UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B
# UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B

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 | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | Qualify for final tournament | 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 | — |

## 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.

## Goalscorers

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

6 goals

* Thierry Henry

5 goals

* Shota Arveladze
* Luca Toni
* Andriy Shevchenko

4 goals

* Rógvi Jacobsen
* Nicolas Anelka
* Tomas Danilevičius
* Kris Boyd
* James McFadden
* Oleh Husyev

3 goals

* Sidney Govou
* Aleksandre Iashvili
* David Siradze
* Filippo Inzaghi
* Kenny Miller

2 goals

* Karim Benzema
* Louis Saha
* David Trezeguet
* Antonio Di Natale
* Fabio Quagliarella
* Audrius Kšanavičius
* Garry O'Connor
* Maksym Kalynychenko

1 goal

* Hatem Ben Arfa
* Florent Malouda
* Samir Nasri
* Franck Ribéry
* Jérôme Rothen
* Giorgi Demetradze
* Levan Kobiashvili
* Levan Mchedlidze
* Davit Mujiri
* Giorgi Shashiashvili
* Mauro Camoranesi
* Giorgio Chiellini
* Daniele De Rossi
* Alberto Gilardino
* Fabio Grosso
* Massimo Oddo
* Christian Panucci
* Simone Perrotta
* Andrea Pirlo
* Edgaras Jankauskas
* Darius Miceika
* Saulius Mikoliūnas
* Mantas Savėnas
* Andrius Skerla
* Craig Beattie
* Gary Caldwell
* Christian Dailly
* Barry Ferguson
* Darren Fletcher
* Shaun Maloney
* Lee McCulloch
* Stephen McManus
* Oleksandr Kucher
* Ruslan Rotan
* Andriy Rusol
* Oleh Shelayev
* Andriy Vorobey
* Andriy Voronin
* Volodymyr Yezerskiy

1 own goal

* Fróði Benjaminsen (against Italy)
* Malkhaz Asatiani (against France)
