Saturday 7 June 2008
Switzerland 0-1 Czech Republic
Basel - St. Jakob-Park


Portugal 2-0 Turkey
Geneva - Stade de Genève
Scorers: Pepe 61, Raul Meireles 90+3

PORTUGAL	STATS	TURKEY
2	Goals scored	0
0	Yellow card	3
0	Red card	0
8	Shots on goal	1
4	Shots wide	4
10	Fouls committed	24
7	Corners	5
6	Offsides	3
52%	Ball Possession	48%

STARTING LINEUP (SUBSTITUTION)
1 Ricardo
2 Paulo Ferreira
4 Bosingwa
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
8 Petit
10 João Moutinho
11 Simão (6 Raul Meireles, 83)
15 Pepe
16 Ricardo Carvalho
20 Deco (5 Fernando Meira, 90+2)
21 Nuno Gomes (19 Nani, 69)


Wednesday 11 June 2008
Czech Republic 1-3 Portugal
Geneva - Stade de Genève
Scorers: Deco 8, C. Ronaldo 63, Quaresma 90+1

CZECH REP.	STATS	PORTUGAL
1	Goals scored	3
1	Yellow card	1
0	Red card	0
2	Shots on goal	11
7	Shots wide	4
16	Fouls committed	15
6	Corners	6
0	Offsides	3
40%	Ball Possession	60%

STARTING LINEUP (SUBSTITUTION)
1 Ricardo
2 Paulo Ferreira
4 Bosingwa [Y]
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
8 Petit
10 João Moutinho (5 Fernando Meira, 75)
11 Simão (17 Ricardo Quaresma, 80)
15 Pepe
16 Ricardo Carvalho
20 Deco
21 Nuno Gomes (9 Hugo Almeida, 79)


Switzerland 1-2 Turkey
Basel - St. Jakob-Park


Sunday 15 June 2008
Switzerland 2-0 Portugal
Basel - St. Jakob-Park

SWITZ.	STATS	PORTUGAL
2	Goals scored	0
4	Yellow card	4
0	Red card	0
8	Shots on goal	5
5	Shots wide	2
26	Fouls committed	27
5	Corners	2
1	Offsides	6
47%	Ball Possession	53%

STARTING LINEUP (SUBSTITUTION)
1 Ricardo
2 Paulo Ferreira [Y](14 Jorge Ribeiro [Y], 41)
3 Bruno Alves
5 Fernando Meira [Y]
6 Raul Meireles
13 Miguel [Y]
15 Pepe
17 Ricardo Quaresma
18 Miguel Veloso (10 João Moutinho, 71)
19 Nani
23 Hélder Postiga (9 Hugo Almeida, 74)


Turkey 3-2 Czech Republic
Geneva - Stade de Genève

Quarter-Finals
Thursday 19 June 2008
Portugal 2-3 Germany
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
Scorers: Nuno Gomes 40, Postiga 87

PORTUGAL	STATS	GERMANY
2	Goals scored	3
3	Yellow card	2
0	Red card	0
6	Shots on goal	5
12	Shots wide	5
11	Fouls committed	15
8	Corners	3
2	Offsides	2
57%	Ball Possession	43%

STARTING LINEUP (SUBSTITUTION)
1 Ricardo
2 Paulo Ferreira
4 Bosingwa
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
8 Petit [Y](Hélder Postiga [Y], 73)
10 João Moutinho (Raul Meireles, 31)
11 Simão
15 Pepe [Y]
16 Ricardo Carvalho
20 Deco
21 Nuno Gomes (Nani, 67)

TEAM PROFILE

ROSTER

Coach
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Goalkeepers
Ricardo(1)
Quim (12) [replaced by Nuno Espírito Santo]
Rui Patrício (22)

Defenders
Paulo Ferreira (2)
Bruno Alves (3)
Bosingwa (4)
Fernando Meira (5)
Miguel (13)
Jorge Ribeiro (14)
Pepe (15)
Ricardo Carvalho (16)

Midfielders
Raul Meireles (6)
Petit (8)
João Moutinho (10)
Simão (11)
Ricardo Quaresma (17)
Miguel Veloso (18)
Nani (19)
Deco (20)

Forwards
Cristiano Ronaldo (7)
Hugo Almeida (9)
Nuno Gomes (21)
Hélder Postiga (23)

TEAM KITS


TEAM BUS

Este autocarro é movido a Vontade de Vencer
(This coach is driven by the Will to Win)

EUROPEAN CUP FACTS ABOUT PORTUGAL

4 Appearances (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Best finish
- 2nd place (2004)
- 3rd place (2000)
- 3rd place (1984)
- Quarter-Finals (1996)

How did they perform in UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying?
• Portugal lost only one game in Group A, the only section with eight teams, but had to endure a nervous finale before claiming their place in the finals as runners-up to Poland.
• After clinging on for a 1-1 draw with Finland with ten men in their opening game, Portugal won 3-0 against Azerbaijan but then lost 2-1 in Poland.
• Progress was to be sporadic thereafter, despite winger Cristiano Ronaldo contributing eight goals. Portugal dropped some unexpected points, drawing 1-1 home and away against Serbia, 2-2 at home against Poland and – worst of all – 1-1 away against a surprisingly troublesome Armenia.
• Incidents following the 1-1 home draw with Serbia led coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to be banned from the touchline for three games, but Portugal won all three matches with his assistant Flávio Teixeira on the bench, meaning they needed only to avoid defeat in their final game against Finland in Porto to progress.
• With Finland knowing a win would likely see them qualify in Portugal's place, it was a tense affair, but a 0-0 draw sufficed for the home side, with Scolari saying: "I know we have to improve for the finals."

How did they perform in the 2006 FIFA World Cup?
• Advanced to their second successive FIFA World Cup finals by topping the standings in their qualifying round group ahead of Slovakia and Russia.
• Won nine and drew three of their 12 games in the qualifiers, winning all of their six games on home soil with 24 goals scored and two conceded.
• With 30 points from 12 outings, Portugal finished joint second with England (25 points from 10 matches) in terms of their average points per match ratio – 2.5 – with the Netherlands posting the best match average (2.67).
• Portugal enjoyed a successful campaign at the finals in Germany, finishing the tournament in fourth position.
• Group victories against Angola (1-0), Iran (2-0) and Mexico (2-1) were followed by the 1-0 second-round defeat of the Netherlands.
• Portugal made it to the semi-finals after a 3-1 penalty win against England but had their path halted by a 1-0 loss to France, before losing 3-1 in the third-place play-off to Germany.

How did they perform in UEFA EURO 2004™?
• Beaten finalists, having also hosted the event. Portugal lost their opening and closing matches to Greece but won all their other matches in between.
• Bounced back from their opening match loss to Greece to defeat Russia (2-0) and Spain (1-0) to top the group standings. Overcame England in the quarter-finals on penalties after the sides shared a 2-2 draw and then beat the Netherlands 2-1 to claim their place in the final.
• Greek striker Angelos Charisteas' 57th-minute goal separated the sides at the Estádio da Luz in the final as Portugal failed to follow the example of Spain (1964), Italy (1968) and France (1984) in winning the competition on home soil.

What is their best performance in the UEFA European Championship?
• Portugal's best performance to date in the competition came in 2004 when they lost in the final to Greece. Prior to that, Portugal had appeared in two semi-finals where they lost on both occasions to France.
• The two sides met in 1984 where France won 3-2 in an extra-time thriller at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille before defeating Spain in the final.
• Sixteen years later, on this occasion at Brussels' Roi Baudouin stadium, France prevailed 2-1 against Portugal, again after extra time, before defeating Italy in the final four days later.

Key facts
• Portugal have appeared in the last four UEFA European Championship finals having first qualified for the finals in 1984.

All-time record
• Up until the end of UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying, Portugal had played 108 matches in their 13 participations in the UEFA European Championship, winning 58, drawing 26 and losing 24 with 183 goals scored and 98 conceded.
• Portugal's record victories to date in the competition have come via two 8-0 defeats of Liechtenstein on 18 December 1994 and 9 June 1999. The latter match saw both João Pinto and Sá Pinto scoring hat-tricks.
• Their record defeats in the competition have come courtesy of 5-0 away defeats at the hands of Czechoslovakia (30 April 1975) and the Soviet Union (27 April 1983).