UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group C

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Standings and results for Group C 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
Greece	31	12	10	1	1	25	10	+15
Turkey	24	12	7	3	2	25	11	+14
Norway	23	12	7	2	3	27	11	+16
Bosnia and Herzegovina	13	12	4	1	7	16	22	-6
Moldova	12	12	3	3	6	12	19	-7
Hungary	12	12	4	0	8	11	22	-11
Malta	5	12	1	2	9	10	31	-21

	BIH	GRE	HUN	MLT	MDA	NOR	TUR
Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–2
Greece	3–2	—	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	1–4
Hungary	1–0	1–2	—	2–0	2–0	1–4	0–1
Malta	2–5	0–1	2–1	—	2–3	1–4	2–2
Moldova	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	—	0–1	1–1
Norway	1–2	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–0	—	1–2
Turkey	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–2	—

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

Moldova and Hungary are ranked by their head-to-head records:
- Moldova – 3 pts, +1GD (3:0 H vs Hungary, 0:2 A vs Hungary)
- Hungary – 3 pts, -1GD (2:0 H vs Moldova, 0:3 A vs Moldova)

Notes on the qualified teams:

Greece secured qualification to the tournament proper on 2007-10-17 following a 1-0 win against Turkey, becoming the second team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.
Turkey secured qualification to the tournament proper on 2007-11-21 following a 1-0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina, becoming the twelfth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

[edit] Results

Group C fixtures were negotiated and finally decided by a draw at a meeting between the participants in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 February 2006.^[1]

On July 3, 2006, the Hellenic Football Federation was indefinitely suspended from all international competition due to concerns about its autonomy from the Greek government. Although no announcement was made regarding this tournament in particular, this seemed to preclude the Greek team from participating.^[2] Following rectifying action by the Greek government, FIFA subsequently lifted the suspension on July 12, 2006, allowing Greece to participate in qualifying.^[3]

September 2, 2006 18:15 CEST	Malta	2 – 5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Vejlgaard (Denmark)
	Pace 6' M. Mifsud 86'	Report	Barbarez 4' Hrgović 10' Bartolović 45+1' Muslimović 49' Misimović 51'

September 2, 2006 19:00 CEST	Hungary	1 – 4	Norway	Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Vink (Netherlands)
	Gera 90' (pen.)	Report	Solskjær 15' 44' Strømstad 31' Pedersen 41'

September 2, 2006 20:15 EEST	Moldova	0 – 1	Greece	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Trefoloni (Italy)
		Report	Lyberopoulos 78'

September 6, 2006 19:00 CEST	Norway	2 – 0	Moldova	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 23,848 Referee: Ristoskov (Bulgaria)
	Strømstad 74' Iversen 79'	Report

September 6, 2006 20:00 CEST	Turkey	2 – 0	Malta	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 0^[4] Referee: B. González (Spain)
	Nihat 56' Tümer 77'	Report

September 6, 2006 20:15 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1 – 3	Hungary	Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kapitanis (Cyprus)
	Misimović 64' (pen.)	Report	Huszti 36' (pen.) Gera 46' Dárdai 49'

October 7, 2006 19:00 EEST	Moldova	2 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Piccirillo (France)
	Rogaciov 13' 32' (pen.)	Report	Misimović 63' Grlic 68'

October 7, 2006 19:00 CEST	Hungary	0 – 1	Turkey	Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)
		Report	Tuncay 41'

October 7, 2006 21:30 EEST	Greece	1 – 0	Norway	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Michel (Slovakia)
	Katsouranis 33'	Report

October 11, 2006 19:15 CEST	Malta	2 – 1	Hungary	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ver Eecke (Belgium)
	Schembri 14' 53'	Report	Torghelle 19 '

October 11, 2006 20:00 CEST	Turkey	5 – 0	Moldova	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 0^[4] Referee: Vollquartz (Denmark)
	Şükür 35' 37' (pen.) 43' 73' Tuncay 68'	Report

October 11, 2006 19:15 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 – 4	Greece	Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Baskakov (Russia)
		Report	Charisteas 8' (pen.) Patsatzoglou 82' Samaras 85' Katsouranis 90+4'

March 24, 2007 19:00 EET	Moldova	1 – 1	Malta	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
	Epureanu 85'	Report	Mallia 73'

March 24, 2007 19:00 CET^[5]	Norway	1 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 16,987 Referee: Riley (England)
	Carew 50' (pen.)	Report	Misimović 18' Muslimović 33'^[6]

March 24, 2007 21:30 EET	Greece	1 – 4	Turkey	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Stark (Germany)
	Kyrgiakos 5'	Report	Tuncay 27' Gökhan 55' Tümer 70' Gökdeniz 81'

March 28, 2007 18:00 CEST	Hungary	2 – 0	Moldova	Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ingvarsson (Sweden)
	Priskin 9' Gera 63'	Report

March 28, 2007 19:30 CEST	Malta	0 – 1	Greece	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Proença (Portugal)
		Report	Basinas 66' (pen.)

March 28, 2007 20:00 CEST	Turkey	2 – 2	Norway	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 0^[4] Referee: Farina (Italy)
	Hamit Altıntop 72' 90'	Report	Brenne 31' Andresen 40'

June 2, 2007 21:30 EEST	Greece	2 – 0	Hungary	Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion^[7] Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bo Larsen (Denmark)
	Gekas 16' Seitaridis 29'	Report

June 2, 2007 20:00 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3– 2	Turkey	Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
	Muslimović 27' Džeko 45+2' Ćustović 90'	Report	Şükür 13' Sabri 39'

June 2, 2007 20:05 CEST	Norway	4 – 0	Malta	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 16,364 Referee: Granat (Poland)
	Hæstad 31' Helstad 73' Iversen 79' J. Riise 90+1'	Report

June 6, 2007 19:00 CEST	Norway	4 – 0	Hungary	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 19,198 Referee: Iturralde (Spain)
	Iversen 22' Braaten 57' Carew 60' 78'	Report

June 6, 2007 20:15 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1 – 0	Malta	Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Richards (Wales)
	Muslimović 6'	Report

June 6, 2007 21:30 EEST	Greece	2 – 1	Moldova	Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion^[7] Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Wegereef (Netherlands)
	Charisteas 30' Lyberopoulos 90+5'	Report	Frunză 80'

September 8, 2007 16:00 CEST	Hungary	1 – 0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stadion Sóstói, Székesfehérvár Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Trefoloni (Italy)
	Gera 39' (pen)	Report

September 8, 2007 19:30 CEST	Malta	2 – 2	Turkey	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Messner (Austria)
	Said 41' Schembri 76'	Report	Halil Altıntop 45' Servet 78'

September 8, 2007 21:00 EEST	Moldova	0 – 1	Norway	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Małek (Poland)
		Report	Iversen 49'

September 12, 2007 19:00 CEST	Norway	2 – 2	Greece	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 24,080 Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)
	Carew 15' J. Riise 39'	Report	Kyrgiakos 7' 30'

September 12, 2007 20:30 EEST	Turkey	3 – 0	Hungary	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 28,020 Referee: Dougal (Scotland)
	Gökhan 68' Aurélio 72' Halil Altıntop 90+3'	Report

September 12, 2007 20:00 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 – 1	Moldova	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hyytiä (Finland)
		Report	Bugaev 22'

October 13, 2007 16:20 CEST	Hungary	2 – 0	Malta	Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Nalbandyan (Armenia)
	Feczesin 34' Tőzsér 77'	Report

October 13, 2007 21:00 EEST	Moldova	1 – 1	Turkey	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Atkinson (England)
	Frunză 11'	Report	Ümit 63'

October 13, 2007 21:30 EEST	Greece	3 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Gilewski (Poland)
	Charisteas 10' Gekas 57' Lyberopoulos 72'	Report	Hrgović 54' Ibišević 90'

October 17, 2007 19:30 CEST	Malta	2 – 3	Moldova	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ishchenko (Ukraine)
	Scerri 71' M. Mifsud 84'	Report	Bugaev 24' (pen.) Frunză 31' 35'

October 17, 2007 20:30 EEST	Turkey	0 – 1	Greece	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 24,000 Referee: González (Spain)
		Report	Amanatidis 79'

October 17, 2007 20:30 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 – 2	Norway	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Lannoy (France)
		Report	Hagen 5' B. Riise 74'

November 17, 2007 19:00 EET	Moldova	3 – 0	Hungary	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău Attendance: 6,483 Referee: Královec (Czech Republic)
	Bugaev 13' Josan 23' Alexeev 86'	Report

November 17, 2007 19:00 CET	Norway	1 – 2	Turkey	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 24,080 Referee: Merk (Germany)
	Hagen 12'	Report	Emre 31' Nihat 59'

November 17, 2007 21:30 EET	Greece	5 – 0	Malta	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Kaldama (Estonia)
	Gekas 32' 72' 74' Basinas 54' Amanatidis 61'	Report

November 21, 2007 20:00 CET	Malta	1 – 4	Norway	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Baskakov (Russia)
	M. Mifsud 53'	Report	Iversen 25' 27' (pen.) 45' Pedersen 75'

November 21, 2007 21:00 EET	Turkey	1 – 0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Braamhaar (Netherlands)
	Nihat 43'	Report

November 21, 2007 20:15 CET	Hungary	1 – 2	Greece	Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest Attendance: 32,300 Referee: Styles (England)
	Buzsáky 7'	Report	Vanczák 22' (o.g.) Basinas 59' (pen.)

[edit] Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Steffen Iversen	Norway	7
2	Theofanis Gekas	Greece	5
2	Hakan Şükür	Turkey	5
4	John Carew	Norway	4
	Viorel Frunză	Moldova
	Zoltán Gera	Hungary
	Zvjezdan Misimović	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Zlatan Muslimović	Bosnia and Herzegovina
9	Angelos Basinas	Greece	3
	Igor Bugaev	Moldova
	Angelos Charisteas	Greece
	Nihat Kahveci	Turkey
	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	Greece
	Nikolaos Lyberopoulos	Greece
	Michael Mifsud	Malta
	Tuncay Şanlı	Turkey
	Andre Schembri	Malta

2 goals:

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mirko Hrgović
Greece: Ioannis Amanatidis, Kostas Katsouranis
Moldova: Sergei Rogaciov
Norway: Erik Hagen, Morten Gamst Pedersen, John Arne Riise, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Fredrik Strømstad
Turkey: Halil Altıntop, Hamit Altıntop, Tümer Metin, Gökhan Ünal

1 goal:

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sergej Barbarez, Mladen Bartolović, Adnan Ćustović, Edin Džeko, Ivica Grlic, Vedad Ibišević
Greece: Christos Patsatzoglou, Georgios Samaras, Yourkas Seitaridis
Hungary: Ákos Buzsáky, Pál Dárdai, Róbert Feczesin, Szabolcs Huszti, Tamás Priskin, Sándor Torghelle, Dániel Tőzsér
Malta: George Mallia, Jamie Pace, Brian Said, Terence Scerri
Moldova: Serghei Alexeev, Alexandru Epureanu, Nicolae Josan
Norway: Martin Andresen, Daniel Braaten, Simen Brenne, Kristofer Hæstad, Thorstein Helstad, Bjørn Helge Riise
Turkey: Mehmet Aurélio, Emre Belözoğlu, Servet Çetin, Gökdeniz Karadeniz, Umit Karan, Sabri Sarıoğlu

Own goal:

Hungary: Vilmos Vanczák (for Greece)

[edit] References

UEFA web site

^ UEFA. Holders Greece start in Moldova. UEFA.com. Retrieved on September 3, 2006.
^ FIFA Media Dept.. FIFA suspends the Hellenic Football Federation. FIFA.com. Retrieved on September 3, 2006.
^ FIFA Media Dept.. FIFA lifts suspension on Hellenic Football Federation. FIFA.com. Retrieved on September 3, 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c Turkey ordered to play their first three home matches at a neutral ground and behind closed doors after violence in their World Cup Qualifying playoff with Switzerland on November 16, 2005.
^ Match delayed by 35 minutes by match referee Mike Riley after flares were thrown from the stands, minutes after the kick-off.
^ Goal incorrectly credited to Dario Damjanović in the scorers section of the UEFA report. However, the main text clearly indicated the goal was by Muslimović: "First-half goals from Zvjezdan Misimović and Zlatan Muslimović did the damage for the visitors,...." [1]
^ ^a ^b Greece forced to play away from Athens for two matches after crowd disturbances in the game against Turkey on March 24, 2007. [2]