2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates	18 August 2004 – 16 November 2005
Teams	51 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	282
Goals scored	778 (2.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pauleta (11 goals)

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 six teams each and three groups of seven 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 qualifying process started on 18 August 2004, over a month after the end of UEFA Euro 2004, and ended on 16 November 2005. Kazakhstan, which transitioned from the Asian Football Confederation to UEFA after the end of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, debuted in the European qualifiers.

The teams in each group would play against each other in a home and away basis. The team with the 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 seven teams, results against the seventh 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.

France had its first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in twenty years as they had missed the 1990 and 1994 tournaments, then qualified automatically as hosts in 1998 and as defending champions in 2002.

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.

Qualification seeding (UEFA)

The draw was made on 5 December 2003 in Frankfurt, Germany. Germany qualified automatically as hosts. The other seedings were determined by points per game in the qualifiers for 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying.[1] France qualified automatically for the 2002 FIFA World Cup as title holders, so only their record in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying was used. Portugal qualified automatically for UEFA Euro 2004 as hosts, so only their record in World Cup 2002 was used. Kazakhstan were not ranked by this system as they did not participate in either competition.

For domestic clubs involved in international club competitions reasons, England, France, Italy and Spain were drawn into groups of 6 teams.

The national teams which eventually qualified for the final tournament are presented in bold and the national teams who took part in the play-offs are presented in italic.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
France 3.00 Portugal 2.40 Sweden 2.39 Czech Republic 2.31 Spain 2.31 Italy 2.31 England 2.31 Turkey 2.22	Netherlands 2.17 Croatia 2.12 Belgium 2.06 Denmark 2.05 Russia 2.05 Republic of Ireland 1.94 Slovenia 1.89 Poland 1.89	Bulgaria 1.89 Romania 1.87 Scotland 1.81 Serbia and Montenegro 1.72 Switzerland 1.61 Greece 1.56 Slovakia 1.50 Austria 1.50	Ukraine 1.50 Iceland 1.44 Finland 1.37 Norway 1.33 Israel 1.31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.31 Latvia 1.25 Wales 1.22
Pot E	Pot F	Pot G
Hungary 1.19 Georgia 1.06 Belarus 1.00 Cyprus 0.89 Estonia 0.89 Northern Ireland 0.78 Lithuania 0.75 Macedonia 0.75	Albania 0.69 Armenia 0.67 Moldova 0.67 Azerbaijan 0.50 Faroe Islands 0.44 Malta 0.11 San Marino 0.06 Liechtenstein 0.06	Andorra 0.00 Luxembourg 0.00 Kazakhstan 0.00

First round

Summary

Winner of each group and two best runners-up qualified directly for the 2006 FIFA World Cup

The other runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs)

Other teams were eliminated after the first round

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Netherlands	Ukraine	Portugal	France	Italy	England	Serbia and Montenegro	Croatia
Czech Republic	Turkey	Slovakia	Switzerland	Norway	Poland	Spain	Sweden
Romania Finland Macedonia Armenia Andorra	Denmark Greece Albania Georgia Kazakhstan	Russia Estonia Latvia Liechtenstein Luxembourg	Israel Republic of Ireland Cyprus Faroe Islands	Scotland Slovenia Belarus Moldova	Austria Northern Ireland Wales Azerbaijan	Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Lithuania San Marino	Bulgaria Hungary Iceland Malta

Groups

The first round is group play. A win is awarded 3 point, a draw 1 point and a loss 0. The winner of a group is the team with the most points.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows: greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams goal difference in matches between the tied teams greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams goal difference in all group matches greater number of goals scored in all group matches a play-off on neutral ground, with extra time and penalties if necessary (in qualifying) drawing of lots (at the final event) This is a change from the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where total goal difference was the first tiebreaker.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	12	10	2	0	27	3	+24	32	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	4–0
2	Czech Republic	12	9	0	3	35	12	+23	27	Advance to second round	0–2	—	1–0	4–3	6–1	4–1	8–1
3	Romania	12	8	1	3	20	10	+10	25		0–2	2–0	—	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0
4	Finland	12	5	1	6	21	19	+2	16		0–4	0–3	0–1	—	5–1	3–1	3–0
5	Macedonia	12	2	3	7	11	24	−13	9		2–2	0–2	1–2	0–3	—	3–0	0–0
6	Armenia	12	2	1	9	9	25	−16	7		0–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	—	2–1
7	Andorra	12	1	2	9	4	34	−30	5		0–3	0–4	1–5	0–0	1–0	0–3	—

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	12	7	4	1	18	7	+11	25	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup	—	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0
2	Turkey	12	6	5	1	23	9	+14	23	Advance to second round	0–3	—	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0
3	Denmark	12	6	4	2	24	12	+12	22		1–1	1–1	—	1–0	3–1	6–1	3–0
4	Greece	12	6	3	3	15	9	+6	21		0–1	0–0	2–1	—	2–0	1–0	3–1
5	Albania	12	4	1	7	11	20	−9	13		0–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	—	3–2	2–1
6	Georgia	12	2	4	6	14	25	−11	10		1–1	2–5	2–2	1–3	2–0	—	0–0
7	Kazakhstan	12	0	1	11	6	29	−23	1		1–2	0–6	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	—

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	12	9	3	0	35	5	+30	30	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	7–1	4–0	3–0	2–1	6–0
2	Slovakia	12	6	5	1	24	8	+16	23[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to second round	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	4–1	7–0	3–1
3	Russia	12	6	5	1	23	12	+11	23[lower-alpha 1]		0–0	1–1	—	4–0	2–0	2–0	5–1
4	Estonia	12	5	2	5	16	17	−1	17		0–1	1–2	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	4–0
5	Latvia	12	4	3	5	18	21	−3	15		0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	—	1–0	4–0
6	Liechtenstein	12	2	2	8	13	23	−10	8		2–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	—	3–0
7	Luxembourg	12	0	0	12	5	48	−43	0		0–5	0–4	0–4	0–2	3–4	0–4	—

Source:
Notes:

Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Slovakia 1, Russia 0.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	5	5	0	14	2	+12	20	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–0
2	Switzerland	10	4	6	0	18	7	+11	18[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to second round	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–0	6–0
3	Israel	10	4	6	0	15	10	+5	18[lower-alpha 1]		1–1	2–2	—	1–1	2–1	2–1
4	Republic of Ireland	10	4	5	1	12	5	+7	17		0–1	0–0	2–2	—	3–0	2–0
5	Cyprus	10	1	1	8	8	20	−12	4		0–2	1–3	1–2	0–1	—	2–2
6	Faroe Islands	10	0	1	9	4	27	−23	1		0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–3	—

Source:
Notes:

Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Switzerland 2, Israel 1.

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	7	2	1	17	8	+9	23	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–3	2–1
2	Norway	10	5	3	2	12	7	+5	18	Advance to second round	0–0	—	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0
3	Scotland	10	3	4	3	9	7	+2	13		1–1	0–1	—	0–0	0–1	2–0
4	Slovenia	10	3	3	4	10	13	−3	12		1–0	2–3	0–3	—	1–1	3–0
5	Belarus	10	2	4	4	12	14	−2	10		1–4	0–1	0–0	1–1	—	4–0
6	Moldova	10	1	2	7	5	16	−11	5		0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	—

Source:

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	8	1	1	17	5	+12	25	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–0
2	Poland	10	8	0	2	27	9	+18	24	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup	1–2	—	3–2	1–0	1–0	8–0
3	Austria	10	4	3	3	15	12	+3	15		2–2	1–3	—	2–0	1–0	2–0
4	Northern Ireland	10	2	3	5	10	18	−8	9		1–0	0–3	3–3	—	2–3	2–0
5	Wales	10	2	2	6	10	15	−5	8		0–1	2–3	0–2	2–2	—	2–0
6	Azerbaijan	10	0	3	7	1	21	−20	3		0–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	—

Source:

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia and Montenegro	10	6	4	0	16	1	+15	22	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup	—	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–0
2	Spain	10	5	5	0	19	3	+16	20	Advance to second round	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	4	4	2	12	9	+3	16		0–0	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	3–0
4	Belgium	10	3	3	4	16	11	+5	12		0–2	0–2	4–1	—	1–1	8–0
5	Lithuania	10	2	4	4	8	9	−1	10		0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	4–0
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	2	40	−38	0		0–3	0–6	1–3	1–2	0–1	—

Source:

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	10	7	3	0	21	5	+16	24[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup	—	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	3–0
2	Sweden	10	8	0	2	30	4	+26	24[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup	0–1	—	3–0	3–0	3–1	6–0
3	Bulgaria	10	4	3	3	17	17	0	15		1–3	0–3	—	2–0	3–2	4–1
4	Hungary	10	4	2	4	13	14	−1	14		0–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–2	4–0
5	Iceland	10	1	1	8	14	27	−13	4		1–3	1–4	1–3	2–3	—	4–1
6	Malta	10	0	3	7	4	32	−28	3		1–1	0–7	1–1	0–2	0–0	—

Source:
Notes:

Head-to-head points: Croatia 6, Sweden 0.

Play-offs

Ranking of runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comment
Sweden	10	8	0	2	30	4	+26	24	Qualified directly
Poland	10	8	0	2	27	9	+18	24	Qualified directly
Czech Republic	10	7	0	3	23	11	+12	21	Played play-off
Spain	10	5	5	0	19	3	+16	20
Switzerland	10	4	6	0	18	7	+11	18
Norway	10	5	3	2	12	7	+5	18
Slovakia	10	4	5	1	17	7	+10	17
Turkey	10	4	5	1	13	9	+4	17

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spain	6–2	Slovakia	5–1	1–1
Switzerland	4–4 (a)	Turkey	2–0	2–4
Norway	0–2	Czech Republic	0–1	0–1

Key
Bold face = winner. (a) = away goals

Qualified teams

The following 14 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
Germany	Hosts	6 July 2000	15 (1934, 1938, 1954², 1958², 1962², 1966², 1970², 1974², 1978², 1982², 1986², 1990², 1994, 1998, 2002)
Netherlands	Group 1 winners	8 October 2005	7 (1934, 1938, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 1998)
Ukraine	Group 2 winners	3 September 2005	0 (debut)
Portugal	Group 3 winners	8 October 2005	3 (1966, 1986, 2002)
France	Group 4 winners	12 October 2005	11 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002)
Italy	Group 5 winners	8 October 2005	15 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
England	Group 6 winners	8 October 2005	12 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002)
Serbia and Montenegro	Group 7 winners	12 October 2005	9 (1930³, 1950³, 1954³, 1958³, 1962³, 1974³, 1982³, 1990³, 1998³)
Croatia	Group 8 winners	8 October 2005	2 (1998, 2002)
Poland	Best runners-up	8 October 2005	6 (1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002)
Sweden	Best runners-up	8 October 2005	10 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002)
Spain	Play-off winners	16 November 2005	11 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
Switzerland	Play-off winners	16 November 2005	7 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994)
Czech Republic	Play-off winners	16 November 2005	8 (1934⁴, 1938⁴, 1954⁴, 1958⁴, 1962⁴, 1970⁴, 1982⁴, 1990⁴)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

² Competed as West Germany. A separate team for East Germany also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in 1974.

³ From 1930 to 1998, Serbia and Montenegro competed as Yugoslavia.

⁴ From 1934 to 1990, Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.

Goalscorers

11 goals

Pauleta

9 goals

Jan Koller

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

Róbert Vittek
Tuncay

Andriy Shevchenko

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Óscar Sonejee (playing against Armenia)
Avtandil Hacıyev (playing against Poland)
Olivier Deschacht (playing against Lithuania)
Súni Olsen (playing against France)

Gábor Gyepes (playing against Croatia)
Igor Avdeev (playing against Ukraine)
Daniel Hasler (playing against Portugal)
Ben Federspiel (playing against Portugal)

Eric Hoffmann (playing against Latvia)
Manuel Schauls (playing against Estonia)
Brian Said (playing against Hungary)
Arkadiusz Głowacki (playing against England)

References

"European Zone Draw for the Preliminary Competition" (PDF). fifaworldcup.yahoo.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

External links

UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com

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[table_hth_SVK0.49608444352452-2] Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Slovakia 1, Russia 0.

[table_hth_SUI0.82862330732337-3] Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Switzerland 2, Israel 1.

[table_hth_CRO0.080283280499411-4] Head-to-head points: Croatia 6, Sweden 0.

[1] "European Zone Draw for the Preliminary Competition" (PDF). fifaworldcup.yahoo.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
AFC	First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round (play-off)
CAF	First Round Second Round
CONCACAF	First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
CONMEBOL	Group Round
OFC	First Round Second Round (OFC Nations Cup)
UEFA	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Play-offs
Play-offs	CONCACAF v AFC CONMEBOL v OFC