UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group C

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

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	8	2	0	20	2	+18	26	Qualify for final tournament		—	3–0	3–0[a]	1–0	3–0	5–0
2	Estonia	10	5	1	4	15	14	+1	16	Advance to play-offs		1–2	—	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–1
3	Serbia	10	4	3	3	13	12	+1	15			1–1	1–3	—	1–1	2–1	3–1
4	Slovenia	10	4	2	4	11	7	+4	14			0–1	1–2	1–0	—	0–1	5–1
5	Northern Ireland	10	2	3	5	9	13	−4	9			0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	—	4–0
6	Faroe Islands	10	1	1	8	6	26	−20	4			0–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. The Italy v Serbia match was abandoned at 0–0 after six minutes due to rioting by Serbian fans.^[2] The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to Italy.^[3]

Matches

Group C fixtures were negotiated between the participants in a meeting held in Belgrade on 8 March 2010.^[4]

11 August 2010

20:00 UTC+3

Estonia	2–1	Faroe Islands
Saag 90+1' Piiroja 90+3'	Report	Edmundsson 28'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn

Attendance: 5,470^[5]

Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr. (Croatia)

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3 September 2010

18:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–3	Serbia
	Report	Lazović 14' Stanković 18' Žigić 90+1'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 1,847^[6]

Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)

3 September 2010

21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	1–2	Italy
Zenjov 31'	Report	Cassano 60' Bonucci 63'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn

Attendance: 8,600^[7]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

3 September 2010

20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	0–1	Northern Ireland
	Report	C. Evans 70'

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 12,000^[8]

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

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7 September 2010

20:30 UTC+2

Serbia	1–1	Slovenia
Žigić 86'	Report	Novaković 63'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 24,028^[9]

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

7 September 2010

20:50 UTC+2

Italy	5–0	Faroe Islands
Gilardino 11' De Rossi 22' Cassano 27' Quagliarella 81' Pirlo 90'	Report

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Attendance: 19,266^[10]

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

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8 October 2010

20:30 UTC+2

Serbia	1–3	Estonia
Žigić 60'	Report	Kink 63' Vassiljev 73' Luković 90+1' (o.g.)

Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade

Attendance: 12,000^[11]

Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)

8 October 2010

19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	0–0	Italy
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 15,200^[12]

Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

8 October 2010

20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	5–1	Faroe Islands
Matavž 25', 36', 66' Novakovič 72' (pen.) Dedič 84'	Report	Mouritsen 90+3'

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 15,750^[13]

Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

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12 October 2010

16:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1–1	Northern Ireland
Holst 60'	Report	Lafferty 76'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 1,921^[14]

Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)

12 October 2010

21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Slovenia
	Report	Sidorenkov 66' (o.g.)

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn

Attendance: 5,722^[15]

Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

12 October 2010

21:30 UTC+2^{[note 1]}

Italy	3–0 Awarded[note 2]	Serbia
	Report

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

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25 March 2011

20:30 UTC+1

Serbia	2–1	Northern Ireland
Pantelić 65' Tošić 74'	Report	McAuley 40'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 350^{[note 3][18]}

Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

25 March 2011

20:45 UTC+1

Slovenia	0–1	Italy
	Report	Motta 73'

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 15,790^[19]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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29 March 2011

21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	1–1	Serbia
Vassiljev 84'	Report	Pantelić 38'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn

Attendance: 5,185^[20]

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

29 March 2011

19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 14,200^[21]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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3 June 2011

18:30 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–2	Slovenia
	Report	Matavž 29' Baldvinsson 47' (o.g.)

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 974^[22]

Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

3 June 2011

20:50 UTC+2

Italy	3–0	Estonia
Rossi 21' Cassano 39' Pazzini 68'	Report

Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena

Attendance: 19,434^[23]

Referee: Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania)

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7 June 2011

19:30 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	2–0	Estonia
Benjaminsen 43' (pen.) A. Hansen 47'	Report

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 1,715^[24]

Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

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10 August 2011

19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	4–0	Faroe Islands
Hughes 5' Davis 66' McCourt 71', 87'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 13,183^[25]

Referee: Emir Alecković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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2 September 2011

19:45 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–1	Italy
	Report	Cassano 11'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 5,654^[26]

Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

2 September 2011

20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	1–2	Estonia
Matavž 78'	Report	Vassiljev 29' (pen.) Purje 81'

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 15,480^[27]

Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

2 September 2011

19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	0–1	Serbia
	Report	Pantelić 67'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 15,148^[28]

Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

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6 September 2011

20:30 UTC+2

Serbia	3–1	Faroe Islands
Jovanović 6' Tošić 22' Kuzmanović 69'	Report	Benjaminsen 37'

Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade

Attendance: 7,500^[29]

Referee: Arman Amirkhanyan (Armenia)

6 September 2011

21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	4–1	Northern Ireland
Vunk 28' Kink 32' Zenjov 59' Saag 90+3'	Report	Piiroja 40' (o.g.)

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn

Attendance: 8,660^[30]

Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Sweden)

6 September 2011

20:45 UTC+2

Italy	1–0	Slovenia
Pazzini 85'	Report

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Attendance: 18,000^[31]

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

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7 October 2011

19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	1–2	Estonia
Davis 22'	Report	Vassiljev 77' (pen.), 84'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 12,604^[32]

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

7 October 2011

20:45 UTC+2

Serbia	1–1	Italy
Ivanović 26'	Report	Marchisio 1'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 35,000^[33]

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

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11 October 2011

20:45 UTC+2

Italy	3–0	Northern Ireland
Cassano 21', 53' McAuley 74' (o.g.)	Report

Stadio Adriatico, Pescara

Attendance: 19,480^[34]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

11 October 2011

20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	1–0	Serbia
Vršič 45+1'	Report

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 9,848^[35]

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.37 goals per match.^{[note 4]}

6 goals

• Antonio Cassano

5 goals

• Konstantin Vassiljev
• Tim Matavž

3 goals

• Marko Pantelić
• Nikola Žigić

2 goals

• Tarmo Kink
• Kaimar Saag
• Sergei Zenjov
• Fróði Benjaminsen
• Giampaolo Pazzini
• Steven Davis
• Paddy McCourt
• Zoran Tošić
• Milivoje Novaković

1 goal

• Raio Piiroja
• Ats Purje
• Martin Vunk
• Jóan Símun Edmundsson
• Arnbjørn Hansen
• Christian Holst
• Christian Mouritsen
• Leonardo Bonucci
• Daniele De Rossi
• Alberto Gilardino
• Claudio Marchisio
• Thiago Motta
• Andrea Pirlo
• Fabio Quagliarella
• Giuseppe Rossi
• Corry Evans
• Aaron Hughes
• Kyle Lafferty
• Gareth McAuley
• Branislav Ivanović
• Milan Jovanović
• Zdravko Kuzmanović
• Danko Lazović
• Dejan Stanković
• Zlatko Dedić
• Dare Vršič

1 own goal

• Raio Piiroja (against Northern Ireland)
• Andrei Sidorenkov (against Slovenia)
• Rógvi Baldvinsson (against Slovenia)
• Gareth McAuley (against Italy)
• Aleksandar Luković (against Estonia)

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
MF	Sander Puri	Estonia	2	1	vs Slovenia (2 September 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
MF	Pól Jóhannus Justinussen	Faroe Islands	2	1	vs Northern Ireland (10 August 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
DF	Marko Šuler	Slovenia	1	1	vs Estonia (2 September 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
DF	Raio Piiroja	Estonia	3	0	vs Slovenia (12 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Dejan Stanković	Serbia	3	0	vs Estonia (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Boštjan Cesar	Slovenia	3	0	vs Northern Ireland (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Aleksandr Dmitrijev	Estonia	2	0	vs Northern Ireland (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Ragnar Klavan	Estonia	2	0	vs Faroe Islands (7 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Taavi Rähn	Estonia	2	0	vs Northern Ireland (7 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Konstantin Vassiljev	Estonia	2	0	vs Italy (3 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Martin Vunk	Estonia	2	0	vs Faroe Islands (7 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Sergei Zenjov	Estonia	2	0	vs Republic of Ireland (11 and 15 November 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Atli Gregersen	Faroe Islands	2	0	vs Slovenia (3 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Chris Brunt	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Faroe Islands (10 August 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Jonny Evans	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Estonia (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	David Healy	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Slovenia (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Kyle Lafferty	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Italy (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Miloš Krasić	Serbia	2	0	vs Estonia (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Slobodan Rajković	Serbia	2	0	vs Faroe Islands (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Nemanja Vidić	Serbia	2	0	vs Italy (12 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Milan Jovanović	Serbia	2	0	TBD	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
GK	Samir Handanovič	Slovenia	2	0	vs Italy (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Robert Koren	Slovenia	2	0	vs Serbia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches

Notes

1. The Italy v Serbia match, originally scheduled for 20:50 CEST, was delayed to 21:30 CEST.
2. The Italy v Serbia match was abandoned after six minutes due to rioting by Serbian fans. The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to Italy.^[3]
3. As punishment for the crowd trouble at the abandoned Italy v Serbia match, Serbia was ordered to play its next home match against Northern Ireland behind closed doors, with another one-match crowd ban deferred for a probationary period of two years. Italy received a one-match crowd ban deferred for a probationary period of two years. However the Irish Football Association objected and as a result UEFA decreed that Serbia's game against Northern Ireland would only be allowed to have 200 Northern Irish fans attend it.^[16][3] Serbian fans were not allowed to visit the away game against Estonia.^[17]
4. The goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.