UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A

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

1 Standings
2 Results
3 Goalscorers
4 References

[edit] Standings

Key:

Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Poland	28	14	8	4	2	24	12	+12
Portugal	27	14	7	6	1	24	10	+14
Serbia	24	14	6	6	2	22	11	+11
Finland	24	14	6	6	2	13	7	+6
Belgium	18	14	5	3	6	14	16	-2
Kazakhstan	10	14	2	4	8	11	21	-10
Armenia	9	12*	2	3	7	4	13	-9
Azerbaijan	5	12*	1	2	9	6	28	-22

	ARM	AZE	BEL	FIN	KAZ	POL	POR	SRB
Armenia	—	Canc.*	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Azerbaijan	Canc.*	—	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–6
Belgium	3–0	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–2
Finland	1–0	2–1	2–0	—	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2
Kazakhstan	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	—	0–1	1–2	2–1
Poland	1–0	5–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	—	2–1	1–1
Portugal	1–0	3–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	—	1–1
Serbia	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	—

(*) Armenia and Azerbaijan played only 12 matches due to UEFA's decision to cancel the two fixtures between these countries, with no points awarded to both teams. [5]

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

Serbia and Finland are ranked by their head-to-head records:
- Serbia – 4 pts (0:0 H vs Finland, 2:0 A vs Finland)
- Finland – 1 pt (0:2 H vs Serbia, 0:0 A vs Serbia)

Notes on the qualified teams:

Poland secured qualification to the tournament proper on 2007-11-17 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 2007-11-21 following a 0-0 draw against Finland, becoming the thirteenth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

[edit] Results

Group A fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants on 10 February 2006.

August 16, 2006 19:45 CEST	Belgium	0 – 0	Kazakhstan	Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels Attendance: 15,495 Referee: Courtney (Northern Ireland)
		Report

September 2, 2006 20:15 CEST	Serbia	1 – 0	Azerbaijan	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 0^[1] Referee: Kircher (Germany)
	Žigić 72'	Report

September 2, 2006 20:30 CEST	Poland	1 – 3	Finland	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Bydgoszcz Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Duhamel (France)
	Garguła 89'	Report	Litmanen 54' 76' (pen.) Väyrynen 84'

September 6, 2006 19:00 UTC+5	Azerbaijan	1 – 1	Kazakhstan	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Szabo (Hungary)
	Ladaga 16'	Report	Byakov 36'

September 6, 2006 21:00 UTC+5	Armenia	0 – 1	Belgium	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Lehner (Austria)
		Report	Van Buyten 41'

September 6, 2006 20:00 EEST	Finland	1 – 1	Portugal	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 38,015 Referee: Plautz (Austria)
	Johansson 22'	Report	Nuno Gomes 42'

September 6, 2006 20:30 CEST	Poland	1 – 1	Serbia	Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Poll (England)
	Matusiak 30'	Report	Lazović 71'

October 7, 2006 21:00 UTC+6	Kazakhstan	0 – 1	Poland	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Trivkovic (Croatia)
		Report	Smolarek 52'

October 7, 2006 21:00 UTC+5	Armenia	0 – 0	Finland	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Skomina (Slovakia)
		Report

October 7, 2006 20:15 CEST	Serbia	1 – 0	Belgium	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Messina (Italy)
	Žigić 54'	Report

October 7, 2006 21:00 WEST	Portugal	3 – 0	Azerbaijan	Bessa XXI, Porto Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Halsey (England)
	Ronaldo 25' 63' Carvalho 31'	Report

October 11, 2006 22:00 UTC+6	Kazakhstan	0 – 2	Finland	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Briakos (Greece)
		Report	Litmanen 29' Hyypiä 64'

October 11, 2006 20:15 CEST	Serbia	3 – 0	Armenia	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kasnaferis (Greece)
	Stanković 54' (pen.) Lazović 62' Žigić 90+2'	Report

October 11, 2006 20:30 CEST	Poland	2 – 1	Portugal	Stadion Śląski, Chorzow Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Stark (Germany)
	Smolarek 9' 18'	Report	Nuno Gomes 90+2'

October 11, 2006 20:45 CEST	Belgium	3 – 0	Azerbaijan	Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lajuks (Latvia)
	Simons 24' (pen.) Vandenbergh 47' Dembélé 82'	Report

November 15, 2006 19:00 EET	Finland	1 – 0	Armenia	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 9,445 Referee: Thomson (Scotland)
	Nurmela 10'	Report

November 15, 2006 20:30 CET	Belgium	0 – 1	Poland	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 37,578 Referee: Dougal (Scotland)
		Report	Matusiak 19'

November 15, 2006 21:00 WET	Portugal	3 – 0	Kazakhstan	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Regalla (Switzerland)
	Simão 8' 86' Ronaldo 30'	Report

March 24, 2007 19:00 UTC+6	Kazakhstan	2 – 1	Serbia	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hriňák (Slovakia)
	Ashirbekov 47' Zhumaskaliyev 61'	Report	Žigić 68'

March 24, 2007 18:00 CET	Poland	5 – 0	Azerbaijan	Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jakobsson (Iceland)
	Bąk 3' Dudka 6' Łobodziński 34' Krzynówek 58' Kaźmierczak 84'	Report

March 24, 2007 21:00 WET	Portugal	4 – 0	Belgium	José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 47,009 Referee: Vassaras (Greece)
	Nuno Gomes 53' Ronaldo 55' 75' Quaresma 68'	Report

March 28, 2007 20:00 UTC+5	Azerbaijan	1 – 0	Finland	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Messina (Italy)
	Imamaliev 83'	Report

March 28, 2007 20:30 CEST	Poland	1 – 0	Armenia	Kielce City Stadium, Kielce Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mallenco (Spain)
	Żurawski 26'	Report

March 28, 2007 20:30 CEST	Serbia	1 – 1	Portugal	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Layec (France)
	Janković 37'	Report	Tiago 5'

June 2, 2007 18:00 UTC+6	Kazakhstan	1 – 2	Armenia	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 17,100 Referee: Královec (Czech Republic)
	Baltiev 88' (pen.)	Report	Arzumanyan 31' Hovsepian 39' (pen.)

June 2, 2007 21:00 UTC+5	Azerbaijan	1 – 3	Poland	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Kapitanis (Cyprus )
	Subašić 6'	Report	Smolarek 63' Krzynówek 66' 90'

June 2, 2007 19:15 EEST	Finland	0 – 2	Serbia	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 33,615 Referee: M. González (Spain)
		Report	Janković 3' Jovanović 86'

June 2, 2007 20:45 CEST	Belgium	1 – 2	Portugal	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 45,585 Referee: Hansson (Sweden)
	Fellaini 55'	Report	Nani 43' Postiga 64'

June 6, 2007 19:00 UTC+6	Kazakhstan	1 – 1	Azerbaijan	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Toussaint (Luxembourg)
	Baltiev 53'	Report	Nadirov 30'

June 6, 2007 20:15 EEST	Finland	2 – 0	Belgium	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 34,818 Referee: Riley (England)
	Johansson 27' A. Eremenko 71'	Report

June 6, 2007 20:30 UTC+5	Armenia	1 – 0	Poland	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Balaj (Romania)
	Hamlet Mkhitaryan 66'	Report

August 22, 2007 19:00 UTC+5	Armenia	1 – 1	Portugal	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 15,550 Referee: Bo Larsen (Denmark)
	Arzumanyan 10'	Report	Ronaldo 37'

August 22, 2007 19:00 EEST	Finland	2 – 1	Kazakhstan	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Kassai (Hungary)
	A. Eremenko 13' Tainio 61'	Report	Byakov 23'

August 22, 2007 20:45 CEST	Belgium	3 – 2	Serbia	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 19,202 Referee: Hauge (Norway)
	Dembélé 10' 88' Mirallas 30'	Report	Kuzmanović 73' 90+1'

September 8, 2007	Azerbaijan	cancelled^[2]	Armenia

September 8, 2007 20:15 CEST	Serbia	0 – 0	Finland	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Braamhaar (Netherlands)
		Report

September 8, 2007 21:00 WEST	Portugal	2 – 2	Poland	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Rosetti (Italy)
	Maniche 50' Ronaldo 73'	Report	Lewandowski 44' Krzynówek 88'

September 12, 2007	Armenia	cancelled^[2]	Azerbaijan

September 12, 2007 21:00 UTC+6	Kazakhstan	2 – 2	Belgium	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Tudor (Romania)
	Byakov 39' Smakov 77' (pen.)	Report	Geraerts 13' Mirallas 24'

September 12, 2007 19:00 EEST	Finland	0 – 0	Poland	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 34,088 Referee: Fandel (Germany)
		Report

September 12, 2007 21:00 WEST	Portugal	1 – 1	Serbia	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Merk (Germany)
	Simão 11'	Report	Ivanović 88'

October 13, 2007 20:00 UTC+5	Armenia	0 – 0	Serbia	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Johannesson (Sweden)
		Report

October 13, 2007 21:00 UTC+5	Azerbaijan	0 – 2	Portugal	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bebek (Croatia)
		Report	Bruno Alves 12' Almeida 45'

October 13, 2007 20:30 CEST	Poland	3 – 1	Kazakhstan	Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Berntsen (Norway)
	Smolarek 56' 64' 65'	Report	Byakov 20'

October 13, 2007 20:45 CEST	Belgium	0 – 0	Finland	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 4,131 Referee: Kapitanis (Cyprus)
		Report

October 17, 2007 20:00 UTC+6	Kazakhstan	1 – 2	Portugal	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Wegereef (Netherlands)
	Byakov 90+5'	Report	Makukula 84' Ronaldo 90+1'

October 17, 2007 21:00 UTC+5	Azerbaijan	1 – 6	Serbia	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Einwaller (Austria)
	Aliyev 26'	Report	D. Tošić 4' Žigić 22' 42' Janković 41' Smiljanic 75' Lazović 84'

October 17, 2007 20:45 CEST	Belgium	3 – 0	Armenia	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 14,812 Referee: Valgeirsson (Iceland)
	Sonck 63' Dembélé 69' Geraerts 76'	Report

November 17, 2007 16:05 EET	Finland	2 – 1	Azerbaijan	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 10,325 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Forssell 79' Kuqi 86'	Report	Gurbanov 63'

November 17, 2007 20:30 CET	Poland	2 – 0	Belgium	Stadion Śląski, Chorzow Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Larsen (Denmark)
	Smolarek 45', 49'	Report

November 17, 2007 21:00 WET	Portugal	1 – 0	Armenia	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Riley (England)
	Almeida 42'	Report

November 21, 2007 19:00 UTC+4	Armenia	0 – 1	Kazakhstan	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Faye (France)
		Report	Ostapenko 64'

November 21, 2007 21:00 UTC+4	Azerbaijan	0 – 1	Belgium	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kenan (Israel)
		Report	Pieroni 52'

November 21, 2007 19:45 WET	Portugal	0 – 0	Finland	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Micheľ (Slovakia)
		Report

November 21, 2007 20:45 CET	Serbia	2 – 2	Poland	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)
	Žigić 68' Lazović 70'	Report	Murawski 28' Matusiak 46'

November 24, 2007^[3] 18:00 CET	Serbia	1 – 0	Kazakhstan	Stadion Partizana, Belgrade Attendance: 400 Referee: Vassaras (Greece)
	Ostapenko 79' (o.g.)	Report

[edit] Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Euzebiusz Smolarek	Poland	9
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	8
3	Nikola Žigić	Serbia	7
4	Dmitriy Byakov	Kazakhstan	5
5	Moussa Dembélé	Belgium	4
	Jacek Krzynówek	Poland
	Danko Lazović	Serbia
8	Nuno Gomes	Portugal	3
	Boško Janković	Serbia
	Jari Litmanen	Finland
	Radosław Matusiak	Poland
	Simão Sabrosa	Portugal

2 goals:

Armenia: Robert Arzumanyan
Belgium: Karel Geraerts, Kevin Mirallas
Finland: Alexei Eremenko, Jonatan Johansson
Kazakhstan: Ruslan Baltiev
Portugal: Hugo Almeida
Serbia: Zdravko Kuzmanović

1 goal:

Armenia: Sarkis Hovsepyan, Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Azerbaijan: Samir Aliyev, Ilgar Gurbanov, Emin Imamaliev, André Luiz Ladaga, Vügar Nadirov, Branimir Subašić
Belgium: Marouane Fellaini, Luigi Pieroni, Timmy Simons, Wesley Sonck, Daniel Van Buyten, Kevin Vandenbergh
Finland: Mikael Forssell, Sami Hyypiä, Shefki Kuqi, Mika Nurmela, Teemu Tainio, Mika Väyrynen
Kazakhstan: Kairat Ashirbekov, Sergei Ostapenko, Samat Smakov, Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
Poland: Jacek Bąk, Dariusz Dudka, Łukasz Garguła, Przemysław Kaźmierczak, Mariusz Lewandowski, Wojciech Łobodziński, Rafał Murawski, Maciej Żurawski
Portugal: Bruno Alves, Ricardo Carvalho, Ariza Makukula, Maniche, Nani, Hélder Postiga, Ricardo Quaresma, Tiago
Serbia: Branislav Ivanović, Dejan Stanković, Duško Tošić, Milan Jovanović, Milan Smiljanic

Own goal:

Kazakhstan: Sergei Ostapenko (for Serbia)

[edit] References

UEFA web site

^ Zoran Milosavljevic. Zigic goal gives Serbia 1-0 win over Azerbaijan. Reuters. Retrieved on September 3, 2006. Serbia were ordered to play one home match behind closed doors as punishment for crowd troubles in their last World Cup qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
^ ^a ^b The matches between Azerbaijan and Armenia have been cancelled by UEFA with both associations receiving no points. This is due to the failure of the two national associations to resolve political and security disagreements. [1] [2]
^ The match was originally scheduled for November 17, 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. [3] Re-scheduled to November 18, 2007, 14:00 CET, it was postponed again due to heavy snowfall, to November 24, 2007. [4]