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

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania Netherlands Bulgaria Belarus Albania Slovenia Luxembourg
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

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'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
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'
Attendance: 8,055
Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal)
Bulgaria 3–0 Slovenia
Bojinov 58'
M. Petrov 70'
Telkiyski 79'		 Report
Albania 0–2 Romania
Report Dică 65'
Mutu 75' (pen.)
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
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'
Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 12,000
Bulgaria 1–1 Netherlands
M. Petrov 12' Report Van Persie 62'
Slovenia 2–0 Luxembourg
Novaković 30'
Koren 44'		 Report
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Panicos Kailis (Cyprus)
Belarus 4–2 Slovenia
Kovba 18'
Kornilenko 52', 60'
Korytko 85'		 Report Cesar 19'
Lavrič 43'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 21,150
Luxembourg 0–1 Bulgaria
Report Tunchev 26'
Attendance: 3,156
Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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'
Attendance: 2,021
Referee: Mark Steven Whitby (Wales)
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
Attendance: 24,893
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Romania 3–0 Luxembourg
Mutu 26'
Contra 56'
Marica 90'		 Report
Attendance: 9,120
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)
Slovenia 0–1 Netherlands
Report Van Bronckhorst 86'
Attendance: 9,520
Albania 2–0 Luxembourg
Kapllani 38'
Haxhi 57'		 Report
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Slovenia 1–2 Romania
Vršič 90+4' Report Tamaş 52'
Nicoliţă 69'
Attendance: 6,500
Belarus 0–2 Bulgaria
Report Berbatov 28', 46'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 25,962
Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)
Bulgaria 2–1 Belarus
M. Petrov 10'
Yankov 40'		 Report Vasilyuk 5' (pen.)
Luxembourg 0–3 Albania
Report Skela 25'
Kapllani 36', 72'
Attendance: 4,325
Referee: Paulius Malzinskas (Lithuania)
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'
Attendance: 2,012
Referee: Sergiy Berezka (Ukraine)
Belarus 1–3 Romania
Romaschenko 20' Report Mutu 16', 77' (pen.)
Dică 42'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
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
Attendance: 4,674
Referee: Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)
Slovenia 1–0 Belarus
Lavrič 3' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
Albania 0–1 Netherlands
Report Van Nistelrooy 90+1'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Belarus 0–1 Luxembourg
Report Leweck 90+5'
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)
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'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
Bulgaria 1–0 Romania
Dimitrov 6' Report
Albania 2–4 Belarus
Bogdani 39'
Kapllani 43'		 Report Romaschenko 28', 63' (pen.)
Kutuzov 45+1', 54'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 2,064
Referee: Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)
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'
Lia Manoliu Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 23,427
Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)
Belarus 2–1 Netherlands
Bulyha 49'
Korytko 65'		 Report Van der Vaart 88'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 11,900
Slovenia 0–2 Bulgaria
Report Georgiev 81'
Berbatov 84'
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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

1 own goal

References

  • UEFA website