UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 8

Standings and results for Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

Group 8 consisted of Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and Estonia. Group winners were Bulgaria. Croatia and Belgium finished equal on points in for second place, however Croatia qualified for the play-offs due to goal difference in their head-to-head records.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	8	5	2	1	13	4	+9	17	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–1
2	Croatia	8	5	1	2	12	4	+8	16[a]	Advance to play-offs		1–0	—	4–0	0–0	2–0
3	Belgium	8	5	1	2	11	9	+2	16[a]			0–2	2–1	—	2–0	3–0
4	Estonia	8	2	2	4	4	6	−2	8			0–0	0–1	0–1	—	2–0
5	Andorra	8	0	0	8	1	18	−17	0			0–3	0–3	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Croatia +3, Belgium −3.

Matches

Croatia	0–0	Estonia
	Report

7 September 2002

18:00 UTC+2

Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek

Attendance: 10,766

Referee: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín (Spain)

Belgium	0–2	Bulgaria
	Report	Janković 17' Petrov 63'

7 September 2002

20:00 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 30,950

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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Bulgaria	2–0	Croatia
Petrov 22' Berbatov 37'	Report

12 October 2002

18:00 UTC+3

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 37,500

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Andorra	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Sonck 61'

12 October 2002

20:00 UTC+2

Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

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Bulgaria	2–1	Andorra
Chilikov 37' Balakov 58'	Report	Lima 80'

16 October 2002

18:00 UTC+3

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,500

Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

Estonia	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Sonck 2'

16 October 2002

21:30 UTC+3

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 3,900

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

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Croatia	4–0	Belgium
Srna 9' Pršo 55' Marić 70' Leko 76'	Report

29 March 2003

18:30 UTC+1

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 18,117

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

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Estonia	0–0	Bulgaria
	Report

2 April 2003

18:00 UTC+3

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Croatia	2–0	Andorra
Rapaić 10' (pen.), 43'	Report

2 April 2003

18:00 UTC+2

Stadion Varteks, Varaždin

Attendance: 8,290

Referee: Marian Salomir (Romania)

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Andorra	0–2	Estonia
	Report	Zelinski 26', 74'

30 April 2003

17:00 UTC+2

Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 850

Referee: Ali Aydin (Turkey)

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Estonia	2–0	Andorra
Allas 22' Viikmäe 31'	Report

7 June 2003

19:00 UTC+3

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 2,700

Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Bulgaria	2–2	Belgium
Berbatov 52' Todorov 71' (pen.)	Report	Petrov 30' (o.g.) Clement 55'

7 June 2003

19:15 UTC+3

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 42,099

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

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Estonia	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Kovač 76'

11 June 2003

19:00 UTC+3

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 6,100

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Belgium	3–0	Andorra
Goor 21', 69' Sonck 45'	Report

11 June 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent

Attendance: 11,747

Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (BLR)

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Andorra	0–3	Croatia
	Report	Kovač 4' Šimunić 16' Roso 71'

6 September 2003

16:00 UTC+2

Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 800

Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Bulgaria	2–0	Estonia
Petrov 16' Berbatov 66'	Report

6 September 2003

18:00 UTC+3

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,128

Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

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Andorra	0–3	Bulgaria
	Report	Berbatov 11', 24' Hristov 58'

10 September 2003

17:30 UTC+2

Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 450

Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Belgium	2–1	Croatia
Sonck 35', 43'	Report	Šimić 37'

10 September 2003

20:15 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 35,682

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

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Croatia	1–0	Bulgaria
Olić 48'	Report

11 October 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 31,363

Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)

Belgium	2–0	Estonia
Piiroja 41' (o.g.) Buffel 60'	Report

11 October 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 22,408

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

There were 41 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.05 goals per match.

5 goals

• Wesley Sonck
• Dimitar Berbatov

2 goals

• Bart Goor
• Stiliyan Petrov
• Niko Kovač
• Milan Rapaić
• Indrek Zelinski

1 goal

• Antoni Lima
• Thomas Buffel
• Philippe Clement
• Krasimir Balakov
• Georgi Chilikov
• Marian Hristov
• Zoran Janković
• Martin Petrov
• Svetoslav Todorov
• Jerko Leko
• Tomislav Marić
• Ivica Olić
• Dado Pršo
• Đovani Roso
• Dario Šimić
• Josip Šimunić
• Darijo Srna
• Teet Allas
• Kristen Viikmäe

1 own goal

• Stiliyan Petrov (against Belgium)
• Raio Piiroja (against Belgium)

References

• RSSSF Page