UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B

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

Italy and France secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following Italy's 2–1 win against Scotland, becoming the fifth and sixth teams in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

Standings edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Italy12921229+1329Qualify for final tournament0–02–02–01–12–03–1
2  France12822255+20263–10–12–02–01–05–0
3  Scotland128042112+9241–21–03–13–12–16–0
4  Ukraine125251816+2171–22–22–01–03–25–0
5  Lithuania125161113−2160–20–11–22–01–02–1
6  Georgia123181619−3101–30–32–01–10–23–1
7  Faroe Islands120012443−3901–20–60–20–20–10–6
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches edit

Group B fixtures were decided with a random draw conducted on Thursday 9 March 2006, because fixtures could not be agreed between delegates. Ukraine were the only side unable to come to consensus with the rest of the group.[1]


Faroe Islands  0–6  Georgia
ReportMujiri 16'
Iashvili 18'
Arveladze 37', 62', 82'
Kobiashvili 51' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,114

Scotland  6–0  Faroe Islands
Fletcher 7'
McFadden 10'
Boyd 24' (pen.), 38'
Miller 30' (pen.)
O'Connor 85'
Report
Attendance: 50,059
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
Georgia  0–3  France
ReportMalouda 7'
Saha 15'
Asatiani 47' (o.g.)
Italy  1–1  Lithuania
Inzaghi 30'ReportDanilevičius 21'
Attendance: 43,440

Ukraine  3–2  Georgia
Shevchenko 31'
Rotan 61'
Rusol 80'
ReportArveladze 38'
Demetradze 60'
Attendance: 35,000
Lithuania  1–2  Scotland
Miceika 85'ReportDailly 46'
Miller 62'
France  3–1  Italy
Govou 2', 55'
Henry 18'
ReportGilardino 20'
Attendance: 78,831

Faroe Islands  0–1  Lithuania
ReportSkerla 89'
Attendance: 1,982
Scotland  1–0  France
Caldwell 67'Report
Attendance: 50,456
Italy  2–0  Ukraine
Oddo 71' (pen.)
Toni 79'
Report
Attendance: 49,149

Ukraine  2–0  Scotland
Kucher 60'
Shevchenko 90' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 55,000
Georgia  1–3  Italy
Shashiashvili 26'ReportDe Rossi 18'
Camoranesi 63'
Perrotta 71'
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
France  5–0  Faroe Islands
Saha 1'
Henry 22'
Anelka 77'
Trezeguet 78', 84'
Report

Scotland  2–1  Georgia
Boyd 11'
Beattie 89'
ReportArveladze 41'
Attendance: 50,850
Faroe Islands  0–2  Ukraine
ReportYezerskiy 20'
Husyev 57'
Attendance: 717
Lithuania  0–1  France
ReportAnelka 73'

Ukraine  1–0  Lithuania
Husyev 47'Report
Attendance: 33,600
Georgia  3–1  Faroe Islands
Siradze 25'
Iashvili 46', 90+5' (pen.)
ReportR. Jacobsen 57'
Italy  2–0  Scotland
Toni 12', 70'Report
Attendance: 37,600

France  2–0  Ukraine
Ribéry 57'
Anelka 71'
Report
Faroe Islands  1–2  Italy
R. Jacobsen 77'ReportInzaghi 12', 48'
Attendance: 5,987

Faroe Islands  0–2  Scotland
ReportMaloney 31'
O'Connor 35'
Attendance: 4,100
France  1–0  Georgia
Nasri 33'Report
Lithuania  0–2  Italy
ReportQuagliarella 31', 45'

Scotland  3–1  Lithuania
Boyd 31'
McManus 77'
McFadden 83'
ReportDanilevičius 61' (pen.)
Attendance: 51,349
Georgia  1–1  Ukraine
Siradze 87'ReportShelayev 7'
Italy  0–0  France
Report
Attendance: 81,200

Ukraine  1–2  Italy
Shevchenko 71'ReportDi Natale 41', 77'
France  0–1  Scotland
ReportMcFadden 64'
Attendance: 43,342

Scotland  3–1  Ukraine
Miller 4'
McCulloch 10'
McFadden 68'
ReportShevchenko 24'
Attendance: 50,589
Faroe Islands  0–6  France
ReportAnelka 6'
Henry 8'
Benzema 50', 81'
Rothen 66'
Ben Arfa 90+4'
Attendance: 1,980
Italy  2–0  Georgia
Pirlo 44'
Grosso 84'
Report

Ukraine  5–0  Faroe Islands
Kalynychenko 40', 49'
Husyev 43', 45'
Vorobei 64'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)
Georgia  2–0  Scotland
Mchedlidze 16'
Siradze 64'
Report
France  2–0  Lithuania
Henry 80', 81'Report
Attendance: 36,650

Scotland  1–2  Italy
Ferguson 65'ReportToni 2'
Panucci 90+1'
Attendance: 51,301
Lithuania  2–0  Ukraine
Savėnas 41'
Danilevičius 67'
Report

Georgia  0–2  Lithuania
ReportKšanavičius 52', 90+6'
Italy  3–1  Faroe Islands
Benjaminsen 11' (o.g.)
Toni 36'
Chiellini 41'
ReportR. Jacobsen 83'
Attendance: 16,142
Ukraine  2–2  France
Voronin 14'
Shevchenko 46'
ReportHenry 20'
Govou 34'
Attendance: 7,800

Goalscorers edit

There were 117 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ Bathgate, Stuart. "Scotland dealt an even hand as Euro 2008 draw resolved", The Scotsman, 10 March 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2007.