European Championship 2008 - France

FranceFrance have qualified for the 2008 Euro championships from Group C alongside Italy, holding off an emergent Scotland team to do so.

France will be looking to build on their previous Euro championships victories in 1984 and 2000. France are currently in transition due to the retirement of many of their recent stars and their inconsistent form means they offer a cautiously optimistic betting opportunity.

France have an experienced coach in Raymond Domenech and this will be a great help as continuity is very important at International level.

France's greatest success in recent years has been their victory in the 1998 World Cup final on their home turf as they were led by Zinedane Zidane and they will be looking to the likes of Henry to show them the finishing line this summer in their attempt at a third Euro Championships.


Player To Watch - Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry (France)They have a number of top players but Thierry Henry now with Barcelona will spearhead the attack and has had a great Career with Arsenal where for a couple of seasons was the best player in the Premiership and he has yet to show the same form with the Star studded Barcelona team but he is a player who can really shine at the Euro 2008 championship.

No. Player Date of Birth Caps Goals Position
Euro 2008 Squad
1 Steve Mandanda 28/09/1985 (22) 1 0 Goalkeeper
16 Sebastien Frey 18/09/1980 (27) 2 0 Goalkeeper
23 Gregory Coupet 31/12/1972 (35) 30 0 Goalkeeper
3 Eric Abidal 11/07/1979 (28) 34 0 Defender
2 Jean-Alain Boumsong 28/12/1979 (28) 23 1 Defender
14 Francois Clerc 18/04/1983 (25) 12 0 Defender
13 Patrice Evra 15/03/1981 (27) 12 0 Defender
5 William Gallas 17/08/1977 (30) 61 2 Defender
19 Wily Sagnol 18/08/1977 (30) 55 0 Defender
17 Sebastien Squillaci 11/08/1980 (27) 13 0 Defender
15 Lilian Thuram 01/01/1972 (36) 139 2 Defender
10 Sidney Govou 27/07/1979 (28) 32 7 Midfielder
21 Lassana Diarra 10/07/1985 (22) 12 0 Midfielder
6 Claude Makelele 18/02/1973 (35) 66 0 Midfielder
7 Florent Malouda 13/06/1980 (27) 37 3 Midfielder
11 Samir Nasri 20/06/1987 (20) 9 2 Midfielder
22 Franck Ribery 01/04/1983 (25) 26 3 Midfielder
20 Jeremy Toulalan 10/09/1983 (24) 12 0 Midfielder
4 Patrick Viera 23/06/1976 (31) 105 6 Midfielder
8 Nicholas Anelka 14/06/1979 (28) 47 11 Forward
9 Karim Benzema 19/12/1987 (20) 10 3 Forward
18 Bafetimbi Gomis 08/06/1985 (23) 2 2 Forward
12 Thierry Henry 17/08/1977 (30) 99 44 Forward

DATE
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
EURO 2008 QUALIFICATION GROUP B RESULTS
21 November 2007
Ukraine
France
17 October 2007
France
Lithuania
13 October 2007
Faroe Islands
France
12 September 2007
France
Scotland
08 September 2007
Italy
France
06 June 2007
France
Georgia
02 June 2007
France
Ukraine
24 March 2007
Lithuania
France
11 October 2006
France
Faroe Islands
07 October 2006
Scotland
France
06 September 2006
France
Italy
02 September 2006
Georgia
France

TEAM PLD W D L GF GA GD PTS
EURO 2008 QUALIFICATION GROUP B TABLE
1 Italy 12 9 2 1 22 9 13 29
2 France 12 8 2 2 25 5 20 26
3 Scotland 12 8 0 4 21 12 9 24
4 Ukraine 12 5 2 5 18 16 2 17
5 Lithuania 12 5 1 6 11 13 -2 16
6 Georgia 12 3 1 8 16 19 -3 10
7 Faroe Islands 12 0 0 12 4 43 -39 0

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Euro 2008 Odds
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Spain 4
Portugal 9/2
Germany 5
Holland 11/2
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Croatia 9
France 12
Italy 11
Czech Republ 25
Sweden 33
Russia 50
Romania 40
Turkey 66
Greece 150
Austria 350
Poland 100
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