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UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament

June 30th, 2008 by SM Dev (ste)

Euro 2008 has now officially ended, and UEFA have named their UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament. Before I continue with this article I would like to congratulate Spain on claiming their second trophy, and the style of football they played in the final (and during the rest of the competition) epitomized the way the game should be played.

The UEFA Technical Team named its UEFA EURO 2008 Team of the Tournament, and it is no surprise that no fewer than nine Spanish players were named in the final 23. The UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament is:

  • Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands).
  • Defenders: Bosingwa (Portugal), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Carlos Marchena (Spain), Pepe (Portugal), Carles Puyol (Spain), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia).
  • Midfielders: Hamit Altıntop (Turkey), Luka Modrić (Croatia), Marcos Senna (Spain), Xavi Hernández (Spain), Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Cesc Fàbregas (Spain), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Lukas Podolski (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands).
  • Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia), Fernando Torres (Spain), David Villa (Spain).

If you would like to know how they came to their decision then you can visit this link from their official site.

The UEFA Technical Team also named Xavi Hernández as their UEFA EURO 2008 Player of the Tournament. Personally I would have given that accolade to his compatriot Marcos Senna who protected the best defence in the tournament, and provided a base which allowed arguably the most creative midfield in international football to express themselves. Senna was also the glue that held together the rightful winners, reading the play expertly and starting the majority of Spain’s fluid attacks.

Do you agree with  the UEFA Technical Teams UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament?

Well carrying on from the above I would like to offer you my starting XI of the tournament using a 4-1-4-1 formation:

  • Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Spain).
  • Defenders: Hamit Altıntop (Turkey), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia), Carlos Marchena (Spain), Carles Puyol (Spain).
  • Midfielders: Marcos Senna (Spain), Xavi Hernández (Spain), Michael Ballack (Germany), Lukas Podolski (Germany), Andrei Arshavin (Russia).
  • Forwards: David Villa (Spain).
  • Subs Bench: Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands), Cesc Fàbregas (Spain), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), Luka Modric (Croatia), Semih Şentürk (Turkey), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia).

Who would be included in your starting XI of the tournament, and who would you say your Player of the Tournament was?



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  • 1. James  |  June 30th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    Casillas

    Ramos—Boulharouz—Marchena—Lahm

    Iniesta————Senna————-Sneijder

    Fabregas———–Modric

    David Villa

    Subs:
    VDS
    Capdevila
    Puyol
    Kuyt
    Xavi
    Nihat
    Arshavin

  • 2. Stephen G  |  June 30th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    Casillas

    bosingwa puyol pepe zhirkov

    sneijder senna ballack iniesta

    pavlyuchenko villa

    SUBS:
    van der sar
    boulharouz
    marchena
    van der vaart
    xavi
    arshavin
    torres

  • 3. Niall  |  June 30th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    I think that Iniesta was better than Xavi ans Marcos Senna

  • 4. Zia A  |  June 30th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    Casillas

    Ramos Puyol Marchena Zhrikov

    Senna

    Iniesta Sneijder Ballack Silva

    Villa

    Subs:
    Van Der Sar
    Bosingwa
    Altintop
    Iniesta
    Fabregas
    Arshavin
    Torres

  • 5. Dale  |  June 30th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    i think turan arda of turkey had a cracking tournament and was the heartbeat of the team, one of the main reasons they got to the semi was due to his outstanding performances even at the age of 21! i think aleksander anyukov also had a good tournament, zhirkov faded towards the end

  • 6. Dakota  |  June 30th, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Casillas

    Bosingwa Marchena Pepe Lahm

    Senna

    Kazim Richards Xavi Mountino Snejder

    Villa

    Subs
    Van Der Sa
    Puyol
    Zambrotta
    Silva
    Iniesta
    Nistlerooy

  • 7. Ollie Henchman  |  June 30th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    Casillas

    Boulahrouz Puyol Marchena Lahm

    Iniesta Sneijder Van der vaart Silva

    Torres Villa

    Subs
    Buffon, Pepe, Boswinga, Ballack, Fabregas, Kuyt, Arshavin

  • 8. Dan  |  June 30th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Gk: Casillas

    Def: Bosingwa, Ramos, Zhirkov, Lahm

    Mid: Arda, Iniesta, Sneijder, Mehmet Auerlio

    Str: Semih, Villa

    Subs: Van der sar, puyol, altintop, ballack, torres

  • 9. FOOTBALL MAN  |  June 30th, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    4-3-3 Dream Team Euro 2008

    LEHMANN
    PEPE
    BRONKHORST
    LAHM
    BOSWINGA
    RONALDO
    SNEIJDER
    BALLACK
    VILLA
    PODOLSKI
    TORRES

  • 10. tomwestbrom  |  June 30th, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    GK:CASILLAS
    DEF:RAMOS-PUYOL-PEPE-ZHIRKOV
    MID: SNEIJDER-FABREGAS-SENNA
    ATK: VILLA-TORRES

    LAHM WAS USELESS IN THE FINAL!
    BOSINGWA WAS NOTHING SPECIAL!
    PALYCHENKO MISSED GOOD CHANCES BUT DID WELL
    SENNA WAS AMAZING
    I THINK KUYT WAS GD FOR HOLLAND!

  • 11. Raz Mawson  |  June 30th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    GK:CASILLAS
    DEF:RAMOS-PUYOL-PEPE-ZHIRKOV
    MID: SNEIJDER-FABREGAS-SENNA
    ATK: VILLA-TORRES

    LAHM WAS USELESS IN THE FINAL!
    BOSINGWA WAS NOTHING SPECIAL!
    PALYCHENKO MISSED GOOD CHANCES BUT DID WELL
    SENNA WAS AMAZING
    I THINK KUYT WAS GD FOR HOLLAND!

  • 12. Sakti  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    Buffon

    Ramos Puyol Chellini Evra

    Senna

    Pirlo

    Kuyt Podolski

    Arshavin

    Torres

    Subs:
    Casilas
    Grosso
    Ribery
    Iniesta
    Ruud Van Nistelrooy

  • 13. Dargine  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    3-2-2-2-1

    van der Sar

    Boulahrouz - Sergio Ramos - Zhirkov

    de Jong - Senna

    Fabregas ————— Sneijder

    Arshavin - Podolski

    David Villa

    Subs: Casillas, van Bronckhorst, Lahm, Anyukov, Pavlyuchenko, Schweinsteiger, Semih Senturk, Derdiyok, Modric, van Nistelrooij.

  • 14. tk  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    yeablud

  • 15. luca CHAVEZ  |  June 30th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    this is the best 11

    casilias

    lahm,pepe,puyol.zhirkov
    swinsteiger,fabregas,inesta,sneijder
    david villa, arshavin

    subs podolski, pavlyuchenko, senna, van der sar, nihat, xavi

    this is best team not a team done just cause of there names.. take any of these players out their team n their team would of got no where

  • 16. jack  |  June 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    ………………………..Casillias…………………………..

    …….Bosingwa…Ramos….Pepe….Zhirkov………

    …………………………Senna…………………………….

    ……..Sneijder………Ballack………Podolski………..

    …………………………Arsharvin……………………….

    ……………………………..Villa……………………………

    Subs: Buffon,Lahm,Gio,Marchena,Arda,Xavi,
    Iniesta,Schweinsteiger,Modric,Torres,
    Pavlyuchenko.

  • 17. Musty  |  June 30th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    EURO 2008 BEST 11
    (4-4-2)
    CASILLAS
    LAHM
    PUYOL
    SERGIO RAMOS
    ZAMBROTTA
    ROBBEN
    SNEIDJER
    FABREGAS
    DAVID SILVA
    PODOLSKI
    DAVID VILLA

  • 18. MrMartinez  |  June 30th, 2008 at 7:04 pm

    Boruc

    Boswinga Pepe Marchena Zhirkov

    Snejder Xavi Gio Arshavin

    Villa Podolski

  • 19. Corty  |  June 30th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    My Euro 2008 Best Team.
    4-5-1

    Casillas
    ramos marchena pepe lahm
    senna
    Ineista Xavi Sneijder
    Arshavin
    Villa

  • 20. JULIUS  |  June 30th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    A)
    CASILLAS
    RAMOS-PUYOL-PEPE-ZHIRKOV
    SNEIJDER-SENNA-FABREGAS-XAVI
    VILLA-ARSHAVIN

    B)
    VAN DER SAAR
    ALTINTOP-MARCHENA-CHIELINI-LAHM
    PODOLSKI-BALLACK-INIESTA-SWEINSTEIGER
    TORREZ-PAVLYUCHENKO

    C)
    BUFFON
    BOSINGWA-BOULAHRUZ-KOVAC R-VAN BRONKHORST
    MODRIC-ARDA-SILVA D-DECO
    VAN NISTRELOY-SEMIH

  • 21. sammeboy  |  June 30th, 2008 at 8:49 pm

    Casillas

    Corluka - Puyol - Marchena - Zhirkov

    M Senna - Ballack - D Silva

    Sneijder

    Villa - Arshavin

  • 22. William  |  June 30th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    Casillas
    Anyukov__Pepe__ Marchena__Zhirkov
    Senna
    Nihat___ Fabregas__Sneijder____Arshavin
    Pavlyuchenko
    SUBS:
    Buffon
    Puyol
    Semih Senturk
    Xavi
    Villa
    Torres
    Modric

  • 23. Craig Wright  |  June 30th, 2008 at 9:55 pm

    —————- Casillas———————

    Lahm ———- Puyol ————-Zhirkov
    —————– Frings———————

    Iniesta — Sneijder — Ballack — Podolski

    —— Arshavin ————————–
    ———————- Villa —————-

    Subs

    GK Buffon
    DF Pepe
    DF Anyukov
    MD De Jong
    MD Arda Turan
    FW Paylyuchenko
    FW Semih Senturk

  • 24. Rowgy  |  June 30th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    What happened to metersacker i think he performed better than puyol in this tournament?

    Buffon
    RAMOS metersacker Pepe Lahm
    Senna
    Sneijder — Ballack — Podolski
    Pavlyuchenko
    Villa

    subs
    Casillas
    Puyol
    Xavi
    Schweinsteiger
    Arshavin
    Klose
    Torres

  • 25. Simon Brindley  |  June 30th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    casillas

    ramos pepe marchena lahm

    iniesta fabregas joao moutinho david silva

    fernando torres arshavin

  • 26. Simon Brindley  |  June 30th, 2008 at 11:04 pm

    Btw mertesacker I thought had a bad tournament, metzelder was better…but both were poor users of the ball as the commentators picked up on. Marchena had a good tournament as well as Ramos

  • 27. Jawad  |  July 1st, 2008 at 8:25 am

    The Best In Euro 2008
    GK: CASILLAS
    DF : RAMOS—–PUYOL—–MERTESACKER—–LAHM
    MD: ALTINTOP–BALLACK–XAVI–SENNA–ARSHAVIN
    F : VILLA
    subs
    LEHMANN
    BORAL
    INIESTA
    PAVLYUCHENKO
    NIHAT
    van NISTELROOY

  • 28. Stevie D  |  July 1st, 2008 at 9:42 am

    ———————-Casillas - Player of the tournament

    Ramos—–Puyol——–Pepe———Zhirkov

    —————-Senna—————–
    ———Iniesta—Xavi—-Arshavin

    ———Villa——— Pavlyuchenko

  • 29. Chris Munroe  |  July 1st, 2008 at 10:35 am

    —————————–Casillas——————————–
    Bosingwa——————Puyol—————————Lahm
    ——————————-Xavi———————————-
    Sneijder——————–Ballack———————-Podolski
    —————————-Arshavin——————————-
    —————Pavlyuchenko————Villa———————

    ^Thats my team, and with those players to choose from, I’d say Ballack was the star player, although in fact Bastian Schweinsteiger should have been in the team of the tournament let alone the star player…smh.

  • 30. Filipe  |  July 1st, 2008 at 11:53 am

    Casillas
    Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Puyol, Zhirkov
    senna, Deco, Xavi, Sjneider
    Arshavin
    Villa

  • 31. timmy c  |  July 1st, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    buffon
    anyukov————–ramos–puyol————–grosso

    senna
    xavi
    iniesta——————————ballack

    villa————–poodolski

    subs_______
    casillas
    ghiellini
    frings
    torres
    pavlounchenko
    fabregas
    arshavin
    sneijder

    xavi player of da tournament but surprise’s were frings and poodolski
    most improved player as the tournament went on was silva

  • 32. ousman  |  July 1st, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    casillas
    ramos puyol pepe lahm
    iniesta fabregas xavi sneijder
    torres villa

  • 33. samiboi  |  July 1st, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    Casilias
    ramos puyol pepe lahm
    senna
    sneijder xavi podolski
    arshavin
    villa

  • 34. musti  |  July 1st, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    cassilas (gk)

    ramos (rb) bosingwa (cb) puyol (cb) lahm (lb

    senna (dm)

    h. altintop (rm) fabregas (lm)

    xavi (am)

    arshavin (st) villa (st)

  • 35. JORDAN  |  July 1st, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    casilas

    ramos marchena pepe altintop

    arshavin xavi ballack iniesta

    Villa Torres

  • 36. Jake  |  July 1st, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    Akinfeev
    Ramos
    Puyol
    Pepe
    Capdevilla
    Arshavin
    Xavi
    Iniesta
    Ronaldo
    Villa
    Pavlychenko

  • 37. wadzy  |  July 1st, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    casilas
    ramos/mertersaker/lahm/van bronkorst/
    ronaldo/arshavin/fabragas/D.silva
    vila/ podolski?

  • 38. bob  |  July 1st, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    Wadzy, why Ronaldo? he was hopeless during the Euro’s?

  • 39. DB  |  July 2nd, 2008 at 6:37 am

    Iker Casillas (Spain)

    Sergio Ramos (Spain)
    Pepe (Portugal)
    Carlos Puyol (Spain)
    Yuri Zhirkov (Russia)

    Andrei Arshavin (Russia)
    Marcos Senna (Spain)
    Cesc Fabregas (Spain)
    Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)

    Lukas Podolski (Germany)
    David Villa (Spain)

    Subs
    Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
    Carlos Marchena (Spain)
    Gio Van Bronckhorst (Netherlands)
    Xavi (Spain)
    Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
    Fernando Torres (Spain)
    Semih Şentürk (Turkey)

  • 40. dizFaris  |  July 2nd, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    Cassilas(esp)

    Ramos(esp) - Marchena(esp) - Metzelder(ger) - Zhirkov(rus)

    Xavi(esp) - Sneijder(nthrlnd) - Arshavin(rus) - Schweinsteiger(ger)

    Villa(esp) - D.Guiza(esp)

    Subs
    Van Der Sar(nthrlnd)
    Puyol(esp)
    Kolodin(rus)
    Iniesta(esp)
    Silva(esp)
    Nihat(trky)
    Torres(esp)

  • 41. Tom  |  July 2nd, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    I agree with Dale, Turan Arda had an outstanding tournament

  • 42. Harps Dhaliwal  |  July 2nd, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    EURO 2008 TOP XI
    Formation: 4-5-1
    Manager: Guus Hiddink (RUS)

    GK: Gianluigi BUFFON (ITA)
    RB: Garcia SERGIO RAMOS (ESP)
    CB: Giorgio CHIELLINI (ITA)
    CB: Carles PUYOL (ESP)
    LB: Philipp LAHM (GER)
    DM: Antonio MARCOS SENNA (ESP)
    RM: Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER (GER)
    CM: Wesley SNEIJDER (HOL)
    LM: Arjen ROBBEN (HOL)
    AM: Andrei ARSHAVIN (RUS)
    CF: José FERNANDO TORRES (ESP)

    Spain supplying the most players with 4, followed by Germany, Holland and Italy with 2 each.

    Real Madrid supplying 3 players, Juventus and Bayern Munich with 2 players each, Barcelona, Liverpool, Villarreal and Zenit St. Petersburg with 1 player each.

  • 43. Sean  |  July 2nd, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    spain were definitely the best team but their defence was very dogey espeically ramos
    my team :GK buffon DF bosingawa servet chiellini lahm
    MF pirlo xavi fabregas arshavin ST villa torres
    SUBS:casilias kovac altintop senna nihat van persie pavlyuchenko

  • 44. Conor  |  July 2nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    van der sar

    bosingwa, ramos, pepe, lahm

    Senna(holding), deco, arshavin(both attacking midfielders)

    Villa, Pavlyuchenko, podolski

  • 45. kyle/hamilton cc for those ppl  |  July 2nd, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    casiilas
    ramos bosingwa puyol zhirkov
    iniesta fabregas deco pudolski
    torres villa

    btw, liverpool are the best every1 else is shit!!!

  • 46. Lewis  |  July 2nd, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    ……………………….…..Casillias…………………………..

    ……..….Ramos………Puyol……….Pepe……..Zhirkov………

    ………..…Deco..……..Senna……….Ballack………………..

    ……………………….…Fabregas……………………….

    ……………………Torres…………..Villa……………………………

  • 47. Carlos Andrade  |  July 2nd, 2008 at 11:53 pm

    Buffon
    H. Altintop Chiellini Marchena Zhirkov
    Senna
    Joao Moutinho Sneijder
    David Silva Schweinsteiger
    Semih Senturk

  • 48. Carlos Andrade  |  July 2nd, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    I also think that David Villa was rubbish apart from his first game, I can’t see how in the world everyone puts him in… Agains Sweden he scored a goal and that was it, after that… nothing.
    Other players that stood out for me:
    Casillas (picking between him and Buffon is… impossible)
    Volkan
    Lahm
    Puyol
    Pepe
    Sérgio Ramos
    Semak
    Tuncay Sanli
    Arshavin
    Deco
    Pavlyuchenko
    Podolski
    Ballack
    Modric
    R & N Kovac
    Pranja
    Servet Çetin
    Mehmet Aurélio
    Nihat
    Arda Turan
    Iniesta (in the final 2 games only)
    As for Xavi (who was considered the player of the tournament), I thought he was consistently good but never brilliant and far from being the best player in the Euro.

  • 49. Ashraf  |  July 3rd, 2008 at 1:29 am

    make 4-3-1-2

    GK-Casillas(Spain)

    LB-Bosingwa(Portugal),CB-Phillip Lahm(Germany),CB-Pepe(Portugal),RB-Carlos Marchena(Spain)

    CM-Michael Ballack(Germany),Wesley Sneijder(Netherlands),Xavi Hernandez(Spain)

    CF-Andrei Arshavin(Russia),ST-Fernando Torres(Spain),ST-David Villa(Spain)

    Sub:Edwin Van Der Sar,Carles Puyol,Yuri Zhirkov,Marcos Senna,Hamit Altintop,Cesc Fabregas,Lukas Podolski

  • 50. fraser blackwood  |  July 3rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    casillas

    sergio ramos puyol pepe lahm

    senna

    schweinstiger robben

    fabregas

    villa torres

    subs:
    van der sar
    bosingwa
    arshavin
    podolski
    ronaldo
    iniesta
    nihat

  • 51. Danny  |  July 3rd, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Personal Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament
    -Casillas
    -Sergio Ramos, Zhirkov, Puyol, Pepe
    -Modric, Senna, Sneijder, Iniesta
    -Torres, Villa

    *The French were awful
    *Cristiano Ronaldo is over-rated
    *Russia & Croatia should of went further in the tournament
    *David Villa was awesome & should join Liverpool with Torres

  • 52. Mohammad Jaberansari  |  July 4th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    Buffon
    Boswinga Puyol S.Ramos Lahm

    Ballack Xavi Fabregas

    Sneijder

    Torres Villa

    Subs
    Iniesta
    Arshavin
    Pavlychenko
    Podlolski
    Senna
    Pepe
    Deco
    Silva

  • 53. ash  |  July 5th, 2008 at 1:22 am

    orlando engelaar Netherlands

  • 54. mat  |  July 5th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    basicaly russia and turkey put together lol should of been the final

  • 55. Sheepy5  |  July 11th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    What ever happened to the ‘GREAT’ Cristiano Ronaldo at the Euros ahah what a waste of Porutguese space in Austria and Switzerland
    YNWA

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