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Group D of UEFA Euro 2008 was played from 10 to 18 June 2008. All six group matches were played at venues in Austria , in Innsbruck and Salzburg . The group was composed of defending champions Greece , as well as Sweden , eventual champions Spain and Russia .
The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). It took place in Austria and Switzerland (both hosting the tournament for the ...
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. The tournament started on 7 June and the final took place in Vienna on 29 June 2008. [1] [2] Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, by 28 May 2008.
Greece were the defending champions after winning the 2004 final against Portugal. [7] The final was held on 29 June 2008 at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, the largest stadium of the eight venues used in the finals of Euro 2008. [8] [9] Opened in 1931, the Ernst-Happel-Stadion was built for the second International Workers' Olympiad.
Pages in category "Greece at UEFA Euro 2008" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
Greece have qualified for only four out of seventeen UEFA European Championships, but crowned themselves European champions in 2004. At Euro 2004 they beat hosts and heavily favored Portugal in the final, resulting in their first major tournament win.
Greece was the highest-ranked seed for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament and was drawn with Turkey, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Moldova and Malta. They began their Euro 2008 qualification campaign with victories over Moldova, Norway and Bosnia and Herzegovina before suffering a 4–1 home loss against Turkey in Athens.
The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2008 began with the quarter-finals on 19 June 2008, and was completed on 29 June 2008 with the final at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna. All times Central European Summer Time ( UTC+2 )