UEFA Euro 2004 Group D

Group D of UEFA Euro 2004 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 15 June and was completed on 23 June. The group consisted of Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Latvia.

Thumb — The match between the Netherlands and Latvia on 23 June at Estádio Municipal de Braga

The Czech Republic won the group and advanced to the quarter finals, along with the Netherlands. Germany, and Latvia failed to advance.

More information Draw position, Team ...

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	UEFA Rankings November 2003^{[nb 1]}	FIFA Rankings June 2004
D1	Czech Republic^{[nb 2]}	1	Group 3 winner	10 September 2003	6th	2000	Winners (1976)	4	11
D2	Latvia	4	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	1st	—	Debut	32	53
D3	Germany^{[nb 3]}	2	Group 5 winner	11 October 2003	9th	2000	Winners (1972, 1980, 1996)	9	8
D4	Netherlands	3	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	7th	2000	Winners (1988)	10	5

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Notes

[N 1]
The UEFA rankings of November 2003 were used for seeding for the final draw.
[N 2]
From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
[N 3]
From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Germany	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals,

The winner of Group D, Czech Republic, advanced to play the runner-up of Group C, Denmark.
The runner-up of Group D, Netherlands, advanced to play the winner of Group C, Sweden.

Czech Republic vs Latvia

More information Czech Republic, 2–1 ...

Czech Republic	2–1	Latvia
Baroš 73' Heinz 85'	Report	Verpakovskis 45+1'

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15 June 2004

17:00

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

Attendance: 21,744

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Czech Republic

Latvia


GK	1	Petr Čech
RB	2	Zdeněk Grygera	56'
CB	5	René Bolf
CB	21	Tomáš Ujfaluši
LB	6	Marek Jankulovski
DM	4	Tomáš Galásek	64'
RM	8	Karel Poborský
CM	10	Tomáš Rosický
LM	11	Pavel Nedvěd (c)
CF	15	Milan Baroš	87'
CF	9	Jan Koller
Substitutions:
FW	18	Marek Heinz	56'
MF	7	Vladimír Šmicer	64'
DF	13	Martin Jiránek	87'
Manager:
Karel Brückner


GK	1	Aleksandrs Koliņko
RB	7	Aleksandrs Isakovs
CB	4	Mihails Zemļinskis
CB	2	Igors Stepanovs
LB	6	Oļegs Blagonadeždins
RM	8	Imants Bleidelis
CM	3	Vitālijs Astafjevs (c)
CM	14	Valentīns Lobaņovs	90'
LM	10	Andrejs Rubins
CF	11	Andrejs Prohorenkovs	71'
CF	9	Māris Verpakovskis	81'
Substitutions:
MF	5	Juris Laizāns	71'
FW	17	Marians Pahars	81'
FW	23	Vīts Rimkus	90'
Manager:
Aleksandrs Starkovs

Man of the Match:
Milan Baroš (Czech Republic)^[1]

Assistant referees:
Frédéric Arnault (France)
Serge Vallin (France)
Fourth official:
Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Germany vs Netherlands

More information Germany, 1–1 ...

Germany	1–1	Netherlands
Frings 30'	Report	Van Nistelrooy 81'

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15 June 2004

19:45

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 48,197

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Germany

Netherlands


GK	1	Oliver Kahn (c)
RB	3	Arne Friedrich
CB	4	Christian Wörns
CB	5	Jens Nowotny
LB	21	Philipp Lahm
CM	8	Dietmar Hamann
CM	6	Frank Baumann
RW	19	Bernd Schneider		68'
CM	13	Michael Ballack	90+1'
LW	22	Torsten Frings		79'
CF	10	Kevin Kurányi	12'	85'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Bastian Schweinsteiger		68'
MF	18	Fabian Ernst		79'
FW	9	Fredi Bobic		85'
Manager:
Rudi Völler


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar
RB	18	John Heitinga		74'
CB	3	Jaap Stam	73'
CB	4	Wilfred Bouma
LB	5	Giovanni van Bronckhorst
CM	6	Phillip Cocu (c)	29'
CM	8	Edgar Davids		46'
RW	7	Andy van der Meyde
AM	11	Rafael van der Vaart
LW	22	Boudewijn Zenden		46'
CF	10	Ruud van Nistelrooy
Substitutions:
MF	14	Wesley Sneijder		46'
MF	16	Marc Overmars		46'
FW	17	Pierre van Hooijdonk		74'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat

Man of the Match:
Michael Ballack (Germany)^[2]

Assistant referees:
Kenneth Petersson (Sweden)
Peter Ekström (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Latvia vs Germany

More information Latvia, 0–0 ...

Latvia	0–0	Germany
	Report

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19 June 2004

17:00

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 22,344

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Latvia

Germany


GK	1	Aleksandrs Koliņko
RB	7	Aleksandrs Isakovs	1'
CB	4	Mihails Zemļinskis
CB	2	Igors Stepanovs
LB	6	Oļegs Blagonadeždins
RM	8	Imants Bleidelis
CM	3	Vitālijs Astafjevs (c)	79'
CM	14	Valentīns Lobaņovs		70'
LM	10	Andrejs Rubins
CF	11	Andrejs Prohorenkovs		67'
CF	9	Māris Verpakovskis		90+2'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Marians Pahars		67'
MF	5	Juris Laizāns		70'
DF	16	Dzintars Zirnis		90+2'
Manager:
Aleksandrs Starkovs


GK	1	Oliver Kahn (c)
RB	3	Arne Friedrich	21'
CB	4	Christian Wörns
CB	6	Frank Baumann
LB	21	Philipp Lahm
RM	19	Bernd Schneider		46'
CM	8	Dietmar Hamann	42'
CM	13	Michael Ballack
LM	22	Torsten Frings	53'
CF	9	Fredi Bobic		67'
CF	10	Kevin Kurányi		78'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Bastian Schweinsteiger		46'
FW	11	Miroslav Klose		67'
FW	14	Thomas Brdaric		78'
Manager:
Rudi Völler

Man of the Match:
Michael Ballack (Germany)^[3]

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp (England)
Glenn Turner (England)
Fourth official:
Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Netherlands vs Czech Republic

More information Netherlands, 2–3 ...

Netherlands	2–3	Czech Republic
Bouma 4' Van Nistelrooy 19'	Report	Koller 23' Baroš 71' Šmicer 88'

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19 June 2004

19:45

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

Attendance: 29,935

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Netherlands

Czech Republic


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar
RB	18	John Heitinga	26' 75'
CB	3	Jaap Stam
CB	4	Wilfred Bouma
LB	5	Giovanni van Bronckhorst
CM	6	Phillip Cocu (c)
CM	20	Clarence Seedorf	9'	86'
CM	8	Edgar Davids
RW	7	Andy van der Meyde		79'
LW	19	Arjen Robben		58'
CF	10	Ruud van Nistelrooy
Substitutions:
MF	21	Paul Bosvelt		58'
DF	2	Michael Reiziger		79'
MF	11	Rafael van der Vaart		86'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat


GK	1	Petr Čech
RB	2	Zdeněk Grygera		25'
CB	13	Martin Jiránek
CB	21	Tomáš Ujfaluši
LB	6	Marek Jankulovski
RM	8	Karel Poborský
CM	10	Tomáš Rosický
CM	4	Tomáš Galásek	55'	62'
LM	11	Pavel Nedvěd (c)
CF	9	Jan Koller		75'
CF	15	Milan Baroš
Substitutions:
MF	7	Vladimír Šmicer		25'
FW	18	Marek Heinz		62'
DF	22	David Rozehnal		75'
Manager:
Karel Brückner

Man of the Match:
Pavel Nedvěd (Czech Republic)^[4]

Assistant referees:
Rafael Guerrero Alonso (Spain)
Oscar Martínez Samaniego (Spain)
Fourth official:
Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Netherlands vs Latvia

More information Netherlands, 3–0 ...

Netherlands	3–0	Latvia
Van Nistelrooy 27' (pen.), 35' Makaay 84'	Report

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23 June 2004

19:45

Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

Attendance: 27,904

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Netherlands

Latvia


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar
RB	2	Michael Reiziger
CB	3	Jaap Stam
CB	15	Frank de Boer (c)
LB	5	Giovanni van Bronckhorst
CM	20	Clarence Seedorf
CM	6	Phillip Cocu
CM	8	Edgar Davids	77'
RW	7	Andy van der Meyde	63'
LW	19	Arjen Robben
CF	10	Ruud van Nistelrooy	70'
Substitutions:
MF	16	Marc Overmars	63'
FW	12	Roy Makaay	70'
MF	14	Wesley Sneijder	77'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat


GK	1	Aleksandrs Koliņko
RB	7	Aleksandrs Isakovs
CB	4	Mihails Zemļinskis
CB	2	Igors Stepanovs
LB	6	Oļegs Blagonadeždins
RM	8	Imants Bleidelis		83'
CM	14	Valentīns Lobaņovs	53'
CM	3	Vitālijs Astafjevs (c)
LM	10	Andrejs Rubins
SS	11	Andrejs Prohorenkovs		74'
CF	9	Māris Verpakovskis		62'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Marians Pahars		62'
MF	5	Juris Laizāns		74'
MF	19	Andrejs Štolcers		83'
Manager:
Aleksandrs Starkovs

Man of the Match:
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands)^[5]

Assistant referees:
Jens Larsen (Denmark)
Jørgen Jepsen (Denmark)
Fourth official:
Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Germany vs Czech Republic

More information Germany, 1–2 ...

Germany	1–2	Czech Republic
Ballack 21'	Report	Heinz 30' Baroš 77'

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23 June 2004

19:45

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 46,849

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Germany

Czech Republic


GK	1	Oliver Kahn (c)
CB	3	Arne Friedrich
CB	5	Jens Nowotny	38'
CB	4	Christian Wörns	83'
RM	22	Torsten Frings		46'
CM	8	Dietmar Hamann		79'
LM	21	Philipp Lahm	74'
RW	19	Bernd Schneider
AM	13	Michael Ballack
LW	7	Bastian Schweinsteiger		86'
CF	10	Kevin Kurányi
Substitutions:
FW	20	Lukas Podolski		46'
FW	11	Miroslav Klose		79'
MF	16	Jens Jeremies		86'
Manager:
Rudi Völler


GK	16	Jaromír Blažek
RB	13	Martin Jiránek
CB	5	René Bolf
CB	22	David Rozehnal
LB	3	Pavel Mareš
CM	19	Roman Týce	48'
CM	4	Tomáš Galásek (c)		46'
RW	20	Jaroslav Plašil		70'
AM	18	Marek Heinz
LW	14	Štěpán Vachoušek
CF	12	Vratislav Lokvenc		59'
Substitutions:
DF	17	Tomáš Hübschman		46'
FW	15	Milan Baroš		59'
MF	8	Karel Poborský		70'
Manager:
Karel Brückner

Man of the Match:
Marek Heinz (Czech Republic)^[6]

Assistant referees:
Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway)
Steinar Holvik (Norway)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

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[2]
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"Marek Heinz". Union of European Football Associations. 23 June 2004. Archived from the original on 7 July 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2012.