UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 8

Standings and results for Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying tournament.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	10	8	2	0	34	5	+29	26	Qualify for final tournament		—	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	4–0
2	Scotland	10	7	2	1	19	3	+16	23			1–1	—	1–0	1–0	5–1	5–0
3	Greece	10	6	0	4	23	9	+14	18			0–3	1–0	—	4–0	5–0	2–0
4	Finland	10	5	0	5	18	18	0	15			0–6	0–2	2–1	—	5–0	4–1
5	Faroe Islands	10	2	0	8	10	35	−25	6			2–5	0–2	1–5	0–4	—	3–0
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	2	36	−34	0			0–7	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results

Faroe Islands	1 – 5	Greece
Apostolakis 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Saravakos 12' Tsalouchidis 17', 86' Alexandris 55', 61'

7 September 1994

17:00 UTC+1

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 2,412

Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Finland	0 – 2	Scotland
	Report	Shearer 29' Collins 65'

7 September 1994

19:00 UTC+3

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 12,845

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

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Scotland	5 – 1	Faroe Islands
McGinlay 4' Booth 5' Collins 40', 72' McKinlay 61'	Report	Müller 75'

12 October 1994

21:00 UTC+1

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 20,885

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Greece	4 – 0	Finland
Markos 23' Batista Lima 70' Machlas 76', 90'	Report

12 October 1994

20:00 UTC+2

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 7,704

Referee: Philippe Leduc (France)

Russia	4 – 0	San Marino
Karpin 43' Kolyvanov 64' Nikiforov 65' Radchenko 67'	Report

12 October 1994

19:00 UTC+3

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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Greece	2 – 0	San Marino
Machlas 21' Frantzeskos 84'	Report

16 November 1994

20:00 UTC+2

Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 2,859

Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)

Finland	5 – 0	Faroe Islands
Sumiala 37' Litmanen 53', 72' Paatelainen 75', 85'	Report

16 November 1994

19:00 UTC+2

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 2,420

Referee: Gylfi Thór Orrason (Iceland)

Scotland	1 – 1	Russia
Booth 19'	Report	Radchenko 25'

16 November 1994

20:00 UTC

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,254

Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

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Finland	4 – 1	San Marino
Paatelainen 24', 30', 86', 90'	Report	Valle 34'

14 December 1994

19:00 UTC+2

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 3,140

Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

Greece	1 – 0	Scotland
Apostolakis 19' (pen.)	Report

18 December 1994

20:00 UTC+2

Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 7,976

Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

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Russia	0 – 0	Scotland
	Report

29 March 1995

20:00 UTC+4

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 13,939

Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

San Marino	0 – 2	Finland
	Report	Litmanen 45' Sumiala 67'

29 March 1995

19:00 UTC+2

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 824

Referee: David Suheil (Israel)

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San Marino	0 – 2	Scotland
	Report	Collins 19' Calderwood 85'

26 April 1995

20:05 UTC+2

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,484

Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

Greece	0 – 3	Russia
	Report	Nikiforov 36' Zagorakis 78' (o.g.) Beschastnykh 79'

26 April 1995

21:00 UTC+3

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 29,616

Referee: Loris Stafoggia (Italy)

Faroe Islands	0 – 4	Finland
	Report	Hjelm 55' Paatelainen 75' Lindberg 78' Helin 83'

26 April 1995

19:00 UTC+1

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 1,338

Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)

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Russia	3 – 0	Faroe Islands
Kechinov 53' Pisarev 72' Mukhamadiev 80'	Report

6 May 1995

19:00 UTC+4

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 5,024

Referee: Sergo Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)

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Faroe Islands	3 – 0	San Marino
J. K. Hansen 6' Rasmussen 9' Johnsson 52'	Report

25 May 1995

16:00 UTC+1

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 3,450

Referee: Brendan Shorte (Ireland)

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San Marino	0 – 7	Russia
	Report	Dobrovolski 20' (pen.) Kulkov 38' Kiriakov 48' Shalimov 49' Beschastnykh 59' Kolyvanov 64' Cheryshev 86'

7 June 1995

20:00 UTC+2

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,367

Referee: Karel Bohunek (Czech Republic)

Faroe Islands	0 – 2	Scotland
	Report	McKinlay 25' McGinlay 29'

7 June 1995

19:00 UTC+1

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 3,881

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Finland	2 – 1	Greece
Litmanen 45+1' (pen.) Hjelm 54'	Report	Nikolaidis 6'

11 June 1995

19:00 UTC+3

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 10,518

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

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Finland	0 – 6	Russia
	Report	Kulkov 33', 49' Karpin 41' Radchenko 43' Kolyvanov 66', 69'

16 August 1995

19:00 UTC+3

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 14,210

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Scotland	1 – 0	Greece
McCoist 72'	Report

16 August 1995

20:00 UTC+1

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 33,910

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

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Scotland	1 – 0	Finland
Booth 10'	Report

6 September 1995

20:00 UTC+1

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 35,018

Referee: Vasiliy Melnichuk (Ukraine)

Faroe Islands	2 – 5	Russia
Jarnskor 12' T.Jónsson 53'	Report	Mostovoi 9' (pen.) Kiriakov 61' Kolyvanov 65' Tsymbalar 83' Shalimov 85'

6 September 1995

17:00 UTC+1

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 1,792

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

San Marino	0 – 4	Greece
	Report	Tsalouchidis 5' Georgiadis 31' Alexandris 61' Donis 81'

6 September 1995

20:30 UTC+2

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 886

Referee: Milan Mitrovič (Slovenia)

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Russia	2 – 1	Greece
Ouzounidis 36' (o.g.) Onopko 71'	Report	Tsalouchidis 64'

11 October 1995

20:00 UTC+3

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 19,190

Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

San Marino	1 – 3	Faroe Islands
M.Valentini 52'	Report	T.Jónsson 42', 45', 50'

11 October 1995

20:30 UTC+1

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 928

Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

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Scotland	5 – 0	San Marino
Jess 30' Booth 45' McCoist 49' Nevin 79' Francini 90' (o.g.)	Report

15 November 1995

20:00 UTC

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 29,492

Referee: Karel Bohunek (Czech Republic)

Russia	3 – 1	Finland
Radchenko 40' Kulkov 55' Kiriakov 70'	Report	Suominen 44'

15 November 1995

19:00 UTC+3

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Greece	5 – 0	Faroe Islands
Alexandris 58' Nikolaidis 62' Machlas 66' Donis 75' Tsiartas 80'	Report

15 November 1995

19:30 UTC+2

Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion

Attendance: 9,088

Referee: Mitko Mitrev (Bulgaria)

Goalscorers

There were 106 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.53 goals per match.

7 goals

• Mixu Paatelainen

5 goals

• Igor Kolyvanov

4 goals

• Todi Jónsson
• Jari Litmanen
• Alexis Alexandris
• Nikos Machlas
• Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
• Vasili Kulkov
• Dmitri Radchenko
• Scott Booth
• John Collins

3 goals

• Sergei Kiriakov

2 goals

• Ari Hjelm
• Antti Sumiala
• Giorgos Donis
• Demis Nikolaidis
• Vladimir Beschastnykh
• Valeri Karpin
• Yuriy Nikiforov
• Igor Shalimov
• Ally McCoist
• John McGinlay
• Billy McKinlay

1 goal

• Jens Kristian Hansen
• Henning Jarnskor
• Julian Johnsson
• Jan Allan Müller
• Jens Erik Rasmussen
• Petri Helin
• Janne Lindberg
• Kim Suominen
• Stratos Apostolakis
• Daniel Batista
• Kostas Frantzeskos
• Georgios Georgiadis
• Dimitris Markos
• Dimitris Saravakos
• Vassilios Tsiartas
• Dmitri Cheryshev
• Igor Dobrovolski
• Valery Kechinov
• Aleksandr Mostovoi
• Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
• Viktor Onopko
• Nikolai Pisarev
• Ilya Tsymbalar
• Pier Domenico Della Valle
• Mauro Valentini
• Colin Calderwood
• Eoin Jess
• Pat Nevin
• Duncan Shearer

1 own goal

• Stratos Apostolakis (against Faroe Islands)
• Marinos Ouzounidis (against Russia)
• Theodoros Zagorakis (against Russia)
• Fabio Francini (against Scotland)