UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G

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This page shows the standings and results for Group G of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament.[1]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England Montenegro Switzerland Wales Bulgaria
1  England 8 5 3 0 17 5 +12 18 Qualify for final tournament 0–0 2–2 1–0 4–0
2  Montenegro 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 12 Advance to play-offs 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
3   Switzerland 8 3 2 3 12 10 +2 11 1–3 2–0 4–1 3–1
4  Wales 8 3 0 5 6 10 −4 9 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1
5  Bulgaria 8 1 2 5 3 13 −10 5 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches[edit]

A meeting was held in Zürich, Switzerland, on 15 March to determine the Group G fixture schedule.[2][3] After that meeting proved inconclusive, the fixture list was determined by a random draw at the XXXIV Ordinary UEFA Congress in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 March 2010.[4]

Montenegro 1–0 Wales
Vučinić 30' Report
England 4–0 Bulgaria
Defoe 3', 61', 86'
A. Johnson 83'
Report
Attendance: 73,426[6]

Bulgaria 0–1 Montenegro
Report Zverotić 35'
Switzerland 1–3 England
Shaqiri 71' Report Rooney 10'
A. Johnson 69'
Bent 88'
Attendance: 37,500[8]

Montenegro 1–0  Switzerland
Vučinić 67' Report
Wales 0–1 Bulgaria
Report I. Popov 48'

Switzerland 4–1 Wales
Stocker 8', 89'
Streller 21'
Inler 82' (pen.)
Report Bale 13'
Attendance: 26,000[11]
England 0–0 Montenegro
Report
Attendance: 73,451[12]

Wales 0–2 England
Report Lampard 7' (pen.)
Bent 15'
Bulgaria 0–0  Switzerland
Report

England 2–2  Switzerland
Lampard 37' (pen.)
Young 51'
Report Barnetta 32', 35'
Attendance: 84,459[15]
Montenegro 1–1 Bulgaria
Đalović 53' Report I. Popov 66'

Bulgaria 0–3 England
Report Cahill 13'
Rooney 21', 45+1'
Wales 2–1 Montenegro
Morison 28'
Ramsey 50'
Report Jovetić 71'
Attendance: 8,194[18]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Switzerland 3–1 Bulgaria
Shaqiri 45+2', 62', 90' Report I. Ivanov 8'
England 1–0 Wales
Young 35' Report

Wales 2–0  Switzerland
Ramsey 60' (pen.)
Bale 71'
Report
Montenegro 2–2 England
Zverotić 45'
Delibašić 90+1'
Report Young 11'
Bent 31'

Bulgaria 0–1 Wales
Report Bale 45'
Switzerland 2–0 Montenegro
Derdiyok 51'
Lichtsteiner 65'
Report

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 45 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline[edit]

Pos Player Country Yellow card Red card Suspended for match(es) Reason
DF Stephan Lichtsteiner   Switzerland 4 1 vs Montenegro (8 October 2010) Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF Zhivko Milanov  Bulgaria 3 1 vs Wales (7 October 2011) Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
FW Wayne Rooney  England 2 1 vs Switzerland (4 June 2011)
First two UEFA Euro 2012 group matches
Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match
MF Milorad Peković  Montenegro 4 0 vs Switzerland (8 October 2010 and 11 October 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF Blagoy Georgiev  Bulgaria 3 0 vs Montenegro (4 June 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF James Milner  England 3 0 vs Montenegro (12 October 2010) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF Simon Vukčević  Montenegro 3 0 vs Bulgaria (4 June 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF Valon Behrami   Switzerland 3 0 vs Bulgaria (6 September 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF Miodrag Džudović  Montenegro 2 0 vs Bulgaria (4 June 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF Savo Pavićević  Montenegro 2 0 vs Wales (2 September 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF Milorad Peković  Montenegro 2 0 vs Switzerland (11 October 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF Johan Djourou   Switzerland 2 0 vs Wales (7 October 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
FW Craig Bellamy  Wales 2 0 vs England (6 September 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF James Collins  Wales 2 0 vs Montenegro (2 September 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
DF Sam Ricketts  Wales 2 0 vs Switzerland (12 October 2010) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF David Vaughan  Wales 2 0 vs England (6 September 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches
MF Ashley Williams  Wales 2 0 vs England (6 September 2011) Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches

References[edit]

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