UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A
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Article ImagesStandings and results for Group A of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||||
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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] | — |
There were 118 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 2.19 goals per match.
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Sargis Hovsepyan
- Hamlet Mkhitaryan
- Samir Aliyev
- Emin Imamaliev
- André Luiz Ladaga
- Vüqar Nadirov
- Mahmud Qurbanov
- Branimir Subašić
- Marouane Fellaini
- Luigi Pieroni
- Timmy Simons
- Wesley Sonck
- Daniel Van Buyten
- Kevin Vandenbergh
- Mikael Forssell
- Sami Hyypiä
- Shefki Kuqi
- Mika Nurmela
- Teemu Tainio
- Mika Väyrynen
- Kairat Ashirbekov
- Sergei Ostapenko
- Samat Smakov
- Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
- Jacek Bąk
- Dariusz Dudka
- Łukasz Garguła
- Przemysław Kaźmierczak
- Mariusz Lewandowski
- Wojciech Łobodziński
- Rafał Murawski
- Maciej Żurawski
- Bruno Alves
- Ricardo Carvalho
- Ariza Makukula
- Maniche
- Nani
- Hélder Postiga
- Ricardo Quaresma
- Tiago
- Branislav Ivanović
- Milan Jovanović
- Milan Smiljanić
- Dejan Stanković
- Duško Tošić
1 own goal
- Sergei Ostapenko (against Serbia)
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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 rescheduled for 18 November 2007, 14:00 CET, but was postponed again to 24 November 2007 due to heavy snowfall.[4]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "UEFA cancel Armenia v Azerbaijan Euro qualifiers". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ Zoran Milosavljevic. "Zigic goal gives Serbia 1–0 win over Azerbaijan". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
- ^ UEFA Archived 6 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine