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Group A
Turkey, Czech Republic, Portugal and the co-hosts Switzerland make up Group A
Turkey
Turkey finished second in Group C behind the European champions of 2004, Greece, but made difficult work of qualifying after a stirring start. Fatih Terim's team won their first three games without conceding a single goal with Hakan Sukur celebrating his 50th international goal when he struck four in the third of those wins, 5-0 win against Moldova.Turkey finally qualified one point ahead of Norway
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Turkey first participated in a UEFA European Championship final round at UEFA EURO '96, losing all three of their group matches, but they returned four years later and advanced as far as the quarter-finals ,loosing to Portugal 2-0, their best effort to date in the competition.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic never looked in doubt of qualifying. They sealed their place in the finals by beating favourites Germany in Munich 3-0 with two games left to play. By beating Cyprus 2-0 thy went onto win the group in style.
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As part of the former state of Czechoslovakia, Czech players were involved in winning the 1976 UEFA European Championship against the Federal Republic of Germany. The final ended in a 2-2 stalemate in Belgrade before the Czechoslovak side won 5-3 on penalties
Portugal
Loosing only one game in Group A, the only section with eight teams, Portugal had to endure a nervous finale before claiming their place in the finals as runners-up to Poland. Despite Cristiano Ronaldo contributing eight goals, coach Scolari was quoted as saying "I know we have to improve for the finals."
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Portugal's best performance to date in the competition came in 2004 when they lost on home territory in the final to Greece. Prior to that, Portugal had appeared in two semi-finals loosing to France on both occassions.
Switzerland
Winning their first three friendlies after the World Cup finals, a 2-1 defeat against Austria served as a wake-up call for Jakob Kuhn's side. Two more losses prompted Kuhn to drop captain Johann Vogel, while injuries to established stars, Ricardo Cabanas and Alexander Frei in 2007 caused further disruption to his plans. Automatically qualifying as co-hosts Kuhn's ambition is to reach the quarter finals.
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Switzerland have twice qualified for the finals of the UEFA European Championship, doing so for the first time at the ninth attempt at EURO '96. They then qualified again for UEFA EURO 2004. Perhaps as joint hosts they are looking to progress further than the group stages this time.
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