UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F

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

Standings

Legend
Qualified directly for the finals
Advanced to the play-offs

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Greece 10 7 3 0 14 5 +9 24  Croatia 10 7 1 2 18 7 +11 22  Israel 10 5 1 4 13 11 +2 16  Latvia 10 3 2 5 9 12 −3 11  Georgia 10 2 4 4 7 9 −2 10  Malta 10 0 1 9 4 21 −17 1

Croatia  — 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 Georgia  1–0 — 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 Greece  2–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–0 3–1 Israel  1–2 1–0 0–1 — 2–1 3–1 Latvia  0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 — 2–0 Malta  1–3 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 —

Matches

Group F fixtures were to be finalised at a meeting between the participants in Athens, Greece on 7 March 2010.^[2] 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.^[3]

Israel  v  Malta

2 September 2010 21:15 UTC+3

Israel	3–1	Malta
Benayoun  7', 64' (pen.), 75'	Report	Pace  38'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 17,365[4] Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)

Latvia  v  Croatia

3 September 2010 21:00 UTC+3

Latvia	0–3	Croatia
	Report	Petrić  43' Olić  51' Srna  82'

Skonto Stadium, Riga Attendance: 7,600[5] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Greece  v  Georgia

3 September 2010 21:45 UTC+3

Greece	1–1	Georgia
Spyropoulos  72'	Report	Iashvili  3'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 14,794[6] Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)

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Georgia  v  Israel

7 September 2010 21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	0–0	Israel
	Report

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 45,000[7] Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

Malta  v  Latvia

7 September 2010 19:30 UTC+2

Malta	0–2	Latvia
	Report	Gorkšs  43' Verpakovskis  85'

Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 6,255[8] Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

Croatia  v  Greece

7 September 2010 20:30 UTC+2

Croatia	0–0	Greece
	Report

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 24,399[9] Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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Georgia  v  Malta

8 October 2010 21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	1–0	Malta
Siradze  90+1'	Report

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 38,000[10] Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)

Greece  v  Latvia

8 October 2010 21:45 UTC+3

Greece	1–0	Latvia
Torosidis  58'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 13,520[11] Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

Israel  v  Croatia

9 October 2010 20:30 UTC+3

Israel	1–2	Croatia
Shechter  81'	Report	Kranjčar  36' (pen.), 41'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 33,421[12] Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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Latvia  v  Georgia

12 October 2010 20:00 UTC+3

Latvia	1–1	Georgia
Cauņa  90+1'	Report	Siradze  74'

Skonto Stadium, Riga Attendance: 4,330[13] Referee: Manuel De Sousa (Portugal)

Greece  v  Israel

12 October 2010 21:45 UTC+3

Greece	2–1	Israel
Salpingidis  22' Karagounis  63' (pen.)	Report	Spyropoulos  59' (o.g.)

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 16,935[14] Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

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Croatia  v  Malta

17 November 2010 17:30 UTC+1

Croatia	3–0	Malta
Kranjčar  19', 42' Kalinić  81'	Report

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 9,000[15] Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

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Georgia  v  Croatia

26 March 2011 21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	1–0	Croatia
Kobiashvili  90'	Report

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 54,500[16] Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Israel  v  Latvia

26 March 2011 21:00 UTC+2

Israel	2–1	Latvia
Barda  16' Kayal  81'	Report	Gorkšs  62'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 10,801[17] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Malta  v  Greece

26 March 2011 20:30 UTC+1

Malta	0–1	Greece
	Report	Torosidis  90+4'

Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 10,605[18] Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

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Israel  v  Georgia

29 March 2011 21:05 UTC+2

Israel	1–0	Georgia
Ben Haim II  59'	Report

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 13,716[19] Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

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Croatia  v  Georgia

3 June 2011 20:00 UTC+2

Croatia	2–1	Georgia
Mandžukić  76' Kalinić  78'	Report	Kankava  17'

Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 28,000[20] Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

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Latvia  v  Israel

4 June 2011 19:30 UTC+3

Latvia	1–2	Israel
Cauņa  62' (pen.)	Report	Benayoun  19' Ben Haim I  43' (pen.)

Skonto Stadium, Riga Attendance: 6,147[21] Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Greece  v  Malta

4 June 2011 21:30 UTC+3

Greece	3–1	Malta
Fetfatzidis  8', 64' K. Papadopoulos  26'	Report	Mifsud  54'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 14,746[22] Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

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Israel  v  Greece

2 September 2011 16:05 UTC+3

Israel	0–1	Greece
	Report	Ninis  60'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 13,100[23] Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Georgia  v  Latvia

2 September 2011 21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	0–1	Latvia
	Report	Cauņa  63'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 15,422[24] Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

Malta  v  Croatia

2 September 2011 19:00 UTC+2

Malta	1–3	Croatia
Mifsud  38'	Report	Vukojević  11' Badelj  32' Lovren  68'

Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 6,150[25] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

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Croatia  v  Israel

6 September 2011 20:00 UTC+2

Croatia	3–1	Israel
Modrić  47' Eduardo  55', 57'	Report	Hemed  44'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 13,688[26] Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Malta  v  Georgia

6 September 2011 20:30 UTC+2

Malta	1–1	Georgia
Mifsud  25'	Report	Kankava  15'

Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 5,000[27] Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Latvia  v  Greece

6 September 2011 21:30 UTC+3

Latvia	1–1	Greece
Cauņa  19'	Report	K. Papadopoulos  84'

Skonto Stadium, Riga Attendance: 5,415[28] Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

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Latvia  v  Malta

7 October 2011 20:00 UTC+3

Latvia	2–0	Malta
Višņakovs  33' Rudņevs  83'	Report

Skonto Stadium, Riga Attendance: 4,315[29] Referee: Richard Trutz (Slovakia)

Greece  v  Croatia

7 October 2011 21:45 UTC+3

Greece	2–0	Croatia
Samaras  71' Gekas  79'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 27,200[30] Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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Georgia  v  Greece

11 October 2011 21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	1–2	Greece
Targamadze  19'	Report	Fotakis  79' Charisteas  85'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 7,824[31] Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Malta  v  Israel

11 October 2011 19:00 UTC+2

Malta	0–2	Israel
	Report	Refaelov  11' Gershon  90+3'

Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 2,614[32] Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

Croatia  v  Latvia

11 October 2011 19:00 UTC+2

Croatia	2–0	Latvia
Eduardo  66' Mandžukić  72'	Report

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka Attendance: 8,370[33] Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

Goalscorers

4 goals

Niko Kranjčar

Yossi Benayoun

Aleksandrs Cauņa

3 goals

Eduardo da Silva

Michael Mifsud

2 goals

Nikola Kalinić Mario Mandžukić Jaba Kankava

David Siradze Ioannis Fetfatzidis Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Vasilis Torosidis Kaspars Gorkšs

1 goal

Milan Badelj Dejan Lovren Luka Modrić Ivica Olić Mladen Petrić Darijo Srna Ognjen Vukojević Alexander Iashvili Levan Kobiashvili David Targamadze

Angelos Charisteas Georgios Fotakis Theofanis Gekas Georgios Karagounis Sotiris Ninis Dimitris Salpingidis Georgios Samaras Nikos Spyropoulos Elyaniv Barda Tal Ben Haim I

Tal Ben Haim II Tomer Hemed Rami Gershon Itay Shechter Biram Kayal Lior Refaelov Artjoms Rudņevs Māris Verpakovskis Aleksejs Višņakovs Jamie Pace

1 own goal

• Nikos Spyropoulos (playing against Israel)

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Total	Average
Croatia	28,000	8,370	83,457	16,691
Georgia	54,500	7,824	160,746	32,149
Greece	27,200	13,520	87,195	17,439
Israel	33,421	10,801	88,403	17,681
Latvia	7,600	4,315	27,807	5,561
Malta	10,605	2,614	30,624	6,125

Discipline

Position	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
Defender	Tal Ben Haim I	Israel	2	1	vs Greece (12 October 2010) vs Malta (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
Defender	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	Greece	0	1	vs Israel (2 September 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
Defender	Darijo Srna	Croatia	4	0	vs Malta (17 November 2010) vs Latvia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Māris Verpakovskis	Latvia	4	0	vs Greece (8 October 2010) vs Croatia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Zurab Khizanishvili	Georgia	3	0	vs Slovakia (26 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Vasilis Torosidis	Greece	3	0	vs Israel (12 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Oskars Kļava	Latvia	3	0	vs Israel (26 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Andrei Agius	Malta	3	0	vs Israel (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Andrew Cohen	Malta	3	0	vs Georgia (8 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Nikola Kalinić	Croatia	2	0	vs Latvia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Niko Kranjčar	Croatia	2	0	vs Georgia (3 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Ognjen Vukojević	Croatia	2	0	vs Malta (17 November 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Ucha Lobjanidze	Georgia	2	0	vs Malta (8 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Kostas Katsouranis	Greece	2	0	vs Latvia (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Giannis Maniatis	Greece	2	0	vs Croatia (7 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Avraam Papadopoulos	Greece	2	0	vs Georgia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Giorgios Samaras	Greece	2	0	vs Georgia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Alexandros Tziolis	Greece	2	0	vs Georgia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Goalkeeper	Alexandros Tzorvas	Greece	2	0	vs Georgia (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Itay Shechter	Israel	2	0	vs Latvia (26 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Kaspars Gorkšs	Latvia	2	0	vs Greece (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Oskars Kļava	Latvia	2	0	vs Malta (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Ritus Krjauklis	Latvia	2	0	vs Malta (7 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Midfielder	Jurijs Zigajevs	Latvia	2	0	vs Malta (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Daniel Bogdanović	Malta	2	0	vs Georgia (8 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Forward	Andrew Cohen	Malta	2	0	vs Israel (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Defender	Clayton Failla	Malta	2	0	vs Israel (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches

References

1. "UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
2. Croatia and Wales Friendly (in Croatian)
3. "Fixtures draw completes qualifying schedule". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). 25 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
4. Israel vs. Malta - 2 September 2010 - Soccerway
5. Latvia vs. Croatia - 3 September 2010 - Soccerway
6. Greece vs. Georgia - 3 September 2010 - Soccerway
7. Georgia vs. Israel - 7 September 2010 - Soccerway
8. Malta vs. Latvia - 7 September 2010 - Soccerway
9. Croatia vs. Greece - 7 September 2010 - Soccerway
10. Georgia vs. Malta - 8 October 2010 - Soccerway
11. Greece vs. Latvia - 8 October 2010 - Soccerway
12. Israel vs. Croatia - 9 October 2010 - Soccerway
13. Latvia vs. Georgia - 12 October 2010 - Soccerway
14. Greece vs. Israel - 12 October 2010 - Soccerway
15. Croatia vs. Malta - 17 November 2010 - Soccerway
16. Georgia vs. Croatia - 26 March 2011 - Soccerway
17. Israel vs. Latvia - 26 March 2011 - Soccerway
18. Malta vs. Greece - 26 March 2011 - Soccerway
19. Israel vs. Georgia - 29 March 2011 - Soccerway
20. Croatia vs. Georgia - 3 June 2011 - Soccerway
21. Latvia vs. Israel - 4 June 2011 - Soccerway
22. Greece vs. Malta - 4 June 2011 - Soccerway
23. Israel vs. Greece - 2 September 2011 - Soccerway
24. Georgia vs. Latvia - 2 September 2011 - Soccerway
25. Malta vs. Croatia - 2 September 2011 - Soccerway
26. Croatia vs. Israel - 6 September 2011 - Soccerway
27. Malta vs. Georgia - 6 September 2011 - Soccerway
28. Latvia vs. Greece - 6 September 2011 - Soccerway
29. Latvia vs. Malta - 7 October 2011 - Soccerway
30. Greece vs. Croatia - 7 October 2011 - Soccerway
31. Georgia vs. Greece - 11 October 2011 - Soccerway
32. Malta vs. Israel - 11 October 2011 - Soccerway
33. Croatia vs. Latvia - 11 October 2011 - Soccerway