UEFA Euro 2008 Group A#Switzerland vs Turkey

Group A of UEFA Euro 2008 was played from 7 to 15 June 2008. All six group matches were played at venues in Switzerland, in Basel and Geneva. The group consisted of co-hosts Switzerland, UEFA Euro 2004 hosts and finalists Portugal, as well as the Czech Republic and Turkey. Portugal, the Czech Republic, and Türkiye were later drawn in same group in the UEFA Euro 2024.{{Cite news |last=Brewin |first=John |date=2023-12-02 |title=Euro 2024 draw: England face Denmark; Scotland meet Germany in opener – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2023/dec/02/euro-2024-group-stage-draw-live |access-date=2024-06-27 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Portugal won their first two games against Turkey and the Czech Republic, scoring five goals in the process, to qualify for the quarter-finals as group winners. The second quarter-final berth was to go to the winners of the match between Turkey and the Czech Republic. As the two teams had identical records going into the game, if the match had finished as a draw, the quarter-final place would have been determined by a penalty shoot-out – what would have been the first group stage penalty shoot-out 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.{{cite news |title=Switzerland 1–2 Turkey |first=Mandeep |last=Sanghera |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7363001.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=11 June 2008 |access-date=11 June 2011}} This match between Switzerland and Turkey was dubbed the "Bath of Basel" as the rain poured down incessantly. The weather suited the long-ball Swiss more than the short-passing Turks, and before half-time, the Swiss had capitalized on the conditions. Indeed, Hakan Yakin's goal stemmed from the ball stopping in a puddle and allowing him an easy finish. In the second half, Turkey's more direct style yielded two goals, the second a last-minute long-range shot from Arda Turan which went in off a deflection. This was the first of several last-gasp victories for the Turkish team at the tournament, made all the more impressive by their injury woes at that time.

The final round of matches saw the Portuguese name an under-strength team for their match against Switzerland, their progression already assured as group winners. Their opponents, however, fielded a strong side and won the match 2–0, securing their first win in a European Championship.{{cite news |title=Turkey 3–2 Czech R & Switzerland 2–0 Portugal |first=Mandeep |last=Sanghera |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7363011.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=15 June 2008 |access-date=11 June 2011}} Meanwhile, with a place in the quarter-finals to play for, Turkey and the Czech Republic each had to win to qualify. The Czechs went into half time 1–0 up, and doubled their lead soon after half-time. Arda Turan brought the Turks back into the game in the 75th minute, before Petr Čech made an uncharacteristic error, dropping the ball at the feet of Nihat Kahveci, who was left with a simple finish. Boosted by the equaliser, Turkey went for the win, and two minutes later, Nihat curled the ball past Čech from 20 yards. Then, with just moments left to play, the Turkish goalkeeper Volkan Demirel pushed over the big Czech striker Jan Koller, resulting in a red card for the Turk. With no substitutions left, Turkey had to put Tuncay Şanlı in goal, but still managed to secure their place in the quarter-finals.{{cite news |title=Turkey v Czech Republic – as it happened |first=John |last=Ashdown |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jun/15/euro2008groupa.turkey |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=15 June 2008 |access-date=11 June 2011}} Tempers continued to boil over, as Milan Baroš was booked, despite having been on the bench for the whole game.

Teams

rowspan="2" \| Draw position ! rowspan="2" \| Team ! rowspan="2" \| Pot ! rowspan="2" \| Method of qualification ! rowspan="2" \| Date of qualification ! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number" \| Finals appearance ! rowspan="2" \| Last appearance ! rowspan="2" \| Previous best performance ! colspan="2" \| UEFA Rankings ! rowspan="2" \| FIFA Rankings June 2008
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November 2007{{refn\|group=nb\|The UEFA rankings of November 2007 were used for seeding for the final draw.}} ! May 2008{{refn\|group=nb\|UEFA unveiled a new ranking system in May 2008 based on results up to November 2007.}}
A1	style="white-space:nowrap" \| {{fb\|SUI}}	1	Co-host	12 December 2002	3rd	2004	data-sort-value="7" \| Group stage (1996, 2004)	19	16	44
A2	style="white-space:nowrap" \| {{fb\|CZE}}{{refn\|group=nb\|From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.}}	2	Group D winner	17 October 2007	7th	2004	data-sort-value="1" \| Winners (1976)	4	3	6
A3	style="white-space:nowrap" \| {{fb\|POR}}	3	Group A runner-up	21 November 2007	5th	2004	data-sort-value="2" \| Runners-up (2004)	8	5	11
A4	style="white-space:nowrap" \| {{fb\|TUR}}	4	Group C runner-up	21 November 2007	3rd	2000	data-sort-value="5" \| Quarter-finals (2000)	14	14	20

Notes

Standings

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In the quarter-finals,

The winner of Group A, Portugal, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, Germany.
The runner-up of Group A, Turkey, advanced to play the winner of Group B, Croatia.

Matches

=Switzerland vs Czech Republic=

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Svěrkoš {{goal|71}}

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|referee=Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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GK	1	Diego Benaglio
RB	5	Stephan Lichtsteiner		{{suboff\|75}}
CB	20	Patrick Müller
CB	4	Philippe Senderos
LB	3	Ludovic Magnin	{{yel\|59}}
CM	8	Gökhan Inler
CM	15	Gelson Fernandes
RW	19	Valon Behrami		{{suboff\|84}}
LW	16	Tranquillo Barnetta	{{yel\|90+3}}
CF	9	Alexander Frei (c)		{{suboff\|46}}
CF	11	Marco Streller
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MF	10	Hakan Yakin		{{subon\|46}}
FW	22	Johan Vonlanthen	{{yel\|76}}	{{subon\|75}}
FW	12	Eren Derdiyok		{{subon\|84}}
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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	{{suboff\|87}}
CM	3	Jan Polák
RW	7	Libor Sionko	{{suboff\|83}}
LW	20	Jaroslav Plašil
CF	9	Jan Koller	{{suboff\|56}}
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FW	10	Václav Svěrkoš	{{subon\|56}}
FW	11	Stanislav Vlček	{{subon\|83}}
MF	5	Radoslav Kováč	{{subon\|87}}
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colspan=3\|Karel Brückner

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Man of the Match:

Tomáš Ujfaluši (Czech Republic)

Assistant referees:{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/reserve-assistant-referee-uefa-euro-2008 |title=Reserve officials – EURO 2008 |work=UEFA |access-date=30 April 2021}}

Alessandro Griselli (Italy)

Paolo Calcagno (Italy)

Fourth official:

Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Reserve assistant referee:

Alex Verstraeten (Belgium)

=Portugal vs Turkey=

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|goals1=

Pepe {{goal|61}}
Meireles {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade de Genève, Geneva

|attendance=29,106{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD01_300683_POR_TUR_FullReport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928113804/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD01_300683_POR_TUR_FullReport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2014 |title=Full-time report Portugal-Turkey |work=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=7 June 2008 |access-date=9 June 2012}}

|referee=Herbert Fandel (Germany)

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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	{{suboff\|90+2}}
LW	11	Simão	{{suboff\|83}}
CF	21	Nuno Gomes (c)	{{suboff\|69}}
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FW	19	Nani	{{subon\|69}}
MF	6	Raul Meireles	{{subon\|83}}
DF	5	Fernando Meira	{{subon\|90+2}}
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colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Luiz Felipe Scolari

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

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Man of the Match:

Pepe (Portugal)

Assistant referees:

Carsten Kadach (Germany)

Volker Wezel (Germany)

Fourth official:

Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Reserve assistant referee:

Peter Hermans (Belgium)

=Czech Republic vs Portugal=

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|goals1=

Sionko {{goal|17}}

|goals2=

Deco {{goal|8}}
Ronaldo {{goal|63}}
Quaresma {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium=Stade de Genève, Geneva

|attendance=29,016{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD05_300691_CZE_POR_FullReport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314061056/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD05_300691_CZE_POR_FullReport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 14, 2013 |title=Full-time report Czech Republic-Portugal |work=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=11 June 2008 |access-date=9 June 2012}}

|referee=Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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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		{{suboff\|73}}
CM	17	Marek Matějovský		{{suboff\|68}}
CM	3	Jan Polák	{{yel\|22}}
RW	7	Libor Sionko
LW	20	Jaroslav Plašil		{{suboff\|84}}
CF	15	Milan Baroš
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FW	11	Stanislav Vlček		{{subon\|68}}
FW	9	Jan Koller		{{subon\|73}}
MF	14	David Jarolím		{{subon\|84}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|Karel Brückner

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GK	1	Ricardo
RB	4	José Bosingwa	{{yel\|31}}
CB	15	Pepe
CB	16	Ricardo Carvalho
LB	2	Paulo Ferreira
CM	8	Petit
CM	10	João Moutinho		{{suboff\|75}}
RW	7	Cristiano Ronaldo
AM	20	Deco
LW	11	Simão		{{suboff\|80}}
CF	21	Nuno Gomes (c)		{{suboff\|79}}
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DF	5	Fernando Meira		{{subon\|75}}
FW	9	Hugo Almeida		{{subon\|79}}
MF	17	Ricardo Quaresma		{{subon\|80}}
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Man of the Match:

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Assistant referees:

Dimitrios Bozatzidis (Greece)

Dimitrios Saraidaris (Greece)

Fourth official:

Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

Reserve assistant referee:

Adriaan Inia (Netherlands)

=Switzerland vs Turkey=

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|time=20:45

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|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/300690/

|team2={{fb|TUR}}

|goals1=

Yakin {{goal|32}}

|goals2=

Şentürk {{goal|57}}
Turan {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium=St. Jakob-Park, Basel

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|referee=Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

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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		{{suboff\|76}}
LM	16	Tranquillo Barnetta		{{suboff\|66}}
SS	10	Hakan Yakin		{{suboff\|85}}
CF	12	Eren Derdiyok	{{yel\|55}}
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FW	22	Johan Vonlanthen		{{subon\|66}}
MF	7	Ricardo Cabanas		{{subon\|76}}
FW	14	Daniel Gygax		{{subon\|85}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|Köbi Kuhn

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

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Man of the Match:

Arda Turan (Turkey)

Assistant referees:

Roman Slyško (Slovakia)

Martin Balko (Slovakia)

Fourth official:

Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Reserve assistant referee:

Hans ten Hoove (Netherlands)

=Switzerland vs Portugal=

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|time=20:45

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|goals1=

Yakin {{goal|71||83|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=St. Jakob-Park, Basel

|attendance=39,730{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD09_300698_SUI_POR_FullReport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928114036/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD09_300698_SUI_POR_FullReport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2014 |title=Full-time report Switzerland-Portugal |work=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=15 June 2008 |access-date=9 June 2012}}

|referee=Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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GK	18	Pascal Zuberbühler
RB	5	Stephan Lichtsteiner		{{suboff\|83}}
CB	20	Patrick Müller
CB	4	Philippe Senderos
LB	3	Ludovic Magnin (c)
RM	19	Valon Behrami
CM	15	Gelson Fernandes	{{yel\|90+2}}
CM	8	Gökhan Inler
LM	22	Johan Vonlanthen	{{yel\|37}}	{{suboff\|61}}
SS	10	Hakan Yakin	{{yel\|27}}	{{suboff\|86}}
CF	12	Eren Derdiyok
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MF	16	Tranquillo Barnetta	{{yel\|81}}	{{subon\|61}}
DF	13	Stéphane Grichting		{{subon\|83}}
MF	7	Ricardo Cabanas		{{subon\|86}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|Köbi Kuhn

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GK	1	Ricardo
RB	13	Miguel	{{yel\|81}}
CB	15	Pepe
CB	3	Bruno Alves
LB	2	Paulo Ferreira	{{yel\|30}}	{{suboff\|41}}
CM	5	Fernando Meira (c)	{{yel\|78}}
CM	18	Miguel Veloso		{{suboff\|71}}
CM	6	Raul Meireles
RW	17	Ricardo Quaresma
LW	19	Nani
CF	23	Hélder Postiga		{{suboff\|74}}
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DF	14	Jorge Ribeiro	{{yel\|64}}	{{subon\|41}}
MF	10	João Moutinho		{{subon\|71}}
FW	9	Hugo Almeida		{{subon\|74}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Luiz Felipe Scolari

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Man of the Match:

Hakan Yakin (Switzerland)

Assistant referees:

Egon Bereuter (Austria)

Markus Mayr (Austria)

Fourth official:

Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Reserve assistant referee:

Geir Åge Holen (Norway)

=Turkey vs Czech Republic=

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|time=20:45

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|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2008 Group A#Turkey vs Czech Republic|3–2}}

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Turan {{goal|75}}
Kahveci {{goal|87||89}}

|goals2=

Koller {{goal|34}}
Plašil {{goal|62}}

|stadium=Stade de Genève, Geneva

|attendance=29,016{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD09_300699_TUR_CZE_FullReport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718193042/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD09_300699_TUR_CZE_FullReport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2013 |title=Full-time report Turkey-Czech Republic |work=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=15 June 2008 |access-date=9 June 2012}}

|referee=Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

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GK	23	Volkan Demirel	{{sent off\|0\|90+2}}
RB	22	Hamit Altıntop
CB	13	Emre Güngör		{{suboff\|63}}
CB	2	Servet Çetin
LB	3	Hakan Balta
RM	6	Mehmet Topal	{{yel\|6}}	{{suboff\|57}}
CM	7	Mehmet Aurélio	{{yel\|10}}
CM	14	Arda Turan	{{yel\|62}}
LM	17	Tuncay Şanlı
CF	8	Nihat Kahveci (c)
CF	9	Semih Şentürk		{{suboff\|46}}
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DF	20	Sabri Sarıoğlu		{{subon\|46}}
FW	18	Colin Kazim-Richards		{{subon\|57}}
DF	15	Emre Aşık	{{yel\|73}}	{{subon\|63}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|Fatih Terim

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GK	1	Petr Čech
RB	2	Zdeněk Grygera
CB	21	Tomáš Ujfaluši (c)	{{yel\|90+4}}
CB	22	David Rozehnal
LB	6	Marek Jankulovski
DM	4	Tomáš Galásek	{{yel\|80}}
CM	17	Marek Matějovský		{{suboff\|39}}
CM	3	Jan Polák
RW	7	Libor Sionko		{{suboff\|85}}
LW	20	Jaroslav Plašil		{{suboff\|80}}
CF	9	Jan Koller
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MF	14	David Jarolím		{{subon\|39}}
DF	13	Michal Kadlec		{{subon\|80}}
FW	11	Stanislav Vlček		{{subon\|85}}
colspan=3\|Other disciplinary actions:
FW	15	Milan Baroš	{{yel\|90+5}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|Karel Brückner