UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G

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

Standings

Legend
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 8 5 3 0 17 5 +12 18  Montenegro 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 12   Switzerland 8 3 2 3 12 10 +2 11  Wales 8 3 0 5 6 10 −4 9  Bulgaria 8 1 2 5 3 13 −10 5

Bulgaria  — 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 England  4–0 — 0–0 2–2 1–0 Montenegro  1–1 2–2 — 1–0 1–0 Switzerland   3–1 1–3 2–0 — 4–1 Wales  0–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 —

Matches

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 what Sepp Blatter described as "a random draw at the XXXIV Ordinary UEFA Congress in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 March 2010".^[4]

Montenegro  v  Wales

3 September 2010 19:30 UTC+2

Montenegro	1–0	Wales
Vučinić  30'	Report

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica Attendance: 7,442[5] Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Greece)

England  v  Bulgaria

3 September 2010 20:00 UTC+1

England	4–0	Bulgaria
Defoe  3', 61', 86' A. Johnson  83'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 73,426[6] Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

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Bulgaria  v  Montenegro

7 September 2010 20:30 UTC+3

Bulgaria	0–1	Montenegro
	Report	Zverotić  35'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 9,470[7] Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Switzerland   v  England

7 September 2010 20:45 UTC+2

Switzerland	1–3	England
Shaqiri  71'	Report	Rooney  10' A. Johnson  69' Bent  88'

St. Jakob Park, Basel Attendance: 37,500[8] Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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Montenegro  v   Switzerland

8 October 2010 20:30 UTC+2

Montenegro	1–0	Switzerland
Vučinić  67'	Report

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica Attendance: 10,750[9] Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Wales  v  Bulgaria

8 October 2010 19:30 UTC+1

Wales	0–1	Bulgaria
	Report	I. Popov  48'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 14,061[10] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

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Switzerland   v  Wales

12 October 2010 20:30 UTC+2

Switzerland	4–1	Wales
Stocker  8', 89' Streller  21' Inler  82' (pen.)	Report	Bale  13'

St. Jakob Park, Basel Attendance: 26,000[11] Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

England  v  Montenegro

12 October 2010 20:00 UTC+1

England	0–0	Montenegro
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 73,451[12] Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

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Wales  v  England

26 March 2011 15:00 UTC

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

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 68,959[13] Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Bulgaria  v   Switzerland

26 March 2011 18:45 UTC+2

Bulgaria	0–0	Switzerland
	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 9,600[14] Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

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England  v   Switzerland

4 June 2011 16:45 UTC+1

England	2–2	Switzerland
Lampard  37' (pen.) Young  51'	Report	Barnetta  32', 35'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 84,459[15] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Montenegro  v  Bulgaria

4 June 2011 20:30 UTC+2

Montenegro	1–1	Bulgaria
Đalović  53'	Report	I. Popov  66'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica Attendance: 11,500[16] Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

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Bulgaria  v  England

2 September 2011 21:15 UTC+3

Bulgaria	0–3	England
	Report	Cahill  13' Rooney  21', 45+1'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 27,230[17] Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Wales  v  Montenegro

2 September 2011 19:45 UTC+1

Wales	2–1	Montenegro
Morison  28' Ramsey  50'	Report	Jovetić  71'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 8,194[18] Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

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Switzerland   v  Bulgaria

6 September 2011 20:30 UTC+2

Switzerland	3–1	Bulgaria
Shaqiri  45+2', 62', 90'	Report	I. Ivanov  8'

St. Jakob Park, Basel Attendance: 16,880[19] Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

England  v  Wales

6 September 2011 19:45 UTC+1

England	1–0	Wales
Young  35'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 77,128[20] Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

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Wales  v   Switzerland

7 October 2011 19:45 UTC+1

Wales	2–0	Switzerland
Ramsey  60' (pen.) Bale  71'	Report

Liberty Stadium, Swansea Attendance: 12,317[21] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Montenegro  v  England

7 October 2011 21:00 UTC+2

Montenegro	2–2	England
Zverotić  45' Delibašić  90+1'	Report	Young  11' Bent  31'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica Attendance: 11,340[22] Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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Bulgaria  v  Wales

11 October 2011 21:05 UTC+3

Bulgaria	0–1	Wales
	Report	Bale  45'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 1,672[23] Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Switzerland   v  Montenegro

11 October 2011 20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland	2–0	Montenegro
Derdiyok  51' Lichtsteiner  65'	Report

St. Jakob Park, Basel Attendance: 19,997[24] Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Xherdan Shaqiri

3 goals

Darren Bent Jermain Defoe

Wayne Rooney Ashley Young

Gareth Bale

2 goals

Ivelin Popov Adam Johnson Frank Lampard

Mirko Vučinić Elsad Zverotić Tranquillo Barnetta

Valentin Stocker Aaron Ramsey

1 goal

Ivan Ivanov Gary Cahill Radomir Đalović Andrija Delibašić

Stevan Jovetić Eren Derdiyok Gökhan Inler

Stephan Lichtsteiner Marco Streller Steve Morison

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Total	Average
Bulgaria	27,230	1,672	47,972	11,993
England	84,459	73,426	308,284	77,071
Montenegro	11,500	7,442	41,032	10,258
Switzerland	37,500	16,880	100,377	25,094
Wales	68,959	8,194	103,531	25,883

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			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

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