UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

This page describes the qualifying procedure for the UEFA Euro 2008.

Seedings

Pot	Team	Coefficient rating	Pot	Team	Coefficient rating
1	Netherlands	2.550	5	Moldova1	1.311
	Czech Republic3	2.450		Finland	1.300
	Russia1	2.450		Estonia1	1.250
	France	2.444		Wales	1.167
	Sweden	2.378		Lithuania1	1.111
	Poland	2.356		Albania	1.050
	Turkey	2.310		Iceland	0.944
2	England	2.300	6	Georgia1	0.850
	Germany	2.250		North Macedonia2	0.750
	Italy	2.222		Belarus1	0.722
	Norway	2.178		Armenia1	0.700
	Spain	2.056		Northern Ireland	0.667
	Portugal	2.000		Cyprus	0.667
	Romania	1.990		Malta	0.522
3	Croatia2	1.922	7	Liechtenstein	0.450
	Serbia2	1.889		Azerbaijan1	0.389
	Denmark	1.850		Andorra	0.250
	Bosnia and Herzegovina2	1.778		Faroe Islands	0.111
	Bulgaria	1.778		Luxembourg	0.100
	Ukraine1	1.750		San Marino	0.097
	Slovakia3	1.650		Montenegro2	0.094
4	Hungary	1.611	8	Kazakhstan1	0.083
	Ireland	1.556		Kyrgyzstan1	0.080
	Belgium	1.556		Uzbekistan1	0.058
	Latvia1	1.550		Tajikistan1	0.053
	Israel	1.500		Turkmenistan1	0.050
	Scotland	1.500		Monaco	0.000
	Slovenia2	1.444

¹ as USSR

² as Yugoslavia

³ as Czechoslovakia

Greece (1.980) is already assured of places at Euro 2008 as European champions.

Austria (1.850) and Switzerland (1.830) are already assured of places at Euro 2008 as host nations.

Summary

Below is a table containing all seven qualifying groups. Teams that have secured a place in the final tournament are highlighted in green. The order of teams is by final group position.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G
Russia1 Serbia2	Italy France	Turkey ----------	Czech Republic3 Germany	Poland Portugal	Sweden Spain	Romania Netherlands
-----------	-----------	Norway	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
England Israel Kazakhstan1 Estonia1 North Macedonia2 Andorra	Scotland Ukraine1 Lithuania1 Kyrgyzstan1 Georgia1 Faroe Islands	Montenegro2 Bosnia and Herzegovina2 Monaco Moldova1 Hungary Malta	Ireland Slovakia3 Wales Cyprus Uzbekistan1 San Marino	Croatia2 Finland Belgium Tajikistan1 Armenia1 Azerbaijan1	Northern Ireland Denmark Turkmenistan1 Latvia1 Iceland Liechtenstein	Bulgaria Belarus1 Albania Slovenia2 Luxembourg

¹ as USSR

² as Yugoslavia

³ as Czechoslovakia

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Greece (assigned to A1) Netherlands Austria (assigned to C1) Switzerland (assigned to D1)	USSR Italy Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia	Sweden France Poland Turkey	Spain Romania Germany Portugal

Groups

Key:

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Russia 14 14 0 0 30 0 +30 42 Serbia 14 11 0 3 32 10 +22 33 England 14 6 4 4 20 11 +9 22 Israel 14 6 3 5 17 13 +4 21 Kazakhstan 14 3 8 3 7 4 +3 17 Estonia 14 3 3 8 7 18 −11 12 North Macedonia 14 2 4 8 8 15 −7 10 Andorra 14 0 0 14 0 50 −50 0

Andorra England Estonia FYR Macedonia Israel Kazakhstan Russia Serbia Andorra — 0-3 0-2 0-3 0-2 0-2 0-4 0-6 England 5-0 — 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-3 2-3 Estonia 2-0 0-3 — 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 FYR Macedonia 3-0 0-1 1-1 — 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-2 Israel 4-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 — 0-0 0-3 3-4 Kazakhstan 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-1 2-1 Russia 4-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 — 1-0 Serbia 7-0 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 —

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Italy 14 9 4 1 20 9 +11 31 France 14 8 4 2 25 5 +20 28 Scotland 14 8 2 4 21 12 +9 26 Ukraine 14 5 4 5 18 16 +2 19 Lithuania 14 5 3 6 11 13 −2 18 Kyrgyzstan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 Georgia 14 2 4 8 14 18 −4 10 Faroe Islands 14 0 3 11 4 40 −36 3

Faroe Islands France Georgia Italy Kyrgyzstan Lithuania Scotland Ukraine Faroe Islands — 0-6 0-6 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-2 France 5-0 — 1-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 0-1 2-0 Georgia 1-1 0-3 — 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 Italy 2-1 0-0 2-0 — 0-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 Kyrgyzstan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 0-0 Lithuania 2-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 0-0 — 1-2 2-0 Scotland 6-0 1-0 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-1 — 3-1 Ukraine 5-0 2-2 3-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 2-0 —

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Turkey 14 8 5 1 27 11 +16 29 Norway 14 7 4 3 27 11 +16 25 Montenegro 14 7 3 4 20 17 +3 24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 6 3 5 21 17 +4 21 Monaco 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 Moldova 14 3 5 6 12 19 −7 14 Hungary 14 4 2 8 11 22 −11 14 Malta 14 1 4 9 10 31 −21 7

Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Malta Moldova MNC Montenegro Norway Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1-3 1-0 0-1 0-0 4-0 0-2 3-2 Hungary 1-0 — 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-2 1-4 0-1 Malta 2-5 2-1 — 2-3 0-0 0-1 1-4 2-2 Moldova 2-2 3-0 1-1 — 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 MNC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 0-0 Montenegro 2-3 2-0 5-0 2-1 0-0 — 1-0 1-4 Norway 1-2 4-0 4-0 2-0 0-0 2-2 — 1-2 Turkey 1-0 3-0 2-0 5-0 0-0 2-1 2-2 —

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Czech Republic 14 9 4 1 33 5 +28 31 Germany 14 7 6 1 36 7 +29 27 Ireland 14 4 7 3 17 14 +3 19 Slovakia 14 5 3 6 32 29 +3 18 Wales 14 4 5 5 18 19 −1 17 Cyprus 14 4 4 6 17 24 −7 16 Uzbekistan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 San Marino 14 0 3 11 2 57 −55 3

Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Ireland San Marino Slovakia Uzbekistan Wales Cyprus — 0-2 1-1 5-2 3-0 1-3 0-0 3-1 Czech Republic 1-0 — 1-3 1-0 7-0 3-0 0-0 2-1 Germany 4-0 0-3 — 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 Ireland 1-1 1-1 0-0 — 5-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 San Marino 0-1 0-9 0-13 1-2 — 0-5 0-0 1-2 Slovakia 6-1 0-3 1-10 2-2 7-0 — 0-0 2-5 Uzbekistan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 Wales 3-1 0-0 0-2 2-2 3-0 1-5 0-0 —

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Poland 14 9 4 1 27 11 +16 31 Portugal 14 9 3 2 23 8 +15 30 Croatia 14 5 5 4 20 12 +8 20 Finland 14 4 6 4 10 11 −1 18 Belgium 14 5 3 6 12 17 −5 18 Tajikistan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 Armenia 14 0 7 7 2 13 −11 7 Azerbaijan 14 1 4 9 4 26 −22 7

Armenia Azerbaijan Belgium Croatia Finland Poland Portugal Tajikistan Armenia — 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 Azerbaijan 0-0 — 0-1 1-6 1-0 1-3 0-2 0-0 Belgium 3-0 3-0 — 3-2 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-0 Croatia 3-0 1-0 1-0 — 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 Finland 1-0 2-1 2-0 0-2 — 0-0 2-1 0-0 Poland 1-0 5-0 5-0 2-1 4-3 — 2-0 0-0 Portugal 1-0 3-0 4-0 2-1 2-0 3-0 — 0-0 Tajikistan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 —

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sweden 14 9 4 1 25 9 +16 31 Spain 14 9 3 2 23 8 +15 30 Northern Ireland 14 6 3 5 18 16 +2 21 Denmark 14 6 3 5 21 12 +9 21 Turkmenistan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 Latvia 14 4 2 8 15 17 −2 14 Iceland 14 2 4 8 10 27 −17 10 Liechtenstein 14 2 3 9 9 32 −23 9

Denmark Iceland Latvia Liechtenstein Northern Ireland Spain Sweden Turkmenistan Denmark — 3-0 3-1 4-0 0-1 1-3 0-3 0-0 Iceland 0-2 — 2-4 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 Latvia 0-2 4-0 — 4-1 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 Liechtenstein 0-4 3-0 1-0 — 1-4 0-2 0-3 0-0 Northern Ireland 2-1 0-3 1-0 3-1 — 3-2 2-3 0-0 Spain 2-1 1-0 2-0 4-0 1-0 — 3-0 0-0 Sweden 0-0 5-0 2-1 3-1 1-1 2-0 — 0-0 Turkmenistan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 —

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Romania 12 9 2 1 26 7 +19 29 Netherlands 12 8 2 2 37 5 +32 26 Bulgaria 12 7 4 1 18 17 +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 45 −43 3

Albania Belarus Bulgaria Luxembourg Netherlands Romania Slovenia 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 — 0-11 0-2 0-3 Netherlands 2-1 3-0 2-0 13-0 — 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 —

Worst Runner-up

The Worst Runner-up will not make the qualify to automatically for the final tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	14	11	0	3	32	10	+22	33
Spain	14	9	3	2	23	8	+15	30
Portugal	14	9	3	2	23	8	+15	30
France	14	8	4	2	25	5	+20	28
Germany	14	7	6	1	36	7	+29	27
Netherlands	12	8	2	2	37	5	+32	26
Norway	14	7	4	3	27	11	+16	25

Qualified nations

Auto-Defaults	Qualifiers
Greece (Defending Champions) Austria (Host Nations) Switzerland (Host Nations)	USSR Yugoslavia Italy France	Turkey Czechoslovakia Germany Poland	Portugal Sweden Spain Romania Netherlands

Tournament

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Greece USSR Sweden Spain	Netherlands Italy France Romania	Austria Yugoslavia Poland Germany	Switzerland Czechoslovakia Turkey UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying Media      Qualified      Did not qualify      Did not enter      Not a UEFA member Portugal