UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B

Standings and results for Group B of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.

Italy and France secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following Italy's 2–1 win against Scotland, becoming the fifth and sixth teams in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

Standings
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 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
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Group B fixtures were decided with a random draw conducted on Thursday 9 March 2006, because fixtures could not be agreed between delegates. Ukraine were the only side unable to come to consensus with the rest of the group.[1]

Faroe Islands 0–6 Georgia
Report Mujiri  16'
Iashvili  18'
Arveladze  37', 62', 82'
Kobiashvili  51' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,114
Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)
Scotland 6–0 Faroe Islands
Fletcher  7'
McFadden  10'
Boyd  24' (pen.), 38'
Miller  30' (pen.)
O'Connor  85'		 Report
Attendance: 50,059
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
Georgia 0–3 France
Report Malouda  7'
Saha  15'
Asatiani  47' (o.g.)
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 65,000
Italy 1–1 Lithuania
Inzaghi  30' Report Danilevičius  21'
Attendance: 60,000
Ukraine 3–2 Georgia
Shevchenko  31'
Rotan  61'
Rusol  80'		 Report Arveladze  38'
Demetradze  60'
NSC Olimpiysky, Kiev
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)
Lithuania 1–2 Scotland
Miceika  85' Report Dailly  46'
Miller  62'
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Vladimir Hrinak (Slovakia)
France 3–1 Italy
Govou  2', 55'
Henry  18'		 Report Gilardino  20'
Attendance: 78,800
Faroe Islands 0–1 Lithuania
Report Skerla  89'
Attendance: 1,982
Scotland 1–0 France
Caldwell  67' Report
Attendance: 52,500
Italy 2–0 Ukraine
Oddo  71' (pen.)
Toni  79'		 Report
Attendance: 49,149
Ukraine 2–0 Scotland
Kucher  60'
Shevchenko  90' (pen.)		 Report
NSC Olimpiysky, Kiev
Attendance: 55,000
Georgia 1–3 Italy
Shashiashvili  26' Report De Rossi  18'
Camoranesi  63'
Perrotta  71'
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
France 5–0 Faroe Islands
Saha  1'
Henry  22'
Anelka  77'
Trezeguet  78', 84'		 Report
Attendance: 19,314
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
Scotland 2–1 Georgia
Boyd  11'
Beattie  89'		 Report Arveladze  41'
Attendance: 50,850
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
Faroe Islands 0–2 Ukraine
Report Yezerskiy  20'
Husyev  57'
Attendance: 717
Lithuania 0–1 France
Report Anelka  73'
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Ukraine 1–0 Lithuania
Husyev  47' Report
Attendance: 33,600
Georgia 3–1 Faroe Islands
Siradze  25'
Iashvili  46', 90+5' (pen.)		 Report R. Jacobsen  57'
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pavel Saliy (Kazakhstan)
Italy 2–0 Scotland
Toni  12', 70' Report
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Lithuania 1–0 Georgia
Mikoliūnas  78' Report
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 6,000
France 2–0 Ukraine
Ribéry  57'
Anelka  71'		 Report
Attendance: 80,051
Faroe Islands 1–2 Italy
R. Jacobsen  77' Report Inzaghi  12', 48'
Attendance: 5,987
Faroe Islands 0–2 Scotland
Report Maloney  31'
O'Connor  35'
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
France 1–0 Georgia
Nasri  33' Report
Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre
Attendance: 21,000
Lithuania 0–2 Italy
Report Quagliarella  31', 45'
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,000
Scotland 3–1 Lithuania
Boyd  31'
McManus  77'
McFadden  83'		 Report Danilevičius  61' (pen.)
Attendance: 51,349
Georgia 1–1 Ukraine
Siradze  87' Report Shelayev  7'
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 25,000
Italy 0–0 France
Report
Attendance: 80,000
Lithuania 2–1 Faroe Islands
Jankauskas  8'
Danilevičius  52'		 Report R. Jacobsen  90+3'
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)
Ukraine 1–2 Italy
Shevchenko  71' Report Di Natale  41', 77'
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
France 0–1 Scotland
Report McFadden  64'
Attendance: 42,000
Scotland 3–1 Ukraine
Miller  4'
McCulloch  10'
McFadden  68'		 Report Shevchenko  24'
Attendance: 50,589
Faroe Islands 0–6 France
Report Anelka  6'
Henry  8'
Benzema  50', 81'
Rothen  66'
Ben Arfa  90+4'
Attendance: 8,076
Referee: Gabriele Rossi (San Marino)
Italy 2–0 Georgia
Pirlo  44'
Grosso  84'		 Report
Attendance: 23,057
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)
Ukraine 5–0 Faroe Islands
Kalynychenko  40', 49'
Husyev  43', 45'
Vorobei  64'		 Report
NSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)
Georgia 2–0 Scotland
Mchedlidze  16'
Siradze  64'		 Report
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 36,500
France 2–0 Lithuania
Henry  80', 81' Report
Attendance: 36,350
Scotland 1–2 Italy
Ferguson  65' Report Toni  2'
Panucci  90+1'
Attendance: 51,301
Lithuania 2–0 Ukraine
Savėnas  41'
Danilevičius  67'		 Report
S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)
Georgia 0–2 Lithuania
Report Kšanavičius  52', 90+6'
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ljubomir Krstevski (Macedonia)
Italy 3–1 Faroe Islands
Benjaminsen  11' (o.g.)
Toni  36'
Chiellini  41'		 Report R. Jacobsen  83'
Attendance: 19,000
Ukraine 2–2 France
Voronin  14'
Shevchenko  46'		 Report Henry  20'
Govou  34'
NSC Olympiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Goalscorers

There were 117 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References
  1. Bathgate, Stuart. "Scotland dealt an even hand as Euro 2008 draw resolved", The Scotsman, 10 March 2006. Accessed 27 March 2007.
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