UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying facts for kids

This page describes the qualifying procedure for the UEFA Euro 2008.

Seedings

Pot	Team	Coefficient rating	Pot	Team	Coefficient rating
1	Netherlands	2.550	5	Moldova1	1.311
	Czech Republic3	2.450		Finland	1.300
	Russia1	2.450		Estonia1	1.250
	France	2.444		Wales	1.167
	Sweden	2.378		Lithuania1	1.111
	Poland	2.356		Albania	1.050
	Turkey	2.310		Iceland	0.944
2	England	2.300	6	Georgia1	0.850
	Germany	2.250		North Macedonia2	0.750
	Italy	2.222		Belarus1	0.722
	Norway	2.178		Armenia1	0.700
	Spain	2.056		Northern Ireland	0.667
	Portugal	2.000		Cyprus	0.667
	Romania	1.990		Malta	0.522
3	Croatia2	1.922	7	Liechtenstein	0.450
	Serbia2	1.889		Azerbaijan1	0.389
	Denmark	1.850		Andorra	0.250
	Bosnia and Herzegovina2	1.778		Faroe Islands	0.111
	Bulgaria	1.778		Luxembourg	0.100
	Ukraine1	1.750		San Marino	0.097
	Slovakia3	1.650		Montenegro2	0.094
4	Hungary	1.611	8	Kazakhstan1	0.083
	Republic of Ireland	1.556		Kyrgyzstan1	0.080
	Belgium	1.556		Uzbekistan1	0.058
	Latvia1	1.550		Tajikistan1	0.053
	Israel	1.500		Turkmenistan1	0.050
	Scotland	1.500		Monaco	0.000
	Slovenia2	1.444

¹ as  Soviet Union

² as  Yugoslavia

³ as  Czechoslovakia  Greece (1.980) is already assured of places at Euro 2008 as European champions.

 Austria (1.850) and  Switzerland (1.830) are already assured of places at Euro 2008 as host nations.

Summary

Below is a table containing all seven qualifying groups. Teams that have secured a place in the final tournament are highlighted in green. The order of teams is by final group position.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G
Russia1  Serbia2	Italy  France	Turkey ----------	Czech Republic3  Germany	Poland  Portugal	Sweden  Spain	Romania  Netherlands
-----------	-----------	Norway	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
England  Israel  Kazakhstan1  Estonia1  North Macedonia2  Andorra	Scotland  Ukraine1  Lithuania1  Kyrgyzstan1  Georgia1  Faroe Islands	Montenegro2  Bosnia and Herzegovina2  Monaco  Moldova1  Hungary  Malta	Republic of Ireland  Slovakia3  Wales  Cyprus  Uzbekistan1  San Marino	Croatia2  Finland  Belgium  Tajikistan1  Armenia1  Azerbaijan1	Northern Ireland  Denmark  Turkmenistan1  Latvia1  Iceland  Liechtenstein	Bulgaria  Belarus1  Albania  Slovenia2  Luxembourg

¹ as  Soviet Union

² as  Yugoslavia

³ as  Czechoslovakia

Groups

Key:

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 14 14 0 0 30 0 +30 42  Serbia 14 11 0 3 32 10 +22 33  England 14 6 4 4 20 11 +9 22  Israel 14 6 3 5 17 13 +4 21  Kazakhstan 14 3 8 3 7 4 +3 17  Estonia 14 3 3 8 7 18 −11 12  North Macedonia 14 2 4 8 8 15 −7 10  Andorra 14 0 0 14 0 50 −50 0

Andorra  England  Estonia  Macedonia  Israel  Kazakhstan  Russia  Serbia  Andorra — 0-3 0-2 0-3 0-2 0-2 0-4 0-6  England 5-0 — 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-3 2-3  Estonia 2-0 0-3 — 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-1  Macedonia 3-0 0-1 1-1 — 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-2  Israel 4-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 — 0-0 0-3 3-4  Kazakhstan 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-1 2-1  Russia 4-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 — 1-0  Serbia 7-0 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 —

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 14 9 4 1 20 9 +11 31  France 14 8 4 2 25 5 +20 28  Scotland 14 8 2 4 21 12 +9 26  Ukraine 14 5 4 5 18 16 +2 19  Lithuania 14 5 3 6 11 13 −2 18  Kyrgyzstan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14  Georgia 14 2 4 8 14 18 −4 10  Faroe Islands 14 0 3 11 4 40 −36 3

Faroe Islands  France  Georgia  Italy  Kyrgyzstan  Lithuania  Scotland  Ukraine  Faroe Islands — 0-6 0-6 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-2  France 5-0 — 1-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 0-1 2-0  Georgia 1-1 0-3 — 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-0 1-1  Italy 2-1 0-0 2-0 — 0-0 1-1 2-0 2-0  Kyrgyzstan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 0-0  Lithuania 2-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 0-0 — 1-2 2-0  Scotland 6-0 1-0 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-1 — 3-1  Ukraine 5-0 2-2 3-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 2-0 —

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Turkey 14 8 5 1 27 11 +16 29  Norway 14 7 4 3 27 11 +16 25  Montenegro 14 7 3 4 20 17 +3 24  Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 6 3 5 21 17 +4 21  Monaco 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14  Moldova 14 3 5 6 12 19 −7 14  Hungary 14 4 2 8 11 22 −11 14  Malta 14 1 4 9 10 31 −21 7

Bosnia and Herzegovina  Hungary  Malta  Moldova MNC  Montenegro  Norway  Turkey  Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1-3 1-0 0-1 0-0 4-0 0-2 3-2  Hungary 1-0 — 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-2 1-4 0-1  Malta 2-5 2-1 — 2-3 0-0 0-1 1-4 2-2  Moldova 2-2 3-0 1-1 — 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 MNC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 0-0  Montenegro 2-3 2-0 5-0 2-1 0-0 — 1-0 1-4  Norway 1-2 4-0 4-0 2-0 0-0 2-2 — 1-2  Turkey 1-0 3-0 2-0 5-0 0-0 2-1 2-2 —

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Czech Republic 14 9 4 1 33 5 +28 31  Germany 14 7 6 1 36 7 +29 27  Republic of Ireland 14 4 7 3 17 14 +3 19  Slovakia 14 5 3 6 32 29 +3 18  Wales 14 4 5 5 18 19 −1 17  Cyprus 14 4 4 6 17 24 −7 16  Uzbekistan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14  San Marino 14 0 3 11 2 57 −55 3

Cyprus  Czech Republic  Germany  Republic of Ireland  San Marino  Slovakia  Uzbekistan  Wales  Cyprus — 0-2 1-1 5-2 3-0 1-3 0-0 3-1  Czech Republic 1-0 — 1-3 1-0 7-0 3-0 0-0 2-1  Germany 4-0 0-3 — 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0  Republic of Ireland 1-1 1-1 0-0 — 5-0 1-0 0-0 1-0  San Marino 0-1 0-9 0-13 1-2 — 0-5 0-0 1-2  Slovakia 6-1 0-3 1-10 2-2 7-0 — 0-0 2-5  Uzbekistan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0  Wales 3-1 0-0 0-2 2-2 3-0 1-5 0-0 —

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Poland 14 9 4 1 27 11 +16 31  Portugal 14 9 3 2 23 8 +15 30  Croatia 14 5 5 4 20 12 +8 20  Finland 14 4 6 4 10 11 −1 18  Belgium 14 5 3 6 12 17 −5 18  Tajikistan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14  Armenia 14 0 7 7 2 13 −11 7  Azerbaijan 14 1 4 9 4 26 −22 7

Armenia  Azerbaijan  Belgium  Croatia  Finland  Poland  Portugal  Tajikistan  Armenia — 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0  Azerbaijan 0-0 — 0-1 1-6 1-0 1-3 0-2 0-0  Belgium 3-0 3-0 — 3-2 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-0  Croatia 3-0 1-0 1-0 — 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0  Finland 1-0 2-1 2-0 0-2 — 0-0 2-1 0-0  Poland 1-0 5-0 5-0 2-1 4-3 — 2-0 0-0  Portugal 1-0 3-0 4-0 2-1 2-0 3-0 — 0-0  Tajikistan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 —

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Sweden 14 9 4 1 25 9 +16 31  Spain 14 9 3 2 23 8 +15 30  Northern Ireland 14 6 3 5 18 16 +2 21  Denmark 14 6 3 5 21 12 +9 21  Turkmenistan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14  Latvia 14 4 2 8 15 17 −2 14  Iceland 14 2 4 8 10 27 −17 10  Liechtenstein 14 2 3 9 9 32 −23 9

Denmark  Iceland  Latvia  Liechtenstein  Northern Ireland  Spain  Sweden  Turkmenistan  Denmark — 3-0 3-1 4-0 0-1 1-3 0-3 0-0  Iceland 0-2 — 2-4 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-0  Latvia 0-2 4-0 — 4-1 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-0  Liechtenstein 0-4 3-0 1-0 — 1-4 0-2 0-3 0-0  Northern Ireland 2-1 0-3 1-0 3-1 — 3-2 2-3 0-0  Spain 2-1 1-0 2-0 4-0 1-0 — 3-0 0-0  Sweden 0-0 5-0 2-1 3-1 1-1 2-0 — 0-0  Turkmenistan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 —

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Romania 12 9 2 1 26 7 +19 29  Netherlands 12 8 2 2 37 5 +32 26  Bulgaria 12 7 4 1 18 17 +11 25  Belarus 12 4 1 7 17 23 −6 13  Albania 12 2 5 5 12 18 −6 11  Slovenia 12 3 2 7 9 16 −7 11  Luxembourg 12 1 0 11 2 45 −43 3

Albania  Belarus  Bulgaria  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Romania  Slovenia  Albania — 2-4 1-1 2-0 0-1 0-2 0-0  Belarus 2-2 — 0-2 0-1 2-1 1-3 4-2  Bulgaria 0-0 2-1 — 3-0 1-1 1-0 3-0  Luxembourg 0-3 1-2 0-1 — 0-11 0-2 0-3  Netherlands 2-1 3-0 2-0 13-0 — 0-0 2-0  Romania 6-1 3-1 2-2 3-0 1-0 — 2-0  Slovenia 0-0 1-0 0-2 2-0 0-1 1-2 —

Worst Runner-up

The Worst Runner-up will not make the qualify to automatically for the final tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	14	11	0	3	32	10	+22	33
Spain	14	9	3	2	23	8	+15	30
Portugal	14	9	3	2	23	8	+15	30
France	14	8	4	2	25	5	+20	28
Germany	14	7	6	1	36	7	+29	27
Netherlands	12	8	2	2	37	5	+32	26
Norway	14	7	4	3	27	11	+16	25

Qualified nations

Tournament

See also

In Spanish: Clasificación para la Eurocopa 2008 para niños