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.

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More information Draw position, Team ...

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	UEFA Rankings		FIFA Rankings June 2008
Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	November 2007^{[nb 1]}	May 2008^{[nb 2]}	FIFA Rankings June 2008
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

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Notes

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

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More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	8	3	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Russia	3	2	1	4	4	0	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Sweden	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Greece	3	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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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.

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Spain vs Russia

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Spain	4–1	Russia
Villa 20', 44', 75' Fàbregas 90+1'	Report	Pavlyuchenko 86'

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10 June 2008

18:00

Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck

Attendance: 30,772^[1]

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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

More information Greece, 0–2 ...

Greece	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Ibrahimović 67' Hansson 72'

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10 June 2008

20:45

Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg

Attendance: 31,063^[4]

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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

More information Sweden, 1–2 ...

Sweden	1–2	Spain
Ibrahimović 34'	Report	Torres 15' Villa 90+2'

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14 June 2008

18:00

Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck

Attendance: 30,772^[6]

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

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

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Greece	0–1	Russia
	Report	Zyryanov 33'

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14 June 2008

20:45

Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg

Attendance: 31,063^[8]

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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

More information Greece, 1–2 ...

Greece	1–2	Spain
Charisteas 42'	Report	De la Red 61' Güiza 88'

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18 June 2008

20:45

Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg

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

More information Russia, 2–0 ...

Russia	2–0	Sweden
Pavlyuchenko 24' Arshavin 50'	Report

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18 June 2008

20:45

Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck

Attendance: 30,772^[12]

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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)

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[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]
"Reserve officials – EURO 2008". UEFA. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
[4]
"Full-time Greece-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
[5]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
[6]
"Full-time report Sweden-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
[7]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Sweden-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
[8]
"Full-time report Greece-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
[9]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
[10]
"Full-time report Greece-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
[11]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
[12]
"Full-time report Russia-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
[13]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Russia-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

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UEFA Euro 2008 Group D

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[1] [N 1]
The UEFA rankings of November 2007 were used for seeding for the final draw.

[2] [N 2]
UEFA unveiled a new ranking system in May 2008 based on results up to November 2007.

[3] [N 3]
From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

[esp-rus_report-4] [1]
"Full-time Spain-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[esp-rus_line-ups-5] [2]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Spain-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[RAR-6] [3]
"Reserve officials – EURO 2008". UEFA. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[gre-swe_report-7] [4]
"Full-time Greece-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[gre-swe_line-ups-8] [5]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[swe-esp_report-9] [6]
"Full-time report Sweden-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[swe-esp_line-ups-10] [7]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Sweden-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[gre-rus_report8-11] [8]
"Full-time report Greece-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[gre-rus_line-ups-12] [9]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Russia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[gre-esp_report-13] [10]
"Full-time report Greece-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[gre-esp_line-ups-14] [11]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[rus-swe_report-15] [12]
"Full-time report Russia-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[rus-swe_line-ups-16] [13]
"Team Line-ups – Group D – Russia-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

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