Josef Hickersberger	Stipe Pletikosa - Vedran Ćorluka , Robert Kovač , Josip Šimunić , Danijel Pranjić - Darijo Srna , Niko Kovač , Luka Modrić , Niko Kranjčar (61. Dario Knežević ) - Ivica Olic (83. Ognjen Vukojević ), Mladen Petrić (72 Igor Budan ) Coach: Slaven Bilić
		0: 1 Modrić (4th, foul penalty)
	Emanuel Pogatetz (3rd), Jürgen Säumel (21st), Sebastian Prödl (68th)	Robert Kovač (51st)
	Player of the Match: Stipe Pletikosa (Croatia)

Germany - Poland 2: 0 (1: 0)

Germany		Poland		Lineup
	1st matchday Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ( Wörthersee Stadium ) Spectators: 30,461 (sold out) Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø ( Norway )   Match report
	Jens Lehmann - Philipp Lahm , Christoph Metzelder , Per Mertesacker , Marcell Jansen - Clemens Fritz (56th Bastian Schweinsteiger ), Torsten Frings , Michael Ballack , Lukas Podolski - Mario Gómez (75th Thomas Hitzlsperger ), Miroslav Klose (90th + 1 ' Kevin Kurányi ) Coach: Joachim Löw	Artur Boruc - Marcin Wasilewski , Michał Żewłakow , Jacek Bąk , Paweł Golański (75. Marek Saganowski ) - Dariusz Dudka , Mariusz Lewandowski - Wojciech Łobodziński (65 Łukasz Piszczek ), Maciej Żurawski (46. Roger Guerreiro ), Jacek Krzynówek - Euzebiusz Smolarek Coach: Leo Beenhakker ( Netherlands )
	1-0 Podolski (20th) 2-0 Podolski (72nd)
	Bastian Schweinsteiger (64th)	Euzebiusz Smolarek (40th), Mariusz Lewandowski (60th)
	Player of the Match: Lukas Podolski (Germany)

Croatia - Germany 2: 1 (1: 0)

Croatia		Germany		Lineup
	2nd matchday Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ( Wörthersee Stadium ) Spectators: 30,461 (sold out) Referee: Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium )   Match report
	Stipe Pletikosa - Vedran Ćorluka , Robert Kovač , Josip Šimunić , Danijel Pranjić - Darijo Srna (80th Jerko Leko ), Luka Modrić , Niko Kovač , Ivan Rakitić - Niko Kranjčar (85th Dario Knežević ), Ivica Olić (72nd Mladen Petrić ) Coach: Slaven Bilić	Jens Lehmann - Philipp Lahm , Christoph Metzelder , Per Mertesacker , Marcell Jansen (46th David Odonkor ) - Clemens Fritz (82nd Kevin Kurányi ), Torsten Frings , Michael Ballack , Lukas Podolski - Mario Gómez (66th Bastian Schweinsteiger ), Miroslav Klose Trainer: Joachim Loew
	1-0 Srna (24th) 2-0 Olić (62nd)	2: 1 Podolski (79th)
	Darijo Srna (27th), Josip Šimunić (45th + 1 '), Jerko Leko (90th + 2'), Luka Modrić (90th + 3 ')	Michael Ballack (75th), Jens Lehmann (90th + 2 ')
		Bastian Schweinsteiger (90th + 2 ', unsporting ability)
	Player of the Match: Luka Modrić (Croatia)

Austria - Poland 1: 1 (0: 1)

Austria		Poland		Lineup
	2nd matchday Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Vienna ( Ernst Happel Stadium ) Spectators: 51,428 (sold out) Referee: Howard Webb ( England )   Match report
	Jürgen Macho - György Garics , Sebastian Prödl , Martin Stranzl , Emanuel Pogatetz - Christoph Leitgeb , René Aufhauser (74th Jürgen Säumel ), Andreas Ivanschitz (64th Ivica Vastić ), Ümit Korkmaz - Martin Harnik , Roland Linz (64th Roman Kienast ) Trainer: Josef Hickersberger	Artur Boruc - Marcin Wasilewski , Mariusz Jop (46 Paweł Golański ), Jacek Bąk , Michał Żewłakow - Dariusz Dudka , Mariusz Lewandowski , Jacek Krzynówek - Roger Guerreiro (85th Rafał Murawski ) - Marek Saganowski (83. Wojciech Łobodziński ), Euzebiusz Smolarek Coach: Leo Beenhakker ( Netherlands )
	1: 1 Vastić (90th + 3 ', penalty kick)	0: 1 Guerreiro (30.)
	Ümit Korkmaz (56th), Sebastian Prödl (72nd)	Marcin Wasilewski (58th), Jacek Krzynówek (61th), Jacek Bąk (90th + 3 ')
	Player of the Match: Roger Guerreiro (Poland)

Poland - Croatia 0: 1 (0: 0)

Poland		Croatia		Lineup
	3rd matchday Monday, June 16, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ( Wörthersee Stadium ) Spectators: 30,461 (sold out) Referee: Kyros Vassaras ( Greece )   Match report
	Artur Boruc - Marcin Wasilewski , Michał Żewłakow , Dariusz Dudka , Jakub Wawrzyniak - Wojciech Łobodziński (55th Euzebiusz Smolarek ), Rafał Murawski , Roger Guerreiro , Mariusz Lewandowski (46. Adam Kokoszka ), Jacek Krzynówek - Marek Saganowski (69. Tomasz Zahorski ) Coach: Leo Beenhakker ( Netherlands )	Vedran Runje - Dario Simic , Hrvoje Vejić , Dario Knežević (27 Vedran Ćorluka ), Danijel Pranjić - Jerko Leko , Ognjen Vukojević , Nikola Pokrivač , Ivan Rakitić - Ivan Klasnić (74 Nikola Kalinic ), Mladen Petrić (75th Niko Kranjčar ) Coach: Slaven Bilić
		0: 1 Klasnić (53.)
	Mariusz Lewandowski (38th), Tomasz Zahorski (84th)	Hrvoje Vejić (45.), Ognjen Vukojević (85.)
	Player of the Match: Ivan Klasnić (Croatia)

Austria - Germany 0: 1 (0: 0)

Austria		Germany		Lineup
	3rd matchday Monday, June 16, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Vienna ( Ernst Happel Stadium ) Spectators: 51,428 (sold out) Referee: Manuel Mejuto González ( Spain )   Match report
	Jürgen Macho - György Garics , Martin Stranzl , Martin Hiden (55th Christoph Leitgeb ), Emanuel Pogatetz - René Aufhauser (63rd Jürgen Säumel ), Andreas Ivanschitz , Christian Fuchs - Martin Harnik (67th Roman Kienast ), Erwin Hoffer , Ümit Korkmaz Trainer: Josef Hickersberger	Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich , Christoph Metzelder , Per Mertesacker , Philipp Lahm - Clemens Fritz (90th + 3 ' Tim Borowski ), Torsten Frings , Michael Ballack , Lukas Podolski (83rd Oliver Neuville ) - Mario Gómez (60th Thomas Hitzlsperger ) , Miroslav Klose Coach: Joachim Löw
		0: 1 Ballack (49th)
	Martin Stranzl (13th), Erwin Hoffer (31st), Andreas Ivanschitz (48th)
	Expulsion: Josef Hickersberger (41.)	Expulsion: Joachim Löw (41.)
	Player of the Match: Michael Ballack

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 .
2. ↑ Lars Gartenschläger, Ralf Köttker: RED AGAINST CROATIA 06/12/08 Schweinsteiger becomes the loser of the EM . The world . June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

Web links

• Group B on the official UEFA European Championship website ( Memento from May 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )