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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 Groups - five groups of 6 teams each and three groups of 7 teams each - competing for 13 places in the World Cup. Germany, the hosts, were already qualified, for a total of 14 European places in the tournament.
The teams in each group would play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The team with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup. The runners-up would be ranked. For the sake of fairness, in groups with 7 teams, results against the 7th placed team were ignored. The two best ranked runners-up would also qualify to the World Cup. The other six runners-up were drawn into three home-and-away knock-out matches, winners of those matches also qualifying.
The race to join hosts Germany at the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ featured an unlikely winner in Europe where Ukraine became the first team to qualify, having finished above Turkey, Denmark and Greece in arguably the continent’s toughest qualifying group.
If first-time finalists Ukraine caused a surprise, elsewhere many of the usual suspects were prominent. The Netherlands, Portugal, France, Italy and England all won their groups, although in the case of the French and English only after a stumble or two along the way.
One of the big shocks also included reigning European Champions Greece failing to qualify for the tournament finishing fourth in group 2 featuring Turkey, Denmark, and Ukraine.
Serbia and Montenegro and Croatia also advanced to Germany at the head of their sections, the former forcing Spain into the play-offs in the process. Besides the eight group winners, two teams progressed automatically as best runners-up, namely Poland and Sweden while the play-offs offered a second chance to six others.
Tiebreakers
Group 1
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 24 | ||
| 27 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 23 | ||
| 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | |
| 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 2 | |
| 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -13 | |
| 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -16 | |
| 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 34 | -30 |
August 18, 2004, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia - 3 - 0
August 18, 2004, Bucharest, Romania - 2 - 1
September 4, 2004, Craiova, Romania - 2 - 1
September 4, 2004, Tampere, Finland - 3 - 0
September 8, 2004, Amsterdam, Netherlands - 2 - 0
September 8, 2004, Yerevan, Armenia - 0 - 2
September 8, 2004, Andorra la Vella, Andorra - 1 - 5
October 9, 2004, Prague, Czech Republic - 1 - 0
October 9, 2004, Tampere, Finland - 3 - 1
October 9, 2004, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia - 2 - 2
October 13, 2004, Andorra la Vella, Andorra - 1 - 0
October 13, 2004, Amsterdam, Netherlands - 3 - 1
October 13, 2004, Yerevan, Armenia - 0 - 3
November 17, 2004, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia - 0 - 2
November 17, 2004, Yerevan, Armenia - 1 - 1
November 17, 2004, Barcelona, Spain - 0 - 3
February 9, 2005, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia - 0 - 0
March 26, 2005, Bucharest, Romania - 0 - 2
March 26, 2005, Teplice, Czech Republic - 4 - 3
March 26, 2005, Yerevan, Armenia - 2 - 1
March 30, 2005, Eindhoven, Netherlands - 2 - 0
March 30, 2005, Andorra la Vella, Andorra - 0 - 4
March 30, 2005, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia - 1 - 2
June 4, 2005, Rotterdam, Netherlands - 2 - 0
June 4, 2005, Liberec, Czech Republic - 8 - 1
June 4, 2005, Yerevan, Armenia - 1 - 2
June 8, 2005, Helsinki, Finland - 0 - 4
June 8, 2005, Teplice, Czech Republic - 6 - 1
June 8, 2005, Constanţa, Romania - 3 - 0
August 17, 2005, Constanţa, Romania - 2 - 0
August 17, 2005, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia - 0 - 3
September 3, 2005, Yerevan, Armenia - 0 - 1
September 3, 2005, Constanţa, Romania - 2 - 0
September 3, 2005, Andorra la Vella, Andorra - 0 - 0
September 7, 2005, Eindhoven, Netherlands - 4 - 0
September 7, 2005, Olomouc, Czech Republic - 4 - 1
September 7, 2005, Tampere, Finland - 5 - 1
October 8, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic - 0 - 2
October 8, 2005, Helsinki, Finland - 0 - 1
October 12, 2005, Helsinki, Finland - 0 - 3
October 12, 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands - 0 - 0
October 12, 2005, Andorra la Vella, Andorra - 0 - 3
Group 2
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | |
| 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 14 | |
| 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | |
| 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | |
| 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -9 | |
| 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -11 | |
| 1 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 29 | -23 |
September 4, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark - 1 - 1
September 4, 2004, Trabzon, Turkey - 1 - 1
September 4, 2004, Tirana, Albania - 2 - 1
September 8, 2004, Piraeus, Greece - 0 - 0
September 8, 2004, Almaty, Kazakhstan - 1 - 2
September 8, 2004, Tbilisi, Georgia - 2 - 0
October 9, 2004, Istanbul, Turkey - 4 - 0
October 9, 2004, Tirana, Albania - 0 - 2
October 9, 2004, Kiev, Ukraine - 1 - 1
October 13, 2004, Lviv, Ukraine - 2 - 0
October 13, 2004, Almaty, Kazakhstan - 0 - 1
October 13, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark - 1 - 1
November 17, 2004, Piraeus, Greece - 3 - 1
November 17, 2004, Tbilisi, Georgia - 2 - 2
November 17, 2004, Istanbul, Turkey - 0 - 3
February 9, 2005, Tirana, Albania - 0 - 2
February 9, 2005, Piraeus, Greece - 2 - 1
March 26, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey - 2 - 0
March 26, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark - 3 - 0
March 26, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia - 1 - 3
March 30, 2005, Piraeus, Greece - 2 - 0
March 30, 2005, Kiev, Ukraine - 1 - 0
March 30, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia - 2 - 5
June 4, 2005, Kiev, Ukraine - 2 - 0
June 4, 2005, Tirana, Albania - 3 - 2
June 4, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey - 0 - 0
June 8, 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan - 0 - 6
June 8, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark - 3 - 1
June 8, 2005, Piraeus, Greece - 0 - 1
August 17, 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan - 1 - 2
September 3, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia - 1 - 1
September 3, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey - 2 - 2
September 3, 2005, Tirana, Albania - 2 - 1
September 7, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark - 6 - 1
September 7, 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan - 1 - 2
September 7, 2005, Kiev, Ukraine - 0 - 1
October 8, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark - 1 - 0
October 8, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia - 0 - 0
October 8, 2005, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine - 2 - 2
October 12, 2005, Piraeus, Greece - 1 - 0
October 12, 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan - 1 - 2
October 12, 2005, Tirana, Albania - 0 - 1
Group 3
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 30 | ||
| 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 16 | |
| 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | |
| 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -1 | |
| 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -3 | |
| 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -10 | |
| 0 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 48 | -43 |
August 18, 2004, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - 1 - 2
August 18, 2004, Bratislava, Slovakia - 3 - 1
September 4, 2004, Riga, Latvia - 0 - 2
September 4, 2004, Moscow, Russia - 1 - 1
September 4, 2004, Tallinn, Estonia - 4 - 0
September 8, 2004, Bratislava, Slovakia - 7 - 0
September 8, 2004, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 3 - 4
September 8, 2004, Leiria, Portugal - 4 - 0
October 9, 2004, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 0 - 4
October 9, 2004, Bratislava, Slovakia - 4 - 1
October 9, 2004, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - 2 - 2
October 13, 2004, Riga, Latvia - 2 - 2
October 13, 2004, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 0 - 4
October 13, 2004, Lisbon, Portugal - 7 - 1
November 17, 2004, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 0 - 5
November 17, 2004, Krasnodar, Russia - 4 - 0
November 17, 2004, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - 1 - 3
March 26, 2005, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - 1 - 2
March 26, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia - 1 - 2
March 30, 2005, Bratislava, Slovakia - 1 - 1
March 30, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia - 1 - 1
March 30, 2005, Riga, Latvia - 4 - 0
June 4, 2005, Lisbon, Portugal - 2 - 0
June 4, 2005, Saint Petersburg, Russia - 2 - 0
June 4, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia - 2 - 0
June 8, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia - 0 - 1
June 8, 2005, Riga, Latvia - 1 - 0
June 8, 2005, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 0 - 4
August 17, 2005, Riga, Latvia - 1 - 1
August 17, 2005, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - 0 - 0
September 3, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia - 2 - 1
September 3, 2005, Moscow, Russia - 2 - 0
September 3, 2005, Faro, Portugal - 6 - 0
September 7, 2005, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - 3 - 0
September 7, 2005, Riga, Latvia - 1 - 1
September 7, 2005, Moscow, Russia - 0 - 0
October 8, 2005, Bratislava, Slovakia - 1 - 0
October 8, 2005, Moscow, Russia - 5 - 1
October 8, 2005, Aveiro, Portugal - 2 - 1
October 12, 2005, Porto, Portugal - 3 - 0
October 12, 2005, Bratislava, Slovakia - 0 - 0
October 12, 2005, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 0 - 2
Group 4
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 18 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 11 | ||
| 18 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | |
| 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -12 | |
| 1 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 27 | -23 |
September 4, 2004, Saint-Denis, France - 0 - 0
September 4, 2004, Basel, Switzerland - 6 - 0
September 4, 2004, Dublin, Ireland - 3 - 0
September 8, 2004, Torshavn, Faroe Islands - 0 - 2
September 8, 2004, Basel, Switzerland - 1 - 1
September 8, 2004, Tel Aviv, Israel - 2 - 1
October 9, 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus - 2 - 2
October 9, 2004, Tel Aviv, Israel - 2 - 2
October 9, 2004, Saint-Denis, France - 0 - 0
October 13, 2004, Dublin, Ireland - 2 - 0
October 13, 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus - 0 - 2
November 17, 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus - 1 - 2
March 26, 2005, Tel Aviv, Israel - 1 - 1
March 26, 2005, Saint-Denis, France - 0 - 0
March 30, 2005, Tel Aviv, Israel - 1 - 1
March 30, 2005, Zürich, Switzerland - 1 - 0
June 4, 2005, Dublin, Ireland - 2 - 2
June 4, 2005, Toftir, Faroe Islands - 1 - 3
June 8, 2005, Torshavn, Faroe Islands - 0 - 2
August 17, 2005, Toftir, Faroe Islands - 0 - 3
September 3, 2005, Lens, France - 3 - 0
September 3, 2005, Basel, Switzerland - 1 - 1
September 7, 2005, Nicosia, Cyprus - 1 - 3
September 7, 2005, Dublin, Ireland - 0 - 1
September 7, 2005, Torshavn, Faroe Islands - 0 - 2
October 8, 2005, Berne, Switzerland - 1 - 1
October 8, 2005, Tel Aviv, Israel - 2 - 1
October 8, 2005, Nicosia, Cyprus - 0 - 1
October 12, 2005, Dublin, Ireland - 0 - 0
October 12, 2005, Saint-Denis, France - 4 - 0
Group 5
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | |
| 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | |
| 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | |
| 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -11 |
Slovenia |score = 3–0
(Report) |team2 = Moldova |goals1 = Acimovic 6, 28, 49 |goals2 = |stadium = Celijé, Slovenia
Attendance: 12,487
Referee: Wegereef (Netherlands)}}
Italy |score = 2–1
|team2 = Norway |goals1 = De Rossi 4'
Toni 80' |goals2 = Carew 1' |stadium = Renzo Barbera Stadium, Italy
Attendance: 21,463
Referee: Sars (France)}}
Moldova |score = 0–1
|team2 = Italy |goals1 = |goals2 = Del Piero 32' |stadium = Chisinau, Moldova
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Benes (Czech Republic)}}
Norway |score = 1–1
|team2 = Belarus |goals1 = Riseth 39' |goals2 = Kutuzov 78' |stadium = Ullevaal, Norway
Attendance: 25,272
Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)}}
September 8, 2004, Glasgow, Scotland - 0 - 0
October 9, 2004, Glasgow, Scotland - 0 - 1
October 9, 2004, Minsk, Belarus - 4 - 0
October 9, 2004, Celje, Slovenia - 1 - 0
October 13, 2004, Parma, Italy - 4 - 3
October 13, 2004, Oslo, Norway - 3 - 0
October 13, 2004, Chişinău, Moldova - 1 - 1
March 26, 2005, Milan, Italy - 2 - 0
March 30, 2005, Chişinău, Moldova - 0 - 0
March 30, 2005, Celje, Slovenia - 1 - 1
June 4, 2005, Oslo, Norway - 0 - 0
June 4, 2005, Minsk, Belarus - 1 - 1
June 4, 2005, Glasgow, Scotland - 2 - 0
June 8, 2005, Minsk, Belarus - 0 - 0
September 3, 2005, Glasgow, Scotland - 1 - 1
September 3, 2005, Celje, Slovenia - 2 - 3
September 3, 2005, Chişinău, Moldova - 2 - 0
September 7, 2005, Chişinău, Moldova - 1 - 2
September 7, 2005, Minsk, Belarus - 1 - 4
September 7, 2005, Oslo, Norway - 1 - 2
October 8, 2005, Oslo, Norway - 1 - 0
October 8, 2005, Glasgow, Scotland - 0 - 1
October 8, 2005, Palermo, Italy - 1 - 0
October 12, 2005, Minsk, Belarus - 0 - 1
October 12, 2005, Lecce, Italy - 2 - 1
October 12, 2005, Celje, Slovenia - 0 - 3
Group 6
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | |
| 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 18 | ||
| 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | |
| 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -8 | |
| 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | |
| 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 21 | -20 |
Group 7
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | |
| 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | |
| 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | |
| 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 40 | -38 |
September 4, 2004, Serravalle, San Marino - 0 - 3
September 4, 2004, Charleroi, Belgium - 1 - 1
September 8, 2004, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 - 1
September 8, 2004, Kaunas, Lithuania - 4 - 0
October 9, 2004, Santander, Spain - 2 - 0
October 9, 2004, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 0 - 0
October 13, 2004, Vilnius, Lithuania - 0 - 0
October 13, 2004, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro - 5 - 0
November 17, 2004, Serravalle, San Marino - 0 - 1
November 17, 2004, Brussels, Belgium - 0 - 2
February 9, 2005, Almería, Spain - 5 - 0
March 26, 2005, Brussels, Belgium - 4 - 1
March 30, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro - 0 - 0
March 30, 2005, Serravalle, San Marino - 1 - 2
March 30, 2005, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 - 1
June 4, 2005, Valencia, Spain - 1 - 0
June 4, 2005, Serravalle, San Marino - 1 - 3
June 4, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro - 0 - 0
June 8, 2005, Valencia, Spain - 1 - 1
September 3, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro - 2 - 0
September 3, 2005, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 - 0
September 7, 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania - 0 - 1
September 7, 2005, Madrid, Spain - 1 - 1
September 7, 2005, Antwerp, Belgium - 8 - 0
October 8, 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania - 0 - 2
October 8, 2005, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 3 - 0
October 8, 2005, Brussels, Belgium - 0 - 2
October 12, 2005, Serravalle, San Marino - 0 - 6
October 12, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro - 1 - 0
October 12, 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania - 1 - 1
Group 8
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 16 | ||
| 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | |
| 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -1 | |
| 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -13 | |
| 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 32 | -28 |
September 4, 2004, Ta' Qali, Malta - 0 - 7
September 4, 2004, Zagreb, Croatia - 3 - 0
September 4, 2004, Reykjavík, Iceland - 1 - 3
September 8, 2004, Gothenburg, Sweden - 0 - 1
September 8, 2004, Budapest, Hungary - 3 - 2
October 9, 2004, Zagreb, Croatia - 2 - 2
October 9, 2004, Ta' Qali, Malta - 0 - 0
October 9, 2004, Stockholm, Sweden - 3 - 0
October 13, 2004, Reykjavík, Iceland - 1 - 4
October 13, 2004, Sofia, Bulgaria - 4 - 1
November 17, 2004, Ta' Qali, Malta - 0 - 2
March 26, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria - 0 - 3
March 26, 2005, Zagreb, Croatia - 4 - 0
March 30, 2005, Zagreb, Croatia - 3 - 0
March 30, 2005, Budapest, Hungary - 1 - 1
June 4, 2005, Gothenburg, Sweden - 6 - 0
June 4, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria - 1 - 3
June 4, 2005, Reykjavík, Iceland - 2 - 3
June 8, 2005, Reykjavík, Iceland - 4 - 1
September 3, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden - 3 - 0
September 3, 2005, Reykjavík, Iceland - 1 - 3
September 3, 2005, Budapest, Hungary - 4 - 0
September 7, 2005, Budapest, Hungary - 0 - 1
September 7, 2005, Ta' Qali, Malta - 1 - 1
September 7, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria - 3 - 2
October 8, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria - 2 - 0
October 8, 2005, Zagreb, Croatia - 1 - 0
October 12, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden - 3 - 1
October 12, 2005, Budapest, Hungary - 0 - 0
October 12, 2005, Ta' Qali, Malta - 1 - 1
Play-offs
Sweden and Poland qualified directly to the World Cup. The other teams had to play-off.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 18 | ||
| 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 18 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 11 | ||
| 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | |
| 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
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