UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group H - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This page shows the standings and results for Group H of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine...

tournament.

Standings

Legend
Qualified directly for the finals
Advanced to the play-offs UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs The UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-off ties were played over two legs, with the first legs on 11 November and the second legs on 15 November 2011...

Head-to-Head Tiebreakers

Team
Portugal Portugal national football team The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3
Norway Norway national football team The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3

Portugal is above Norway by virtue of the fact that Portugal has a overall superior goal difference compared to Norway.

Results and fixtures

Group H fixtures were to be negotiated between the participants in a meeting held in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

on 8 March. After that meeting proved inconclusive, the fixture list was determined by a random draw at the XXXIV Ordinary UEFA Congress in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, on 25 March.
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Goalscorers

5 goals

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, , commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team...

4 goals

Nani

Nani

-People:*Nani, a Portuguese footballer who plays for Manchester United*Gianluca Nani, former technical director at West Ham United*Nanabhoy Palkhivala, nicknamed Nani, an Indian jurist and economist*Nani Roma, a Spanish rally racing driver...

3 goals

Ioannis Okkas Nicklas Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner , is a Danish international footballer who plays for Sunderland on loan from Arsenal as a striker...

Dennis Rommedahl

Dennis Rommedahl is a Danish footballer, who currently plays as a right winger for Brøndby IF. He has played 112 matches and scored 21 goals for the Danish national side. Rommedahl was selected for the Danish squads at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2010 World Cup...

Hélder Postiga

Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza in Spain, as a striker.After starting professionally at Porto, Postiga went on to have spells in England , France and Greece , before returning to his country with Sporting.A Portuguese international on more than...

2 goals

Andreas Avraam

Andreas Avraam

Andreas Avraam is a professional football player who is currently under conrtact with AC Omonia.He is also a member of the Cyprus national team and has captained the Cyprus U-19...

Michael Krohn-Dehli

Michael Krohn-Dehli is a Danish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Danish club Brøndby IF.- Career :...

Heiðar Helguson

Heiðar Helguson is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a striker for Queens Park Rangers....

Hallgrímur Jónasson

Hallgrímur Jónasson is an Icelandic footballer currently under contract for Danish side SønderjyskE.-Club career:...

Mohammed Abdellaoue John Carew

John Carew

John Alieu Carew , is a Norwegian professional association football player who plays for West Ham United and the Norwegian national team. His father is Gambian and his mother is Norwegian; he was born and raised in Norway.-Vålerenga:John Alieu Carew began his career with his local club Lørenskog,...

Erik Huseklepp

Erik André Huseklepp is a Norwegian footballer forward who plays for Portsmouth and the Norwegian national team.-Early career:At the age of 18 he played youth football for Fyllingen...

Hugo Almeida

Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey, as a centre forward.After failing to establish himself at F.C...

Danny Raúl Meireles
1 goal

Efstathios Aloneftis

Efstathios Aloneftis

Efstathios Aloneftis is a Cypriot footballer. He is an attacking midfielder who tends to play on the left wing. He is highly regarded for his dribbling skills.-AC Omonia:...

Michalis Konstantinou

Michalis Konstantinou is a Cypriot football striker. He plays for the Cyprus national football team, and is already the all-time leading scorer with 32 goals in 80 appearances....

Christian Eriksen

Christian Dannemann Eriksen is a Danish professional football player, currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Dutch side Ajax...

Lars Jacobsen

Lars Christian Jacobsen, , and raised in Odense on Funen, is a Danish footballer. He currently plays for F.C. Copenhagen.-Odense Boldklub:Jacobsen started his career with local top-flight team Odense Boldklub...

Thomas Kahlenberg

Thomas Kahlenberg is a Danish footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for German team Wolfsburg. He started his career with Brøndby IF, winning two Danish Superliga championship, and played four seasons at French club AJ Auxerre...

Kasper Lorentzen

Kasper Wellemberg Lorentzen is a Danish professional footballer, playing as a midfielder or forward for Randers FC in the Danish First Division...

Morten Rasmussen Lasse Schøne

Lasse Schøne

Lasse Schöne is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Eredivisie side NEC Nijmegen. He has played three games and scored two goals for the Denmark national football team.-Club career:...

Kolbeinn Sigþórsson

Kolbeinn Sigþórsson is an Icelandic football striker, who currently plays for Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie.-HK:...

Gylfi Sigurðsson

Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson is an Icelandic footballer who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim as a midfielder. He is a specialist on set-pieces and possesses great long-range shooting ability.-Reading:...

Tom Høgli

Tom Høgli is a Norwegian professional football defender who currently plays for Club Brugge.-Bodø/Glimt:He played several seasons for Bodø/Glimt, whom he joined from Skånland og Omegn IF, but was transferred to Tromsø ahead of the 2007 season.-Tromsø:During his first year as he was meant as a...

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Norway national football team.-Tromsø IL:...

Brede Hangeland

Brede Paulsen Hangeland is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Fulham in the Premier League and the Norwegian national team, of which he is the captain. The son of a Norwegian oil company worker, Hangeland was born in Houston, Texas during his parents' two-year spell in the United States, but...

John Arne Riise

John Arne Semundseth Riise is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays as a left wing-back for Fulham and the Norwegian national team. Riise spent seven years playing for Premier League side Liverpool before moving to Roma in 2008...

Eliseu

Eliseu Pereira dos Santos

Eliseu Pereira dos Santos , simply Eliseu, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Málaga CF in Spain. A left winger who can also operate as a left back, he is mostly known for his blazing speed.-Early years:...

Manuel Fernandes João Moutinho

João Moutinho

João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Porto, also being a Portuguese international.Mainly a central midfielder, he can also operate as a holding or attacking midfielder, and on either flank.-Sporting:...

1 own goal Ricardo Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Ricardo Alberto Silveira de Carvalho OIH , is a footballer who plays as a centre back for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid.Carvalho was born in Amarante where he played for the local team, Amarante Futebol Clube. By his great performance as a youngster, he was spotted by the Portuguese powerhouse,...

(playing against Denmark)

Attendances

Highest	Lowest	Total	Average
15,444	2,088	27,588	6,897
37,167	15,544	108,631	27,158
9,767	5,267	28,800	7,200
24,828	13,490	85,234	21,309
47,829	9,100	119,761	29,940

Discipline

Pos	Player			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
DF	Siniša Dobrašinović Siniša Dobrasinovic Siniša Dobrašinović is a Montenegrin-born Cypriot football player.-Club career:He played for FK Rudar Pljevlja, K.S.C. Lokeren and Apollon Limassol, Digenis Morphou, AC Omonia and Anorthosis in Cyprus. He is currently playing for AO Kavala...	3	1	vs Iceland (6 September 2011)	Sent off in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... match
DF	Eggert Jónsson Eggert Jonsson Eggert Gunnþór Jónsson is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Hearts. He is capable of playing as either a central defender or full back. Jónsson also has eight caps for Iceland.-Career:Jónsson made his debut as a 15-year-old for Fjarðabyggð in Iceland....	3	0	vs Denmark (4 June 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
MF	Constantinos Makrides Constantinos Makrides Constantinos Makrides is a Cypriot football player. He now plays and captains at AC Omonia.- Apollon :Makrides started playing football at Apollon Academies and because of his talent was soon training with the first team. Despite of this talent, the Limassol team decided to give him more time to...	2	0	vs Norway (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
DF	Giorgos Merkis Giorgos Merkis Giorgos Merkis is a Cypriot footballer currently playing for Apollon of Cyprus.-External links:*...	2	0	TBD	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
MF	Savvas Poursaitidis Savvas Poursaitidis Savvas Poursaitidis is a Greek-Cypriot footballer who currently plays for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division.-Club career:...	2	0	vs Iceland (26 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
MF	Marinos Satsias Marinos Satsias Marinos Satsias is a Cypriot football midfielder and the current captain of and a member of the Cyprus national football team.-Career:He is a right-footed defender-midfielder. Satsias made his debut for in 1995 at the age of seventeen. He is known for his passion and discipline in the game.With...	2	0	vs Iceland (26 March 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
MF	Michael Silberbauer Michael Silberbauer Michael Silberbauer is a Danish professional footballer, currently playing for Young Boys Bern in the Swiss Super League. He can play as right wing and central midfielder...	2	0	TBD	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
GK	Rúrik Gíslason Rúrik Gíslason Rúrik Gíslason is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish club OB.Gíslason signed for Charlton Athletic F.C...	2	0	vs Cyprus (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
GK	Stefán Logi Magnússon Stefán Logi Magnússon Stefán Logi Magnússon is a Icelandic international footballer. A goalkeeper, and currently the first choice goalkeeper at Lillestrøm in Tippeligaen...	2	0	vs Cyprus (6 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
DF	Kristján Örn Sigurðsson Kristján Örn Sigurðsson Kristján Örn Sigurðsson is an Icelandic footballer. He is currently plays for Hønefoss.-Club career:...	2	0	vs Norway (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
MF	Ólafur Ingi Skúlason Ólafur Ingi Skúlason Ólafur Ingi Skúlason is an Icelandic footballer and a midfielder, currently playing for Belgian club S.V. Zulte Waregem.-Club career:...	2	0	vs Norway (2 September 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
MF	Brede Hangeland Brede Hangeland Brede Paulsen Hangeland is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Fulham in the Premier League and the Norwegian national team, of which he is the captain. The son of a Norwegian oil company worker, Hangeland was born in Houston, Texas during his parents' two-year spell in the United States, but...	2	0	vs Cyprus (11 October 2011)	Booked in 2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... matches
DF	Ricardo Costa	0	0	vs Cyprus (3 September 2010)	Sent off in a 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010 FIFA World Cup The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010... match

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