The start of UEFA EURO 2008™ is just six months away and the Austrian Football Association is upping preparations for the event with a number of projects.

Galatasaray AS winger Serkan Çalık has pledged his allegiance to the Turkish national team despite having been capped five times by Germany at Under-21 level.

Sweden may be forced to go into UEFA EURO 2008™ without Tobias Linderoth after the Galatasaray AS midfielder was diagnosed with a rare pelvic condition.

Having been named as his nation’s Golden Player of the last 50 years, Hakan Şükür will be looking to enjoy a last hurrah with Turkey at UEFA EURO 2008™.

Ahead of UEFA EURO 2008™, uefa.com is featuring each country’s Golden Player as picked by their national association: Sweden chose Henrik Larsson.

Nominated as Spain’s Golden Player of the last 50 years, Alfredo Di Stéfano is under the uefa.com microscope ahead of UEFA EURO 2008™ next summer.

Nominated by his country as their Golden Player of the last 50 years, Gheorghe Hagi is featured on uefa.com ahead of Romania’s participation in UEFA EURO 2008™.

To help mark UEFA’s Jubilee, each national association was asked to nominate its most outstanding player of the past 50 years - Russia chose keeper Lev Yashin.

As UEFA EURO 2008™ approaches, uefa.com is featuring each country’s Golden Player nominated by their national association: today is Portugal’s Eusébio.

As UEFA EURO 2008™ approaches uefa.com looks at Golden Player nominated by each national association: Poland chose record goalscorer Wlódzimierz Lubanski.