UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

Group D of UEFA Euro 2012 began on 11 June 2012 and ended on 19 June 2012. The pool was made up of Ukraine, Sweden, France and England. The top two teams, England and France, progressed to the quarter-finals to play Italy and Spain respectively, while Ukraine and Sweden were eliminated from the tournament.

On the second matchday, on 15 June, the match between Ukraine and France that began at 19:00 local time was interrupted by heavy rainfall and a thunderstorm. The conditions forced the referee to suspend the game during the fifth minute, and play was only resumed 58 minutes later.^[1] UEFA therefore delayed the match between Sweden and England to kick off 15 minutes later than originally scheduled, instead beginning at 22:00 local time, to avoid the matches overlapping.^[2]

On the final matchday, on 19 June, the match between England and Ukraine featured a ghost goal by Marko Dević. In the second half, with Ukraine losing 1–0 to a Wayne Rooney goal, Dević's shot was hooked clear from behind the England goal-line by John Terry under the eyes of the additional assistant referee standing beside the goal (as confirmed by video replays). The incident reopened football's goal-line technology debate.^[3][4] Although in the build-up to the incident, Dević's teammate Artem Milevskyi was in an offside position when the ball was played to him, which also went unnoticed by the match officials.^{[5][unreliable source?][6]} UEFA and its chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina admitted on the following day that an error had been made and that Ukraine had been denied a legitimate goal.^[7][8]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	UEFA Rankings November 2011[nb 1]	FIFA Rankings June 2012
D1	Ukraine	1	Co-host	18 April 2007	1st	—	Debut	15	52
D2	Sweden	3	Best runner-up	11 October 2011	5th	2008	Semi-finals (1992)	10	17
D3	France	4	Group D winner	11 October 2011	8th	2008	Winners (1984, 2000)	12	14
D4	England	2	Group G winner	7 October 2011	8th	2004	Third place (1968), Semi-finals (1996)	5	6

Notes

1. The UEFA rankings of November 2011 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Ukraine (H)	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3[a]
4	Sweden	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3[a]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: Ukraine 2–1 Sweden.

In the quarter-finals,

• The winner of Group D, England, advanced to play the runner-up of Group C, Italy.
• The runner-up of Group D, France, advanced to play the winner of Group C, Spain.

Matches

All times Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

France vs England

11 June 2012 (2012-06-11)

19:00

France	1–1	England
Nasri 39'	Report	Lescott 30'

Donbas Arena, Donetsk

Attendance: 47,400^[9]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

France[10]

England[10]

GK 1 Hugo Lloris (c) RB 2 Mathieu Debuchy CB 4 Adil Rami CB 5 Philippe Mexès LB 3 Patrice Evra DM 18 Alou Diarra CM 6 Yohan Cabaye  84' CM 15 Florent Malouda  85' RW 11 Samir Nasri LW 7 Franck Ribéry CF 10 Karim Benzema Substitutions: MF 20 Hatem Ben Arfa  84' MF 19 Marvin Martin  85' Manager: Laurent Blanc

GK 1 Joe Hart RB 2 Glen Johnson CB 6 John Terry CB 15 Joleon Lescott LB 3 Ashley Cole RM 16 James Milner CM 4 Steven Gerrard (c) CM 17 Scott Parker  78' LM 20 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain  34'  77' SS 11 Ashley Young  71' CF 22 Danny Welbeck  90+1' Substitutions: FW 21 Jermain Defoe  77' MF 8 Jordan Henderson  78' MF 7 Theo Walcott  90+1' Manager: Roy Hodgson

Man of the Match: Samir Nasri (France)[9] Assistant referees:[11] Renato Faverani (Italy) Andrea Stefani (Italy) Fourth official: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) Additional assistant referees: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) Reserve assistant referee: Roman Slyško (Slovakia)

Ukraine vs Sweden

11 June 2012 (2012-06-11)

21:45

Ukraine	2–1	Sweden
Shevchenko 55', 61'	Report	Ibrahimović 52'

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 64,290^[12]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Ukraine[13]

Sweden[13]

GK 12 Andriy Pyatov RB 9 Oleh Husiev CB 17 Taras Mykhalyk CB 3 Yevhen Khacheridi LB 2 Yevhen Selin RM 11 Andriy Yarmolenko CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk LM 19 Yevhen Konoplyanka  90+3' AM 18 Serhiy Nazarenko SS 10 Andriy Voronin  85' CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)  81' Substitutions: MF 15 Artem Milevskyi  81' MF 14 Ruslan Rotan  85' FW 22 Marko Dević  90+3' Manager: Oleg Blokhin

GK 1 Andreas Isaksson RB 2 Mikael Lustig CB 3 Olof Mellberg CB 4 Andreas Granqvist LB 5 Martin Olsson CM 6 Rasmus Elm  83' CM 9 Kim Källström  11' RW 7 Sebastian Larsson  68' AM 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović (c) LW 20 Ola Toivonen  62' CF 22 Markus Rosenberg  71' Substitutions: MF 8 Anders Svensson  62' MF 21 Christian Wilhelmsson  68' FW 11 Johan Elmander  71' Manager: Erik Hamrén

Man of the Match: Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)[14] Assistant referees:[15] Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey) Fourth official: Marcin Borski (Poland) Additional assistant referees: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey) Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey) Reserve assistant referee: Marcin Borkowski (Poland)

Ukraine vs France

At 19:05 EEST, in the 5th minute, the match was interrupted due to severe weather. The match resumed at 20:02 EEST.^[16]

15 June 2012 (2012-06-15)

19:00

Ukraine	0–2	France
	Report	Ménez 53' Cabaye 56'

Donbas Arena, Donetsk

Attendance: 48,000^[17]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Ukraine[18]

France[18]

GK 12 Andriy Pyatov RB 9 Oleh Husiev CB 17 Taras Mykhalyk CB 3 Yevhen Khacheridi LB 2 Yevhen Selin  55' CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk  87' CM 10 Andriy Voronin  46' RW 11 Andriy Yarmolenko  68' AM 18 Serhiy Nazarenko  60' LW 19 Yevhen Konoplyanka CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) Substitutions: FW 22 Marko Dević  46' FW 15 Artem Milevskyi  60' MF 8 Oleksandr Aliyev  68' Manager: Oleg Blokhin

GK 1 Hugo Lloris (c) RB 2 Mathieu Debuchy  79' CB 4 Adil Rami CB 5 Philippe Mexès  81' LB 22 Gaël Clichy DM 18 Alou Diarra CM 11 Samir Nasri CM 6 Yohan Cabaye  68' RW 14 Jérémy Ménez  40'  73' LW 7 Franck Ribéry CF 10 Karim Benzema  76' Substitutions: MF 17 Yann M'Vila  68' MF 19 Marvin Martin  73' FW 9 Olivier Giroud  76' Manager: Laurent Blanc

Man of the Match: Franck Ribéry (France)[17] Assistant referees:[19] Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) Additional assistant referees: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Richard Liesveld (Netherlands) Reserve assistant referee: Damien MacGraith (Republic of Ireland)

Sweden vs England

15 June 2012 (2012-06-15)

22:00^{[note 1]}

Sweden	2–3	England
Johnson 49' (o.g.) Mellberg 59'	Report	Carroll 23' Walcott 64' Welbeck 78'

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 64,640^[20]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Sweden[21]

England[21]

GK 1 Andreas Isaksson RB 4 Andreas Granqvist  66' CB 3 Olof Mellberg  63' CB 13 Jonas Olsson  72' LB 5 Martin Olsson RM 7 Sebastian Larsson CM 8 Anders Svensson  90+1' CM 9 Kim Källström LM 6 Rasmus Elm  81' SS 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović (c) CF 11 Johan Elmander  79' Substitutions: DF 2 Mikael Lustig  66' FW 22 Markus Rosenberg  79' MF 21 Christian Wilhelmsson  81' Manager: Erik Hamrén

GK 1 Joe Hart RB 2 Glen Johnson CB 6 John Terry CB 15 Joleon Lescott LB 3 Ashley Cole RM 16 James Milner  58'  61' CM 4 Steven Gerrard (c) CM 17 Scott Parker LM 11 Ashley Young SS 22 Danny Welbeck  90' CF 9 Andy Carroll Substitutions: MF 7 Theo Walcott  61' MF 20 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain  90' Manager: Roy Hodgson

Man of the Match: Olof Mellberg (Sweden)[20] Assistant referees:[22] Primož Arhar (Slovenia) Matej Žunič (Slovenia) Fourth official: Florian Meyer (Germany) Additional assistant referees: Matej Jug (Slovenia) Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Reserve assistant referee: Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)

England vs Ukraine

19 June 2012 (2012-06-19)

21:45

England	1–0	Ukraine
Rooney 48'	Report

Donbas Arena, Donetsk

Attendance: 48,700^[23]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

England[24]

Ukraine[24]

GK 1 Joe Hart RB 2 Glen Johnson CB 6 John Terry CB 15 Joleon Lescott LB 3 Ashley Cole  78' RM 16 James Milner  70' CM 4 Steven Gerrard (c)  73' CM 17 Scott Parker LM 11 Ashley Young SS 10 Wayne Rooney  87' CF 22 Danny Welbeck  82' Substitutions: MF 7 Theo Walcott  70' FW 9 Andy Carroll  82' MF 20 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain  87' Manager: Roy Hodgson

GK 12 Andriy Pyatov RB 9 Oleh Husiev CB 3 Yevhen Khacheridi CB 20 Yaroslav Rakitskyi  74' LB 2 Yevhen Selin DM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (c)  63' RM 11 Andriy Yarmolenko LM 19 Yevhen Konoplyanka AM 6 Denys Harmash  78' SS 15 Artem Milevskyi  77' CF 22 Marko Dević  70' Substitutions: FW 7 Andriy Shevchenko  86'  70' DF 21 Bohdan Butko  77' MF 18 Serhiy Nazarenko  78' Manager: Oleg Blokhin

Man of the Match: Steven Gerrard (England)[23] Assistant referees:[25] Gábor Erős (Hungary) György Ring (Hungary) Fourth official: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) Additional assistant referees: István Vad (Hungary) Tamás Bognár (Hungary) Reserve assistant referee: Damien MacGraith (Republic of Ireland)

Sweden vs France

19 June 2012 (2012-06-19)

21:45

Sweden	2–0	France
Ibrahimović 54' Larsson 90+1'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 63,010^[26]

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Sweden[27]

France[27]

GK 1 Andreas Isaksson RB 4 Andreas Granqvist CB 3 Olof Mellberg CB 13 Jonas Olsson LB 5 Martin Olsson CM 8 Anders Svensson  70'  79' CM 9 Kim Källström RW 7 Sebastian Larsson AM 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović (c) LW 19 Emir Bajrami  46' CF 20 Ola Toivonen  78' Substitutions: MF 21 Christian Wilhelmsson  46' MF 16 Pontus Wernbloom  78' MF 18 Samuel Holmén  81'  79' Manager: Erik Hamrén

GK 1 Hugo Lloris (c) RB 2 Mathieu Debuchy CB 4 Adil Rami CB 5 Philippe Mexès  68' LB 22 Gaël Clichy DM 18 Alou Diarra CM 11 Samir Nasri  77' CM 17 Yann M'Vila  83' RW 20 Hatem Ben Arfa  59' LW 7 Franck Ribéry CF 10 Karim Benzema Substitutions: MF 15 Florent Malouda  59' FW 14 Jérémy Ménez  77' FW 9 Olivier Giroud  83' Manager: Laurent Blanc

Man of the Match: Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)[26] Assistant referees:[28] Bertino Miranda (Portugal) Ricardo Santos (Portugal) Fourth official: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Additional assistant referees: Jorge Sousa (Portugal) Duarte Gomes (Portugal) Reserve assistant referee: Roman Slyško (Slovakia)

See also

• England at the UEFA European Championship
• France at the UEFA European Championship
• Sweden at the UEFA European Championship
• Ukraine at the UEFA European Championship

Notes

1. The match, originally scheduled for 21:45 local time, was delayed 15 minutes to prevent overlap with the other Group D match between Ukraine and France, which had been delayed due to rain.^[2]