Euro 2008 Germany Team Guide

Welcome to the euro2008betting.com Germany Team Guide for Euro 2008. Here we preview the chances of Germany for Euro 2008 plus take a look back at their Euro 2008 qualifiying performance and previous appearances at the European Championships.

Coach: Joachim Löw

Germany euro 2008 guide Joachim "Jogi" Löw is a respected but outside of Germany a largely unknown coach who replaced former boss Jurgen Klinsmann after the 2006 World Cup.

Euro 2008 Qualifying:

Germany were the first side to secure qualification for the finals with a 0-0 draw in the Republic of Ireland on 13 October 2007, although a couple of aberrations took some of the gloss off a generally impressive campaign by Joachim Löw’s side. Germany broke the record for the biggest ever UEFA European Championship win, beating San Marino 13-0 away on 6 September 2006, with Lukas Podolski scoring four goals – only the second German player after Gerd Müller put four past Albania in 1967 to manage that feat. They were held to a surprising 1-1 draw by Cyprus in Nicosia on 15 November, but made amends in their next game, beating Czech Republic, the eventual Group D winners, 2-1 in Prague through two Kevin Kuranyi goals. They met the Czechs again after they had secured qualification, but left the pitch to catcalls after losing 3-0 in Munich – a result which saw Karel Brückner’s visitors through to the finals. They finished second in their group after a 0-0 draw against Wales in their final qualifier.

Past Euro Performance:

Germany have won the competition once since reunification (1996) but three times overall having earlier won the competition in 1972 and 1980 as West Germany. The Czech Republic were defeated in the 1996 final at Wembley, Oliver Bierhoff scoring the golden goal winner five minutes into extra-time after having earlier scored their equaliser 17 minutes from time. Patrik Berger had given the Czechs a 59th-minute lead from the penalty spot. Germany advanced from the group stage with defeats of the Czech Republic (2-0) and Russia (3-0) before holding Italy to a scoreless draw. Their reward was a quarter-final match against Croatia which Germany won 2-1 before they defeated England in the semis on penalties after the match ended 1-1 after extra-time.

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