UEFA_Euro_2008_qualifying_Group_A
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A
Football tournament
Standings and results for Group A of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.
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.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||||
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1 | Poland | 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 | Portugal | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 27 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
3 | Serbia | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 24[lower-alpha 1] | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
4 | Finland | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 24[lower-alpha 1] | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
5 | Belgium | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 18 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
6 | Kazakhstan | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 10 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
7 | Armenia | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 9 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | Canc.[lower-alpha 2] | ||
8 | Azerbaijan | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 28 | −22 | 5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | Canc.[lower-alpha 2] | — |
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Group A fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants on 10 February 2006.[citation needed]
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Portugal | 3–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Ronaldo 25', 63' Carvalho 31' |
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Belgium | 3–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Simons 24' (pen.) Vandenbergh 47' Dembélé 82' |
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Kazakhstan | 2–1 | Serbia |
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Ashirbekov 47' Zhumaskaliyev 61' |
Report | Žigić 68' |
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Poland | 5–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Bąk 3' Dudka 6' Łobodziński 34' Krzynówek 58' Kaźmierczak 84' |
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Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Armenia |
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Baltiev 88' (pen.) | Report | Arzumanyan 31' Hovsepian 39' (pen.) |
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Finland | 2–1 | Kazakhstan |
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A. Eremenko 13' Tainio 61' |
Report | Byakov 23' |
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Azerbaijan | 0–2 | Portugal |
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Report | Bruno Alves 12' Almeida 45' |
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Smolarek 56', 64', 65' | Report | Byakov 20' |
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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
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)
- 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]
- 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 re-scheduled for 18 November 2007, 14:00 CET, but was postponed again to 24 November 2007 due to heavy snowfall.[4]
- "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.
- "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