UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group F

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

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[edit] Standings

Key:

  • Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Spain Spain 28 12 9 1 2 23 8 +15
Flag of Sweden Sweden 26 12 8 2 2 23 9 +14
Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 20 12 6 2 4 17 14 +3
Flag of Denmark Denmark 20 12 6 2 4 21 11 +10
Flag of Latvia Latvia 12 12 4 0 8 15 17 -2
Flag of Iceland Iceland 8 12 2 2 8 10 27 -17
Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 7 12 2 1 9 9 32 -23
  DEN ISL LVA LIE NIR ESP SWE
Denmark — 3–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–3 0–3*
Iceland 0–2 — 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2
Latvia 0–2 4–0 — 4–1 1–0 0–2 0–1
Liechtenstein 0–4 3–0 1–0 — 1–4 0–2 0–3
Northern Ireland 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 — 3–2 2–1
Spain 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 — 3–0
Sweden 0–0 5–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 —

(*) The abandoned match between Denmark and Sweden was a 3–0 win awarded to Sweden, after UEFA's hearing on 8 June 2007. [2] [3]

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

  • Northern Ireland and Denmark are ranked by their head-to-head records:
    • Northern Ireland – 4 pts (2:1 H vs Denmark, 0:0 A vs Denmark)
    • Denmark – 1 pt (0:0 H vs Northern Ireland, 1:2 A vs Northern Ireland)

Notes on the qualified teams:

  • Spain secured qualification to the tournament proper on 2007-11-17 following a 3-0 win against Sweden, becoming the tenth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.
  • Sweden secured qualification to the tournament proper on 2007-11-21 following a 2-1 win against Latvia, becoming the eleventh team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

[edit] Results

Group F fixtures were settled at a meeting between the participants in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1]

September 2, 2006
15:00 BST		 Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Ireland 0 – 3
 Flag of Iceland Iceland Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Skjerven (Norway)
Report Þorvaldsson Scored after 13 minutes 13'
Hreiðarsson Scored after 20 minutes 20'
Guðjohnsen Scored after 37 minutes 37'
September 2, 2006
20:00 EEST		 Latvia Flag of Latvia 0 – 1
 Flag of Sweden Sweden Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Seferin (Slovenia)
Report Källström Scored after 38 minutes 38'
September 2, 2006
22:00 CEST		 Spain Flag of Spain 4 – 0
 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Estadio Nuevo Vivero, Badajoz
Attendance: 14,876
Referee: Krstevski (Macedonia)
Torres Scored after 20 minutes 20'
Villa Scored after 45 minutes 45' Scored after 62 minutes 62'
Luis García Scored after 66 minutes 66'		 Report
September 6, 2006
19:30 CEST		 Sweden Flag of Sweden 3 – 1
 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Ullevi, Göteborg
Attendance: 17,735
Referee: Banari (Moldova)
Allbäck Scored after 2 minutes 2' Scored after 69 minutes 69'
Rosenberg Scored after 89 minutes 89'		 Report M. Frick Scored after 27 minutes 27'
September 6, 2006
18:05 WET		 Iceland Flag of Iceland 0 – 2
 Flag of Denmark Denmark Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 10,007
Referee: Ivanov (Russia)
Report Rommedahl Scored after 5 minutes 5'
Tomasson Scored after 33 minutes 33'
September 6, 2006
20:15 BST		 Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Ireland 3 – 2
 Flag of Spain Spain Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Healy Scored after 20 minutes 20' Scored after 65 minutes 65' Scored after 80 minutes 80' Report Xavi Scored after 14 minutes 14'
Villa Scored after 52 minutes 52'
October 7, 2006
20:00 CEST		 Denmark Flag of Denmark 0 – 0
 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 41,482
Referee: Plautz (Austria)
Report
October 7, 2006
21:00 EEST		 Latvia Flag of Latvia 4 – 0
 Flag of Iceland Iceland Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Kelly (Republic of Ireland)
Karlsons Scored after 14 minutes 14'
Verpakovskis Scored after 15 minutes 15' Scored after 25 minutes 25'
Višņakovs Scored after 52 minutes 52'		 Report
October 7, 2006
20:00 CEST		 Sweden Flag of Sweden 2 – 0
 Flag of Spain Spain Råsunda Stadion, Solna
Attendance: 33,056
Referee: Bennett (England)
Elmander Scored after 10 minutes 10'
Allbäck Scored after 82 minutes 82'		 Report
October 11, 2006
18:05 WET		 Iceland Flag of Iceland 1 – 2
 Flag of Sweden Sweden Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Gilewski (Poland)
Viðarsson Scored after 6 minutes 6' Report Källström Scored after 8 minutes 8'
Wilhelmsson Scored after 59 minutes 59'
October 11, 2006
20:15 CEST		 Liechtenstein Flag of Liechtenstein 0 – 4
 Flag of Denmark Denmark Rheinpark, Vaduz
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Richards (Wales)
Report D. Jensen Scored after 29 minutes 29'
Gravgaard Scored after 32 minutes 32'
Tomasson Scored after 51 minutes 51' Scored after 64 minutes 64'
October 11, 2006
20:00 BST		 Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Ireland 1 – 0
 Flag of Latvia Latvia Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Fleischer (Germany)
Healy Scored after 35 minutes 35' Report
March 24, 2007
20:15 CET		 Liechtenstein Flag of Liechtenstein 1 – 4
 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Rheinpark, Vaduz
Attendance: 4,340
Referee: Oriekhov (Ukraine)
Burgmeier Scored after 90+1 minutes 90+1' Report Healy Scored after 52 minutes 52' Scored after 75 minutes 75' Scored after 83 minutes 83'
McCann Scored after 90+2 minutes 90+2'
March 24, 2007
22:00 CET		 Spain Flag of Spain 2 – 1
 Flag of Denmark Denmark Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)
Morientes Scored after 34 minutes 34'
Villa Scored after 45+1 minutes 45+1'		 Report Gravgaard Scored after 49 minutes 49'
March 28, 2007
19:30 CEST		 Liechtenstein Flag of Liechtenstein 1 – 0
 Flag of Latvia Latvia Rheinpark, Vaduz
Attendance: 1,680
Referee: Gumienny (Belgium)
M. Frick Scored after 17 minutes 17' Report
March 28, 2007
19:45 BST		 Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Ireland 2 – 1
 Flag of Sweden Sweden Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Healy Scored after 31 minutes 31' Scored after 58 minutes 58' Report Elmander Scored after 26 minutes 26'
March 28, 2007
22:00 CEST		 Spain Flag of Spain 1 – 0
 Flag of Iceland Iceland ONO Estadi, Palma de Mallorca
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Duhamel (France)
Iniesta Scored after 80 minutes 80' Report
June 2, 2007
16:00 WET		 Iceland Flag of Iceland 1 – 1
 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 5,139
Referee: Kaldma (Estonia)
B. Gunnarsson Scored after 27 minutes 27' Report Rohrer Scored after 69 minutes 69'
June 2, 2007
20:00 CEST		 Denmark Flag of Denmark 0 – 3[2]
abandoned
 Flag of Sweden Sweden Parken Stadium , Copenhagen
Attendance: 42,083
Referee: Fandel (Germany)
Agger Scored after 34 minutes 34'
Tomasson Scored after 62 minutes 62'
Andreasen Scored after 75 minutes 75'		 Report Elmander Scored after 7 minutes 7' Scored after 26 minutes 26'
Hansson Scored after 23 minutes 23'
June 2, 2007
21:30 EEST		 Latvia Flag of Latvia 0 – 2
 Flag of Spain Spain Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Thomson (Scotland)
Report Villa Scored after 45 minutes 45'
Xavi Scored after 60 minutes 60'
June 6, 2007
20:15 CEST		 Sweden Flag of Sweden 5 – 0
 Flag of Iceland Iceland Råsunda Stadion, Solna
Attendance: 33,338
Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)
Allbäck Scored after 11 minutes 11' Scored after 51 minutes 51'
A. Svensson Scored after 42 minutes 42'
Mellberg Scored after 45 minutes 45'
Rosenberg Scored after 50 minutes 50'		 Report
June 6, 2007
20:30 CEST		 Liechtenstein Flag of Liechtenstein 0 – 2
 Flag of Spain Spain Rheinpark, Vaduz
Attendance: 5,739
Referee: N. Ivanov (Russia)
Report Villa Scored after 8 minutes 8' Scored after 14 minutes 14'
June 6, 2007
21:30 EEST		 Latvia Flag of Latvia 0 – 2
 Flag of Denmark Denmark Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Trefoloni (Italy)
Report Rommedahl Scored after 15 minutes 15' Scored after 17 minutes 17'
August 22, 2007
19:45 BST		 Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Ireland 3 – 1
 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Matějek (Czech Republic)
Healy Scored after 5 minutes 5' Scored after 35 minutes 35'
Lafferty Scored after 56 minutes 56'
 Report M. Frick Scored after 89 minutes 89'
September 8, 2007
19:15 EEST		 Latvia Flag of Latvia 1 – 0
 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Proença (Portugal)
Baird (o.g.) Scored after 56 minutes 56' Report
September 8, 2007
20:30 CEST		 Sweden Flag of Sweden 0 – 0
 Flag of Denmark Denmark Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 33,082
Referee: De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Report
September 8, 2007
20:00 WET		 Iceland Flag of Iceland 1 – 1
 Flag of Spain Spain Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Stark (Germany)
Hallfreðsson Scored after 40 minutes 40' Report Iniesta Scored after 86 minutes 86'
September 12, 2007
20:00 CEST		 Denmark Flag of Denmark 4 – 0
 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NRGi Park, Aarhus[3]
Attendance: 20,005
Referee: Clattenburg (England)
Nordstrand Scored after 3 minutes 3' Scored after 36 minutes 36'
M. Laursen Scored after 12 minutes 12'
Tomasson Scored after 18 minutes 18'		 Report
September 12, 2007
18:05 WET		 Iceland Flag of Iceland 2 – 1
 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Baskakov (Russia)
Björnsson Scored after 6 minutes 6'
Gillespie Scored after 90+1 minutes 90+1' (o.g.)		 Report Healy Scored after 72 minutes 72' (pen.)
September 12, 2007
22:00 CEST		 Spain Flag of Spain 2 – 0
 Flag of Latvia Latvia Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Yefet (Israel)
Xavi Scored after 13 minutes 13'
Torres Scored after 86 minutes 86'		 Report
October 13, 2007
16:00 WET		 Iceland Flag of Iceland 2 – 4
 Flag of Latvia Latvia Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik
Attendance: 5,865
Referee: Dean (England)
Guðjohnsen Scored after 4 minutes 4' Scored after 52 minutes 52' Report Kļava Scored after 27 minutes 27'
Laizāns Scored after 31 minutes 31'
Verpakovskis Scored after 37 minutes 37' Scored after 46 minutes 46'
October 13, 2007
19:00 CEST		 Liechtenstein Flag of Liechtenstein 0 – 3
 Flag of Sweden Sweden Rheinpark, Vaduz
Attendance: 4,131
Referee: Dondarini (Italy)
Report Ljungberg Scored after 19 minutes 19'
Wilhelmsson Scored after 29 minutes 29'
A. Svensson Scored after 56 minutes 56'
October 13, 2007
20:00 CEST		 Denmark Flag of Denmark 1 – 3
 Flag of Spain Spain NRGi Park, Aarhus[3]
Attendance: 19,849
Referee: Micheľ (Slovakia)
Tomasson Scored after 87 minutes 87' Report Tamudo Scored after 14 minutes 14'
Ramos Scored after 40 minutes 40'
Riera Scored after 89 minutes 89'
October 17, 2007
20:00 CEST		 Denmark Flag of Denmark 3 – 1
 Flag of Latvia Latvia Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 19,004
Referee: Cakir (Turkey)
Tomasson Scored after 7 minutes 7' (pen.)
U. Laursen Scored after 27 minutes 27'
Rommedahl Scored after 90 minutes 90'		 Report Gorkšs Scored after 80 minutes 80'
October 17, 2007
20:00 CEST		 Liechtenstein Flag of Liechtenstein 3 – 0
 Flag of Iceland Iceland Rheinpark, Vaduz
Attendance: 2,589
Referee: Zografos (Greece)
M. Frick Scored after 27 minutes 27'
T. Beck Scored after 80 minutes 80' Scored after 83 minutes 83'		 Report
October 17, 2007
20:30 CEST		 Sweden Flag of Sweden 1 – 1
 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Råsunda Stadion, Solna
Attendance: 33,112
Referee: Layec (France)
Mellberg Scored after 15 minutes 15' Report Lafferty Scored after 72 minutes 72'
November 17, 2007
18:00 EET		 Latvia Flag of Latvia 4 – 1
 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Moen (Norway)
Karlsons Scored after 14 minutes 14'
Verpakovskis Scored after 30 minutes 30'
Laizāns Scored after 63 minutes 63'
Višņakovs Scored after 87 minutes 87'		 Report Zirnis Scored after 13 minutes 13' (o.g.)
November 17, 2007
19:45 GMT		 Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Ireland 2 – 1
 Flag of Denmark Denmark Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Vink (Netherlands)
Feeney Scored after 62 minutes 62'
Healy Scored after 80 minutes 80'		 Report Bendtner Scored after 51 minutes 51'
November 17, 2007
22:00 CET		 Spain Flag of Spain 3 – 0
 Flag of Sweden Sweden Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Rosetti (Italy)
Capdevila Scored after 14 minutes 14'
Iniesta Scored after 39 minutes 39'
Ramos Scored after 65 minutes 65'		 Report
November 21, 2007
20:00 CET		 Denmark Flag of Denmark 3 – 0 Flag of Iceland Iceland Parken Stadium. Copenhagen
Attendance: 15,393
Referee: Benquerença (Portugal)
Bendtner Scored after 34 minutes 34'
Tomasson Scored after 44 minutes 44'
Kahlenberg Scored after 59 minutes 59'		 Report
November 21, 2007
19:00 WET		 Spain Flag of Spain 1 – 0 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Estadio Gran Canaria, Las Palmas
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Fandel (Germany)
Xavi Scored after 52 minutes 52' Report
November 21, 2007
20:00 CET		 Sweden Flag of Sweden 2 – 1 Flag of Latvia Latvia Råsunda Stadion, Solna
Attendance: 26,128
Referee: Stark (Germany)
Allbäck Scored after 1 minutes 1'
Källström Scored after 57 minutes 57'		 Report Laizāns Scored after 26 minutes 26'

[edit] Goalscorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 David Healy Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 13
2 Jon Dahl Tomasson* Flag of Denmark Denmark 8
3 David Villa Flag of Spain Spain 7
4 Marcus Allbäck Flag of Sweden Sweden 6
5 Māris Verpakovskis Flag of Latvia Latvia 5
6 Johan Elmander* Flag of Sweden Sweden 4
Mario Frick Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Dennis Rommedahl Flag of Denmark Denmark
Xavi Flag of Spain Spain
10 Eiður Guðjohnsen Flag of Iceland Iceland 3
Andrés Iniesta Flag of Spain Spain
Kim Källström Flag of Sweden Sweden
Juris Laizāns Flag of Latvia Latvia
  • 2 goals:

Flag of Denmark Denmark: Nicklas Bendtner, Michael Gravgaard, Morten Nordstrand
Flag of Latvia Latvia: Ģirts Karlsons, Aleksejs Višņakovs
Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein: Thomas Beck
Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: Kyle Lafferty
Flag of Spain Spain: Sergio Ramos, Fernando Torres
Flag of Sweden Sweden: Olof Mellberg, Markus Rosenberg, Anders Svensson, Christian Wilhelmsson

  • 1 goal:

Flag of Denmark Denmark: Daniel Agger*, Leon Andreasen*, Daniel Jensen, Thomas Kahlenberg, Martin Laursen, Ulrik Laursen
Flag of Iceland Iceland: Ármann Smári Björnsson, Brynjar Gunnarsson, Emil Hallfreðsson, Hermann Hreiðarsson, Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson, Arnar Viðarsson
Flag of Latvia Latvia: Kaspars Gorkšs, Oskars Kļava
Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein: Franz Burgmeier, Raphael Rohrer
Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: Warren Feeney, Grant McCann
Flag of Spain Spain: Joan Capdevila, Luis García, Fernando Morientes, Albert Riera, Raúl Tamudo
Flag of Sweden Sweden: Petter Hansson*, Fredrik Ljungberg

  • Own goals:

Flag of Latvia Latvia: Dzintars Zirnis (for Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein)
Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: Chris Baird (for Flag of Latvia Latvia), Keith Gillespie (for Flag of Iceland Iceland)

(*) Include goals scored in the abandoned Denmark vs Sweden match.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lars Berendt, Pia Schou Nielsen and Jacob Wadland. Danmark starter og slutter med Island (Danish). DBU. Retrieved on September 3, 2006.
  2. ^ Match abandoned after 89 minutes by the referee with the score level at 3–3. Match awarded 3–0 in favour of Sweden by UEFA disciplinary committee on June 8, 2007. [1]
  3. ^ a b Denmark required to play two qualifying games 140km away from Copenhagen after match abandonment in previous home match.

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