Turkey, Portugal, and the Czech Republic were drawn into the Group A of the UEFA Euro 2008.
[5] Man of the Match: Arda Güler (Turkey)[8] Assistant referees:[7] Gabriel Chade (Argentina) Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina) Fourth official: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania) Reserve assistant referee: Aleksandr Radiuš (Lithuania) Video assistant referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain) Assistant video assistant referees: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain) David Coote (England) With his start, Portugal's Pepe became the oldest player to make an appearance in the final tournament of the UEFA European Championship.
[18] Man of the Match: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)[8] Assistant referees:[20] Stefan Lupp (Germany) Bekim Zogaj (Switzerland) Fourth official: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine) Reserve assistant referee: Oleksandr Berkut (Ukraine) Video assistant referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland) Assistant video assistant referees: Willy Delajod (France) Jérôme Brisard (France) With 19 yellow cards shown, this match broke the European Championship record for the most cautions among both teams in a single match.
Man of the Match: Barış Alper Yılmaz (Turkey)[8] Assistant referees:[22] Vasile Marinescu (Romania) Mihai Ovidiu Artene (Romania) Fourth official: Espen Eskås (Norway) Reserve assistant referee: Jan Erik Engan (Norway) Video assistant referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) Assistant video assistant referees: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland) Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams had been tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker).
These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials in all group matches as follows:[4] Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player or team official in a single match.