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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification                
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

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Belgium  0–0  Kazakhstan
Report
Attendance: 15,495
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Serbia  1–0  Azerbaijan
Žigić   72' Report
Poland  1–3  Finland
Garguła   89' Report Litmanen   54', 76' (pen.)
Väyrynen   84'

Azerbaijan  1–1  Kazakhstan
Ladaga   16' Report Byakov   36'
Armenia  0–1  Belgium
Report Van Buyten   41'
Finland  1–1  Portugal
Johansson   22' Report Nuno Gomes   42'
Attendance: 38,015
Poland  1–1  Serbia
Matusiak   30' Report Lazović   71'

Kazakhstan  0–1  Poland
Report Smolarek   52'
Attendance: 22,000
Armenia  0–0  Finland
Report
Serbia  1–0  Belgium
Žigić   54' Report
Attendance: 16,901
Portugal  3–0  Azerbaijan
Ronaldo   25', 63'
Carvalho   31'
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

Kazakhstan  0–2  Finland
Report Litmanen   29'
Hyypiä   64'
Serbia  3–0  Armenia
Stanković   54' (pen.)
Lazović   62'
Žigić   90+2'
Report
Poland  2–1  Portugal
Smolarek   9', 18' Report Nuno Gomes   90+2'
Attendance: 38,199
Belgium  3–0  Azerbaijan
Simons   24' (pen.)
Vandenbergh   47'
Dembélé   82'
Report

Finland  1–0  Armenia
Nurmela   10' Report
Attendance: 9,445
Belgium  0–1  Poland
Report Matusiak   19'
Portugal  3–0  Kazakhstan
Simão   8', 86'
Ronaldo   30'
Report
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)

Kazakhstan  2–1  Serbia
Ashirbekov   47'
Zhumaskaliyev   61'
Report Žigić   68'
Poland  5–0  Azerbaijan
Bąk   3'
Dudka   6'
Łobodziński   34'
Krzynówek   58'
Kaźmierczak   84'
Report
Portugal  4–0  Belgium
Nuno Gomes   53'
Ronaldo   55', 75'
Quaresma   68'
Report
Attendance: 47,009

Azerbaijan  1–0  Finland
Imamaliev   83' Report
Poland  1–0  Armenia
Żurawski   26' Report
Serbia  1–1  Portugal
Janković   37' Report Tiago   5'
Attendance: 46,810

Kazakhstan  1–2  Armenia
Baltiev   88' (pen.) Report Arzumanyan   31'
Hovsepian   39' (pen.)
Azerbaijan  1–3  Poland
Subašić   6' Report Smolarek   63'
Krzynówek   66', 90'
Finland  0–2  Serbia
Report Janković   3'
Jovanović   86'
Belgium  1–2  Portugal
Fellaini   55' Report Nani   43'
Postiga   64'

Kazakhstan  1–1  Azerbaijan
Baltiev   53' Report Nadirov   30'
Finland  2–0  Belgium
Johansson   27'
A. Eremenko   71'
Report
Attendance: 34,818
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Armenia  1–0  Poland
Hamlet Mkhitaryan   66' Report

Armenia  1–1  Portugal
Arzumanyan   10' Report Ronaldo   37'
Finland  2–1  Kazakhstan
A. Eremenko   13'
Tainio   61'
Report Byakov   23'
Attendance: 13,047
Belgium  3–2  Serbia
Dembélé   10', 88'
Mirallas   30'
Report Kuzmanović   73', 90+1'
Attendance: 19,202
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Azerbaijan  Cancelled[note 2]  Armenia
Report
Serbia  0–0  Finland
Report
Portugal  2–2  Poland
Maniche   50'
Ronaldo   73'
Report Lewandowski   44'
Krzynówek   88'
Attendance: 48,000

Armenia  Cancelled[note 2]  Azerbaijan
Report
Kazakhstan  2–2  Belgium
Byakov   39'
Smakov   77' (pen.)
Report Geraerts   13'
Mirallas   24'
Finland  0–0  Poland
Report
Attendance: 34,088
Portugal  1–1  Serbia
Simão   11' Report Ivanović   88'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Armenia  0–0  Serbia
Report
Azerbaijan  0–2  Portugal
Report Bruno Alves   12'
Almeida   45'
Poland  3–1  Kazakhstan
Smolarek   56', 64', 65' Report Byakov   20'
Belgium  0–0  Finland
Report

Kazakhstan  1–2  Portugal
Byakov   90+5' Report Makukula   84'
Ronaldo   90+1'
Azerbaijan  1–6  Serbia
Aliyev   26' Report Tošić   4'
Žigić   22', 42'
Janković   41'
Smiljanic   75'
Lazović   84'
Belgium  3–0  Armenia
Sonck   63'
Dembélé   69'
Geraerts   76'
Report

Finland  2–1  Azerbaijan
Forssell   79'
Kuqi   86'
Report Gurbanov   63'
Poland  2–0  Belgium
Smolarek   45', 49' Report
Attendance: 41,450
Portugal  1–0  Armenia
Almeida   42' Report

Armenia  0–1  Kazakhstan
Report Ostapenko   64'
Azerbaijan  0–1  Belgium
Report Pieroni   52'
Portugal  0–0  Finland
Report
Attendance: 49,000
Serbia  2–2  Poland
Žigić   68'
Lazović   70'
Report Murawski   28'
Matusiak   46'

Serbia  1–0  Kazakhstan
Ostapenko   79' (o.g.) Report

Goalscorers

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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

1 own goal

Notes

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  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 rescheduled for 18 November 2007, 14:00 CET, but was postponed again to 24 November 2007 due to heavy snowfall.[4]

References

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  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. 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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