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

Italy and France secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following Italy's 2–1 win against Scotland, becoming the fifth and sixth teams in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy France Scotland Ukraine Lithuania Georgia (country) Faroe Islands
1  Italy 12 9 2 1 22 9 +13 29 Qualify for final tournament — 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1
2  France 12 8 2 2 25 5 +20 26 3–1 — 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–0
3  Scotland 12 8 0 4 21 12 +9 24 1–2 1–0 — 3–1 3–1 2–1 6–0
4  Ukraine 12 5 2 5 18 16 +2 17 1–2 2–2 2–0 — 1–0 3–2 5–0
5  Lithuania 12 5 1 6 11 13 −2 16 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 — 1–0 2–1
6  Georgia 12 3 1 8 16 19 −3 10 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–2 — 3–1
7  Faroe Islands 12 0 0 12 4 43 −39 0 1–2 0–6 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–6 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Group B fixtures were decided with a random draw conducted on Thursday 9 March 2006, because fixtures could not be agreed between delegates. Ukraine were the only side unable to come to consensus with the rest of the group.[1]

Faroe Islands 0–6 Georgia
Report Mujiri 16'
Iashvili 18'
Arveladze 37', 62', 82'
Kobiashvili 51' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,114
Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)
Scotland 6–0 Faroe Islands
Fletcher 7'
McFadden 10'
Boyd 24' (pen.), 38'
Miller 30' (pen.)
O'Connor 85'		 Report
Attendance: 50,059
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
Georgia 0–3 France
Report Malouda 7'
Saha 15'
Asatiani 47' (o.g.)
Attendance: 53,500
Italy 1–1 Lithuania
Inzaghi 30' Report Danilevičius 21'
Attendance: 43,440
Ukraine 3–2 Georgia
Shevchenko 31'
Rotan 61'
Rusol 80'		 Report Arveladze 38'
Demetradze 60'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)
Lithuania 1–2 Scotland
Miceika 85' Report Dailly 46'
Miller 62'
Attendance: 6,500
France 3–1 Italy
Govou 2', 55'
Henry 18'		 Report Gilardino 20'
Attendance: 78,831
Faroe Islands 0–1 Lithuania
Report Skerla 89'
Attendance: 1,982
Scotland 1–0 France
Caldwell 67' Report
Attendance: 50,456
Italy 2–0 Ukraine
Oddo 71' (pen.)
Toni 79'		 Report
Attendance: 49,149
Ukraine 2–0 Scotland
Kucher 60'
Shevchenko 90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Georgia 1–3 Italy
Shashiashvili 26' Report De Rossi 18'
Camoranesi 63'
Perrotta 71'
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
France 5–0 Faroe Islands
Saha 1'
Henry 22'
Anelka 77'
Trezeguet 78', 84'		 Report
Attendance: 19,314
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
Scotland 2–1 Georgia
Boyd 11'
Beattie 89'		 Report Arveladze 41'
Attendance: 50,850
Faroe Islands 0–2 Ukraine
Report Yezerskiy 20'
Husyev 57'
Attendance: 717
Lithuania 0–1 France
Report Anelka 73'
Attendance: 8,740
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Ukraine 1–0 Lithuania
Husyev 47' Report
Attendance: 33,600
Georgia 3–1 Faroe Islands
Siradze 25'
Iashvili 46', 90+5' (pen.)		 Report R. Jacobsen 57'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Pavel Saliy (Kazakhstan)
Italy 2–0 Scotland
Toni 12', 70' Report
Attendance: 37,600
Lithuania 1–0 Georgia
Mikoliūnas 78' Report
Attendance: 6,400
France 2–0 Ukraine
Ribéry 57'
Anelka 71'		 Report
Attendance: 80,051
Faroe Islands 1–2 Italy
R. Jacobsen 77' Report Inzaghi 12', 48'
Attendance: 5,987
Faroe Islands 0–2 Scotland
Report Maloney 31'
O'Connor 35'
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
France 1–0 Georgia
Nasri 33' Report
Attendance: 19,345
Lithuania 0–2 Italy
Report Quagliarella 31', 45'
Attendance: 7,800
Scotland 3–1 Lithuania
Boyd 31'
McManus 77'
McFadden 83'		 Report Danilevičius 61' (pen.)
Attendance: 51,349
Georgia 1–1 Ukraine
Siradze 87' Report Shelayev 7'
Attendance: 24,000
Italy 0–0 France
Report
Attendance: 81,200
Lithuania 2–1 Faroe Islands
Jankauskas 8'
Danilevičius 52'		 Report R. Jacobsen 90+3'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)
Ukraine 1–2 Italy
Shevchenko 71' Report Di Natale 41', 77'
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
France 0–1 Scotland
Report McFadden 64'
Attendance: 43,342
Scotland 3–1 Ukraine
Miller 4'
McCulloch 10'
McFadden 68'		 Report Shevchenko 24'
Attendance: 50,589
Faroe Islands 0–6 France
Report Anelka 6'
Henry 8'
Benzema 50', 81'
Rothen 66'
Ben Arfa 90+4'
Attendance: 1,980
Referee: Gabriele Rossi (San Marino)
Italy 2–0 Georgia
Pirlo 44'
Grosso 84'		 Report
Attendance: 23,057
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)
Ukraine 5–0 Faroe Islands
Kalynychenko 40', 49'
Husyev 43', 45'
Vorobei 64'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)
Georgia 2–0 Scotland
Mchedlidze 16'
Siradze 64'		 Report
Attendance: 29,377
France 2–0 Lithuania
Henry 80', 81' Report
Attendance: 36,650
Scotland 1–2 Italy
Ferguson 65' Report Toni 2'
Panucci 90+1'
Attendance: 51,301
Lithuania 2–0 Ukraine
Savėnas 41'
Danilevičius 67'		 Report
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)
Georgia 0–2 Lithuania
Report Kšanavičius 52', 90+6'
Attendance: 21,300
Referee: Ljubomir Krstevski (Macedonia)
Italy 3–1 Faroe Islands
Benjaminsen 11' (o.g.)
Toni 36'
Chiellini 41'		 Report R. Jacobsen 83'
Attendance: 16,142
Ukraine 2–2 France
Voronin 14'
Shevchenko 46'		 Report Henry 20'
Govou 34'
Attendance: 7,800

Goalscorers

There were 117 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ↑ Bathgate, Stuart. "Scotland dealt an even hand as Euro 2008 draw resolved", The Scotsman, 10 March 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
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