UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B

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

Standings

Legend
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 10 7 2 1 17 4 +13 23  Republic of Ireland 10 6 3 1 15 7 +8 21  Armenia 10 5 2 3 22 10 +12 17  Slovakia 10 4 3 3 7 10 −3 15  Macedonia 10 2 2 6 8 14 −6 8  Andorra 10 0 0 10 1 25 −24 0

Andorra  — 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 Armenia  4–0 — 4–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 Macedonia  1–0 2–2 — 0–2 0–1 1–1 Republic of Ireland  3–1 2–1 2–1 — 2–3 0–0 Russia  6–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 Slovakia  1–0 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 —

Matches

Group B fixtures were to be negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Moscow, Russia, on 15 and 16 March 2010.^[2][3] After that meeting proved inconclusive, the fixture list was determined by a random draw at the XXXIV Ordinary UEFA Congress in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 March.^[4]

Armenia  v  Republic of Ireland

3 September 2010 20:00 UTC+5

Armenia	0–1	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Fahey  76'

Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 8,600[5] Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

Andorra  v  Russia

3 September 2010 18:30 UTC+2

Andorra	0–2	Russia
	Report	Pogrebnyak  14', 64' (pen.)

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 1,100[6] Referee: Marco Borg (Malta)

Slovakia  v  Macedonia

3 September 2010 20:30 UTC+2

Slovakia	1–0	Macedonia
Hološko  90+1'	Report

Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava Attendance: 5,980[7] Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

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Russia  v  Slovakia

7 September 2010 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	0–1	Slovakia
	Report	Stoch  27'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 27,052[8] Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Macedonia  v  Armenia

7 September 2010 20:00 UTC+2

Macedonia	2–2	Armenia
Gjurovski  42' Naumoski  90+6' (pen.)	Report	Movsisyan  41' Manucharyan  90+1'

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Republic of Ireland  v  Andorra

7 September 2010 19:45 UTC±0

Republic of Ireland	3–1	Andorra
Kilbane  15' Doyle  41' Keane  54'	Report	Martínez  45'

Landsdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 40,283[9] Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

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Armenia  v  Slovakia

8 October 2010 20:00 UTC+5

Armenia	3–1	Slovakia
Movsisyan  23' Ghazaryan  50' Mkhitaryan  89'	Report	Weiss  37'

Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 8,500[10] Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Andorra  v  Macedonia

8 October 2010 19:00 UTC+2

Andorra	0–2	Macedonia
	Report	Naumoski  42' Šikov  60'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 550[11] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Republic of Ireland  v  Russia

8 October 2010 19:45 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	2–3	Russia
Keane  72' (pen.) Long  78'	Report	Kerzhakov  11' Dzagoev  29' Shirokov  50'

Landsdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 50,411[12] Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

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Armenia  v  Andorra

12 October 2010 20:00 UTC+5

Armenia	4–0	Andorra
Ghazaryan  4' Mkhitaryan  16' Movsisyan  32' Pizzelli  52'	Report

Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 12,000[13] Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Macedonia  v  Russia

12 October 2010 20:30 UTC+2

Macedonia	0–1	Russia
	Report	Kerzhakov  8'

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 10,500[14] Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Slovakia  v  Republic of Ireland

12 October 2010 20:30 UTC+2

Slovakia	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Ďurica  36'	Report	St Ledger  16'

Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina Attendance: 10,892[15] Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

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Armenia  v  Russia

26 March 2011 19:00 UTC+4

Armenia	0–0	Russia
	Report

Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 14,400[16] Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Andorra  v  Slovakia

26 March 2011 20:00 UTC+1

Andorra	0–1	Slovakia
	Report	Šebo  21'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 850 Referee: Menashe Masiah (Israel)

Republic of Ireland  v  Macedonia

26 March 2011 19:45 UTC±0

Republic of Ireland	2–1	Macedonia
McGeady  2' Keane  21'	Report	Tričkovski  45'

Landsdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 33,200[17] Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

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Russia  v  Armenia

4 June 2011 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	3–1	Armenia
Pavlyuchenko  26', 59', 73' (pen.)	Report	Pizzelli  25'

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 18,000[18] Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Slovakia  v  Andorra

4 June 2011 20:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	1–0	Andorra
Karhan  63'	Report

Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava Attendance: 4,300[19] Referee: Lorenc Jemini (Albania)

Macedonia  v  Republic of Ireland

4 June 2011 21:30 UTC+2

Macedonia	0–2	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Keane  7', 37'

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 29,500[20] Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

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Andorra  v  Armenia

2 September 2011 18:00 UTC+2

Andorra	0–3	Armenia
	Report	Pizzelli  34' Ghazaryan  75' Mkhitaryan  90+2' (pen.)

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 750[21] Referee: Alexander Kostadinov (Bulgaria)

Russia  v  Macedonia

2 September 2011 20:00 UTC+4

Russia	1–0	Macedonia
Semshov  41'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 31,028[22] Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

Republic of Ireland  v  Slovakia

2 September 2011 19:45 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Slovakia
	Report

Landsdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 35,480[23] Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

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Russia  v  Republic of Ireland

6 September 2011 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 49,515[24] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Macedonia  v  Andorra

6 September 2011 20:00 UTC+2

Macedonia	1–0	Andorra
Ivanovski  59'	Report

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 5,000[25] Referee: Mark Steven Whitby (Wales)

Slovakia  v  Armenia

6 September 2011 20:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	0–4	Armenia
	Report	Movsisyan  57' Mkhitaryan  70' Ghazaryan  80' Sarkisov  90+1'

Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina Attendance: 7,238[26] Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

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Armenia  v  Macedonia

7 October 2011 20:00 UTC+5

Armenia	4–1	Macedonia
Pizzelli  28' Mkhitaryan  34' Ghazaryan  69' Sarkisov  90+1'	Report	Šikov  86'

Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 14,403[27] Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Slovakia  v  Russia

7 October 2011 20:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	0–1	Russia
	Report	Dzagoev  71'

Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina Attendance: 10,087[28] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Andorra  v  Republic of Ireland

7 October 2011 21:30 UTC+2

Andorra	0–2	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Doyle  7' McGeady  20'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 860[29] Referee: Libor Kovařik (Czech Republic)

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Russia  v  Andorra

11 October 2011 21:45 UTC+4

Russia	6–0	Andorra
Dzagoev  5', 44' Ignashevich  26' Pavlyuchenko  30' Glushakov  59' Bilyaletdinov  78'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 38,790[30] Referee: Eli Hacmon (Israel)

Republic of Ireland  v  Armenia

11 October 2011 18:45 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	2–1	Armenia
V. Aleksanyan  43' (o.g.) Dunne  59'	Report	Mkhitaryan  62'

Landsdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 45,200[31] Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Macedonia  v  Slovakia

11 October 2011 19:45 UTC+2

Macedonia	1–1	Slovakia
Noveski  80'	Report	Piroska  54'

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 4,100[32] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Henrikh Mkhitaryan

5 goals

Gevorg Ghazaryan

Robbie Keane

4 goals

Yura Movsisyan Marcos Pizzelli

Alan Dzagoev

Roman Pavlyuchenko

2 goals

Artur Sarkisov Ilčo Naumoski Vanče Šikov

Kevin Doyle Aiden McGeady

Aleksandr Kerzhakov Pavel Pogrebnyak

1 goal

Cristian Martínez Edgar Manucharyan Mario Gjurovski Mirko Ivanovski Nikolče Noveski Ivan Tričkovski Richard Dunne Keith Fahey

Kevin Kilbane Shane Long Sean St Ledger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Denis Glushakov Sergei Ignashevich Igor Semshov Roman Shirokov

Ján Ďurica Filip Hološko Miroslav Karhan Juraj Piroska Filip Šebo Miroslav Stoch Vladimír Weiss

1 own goal

• Valeri Aleksanyan (playing against Republic of Ireland)

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Total	Average
Andorra	1,100	550	4,110	822
Armenia	14,403	8,500	57,903	11,581
Macedonia	29,500	4,100	58,100	11,620
Republic of Ireland	50,411	33,200	204,574	40,915
Russia	49,515	18,000	164,385	32,877
Slovakia	10,892	4,300	38,497	7,699

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
DF	Ildefons Lima	Andorra	4	1	vs Macedonia (8 October 2010) vs Macedonia (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
MF	Goran Pandev	Macedonia	3	1	vs Andorra (6 September 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
MF	Velice Sumulikoski	Macedonia	3	1	vs Slovakia (11 October 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
FW	Kevin Doyle	Republic of Ireland	3	1	vs Estonia (11 and 15 November 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
DF	Richard Dunne	Republic of Ireland	4	0	vs Macedonia (3 June 2011) vs Andorra (7 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	Russia	4	0	vs Armenia (26 March 2011) vs Andorra (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Miroslav Stoch	Slovakia	4	0	vs Andorra (3 June 2011) vs Macedonia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Marc Pujol	Andorra	3	0	vs Macedonia (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Fernando Silva	Andorra	3	0	vs Slovakia (26 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Sean St Ledger	Republic of Ireland	3	0	vs Russia (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Igor Denisov	Russia	3	0	vs Republic of Ireland (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
GK	Ján Mucha	Slovakia	3	0	vs Andorra (3 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Martin Škrtel	Slovakia	3	0	vs Republic of Ireland (12 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Xavi Andorrà	Andorra	2	0	vs Armenia (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Josep Ayala	Andorra	2	0	vs Russia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Cristian Martínez	Andorra	2	0	vs Russia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Sergi Moreno	Andorra	2	0	vs Slovakia (3 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Marc Vales	Andorra	2	0	vs Republic of Ireland (7 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Karlen Mkrtchyan	Armenia	2	0	vs Andorra (12 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Yura Movsisyan	Armenia	2	0	vs Andorra (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Muhamed Demiri	Macedonia	2	0	vs Andorra (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Mirko Ivanovski	Macedonia	2	0	vs Slovakia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Nikolče Noveski	Macedonia	2	0	vs Andorra (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Goran Popov	Macedonia	2	0	vs Slovakia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Stephen Ward	Republic of Ireland	2	0	vs Armenia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Sergei Ignashevich	Russia	2	0	vs Macedonia (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF	Konstantin Zyryanov	Russia	2	0	vs Andorra (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Juraj Kucka	Slovakia	2	0	vs Armenia (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Stanislav Šesták	Slovakia	2	0	vs Russia (7 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches

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