Each venue had a capacity of at least 30,000 for the tournament; the largest stadium was Each team had access to a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches.Teams were required to select a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, with the final squad to be submitted to UEFA by 28 May 2008. "I remember one incident in the Bremen game when Allan McGregor makes an unbelievable save. This increased the chance of a group fixture being replayed in the knockout phase, and rendered impossible a final between two teams drawn in the same half of the tournament. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary The draw for the Round of 16 also took place on 19 December 2008, immediately after the draw for the Round of 32. It did and Weir had scored his first Rangers goal having joined six months earlier.Zeta were despatched 3-0 on aggregate and Red Star Belgrade were overcome 1-0 over two legs. Ce match de football a lieu le 14 mai 2008 au City of Manchester Stadium de Manchester, en Angleterre. I just saved one to get us back into it and Christian Vieri managed to blast his over the bar. For the three-game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group However, these criteria would not apply if two teams tied on points and goals scored played against each other in their final group match and no other team in group finishes with same points; in that case, the tie would be broken by a The knockout phase was different from that of past tournaments.
The nine seeded losing teams, with their ranking, were: The draw for the group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup was held at UEFA Headquarters in The top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. One case of this at Euro 2008 was the suspension of The following players were suspended for one or more games as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulation:
Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker. At UEFA Euro 2008, players may be suspended from playing in subsequent matches upon the collection of a certain number of yellow or red cards. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). "Andy Murray hosted a social media Q&A while killing time in New York and we learned a lot from it.BBC Scotland goes through the talking points of Gary O'Connor's documentary on his rollercoaster career.How well do you remember Celtic's biggest European victories?BBC Scotland examines how Celtic's attack might look this season, after the addition of Albian Ajeti took their first-team striking contingent to four.Watch highlights from the Ladies Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club, won by American Stacy Lewis after a four-way play-off.As he completes a move from West Lothian to West London, BBC Scotland looks at the burgeoning career of striker Lyndon Dykes.Sportscene will show all of the day's Scottish Premiership goals every Saturday evening this season.Olympic golds, football firsts, and the end of the longest waits - but what did you vote for as Scotland's greatest sporting moment?Everything you need to know about following football with BBC Sport Scotland Turkey entered the game with nine of their squad members missing due to injury or suspension, but still scored the first goal. The new version of the There were concerns raised about the match ball, which was claimed to deviate unpredictably in flight, making it difficult to judge for goalkeepers. The away goals rulealso applies if scores are equal at the end of extra time. "I knew it would be different to the domestic games," said Alexander, who played in both goalless legs of the semi-final. "And Weir said: "You had the potential to be the most successful Rangers team in history. "Zenit looked the more offensive team, but obviously at this stage I'm disappointed to have lost," manager Smith said at the time. "McGregor's European adventure would soon come to an end. If a member of the final squad suffered an injury prior to his team's first game that would keep him out of the entire tournament, another player could be called up to replace him.On 19 December 2007, UEFA announced twelve referees and twenty-four assistants were selected for the tournament.The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progressed to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams were eliminated from the tournament.
"It was down to Novo to send Rangers through to the final.