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UEFA Euro 2008 Group D

Football tournament group stage

UEFA Euro 2008 Group D
Summary

Football tournament group stage

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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 positionTeamPotMethod of
qualificationDate of
qualificationFinals
appearanceLast
appearancePrevious best
performanceUEFA RankingsFIFA Rankings
June 2008November 2007May 2008
D11Group C winner17 October 20073rd2004Winners (2004)1198
D22Group F runner-up21 November 20074th2004Semi-finals (1992)51030
D33Group F winner17 November 20078th2004Winners (1964)984
D44Group E runner-up21 November 20079th2004Winners (1960)151524

Notes

Standings

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+02:00

Spain vs Russia

  • [Villa
  • Fàbregas
  • Pavlyuchenko
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Luis Aragonés
NED Guus Hiddink

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Greece vs Sweden

  • Ibrahimović
  • Hansson
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GER Otto Rehhagel
Lars Lagerbäck

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Sweden vs Spain

  • Ibrahimović
  • Torres
  • Villa
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Lars Lagerbäck
Luis Aragonés

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Greece vs Russia

  • Zyryanov
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GER Otto Rehhagel
NED Guus Hiddink

|}

Greece vs Spain

  • Charisteas
  • De la Red
  • Güiza
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GER Otto Rehhagel
Luis Aragonés

|}

Russia vs Sweden

  • Pavlyuchenko
  • Arshavin
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NED Guus Hiddink
Lars Lagerbäck

|}

References

References

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  2. (10 June 2008). "Team Line-ups – Group D – Spain-Russia". Union of European Football Associations.
  3. "Reserve officials – EURO 2008". UEFA.
  4. (10 June 2008). "Full-time Greece-Sweden". Union of European Football Associations.
  5. (10 June 2008). "Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Sweden". Union of European Football Associations.
  6. (14 June 2008). "Full-time report Sweden-Spain". Union of European Football Associations.
  7. (14 June 2008). "Team Line-ups – Group D – Sweden-Spain". Union of European Football Associations.
  8. (14 June 2008). "Full-time report Greece-Russia". Union of European Football Associations.
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  10. (18 June 2008). "Full-time report Greece-Spain". Union of European Football Associations.
  11. (18 June 2008). "Team Line-ups – Group D – Greece-Spain". Union of European Football Associations.
  12. (18 June 2008). "Full-time report Russia-Sweden". Union of European Football Associations.
  13. (18 June 2008). "Team Line-ups – Group D – Russia-Sweden". Union of European Football Associations.
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