UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A
Football tournament
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Standings and results for Group A of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.
Poland secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following a 2–0 win against Belgium, becoming the eighth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. Portugal secured qualification to the tournament proper on 21 November 2007 following a 0–0 draw against Finland, becoming the thirteenth 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 | Poland |
14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 28 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Portugal |
14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 27 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Serbia |
14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 24[a] | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Finland |
14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 24[a] | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 5 | Belgium |
14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 18 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 6 | Kazakhstan |
14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 10 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
| 7 | Armenia |
12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 9 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | Canc.[b] | ||
| 8 | Azerbaijan |
12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 28 | −22 | 5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | Canc.[b] | — |
Matches
| Belgium | 0–0 | Kazakhstan |
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| Serbia | 1–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Žigić  72' |
Report |
| Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Kazakhstan |
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| Ladaga 16' |
Report | Byakov 36' |
| Armenia | 0–1 | Belgium |
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| Report | Van Buyten 41' |
| Finland | 1–1 | Portugal |
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| Johansson 22' |
Report | Nuno Gomes 42' |
| Kazakhstan | 0–1 | Poland |
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| Report | Smolarek 52' |
| Portugal | 3–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Ronaldo 25', 63' Carvalho 31' |
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| Kazakhstan | 0–2 | Finland |
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| Report | Litmanen 29' Hyypiä 64' |
| Poland | 2–1 | Portugal |
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| Smolarek 9', 18' |
Report | Nuno Gomes 90+2' |
| Belgium | 3–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Simons 24' (pen.) Vandenbergh 47'Dembélé 82' |
Report |
| Portugal | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
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| Simão 8', 86' Ronaldo 30' |
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| Kazakhstan | 2–1 | Serbia |
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| Ashirbekov 47' Zhumaskaliyev 61' |
Report | Žigić 68' |
| Poland | 5–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Bąk 3' Dudka 6'Łobodziński 34'Krzynówek 58'Kaźmierczak 84' |
Report |
| Azerbaijan | 1–0 | Finland |
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| Imamaliev 83' |
Report |
| Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Armenia |
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| Baltiev 88' (pen.) |
Report | Arzumanyan 31' Hovsepian 39' (pen.) |
| Kazakhstan | 1–1 | Azerbaijan |
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| Baltiev 53' |
Report | Nadirov 30' |
| Finland | 2–0 | Belgium |
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| Johansson 27' A. Eremenko 71' |
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| Armenia | 1–0 | Poland |
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| Hamlet Mkhitaryan 66' |
Report |
| Armenia | 1–1 | Portugal |
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| Arzumanyan 10' |
Report | Ronaldo 37' |
| Finland | 2–1 | Kazakhstan |
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| A. Eremenko 13' Tainio 61' |
Report | Byakov 23' |
| Azerbaijan | Cancelled[note 2] | Armenia |
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| Armenia | Cancelled[note 2] | Azerbaijan |
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| Azerbaijan | 0–2 | Portugal |
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| Report | Bruno Alves 12' Almeida 45' |
| Poland | 3–1 | Kazakhstan |
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| Smolarek 56', 64', 65' |
Report | Byakov 20' |
| Armenia | 0–1 | Kazakhstan |
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| Report | Ostapenko 64' |
| Azerbaijan | 0–1 | Belgium |
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| Report | Pieroni 52' |
| Serbia | 1–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Ostapenko  79' (o.g.) |
Report |
Goalscorers
There were 118 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 2.19 goals per match.
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Sargis Hovsepyan- Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Samir Aliyev- Emin Imamaliev
- André Luiz Ladaga
- Vüqar Nadirov
- Mahmud Qurbanov
- Branimir Subašić
Marouane Fellaini- Luigi Pieroni
- Timmy Simons
- Wesley Sonck
- Daniel Van Buyten
- Kevin Vandenbergh
Mikael Forssell- Sami Hyypiä
- Shefki Kuqi
- Mika Nurmela
- Teemu Tainio
- Mika Väyrynen
Kairat Ashirbekov- Sergei Ostapenko
- Samat Smakov
- Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
Jacek Bąk- Dariusz Dudka
- Łukasz Garguła
- Przemysław Kaźmierczak
- Mariusz Lewandowski
- Wojciech Łobodziński
- Rafał Murawski
- Maciej Żurawski
Bruno Alves- Ricardo Carvalho
- Ariza Makukula
- Maniche
- Nani
- Hélder Postiga
- Ricardo Quaresma
- Tiago
Branislav Ivanović- Milan Jovanović
- Milan Smiljanić
- Dejan Stanković
- Duško Tošić
1 own goal
- Sergei Ostapenko (against Serbia)
Notes
- Serbia played their home match against Azerbaijan behind closed doors as they were punished for a previous crowd disturbance during their last match of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.[3]
- The match was originally scheduled for 17 November 2007, 20:45 CET, at Stadion Partizana, Belgrade, but was postponed prior to kick-off by Spanish referee Cantalejo, due to heavy snowfall in Belgrade. The match was rescheduled for 18 November 2007, 14:00 CET, but was postponed again to 24 November 2007 due to heavy snowfall.[4]