UEFA Euro 2012 Group D
# 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. 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.

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. 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. 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.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | UEFA Rankings November 2011 | 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

* ↑ 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 phase |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Ukraine (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |

* 1 2 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

### France vs England

| France | England |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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

| Ukraine | Sweden |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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.

| Ukraine | France |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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

| Sweden | England |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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

| England | Ukraine |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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

| Sweden | France |
| - | - |
| 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)
* Assistant referees:
* 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)
