UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 8

Standings and results for Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

Group 8 consisted of Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and Estonia. Group winners were Bulgaria. Croatia and Belgium finished equal on points in for second place, however Croatia qualified for the play-offs due to goal difference in their head to head records.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bulgaria 8 5 2 1 13 4 +9 17 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–1
2  Croatia 8 5 1 2 12 4 +8 16[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 1–0 — 4–0 0–0 2–0
3  Belgium 8 5 1 2 11 9 +2 16[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 2–1 — 2–0 3–0
4  Estonia 8 2 2 4 4 6 −2 8 0–0 0–1 0–1 — 2–0
5  Andorra 8 0 0 8 1 18 −17 0 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Croatia +3, Belgium −3.

Matches
Croatia 0–0 Estonia
Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín (Spain)
Belgium 0–2 Bulgaria
Janković  17'
Petrov  63'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Bulgaria 2–0 Croatia
Petrov  22'
Berbatov  37'
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Andorra 0–1 Belgium
Sonck  61'
Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 700
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Bulgaria 2–1 Andorra
Chilikov  37'
Balakov  58'		 Lima  80'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)
Estonia 0–1 Belgium
Sonck  2'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Croatia 4–0 Belgium
Srna  9'
Pršo  55'
Marić  70'
Leko  76'
Attendance: 25,000
Estonia 0–0 Bulgaria
Attendance: 3,000
Croatia 2–0 Andorra
Rapaić  10' (pen.), 43'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Marian Salomir (Romania)
Andorra 0–2 Estonia
Zelinski  26', 74'
Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Aydin (Turkey)
Estonia 2–0 Andorra
Allas  22'
Viikmäe  31'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)
Bulgaria 2–2 Belgium
Berbatov  52'
Todorov  71' (pen.)		 Petrov  30' (o.g.)
Clement  55'
Attendance: 42,000
Estonia 0–1 Croatia
Kovač  76'
Attendance: 6,100
Belgium 3–0 Andorra
Goor  21', 69'
Sonck  45'
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (BLR)
Andorra 0–3 Croatia
Kovač  4'
Šimunić  16'
Roso  71'
Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 800
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)
Bulgaria 2–0 Estonia
Petrov  16'
Berbatov  66'
Attendance: 25,128
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)
Andorra 0–3 Bulgaria
Berbatov  11', 24'
Hristov  58'
Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 450
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Belgium 2–1 Croatia
Sonck  35', 43' Šimić  37'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Croatia 1–0 Bulgaria
Olić  48'
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)
Belgium 2–0 Estonia
Piiroja  41' (o.g.)
Buffel  60'
Attendance: 20,000

Goalscorers

There were 41 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.05 goals per match.

5 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References
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