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unusual facts about Euro 2008



2007–08 in Scottish football

Scotland failed in their attempt to qualify for the Euro 2008, finishing third in Group B behind 2006 World Cup finalists France and Italy despite beating France twice.

A cause des garçons

The Riot in Belgium remix of the song is featured on the soundtrack to the Electronic Arts video games Need for Speed: ProStreet and Euro 2008.

Atletion

In 2007, the park played host to two of Denmark's Euro 2008 qualifying matches against Liechtenstein and Spain after UEFA ordered the matches played away from Copenhagen following a fan attack in a previous match against Sweden.

Ayhan Akman

He was called up to Turkey's Euro 2008 squad and played his first match of the tournament in the semi-final against Germany in Basel.

BeIN Sports Arabia +3

It was originally launched especially for coverage of Euro 2008, but has since broadcast many La Liga and Serie A matches and will continue to do so.

CD Badajoz

On 8 September 1999 Spain beat Cyprus 8–0 in an UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier; nearly seven years later, on 2 September 2006, the national side defeated Liechtenstein 4–0 in the qualifying stages of Euro 2008.

Dominik Rohracker

In the summer of 2008, he travelled with Bayern's first-team on a pre-season tour of Asia, as many players had not returned from Euro 2008, and he featured in a friendly against the Indonesia national team, as a last-minute substitute for Jan Schlaudraff.

Juan Gutiérrez Moreno

With the Spanish national team, Juanito appeared in one World Cup and two European Championships, contributing to the conquest of Euro 2008.

Lee Wai Man

Lee is a part-time commentator for TVB as well, he is usually participated in commenting the local football league and the foreign football tournament, like the Euro 2008 highlights.

Luis Arconada

During the ceremony following Spain's victory in Euro 2008, third-choice for the winners Andrés Palop wore Arconada's original Euro 84 final shirt, as he received the gold medal from Platini, now president of UEFA.

Ned Zelić

In 2008, Zelic continued as an analyst for SBS Television at the Euro 2008 final, alongside English football commentator Martin Tyler.

Sebastian Prödl

On 12 June 2008 during the Euro 2008 Austria vs. Poland game he was fouled in the 92nd minute in the penalty area and the referee, Howard Webb, awarded Austria a penalty kick.

Yuri Zhirkov

His performance at Euro 2008, in which Russia reached the semi-finals, was recognised with his inclusion in the Team of the Tournament and award as Russian Footballer of the Year.

Ziggo

Nederland 1 HD was temporarily available from 1 June until August 2008 to bring Euro 2008, 2008 Tour de France and the 2008 Summer Olympics in HD, the rest of the time will be an upscaled version of its parent channel.


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Var mısın? Yok musun?

Turkish celebrities like Cem Yılmaz and Fatih Terim (among with players of Turkish National Football Team of Euro 2008) have also appeared within the show.

Vladimir Gabulov

He made his competitive debut in a Euro 2008 Qualifier against Macedonia and was sent off in the 69th minute for a foul on Goran Maznov.