UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

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

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Greece (assigned to A1) Netherlands Austria (assigned to C1) Switzerland (assigned to D1)	Soviet Union Italy Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia	Sweden France Poland Turkey	Spain Romania Germany Portugal

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

Auto-Defaults	Qualifiers
Greece (Defending Champions) Austria (Host Nations) Switzerland (Host Nations)	Soviet Union Yugoslavia Italy France	Turkey Czechoslovakia Germany Poland	Portugal Sweden Spain Romania Netherlands

Tournament

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Greece Soviet Union Sweden Spain	Netherlands Italy France Romania	Austria Yugoslavia Poland Germany	Switzerland Czechoslovakia Turkey Portugal