Euro 2008 – Group D
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Group D Info
Group D kicks off on June 10 until June 18 2008. This group consists of reigning champs Greece, plus Sweden, Spain and Russia.
Expert advice from Euro 2008 trader, Mark Barlow:
I remember Spain last time round winning their opening game – but then managing to pick up one further point in the group and making an early exit. And looking at their fixtures this time around, who is to say the same couldn’t happen again? If it does, it makes the game between Greece & Sweden key to any qualification from the group. I would go with holders Greece to edge that one.
Group D Forecast: 1. Greece – 2. Sweden (to edge Spain out on goal-difference)
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Jun 10: Spain vs Russia
(Austria, Innsbruck – Tivoli Neu)
Jun 10: Greece vs Sweden
(Austria, Salzburg – EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim)
Jun 14: Sweden vs Spain
(Austria, Innsbruck – Tivoli Neu)
Jun 14: Greece vs Russia
(Austria, Salzburg – EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim)
Jun 18: Greece vs Spain
(Austria, Salzburg – EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim)
Jun 18: Russia vs Sweden
(Austria, Innsbruck – Tivoli Neu)
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Group D: Team Info:
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- GREECE
- FIFA world ranking: 8
- Head coach: Otto Rehhagel
- Most capped player: Theodoros Zagorakis (120)
- Top goalscorer: Nikos Anastopoulos (29)
Euro 2008 Squad:
GK
Konstantinos Chalkias (Aris)
Alexandros Tzorvas (Crete)
DF
Grigorios Makos (Panionios)
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (AEK Athens)
Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens)
Ioannis Goumas (Panathinaikos)
Nikos Spiropoulos (Panathinaikos)
Loukas Vintra (Panathinaikos)
MF
Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos)
Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton)
Georgios Karagounis (Panathinaikos)
Konstantinos Katsouranis (Benfica)
Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos)
Aggelos Basinas – Captain (Mallorca)
FW
Lazaros Hristodoulopoulos (PAOK)
Nikolaos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens)
Dimitrios Salpingidis (Panathinaikos)
Euro 2008 qualification:
Greece the reigning European Champions won Group C with relative ease, qualifying with two games to spare. They finished the campaign with 31 points – more than any other team in all groups. Their only real low point being a shocking 4-1 loss to group runners-up Turkey in Athens.
| Group C | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | PTS |
| Winner | Greece | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 31 |
| Runner-up | Turkey | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 24 |
Not qualified: Norway,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Hungary & Malta
Euro 2008 qualifying results:
- (away) vs. Moldova: 0-1
- (home) vs. Norway: 1-1
- (away) vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina: 0-4
- (home) vs. Turkey: 1-4
- (away) vs. Malta: 0-1
- (home) vs. Hungary: 2-0
- (home) vs. Moldova: 2-1
- (away) vs. Norway: 2-2
- (home) vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina: 3-2
- (away) vs. Turkey: 0-1
- (home) vs. Malta: 5-0
- (away) vs. Hungary: 1-2
European Championship record
*1980: Round 1 *2004: Champions
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- RUSSIA
- FIFA world ranking: 25
- Head coach: Guus Hiddink
- Most capped player: Viktor Onopko (109 caps)
- Top goalscorer: Vladimir Beschastnykh (26)
Euro 2008 Squad:
GK
Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
Vladimir Gabulov (Amkar Perm)
Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
DF
Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Aleksei Berezutski (CSKA Moscow)
Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moscow)
Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow)
Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow)
Roman Shirokov (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Renat Yanbaev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
MF
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow)
Igor Semshov (Dynamo Moscow)
Dmitri Torbinskiy (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow)
Konstantin Zyrianov (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
FW
Roman Adamov (Moscow)
Ivan Saenko (Nuremberg)
Andrei Arshavin (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow)
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Euro 2008 qualification:
Guus Hiddink’s Russia opened their campaign with home draws against Croatia and Israel, eventually winning five of their next six games. Back-to-back battles against England resulted in loss at Wembley and a comeback win in Moscow. It was England’s unexpected 3-2 loss at home against group winners Croatia that allowed Russia to snatch Euro 2008 qualification at the death.
| Group E | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Winner | Croatia | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 29 |
| Runner-up | Russia | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 24 |
_England, Israel, F.Y.R. Macedonia, Estonia & Andorra did not qualify.
Euro 2008 qualifying results:
- (home) vs. Croatia: 0-0
- (home) vs. Israel: 1-1
- (home) vs. Estonia: 2-0
- (away) vs. F.Y.R. Macedonia: 0-2
- (away) vs. Estonia: 0-2
- (home) vs. Andorra: 4-0
- (away) vs. Croatia: 0-0
- (home) vs. F.Y.R. Macedonia: 3-0
- (away) vs. England: 3-0
- (home) vs. England: 2-1
- (away) vs. Israel: 2-1
- (away) vs. Andorra: 0-1
European Championship record
- 1996: Round 1
- 2004: Round 1
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- SPAIN
- FIFA world ranking: 4
- Head coach: Luis Aragonés (will leave after Euro 2008)
- Most capped player: Andoni Zubizarreta (126 caps)
- Top goalscorer: Raúl (44)
Euro 2008 Squad:
Squad list
GK
Andrés Palop (Sevilla)
Iker Casillas – Captain (Real Madrid)
DF
Raúl Albiol (Valencia)
Álvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool)
Joan Capdevila (Villarreal)
Juanito Gutiérrez (Real Betis)
Carlos Marchena (Valencia)
Fernando Navarro (Mallorca)
Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
MF
Santi Cazorla (Villarreal)
Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)
Rubén De la Red (Getafe)
Cesc Fábregas (Arsenal)
Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
Marcos Senna (Senna)
FW
Sergio García (Zaragoza)
Daniel Güiza (Mallorca)
David Silva (Valenica)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
David Villa (Valenica)
Euro 2008 qualification:
A bad start to the campaign, including losses to Northern Ireland and Sweden was a distant memory as Luis Aragonés’s side overcame the Swedes 3-0 in their penultimate qualifier to confirm their place in the finals.
| Group F | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Winner | Spain | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 28 |
| Runner-up | Sweden | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 26 |
Northern Ireland, Denmark, Latvia, Iceland & Liechtenstein did not qualify.
- (home) vs. Liechtenstein: 4-0
- (away) vs. Northern Ireland: 3-2
- (away) vs. Sweden: 2-0
- (home) vs. Denmark: 2-1
- (home) vs. Iceland: 1-0
- (away) vs. Latvia: 0-2
- (away) vs. Liechtenstein: 0-2
- (away) vs. Iceland: 1-1
- (home) vs. Latvia: 2-0
- (away) vs. Denmark: 1-3
- (home) vs. Sweden: 3-0
- (home) vs. Northern Ireland: 1-0
European Championship record
- 1964 Champions
- 1980 Round 1
- 1964 Champions
- 1988 Round 1
- 1996 Quarter-final
- 2000 Quarter-final
- 2004 Round 1
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- SWEDEN
- FIFA world ranking: 23
- Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck
- Most capped player: Thomas Ravelli (143 caps)
- Top goalscorer: Sven Rydell (49)
Euro 2008 Squad:
GK
Andreas Isaksson (Manchester City)
Rami Shaaban (Hammarby)
Johan Wiland (Elfsborg)
DF
Mikael Dorsin (CFR Cluj)
Andreas Granqvist (Wigan)
Petter Hansson (Stade Rennais)
Daniel Majstorovic (AEK Athens)
Olof Mellberg (Juventus)
Fredrik Stoor (Rosenborg)
MF
Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Göteborg)
Daniel Andersson (Malmö)
Kim Källström (Lyon)
Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham City)
Tobias Linderoth (Galatasaray)
Fredrik Ljungberg – Captain (West Ham United)
Mikael Nilsson (Panathinaikos)
Anders Svensson (IF Elfsborg)
Christian Wilhelmsson (Deportivo de La Coruña)
FW
Henrik Larsson (Helsingborgs IF)
Marcus Allbäck (FC Copenhagen)
Johan Elmander (Toulouse FC)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Inter Milan)
Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen)
Euro 2008 qualification:
Sweden qualified for the finals in their last game, when they beat Latvia 2-1 and Spain beat Northern Ireland – a team that beat the Swedes 2-1 in Belfast.
Hopeful news takes Sweden into the Euro 2008 finals as star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored two goals in his return from injury to help Inter Milan retained the Italian title. Plus Swedish legend Henrik Larsson will come out of international retirement for the finals.
| Group F | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Winner | Spain | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 28 |
| Runner-up | Sweden | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 26 |
Northern Ireland, Denmark, Latvia, Iceland & Liechtenstein did not qualify.
- (away) vs. Latvia: 0-1
- (home) vs. Liechtenstein: 3-1
- (home) vs. Spain: 2-0
- (away) vs. Iceland: 1-2
- (away) vs. Northern Ireland: 2-1
- (away) vs. Denmark: 0-3
- (home) vs. Iceland: 5-0
- (home) vs. Denmark: 0-0
- (away) vs. Liechtenstein: 0-3
- (home) vs. Northern Ireland: 1-1
- (away) vs. Spain: 3-0
- (home) vs. Latvia: 2-1
European Championship record
- 1992 Semi-finals
- 2000 Round 1
- 2004 Quarter-final
