UEFA Euro 2008 Group D

Group D of the 2008 UEFA European Championships 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 will be played at venues in Austria, in Innsbruck and Salzburg. The group is comprised 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.

Contents
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0

All times local (UTC+2)

Spain vs Russia

2008-06-10
18:00		 Spain Flag of Spain.svg 4 – 1 Flag of Russia.svg Russia Tivoli-Neu Stadion, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,772
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Villa Scored in the 20th minute 20' Scored in the 44th minute 44' Scored in the 75th minute 75'
Fàbregas Scored in the 90+1th minute 90+1'		 (Report) Pavlyuchenko Scored in the 86th minute 86'
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SPAIN:
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 Substituted off in the 77th minute 77'
CM 19 Marcos Senna
CM 8 Xavi
LM 6 Andrés Iniesta Substituted off in the 63rd minute 63'
CF 7 David Villa
CF 9 Fernando Torres Substituted off in the 54th minute 54'
Substitutions:
MF 10 Cesc Fàbregas Substituted on in the 54th minute 54'
MF 12 Santi Cazorla Substituted on in the 63rd minute 63'
MF 14 Xabi Alonso Substituted on in the 77th minute 77'
Manager:
Flag of Spain Luis Aragonés
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Flag of Russia
RUSSIA:
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 Substituted off in the 58th minute 58'
RW 21 Dmitri Sychev Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
LW 15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
CF 19 Roman Pavlyuchenko
Substitutions:
MF 23 Vladimir Bystrov Substituted on in the 46th minute 46' Substituted off in the 70th minute 70'
MF 7 Dmitri Torbinski Substituted on in the 58th minute 58'
FW 6 Roman Adamov Substituted on in the 70th minute 70'
Manager:
Flag of the Netherlands Guus Hiddink

Man of the Match:
Flag of Spain David Villa

Assistant referees:
Flag of Austria Egon Bereuter
Flag of Austria Markus Mayr
Fourth official:
Flag of Poland Grzegorz Gilewski

Greece vs Sweden

2008-06-10
20:45		 Greece Flag of Greece.svg 0 – 2 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg
Attendance: 31,063
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
(Report) Ibrahimović Scored in the 67th minute 67'
Hansson Scored in the 72nd minute 72'
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GREECE:
GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis
RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis Booked in the 51st minute 51'
CB 16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos
CB 19 Paraskevas Antzas
CB 5 Traianos Dellas Substituted off in the 70th minute 70'
LB 15 Vasilis Torosidis Booked in the 61st minute 61'
RM 9 Angelos Charisteas Booked in the 1st minute 1'
CM 6 Angelos Basinas (c)
CM 21 Kostas Katsouranis
LM 10 Giorgos Karagounis
CF 17 Theofanis Gekas Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Georgios Samaras Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
FW 20 Ioannis Amanatidis Substituted on in the 70th minute 70'
Manager:
Flag of Germany Otto Rehhagel
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SWEDEN:
GK 1 Andreas Isaksson
RB 7 Niclas Alexandersson Substituted off in the 74th minute 74'
CB 3 Olof Mellberg
CB 4 Petter Hansson
LB 2 Mikael Nilsson
DM 8 Anders Svensson
RM 21 Christian Wilhelmsson Substituted off in the 78th minute 78'
LM 9 Fredrik Ljungberg (c)
AM 19 Daniel Andersson
CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović Substituted off in the 71st minute 71'
CF 17 Henrik Larsson
Substitutions:
FW 11 Johan Elmander Substituted on in the 71st minute 71'
DF 5 Fredrik Stoor Substituted on in the 74th minute 74'
FW 22 Markus Rosenberg Substituted on in the 78th minute 78'
Manager:
Flag of Sweden Lars Lagerbäck

Man of the Match:
Flag of Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović

Assistant referees:
Flag of Switzerland Matthias Arnet
Flag of Switzerland Stéphane Cuhat
Fourth official:
Flag of Croatia Ivan Bebek

Sweden vs Spain

2008-06-14
18:00		 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 1 – 2 Flag of Spain.svg Spain Tivoli-Neu Stadion, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,772
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
Ibrahimović Scored in the 34th minute 34' (Report) Torres Scored in the 15th minute 15'
Villa Scored in the 90+2th minute 90+2'
Flag of Sweden
SWEDEN:
GK 1 Andreas Isaksson
RB 5 Fredrik Stoor
CB 3 Olof Mellberg
CB 4 Petter Hansson
LB 2 Mikael Nilsson
RM 11 Johan Elmander Substituted off in the 79th minute 79'
CM 19 Daniel Andersson
CM 8 Anders Svensson Booked in the 55th minute 55'
LM 9 Fredrik Ljungberg (c)
CF 17 Henrik Larsson Substituted off in the 87th minute 87'
CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
Substitutions:
FW 22 Markus Rosenberg Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
MF 18 Sebastian Larsson Substituted on in the 79th minute 79'
MF 16 Kim Källström Substituted on in the 87th minute 87'
Manager:
Flag of Sweden Lars Lagerbäck
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Flag of Spain
SPAIN:
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15 Sergio Ramos
CB 4 Carlos Marchena Booked in the 53rd minute 53'
CB 5 Carles Puyol Substituted off in the 24th minute 24'
LB 11 Joan Capdevila
RM 6 Andrés Iniesta Substituted off in the 59th minute 59'
CM 19 Marcos Senna
CM 8 Xavi Substituted off in the 59th minute 59'
LM 21 David Silva
CF 7 David Villa
CF 9 Fernando Torres
Substitutions:
DF 2 Raúl Albiol Substituted on in the 24th minute 24'
MF 10 Cesc Fàbregas Substituted on in the 59th minute 59'
MF 12 Santi Cazorla Substituted on in the 59th minute 59'
Manager:
Flag of Spain Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
Flag of Spain David Villa

Assistant referees:
Flag of the Netherlands Adriaan Inia
Flag of the Netherlands Hans ten Hoove
Fourth official:
Flag of Scotland Craig Thomson

Greece vs Russia

2008-06-14
20:45		 Greece Flag of Greece.svg 0 – 1 Flag of Russia.svg Russia Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg
Attendance: 31,063
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
(Report) Zyryanov Scored in the 33rd minute 33'
Flag of Greece
GREECE:
GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis
RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis Substituted off in the 40th minute 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 Substituted off in the 80th minute 80'
CF 23 Nikos Liberopoulos Booked in the 58th minute 58' Substituted off in the 61st minute 61'
Substitutions:
MF 10 Giorgos Karagounis Booked in the 42nd minute 42' Substituted on in the 40th minute 40'
FW 17 Theofanis Gekas Substituted on in the 61st minute 61'
MF 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos Substituted on in the 80th minute 80'
Manager:
Flag of Germany Otto Rehhagel
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Flag of Russia
RUSSIA:
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev
RB 22 Aleksandr Anyukov
CB 8 Denis Kolodin
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov Substituted off in the 87th minute 87'
DM 11 Sergei Semak (c)
RM 7 Dmitri Torbinski Booked in the 84th minute 84'
CM 17 Konstantin Zyryanov
CM 20 Igor Semshov
LM 15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Substituted off in the 70th minute 70'
CF 19 Roman Pavlyuchenko
Substitutions:
FW 9 Ivan Saenko Booked in the 77th minute 77' Substituted on in the 70th minute 70'
DF 2 Vasili Berezutski Substituted on in the 87th minute 87'
Manager:
Flag of the Netherlands Guus Hiddink

Man of the Match:
Flag of Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko

Assistant referees:
Flag of Italy Alessandro Griselli
Flag of Italy Paolo Calcagno
Fourth official:
Flag of Portugal Olegário Benquerença

Greece vs Spain

2008-06-18
20:45		 Greece Flag of Greece.svg 1 – 2 Flag of Spain.svg Spain Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg
Attendance: 30,883
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Charisteas Scored in the 42nd minute 42' (Report) de la Red Scored in the 61st minute 61'
Güiza Scored in the 88th minute 88'
Flag of Greece
GREECE:
GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis (c)
RB 11 Loukas Vyntra Booked in the 90+1th minute 90+1'
CB 16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos Substituted off in the 62nd minute 62'
CB 5 Traianos Dellas
LB 4 Nikos Spiropoulos
DM 6 Angelos Basinas Booked in the 72nd minute 72'
DM 21 Kostas Katsouranis
CM 10 Giorgos Karagounis Booked in the 34th minute 34' Substituted off in the 74th minute 74'
RW 14 Dimitrios Salpigidis Substituted off in the 86th minute 86'
LW 20 Ioannis Amanatidis
CF 9 Angelos Charisteas
Substitutions:
DF 19 Paraskevas Antzas Substituted on in the 62nd minute 62'
MF 22 Alexandros Tziolis Substituted on in the 74th minute 74'
MF 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos Substituted on in the 86th minute 86'
Manager:
Flag of Germany Otto Rehhagel
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Flag of Spain
SPAIN:
GK 23 José Manuel Reina
RB 18 Álvaro Arbeloa Booked in the 45th minute 45'
CB 2 Raúl Albiol
CB 20 Juanito
LB 3 Fernando Navarro
DM 22 Rubén de la Red
DM 14 Xabi Alonso (c)
RW 16 Sergio García
AM 10 Cesc Fàbregas
LW 6 Andrés Iniesta Substituted off in the 58th minute 58'
CF 17 Dani Güiza Booked in the 41st minute 41'
Substitutions:
MF 12 Santi Cazorla Substituted on in the 58th minute 58'
Manager:
Flag of Spain Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
Flag of Spain Xabi Alonso

Assistant referees:
Flag of England Darren Cann
Flag of England Mike Mullarkey
Fourth official:
Flag of France Stéphane Lannoy

Russia vs Sweden

2008-06-18
20:45		 Russia Flag of Russia.svg 2 – 0 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Tivoli-Neu Stadion, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,772
Referee: Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium)
Pavlyuchenko Scored in the 24th minute 24'
Arshavin Scored in the 50th minute 50'		 (Report)
Flag of Russia
RUSSIA:
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev
RB 22 Aleksandr Anyukov
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
CB 8 Denis Kolodin Booked in the 76th minute 76'
LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov
DM 11 Sergei Semak (c) Booked in the 57th minute 57'
RM 17 Konstantin Zyryanov
CM 20 Igor Semshov
LM 15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Substituted off in the 66th minute 66'
SS 10 Andrei Arshavin Booked in the 65th minute 65'
CF 19 Roman Pavlyuchenko Substituted off in the 90th minute 90'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Ivan Saenko Substituted on in the 66th minute 66'
MF 23 Vladimir Bystrov Substituted on in the 90th minute 90'
Manager:
Flag of the Netherlands Guus Hiddink
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Flag of Sweden
SWEDEN:
GK 1 Andreas Isaksson Booked in the 10th minute 10'
RB 5 Fredrik Stoor
CB 3 Olof Mellberg
CB 4 Petter Hansson
LB 2 Mikael Nilsson Substituted off in the 79th minute 79'
RM 11 Johan Elmander Booked in the 49th minute 49'
CM 19 Daniel Andersson Substituted off in the 56th minute 56'
CM 8 Anders Svensson
LM 9 Fredrik Ljungberg (c)
CF 17 Henrik Larsson
CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović
Substitutions:
MF 16 Kim Källström Substituted on in the 56th minute 56'
FW 20 Marcus Allbäck Substituted on in the 79th minute 79'
Manager:
Flag of Sweden Lars Lagerbäck

Man of the Match:
Flag of Russia Andrei Arshavin

Assistant referees:
Flag of Belgium Peter Hermans
Flag of Belgium Alex Verstraeten
Fourth official:
Flag of Iceland Kristinn Jakobsson
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Knockout stage Final
UEFA Euro 2008 general information
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UEFA Euro 2008 finalists
Champions: Spain
Runners-up: Germany
Eliminated in semi-finals: Russia • Turkey
Eliminated in quarter-finals: Croatia • Italy • Netherlands • Portugal
Eliminated in group stage: Austria • Czech Republic • France • Greece • Poland • Romania • Sweden • Switzerland