UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G

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

Romania secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 October 2007 following a 2–0 win against Luxembourg, and a 1–1 draw between Albania and Bulgaria, becoming the fourth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. The Netherlands secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following a 1–0 win against Luxembourg, becoming the ninth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification              
1   Romania 12 9 2 1 26 7 +19 29 Qualify for final tournament 1–0 2–2 3–1 6–1 2–0 3–0
2   Netherlands 12 8 2 2 15 5 +10 26 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
3   Bulgaria 12 7 4 1 18 7 +11 25 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–0
4   Belarus 12 4 1 7 17 23 −6 13 1–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 4–2 0–1
5   Albania 12 2 5 5 12 18 −6 11[a] 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–4 0–0 2–0
6   Slovenia 12 3 2 7 9 16 −7 11[a] 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0
7   Luxembourg 12 1 0 11 2 23 −21 3 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

Matches

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Group G fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 16 February 2006.


Belarus  2–2  Albania
Kalachev   2'
Romaschenko   24'
Report Skela   7' (pen.)
Hasi   86'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)
Romania  2–2  Bulgaria
Roşu   40'
Marica   54'
Report M. Petrov   82', 84'
Luxembourg  0–1  Netherlands
Report Mathijsen   26'

Bulgaria  3–0  Slovenia
Bojinov   58'
M. Petrov   70'
Telkiyski   79'
Report
Albania  0–2  Romania
Report Dică   65'
Mutu   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Netherlands  3–0  Belarus
Van Persie   33', 78'
Kuyt   90+2'
Report
Attendance: 30,089
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Romania  3–1  Belarus
Mutu   7'
Marica   10'
Goian   76'
Report Kornilenko   20'
Bulgaria  1–1  Netherlands
M. Petrov   12' Report Van Persie   62'
Slovenia  2–0  Luxembourg
Novaković   30'
Koren   44'
Report
Attendance: 3,800

Belarus  4–2  Slovenia
Kovba   18'
Kornilenko   52', 60'
Korytko   85'
Report Cesar   19'
Lavrič   43'
Attendance: 21,150
Luxembourg  0–1  Bulgaria
Report Tunchev   26'
Netherlands  2–1  Albania
Van Persie   15'
Beqaj   42' (o.g.)
Report Curri   67'
Attendance: 40,085
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Luxembourg  1–2  Belarus
Sagramola   68' Report Kalachev   25'
Kutuzov   54'
Albania  0–0  Slovenia
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)
Netherlands  0–0  Romania
Report
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Marcus Merk (Germany)

Bulgaria  0–0  Albania
Report
Romania  3–0  Luxembourg
Mutu   26'
Contra   56'
Marica   90'
Report
Slovenia  0–1  Netherlands
Report Van Bronckhorst   86'
Attendance: 9,520

Albania  2–0  Luxembourg
Kapllani   38'
Haxhi   57'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Slovenia  1–2  Romania
Vršič   90+4' Report Tamaş   52'
Nicoliţă   69'
Attendance: 6,500
Belarus  0–2  Bulgaria
Report Berbatov   28', 46'
Attendance: 25,962

Bulgaria  2–1  Belarus
M. Petrov   10'
Yankov   40'
Report Vasilyuk   5' (pen.)
Luxembourg  0–3  Albania
Report Skela   25'
Kapllani   36', 72'
Romania  2–0  Slovenia
Mutu   40'
Contra   70'
Report
Attendance: 17,850
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Luxembourg  0–3  Slovenia
Report Lavrič   7', 47'
Novaković   37'
Belarus  1–3  Romania
Romaschenko   20' Report Mutu   16', 77' (pen.)
Dică   42'
Attendance: 19,320
Netherlands  2–0  Bulgaria
Sneijder   23'
Van Nistelrooy   58'
Report

Bulgaria  3–0  Luxembourg
Berbatov   27', 28'
M. Petrov   54' (pen.)
Report
Slovenia  1–0  Belarus
Lavrič   3' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 3,500
Albania  0–1  Netherlands
Report Van Nistelrooy   90+1'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Belarus  0–1  Luxembourg
Report Leweck   90+5'
Attendance: 13,500
Romania  1–0  Netherlands
Goian   71' Report
Slovenia  0–0  Albania
Report

Luxembourg  0–2  Romania
Report F. Petre   42'
Marica   61'
Attendance: 3,584
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Netherlands  2–0  Slovenia
Sneijder   14'
Huntelaar   88'
Report
Attendance: 32,500
Albania  1–1  Bulgaria
Kishishev   32' (o.g.) Report Berbatov   87'
Attendance: 3,000

Bulgaria  1–0  Romania
Dimitrov   6' Report
Albania  2–4  Belarus
Bogdani   39'
Kapllani   43'
Report Romaschenko   28', 63' (pen.)
Kutuzov   45+1', 54'
Attendance: 2,064
Netherlands  1–0  Luxembourg
Koevermans   43' Report
Attendance: 45,000

Romania  6–1  Albania
Dică   22', 71' (pen.)
Tamaş   53'
Niculae   62', 65'
Marica   69' (pen.)
Report Kapllani   64'
Attendance: 23,427
Belarus  2–1  Netherlands
Bulyha   49'
Korytko   65'
Report Van der Vaart   88'
Attendance: 11,900
Slovenia  0–2  Bulgaria
Report Georgiev   81'
Berbatov   84'
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Goalscorers

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There were 99 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.36 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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