UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A

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Standings and results for Group A of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.

Armenia vs Portugal in Yerevan

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
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Poland Portugal Serbia Finland Belgium Kazakhstan Armenia Azerbaijan
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[a] 2–2 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
4  Finland 14 6 6 2 13 7 +6 24[a] 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.[b]
8  Azerbaijan 12 1 2 9 6 28 −22 5 1–3 0–2 1–6 1–0 0–1 1–1 Canc.[b] —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head points: Serbia 4, Finland 1.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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[]

Group A fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants on 10 February 2006.[citation needed]

Belgium 0–0 Kazakhstan
Report
Attendance: 15,495
Serbia 1–0 Azerbaijan
Žigić Goal 72' Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Poland 1–3 Finland
Garguła Goal 89' Report Litmanen Goal 54', 76' (pen.)
Väyrynen Goal 84'
Attendance: 17,000
Azerbaijan 1–1 Kazakhstan
Ladaga Goal 16' Report Byakov Goal 36'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)
Armenia 0–1 Belgium
Report Van Buyten Goal 41'
Attendance: 8,000
Finland 1–1 Portugal
Johansson Goal 22' Report Nuno Gomes Goal 42'
Attendance: 38,015
Poland 1–1 Serbia
Matusiak Goal 30' Report Lazović Goal 71'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Kazakhstan 0–1 Poland
Report Smolarek Goal 52'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: (Croatia)
Armenia 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 7,500
Serbia 1–0 Belgium
Žigić Goal 54' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Portugal 3–0 Azerbaijan
Ronaldo Goal 25', 63'
Carvalho Goal 31'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)
Kazakhstan 0–2 Finland
Report Litmanen Goal 29'
Hyypiä Goal 64'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: (Greece)
Serbia 3–0 Armenia
Stanković Goal 54' (pen.)
Lazović Goal 62'
Žigić Goal 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Greece)
Poland 2–1 Portugal
Smolarek Goal 9', 18' Report Nuno Gomes Goal 90+2'
Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 40,000
Belgium 3–0 Azerbaijan
Simons Goal 24' (pen.)
Vandenbergh Goal 47'
Dembélé Goal 82'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Latvia)
Finland 1–0 Armenia
Nurmela Goal 10' Report
Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,445
Belgium 0–1 Poland
Report Matusiak Goal 19'
Attendance: 37,578
Portugal 3–0 Kazakhstan
Simão Goal 8', 86'
Ronaldo Goal 30'		 Report
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)
Kazakhstan 2–1 Serbia
Ashirbekov Goal 47'
Zhumaskaliyev Goal 61'		 Report Žigić Goal 68'
Attendance: 15,000
Poland 5–0 Azerbaijan
Bąk Goal 3'
Dudka Goal 6'
Łobodziński Goal 34'
Krzynówek Goal 58'
Kaźmierczak Goal 84'		 Report
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 12,000
Portugal 4–0 Belgium
Nuno Gomes Goal 53'
Ronaldo Goal 55', 75'
Quaresma Goal 68'		 Report
Attendance: 47,009
Azerbaijan 1–0 Finland
Imamaliev Goal 83' Report
Attendance: 14,000
Poland 1–0 Armenia
Żurawski Goal 26' Report
Kielce City Stadium, Kielce
Attendance: 15,000
Serbia 1–1 Portugal
Janković Goal 37' Report Tiago Goal 5'
Attendance: 55,000
Kazakhstan 1–2 Armenia
Baltiev Goal 88' (pen.) Report Arzumanyan Goal 31'
Hovsepian Goal 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,100
Azerbaijan 1–3 Poland
Subašić Goal 6' Report Smolarek Goal 63'
Krzynówek Goal 66', 90'
Attendance: 4,500
Finland 0–2 Serbia
Report Janković Goal 3'
Jovanović Goal 86'
Attendance: 33,615
Belgium 1–2 Portugal
Fellaini Goal 55' Report Nani Goal 43'
Postiga Goal 64'
Attendance: 45,585
Kazakhstan 1–1 Azerbaijan
Baltiev Goal 53' Report Nadirov Goal 30'
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: (Luxembourg)
Finland 2–0 Belgium
Johansson Goal 27'
A. Eremenko Goal 71'		 Report
Attendance: 34,818
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Armenia 1–1 Portugal
Arzumanyan Goal 10' Report Ronaldo Goal 37'
Attendance: 15,550
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Finland 2–1 Kazakhstan
A. Eremenko Goal 13'
Tainio Goal 61'		 Report Byakov Goal 23'
Attendance: 13,000
Belgium 3–2 Serbia
Dembélé Goal 10', 88'
Mirallas Goal 30'		 Report Kuzmanović Goal 73', 90+1'
Attendance: 19,202
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Azerbaijan Cancelled[note 2] Armenia
Report
Serbia 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Portugal 2–2 Poland
Maniche Goal 50'
Ronaldo Goal 73'		 Report Lewandowski Goal 44'
Krzynówek Goal 88'
Attendance: 55,000
Armenia Cancelled[note 2] Azerbaijan
Report
Kazakhstan 2–2 Belgium
Byakov Goal 39'
Smakov Goal 77' (pen.)		 Report Geraerts Goal 13'
Mirallas Goal 24'
Attendance: 18,000
Finland 0–0 Poland
Report
Attendance: 34,088
Portugal 1–1 Serbia
Simão Goal 11' Report Ivanović Goal 88'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Armenia 0–0 Serbia
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Azerbaijan 0–2 Portugal
Report Bruno Alves Goal 12'
Almeida Goal 45'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Poland 3–1 Kazakhstan
Smolarek Goal 56', 64', 65' Report Byakov Goal 20'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 12,000
Belgium 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 4,131
Kazakhstan 1–2 Portugal
Byakov Goal 90+5' Report Makukula Goal 84'
Ronaldo Goal 90+1'
Attendance: 25,000
Azerbaijan 1–6 Serbia
Aliyev Goal 26' Report Tošić Goal 4'
Žigić Goal 22', 42'
Janković Goal 41'
Smiljanic Goal 75'
Lazović Goal 84'
Attendance: 9,000
Belgium 3–0 Armenia
Sonck Goal 63'
Dembélé Goal 69'
Geraerts Goal 76'		 Report
Attendance: 14,812
Referee: (Iceland)
Finland 2–1 Azerbaijan
Forssell Goal 79'
Kuqi Goal 86'		 Report Gurbanov Goal 63'
Attendance: 10,325
Poland 2–0 Belgium
Smolarek Goal 45', 49' Report
Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Portugal 1–0 Armenia
Almeida Goal 42' Report
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Armenia 0–1 Kazakhstan
Report Ostapenko Goal 64'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (France)
Azerbaijan 0–1 Belgium
Report Pieroni Goal 52'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: (Israel)
Portugal 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Serbia 2–2 Poland
Žigić Goal 68'
Lazović Goal 70'		 Report Murawski Goal 28'
Matusiak Goal 46'
Attendance: 3,000
Serbia 1–0 Kazakhstan
Ostapenko Goal 79' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 400

Goalscorers[]

There were 118 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 2.19 goals per match.

9 goals

  • Poland Euzebiusz Smolarek

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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]
  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]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "UEFA cancel Armenia v Azerbaijan Euro qualifiers". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 23 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ^ Zoran Milosavljevic. "Zigic goal gives Serbia 1–0 win over Azerbaijan". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
  4. ^ UEFA Archived 6 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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