UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A
Standings and results for Group A of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.
Standings
Key:
- Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals
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(*) Armenia and Azerbaijan played only 12 matches due to UEFA's decision to cancel the two fixtures between these countries, with no points awarded to either team for the cancelled matches[1]
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- Serbia and Finland are ranked by their head-to-head records:
- Serbia – 4 pts (0–0 H vs Finland, 2–0 A vs Finland)
- Finland – 1 pt (0–2 H vs Serbia, 0–0 A vs Serbia)
Notes on the qualified teams:
- 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
Matches
Group A fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants on 10 February 2006.
Azerbaijan  |
1–6 |  Serbia |
|---|---|---|
Aliyev  26' |
Report | D. Tošić 4' Žigić 22', 42'Janković 41'Smiljanic 75'Lazović 84' |
Goalscorers
| Pos | Player | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Euzebiusz Smolarek |  Poland |
9 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo |  Portugal |
8 |
| 3 | Nikola Žigić | Serbia |
7 |
| 4 | Dmitriy Byakov |  Kazakhstan |
5 |
| 5 | Moussa Dembélé | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
4 |
| Jacek Krzynówek | Poland | ||
| Danko Lazović | Serbia | ||
| 8 | Nuno Gomes | Portugal |
3 |
| Boško Janković | Serbia | ||
| Jari Litmanen |  Finland | ||
| Radosław Matusiak | Poland | ||
| Simão | Portugal | ||
- 2 goals:
Armenia: Robert Arzumanyan
Belgium: Karel Geraerts, Kevin Mirallas
Finland: Alexei Eremenko, Jonatan Johansson
Kazakhstan: Ruslan Baltiev
Portugal: Hugo Almeida
Serbia: Zdravko Kuzmanović
- 1 goal:
Armenia: Sarkis Hovsepyan, Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Azerbaijan: Samir Aliyev, Mahmud Gurbanov, Emin Imamaliev, André Luiz Ladaga, Vügar Nadirov, Branimir Subašić
Belgium: Marouane Fellaini, Luigi Pieroni, Timmy Simons, Wesley Sonck, Daniel Van Buyten, Kevin Vandenbergh
Finland: Mikael Forssell, Sami Hyypiä, Shefki Kuqi, Mika Nurmela, Teemu Tainio, Mika Väyrynen
Kazakhstan: Kairat Ashirbekov, Sergei Ostapenko, Samat Smakov, Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
Poland: Jacek Bąk, Dariusz Dudka, Łukasz Garguła, Przemysław Kaźmierczak, Mariusz Lewandowski, Wojciech Łobodziński, Rafał Murawski, Maciej Żurawski
Portugal: Bruno Alves, Ricardo Carvalho, Ariza Makukula, Maniche, Nani, Hélder Postiga, Ricardo Quaresma, Tiago
Serbia: Branislav Ivanović, Dejan Stanković, Duško Tošić, Milan Jovanović, Milan Smiljanić
- Own goal:
Kazakhstan: Sergei Ostapenko (for Serbia)
References
- ↑ UEFA cancel Armenia v Azerbaijan Euro qualifiers Reuters, 23 June 2007
- ↑ Zoran Milosavljevic. "Zigic goal gives Serbia 1-0 win over Azerbaijan". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
- 1 2 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 UEFA UEFA cancel Armenia v Azerbaijan Euro qualifiers Reuters, 23 June 2007 Archived 29 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 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.UEFA The match was re-scheduled for 18 November 2007, 14:00 CET, but was postponed again to 24 November 2007 due to heavy snowfall. UEFA Archived 6 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine.