# 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D

Group D of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from 9 to 19 June 2019. The group consisted of Argentina, England, 2015 finalists Japan and debutants Scotland. The top two teams, England and Japan, advanced to the round of 16. It was the third occasion in four editions of the World Cup in which England and Japan were drawn together at the group stage (in the other, 2015, they met in the semi-finals).

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | FIFA Rankings |
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | December 2018 | March 2019 |
| D1 | England | 1 | UEFA | UEFA Group 1 winners | 31 August 2018 | 5th | 2015 | Third place (2015) | 4 | 3 |
| D2 | Scotland | 3 | UEFA | UEFA Group 2 winners | 4 September 2018 | 1st | — | Debut | 20 | 20 |
| D3 | Argentina | 4 | CONMEBOL | CONCACAF v CONMEBOL play-off winners | 13 November 2018 | 3rd | 2007 | Group stage (2003, 2007) | 36 | 37 |
| D4 | Japan | 2 | AFC | AFC Women's Asian Cup champions | 13 April 2018 | 8th | 2015 | Winners (2011) | 8 | 7 |
Notes
* ↑ The rankings of December 2018 were used for seeding for the final draw.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 | |
In the round of 16:
* The winners of Group D, England, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group E, Cameroon.
* The runners-up of Group D, Japan, advanced to play the winners of Group E, the Netherlands.

## Matches

All times listed are local, CEST (UTC+2).

### England vs Scotland

| England | Scotland |
| GK | 1 | Karen Bardsley |
| RB | 2 | Lucy Bronze |
| CB | 5 | Steph Houghton (c) |
| CB | 6 | Millie Bright | 55' |
| LB | 3 | Alex Greenwood |
| CM | 4 | Keira Walsh |
| CM | 10 | Fran Kirby | 82' |
| CM | 8 | Jill Scott |
| RF | 7 | Nikita Parris |
| CF | 18 | Ellen White |
| LF | 22 | Beth Mead | 71' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 15 | Abbie McManus | 55' |
| MF | 20 | Karen Carney | 71' |
| MF | 19 | Georgia Stanway | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Phil Neville ||
| GK | 1 | Lee Alexander |
| RB | 15 | Sophie Howard | | 75' |
| CB | 4 | Rachel Corsie (c) |
| CB | 5 | Jen Beattie | 43' |
| LB | 3 | Nicola Docherty | 47' | 55' |
| DM | 8 | Kim Little |
| CM | 16 | Christie Murray | | 87' |
| CM | 9 | Caroline Weir |
| RM | 11 | Lisa Evans |
| LM | 18 | Claire Emslie |
| CF | 22 | Erin Cuthbert |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 2 | Kirsty Smith | | 55' |
| DF | 14 | Chloe Arthur | | 75' |
| MF | 23 | Lizzie Arnot | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Shelley Kerr ||
* Player of the Match:
* Nikita Parris (England)
* Assistant referees:
* Lucie Ratajová (Czech Republic)
* Mária Súkeníková (Slovakia)
* Fourth official:
* Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
* Reserve assistant referee:
* Sanja Rođak-Karšić (Croatia)
* Video assistant referee:
* Felix Zwayer (Germany)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Paweł Gil (Poland)
* Ekaterina Kurochkina (Russia)

### Argentina vs Japan

| Argentina | Japan |
| GK | 1 | Vanina Correa |
| RB | 13 | Virginia Gómez |
| CB | 2 | Agustina Barroso |
| CB | 6 | Aldana Cometti |
| LB | 3 | Eliana Stábile |
| DM | 16 | Lorena Benítez | 79' |
| CM | 8 | Ruth Bravo | 64' |
| CM | 14 | Miriam Mayorga |
| RM | 10 | Estefanía Banini (c) |
| LM | 11 | Florencia Bonsegundo | 77' |
| CF | 9 | Sole Jaimes |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 5 | Vanesa Santana | 64' |
| MF | 19 | Mariana Larroquette | 77' |
| MF | 17 | Mariela Coronel | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Borrello ||
| GK | 18 | Ayaka Yamashita |
| RB | 22 | Risa Shimizu | 38' |
| CB | 4 | Saki Kumagai (c) |
| CB | 12 | Moeka Minami |
| LB | 3 | Aya Sameshima |
| RM | 7 | Emi Nakajima | | 74' |
| CM | 6 | Hina Sugita | 45+1' |
| CM | 17 | Narumi Miura |
| LM | 14 | Yui Hasegawa |
| CF | 9 | Yuika Sugasawa | | 90' |
| CF | 20 | Kumi Yokoyama | | 57' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 8 | Mana Iwabuchi | 85' | 57' |
| FW | 19 | Jun Endo | | 74' |
| MF | 13 | Saori Takarada | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Asako Takakura ||
* Player of the Match:
* Estefanía Banini (Argentina)
* Assistant referees:
* Manuela Nicolosi (France)
* Michelle O'Neill (Republic of Ireland)
* Fourth official:
* Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
* Reserve assistant referee:
* Sarah Jones (New Zealand)
* Video assistant referee:
* Clément Turpin (France)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
* Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)

### Japan vs Scotland

| Japan | Scotland |
| GK | 18 | Ayaka Yamashita |
| RB | 22 | Risa Shimizu |
| CB | 4 | Saki Kumagai (c) |
| CB | 5 | Nana Ichise |
| LB | 3 | Aya Sameshima | 19' |
| RM | 7 | Emi Nakajima |
| CM | 17 | Narumi Miura |
| CM | 6 | Hina Sugita |
| LM | 19 | Jun Endo | | 66' |
| CF | 9 | Yuika Sugasawa |
| CF | 8 | Mana Iwabuchi | | 81' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Rikako Kobayashi | | 66' |
| MF | 14 | Yui Hasegawa | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Asako Takakura ||
| GK | 1 | Lee Alexander |
| RB | 2 | Kirsty Smith |
| CB | 4 | Rachel Corsie (c) | 36' |
| CB | 5 | Jen Beattie |
| LB | 7 | Hayley Lauder |
| RM | 11 | Lisa Evans | | 85' |
| CM | 8 | Kim Little |
| CM | 9 | Caroline Weir |
| LM | 23 | Lizzie Arnot | | 60' |
| CF | 22 | Erin Cuthbert |
| CF | 13 | Jane Ross | | 76' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 18 | Claire Emslie | | 60' |
| FW | 19 | Lana Clelland | | 76' |
| FW | 20 | Fiona Brown | | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Shelley Kerr ||
* Player of the Match:
* Mana Iwabuchi (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Mary Njoroge (Kenya)
* Queency Victoire (Mauritius)
* Fourth official:
* Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
* Reserve assistant referee:
* Princess Brown (Jamaica)
* Video assistant referee:
* Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Drew Fischer (Canada)
* Oleksandra Ardasheva (Ukraine)

### England vs Argentina

| England | Argentina |
| GK | 13 | Carly Telford |
| RB | 2 | Lucy Bronze |
| CB | 5 | Steph Houghton (c) |
| CB | 15 | Abbie McManus |
| LB | 3 | Alex Greenwood |
| CM | 22 | Beth Mead | | 81' |
| CM | 16 | Jade Moore | 45+2' |
| CM | 8 | Jill Scott |
| RF | 10 | Fran Kirby | | 89' |
| CF | 9 | Jodie Taylor |
| LF | 7 | Nikita Parris | | 87' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 19 | Georgia Stanway | | 81' |
| DF | 17 | Rachel Daly | | 87' |
| MF | 20 | Karen Carney | | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Phil Neville ||
| GK | 1 | Vanina Correa |
| RB | 4 | Adriana Sachs |
| CB | 2 | Agustina Barroso | 69' |
| CB | 6 | Aldana Cometti | 39' |
| LB | 3 | Eliana Stábile |
| DM | 14 | Miriam Mayorga |
| CM | 8 | Ruth Bravo |
| CM | 16 | Lorena Benítez | | 77' |
| RM | 10 | Estefanía Banini (c) | | 68' |
| LM | 11 | Florencia Bonsegundo |
| CF | 9 | Sole Jaimes | | 90' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 19 | Mariana Larroquette | | 68' |
| MF | 5 | Vanesa Santana | | 77' |
| FW | 7 | Yael Oviedo | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Borrello ||
* Player of the Match:
* Vanina Correa (Argentina)
* Assistant referees:
* Fang Yan (China PR)
* Kim Kyoung-min (South Korea)
* Fourth official:
* Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)
* Reserve assistant referee:
* Hong Kum-nyo (North Korea)
* Video assistant referee:
* Felix Zwayer (Germany)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
* Katrin Rafalski (Germany)

### Japan vs England

| Japan | England |
| GK | 18 | Ayaka Yamashita |
| RB | 22 | Risa Shimizu |
| CB | 4 | Saki Kumagai (c) |
| CB | 5 | Nana Ichise |
| LB | 3 | Aya Sameshima |
| RM | 11 | Rikako Kobayashi | 62' |
| CM | 7 | Emi Nakajima |
| CM | 6 | Hina Sugita |
| LM | 19 | Jun Endo | 85' |
| CF | 20 | Kumi Yokoyama | 61' |
| CF | 8 | Mana Iwabuchi |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Yuika Sugasawa | 61' |
| MF | 17 | Narumi Miura | 62' |
| MF | 13 | Saori Takarada | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Asako Takakura ||
| GK | 1 | Karen Bardsley |
| RB | 2 | Lucy Bronze |
| CB | 5 | Steph Houghton (c) |
| CB | 6 | Millie Bright |
| LB | 12 | Demi Stokes |
| CM | 8 | Jill Scott |
| CM | 4 | Keira Walsh | 72' |
| CM | 19 | Georgia Stanway | 74' |
| RF | 17 | Rachel Daly |
| CF | 18 | Ellen White |
| LF | 11 | Toni Duggan | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Jade Moore | 72' |
| MF | 20 | Karen Carney | 74' |
| FW | 7 | Nikita Parris | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Phil Neville ||
* Player of the Match:
* Ellen White (England)
* Assistant referees:
* Luciana Mascaraña (Uruguay)
* Mónica Amboya (Ecuador)
* Fourth official:
* María Carvajal (Chile)
* Reserve assistant referee:
* Queency Victoire (Mauritius)
* Video assistant referee:
* Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
* Leslie Vasquez (Chile)

### Scotland vs Argentina

| Scotland | Argentina |
| GK | 1 | Lee Alexander | 90+3' |
| RB | 2 | Kirsty Smith | | 86' |
| CB | 4 | Rachel Corsie (c) |
| CB | 5 | Jen Beattie |
| LB | 3 | Nicola Docherty |
| CM | 8 | Kim Little |
| CM | 10 | Leanne Crichton |
| CM | 9 | Caroline Weir | 86' |
| RF | 11 | Lisa Evans | | 86' |
| CF | 22 | Erin Cuthbert | 85' |
| LF | 18 | Claire Emslie |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 15 | Sophie Howard | | 86' |
| FW | 20 | Fiona Brown | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Shelley Kerr ||
| GK | 1 | Vanina Correa |
| RB | 8 | Ruth Bravo |
| CB | 2 | Agustina Barroso |
| CB | 6 | Aldana Cometti |
| LB | 3 | Eliana Stábile |
| RM | 19 | Mariana Larroquette | 75' |
| CM | 5 | Vanesa Santana | | 82' |
| CM | 16 | Lorena Benítez |
| LM | 11 | Florencia Bonsegundo |
| CF | 10 | Estefanía Banini (c) | | 60' |
| CF | 9 | Sole Jaimes | | 70' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 22 | Milagros Menéndez | | 60' |
| MF | 20 | Dalila Ippólito | | 70' |
| MF | 14 | Miriam Mayorga | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Borrello ||
* Player of the Match:
* Erin Cuthbert (Scotland)
* Assistant referees:
* Hong Kum-nyo (North Korea)
* Kim Kyoung-min (South Korea)
* Fourth official:
* Lidya Tafesse (Ethiopia)
* Reserve assistant referee:
* Makoto Bozono (Japan)
* Video assistant referee:
* Bastian Dankert (Germany)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Drew Fischer (Canada)
* Katrin Rafalski (Germany)

## Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers in the group if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied, or if teams had the same record in the ranking of third-placed teams. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:
* first yellow card: minus 1 point;
* indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
* direct red card: minus 4 points;
* yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points |
| England | | 1 | | −1 |
| Argentina | | 2 | 1 | −3 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | | −4 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1 | 3 | −6 |