2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates18 August 2004 – 16 November 2005
Teams51 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played282
Goals scored778 (2.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Pauleta (11 goals)
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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 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.

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.

Pot A
Team Coeff Rank
 France 3,00 1
 Portugal 2,40 2
 Sweden 2,39 3
 Czech Republic 2,31 4
 Spain 2,31 5
 Italy 2,31 6
 England 2,31 7
 Turkey 2,22 8
Pot B
Team Coeff Rank
 Netherlands 2,17 9
 Croatia 2,12 10
 Belgium 2,06 11
 Denmark 2,05 12
 Russia 2,05 13
 Republic of Ireland 1,94 14
 Slovenia 1,89 15
 Poland 1,89 16
Pot C
Team Coeff Rank
 Bulgaria 1,89 17
 Romania 1,87 18
 Scotland 1,81 19
 Serbia and Montenegro 1,72 20
  Switzerland 1,61 21
 Greece 1,56 22
 Slovakia 1,50 23
 Austria 1,50 24
Pot D
Team Coeff Rank
 Ukraine 1,50 25
 Iceland 1,44 26
 Finland 1,37 27
 Norway 1,33 28
 Israel 1,31 29
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,31 30
 Latvia 1,25 31
 Wales 1,22 32
Pot E
Team Coeff Rank
 Hungary 1,19 33
 Georgia 1,06 34
 Belarus 1,00 35
 Cyprus 0,89 36
 Estonia 0,89 37
 Northern Ireland 0,78 38
 Lithuania 0,75 39
 Macedonia 0,75 40
Pot F
Team Coeff Rank
 Albania 0,69 41
 Armenia 0,67 42
 Moldova 0,67 43
 Azerbaijan 0,50 44
 Faroe Islands 0,44 45
 Malta 0,11 46
 San Marino 0,06 47
 Liechtenstein 0,06 48
Pot G
Team Coeff Rank
 Andorra 0,00 49
 Luxembourg 0,00 50
 Kazakhstan 0,00 51

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.

Group 1[]

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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:[citation needed]

Group 2[]

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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:[citation needed]

Group 3[]

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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 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 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:[citation needed]

Group 4[]

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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 Advance to second round 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–0 6–0
3  Israel 10 4 6 0 15 10 +5 18 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:[citation needed]

Group 5[]

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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:[citation needed]

Group 6[]

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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 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:[citation needed]

Group 7[]

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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:[citation needed]

Group 8[]

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 10 7 3 0 21 5 +16 24 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 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:[citation needed]

Play-offs[]

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round

Ranking of runners-up[]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 8  Sweden 10 8 0 2 30 4 +26 24 Qualify for final tournament
2 6  Poland 10 8 0 2 27 9 +18 24
3 1  Czech Republic 10 7 0 3 23 11 +12 21 Advance to second round (play-offs)
4 7  Spain 10 5 5 0 19 3 +16 20
5 4   Switzerland 10 4 6 0 18 7 +11 18
6 5  Norway 10 5 3 2 12 7 +5 18
7 3  Slovakia 10 4 5 1 17 7 +10 17
8 2  Turkey 10 4 5 1 13 9 +4 17
Source:[citation needed]

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 11 (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 Top 2 runners-up 8 October 2005 6 (1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002)
 Sweden Top 2 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
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References[]

  1. ^ "European Zone Draw for the Preliminary Competition" (PDF). fifaworldcup.yahoo.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Regulations 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany" (PDF). 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

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