UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B

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

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.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	12	9	2	1	22	9	+13	29	Qualify for final tournament		—	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1
2	France	12	8	2	2	25	5	+20	26			3–1	—	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–0
3	Scotland	12	8	0	4	21	12	+9	24			1–2	1–0	—	3–1	3–1	2–1	6–0
4	Ukraine	12	5	2	5	18	16	+2	17			1–2	2–2	2–0	—	1–0	3–2	5–0
5	Lithuania	12	5	1	6	11	13	−2	16			0–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	—	1–0	2–1
6	Georgia	12	3	1	8	16	19	−3	10			1–3	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	—	3–1
7	Faroe Islands	12	0	0	12	4	43	−39	0			1–2	0–6	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–6	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

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 was the only side unable to come to a consensus with the rest of the group.^[2]

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Faroe Islands	0–6	Georgia
	Report	Mujiri 16' Iashvili 18' Arveladze 37', 62', 82' Kobiashvili 51' (pen.)

16 August 2006

18:00 UTC+1

Svangaskard, Toftir

Attendance: 2,114

Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)

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Scotland	6–0	Faroe Islands
Fletcher 7' McFadden 10' Boyd 24' (pen.), 38' Miller 30' (pen.) O'Connor 85'	Report

2 September 2006

15:00 UTC+1

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,059

Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Georgia	0–3	France
	Report	Malouda 7' Saha 15' Asatiani 47' (o.g.)

2 September 2006

20:00 UTC+4

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 53,500

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Italy	1–1	Lithuania
Inzaghi 30'	Report	Danilevičius 21'

2 September 2006

20:50 UTC+2

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 43,440

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

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Ukraine	3–2	Georgia
Shevchenko 31' Rotan 61' Rusol 80'	Report	Arveladze 38' Demetradze 60'

6 September 2006

19:00 UTC+3

NSC Olimpiysky, Kyiv

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)

Lithuania	1–2	Scotland
Miceika 85'	Report	Dailly 46' Miller 62'

6 September 2006

19:30 UTC+3

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Vladimir Hrinak (Slovakia)

France	3–1	Italy
Govou 2', 55' Henry 18'	Report	Gilardino 20'

6 September 2006

21:00 UTC+2

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 78,831

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

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Faroe Islands	0–1	Lithuania
	Report	Skerla 89'

7 October 2006

15:00 UTC+1

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 1,982

Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Ireland)

Scotland	1–0	France
Caldwell 67'	Report

7 October 2006

17:00 UTC+1

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,456

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Italy	2–0	Ukraine
Oddo 71' (pen.) Toni 79'	Report

7 October 2006

20:50 UTC+2

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 49,149

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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Ukraine	2–0	Scotland
Kucher 60' Shevchenko 90' (pen.)	Report

11 October 2006

19:00 UTC+3

NSC Olimpiysky, Kyiv

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Georgia	1–3	Italy
Shashiashvili 26'	Report	De Rossi 18' Camoranesi 63' Perrotta 71'

11 October 2006

20:00 UTC+4

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

France	5–0	Faroe Islands
Saha 1' Henry 22' Anelka 77' Trezeguet 78', 84'	Report

11 October 2006

21:00 UTC+2

Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard

Attendance: 19,314

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

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Scotland	2–1	Georgia
Boyd 11' Beattie 89'	Report	Arveladze 41'

24 March 2007

15:00 UTC+0

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,850

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Faroe Islands	0–2	Ukraine
	Report	Yezerskiy 20' Husyev 57'

24 March 2007

15:00 UTC+0

Svangaskard, Toftir

Attendance: 717

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Lithuania	0–1	France
	Report	Anelka 73'

24 March 2007

19:00 UTC+2

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas

Attendance: 8,740

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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Ukraine	1–0	Lithuania
Husyev 47'	Report

28 March 2007

18:00 UTC+3

Chornomorets Stadium, Odesa

Attendance: 33,600

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Georgia	3–1	Faroe Islands
Siradze 25' Iashvili 46', 90+5' (pen.)	Report	R. Jacobsen 57'

28 March 2007

18:00 UTC+4

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Pavel Saliy (Kazakhstan)

Italy	2–0	Scotland
Toni 12', 70'	Report

28 March 2007

20:50 UTC+2

Stadio San Nicola, Bari

Attendance: 37,600

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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Lithuania	1–0	Georgia
Mikoliūnas 78'	Report

2 June 2007

21:00 UTC+3

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas

Attendance: 6,400

Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

France	2–0	Ukraine
Ribéry 57' Anelka 71'	Report

2 June 2007

21:00 UTC+2

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 80,051

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Faroe Islands	1–2	Italy
R. Jacobsen 77'	Report	Inzaghi 12', 48'

2 June 2007

19:45 UTC+1

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 5,987

Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

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Faroe Islands	0–2	Scotland
	Report	Maloney 31' O'Connor 35'

6 June 2007

17:15 UTC+1

Svangaskard, Toftir

Attendance: 4,100

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

France	1–0	Georgia
Nasri 33'	Report

6 June 2007

21:00 UTC+2

Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre

Attendance: 19,345

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Lithuania	0–2	Italy
	Report	Quagliarella 31', 45'

6 June 2007

21:45 UTC+3

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas

Attendance: 7,800

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

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Scotland	3–1	Lithuania
Boyd 31' McManus 77' McFadden 83'	Report	Danilevičius 61' (pen.)

8 September 2007

15:00 UTC+1

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 51,349

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Georgia	1–1	Ukraine
Siradze 87'	Report	Shelayev 7'

8 September 2007

19:00 UTC+4

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Italy	0–0	France
	Report

8 September 2007

20:50 UTC+2

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 81,200

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

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Lithuania	2–1	Faroe Islands
Jankauskas 8' Danilevičius 52'	Report	R. Jacobsen 90+3'

12 September 2007

20:00 UTC+3

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)

Ukraine	1–2	Italy
Shevchenko 71'	Report	Di Natale 41', 77'

12 September 2007

21:45 UTC+3

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv

Attendance: 41,500

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

France	0–1	Scotland
	Report	McFadden 64'

12 September 2007

21:00 UTC+2

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 43,342

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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Scotland	3–1	Ukraine
Miller 4' McCulloch 10' McFadden 68'	Report	Shevchenko 24'

13 October 2007

15:00 UTC+1

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,589

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Faroe Islands	0–6	France
	Report	Anelka 6' Henry 8' Benzema 50', 81' Rothen 66' Ben Arfa 90+4'

13 October 2007

16:00 UTC+1

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 1,980

Referee: Gabriele Rossi (San Marino)

Italy	2–0	Georgia
Pirlo 44' Grosso 84'	Report

13 October 2007

20:50 UTC+2

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Attendance: 23,057

Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

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Ukraine	5–0	Faroe Islands
Kalynychenko 40', 49' Husyev 43', 45' Vorobei 64'	Report

17 October 2007

19:00 UTC+3

NSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)

Georgia	2–0	Scotland
Mchedlidze 16' Siradze 64'	Report

17 October 2007

21:00 UTC+4

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 29,377

Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

France	2–0	Lithuania
Henry 80', 81'	Report

17 October 2007

21:00 UTC+2

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 36,650

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

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Scotland	1–2	Italy
Ferguson 65'	Report	Toni 2' Panucci 90+1'

17 November 2007

17:00 UTC+0

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 51,301

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Lithuania	2–0	Ukraine
Savėnas 41' Danilevičius 67'	Report

17 November 2007

20:00 UTC+2

S.Darius and S.Girėnas, Kaunas

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)

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Georgia	0–2	Lithuania
	Report	Kšanavičius 52', 90+6'

21 November 2007

19:30 UTC+4

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 21,300

Referee: Ljubomir Krstevski (Macedonia)

Italy	3–1	Faroe Islands
Benjaminsen 11' (o.g.) Toni 36' Chiellini 41'	Report	R. Jacobsen 83'

21 November 2007

20:30 UTC+1

Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena

Attendance: 16,142

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Ukraine	2–2	France
Voronin 14' Shevchenko 46'	Report	Henry 20' Govou 34'

21 November 2007

21:30 UTC+2

NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv

Attendance: 7,800

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Goalscorers

There were 117 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.

6 goals

• Thierry Henry

5 goals

• Shota Arveladze
• Luca Toni
• Andriy Shevchenko

4 goals

• Rógvi Jacobsen
• Nicolas Anelka
• Tomas Danilevičius
• Kris Boyd
• James McFadden
• Oleh Husyev

3 goals

• Sidney Govou
• Aleksandre Iashvili
• David Siradze
• Filippo Inzaghi
• Kenny Miller

2 goals

• Karim Benzema
• Louis Saha
• David Trezeguet
• Antonio Di Natale
• Fabio Quagliarella
• Audrius Kšanavičius
• Garry O'Connor
• Maksym Kalynychenko

1 goal

• Hatem Ben Arfa
• Florent Malouda
• Samir Nasri
• Franck Ribéry
• Jérôme Rothen
• Giorgi Demetradze
• Levan Kobiashvili
• Levan Mchedlidze
• Davit Mujiri
• Giorgi Shashiashvili
• Mauro Camoranesi
• Giorgio Chiellini
• Daniele De Rossi
• Alberto Gilardino
• Fabio Grosso
• Massimo Oddo
• Christian Panucci
• Simone Perrotta
• Andrea Pirlo
• Edgaras Jankauskas
• Darius Miceika
• Saulius Mikoliūnas
• Mantas Savėnas
• Andrius Skerla
• Craig Beattie
• Gary Caldwell
• Christian Dailly
• Barry Ferguson
• Darren Fletcher
• Shaun Maloney
• Lee McCulloch
• Stephen McManus
• Oleksandr Kucher
• Ruslan Rotan
• Andriy Rusol
• Oleh Shelayev
• Andriy Vorobey
• Andriy Voronin
• Volodymyr Yezerskiy

1 own goal

• Fróði Benjaminsen (against Italy)
• Malkhaz Asatiani (against France)