UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E

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In Group E of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament, Croatia secured qualification to the finals on 17 November 2007 following Israel's 2–1 win against Russia, becoming the seventh team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. Russia secured qualification to the tournament finals on 21 November 2007 following a 1–0 win against Andorra, and Croatia's 3–2 win against England, becoming the fourteenth and last team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

Standings[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Croatia Russia England Israel North Macedonia Estonia Andorra
1  Croatia 12 9 2 1 28 8 +20 29 Qualify for final tournament — 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 7–0
2  Russia 12 7 3 2 18 7 +11 24 0–0 — 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0
3  England 12 7 2 3 24 7 +17 23[a] 2–3 3–0 — 3–0 0–0 3–0 5–0
4  Israel 12 7 2 3 20 12 +8 23[a] 3–4 2–1 0–0 — 1–0 4–0 4–1
5  Macedonia 12 4 2 6 12 12 0 14 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 — 1–1 3–0
6  Estonia 12 2 1 9 5 21 −16 7 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 — 2–1
7  Andorra 12 0 0 12 2 42 −40 0 0–6 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: England 4, Israel 1.

Matches[]

Group E fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants in Nyon, Switzerland, on 3 March 2006.

Estonia 0–1 Macedonia
Report Sedloski 73'
Attendance: 7,500
England 5–0 Andorra
Crouch 5', 66'
Gerrard 13'
Defoe 38', 47'		 Report
Attendance: 56,290
Referee: (Austria)
Estonia 0–1 Israel
Report Colautti 8'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: (Belgium)
Russia 0–0 Croatia
Report
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 27,500
Israel 4–1 Andorra
Benayoun 9'
Ben-Shushan 11'
Gershon 43' (pen.)
Tamuz 69'		 Report Fernandez 84'
Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen (Netherlands)[1][2]
Attendance: 400[3]
Referee: (Bosnia)
Macedonia 0–1 England
Report Crouch 46'
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 16,500
Russia 1–1 Israel
Arshavin 5' Report Ben-Shushan 84'
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 22,000
England 0–0 Macedonia
Report
Attendance: 72,062
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Croatia 7–0 Andorra
Petrić 12', 37', 48', 50'
Klasnić 58'
Balaban 62'
Modrić 83'		 Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 17,618[4]
Referee: (Malta)
Andorra 0–3 Macedonia
Report Pandev 13'
Noveski 16'
Naumoski 31'
Attendance: 300
Referee: (Georgia)
Russia 2–0 Estonia
Pogrebnyak 78'
Sychev 90'		 Report
Attendance: 21,517[5]
Croatia 2–0 England
Eduardo 61'
G. Neville 68' (o.g.)		 Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 31,991[6]
Macedonia 0–2 Russia
Report Bystrov 18'
Arshavin 32'
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 13,000[7]
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
Israel 3–4 Croatia
Colautti 8', 89'
Benayoun 68'		 Report Srna 35' (pen.)
Eduardo 39', 54', 72'
Attendance: 35,000[8]
Estonia 0–2 Russia
Report Bystrov 66'
Kerzhakov 78'
Attendance: 8,202[9]
Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)
Israel 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 38,000[10]
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Croatia 2–1 Macedonia
Srna 58'
Eduardo 88'		 Report Sedloski 36'
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 29,969[11]
Israel 4–0 Estonia
Tal 19'
Colautti 29'
Sahar 77', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 23,658
Andorra 0–3 England
Report Gerrard 54', 76'
Nugent 90+2'
Attendance: 12,800
Estonia 0–1 Croatia
Report Eduardo 32'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 8,651[12]
Russia 4–0 Andorra
Kerzhakov 8', 16', 49'
Sychev 71'		 Report
Attendance: 21,520[13]
Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)
Macedonia 1–2 Israel
Stojkov 13' Report Yitzhaki 11'
Colautti 44'
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 12,000[14]
Andorra 0–2 Israel
Report Tamuz 37'
Colautti 53'
Attendance: 618
Referee: Ian Stokes (Ireland)
Croatia 0–0 Russia
Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 36,194[15]
Estonia 0–3 England
Report J. Cole 37'
Crouch 54'
Owen 62'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 9,635[16]
Estonia 2–1 Andorra
Piiroja 34'
Zelinski 90+2'		 Report Silva 87'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 7,500[17]
Referee: (Northern Ireland)
Russia 3–0 Macedonia
V. Berezutski 8'
Arshavin 84'
Kerzhakov 88'		 Report
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 23,000[18]
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
England 3–0 Israel
Wright-Phillips 20'
Owen 49'
Richards 66'		 Report
Attendance: 85,372
Croatia 2–0 Estonia
Eduardo 39', 45+1' Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,102[19]
Referee: (Switzerland)
Andorra 0–6 Croatia
Report Srna 34'
Petrić 38', 44'
Kranjčar 49'
Eduardo 55'
Rakitić 64'
Attendance: 925[20]
Referee: (France)
Macedonia 1–1 Estonia
Maznov 30' Report Piiroja 17'
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
England 3–0 Russia
Owen 7', 31'
Ferdinand 84'		 Report
Attendance: 86,106
England 3–0 Estonia
Wright-Phillips 11'
Rooney 32'
Rähn 33' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 86,665
Croatia 1–0 Israel
Eduardo 52' Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 30,084[21]
Russia 2–1 England
Pavlyuchenko 69' (pen.), 73' Report Rooney 29'
Attendance: 78,000[22]
Macedonia 3–0 Andorra
Naumoski 30'
Sedloski 44'
Pandev 59'		 Report
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 17,500[23]
Referee: (Lithuania)
Andorra 0–2 Estonia
Report Oper 31'
Lindpere 60'
Attendance: 700[24]
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Israel 2–1 Russia
Barda 10'
Golan 90+2'		 Report Bilyaletdinov 61'
Attendance: 27,563
Macedonia 2–0 Croatia
Maznov 71'
Naumoski 83'		 Report
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 14,500[25]
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Israel 1–0 Macedonia
Barda 35' Report
Attendance: 2,736
Referee: (Poland)
Andorra 0–1 Russia
Report Sychev 39'
Attendance: 780[26]
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
England 2–3 Croatia
Lampard 56' (pen.)
Crouch 65'		 Report Kranjčar 8'
Olić 14'
Petrić 77'
Attendance: 88,091

Goalscorers[]

There were 109 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References[]

  1. ^ Due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, UEFA ordered that no matches in its competitions could be held in Israel until further notice. UEFA was scheduled to reconsider its ban on 14 September.
    "UEFA to reconsider ban on soccer games played in Israel". Haaretz. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
  2. ^ On 15 September, UEFA lifted its ban on matches in Israel, returning to its previous policy of restricting Israel home matches to the Tel Aviv area. Ramat Gan Stadium in Ramat Gan is within the allowed area.
    "UEFA lifts Israel match ban". UEFA. 15 September 2006. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2006.
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  12. ^ "Estonia v Croatia". Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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  19. ^ "Croatia v Estonia". Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Andorra v Croatia". Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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