UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G

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

Standings

Key:

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Romania 12 9 2 1 26 7 +19 29 Netherlands 12 8 2 2 15 5 +10 26 Bulgaria 12 7 4 1 18 7 +11 25 Belarus 12 4 1 7 17 23 −6 13 Albania 12 2 5 5 12 18 −6 11 Slovenia 12 3 2 7 9 16 −7 11 Luxembourg 12 1 0 11 2 23 −21 3

Albania — 2–4 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 Belarus 2–2 — 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–3 4–2 Bulgaria 0–0 2–1 — 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 Luxembourg 0–3 1–2 0–1 — 0–1 0–2 0–3 Netherlands 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 — 0–0 2–0 Romania 6–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 — 2–0 Slovenia 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 —

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

• Albania and Slovenia are tied on their head-to-head records, and are thus ranked by their overall goal difference in the group:
  • Albania – 2 pts, 0GD, 0GF, 0 away goals (0–0 H vs Slovenia, 0–0 A vs Slovenia) – Overall GD = −6
  • Slovenia – 2 pts, 0GD, 0GF, 0 away goals (0–0 H vs Albania, 0–0 A vs Albania) – Overall GD = −7

Notes on the qualified teams:

• 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.
• 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.

Matches

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

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Belarus v Albania

2 September 2006 19:00 UTC+3

Belarus	2–2	Albania
Kalachev  2' Romaschenko  24'	Report	Skela  7' (pen.) Hasi  86'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

Romania v Bulgaria

2 September 2006 21:00 UTC+3

Romania	2–2	Bulgaria
Roşu  40' Marica  54'	Report	M. Petrov  82', 84'

Gheorghe Hagi Stadium, Constanţa Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

Luxembourg v Netherlands

2 September 2006 20:30 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Mathijsen  26'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 8,000 Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal)

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Bulgaria v Slovenia

6 September 2006 20:00 UTC+3

Bulgaria	3–0	Slovenia
Bojinov  58' M. Petrov  70' Telkiyski  79'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Albania v Romania

6 September 2006 20:00 UTC+2

Albania	0–2	Romania
	Report	Dică  65' Mutu  75' (pen.)

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Netherlands v Belarus

6 September 2006 20:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	3–0	Belarus
Van Persie  33', 78' Kuyt  90+2'	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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Romania v Belarus

7 October 2006 20:15 UTC+3

Romania	3–1	Belarus
Mutu  7' Marica  10' Goian  76'	Report	Kornilenko  20'

Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Bulgaria v Netherlands

7 October 2006 21:00 UTC+3

Bulgaria	1–1	Netherlands
M. Petrov  12'	Report	Van Persie  62'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 40,547 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Slovenia v Luxembourg

7 October 2006 20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	2–0	Luxembourg
Novaković  30' Koren  44'	Report

Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Panicos Kailis (Cyprus)

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Belarus v Slovenia

11 October 2006 18:00 UTC+3

Belarus	4–2	Slovenia
Kovba  18' Kornilenko  52', 60' Korytko  85'	Report	Cesar  19' Lavrič  43'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Luxembourg v Bulgaria

11 October 2006 20:15 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–1	Bulgaria
	Report	Tunchev  26'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Novo Panic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Netherlands v Albania

11 October 2006 20:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	2–1	Albania
Van Persie  15' Beqaj  42' (o.g.)	Report	Curri  67'

Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

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Luxembourg v Belarus

24 March 2007 17:00 UTC+1

Luxembourg	1–2	Belarus
Sagramola  68'	Report	Kalachev  25' Kutuzov  54'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mark Steven Whitby (Wales)

Albania v Slovenia

24 March 2007 17:00 UTC+1

Albania	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

Loro-Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)

Netherlands v Romania

24 March 2007 20:30 UTC+1

Netherlands	0–0	Romania
	Report

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Marcus Merk (Germany)

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Bulgaria v Albania

28 March 2007 18:00 UTC+3

Bulgaria	0–0	Albania
	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Romania v Luxembourg

28 March 2007 18:30 UTC+3

Romania	3–0	Luxembourg
Mutu  26' Contra  56' Marica  90'	Report

Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamţ Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

Slovenia v Netherlands

28 March 2007 20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Van Bronckhorst  86'

Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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Albania v Luxembourg

2 June 2007 20:30 UTC+2

Albania	2–0	Luxembourg
Kapllani  38' Haxhi  57'	Report

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)

Slovenia v Romania

2 June 2007 20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	1–2	Romania
Vršič  90+4'	Report	Tamaş  52' Nicoliţă  69'

Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Belarus v Bulgaria

2 June 2007 21:00 UTC+3

Belarus	0–2	Bulgaria
	Report	Berbatov  28', 46'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)

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Bulgaria v Belarus

6 June 2007 20:00 UTC+3

Bulgaria	2–1	Belarus
M. Petrov  10' Yankov  40'	Report	Vasilyuk  5' (pen.)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 10,227 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

Luxembourg v Albania

6 June 2007 20:15 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–3	Albania
	Report	Skela  25' Kapllani  36', 72'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 4,325 Referee: Paulius Malzinskas (Lithuania)

Romania v Slovenia

6 June 2007 21:00 UTC+3

Romania	2–0	Slovenia
Mutu  40' Contra  70'	Report

Dan Păltinişanu, Timişoara Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

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Luxembourg v Slovenia

8 September 2007 17:00 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–3	Slovenia
	Report	Lavrič  7', 47' Novaković  37'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Sergiy Berezka (Ukraine)

Belarus v Romania

8 September 2007 19:00 UTC+3

Belarus	1–3	Romania
Romaschenko  20'	Report	Mutu  16', 77' (pen.) Dică  42'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 19,320 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Netherlands v Bulgaria

8 September 2007 20:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	2–0	Bulgaria
Sneijder  23' Van Nistelrooy  58'	Report

Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

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Bulgaria v Luxembourg

12 September 2007 20:30 UTC+3

Bulgaria	3–0	Luxembourg
Berbatov  27', 28' M. Petrov  54' (pen.)	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)

Slovenia v Belarus

12 September 2007 19:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	1–0	Belarus
Lavrič  3' (pen.)	Report

Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Albania v Netherlands

12 September 2007 20:45 UTC+2

Albania	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Van Nistelrooy  90+1'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

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Belarus v Luxembourg

13 October 2007 18:00 UTC+3

Belarus	0–1	Luxembourg
	Report	Leweck  90+5'

Central Stadion, Gomel Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)

Romania v Netherlands

13 October 2007 20:15 UTC+3

Romania	1–0	Netherlands
Goian  71'	Report

Gheorghe Hagi Stadium, Constanţa Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Slovenia v Albania

13 October 2007 20:30 UTC+2

Slovenia	0–0	Albania
	Report

Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 4,625 Referee: Duarte Nuno Pereira Gomes (Portugal)

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Luxembourg v Romania

17 October 2007 20:15 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–2	Romania
	Report	F. Petre  42' Marica  61'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 3,584 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Netherlands v Slovenia

17 October 2007 20:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	2–0	Slovenia
Sneijder  14' Huntelaar  88'	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Albania v Bulgaria

17 October 2007 20:45 UTC+2

Albania	1–1	Bulgaria
Kishishev  32' (o.g.)	Report	Berbatov  87'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

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Bulgaria v Romania

17 November 2007 18:00 UTC+2

Bulgaria	1–0	Romania
Dimitrov  6'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Albania v Belarus

17 November 2007 20:00 UTC+2

Albania	2–4	Belarus
Bogdani  39' Kapllani  43'	Report	Romaschenko  28', 63' (pen.) Kutuzov  45+1', 54'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)

Netherlands v Luxembourg

17 November 2007 20:30 UTC+1

Netherlands	1–0	Luxembourg
Koevermans  43'	Report

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

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Romania v Albania

21 November 2007 18:00 UTC+2

Romania	6–1	Albania
Dică  22', 71' (pen.) Tamaş  53' Niculae  62', 65' Marica  69' (pen.)	Report	Kapllani  64'

Lia Manoliu Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)

Belarus v Netherlands

21 November 2007 19:00 UTC+2

Belarus	2–1	Netherlands
Bulyha  49' Korytko  65'	Report	Van der Vaart  88'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Philippe Kalt (France)

Slovenia v Bulgaria

21 November 2007 18:00 UTC+1

Slovenia	0–2	Bulgaria
	Report	Georgiev  81' Berbatov  84'

Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mike Mullarkey (England)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Adrian Mutu	Romania	6
	Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria
	Martin Petrov	Bulgaria
4	Edmond Kapllani	Albania	5
	Ciprian Marica	Romania
6	Nicolae Dică	Romania	4
	Klemen Lavrič	Slovenia
	Maxim Romaschenko	Belarus
	Robin van Persie	Netherlands
10	Sergei Kornilenko	Belarus	3
	Vitali Kutuzov	Belarus

2 goals

• Albania: Ervin Skela
• Belarus: Timofei Kalachev, Vladimir Korytko
• Netherlands: Wesley Sneijder, Ruud van Nistelrooy
• Romania: Cosmin Contra, Dorin Goian, Daniel Niculae, Gabriel Tamaş
• Slovenia: Milivoje Novakovič

1 goal

• Albania: Erjon Bogdani, Debatik Curri, Besnik Hasi, Altin Haxhi
• Belarus: Vital Bulyha, Denis Kovba, Raman Vasilyuk
• Bulgaria: Valeri Bojinov, Velizar Dimitrov, Blagoy Georgiev, Dimitar Telkiyski, Aleksandar Tunchev, Chavdar Yankov
• Luxembourg: Alphonse Leweck, Chris Sagramola
• Netherlands: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Danny Koevermans, Dirk Kuyt, Joris Mathijsen, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Rafael van der Vaart
• Romania: Bănel Nicoliţă, Florentin Petre, Laurenţiu Roşu
• Slovenia: Boštjan Cesar, Robert Koren, Dare Vršič

Own goals

• Albania: Arjan Beqaj (for Netherlands)
• Bulgaria: Radostin Kishishev (for Albania)

References

• UEFA web site