UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group A

This page shows the standings and results for Group A of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament.^[1]

Standings

Legend
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Germany 10 10 0 0 34 7 +27 30  Turkey 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17  Belgium 10 4 3 3 21 15 +6 15  Austria 10 3 3 4 16 17 −1 12  Azerbaijan 10 2 1 7 10 26 −16 7  Kazakhstan 10 1 1 8 6 24 −18 4

Austria  — 3–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 Azerbaijan  1–4 — 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 Belgium  4–4 4–1 — 0–1 4–1 1–1 Germany  6–2 6–1 3–1 — 4–0 3–0 Kazakhstan  0–0 2–1 0–2 0–3 — 0–3 Turkey  2–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–1 —

Matches

Group A fixtures were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, on 21 and 22 February 2010.^[2]

Kazakhstan  v  Turkey

3 September 2010 22:00 UTC+6

Kazakhstan	0–3	Turkey
	Report	Arda  24' Hamit  26' Nihat  76'

Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 15,800[3] Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Belgium  v  Germany

3 September 2010 20:45 UTC+2

Belgium	0–1	Germany
	Report	Klose  51'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 41,126[4] Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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Turkey  v  Belgium

7 September 2010 21:00 UTC+3

Turkey	3–2	Belgium
Hamit  48' Semih  66' Arda  78'	Report	Van Buyten  28', 68'

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 43,538[5] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Austria  v  Kazakhstan

7 September 2010 20:30 UTC+2

Austria	2–0	Kazakhstan
Linz  90+1' Hoffer  90+2'	Report

Red Bull Arena, Salzburg Attendance: 22,500[6] Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

Germany  v  Azerbaijan

7 September 2010 20:45 UTC+2

Germany	6–1	Azerbaijan
Westermann  28' Podolski  45+1' Klose  45+2', 90+2' Sadygov  53' (o.g.) Badstuber  86'	Report	Javadov  62'

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne Attendance: 43,751[7] Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)

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Kazakhstan  v  Belgium

8 October 2010 22:00 UTC+6

Kazakhstan	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Ogunjimi  52', 70'

Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 8,500[8] Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

Austria  v  Azerbaijan

8 October 2010 20:30 UTC+2

Austria	3–0	Azerbaijan
Prödl  3' Arnautović  53', 90+2'	Report

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 26,500[9] Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Germany  v  Turkey

8 October 2010 20:45 UTC+2

Germany	3–0	Turkey
Klose  42', 87' Özil  79'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 74,244[10] Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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Azerbaijan  v  Turkey

12 October 2010 20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–0	Turkey
R. F. Sadygov  38'	Report

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 29,500 [11] Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)

Kazakhstan  v  Germany

12 October 2010 23:00 UTC+6

Kazakhstan	0–3	Germany
	Report	Klose  48' Gómez  76' Podolski  85'

Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 18,000 [12] Referee: Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania)

Belgium  v  Austria

12 October 2010 20:45 UTC+2

Belgium	4–4	Austria
Vossen  11' Fellaini  47' Ogunjimi  87' Lombaerts  89'	Report	Schiemer  14', 62' Arnautović  29' Harnik  90+3'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 24,231 [13] Referee: Mike Dean (England)

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Austria  v  Belgium

25 March 2011 20:30 UTC+1

Austria	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Witsel  6', 50'

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 45,000[14] Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Germany  v  Kazakhstan

26 March 2011 20:00 UTC+1

Germany	4–0	Kazakhstan
Klose  3', 88' Müller  25', 43'	Report

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance: 47,849[15] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

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Turkey  v  Austria

29 March 2011 20:30 UTC+3

Turkey	2–0	Austria
Arda  28' Gökhan G.  78'	Report

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 40,420[16] Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Belgium  v  Azerbaijan

29 March 2011 20:45 UTC+2

Belgium	4–1	Azerbaijan
Vertonghen  12' Simons  32' (pen.) Chadli  45' Vossen  74'	Report	Abishov  16'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 34,985[17] Referee: Daniel Stalhammar (Sweden)

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Kazakhstan  v  Azerbaijan

3 June 2011 19:00 UTC+6

Kazakhstan	2–1	Azerbaijan
Gridin  57', 68'	Report	Nadirov  63'

Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 10,000[18] Referee: Euan Norris (Scotland)

Austria  v  Germany

3 June 2011 20:35 UTC+2

Austria	1–2	Germany
Friedrich  50' (o.g.)	Report	Gómez  44', 90'

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 47,500[19] Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Belgium  v  Turkey

3 June 2011 20:45 UTC+2

Belgium	1–1	Turkey
Ogunjimi  4'	Report	Burak  22'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 44,185[20] Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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Azerbaijan  v  Germany

7 June 2011 22:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–3	Germany
M. Hüseynov  89'	Report	Özil  30' Gómez  41' Schürrle  90+3'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 29,858[21] Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

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Azerbaijan  v  Belgium

2 September 2011 21:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–1	Belgium
R. Aliyev  86'	Report	Simons  55' (pen.)

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 9,300[21] Referee: Lee Probert (England)

Turkey  v  Kazakhstan

2 September 2011 20:00 UTC+3

Turkey	2–1	Kazakhstan
Burak  31' Arda  90+6'	Report	Konysbayev  55'

Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul Attendance: 47,756 [22] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Germany  v  Austria

2 September 2011 20:45 UTC+2

Germany	6–2	Austria
Klose  8' Özil  23', 47' Podolski  28' Schürrle  83' Götze  88'	Report	Arnautović  42' Harnik  51'

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 53,313[23] Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

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Azerbaijan  v  Kazakhstan

6 September 2011 20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	3–2	Kazakhstan
R. Aliyev  53' Shukurov  62' (pen.) Javadov  67'	Report	Ostapenko  20' Yevstigneyev  77'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 9,112[24] Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

Austria  v  Turkey

6 September 2011 20:30 UTC+2

Austria	0–0	Turkey
	Report

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 47,500[25] Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

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Azerbaijan  v  Austria

7 October 2011 21:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–4	Austria
Nadirov  74'	Report	Ivanschitz  34' Janko  52', 62' Junuzović  90+1'

Dalga Stadium, Baku Attendance: 6,000[26] Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

Turkey  v  Germany

7 October 2011 21:30 UTC+3

Turkey	1–3	Germany
Hakan  79'	Report	Gómez  35' Müller  66' Schweinsteiger  86' (pen.)

Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul Attendance: 49,532[27] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Belgium  v  Kazakhstan

7 October 2011 20:45 UTC+2

Belgium	4–1	Kazakhstan
Simons  40' (pen.) Hazard  43' Kompany  49' Ogunjimi  84'	Report	Nurdauletov  86' (pen.)

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 29,758[28] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

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Kazakhstan  v  Austria

11 October 2011 22:00 UTC+6

Kazakhstan	0–0	Austria
	Report

Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 11,000[29] Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Germany  v  Belgium

11 October 2011 19:00 UTC+2

Germany	3–1	Belgium
Özil  30' Schürrle  33' Gómez  48'	Report	Fellaini  86'

Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf Attendance: 48,483[30] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Turkey  v  Azerbaijan

11 October 2011 20:00 UTC+3

Turkey	1–0	Azerbaijan
Burak  60'	Report

Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul Attendance: 32,174[31] Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

Goalscorers

9 goals

• Miroslav Klose

6 goals

• Mario Gómez

5 goals

Mesut Özil

Marvin Ogunjimi

4 goals

Marko Arnautović

Arda Turan

3 goals

Timmy Simons Lukas Podolski

Thomas Müller André Schürrle

Burak Yılmaz

2 goals

Martin Harnik Marc Janko Franz Schiemer Rauf Aliyev

Vagif Javadov Vüqar Nadirov Marouane Fellaini Daniel Van Buyten

Jelle Vossen Axel Witsel Sergey Gridin Hamit Altıntop

1 goal

Erwin Hoffer Andreas Ivanschitz Zlatko Junuzović Roland Linz Sebastian Prödl Ruslan Abishov Murad Hüseynov Rashad Sadygov Mahir Shukurov

Nacer Chadli Eden Hazard Vincent Kompany Nicolas Lombaerts Jan Vertonghen Holger Badstuber Mario Götze Bastian Schweinsteiger Heiko Westermann

Ulan Konysbayev Kairat Nurdauletov Sergei Ostapenko Vitali Yevstigneyev Hakan Balta Gökhan Gönül Nihat Kahveci Semih Şentürk

1 own goal

Rashad Sadygov (playing against Germany)

Arne Friedrich (playing against Austria)

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Total	Average
Austria	47,500	22,500	189,000	37,800
Azerbaijan	29,858	6,000	83,770	16,754
Belgium	44,185	24,231	174,285	34,857
Germany	74,244	43,751	267,640	53,528
Kazakhstan	18,000	8,500	63,300	12,660
Turkey	49,532	32,174	213,420	42,684

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