UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 8

Standings and results for Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

Group 8 consisted of Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and Estonia. Group winners were Bulgaria. Croatia and Belgium finished equal on points in for second place, however Croatia qualified for the play-offs due to goal difference in their head to head records.

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 17  Croatia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 16  Belgium | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 16  Estonia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 8  Andorra | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 18 | −17 0

Andorra  – 0–1 0–3 0–3 0–2 Belgium  3–0 – 0–2 2–1 2–0 Bulgaria  2–1 2–2 – 2–0 2–0 Croatia  2–0 4–0 1–0 – 0–0 Estonia  2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 –

Matches

Croatia  v  Estonia

7 September 2002 18:00 UTC+2

Croatia	0–0	Estonia

Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Juan Antonio Fernández Marín (ESP)

Belgium  v  Bulgaria

7 September 2002 20:00 UTC+2

Belgium	0–2	Bulgaria
		Janković  17' Petrov  63'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (NOR)

Bulgaria  v  Croatia

12 October 2002 18:00 UTC+3

Bulgaria	2–0	Croatia
Petrov  22' Berbatov  37'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (SWE)

Andorra  v  Belgium

12 October 2002 20:00 UTC+2

Andorra	0–1	Belgium
		Sonck  61'

Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 700 Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (ARM)

Bulgaria  v  Andorra

16 October 2002 18:00 UTC+3

Bulgaria	2–1	Andorra
Chilikov  37' Balakov  58'		Lima  80'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Ceri Richards (WAL)

Estonia  v  Belgium

16 October 2002 21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Belgium
		Sonck  2'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mike Riley (ENG)

Croatia  v  Belgium

29 March 2003 18:30 UTC+1

Croatia	4–0	Belgium
Srna  9' Pršo  55' Marić  70' Leko  76'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (GER)

Estonia  v  Bulgaria

2 April 2003 18:00 UTC+3

Estonia	0–0	Bulgaria

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (AUS)

Croatia  v  Andorra

2 April 2003 18:00 UTC+2

Croatia	2–0	Andorra
Rapaić  10' (pen.), 43'

Stadion Anđelko Herjavec, Varaždin Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Marian Salomir (RUS)

Andorra  v  Estonia

30 April 2003 17:00 UTC+2

Andorra	0–2	Estonia
		Zelinski  26', 74'

Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 500 Referee: Ali Aydin (TUR)

Estonia  v  Andorra

7 June 2003 19:00 UTC+3

Estonia	2–0	Andorra
Allas  22' Viikmäe  31'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Attila Juhos (HUN)

Bulgaria  v  Belgium

7 June 2003 19:15 UTC+3

Bulgaria	2–2	Belgium
Berbatov  52' Todorov  71' (pen.)		Petrov  30' (o.g.) Clement  55'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (ITA)

Estonia  v  Croatia

11 June 2003 19:00 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Croatia
		Kovač  76'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Alain Hamer (LUX)

Belgium  v  Andorra

11 June 2003 20:15 UTC+2

Belgium	3–0	Andorra
Goor  21', 69' Sonck  45'

Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (BLR)

Andorra  v  Croatia

6 September 2003 16:00 UTC+2

Andorra	0–3	Croatia
		Kovač  4' Šimunić  16' Roso  71'

Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 800 Referee: Miroslav Liba (TCH)

Bulgaria  v  Estonia

6 September 2003 18:00 UTC+3

Bulgaria	2–0	Estonia
Petrov  16' Berbatov  66'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 25,128 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (GER)

Andorra  v  Bulgaria

10 September 2003 17:30 UTC+2

Andorra	0–3	Bulgaria
		Berbatov  11', 24' Hristov  58'

Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 450 Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (POL)

Belgium  v  Croatia

10 September 2003 20:15 UTC+2

Belgium	2–1	Croatia
Sonck  35', 43'		Šimić  37'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Graham Poll (ENG)

Croatia  v  Bulgaria

11 October 2003 20:15 UTC+2

Croatia	1–0	Bulgaria
Olić  48'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Gilles Veissiere (FRA)

Belgium  v  Estonia

11 October 2003 20:15 UTC+2

Belgium	2–0	Estonia
Piiroja  41' (o.g.) Buffel  60'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (SUI)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Wesley Sonck	Belgium	5
	Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria
2	Bart Goor	Belgium	2
	Stilian Petrov	Bulgaria
	Niko Kovač	Croatia
	Milan Rapaić	Croatia
	Indrek Zelinski	Estonia

1 goal