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 Trezeguet
 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.