UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B
Appearance
Standings and results for Group B of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.
Italy and France secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following Italy's 2–1 win against Scotland, becoming the fifth and sixth teams in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.[1]
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||||
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1 | Italy | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 29 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
2 | France | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 26 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
3 | Scotland | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 24 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | ||
4 | Ukraine | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 17 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | ||
5 | Lithuania | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 16 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
6 | Georgia | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 10 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
7 | Faroe Islands | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 43 | −39 | 0 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–6 | — |
Matches
[edit]Group B fixtures were decided with a random draw conducted on Thursday 9 March 2006, because fixtures could not be agreed between delegates. Ukraine was the only side unable to come to a consensus with the rest of the group.[2]
Faroe Islands | 0–6 | Georgia |
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Report | Mujiri 16' Iashvili 18' Arveladze 37', 62', 82' Kobiashvili 51' (pen.) |
Scotland | 6–0 | Faroe Islands |
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Fletcher 7' McFadden 10' Boyd 24' (pen.), 38' Miller 30' (pen.) O'Connor 85' |
Report |
Italy | 1–1 | Lithuania |
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Inzaghi 30' | Report | Danilevičius 21' |
Ukraine | 3–2 | Georgia |
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Shevchenko 31' Rotan 61' Rusol 80' |
Report | Arveladze 38' Demetradze 60' |
Faroe Islands | 0–1 | Lithuania |
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Report | Skerla 89' |
Georgia | 1–3 | Italy |
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Shashiashvili 26' | Report | De Rossi 18' Camoranesi 63' Perrotta 71' |
Faroe Islands | 0–2 | Ukraine |
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Report | Yezerskiy 20' Husyev 57' |
Georgia | 3–1 | Faroe Islands |
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Siradze 25' Iashvili 46', 90+5' (pen.) |
Report | R. Jacobsen 57' |
Lithuania | 1–0 | Georgia |
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Mikoliūnas 78' | Report |
Faroe Islands | 1–2 | Italy |
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R. Jacobsen 77' | Report | Inzaghi 12', 48' |
Faroe Islands | 0–2 | Scotland |
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Report | Maloney 31' O'Connor 35' |
Lithuania | 0–2 | Italy |
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Report | Quagliarella 31', 45' |
Lithuania | 2–1 | Faroe Islands |
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Jankauskas 8' Danilevičius 52' |
Report | R. Jacobsen 90+3' |
Ukraine | 1–2 | Italy |
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Shevchenko 71' | Report | Di Natale 41', 77' |
Ukraine | 5–0 | Faroe Islands |
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Kalynychenko 40', 49' Husyev 43', 45' Vorobei 64' |
Report |
Georgia | 2–0 | Scotland |
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Mchedlidze 16' Siradze 64' |
Report |
Lithuania | 2–0 | Ukraine |
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Savėnas 41' Danilevičius 67' |
Report |
Georgia | 0–2 | Lithuania |
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Report | Kšanavičius 52', 90+6' |
Italy | 3–1 | Faroe Islands |
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Benjaminsen 11' (o.g.) Toni 36' Chiellini 41' |
Report | R. Jacobsen 83' |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 117 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Hatem Ben Arfa
- Florent Malouda
- Samir Nasri
- Franck Ribéry
- Jérôme Rothen
- Giorgi Demetradze
- Levan Kobiashvili
- Levan Mchedlidze
- Davit Mujiri
- Giorgi Shashiashvili
- Mauro Camoranesi
- Giorgio Chiellini
- Daniele De Rossi
- Alberto Gilardino
- Fabio Grosso
- Massimo Oddo
- Christian Panucci
- Simone Perrotta
- Andrea Pirlo
- Edgaras Jankauskas
- Darius Miceika
- Saulius Mikoliūnas
- Mantas Savėnas
- Andrius Skerla
- Craig Beattie
- Gary Caldwell
- Christian Dailly
- Barry Ferguson
- Darren Fletcher
- Shaun Maloney
- Lee McCulloch
- Stephen McManus
- Oleksandr Kucher
- Ruslan Rotan
- Andriy Rusol
- Oleh Shelayev
- Andriy Vorobey
- Andriy Voronin
- Volodymyr Yezerskiy
1 own goal
- Fróði Benjaminsen (against Italy)
- Malkhaz Asatiani (against France)
References
[edit]- ^ "Scotland 1-2 Italy". 17 November 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Bathgate, Stuart. "Scotland dealt an even hand as Euro 2008 draw resolved", The Scotsman, 10 March 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
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