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During the 2008 European Championship qualifying matches on Saturday, battles took place in all seven groups. The biggest surprise came from Kazakhstan, who beat Serbia in their tournament debut. England disappointed their fans once again with a goalless draw against Israel, while the match between Romania and the Netherlands ended in a draw. The European champions, Greece, lost to Turkey, Germany won the battle for first place in Group D, and Portugal, France, and Spain also secured victories among the favorites.
Group A
Kazakhstan 2 - 1 Serbia 47' [1 - 0] Kairat Ashirbekov 61' [2 - 0] Nurbol Zhumaskaliev 68' [2 - 1] Nikola Zigic 90‘ Nikola Zigic (Serbia) was sent off
Poland 5 - 0 Azerbaijan 2' [1 - 0] Jacek Bak 5' [2 - 0] Dariusz Dudka 33' [3 - 0] Wojciech Lobodzinski 58' [4 - 0] Jacek Krzynowek 84' [5 - 0] Przemyslaw Kazmierczak
Portugal 4 - 0 Belgium 53' [1 - 0] Nuno Gomes 55' [2 - 0] Cristiano Ronaldo 68‘ [3 - 0] Ricardo Quaresma 75' [4 - 0] Cristiano Ronaldo
Current standings: 1. Poland 6 4 1 1 11-5 13 2. Finland 5 3 2 0 7-2 11 3. Portugal 5 3 1 1 12-3 10 4. Serbia 5 3 1 1 7-3 10 5. Belgium 6 2 1 3 4-7 7 6. Kazakhstan 6 1 2 3 3-8 5 7. Armenia 4 0 1 3 0-5 1 8. Azerbaijan 5 0 1 4 1-13 1
Group B
Faroe Islands 0 - 2 Ukraine 21' [0 - 1] Volodymyr Yezerskyi 58' [0 - 2] Oleg Gusev
Scotland 2 - 1 Georgia 11' [1 - 0] Kris Boyd 40' [1 - 1] Shot Arveladze 89' [2 - 1] Craig Beattie
Lithuania 0 – 1 France 73' [0 - 1] Nicolas Anelka
Current standings: 1. France 5 4 0 1 12-2 12 2. Scotland 5 4 0 1 11-4 12 3. Ukraine 4 3 0 1 7-4 9 4. Italy 4 2 1 1 7-5 7 5. Lithuania 4 1 1 2 3-4 4 6. Georgia 5 1 0 4 10-11 3 7. Faroe Islands 5 0 0 5 0-20 0
Group C
Moldova 1 - 1 Malta 73' [0 - 1] George Mallia 85' [1 - 1] Vitalie Bordian 87' Sergei Dadu (Moldova) and Luke Dimech (Malta) were sent off
Norway 1 - 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18' [0 - 1] Zvjezdan Misimovic 34' [0 - 2] Zlatan Muslimovic 50' [1 - 2] John Carew (pen.) Greece 1 - 4 Turkey 5' [1 - 0] Sotirios Kyrgiakos 26' [1 - 1] Sanli Tuncay 55' [1 - 2] Gokhan Unal 71' [1 - 3] Tumer Metin 82' [1 - 4] Gokdeniz Karadeniz
Current standings: 1. Turkey 4 4 0 0 12-1 12 2. Greece 4 3 0 1 7-4 9 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 2 1 2 10-12 7 4. Norway 4 2 0 2 7-4 6 5. Malta 4 1 1 2 5-9 4 6. Hungary 4 1 0 3 5-8 3 7. Moldova 5 0 2 3 3-11 2
Group D
Ireland 1 - 0 Wales 39' [1 - 0] Stephen Ireland
Cyprus 1 - 3 Slovakia 45' [1 - 0] Stathis Aloneftis 54' [1 - 1] Robert Vittek 67' [1 - 2] Martin Skrtel 77' [1 - 3] Martin Jakubko 42' Michael Morphis (Cyprus) was sent off
Czech Republic 1 – 2 Germany 42' [0 - 1] Kevin Kuranyi 62' [0 - 2] Kevin Kuranyi 76' [1 - 2] Milan Baros
Current standings: 1. Germany 5 4 1 0 21-3 13 2. Czech Republic 5 3 1 1 14-4 10 3. Ireland 6 3 1 2 11-8 10 4. Slovakia 5 3 0 2 15-10 9 5. Cyprus 5 1 1 3 9-15 4 6. Wales 4 1 0 3 5-9 3 7. San Marino 4 0 0 4 1-27 0
Group E
Estonia 0 - 2 Russia 66' [0 - 1] Aleksandr Kerzhakov 78' [0 - 2] Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Israel 0 - 0 England
Croatia 2 – 1 Macedonia 36' [0 - 1] Goce Sedloski 58' [1 - 1] Darijo Srna 88' [2 - 1] Eduardo Alves Da Silva 68‘ Goce Sedloski (Macedonia) was sent off
Current standings: 1. Croatia 5 4 1 0 15-4 13 2. Russia 5 3 2 0 7-1 11 3. England 5 2 2 1 6-2 8 4. Israel 5 2 2 1 9-6 8 5. Macedonia 6 2 1 3 5-5 7 6. Estonia 4 0 0 4 0-6 0 7. Andorra 4 0 0 4 1-19 0
Group F
Liechtenstein 1 – 4 Northern Ireland 52' [0 - 1] David Healy 75' [0 - 2] David Healy 83' [0 - 3] David Healy 90' [1 - 3] Franz Burgmeier 90' [1 - 4] Grant McCann
Spain 2 – 1 Denmark 34' [1 - 0] Fernando Morientes 45' [2 - 0] David Villa 49' [2 - 1] Michael Gravgaard 19‘ Niclas Jensen (Denmark) was sent off
Current standings: 1. Sweden 4 4 0 0 8-2 12 2. Northern Ireland 5 3 1 1 8-6 10 3. Denmark 4 2 1 1 7-2 7 4. Spain 4 2 0 2 8-6 6 5. Latvia 3 1 0 2 4-2 3 6. Iceland 4 1 0 3 4-8 3 7. Liechtenstein 4 0 0 4 2-15 0
Group G
Albania 0 - 0 Slovenia
Luxembourg 1 – 2 Belarus 24' [0 - 1] Timofei Kalachev 54' [0 - 2] Vitaliy Kutuzov 68' [1 - 2] Chris Sagramola
Netherlands 0 - 0 Romania
Current standings: 1. Netherlands 5 3 2 0 7-2 11 2. Bulgaria 4 2 2 0 7-3 8 3. Romania 4 2 2 0 7-3 8 4. Belarus 5 2 1 2 9-11 7 5. Slovenia 4 1 1 2 4-7 4 6. Albania 4 0 2 2 3-6 2 7. Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 1-6 0
