 2008-05-28
Group B of the EURO 2008 will be played in Austria (Vienna and Klagenfurt). The teams: Austria, Croatia, Germany and Poland.
Fixtures:
8.6.2008: Austria vs. Croatia and Germany vs. Poland
12.6.2008: Austria vs. Poland and Croatia vs. Germany
16.6.2008: Austria vs. Germany and Poland vs. Croatia
The Teams of Group B:
Austria: Özcan replaces Payer in the squad
Organizer Austria is the biggest outsider of the EURO 2008. Manager Josef Hickersberger nominated on Wednesday his 23-man squad for the home European championship. Including Oldie Ivica Vastic (LASK Linz). The 38-year-old midfielder was nominated on account of his big experience. Paul Scharner (Wigan Athletic) has not been selected.
Hickersberger reacted to the good achievements of some players of Rapid Wien. Thus immediately four players from the new Austrian champion stands in the squad. For the first time midfielder Ümit Korkmaz who already protected himself a fixed place for the EURO on account of strong achievements in the training. Team colleagues Helge Payer (injured) has been ruled out of the EURO08 and replaced in the squad by Ramazan Özcan (Hoffenheim).
Austria faces in Group B on Croatia (8th June), Poland (12th June) and Germany (16th June). The achievement of the quarterfinal would already be a nice success.
Austrian squad:
Goalkeepers: Alexander Manninger (Siena), Jürgen Macho (AEK Athens), Ramazan Özcan (1899 Hoffenheim)
Defenders: György Garics (SSC Napoli), Ronald Gercaliu (Austria Wien), Martin Hiden (Austria Kärnten), Markus Katzer (Rapid Wien), Jürgen Patocka (Rapid Wien), Emanuel Pogatetz (FC Middlesbrough), Sebastian Prödl (Sturm Graz), Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moskva)
Midfielders: Rene Aufhauser (Salzburg), Christian Fuchs (Mattersburg), Andreas Ivanschitz (Panathinaikos), Ümit Korkmaz (Rapid Wien), Christoph Leitgeb (Salzburg), Jürgen Säumel (Sturm Graz), Joachim Standfest (Austria Wien), Ivica Vastic (LASK Linz)
Forwards: Erwin Hoffer (Rapid Wien), Roman Kienast (Ham-Kam), Roland Linz (SC Braga), Martin Harnik (Werder Bremen)
Bilić names Croatian squad for EURO 2008
Croatia coach Slaven Bilić has named as first team manager of the 16 nations his squad for EURO 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.
The Croatian 23-man squad contains no big surprises, although midfielder Nikola Pokrivač from AS Monaco has earned a call-up for the first time. The 22-year-old midfield player showed strong achievements and counts as big hope in the defensive midfield of the Croatian team.
Forward Mladen Petrić from Borussia Dortmund became fit at right time after his back injury and, hence, he is present in the EURO squad of Croatia.
Croatia meets in the Group B on organizer Austria (8th June in Vienna), Germany (12th June in Klagenfurt) and finally on Poland (16th June in Klagenfurt).
Croatia squad:
Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moskva), Vedran Runje (Lens), Mario Galinović (Panathinaikos)
Defenders: Dario Šimić (AC Milan), Robert Kovač (Borussia Dortmund), Josip Šimunić (Hertha BSC Berlin), Vedran Ćorluka (Manchester City), Dario Knežević (Livorno Calcio), Hrvoje Vejić (FC Tom Tomsk)
Midfielders: Niko Kovač (Salzburg), Jerko Leko (AS Monaco), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Niko Kranjčar (Portsmouth), Luka Modrić (Tottenham Hotspur), Danijel Pranjić (Heerenveen), Ivan Rakitić (Schalke 04), Ognjen Vukojević (Dinamo Zagreb), Nikola Pokrivač (AS Monaco)
Forwards: Mladen Petrić (Borussia Dortmund), Ivica Olić (Hamburger SV), Ivan Klasnić (Werder Bremen), Igor Budan (Parma), Nikola Kalinić (Hajduk Split)
German Team without Timo Hildebrand
Jogi Löw nominates his squad for upcoming Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.
The biggest surprises in the german squad: Rene Adler (Bayer Leverkusen) replaces second goalkeeper of last WorldCup 2006 Timo Hildebrand (FC Valencia).
Also David Odonkor (Betis Sevilla) and Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen) took their last chance to get one place in germans team.
2 international friendlies against Belarus and Serbia will be played before Germany faces Poland on the 8 of june in Klagenfurt. The other 2 group games will be against Croatia on June 12 (Klagenfurt) and Austria on june 16 (Vienna).
Germany squad:
Goalkeepers: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal), Robert Enke (Hannover 96), Rene Adler (Bayer Leverkusen)
Defenders: Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Philipp Lahm (Bayern München), Arne Friedrich (Hertha BSC), Marcell Jansen (Bayern München), Clemens Fritz (Werder Bremen), Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04)
Midfielders: Michael Ballack (FC Chelsea), Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart), Simon Rolfes (Bayer Leverkusen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern München), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburger SV), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen), David Odonkor (Betis Sevilla)
Forwards: Miroslav Klose (Bayern München), Lukas Podolski (Bayern München), Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), Kevin Kuranyi (Schalke 04), Oliver Neuville (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Poland: Beenhakker nominated Roger Guerreiro
The Poland manager Leo Beenhakker has nominated his 23-man squad for the EURO 2008 in Austria and Switzerland included Roger Guerreiro. The 25-year-old Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warszawa) was recently granted Polish citizenship by the country's President Lech Kaczyński.
Poland right-winger Jakub Błaszczykowski is likely to miss all three of his country's pre-UEFA EURO 2008 friendly games (against Macedonia, Albania and Denmark) through injury but the 22-year-old midfielder from Borussia Dortmund is hopeful of being fit for the first game of the tournament against Germany on 8 June in Klagenfurt.
Poland meets in Group B on Gerany (8th June), Austria (12th June) and Croatia (16th June).
Poland squad:
Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Celtic Glasgow), Tomasz Kuszczak (Manchester United), Łukasz Fabiański (Arsenal)
Defenders: Jacek Bąk (Austria Wien), Marcin Wasilewski (RSC Anderlecht), Paweł Golański (Steaua Bucureşti), Mariusz Jop (FC Moskva), Adam Kokoszka (Wisła Kraków), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warszawa), Michał Żewłakow (Olympiacos CFP)
Midfielders: Dariusz Dudka (Wisła Kraków), Wojciech Łobodziński (Wisła Kraków), Jakub Błaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk), Rafał Murawski (Lech Poznań), Łukasz Garguła (GKS Bełchatów), Jacek Krzynówek (VfL Wolfsburg), Michał Pazdan (Górnik Zabrze), Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warszawa)
Forwards: Euzebiusz Smolarek (Real Santander), Maciej Żurawski (Larissa), Tomasz Zahorski (Górnik Zabrze), Marek Saganowski (Southampton)
Author: Hessi
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