Soccer Europe Championship

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June 7th, the European Soccer Championship, which is taking place in Austria and Switzerland starts. Mabye some of you are interested in soccer so i'm posting this.



The following 16 countries are going to participate:

1. Portugal

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Quim (Benfica Lissabon), Ricardo (Real Betis Sevilla), Rui Patricio (Sporting Lissabon)

Defender: Bruno Alves, Bosingwa (beide FC Porto), Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart), Jorge Ribeiro (Boavista Porto), Pepe (Real Madrid), Miguel (FC Valencia), Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho (FC Chelsea London)

Midfield: Deco (FC Barcelona), Petit (Benfica Lissabon), Raul Meireles (FC Porto), Joao Moutinho, Miguel Veloso (beide Sporting Lissabon)

Attacker: Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani (beide Manchester United), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen), Helder Postiga (Panathinaikos Athen), Nuno Gomes (Benfica Lissabon), Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto), Simao (Atletico Madrid)

2. Switzerland

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Diego Benaglio (VfL Wolfsburg), Eldin Jakupovic (Grasshopper Zürich), Pascal Zuberbühler (Xamax Neuchatel)

Defenders: Valon Behrami (Lazio Rom), Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Johan Djourou (FC Arsenal), Mario Eggimann (Karlsruher SC), Stephane Grichting (AJ Auxerre), Stephan Lichtsteiner (OSC Lille), Ludovic Magnin (VfB Stuttgart), Patrick Müller (Olympique Lyon), Philippe Senderos (FC Arsenal), Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Midfield: Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Ricardo Cabanas (Grasshopper Zürich), Gelson Fernandes (Manchester City), Daniel Gygax (FC Metz), Benjamin Huggel (FC Basel), Gökhan Inler (Udinese Calcio), Hakan Yakin (Young Boys Bern), Johan Vonlanthen (Red Bull Salzburg)

Attackers: Eren Derdiyok, Marco Streller (beide FC Basel), Alexander Frei (Borussia Dortmund)

3. Germany

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Jens Lehmann (FC Arsenal), Robert Enke (Hannover 96), René Adler (Bayer Leverkusen)

Defenders: Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München), Arne Friedrich (Hertha BSC Berlin), Marcell Jansen (FC Bayern München), Clemens Fritz (Werder Bremen), Heiko Westermann (FC Schalke 04)

Midfield: Michael Ballack (FC Chelsea), Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart), Simon Rolfes (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburger SV), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen), Jermaine Jones (FC Schalke 04), David Odonkor (Betis Sevilla), Marko Marin (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Attackers: Miroslav Klose (FC Bayern München), Lukas Podolski (FC Bayern München), Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), Kevin Kuranyi (FC Schalke 04), Oliver Neuville (Borussia Mönchengladbach) und Patrick Helmes (1. FC Köln)

4. Croatia

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Stipe Pletikosa (ZSKA Moskau), Vedran Runje (RC Lens), Mario Galinovic (Panathinaikos Athen)

Defender: Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Dario Simic (AC Mailand), Josip Simunic (Hertha BSC), Vedran Corluka (Manchester City), Dario Knezevic (AS Livorno), Danijel Pranjic (SC Heerenveen), Hrvoje Vejic (Tom Tomsk/Russland)

Midfield: Niko Kovac (Red Bull Salzburg), Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb), Niko Kranjcar (FC Portsmouth), Darijo Srna (Schachtjor Donezk), Ivan Rakitic (FC Schalke 04), Nikola Pokrivac (AS Monaco), Jerko Leko (AS Monaco), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dinamo Zagreb)

Attacker: Mladen Petric (Borussia Dortmund), Igor Budan (AC Parma), Ivica Olic (Hamburger SV), Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen), Nikola Kalinic (Hajduk Split)

5. Poland

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Artur Boruc (Celtic FC), Tomasz Kuszczak (Manchester United FC), Lukasz Fabianski (Arsenal FC).

Defender: Jacek Bak (FK Austria Wien), Marcin Wasilewski (RSC Anderlecht), Pawel Golanski (FC Steaua Bukarest), Mariusz Jop (FC Moskau), Adam Kokoszka (Wisla Krakau), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warschau), Michal Zewlakow (Olympiakos Piräus), Grzegorz Bronowicki (FK Crvena Zvezda).

Midfield: Dariusz Dudka (Wisla Krakau), Wojciech Lobodzinski (Wisla Krakau), Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Mariusz Lewandowski (Schachtjor Donezk), Rafal Murawski (Lech Poznan), Lukasz Gargula (GKS Belchatow), Jacek Krzynowek (VfL Wolfsburg), Radoslaw Majewski (Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski), Michal Pazdan (Gornik Zabrze), Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warschau).

Attacker: Euzebiusz Smolarek (Real Racing Club Santander), Maciej Zurawski (Larissa FC), Tomasz Zahorski (Gornik Zabrze), Radoslaw Matusiak (Wisla Krakau), Marek Saganowski (Southampton FC).

6. Austria

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Christian Gratzei (Sturm Graz), Alexander Manninger (AC Siena), Jürgen Macho (AEK Athen), Helge Payer (Rapid Wien)

Defender: Andreas Dober (Rapid Wien), György Garics (SSC Neapel), Ronald Gercaliu (Austria Wien), Martin Hiden (Austria Kärnten), Andreas Ibertsberger (Hoffenheim), Markus Katzer (Rapid Wien), Jürgen Patocka (Rapid Wien), Emanuel Pogatetz (FC Middlesbrough), Sebastian Prödl (Sturm Graz), Franz Schiemer (Austria Wien), Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moskau)

Midfield: Rene Aufhauser (Red Bull Salzburg), Christian Fuchs (SV Mattersburg), Martin Harnik (Werder Bremen), Andreas Ivanschitz (Panathinaikos Athen), Ümit Korkmaz (Rapid Wien), Christoph Leitgeb (Red Bull Salzburg), Jürgen Säumel (Sturm Graz), Joachim Standfest (Austria Wien), Ivica Vastic (LASK Linz), Markus Weissenberger (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Attacker: Erwin Hoffer (Rapid Wien), Marc Janko (Red Bull Salzburg), Roman Kienast (Ham-Kam/Norwegen), Sanel Kuljic (FK Austria Wien), Roland Linz (SC Braga), Stefan Maierhofer (SK Rapid Wien)

7. France

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon), Sebastien Frey (AC Florenz), Mickael Landreau (Paris St. Germain), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille)

Defender: Eric Abidal (FC Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon), William Gallas (FC Arsenal), Julien Escude (FC Sevilla), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Philippe Mexes (AS Rom), Willy Sagnol (FC Bayern München), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona)

Midfield: Alou Diarra (Girondins Bordeaux), Lassana Diarra (FC Portsmouth), Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal), Claude Makelele (FC Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Mailand)

Attackers: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Hatem Ben Arfa (Lyon), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Sidney Govou (Lyon), Djibril Cisse (Marseille), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Bafetimbi Gomis (AS St. Etienne), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Franck Ribery (FC Bayern)

8. Italy

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus Turin), Marco Amelia (Livorno), Morgan De Sanctis (FC Sevilla).

Defender: Christian Panucci (AS Rom), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Marco Materazzi (Inter Mailand), Gianluca Zambrotta (FC Barcelona), Andrea Barzagli (Palermo), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus Turin), Fabio Grosso (Olympique Lyon).

Midfield: Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus Turin), Andrea Pirlo, Gennaro Gattuso, Massimo Ambrosini (alle AC Milan), Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta, Alberto Aquilani (alle AS Rom), Riccardo Montolivo (AC Florenz).

Attackers: Luca Toni (Bayern München), Antonio Di Natale, Fabio Quagliarella (beide Udinese), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Turin), Marco Borriello (FC Genua), Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria Genua).

9. Netherlands

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax Amsterdam), Henk Timmer (Feyenoord Rotterdam)

Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (FC Sevilla), Wilfried Bouma (Aston Villa), Tim de Cler (Feyenoord Rotterdam), John Heitinga (Ajax Amsterdam), Joris Mathijsen (Hamburger SV), Mario Melchiot (Wigan Athletic), André Ooijer (Blackburn Rovers)

Midfield: Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord Rotterdam), Orlando Engelaar (Twente Enschede), Nigel de Jong, Rafael van der Vaart (beide Hamburger SV), Wesley Sneijder (Real Madrid), Demy de Zeeuw (AZ Alkmaar)

Attackers: Ryan Babel (FC Liverpool), Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Ajax Amsterdam), Dirk Kuyt (FC Liverpool), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid), Robin van Persie (Arsenal London), Arjen Robben (Real Madrid), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Celtic Glasgow)

10. Romania

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Bogdan Lobont (Dinamo Bukarest), Marius Popa (Politehnica Timisoara)

Defender: Cosmin Contra (FC Getafe), Gabriel Tamas (AJ Auxerre), Cristian Sapunaru (Rapid Bukarest), Dorin Goian, Sorin Ghionea (beide Steaua Bukarest), Cosmin Moti (Dinamo Bukarest), Stefan Radu (Lazio Rom), Razvan Rat (Schachtjor Donezk)

Midfield: Florentin Petre (ZSKA Sofia), Paul Codrea (AC Siena), Mirel Radoi, Nicolae Dica, Banel Nicolita (alle Steaua Bukarest), Adrian Cristea (Dinamo Bukarest), Razvan Cocis (Lokomotive Moskau), Cristian Chivu (Inter Mailand)

Attacker: Adrian Mutu (AC Florenz), Ciprian Marica (VfB Stuttgart), Daniel Niculae (AJ Auxerre), Florin Bratu (Dinamo Bukarest), Ciprian Deac (CFR Cluj), Marius Niculae (FC Inverness/Schottland)

11. Spain

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (FC Liverpool), Andres Palop (FC Sevilla)

Defender: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona), Joan Capdevila (FC Villarreal), Raul Albiol, Carlos Marchena (beide FC Valencia), Fernando Navarro (Real Mallorca), Alvaro Arbeloa (FC Liverpool), Juanito (Betis Sevilla)

Midfield: Cesc Fabregas (FC Arsenal), Andres Iniesta, Xavi (beide FC Barcelona), David Silva (FC Valencia), Santi Cazorla, Marcos Senna (beide FC Villarreal), Xabi Alonso (FC Liverpool), Ruben de la Red (FC Getafe)

Attacker: David Villa (FC Valencia), Daniel Guiza (Real Mallorca), Sergio Garcia (Real Saragossa), Fernando Torres (FC Liverpool)

12. Sweden

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Andreas Isaksson (Manchester City), Rami Shaaban (Hammarby), Johan Wilandh (Elfsborg)

Defenders: Mikael Nilsson (Panathinaikos Athen), Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa), Petter Hansson (Stade Rennes), Fredrik Stoor (Rosenborg Trondheim), Daniel Majstorovic (FC Basel), Andreas Granqvist (Helsingborg IF), Mikael Dorsin (CF Cluj/Rumänien)

Midfield: Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Göteborg), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg BK), Fredrik Ljungberg (West Ham United), Kim Källström (Olympique Lyon), Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham City), Daniel Andersson (Malmö FF), Christian Wilhelmsson (Deportivo La Coruna), Tobias Linderoth (Galatasaray Istanbul/wegen Hüftproblemen fraglich),

Attacker: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Mailand), Johan Elmander (Toulouse), Henrik Larsson (Helsingsborgs IF), Markus Allbäck (FC Kopenhagen), Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen)

13. Greece

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Alexandros Tzorvas (OFI Kreta), Antonis Nikopolidis (Olympiakos Piräus), Konstantinos Chalkias (Aris Saloniki)

Defender: Giourkas Seitaridis (Atletico Madrid), Loukas Vyntra (Panathinaikos Athen), Christos Patsatzoglou (Olympiakos Piräus), Traianos Dellas (AEK Athen), Paraskevas Antzas (Olympiakos Piräus), Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ioannis Goumas (Panathinaikos Athen), Vassilios Torosidis (Olympiakos Piräus), Nikos Spyropoulos (Panathinaikos Athen)

Midfield: Konstantinos Katsouranis (Benfica Lissabon), Angelos Basinas (RCD Mallorca), Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos Athen), Georgios Karagounis (Panathinaikos Athen), Stylianos Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers), Ioannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Attacker: Dimitris Salpingidis (Panathinaikos Athen), Angelos Charisteas (1. FC Nürnberg), Georgios Samaras (Celtic Glasgow), Theofanis Gekas (Bayer Leverkusen), Nikolaos Liberopoulos (AEK Athen)

14. Russia

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Igor Akinfejew (ZSKA Moskau), Wladimir Gabulow (Amkar Perm), Wjatscheslaw Malafejew (Zenit St. Petersburg)

Defender: Alexander Anjukow (Zenit St. Petersburg), Alexej Beresuzki, Wassili Beresuzki, Sergej Ignaschewitsch (alle ZSKA Moskau), Denis Kolodin (Dinamo Moskau), Renat Janbajew (Lokomotive Moskau)

Midfield: Dinijar Biljaletdinow (Lokomotive Moskau), Wladimir Bystrow, Alexander Pawlenko (beide Spartak Moskau), Juri Schirkow (ZSKA Moskau), Konstantin Syrjanow, Roman Schirokow (beide Zenit St. Petersburg), Igor Semschow (Dinamo Moskau), Dmitri Torbinski (Lokomotiv Moskau), Oleg Iwanow (Krylja Sowetow Samara), Sergej Simak (Rubin Kasan)

Attacker: Andrej Arschawin, Pawel Pogrebnjak (Zenit St. Petersburg), Roman Pawljutschenko (Spartak Moskau), Iwan Saenko (1.FC Nürnberg), Dmitri Sytschow (Lokomotive Moskau), Roman Adamow (FK Moskau)

15. Turkey

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce Istanbul), Rüstü Recber (Besiktas Istanbul), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor)

Defender: Ugur Boral (beide Fenerbahce Istanbul), Sabri Sarioglu, Servet Cetin, Hakan Kadir Balta (alle Galatasaray Istanbul), Gökhan Zan, Ibrahim Kas (beide Besiktas Istanbul), Emre Asik (Ankaraspor)

Midfield: Mehmet Aurelio, Kazim Kazim (beide Fenerbahce Istanbul), Mehmet Topal, Ayhan Akman, Arda Turan (alle Galatasaray Istanbul), Emre Belözoglu (Newcastle United), Tümer Metin (AE Larisa), Yildiray Bastürk (VfB Stuttgart), Hamit Altintop (Bayern München), Tuncay Sanli (FC Middlesbrough)

Attacker: Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin Kasan), Nihat Kahveci (FC Villareal), Halil Altintop (Schalke 04), Semih Sentürk (Fenerbahce Istanbul), Mevlüt Erdinc (FC Sochaux)

16. Czech Republic

Squad:

Goalkeeper: Jaromir Blazek (1. FC Nürnberg), Petr Cech (Chelsea FC), Daniel Zitka (RSC Anderlecht)

Defender: Zdenek Grygera (Juventus FC), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan), Michal Kadlec (Sparta Prag), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moskau), Zdenek Pospech (FC Kopenhagen), David Rozehnal (Lazio Rom), Tomas Sivok (Sparta Prag), Tomas Ujfalusi (AC Florenz)

Midfield: Tomas Galasek (1. FC Nürnberg), David Jarolim (Hamburger SV), Marek Matejovsky (Reading FC), Jaroslav Plasil (CA Osasuna), Jan Polak (RSC Anderlecht), Rudolf Skacel (Hertha BSC Berlin), Libor Sionko (FC Kopenhagen), Stanislav Vlcek (RSC Anderlecht)

Attacker: Milan Baros (Portsmouth FC), Martin Fenin (Eintracht Frankfurt), Jan Koller (1. FC Nürnberg), Vaclav Sverkos (FC Ostrava)

There will be 4 groups à 4 teams:

Group A:
Switzerland Czech Republic Turkey Portugal

Group B:
Austria Germany Poland Croatia

Group C:
Netherlands Italy Romania France

Group D:
Greece Spain Russia Sweden

Schedule:

Group A:
1. June 7. Swizterland 0-1 Czech Republic, 6 p.m CET
2. June 7. Portugal 2-0 Turkey, 8.45 p.m CET

Group B:
3. June 8. Austria 0-1 Croatia, 6 p.m CET
4. June 8. Germany 2-0 Poland, 8.45 p.m CET

Group C:
5. June 9. Romania 0-0 France, 6 p.m CET
6. June 9. Italy 0-3 Netherlands, 8.45 p.m CET

Group D:
7. June 10. Russia 1-4 Spain, 6 p.m CET
8. June 10. Greece 0-2 Sweden, 8.45 p.m CET

Group A:
9. June 11. Czech Republic 1-3 Portugal, 6 p.m CET
10. June 11. Turkey 2-1 Switzerland, 8.45 p.m CET

Group B:
11. June 12. Germany 1-2 Croatia, 6 p.m CET
12. June 12. Austria 1-1 Poland, 8.45 p.m CET

Group C:
13. June 13. Italy - Romania, 6 p.m CET
14. June 13. France - Netherlands, 8.45 p.m CET

Group D:
15. June 14. Sweden - Spain, 6.00 p.m CET
16. June 14. Greece - Russia, 8.45 p.m CET

Group A:
17 .June 15. Switzerland - Portugal, 8.45 p.m CET
18. June 15. Czech Republic - Turkey, 8.45 p.m CET

Group B:
19 .June 16. Croatia - Poland, 8.45 p.m CET
20 .June 16. Germany - Austria, 8.45 p.m CET

Group C:
21. June 17. Netherlands - Romania, 8.45 p.m CET
22. June 17. Italy - France, 8.45 p.m CET

Group D:
23. June 18. Greece - Spain, 8.45 p.m CET
24. June 18. Russia - Sweden, 8.45 p.m CET

Quaterfinal:
25. June 19. Winner Group A - Second Group B, 8.45 p.m CET
26. June 20. Winner Group B - Second Group A, 8.45 p.m CET
27. June 21. Winner Group C - Second Group D, 8.45 p.m CET
28. June 22. Winner Group D - Second Group C, 8.45 p.m CET

Semifinal:
29. June 25. Winner Game 25 - Winner Game 26, 8.45 p.m CET
30. June 26. Winner Game 27 - Winner Game 28, 8.45 p.m CET

Final:
31. June 29. Winner Game 29 - Winner Game 30, 8.45 p.m CET

[Protzacoal[MhZ]]

gogo Netherlands!! Screw Croatia! Fuck Germany! Smoke france!

[KillaHammad_Ali]

Even though Croatia beat england to stop us going into the EURO 2008, i want them to do good. Kiky, Sagy <3. Netherlands also: daniel, dieter <3. Fuck Italy. Fuck portugal and ronaldo in the ass hihihihihi. I hope Croatia - Netherlands final xD.

[CheLsEa]

fuck that norway had a hard group:/

[M1K3]

I'm going for the Netherlands and Greece.

[Beavo]

Bahh poor england

[KillaHammad_Ali]

Originally Posted by beavo

Bahh poor england

yep i <3 you

[Protzacoal[MhZ]]

Netherlands has hard pool. France and Italy :p If they pass gg I say

[Rippo]

Group C has the most talent I think....

But I just bought the new Spain jersey, so um they're going to win the 2008 Eurocup. GG no re :]

[cheesy-maggot]

haha goooo portugal!!!