UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group C

Standings and results for Group C of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.

Greece secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 October 2007 following a 1–0 win against Turkey, becoming the second team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. Turkey secured qualification to the tournament proper on 21 November 2007 following a 1–0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina, becoming the twelfth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	12	10	1	1	25	10	+15	31	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–4	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	5–0
2	Turkey	12	7	3	2	25	11	+14	24			0–1	—	2–2	1–0	5–0	3–0	2–0
3	Norway	12	7	2	3	27	11	+16	23			2–2	1–2	—	1–2	2–0	4–0	4–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	4	1	7	16	22	−6	13			0–4	3–2	0–2	—	0–1	1–3	1–0
5	Moldova	12	3	3	6	12	19	−7	12[lower-alpha 1]			0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	—	3–0	1–1
6	Hungary	12	4	0	8	11	22	−11	12[lower-alpha 1]			1–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	—	2–0
7	Malta	12	1	2	9	10	31	−21	5			0–1	2–2	1–4	2–5	2–3	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Moldova +1, Hungary −1.

Matches

Group C fixtures were negotiated and finally decided by a draw at a meeting between the participants in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 February 2006.^[1]

On 3 July 2006, the Hellenic Football Federation was indefinitely suspended from all international competition due to concerns about its autonomy from the Greek government. Although no announcement was made regarding this tournament in particular, this seemed to preclude the Greek team from participating.^[2] Following rectifying action by the Greek government, FIFA subsequently lifted the suspension on 12 July 2006, allowing Greece to participate in qualifying.^[3]

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Malta	2–5	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pace 6' M. Mifsud 86'	Report	Barbarez 4' Hrgović 10' Bartolović 45+1' Muslimović 49' Misimović 51'

2 September 2006

18:15 UTC+2

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)

Hungary	1–4	Norway
Gera 89' (pen.)	Report	Solskjær 15', 54' Strømstad 31' Pedersen 41'

2 September 2006

20:00 UTC+2

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 12,283

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Moldova	0–1	Greece
	Report	Lyberopoulos 78'

2 September 2006

20:15 UTC+3

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

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Norway	2–0	Moldova
Strømstad 74' Iversen 79'	Report

6 September 2006

19:00 UTC+2

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,848

Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Bulgaria)

Turkey	2–0	Malta
Nihat 56' Tümer 77'	Report

6 September 2006

20:00 UTC+2

Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Hungary
Misimović 64' (pen.)	Report	Huszti 36' (pen.) Gera 46' Dárdai 49'

6 September 2006

20:15 UTC+2

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 11,800

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

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Moldova	2–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rogaciov 13', 32' (pen.)	Report	Misimović 63' Grlić 68'

7 October 2006

19:00 UTC+3

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 7,114

Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France)

Hungary	0–1	Turkey
	Report	Tuncay 41'

7 October 2006

19:45 UTC+2

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 6,800

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Greece	1–0	Norway
Katsouranis 33'	Report

7 October 2006

21:30 UTC+3

Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 21,189

Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

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Malta	2–1	Hungary
Schembri 14', 53'	Report	Torghelle 19'

11 October 2006

19:15 UTC+2

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 3,600

Referee: Johny Ver Eecke (Belgium)

Turkey	5–0	Moldova
Şükür 35', 37' (pen.), 43', 73' Tuncay 68'	Report

11 October 2006

20:00 UTC+2

Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–4	Greece
	Report	Charisteas 8' (pen.) Patsatzoglou 82' Samaras 85' Katsouranis 90+4'

11 October 2006

19:15 UTC+2

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

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Moldova	1–1	Malta
Epureanu 85'	Report	Mallia 73'

24 March 2007

19:00 UTC+2

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 8,033

Referee: Vusal Aliyev (Azerbaijan)

Norway	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Carew 50' (pen.)	Report	Misimović 18' Muslimović 33'

24 March 2007

19:00 UTC+1^{[note 2]}

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 16,987

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Greece	1–4	Turkey
Kyrgiakos 6'	Report	Tuncay 27' Gökhan 55' Tümer 70' Gökdeniz 81'

24 March 2007

21:30 UTC+2

Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 31,405

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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Hungary	2–0	Moldova
Priskin 9' Gera 63'	Report

28 March 2007

18:00 UTC+2

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 6,150

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Malta	0–1	Greece
	Report	Basinas 66' (pen.)

28 March 2007

19:30 UTC+2

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 8,700

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Turkey	2–2	Norway
Hamit Altıntop 72', 90'	Report	Brenne 31' Andresen 40'

28 March 2007

20:00 UTC+2

Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

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Greece	2–0	Hungary
Gekas 16' Seitaridis 29'	Report

2 June 2007

21:30 UTC+3

Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 17,244

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–2	Turkey
Muslimović 27' Džeko 45+2' Ćustović 90'	Report	Şükür 13' Sabri 39'

2 June 2007

20:00 UTC+2

Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo

Attendance: 13,800

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Norway	4–0	Malta
Hæstad 31' Helstad 73' Iversen 79' Riise 90+1'	Report

2 June 2007

20:05 UTC+2

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 16,364

Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

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Norway	4–0	Hungary
Iversen 22' Braaten 57' Carew 60', 78'	Report

6 June 2007

19:00 UTC+2

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 19,198

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Malta
Muslimović 6'	Report

6 June 2007

20:15 UTC+2

Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

Greece	2–1	Moldova
Charisteas 30' Lyberopoulos 90+5'	Report	Frunză 80'

6 June 2007

21:30 UTC+3

Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

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Hungary	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gera 39' (pen.)	Report

8 September 2007

16:00 UTC+2

Stadion Sóstói, Székesfehérvár

Attendance: 10,877

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Malta	2–2	Turkey
Said 41' Schembri 76'	Report	Halil Altıntop 45' Servet 78'

8 September 2007

19:30 UTC+2

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

Moldova	0–1	Norway
	Report	Iversen 49'

8 September 2007

21:00 UTC+3

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 10,173

Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

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Norway	2–2	Greece
Carew 15' Riise 39'	Report	Kyrgiakos 7', 30'

12 September 2007

19:00 UTC+2

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,080

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Turkey	3–0	Hungary
Gökhan 68' Aurélio 72' Halil Altıntop 90+3'	Report

12 September 2007

20:30 UTC+3

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 28,020

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	Moldova
	Report	Bugaev 22'

12 September 2007

20:00 UTC+2

Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

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Hungary	2–0	Malta
Feczesin 34' Tőzsér 77'	Report

13 October 2007

16:20 UTC+2

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 7,633

Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

Moldova	1–1	Turkey
Frunză 11'	Report	Ümit 63'

13 October 2007

21:00 UTC+3

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 9,815

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Greece	3–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Charisteas 10' Gekas 57' Lyberopoulos 72'	Report	Hrgović 54' Ibišević 90'

13 October 2007

21:30 UTC+3

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 30,250

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

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Malta	2–3	Moldova
Scerri 71' M. Mifsud 84' (pen.)	Report	Bugaev 24' (pen.) Frunză 31', 35'

17 October 2007

19:30 UTC+2

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 7,069

Referee: Igorj Ishchenko (Ukraine)

Turkey	0–1	Greece
	Report	Amanatidis 79'

17 October 2007

20:30 UTC+3

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 22,818

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Norway
	Report	Hagen 5' B. Riise 74'

17 October 2007

20:30 UTC+2

Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

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Moldova	3–0	Hungary
Bugaev 13' Josan 23' Alexeev 86'	Report

17 November 2007

19:00 UTC+2

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 6,483

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Norway	1–2	Turkey
Hagen 12'	Report	Emre 31' Nihat 59'

17 November 2007

19:00 UTC+1

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,783

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Greece	5–0	Malta
Gekas 32', 72', 74' Basinas 54' Amanatidis 61'	Report

17 November 2007

21:30 UTC+2

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 31,332

Referee: Sten Kaldama (Estonia)

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Malta	1–4	Norway
M. Mifsud 53'	Report	Iversen 25', 27' (pen.), 45' Pedersen 75'

21 November 2007

20:00 UTC+1

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Turkey	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nihat 43'	Report

21 November 2007

21:00 UTC+2

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 20,106

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Hungary	1–2	Greece
Buzsáky 7'	Report	Vanczák 22' (o.g.) Basinas 59' (pen.)

21 November 2007

20:15 UTC+1

Puskás Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 32,300

Referee: Rob Styles (England)

Goalscorers

There were 126 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

7 goals

• Steffen Iversen

5 goals

• Theofanis Gekas
• Hakan Şükür

4 goals

• Zvjezdan Misimović
• Zlatan Muslimović
• Zoltán Gera
• Viorel Frunză
• John Carew

3 goals

• Angelos Basinas
• Angelos Charisteas
• Sotirios Kyrgiakos
• Nikos Liberopoulos
• Michael Mifsud
• André Schembri
• Igor Bugaiov
• Nihat Kahveci
• Tuncay Şanlı

2 goals

• Mirko Hrgović
• Ioannis Amanatidis
• Kostas Katsouranis
• Serghei Rogaciov
• Erik Hagen
• Morten Gamst Pedersen
• John Arne Riise
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær
• Fredrik Strømstad
• Halil Altıntop
• Hamit Altıntop
• Tümer Metin
• Gökhan Ünal

1 goal

• Sergej Barbarez
• Mladen Bartolović
• Adnan Čustović
• Edin Džeko
• Ivica Grlić
• Vedad Ibišević
• Christos Patsatzoglou
• Georgios Samaras
• Giourkas Seitaridis
• Ákos Buzsáky
• Pál Dárdai
• Róbert Feczesin
• Szabolcs Huszti
• Tamás Priskin
• Sándor Torghelle
• Dániel Tőzsér
• George Mallia
• Jamie Pace
• Brian Said
• Terence Scerri
• Serghei Alexeev
• Alexandru Epureanu
• Nicolae Josan
• Martin Andresen
• Daniel Braaten
• Simen Brenne
• Kristofer Hæstad
• Thorstein Helstad
• Bjørn Helge Riise
• Mehmet Aurélio
• Emre Belözoğlu
• Servet Çetin
• Gökdeniz Karadeniz
• Ümit Karan
• Sabri Sarıoğlu

1 own goal

• Vilmos Vanczák (against Greece)

Notes

1. Turkey were ordered to play their first three home matches at a neutral ground and behind closed doors after violence in their World Cup Qualifying playoff with Switzerland on 16 November 2005.
2. Match delayed by 35 minutes by match referee Mike Riley after flares were thrown from the stands, minutes after the kick-off.
3. Greece forced to play away from Athens for two matches after crowd disturbances in the game against Turkey on 24 March 2007.

References

• UEFA website

1. UEFA. "Holders Greece start in Moldova". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
2. FIFA Media Dept. "FIFA suspends the Hellenic Football Federation". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
3. FIFA Media Dept. "FIFA lifts suspension on Hellenic Football Federation". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2006.