UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group A

This page shows the standings and results for Group A of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	10	0	0	34	7	+27	30	Qualify for final tournament		—	3–0	3–1	6–2	6–1	4–0
2	Turkey	10	5	2	3	13	11	+2	17	Advance to play-offs		1–3	—	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1
3	Belgium	10	4	3	3	21	15	+6	15			0–1	1–1	—	4–4	4–1	4–1
4	Austria	10	3	3	4	16	17	−1	12			1–2	0–0	0–2	—	3–0	2–0
5	Azerbaijan	10	2	1	7	10	26	−16	7			1–3	1–0	1–1	1–4	—	3–2
6	Kazakhstan	10	1	1	8	6	24	−18	4			0–3	0–3	0–2	0–0	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Group A fixtures were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, on 21 and 22 February 2010.^[2]

Kazakhstan	0–3	Turkey
	Report	Arda Turan 24' Hamit 26' Nihat 76'

3 September 2010

22:00 UTC+6

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 15,800^[3]

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Belgium	0–1	Germany
	Report	Klose 51'

3 September 2010

20:45 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 41,126^[4]

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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Turkey	3–2	Belgium
Hamit 48' Semih 66' Arda 78'	Report	Van Buyten 28', 68'

7 September 2010

21:00 UTC+3

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 43,538^[5]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Austria	2–0	Kazakhstan
Linz 90+1' Hoffer 90+2'	Report

7 September 2010

20:30 UTC+2

Red Bull Arena, Salzburg

Attendance: 22,500^[6]

Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

Germany	6–1	Azerbaijan
Westermann 28' Podolski 45+1' Klose 45+2', 90+2' Sadygov 53' (o.g.) Badstuber 86'	Report	Javadov 62'

7 September 2010

20:45 UTC+2

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 43,751^[7]

Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)

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Kazakhstan	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Ogunjimi 52', 70'

8 October 2010

22:00 UTC+6

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 8,500^[8]

Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

Austria	3–0	Azerbaijan
Prödl 3' Arnautović 53', 90+2'	Report

8 October 2010

20:30 UTC+2

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 26,500^[9]

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Germany	3–0	Turkey
Klose 42', 87' Özil 79'	Report

8 October 2010

20:45 UTC+2

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74,244^[10]

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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Azerbaijan	1–0	Turkey
R. F. Sadygov 38'	Report

12 October 2010

20:00 UTC+5

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 29,500^[11]

Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)

Kazakhstan	0–3	Germany
	Report	Klose 48' Gómez 76' Podolski 85'

12 October 2010

23:00 UTC+6

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 18,000^[12]

Referee: Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania)

Belgium	4–4	Austria
Vossen 11' Fellaini 47' Ogunjimi 87' Lombaerts 89'	Report	Schiemer 14', 62' Arnautović 29' Harnik 90+3'

12 October 2010

20:45 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 24,231^[13]

Referee: Mike Dean (England)

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Austria	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Witsel 6', 50'

25 March 2011

20:30 UTC+1

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 45,000^[14]

Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Germany	4–0	Kazakhstan
Klose 3', 88' Müller 25', 43'	Report

26 March 2011

20:00 UTC+1

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 47,849^[15]

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

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Turkey	2–0	Austria
Arda 28' Gökhan G. 78'	Report

29 March 2011

20:30 UTC+3

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 40,420^[16]

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Belgium	4–1	Azerbaijan
Vertonghen 12' Simons 32' (pen.) Chadli 45' Vossen 74'	Report	Abishov 16'

29 March 2011

20:45 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 34,985^[17]

Referee: Daniel Stalhammar (Sweden)

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Kazakhstan	2–1	Azerbaijan
Gridin 57', 68'	Report	Nadirov 63'

3 June 2011

19:00 UTC+6

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 10,000^[18]

Referee: Euan Norris (Scotland)

Austria	1–2	Germany
Friedrich 50' (o.g.)	Report	Gómez 44', 90'

3 June 2011

20:35 UTC+2

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 47,500^[19]

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Belgium	1–1	Turkey
Ogunjimi 4'	Report	Burak 22'

3 June 2011

20:45 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 44,185^[20]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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Azerbaijan	1–3	Germany
M. Hüseynov 89'	Report	Özil 30' Gómez 41' Schürrle 90+3'

7 June 2011

22:00 UTC+5

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 29,858^[21]

Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

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Azerbaijan	1–1	Belgium
R. Aliyev 86'	Report	Simons 55' (pen.)

2 September 2011

21:00 UTC+5

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 9,300^[21]

Referee: Lee Probert (England)

Turkey	2–1	Kazakhstan
Burak 31' Arda 90+6'	Report	Konysbayev 55'

2 September 2011

20:00 UTC+3

Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul

Attendance: 47,756^[22]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Germany	6–2	Austria
Klose 8' Özil 23', 47' Podolski 28' Schürrle 83' Götze 88'	Report	Arnautović 42' Harnik 51'

2 September 2011

20:45 UTC+2

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 53,313^[23]

Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

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Azerbaijan	3–2	Kazakhstan
R. Aliyev 53' Shukurov 62' (pen.) Javadov 67'	Report	Ostapenko 20' Yevstigneyev 77'

6 September 2011

20:00 UTC+5

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 9,112^[24]

Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

Austria	0–0	Turkey
	Report

6 September 2011

20:30 UTC+2

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 47,500^[25]

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

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Azerbaijan	1–4	Austria
Nadirov 74'	Report	Ivanschitz 34' Janko 52', 62' Junuzović 90+1'

7 October 2011

21:00 UTC+5

Dalga Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 6,000^[26]

Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

Turkey	1–3	Germany
Hakan 79'	Report	Gómez 35' Müller 66' Schweinsteiger 86' (pen.)

7 October 2011

21:30 UTC+3

Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul

Attendance: 49,532^[27]

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Belgium	4–1	Kazakhstan
Simons 40' (pen.) Hazard 43' Kompany 49' Ogunjimi 84'	Report	Nurdauletov 86' (pen.)

7 October 2011

20:45 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 29,758^[28]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

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Kazakhstan	0–0	Austria
	Report

11 October 2011

22:00 UTC+6

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 11,000^[29]

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Germany	3–1	Belgium
Özil 30' Schürrle 33' Gómez 48'	Report	Fellaini 86'

11 October 2011

19:00 UTC+2

Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 48,483^[30]

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Turkey	1–0	Azerbaijan
Burak 60'	Report

11 October 2011

20:00 UTC+3

Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul

Attendance: 32,174^[31]

Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

Goalscorers

There were 100 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.

9 goals

• Miroslav Klose

6 goals

• Mario Gómez

5 goals

• Marvin Ogunjimi
• Mesut Özil

4 goals

• Marko Arnautović
• Arda Turan

3 goals

• Timmy Simons
• Thomas Müller
• Lukas Podolski
• André Schürrle
• Burak Yılmaz

2 goals

• Martin Harnik
• Marc Janko
• Franz Schiemer
• Rauf Aliyev
• Vagif Javadov
• Vüqar Nadirov
• Marouane Fellaini
• Daniel Van Buyten
• Jelle Vossen
• Axel Witsel
• Sergey Gridin
• Hamit Altıntop

1 goal

• Erwin Hoffer
• Andreas Ivanschitz
• Zlatko Junuzović
• Roland Linz
• Sebastian Prödl
• Ruslan Abışov
• Murad Hüseynov
• Rashad Sadygov
• Mahir Shukurov
• Nacer Chadli
• Eden Hazard
• Vincent Kompany
• Nicolas Lombaerts
• Jan Vertonghen
• Holger Badstuber
• Mario Götze
• Bastian Schweinsteiger
• Heiko Westermann
• Ulan Konysbayev
• Kairat Nurdauletov
• Sergei Ostapenko
• Vitali Yevstigneyev
• Hakan Balta
• Gökhan Gönül
• Nihat Kahveci
• Semih Şentürk

1 own goal

• Rashad Sadygov (against Germany)
• Arne Friedrich (against Austria)