UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G

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

1 Standings
2 Results
3 Goalscorers
4 References

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.

Results

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

2006-09-02 19:00 UTC+3	Belarus	2 – 2	Albania	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)
	Kalachev 2' Romaschenko 24'	Report	Skela 7' (pen.) Hasi 86'

2006-09-02 21:00 UTC+3	Romania	2 – 2	Bulgaria	Gheorghe Hagi Stadium, Constanţa Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
	Roşu 40' Marica 54'	Report	M. Petrov 82', 84'

2006-09-02 20:30 UTC+2	Luxembourg	0 – 1	Netherlands	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 8,000 Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal)
		Report	Mathijsen 26'

2006-09-06 20:00 UTC+3	Bulgaria	3 – 0	Slovenia	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
	Bojinov 58' M. Petrov 70' Telkiyski 79'	Report

2006-09-06 20:00 UTC+2	Albania	0 – 2	Romania	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
		Report	Dică 65' Mutu 75' (pen.)

2006-09-06 20:30 UTC+2	Netherlands	3 – 0	Belarus	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Howard Webb (England)
	van Persie 33', 78' Kuyt 90+2'	Report

2006-10-07 20:15 UTC+3	Romania	3 – 1	Belarus	Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
	Mutu 7' Marica 10' Goian 76'	Report	Kornilenko 20'

2006-10-07 21:00 UTC+3	Bulgaria	1 – 1	Netherlands	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 40,547 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
	M. Petrov 12'	Report	van Persie 62'

2006-10-07 20:45 UTC+2	Slovenia	2 – 0	Luxembourg	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Panicos Kailis (Cyprus)
	Novakovič 30' Koren 44'	Report

2006-10-11 18:00 UTC+3	Belarus	4 – 2	Slovenia	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Kovba 18' Kornilenko 52', 60' Korytko 85'	Report	Cesar 19' Lavrič 43'

2006-10-11 20:15 UTC+2	Luxembourg	0 – 1	Bulgaria	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Novo Panic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
		Report	Tunchev 26'

2006-10-11 20:30 UTC+2	Netherlands	2 – 1	Albania	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
	van Persie 15' Beqaj 42' (o.g.)	Report	Curri 67'

2007-03-24 17:00 UTC+1	Luxembourg	1 – 2	Belarus	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mark Steven Whitby (Wales)
	Sagramola 68'	Report	Kalachev 25' Kutuzov 54'

2007-03-24 17:00 UTC+1	Albania	0 – 0	Slovenia	Loro-Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)
		Report

2007-03-24 20:30 UTC+1	Netherlands	0 – 0	Romania	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Marcus Merk (Germany)
		Report

2007-03-28 18:00 UTC+3	Bulgaria	0 – 0	Albania	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
		Report

2007-03-28 18:30 UTC+3	Romania	3 – 0	Luxembourg	Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamţ Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)
	Mutu 26' Contra 56' Marica 90'	Report

2007-03-28 20:45 UTC+2	Slovenia	0 – 1	Netherlands	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
		Report	van Bronckhorst 86'

2007-06-02 20:30 UTC+2	Albania	2 – 0	Luxembourg	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
	Kapllani 38' Haxhi 57'	Report

2007-06-02 20:45 UTC+2	Slovenia	1 – 2	Romania	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
	Vršič 90+4'	Report	Tamaş 52' Nicoliţă 69'

2007-06-02 21:00 UTC+3	Belarus	0 – 2	Bulgaria	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)
		Report	Berbatov 28', 46'

2007-06-06 20:00 UTC+3	Bulgaria	2 – 1	Belarus	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 10,227 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
	M. Petrov 10' Yankov 40'	Report	Vasilyuk 5' (pen.)

2007-06-06 20:15 UTC+2	Luxembourg	0 – 3	Albania	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 4,325 Referee: Paulius Malzinskas (Lithuania)
		Report	Skela 25' Kapllani 36', 72'

2007-06-06 21:00 UTC+3	Romania	2 – 0	Slovenia	Dan Păltinişanu, Timişoara Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
	Mutu 40' Contra 70'	Report

2007-09-08 17:00 UTC+2	Luxembourg	0 – 3	Slovenia	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Sergiy Berezka (Ukraine)
		Report	Lavrič 7', 47' Novakovič 37'

2007-09-08 19:00 UTC+3	Belarus	1 – 3	Romania	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 19,320 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
	Romaschenko 20'	Report	Mutu 16', 77' (pen.) Dică 42'

2007-09-08 20:30 UTC+2	Netherlands	2 – 0	Bulgaria	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
	Sneijder 23' van Nistelrooy 58'	Report

2007-09-12 20:30 UTC+3	Bulgaria	3 – 0	Luxembourg	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)
	Berbatov 27', 28' M. Petrov 54' (pen.)	Report

2007-09-12 19:45 UTC+2	Slovenia	1 – 0	Belarus	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
	Lavrič 3' (pen.)	Report

2007-09-12 20:45 UTC+2	Albania	0 – 1	Netherlands	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Mike Riley (England)
		Report	van Nistelrooy 90+1'

2007-10-13 18:00 UTC+3	Belarus	0 – 1	Luxembourg	Central Stadion, Gomel Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)
		Report	Leweck 90+5'

2007-10-13 20:15 UTC+3	Romania	1 – 0	Netherlands	Gheorghe Hagi Stadium, Constanţa Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	Goian 71'	Report

2007-10-13 20:30 UTC+2	Slovenia	0 – 0	Albania	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 4,625 Referee: Duarte Nuno Pereira Gomes (Portugal)
		Report

2007-10-17 20:15 UTC+2	Luxembourg	0 – 2	Romania	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 3,584 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
		Report	F. Petre 42' Marica 61'

2007-10-17 20:30 UTC+2	Netherlands	2 – 0	Slovenia	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
	Sneijder 14' Huntelaar 88'	Report

2007-10-17 20:45 UTC+2	Albania	1 – 1	Bulgaria	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
	Kishishev 32' (o.g.)	Report	Berbatov 87'

2007-11-17 18:00 UTC+2	Bulgaria	1 – 0	Romania	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
	Dimitrov 6'	Report

2007-11-17 20:00 UTC+2	Albania	2 – 4	Belarus	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bulent Demirlek (Turkey)
	Bogdani 39' Kapllani 43'	Report	Romaschenko 28', 63' (pen.) Kutuzov 45+1', 54'

2007-11-17 20:30 UTC+1	Netherlands	1 – 0	Luxembourg	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
	Koevermans 43'	Report

2007-11-21 18:00 UTC+2	Romania	6 – 1	Albania	Lia Manoliu Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)
	Dică 22', 71' (pen.) Tamaş 53' Niculae 62', 65' Marica 69' (pen.)	Report	Kapllani 64'

2007-11-21 19:00 UTC+2	Belarus	2 – 1	Netherlands	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Philippe Kalt (France)
	Bulyha 49' Korytko 65'	Report	van der Vaart 88'

2007-11-21 18:00 UTC+1	Slovenia	0 – 2	Bulgaria	Arena Petrol, Celje Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mike Mullarkey (England)
		Report	Georgiev 81' Berbatov 84'

Goalscorers

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

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

UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

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UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G

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Goalscorers

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