2004 UEFA European Football Championship - Group B

Play in Group B of the UEFA Euro 2004 completed on June 21, 2004. France

France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...

won the group, and advanced with England

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

to the second round. Croatia

Croatia national football team

The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...

and Switzerland

Switzerland national football team

The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...

failed to advance.

Detailed results of the UEFA Euro 2004 Group B. (Key)

3
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	7	4
7
	3	2	0	1	8	4
6
	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

All times local (WEST/UTC+1)

Switzerland vs Croatia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SWITZERLAND:
GK	1	Jörg Stiel Jörg Stiel Jörg Stiel is a retired Swiss footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Stiel started his career with Swiss side FC Wettingen, later playing for FC St. Gallen and FC Zürich in his native country... (c)
RB	2	Bernt Haas Bernt Haas Bernt Haas is a Swiss football defender who plays for the Swiss club FC St. Gallen.-Career:Haas began his career at Grasshoppers Zurich, where he played for several seasons before moving to England to join Sunderland...
CB	20	Patrick Müller Patrick Müller Patrick Müller is a Swiss professional footballer who currently is a Free Agent after ending his contract with Monaco.-Club career:...
CB	5	Murat Yakin Murat Yakin Murat Yakin is a Swiss-Turkish football coach and former Swiss national player. He is currently the coach of FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League.-Playing career:...
LB	17	Christoph Spycher Christoph Spycher Christoph Spycher is a Swiss football player, who currently plays for BSC Young Boys.-Career:Since 2005, his club is Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga and plays as a full-back....
RM	8	Raphaël Wicky Raphaël Wicky Raphaël Wicky is a retired Swiss footballer, who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer. He is a defensive midfielder who can also play in defense...
CM	6	Johann Vogel Johann Vogel Johann Louis François Vogel is a retired Swiss footballer.-Early career:Vogel joined Swiss amateur club Meyrin in his youth, but made the cut into professional football by joining Grasshoppers...
CM	18	Benjamin Huggel Benjamin Huggel Benjamin "Beni" Huggel is a Swiss international footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He is known to be a tall, strong and a fearless fighter in the centre of the pitch.-Early life:...
LM	10	Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin is a Swiss footballer. He currently plays for Swiss Super League club FC Luzern. He was member of the Swiss national team for eleven years.-Personal life:...
CF	11	Stéphane Chapuisat
CF	9	Alexander Frei
Substitutions:
MF	16	Fabio Celestini Fabio Celestini Fabio Celestini is a retired Swiss footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.Having started and finished his 15-year professional career with Lausanne, he also played one full decade combined in France and Spain, representing four teams.Celestini appeared with the Swiss national team at Euro...
DF	4	Stéphane Henchoz Stéphane Henchoz Stéphane Henchoz is a former Swiss international footballer who last played for Blackburn Rovers as a defender. He has been capped 72 times and played for his country at Euro 1996 and Euro 2004.- Early career :...
MF	15	Daniel Gygax Daniel Gygax Daniel Gygax is a Swiss football midfielder. He currently plays for FC Luzern and the Swiss national team.-Career:On 7 July 2008, Gygax moved to FC Nuremberg in Germany. He left the team on 30 June 2010 to join FC Luzern...
Manager:
Köbi Kuhn

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CROATIA: | GK 12 Tomislav Butina

Tomislav Butina

Tomislav Butina is a former Croatian footballer who played as goalkeeper for top level clubs Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge and Olympiacos. He was also capped 28 times for the Croatia national football team in the period from 2001 to 2006 and was member of Croatian squads at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA...

RB 13 Dario Šimić

Dario Šimic

Dario Šimić is a retired Croatian football player. Šimić was a versatile defender who played as full-back, sweeper or centre back. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, he later played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and AC Milan and Ligue 1 side Monaco, before returning to Dinamo Zagreb in 2010,...

CB 21 Robert Kovač

Robert Kovac

Robert Kovač is a retired Croatian football defender.- Early career :Kovač started his career in lower league clubs Rapide Wedding and Hertha Zehlendorf before making his Bundesliga debut with 1. FC Nuremberg in 1995...

CB 3 Josip Šimunić

Josip Šimunic

Josip Šimunić is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender for Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatian national team.-Club career:...

LB 6 Boris Živković

Boris Živkovic

Boris Živković is a former Croatian football player. He played as a defender and through career he played all defending positions. He played as right and left full back and centre back. At one point of his career he even played as defensive midfielder....

Ivica Mornar

Ivica Mornar is a retired Croatian footballer. He was born in Split.Mornar began his career with Hajduk Split before going on to play for Eintracht Frankfurt, Sevilla, CD Ourense, Standard Liège, Anderlecht and Portsmouth....

CM 10 Niko Kovač

Niko Kovac

Niko Kovač is a former Croatian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Red Bull Salzburg. He was the long-standing captain of Croatia before retiring from international football in January 2009...

LM 22 Nenad Bjelica

Nenad Bjelica

Nenad Bjelica is a former Croatian football player and currently coach who played for Albacete Balompié, Real Betis and Kaiserslautern. Bjelica played as midfielder.-Career:...

RW 18 Ivica Olić

Ivica Olic

Ivica Olić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Bayern Munich in Germany and internationally for the Croatian national team.- Early career :Olić was born and raised in the village of Davor near Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Yugoslavia...

LW 11 Tomislav Šokota CF 9 Dado Pršo

Dado Pršo

Miladin "Dado" Pršo is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker.Pršo played for seven different teams and made over 300 league appearances as a professional...

Substitutions: MF 7 Milan Rapaić

Milan Rapaic

Milan "Miki" Rapaić was a Croatian football midfielder who last played for HNK Trogir after his contract with Standard Liège ended in July 2007....

MF 8 Darijo Srna

Darijo Srna

Darijo Srna is a Croatian footballer who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk as a captain and is also the captain of the Croatian national team.-Club career:Srna's talent was seen by many scouts in Croatia while he was young...

MF 20 Đovani Roso Manager:

Otto Barić

Otto Baric

Otto Barić is a Croatian-Austrian football manager.-1970s to 1980s:Barić started his coaching career in 1969 at West German club Germania Wiesbaden and moved after one season to Austrian club Wacker Innsbruck, where he spent next two seasons and won two consecutive league champions titles before...

Assistant referees:

Paulo Januário

José Cardinal

Fourth official:

Terje Hauge

Terje Hauge is a Norwegian football referee from the club Olsvik IL.-Refereeing career:Since he made his debut in 1990, Hauge has refereed 232 matches in the Tippeligaen. He has been an authorised FIFA referee since 1993...

France vs England


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	FRANCE:
GK	16	Fabien Barthez Fabien Barthez Fabien Alain Barthez is a former French footballer goalkeeper who won honours with Manchester United and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup. He shares the record for the most World Cup finals clean sheets...
RB	15	Lilian Thuram Lilian Thuram Lilian Thuram is a retired professional football defender and is the most capped player in the history of the France national team, and one of the twenty most capped players of all time.He played at the top flight in France, Italy and Spain for over 15 seasons, including ten in the Serie A with both...
CB	5	William Gallas William Gallas William Eric Gallas is a French footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur.Gallas began his career in France, before being signed by English club Chelsea in 2001. He transferred to rivals Arsenal as part of an exchange deal in 2006...
CB	13	Mikaël Silvestre Mikael Silvestre Mikaël Samy Silvestre is a French international footballer. He plays as defender and is currently signed with Werder Bremen of the Bundesliga. He has also played for the French national team...
LB	3	Bixente Lizarazu Bixente Lizarazu Bixente Lizarazu is a former football left defender who played most notably for Girondins de Bordeaux and Bayern Munich, as well as the French national team.-Football career:...
RM	7	Robert Pirès Robert Pirès Robert Emmanuel Pirès is a former French international footballer. He is perhaps best known for his time with Arsenal, with whom he won three FA Cups and two FA Premier League titles including the club's famous unbeaten season of 2003–04...
CM	4	Patrick Vieira Patrick Vieira Patrick Vieira is a retired French footballer of Senegalese descent who is the Football Development Executive at Manchester City....
CM	6	Claude Makélélé Claude Makélélé Claude Makélelé Sinda is a retired football player who used to play as a defensive midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. Prior to joining Paris Saint-Germain, Makélélé played for Nantes, Olympique de Marseille, Celta Vigo, Real Madrid and Chelsea...
LM	10	Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship... (c)
CF	12	Thierry Henry Thierry Henry Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...
CF	20	David Trezeguet David Trézéguet David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....
Substitutions:
FW	11	Sylvain Wiltord Sylvain Wiltord Sylvain Claude Wiltord is a French footballer who currently plays for FC Nantes. With the French national team, Wiltord has won Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup....
DF	19	Willy Sagnol
MF	17	Olivier Dacourt
Manager:
Jacques Santini

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ENGLAND: | GK 1 David James

David James (footballer)

David Benjamin James is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bristol City.On 14 February 2009, he achieved the all-time Premier League appearance record with 536 appearances, overtaking Gary Speed. He held this record until being overtaken by Ryan Giggs on the 14th May 2011...

RB 2 Gary Neville

Gary Neville

Gary Alexander Neville is a former English footballer. He is England's most capped right-back and was Manchester United's club captain for five years....

CB 15 Ledley King

Ledley King

Ledley Brenton King is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur. He is the longest serving player at the club and captained Spurs since 2005. He is currently contracted to Tottenham until 2012...

CB 6 Sol Campbell

Sol Campbell

Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell is an English footballer who is currently a free agent. A central defender, Campbell has played for Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Notts County and Newcastle United, as well as the English national team.Born in East London to Jamaican parents, Campbell's...

LB 3 Ashley Cole

Ashley Cole

Ashley Cole is an Barbadian-English professional footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He plays as a left-back and has been named one of the best in the world....

RM 7 David Beckham

David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...

Frank Lampard

Frank James Lampard is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea and the England national team. He also holds the position of vice-captain for his club side...

CM 4 Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

Steven George Gerrard MBE is an English footballer who plays for and captains Premier League club Liverpool. He also has 89 caps for the England national team. He has played much of his career in a centre midfielder role, but he has also been used as a second striker and right winger...

LM 8 Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes is a retired English footballer, a one-club man who played his entire professional career for Manchester United.Born in Salford, but later moving to Langley, Scholes excelled in both cricket and football in school. He first trained with Manchester United at the age of 14 after being...

CF 9 Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...

CF 10 Michael Owen

Michael Owen

Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...

Substitutions: FW 23 Darius Vassell

Darius Vassell

Darius Vassell is an English footballer who plays for Championship side Leicester City, having previously played for Aston Villa, Manchester City and Ankaragücü, as well as the England national team....

MF 18 Owen Hargreaves

Owen Hargreaves

Owen Lee Hargreaves is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Premier League club Manchester City and the English national football team....

FW 21 Emile Heskey

Emile Heskey

Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa as a striker.Born in Leicester, Heskey started his career with hometown club Leicester City after progressing through their youth system, making his first team debut in 1995...

Manager:

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson , in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish ex-football manager. From October 2010 to October 2011 he managed Football League Championship side Leicester City....

Assistant referees:

Christian Schräer

Jan-Hendrik Salver

Fourth official:

Ľuboš Micheľ

Luboš Michel

Ľuboš Micheľ is a former top-level Slovak football referee.Micheľ became a FIFA referee at the age of 25. One big milestone in his career was refereeing the 2003 UEFA Cup Final between Porto and Celtic...

England vs Switzerland


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	ENGLAND:
GK	1	David James David James (footballer) David Benjamin James is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bristol City.On 14 February 2009, he achieved the all-time Premier League appearance record with 536 appearances, overtaking Gary Speed. He held this record until being overtaken by Ryan Giggs on the 14th May 2011...
RB	2	Gary Neville Gary Neville Gary Alexander Neville is a former English footballer. He is England's most capped right-back and was Manchester United's club captain for five years....
CB	5	John Terry John Terry John George Terry is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League...
CB	6	Sol Campbell Sol Campbell Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell is an English footballer who is currently a free agent. A central defender, Campbell has played for Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Notts County and Newcastle United, as well as the English national team.Born in East London to Jamaican parents, Campbell's...
LB	3	Ashley Cole Ashley Cole Ashley Cole is an Barbadian-English professional footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He plays as a left-back and has been named one of the best in the world....
RM	7	David Beckham David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C... (c)
CM	11	Frank Lampard Frank Lampard Frank James Lampard is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea and the England national team. He also holds the position of vice-captain for his club side...
CM	4	Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard Steven George Gerrard MBE is an English footballer who plays for and captains Premier League club Liverpool. He also has 89 caps for the England national team. He has played much of his career in a centre midfielder role, but he has also been used as a second striker and right winger...
LM	8	Paul Scholes Paul Scholes Paul Scholes is a retired English footballer, a one-club man who played his entire professional career for Manchester United.Born in Salford, but later moving to Langley, Scholes excelled in both cricket and football in school. He first trained with Manchester United at the age of 14 after being...
CF	9	Wayne Rooney Wayne Rooney Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...
CF	10	Michael Owen Michael Owen Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...
Substitutions:
MF	18	Owen Hargreaves Owen Hargreaves Owen Lee Hargreaves is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Premier League club Manchester City and the English national football team....
FW	23	Darius Vassell Darius Vassell Darius Vassell is an English footballer who plays for Championship side Leicester City, having previously played for Aston Villa, Manchester City and Ankaragücü, as well as the England national team....
MF	20	Kieron Dyer Kieron Dyer Kieron Courtney Dyer is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers. Born in Ipswich, he is an attacking midfielder who played youth football for his home club before going on to make nearly 100 league appearances for the club's first team...
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson , in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish ex-football manager. From October 2010 to October 2011 he managed Football League Championship side Leicester City....

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SWITZERLAND: | GK 1 Jörg Stiel

Jörg Stiel

Jörg Stiel is a retired Swiss footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Stiel started his career with Swiss side FC Wettingen, later playing for FC St. Gallen and FC Zürich in his native country...

Bernt Haas

Bernt Haas is a Swiss football defender who plays for the Swiss club FC St. Gallen.-Career:Haas began his career at Grasshoppers Zurich, where he played for several seasons before moving to England to join Sunderland...

CB 20 Patrick Müller

Patrick Müller

Patrick Müller is a Swiss professional footballer who currently is a Free Agent after ending his contract with Monaco.-Club career:...

CB 5 Murat Yakin

Murat Yakin

Murat Yakin is a Swiss-Turkish football coach and former Swiss national player. He is currently the coach of FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League.-Playing career:...

LB 17 Christoph Spycher

Christoph Spycher

Christoph Spycher is a Swiss football player, who currently plays for BSC Young Boys.-Career:Since 2005, his club is Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga and plays as a full-back....

RM 8 Raphaël Wicky

Raphaël Wicky

Raphaël Wicky is a retired Swiss footballer, who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer. He is a defensive midfielder who can also play in defense...

CM 16 Fabio Celestini

Fabio Celestini

Fabio Celestini is a retired Swiss footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.Having started and finished his 15-year professional career with Lausanne, he also played one full decade combined in France and Spain, representing four teams.Celestini appeared with the Swiss national team at Euro...

CM 18 Benjamin Huggel

Benjamin Huggel

Benjamin "Beni" Huggel is a Swiss international footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He is known to be a tall, strong and a fearless fighter in the centre of the pitch.-Early life:...

LM 10 Hakan Yakin

Hakan Yakin

Hakan Yakin is a Swiss footballer. He currently plays for Swiss Super League club FC Luzern. He was member of the Swiss national team for eleven years.-Personal life:...

CF 11 Stéphane Chapuisat CF 9 Alexander Frei Substitutions: MF 15 Daniel Gygax

Daniel Gygax

Daniel Gygax is a Swiss football midfielder. He currently plays for FC Luzern and the Swiss national team.-Career:On 7 July 2008, Gygax moved to FC Nuremberg in Germany. He left the team on 30 June 2010 to join FC Luzern...

MF 7 Ricardo Cabanas

Ricardo Cabanas

Ricardo Cabanas-Rey is a Swiss football player who plays as a midfielder for Grasshoppers.-Club career:Cabanas started his career with Grasshoppers Zürich and played there for several seasons, winning two league titles, before moving to Cologne. During this period, he also enjoyed a loan spell at...

FW 22 Johan Vonlanthen Manager:

Köbi Kuhn

Assistant referees:

Yury Dupanaw

Vladimir Eniutin

Fourth official:

Kyros Vassaras

Kyros Vassaras is a Greek former professional football referee. Outside of refereeing, he works as a travel agent in Thessaloniki, Greece. Vassaras is also a linguist; he is able to speak Greek, German, English and Spanish....

Croatia vs France


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CROATIA:
GK	12	Tomislav Butina Tomislav Butina Tomislav Butina is a former Croatian footballer who played as goalkeeper for top level clubs Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge and Olympiacos. He was also capped 28 times for the Croatia national football team in the period from 2001 to 2006 and was member of Croatian squads at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA...
RB	13	Dario Šimić Dario Šimic Dario Šimić is a retired Croatian football player. Šimić was a versatile defender who played as full-back, sweeper or centre back. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, he later played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and AC Milan and Ligue 1 side Monaco, before returning to Dinamo Zagreb in 2010,... (c)
CB	21	Robert Kovač Robert Kovac Robert Kovač is a retired Croatian football defender.- Early career :Kovač started his career in lower league clubs Rapide Wedding and Hertha Zehlendorf before making his Bundesliga debut with 1. FC Nuremberg in 1995...
CB	3	Josip Šimunić Josip Šimunic Josip Šimunić is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender for Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatian national team.-Club career:...
LB	5	Igor Tudor Igor Tudor Igor Tudor is a Croatian former football defender. He was considered one of Croatia's best defenders in the period between the late 1990s and mid-2000s....
RM	7	Milan Rapaić Milan Rapaic Milan "Miki" Rapaić was a Croatian football midfielder who last played for HNK Trogir after his contract with Standard Liège ended in July 2007....
CM	10	Niko Kovač Niko Kovac Niko Kovač is a former Croatian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Red Bull Salzburg. He was the long-standing captain of Croatia before retiring from international football in January 2009...
CM	22	Nenad Bjelica Nenad Bjelica Nenad Bjelica is a former Croatian football player and currently coach who played for Albacete Balompié, Real Betis and Kaiserslautern. Bjelica played as midfielder.-Career:...
LM	20	Đovani Roso
CF	9	Dado Pršo Dado Pršo Miladin "Dado" Pršo is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker.Pršo played for seven different teams and made over 300 league appearances as a professional...
CF	11	Tomislav Šokota
Substitutions:
MF	15	Jerko Leko
FW	18	Ivica Olić Ivica Olic Ivica Olić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Bayern Munich in Germany and internationally for the Croatian national team.- Early career :Olić was born and raised in the village of Davor near Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Yugoslavia...
FW	19	Ivica Mornar Ivica Mornar Ivica Mornar is a retired Croatian footballer. He was born in Split.Mornar began his career with Hajduk Split before going on to play for Eintracht Frankfurt, Sevilla, CD Ourense, Standard Liège, Anderlecht and Portsmouth....
Manager:
Otto Barić Otto Baric Otto Barić is a Croatian-Austrian football manager.-1970s to 1980s:Barić started his coaching career in 1969 at West German club Germania Wiesbaden and moved after one season to Austrian club Wacker Innsbruck, where he spent next two seasons and won two consecutive league champions titles before...

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FRANCE: | GK 16 Fabien Barthez

Fabien Barthez

Fabien Alain Barthez is a former French footballer goalkeeper who won honours with Manchester United and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup. He shares the record for the most World Cup finals clean sheets...

RB 15 Lilian Thuram

Lilian Thuram

Lilian Thuram is a retired professional football defender and is the most capped player in the history of the France national team, and one of the twenty most capped players of all time.He played at the top flight in France, Italy and Spain for over 15 seasons, including ten in the Serie A with both...

CB 5 William Gallas

William Gallas

William Eric Gallas is a French footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur.Gallas began his career in France, before being signed by English club Chelsea in 2001. He transferred to rivals Arsenal as part of an exchange deal in 2006...

CB 13 Mikaël Silvestre

Mikael Silvestre

Mikaël Samy Silvestre is a French international footballer. He plays as defender and is currently signed with Werder Bremen of the Bundesliga. He has also played for the French national team...

LB 8 Marcel Desailly

Marcel Desailly

Marcel Desailly is a retired Ghanaian born French footballer and star of the France national football team squad, with whom he won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000...

Patrick Vieira

Patrick Vieira is a retired French footballer of Senegalese descent who is the Football Development Executive at Manchester City....

CM 10 Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...

RW 11 Sylvain Wiltord

Sylvain Wiltord

Sylvain Claude Wiltord is a French footballer who currently plays for FC Nantes. With the French national team, Wiltord has won Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup....

LW 12 Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry

Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...

CF 20 David Trezeguet

David Trézéguet

David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....

Substitutions: MF 7 Robert Pirès

Robert Pirès

Robert Emmanuel Pirès is a former French international footballer. He is perhaps best known for his time with Arsenal, with whom he won three FA Cups and two FA Premier League titles including the club's famous unbeaten season of 2003–04...

MF 18 Benoît Pedretti

Benoît Pedretti

Benoît Pedretti is a French association football midfielder playing for Lille. He is a deep lying playmaker well known for his wide range of passing....

DF 19 Willy Sagnol Manager:

Jacques Santini

Assistant referees:

Jørgen Jepsen

Jens Larsen

Jens Larsen is a Danish former professional volleyball and beach volleyball player, and now the coach of the German club Wuppertal....

Fourth official:

Anders Frisk

Anders Frisk is an insurance agent by trade and a former football referee. Frisk chose to go into early retirement from refereeing due to pressure from death threats made against him and his family. These death threats were made by Chelsea fans because Frisk sent off Didier Drogba in the first...

Croatia vs England


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CROATIA:
GK	12	Tomislav Butina Tomislav Butina Tomislav Butina is a former Croatian footballer who played as goalkeeper for top level clubs Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge and Olympiacos. He was also capped 28 times for the Croatia national football team in the period from 2001 to 2006 and was member of Croatian squads at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA...
RB	13	Dario Šimić Dario Šimic Dario Šimić is a retired Croatian football player. Šimić was a versatile defender who played as full-back, sweeper or centre back. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, he later played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and AC Milan and Ligue 1 side Monaco, before returning to Dinamo Zagreb in 2010,...
CB	21	Robert Kovač Robert Kovac Robert Kovač is a retired Croatian football defender.- Early career :Kovač started his career in lower league clubs Rapide Wedding and Hertha Zehlendorf before making his Bundesliga debut with 1. FC Nuremberg in 1995...
CB	3	Josip Šimunić Josip Šimunic Josip Šimunić is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender for Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatian national team.-Club career:...
CB	5	Igor Tudor Igor Tudor Igor Tudor is a Croatian former football defender. He was considered one of Croatia's best defenders in the period between the late 1990s and mid-2000s....
LB	6	Boris Živković Boris Živkovic Boris Živković is a former Croatian football player. He played as a defender and through career he played all defending positions. He played as right and left full back and centre back. At one point of his career he even played as defensive midfielder.... (c)
CM	10	Niko Kovač Niko Kovac Niko Kovač is a former Croatian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Red Bull Salzburg. He was the long-standing captain of Croatia before retiring from international football in January 2009...
CM	7	Milan Rapaić Milan Rapaic Milan "Miki" Rapaić was a Croatian football midfielder who last played for HNK Trogir after his contract with Standard Liège ended in July 2007....
CM	20	Đovani Roso
CF	9	Dado Pršo Dado Pršo Miladin "Dado" Pršo is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker.Pršo played for seven different teams and made over 300 league appearances as a professional...
CF	11	Tomislav Šokota
Substitutions:
FW	19	Ivica Mornar Ivica Mornar Ivica Mornar is a retired Croatian footballer. He was born in Split.Mornar began his career with Hajduk Split before going on to play for Eintracht Frankfurt, Sevilla, CD Ourense, Standard Liège, Anderlecht and Portsmouth....
FW	18	Ivica Olić Ivica Olic Ivica Olić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Bayern Munich in Germany and internationally for the Croatian national team.- Early career :Olić was born and raised in the village of Davor near Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Yugoslavia...
MF	8	Darijo Srna Darijo Srna Darijo Srna is a Croatian footballer who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk as a captain and is also the captain of the Croatian national team.-Club career:Srna's talent was seen by many scouts in Croatia while he was young...
Manager:
Otto Barić Otto Baric Otto Barić is a Croatian-Austrian football manager.-1970s to 1980s:Barić started his coaching career in 1969 at West German club Germania Wiesbaden and moved after one season to Austrian club Wacker Innsbruck, where he spent next two seasons and won two consecutive league champions titles before...

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ENGLAND: | GK 1 David James

David James (footballer)

RB 2 Gary Neville

Gary Neville

Gary Alexander Neville is a former English footballer. He is England's most capped right-back and was Manchester United's club captain for five years....

CB 5 John Terry

John Terry

John George Terry is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League...

CB 6 Sol Campbell

Sol Campbell

LB 3 Ashley Cole

Ashley Cole

Ashley Cole is an Barbadian-English professional footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He plays as a left-back and has been named one of the best in the world....

RM 7 David Beckham

David Beckham

Frank Lampard

CM 4 Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

LM 8 Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes

CF 9 Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...

CF 10 Michael Owen

Michael Owen

Substitutions: DF 15 Ledley King

Ledley King

FW 23 Darius Vassell

Darius Vassell

DF 14 Phil Neville Manager:

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Assistant referees:

Marco Ivaldi

Narciso Pisacreta

Fourth official:

Manuel Mejuto González

Manuel Enrique Mejuto González is a former Spanish football referee. He is known for refereeing two matches in the Euro 2004 in Portugal...

Switzerland vs France


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SWITZERLAND:
GK	1	Jörg Stiel Jörg Stiel Jörg Stiel is a retired Swiss footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Stiel started his career with Swiss side FC Wettingen, later playing for FC St. Gallen and FC Zürich in his native country... (c)
RB	4	Stéphane Henchoz Stéphane Henchoz Stéphane Henchoz is a former Swiss international footballer who last played for Blackburn Rovers as a defender. He has been capped 72 times and played for his country at Euro 1996 and Euro 2004.- Early career :...
CB	20	Patrick Müller Patrick Müller Patrick Müller is a Swiss professional footballer who currently is a Free Agent after ending his contract with Monaco.-Club career:...
CB	5	Murat Yakin Murat Yakin Murat Yakin is a Swiss-Turkish football coach and former Swiss national player. He is currently the coach of FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League.-Playing career:...
LB	17	Christoph Spycher Christoph Spycher Christoph Spycher is a Swiss football player, who currently plays for BSC Young Boys.-Career:Since 2005, his club is Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga and plays as a full-back....
CM	7	Ricardo Cabanas Ricardo Cabanas Ricardo Cabanas-Rey is a Swiss football player who plays as a midfielder for Grasshoppers.-Club career:Cabanas started his career with Grasshoppers Zürich and played there for several seasons, winning two league titles, before moving to Cologne. During this period, he also enjoyed a loan spell at...
CM	6	Johann Vogel Johann Vogel Johann Louis François Vogel is a retired Swiss footballer.-Early career:Vogel joined Swiss amateur club Meyrin in his youth, but made the cut into professional football by joining Grasshoppers...
CM	10	Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin is a Swiss footballer. He currently plays for Swiss Super League club FC Luzern. He was member of the Swiss national team for eleven years.-Personal life:...
RW	8	Raphaël Wicky Raphaël Wicky Raphaël Wicky is a retired Swiss footballer, who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer. He is a defensive midfielder who can also play in defense...
LW	15	Daniel Gygax Daniel Gygax Daniel Gygax is a Swiss football midfielder. He currently plays for FC Luzern and the Swiss national team.-Career:On 7 July 2008, Gygax moved to FC Nuremberg in Germany. He left the team on 30 June 2010 to join FC Luzern...
CF	22	Johan Vonlanthen
Substitutions:
MF	18	Benjamin Huggel Benjamin Huggel Benjamin "Beni" Huggel is a Swiss international footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He is known to be a tall, strong and a fearless fighter in the centre of the pitch.-Early life:...
DF	14	Ludovic Magnin Ludovic Magnin Ludovic Magnin is a Swiss football defender who plays for FC Zürich.-Youth teams:Magnin started his career at Echallens, where he played until 1996. He spent one season at Lausanne Sports before joining second-tier Yverdon Sports.-Professional career: Switzerland and Germany:In 1999, he made his...
FW	21	Milaim Rama Milaim Rama Milaim Rama is a Swiss football player of Albanian descent. He currently plays for FC Thun.-Career:He started his professional career at FC Thun and had a short stint with FC Augsburg in Germany....
Manager:
Köbi Kuhn

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FRANCE: | GK 16 Fabien Barthez

Fabien Barthez

RB 19 Willy Sagnol CB 15 Lilian Thuram

Lilian Thuram

CB 13 Mikaël Silvestre

Mikael Silvestre

Mikaël Samy Silvestre is a French international footballer. He plays as defender and is currently signed with Werder Bremen of the Bundesliga. He has also played for the French national team...

LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu

Bixente Lizarazu

Bixente Lizarazu is a former football left defender who played most notably for Girondins de Bordeaux and Bayern Munich, as well as the French national team.-Football career:...

CM 6 Claude Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

Claude Makélelé Sinda is a retired football player who used to play as a defensive midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. Prior to joining Paris Saint-Germain, Makélélé played for Nantes, Olympique de Marseille, Celta Vigo, Real Madrid and Chelsea...

CM 4 Patrick Vieira

Patrick Vieira

Patrick Vieira is a retired French footballer of Senegalese descent who is the Football Development Executive at Manchester City....

AM 10 Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane

Robert Pirès

CF 20 David Trezeguet

David Trézéguet

David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....

CF 12 Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry

Substitutions: DF 5 William Gallas

William Gallas

FW 9 Louis Saha

Louis Saha

Louis Laurent Saha is a French footballer of Guadelupian origin who currently plays as a forward for Everton FC in the Premier League and the France national team. A former scholar at the Clairefontaine football academy, he started his career at Metz before playing on loan at Newcastle United...

DF 2 Jean-Alain Boumsong

Jean-Alain Boumsong

Jean-Alain Boumsong-Somkong is a professional football defender who currently plays for the Greek team Panathinaikos and the French national team.-Early career:...

Manager:

Jacques Santini

Assistant referees:

Igor Sramka

Martin Balko

Fourth official:

Kyros Vassaras

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