UEFA Euro 2008 Group D

Group D of UEFA Euro 2008 was played from 10 to 18 June 2008. All six group matches were played at venues in Austria, in Innsbruck and Salzburg. The group was composed of defending champions Greece, as well as Sweden, eventual champions Spain and Russia. Greece, Spain and Russia had all been drawn together in the same group in the previous European Championship as well.

Following a 4–1 win over Russia in their first game, Spain qualified for the quarter-finals with a 2–1 victory against Sweden in their second. They clinched the top spot after Russia beat Greece later that day, condemning the title holders to last place in the group. The second quarter-final berth was to be decided by the Sweden–Russia match, 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.

Greece lost all three of their group games, thus finishing bottom without a single point, becoming the worst defending champion in the history of the European Championships.

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  Greece 1 Group C winner 17 October 2007 3rd 2004 Winners (2004) 11 9 8
D2  Sweden 2 Group F runner-up 21 November 2007 4th 2004 Semi-finals (1992) 5 10 30
D3  Spain 3 Group F winner 17 November 2007 8th 2004 Winners (1964) 9 8 4
D4  Russia[nb 3] 4 Group E runner-up 21 November 2007 9th 2004 Winners (1960) 15 15 24

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 stage
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
  • Villa 20', 44', 75'
  • Fàbregas 90+1'
 Report
Attendance: 30,772[1]
Spain[2]
Russia[2]
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15 Sergio Ramos
CB 5 Carles Puyol
CB 4 Carlos Marchena
LB 11 Joan Capdevila
RM 21 David Silva  77'
CM 19 Marcos Senna
CM 8 Xavi
LM 6 Andrés Iniesta  63'
CF 7 David Villa
CF 9 Fernando Torres  54'
Substitutions:
MF 10 Cesc Fàbregas  54'
MF 12 Santi Cazorla  63'
MF 14 Xabi Alonso  77'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev
RB 22 Aleksandr Anyukov
CB 14 Roman Shirokov
CB 8 Denis Kolodin
LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov
DM 11 Sergei Semak (c)
CM 17 Konstantin Zyryanov
CM 20 Igor Semshov  58'
RW 21 Dmitri Sychev  46'
LW 15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
CF 19 Roman Pavlyuchenko
Substitutions:
MF 23 Vladimir Bystrov  46'  70'
MF 7 Dmitri Torbinski  58'
FW 6 Roman Adamov  70'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

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

Assistant referees:[2][3]
Egon Bereuter (Austria)
Markus Mayr (Austria)
Fourth official:
Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
Reserve assistant referee:
Carsten Kadach (Germany)

Greece vs Sweden

Greece 0–2 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 31,063[4]
Greece[5]
Sweden[5]
GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis
RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis  51'
CB 16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos
CB 19 Paraskevas Antzas
CB 5 Traianos Dellas  70'
LB 15 Vasilis Torosidis  61'
RM 9 Angelos Charisteas  1'
CM 6 Angelos Basinas (c)
CM 21 Kostas Katsouranis
LM 10 Giorgos Karagounis
CF 17 Theofanis Gekas  46'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Georgios Samaras  46'
FW 20 Ioannis Amanatidis  70'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel
GK 1 Andreas Isaksson
RB 7 Niclas Alexandersson  74'
CB 3 Olof Mellberg
CB 4 Petter Hansson
LB 2 Mikael Nilsson
DM 8 Anders Svensson
RM 21 Christian Wilhelmsson  78'
LM 9 Freddie Ljungberg (c)
AM 19 Daniel Andersson
CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović  71'
CF 17 Henrik Larsson
Substitutions:
FW 11 Johan Elmander  71'
DF 5 Fredrik Stoor  74'
FW 22 Markus Rosenberg  78'
Manager:
Lars Lagerbäck

Man of the Match:
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)[4]

Assistant referees:[5][3]
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)
Stéphane Cuhat (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Volker Wezel (Germany)

Sweden vs Spain

Sweden 1–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 30,772[6]
Sweden[7]
Spain[7]
GK 1 Andreas Isaksson
RB 5 Fredrik Stoor
CB 3 Olof Mellberg
CB 4 Petter Hansson
LB 2 Mikael Nilsson
RM 11 Johan Elmander  79'
CM 19 Daniel Andersson
CM 8 Anders Svensson  55'
LM 9 Freddie Ljungberg (c)
CF 17 Henrik Larsson  87'
CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović  46'
Substitutions:
FW 22 Markus Rosenberg  46'
MF 18 Sebastian Larsson  79'
MF 16 Kim Källström  87'
Manager:
Lars Lagerbäck
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15 Sergio Ramos
CB 4 Carlos Marchena  53'
CB 5 Carles Puyol  24'
LB 11 Joan Capdevila
RM 6 Andrés Iniesta  59'
CM 19 Marcos Senna
CM 8 Xavi  59'
LM 21 David Silva
CF 7 David Villa
CF 9 Fernando Torres
Substitutions:
DF 2 Raúl Albiol  24'
MF 10 Cesc Fàbregas  59'
MF 12 Santi Cazorla  59'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
David Villa (Spain)[6]

Assistant referees:[7][3]
Adriaan Inia (Netherlands)
Hans ten Hoove (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Reserve assistant referee:
Martin Balko (Slovakia)

Greece vs Russia

Greece 0–1 Russia
Report
Attendance: 31,063[8]
Greece[9]
Russia[9]
GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis
RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis  40'
CB 5 Traianos Dellas
CB 16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos
LB 15 Vasilis Torosidis
RM 21 Kostas Katsouranis
CM 6 Angelos Basinas (c)
LM 3 Christos Patsatzoglou
AM 9 Angelos Charisteas
AM 20 Ioannis Amanatidis  80'
CF 23 Nikos Liberopoulos  58'  61'
Substitutions:
MF 10 Giorgos Karagounis  42'  40'
FW 17 Theofanis Gekas  61'
MF 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos  80'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev
RB 22 Aleksandr Anyukov
CB 8 Denis Kolodin
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov  87'
DM 11 Sergei Semak (c)
RM 7 Dmitri Torbinski  84'
CM 17 Konstantin Zyryanov
CM 20 Igor Semshov
LM 15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov  70'
CF 19 Roman Pavlyuchenko
Substitutions:
FW 9 Ivan Saenko  77'  70'
DF 2 Vasili Berezutski  87'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

Man of the Match:
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia)[8]

Assistant referees:[9][3]
Alessandro Griselli (Italy)
Paolo Calcagno (Italy)
Fourth official:
Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
Reserve assistant referee:
Roman Slyško (Slovakia)

Greece vs Spain

Greece 1–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 30,883[10]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Greece[11]
Spain[11]
GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis (c)
RB 11 Loukas Vyntra  90+1'
CB 16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos  62'
CB 5 Traianos Dellas
LB 4 Nikos Spiropoulos
CM 6 Angelos Basinas  72'
CM 21 Kostas Katsouranis
RW 14 Dimitris Salpingidis  86'
AM 10 Giorgos Karagounis  34'  74'
LW 20 Ioannis Amanatidis
CF 9 Angelos Charisteas
Substitutions:
DF 19 Paraskevas Antzas  62'
MF 22 Alexandros Tziolis  74'
MF 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos  86'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel
GK 23 Pepe Reina
RB 18 Álvaro Arbeloa  45'
CB 2 Raúl Albiol
CB 20 Juanito
LB 3 Fernando Navarro
CM 22 Rubén de la Red
CM 14 Xabi Alonso (c)
RW 16 Sergio García
AM 10 Cesc Fàbregas
LW 6 Andrés Iniesta  58'
CF 17 Dani Güiza  41'
Substitutions:
MF 12 Santi Cazorla  58'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
Xabi Alonso (Spain)[10]

Assistant referees:[11][3]
Darren Cann (England)
Mike Mullarkey (England)
Fourth official:
Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Markus Mayr (Austria)

Russia vs Sweden

Russia 2–0 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 30,772[12]
Russia[13]
Sweden[13]
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev
RB 22 Aleksandr Anyukov
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
CB 8 Denis Kolodin  76'
LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov
DM 11 Sergei Semak (c)  57'
RM 17 Konstantin Zyryanov
CM 20 Igor Semshov
LM 15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov  66'
SS 10 Andrey Arshavin  65'
CF 19 Roman Pavlyuchenko  90'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Ivan Saenko  66'
MF 23 Vladimir Bystrov  90'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink
GK 1 Andreas Isaksson  10'
RB 5 Fredrik Stoor
CB 3 Olof Mellberg
CB 4 Petter Hansson
LB 2 Mikael Nilsson  79'
RM 11 Johan Elmander  49'
CM 19 Daniel Andersson  56'
CM 8 Anders Svensson
LM 9 Freddie Ljungberg (c)
CF 17 Henrik Larsson
CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović
Substitutions:
MF 16 Kim Källström  56'
FW 20 Marcus Allbäck  79'
Manager:
Lars Lagerbäck

Man of the Match:
Andrei Arshavin (Russia)[12]

Assistant referees:[13][3]
Peter Hermans (Belgium)
Alex Verstraeten (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
Reserve assistant referee:
Egon Bereuter (Austria)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Full-time Spain-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Team Line-ups – Group D – Spain-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Reserve officials – EURO 2008". UEFA. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Full-time Greece-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Full-time report Sweden-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  7. ^ a b c "Team Line-ups – Group D – Sweden-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Full-time report Greece-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  9. ^ a b c "Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Full-time report Greece-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  11. ^ a b c "Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Full-time report Russia-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  13. ^ a b c "Team Line-ups – Group D – Russia-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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