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 v t e	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[a]			2–2	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0
4	Finland	14	6	6	2	13	7	+6	24[a]			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.[b]
8	Azerbaijan	12	1	2	9	6	28	−22	5			1–3	0–2	1–6	1–0	0–1	1–1	Canc.[b]	—

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

16 August 2006

19:45 CEST

Belgium	0–0	Kazakhstan
	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 15,495

Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

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2 September 2006

20:15 CEST

Serbia	1–0	Azerbaijan
Žigić 72'	Report

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

2 September 2006

20:30 CEST

Poland	1–3	Finland
Garguła 89'	Report	Litmanen 54', 76' (pen.) Väyrynen 84'

Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Bydgoszcz

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

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6 September 2006

19:00 UTC+05:00

Azerbaijan	1–1	Kazakhstan
Ladaga 16'	Report	Byakov 36'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)

6 September 2006

21:00 UTC+05:00

Armenia	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Van Buyten 41'

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 4,122

Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

6 September 2006

20:00 EEST

Finland	1–1	Portugal
Johansson 22'	Report	Nuno Gomes 42'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 38,015

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

6 September 2006

20:30 CEST

Poland	1–1	Serbia
Matusiak 30'	Report	Lazović 71'

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Attendance: 4,918

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

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7 October 2006

21:00 UTC+06:00

Kazakhstan	0–1	Poland
	Report	Smolarek 52'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)

7 October 2006

21:00 UTC+05:00

Armenia	0–0	Finland
	Report

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

7 October 2006

20:15 CEST

Serbia	1–0	Belgium
Žigić 54'	Report

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 16,901

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

7 October 2006

21:00 WEST

Portugal	3–0	Azerbaijan
Ronaldo 25', 63' Carvalho 31'	Report

Bessa XXI, Porto

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

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11 October 2006

22:00 UTC+06:00

Kazakhstan	0–2	Finland
	Report	Litmanen 29' Hyypiä 64'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 17,863

Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)

11 October 2006

20:15 CEST

Serbia	3–0	Armenia
Stanković 54' (pen.) Lazović 62' Žigić 90+2'	Report

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 10,987

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

11 October 2006

20:30 CEST

Poland	2–1	Portugal
Smolarek 9', 18'	Report	Nuno Gomes 90+2'

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 38,199

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

11 October 2006

20:45 CEST

Belgium	3–0	Azerbaijan
Simons 24' (pen.) Vandenbergh 47' Dembélé 82'	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 11,917

Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

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15 November 2006

19:00 EET

Finland	1–0	Armenia
Nurmela 10'	Report

Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki

Attendance: 9,445

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

15 November 2006

20:30 CET

Belgium	0–1	Poland
	Report	Matusiak 19'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 37,578

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

15 November 2006

21:00 WET

Portugal	3–0	Kazakhstan
Simão 8', 86' Ronaldo 30'	Report

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)

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24 March 2007

19:00 UTC+06:00

Kazakhstan	2–1	Serbia
Ashirbekov 47' Zhumaskaliyev 61'	Report	Žigić 68'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 19,600

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

24 March 2007

18:00 CET

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)

24 March 2007

21:00 WET

Portugal	4–0	Belgium
Nuno Gomes 53' Ronaldo 55', 75' Quaresma 68'	Report

José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 47,009

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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28 March 2007

20:00 UTC+05:00

Azerbaijan	1–0	Finland
Imamaliev 83'	Report

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

28 March 2007

20:30 CEST

Poland	1–0	Armenia
Żurawski 26'	Report

Kielce City Stadium, Kielce

Attendance: 13,450

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

28 March 2007

20:30 CEST

Serbia	1–1	Portugal
Janković 37'	Report	Tiago 5'

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 46,810

Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

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2 June 2007

18:00 UTC+06:00

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)

2 June 2007

21:00 UTC+05:00

Azerbaijan	1–3	Poland
Subašić 6'	Report	Smolarek 63' Krzynówek 66', 90'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 25,800

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

2 June 2007

19:15 EEST

Finland	0–2	Serbia
	Report	Janković 3' Jovanović 86'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 33,615

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

2 June 2007

20:45 CEST

Belgium	1–2	Portugal
Fellaini 55'	Report	Nani 43' Postiga 64'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 45,383

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

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6 June 2007

19:00 UTC+06:00

Kazakhstan	1–1	Azerbaijan
Baltiev 53'	Report	Nadirov 30'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 11,800

Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)

6 June 2007

20:15 EEST

Finland	2–0	Belgium
Johansson 27' A. Eremenko 71'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 34,818

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

6 June 2007

20:30 UTC+05:00

Armenia	1–0	Poland
Hamlet Mkhitaryan 66'	Report

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 9,800

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

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22 August 2007

19:00 UTC+05:00

Armenia	1–1	Portugal
Arzumanyan 10'	Report	Ronaldo 37'

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 14,935

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

22 August 2007

19:00 EEST

Finland	2–1	Kazakhstan
A. Eremenko 13' Tainio 61'	Report	Byakov 23'

Tampere Stadium, Tampere

Attendance: 13,047

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

22 August 2007

20:45 CEST

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)

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8 September 2007

Azerbaijan	Cancelled[note 2]	Armenia
	Report

8 September 2007

20:15 CEST

Serbia	0–0	Finland
	Report

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 10,530

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

8 September 2007

21:00 WEST

Portugal	2–2	Poland
Maniche 50' Ronaldo 73'	Report	Lewandowski 44' Krzynówek 88'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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12 September 2007

Armenia	Cancelled[note 2]	Azerbaijan
	Report

12 September 2007

21:00 UTC+06:00

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)

12 September 2007

19:00 EEST

Finland	0–0	Poland
	Report

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 34,088

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

12 September 2007

21:00 WEST

Portugal	1–1	Serbia
Simão 11'	Report	Ivanović 88'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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13 October 2007

20:00 UTC+05:00

Armenia	0–0	Serbia
	Report

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 7,150

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

13 October 2007

21:00 UTC+05:00

Azerbaijan	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Bruno Alves 12' Almeida 45'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 29,300

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

13 October 2007

20:30 CEST

Poland	3–1	Kazakhstan
Smolarek 56', 64', 65'	Report	Byakov 20'

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Attendance: 11,040

Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

13 October 2007

20:45 CEST

Belgium	0–0	Finland
	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 21,393

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

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17 October 2007

20:00 UTC+06:00

Kazakhstan	1–2	Portugal
Byakov 90+5'	Report	Makukula 84' Ronaldo 90+1'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 25,057

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

17 October 2007

21:00 UTC+05:00

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)

17 October 2007

20:45 CEST

Belgium	3–0	Armenia
Sonck 63' Dembélé 69' Geraerts 76'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 14,812

Referee: Johannes Valgeirsson (Iceland)

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17 November 2007

16:05 EET

Finland	2–1	Azerbaijan
Forssell 79' Kuqi 86'	Report	Gurbanov 63'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 10,325

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

17 November 2007

20:30 CET

Poland	2–0	Belgium
Smolarek 45', 49'	Report

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 41,450

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

17 November 2007

21:00 WET

Portugal	1–0	Armenia
Almeida 42'	Report

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria

Attendance: 22,048

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

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21 November 2007

19:00 UTC+04:00

Armenia	0–1	Kazakhstan
	Report	Ostapenko 64'

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 3,100

Referee: Bruno Faye (France)

21 November 2007

21:00 UTC+04:00

Azerbaijan	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Pieroni 52'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)

21 November 2007

19:45 WET

Portugal	0–0	Finland
	Report

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 49,000

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

21 November 2007

20:45 CET

Serbia	2–2	Poland
Žigić 68' Lazović 70'	Report	Murawski 28' Matusiak 46'

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 3,247

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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24 November 2007^{[note 3]}

18:00 CET

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)

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]