UEFA Euro 2008 Group D

Group D of UEFA Euro 2008 is one of four groups of competing nations at UEFA Euro 2008. The first round of matches were played on 10 June, with the final round scheduled for 18 June. All six group matches were played at venues in Austria, in Innsbruck and Salzburg. The group is composed of UEFA Euro 2004 winners and reigning Champions Greece, as well as Sweden, Spain and Russia. Greece, Spain and Russia had all been drawn together in the same group in the previous European Championship.

The beginning of the match between Sweden and Spain.

Following a 4–1 win over Russia in their first game, Spain secured top spot in the group with a 2–1 win over Sweden in their second. Their qualification for the quarter-finals was assured after Russia beat Greece later that day, condemning the title holders to the bottom position in the group. The second quarter-final spot was to be decided by the match between Sweden and Russia, with Sweden only needing to avoid defeat to go through. However, Russia scored a goal in each half to beat Sweden 2–0 and qualify for the quarter-finals. Meanwhile, despite going behind towards the end of the first half, Spain scored two second half goals, one coming three minutes before full time, to become the third team in the tournament to qualify for the quarter-finals with a 100% group stage record.

Teams
Draw position Team Pot Method of
qualification		 Date of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance		 UEFA Rankings FIFA Rankings
June 2008
November 2007[nb 1] May 2008[nb 2]
D1 Greece1Group C winner17 October 20073rd2004Winners (2004)1198
D2 Sweden2Group F runner-up21 November 20074th2004Semi-finals (1992)51030
D3 Spain3Group F winner17 November 20078th2004Winners (1964)984
D4 Russia[nb 3]4Group E runner-up21 November 20079th2004Winners (1960)151524

Notes

  1. The UEFA rankings of November 2007 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. UEFA unveiled a new ranking system in May 2008 based on results up to November 2007.
  3. From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9 Advance to knockout phase
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3  Sweden 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Greece 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals,

  • The winner of Group D, Spain, advanced to play the runner-up of Group C, Italy.
  • The runner-up of Group D, Russia, advanced to play the winner of Group C, Netherlands.

Matches
All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Spain vs Russia
Spain 4–1 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 30,772[1]
Spain[2]
Russia[2]
GK1Iker Casillas (c)
RB15Sergio Ramos
CB5Carles Puyol
CB4Carlos Marchena
LB11Joan Capdevila
RM21David Silva 77'
CM19Marcos Senna
CM8Xavi
LM6Andrés Iniesta 63'
CF7David Villa
CF9Fernando Torres 54'
Substitutions:
MF10Cesc Fàbregas 54'
MF12Santi Cazorla 63'
MF14Xabi Alonso 77'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés
GK1Igor Akinfeev
RB22Aleksandr Anyukov
CB14Roman Shirokov
CB8Denis Kolodin
LB18Yuri Zhirkov
DM11Sergei Semak (c)
CM17Konstantin Zyryanov
CM20Igor Semshov 58'
RW21Dmitri Sychev 46'
LW15Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
CF19Roman Pavlyuchenko
Substitutions:
MF23Vladimir Bystrov 46' 70'
MF7Dmitri Torbinski 58'
FW6Roman Adamov 70'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

Man of the Match:
David Villa (Spain)[1]

Assistant referees:
Egon Bereuter (Austria)
Markus Mayr (Austria)
Fourth official:
Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Greece vs Sweden
Greece 0–2 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 31,063[3]
Greece[4]
Sweden[4]
GK1Antonios Nikopolidis
RB2Giourkas Seitaridis 51'
CB16Sotirios Kyrgiakos
CB19Paraskevas Antzas
CB5Traianos Dellas 70'
LB15Vasilis Torosidis 61'
RM9Angelos Charisteas 1'
CM6Angelos Basinas (c)
CM21Kostas Katsouranis
LM10Giorgos Karagounis
CF17Theofanis Gekas 46'
Substitutions:
FW7Georgios Samaras 46'
FW20Ioannis Amanatidis 70'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel
GK1Andreas Isaksson
RB7Niclas Alexandersson 74'
CB3Olof Mellberg
CB4Petter Hansson
LB2Mikael Nilsson
DM8Anders Svensson
RM21Christian Wilhelmsson 78'
LM9Freddie Ljungberg (c)
AM19Daniel Andersson
CF10Zlatan Ibrahimović 71'
CF17Henrik Larsson
Substitutions:
FW11Johan Elmander 71'
DF5Fredrik Stoor 74'
FW22Markus Rosenberg 78'
Manager:
Lars Lagerbäck

Man of the Match:
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)[3]

Assistant referees:
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)
Stéphane Cuhat (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Sweden vs Spain
Sweden 1–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 30,772[5]
Sweden[6]
Spain[6]
GK1Andreas Isaksson
RB5Fredrik Stoor
CB3Olof Mellberg
CB4Petter Hansson
LB2Mikael Nilsson
RM11Johan Elmander 79'
CM19Daniel Andersson
CM8Anders Svensson 55'
LM9Freddie Ljungberg (c)
CF17Henrik Larsson 87'
CF10Zlatan Ibrahimović 46'
Substitutions:
FW22Markus Rosenberg 46'
MF18Sebastian Larsson 79'
MF16Kim Källström 87'
Manager:
Lars Lagerbäck
GK1Iker Casillas (c)
RB15Sergio Ramos
CB4Carlos Marchena 53'
CB5Carles Puyol 24'
LB11Joan Capdevila
RM6Andrés Iniesta 59'
CM19Marcos Senna
CM8Xavi 59'
LM21David Silva
CF7David Villa
CF9Fernando Torres
Substitutions:
DF2Raúl Albiol 24'
MF10Cesc Fàbregas 59'
MF12Santi Cazorla 59'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
David Villa (Spain)[5]

Assistant referees:
Adriaan Inia (Netherlands)
Hans ten Hoove (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Greece vs Russia
Greece 0–1 Russia
Report
Attendance: 31,063[7]
Greece[8]
Russia[8]
GK1Antonios Nikopolidis
RB2Giourkas Seitaridis 40'
CB5Traianos Dellas
CB16Sotirios Kyrgiakos
LB15Vasilis Torosidis
RM21Kostas Katsouranis
CM6Angelos Basinas (c)
LM3Christos Patsatzoglou
AM9Angelos Charisteas
AM20Ioannis Amanatidis 80'
CF23Nikos Liberopoulos 58' 61'
Substitutions:
MF10Giorgos Karagounis 42' 40'
FW17Theofanis Gekas 61'
MF8Stelios Giannakopoulos 80'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel
GK1Igor Akinfeev
RB22Aleksandr Anyukov
CB8Denis Kolodin
CB4Sergei Ignashevich
LB18Yuri Zhirkov 87'
DM11Sergei Semak (c)
RM7Dmitri Torbinski 84'
CM17Konstantin Zyryanov
CM20Igor Semshov
LM15Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 70'
CF19Roman Pavlyuchenko
Substitutions:
FW9Ivan Saenko 77' 70'
DF2Vasili Berezutski 87'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

Man of the Match:
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia)[7]

Assistant referees:
Alessandro Griselli (Italy)
Paolo Calcagno (Italy)
Fourth official:
Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Greece vs Spain
Greece 1–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 30,883[9]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Greece[10]
Spain[10]
GK1Antonios Nikopolidis (c)
RB11Loukas Vyntra 90+1'
CB16Sotirios Kyrgiakos 62'
CB5Traianos Dellas
LB4Nikos Spiropoulos
CM6Angelos Basinas 72'
CM21Kostas Katsouranis
RW14Dimitris Salpingidis 86'
AM10Giorgos Karagounis 34' 74'
LW20Ioannis Amanatidis
CF9Angelos Charisteas
Substitutions:
DF19Paraskevas Antzas 62'
MF22Alexandros Tziolis 74'
MF8Stelios Giannakopoulos 86'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel
GK23Pepe Reina
RB18Álvaro Arbeloa 45'
CB2Raúl Albiol
CB20Juanito
LB3Fernando Navarro
CM22Rubén de la Red
CM14Xabi Alonso (c)
RW16Sergio García
AM10Cesc Fàbregas
LW6Andrés Iniesta 58'
CF17Dani Güiza 41'
Substitutions:
MF12Santi Cazorla 58'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
Xabi Alonso (Spain)[9]

Assistant referees:
Darren Cann (England)
Mike Mullarkey (England)
Fourth official:
Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Russia vs Sweden
Russia 2–0 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 30,772[11]
Russia[12]
Sweden[12]
GK1Igor Akinfeev
RB22Aleksandr Anyukov
CB4Sergei Ignashevich
CB8Denis Kolodin 76'
LB18Yuri Zhirkov
DM11Sergei Semak (c) 57'
RM17Konstantin Zyryanov
CM20Igor Semshov
LM15Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 66'
SS10Andrey Arshavin 65'
CF19Roman Pavlyuchenko 90'
Substitutions:
FW9Ivan Saenko 66'
MF23Vladimir Bystrov 90'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink
GK1Andreas Isaksson 10'
RB5Fredrik Stoor
CB3Olof Mellberg
CB4Petter Hansson
LB2Mikael Nilsson 79'
RM11Johan Elmander 49'
CM19Daniel Andersson 56'
CM8Anders Svensson
LM9Freddie Ljungberg (c)
CF17Henrik Larsson
CF10Zlatan Ibrahimović
Substitutions:
MF16Kim Källström 56'
FW20Marcus Allbäck 79'
Manager:
Lars Lagerbäck

Man of the Match:
Andrei Arshavin (Russia)[11]

Assistant referees:
Peter Hermans (Belgium)
Alex Verstraeten (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

References
  1. "Full-time Spain-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. "Team Line-ups – Group D – Spain-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  3. "Full-time Greece-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  4. "Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  5. "Full-time report Sweden-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  6. "Team Line-ups – Group D – Sweden-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  7. "Full-time report Greece-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  8. "Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  9. "Full-time report Greece-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  10. "Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  11. "Full-time report Russia-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  12. "Team Line-ups – Group D – Russia-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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