UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group C

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

Greece secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 October 2007 following a 1–0 win against Turkey, becoming the second team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. Turkey secured qualification to the tournament proper on 21 November 2007 following a 1–0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina, becoming the twelfth 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	Greece	12	10	1	1	25	10	+15	31	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–4	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	5–0
2	Turkey	12	7	3	2	25	11	+14	24			0–1	—	2–2	1–0	5–0	3–0	2–0
3	Norway	12	7	2	3	27	11	+16	23			2–2	1–2	—	1–2	2–0	4–0	4–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	4	1	7	16	22	−6	13			0–4	3–2	0–2	—	0–1	1–3	1–0
5	Moldova	12	3	3	6	12	19	−7	12[a]			0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	—	3–0	1–1
6	Hungary	12	4	0	8	11	22	−11	12[a]			1–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	—	2–0
7	Malta	12	1	2	9	10	31	−21	5			0–1	2–2	1–4	2–5	2–3	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

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

Matches

Group C fixtures were negotiated and finally decided by a draw at a meeting between the participants in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 February 2006.^[1]

On 3 July 2006, the Hellenic Football Federation was indefinitely suspended from all international competition due to concerns about its autonomy from the Greek government. Although no announcement was made regarding this tournament in particular, this seemed to preclude the Greek team from participating.^[2] Following rectifying action by the Greek government, FIFA subsequently lifted the suspension on 12 July 2006, allowing Greece to participate in qualifying.^[3]

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2 September 2006

18:15 UTC+2

Malta	2–5	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pace 6' M. Mifsud 86'	Report	Barbarez 4' Hrgović 10' Bartolović 45+1' Muslimović 49' Misimović 51'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)

2 September 2006

20:00 UTC+2

Hungary	1–4	Norway
Gera 89' (pen.)	Report	Solskjær 15', 54' Strømstad 31' Pedersen 41'

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 12,283

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

2 September 2006

20:15 UTC+3

Moldova	0–1	Greece
	Report	Lyberopoulos 78'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

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6 September 2006

19:00 UTC+2

Norway	2–0	Moldova
Strømstad 74' Iversen 79'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,848

Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Bulgaria)

6 September 2006

20:00 UTC+2

Turkey	2–0	Malta
Nihat 56' Tümer 77'	Report

Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

6 September 2006

20:15 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Hungary
Misimović 64' (pen.)	Report	Huszti 36' (pen.) Gera 46' Dárdai 49'

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 11,800

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

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7 October 2006

19:00 UTC+3

Moldova	2–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rogaciov 13', 32' (pen.)	Report	Misimović 63' Grlić 68'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 7,114

Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France)

7 October 2006

19:45 UTC+2

Hungary	0–1	Turkey
	Report	Tuncay 41'

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 6,800

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

7 October 2006

21:30 UTC+3

Greece	1–0	Norway
Katsouranis 33'	Report

Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 21,189

Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

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11 October 2006

19:15 UTC+2

Malta	2–1	Hungary
Schembri 14', 53'	Report	Torghelle 19'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 3,600

Referee: Johny Ver Eecke (Belgium)

11 October 2006

20:00 UTC+2

Turkey	5–0	Moldova
Şükür 35', 37' (pen.), 43', 73' Tuncay 68'	Report

Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

11 October 2006

19:15 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–4	Greece
	Report	Charisteas 8' (pen.) Patsatzoglou 82' Samaras 85' Katsouranis 90+4'

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

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24 March 2007

19:00 UTC+2

Moldova	1–1	Malta
Epureanu 85'	Report	Mallia 73'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 8,033

Referee: Vusal Aliyev (Azerbaijan)

24 March 2007

19:00 UTC+1^{[note 2]}

Norway	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Carew 50' (pen.)	Report	Misimović 18' Muslimović 33'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 16,987

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

24 March 2007

21:30 UTC+2

Greece	1–4	Turkey
Kyrgiakos 6'	Report	Tuncay 27' Gökhan 55' Tümer 70' Gökdeniz 81'

Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 31,405

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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28 March 2007

18:00 UTC+2

Hungary	2–0	Moldova
Priskin 9' Gera 63'	Report

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 6,150

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

28 March 2007

19:30 UTC+2

Malta	0–1	Greece
	Report	Basinas 66' (pen.)

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 8,700

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

28 March 2007

20:00 UTC+2

Turkey	2–2	Norway
Hamit Altıntop 72', 90'	Report	Brenne 31' Andresen 40'

Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

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2 June 2007

21:30 UTC+3

Greece	2–0	Hungary
Gekas 16' Seitaridis 29'	Report

Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 17,244

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

2 June 2007

20:00 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–2	Turkey
Muslimović 27' Džeko 45+2' Ćustović 90'	Report	Şükür 13' Sabri 39'

Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo

Attendance: 13,800

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

2 June 2007

20:05 UTC+2

Norway	4–0	Malta
Hæstad 31' Helstad 73' Iversen 79' Riise 90+1'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 16,364

Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

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6 June 2007

19:00 UTC+2

Norway	4–0	Hungary
Iversen 22' Braaten 57' Carew 60', 78'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 19,198

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

6 June 2007

20:15 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Malta
Muslimović 6'	Report

Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

6 June 2007

21:30 UTC+3

Greece	2–1	Moldova
Charisteas 30' Lyberopoulos 90+5'	Report	Frunză 80'

Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

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8 September 2007

16:00 UTC+2

Hungary	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gera 39' (pen.)	Report

Stadion Sóstói, Székesfehérvár

Attendance: 10,877

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

8 September 2007

19:30 UTC+2

Malta	2–2	Turkey
Said 41' Schembri 76'	Report	Halil Altıntop 45' Servet 78'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

8 September 2007

21:00 UTC+3

Moldova	0–1	Norway
	Report	Iversen 49'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 10,173

Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

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12 September 2007

19:00 UTC+2

Norway	2–2	Greece
Carew 15' Riise 39'	Report	Kyrgiakos 7', 30'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,080

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

12 September 2007

20:30 UTC+3

Turkey	3–0	Hungary
Gökhan 68' Aurélio 72' Halil Altıntop 90+3'	Report

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 28,020

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

12 September 2007

20:00 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	Moldova
	Report	Bugaev 22'

Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

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13 October 2007

16:20 UTC+2

Hungary	2–0	Malta
Feczesin 34' Tőzsér 77'	Report

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 7,633

Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

13 October 2007

21:00 UTC+3

Moldova	1–1	Turkey
Frunză 11'	Report	Ümit 63'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 9,815

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

13 October 2007

21:30 UTC+3

Greece	3–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Charisteas 10' Gekas 57' Lyberopoulos 72'	Report	Hrgović 54' Ibišević 90'

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 30,250

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

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17 October 2007

19:30 UTC+2

Malta	2–3	Moldova
Scerri 71' M. Mifsud 84' (pen.)	Report	Bugaev 24' (pen.) Frunză 31', 35'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 7,069

Referee: Igorj Ishchenko (Ukraine)

17 October 2007

20:30 UTC+3

Turkey	0–1	Greece
	Report	Amanatidis 79'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 22,818

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

17 October 2007

20:30 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Norway
	Report	Hagen 5' B. Riise 74'

Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

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17 November 2007

19:00 UTC+2

Moldova	3–0	Hungary
Bugaev 13' Josan 23' Alexeev 86'	Report

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 6,483

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

17 November 2007

19:00 UTC+1

Norway	1–2	Turkey
Hagen 12'	Report	Emre 31' Nihat 59'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,783

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

17 November 2007

21:30 UTC+2

Greece	5–0	Malta
Gekas 32', 72', 74' Basinas 54' Amanatidis 61'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 31,332

Referee: Sten Kaldama (Estonia)

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21 November 2007

20:00 UTC+1

Malta	1–4	Norway
M. Mifsud 53'	Report	Iversen 25', 27' (pen.), 45' Pedersen 75'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

21 November 2007

21:00 UTC+2

Turkey	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nihat 43'	Report

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 20,106

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

21 November 2007

20:15 UTC+1

Hungary	1–2	Greece
Buzsáky 7'	Report	Vanczák 22' (o.g.) Basinas 59' (pen.)

Puskás Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 32,300

Referee: Rob Styles (England)

Goalscorers

There were 126 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

7 goals

• Steffen Iversen

5 goals

• Theofanis Gekas
• Hakan Şükür

4 goals

• Zvjezdan Misimović
• Zlatan Muslimović
• Zoltán Gera
• Viorel Frunză
• John Carew

3 goals

• Angelos Basinas
• Angelos Charisteas
• Sotirios Kyrgiakos
• Nikos Liberopoulos
• Michael Mifsud
• André Schembri
• Igor Bugaiov
• Nihat Kahveci
• Tuncay Şanlı

2 goals

• Mirko Hrgović
• Ioannis Amanatidis
• Kostas Katsouranis
• Serghei Rogaciov
• Erik Hagen
• Morten Gamst Pedersen
• John Arne Riise
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær
• Fredrik Strømstad
• Halil Altıntop
• Hamit Altıntop
• Tümer Metin
• Gökhan Ünal

1 goal

• Sergej Barbarez
• Mladen Bartolović
• Adnan Čustović
• Edin Džeko
• Ivica Grlić
• Vedad Ibišević
• Christos Patsatzoglou
• Georgios Samaras
• Giourkas Seitaridis
• Ákos Buzsáky
• Pál Dárdai
• Róbert Feczesin
• Szabolcs Huszti
• Tamás Priskin
• Sándor Torghelle
• Dániel Tőzsér
• George Mallia
• Jamie Pace
• Brian Said
• Terence Scerri
• Serghei Alexeev
• Alexandru Epureanu
• Nicolae Josan
• Martin Andresen
• Daniel Braaten
• Simen Brenne
• Kristofer Hæstad
• Thorstein Helstad
• Bjørn Helge Riise
• Mehmet Aurélio
• Emre Belözoğlu
• Servet Çetin
• Gökdeniz Karadeniz
• Ümit Karan
• Sabri Sarıoğlu

1 own goal

• Vilmos Vanczák (against Greece)

Notes

1. Turkey were ordered to play their first three home matches at a neutral ground and behind closed doors after violence in their World Cup Qualifying playoff with Switzerland on 16 November 2005.
2. Match delayed by 35 minutes by match referee Mike Riley after flares were thrown from the stands, minutes after the kick-off.
3. Greece forced to play away from Athens for two matches after crowd disturbances in the game against Turkey on 24 March 2007.