Greece Euro 2008 Squad
May 29, 2008
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel kept faith with the players that took the reigning European champions to Euro 2008 when he named his 23-man squad on Wednesday.
The squad features seven of the team that started the final against Portugal four years ago, including midfielder Angelos Basinas who will captain the side in Austria and Switzerland.
Basinas hobbled off with an ankle injury in the 3-2 defeat by Hungary but will be fit enough to face Sweden in their opening game on June 10.
Veteran goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis was also a casualty in Budapest, coming off with a pulled thigh muscle, but he will also be fit to face the Swedes.
Greece Euro 2008 Squad
Goalkeepers: 1-Antonis Nikopolidis (Olympiakos Piraeus), 12-Costas Chalkias (Aris Salonika), 13-Alexandros Tzorvas (OFI Crete)
Defenders: 2-Giourkas Seitaridis (Atletico Madrid), 3-Christos Patsatzoglou (Olympiakos), 4-Nikos Spyropoulos (Panathinaikos), 5-Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens), 11-Loukas Vintra (Panathinaikos), 15-Vassilis Torosidis (Olympiakos), 16-Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), 18-Ioannis Goumas (Panathinaikos), 19- Paraskevas Antzas (Olympiakos)
Midfielders: 6-Angelos Basinas (Real Mallorca), 8-Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers), 10-Georgios Karagounis (Panathinaikos), 21-Costas Katsouranis (Benfica), 22-Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos)
Forwards: 7-Giorgios Samaras (Celtic), 9-Angelos Charisteas (Nuremberg), 14-Dimitris Salpigidis (Panathinaikos), 17-Fanis Gekas (Bayer Leverkusen), 20-Yiannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt), 23-Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK)
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Germany Euro 2008 Squad
May 29, 2008
Germany coach Joachim Loew named his final 23-man squad for Euro 2008 on Wednesday and cut the inexperienced trio of Marko Marin, Jermaine Jones and Patrick Helmes from the squad.
Marin, the 19-year-old Borussia Moenchengladbach winger, had yet to win his first cap when he was named to Loew’s provisional squad earlier this month, while Schalke midfielder Jones and Cologne striker Helmes had played just five times between them.
Loew’s team are in Group B with co-hosts Austria, Poland and Croatia.
Germany Euro 2008 Squad
Goalkeepers: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal), Robert Enke (Hanover 96), Rene Adler (Bayer Leverkusen)
Defenders: Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Marcell Jansen (Bayern Munich), Clemens Fritz (Werder Bremen), Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04)
Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart), Simon Rolfes (Bayer Leverkusen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg SV), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen), David Odonkor (Real Betis)
Forwards: Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (Bayern Munich), Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), Kevin Kuranyi (Schalke 04), Oliver Neuville (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
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Turkey Euro 2008 Squad
May 29, 2008
Turkey coach Fatih Terim has named his final squad for Euro 2008 and has withdrawn striker Halil Altintop, midfielder Yildiray Basturk and defender Ibrahim Kas.
Defender Gokhan Gonul had already been withdrawn from the provisional squad due to injury with Emre Gungor stepping up.
Turkey, who play their final warm-up match against Finland on Thursday, have been drawn in Group A alongside Portugal, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.
Turkey Euro 2008 Squad
Goalkeepers: 23-Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce), 1-Rustu Recber (Besiktas), 12-Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor)
Defenders: 20-Sabri Sarioglu (Galatasaray), 4-Gokhan Zan (Besiktas), 15-Emre Asik (Galatasaray), 2-Servet Cetin (Galatasaray), 3-Hakan Kadir Balta (Galatasaray), 16-Ugur Boral (Fenerbahce), 13-Emre Gungor (Galatasaray)
Midfielders: 7-Mehmet Aurelio (Fenerbahce), 6-Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray), 5-Emre Belozoglu (Newcastle United), 11-Tumer Metin (Larissa), 22-Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munich), 19-Ayhan Akman (Galatasaray), 14-Arda Turan (Galatasaray), 17-Tuncay Sanli (Middlesbrough), 18-Kazim Kazim (Fenerbahce), 10-Gokdeniz Karadeniz (FC Rubin Kazan)
Forwards: 8-Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal), 9-Semih Senturk (Fenerbahce), 21-Mevlut Erding (FC Sochaux)
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France Euro 2008 Squad
May 29, 2008
France Coach Raymond Domenech named his 23-man squad for Euro 2008 and Bafetimbi Gomis earned a place in France’s final 23-man squad for Euro 2008 on Wednesday, a day after celebrating his first cap with two goals in a 2-0 warm-up win over Ecuador.
Gomis had been expected to be dropped until he became the first player to score twice on his France debut since Zinedine Zidane in a 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic in 1994.
France are in Group C with world champions Italy, Netherlands and Romania at Euro 2008.
France Euro 2008 Squad
Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille).
Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Olympique Lyon), Sebastien Squillaci (Olympique Lyon), William Gallas (Arsenal), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona).
Midfielders: Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Olympique Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan).
Forwards: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyon), Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyon), Samir Nasri (Olympique Marseille), Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
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Chelsea targets Dutch midfielder Van Der Vaart
May 29, 2008
Interesting transfer news are coming out of the Premier League and it has been reported that Chelsea FC are making a move for Hamburg and Dutch International midfielder Rafael van der Vaart.
Local British newspapers have reported that sacked Chelsea boss Avram Grant is believed to have had Van der Vaart on his radar before being sacked at Stamford Bridge last weekend.
It is now believed that the Blues will press ahead with signing the players the Israeli had earmarked for this summer.
It is alos reported that the £15million-rated Hamburg captain has so far refused all offers to sign an extension to his current deal, which runs out in 2010.
BIO
Full name: Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart
Date of birth: February 11, 1983
Place of birth: Heemskerk, Netherlands
Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position: Attacking Midfielder,Forward
Current club: Hamburger SV
Number: 23
Previous Clubs
2000–2005: Ajax
2005– Hamburger SV
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