UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F

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

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	10	7	3	0	14	5	+9	24	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1
2	Croatia	10	7	1	2	18	7	+11	22	Advance to play-offs		0–0	—	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–0
3	Israel	10	5	1	4	13	11	+2	16			0–1	1–2	—	2–1	1–0	3–1
4	Latvia	10	3	2	5	9	12	−3	11			1–1	0–3	1–2	—	1–1	2–0
5	Georgia	10	2	4	4	7	9	−2	10			1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	—	1–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	4	21	−17	1			0–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Group F fixtures were to be finalised at a meeting between the participants in Athens, Greece on 7 March 2010.^[2] After that meeting proved inconclusive, the fixture list was determined by a random draw at the XXXIV Ordinary UEFA Congress in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 March.^[3]

2 September 2010

21:15 UTC+3

Israel	3–1	Malta
Benayoun 7', 64' (pen.), 75'	Report	Pace 38'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 17,365^[4]

Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)

3 September 2010

21:00 UTC+3

Latvia	0–3	Croatia
	Report	Petrić 43' Olić 51' Srna 82'

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 7,600^[5]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

3 September 2010

21:45 UTC+3

Greece	1–1	Georgia
Spyropoulos 72'	Report	Iashvili 3'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 14,794^[6]

Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)

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7 September 2010

21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	0–0	Israel
	Report

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 45,000^[7]

Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

7 September 2010

19:30 UTC+2

Malta	0–2	Latvia
	Report	Gorkšs 43' Verpakovskis 85'

Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali

Attendance: 6,255^[8]

Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

7 September 2010

20:30 UTC+2

Croatia	0–0	Greece
	Report

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 24,399^[9]

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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8 October 2010

21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	1–0	Malta
Siradze 90+1'	Report

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 38,000^[10]

Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)

8 October 2010

21:45 UTC+3

Greece	1–0	Latvia
Torosidis 58'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 13,520^[11]

Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

9 October 2010

20:30 UTC+3

Israel	1–2	Croatia
Shechter 81'	Report	Kranjčar 36' (pen.), 41'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 33,421^[12]

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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12 October 2010

20:00 UTC+3

Latvia	1–1	Georgia
Cauņa 90+1'	Report	Siradze 74'

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 4,330^[13]

Referee: Manuel De Sousa (Portugal)

12 October 2010

21:45 UTC+3

Greece	2–1	Israel
Salpingidis 22' Karagounis 63' (pen.)	Report	Spyropoulos 59' (o.g.)

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 16,935^[14]

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

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17 November 2010

17:30 UTC+1

Croatia	3–0	Malta
Kranjčar 19', 42' Kalinić 81'	Report

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 9,000^[15]

Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

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26 March 2011

21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	1–0	Croatia
Kobiashvili 90'	Report

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 54,500^[16]

Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

26 March 2011

21:00 UTC+2

Israel	2–1	Latvia
Barda 16' Kayal 81'	Report	Gorkšs 62'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance: 10,801^[17]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

26 March 2011

20:30 UTC+1

Malta	0–1	Greece
	Report	Torosidis 90+4'

Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali

Attendance: 10,605^[18]

Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

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29 March 2011

21:05 UTC+2

Israel	1–0	Georgia
Ben Haim II 59'	Report

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance: 13,716^[19]

Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

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3 June 2011

20:00 UTC+2

Croatia	2–1	Georgia
Mandžukić 76' Kalinić 78'	Report	Kankava 17'

Stadion Poljud, Split

Attendance: 28,000^[20]

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

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4 June 2011

19:30 UTC+3

Latvia	1–2	Israel
Cauņa 62' (pen.)	Report	Benayoun 19' Ben Haim I 43' (pen.)

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 6,147^[21]

Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

4 June 2011

21:30 UTC+3

Greece	3–1	Malta
Fetfatzidis 8', 64' K. Papadopoulos 26'	Report	Mifsud 54'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 14,746^[22]

Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

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2 September 2011

16:05 UTC+3

Israel	0–1	Greece
	Report	Ninis 60'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance: 13,100^[23]

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

2 September 2011

21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	0–1	Latvia
	Report	Cauņa 63'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 15,422^[24]

Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

2 September 2011

19:00 UTC+2

Malta	1–3	Croatia
Mifsud 38'	Report	Vukojević 11' Badelj 32' Lovren 68'

Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali

Attendance: 6,150^[25]

Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

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6 September 2011

20:00 UTC+2

Croatia	3–1	Israel
Modrić 47' Eduardo 55', 57'	Report	Hemed 44'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 13,688^[26]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

6 September 2011

20:30 UTC+2

Malta	1–1	Georgia
Mifsud 25'	Report	Kankava 15'

Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali

Attendance: 5,000^[27]

Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

6 September 2011

21:30 UTC+3

Latvia	1–1	Greece
Cauņa 19'	Report	K. Papadopoulos 84'

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 5,415^[28]

Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

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7 October 2011

20:00 UTC+3

Latvia	2–0	Malta
Višņakovs 33' Rudņevs 83'	Report

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 4,315^[29]

Referee: Richard Trutz (Slovakia)

7 October 2011

21:45 UTC+3

Greece	2–0	Croatia
Samaras 71' Gekas 79'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 27,200^[30]

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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11 October 2011

21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	1–2	Greece
Targamadze 19'	Report	Fotakis 79' Charisteas 85'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 7,824^[31]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

11 October 2011

19:00 UTC+2

Malta	0–2	Israel
	Report	Refaelov 11' Gershon 90+3'

Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali

Attendance: 2,614^[32]

Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

11 October 2011

19:00 UTC+2

Croatia	2–0	Latvia
Eduardo 66' Mandžukić 72'	Report

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

Attendance: 8,370^[33]

Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.17 goals per match.

4 goals

• Niko Kranjčar
• Yossi Benayoun
• Aleksandrs Cauņa

3 goals

• Eduardo
• Michael Mifsud

2 goals

• Nikola Kalinić
• Mario Mandžukić
• Jaba Kankava
• David Siradze
• Giannis Fetfatzidis
• Kyriakos Papadopoulos
• Vasilis Torosidis
• Kaspars Gorkšs

1 goal

• Milan Badelj
• Dejan Lovren
• Luka Modrić
• Ivica Olić
• Mladen Petrić
• Darijo Srna
• Ognjen Vukojević
• Aleksandre Iashvili
• Levan Kobiashvili
• David Targamadze
• Angelos Charisteas
• Georgios Fotakis
• Theofanis Gekas
• Giorgos Karagounis
• Sotiris Ninis
• Dimitris Salpingidis
• Georgios Samaras
• Nikos Spyropoulos
• Elyaniv Barda
• Tal Ben Haim I
• Tal Ben Haim II
• Rami Gershon
• Tomer Hemed
• Beram Kayal
• Lior Refaelov
• Itay Shechter
• Artjoms Rudņevs
• Māris Verpakovskis
• Aleksejs Višņakovs
• Jamie Pace

1 own goal

• Nikos Spyropoulos (against Israel)

Discipline

Position	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
Defender	Tal Ben Haim I	Israel	2	1	vs Greece (12 October 2010) vs Malta (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
Defender	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	Greece	0	1	vs Israel (2 September 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
Defender	Darijo Srna	Croatia	4	0	vs Malta (17 November 2010) vs Latvia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Māris Verpakovskis	Latvia	4	0	vs Greece (8 October 2010) vs Croatia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Zurab Khizanishvili	Georgia	3	0	vs Slovakia (26 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Vasilis Torosidis	Greece	3	0	vs Israel (12 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Oskars Kļava	Latvia	3	0	vs Israel (26 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Andrei Agius	Malta	3	0	vs Israel (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Andrew Cohen	Malta	3	0	vs Georgia (8 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Nikola Kalinić	Croatia	2	0	vs Latvia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Niko Kranjčar	Croatia	2	0	vs Georgia (3 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Ognjen Vukojević	Croatia	2	0	vs Malta (17 November 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Ucha Lobjanidze	Georgia	2	0	vs Malta (8 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Kostas Katsouranis	Greece	2	0	vs Latvia (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Giannis Maniatis	Greece	2	0	vs Croatia (7 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Avraam Papadopoulos	Greece	2	0	vs Georgia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Giorgios Samaras	Greece	2	0	vs Georgia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Alexandros Tziolis	Greece	2	0	vs Georgia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Goalkeeper	Alexandros Tzorvas	Greece	2	0	vs Georgia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Itay Shechter	Israel	2	0	vs Latvia (26 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Kaspars Gorkšs	Latvia	2	0	vs Greece (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Oskars Kļava	Latvia	2	0	vs Malta (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Ritus Krjauklis	Latvia	2	0	vs Malta (7 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Jurijs Zigajevs	Latvia	2	0	vs Malta (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Daniel Bogdanović	Malta	2	0	vs Georgia (8 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Andrew Cohen	Malta	2	0	vs Israel (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Clayton Failla	Malta	2	0	vs Israel (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches