UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E

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

Standings

Key:

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Croatia 12 9 2 1 28 8 +20 29 Russia 12 7 3 2 18 7 +11 24 England 12 7 2 3 24 7 +17 23 Israel 12 7 2 3 20 12 +8 23 Macedonia 12 4 2 6 12 12 0 14 Estonia 12 2 1 9 5 21 −16 7 Andorra 12 0 0 12 2 42 −40 0

Andorra — 0–6 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–1 Croatia 7–0 — 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 England 5–0 2–3 — 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 Estonia 2–1 0–1 0–3 — 0–1 0–1 0–2 Macedonia 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 — 1–2 0–2 Israel 4–1 3–4 0–0 4–0 1–0 — 2–1 Russia 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 —

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

• England and Israel are ranked by their head-to-head records:
  • England – 4 pts (3–0 H vs Israel, 0–0 A vs Israel)
  • Israel – 1 pt (0–0 H vs England, 0–3 A vs England)

Notes on the qualified teams:

• Croatia secured qualification to the tournament 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.

Matches

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

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Estonia v Macedonia

16 August 2006 18:00 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Macedonia
	Report	Sedloski  73'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

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England v Andorra

2 September 2006 17:00 UTC+1

England	5–0	Andorra
Crouch  5', 66' Gerrard  13' Defoe  38', 47'	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 56,290 Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Estonia v Israel

2 September 2006 21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Israel
	Report	Colautti  8'

A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

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Russia v Croatia

6 September 2006 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	0–0	Croatia
	Report

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Israel v Andorra

6 September 2006 19:00 UTC+2

Israel	4–1	Andorra
Benayoun  9' Ben-Shushan  11' Gershon  43' (pen.) Tamuz  69'	Report	Fernandez  84'

Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen (Netherlands) Attendance: 0 Referee: Sinisa Zrnic (Bosnia)

Macedonia v England

6 September 2006 21:00 UTC+2

Macedonia	0–1	England
	Report	Crouch  46'

Skopje City Stadium, Skopje Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

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Russia v Israel

7 October 2006 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	1–1	Israel
Arshavin  5'	Report	Ben-Shushan  84'

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

England v Macedonia

7 October 2006 17:00 UTC+1

England	0–0	Macedonia
	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 72,062 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Croatia v Andorra

7 October 2006 20:15 UTC+2

Croatia	7–0	Andorra
Petrić  12', 37', 48', 50' Klasnić  58' Balaban  62' Modrić  83'	Report

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Anthony Zammit (Malta)

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Andorra v Macedonia

11 October 2006 15:00 UTC+2

Andorra	0–3	Macedonia
	Report	Pandev  13' Noveski  16' Naumoski  31'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 300 Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)

Russia v Estonia

11 October 2006 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	2–0	Estonia
Pogrebnyak  78' Sychev  90'	Report

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Croatia v England

11 October 2006 20:00 UTC+2

Croatia	2–0	England
Eduardo  61' G. Neville  68' (o.g.)	Report

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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Macedonia v Russia

15 November 2006 17:00 UTC+1

Macedonia	0–2	Russia
	Report	Bystrov  18' Arshavin  32'

Skopje City Stadium, Skopje Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Israel v Croatia

15 November 2006 19:00 UTC+2

Israel	3–4	Croatia
Colautti  8', 89' Benayoun  68'	Report	Srna  35' (pen.) Eduardo  39', 54', 72'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat-Gan Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

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Estonia v Russia

24 March 2007 20:30 UTC+2

Estonia	0–2	Russia
	Report	Bystrov  66' Kerzhakov  78'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

Israel v England

24 March 2007 20:30 UTC+2

Israel	0–0	England
	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat-Gan Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Croatia v Macedonia

24 March 2007 20:15 UTC+1

Croatia	2–1	Macedonia
Srna  58' Eduardo  88'	Report	Sedloski  36'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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Israel v Estonia

28 March 2007 20:30 UTC+3

Israel	4–0	Estonia
Tal  19' Colautti  29' Sahar  77', 80'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat-Gan Attendance: 23,658 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Andorra v England

28 March 2007 20:00 UTC+2

Andorra	0–3	England
	Report	Gerrard  54', 76' Nugent  90+2'

Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

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Estonia v Croatia

2 June 2007 21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Eduardo  32'

A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Russia v Andorra

2 June 2007 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	4–0	Andorra
Kerzhakov  8', 16', 49' Sychev  71'	Report

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

Macedonia v Israel

2 June 2007 19:30 UTC+2

Macedonia	1–2	Israel
Stojkov  13'	Report	Yitzhaki  11' Colautti  44'

Skopje City Stadium, Skopje Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

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Andorra v Israel

6 June 2007 18:00 UTC+2

Andorra	0–2	Israel
	Report	Tamuz  37' Colautti  53'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 618 Referee: Ian Stokes (Ireland)

Croatia v Russia

6 June 2007 20:30 UTC+2

Croatia	0–0	Russia
	Report

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Estonia v England

6 June 2007 21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–3	England
	Report	J. Cole  37' Crouch  54' Owen  62'

A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

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Estonia v Andorra

22 August 2007 19:00 UTC+3

Estonia	2–1	Andorra
Piiroja  34' Zelinski  90+2'	Report	Silva  87'

A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Adrian McCourt (Northern Ireland)

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Russia v Macedonia

8 September 2007 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	3–0	Macedonia
V. Berezutski  8' Arshavin  84' Kerzhakov  88'	Report

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

England v Israel

8 September 2007 17:00 UTC+1

England	3–0	Israel
Wright-Phillips  20' Owen  49' Richards  66'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 85,372 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Croatia v Estonia

8 September 2007 20:30 UTC+2

Croatia	2–0	Estonia
Eduardo  39', 45+1'	Report

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jérôme Laperriere (Switzerland)

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Andorra v Croatia

12 September 2007 18:00 UTC+2

Andorra	0–6	Croatia
	Report	Srna  34' Petrić  38', 44' Kranjčar  49' Eduardo  55' Rakitić  64'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 200 Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Macedonia v Estonia

12 September 2007 20:30 UTC+2

Macedonia	1–1	Estonia
Maznov  30'	Report	Piiroja  17'

Skopje City Stadium, Skopje Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

England v Russia

12 September 2007 20:00 UTC+1

England	3–0	Russia
Owen  7', 31' Ferdinand  84'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 86,106 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

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England v Estonia

13 October 2007 15:00 UTC+1

England	3–0	Estonia
Wright-Phillips  11' Rooney  32' Rähn  33' (o.g.)	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 86,665 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Croatia v Israel

13 October 2007 20:15 UTC+2

Croatia	1–0	Israel
Eduardo  52'	Report

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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Russia v England

17 October 2007 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	2–1	England
Pavlyuchenko  69' (pen.), 73'	Report	Rooney  29'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 84,700 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Macedonia v Andorra

17 October 2007 20:00 UTC+2

Macedonia	3–0	Andorra
Naumoski  30' Sedloski  44' Pandev  59'	Report

Skopje City Stadium, Skopje Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Paulius Malzinskas (Lithuania)

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Andorra v Estonia

17 November 2007 18:00 UTC+1

Andorra	0–2	Estonia
	Report	Oper  31' Lindpere  60'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 200 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Israel v Russia

17 November 2007 20:00 UTC+2

Israel	2–1	Russia
Barda  10' Golan  90+2'	Report	Bilyaletdinov  61'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat-Gan Attendance: 27,563 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

Macedonia v Croatia

17 November 2007 20:00 UTC+1

Macedonia	2–0	Croatia
Maznov  71' Naumoski  83'	Report

Skopje City Stadium, Skopje Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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Israel v Macedonia

21 November 2007 19:00 UTC+2

Israel	1–0	Macedonia
Barda  35'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat-Gan Attendance: 2,736 Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Andorra v Russia

21 November 2007 21:00 UTC+1

Andorra	0–1	Russia
	Report	Sychev  39'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 200 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

England v Croatia

21 November 2007 20:00 UTC+0

England	2–3	Croatia
Lampard  56' (pen.) Crouch  65'	Report	Kranjčar  8' Olić  14' Petrić  77'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 88,091 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Eduardo	Croatia	10
2	Mladen Petrić	Croatia	7
3	Roberto Colautti	Israel	6
4	Peter Crouch	England	5
	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	Russia
6	Michael Owen	England	4
7	Andrey Arshavin	Russia	3
	Steven Gerrard	England
	Ilčo Naumoski	Macedonia
	Goce Sedloski	Macedonia
	Darijo Srna	Croatia
	Dmitri Sychev	Russia

2 goals

• Croatia: Niko Kranjčar
• England: Jermain Defoe, Wayne Rooney, Shaun Wright-Phillips
• Estonia: Raio Piiroja
• Israel: Elyaniv Barda, Yossi Benayoun, Amit Ben-Shushan, Ben Sahar, Toto Tamuz
• Macedonia: Goran Maznov, Goran Pandev
• Russia: Vladimir Bystrov, Roman Pavlyuchenko

1 goal

• Andorra: Juli Fernández, Fernando Silva
• Croatia: Boško Balaban, Ivan Klasnić, Luka Modrić, Ivica Olić, Ivan Rakitić
• England: Joe Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, David Nugent, Micah Richards
• Estonia: Joel Lindpere, Andres Oper, Indrek Zelinski
• Israel: Shimon Gershon, Omer Golan, Idan Tal, Barak Yitzhaki
• Macedonia: Nikolce Noveski, Aco Stojkov
• Russia: Vasili Berezutskiy, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Pavel Pogrebnyak

Own goals

• England: Gary Neville (for Croatia)
• Estonia: Taavi Rähn (for England)

References

• UEFA web site