Group F - Will we have a surprise?!

Group F:

Group F is the last but not the least of this competition, even if because it includes one of the top 5 FIFA National Teams: Portugal. 
Since Euro2000 Portugal has been a constant presence in the final stage of the event, finishing in third twice, and losing the final match in 2004.  In the qualifiers Portugal looked solid but their productivity left something to be desired as they only scored 11 goals in 8 matches. In this period they managed to change the National Coach with Mr. Paulo Bento (which had been in charge since: 2011) resigning and Mr. Fernando Santos coming to take control of the situation in 2014.

Coach: Fernando Santos

Also, Portugal team is divided between some old world-class veterans, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe, or Nani, and young new players which are starving to have an opportunity to show their talent to the world, such as Renato Sanchez, Bernardo Silva or João Mario. Nevertheless Portugal is considered the favorite team of the group and everyone is expecting them to succeed further in the competition.

Last Selection:

Goal Keeper: Rui Patricio / Eduardo / Anthony Lopes

Full-backs: Bruno Alves / Pepe / Fabio Coentrão / Vieirinha / Eliseu / José Fonte / Cedric / Ricardo Carvalho

Midfieldes: Renato Sanches / André Gomes / João Moutinho / Rafa / Adrien Silva / João Mario / William Carvalho / Danilo Pereira

Strikers: Danny / Nani / Ricardo Quaresma / Bernardo Silva / Cristiano Ronaldo (C)  / Éder

Iceland: Even not being one of the favorites, they have done remarkably well and finally qualified for the finals of a big event. Even considering the National team has a lack of experience at the big stage and no real world class player, they did a convincing qualifiers season in a difficult group, so we are looking forward to see what they can do from now on.

Coach: Lars Lagerbäck & Heimir Hallgrímsson

Last Selection:

- Goal Keeper: Hannes Þór Halldórsson / GunnleifurGunnleifsson / Ögmundur Kristinsson

- Full-backs: Birkir Már Sævarsson / Ragnar Sigurðsson / Kári Árnason / Ari Freyr Skúlason / Haukur Heiðar Hauksson / Sverrir Ingi Ingason / Hörður Björgvin Magnússon

- Midfieldes: Aron Gunnarsson  (C) / Emil Hallfreðsson / Birkir Bjarnason / Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson / Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson / Ólafur Ingi Skúlason / Theódór Elmar Bjarnason

- Strikers: Kolbeinn Sigþórsson / Alfreð Finnbogason / Jón Daði Böðvarsson / Viðar Örn Kjartansson

Austria: In the qualifiers, Austria just lost 1 of the 10 games and their present in this final stage of the competition is more than fair, however it is the first championship for which Austria had actually qualified since 1998. Players like Alaba or Arnautovic and well-known names in the European Football and their Swiss coach Marcel Koller has also shown his experience.

Coach: Marcel Koller

Last Selection:

- Goal Keeper: Robert Almer / Heinz Lindner / Ramazan Özcan

- Full-backs: Christian Fuchs (C) / Sebastian Prödl / Aleksandar Dragović / György Garics / Florian Klein / Markus Suttner /  Martin Hinteregger

- Midfieldes: Zlatko Junuzović / David Alaba / Julian Baumgartlinger / Jakob Jantscher / Stefan Ilsanker / Guido Burgstaller

- Strikers: Martin Harnik / Marc Janko / Marko Arnautović / Rubin Okotie / Lukas Hinterseer

Hungary: remains the biggest outsider at Euro 2016, beating Norway in the playoff match. This is the first finals Hungary is since 1986 and they do not have any real star player, making them the weakest team in the group. However is not uncommon to see an underdog team to surprise everyone and succeed further in these kind of competitions, it would be Hungary this time?!

Coach: Bernd Storck

Last Selection:

- Goal Keeper: Gábor Király / Ádám Bogdán / Dénes Dibusz

- Full-backs: Roland Juhász / Tamás Kádár / Mihály Korhut / Richárd Guzmics / Attila Fiola / Ádám Lang

- Midfieldes: Zoltán Gera / Balázs Dzsudzsák (C) / Ákos Elek / Ádám Pintér / Zoltán Stieber / Ádám Gyurcsó / László Kleinheisler

- Strikers: Tamás Priskin / Ádám Szalai / Krisztián Németh / Nemanja Nikolić / Dániel Böde

Player to watch: Cristiano Ronaldo

Considered one of the world’s best players in the world, with 3 FIFA Ballon D’Oro Awards, he is the Portuguese player with most internationalization and the top scorer in the National Team, with 63 goals. It is proved that Ronaldo alone can make the difference, either in in club (Real Madrid FC) and in the National Team. The most recent example of it was in 2013 in the playoff match against Sweden to qualify for the World Cup 2014, where Cristiano scored an Hat-Trick and lead the team to the final stage of the competition.