UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A
Football tournament
Standings and results for Group A of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.
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Poland secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following a 2–0 win against Belgium, becoming the eighth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. Portugal secured qualification to the tournament proper on 21 November 2007 following a 0–0 draw against Finland, becoming the thirteenth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.
Standings
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 28 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 27 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 24[a] | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 24[a] | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
5 | ![]() | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 18 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
6 | ![]() | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 10 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
7 | ![]() | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 9 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | Canc.[b] | ||
8 | ![]() | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 28 | −22 | 5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | Canc.[b] | — |
- ^ a b Head-to-head points: Serbia 4, Finland 1.
- ^ a b The matches between Azerbaijan and Armenia were cancelled by UEFA with both associations receiving no points, as the two national associations failed to resolve political and security disagreements.[1][2]
Matches
Belgium ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Serbia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Žigić ![]() | Report |
Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ladaga ![]() | Report | Byakov ![]() |
Armenia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Van Buyten ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Johansson ![]() | Report | Nuno Gomes ![]() |
Kazakhstan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Smolarek ![]() |
Portugal ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Ronaldo ![]() Carvalho ![]() | Report |
Kazakhstan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Litmanen ![]() Hyypiä ![]() |
Poland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Smolarek ![]() | Report | Nuno Gomes ![]() |
Belgium ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Simons ![]() Vandenbergh ![]() Dembélé ![]() | Report |
Portugal ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Simão ![]() Ronaldo ![]() | Report |
Kazakhstan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Ashirbekov ![]() Zhumaskaliyev ![]() | Report | Žigić ![]() |
Poland ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Bąk ![]() Dudka ![]() Łobodziński ![]() Krzynówek ![]() Kaźmierczak ![]() | Report |
Portugal ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Nuno Gomes ![]() Ronaldo ![]() Quaresma ![]() | Report |
Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Imamaliev ![]() | Report |
Kazakhstan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Baltiev ![]() | Report | Arzumanyan ![]() Hovsepian ![]() |
Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Subašić ![]() | Report | Smolarek ![]() Krzynówek ![]() |
Kazakhstan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Baltiev ![]() | Report | Nadirov ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Johansson ![]() A. Eremenko ![]() | Report |
Armenia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Arzumanyan ![]() | Report | Ronaldo ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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A. Eremenko ![]() Tainio ![]() | Report | Byakov ![]() |
Belgium ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Dembélé ![]() Mirallas ![]() | Report | Kuzmanović ![]() |
Azerbaijan ![]() | Cancelled[note 2] | ![]() |
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Report |
Armenia ![]() | Cancelled[note 2] | ![]() |
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Report |
Azerbaijan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Bruno Alves ![]() Almeida ![]() |
Poland ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Smolarek ![]() | Report | Byakov ![]() |
Kazakhstan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Byakov ![]() | Report | Makukula ![]() Ronaldo ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Forssell ![]() Kuqi ![]() | Report | Gurbanov ![]() |
Armenia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Ostapenko ![]() |
Azerbaijan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Pieroni ![]() |
Serbia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ostapenko ![]() | Report |
Goalscorers
There were 118 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 2.19 goals per match.
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
Mousa Dembélé
Jacek Krzynówek
Danko Lazović
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Sargis Hovsepyan
Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Samir Aliyev
Emin Imamaliev
André Luiz Ladaga
Vüqar Nadirov
Mahmud Qurbanov
Branimir Subašić
Marouane Fellaini
Luigi Pieroni
Timmy Simons
Wesley Sonck
Daniel Van Buyten
Kevin Vandenbergh
Mikael Forssell
Sami Hyypiä
Shefki Kuqi
Mika Nurmela
Teemu Tainio
Mika Väyrynen
Kairat Ashirbekov
Sergei Ostapenko
Samat Smakov
Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
Jacek Bąk
Dariusz Dudka
Łukasz Garguła
Przemysław Kaźmierczak
Mariusz Lewandowski
Wojciech Łobodziński
Rafał Murawski
Maciej Żurawski
Bruno Alves
Ricardo Carvalho
Ariza Makukula
Maniche
Nani
Hélder Postiga
Ricardo Quaresma
Tiago
Branislav Ivanović
Milan Jovanović
Milan Smiljanić
Dejan Stanković
Duško Tošić
1 own goal
Sergei Ostapenko (against Serbia)
Notes
- ^ Serbia played their home match against Azerbaijan behind closed doors as they were punished for a previous crowd disturbance during their last match of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.[3]
- ^ a b The matches between Azerbaijan and Armenia were cancelled by UEFA with both associations receiving no points. This was due to the failure of the two national associations to resolve political and security disagreements.[1][2]
- ^ The match was originally scheduled for 17 November 2007, 20:45 CET, at Stadion Partizana, Belgrade, but was postponed prior to kick-off by Spanish referee Cantalejo, due to heavy snowfall in Belgrade. The match was rescheduled for 18 November 2007, 14:00 CET, but was postponed again to 24 November 2007 due to heavy snowfall.[4]
References
- ^ a b "EXCO unveils World Cup programme". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ a b "UEFA cancel Armenia v Azerbaijan Euro qualifiers". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ Zoran Milosavljevic. "Zigic goal gives Serbia 1–0 win over Azerbaijan". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
- ^ UEFA Archived 6 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- UEFA website