UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E

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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 v t e	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	Qualify for final tournament	0–0	—	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0
3	England	12	7	2	3	24	7	+17	23		2–3	3–0	—	3–0	0–0	3–0	5–0
4	Israel	12	7	2	3	20	12	+8	23		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:

^ 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.

16 August 200618:00 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Macedonia
	Report	Sedloski 73'

Lilleküla Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 7,500Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

2 September 200617:00 UTC+1

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

Old Trafford, ManchesterAttendance: 56,290Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria) 2 September 200621:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Israel
	Report	Colautti 8'

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

6 September 200619:00 UTC+4

Russia	0–0	Croatia
	Report

Lokomotiv Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 27,500Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) 6 September 200619:00 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: 400Referee: Sinisa Zrnic (Bosnia) 6 September 200621:00 UTC+2

Macedonia	0–1	England
	Report	Crouch 46'

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

7 October 200619:00 UTC+4

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

Dynamo Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 22,000Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany) 7 October 200617:00 UTC+1

England	0–0	Macedonia
	Report

Old Trafford, ManchesterAttendance: 72,062Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) 7 October 200620:15 UTC+2

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

Maksimir Stadium, ZagrebAttendance: 17,618Referee: Anthony Zammit (Malta)

11 October 200615:00 UTC+2

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

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 300Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia) 11 October 200619:00 UTC+4

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

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint PetersburgAttendance: 21,517Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) 11 October 200620:00 UTC+2

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

Maksimir Stadium, ZagrebAttendance: 31,991Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

15 November 200617:00 UTC+1

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

Skopje City Stadium, SkopjeAttendance: 13,000Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium) 15 November 200619:00 UTC+2

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

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAttendance: 35,000Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

24 March 200720:30 UTC+2

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

Lilleküla Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 8,202Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia) 24 March 200720:30 UTC+2

Israel	0–0	England
	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAttendance: 38,000Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) 24 March 200720:15 UTC+1

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

Maksimir Stadium, ZagrebAttendance: 29,969Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

28 March 200720:30 UTC+3

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

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAttendance: 23,658Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) 28 March 200721:00 UTC+2

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

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

2 June 200721:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Eduardo 32'

A Le Coq Arena, TallinnAttendance: 8,651Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) 2 June 200719:00 UTC+4

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

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint PetersburgAttendance: 21,520Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway) 2 June 200719:30 UTC+2

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

Skopje City Stadium, SkopjeAttendance: 12,000Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

6 June 200718:00 UTC+2

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

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 618Referee: Ian Stokes (Ireland) 6 June 200720:30 UTC+2

Croatia	0–0	Russia
	Report

Maksimir Stadium, ZagrebAttendance: 36,194Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) 6 June 200721:30 UTC+3

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

A Le Coq Arena, TallinnAttendance: 9,635Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

22 August 200719:00 UTC+3

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

A Le Coq Arena, TallinnAttendance: 7,500Referee: Adrian McCourt (Northern Ireland)

8 September 200719:00 UTC+4

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

Lokomotiv Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 23,000Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) 8 September 200717:00 UTC+1

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

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 85,372Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands) 8 September 200720:30 UTC+2

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

Maksimir Stadium, ZagrebAttendance: 15,102Referee: Jérôme Laperriere (Switzerland)

12 September 200718:00 UTC+2

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

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 925Referee: Olivier Thual (France) 12 September 200720:30 UTC+2

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

Skopje City Stadium, SkopjeAttendance: 5,000Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus) 12 September 200720:00 UTC+1

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

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

13 October 200715:00 UTC+1

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

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 86,665Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark) 13 October 200720:15 UTC+2

Croatia	1–0	Israel
Eduardo 52'	Report

Maksimir Stadium, ZagrebAttendance: 30,084Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

17 October 200719:00 UTC+4

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

Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 78,000Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) 17 October 200720:00 UTC+2

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

Skopje City Stadium, SkopjeAttendance: 17,500Referee: Paulius Malzinskas (Lithuania)

17 November 200718:00 UTC+1

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

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 700Referee: William Collum (Scotland) 17 November 200720:00 UTC+2

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

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAttendance: 27,563Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy) 17 November 200720:00 UTC+1

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

Skopje City Stadium, SkopjeAttendance: 14,500Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

21 November 200719:00 UTC+2

Israel	1–0	Macedonia
Barda 35'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAttendance: 2,736Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland) 21 November 200721:00 UTC+1

Andorra	0–1	Russia
	Report	Sychev 38'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 780Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway) 21 November 200720:00 UTC+0

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

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

Goalscorers

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

10 goals

Eduardo

7 goals

Mladen Petrić

6 goals

Roberto Colautti

5 goals

4 goals

Michael Owen

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Gary Neville (against Croatia)
Taavi Rähn (against England)

References

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. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
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.
"Israel v Andorra" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Croatia v Andorra" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Russia v Estonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Croatia v England" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Macedonia v Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Israel v Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Estonia v Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Israel v England" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Croatia v Macedonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Estonia v Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Russia v Andorra" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Macedonia v Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Croatia v Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Estonia v England" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Estonia v Andorra" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Russia v Macedonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Croatia v Estonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Andorra v Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Croatia v Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Russia v England" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Macedonia v Andorra" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
"Andorra v Estonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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"Andorra v Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

External links

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