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UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B

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

Italy and France secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following Italy's 2–1 win against Scotland, becoming the fifth and sixth teams in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy France Scotland Ukraine Lithuania Georgia (country) Faroe Islands
1 Italy 12 9 2 1 22 9 +13 29 Qualify for final tournament — 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1
2 France 12 8 2 2 25 5 +20 26 3–1 — 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–0
3 Scotland 12 8 0 4 21 12 +9 24 1–2 1–0 — 3–1 3–1 2–1 6–0
4 Ukraine 12 5 2 5 18 16 +2 17 1–2 2–2 2–0 — 1–0 3–2 5–0
5 Lithuania 12 5 1 6 11 13 −2 16 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 — 1–0 2–1
6 Georgia 12 3 1 8 16 19 −3 10 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–2 — 3–1
7 Faroe Islands 12 0 0 12 4 43 −39 0 1–2 0–6 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–6 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Group B fixtures were decided with a random draw conducted on Thursday 9 March 2006, because fixtures could not be agreed between delegates. Ukraine were the only side unable to come to consensus with the rest of the group.[1]

Faroe Islands 0–6 Georgia
Report Mujiri Goal 16'
Iashvili Goal 18'
Arveladze Goal 37', 62', 82'
Kobiashvili Goal 51' (pen.)
Svangaskard, Toftir
Attendance: 2,114
Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)
Scotland 6–0 Faroe Islands
Fletcher Goal 7'
McFadden Goal 10'
Boyd Goal 24' (pen.), 38'
Miller Goal 30' (pen.)
O'Connor Goal 85'		 Report
Attendance: 50,059
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
Georgia 0–3 France
Report Malouda Goal 7'
Saha Goal 15'
Asatiani Goal 47' (o.g.)
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
Italy 1–1 Lithuania
Inzaghi Goal 30' Report Danilevičius Goal 21'
Attendance: 60,000
Ukraine 3–2 Georgia
Shevchenko Goal 31'
Rotan Goal 61'
Rusol Goal 80'		 Report Arveladze Goal 38'
Demetradze Goal 60'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)
Lithuania 1–2 Scotland
Miceika Goal 85' Report Dailly Goal 46'
Miller Goal 62'
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Vladimir Hrinak (Slovakia)
France 3–1 Italy
Govou Goal 2', 55'
Henry Goal 18'		 Report Gilardino Goal 20'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,800
Faroe Islands 0–1 Lithuania
Report Skerla Goal 89'
Attendance: 1,982
Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Ireland)
Scotland 1–0 France
Caldwell Goal 67' Report
Attendance: 52,500
Italy 2–0 Ukraine
Oddo Goal 71' (pen.)
Toni Goal 79'		 Report
Attendance: 49,149
Ukraine 2–0 Scotland
Kucher Goal 60'
Shevchenko Goal 90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Georgia 1–3 Italy
Shashiashvili Goal 26' Report De Rossi Goal 18'
Camoranesi Goal 63'
Perrotta Goal 71'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
France 5–0 Faroe Islands
Saha Goal 1'
Henry Goal 22'
Anelka Goal 77'
Trezeguet Goal 78', 84'		 Report
Attendance: 19,314
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
Scotland 2–1 Georgia
Boyd Goal 11'
Beattie Goal 89'		 Report Arveladze Goal 41'
Attendance: 50,850
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
Faroe Islands 0–2 Ukraine
Report Yezerskiy Goal 20'
Husyev Goal 57'
Svangaskard, Toftir
Attendance: 717
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Lithuania 0–1 France
Report Anelka Goal 73'
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Ukraine 1–0 Lithuania
Husyev Goal 47' Report
Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa
Attendance: 33,600
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
Georgia 3–1 Faroe Islands
Siradze Goal 25'
Iashvili Goal 46', 90+5' (pen.)		 Report R. Jacobsen Goal 57'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pavel Saliy (Kazakhstan)
Italy 2–0 Scotland
Toni Goal 12', 70' Report
Attendance: 37,500
Lithuania 1–0 Georgia
Mikoliūnas Goal 78' Report
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)
France 2–0 Ukraine
Ribéry Goal 57'
Anelka Goal 71'		 Report
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,051
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Faroe Islands 1–2 Italy
R. Jacobsen Goal 77' Report Inzaghi Goal 12', 48'
Attendance: 5,987
Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)
Faroe Islands 0–2 Scotland
Report Maloney Goal 31'
O'Connor Goal 35'
Svangaskard, Toftir
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
France 1–0 Georgia
Nasri Goal 33' Report
Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre
Attendance: 21,000
Lithuania 0–2 Italy
Report Quagliarella Goal 31', 45'
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
Scotland 3–1 Lithuania
Boyd Goal 31'
McManus Goal 77'
McFadden Goal 83'		 Report Danilevičius Goal 61' (pen.)
Attendance: 51,349
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Georgia 1–1 Ukraine
Siradze Goal 87' Report Shelayev Goal 7'
Attendance: 25,000
Italy 0–0 France
Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Lithuania 2–1 Faroe Islands
Jankauskas Goal 8'
Danilevičius Goal 52'		 Report R. Jacobsen Goal 90+3'
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)
Ukraine 1–2 Italy
Shevchenko Goal 71' Report Di Natale Goal 41', 77'
Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
France 0–1 Scotland
Report McFadden Goal 64'
Attendance: 42,000
Scotland 3–1 Ukraine
Miller Goal 4'
McCulloch Goal 10'
McFadden Goal 68'		 Report Shevchenko Goal 24'
Attendance: 50,589
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
Faroe Islands 0–6 France
Report Anelka Goal 6'
Henry Goal 8'
Benzema Goal 50', 81'
Rothen Goal 66'
Ben Arfa Goal 90+4'
Attendance: 8,076
Referee: Gabriele Rossi (San Marino)
Italy 2–0 Georgia
Pirlo Goal 44'
Grosso Goal 84'		 Report
Attendance: 23,057
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)
Ukraine 5–0 Faroe Islands
Kalynychenko Goal 40', 49'
Husyev Goal 43', 45'
Vorobei Goal 64'		 Report
NSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)
Georgia 2–0 Scotland
Mchedlidze Goal 16'
Siradze Goal 64'		 Report
Attendance: 36,500
France 2–0 Lithuania
Henry Goal 80', 81' Report
Attendance: 36,350
Scotland 1–2 Italy
Ferguson Goal 65' Report Toni Goal 2'
Panucci Goal 90+1'
Attendance: 51,301
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Lithuania 2–0 Ukraine
Savėnas Goal 41'
Danilevičius Goal 67'		 Report
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)
Georgia 0–2 Lithuania
Report Kšanavičius Goal 52', 90+6'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ljubomir Krstevski (Macedonia)
Italy 3–1 Faroe Islands
Benjaminsen Goal 11' (o.g.)
Toni Goal 36'
Chiellini Goal 41'		 Report R. Jacobsen Goal 83'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
Ukraine 2–2 France
Voronin Goal 14'
Shevchenko Goal 46'		 Report Henry Goal 20'
Govou Goal 34'
NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 30,000

Goalscorers

There were 117 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ^ Bathgate, Stuart. "Scotland dealt an even hand as Euro 2008 draw resolved", The Scotsman, 10 March 2006. Accessed 27 March 2007.
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