Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

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

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'
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 1–1 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

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

  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

  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