UEFA Euro 2008 Group A

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Group A of the 2008 UEFA European Championships is one of four groups competing of nations at UEFA Euro 2008. The group's first round of matches was played on 7 June, with the final round scheduled for 15 June. All six group matches will be played at venues in Switzerland, in Basel and Geneva. The group consists of co-host Switzerland, UEFA Euro 2004 host and finalist Portugal, as well as Czech Republic and Turkey.

Portugal won their first two games against Turkey and the Czech Republic, scoring five goals in the process, to qualify for the quarter-finals by winning the group. The second quarter-final place will go to the winner of the match between Turkey and the Czech Republic. However, due to the two teams having identical records, if the match finishes as a draw, the quarter-final place will be determined by a penalty shootout – the first group stage penalty shootout in a major international tournament. Meanwhile, Switzerland became the first team to be eliminated from the tournament after losing to Turkey 2–1 in their second match, Arda Turan scoring a deflected winner in the last minute, having lost 1–0 to the Czech Republic in their opening match.

1 Switzerland vs Czech Republic
2 Portugal vs Turkey
3 Czech Republic vs Portugal
4 Switzerland vs Turkey
5 Switzerland vs Portugal
6 Turkey vs Czech Republic
7 References

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
Czech Republic	2	1	1	2	3	−1	3
Turkey	2	1	1	2	3	−1	3
Switzerland	2	0	2	1	3	−2	0

All times local (UTC+2)

Qualification scenarios

Portugal has qualified for the quarter-finals as group winners.^[1]
The winner of the Turkey vs Czech Republic game will qualify for the quarter-finals. If the game finishes as a draw, the qualifying team will be determined by a penalty shootout.^[2]
Switzerland cannot reach the quarter-finals and will finish bottom of the group.^[3]

[edit] Switzerland vs Czech Republic

2008-06-07 18:00	Switzerland	0 – 1	Czech Republic	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 39,730 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
		(Report)	Svěrkoš 71'


SWITZERLAND:
GK	1	Diego Benaglio
RB	5	Stephan Lichtsteiner		75'
CB	20	Patrick Müller
CB	4	Philippe Senderos
LB	3	Ludovic Magnin	59'
RM	19	Valon Behrami		84'
CM	8	Gökhan Inler
CM	15	Gelson Fernandes
LM	16	Tranquillo Barnetta	90+3'
CF	9	Alexander Frei (c)		46'
CF	11	Marco Streller
Substitutions:
MF	10	Hakan Yakın		46'
FW	22	Johan Vonlanthen	76'	75'
FW	12	Eren Derdiyok		84'
Manager:
Köbi Kuhn


CZECH REPUBLIC:
GK	1	Petr Čech
RB	2	Zdeněk Grygera
CB	21	Tomáš Ujfaluši (c)
CB	22	David Rozehnal
LB	6	Marek Jankulovski
DM	4	Tomáš Galásek
CM	14	David Jarolím	87'
CM	3	Jan Polák
RW	7	Libor Sionko	83'
LW	20	Jaroslav Plašil
CF	9	Jan Koller	56'
Substitutions:
FW	10	Václav Svěrkoš	56'
FW	11	Stanislav Vlček	83'
MF	5	Radoslav Kováč	87'
Manager:
Karel Brückner

Man of the Match:
Tomáš Ujfaluši

Assistant referees:
Alessandro Griselli
Paolo Calcagno
Fourth official:
Stéphane Lannoy

[edit] Portugal vs Turkey

2008-06-07 20:45	Portugal	2 – 0	Turkey	Stade de Genève, Geneva Attendance: 29,106 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
	Pepe 61' Raul Meireles 90+3'	(Report)


PORTUGAL:
GK	1	Ricardo
RB	4	José Bosingwa
CB	15	Pepe
CB	16	Ricardo Carvalho
LB	2	Paulo Ferreira
CM	8	Petit
CM	10	João Moutinho
RW	7	Cristiano Ronaldo
AM	20	Deco	90+2'
LW	11	Simão	83'
CF	21	Nuno Gomes (c)	69'
Substitutions:
FW	19	Nani	69'
MF	6	Raul Meireles	83'
DF	5	Fernando Meira	90+2'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari


TURKEY:
GK	23	Volkan Demirel
RB	22	Hamit Altıntop		76'
CB	2	Servet Çetin
CB	4	Gökhan Zan	51'	55'
LB	3	Hakan Balta
RM	18	Colin Kazim-Richards	4'
CM	5	Emre Belözoğlu (c)
LM	7	Mehmet Aurélio
AM	21	Mevlüt Erdinç		46'
AM	17	Tuncay Şanlı
CF	8	Nihat Kahveci
Substitutions:
DF	20	Sabri Sarıoğlu	73'	46'
DF	15	Emre Aşık		55'
FW	9	Semih Şentürk		76'
Manager:
Fatih Terim

Man of the Match:
Pepe

Assistant referees:
Carsten Kadach
Volker Wezel
Fourth official:
Viktor Kassai

[edit] Czech Republic vs Portugal

2008-06-11 18:00	Czech Republic	1 – 3	Portugal	Stade de Genève, Geneva Attendance: 29,016 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	Sionko 17'	(Report)	Deco 8' Ronaldo 63' Quaresma 90+1'


CZECH REPUBLIC:
GK	1	Petr Čech
RB	2	Zdeněk Grygera
CB	21	Tomáš Ujfaluši (c)
CB	22	David Rozehnal
LB	6	Marek Jankulovski
DM	4	Tomáš Galásek		73'
CM	17	Marek Matějovský		68'
CM	3	Jan Polák	22'
RW	7	Libor Sionko
LW	20	Jaroslav Plašil		85'
CF	15	Milan Baroš
Substitutions:
FW	11	Stanislav Vlček		68'
FW	9	Jan Koller		73'
MF	14	David Jarolím		84'
Manager:
Karel Brückner


PORTUGAL:
GK	1	Ricardo
RB	4	José Bosingwa	31'
CB	15	Pepe
CB	16	Ricardo Carvalho
LB	2	Paulo Ferreira
CM	8	Petit
CM	10	João Moutinho		75'
RW	7	Cristiano Ronaldo
AM	20	Deco
LW	11	Simão		80'
CF	21	Nuno Gomes (c)		79'
Substitutions:
DF	5	Fernando Meira		75'
FW	9	Hugo Almeida		79'
MF	17	Ricardo Quaresma		80'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo

Assistant referees:
Dimitris Bozatzidis
Dimitris Saraidaris
Fourth official:
Kristinn Jakobsson

[edit] Switzerland vs Turkey

2008-06-11 20:45	Switzerland	1 – 2	Turkey	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 39,730 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Yakın 32'	(Report)	Semih 57' Arda 90+2'


SWITZERLAND:
GK	1	Diego Benaglio
RB	5	Stephan Lichtsteiner
CB	20	Patrick Müller
CB	4	Philippe Senderos
LB	3	Ludovic Magnin (c)
RM	19	Valon Behrami
CM	8	Gökhan Inler
CM	15	Gelson Fernandes		76'
LM	16	Tranquillo Barnetta		66'
SS	10	Hakan Yakın		85'
CF	12	Eren Derdiyok	55'
Substitutions:
FW	22	Johan Vonlanthen		66'
MF	7	Ricardo Cabanas		76'
FW	14	Daniel Gygax		85'
Manager:
Köbi Kuhn


TURKEY:
GK	23	Volkan Demirel
RB	22	Hamit Altıntop
CB	15	Emre Aşık
CB	2	Servet Çetin
LB	3	Hakan Balta	48'
DM	7	Mehmet Aurélio	41'
RM	10	Gökdeniz Karadeniz		46'
LM	14	Arda Turan
AM	11	Tümer Metin		46'
CF	8	Nihat Kahveci (c)		85'
CF	17	Tuncay Şanlı	31'
Substitutions:
MF	6	Mehmet Topal		46'
FW	9	Semih Şentürk		46'
MF	18	Colin Kazim-Richards		85'
Manager:
Fatih Terim

Man of the Match:
Arda Turan

Assistant referees:
Roman Slyško
Martin Balko
Fourth official:
Damir Skomina

[edit] Switzerland vs Portugal

2008-06-15 20:45	Switzerland	v	Portugal	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
				St. Jakob-Park, Basel Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:
Egon Bereuter
Markus Mayr
Fourth official:
Ivan Bebek

[edit] Turkey vs Czech Republic

2008-06-15 20:45	Turkey	v	Czech Republic	Stade de Genève, Geneva Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
				Stade de Genève, Geneva Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:
Stefan Wittberg
Henrik Andrén
Fourth official:
Grzegorz Gilewski

[edit] References

^ Portugal have a superior head-to-head record against both Turkey and Czech Republic.
^ See the ranking criteria for the group stage.
^ Switzerland have an inferior head-to-head record against both Turkey and Czech Republic.