UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E

In Group E of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament, Croatia secured qualification to the finals on 17 November 2007 following Israel's 2–1 win against Russia, becoming the seventh team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. Russia secured qualification to the tournament finals on 21 November 2007 following a 1–0 win against Andorra, and Croatia's 3–2 win against England, becoming the fourteenth and last team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 12 9 2 1 28 8 +20 29 Qualify for final tournament — 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 7–0
2  Russia 12 7 3 2 18 7 +11 24 0–0 — 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0
3  England 12 7 2 3 24 7 +17 23[lower-alpha 1] 2–3 3–0 — 3–0 0–0 3–0 5–0
4  Israel 12 7 2 3 20 12 +8 23[lower-alpha 1] 3–4 2–1 0–0 — 1–0 4–0 4–1
5  Macedonia 12 4 2 6 12 12 0 14 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 — 1–1 3–0
6  Estonia 12 2 1 9 5 21 −16 7 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 — 2–1
7  Andorra 12 0 0 12 2 42 −40 0 0–6 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: England 4, Israel 1.

Matches

Group E fixtures were negotiated at a meeting between the participants in Nyon, Switzerland, on 3 March 2006.

Estonia 0–1 Macedonia
Report Sedloski  73'
Attendance: 7,500
England 5–0 Andorra
Crouch  5', 66'
Gerrard  13'
Defoe  38', 47'		 Report
Attendance: 56,290
Estonia 0–1 Israel
Report Colautti  8'
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
Russia 0–0 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 27,500
Israel 4–1 Andorra
Benayoun  9'
Ben-Shushan  11'
Gershon  43' (pen.)
Tamuz  69'		 Report Fernandez  84'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sinisa Zrnic (Bosnia)
Macedonia 0–1 England
Report Crouch  46'
Attendance: 16,500
Russia 1–1 Israel
Arshavin  5' Report Ben-Shushan  84'
Attendance: 22,000
England 0–0 Macedonia
Report
Attendance: 72,062
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Croatia 7–0 Andorra
Petrić  12', 37', 48', 50'
Klasnić  58'
Balaban  62'
Modrić  83'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Anthony Zammit (Malta)
Andorra 0–3 Macedonia
Report Pandev  13'
Noveski  16'
Naumoski  31'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Russia 2–0 Estonia
Pogrebnyak  78'
Sychev  90'		 Report
Attendance: 21,500
Croatia 2–0 England
Eduardo  61'
G. Neville  68' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 38,000
Macedonia 0–2 Russia
Report Bystrov  18'
Arshavin  32'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
Israel 3–4 Croatia
Colautti  8', 89'
Benayoun  68'		 Report Srna  35' (pen.)
Eduardo  39', 54', 72'
Attendance: 38,000
Estonia 0–2 Russia
Report Bystrov  66'
Kerzhakov  78'
Attendance: 11,000
Israel 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Croatia 2–1 Macedonia
Srna  58'
Eduardo  88'		 Report Sedloski  36'
Attendance: 20,000
Israel 4–0 Estonia
Tal  19'
Colautti  29'
Sahar  77', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 23,658
Andorra 0–3 England
Report Gerrard  54', 76'
Nugent  90+2'
Attendance: 12,800
Estonia 0–1 Croatia
Report Eduardo  32'
Attendance: 10,000
Russia 4–0 Andorra
Kerzhakov  8', 16', 49'
Sychev  71'		 Report
Attendance: 21,000
Macedonia 1–2 Israel
Stojkov  13' Report Yitzhaki  11'
Colautti  44'
Attendance: 15,000
Andorra 0–2 Israel
Report Tamuz  37'
Colautti  53'
Attendance: 618
Referee: Ian Stokes (Ireland)
Croatia 0–0 Russia
Report
Attendance: 38,000
Estonia 0–3 England
Report J. Cole  37'
Crouch  54'
Owen  62'
Attendance: 11,000
Estonia 2–1 Andorra
Piiroja  34'
Zelinski  90+2'		 Report Silva  87'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Adrian McCourt (Northern Ireland)
Russia 3–0 Macedonia
V. Berezutski  8'
Arshavin  84'
Kerzhakov  88'		 Report
Attendance: 26,000
England 3–0 Israel
Wright-Phillips  20'
Owen  49'
Richards  66'		 Report
Attendance: 85,372
Croatia 2–0 Estonia
Eduardo  39', 45+1' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jérôme Laperriere (Switzerland)
Andorra 0–6 Croatia
Report Srna  34'
Petrić  38', 44'
Kranjčar  49'
Eduardo  55'
Rakitić  64'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
Macedonia 1–1 Estonia
Maznov  30' Report Piiroja  17'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
England 3–0 Russia
Owen  7', 31'
Ferdinand  84'		 Report
Attendance: 86,106
England 3–0 Estonia
Wright-Phillips  11'
Rooney  32'
Rähn  33' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 86,665
Croatia 1–0 Israel
Eduardo  52' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Russia 2–1 England
Pavlyuchenko  69' (pen.), 73' Report Rooney  29'
Attendance: 84,700
Macedonia 3–0 Andorra
Naumoski  30'
Sedloski  44'
Pandev  59'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Paulius Malzinskas (Lithuania)
Andorra 0–2 Estonia
Report Oper  31'
Lindpere  60'
Attendance: 200
Israel 2–1 Russia
Barda  10'
Golan  90+2'		 Report Bilyaletdinov  61'
Attendance: 27,563
Macedonia 2–0 Croatia
Maznov  71'
Naumoski  83'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Israel 1–0 Macedonia
Barda  35' Report
Attendance: 2,736
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Andorra 0–1 Russia
Report Sychev  39'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
England 2–3 Croatia
Lampard  56' (pen.)
Crouch  65'		 Report Kranjčar  8'
Olić  14'
Petrić  77'
Attendance: 88,091

Goalscorers

There were 109 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References
  1. Due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, UEFA ordered that no matches in its competitions could be held in Israel until further notice. UEFA was scheduled to reconsider its ban on 14 September.
    "UEFA to reconsider ban on soccer games played in Israel". Haaretz. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
  2. On 15 September, UEFA lifted its ban on matches in Israel, returning to its previous policy of restricting Israel home matches to the Tel Aviv area. Ramat Gan Stadium in Ramat Gan is within the allowed area.
    "UEFA lifts Israel match ban". UEFA. 15 September 2006. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2006.
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