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 Spain Sweden Northern Ireland Denmark Latvia Iceland Liechtenstein
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. 1 2 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][2][3][4] The match was awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Sweden by UEFA following a hearing on 8 June 2007.[5][6][7]

Matches

Group F fixtures were settled at a meeting between the participants in Copenhagen, Denmark.[8]

Northern Ireland 0–3 Iceland
Report Þorvaldsson 13'
Hreiðarsson 20'
Guðjohnsen 37'
Attendance: 13,552
Latvia 0–1 Sweden
Report Källström 38'
Attendance: 7,500
Spain 4–0 Liechtenstein
Torres 20'
Villa 45', 62'
L. García 66'		 Report
Attendance: 13,876
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: 13,885
Denmark 0–0 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 41,482
Latvia 4–0 Iceland
Karlsons 14'
Verpakovskis 15', 25'
Višņakovs 52'		 Report
Attendance: 6,800
Sweden 2–0 Spain
Elmander 10'
Allbäck 82'		 Report
Attendance: 33,056
Iceland 1–2 Sweden
Viðarsson 6' Report Källström 8'
Wilhelmsson 59'
Attendance: 8,725
Liechtenstein 0–4 Denmark
Report D. Jensen 29'
Gravgaard 32'
Tomasson 51', 64'
Attendance: 2,665
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)
Northern Ireland 1–0 Latvia
Healy 35' Report
Attendance: 13,500
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: 73,575
Liechtenstein 1–0 Latvia
M. Frick 17' Report
Attendance: 1,680
Northern Ireland 2–1 Sweden
Healy 31', 58' Report Elmander 26'
Attendance: 13,500
Spain 1–0 Iceland
Iniesta 80' Report
Attendance: 18,326
Iceland 1–1 Liechtenstein
B. Gunnarsson 27' Report Rohrer 69'
Attendance: 5,139
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
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: 13,544
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: 9,483
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: 7,727
Spain 2–0 Latvia
Xavi 13'
Torres 86'		 Report
Attendance: 22,560
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
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)
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'
T. 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: 12,997
Spain 3–0 Sweden
Capdevila 14'
Iniesta 39'
Ramos 65'		 Report
Attendance: 67,055
Denmark 3–0 Iceland
Bendtner 34'
Tomasson 44'
Kahlenberg 59'		 Report
Attendance: 15,393
Spain 1–0 Northern Ireland
Xavi 52' Report
Attendance: 30,339
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 with the score at 3–3, following a fan attack on the referee.[9] UEFA awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to Sweden following a hearing on 8 June 2007.[10]
  2. 1 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Denmark-Sweden game abandoned after fan attacks referee". Reuters. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  3. ↑ "Sweden awarded abandoned UEFA clash". Brisbane Times. 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  4. ↑ "Soccer-UEFA to decide on Denmark-Sweden abandonment". Reuters. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  5. ↑ "Copenhagen contest goes to Sweden". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 June 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "UEFA awards Sweden 3-0 win over Denmark". Reuters. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  7. ↑ "Sweden awarded abandoned UEFA clash". Brisbane Times. 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  8. ↑ Lars Berendt, Pia Schou Nielsen and Jacob Wadland (14 February 2006). "Danmark starter og slutter med Island" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑
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