UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group C
Standings and results for Group C of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.
Standings
Key:
- Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.
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Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- Moldova and Hungary are ranked by their head-to-head records:
- Moldova – 3 pts, +1 GD (3–0 H vs Hungary, 0–2 A vs Hungary)
- Hungary – 3 pts, −1 GD (2–0 H vs Moldova, 0–3 A vs Moldova)
Notes on the qualified teams:
- Greece secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 October 2007 following a 1–0 win against Turkey, becoming the second team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.
- Turkey secured qualification to the tournament proper on 21 November 2007 following a 1–0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina, becoming the twelfth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.
Matches
Group C fixtures were negotiated and finally decided by a draw at a meeting between the participants in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 February 2006.[1]
On 3 July 2006, the Hellenic Football Federation was indefinitely suspended from all international competition due to concerns about its autonomy from the Greek government. Although no announcement was made regarding this tournament in particular, this seemed to preclude the Greek team from participating.[2] Following rectifying action by the Greek government, FIFA subsequently lifted the suspension on 12 July 2006, allowing Greece to participate in qualifying.[3]
2 September 2006 18:15 UTC+2 |
Malta  |
2–5 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
Pace  6'M. Mifsud 86' |
Report | Barbarez 4' Hrgović 10'Bartolović 45+1'Muslimović 49'Misimović 51' |
2 September 2006 19:00 UTC+2 |
Hungary  |
1–4 |  Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Gera 90' (pen.) |
Report | Solskjær 15', 44' Strømstad 31'Pedersen 41' |
6 September 2006 20:15 UTC+2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1–3 | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| Misimović 64' (pen.) |
Report | Huszti 36' (pen.) Gera 46'Dárdai 49' |
7 October 2006 19:00 UTC+3 |
Moldova  |
2–2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
| Rogaciov 13', 32' (pen.) |
Report | Misimović 63' Grlić 68' |
11 October 2006 19:15 UTC+2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0–4 |  Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Charisteas 8' (pen.) Patsatzoglou 82'Samaras 85'Katsouranis 90+4' |
24 March 2007 21:30 UTC+2 |
| Greece |
1–4 |  Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Kyrgiakos 6' |
Report | Tuncay 27' Gökhan 55'Tümer 70'Gökdeniz 81' |
2 June 2007 20:00 UTC+2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3–2 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Muslimović 27' Džeko 45+2'Ćustović 90' |
Report | Şükür 13' Sabri 39' |
8 September 2007 19:30 UTC+2 |
| Malta |
2–2 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Said 41' Schembri 76' |
Report | Halil Altıntop 45' Servet 78' |
13 October 2007 21:30 UTC+3 |
| Greece |
3–2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
| Charisteas 10' Gekas 57'Lyberopoulos 72' |
Report | Hrgović 54' Ibišević 90' |
17 October 2007 19:30 UTC+2 |
| Malta |
2–3 | Moldova |
|---|---|---|
| Scerri 71' M. Mifsud 84' (pen.) |
Report | Bugaev 24' (pen.) Frunză 31', 35' |
21 November 2007 20:00 UTC+1 |
| Malta |
1–4 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| M. Mifsud 53' |
Report | Iversen 25', 27' (pen.), 45' Pedersen 75' |
21 November 2007 20:15 UTC+1 |
| Hungary |
1–2 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Buzsáky 7' |
Report | Vanczák 22' (o.g.) Basinas 59' (pen.) |
Goalscorers
| Pos | Player | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steffen Iversen | Norway |
7 |
| 2 | Theofanis Gekas | Greece |
5 |
| Hakan Şükür | Turkey | ||
| 4 | John Carew | Norway |
4 |
| Viorel Frunză | Moldova | ||
| Zoltán Gera | Hungary | ||
| Zvjezdan Misimović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Zlatan Muslimović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| 9 | Angelos Basinas | Greece |
3 |
| Igor Bugaev | Moldova | ||
| Angelos Charisteas | Greece | ||
| Nihat Kahveci | Turkey | ||
| Sotirios Kyrgiakos | Greece | ||
| Nikolaos Lyberopoulos | Greece | ||
| Michael Mifsud | Malta | ||
| Tuncay Şanlı | Turkey | ||
| Andre Schembri | Malta |
- 2 goals
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mirko Hrgović
- Greece: Ioannis Amanatidis, Kostas Katsouranis
- Moldova: Sergei Rogaciov
- Norway: Erik Hagen, Morten Gamst Pedersen, John Arne Riise, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Fredrik Strømstad
- Turkey: Halil Altıntop, Hamit Altıntop, Tümer Metin, Gökhan Ünal
- 1 goal
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sergej Barbarez, Mladen Bartolović, Adnan Ćustović, Edin Džeko, Ivica Grlić, Vedad Ibišević
- Greece: Christos Patsatzoglou, Georgios Samaras, Yourkas Seitaridis
- Hungary: Ákos Buzsáky, Pál Dárdai, Róbert Feczesin, Szabolcs Huszti, Tamás Priskin, Sándor Torghelle, Dániel Tőzsér
- Malta: George Mallia, Jamie Pace, Brian Said, Terence Scerri
- Moldova: Serghei Alexeev, Alexandru Epureanu, Nicolae Josan
- Norway: Martin Andresen, Daniel Braaten, Simen Brenne, Kristofer Hæstad, Thorstein Helstad, Bjørn Helge Riise
- Turkey: Mehmet Aurélio, Emre Belözoğlu, Servet Çetin, Gökdeniz Karadeniz, Ümit Karan, Sabri Sarıoğlu
- Own goal
- Hungary: Vilmos Vanczák (for Greece)
References
- ↑ UEFA. "Holders Greece start in Moldova". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ↑ FIFA Media Dept. "FIFA suspends the Hellenic Football Federation". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
- ↑ FIFA Media Dept. "FIFA lifts suspension on Hellenic Football Federation". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Turkey ordered to play their first three home matches at a neutral ground and behind closed doors after violence in their World Cup Qualifying playoff with Switzerland on 16 November 2005.
- ↑ Match delayed by 35 minutes by match referee Mike Riley after flares were thrown from the stands, minutes after the kick-off.
- ↑ Goal incorrectly credited to Dario Damjanović in the scorers section of the UEFA report. However, the main text clearly indicated the goal was by Muslimović: "First-half goals from Zvjezdan Misimović and Zlatan Muslimović did the damage for the visitors,...."
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Greece forced to play away from Athens for two matches after crowd disturbances in the game against Turkey on 24 March 2007.