UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group C

This page shows the standings and results for Group C of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament.^[1]

Standings

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 10 8 2 0 20 2 +18 26  Estonia 10 5 1 4 15 14 +1 16  Serbia 10 4 3 3 13 12 +1 15  Slovenia 10 4 2 4 11 7 +4 14  Northern Ireland 10 2 3 5 9 13 −4 9  Faroe Islands 10 1 1 8 6 26 −20 4

Estonia  — 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 Faroe Islands  2–0 — 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 Italy  3–0 5–0 — 3–0 3–0^* 1–0 Northern Ireland  1–2 4–0 0–0 — 0–1 0–0 Serbia  1–3 3–1 1–1 2–1 — 1–1 Slovenia  1–2 5–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 —

^* The Italy v Serbia match was abandoned after six minutes due to rioting by Serbian fans.^[2] The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to Italy.^[3]

Matches

Group C fixtures were negotiated between the participants in a meeting held in Belgrade on 8 March 2010.^[4]

Estonia  v  Faroe Islands

11 August 2010 20:00 UTC+3

Estonia	2–1	Faroe Islands
Saag  90+1' Piiroja  90+3'	Report	Edmundsson  28'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 5,470[5] Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr. (Croatia)

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Faroe Islands  v  Serbia

3 September 2010 18:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–3	Serbia
	Report	Lazović  14' Stanković  18' Žigić  90+1'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 1,847[6] Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)

Estonia  v  Italy

3 September 2010 21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	1–2	Italy
Zenjov  31'	Report	Cassano  60' Bonucci  63'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 8,600[7] Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Slovenia  v  Northern Ireland

3 September 2010 20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	0–1	Northern Ireland
	Report	C. Evans  70'

Ljudski vrt, Maribor Attendance: 12,000[8] Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

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Serbia  v  Slovenia

7 September 2010 20:30 UTC+2

Serbia	1–1	Slovenia
Žigić  86'	Report	Novaković  63'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 24,028[9] Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Italy  v  Faroe Islands

7 September 2010 20:50 UTC+2

Italy	5–0	Faroe Islands
Gilardino  11' De Rossi  22' Cassano  27' Quagliarella  81' Pirlo  90'	Report

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Attendance: 19,266[10] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

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Serbia  v  Estonia

8 October 2010 20:30 UTC+2

Serbia	1–3	Estonia
Žigić  60'	Report	Kink  63' Vassiljev  73' Luković  90+1' (o.g.)

Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Attendance: 12,000[11] Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)

Northern Ireland  v  Italy

8 October 2010 19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	0–0	Italy
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 15,200[12] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Slovenia  v  Faroe Islands

8 October 2010 20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	5–1	Faroe Islands
Matavž  25', 36', 66' Novakovič  72' (pen.) Dedič  84'	Report	Mouritsen  90+3'

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 15,750[13] Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

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Faroe Islands  v  Northern Ireland

12 October 2010 16:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1–1	Northern Ireland
Holst  60'	Report	Lafferty  76'

Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 1,921[14] Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)

Estonia  v  Slovenia

12 October 2010 21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Slovenia
	Report	Sidorenkov  66' (o.g.)

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 5,722[15] Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

Italy  v  Serbia

12 October 2010 20:50 UTC+2 (delayed to 21:30)

Italy	3–0 (awarded)^*	Serbia
	Report

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

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Serbia  v  Northern Ireland

25 March 2011 20:30 UTC+1

Serbia	2–1	Northern Ireland
Pantelić  65' Tošić  74'	Report	McAuley  40'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 350^1[16] Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Slovenia  v  Italy

25 March 2011 20:45 UTC+1

Slovenia	0–1	Italy
	Report	Motta  73'

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 15,790[17] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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Estonia  v  Serbia

29 March 2011 21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	1–1	Serbia
Vassiljev  84'	Report	Pantelić  38'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 5,185[18] Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Northern Ireland  v  Slovenia

29 March 2011 19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 14,200[19] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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Faroe Islands  v  Slovenia

3 June 2011 18:30 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–2	Slovenia
	Report	Matavž  29' Baldvinsson  47' (o.g.)

Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 974[20] Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

Italy  v  Estonia

3 June 2011 20:50 UTC+2

Italy	3–0	Estonia
Rossi  21' Cassano  39' Pazzini  68'	Report

Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena Attendance: 19,434[21] Referee: Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania)

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Faroe Islands  v  Estonia

7 June 2011 19:30 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	2–0	Estonia
Benjaminsen  43' (pen.) A. Hansen  47'	Report

Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 1,715[22] Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

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Northern Ireland  v  Faroe Islands

10 August 2011 19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	4–0	Faroe Islands
Hughes  5' Davis  66' McCourt  71', 87'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 13,183[23] Referee: Emir Alecković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Faroe Islands  v  Italy

2 September 2011 19:45 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–1	Italy
	Report	Cassano  11'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 5,654[24] Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Slovenia  v  Estonia

2 September 2011 20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	1–2	Estonia
Matavž  78'	Report	Vassiljev  29' (pen.) Purje  81'

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 15,480[25] Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

Northern Ireland  v  Serbia

2 September 2011 19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	0–1	Serbia
	Report	Pantelić  67'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 15,148[26] Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

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Serbia  v  Faroe Islands

6 September 2011 20:30 UTC+2

Serbia	3–1	Faroe Islands
Jovanović  6' Tošić  22' Kuzmanović  69'	Report	Benjaminsen  37'

Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Attendance: 7,500[27] Referee: Arman Amirkhanyan (Armenia)

Estonia  v  Northern Ireland

6 September 2011 21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	4–1	Northern Ireland
Vunk  28' Kink  32' Zenjov  59' Saag  90+3'	Report	Piiroja  40' (o.g.)

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 8,660[28] Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Sweden)

Italy  v  Slovenia

6 September 2011 20:45 UTC+2

Italy	1–0	Slovenia
Pazzini  85'	Report

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Attendance: 18,000[29] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

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Northern Ireland  v  Estonia

7 October 2011 19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	1–2	Estonia
Davis  22'	Report	Vassiljev  77' (pen.), 84'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 12,604[30] Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

Serbia  v  Italy

7 October 2011 20:45 UTC+2

Serbia	1–1	Italy
Ivanović  26'	Report	Marchisio  1'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 35,000[31] Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

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Italy  v  Northern Ireland

11 October 2011 20:45 UTC+2

Italy	3–0	Northern Ireland
Cassano  21', 53' McAuley  74' (o.g.)	Report

Stadio Adriatico, Pescara Attendance: 19,480[32] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Slovenia  v  Serbia

11 October 2011 20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	1–0	Serbia
Vršič  45+1'	Report

Ljudski vrt, Maribor Attendance: 9,848[33] Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Notes

• Note 1: As punishment for the crowd trouble at the abandoned Italy v Serbia match, Serbia was ordered to play its next home match against Northern Ireland behind closed doors, with another one-match crowd ban deferred for a probationary period of two years. Italy received a one-match crowd ban deferred for a probationary period of two years. However the Irish Football Association objected and as a result UEFA decreed that Serbia's game against Northern Ireland would only be allowed to have 200 Northern Irish fans attend it.^[34][3] Serbian fans were not allowed to visit the away game against Estonia.^[35]

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Antonio Cassano

5 goals

Konstantin Vassiljev

Tim Matavž

3 goals

Marko Pantelić

Nikola Žigić

2 goals

Tarmo Kink Kaimar Saag Sergei Zenjov

Fróði Benjaminsen Giampaolo Pazzini Steven Davis

Paddy McCourt Zoran Tošić Milivoje Novakovič

1 goal

Raio Piiroja Ats Purje Martin Vunk Jóan Símun Edmundsson Arnbjørn Hansen Christian Holst Christian Mouritsen Leonardo Bonucci Daniele De Rossi

Alberto Gilardino Claudio Marchisio Thiago Motta Andrea Pirlo Fabio Quagliarella Giuseppe Rossi Corry Evans Aaron Hughes Kyle Lafferty

Gareth McAuley Branislav Ivanović Milan Jovanović Zdravko Kuzmanović Danko Lazović Dejan Stanković Zlatko Dedič Dare Vršič

1 own goal

Raio Piiroja (playing against Northern Ireland) Andrei Sidorenkov (playing against Slovenia)

Rógvi Baldvinsson (playing against Slovenia) Gareth McAuley (playing against Italy)

Aleksandar Luković (playing against Estonia)

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Total	Average
Estonia	8,660	5,185	33,637	6,727
Faroe Islands	5,654	974	12,111	2,422
Italy	19,480	18,000	76,180	19,045
Northern Ireland	15,200	12,604	70,335	14,067
Serbia	35,000	350	78,878	15,776
Slovenia	15,790	9,848	68,868	13,774

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
MF	Sander Puri	Estonia	2	1	vs Slovenia (2 September 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
MF	Pól Jóhannus Justinussen	Faroe Islands	2	1	vs Northern Ireland (10 August 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
DF	Marko Šuler	Slovenia	1	1	vs Estonia (2 September 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
DF	Raio Piiroja	Estonia	3	0	vs Slovenia (12 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Dejan Stanković	Serbia	3	0	vs Estonia (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Boštjan Cesar	Slovenia	3	0	vs Northern Ireland (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Aleksandr Dmitrijev	Estonia	2	0	vs Northern Ireland (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Ragnar Klavan	Estonia	2	0	vs Faroe Islands (7 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Taavi Rähn	Estonia	2	0	vs Northern Ireland (7 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Konstantin Vassiljev	Estonia	2	0	vs Italy (3 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Martin Vunk	Estonia	2	0	vs Faroe Islands (7 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Sergei Zenjov	Estonia	2	0	vs Republic of Ireland (11 and 15 November 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Atli Gregersen	Faroe Islands	2	0	vs Slovenia (3 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Chris Brunt	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Faroe Islands (10 August 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Jonny Evans	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Estonia (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	David Healy	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Slovenia (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Kyle Lafferty	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Italy (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Miloš Krasić	Serbia	2	0	vs Estonia (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Slobodan Rajković	Serbia	2	0	vs Faroe Islands (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Nemanja Vidić	Serbia	2	0	vs Italy (12 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Milan Jovanović	Serbia	2	0	TBD	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
GK	Samir Handanovič	Slovenia	2	0	vs Italy (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Robert Koren	Slovenia	2	0	vs Serbia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches

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