UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates	16 August 2006 – 24 November 2007
Teams	50 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	836 (2.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Healy (13 goals)

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.

Austria and the Switzerland qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event.

Qualified teams

Qualified

Did not qualify

Did not enter

Not a UEFA member

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[upper-alpha 1]}
Austria	Co-host	12 December 2002	0 (debut)
Switzerland	Co-host	12 December 2002	2 (1996, 2004)
Germany^{[upper-alpha 2]}	Group D runner-up	13 October 2007	9 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Greece	Group C winner	17 October 2007	2 (1980, 2004)
Czech Republic^{[upper-alpha 3]}	Group D winner	17 October 2007	6 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Romania	Group G winner	17 October 2007	3 (1984, 1996, 2000)
Poland	Group A winner	17 November 2007	0 (debut)
Italy	Group B winner	17 November 2007	6 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
France	Group B runner-up	17 November 2007	6 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Croatia	Group E winner	17 November 2007	2 (1996, 2004)
Spain	Group F winner	17 November 2007	7 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Netherlands	Group G runner-up	17 November 2007	7 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Portugal	Group A runner-up	21 November 2007	4 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Turkey	Group C runner-up	21 November 2007	2 (1996, 2000)
Russia^{[upper-alpha 4]}	Group E runner-up	21 November 2007	8 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004)
Sweden	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

2005 UEFA national team coefficient were used 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, also determining which pot a national team was put in. Greece were the defending champions, thus were automatically seeded in the top pool. Portugal did not have to qualify for UEFA Euro 2004 as they hosted the tournament. So only their record in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying was used. the same case applies for Germany that did not have to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup as hosts and uses only their record in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan had never competed in the European Championships, so only their World Cup record was used. Montenegro had not been admitted to UEFA/FIFA at the time the qualifying competition had started, and thus could not compete until the qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The draw took place on 27 January 2006 in Montreux, Switzerland.^[1]

Austria (1.333) and Switzerland (1.833) were already assured of places at Euro 2008 as host nations.

Team highlighted in bold qualified to the finals.

Pot	Team	Coefficient rating	Pot	Team	Coefficient rating
1	Greece^{[upper-alpha 1]}	1.950	5	Hungary	1.389
	Netherlands	2.550		Finland	1.300
	Portugal	2.500		Estonia	1.250
	England	2.500		Wales	1.167
	Czech Republic	2.450		Lithuania	1.111
	France	2.444		Albania	1.050
	Sweden	2.278		Iceland	0.944
2	Germany	2.250	6	Georgia	0.850
	Croatia	2.222		Macedonia	0.750
	Italy	2.222		Belarus	0.722
	Turkey	2.100		Armenia	0.700
	Poland	2.056		Northern Ireland	0.667
	Spain	2.056		Cyprus	0.667
	Romania	1.950		Moldova	0.611
3	Serbia and Montenegro	1.889	7	Liechtenstein	0.450
	Russia	1.850		Azerbaijan	0.389
	Denmark	1.850		Andorra	0.250
	Norway	1.778		Malta	0.222
	Bulgaria	1.778		Faroe Islands	0.111
	Ukraine	1.750		Kazakhstan	0.083
	Slovakia	1.650		Luxembourg	0.000
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.611		San Marino	0.000
	Republic of Ireland	1.556
	Belgium	1.556
	Latvia	1.550
	Israel	1.500
	Scotland	1.500
	Slovenia	1.444

↑ Greece were first seeded, as European champions

the draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Portugal Poland Serbia Belgium Finland Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan	France Italy Ukraine Scotland Lithuania Georgia Faroe Islands	Greece Turkey Norway Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Moldova Malta	Czech Republic Germany Slovakia Ireland Wales Cyprus San Marino

Group E	Group F	Group G
England Croatia Russia Israel Estonia Macedonia Andorra	Sweden Spain Denmark Latvia Northern Ireland Liechtenstein Iceland	Romania Netherlands Bulgaria Slovenia Albania Belarus Luxembourg

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:^[2]

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 have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6) and 7) will apply.
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

Winners and the runners-up of each group qualified directly for the UEFA Euro 2008

Other teams were eliminated after the first round

Hosts

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G
Poland Portugal	Italy France	Greece Turkey	Czech Republic Germany	Croatia Russia	Spain Sweden	Romania Netherlands
Serbia Finland Belgium Kazakhstan Armenia Azerbaijan	Scotland Ukraine Lithuania Georgia Faroe Islands	Norway Bosnia and Herzegovina Moldova Hungary Malta	Republic of Ireland Slovakia Wales Cyprus San Marino	England Israel Macedonia Estonia Andorra	Northern Ireland Denmark Latvia Iceland Liechtenstein	Bulgaria Belarus Albania Slovenia Luxembourg

Groups

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

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	Qualify for final tournament	2–2	—	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–0
3	Serbia	14	6	6	2	22	11	+11	24		2–2	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0
4	Finland	14	6	6	2	13	7	+6	24		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.^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Azerbaijan	12	1	2	9	6	28	−22	5		1–3	0–2	1–6	1–0	0–1	1–1	Canc.^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1 2 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.^[3]^[4]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	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	France	12	8	2	2	25	5	+20	26	Qualify for final tournament	3–1	—	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–0
3	Scotland	12	8	0	4	21	12	+9	24		1–2	1–0	—	3–1	3–1	2–1	6–0
4	Ukraine	12	5	2	5	18	16	+2	17		1–2	2–2	2–0	—	1–0	3–2	5–0
5	Lithuania	12	5	1	6	11	13	−2	16		0–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	—	1–0	2–1
6	Georgia	12	3	1	8	16	19	−3	10		1–3	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	—	3–1
7	Faroe Islands	12	0	0	12	4	43	−39	0		1–2	0–6	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–6	—

Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	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	Turkey	12	7	3	2	25	11	+14	24	Qualify for final tournament	0–1	—	2–2	1–0	5–0	3–0	2–0
3	Norway	12	7	2	3	27	11	+16	23		2–2	1–2	—	1–2	2–0	4–0	4–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	4	1	7	16	22	−6	13		0–4	3–2	0–2	—	0–1	1–3	1–0
5	Moldova	12	3	3	6	12	19	−7	12		0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	—	3–0	1–1
6	Hungary	12	4	0	8	11	22	−11	12		1–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	—	2–0
7	Malta	12	1	2	9	10	31	−21	5		0–1	2–2	1–4	2–5	2–3	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	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	Germany	12	8	3	1	35	7	+28	27	Qualify for final tournament	0–3	—	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	6–0
3	Republic of Ireland	12	4	5	3	17	14	+3	17		1–1	0–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	5–0
4	Slovakia	12	5	1	6	33	23	+10	16		0–3	1–4	2–2	—	2–5	6–1	7–0
5	Wales	12	4	3	5	18	19	−1	15		0–0	0–2	2–2	1–5	—	3–1	3–0
6	Cyprus	12	4	2	6	17	24	−7	14		0–2	1–1	5–2	1–3	3–1	—	3–0
7	San Marino	12	0	0	12	2	57	−55	0		0–3	0–13	1–2	0–5	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	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	Russia	12	7	3	2	18	7	+11	24	Qualify for final tournament	0–0	—	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0
3	England	12	7	2	3	24	7	+17	23		2–3	3–0	—	3–0	0–0	3–0	5–0
4	Israel	12	7	2	3	20	12	+8	23		3–4	2–1	0–0	—	1–0	4–0	4–1
5	Macedonia	12	4	2	6	12	12	0	14		2–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	3–0
6	Estonia	12	2	1	9	5	21	−16	7		0–1	0–2	0–3	0–1	0–1	—	2–1
7	Andorra	12	0	0	12	2	42	−40	0		0–6	0–1	0–3	0–2	0–3	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	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	Sweden	12	8	2	2	23	9	+14	26	Qualify for final tournament	2–0	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	3–1
3	Northern Ireland	12	6	2	4	17	14	+3	20		3–2	2–1	—	2–1	1–0	0–3	3–1
4	Denmark	12	6	2	4	21	11	+10	20		1–3	0–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–0	—	3–1	3–0	4–0
5	Latvia	12	4	0	8	15	17	−2	12		0–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	—	4–0	4–1
6	Iceland	12	2	2	8	10	27	−17	8		1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–4	—	1–1
7	Liechtenstein	12	2	1	9	9	32	−23	7		0–2	0–3	1–4	0–4	1–0	3–0	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ The Denmark v Sweden match was abandoned in the 89th minute following a fan attack on the referee.^[5] The match was awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Sweden by UEFA following a hearing on 8 June 2007.^[6]

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	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	Netherlands	12	8	2	2	15	5	+10	26	Qualify for final tournament	0–0	—	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
3	Bulgaria	12	7	4	1	18	7	+11	25		1–0	1–1	—	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–0
4	Belarus	12	4	1	7	17	23	−6	13		1–3	2–1	0–2	—	2–2	4–2	0–1
5	Albania	12	2	5	5	12	18	−6	11		0–2	0–1	1–1	2–4	—	0–0	2–0
6	Slovenia	12	3	2	7	9	16	−7	11		1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	—	2–0
7	Luxembourg	12	1	0	11	2	23	−21	3		0–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	—

Source: UEFA

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Mins played	Nation	Club
David Healy	13	1075	Northern Ireland	Leeds United/Fulham
Eduardo	10	1061	Croatia	Arsenal
Euzebiusz Smolarek	9	824	Poland	Racing Santander
Lukas Podolski	8	660	Germany	Bayern Munich
Jon Dahl Tomasson	8	989	Denmark	Villarreal
Cristiano Ronaldo	8	1153	Portugal	Manchester United
Steffen Iversen	7	669	Norway	Rosenborg
Mladen Petrić	7	677	Croatia	Borussia Dortmund
Nikola Žigić	7	867	Serbia	Valencia
David Villa	7	896	Spain	Valencia

References

↑ Qualifying draw (UEFA).
↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2006/08" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑ "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.
↑ "UEFA cancel Armenia v Azerbaijan Euro qualifiers". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 23 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
↑ "Denmark hearing tomorrow". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
↑ "Copenhagen contest goes to Sweden". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

External links

UEFA Euro 2008 at UEFA.com

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[1] Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

[2] From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.

[3] From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.

[4] From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

[6] Greece were first seeded, as European champions

[table_note_ARM_AZE0.85651137999096-10] 1 2 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.^[3]^[4]

[table_note_DEN_SWE0.44237201541773-13] The Denmark v Sweden match was abandoned in the 89th minute following a fan attack on the referee.^[5] The match was awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Sweden by UEFA following a hearing on 8 June 2007.^[6]

[5] Qualifying draw (UEFA).

[regulations-7] "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2006/08" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[ARM-AZE_1-8] "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.

[ARM-AZE_2-9] "UEFA cancel Armenia v Azerbaijan Euro qualifiers". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 23 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

[11] "Denmark hearing tomorrow". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[12] "Copenhagen contest goes to Sweden". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

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