UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B

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

Standings

Key:

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 12 9 2 1 22 9 +13 29  France 12 8 2 2 25 5 +20 26  Scotland 12 8 0 4 21 12 +9 24  Ukraine 12 5 2 5 18 16 +2 17  Lithuania 12 5 1 6 11 13 −2 16  Georgia 12 3 1 8 16 19 −3 10  Faroe Islands 12 0 0 12 4 43 −39 0

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

Notes on the qualified teams:

• 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.

Matches

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]

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Faroe Islands  v  Georgia

16 August 2006 18:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–6	Georgia
	Report	Mujiri  16' Iashvili  18' Arveladze  37', 62', 82' Kobiashvili  51' (pen.)

Svangaskard, Toftir Attendance: 2,114 Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)

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Scotland  v  Faroe Islands

2 September 2006 15:00 UTC+1

Scotland	6–0	Faroe Islands
Fletcher  7' McFadden  10' Boyd  24' (pen.), 38' Miller  30' (pen.) O'Connor  85'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,059 Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Georgia  v  France

2 September 2006 20:00 UTC+4

Georgia	0–3	France
	Report	Malouda  7' Saha  15' Asatiani  47' (o.g.)

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Italy  v  Lithuania

2 September 2006 20:50 UTC+2

Italy	1–1	Lithuania
Inzaghi  30'	Report	Danilevičius  21'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

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Ukraine  v  Georgia

6 September 2006 19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	3–2	Georgia
Shevchenko  31' Rotan  61' Rusol  80'	Report	Arveladze  38' Demetradze  60'

NSC Olimpiysky, Kiev Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)

Lithuania  v  Scotland

6 September 2006 19:30 UTC+3

Lithuania	1–2	Scotland
Miceika  85'	Report	Dailly  46' Miller  62'

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Vladimir Hrinak (Slovakia)

France  v  Italy

6 September 2006 21:00 UTC+2

France	3–1	Italy
Govou  2', 55' Henry  18'	Report	Gilardino  20'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 78,800 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

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Faroe Islands  v  Lithuania

7 October 2006 15:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–1	Lithuania
	Report	Skerla  89'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 1,982 Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Ireland)

Scotland  v  France

7 October 2006 17:00 UTC+1

Scotland	1–0	France
Caldwell  67'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Italy  v  Ukraine

7 October 2006 20:50 UTC+2

Italy	2–0	Ukraine
Oddo  71' (pen.) Toni  79'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 49,149 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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Ukraine  v  Scotland

11 October 2006 19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	2–0	Scotland
Kucher  60' Shevchenko  90' (pen.)	Report

NSC Olimpiysky, Kiev Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Georgia  v  Italy

11 October 2006 20:00 UTC+4

Georgia	1–3	Italy
Shashiashvili  26'	Report	De Rossi  18' Camoranesi  63' Perrotta  71'

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

France  v  Faroe Islands

11 October 2006 21:00 UTC+2

France	5–0	Faroe Islands
Saha  1' Henry  22' Anelka  77' Trézéguet  78', 84'	Report

Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard Attendance: 19,314 Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

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Scotland  v  Georgia

24 March 2007 15:00 UTC+0

Scotland	2–1	Georgia
Boyd  11' Beattie  89'	Report	Arveladze  41'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,850 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Faroe Islands  v  Ukraine

24 March 2007 15:00 UTC+0

Faroe Islands	0–2	Ukraine
	Report	Yezerskiy  20' Husyev  57'

Svangaskard, Toftir Attendance: 717 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Lithuania  v  France

24 March 2007 19:00 UTC+2

Lithuania	0–1	France
	Report	Anelka  73'

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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Ukraine  v  Lithuania

28 March 2007 18:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	1–0	Lithuania
Husyev  47'	Report

Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa Attendance: 33,600 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Georgia  v  Faroe Islands

28 March 2007 18:00 UTC+4

Georgia	3–1	Faroe Islands
Siradze  25' Iashvili  46', 90+5' (pen.)	Report	R. Jacobsen  57'

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pavel Saliy (Kazakhstan)

Italy  v  Scotland

28 March 2007 20:50 UTC+2

Italy	2–0	Scotland
Toni  12', 70'	Report

Stadio San Nicola, Bari Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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Lithuania  v  Georgia

2 June 2007 21:00 UTC+3

Lithuania	1–0	Georgia
Mikoliūnas  78'	Report

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

France  v  Ukraine

2 June 2007 21:00 UTC+2

France	2–0	Ukraine
Ribéry  57' Anelka  71'	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 80,051 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Faroe Islands  v  Italy

2 June 2007 19:45 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1–2	Italy
R. Jacobsen  77'	Report	Inzaghi  12', 48'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 5,987 Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

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Faroe Islands  v  Scotland

6 June 2007 17:15 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–2	Scotland
	Report	Maloney  31' O'Connor  35'

Svangaskard, Toftir Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

France  v  Georgia

6 June 2007 21:00 UTC+2

France	1–0	Georgia
Nasri  33'	Report

Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Lithuania  v  Italy

6 June 2007 21:45 UTC+3

Lithuania	0–2	Italy
	Report	Quagliarella  31', 45'

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

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Scotland  v  Lithuania

8 September 2007 15:00 UTC+1

Scotland	3–1	Lithuania
Boyd  31' McManus  77' McFadden  83'	Report	Danilevičius  61' (pen.)

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 51,349 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Georgia  v  Ukraine

8 September 2007 19:00 UTC+4

Georgia	1–1	Ukraine
Siradze  87'	Report	Shelayev  7'

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Italy  v  France

8 September 2007 20:50 UTC+2

Italy	0–0	France
	Report

San Siro, Milan Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

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Lithuania  v  Faroe Islands

12 September 2007 20:00 UTC+3

Lithuania	2–1	Faroe Islands
Jankauskas  8' Danilevičius  52'	Report	R. Jacobsen  90+3'

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)

Ukraine  v  Italy

12 September 2007 21:45 UTC+3

Ukraine	1–2	Italy
Shevchenko  71'	Report	Di Natale  41', 77'

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

France  v  Scotland

12 September 2007 21:00 UTC+2

France	0–1	Scotland
	Report	McFadden  64'

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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Scotland  v  Ukraine

13 October 2007 15:00 UTC+1

Scotland	3–1	Ukraine
Miller  4' McCulloch  10' McFadden  68'	Report	Shevchenko  24'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,589 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Faroe Islands  v  France

13 October 2007 16:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–6	France
	Report	Anelka  6' Henry  8' Benzema  50', 81' Rothen  66' Ben Arfa  90+4'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 8,076 Referee: Gabriele Rossi (San Marino)

Italy  v  Georgia

13 October 2007 20:50 UTC+2

Italy	2–0	Georgia
Pirlo  44' Grosso  84'	Report

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Attendance: 23,057 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

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Ukraine  v  Faroe Islands

17 October 2007 19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	5–0	Faroe Islands
Kalynychenko  40', 49' Husyev  43', 45' Vorobei  64'	Report

NSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)

Georgia  v  Scotland

17 October 2007 21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	2–0	Scotland
Mchedlidze  16' Siradze  64'	Report

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

France  v  Lithuania

17 October 2007 21:00 UTC+2

France	2–0	Lithuania
Henry  80', 81'	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance: 36,350 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

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Scotland  v  Italy

17 November 2007 17:00 UTC+0

Scotland	1–2	Italy
Ferguson  65'	Report	Toni  2' Panucci  90+1'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 51,301 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Lithuania  v  Ukraine

17 November 2007 20:00 UTC+2

Lithuania	2–0	Ukraine
Savėnas  41' Danilevičius  67'	Report

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas Attendance: 3,000 Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)

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Georgia  v  Lithuania

21 November 2007 19:30 UTC+4

Georgia	0–2	Lithuania
	Report	Kšanavičius  52', 90+6'

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ljubomir Krstevski (Macedonia)

Italy  v  Faroe Islands

21 November 2007 20:30 UTC+1

Italy	3–1	Faroe Islands
Benjaminsen  11' (o.g.) Toni  36' Chiellini  41'	Report	R. Jacobsen  83'

Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Ukraine  v  France

21 November 2007 21:30 UTC+2

Ukraine	2–2	France
Voronin  14' Shevchenko  46'	Report	Henry  20' Govou  34'

NSC Olympiyskiy, Kiev Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Thierry Henry	France	6
2	Shota Arveladze	Georgia	5
	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine
	Luca Toni	Italy
5	Nicolas Anelka	France	4
	Kris Boyd	Scotland
	Tomas Danilevičius	Lithuania
	Oleh Husyev	Ukraine
	Rógvi Jacobsen	Faroe Islands
	James McFadden	Scotland
11	Sidney Govou	France	3
	Alexander Iashvili	Georgia
	Filippo Inzaghi	Italy
	Kenny Miller	Scotland
	David Siradze	Georgia

• 2 goals:

 France: Karim Benzema, Louis Saha, David Trézéguet
 Italy: Antonio Di Natale, Fabio Quagliarella
 Lithuania: Audrius Kšanavičius
 Scotland: Garry O'Connor
 Ukraine: Maksym Kalynychenko

• 1 goal:

 France: Hatem Ben Arfa, Florent Malouda, Samir Nasri, Franck Ribéry, Jérôme Rothen
 Georgia: Georgi Demetradze, Levan Kobiashvili, Levan Mchedlidze, Davit Mujiri, Georgi Shashiashvili
 Italy: Mauro Camoranesi, Giorgio Chiellini, Daniele De Rossi, Alberto Gilardino, Fabio Grosso, Massimo Oddo, Christian Panucci, Simone Perrotta, Andrea Pirlo
 Lithuania: Edgaras Jankauskas, Darius Miceika, Saulius Mikoliūnas, Mantas Savėnas, Andrius Skerla
 Scotland: Craig Beattie, Gary Caldwell, Christian Dailly, Barry Ferguson, Darren Fletcher, Shaun Maloney, Lee McCulloch, Stephen McManus
 Ukraine: Oleksandr Kucher, Ruslan Rotan, Andriy Rusol, Oleh Shelayev, Andriy Vorobei, Andriy Voronin, Volodymyr Yezerskiy

• Own goals:

 Faroe Islands: Fróði Benjaminsen (for  Italy)
 Georgia: Malkhaz Asatiani (for  France)

References

• UEFA web site

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