UEFA Euro 2016 Group D

Group D of UEFA Euro 2016 contained defending European champion Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey and Croatia. This Euro 2016 group was the only with two former European champions – Spain (3 times) and Czech Republic (1 time, as Czechoslovakia). Matches were played from 12 to 21 June 2016.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	UEFA Rankings October 2015[nb 1]	FIFA Rankings June 2016
D1	Spain	1	Group C winner	9 October 2015	10th	2012	Winners (1964, 2008, 2012)	2	6
D2	Czech Republic[nb 2]	3	Group A winner	6 September 2015	9th	2012	Winners (1976)	15	30
D3	Turkey	4	Best third-placed team	13 October 2015	4th	2008	Semi-finals (2008)	22	18
D4	Croatia	2	Group H runner-up	13 October 2015	5th	2012	Quarter-finals (1996, 2008)	12	27

Notes

1. The UEFA rankings of October 2015 were used for seeding for the final draw.
2. From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Turkey	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16,

• The winner of Group D, Croatia, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group F, Portugal.
• The runner-up of Group D, Spain, advanced to play the winner of Group E, Italy.

Matches

All times listed are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Turkey vs Croatia

12 June 2016 (2016-06-12)

15:00

Turkey	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Modrić 41'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 43,842^[1]

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Turkey[2]

Croatia[2]

GK 1 Volkan Babacan RB 7 Gökhan Gönül CB 15 Mehmet Topal CB 3 Hakan Balta  48' LB 18 Caner Erkin CM 16 Ozan Tufan CM 8 Selçuk İnan CM 14 Oğuzhan Özyakup  46' RW 6 Hakan Çalhanoğlu LW 10 Arda Turan (c)  65' CF 9 Cenk Tosun  31'  69' Substitutions: MF 20 Volkan Şen  90+1'  46' FW 17 Burak Yılmaz  65' FW 21 Emre Mor  69' Manager: Fatih Terim

GK 23 Danijel Subašić RB 11 Darijo Srna (c) CB 5 Vedran Ćorluka CB 21 Domagoj Vida LB 3 Ivan Strinić  80' CM 10 Luka Modrić CM 19 Milan Badelj RW 14 Marcelo Brozović AM 7 Ivan Rakitić  90' LW 4 Ivan Perišić  87' CF 17 Mario Mandžukić  90+3' Substitutions: FW 9 Andrej Kramarić  87' DF 13 Gordon Schildenfeld  90' FW 20 Marko Pjaca  90+3' Manager: Ante Čačić

Man of the Match: Luka Modrić (Croatia)[3] Assistant referees:[4] Mathias Klasenius (Sweden) Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden) Fourth official: Willie Collum (Scotland) Additional assistant referees: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden) Reserve assistant referee: Damien MacGraith (Republic of Ireland)

Spain vs Czech Republic

13 June 2016 (2016-06-13)

15:00

Spain	1–0	Czech Republic
Piqué 87'	Report

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse

Attendance: 29,400^[5]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Spain[6]

Czech Republic[6]

GK 13 David de Gea RB 16 Juanfran CB 3 Gerard Piqué CB 15 Sergio Ramos (c) LB 18 Jordi Alba DM 5 Sergio Busquets CM 10 Cesc Fàbregas  70' CM 6 Andrés Iniesta RW 21 David Silva LW 22 Nolito  82' CF 7 Álvaro Morata  62' Substitutions: FW 20 Aritz Aduriz  62' MF 14 Thiago  70' FW 11 Pedro  82' Manager: Vicente del Bosque

GK 1 Petr Čech RB 2 Pavel Kadeřábek CB 6 Tomáš Sivok CB 5 Roman Hubník LB 8 David Limberský  61' CM 22 Vladimír Darida CM 13 Jaroslav Plašil RW 4 Theodor Gebre Selassie  86' AM 10 Tomáš Rosický (c)  88' LW 19 Ladislav Krejčí CF 7 Tomáš Necid  75' Substitutions: FW 21 David Lafata  75' MF 18 Josef Šural  86' MF 15 David Pavelka  88' Manager: Pavel Vrba

Man of the Match: Andrés Iniesta (Spain)[7] Assistant referees:[4] Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Fourth official: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) Additional assistant referees: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) Tomasz Musiał (Poland) Reserve assistant referee: Vitali Maliutsin (Belarus)

Czech Republic vs Croatia

17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)

18:00

Czech Republic	2–2	Croatia
Škoda 76' Necid 89' (pen.)	Report	Perišić 37' Rakitić 59'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 38,376^[8]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Czech Republic[9]

Croatia[9]

GK 1 Petr Čech RB 2 Pavel Kadeřábek CB 5 Roman Hubník CB 6 Tomáš Sivok  72' LB 8 David Limberský DM 13 Jaroslav Plašil  86' RM 10 Tomáš Rosický (c) CM 20 Jiří Skalák  67' CM 19 Ladislav Krejčí LM 22 Vladimír Darida CF 21 David Lafata  67' Substitutions: FW 12 Milan Škoda  67' MF 18 Josef Šural  67' FW 7 Tomáš Necid  86' Manager: Pavel Vrba

GK 23 Danijel Subašić RB 11 Darijo Srna (c) CB 5 Vedran Ćorluka CB 21 Domagoj Vida  88' LB 3 Ivan Strinić  90+3' CM 19 Milan Badelj  14' CM 10 Luka Modrić  62' RW 14 Marcelo Brozović  74' AM 7 Ivan Rakitić  90+2' LW 4 Ivan Perišić CF 17 Mario Mandžukić Substitutions: MF 8 Mateo Kovačić  62' DF 13 Gordon Schildenfeld  90+2' DF 2 Šime Vrsaljko  90+3' Manager: Ante Čačić

Man of the Match: Ivan Rakitić (Croatia)[10] Assistant referees:[4] Simon Beck (England) Jake Collin (England) Fourth official: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) Additional assistant referees: Anthony Taylor (England) Andre Marriner (England) Reserve assistant referee: Damianos Efthymiadis (Greece)

Spain vs Turkey

17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)

21:00

Spain	3–0	Turkey
Morata 34', 48' Nolito 37'	Report

Stade de Nice, Nice

Attendance: 33,409^[11]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Spain[12]

Turkey[12]

GK 13 David de Gea RB 16 Juanfran CB 3 Gerard Piqué CB 15 Sergio Ramos (c)  2' LB 18 Jordi Alba  81' DM 5 Sergio Busquets CM 10 Cesc Fàbregas  71' CM 6 Andrés Iniesta RW 21 David Silva  64' LW 22 Nolito CF 7 Álvaro Morata Substitutions: MF 19 Bruno Soriano  64' MF 8 Koke  71' DF 2 César Azpilicueta  81' Manager: Vicente del Bosque

GK 1 Volkan Babacan RB 7 Gökhan Gönül CB 15 Mehmet Topal CB 3 Hakan Balta LB 18 Caner Erkin CM 16 Ozan Tufan  41' CM 8 Selçuk İnan  70' CM 14 Oğuzhan Özyakup  62' RW 6 Hakan Çalhanoğlu  46' LW 10 Arda Turan (c) CF 17 Burak Yılmaz  9' Substitutions: MF 5 Nuri Şahin  46' MF 11 Olcay Şahan  62' MF 19 Yunus Mallı  70' Manager: Fatih Terim

Man of the Match: Andrés Iniesta (Spain)[13] Assistant referees:[4] Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia) Fourth official: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) Additional assistant referees: Danilo Grujić (Serbia) Nenad Đokić (Serbia) Reserve assistant referee: Vitali Maliutsin (Belarus)

Czech Republic vs Turkey

21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)

21:00

Czech Republic	0–2	Turkey
	Report	Yılmaz 10' Tufan 65'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 32,836^[14]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Czech Republic[15]

Turkey[15]

GK 1 Petr Čech (c) RB 2 Pavel Kadeřábek CB 6 Tomáš Sivok CB 5 Roman Hubník LB 11 Daniel Pudil DM 22 Vladimír Darida CM 15 David Pavelka  39'  57' CM 13 Jaroslav Plašil  36'  90' RW 9 Bořek Dočkal  71' LW 19 Ladislav Krejčí CF 7 Tomáš Necid Substitutions: FW 12 Milan Škoda  57' MF 18 Josef Šural  87'  71' MF 14 Daniel Kolář  90' Manager: Pavel Vrba

GK 1 Volkan Babacan RB 7 Gökhan Gönül CB 15 Mehmet Topal CB 3 Hakan Balta  50' LB 13 İsmail Köybaşı  35' CM 16 Ozan Tufan CM 8 Selçuk İnan RW 21 Emre Mor  69' AM 10 Arda Turan (c) LW 20 Volkan Şen  61' CF 17 Burak Yılmaz  90' Substitutions: MF 14 Oğuzhan Özyakup  61' MF 11 Olcay Şahan  69' FW 9 Cenk Tosun  90' Manager: Fatih Terim

Man of the Match: Burak Yılmaz (Turkey)[16] Assistant referees:[4] Damien MacGraith (Republic of Ireland) Francis Connor (Scotland) Fourth official: Sergey Lapochkin (Russia) Additional assistant referees: Bobby Madden (Scotland) John Beaton (Scotland) Reserve assistant referee: Nikolai Golubev (Russia)

Croatia vs Spain

21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)

21:00

Croatia	2–1	Spain
N. Kalinić 45' Perišić 87'	Report	Morata 7'

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 37,245^[17]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Croatia[18]

Spain[18]

GK 23 Danijel Subašić RB 11 Darijo Srna (c)  70' CB 5 Vedran Ćorluka CB 6 Tin Jedvaj LB 2 Šime Vrsaljko  70' CM 15 Marko Rog  29'  82' CM 19 Milan Badelj RW 4 Ivan Perišić  88'  90+4' AM 7 Ivan Rakitić LW 20 Marko Pjaca  90+2' CF 16 Nikola Kalinić Substitutions: MF 8 Mateo Kovačić  82' FW 22 Duje Čop  90+2' FW 9 Andrej Kramarić  90+4' Manager: Ante Čačić

GK 13 David de Gea RB 16 Juanfran CB 3 Gerard Piqué CB 15 Sergio Ramos (c) LB 18 Jordi Alba DM 5 Sergio Busquets CM 10 Cesc Fàbregas  84' CM 6 Andrés Iniesta RW 21 David Silva LW 22 Nolito  60' CF 7 Álvaro Morata  67' Substitutions: MF 19 Bruno Soriano  60' FW 20 Aritz Aduriz  67' MF 14 Thiago  84' Manager: Vicente del Bosque

Man of the Match: Ivan Perišić (Croatia)[19] Assistant referees:[4] Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Additional assistant referees: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Richard Liesveld (Netherlands) Reserve assistant referee: György Ring (Hungary)

See also

• Croatia at the UEFA European Championship
• Czech Republic at the UEFA European Championship
• Spain at the UEFA European Championship
• Turkey at the UEFA European Championship