UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 8

Standings and results for Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying tournament.

Standings

Legend
Group winners and eight best runners-up among all groups directly qualify for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advance to the play-offs

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 10 8 2 0 34 5 +29 26  Scotland 10 7 2 1 19 3 +16 23  Greece 10 6 0 4 23 9 +14 18  Finland 10 5 0 5 18 18 0 15  Faroe Islands 10 2 0 8 10 35 −25 6  San Marino 10 0 0 10 2 36 −34 0

Faroe Islands  – 0–4 1–5 2–5 3–0 0–2 Finland  5–0 – 2–1 0–6 4–1 0–2 Greece  5–0 4–0 – 0–3 2–0 1–0 Russia  3–0 3–1 2–1 – 4–0 0–0 San Marino  1–3 0–2 0–4 0–7 – 0–2 Scotland  5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 –

Results and fixtures

7 September 1994	Faroe Islands	1 – 5	Greece	Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Michel Pirro (Belgium)
	Apostolakis  90+1' (o.g.)		Saravakos  12' Tsalouchidis  17', 86' Alexandris  55', 61'

7 September 1994	Finland	0 – 2	Scotland	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 12,845 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
			Shearer  29' Collins  65'

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12 October 1994	Scotland	5 – 1	Faroe Islands	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 20,885 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	McGinlay  4' Booth  5' Collins  40', 72' McKinlay  61'		Müller  75'

12 October 1994	Greece	4 – 0	Finland	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Philippe Leduc (France)
	Markos  23' Batista Lima  70' Machlas  76', 90'

12 October 1994	Russia	4 – 0	San Marino	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Karpin  43' Kolyvanov  64' Nikiforov  65' Radchenko  67'

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16 November 1994	Greece	2 – 0	San Marino	Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)
	Machlas  21' Frantzeskos  84'

16 November 1994	Finland	5 – 0	Faroe Islands	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gylfi Thór Orrason (Iceland)
	Sumiala  37' Litmanen  53', 72' Paatelainen  75', 85'

16 November 1994	Scotland	1 – 1	Russia	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 31,254 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
	Booth  19'		Radchenko  25'

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14 December 1994	Finland	4 – 1	San Marino	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)
	Paatelainen  24', 30', 86', 90'		Valle  34'

18 December 1994	Greece	1 – 0	Scotland	Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 18,000 Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)
	Apostolakis  19' (pen.)

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29 March 1995	Russia	0 – 0	Scotland	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

29 March 1995	San Marino	0 – 2	Finland	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Attendance: 824 Referee: David Suheil (Israel)
			Litmanen  45' Sumiala  67'

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26 April 1995	San Marino	0 – 2	Scotland	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Attendance: 1,484 Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)
			Collins  19' Calderwood  85'

26 April 1995	Greece	0 – 3	Russia	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 29,616 Referee: Loris Stafoggia (Italy)
			Nikiforov  36' Zagorakis  78' (o.g.) Beschastnykh  79'

26 April 1995	Faroe Islands	0 – 4	Finland	Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 1,338 Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)
			Hjelm  55' Paatelainen  75' Lindberg  78' Helin  83'

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6 May 1995	Russia	3 – 0	Faroe Islands	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 5,024 Referee: Sergo Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)
	Kechinov  53' Pisarev  72' Mukhamadiev  80'

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25 May 1995	Faroe Islands	3 – 0	San Marino	Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 3,450 Referee: Brendan Shorte (Ireland)
	J.Hansen  6' Jens Rasmussen  9' J.Jónsson  52'

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7 June 1995	San Marino	0 – 7	Russia	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Attendance: 1,367 Referee: Karel Bohunek (Czech Republic)
			Dobrovolski  20' (pen.) Kulkov  38' Kiryakov  48' Shalimov  49' Beschastnykh  59' Kolyvanov  64' Cheryshev  86'

7 June 1995	Faroe Islands	0 – 2	Scotland	Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 3,881 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
			McKinlay  25' McGinlay  29'

11 June 1995	Finland	2 – 1	Greece	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 10,518 Referee: Helmut Krug (Germany)
	Litmanen  45+1' (pen.) Hjelm  54'		Nikolaidis  6'

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16 August 1995	Finland	0 – 6	Russia	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 14,210 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
			Kulkov  33', 49' Karpin  41' Radchenko  43' Kolyvanov  66', 69'

16 August 1995	Scotland	1 – 0	Greece	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 33,910 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
	McCoist  72'

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6 September 1995	Scotland	1 – 0	Finland	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 35,018 Referee: Vasiliy Melnichuk (Ukraine)
	Booth  10'

6 September 1995	Faroe Islands	2 – 5	Russia	Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 1,792 Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
	Jarnskor  12' T.Jónsson  53'		Mostovoi  9' (pen.) Kiryakov  61' Kolyvanov  65' Tsymbalar  83' Shalimov  85'

6 September 1995	San Marino	0 – 4	Greece	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Attendance: 886 Referee: Milan Mitrovič (Slovenia)
			Tsalouchidis  5' Georgiadis  31' Alexandris  61' Donis  81'

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11 October 1995	Russia	2 – 1	Greece	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)
	Ouzounidis  36' (o.g.) Onopko  71'		Tsalouchidis  64'

11 October 1995	San Marino	1 – 3	Faroe Islands	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Attendance: 928 Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)
	M.Valentini  52'		T.Jónsson  42', 45', 50'

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15 November 1995	Scotland	5 – 0	San Marino	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 29,492 Referee: Karel Bohunek (Czech Republic)
	Jess  30' Booth  45' McCoist  49' Nevin  79' Francini  90' (o.g.)

15 November 1995	Russia	3 – 1	Finland	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Radchenko  40' Kulkov  55' Kiryakov  70'		Suominen  44'

15 November 1995	Greece	5 – 0	Faroe Islands	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion Attendance: 9,088 Referee: Mitko Mitrev (Bulgaria)
	Alexandris  58' Nikolaidis  62' Machlas  66' Donis  75' Tsartas  80'

References

UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 1 · Group 2 · Group 3 · Group 4 · Group 5 · Group 6 · Group 7 · Group 8