UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 16 August 2006 – 24 November 2007 |
Teams | 50 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 839 (2.74 per match)[note 1] |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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Qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2008 finals tournament took place between August 2006 and November 2007. Fifty teams were divided into seven groups. In a double round-robin system, each team played against each of the others in their group on a home-and-away basis. The winner and runner-up of each group qualified automatically for the final tournament. This was the first Euro qualification since expansion to have no playoff.
Austria and Switzerland qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event.
Qualified teams
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Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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![]() | Co-host | 12 December 2002 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | 2 (1996, 2004) | ||
![]() | Group D runner-up | 13 October 2007 | 9 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
![]() | Group C winner | 17 October 2007 | 2 (1980, 2004) |
![]() | Group D winner | 17 October 2007 | 6 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
![]() | Group G winner | 17 October 2007 | 3 (1984, 1996, 2000) |
![]() | Group A winner | 17 November 2007 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | Group B winner | 17 November 2007 | 6 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
![]() | Group B runner-up | 17 November 2007 | 6 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
![]() | Group E winner | 17 November 2007 | 2 (1996, 2004) |
![]() | Group F winner | 17 November 2007 | 7 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
![]() | Group G runner-up | 17 November 2007 | 7 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
![]() | Group A runner-up | 21 November 2007 | 4 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
![]() | Group C runner-up | 21 November 2007 | 2 (1996, 2000) |
![]() | Group E runner-up | 21 November 2007 | 8 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004) |
![]() | Group F runner-up | 21 November 2007 | 3 (1992, 2000, 2004) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
- ^ From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
- ^ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
Seedings
[edit]UEFA used the 2005 UEFA national team coefficient to rank the teams according to their results in both UEFA Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification. Only the group matches counted towards the coefficients. As defending champions, Greece were automatically seeded in the top pool. Since Portugal hosted and automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2004, the coefficient factored in only their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification record. Similarly, Germany's coefficient factored only their UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying record, since they hosted and automatically qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan never competed in the European Championships previously, so the coefficient used only their World Cup record.[1][2] Montenegro had not been admitted to UEFA/FIFA at the time the qualifying competition had started, and thus were ineligible.[3][4][5]
The draw took place on 27 January 2006 in Montreux, Switzerland.[6]
Austria (1,333) and Switzerland (1,833) were already assured of places at Euro 2008 as host nations.
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Tiebreakers
[edit]If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:[7]
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
- Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
- Higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question
- If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two or more teams still had an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) was reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6) and 7) applied;
- Results of all group matches: 1. Superior goal difference 2. Higher number of goals scored 3. Higher number of goals scored away from home 4. Fair play conduct
- Drawing of lots
Summary
[edit]Groups
[edit]The qualifying process started in August 2006. Austria and Switzerland were automatically granted places in the tournament finals as the host nations.
The qualifying format had been changed from the previous tournament: the respective winners and runners-up from seven groups would automatically qualify for the finals, alongside the host nations. Therefore, there were no play-offs between the runners-up of the groups. Group A contained eight teams, while the other six groups each contained seven.
As the official successor of the previous football association, Serbia inherited the position originally allotted to Serbia and Montenegro in Group A prior to the dissolution of the state union. Montenegro were granted UEFA membership after qualifying had started and thus were not able to participate in this European Championship.
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 27 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 24[a] | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 24[a] | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
5 | ![]() | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 18 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
6 | ![]() | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 10 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
7 | ![]() | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 9 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | Canc.[b] | ||
8 | ![]() | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 28 | −22 | 5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | Canc.[b] | — |
Notes:
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 29 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 26 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 24 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 17 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 16 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
6 | ![]() | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 10 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
7 | ![]() | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 43 | −39 | 0 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–6 | — |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 31 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 24 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 23 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 13 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 12[a] | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | ||
6 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 12[a] | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
7 | ![]() | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | −21 | 5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — |
Notes:
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 29 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 7 | +28 | 27 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 17 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 16 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | — | 2–5 | 6–1 | 7–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 15 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–5 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | ||
6 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 14 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
7 | ![]() | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 57 | −55 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–13 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
Group E
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 29 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 24 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 23[a] | 2–3 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 23[a] | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | ||
5 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | ||
6 | ![]() | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 7 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
7 | ![]() | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 42 | −40 | 0 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |
Notes:
Group F
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 28 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 26 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 20[a] | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 20[a] | 1–3 | 0–3[b] | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 12 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | ||
6 | ![]() | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 8 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | — | 1–1 | ||
7 | ![]() | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 32 | −23 | 7 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — |
Notes:
Group G
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 29 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 26 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 25 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 13 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | ||
5 | ![]() | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 11[a] | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
6 | ![]() | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 11[a] | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
7 | ![]() | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — |
Notes:
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 839 goals scored in 306 matches, for an average of 2.74 goals per match.[note 1]
13 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
Maksim Romaschenko
Mousa Dembélé
Zvjezdan Misimović
Zlatan Muslimović
Dennis Rommedahl
Michael Owen
Rógvi Jacobsen
Nicolas Anelka
Thomas Hitzlsperger
Zoltán Gera
Mario Frick
Tomas Danilevičius
Viorel Frunză
Robin van Persie
John Carew
Jacek Krzynówek
Kevin Doyle
Stephen Ireland
Robbie Keane
Nicolae Dică
Kris Boyd
James McFadden
Danko Lazović
Klemen Lavrič
Xavi
Johan Elmander[note 1]
Oleh Husyev
Jason Koumas
3 goals
Sergei Kornilenko
Vitali Kutuzov
Darijo Srna
Efstathios Aloneftis
Constantinos Charalambidis
Milan Baroš
Libor Sionko
Steven Gerrard
Jari Litmanen
Sidney Govou
Aleksandre Iashvili
David Siradze
Michael Ballack
Kevin Kurányi
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Angelos Basinas
Angelos Charisteas
Sotirios Kyrgiakos
Nikos Liberopoulos
Eiður Guðjohnsen
Filippo Inzaghi
Juris Laizāns
Ilčo Naumoski
Goce Sedloski
Michael Mifsud
André Schembri
Igor Bugaiov
Radosław Matusiak
Nuno Gomes
Simão
Andrey Arshavin
Dmitri Sychev
Kenny Miller
Boško Janković
Marek Čech
Martin Škrtel
Andrés Iniesta
Kim Källström
Nihat Kahveci
Tuncay Şanlı
Craig Bellamy
2 goals
Ervin Skela
Robert Arzumanyan
Timofei Kalachev
Uladzimir Karytska
Karel Geraerts
Kevin Mirallas
Mirko Hrgović
Niko Kranjčar
Michalis Konstantinou
Marek Jankulovski
Marek Kulič
David Lafata
Tomáš Rosický
Nicklas Bendtner
Michael Gravgaard
Morten Nordstrand
Jermain Defoe
Wayne Rooney
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Raio Piiroja
Alexei Eremenko
Jonatan Johansson
Karim Benzema
Louis Saha
David Trezeguet
Clemens Fritz
Mario Gómez
Ioannis Amanatidis
Kostas Katsouranis
Elyaniv Barda
Yossi Benayoun
Amit Ben Shushan
Ben Sahar
Toto Tamuz
Antonio Di Natale
Fabio Quagliarella
Ruslan Baltiev
Ģirts Karlsons
Aleksejs Višņakovs
Thomas Beck
Audrius Kšanavičius
Goran Maznov
Goran Pandev
Serghei Rogaciov
Wesley Sneijder
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Kyle Lafferty
Erik Hagen
Morten Gamst Pedersen
John Arne Riise
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Fredrik Strømstad
Hugo Almeida
Kevin Kilbane
Cosmin Contra
Dorin Goian
Daniel Niculae
Gabriel Tamaș
Vladimir Bystrov
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Garry O'Connor
Zdravko Kuzmanović
Marek Hamšík
Filip Hološko
Miroslav Karhan
Filip Šebo
Stanislav Šesták
Róbert Vittek
Milivoje Novaković
Sergio Ramos
Fernando Torres
Olof Mellberg
Markus Rosenberg
Anders Svensson
Christian Wilhelmsson
Halil Altıntop
Hamit Altıntop
Tümer Metin
Gökhan Ünal
Maksym Kalynychenko
Gareth Bale
Robert Earnshaw
1 goal
Erjon Bogdani
Debatik Curri
Besnik Hasi
Altin Haxhi
Juli Fernández
Fernando Silva
Sargis Hovsepyan
Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Samir Aliyev
Emin Imamaliev
André Luiz Ladaga
Vüqar Nadirov
Mahmud Qurbanov
Branimir Subašić
Vital Bulyga
Dzyanis Kowba
Raman Vasilyuk
Marouane Fellaini
Luigi Pieroni
Timmy Simons
Wesley Sonck
Daniel Van Buyten
Kevin Vandenbergh
Sergej Barbarez
Mladen Bartolović
Adnan Čustović
Edin Džeko
Ivica Grlić
Vedad Ibišević
Valeri Bojinov
Velizar Dimitrov
Blagoy Georgiev
Dimitar Telkiyski
Aleksandar Tunchev
Chavdar Yankov
Boško Balaban
Ivan Klasnić
Luka Modrić
Ivica Olić
Ivan Rakitić
Alexandros Garpozis
Constantinos Makrides
Stelios Okkarides
Yiasoumis Yiasoumi
Zdeněk Grygera
David Jarolím
Radoslav Kováč
Marek Matějovský
Jaroslav Plašil
Jan Polák
Daniel Pudil
Daniel Agger[note 1]
Leon Andreasen[note 1]
Daniel Jensen
Thomas Kahlenberg
Martin Laursen
Ulrik Laursen
Joe Cole
Rio Ferdinand
Frank Lampard
David Nugent
Micah Richards
Joel Lindpere
Andres Oper
Indrek Zelinski
Mikael Forssell
Sami Hyypiä
Shefki Kuqi
Mika Nurmela
Teemu Tainio
Mika Väyrynen
Hatem Ben Arfa
Florent Malouda
Samir Nasri
Franck Ribéry
Jérôme Rothen