UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E

In Group E of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament, Croatia secured qualification to the finals on 17 November 2007 following Israel's 2–1 win against Russia, becoming the seventh team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. Russia secured qualification to the tournament finals on 21 November 2007 following a 1–0 win against Andorra, and Croatia's 3–2 win against England, becoming the fourteenth and last team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 12 9 2 1 28 8 +20 29 Qualify for final tournament 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 7–0
2  Russia 12 7 3 2 18 7 +11 24 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0
3  England 12 7 2 3 24 7 +17 23 2–3 3–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 5–0
4  Israel 12 7 2 3 20 12 +8 23 3–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 4–1
5  Macedonia 12 4 2 6 12 12 0 14 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–0
6  Estonia 12 2 1 9 5 21 −16 7 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–1
7  Andorra 12 0 0 12 2 42 −40 0 0–6 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: England 4, Israel 1.

Matches

Group E fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants in Nyon, Switzerland, on 3 March 2006.

Estonia 0–1 Macedonia
Report Sedloski 73'
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

England 5–0 Andorra
Crouch 5', 66'
Gerrard 13'
Defoe 38', 47'
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 56,290
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
Estonia 0–1 Israel
Report Colautti 8'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

Russia 0–0 Croatia
Report
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Israel 4–1 Andorra
Benayoun 9'
Ben-Shushan 11'
Gershon 43' (pen.)
Tamuz 69'
Report Fernandez 84'
Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Attendance: 400
Referee: Sinisa Zrnic (Bosnia)
Macedonia 0–1 England
Report Crouch 46'
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Russia 1–1 Israel
Arshavin 5' Report Ben-Shushan 84'
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
England 0–0 Macedonia
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 72,062
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Croatia 7–0 Andorra
Petrić 12', 37', 48', 50'
Klasnić 58'
Balaban 62'
Modrić 83'
Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 17,618
Referee: Anthony Zammit (Malta)

Andorra 0–3 Macedonia
Report Pandev 13'
Noveski 16'
Naumoski 31'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 300
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Russia 2–0 Estonia
Pogrebnyak 78'
Sychev 90'
Report
Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 21,517
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Croatia 2–0 England
Eduardo 61'
G. Neville 68' (o.g.)
Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 31,991
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Macedonia 0–2 Russia
Report Bystrov 18'
Arshavin 32'
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
Israel 3–4 Croatia
Colautti 8', 89'
Benayoun 68'
Report Srna 35' (pen.)
Eduardo 39', 54', 72'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Estonia 0–2 Russia
Report Bystrov 66'
Kerzhakov 78'
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 8,202
Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)
Israel 0–0 England
Report
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Croatia 2–1 Macedonia
Srna 58'
Eduardo 88'
Report Sedloski 36'
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 29,969
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Israel 4–0 Estonia
Tal 19'
Colautti 29'
Sahar 77', 80'
Report
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 23,658
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Andorra 0–3 England
Report Gerrard 54', 76'
Nugent 90+2'
Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

Estonia 0–1 Croatia
Report Eduardo 32'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 8,651
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Russia 4–0 Andorra
Kerzhakov 8', 16', 49'
Sychev 71'
Report
Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 21,520
Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)
Macedonia 1–2 Israel
Stojkov 13' Report Yitzhaki 11'
Colautti 44'
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

Andorra 0–2 Israel
Report Tamuz 37'
Colautti 53'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 618
Referee: Ian Stokes (Ireland)
Croatia 0–0 Russia
Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 36,194
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Estonia 0–3 England
Report J. Cole 37'
Crouch 54'
Owen 62'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 9,635
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Estonia 2–1 Andorra
Piiroja 34'
Zelinski 90+2'
Report Silva 87'
A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Adrian McCourt (Northern Ireland)

Russia 3–0 Macedonia
V. Berezutski 8'
Arshavin 84'
Kerzhakov 88'
Report
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
England 3–0 Israel
Wright-Phillips 20'
Owen 49'
Richards 66'
Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 85,372
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
Croatia 2–0 Estonia
Eduardo 39', 45+1' Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,102
Referee: Jérôme Laperriere (Switzerland)

Andorra 0–6 Croatia
Report Srna 34'
Petrić 38', 44'
Kranjčar 49'
Eduardo 55'
Rakitić 64'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 925
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
Macedonia 1–1 Estonia
Maznov 30' Report Piiroja 17'
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
England 3–0 Russia
Owen 7', 31'
Ferdinand 84'
Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 86,106
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

England 3–0 Estonia
Wright-Phillips 11'
Rooney 32'
Rähn 33' (o.g.)
Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 86,665
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
Croatia 1–0 Israel
Eduardo 52' Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 30,084
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Russia 2–1 England
Pavlyuchenko 69' (pen.), 73' Report Rooney 29'
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Macedonia 3–0 Andorra
Naumoski 30'
Sedloski 44'
Pandev 59'
Report
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Paulius Malzinskas (Lithuania)

Andorra 0–2 Estonia
Report Oper 31'
Lindpere 60'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 700
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Israel 2–1 Russia
Barda 10'
Golan 90+2'
Report Bilyaletdinov 61'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 27,563
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
Macedonia 2–0 Croatia
Maznov 71'
Naumoski 83'
Report
Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Israel 1–0 Macedonia
Barda 35' Report
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 2,736
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Andorra 0–1 Russia
Report Sychev 38'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 780
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
England 2–3 Croatia
Lampard 56' (pen.)
Crouch 65'
Report Kranjčar 8'
Olić 14'
Petrić 77'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 88,091
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Goalscorers

There were 109 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.

10 goals

  • Eduardo

7 goals

  • Mladen Petrić

6 goals

  • Roberto Colautti

5 goals

  • Peter Crouch
  • Aleksandr Kerzhakov

4 goals

  • Michael Owen

3 goals

  • Darijo Srna
  • Steven Gerrard
  • Ilčo Naumoski
  • Goce Sedloski
  • Andrey Arshavin
  • Dmitri Sychev

2 goals

  • Niko Kranjčar
  • Jermain Defoe
  • Wayne Rooney
  • Shaun Wright-Phillips
  • Raio Piiroja
  • Elyaniv Barda
  • Yossi Benayoun
  • Amit Ben Shushan
  • Ben Sahar
  • Toto Tamuz
  • Goran Maznov
  • Goran Pandev
  • Vladimir Bystrov
  • Roman Pavlyuchenko

1 goal

  • Juli Fernández
  • Fernando Silva
  • Boško Balaban
  • Ivan Klasnić
  • Luka Modrić
  • Ivica Olić
  • Ivan Rakitić
  • Joe Cole
  • Rio Ferdinand
  • Frank Lampard
  • David Nugent
  • Micah Richards
  • Joel Lindpere
  • Andres Oper
  • Indrek Zelinski
  • Shimon Gershon
  • Omer Golan
  • Idan Tal
  • Barak Yitzhaki
  • Nikolče Noveski
  • Aco Stojkov
  • Vasili Berezutski
  • Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
  • Pavel Pogrebnyak

1 own goal

  • Gary Neville (against Croatia)
  • Taavi Rähn (against England)

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