UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A

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

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
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 2–2 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
4  Finland 14 6 6 2 13 7 +6 24 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.
8  Azerbaijan 12 1 2 9 6 28 −22 5 1–3 0–2 1–6 1–0 0–1 1–1 Canc. —
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.

Matches

Belgium 0–0 Kazakhstan
Report
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 15,495
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)
Serbia 1–0 Azerbaijan
Žigić 72' Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
Poland 1–3 Finland
Garguła 89' Report Litmanen 54', 76' (pen.)
Väyrynen 84'
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
Azerbaijan 1–1 Kazakhstan
Ladaga 16' Report Byakov 36'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)
Armenia 0–1 Belgium
Report Van Buyten 41'
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 4,122
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
Finland 1–1 Portugal
Johansson 22' Report Nuno Gomes 42'
Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 38,015
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Poland 1–1 Serbia
Matusiak 30' Report Lazović 71'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 4,918
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Kazakhstan 0–1 Poland
Report Smolarek 52'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)
Armenia 0–0 Finland
Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Serbia 1–0 Belgium
Žigić 54' Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 16,901
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
Portugal 3–0 Azerbaijan
Ronaldo 25', 63'
Carvalho 31'		 Report
Bessa XXI, Porto
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)
Kazakhstan 0–2 Finland
Report Litmanen 29'
Hyypiä 64'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 17,863
Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)
Serbia 3–0 Armenia
Stanković 54' (pen.)
Lazović 62'
Žigić 90+2'		 Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,987
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
Poland 2–1 Portugal
Smolarek 9', 18' Report Nuno Gomes 90+2'
Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 38,199
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Belgium 3–0 Azerbaijan
Simons 24' (pen.)
Vandenbergh 47'
Dembélé 82'		 Report
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 11,917
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)
Finland 1–0 Armenia
Nurmela 10' Report
Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,445
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Belgium 0–1 Poland
Report Matusiak 19'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 37,578
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
Portugal 3–0 Kazakhstan
Simão 8', 86'
Ronaldo 30'		 Report
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)
Kazakhstan 2–1 Serbia
Ashirbekov 47'
Zhumaskaliyev 61'		 Report Žigić 68'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
Poland 5–0 Azerbaijan
Bąk 3'
Dudka 6'
Łobodziński 34'
Krzynówek 58'
Kaźmierczak 84'		 Report
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
Portugal 4–0 Belgium
Nuno Gomes 53'
Ronaldo 55', 75'
Quaresma 68'		 Report
José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 47,009
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Azerbaijan 1–0 Finland
Imamaliev 83' Report
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
Poland 1–0 Armenia
Żurawski 26' Report
Kielce City Stadium, Kielce
Attendance: 13,450
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Serbia 1–1 Portugal
Janković 37' Report Tiago 5'
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 46,810
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
Kazakhstan 1–2 Armenia
Baltiev 88' (pen.) Report Arzumanyan 31'
Hovsepian 39' (pen.)
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 17,100
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Azerbaijan 1–3 Poland
Subašić 6' Report Smolarek 63'
Krzynówek 66', 90'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 25,800
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Finland 0–2 Serbia
Report Janković 3'
Jovanović 86'
Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 33,615
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Belgium 1–2 Portugal
Fellaini 55' Report Nani 43'
Postiga 64'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 45,383
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Kazakhstan 1–1 Azerbaijan
Baltiev 53' Report Nadirov 30'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
Finland 2–0 Belgium
Johansson 27'
A. Eremenko 71'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 34,818
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Armenia 1–0 Poland
Hamlet Mkhitaryan 66' Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
Armenia 1–1 Portugal
Arzumanyan 10' Report Ronaldo 37'
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 14,935
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Finland 2–1 Kazakhstan
A. Eremenko 13'
Tainio 61'		 Report Byakov 23'
Tampere Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 13,047
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Belgium 3–2 Serbia
Dembélé 10', 88'
Mirallas 30'		 Report Kuzmanović 73', 90+1'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 19,202
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Azerbaijan Cancelled Armenia
Report
Serbia 0–0 Finland
Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,530
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Portugal 2–2 Poland
Maniche 50'
Ronaldo 73'		 Report Lewandowski 44'
Krzynówek 88'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Armenia Cancelled Azerbaijan
Report
Kazakhstan 2–2 Belgium
Byakov 39'
Smakov 77' (pen.)		 Report Geraerts 13'
Mirallas 24'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 18,100
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Finland 0–0 Poland
Report
Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 34,088
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
Portugal 1–1 Serbia
Simão 11' Report Ivanović 88'
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Armenia 0–0 Serbia
Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 7,150
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
Azerbaijan 0–2 Portugal
Report Bruno Alves 12'
Almeida 45'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Poland 3–1 Kazakhstan
Smolarek 56', 64', 65' Report Byakov 20'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 11,040
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)
Belgium 0–0 Finland
Report
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 21,393
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Kazakhstan 1–2 Portugal
Byakov 90+5' Report Makukula 84'
Ronaldo 90+1'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
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'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
Belgium 3–0 Armenia
Sonck 63'
Dembélé 69'
Geraerts 76'		 Report
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 14,812
Referee: Johannes Valgeirsson (Iceland)
Finland 2–1 Azerbaijan
Forssell 79'
Kuqi 86'		 Report Gurbanov 63'
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 10,325
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
Poland 2–0 Belgium
Smolarek 45', 49' Report
Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 41,450
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Portugal 1–0 Armenia
Almeida 42' Report
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
Attendance: 22,048
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Armenia 0–1 Kazakhstan
Report Ostapenko 64'
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Bruno Faye (France)
Azerbaijan 0–1 Belgium
Report Pieroni 52'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)
Portugal 0–0 Finland
Report
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Serbia 2–2 Poland
Žigić 68'
Lazović 70'		 Report Murawski 28'
Matusiak 46'
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,247
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Serbia 1–0 Kazakhstan
Ostapenko 79' (o.g.) Report
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Goalscorers

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

9 goals

  • Ebi Smolarek

8 goals

  • Cristiano Ronaldo

7 goals

  • Nikola Žigić

5 goals

  • Dmitry Byakov

4 goals

  • Mousa Dembélé
  • Jacek Krzynówek
  • Danko Lazović

3 goals

  • Jari Litmanen
  • Radosław Matusiak
  • Nuno Gomes
  • Simão
  • Boško Janković

2 goals

  • Robert Arzumanyan
  • Karel Geraerts
  • Kevin Mirallas
  • Alexei Eremenko
  • Jonatan Johansson
  • Ruslan Baltiev
  • Hugo Almeida
  • Zdravko Kuzmanović

1 goal

  • Sargis Hovsepyan
  • Hamlet Mkhitaryan
  • Samir Aliyev
  • Emin Imamaliev
  • André Luiz Ladaga
  • Vüqar Nadirov
  • Mahmud Qurbanov
  • Branimir Subašić
  • Marouane Fellaini
  • Luigi Pieroni
  • Timmy Simons
  • Wesley Sonck
  • Daniel Van Buyten
  • Kevin Vandenbergh
  • Mikael Forssell
  • Sami Hyypiä
  • Shefki Kuqi
  • Mika Nurmela
  • Teemu Tainio
  • Mika Väyrynen
  • Kairat Ashirbekov
  • Sergei Ostapenko
  • Samat Smakov
  • Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
  • Jacek Bąk
  • Dariusz Dudka
  • Łukasz Garguła
  • Przemysław Kaźmierczak
  • Mariusz Lewandowski
  • Wojciech Łobodziński
  • Rafał Murawski
  • Maciej Żurawski
  • Bruno Alves
  • Ricardo Carvalho
  • Ariza Makukula
  • Maniche
  • Nani
  • Hélder Postiga
  • Ricardo Quaresma
  • Tiago
  • Branislav Ivanović
  • Milan Jovanović
  • Milan Smiljanić
  • Dejan Stanković
  • Duško Tošić

1 own goal

  • Sergei Ostapenko (against Serbia)

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