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{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}
'''Group B of [[UEFA Euro 2008]]''' was played from 8 to 16 June 2008. All six of the group's matches were played at venues in [[Austria]], in [[Vienna]] and [[Klagenfurt]]. The group was made up of four [[central Europe]]an nations; co-hosts [[Austria national football team|Austria]], as well as [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]], [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and [[Poland national football team|Poland]]. Austria and Poland were appearing in a European Championship finals for the first time.

Croatia became the first team from the group to qualify for the quarter-finals after following up a 1–0 victory against Austria in their first match with a 2–1 win over Germany. This, in conjunction with Austria's 1–1 draw with Poland, meant that Croatia finish top of Group B. The second quarter-final berth was decided by the group's final matches, with Germany defeating Austria through a [[Michael Ballack]] free kick, making the result of the Poland vs. Croatia match irrelevant. Had Germany lost, Poland could still have qualified with a win over Croatia. However, a goal from [[Ivan Klasnić]] won the game for Croatia, making the Croatians the first team to gain maximum points in the group stage.

==Teams==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Draw position
! rowspan="2" | Team
! rowspan="2" | Pot
! rowspan="2" | Method of<br />qualification
! rowspan="2" | Date of<br />qualification
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number" | Finals<br />appearance
! rowspan="2" | Last<br />appearance
! rowspan="2" | Previous best<br />performance
! colspan="2" | [[UEFA coefficient#Men's national team coefficient|UEFA Rankings]]
! rowspan="2" | [[FIFA World Rankings|FIFA Rankings]]<br />June 2008
|-
! November 2007{{refn|group=nb|The UEFA rankings of November 2007 were used for seeding for the final draw.}}
! May 2008{{refn|group=nb|UEFA unveiled a new ranking system in May 2008 based on results up to November 2007.}}
|-
| B1 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|AUT}} || 1 || Co-host || 12 December 2002 || 1st || — || data-sort-value="99" | Debut || 27 || 29 || 92
|-
| B2 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|CRO}} || 2 || [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E|Group E]] winner || 17 November 2007 || 3rd || [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]] || data-sort-value="5" | Quarter-finals ([[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]) || 2 || 11 || 15
|-
| B3 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|GER}}{{refn|group=nb|From 1972 to 1988, [[Germany national football team|Germany]] competed as [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]].}} || 3 || [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group D|Group D]] runner-up || 13 October 2007 || 10th || [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]] || data-sort-value="1" | '''Winners''' ([[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]], [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]) || 7 || 4 || 5
|-
| B4 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|POL}} || 4 || [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A|Group A]] winner || 17 November 2007 || 1st || — || data-sort-value="99" | Debut || 12 || 13 || 28
|}

'''Notes'''
{{reflist|group=nb}}

==Standings==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=standings
|class_rules=[[UEFA Euro 2008#Tiebreakers|Group stage tiebreakers]]
|update=complete
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180708091833/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2008/standings/round=15093/group=700417/index.html UEFA]

|team1=CRO |team2=GER |team3=AUT |team4=POL
|hth_AUT=Tied on head-to-head result (Austria 1–1 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker. |hth_POL=AUT
|result1=KO |result2=KO

|win_AUT=0 |draw_AUT=1 |loss_AUT=2 |gf_AUT=1 |ga_AUT=3 |status_AUT=H
|win_CRO=3 |draw_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=0 |gf_CRO=4 |ga_CRO=1
|win_GER=2 |draw_GER=0 |loss_GER=1 |gf_GER=4 |ga_GER=2
|win_POL=0 |draw_POL=1 |loss_POL=2 |gf_POL=1 |ga_POL=4

|name_AUT={{fb|AUT}}
|name_CRO={{fb|CRO}}
|name_GER={{fb|GER}}
|name_POL={{fb|POL}}

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[UEFA Euro 2008#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
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In the [[UEFA Euro 2008 knockout stage#Quarter-finals|quarter-finals]],
*The winner of Group B, Croatia, advanced to play the runner-up of [[UEFA Euro 2008 Group A|Group A]], [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]].
*The runner-up of Group B, Germany, advanced to play the winner of [[UEFA Euro 2008 Group A|Group A]], [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]].

==Matches==
{{Hatnote|All times [[Central European Summer Time]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])}}

===Austria vs Croatia===
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|date={{Start date|2008|6|8|df=y}}
|time=18:00
|team1={{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2008 Group B#Austria vs Croatia|0–1}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/300684/
|team2={{fb|CRO}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
*[[Luka Modrić|Modrić]] {{goal|4|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]], [[Vienna]]
|attendance=51,428<ref name="aut-cro report">{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD02_300684_AUT_CRO_FullReport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119073011/https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD02_300684_AUT_CRO_FullReport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |title=Full-time report Austria-Croatia |work=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=8 June 2008 |access-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref>
|referee=[[Pieter Vink]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''21'''||[[Jürgen Macho]]
|-
|CB ||'''15'''||[[Sebastian Prödl]] || {{yel|68}}
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Martin Stranzl]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Emanuel Pogatetz]] || {{yel|3}}
|-
|DM ||'''6''' ||[[René Aufhauser]]
|-
|DM ||'''19'''||[[Jürgen Säumel]] || {{yel|21}} || {{suboff|61}}
|-
|RM ||'''2''' ||[[Joachim Standfest]]
|-
|LM ||'''12'''||[[Ronald Gërçaliu]] || || {{suboff|69}}
|-
|AM ||'''10'''||[[Andreas Ivanschitz]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CF ||'''20'''||[[Martin Harnik]]
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Roland Linz]] || || {{suboff|73}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Ivica Vastić]] || || {{subon|61}}
|-
|MF ||'''11'''||[[Ümit Korkmaz]] || || {{subon|69}}
|-
|FW ||'''18'''||[[Roman Kienast]] || || {{subon|73}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Josef Hickersberger]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:AUT-CRO 2008-06-08.svg|300px]]
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Stipe Pletikosa]]
|-
|RB ||'''5''' ||[[Vedran Ćorluka]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Robert Kovač]] || {{yel|51}}
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Josip Šimunić]]
|-
|LB ||'''22'''||[[Danijel Pranjić]]
|-
|RM ||'''11'''||[[Darijo Srna]]
|-
|CM ||'''10'''||[[Niko Kovač]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM ||'''14'''||[[Luka Modrić]]
|-
|LM ||'''19'''||[[Niko Kranjčar]] || || {{suboff|61}}
|-
|CF ||'''18'''||[[Ivica Olić]] || || {{suboff|83}}
|-
|CF ||'''21'''||[[Mladen Petrić]] || || {{suboff|72}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF ||'''15'''||[[Dario Knežević]] || || {{subon|61}}
|-
|FW ||'''20'''||[[Igor Budan]] || || {{subon|72}}
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Ognjen Vukojević]] || || {{subon|83}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Slaven Bilić]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Stipe Pletikosa]] (Croatia)<ref name="aut-cro report" />

'''Assistant referees:'''<ref name="aut-cro_line-ups" /><ref name="RAR">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/reserve-assistant-referee-uefa-euro-2008 |title=Reserve officials – EURO 2008 |work=UEFA |access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref>
<br />Adriaan Inia ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
<br />Hans ten Hoove ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Kristinn Jakobsson]] ([[Football Association of Iceland|Iceland]])
<br />'''Reserve assistant referee:'''
<br />Dimitrios Bozatzidis ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
|}

===Germany vs Poland===
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|date={{Start date|2008|6|8|df=y}}
|time=20:45
|team1={{fb-rt|GER}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2008 Group B#Germany vs Poland|2–0}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/300685/
|team2={{fb|POL}}
|goals1=
*[[Lukas Podolski|Podolski]] {{goal|20||72}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Wörthersee Stadion]], [[Klagenfurt]]
|attendance=30,461<ref name="ger-pol report">{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD02_300685_GER_POL_FullReport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820090713/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD02_300685_GER_POL_FullReport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |title=Full-time report Germany-Poland |work=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=8 June 2008 |access-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref>
|referee=[[Tom Henning Øvrebø]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Jens Lehmann]]
|-
|RB ||'''16'''||[[Philipp Lahm]]
|-
|CB ||'''21'''||[[Christoph Metzelder]]
|-
|CB ||'''17'''||[[Per Mertesacker]]
|-
|LB ||'''2''' ||[[Marcell Jansen]]
|-
|RM ||'''4''' ||[[Clemens Fritz]] || || {{suboff|56}}
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|CM ||'''8''' ||[[Torsten Frings]]
|-
|CM ||'''13'''||[[Michael Ballack]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LM ||'''20'''||[[Lukas Podolski]]
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Mario Gómez]] || || {{suboff|75}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Miroslav Klose]] || || {{suboff|90+1}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Bastian Schweinsteiger]] || {{yel|64}} || {{subon|56}}
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||[[Thomas Hitzlsperger]] || || {{subon|75}}
|-
|FW ||'''22'''||[[Kevin Kurányi]] || || {{subon|90+1}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Joachim Löw]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:GER-POL 2008-06-08.svg|300px]]
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
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!width=25| !!width=25|
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Artur Boruc]]
|-
|RB ||'''13'''||[[Marcin Wasilewski]]
|-
|CB ||'''14'''||[[Michał Żewłakow]]
|-
|CB ||'''6''' ||[[Jacek Bąk]]
|-
|LB ||'''4''' ||[[Paweł Golański]] || || {{suboff|75}}
|-
|CM ||'''5''' ||[[Dariusz Dudka]]
|-
|CM ||'''18'''||[[Mariusz Lewandowski]] || {{yel|60}}
|-
|RW ||'''17'''||[[Wojciech Łobodziński]] || || {{suboff|65}}
|-
|AM ||'''9''' ||[[Maciej Żurawski]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|LW ||'''8''' ||[[Jacek Krzynówek]]
|-
|CF ||'''7''' ||[[Ebi Smolarek]] || {{yel|40}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''20'''||[[Roger Guerreiro]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||[[Łukasz Piszczek]] || || {{subon|65}}
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||[[Marek Saganowski]] || || {{subon|75}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Leo Beenhakker]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Lukas Podolski]] (Germany)<ref name="ger-pol report" />

'''Assistant referees:'''<ref name="ger-pol_line-ups" /><ref name="RAR" />
<br />Geir Åge Holen ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
<br />Jan Petter Randen ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Craig Thomson (referee)|Craig Thomson]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
<br />'''Reserve assistant referee:'''
<br />Dimitrios Saraidaris ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
|}

===Croatia vs Germany===
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|date={{Start date|2008|6|12|df=y}}
|time=18:00
|team1={{fb-rt|CRO}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2008 Group B#Croatia vs Germany|2–1}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/300693/
|team2={{fb|GER}}
|goals1=
*[[Darijo Srna|Srna]] {{goal|24}}
*[[Ivica Olić|Olić]] {{goal|62}}
|goals2=
*[[Lukas Podolski|Podolski]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium=[[Wörthersee Stadion]], [[Klagenfurt]]
|attendance=30,461<ref name="cro-ger report">{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD06_300693_CRO_GER_FullReport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820090716/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD06_300693_CRO_GER_FullReport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |title=Full-time report Croatia-Germany |work=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=12 June 2008 |access-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref>
|referee=[[Frank De Bleeckere]] ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Stipe Pletikosa]]
|-
|RB ||'''5''' ||[[Vedran Ćorluka]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Robert Kovač]]
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|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Josip Šimunić]] || {{yel|45+1}}
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|LB ||'''22'''||[[Danijel Pranjić]]
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|RM ||'''11'''||[[Darijo Srna]] || {{yel|27}} || {{suboff|80}}
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|CM ||'''14'''||[[Luka Modrić]] || {{yel|90+3}}
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|CM ||'''10'''||[[Niko Kovač]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
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|LM ||'''7''' ||[[Ivan Rakitić]]
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|SS ||'''19'''||[[Niko Kranjčar]] || || {{suboff|85}}
|-
|CF ||'''18'''||[[Ivica Olić]] || || {{suboff|72}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''21'''||[[Mladen Petrić]] || || {{subon|72}}
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||[[Jerko Leko]] || {{yel|90+2}} || {{subon|80}}
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|DF ||'''15'''||[[Dario Knežević]] || || {{subon|85}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Slaven Bilić]]
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|valign="top"|[[File:CRO-GER 2008-06-12.svg|300px]]
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
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!width=25| !!width=25|
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Jens Lehmann]] || {{yel|90+2}}
|-
|RB ||'''16'''||[[Philipp Lahm]]
|-
|CB ||'''21'''||[[Christoph Metzelder]]
|-
|CB ||'''17'''||[[Per Mertesacker]]
|-
|LB ||'''2''' ||[[Marcell Jansen]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|RM ||'''4''' ||[[Clemens Fritz]] || || {{suboff|82}}
|-
|CM ||'''8''' ||[[Torsten Frings]]
|-
|CM ||'''13'''||[[Michael Ballack]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|75}}
|-
|LM ||'''20'''||[[Lukas Podolski]]
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Mario Gómez]] || || {{suboff|66}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Miroslav Klose]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''19'''||[[David Odonkor]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Bastian Schweinsteiger]] || {{sent off|0|90+2}} || {{subon|66}}
|-
|FW ||'''22'''||[[Kevin Kurányi]] || || {{subon|82}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Joachim Löw]]
|}
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{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Luka Modrić]] (Croatia)<ref name="cro-ger report" />

'''Assistant referees:'''<ref name="cro-ger_line-ups" /><ref name="RAR" />
<br />Peter Hermans ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
<br />Alex Verstraeten ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Stéphane Lannoy]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
<br />'''Reserve assistant referee:'''
<br />Matthias Arnet ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
|}

===Austria vs Poland===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Football box|main|section=b4
|date={{Start date|2008|6|12|df=y}}
|time=20:45
|team1={{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2008 Group B#Austria vs Poland|1–1}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/300692/
|team2={{fb|POL}}
|goals1=
*[[Ivica Vastić|Vastić]] {{goal|90+3|pen.}}
|goals2=
*[[Roger Guerreiro|Guerreiro]] {{goal|30}}
|stadium=[[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]], [[Vienna]]
|attendance=51,428<ref name="aut-pol report">{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD06_300692_AUT_POL_FullReport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928114040/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD06_300692_AUT_POL_FullReport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2014 |title=Full-time report Austria-Poland |work=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=12 June 2008 |access-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref>
|referee=[[Howard Webb]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
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|RB ||'''14'''||[[György Garics]]
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|CB ||'''15'''||[[Sebastian Prödl]] || {{yel|72}}
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|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Martin Stranzl]]
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|LB ||'''4''' ||[[Emanuel Pogatetz]]
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|DM ||'''6''' ||[[René Aufhauser]] || || {{suboff|74}}
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|RM ||'''8''' ||[[Christoph Leitgeb]]
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|CM ||'''10'''||[[Andreas Ivanschitz]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|64}}
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|LM ||'''11'''||[[Ümit Korkmaz]] || {{yel|56}}
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|CF ||'''20'''||[[Martin Harnik]]
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|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Roland Linz]] || || {{suboff|64}}
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Ivica Vastić]] || || {{subon|64}}
|-
|FW ||'''18'''||[[Roman Kienast]] || || {{subon|64}}
|-
|MF ||'''19'''||[[Jürgen Säumel]] || || {{subon|74}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
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|colspan=3|[[Josef Hickersberger]]
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Artur Boruc]]
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|RB ||'''13'''||[[Marcin Wasilewski]] || {{yel|58}}
|-
|CB ||'''2''' ||[[Mariusz Jop]] || || {{suboff|46}}
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|CB ||'''6''' ||[[Jacek Bąk]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|90+3}}
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|LB ||'''14'''||[[Michał Żewłakow]]
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|RM ||'''5''' ||[[Dariusz Dudka]]
|-
|CM ||'''18'''||[[Mariusz Lewandowski]]
|-
|LM ||'''8''' ||[[Jacek Krzynówek]] || {{yel|61}}
|-
|AM ||'''20'''||[[Roger Guerreiro]] || || {{suboff|85}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Marek Saganowski]] || || {{suboff|83}}
|-
|CF ||'''7''' ||[[Ebi Smolarek]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Paweł Golański]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|MF ||'''17'''||[[Wojciech Łobodziński]] || || {{subon|83}}
|-
|MF ||'''19'''||[[Rafał Murawski]] || || {{subon|85}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
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|colspan=3|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Leo Beenhakker]]
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'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Roger Guerreiro]] (Poland)<ref name="aut-pol report" />

'''Assistant referees:'''<ref name="aut-pol_line-ups" /><ref name="RAR" />
<br />Darren Cann ([[The Football Association|England]])
<br />Mike Mullarkey ([[The Football Association|England]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Viktor Kassai]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])
<br />'''Reserve assistant referee:'''
<br />Stéphane Cuhat ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
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|time=20:45
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|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2008 Group B#Poland vs Croatia|0–1}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/300701/
|team2={{fb|CRO}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
*[[Ivan Klasnić|Klasnić]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium=[[Wörthersee Stadion]], [[Klagenfurt]]
|attendance=30,461<ref name="pol-cro report">{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD10_300701_POL_CRO_FullReport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725105846/https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/euro/2008/Logo_MD10_300701_POL_CRO_FullReport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |title=Full-time report Poland-Croatia |work=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=16 June 2008 |access-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref>
|referee=[[Kyros Vassaras]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Artur Boruc]]
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|RB ||'''13'''||[[Marcin Wasilewski]]
|-
|CB ||'''14'''||[[Michał Żewłakow]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
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|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Dariusz Dudka]]
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|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Jakub Wawrzyniak]]
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|CM ||'''19'''||[[Rafał Murawski]]
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|CM ||'''18'''||[[Mariusz Lewandowski]] || {{yel|38}} || {{suboff|46}}
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|RW ||'''17'''||[[Wojciech Łobodziński]] || || {{suboff|55}}
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|AM ||'''20'''||[[Roger Guerreiro]]
|-
|LW ||'''8''' ||[[Jacek Krzynówek]]
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Marek Saganowski]] || || {{suboff|69}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF ||'''23'''||[[Adam Kokoszka]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|FW ||'''7''' ||[[Ebi Smolarek]] || || {{subon|55}}
|-
|FW ||'''21'''||[[Tomasz Zahorski]] || {{yel|84}} || {{subon|69}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
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|colspan=3|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Leo Beenhakker]]
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|GK ||'''23'''||[[Vedran Runje]]
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|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Dario Šimić]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
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|CB ||'''6''' ||[[Hrvoje Vejić]] || {{yel|45}}
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|CB ||'''15'''||[[Dario Knežević]] || || {{suboff|27}}
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|LB ||'''22'''||[[Danijel Pranjić]]
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|RM ||'''16'''||[[Jerko Leko]]
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|CM ||'''8''' ||[[Ognjen Vukojević]] || {{yel|85}}
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|CM ||'''13'''||[[Nikola Pokrivač]]
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|LM ||'''7''' ||[[Ivan Rakitić]]
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|CF ||'''17'''||[[Ivan Klasnić]] || || {{suboff|74}}
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|CF ||'''21'''||[[Mladen Petrić]] || || {{suboff|75}}
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF ||'''5''' ||[[Vedran Ćorluka]] || || {{subon|27}}
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|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Nikola Kalinić (footballer)|Nikola Kalinić]] || || {{subon|74}}
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|MF ||'''19'''||[[Niko Kranjčar]] || || {{subon|75}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Slaven Bilić]]
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'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Ivan Klasnić]] (Croatia)<ref name="pol-cro report" />

'''Assistant referees:'''<ref name="pol-cro_line-ups" /><ref name="RAR" />
<br />Dimitrios Bozatzidis ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
<br />Dimitrios Saraidaris ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Olegário Benquerença]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
<br />'''Reserve assistant referee:'''
<br />Alessandro Griselli ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
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===Austria vs Germany===
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|date={{Start date|2008|6|16|df=y}}
|time=20:45
|team1={{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2008 Group B#Austria vs Germany|0–1}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/300700/
|team2={{fb|GER}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
*[[Michael Ballack|Ballack]] {{goal|49}}
|stadium=[[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]], [[Vienna]]
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|referee=[[Manuel Mejuto González]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
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|GK ||'''21'''||[[Jürgen Macho]]
|-
|RB ||'''14'''||[[György Garics]]
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Martin Stranzl]] || {{yel|13}}
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|CB ||'''17'''||[[Martin Hiden]] || || {{suboff|55}}
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|LB ||'''4''' ||[[Emanuel Pogatetz]]
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|CM ||'''6''' ||[[René Aufhauser]] || || {{suboff|63}}
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|CM ||'''5''' ||[[Christian Fuchs]]
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|RW ||'''20'''||[[Martin Harnik]] || || {{suboff|67}}
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|AM ||'''10'''||[[Andreas Ivanschitz]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|48}}
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|LW ||'''11'''||[[Ümit Korkmaz]]
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|CF ||'''22'''||[[Erwin Hoffer]] || {{yel|31}}
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Christoph Leitgeb]] || || {{subon|55}}
|-
|MF ||'''19'''||[[Jürgen Säumel]] || || {{subon|63}}
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|FW ||'''18'''||[[Roman Kienast]] || || {{subon|67}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Josef Hickersberger]]{{refn|group=note|name=expelled|Both Hickersberger and Löw were expelled by the referee in the 41st minute.}}
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Jens Lehmann]]
|-
|RB ||'''3''' ||[[Arne Friedrich]]
|-
|CB ||'''17'''||[[Per Mertesacker]]
|-
|CB ||'''21'''||[[Christoph Metzelder]]
|-
|LB ||'''16'''||[[Philipp Lahm]]
|-
|RM ||'''4''' ||[[Clemens Fritz]] || || {{suboff|90+3}}
|-
|CM ||'''8''' ||[[Torsten Frings]]
|-
|CM ||'''13'''||[[Michael Ballack]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LM ||'''20'''||[[Lukas Podolski]] || || {{suboff|83}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Mario Gómez]] || || {{suboff|60}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Miroslav Klose]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||[[Thomas Hitzlsperger]] || || {{subon|60}}
|-
|FW ||'''10'''||[[Oliver Neuville]] || || {{subon|83}}
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||[[Tim Borowski]] || || {{subon|90+3}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Joachim Löw]]{{refn|group=note|name=expelled}}
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|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Michael Ballack]] (Germany)<ref name="aut-ger report" />

'''Assistant referees:'''<ref name="aut-ger_line-ups" /><ref name="RAR" />
<br />Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
<br />Jesús Calvo Guadamuro ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Damir Skomina]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]])
<br />'''Reserve assistant referee:'''
<br />Paolo Calcagno ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
|}

==See also==
*[[Austria at the UEFA European Championship]]
*[[Croatia at the UEFA European Championship]]
*[[Germany at the UEFA European Championship]]
*[[Poland at the UEFA European Championship]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200528181920/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/2008/standings/ UEFA Euro 2008 Group B]

{{UEFA Euro 2008}}
{{UEFA Euro 2008 finalists}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Euro 2008}}
[[Category:UEFA Euro 2008|Group B]]
[[Category:Germany at UEFA Euro 2008|Group]]
[[Category:Austria at UEFA Euro 2008|Group]]
[[Category:Poland at UEFA Euro 2008|Group]]
[[Category:Croatia at UEFA Euro 2008|Group]]
[[Category:UEFA European Championship group stages]]