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UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A

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
 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. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Serbia 4, Finland 1.
  2. ^ 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.

Belgium 0–0 Kazakhstan
Report
Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels
Attendance: 15,495
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)
Serbia 1–0 Azerbaijan
Žigić Goal 72' Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Poland 1–3 Finland
Garguła Goal 89' Report Litmanen Goal 54', 76' (pen.)
Väyrynen Goal 84'
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Bydgoszcz
Attendance: 17,000
Azerbaijan 1–1 Kazakhstan
Ladaga Goal 16' Report Byakov Goal 36'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)
Armenia 0–1 Belgium
Report Van Buyten Goal 41'
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
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'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Kazakhstan 0–1 Poland
Report Smolarek Goal 52'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)
Armenia 0–0 Finland
Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Serbia 1–0 Belgium
Žigić Goal 54' Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 35,000
Portugal 3–0 Azerbaijan
Ronaldo Goal 25', 63'
Carvalho Goal 31'		 Report
Bessa XXI, Porto
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)
Kazakhstan 0–2 Finland
Report Litmanen Goal 29'
Hyypiä Goal 64'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)
Serbia 3–0 Armenia
Stanković Goal 54' (pen.)
Lazović Goal 62'
Žigić Goal 90+2'		 Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
Poland 2–1 Portugal
Smolarek Goal 9', 18' Report Nuno Gomes Goal 90+2'
Attendance: 40,000
Belgium 3–0 Azerbaijan
Simons Goal 24' (pen.)
Vandenbergh Goal 47'
Dembélé Goal 82'		 Report
Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Romans Lajuks (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
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)
Kazakhstan 2–1 Serbia
Ashirbekov Goal 47'
Zhumaskaliyev Goal 61'		 Report Žigić Goal 68'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
Poland 5–0 Azerbaijan
Bąk Goal 3'
Dudka Goal 6'
Łobodziński Goal 34'
Krzynówek Goal 58'
Kaźmierczak Goal 84'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
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
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 14,000
Poland 1–0 Armenia
Żurawski Goal 26' Report
Kielce City Stadium, Kielce
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Serbia 1–1 Portugal
Janković Goal 37' Report Tiago Goal 5'
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 55,000
Kazakhstan 1–2 Armenia
Baltiev Goal 88' (pen.) Report Arzumanyan Goal 31'
Hovsepian Goal 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,100
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Azerbaijan 1–3 Poland
Subašić Goal 6' Report Smolarek Goal 63'
Krzynówek Goal 66', 90'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Finland 0–2 Serbia
Report Janković Goal 3'
Jovanović Goal 86'
Attendance: 33,615
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
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: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
Finland 2–0 Belgium
Johansson Goal 27'
A. Eremenko Goal 71'		 Report
Attendance: 34,818
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Armenia 1–0 Poland
Hamlet Mkhitaryan Goal 66' Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
Armenia 1–1 Portugal
Arzumanyan Goal 10' Report Ronaldo Goal 37'
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 15,550
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Finland 2–1 Kazakhstan
A. Eremenko Goal 13'
Tainio Goal 61'		 Report Byakov Goal 23'
Tampere Stadium, Tampere
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
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
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
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
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
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
Azerbaijan 0–2 Portugal
Report Bruno Alves Goal 12'
Almeida Goal 45'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Poland 3–1 Kazakhstan
Smolarek Goal 56', 64', 65' Report Byakov Goal 20'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)
Belgium 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 4,131
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Kazakhstan 1–2 Portugal
Byakov Goal 90+5' Report Makukula Goal 84'
Ronaldo Goal 90+1'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
Azerbaijan 1–6 Serbia
Aliyev Goal 26' Report Tošić Goal 4'
Žigić Goal 22', 42'
Janković Goal 41'
Smiljanic Goal 75'
Lazović Goal 84'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
Belgium 3–0 Armenia
Sonck Goal 63'
Dembélé Goal 69'
Geraerts Goal 76'		 Report
Attendance: 14,812
Referee: Johannes Valgeirsson (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
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Portugal 1–0 Armenia
Almeida Goal 42' Report
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Armenia 0–1 Kazakhstan
Report Ostapenko Goal 64'
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Bruno Faye (France)
Azerbaijan 0–1 Belgium
Report Pieroni Goal 52'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)
Portugal 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Serbia 2–2 Poland
Žigić Goal 68'
Lazović Goal 70'		 Report Murawski Goal 28'
Matusiak Goal 46'
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
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

8 goals

7 goals

  • Serbia Nikola Žigić

5 goals

  • Kazakhstan Dmitry Byakov

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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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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