UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G

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Standings and results for Group G 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
Romania	29	12	9	2	1	26	7	+19
Netherlands	26	12	8	2	2	15	5	+10
Bulgaria	25	12	7	4	1	18	7	+11
Belarus	13	12	4	1	7	17	23	-6
Albania	11	12	2	5	5	12	18	-6
Slovenia	11	12	3	2	7	9	16	-7
Luxembourg	3	12	1	0	11	2	23	-21

	ALB	BLR	BUL	LUX	NED	ROU	SVN
Albania	—	2–4	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–0
Belarus	2–2	—	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–3	4–2
Bulgaria	0–0	2–1	—	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
Luxembourg	0–3	1–2	0–1	—	0–1	0–2	0–3
Netherlands	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–0
Romania	6–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	—	2–0
Slovenia	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	—

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

Albania and Slovenia are tied on their head-to-head records, and are thus ranked by their overall goal difference in the group:
- Albania – 2 pts, 0GD, 0GF, 0 away goals (0:0 H vs Slovenia, 0:0 A vs Slovenia) – Overall GD = -6
- Slovenia – 2 pts, 0GD, 0GF, 0 away goals (0:0 H vs Albania, 0:0 A vs Albania) – Overall GD = -7

Notes on the qualified teams:

Romania secured qualification to the tournament proper on 2007-10-17 following a 2-0 win against Luxembourg, and a 1-1 draw between Albania and Bulgaria, becoming the fourth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.
Netherlands secured qualification to the tournament proper on 2007-11-17 following a 1-0 win against Luxembourg, becoming the ninth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

[edit] Results

Group G fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 16 February 2006.

September 2, 2006 19:00 EEST	Belarus	2 – 2	Albania	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Asumaa (Finland)
	Kalachev 2' Romaschenko 24'	Report	Skela 7' (pen.) Hasi 86'

September 2, 2006 21:00 EEST	Romania	2 – 2	Bulgaria	Gheorghe Hagi Stadium, Constanţa Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Farina (Italy)
	Roşu 40' Marica 54'	Report	M. Petrov 82' 84'

September 2, 2006 20:30 CEST	Luxembourg	0 – 1	Netherlands	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ferreira (Portugal)
		Report	Mathijsen 26'

September 6, 2006 20:00 EEST	Bulgaria	3 – 0	Slovenia	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Larsen (Denmark)
	Bojinov 58' M. Petrov 70' Telkiyski 79'	Report

September 6, 2006 20:00 CEST	Albania	0 – 2	Romania	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Benquerença (Portugal)
		Report	Dică 65' Mutu 75' (pen.)

September 6, 2006 20:30 CEST	Netherlands	3 – 0	Belarus	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Webb (England)
	van Persie 33' 78' Kuyt 90+2'	Report

October 7, 2006 20:15 EEST	Romania	3 – 1	Belarus	Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Undiano (Spain)
	Mutu 7' Marica 10' Goian 76'	Report	Kornilenko 20'

October 7, 2006 21:00 EEST	Bulgaria	1 – 1	Netherlands	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 40,547 Referee: Øvrebø (Norway)
	M. Petrov 12'	Report	van Persie 62'

October 7, 2006 20:45 CEST	Slovenia	2 – 0	Luxembourg	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Kailis (Cyprus)
	Novakovič 30' Koren 44'	Report

October 11, 2006 18:00 EEST	Belarus	4 – 2	Slovenia	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Kassai (Hungary)
	Kovba 18' Kornilenko 52' 60' Korytko 85'	Report	Cesar 19' Lavrič 43'

October 11, 2006 20:15 CEST	Luxembourg	0 – 1	Bulgaria	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Panic (Bosnia)
		Report	Tunchev 26'

October 11, 2006 20:30 CEST	Netherlands	2 – 1	Albania	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Yefet (Israel)
	van Persie 15' Beqaj 42' (o.g.)	Report	Curri 67'

March 24, 2007 17:00 CET	Luxembourg	1 – 2	Belarus	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Whitby (Wales)
	Sagramola 68'	Report	Kalachev 25' Kutuzov 54'

March 24, 2007 17:00 CET	Albania	0 – 0	Slovenia	Loro-Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Attard (Malta)
		Report

March 24, 2007 20:30 CET	Netherlands	0 – 0	Romania	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Merk (Germany)
		Report

March 28, 2007 18:00 EEST	Bulgaria	0 – 0	Albania	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Eriksson (Sweden)
		Report

March 28, 2007 18:30 EEST	Romania	3 – 0	Luxembourg	Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamţ Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lajuks (Latvia)
	Mutu 26' Contra 56' Marica 90'	Report

March 28, 2007 20:45 CEST	Slovenia	0 – 1	Netherlands	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 9,500 Referee: M. González (Spain)
		Report	van Bronckhorst 86'

June 2, 2007 20:30 CEST	Albania	2 – 0	Luxembourg	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Silagava (Georgia)
	Kapllani 38' Haxhi 57'	Report

June 2, 2007 20:45 CEST	Slovenia	1 – 2	Romania	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dougal (Scotland)
	Vršič 90+4'	Report	Tamaş 52' Nicoliţă 69'

June 2, 2007 21:00 EEST	Belarus	0 – 2	Bulgaria	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Jára (Czech Republic)
		Report	Berbatov 28' 46'

June 6, 2007 20:00 EEST	Bulgaria	2 – 1	Belarus	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 10,227 Referee: Jakobsson (Iceland)
	M. Petrov 10' Yankov 40'	Report	Vasilyuk 5' (pen.)

June 6, 2007 20:15 CEST	Luxembourg	0 – 3	Albania	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 4,325 Referee: Malzinskas (Lithuania)
		Report	Skela 25' Kapllani 36' 72'

June 6, 2007 21:00 EEST	Romania	2 – 0	Slovenia	Dan Păltinişanu, Timişoara Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Yefet (Israel)
	Mutu 40' Contra 70'	Report

September 8, 2007 17:00 CEST	Luxembourg	0 – 3	Slovenia	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Berezka (Ukraine)
		Report	Lavrič 7' 47' Novakovič 37'

September 8, 2007 19:00 EEST	Belarus	1 – 3	Romania	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 19,320 Referee: Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
	Romaschenko 20'	Report	Mutu 16' 77' (pen) Dică 42'

September 8, 2007 20:30 CEST	Netherlands	2 – 0	Bulgaria	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Medina (Spain)
	Sneijder 23' van Nistelrooy 58'	Report

September 12, 2007 20:30 EEST	Bulgaria	3 – 0	Luxembourg	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Demirlek (Turkey)
	Berbatov 27' 28' M. Petrov 54' (pen)	Report

September 12, 2007 19:45 CEST	Slovenia	1 – 0	Belarus	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Banari (Moldova)
	Lavrič 3' (pen)	Report

September 12, 2007 20:45 CEST	Albania	0 – 1	Netherlands	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Riley (England)
		Report	van Nistelrooy 90+1'

October 13, 2007 18:00 EEST	Belarus	0 – 1	Luxembourg	Central Stadion, Gomel Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Svendsen (Denmark)
		Report	Leweck 90+5'

October 13, 2007 20:15 EEST	Romania	1 – 0	Netherlands	Gheorghe Hagi Stadium, Constanţa Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Vassaras (Greece)
	Goian 71'	Report

October 13, 2007 20:30 CEST	Slovenia	0 – 0	Albania	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 4,625 Referee: Nuno Pereira (Portugal)
		Report

October 17, 2007 20:15 CEST	Luxembourg	0 – 2	Romania	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 3,584 Referee: Brych (Germany)
		Report	F. Petre 42' Marica 61'

October 17, 2007 20:30 CEST	Netherlands	2 – 0	Slovenia	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Rizzoli (Italy)
	Sneijder 14' Huntelaar 88'	Report

October 17, 2007 20:45 CEST	Albania	1 – 1	Bulgaria	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stuchlik (Austria)
	Kishishev 32' (o.g.)	Report	Berbatov 87'

November 17, 2007 18:00 EET	Bulgaria	1 – 0	Romania	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Plautz (Austria)
	Dimitrov 6'	Report

November 17, 2007 20:00 EET	Albania	2 – 4	Belarus	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Demirlek (Turkey)
	Bogdani 39' Kapllani 43'	Report	Romaschenko 28' 63' (pen.) Kutuzov 45+1' 54'

November 17, 2007 20:30 CET	Netherlands	1 – 0	Luxembourg	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Hansson (Sweden)
	Koevermans 43'	Report

November 21, 2007 18:00 EET	Romania	6 – 1	Albania	Lia Manoliu Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Trivkovic (Croatia)
	Dică 22' 71' (pen.) Tamaş 53' Niculae 62' 65' Marica 69' (pen.)	Report	Kapllani 64'

November 21, 2007 19:00 EET	Belarus	2 – 1	Netherlands	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kalt (France)
	Bulyga 49' Korytko 65'	Report	van der Vaart 89'

November 21, 2007 18:00 CET	Slovenia	0 – 2	Bulgaria	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mullarkey (England)
		Report	Georgiev 81' Berbatov 84'

[edit] Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Adrian Mutu	Romania	6
	Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria
	Martin Petrov	Bulgaria
4	Edmond Kapllani	Albania	5
4	Ciprian Marica	Romania	5
6	Nicolae Dică	Romania	4
	Klemen Lavrič	Slovenia
	Maxim Romaschenko	Belarus
	Robin van Persie	Netherlands
10	Sergei Kornilenko	Belarus	3
10	Vitali Kutuzov	Belarus	3