Squad list Austria Euro2008

    * GoalkeepersChristian Gratzei
    * Jürgen Macho
    * Alex Manninger
    * Helge Payer »

    * DefendersAndreas Dober »
    * Ronald Gercaliu »
    * Martin Hiden »
    * Andreas Ibertsberger »
    * Markus Katzer »
    * Jürgen Patocka »
    * Emanuel Pogatetz »
    * Sebastian Prödl »
    * Franz Schiemer »
    * Joachim Standfest »
    * Martin Stranzl »

    * MidfieldersRené Aufhauser »
    * Christian Fuchs »
    * György Garics »
    * Andreas Ivanschitz »
    * Ümit Korkmaz »
    * Christoph Leitgeb »
    * Jürgen Säumel »
    * Markus Weissenberger »

    * ForwardsMartin Harnik »
    * Erwin Hoffer »
    * Marc Janko »
    * Roman Kienast »
    * Saniel Kuljic »
    * Roland Linz »
    * Stefan Maierhofer »
    * Ivica Vastic »

Last updated: 24/05/2008 13:02

After the vote from the public of the two host nation, trix and flix were chosen with 36.7% vote.  the other  name option were zagi and zigi or flitz and bitz. if you were voter what would you choose?

Switzerland will play all of its group-stage matches at Basel, and Austria will play all of its group-stage matches at Vienna.

In 2004, the Zürich venue became a problem for the organisers. Originally, the Hardturm stadium was to be renovated and used as the city’s venue, but legal challenges delayed the plan to a point that would not have allowed the ground to be used in 2008. This created a problem, as the agreement between UEFA and the organizers stipulated that four venues would be used in each country. The problem was solved when the organizers proposed renovating Letzigrund instead; UEFA approved the revised plan in January 2005. The Letzigrund stadium hosted its first football match on 23 September 2007.

Austria

A new trophy will be awarded to the winners of the Euro 2008 tournament. The new version of the Henri Delaunay Trophy, created by Asprey London,[2] is almost an exact replica of the original designed by Arthus-Bertrand. A small figure juggling a ball on the back of the original has been removed, as has the marble plinth. The silver base of the trophy also had to be enlarged to make it stable. The names of the winning countries that had appeared on the plinth have now been engraved on the back of the trophy, which is made of sterling silver, weighs 8 kilograms and is 60 centimetres tall.(wikipedia.org)

 
Italy and France, the two main attractions at the 2006 World Cup, are among the teams that have secured a place at the Euro 2008 finals, followed by the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Portugal and Spain. The Czech Republic, Russia, Romania, Croatia Germany, Greece and Sweden are also among the 16 teams who have qualified.  Group C, “Group of Death”, in which we have the world champions and the vice-champions but also two strong European national teams: the Netherlands and Romania.

The UEFA Euro Cup 2008 groups are listed below: