European Football Championship 2008 / Group D.

In Group D of the European Football Championship 2008 , the reigning European champions disappointed Greece, who this time could not win a single point with their defensive tactics. The Spaniards qualified as group winners ahead of the Russians, who secured a place in the quarter-finals in a direct duel against the Swedes with a 2-0 win.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	008: 300	+5	09
2.	Russia	3	2	0	1	004: 400	± 0	06th
3.	Sweden	3	1	0	2	003: 400	−1	03
4th	Greece	3	0	0	3	001: 500	−4	00

Spain - Russia 4: 1 (2: 0)

Spain		Russia		Lineup
	1st matchday Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 6:00 p.m. CEST in Innsbruck ( Tivoli-Neu ) Spectators: 30,772 (sold out) Referee: Konrad Plautz ( Austria )   (PDF) Match report
	Iker Casillas - Sergio Ramos , Carlos Marchena , Carles Puyol , Joan Capdevila - David Silva (77th Xabi Alonso ), Marcos Senna , Xavi , Andrés Iniesta (63rd Santi Cazorla ) - David Villa , Fernando Torres (54th Cesc Fàbregas ) coach : Luis Aragonés	Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Roman Shirokov , Denis Kolodin , Yuri Shirkov - Dmitri Sychev (46. Vladimir Bystrov , 70. Roman Adamov ), Konstantin Zyryanov , Sergei Semak , Igor Semshov (58. Dmitri Torbinski ) Dinijar Bilyaletdinov - Roman Pavlyuchenko coach : Guus Hiddink
	1: 0 Villa (20th) 2: 0 Villa (44th) 3: 0 Villa (75th) 4: 1 Fàbregas (90th + 1 ')	3: 1 Pavlyuchenko (86th)
	Player of the Match: David Villa (Spain)

Greece - Sweden 0: 2 (0: 0)

Greece		Sweden		Lineup
	1st matchday Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 8:45 p.m. CEST in Salzburg ( EM stadium Wals-Siezenheim ) Spectators: 31,063 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca ( Switzerland )   (PDF) Match report
	Antonios Nikopolidis - Georgios Seitaridis , Sotirios Kyrgiakos , Paraskevas Antzas , Traianos Dellas (70th Ioannis Amanatidis ), Vasilis Torosidis - Angelos Charisteas , Angelos Basinas , Kostas Katsouranis , Giorgos Karagounis - Theofanis Gekas (46. Georgios Samaras ) Coach: Otto Rehhagel	Andreas Isaksson - Niclas Alexandersson (74th Fredrik Stoor ), Olof Mellberg , Petter Hansson , Mikael Nilsson - Anders Svensson - Christian Wilhelmsson (78th Markus Rosenberg ), Freddie Ljungberg - Daniel Andersson - Zlatan Ibrahimović (71st Johan Elmander ), Henrik Larsson Trainer: Lars Lagerbäck
		0: 1 Ibrahimović (67.) 0: 2 Hansson (72.)
	Angelos Charisteas (1st), Georgios Seitaridis (51st), Vassilios Torosidis (61st)
	Player of the Match: Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)

Sweden - Spain 1: 2 (1: 1)

Sweden		Spain		Lineup
	2nd matchday Saturday, June 14, 2008, 6:00 p.m. in Innsbruck ( Tivoli-Neu ) Spectators: 30,772 (sold out) Referee: Pieter Vink ( Netherlands )   (PDF) Match report
	Andreas Isaksson - Fredrik Stoor , Olof Mellberg , Petter Hansson , Mikael Nilsson - Johan Elmander (79th Sebastian Larsson ), Daniel Andersson , Anders Svensson , Freddie Ljungberg - Henrik Larsson (87th Kim Källström ), Zlatan Ibrahimović (46th Markus Rosenberg ) Trainer: Lars Lagerbäck	Iker Casillas - Sergio Ramos , Carlos Marchena , Carles Puyol (24th Raúl Albiol ), Joan Capdevila - Andrés Iniesta (59th Santi Cazorla ), Marcos Senna , Xavi (59th Cesc Fàbregas ), David Silva - David Villa , Fernando Torres coach : Luis Aragonés
	1: 1 Ibrahimović (34th)	0: 1 Torres (15th) 1: 2 Villa (90th + 2 ')
	Anders Svensson (55.)	Carlos Marchena (53rd)
	Player of the Match: David Villa (Spain)

Greece - Russia 0: 1 (0: 1)

Greece		Russia		Lineup
	2nd matchday Saturday, June 14, 2008, 8:45 p.m. in Salzburg ( EM stadium Wals-Siezenheim ) Spectators: 31,063 (sold out) Referee: Roberto Rosetti ( Italy )   (PDF) Match report
	Antonios Nikopolidis - Georgios Seitaridis (40. George Karagounis ), Traianos Dellas , Sotirios Kyrgiakos , Vasilios Torosidis - Kostas Katsouranis , Angelos Basinas , Christos Patsatzoglou - Charisteas , Nikos Liberopoulos (61. Theofanis Gekas ), Ioannis Amanatidis (80. Stelios Giannakopoulos ) Trainer: Otto Rehhagel	Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Denis Kolodin , Sergei Ignashevich , Yuri Shirkov (87. Vasily Berezutsky ) - Sergei Semak - Dmitri Torbinski , Konstantin Zyryanov , Igor Semshov , Dinijar Bilyaletdinov (70 Ivan Saenko ) - Roman Pavlyuchenko Coach: Guus Hiddink
		0: 1 Syrjanow (33.)
	Giorgos Karagounis (42nd), Nikos Liberopoulos (58th)	Ivan Sajenko (77th), Dmitri Torbinski (84th)
	Player of the Match: Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia)

Greece - Spain 1: 2 (1: 0)

Greece		Spain		Lineup
	3rd matchday Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 8:45 p.m. CEST in Salzburg ( EM stadium Wals-Siezenheim ) Spectators: 30,883 Referee: Howard Webb ( England )   (PDF) Match report
	Antonios Nikopolidis - Loukas Vyntra , Sotirios Kyrgiakos (62. Paraskevas Antzas ), Traianos Dellas , Nikolaos Spyropoulos - Angelos Basinas , Kostas Katsouranis - Dimitrios Salpingidis (86. Stelios Giannakopoulos ), Giorgos Karagounis (74 Alexandros Tziolis ), Ioannis Amanatidis - Charisteas Trainer: Otto Rehhagel	Pepe Reina - Álvaro Arbeloa , Raúl Albiol , Juanito , Fernando Navarro - Rubén de la Red , Xabi Alonso - Sergio García , Cesc Fàbregas , Andrés Iniesta (58th Santi Cazorla ) - Daniel Güiza Trainer: Luis Aragonés
	1-0 Charisteas (42nd)	1: 1 de la Red (61.) 1: 2 Güiza (88.)
	Giorgos Karagounis (34th), Angelos Basinas (72nd), Loukas Vyntra (90th + 1 ')	Daniel Güiza (41.), Álvaro Arbeloa (45.)
	Player of the Match: Xabi Alonso (Spain)

Russia - Sweden 2: 0 (1: 0)

Russia		Sweden		Lineup
	3rd matchday Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 8:45 p.m. CEST in Innsbruck ( Tivoli-Neu ) Spectators: 30,772 (sold out) Referee: Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium )   (PDF) Match report
	Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Sergei Ignashevich , Denis Kolodin , Yuri Shirkov - Sergei Semak - Konstantin Zyryanov , Igor Semshov , Dinijar Bilyaletdinov (66 Ivan Saenko ) - Roman Pavlyuchenko (90. Vladimir Bystrov ), Andrei Arshavin Coach: Guus Hiddink	Andreas Isaksson - Fredrik Stoor , Olof Mellberg , Petter Hansson , Mikael Nilsson (79th Marcus Allbäck ) - Johan Elmander , Daniel Andersson (56th Kim Källström ), Anders Svensson , Freddie Ljungberg - Henrik Larsson , Zlatan Ibrahimović Trainer: Lars Lagerbäck
	1-0 Pavlyuchenko (24th) 2-0 Arshavin (50th)
	Sergei Semak (57th), Andrei Arshavin (65th), Denis Kolodin (76th)	Andreas Isaksson (10th), Johan Elmander (49th)
	Player of the Match: Andrei Arshavin (Russia)

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} The man of the game (English officially Carlsberg Man of the Match Award ) was chosen in an internet vote on euro2008.uefa.com .

Web links

• Group D on the official UEFA European Championship website ( Memento from 23 May 2008 in the Internet Archive )