2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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 qualified to the World Cup. The runners up are ranked. For fairness rules, results against the seventh placed team were ignored, in groups of seven teams. The two best ranked runners-up also qualified to the World Cup. The other six runners-up were drawn into three two-legged knock out matches, the playoff winners 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 playoffs in the process. Besides the eight group winners, two teams progressed automatically as best runners up, namely Poland and Sweden while the playoffs 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. 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.
Teams in bold eventually qualified for the final tournament, teams in bold italic qualified for the final tournament through the play-offs, and teams in italic participated in the play-offs but did not qualify for the final tournament.
First round
Summary
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.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Play-offs
Ranking of runners-up
Matches
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Qualified teams
The following 14 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.
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
Alexei Eremenko
Zlatan Ibrahimović
7 goals
Dimitar Berbatov
Tomáš Rosický
Andres Oper
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Tomasz Frankowski
Maciej Żurawski
Cristiano Ronaldo
Adrian Mutu
Fernando Torres
Freddie Ljungberg
Alexander Frei
Fatih Tekke
6 goals
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Eiður Guðjohnsen
Róbert Vittek
Tuncay
Andriy Shevchenko
5 goals
Elvir Bolić
Darijo Srna
Milan Baroš
Vratislav Lokvenc
Søren Larsen
Frank Lampard
Giorgi Demetradze
Māris Verpakovskis
Goran Pandev
Andrei Arshavin
Mateja Kežman
Henrik Larsson
4 goals
Erjon Bogdani
Vitali Kutuzov
Dado Pršo
Michalis Konstantinou
Jan Polák
Michael Owen
Mikael Forssell
Djibril Cissé
Zoltán Gera
Robbie Keane
Yossi Benayoun
Luca Toni
Juris Laizāns
Phillip Cocu
Jacek Krzynówek
Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Dmitri Sychev
Zvonimir Vukić
Miroslav Karhan
Szilárd Németh
Johan Vonlanthen
3 goals
René Aufhauser
Markus Schopp
Maksim Romaschenko
Koen Daerden
Sergej Barbarez
Martin Petrov
Martin Jørgensen
Malkhaz Asatiani
Angelos Charisteas
Stelios Giannakopoulos
Clinton Morrison
Avi Nimni
Thomas Beck
Franz Burgmeier
Mario Frick
Edgaras Jankauskas
Serghei Rogaciov
Dirk Kuyt
David Healy
John Carew
Hélder Postiga
Simão
Daniel Pancu
Kenny Miller
Marek Mintál
Ľubomír Reiter
Milenko Ačimovič
Luis García
Raúl
Alexandre Rey
Tümer Metin
Andriy Husin
Ruslan Rotan
Ryan Giggs
2 goals
Igli Tare
Ara Hakobyan
Aram Hakobyan
Roland Kollmann
Roland Linz
Martin Stranzl
Vital Bulyga
Thomas Buffel
Émile Mpenza
Mbo Mpenza
Timmy Simons
Daniel Van Buyten
Hasan Salihamidžić
Hristo Yanev
Chavdar Yankov
Boško Balaban
Niko Kranjčar
Igor Tudor
Ioannis Okkas
Marek Heinz
Vladimír Šmicer
Michael Gravgaard
Claus Jensen
Peter Møller
Christian Poulsen
David Beckham
Joe Cole
Steven Gerrard
Ingemar Teever
Kristen Viikmäe
Rógvi Jacobsen
Shefki Kuqi
Aki Riihilahti
Ludovic Giuly
Thierry Henry
Sylvain Wiltord
Alexander Iashvili
Péter Rajczi
Sándor Torghelle
Ian Harte
Walid Badir
Adoram Keisi
Daniele De Rossi
Alberto Gilardino
Andrea Pirlo
Francesco Totti
Vitālijs Astafjevs
Imants Bleidelis
Andrejs Prohorenkovs
Mihails Zemļinskis
Benjamin Fischer
Goran Maznov
Arjen Robben
Wesley Sneijder
Rafael Van der Vaart
Pierre Van Hooijdonk
Stuart Elliott
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Kamil Kosowski
Marek Saganowski
Petit
Gheorghe Bucur
Florin Cernat
Nicolae Mitea
Marat Izmailov
Andrei Karyaka
Dmitri Kirichenko
Dmitri Loskov
Andy Selva
James McFadden
Nenad Jestrović
Dejan Stanković
Albert Luque
Sergio Ramos
Anders Svensson
Christian Wilhelmsson
Philippe Senderos
Necati Ateş
Nihat Kahveci
Oleksiy Byelik
Robert Earnshaw
John Hartson
1 goal
Adrian Aliaj
Alban Bushi
Edwin Murati
Florian Myrtaj
Ervin Skela
Marc Bernaus
Marc Pujol
Gabriel Riera
Fernando Silva
Karen Dokhoyan
Romik Khachatryan
Edgar Manucharyan
Armen Shahgeldyan
Andreas Ivanschitz
Christian Mayrleb
Ivica Vastić
Rəşad Sadıqov
Valentin Belkevich
Alyaksandr Kulchiy
Sergei Omelyanchuk
Karel Geraerts
Wesley Sonck
Kevin Vandenbergh
Zlatan Bajramović
Zvjezdan Misimović
Georgi Iliev
Zdravko Lazarov
Stiliyan Petrov
Marko Babić
Ivan Klasnić
Niko Kovač
Josip Šimunić
Efstathios Aloneftis
Asimakis Krassas
Tomáš Galásek
Marek Jankulovski
Tomáš Jun
Daniel Agger
Dennis Rommedahl
Jermain Defoe
Joel Lindpere
Maksim Smirnov
Andrei Stepanov
Sergei Terehhov
Claus Bech Jørgensen
Símun Samuelsen
Jonatan Johansson
Jari Litmanen
Paulus Roiha
Teemu Tainio
Hannu Tihinen
Vikash Dhorasoo
David Trezeguet
Zinedine Zidane
Aleksandr Amisulashvili
Vladimir Burduli
Giorgi Gakhokidze
Levan Kobiashvili
Angelos Basinas
Michalis Kapsis
Giorgos Karagounis
Kostas Katsouranis
Nikos Liberopoulos
Dimitris Papadopoulos
Vassilios Tsiartas
Zisis Vryzas
Theodoros Zagorakis
Szabolcs Huszti
Péter Kovács
Imre Szabics
Ákos Takács
Kári Árnason
Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Tryggvi Guðmundsson
Hermann Hreiðarsson
Indriði Sigurðsson
Kristján Örn Sigurðsson
Grétar Steinsson
Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson
Stephen Elliott
Kevin Kilbane
Andy Reid
Yaniv Katan
Abbas Souan
Avi Yehiel
Michael Zandberg
Mauro Camoranesi
Alessandro Del Piero
Fabio Grosso
Christian Vieri
Cristian Zaccardo
Ruslan Baltiev
Andrei Karpovich
Daniar Kenzhekhanov
Aleksandr Kuchma
Maksim Nizovtsev
Maksim Zhalmagambetov
Fabio D'Elia
Martin Stocklasa
Deividas Česnauskis
Tomas Danilevičius
Andrius Gedgaudas
Marius Stankevičius
Gordon Braun
Manuel Cardoni
Alphonse Leweck
Claude Reiter
Jeff Strasser
Artim Šakiri
Aco Stojkov
Veliče Šumulikoski
Aleksandar Vasoski
Michael Mifsud
Brian Said
Stephen Wellman
Antoine Zahra
Serghei Dadu
Alexandru Gațcan
Ryan Babel
Wilfred Bouma
Romeo Castelen
Barry Opdam
Robin Van Persie
Steven Davis
Warren Feeney
Keith Gillespie
Colin Murdock
Jeff Whitley
Thorstein Helstad
Steffen Iversen
Claus Lundekvam
Vidar Riseth
Sigurd Rushfeldt
Alexander Ødegaard
Ole Martin Årst
Ebi Smolarek
Radosław Kałużny
Tomasz Kłos
Piotr Włodarczyk
Jorge Andrade
Ricardo Carvalho
Deco
Nuno Gomes
Maniche
Fernando Meira
Hugo Viana
Ciprian Marica
Marius Niculae
Florentin Petre
Ovidiu Petre
Dmitri Bulykin
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Christian Dailly
Darren Fletcher
Paul Hartley
Steven Thompson
Saša Ilić
Ognjen Koroman
Savo Milošević
Igor Demo
Vratislav Greško
Peter Hlinka
Filip Hološko
Karol Kisel
Radoslav Zabavník
Nastja Čeh
Boštjan Cesar
Sebastjan Cimirotič
Klemen Lavrič
Matej Mavrič
Aleksander Rodić
Anton Žlogar
Guti
Asier del Horno
Joaquín
Antonio López Guerrero
Carlos Marchena
Fernando Morientes
Vicente Rodríguez
David Villa
Marcus Allbäck
Erik Edman
Johan Elmander
Mattias Jonson
Kim Källström
Olof Mellberg
Valon Behrami
Daniel Gygax
Ludovic Magnin
Marco Streller
Raphaël Wicky
Hakan Yakin
Halil Altıntop
Koray Avcı
Yıldıray Baştürk
Okan Buruk
Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Tolga Seyhan
İbrahim Toraman
Oleh Husyev
Andriy Rusol
Andriy Voronin
Simon Davies
Carl Robinson
Gary Speed
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
External links
UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com
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