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UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E

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
 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 Goal 73'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
England 5–0 Andorra
Crouch Goal 5', 66'
Gerrard Goal 13'
Defoe Goal 38', 47'		 Report
Attendance: 56,290
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
Estonia 0–1 Israel
Report Colautti Goal 8'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
Russia 0–0 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Israel 4–1 Andorra
Benayoun Goal 9'
Ben-Shushan Goal 11'
Gershon Goal 43' (pen.)
Tamuz Goal 69'		 Report Fernandez Goal 84'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sinisa Zrnic (Bosnia)
Macedonia 0–1 England
Report Crouch Goal 46'
Attendance: 16,500
Russia 1–1 Israel
Arshavin Goal 5' Report Ben-Shushan Goal 84'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
England 0–0 Macedonia
Report
Attendance: 72,062
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Croatia 7–0 Andorra
Petrić Goal 12', 37', 48', 50'
Klasnić Goal 58'
Balaban Goal 62'
Modrić Goal 83'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Anthony Zammit (Malta)
Andorra 0–3 Macedonia
Report Pandev Goal 13'
Noveski Goal 16'
Naumoski Goal 31'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 300
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Russia 2–0 Estonia
Pogrebnyak Goal 78'
Sychev Goal 90'		 Report
Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Croatia 2–0 England
Eduardo Goal 61'
G. Neville Goal 68' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 38,000
Macedonia 0–2 Russia
Report Bystrov Goal 18'
Arshavin Goal 32'
Attendance: 16,000
Israel 3–4 Croatia
Colautti Goal 8', 89'
Benayoun Goal 68'		 Report Srna Goal 35' (pen.)
Eduardo Goal 39', 54', 72'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
Estonia 0–2 Russia
Report Bystrov Goal 66'
Kerzhakov Goal 78'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)
Israel 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Croatia 2–1 Macedonia
Srna Goal 58'
Eduardo Goal 88'		 Report Sedloski Goal 36'
Attendance: 20,000
Israel 4–0 Estonia
Tal Goal 19'
Colautti Goal 29'
Sahar Goal 77', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 23,658
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Andorra 0–3 England
Report Gerrard Goal 54', 76'
Nugent Goal 90+2'
Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
Estonia 0–1 Croatia
Report Eduardo Goal 32'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 10,000
Russia 4–0 Andorra
Kerzhakov Goal 8', 16', 49'
Sychev Goal 71'		 Report
Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 21,000
Macedonia 1–2 Israel
Stojkov Goal 13' Report Yitzhaki Goal 11'
Colautti Goal 44'
Attendance: 15,000
Andorra 0–2 Israel
Report Tamuz Goal 37'
Colautti Goal 53'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 618
Referee: Ian Stokes (Ireland)
Croatia 0–0 Russia
Report
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Estonia 0–3 England
Report J. Cole Goal 37'
Crouch Goal 54'
Owen Goal 62'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
Estonia 2–1 Andorra
Piiroja Goal 34'
Zelinski Goal 90+2'		 Report Silva Goal 87'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Adrian McCourt (Northern Ireland)
Russia 3–0 Macedonia
V. Berezutski Goal 8'
Arshavin Goal 84'
Kerzhakov Goal 88'		 Report
Attendance: 26,000
England 3–0 Israel
Wright-Phillips Goal 20'
Owen Goal 49'
Richards Goal 66'		 Report
Attendance: 85,372
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
Croatia 2–0 Estonia
Eduardo Goal 39', 45+1' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jérôme Laperriere (Switzerland)
Andorra 0–6 Croatia
Report Srna Goal 34'
Petrić Goal 38', 44'
Kranjčar Goal 49'
Eduardo Goal 55'
Rakitić Goal 64'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 200
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
Macedonia 1–1 Estonia
Maznov Goal 30' Report Piiroja Goal 17'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
England 3–0 Russia
Owen Goal 7', 31'
Ferdinand Goal 84'		 Report
Attendance: 86,106
England 3–0 Estonia
Wright-Phillips Goal 11'
Rooney Goal 32'
Rähn Goal 33' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 86,665
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
Croatia 1–0 Israel
Eduardo Goal 52' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Russia 2–1 England
Pavlyuchenko Goal 69' (pen.), 73' Report Rooney Goal 29'
Attendance: 84,700
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Macedonia 3–0 Andorra
Naumoski Goal 30'
Sedloski Goal 44'
Pandev Goal 59'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Paulius Malzinskas (Lithuania)
Andorra 0–2 Estonia
Report Oper Goal 31'
Lindpere Goal 60'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 200
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Israel 2–1 Russia
Barda Goal 10'
Golan Goal 90+2'		 Report Bilyaletdinov Goal 61'
Attendance: 27,563
Macedonia 2–0 Croatia
Maznov Goal 71'
Naumoski Goal 83'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Israel 1–0 Macedonia
Barda Goal 35' Report
Attendance: 2,736
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Andorra 0–1 Russia
Report Sychev Goal 39'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 200
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
England 2–3 Croatia
Lampard Goal 56' (pen.)
Crouch Goal 65'		 Report Kranjčar Goal 8'
Olić Goal 14'
Petrić Goal 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

  • Croatia Mladen Petrić

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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