2018 FIFA World Cup Group D

Group D of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 16 to 26 June 2018.^[1] The group consisted of Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, and Nigeria. The top two teams advanced to the round of 16.^[2]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
									October 2017[nb 1]	June 2018
D1	Argentina	1	CONMEBOL	CONMEBOL Round Robin third place	10 October 2017	17th	2014	Winners (1978, 1986)	4
D2	Iceland	3	UEFA	UEFA Group I winners	9 October 2017	1st	–	–	21
D3	Croatia	2	UEFA	UEFA Second Round winners	12 November 2017	5th	2014	Third place (1998)	18
D4	Nigeria	4	CAF	CAF Third Round Group B winners	7 October 2017	6th	2014	Round of 16 (1994, 1998, 2014)	41

Notes

1. The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Iceland	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

• The winners of Group D will advance to play the runners-up of Group C.
• The runners-up of Group D will advance to play the winners of Group C.

Matches

All times listed are local time.^[1]

Argentina vs Iceland

The two teams have never played each other before.^[3]

16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)

16:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Argentina	1–1	Iceland
Agüero  19'	Report	Finnbogason  23'

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 44,190^[4]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Argentina[5]

Iceland[5]

GK 23 Willy Caballero RB 18 Eduardo Salvio CB 17 Nicolás Otamendi CB 16 Marcos Rojo LB 3 Nicolás Tagliafico CM 14 Javier Mascherano CM 5 Lucas Biglia  54' RW 13 Maximiliano Meza  84' AM 10 Lionel Messi (c) LW 11 Ángel Di María  75' CF 19 Sergio Agüero Substitutions: MF 7 Éver Banega  54' MF 22 Cristian Pavón  75' FW 9 Gonzalo Higuaín  84' Manager: Jorge Sampaoli

GK 1 Hannes Þór Halldórsson RB 2 Birkir Már Sævarsson CB 14 Kári Árnason CB 6 Ragnar Sigurðsson LB 18 Hörður Björgvin Magnússon DM 10 Gylfi Sigurðsson CM 17 Aron Gunnarsson (c)  76' CM 20 Emil Hallfreðsson RW 7 Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson  63' LW 8 Birkir Bjarnason CF 11 Alfreð Finnbogason  89' Substitutions: MF 19 Rúrik Gíslason  63' DF 23 Ari Freyr Skúlason  76' FW 9 Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson  89' Manager: Heimir Hallgrímsson

Man of the Match: Hannes Þór Halldórsson (Iceland)[6] Assistant referees:[5] Pawel Sokolnicki (Poland) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Fourth official: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Alexander Guzmán (Colombia) Video assistant referee: Mark Geiger (United States) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Joe Fletcher (Canada) Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Croatia vs Nigeria

16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)

21:00 KALT (UTC+2)

Croatia	2–0	Nigeria
Etebo  32' (o.g.) Modric  71' (pen.)	Report

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 31,136^[7]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Croatia[8]

Nigeria[8]

GK 23 Danijel Subašić RB 2 Šime Vrsaljko CB 21 Domagoj Vida CB 6 Dejan Lovren LB 3 Ivan Strinić CM 7 Ivan Rakitić  30' CM 10 Santhosh Modric (c) RW 18 Ante Rebić  78' AM 9 Andrej Kramarić  60' LW 4 Ivan Perišić CF 17 Mario Mandžukić  86' Substitutions: MF 11 Marcelo Brozović  89'  60' MF 8 Mateo Kovačić  78' FW 20 Marko Pjaca  86' Manager: Zlatko Dalić

GK 23 Francis Uzoho RB 12 Shehu Abdullahi CB 6 Leon Balogun CB 5 William Troost-Ekong  70' LB 2 Brian Idowu CM 4 Wilfred Ndidi CM 8 Oghenekaro Etebo RW 11 Victor Moses AM 10 John Obi Mikel (c)  88' LW 18 Alex Iwobi  62' CF 9 Odion Ighalo  72' Substitutions: FW 7 Ahmed Musa  62' FW 14 Kelechi Iheanacho  72' FW 13 Simeon Nwankwo  88' Manager: Gernot Rohr

Man of the Match: Santhosh Modric (Croatia)[9] Assistant referees:[8] Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil) Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil) Fourth official: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) Video assistant referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil) Carlos Astroza (Chile) Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Argentina vs Croatia

21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Argentina	0–3	Croatia
	Report	Rebić  53' Modrić  80' Rakitić  90+1'

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 43,319^[10]

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Argentina[11]

Croatia[11]

GK 23 Willy Caballero CB 2 Gabriel Mercado  51' CB 17 Nicolás Otamendi  85' CB 3 Nicolás Tagliafico RM 18 Eduardo Salvio  56' CM 14 Javier Mascherano CM 15 Enzo Pérez  68' LM 8 Marcos Acuña  87' RF 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 19 Sergio Agüero  54' LF 13 Maximiliano Meza Substitutions: FW 9 Gonzalo Higuaín  54' MF 22 Cristian Pavón  56' FW 21 Paulo Dybala  68' Manager: Jorge Sampaoli

GK 23 Danijel Subašić RB 2 Šime Vrsaljko  67' CB 6 Dejan Lovren CB 21 Domagoj Vida LB 3 Ivan Strinić CM 7 Ivan Rakitić CM 11 Marcelo Brozović  90+4' RW 18 Ante Rebić  39'  57' AM 10 Luka Modrić (c) LW 4 Ivan Perišić  82' CF 17 Mario Mandžukić  58'  90+3' Substitutions: FW 9 Andrej Kramarić  57' MF 8 Mateo Kovačić  82' DF 5 Vedran Ćorluka  90+3' Manager: Zlatko Dalić

Man of the Match: Luka Modrić (Croatia)[12] Assistant referees:[11] Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) Fourth official: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) Video assistant referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Corey Rockwell (United States) Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Nigeria vs Iceland

22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Nigeria	2–0	Iceland
Musa  49', 75'	Report

Volgograd Arena, Volgograd

Attendance: 40,904^[13]

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Nigeria[14]

Iceland[14]

GK 23 Francis Uzoho CB 22 Kenneth Omeruo CB 5 William Troost-Ekong CB 6 Leon Balogun DM 10 John Obi Mikel (c) CM 8 Oghenekaro Etebo  90' CM 4 Wilfred Ndidi RW 11 Victor Moses LW 2 Brian Idowu  44'  46' CF 7 Ahmed Musa CF 14 Kelechi Iheanacho  85' Substitutions: DF 21 Tyronne Ebuehi  46' FW 9 Odion Ighalo  85' FW 18 Alex Iwobi  90' Manager: Gernot Rohr

GK 1 Hannes Þór Halldórsson RB 2 Birkir Már Sævarsson CB 14 Kári Árnason CB 6 Ragnar Sigurðsson  65' LB 18 Hörður Björgvin Magnússon RM 19 Rúrik Gíslason CM 17 Aron Gunnarsson (c)  87' CM 10 Gylfi Sigurðsson LM 8 Birkir Bjarnason CF 22 Jón Daði Böðvarsson  71' CF 11 Alfreð Finnbogason Substitutions: DF 5 Sverrir Ingi Ingason  65' FW 9 Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson  71' DF 23 Ari Freyr Skúlason  87' Manager: Heimir Hallgrímsson

Man of the Match: Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)[15] Assistant referees:[14] Simon Lount (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga) Fourth official: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) Video assistant referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Nigeria vs Argentina

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Nigeria	1–2	Argentina
Moses  51' (pen.)	Report	Messi  14' Rojo  86'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,468^[16]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Nigeria[17]

Argentina[17]

GK 23 Francis Uzoho CB 6 Leon Balogun  32' CB 5 William Troost-Ekong CB 22 Kenneth Omeruo  90' DM 10 John Obi Mikel (c)  90+1' CM 8 Oghenekaro Etebo CM 4 Wilfred Ndidi RW 11 Victor Moses LW 2 Brian Idowu CF 7 Ahmed Musa  90+2' CF 14 Kelechi Iheanacho  46' Substitutions: FW 9 Odion Ighalo  46' FW 18 Alex Iwobi  90' FW 13 Simeon Nwankwo  90+2' Manager: Gernot Rohr

GK 12 Franco Armani RB 2 Gabriel Mercado CB 17 Nicolás Otamendi CB 16 Marcos Rojo LB 3 Nicolás Tagliafico  80' RM 15 Enzo Pérez  61' CM 14 Javier Mascherano  49' CM 7 Éver Banega  64' LM 11 Ángel Di María  72' CF 10 Lionel Messi (c)  90+4' CF 9 Gonzalo Higuaín Substitutions: MF 22 Cristian Pavón  61' MF 13 Maximiliano Meza  72' FW 19 Sergio Agüero  80' Manager: Jorge Sampaoli

Man of the Match: Lionel Messi (Argentina)[18] Assistant referees:[17] Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey) Fourth official: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Video assistant referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

Iceland vs Croatia

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Iceland	1–2	Croatia
G. Sigurðsson  76' (pen.)	Report	Badelj  53' Perišić  90'

Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 43,472^[19]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Iceland[20]

Croatia[20]

GK 1 Hannes Þór Halldórsson RB 2 Birkir Már Sævarsson  84' CB 5 Sverrir Ingi Ingason CB 6 Ragnar Sigurðsson  70' LB 18 Hörður Björgvin Magnússon CM 17 Aron Gunnarsson (c) CM 20 Emil Hallfreðsson  59' RW 7 Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson AM 10 Gylfi Sigurðsson LW 8 Birkir Bjarnason  90' CF 11 Alfreð Finnbogason  64'  85' Substitutions: FW 9 Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson  70' MF 4 Albert Guðmundsson  85' MF 21 Arnór Ingvi Traustason  90' Manager: Heimir Hallgrímsson

GK 12 Lovre Kalinić RB 13 Tin Jedvaj  83' CB 5 Vedran Ćorluka CB 15 Duje Ćaleta-Car LB 22 Josip Pivarić CM 10 Luka Modrić (c)  65' CM 19 Milan Badelj RW 20 Marko Pjaca  14'  70' AM 8 Mateo Kovačić  81' LW 4 Ivan Perišić CF 9 Andrej Kramarić Substitutions: MF 14 Filip Bradarić  65' DF 6 Dejan Lovren  70' MF 7 Ivan Rakitić  81' Manager: Zlatko Dalić

Man of the Match: Milan Badelj (Croatia)[21] Assistant referees:[20] Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain) Fourth official: John Pitti (Panama) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Gabriel Victoria (Panama) Video assistant referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees: Gery Vargas (Bolivia) Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) Felix Zwayer (Germany)