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Standings and results for '''Group A''' of the '''[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]]''' tournament.
[[File:Armeniaportugal2007.jpg|thumb|Armenia vs Portugal in [[Yerevan]]]]
Poland secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following a 2–0 win against Belgium, becoming the eighth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so. Portugal secured qualification to the tournament proper on 21 November 2007 following a 0–0 draw against Finland, becoming the thirteenth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.

==Standings==
{{UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying group tables|Group A|show_matches=yes}}

==Matches==
{{Football box
|id=Belgium v Kazakhstan
|date=16 August 2006
|time=19:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score=0–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83750--belgium-vs-kazakhstan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|KAZ}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Constant Vanden Stock Stadium]], [[Brussels]]
|attendance=15,495
|referee=Mark Courtney ([[Irish Football Association|Northern Ireland]]) }}
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{{Football box
|id=Serbia v Azerbaijan
|date=2 September 2006
|time=20:15 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SRB|2004}}
|score=1–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83751--serbia-vs-azerbaijan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|AZE}}
|goals1=[[Nikola Žigić|Žigić]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Red Star Stadium]], [[Belgrade]]
|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=SRB-AZE|Serbia played their home match against Azerbaijan behind closed doors as they were punished for a previous crowd disturbance during their last match of [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Zoran Milosavljevic |title=Zigic goal gives Serbia 1–0 win over Azerbaijan |publisher=Reuters |access-date=3 September 2006 |url=http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldFootballNews&storyID=2006-09-02T215437Z_01_L02708598_RTRIDST_0_SPORT-SOCCER-EURO-SERBIA-UPDATE-1.XML |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102053936/http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldFootballNews |archive-date=2 January 2007 }}</ref>}}
|referee=[[Knut Kircher]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Poland v Finland
|date=2 September 2006
|time=20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}
|score=1–3
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83806--poland-vs-finland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|FIN}}
|goals1=[[Łukasz Garguła|Garguła]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=[[Jari Litmanen|Litmanen]] {{goal|54||76|pen.}}<br />[[Mika Väyrynen|Väyrynen]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium=[[Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium|Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak]], [[Bydgoszcz]]
|attendance=13,000
|referee=[[Laurent Duhamel]] ([[French Football Federation|France]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Azerbaijan v Kazakhstan
|date=6 September 2006
|time=19:00 [[UTC+05:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|AZE}}
|score=1–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83753--azerbaijan-vs-kazakhstan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|KAZ}}
|goals1=[[Andrezinho (footballer, born 1975)|Ladaga]] {{goal|16}}
|goals2=[[Dmitry Byakov|Byakov]] {{goal|36}}
|stadium=[[Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium]], [[Baku]]
|attendance=8,500
|referee=[[Zsolt Szabó (referee)|Zsolt Szabo]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Armenia v Belgium
|date=6 September 2006
|time=21:00 [[UTC+05:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARM}}
|score=0–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83756--armenia-vs-belgium/ Report]
|team2={{fb|BEL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Daniel Van Buyten|Van Buyten]] {{goal|41}}
|stadium=[[Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium]], [[Yerevan]]
|attendance=4,122
|referee=[[Gerald Lehner (referee)|Gerald Lehner]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Finland v Portugal
|date=6 September 2006
|time=20:00 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}
|score=1–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83754--finland-vs-portugal/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POR}}
|goals1=[[Jonatan Johansson (footballer)|Johansson]] {{goal|22}}
|goals2=[[Nuno Gomes]] {{goal|42}}
|stadium=[[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance=38,015
|referee=[[Konrad Plautz]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Poland v Serbia
|date=6 September 2006
|time=20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}
|score=1–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83755--poland-vs-serbia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=[[Radosław Matusiak|Matusiak]] {{goal|30}}
|goals2=[[Danko Lazović|Lazović]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium=[[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance=4,918
|referee=[[Graham Poll]] ([[The Football Association|England]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Kazakhstan v Poland
|date=7 October 2006
|time=21:00 [[UTC+06:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
|score=0–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83758--kazakhstan-vs-poland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Ebi Smolarek|Smolarek]] {{goal|52}}
|stadium=[[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]]
|attendance=22,000
|referee=[[Edo Trivkovic]] ([[Croatian Football Federation|Croatia]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Armenia v Finland
|date=7 October 2006
|time=21:00 [[UTC+05:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARM}}
|score=0–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83757--armenia-vs-finland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|FIN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium]], [[Yerevan]]
|attendance=2,800
|referee=[[Damir Skomina]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Serbia v Belgium
|date=7 October 2006
|time=20:15 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SRB|2004}}
|score=1–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83759--serbia-vs-belgium/ Report]
|team2={{fb|BEL}}
|goals1=[[Nikola Žigić|Žigić]] {{goal|54}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Red Star Stadium]], [[Belgrade]]
|attendance=16,901
|referee=[[Domenico Messina]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Portugal v Azerbaijan
|date=7 October 2006
|time=21:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POR}}
|score=3–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83760--portugal-vs-azerbaijan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|AZE}}
|goals1=[[Cristiano Ronaldo|Ronaldo]] {{goal|25||63}}<br />[[Ricardo Carvalho|Carvalho]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio do Bessa|Bessa XXI]], [[Porto]]
|attendance=14,000
|referee=[[Mark Halsey]] ([[The Football Association|England]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Kazakhstan v Finland
|date=11 October 2006
|time=22:00 [[UTC+06:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
|score=0–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83762--kazakhstan-vs-finland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|FIN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Jari Litmanen|Litmanen]] {{goal|29}}<br />[[Sami Hyypiä|Hyypiä]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium=[[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]]
|attendance=17,863
|referee=[[Athanassios Briakos]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Serbia v Armenia
|date=11 October 2006
|time=20:15 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SRB|2004}}
|score=3–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83763--serbia-vs-armenia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ARM}}
|goals1=[[Dejan Stanković|Stanković]] {{goal|54|pen.}}<br />[[Danko Lazović|Lazović]] {{goal|62}}<br />[[Nikola Žigić|Žigić]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Red Star Stadium]], [[Belgrade]]
|attendance=10,987
|referee=[[Georgios Kasnaferis]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Poland v Portugal
|date=11 October 2006
|time=20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}
|score=2–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83764--poland-vs-portugal/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POR}}
|goals1=[[Ebi Smolarek|Smolarek]] {{goal|9||18}}
|goals2=[[Nuno Gomes]] {{goal|90+2}}
|stadium=[[Silesian Stadium]], [[Chorzów]]
|attendance=38,199
|referee=[[Wolfgang Stark]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Belgium v Azerbaijan
|date=11 October 2006
|time=20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score=3–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83761--belgium-vs-azerbaijan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|AZE}}
|goals1=[[Timmy Simons|Simons]] {{goal|24|pen.}}<br />[[Kevin Vandenbergh|Vandenbergh]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Mousa Dembélé (Belgian footballer)|Dembélé]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Constant Vanden Stock Stadium]], [[Brussels]]
|attendance=11,917
|referee=[[Romans Lajuks]] ([[Latvian Football Federation|Latvia]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Finland v Armenia
|date=15 November 2006
|time=19:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}
|score=1–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83765--finland-vs-armenia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ARM}}
|goals1=[[Mika Nurmela|Nurmela]] {{goal|10}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Telia 5G -areena]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance=9,445
|referee=[[Craig Thomson (referee)|Craig Thomson]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Belgium v Poland
|date=15 November 2006
|time=20:30 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score=0–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83767--belgium-vs-poland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Radosław Matusiak|Matusiak]] {{goal|19}}
|stadium=[[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]]
|attendance=37,578
|referee=[[Stuart Dougal]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Portugal v Kazakhstan
|date=15 November 2006
|time=21:00 [[Western European Time|WET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POR}}
|score=3–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83766--portugal-vs-kazakhstan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|KAZ}}
|goals1=[[Simão Sabrosa|Simão]] {{goal|8||86}}<br />[[Cristiano Ronaldo|Ronaldo]] {{goal|30}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio Cidade de Coimbra]], [[Coimbra]]
|attendance=27,000
|referee=René Rogalla ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Kazakhstan v Serbia
|date=24 March 2007
|time=19:00 [[UTC+06:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
|score=2–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83770--kazakhstan-vs-serbia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=[[Kairat Ashirbekov|Ashirbekov]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev|Zhumaskaliyev]] {{goal|61}}
|goals2=[[Nikola Žigić|Žigić]] {{goal|68}}
|stadium=[[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]]
|attendance=19,600
|referee=[[Vladimír Hriňák]] ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Poland v Azerbaijan
|date=24 March 2007
|time=18:00 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}
|score=5–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83768--poland-vs-azerbaijan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|AZE}}
|goals1=[[Jacek Bąk|Bąk]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Dariusz Dudka|Dudka]] {{goal|6}}<br />[[Wojciech Łobodziński|Łobodziński]] {{goal|34}}<br />[[Jacek Krzynówek|Krzynówek]] {{goal|58}}<br />[[Przemysław Kaźmierczak|Kaźmierczak]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance=12,000
|referee=[[Kristinn Jakobsson]] ([[Football Association of Iceland|Iceland]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Portugal v Belgium
|date=24 March 2007
|time=21:00 [[Western European Time|WET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POR}}
|score=4–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83769--portugal-vs-belgium/ Report]
|team2={{fb|BEL}}
|goals1=[[Nuno Gomes]] {{goal|53}}<br />[[Cristiano Ronaldo|Ronaldo]] {{goal|55||75}}<br />[[Ricardo Quaresma|Quaresma]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio José Alvalade|José Alvalade]], [[Lisbon]]
|attendance=47,009
|referee=[[Kyros Vassaras]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Azerbaijan v Finland
|date=28 March 2007
|time=20:00 [[UTC+05:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|AZE}}
|score=1–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83771--azerbaijan-vs-finland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|FIN}}
|goals1=[[Emin Imamaliev|Imamaliev]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium]], [[Baku]]
|attendance=14,500
|referee=[[Domenico Messina]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Poland v Armenia
|date=28 March 2007
|time=20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}
|score=1–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83772--poland-vs-armenia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ARM}}
|goals1=[[Maciej Żurawski|Żurawski]] {{goal|26}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Kielce City Stadium]], [[Kielce]]
|attendance=13,450
|referee=[[Alberto Undiano Mallenco]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Serbia v Portugal
|date=28 March 2007
|time=20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SRB|2004}}
|score=1–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83773--serbia-vs-portugal/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POR}}
|goals1=[[Boško Janković|Janković]] {{goal|37}}
|goals2=[[Tiago Mendes|Tiago]] {{goal|5}}
|stadium=[[Red Star Stadium]], [[Belgrade]]
|attendance=46,810
|referee=[[Bertrand Layec]] ([[French Football Federation|France]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Kazakhstan v Armenia
|date=2 June 2007
|time=18:00 [[UTC+06:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
|score=1–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83775--kazakhstan-vs-armenia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ARM}}
|goals1=[[Ruslan Baltiev|Baltiev]] {{goal|88|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Robert Arzumanyan|Arzumanyan]] {{goal|31}}<br />[[Sargis Hovsepyan|Hovsepian]] {{goal|39|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]]
|attendance=17,100
|referee=[[Pavel Královec]] ([[Football Association of the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Azerbaijan v Poland
|date=2 June 2007
|time=21:00 [[UTC+05:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|AZE}}
|score=1–3
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83776--azerbaijan-vs-poland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POL}}
|goals1=[[Branimir Subašić|Subašić]] {{goal|6}}
|goals2=[[Ebi Smolarek|Smolarek]] {{goal|63}}<br />[[Jacek Krzynówek|Krzynówek]] {{goal|66||90}}
|stadium=[[Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium]], [[Baku]]
|attendance=25,800
|referee=[[Costas Kapitanis]] ([[Cyprus Football Association|Cyprus]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Finland v Serbia
|date=2 June 2007
|time=19:15 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}
|score=0–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83774--finland-vs-serbia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Boško Janković|Janković]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Milan Jovanović (footballer, born 1981)|Jovanović]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium=[[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance=33,615
|referee=[[Manuel Mejuto González]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Belgium v Portugal
|date=2 June 2007
|time=20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score=1–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83777--belgium-vs-portugal/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POR}}
|goals1=[[Marouane Fellaini|Fellaini]] {{goal|55}}
|goals2=[[Nani (footballer)|Nani]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[Hélder Postiga|Postiga]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium=[[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]]
|attendance=45,383
|referee=[[Martin Hansson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Kazakhstan v Azerbaijan
|date=6 June 2007
|time=19:00 [[UTC+06:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
|score=1–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83779--kazakhstan-vs-azerbaijan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|AZE}}
|goals1=[[Ruslan Baltiev|Baltiev]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2=[[Vüqar Nadirov|Nadirov]] {{goal|30}}
|stadium=[[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]]
|attendance=11,800
|referee=[[Albert Toussaint]] ([[Luxembourg Football Federation|Luxembourg]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Finland v Belgium
|date=6 June 2007
|time=20:15 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}
|score=2–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83778--finland-vs-belgium/ Report]
|team2={{fb|BEL}}
|goals1=[[Jonatan Johansson (footballer)|Johansson]] {{goal|27}}<br />[[Alexei Eremenko|A. Eremenko]] {{goal|71}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance=34,818
|referee=[[Mike Riley (referee)|Mike Riley]] ([[The Football Association|England]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Armenia v Poland
|date=6 June 2007
|time=20:30 [[UTC+05:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARM}}
|score=1–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83780--armenia-vs-poland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POL}}
|goals1=[[Hamlet Mkhitaryan (footballer, born 1973)|Hamlet Mkhitaryan]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium]], [[Yerevan]]
|attendance=9,800
|referee=[[Cristian Balaj]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Armenia v Portugal
|date=22 August 2007
|time=19:00 [[UTC+05:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARM}}
|score=1–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83782--armenia-vs-portugal/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POR}}
|goals1=[[Robert Arzumanyan|Arzumanyan]] {{goal|10}}
|goals2=[[Cristiano Ronaldo|Ronaldo]] {{goal|37}}
|stadium=[[Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium]], [[Yerevan]]
|attendance=14,935
|referee=[[Claus Bo Larsen]] ([[Danish Football Union|Denmark]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Finland v Kazakhstan
|date=22 August 2007
|time=19:00 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}
|score=2–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83781--finland-vs-kazakhstan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|KAZ}}
|goals1=[[Alexei Eremenko|A. Eremenko]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Teemu Tainio|Tainio]] {{goal|61}}
|goals2=[[Dmitry Byakov|Byakov]] {{goal|23}}
|stadium=[[Tampere Stadium]], [[Tampere]]
|attendance=13,047
|referee=[[Viktor Kassai]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Belgium v Serbia
|date=22 August 2007
|time=20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score=3–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83783--belgium-vs-serbia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=[[Mousa Dembélé (Belgian footballer)|Dembélé]] {{goal|10||88}}<br />[[Kevin Mirallas|Mirallas]] {{goal|30}}
|goals2=[[Zdravko Kuzmanović|Kuzmanović]] {{goal|73||90+1}}
|stadium=[[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]]
|attendance=19,202
|referee=[[Terje Hauge]] ([[Norwegian Football Federation|Norway]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Azerbaijan v Armenia
|date=8 September 2007
|team1={{fb-rt|AZE}}
|score=Cancelled{{refn|group=note|name=ARM-AZE|The matches between Azerbaijan and Armenia were cancelled by UEFA with both associations receiving no points. This was due to the failure of the two national associations to resolve political and security disagreements.<ref name="ARM-AZE 1"/><ref name="ARM-AZE 2"/>}}
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83784--azerbaijan-vs-armenia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ARM}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee= }}

{{Football box
|id=Serbia v Finland
|date=8 September 2007
|time=20:15 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SRB|2004}}
|score=0–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83785--serbia-vs-finland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|FIN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Red Star Stadium]], [[Belgrade]]
|attendance=10,530
|referee=[[Eric Braamhaar]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Portugal v Poland
|date=8 September 2007
|time=21:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POR}}
|score=2–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83786--portugal-vs-poland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POL}}
|goals1=[[Maniche]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Cristiano Ronaldo|Ronaldo]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2=[[Mariusz Lewandowski|Lewandowski]] {{goal|44}}<br />[[Jacek Krzynówek|Krzynówek]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium=[[Estádio da Luz]], [[Lisbon]]
|attendance=48,000
|referee=[[Roberto Rosetti]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Armenia v Azerbaijan
|date=12 September 2007
|team1={{fb-rt|ARM}}
|score=Cancelled{{refn|group=note|name=ARM-AZE}}
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83787--armenia-vs-azerbaijan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|AZE}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee= }}

{{Football box
|id=Kazakhstan v Belgium
|date=12 September 2007
|time=21:00 [[UTC+06:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
|score=2–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83789--kazakhstan-vs-belgium/ Report]
|team2={{fb|BEL}}
|goals1=[[Dmitry Byakov|Byakov]] {{goal|39}}<br />[[Samat Smakov|Smakov]] {{goal|77|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Karel Geraerts|Geraerts]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Kevin Mirallas|Mirallas]] {{goal|24}}
|stadium=[[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]]
|attendance=18,100
|referee=[[Alexandru Tudor]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Finland v Poland
|date=12 September 2007
|time=19:00 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}
|score=0–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83788--finland-vs-poland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance=34,088
|referee=[[Herbert Fandel]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Portugal v Serbia
|date=12 September 2007
|time=21:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POR}}
|score=1–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83790--portugal-vs-serbia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=[[Simão Sabrosa|Simão]] {{goal|11}}
|goals2=[[Branislav Ivanović|Ivanović]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium=[[Estádio José Alvalade]], [[Lisbon]]
|attendance=47,000
|referee=[[Markus Merk]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Armenia v Serbia
|date=13 October 2007
|time=20:00 [[UTC+05:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARM}}
|score=0–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83793--armenia-vs-serbia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium]], [[Yerevan]]
|attendance=7,150
|referee=[[Stefan Johannesson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Azerbaijan v Portugal
|date=13 October 2007
|time=21:00 [[UTC+05:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|AZE}}
|score=0–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83791--azerbaijan-vs-portugal/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POR}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Bruno Alves]] {{goal|12}}<br />[[Hugo Almeida|Almeida]] {{goal|45}}
|stadium=[[Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium]], [[Baku]]
|attendance=29,300
|referee=[[Ivan Bebek]] ([[Croatian Football Federation|Croatia]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Poland v Kazakhstan
|date=13 October 2007
|time=20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}
|score=3–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83794--poland-vs-kazakhstan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|KAZ}}
|goals1=[[Ebi Smolarek|Smolarek]] {{goal|56||64||65}}
|goals2=[[Dmitry Byakov|Byakov]] {{goal|20}}
|stadium=[[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance=11,040
|referee=[[Espen Berntsen]] ([[Norwegian Football Federation|Norway]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Belgium v Finland
|date=13 October 2007
|time=20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score=0–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83792--belgium-vs-finland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|FIN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]]
|attendance=21,393
|referee=[[Costas Kapitanis]] ([[Cyprus Football Association|Cyprus]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Kazakhstan v Portugal
|date=17 October 2007
|time=20:00 [[UTC+06:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KAZ}}
|score=1–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83795--kazakhstan-vs-portugal/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POR}}
|goals1=[[Dmitry Byakov|Byakov]] {{goal|90+5}}
|goals2=[[Ariza Makukula|Makukula]] {{goal|84}}<br />[[Cristiano Ronaldo|Ronaldo]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium=[[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]]
|attendance=25,057
|referee=[[Jan Wegereef]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Azerbaijan v Serbia
|date=17 October 2007
|time=21:00 [[UTC+05:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|AZE}}
|score=1–6
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83796--azerbaijan-vs-serbia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=[[Samir Aliyev|Aliyev]] {{goal|26}}
|goals2=[[Duško Tošić|Tošić]] {{goal|4}}<br />[[Nikola Žigić|Žigić]] {{goal|22||42}}<br />[[Boško Janković|Janković]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Milan Smiljanić|Smiljanic]] {{goal|75}}<br />[[Danko Lazović|Lazović]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium=[[Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium]], [[Baku]]
|attendance=3,100
|referee=[[Thomas Einwaller]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Belgium v Armenia
|date=17 October 2007
|time=20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score=3–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83797--belgium-vs-armenia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ARM}}
|goals1=[[Wesley Sonck|Sonck]] {{goal|63}}<br />[[Mousa Dembélé (Belgian footballer)|Dembélé]] {{goal|69}}<br />[[Karel Geraerts|Geraerts]] {{goal|76}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]]
|attendance=14,812
|referee=[[Johannes Valgeirsson]] ([[Football Association of Iceland|Iceland]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Finland v Azerbaijan
|date=17 November 2007
|time=16:05 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}
|score=2–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83799--finland-vs-azerbaijan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|AZE}}
|goals1=[[Mikael Forssell|Forssell]] {{goal|79}}<br />[[Shefki Kuqi|Kuqi]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2=[[Mahmud Qurbanov|Gurbanov]] {{goal|63}}
|stadium=[[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance=10,325
|referee=[[Alain Hamer]] ([[Luxembourg Football Federation|Luxembourg]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Poland v Belgium
|date=17 November 2007
|time=20:30 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}
|score=2–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83801--poland-vs-belgium/ Report]
|team2={{fb|BEL}}
|goals1=[[Ebi Smolarek|Smolarek]] {{goal|45||49}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Silesian Stadium]], [[Chorzów]]
|attendance=41,450
|referee=[[Claus Bo Larsen]] ([[Danish Football Union|Denmark]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Portugal v Armenia
|date=17 November 2007
|time=21:00 [[Western European Time|WET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POR}}
|score=1–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83800--portugal-vs-armenia/ Report]
|team2={{fb|ARM}}
|goals1=[[Hugo Almeida|Almeida]] {{goal|42}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa]], [[Leiria]]
|attendance=22,048
|referee=[[Mike Riley (referee)|Mike Riley]] ([[The Football Association|England]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Armenia v Kazakhstan
|date=21 November 2007
|time=19:00 [[UTC+04:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARM}}
|score=0–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83805--armenia-vs-kazakhstan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|KAZ}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Sergei Ostapenko|Ostapenko]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium=[[Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium]], [[Yerevan]]
|attendance=3,100
|referee=[[Bruno Faye]] ([[French Football Federation|France]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Azerbaijan v Belgium
|date=21 November 2007
|time=21:00 [[UTC+04:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|AZE}}
|score=0–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83802--azerbaijan-vs-belgium/ Report]
|team2={{fb|BEL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Luigi Pieroni|Pieroni]] {{goal|52}}
|stadium=[[Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium]], [[Baku]]
|attendance=7,000
|referee=[[Asaf Kenan]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Portugal v Finland
|date=21 November 2007
|time=19:45 [[Western European Time|WET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POR}}
|score=0–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83804--portugal-vs-finland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|FIN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio do Dragão]], [[Porto]]
|attendance=49,000
|referee=[[Ľuboš Micheľ]] ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]]) }}

{{Football box
|id=Serbia v Poland
|date=21 November 2007
|time=20:45 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SRB|2004}}
|score=2–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83803--serbia-vs-poland/ Report]
|team2={{fb|POL}}
|goals1=[[Nikola Žigić|Žigić]] {{goal|68}}<br />[[Danko Lazović|Lazović]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2=[[Rafał Murawski|Murawski]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Radosław Matusiak|Matusiak]] {{goal|46}}
|stadium=[[Red Star Stadium]], [[Belgrade]]
|attendance=3,247
|referee=[[Massimo Busacca]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]]) }}
----
{{Football box
|id=Serbia v Kazakhstan
|date=24 November 2007{{refn|group=note|name=SRB-KAZ|The match was originally scheduled for 17 November 2007, 20:45 CET, at [[Stadion Partizana]], [[Belgrade]], but was postponed prior to kick-off by [[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spanish]] referee [[Luis Medina Cantalejo|Cantalejo]], due to heavy snowfall in Belgrade.
 The match was rescheduled for 18 November 2007, 14:00 CET, but was postponed again to 24 November 2007 due to heavy snowfall.<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/news/kind=1/newsid=621262.html UEFA] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206114433/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/news/kind=1/newsid=620922.html |date=6 February 2008 }}</ref>}}
|time=18:00 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SRB|2004}}
|score=1–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/83798--serbia-vs-kazakhstan/ Report]
|team2={{fb|KAZ}}
|goals1=[[Sergei Ostapenko|Ostapenko]] {{goal|79|o.g.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Partizan Stadium]], [[Belgrade]]
|attendance=400
|referee=[[Kyros Vassaras]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]]) }}

==Goalscorers==
{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|round=group|group=A}}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200529082533/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/2008/qualifying/ UEFA website]

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