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All the information about the Azzurri team and its participation in the 2008 European Nations Championship |
UEFA EUROPEAN NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Henry Delaunay Cup The 13th Edition Austria / Switzerland - June 2008 |
UEFA is again organizing the 13th edition of the European Nations Championships, a competition that joins all the national teams in Europe in trying to qualify for the final stages of the tournament, which then crowns one nation as the European Champion that wins the Henry Delaunay Cup. The competition evolved slowly with the first five editions (1960-1976) having only the last four matches hosted in one country. This changed from the sixth edition onwards (1980-today) for a full tournament of 16 teams. The first two editions (1960-1964) were called the 'European Cup' but since the third edition (1968) the tournament started to be called the 'European Nations Championships'. For the second time, the European Nations Championship is being co-hosted by two countries - Austria and Switzerland. This is the first time both countries are hosting the European Championship, although Switzerland had hosted the 1954 World Cup. Italy won the competition in 1968 and finished runner-up in 2000 when they lost in the Extra-Time with the Golden Goal. They also finished twice in the fourth position - 1980 and 1988. The European Nations Championship was hosted by Italy in 1968 and 1980. The predecessor of this European competition was the 'Coppa Internazionale' that was played between the Central European Nations between 1927 and 1960. The competition was played on a home/away basis and reached six editions. Italy won two of them (first edition - 1930 and third edition - 1935) and finished second in another (second edition - 1932). |
Qualification, Group 2 - Results and Final Standings |
16-08-2006 Faroe Isl. vs Georgia 02-09-2006 Georgia vs France 02-09-2006 Italy vs Lithuania 02-09-2006 Scotland vs Faroe Isl. 06-09-2006 Ukraine vs Georgia 06-09-2006 Lithuania vs Scotland 06-09-2006 France vs Italy 07-10-2006 Italy vs Ukraine 07-10-2006 Scotland vs France 07-10-2006 Faroe Isl. vs Lithuania 11-10-2006 Ukraine vs Scotland 11-10-2006 Georgia vs Italy 11-10-2006 France vs Faroe Isl. 24-03-2007 Scotland vs Georgia 24-03-2007 Faroe Isl. vs Ukraine 24-03-2007 Lithuania vs France 28-03-2007 Ukraine vs Lithuania 28-03-2007 Georgia vs Faroe Isl. 28-03-2007 Italy vs Scotland 02-06-2007 Faroe Isl. vs Italy 02-06-2007 Lithuania vs Georgia |
0-6 0-3 1-1 6-0 3-2 1-2 3-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-3 5-0 2-1 0-2 0-1 1-0 3-1 2-0 1-2 1-0 |
02-06-2007 France vs Ukraine 06-06-2007 France vs Georgia 06-06-2007 Lithuania vs Italy 06-06-2007 Faroe Isl. vs Scotland 08-09-2007 Georgia vs Ukraine 08-09-2007 Scotland vs Lithuania 08-09-2007 Italy vs France 12-09-2007 Ukraine vs Italy 12-09-2007 France vs Scotland 12-09-2007 Lithuania vs Faroe Isl. 13-10-2007 Scotland vs Ukraine 13-10-2007 Italy vs Georgia 13-10-2007 Faroe Isl. vs France 17-10-2007 Georgia vs Scotland 17-10-2007 Ukraine vs Faroe Isl. 17-10-2007 France vs Lithuania 17-11-2007 Lithuania vs Ukraine 17-11-2007 Scotland vs Italy 21-11-2007 Italy vs Faroe Isl. 21-11-2007 Georgia vs Lithuania 21-11-2007 Ukraine vs France |
2-0 1-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 3-1 0-0 1-2 0-1 2-1 3-1 2-0 0-6 2-0 5-0 2-0 2-0 1-2 3-1 0-2 2-2 |
POINTS GAMES WINS DRAWS LOST GOALS+ GOALS- |
ITALY FRANCE SCOTLAND UKRAINE LITHUANIA GEORGIA FAROE ISL. |
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
29 26 24 17 16 10 0 |
9 8 8 5 5 3 0 |
2 2 0 2 1 1 0 |
1 2 4 5 6 8 12 |
22 25 21 18 11 16 4 |
9 5 12 16 13 19 43 |
THE WORLD CHAMPIONS |
The Final Positions of the Azzurri in the Euros |
EDITION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
YEAR 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 |
HOST France Spain Italy Belgium Yugoslavia Italy France West Germany Sweden England Belgium/Netherlands Portugal Austria/Switzerland |
WINNER U.S.S.R. Spain Italy West Germany Czechoslovakia West Germany France Netherlands Denmark Germany France Greece ? |
ITALY (Final Position) No Participation First Round European Champions Quarter Finals Qualification Round 3/4 Place Final Qualification Round 3/4 Place Final Qualification Round First Round Final First Round ? |
RANK -- 16th 1st 6th -- 4th -- 4th -- 10th 2nd 9th ? |
History: |
EURO 2008 |
The Azzurri used in the qualification games |
GAMES 11 BUFFON Gianluigi (Juventus) 11 CANNAVARO Fabio (Real Madrid) 11 PIRLO Andrea (MIlan) 10 ODDO Massimo (Lazio/Milan) 9 DE ROSSI Daniele (Roma) 9 GATTUSO Gennaro Ivan (Milan) 8 DI NATALE Antonio (Udinese) 8 PERROTTA Simone (Roma) 8 ZAMBROTTA Gian Luca (Barcelona) 7 BARZAGLI Andrea (Palermo) 6 CAMORANESI Mauro German (Juventus) 6 INZAGHI Filippo (Milan) 6 QUAGLIARELLA Fabio (Sampdoria/Udinese) 6 TONI Luca (Fiorentina/Bayern Munich) 5 AMBROSINI Massimo (Milan) 5 DEL PIERO Alessandro (Juventus) 5 IAQUINTA Vincenzo (Udinese/Juventus) 5 MATERAZZI Marco (Inter) 4 GROSSO Fabio (Inter/Olympique Lyon) 3 GILARDINO Alberto (Milan) 3 PANUCCI Christian (Roma) 2 CASSANO Antonio (Real Madrid) 2 CHIELLINI Giorgio (Juventus) 2 DI MICHELE David (Palermo) 2 LUCARELLI Cristiano (Livorno/Shakhtar Donetsk) 2 MAURI Stefano (Lazio) |
1 AMELIA Marco (Livorno) 1 AQUILANI Alberto (Roma) 1 BONERA Daniele (Milan) 1 DIANA Aimo Stefano (Palermo) 1 FOGGIA Pasquale (Cagliari) 1 MARCHIONNI Marco (Juventus) 1 NESTA Alessandro (Milan) 1 PALLADINO Raffaele (Juventus) 1 ROCCHI Tommaso (Lazio) 1 SEMIOLI Franco (Chievo Verona) 1 TONETTO Max (Roma) GOALS 5 TONI Luca (Fiorentina/Bayern Munich) 3 INZAGHI Filippo (Milan) 2 DI NATALE Antonio (Udinese) 2 QUAGLIARELLA Fabio (Sampdoria) 1 CAMORANESI Mauro German (Juventus) 1 CHIELLINI Giorgio (Juventus) 1 DE ROSSI Daniele (Roma) 1 GILARDINO Alberto (Milan) 1 GROSSO Fabio (Olympique Lyon) 1 ODDO Massimo (Lazio) 1 PANUCCI Christian (Roma) 1 PERROTTA Simone (Roma) 1 PIRLO Andrea (Milan) CAPTAINS 11 CANNAVARO Fabio (Real Madrid) 1 BUFFON Gianluigi (Juventus) COACH DONADONI Roberto - 12 games |
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Italy, although favorites, lost their bid to host the Euro 2012 to Poland/Ukraine. During the vote by the UEFA Executive Council, Italy received 4 votes to the winners 8. The other finalists, Hungary/Croatia obtained zero votes. |
The mascots of this edition are the talented twins Trix and Flix from the magical valley of the Austrian and Swiss mountains. Wearing the red and white colours of both hosting countries, Trix - in the white shirt, is relaxed and impulsive whilst Flix - in the red shirt, is controlled and organised. The twins were created by Warner Bros and their names were chosen by popluar vote in which 67,406 Austrian and Swiss football fans participated. Trix & Flix won by 36.3%, followed by Flitz & Bitz with 33.7% and Zagi & Zigi with 30%. |
All the Azzurri who contributed for the Qualification |
Gianluigi BUFFON (Juventus) 11 games 1 Captained Game 1 Unused Call-Up |
Fabio CANNAVARO (Real Madrid) 11 games 11 Captained Game |
Andrea PIRLO (Milan) 11 games 1 Goal 1 Unused Call-Up |
Massimo ODDO (Lazio / Milan) 10 games 1 Goal 2 Unused Call-Up |
Daniele DE ROSSI (Roma) 9 games 1 Goal 3 Unused Call-Up |
Gennaro Ivan GATTUSO (Milan) 9 games 1 Unused Call-Up |
Antonio DI NATALE (Udinese) 8 games 2 Goals 2 Unused Call-Up |
Simone PERROTTA (Roma) 8 games 1 Goal 2 Unused Call-Up |
Gian Luca ZAMBROTTA (Barcelona) 8 games 3 Unused Call-Up |
Andrea BARZAGLI (Palermo) 7 games 5 Unused Call-Up |
Mauro German CAMORANESI (Juventus) 6 games 1 Goal 1 Unused Call-Up |
Filippo INZAGHI (Milan) 6 games 3 Goals 2 Unused Call-Up |
Alessandro DEL PIERO (Juventus) 5 games 2 Unused Call-Up |
Massimo AMBROSINI (Milan) 5 games 4 Unused Call-Up |
Luca TONI (Fiorentina - Bayern Munich) 6 games 5 Goals 1 Unused Call-Up |
Fabio QUAGLIARELLA (Sampdoria / Udinese) 6 games 2 Goals 2 Unused Call-Up |
Vincenza IAQUINTA (Udinese / Juventus) 5 games 1 Unused Call-Up |
Marco MATERAZZI (Inter) 5 games |
Fabio GROSSO (Inter / Olympique Lyon) 4 games 1 Goal 4 Unused Call-Up |
Alberto GILARDINO (Milan) 3 games 1 Goal 2 Unused Call-Up |
Davide DI MICHELE (Palermo) 2 games 2 Unused Call-Up |
Giorgio CHIELLINI (Juventus) 2 games 1 Goal 3 Unused Call-Up |
Antonio CASSANO (Real Madrid) 2 games |
Christian PANUCCI (Roma) 3 games 1 Goal 2 Unused Call-Up |
Alberto AQUILANI (Roma) 1 game 1 Unused Call-Up |
Marco AMELIA (Livorno) 1 game 11 Unused Call-Up |
Stefano MAURI (Lazio) 2 games 2 Unused Call-Up |
Cristiano LUCARELLI (Livorno / Shakhtar Donetsk) 2 games 5 Unused Call-Up |
Marco MARCHIONNI (Juventus) 1 game 1 Unused Call-Up |
Pasquale FOGGIA (Cagliari) 1 game 2 Unused Call-Up |
Aimo Stefano DIANA (Palermo) 1 game 1 Unused Call-Up |