UEFA Euro 2004 Group D explained

Group D of UEFA Euro 2004 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 15 June and was completed on 23 June. The group consisted of Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Latvia.

The Czech Republic won the group and advanced to the quarter finals, along with the Netherlands. Germany, and Latvia failed to advance.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	data-sort-type="number"	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	UEFA Rankings November 2003	FIFA Rankings June 2004
D1		1	Group 3 winner	10 September 2003	6th		data-sort-value="1"	Winners (1976)	4	11
D2		4	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	1st	—	data-sort-value="99"	Debut	32	53
D3		2	Group 5 winner	11 October 2003	9th		data-sort-value="1"	Winners (1972, 1980, 1996)	9	8
D4		3	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	7th		data-sort-value="1"	Winners (1988)	10	5

Notes

Standings

In the quarter-finals,

• The winner of Group D, Czech Republic, advanced to play the runner-up of Group C, Denmark.
• The runner-up of Group D, Netherlands, advanced to play the winner of Group C, Sweden.

Matches

Czech Republic vs Latvia

GK 1 Petr Čech RB 2 CB 5 René Bolf CB 21 Tomáš Ujfaluši LB 6 Marek Jankulovski DM 4 RM 8 Karel Poborský CM 10 Tomáš Rosický LM 11 Pavel Nedvěd (c) CF 15 CF 9 Jan Koller Substitutions: FW 18 MF 7 DF 13 Manager: Karel Brückner

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Aleksandrs Koliņko RB 7 Aleksandrs Isakovs CB 4 Mihails Zemļinskis CB 2 Igors Stepanovs LB 6 Oļegs Blagonadeždins RM 8 Imants Bleidelis CM 3 Vitālijs Astafjevs (c) CM 14 LM 10 Andrejs Rubins CF 11 CF 9 Substitutions: MF 5 FW 17 FW 23 Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs

Man of the Match: Milan Baroš (Czech Republic)^[1] Assistant referees: Frédéric Arnault (France) Serge Vallin (France) Fourth official: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Germany vs Netherlands

See also: Germany–Netherlands football rivalry.

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) RB 3 Arne Friedrich CB 4 Christian Wörns CB 5 Jens Nowotny LB 21 Philipp Lahm CM 8 Dietmar Hamann CM 6 Frank Baumann RW 19 CM 13 LW 22 CF 10 Substitutions: MF 7 MF 18 FW 9 Manager: Rudi Völler

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 18 CB 3 CB 4 Wilfred Bouma LB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst CM 6 Phillip Cocu (c) CM 8 RW 7 Andy van der Meyde AM 11 Rafael van der Vaart LW 22 CF 10 Ruud van Nistelrooy Substitutions: MF 14 MF 16 FW 17 Manager: Dick Advocaat

Man of the Match: Michael Ballack (Germany)^[2] Assistant referees: Kenneth Petersson (Sweden) Peter Ekström (Sweden) Fourth official: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Latvia vs Germany

GK 1 Aleksandrs Koliņko RB 7 CB 4 Mihails Zemļinskis CB 2 Igors Stepanovs LB 6 Oļegs Blagonadeždins RM 8 Imants Bleidelis CM 3 Vitālijs Astafjevs (c) CM 14 LM 10 Andrejs Rubins CF 11 CF 9 Substitutions: FW 17 MF 5 DF 16 Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) RB 3 CB 4 Christian Wörns CB 6 Frank Baumann LB 21 Philipp Lahm RM 19 CM 8 CM 13 Michael Ballack LM 22 CF 9 CF 10 Substitutions: MF 7 FW 11 FW 14 Manager: Rudi Völler

Man of the Match: Michael Ballack (Germany)^[3] Assistant referees: Philip Sharp (England) Glenn Turner (England) Fourth official: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Netherlands vs Czech Republic

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 18 CB 3 Jaap Stam CB 4 Wilfred Bouma LB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst CM 6 Phillip Cocu (c) CM 20 CM 8 Edgar Davids RW 7 LW 19 CF 10 Ruud van Nistelrooy Substitutions: MF 21 DF 2 MF 11 Manager: Dick Advocaat

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Petr Čech RB 2 CB 13 Martin Jiránek CB 21 Tomáš Ujfaluši LB 6 Marek Jankulovski RM 8 Karel Poborský CM 10 Tomáš Rosický CM 4 LM 11 Pavel Nedvěd (c) CF 9 CF 15 Milan Baroš Substitutions: MF 7 FW 18 DF 22 Manager: Karel Brückner

Man of the Match: Pavel Nedvěd (Czech Republic)^[4] Assistant referees: Rafael Guerrero Alonso (Spain) Oscar Martínez Samaniego (Spain) Fourth official: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Netherlands vs Latvia

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger CB 3 Jaap Stam CB 15 Frank de Boer (c) LB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst CM 20 Clarence Seedorf CM 6 Phillip Cocu CM 8 RW 7 LW 19 Arjen Robben CF 10 Substitutions: MF 16 FW 12 MF 14 Manager: Dick Advocaat

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Aleksandrs Koliņko RB 7 Aleksandrs Isakovs CB 4 Mihails Zemļinskis CB 2 Igors Stepanovs LB 6 Oļegs Blagonadeždins RM 8 CM 14 CM 3 Vitālijs Astafjevs (c) LM 10 Andrejs Rubins SS 11 CF 9 Substitutions: FW 17 MF 5 MF 19 Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs

Man of the Match: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands)^[5] Assistant referees: Jens Larsen (Denmark) Jørgen Jepsen (Denmark) Fourth official: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Germany vs Czech Republic

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) CB 3 Arne Friedrich CB 5 CB 4 RM 22 CM 8 LM 21 RW 19 Bernd Schneider AM 13 Michael Ballack LW 7 CF 10 Kevin Kurányi Substitutions: FW 20 FW 11 MF 16 Manager: Rudi Völler

width=25 ! width=25 GK 16 Jaromír Blažek RB 13 Martin Jiránek CB 5 René Bolf CB 22 David Rozehnal LB 3 Pavel Mareš CM 19 CM 4 Tomáš Galásek (c) RW 20 AM 18 Marek Heinz LW 14 Štěpán Vachoušek CF 12 Substitutions: DF 17 FW 15 MF 8 Manager: Karel Brückner

Man of the Match: Marek Heinz (Czech Republic)^[6] Assistant referees: Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway) Steinar Holvik (Norway) Fourth official: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

See also

• Czech Republic at the UEFA European Championship
• Germany at the UEFA European Championship
• Latvia at the UEFA European Championship
• Netherlands at the UEFA European Championship

External links

• UEFA Euro 2004 Group D

Notes and References

1. News: Milan Baroš . Union of European Football Associations . 15 June 2004 . 16 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040624151012/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=4/day=1/match=1059171/index.html . 24 June 2004 .
2. News: Michael Ballack . Union of European Football Associations . 15 June 2004 . 16 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040624151012/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=4/day=1/match=1059170/index.html . 24 June 2004 .
3. News: Michael Ballack . Union of European Football Associations . 19 June 2004 . 16 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040624164647/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=8/day=1/match=1059178/index.html . 24 June 2004 .
4. News: Pavel Nedvěd . Union of European Football Associations . 19 June 2004 . 16 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040624170303/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=8/day=1/match=1059179/index.html . 24 June 2004 .
5. News: Ruud van Nistelrooij . Union of European Football Associations . 23 June 2004 . 16 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040626011120/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=12/day=1/match=1059186/index.html . 26 June 2004 .
6. News: Marek Heinz . Union of European Football Associations . 23 June 2004 . 16 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040707020325/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=12/day=1/match=1059187/index.html . 7 July 2004 .