England were handed a dream qualifying draw for Euro 2008 in Montreux today.

They will face Russia and Croatia in the championships which take place in Switzerland and Austria, but managed to avoid the likes of Italy, Germany and Spain.

They also managed to avoid their old adverseries Poland and the problems that would have arisen from being in a group of eight teams.

Israel, Estonia and Macedonia and Andorra will be their other opponents.

England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson attended the draw, but the Swede will not be in charge for the campaign after announcing he will leave his post following the World Cup this summer.

Scotland face a very difficult qualifying programme, which includes facing both France and Italy, while Republic of Ireland and Wales were drawn in the same group.

Scotland were defeated 5-0 by former World and European champions France in Berti Vogts' first game in charge in March 2002.

But, under Andy Rox- burgh, the team claimed a 2-0 win over the French in the qualifiers for the 1990 World Cup, although Les Bleus also scored a three-goal triumph over the Scots in the same group. HOW THEY LINE-UP Group A

Portugal

Poland

Serbia & Mont

Belgium

Finland

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Kazakhstan

Group B

France

Italy

Ukraine

SCOTLAND

Lithuania

Georgia

Faroe Islands

Group C

Greece

Turkey

Norway

Bosnia-Herz

Hungary

Moldova

Malta

Group D

Czech Republic

Germany

Slovakia

REP of IRELAND

WALES

Cyprus

San Marino

Group E

ENGLAND

Croatia

Russia

Israel

Estonia

Macedonia

Andorra

Group F

Holland

Spain

Denmark

Latvia

Iceland

N IRELAND

Liechtenstein

Group G

Sweden

Romania

Bulgaria

Slovenia

Albania

Belarus

Luxembourg