UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E
Standings and results for Group E 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:
- England and Israel are ranked by their head-to-head records:
- England – 4 pts (3–0 H vs Israel, 0–0 A vs Israel)
- Israel – 1 pt (0–0 H vs England, 0–3 A vs England)
Notes on the qualified teams:
- Croatia secured qualification to the tournament finals on 17 November 2007 following Israel's 2–1 win against Russia, becoming the seventh team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.
- Russia secured qualification to the tournament finals on 21 November 2007 following a 1–0 win against Andorra, and Croatia's 3–2 win against England, becoming the fourteenth and last team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.
Matches
Group E fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants in Nyon, Switzerland, on 3 March 2006.
Goalscorers
| Pos | Player | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eduardo |  Croatia |
10 |
| 2 | Mladen Petrić | Croatia |
7 |
| 3 | Roberto Colautti |  Israel |
6 |
| 4 | Peter Crouch |  England |
5 |
| Aleksandr Kerzhakov |  Russia | ||
| 6 | Michael Owen | England |
4 |
| 7 | Andrey Arshavin | Russia |
3 |
| Steven Gerrard | England | ||
| Ilčo Naumoski |  Macedonia | ||
| Goce Sedloski | Macedonia | ||
| Darijo Srna | Croatia | ||
| Dmitri Sychev | Russia |
- 2 goals
- Croatia: Niko Kranjčar
- England: Jermain Defoe, Wayne Rooney, Shaun Wright-Phillips
Estonia: Raio Piiroja- Israel: Elyaniv Barda, Yossi Benayoun, Amit Ben-Shushan, Ben Sahar, Toto Tamuz
- Macedonia: Goran Maznov, Goran Pandev
- Russia: Vladimir Bystrov, Roman Pavlyuchenko
- 1 goal
Andorra: Juli Fernández, Fernando Silva- Croatia: Boško Balaban, Ivan Klasnić, Luka Modrić, Ivica Olić, Ivan Rakitić
- England: Joe Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, David Nugent, Micah Richards
- Estonia: Joel Lindpere, Andres Oper, Indrek Zelinski
- Israel: Shimon Gershon, Omer Golan, Idan Tal, Barak Yitzhaki
- Macedonia: Nikolce Noveski, Aco Stojkov
- Russia: Vasili Berezutskiy, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Pavel Pogrebnyak
- Own goals
- England: Gary Neville (for Croatia)
- Estonia: Taavi Rähn (for England)
References
- ↑ Due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, UEFA ordered that no matches in its competitions could be held in Israel until further notice. UEFA was scheduled to reconsider its ban on 14 September.
"UEFA to reconsider ban on soccer games played in Israel". Haaretz. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2006. - ↑ On 15 September, UEFA lifted its ban on matches in Israel, returning to its previous policy of restricting Israel home matches to the Tel Aviv area. Israel's national stadium in Ramat Gan is within the allowed area.
"UEFA lifts Israel match ban". UEFA. 15 September 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2006.
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