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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||||
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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 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
6 | Slovenia | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 11 | 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 | — |
- 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.
Luxembourg | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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Report | Mathijsen 26' |
Netherlands | 3–0 | Belarus |
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Van Persie
33', 78' Kuyt 90+2' |
Report |
Bulgaria | 1–1 | Netherlands |
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M. Petrov 12' | Report | Van Persie 62' |
Slovenia | 2–0 | Luxembourg |
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Novaković
30' Koren 44' |
Report |
Luxembourg | 0–1 | Bulgaria |
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Report | Tunchev 26' |
Netherlands | 2–1 | Albania |
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Van Persie
15' Beqaj 42' (o.g.) |
Report | Curri 67' |
Netherlands | 0–0 | Romania |
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Report |
Slovenia | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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Report | Van Bronckhorst 86' |
Albania | 2–0 | Luxembourg |
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Kapllani
38' Haxhi 57' |
Report |
Luxembourg | 0–3 | Albania |
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Report |
Skela
25' Kapllani 36', 72' |
Luxembourg | 0–3 | Slovenia |
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Report |
Lavrič
7', 47' Novaković 37' |
Netherlands | 2–0 | Bulgaria |
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Sneijder
23' Van Nistelrooy 58' |
Report |
Albania | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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Report | Van Nistelrooy 90+1' |
Belarus | 0–1 | Luxembourg |
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Report | Leweck 90+5' |
Romania | 1–0 | Netherlands |
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Goian 71' | Report |
Luxembourg | 0–2 | Romania |
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Report |
F. Petre
42' Marica 61' |
Netherlands | 2–0 | Slovenia |
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Sneijder
14' Huntelaar 88' |
Report |
Netherlands | 1–0 | Luxembourg |
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Koevermans 43' | Report |
Romania | 6–1 | Albania |
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Dică
22', 71' (pen.) Tamaş 53' Niculae 62', 65' Marica 69' (pen.) |
Report | Kapllani 64' |
Belarus | 2–1 | Netherlands |
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Bulyha
49' Korytko 65' |
Report | Van der Vaart 88' |
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
- Erjon Bogdani
- Debatik Curri
- Besnik Hasi
- Altin Haxhi
- Vital Bulyga
- Dzyanis Kowba
- Raman Vasilyuk
- Valeri Bojinov
- Velizar Dimitrov
- Blagoy Georgiev
- Dimitar Telkiyski
- Aleksandar Tunchev
- Chavdar Yankov
- Alphonse Leweck
- Chris Sagramola
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- Danny Koevermans
- Dirk Kuyt
- Joris Mathijsen
- Giovanni van Bronckhorst
- Rafael van der Vaart
- Bănel Nicoliță
- Florentin Petre
- Laurențiu Roșu
- Boštjan Cesar
- Robert Koren
- Dare Vršič
1 own goal
- Arjan Beqaj (against Netherlands)
- Radostin Kishishev (against Albania)