UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group F

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

Spain secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following a 3–0 win against Sweden, becoming the tenth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. Sweden secured qualification to the tournament proper on 21 November 2007 following a 2–1 win against Latvia, becoming the eleventh team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 12 9 1 2 23 8 +15 28 Qualify for final tournament — 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–0
2  Sweden 12 8 2 2 23 9 +14 26 2–0 — 1–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 3–1
3  Northern Ireland 12 6 2 4 17 14 +3 20[lower-alpha 1] 3–2 2–1 — 2–1 1–0 0–3 3–1
4  Denmark 12 6 2 4 21 11 +10 20[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 0–0 — 3–1 3–0 4–0
5  Latvia 12 4 0 8 15 17 −2 12 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 — 4–0 4–1
6  Iceland 12 2 2 8 10 27 −17 8 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–4 — 1–1
7  Liechtenstein 12 2 1 9 9 32 −23 7 0–2 0–3 1–4 0–4 1–0 3–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Northern Ireland 4, Denmark 1.
  2. The Denmark v Sweden match was abandoned in the 89th minute at 3–3 following a fan attack on the referee.[1] The match was awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Sweden by UEFA following a hearing on 8 June 2007.[2]

Matches

Group F fixtures were settled at a meeting between the participants in Copenhagen, Denmark.[3]

Northern Ireland 0–3 Iceland
Report Þorvaldsson  13'
Hreiðarsson  20'
Guðjohnsen  37'
Attendance: 14,500
Latvia 0–1 Sweden
Report Källström  38'
Attendance: 7,500
Spain 4–0 Liechtenstein
Torres  20'
Villa  45', 62'
L. García  66'		 Report
Attendance: 14,876
Referee: Ljubomir Krstevski (Macedonia)
Sweden 3–1 Liechtenstein
Allbäck  2', 69'
Rosenberg  89'		 Report M. Frick  27'
Attendance: 17,735
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
Iceland 0–2 Denmark
Report Rommedahl  5'
Tomasson  33'
Attendance: 10,007
Northern Ireland 3–2 Spain
Healy  20', 65', 80' Report Xavi  14'
Villa  52'
Attendance: 14,500
Denmark 0–0 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 41,482
Latvia 4–0 Iceland
Karlsons  14'
Verpakovskis  15', 25'
Višņakovs  52'		 Report
Attendance: 7,500
Sweden 2–0 Spain
Elmander  10'
Allbäck  82'		 Report
Attendance: 33,056
Iceland 1–2 Sweden
Viðarsson  6' Report Källström  8'
Wilhelmsson  59'
Attendance: 10,000
Liechtenstein 0–4 Denmark
Report D. Jensen  29'
Gravgaard  32'
Tomasson  51', 64'
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)
Northern Ireland 1–0 Latvia
Healy  35' Report
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)
Liechtenstein 1–4 Northern Ireland
Burgmeier  90+1' Report Healy  52', 75', 83'
McCann  90+2'
Attendance: 4,340
Spain 2–1 Denmark
Morientes  34'
Villa  45+1'		 Report Gravgaard  49'
Attendance: 75,000
Liechtenstein 1–0 Latvia
M. Frick  17' Report
Attendance: 1,680
Northern Ireland 2–1 Sweden
Healy  31', 58' Report Elmander  26'
Attendance: 14,500
Spain 1–0 Iceland
Iniesta  80' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Iceland 1–1 Liechtenstein
B. Gunnarsson  27' Report Rohrer  69'
Attendance: 5,139
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
Main article: Denmark v Sweden (UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying)
Denmark 0–3
Awarded[note 1]		 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 42,083
Latvia 0–2 Spain
Report Villa  45'
Xavi  60'
Attendance: 10,000
Sweden 5–0 Iceland
Allbäck  11', 51'
A. Svensson  42'
Mellberg  45'
Rosenberg  50'		 Report
Attendance: 33,338
Liechtenstein 0–2 Spain
Report Villa  8', 14'
Attendance: 5,739
Latvia 0–2 Denmark
Report Rommedahl  15', 17'
Attendance: 7,500
Northern Ireland 3–1 Liechtenstein
Healy  5', 35'
Lafferty  56'		 Report M. Frick  89'
Attendance: 14,500
Latvia 1–0 Northern Ireland
Baird  56' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 7,500
Sweden 0–0 Denmark
Report
Attendance: 33,082
Iceland 1–1 Spain
Hallfreðsson  40' Report Iniesta  86'
Attendance: 7,000
Denmark 4–0 Liechtenstein
Nordstrand  3', 36'
M. Laursen  12'
Tomasson  18'		 Report
Attendance: 20,005
Iceland 2–1 Northern Ireland
Björnsson  6'
Gillespie  90+1' (o.g.)		 Report Healy  72' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,500
Spain 2–0 Latvia
Xavi  13'
Torres  86'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Iceland 2–4 Latvia
Guðjohnsen  4', 52' Report Kļava  27'
Laizāns  31'
Verpakovskis  37', 46'
Attendance: 5,865
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
Liechtenstein 0–3 Sweden
Report Ljungberg  19'
Wilhelmsson  29'
A. Svensson  56'
Attendance: 4,131
Denmark 1–3 Spain
Tomasson  87' Report Tamudo  14'
Ramos  40'
Riera  89'
Attendance: 19,849
Denmark 3–1 Latvia
Tomasson  7' (pen.)
U. Laursen  27'
Rommedahl  90'		 Report Gorkšs  80'
Attendance: 19,004
Liechtenstein 3–0 Iceland
Frick  28'
Beck  80', 82'		 Report
Attendance: 2,589
Sweden 1–1 Northern Ireland
Mellberg  15' Report Lafferty  72'
Attendance: 33,112
Latvia 4–1 Liechtenstein
Karlsons  14'
Verpakovskis  30'
Laizāns  63'
Višņakovs  87'		 Report Zirnis  13' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,800
Northern Ireland 2–1 Denmark
Feeney  62'
Healy  80'		 Report Bendtner  51'
Attendance: 14,500
Spain 3–0 Sweden
Capdevila  14'
Iniesta  39'
Ramos  65'		 Report
Attendance: 75,000
Denmark 3–0 Iceland
Bendtner  34'
Tomasson  44'
Kahlenberg  59'		 Report
Attendance: 15,393
Spain 1–0 Northern Ireland
Xavi  52' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Sweden 2–1 Latvia
Allbäck  1'
Källström  57'		 Report Laizāns  26'
Attendance: 26,128

Goalscorers

There were 121 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.[note 3]

13 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes
  1. The Denmark v Sweden match was abandoned in the 89th minute following a fan attack on the referee.[1] The match was awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Sweden by UEFA following a hearing on 8 June 2007.[2]
  2. Denmark required to play two qualifying games at least 140 km away from Copenhagen as punishment for the abandonment of their previous home match.
  3. The goal tally takes into account the original result of fixtures that were subsequently forfeited, not the awarded scoreline.

References
  1. "Denmark hearing tomorrow". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. "Copenhagen contest goes to Sweden". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. Lars Berendt, Pia Schou Nielsen and Jacob Wadland (14 February 2006). "Danmark starter og slutter med Island" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
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