Greece will begin and end its Euro 2008 soccer qualifying campaign away, in Moldavia and Hungary respectively, yesterday’s draw determined. The reigning European champion’s campaign begins on September 2 in Moldavia and ends more than a year later in Budapest, on November 21, 2007, when Hungary hosts Greece.

In other qualifiers, Greece plays its first home game against Norway on October 7 and travels to Bosnia four days later. Greece then hosts Turkey on March 24 next year and travels to Malta four days later. The national team’s remaining schedule is: Greece-Hungary (2-6-07); Greece-Moldavia (6-6-07); Norway-Greece (12-9-07); Greece-Bosnia (13-10-07); Turkey-Greece (17-10-07); and Greece-Malta (17-11-07).

Greece coach Otto Rehhagel has called for the domestic league to resume — following the summer break — no later than August 20.

Turkey was recently ordered to play its next six official games behind closed doors at a neutral venue due to violence in a recent World Cup qualifier against Switzerland.