With the UEFA EURO 2008 tournament from Austria-Switzerland just days away, the Sportable staff will bring you team previews leading up to the opening match. Group by group, we will discuss team rosters, flaws. and chances of being crowned European Champions.

Group A Matches:
June 7th: vs. Portugal (Stade de Geneve - Geneva)
June 11th: vs. Switzerland (St. Jakob Park- Basel)
June 15th: vs. Czech Republic (Stade de Geneve - Geneva)

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble
I’ll be honest. My knowledge about the Turkey National Team is based entirely on their 3rd place finish in the 2002 World Cup, a tournament full of fluke finishes. None of those flukes are more apparent than Turkey, who built on their ‘02 momentum by failing to qualify for both EURO 2004 and the 2006 World Cup. The Turks can be thankful for their easy qualification draw, which struck them in Group C with Greece and a bunch of European minnows. Nevertheless, the Turks eked out Norway for 2nd place and now have a 1/16 chance of glory.

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