UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group E

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

The Netherlands won the group, with Sweden finishing second and qualifying directly for the finals as the best runner-up.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	10	9	0	1	37	8	+29	27	Qualify for final tournament		—	4–1	5–3	2–1	1–0	11–0
2	Sweden	10	8	0	2	31	11	+20	24			3–2	—	2–0	5–0	2–1	6–0
3	Hungary	10	6	1	3	22	14	+8	19			0–4	2–1	—	0–0	2–1	8–0
4	Finland	10	3	1	6	16	16	0	10			0–2	1–2	1–2	—	4–1	8–0
5	Moldova	10	3	0	7	12	16	−4	9			0–1	1–4	0–2	2–0	—	4–0
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	0	53	−53	0			0–5	0–5	0–3	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Group E fixtures were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 17 February 2010.^[2]

Moldova	2–0	Finland
Suvorov 69' Doroș 74'	Report

3 September 2010

19:30 UTC+03:00

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 10,300^[3]

Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

Sweden	2–0	Hungary
Wernbloom 51', 73'	Report

3 September 2010

20:00 UTC+02:00

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 32,304^[4]

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

San Marino	0–5	Netherlands
	Report	Kuyt 16' (pen.) Huntelaar 38', 48', 66' Van Nistelrooy 89'

3 September 2010

20:45 UTC+02:00

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 4,127^[5]

Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

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Sweden	6–0	San Marino
Ibrahimović 7', 77' D. Simoncini 12' (o.g.) A. Simoncini 26' (o.g.) Granqvist 51' Berg 90+3'	Report

7 September 2010

20:00 UTC+02:00

Swedbank Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 21,083^[6]

Referee: David McKeon (Republic of Ireland)

Hungary	2–1	Moldova
Rudolf 50' Koman 66'	Report	Suvorov 79'

7 September 2010

20:30 UTC+02:00

Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 9,209^[7]

Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)

Netherlands	2–1	Finland
Huntelaar 7', 16' (pen.)	Report	Forssell 18'

7 September 2010

20:30 UTC+02:00

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 25,000^[8]

Referee: Alexey Nikolaev (Russia)

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Hungary	8–0	San Marino
Rudolf 11', 25' Szalai 18', 27', 48' Koman 60' Dzsudzsák 89' Gera 90+4' (pen.)	Report

8 October 2010

19:00 UTC+02:00

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 10,596^[9]

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Moldova	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Huntelaar 37'

8 October 2010

21:30 UTC+03:00

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 10,500^[10]

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

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Finland	1–2	Hungary
Forssell 86'	Report	Szalai 50' Dzsudzsák 90+4'

12 October 2010

18:30 UTC+03:00

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 18,532^[11]

Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Netherlands	4–1	Sweden
Huntelaar 4', 55' Afellay 37', 59'	Report	Granqvist 69'

12 October 2010

20:30 UTC+02:00

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 46,000^[12]

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

San Marino	0–2	Moldova
	Report	Josan 20' Doroș 86' (pen.)

12 October 2010

20:30 UTC+02:00

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 714^[13]

Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

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Finland	8–0	San Marino
Väyrynen 39' Hämäläinen 49', 67' Forssell 51', 59', 78' Litmanen 71' (pen.) Porokara 73'	Report

17 November 2010

18:30 UTC+02:00

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 8,192^[14]

Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)

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Hungary	0–4	Netherlands
	Report	Van der Vaart 8' Afellay 45' Kuyt 54' Van Persie 62'

25 March 2011

20:30 UTC+01:00

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 23,817^[15]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

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Sweden	2–1	Moldova
Lustig 30' Larsson 82'	Report	Suvorov 90+2'

29 March 2011

19:00 UTC+02:00

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 25,544^[16]

Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

Netherlands	5–3	Hungary
Van Persie 13' Sneijder 61' Van Nistelrooy 73' Kuyt 78', 81'	Report	Rudolf 46' Gera 50', 75'

29 March 2011

20:30 UTC+02:00

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 51,774^[17]

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

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San Marino	0–1	Finland
	Report	Forssell 41'

3 June 2011

20:30 UTC+02:00

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,218^[18]

Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)

Moldova	1–4	Sweden
Bugaiov 61'	Report	Toivonen 11' Elmander 30', 58' Gerndt 88'

3 June 2011

21:30 UTC+03:00

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 10,500^[19]

Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

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Sweden	5–0	Finland
Källström 12' Ibrahimović 31', 35', 53' Bajrami 84'	Report

7 June 2011

20:00 UTC+02:00

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 32,128^[20]

Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

San Marino	0–3	Hungary
	Report	Lipták 40' Szabics 49' Koman 83'

7 June 2011

20:30 UTC+02:00

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,915^[21]

Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

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Finland	4–1	Moldova
Hämäläinen 11', 43' Forssell 52' (pen.) Armaș 71' (o.g.)	Report	Alexeev 85'

2 September 2011

18:30 UTC+03:00

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 9,056^[22]

Referee: Anastassios Kakos (Greece)

Hungary	2–1	Sweden
Szabics 44' Rudolf 90'	Report	Wilhelmsson 60'

2 September 2011

19:45 UTC+02:00

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 23,500^[23]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Netherlands	11–0	San Marino
Van Persie 7', 65', 67', 79' Sneijder 12', 87' Heitinga 17' Kuyt 49' Huntelaar 56', 77' Wijnaldum 89'	Report

2 September 2011

20:30 UTC+02:00

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 35,000^[24]

Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

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Finland	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Strootman 29' L. de Jong 90+3'

6 September 2011

20:00 UTC+03:00

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 21,580^[25]

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

Moldova	0–2	Hungary
	Report	Vanczák 7' Rudolf 83'

6 September 2011

20:45 UTC+03:00

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 10,500^[26]

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

San Marino	0–5	Sweden
	Report	Källström 64' Wilhelmsson 70', 90+3' M. Olsson 81' Hysén 89'

6 September 2011

20:30 UTC+02:00

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 2,946^[27]

Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

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Finland	1–2	Sweden
Toivio 73'	Report	Larsson 8' M. Olsson 52'

7 October 2011

19:15 UTC+03:00

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 23,257^[28]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Netherlands	1–0	Moldova
Huntelaar 40'	Report

7 October 2011

20:30 UTC+02:00

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 47,226^[29]

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

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Hungary	0–0	Finland
	Report

11 October 2011

20:00 UTC+02:00

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 25,169^[30]

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Moldova	4–0	San Marino
Zmeu 30' Bacciocchi 61' (o.g.) Suvorov 66' Andronic 87'	Report

11 October 2011

21:00 UTC+03:00

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 6,534^[31]

Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)

Sweden	3–2	Netherlands
Källström 14' Larsson 52' (pen.) Toivonen 53'	Report	Huntelaar 23' Kuyt 50'

11 October 2011

20:15 UTC+02:00

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 33,066^[32]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.93 goals per match.

12 goals

• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

7 goals

• Mikael Forssell

6 goals

• Gergely Rudolf
• Dirk Kuyt
• Robin van Persie

5 goals

• Zlatan Ibrahimović

4 goals

• Kasper Hämäläinen
• Ádám Szalai
• Alexandru Suvorov

3 goals

• Zoltán Gera
• Vladimir Koman
• Ibrahim Afellay
• Wesley Sneijder
• Kim Källström
• Sebastian Larsson
• Christian Wilhelmsson

2 goals

• Balázs Dzsudzsák
• Imre Szabics
• Anatolie Doroș
• Ruud van Nistelrooy
• Johan Elmander
• Andreas Granqvist
• Martin Olsson
• Ola Toivonen
• Pontus Wernbloom

1 goal

• Jari Litmanen
• Roni Porokara
• Joona Toivio
• Mika Väyrynen
• Zoltán Lipták
• Vilmos Vanczák
• Serghei Alexeev
• Gheorghe Andronic
• Igor Bugaiov
• Nicolae Josan
• Denis Zmeu
• Luuk de Jong
• John Heitinga
• Kevin Strootman
• Rafael van der Vaart
• Georginio Wijnaldum
• Emir Bajrami
• Marcus Berg
• Alexander Gerndt
• Tobias Hysén
• Mikael Lustig

1 own goal

• Igor Armaș (against Finland)
• Simone Bacciocchi (against Moldova)
• Aldo Junior Simoncini (against Sweden)
• Davide Simoncini (against Sweden)

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
DF	Davide Simoncini	San Marino	4	1	vs Sweden (6 September 2011) vs Moldova (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
FW	Përparim Hetemaj	Finland	3	1	vs Sweden (7 October 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
FW	Carlo Valentini	San Marino	2	1	vs Moldova (12 October 2010)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
MF	Igor Tîgîrlaș	Moldova	1	1	TBD	Sent off in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
DF	Sami Hyypiä	Finland	0	1	vs Netherlands (7 September 2010)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
DF	Olof Mellberg	Sweden	0	1	vs Netherlands (12 October 2010) vs Moldova (29 March 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
DF	Zoltán Lipták	Hungary	5	0	vs San Marino (8 October 2010) vs Netherlands (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Roland Juhász	Hungary	4	0	vs Sweden (2 September 2011) vs Finland (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Alessandro Della Valle	San Marino	4	0	vs Moldova (12 October 2010) vs Netherlands (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Pál Lázár	Hungary	3	0	vs San Marino (8 October 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Simone Bacciocchi	San Marino	3	0	vs Finland (17 November 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Maicol Berretti	San Marino	3	0	vs Netherlands (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Fabio Vitaioli	San Marino	3	0	vs Finland (17 November 2010)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Ákos Elek	Hungary	2	0	vs Netherlands (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Zsolt Laczkó	Hungary	2	0	vs Finland (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Vilmos Vanczák	Hungary	2	0	vs Sweden (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF	Davide Simoncini	San Marino	2	0	vs Hungary (7 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Matteo Vitaioli	San Marino	2	0	TBD	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	2	0	vs Netherlands (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW	Ola Toivonen	Sweden	2	0	vs Moldova (29 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches

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