UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G
Football tournament qualifying stage
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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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 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 | — |
- Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Matches
Group G fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 16 February 2006.
| Luxembourg | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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| Report | Mathijsen  26' |
| Netherlands | 3–0 | Belarus |
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| Van Persie 33', 78' Kuyt 90+2' |
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| Bulgaria | 1–1 | Netherlands |
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| M. Petrov 12' |
Report | Van Persie 62' |
| Slovenia | 2–0 | Luxembourg |
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| Novaković 30' Koren 44' |
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| Luxembourg | 0–1 | Bulgaria |
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| Report | Tunchev 26' |
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Albania |
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| Van Persie 15' Beqaj  42' (o.g.) |
Report | Curri 67' |
| Netherlands | 0–0 | Romania |
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| Report |
| Slovenia | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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| Report | Van Bronckhorst 86' |
| Albania | 2–0 | Luxembourg |
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| Kapllani 38' Haxhi 57' |
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| Luxembourg | 0–3 | Albania |
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| Report | Skela 25' Kapllani 36', 72' |
| Luxembourg | 0–3 | Slovenia |
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| Report | Lavrič 7', 47' Novaković 37' |
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Bulgaria |
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| Sneijder 23' Van Nistelrooy 58' |
Report |
| Albania | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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| Report | Van Nistelrooy 90+1' |
| Belarus | 0–1 | Luxembourg |
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| Report | Leweck 90+5' |
| Romania | 1–0 | Netherlands |
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| Goian 71' |
Report |
| Luxembourg | 0–2 | Romania |
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| Report | F. Petre 42' Marica 61' |
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Slovenia |
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| Sneijder 14' Huntelaar 88' |
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| Netherlands | 1–0 | Luxembourg |
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| Koevermans 43' |
Report |
| Belarus | 2–1 | Netherlands |
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| Bulyha 49' Korytko 65' |
Report | Van der Vaart 88' |
Goalscorers
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
Erjon Bogdani- Debatik Curri
- Besnik Hasi
- Altin Haxhi
Vital Bulyga- Dzyanis Kowba
- Raman Vasilyuk
Valeri Bojinov- Velizar Dimitrov
- Blagoy Georgiev
- Dimitar Telkiyski
- Aleksandar Tunchev
- Chavdar Yankov
Alphonse Leweck- Chris Sagramola
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar- Danny Koevermans
- Dirk Kuyt
- Joris Mathijsen
- Giovanni van Bronckhorst
- Rafael van der Vaart
Bănel Nicoliță- Florentin Petre
- Laurențiu Roșu
Boštjan Cesar- Robert Koren
- Dare Vršič
1 own goal
- Arjan Beqaj (against Netherlands)
- Radostin Kishishev (against Albania)