UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A

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

Armenia vs Portugal in Yerevan

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

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Poland Portugal Serbia Finland Belgium Kazakhstan Armenia Azerbaijan
1  Poland 14 8 4 2 24 12 +12 28 Qualify for final tournament — 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 5–0
2  Portugal 14 7 6 1 24 10 +14 27 2–2 — 1–1 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–0
3  Serbia 14 6 6 2 22 11 +11 24[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
4  Finland 14 6 6 2 13 7 +6 24[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–1 0–2 — 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
5  Belgium 14 5 3 6 14 16 −2 18 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 — 0–0 3–0 3–0
6  Kazakhstan 14 2 4 8 11 21 −10 10 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 — 1–2 1–1
7  Armenia 12 2 3 7 4 13 −9 9 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 — Canc.[lower-alpha 2]
8  Azerbaijan 12 1 2 9 6 28 −22 5 1–3 0–2 1–6 1–0 0–1 1–1 Canc.[lower-alpha 2] —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Serbia 4, Finland 1.
  2. The matches between Azerbaijan and Armenia were cancelled by UEFA with both associations receiving no points, as the two national associations failed to resolve political and security disagreements.[1][2]

Matches

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

Belgium 0–0 Kazakhstan
Report
Attendance: 15,495
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)
Serbia 1–0 Azerbaijan
Žigić 72' Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Poland 1–3 Finland
Garguła 89' Report Litmanen 54', 76' (pen.)
Väyrynen 84'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
Azerbaijan 1–1 Kazakhstan
Ladaga 16' Report Byakov 36'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)
Armenia 0–1 Belgium
Report Van Buyten 41'
Attendance: 4,122
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
Finland 1–1 Portugal
Johansson 22' Report Nuno Gomes 42'
Attendance: 38,015
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Poland 1–1 Serbia
Matusiak 30' Report Lazović 71'
Attendance: 4,918
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Kazakhstan 0–1 Poland
Report Smolarek 52'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)
Armenia 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 2,800
Serbia 1–0 Belgium
Žigić 54' Report
Attendance: 16,901
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
Portugal 3–0 Azerbaijan
Ronaldo 25', 63'
Carvalho 31'		 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)
Kazakhstan 0–2 Finland
Report Litmanen 29'
Hyypiä 64'
Attendance: 17,863
Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)
Serbia 3–0 Armenia
Stanković 54' (pen.)
Lazović 62'
Žigić 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 10,987
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
Poland 2–1 Portugal
Smolarek 9', 18' Report Nuno Gomes 90+2'
Attendance: 38,199
Belgium 3–0 Azerbaijan
Simons 24' (pen.)
Vandenbergh 47'
Dembélé 82'		 Report
Attendance: 11,917
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)
Finland 1–0 Armenia
Nurmela 10' Report
Attendance: 9,445
Belgium 0–1 Poland
Report Matusiak 19'
Attendance: 37,578
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
Portugal 3–0 Kazakhstan
Simão 8', 86'
Ronaldo 30'		 Report
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)
Kazakhstan 2–1 Serbia
Ashirbekov 47'
Zhumaskaliyev 61'		 Report Žigić 68'
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
Poland 5–0 Azerbaijan
Bąk 3'
Dudka 6'
Łobodziński 34'
Krzynówek 58'
Kaźmierczak 84'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
Portugal 4–0 Belgium
Nuno Gomes 53'
Ronaldo 55', 75'
Quaresma 68'		 Report
Attendance: 47,009
Azerbaijan 1–0 Finland
Imamaliev 83' Report
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
Poland 1–0 Armenia
Żurawski 26' Report
Kielce City Stadium, Kielce
Attendance: 13,450
Serbia 1–1 Portugal
Janković 37' Report Tiago 5'
Attendance: 46,810
Kazakhstan 1–2 Armenia
Baltiev 88' (pen.) Report Arzumanyan 31'
Hovsepian 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,100
Azerbaijan 1–3 Poland
Subašić 6' Report Smolarek 63'
Krzynówek 66', 90'
Attendance: 25,800
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Finland 0–2 Serbia
Report Janković 3'
Jovanović 86'
Attendance: 33,615
Belgium 1–2 Portugal
Fellaini 55' Report Nani 43'
Postiga 64'
Attendance: 45,383
Kazakhstan 1–1 Azerbaijan
Baltiev 53' Report Nadirov 30'
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
Finland 2–0 Belgium
Johansson 27'
A. Eremenko 71'		 Report
Attendance: 34,818
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Armenia 1–0 Poland
Hamlet Mkhitaryan 66' Report
Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
Armenia 1–1 Portugal
Arzumanyan 10' Report Ronaldo 37'
Attendance: 14,935
Finland 2–1 Kazakhstan
A. Eremenko 13'
Tainio 61'		 Report Byakov 23'
Attendance: 13,047
Belgium 3–2 Serbia
Dembélé 10', 88'
Mirallas 30'		 Report Kuzmanović 73', 90+1'
Attendance: 19,202
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Azerbaijan Cancelled[note 2] Armenia
Report
Serbia 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 10,530
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Portugal 2–2 Poland
Maniche 50'
Ronaldo 73'		 Report Lewandowski 44'
Krzynówek 88'
Attendance: 48,000
Armenia Cancelled[note 2] Azerbaijan
Report
Kazakhstan 2–2 Belgium
Byakov 39'
Smakov 77' (pen.)		 Report Geraerts 13'
Mirallas 24'
Attendance: 18,100
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Finland 0–0 Poland
Report
Attendance: 34,088
Portugal 1–1 Serbia
Simão 11' Report Ivanović 88'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Armenia 0–0 Serbia
Report
Attendance: 7,150
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
Azerbaijan 0–2 Portugal
Report Bruno Alves 12'
Almeida 45'
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Poland 3–1 Kazakhstan
Smolarek 56', 64', 65' Report Byakov 20'
Attendance: 11,040
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)
Belgium 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 21,393
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Kazakhstan 1–2 Portugal
Byakov 90+5' Report Makukula 84'
Ronaldo 90+1'
Attendance: 25,057
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
Azerbaijan 1–6 Serbia
Aliyev 26' Report Tošić 4'
Žigić 22', 42'
Janković 41'
Smiljanic 75'
Lazović 84'
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
Belgium 3–0 Armenia
Sonck 63'
Dembélé 69'
Geraerts 76'		 Report
Attendance: 14,812
Referee: Johannes Valgeirsson (Iceland)
Finland 2–1 Azerbaijan
Forssell 79'
Kuqi 86'		 Report Gurbanov 63'
Attendance: 10,325
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
Poland 2–0 Belgium
Smolarek 45', 49' Report
Attendance: 41,450
Portugal 1–0 Armenia
Almeida 42' Report
Attendance: 22,048
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Armenia 0–1 Kazakhstan
Report Ostapenko 64'
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Bruno Faye (France)
Azerbaijan 0–1 Belgium
Report Pieroni 52'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)
Portugal 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 49,000
Serbia 2–2 Poland
Žigić 68'
Lazović 70'		 Report Murawski 28'
Matusiak 46'
Attendance: 3,247
Serbia 1–0 Kazakhstan
Ostapenko 79' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 400

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 2.19 goals per match.

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

  • Kazakhstan Dmitry Byakov

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Kazakhstan Sergei Ostapenko (against Serbia)

Notes
  1. Serbia played their home match against Azerbaijan behind closed doors as they were punished for a previous crowd disturbance during their last match of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.[3]
  2. The matches between Azerbaijan and Armenia were cancelled by UEFA with both associations receiving no points. This was due to the failure of the two national associations to resolve political and security disagreements.[1][2]
  3. The match was originally scheduled for 17 November 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. The match was rescheduled for 18 November 2007, 14:00 CET, but was postponed again to 24 November 2007 due to heavy snowfall.[4]

References
  1. "EXCO unveils World Cup programme". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. "UEFA cancel Armenia v Azerbaijan Euro qualifiers". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. Zoran Milosavljevic. "Zigic goal gives Serbia 1–0 win over Azerbaijan". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
  4. UEFA Archived 6 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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