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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Ukraine.

The group was won by Ukraine, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Turkey entered the UEFA qualification play-offs. This qualification group was also notable for the fact that UEFA Euro 2004 champions Greece failed to qualify to finals after they finshed 4th in Group 2 . Their non-qualification was confirmed after a 1-0 defeat away to Denmark on 8 October 2005 - 461 days after winning the UEFA Euro 2004 final in Lisbon. 2002 FIFA World Cup Semi-Finalists Turkey qualified for two-legged play-off by finishing as Group 2 runners-up although they would ultimately lose their two legged play off two Switzerland on away goals meaning they would join Greece in failing to qualify for the 2006 finals.

It was the first time Kazakhstan took part in qualification from UEFA region, not AFC.

Standings

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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: [1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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Denmark 1–1 Ukraine
Jørgensen 9' (Report) Husin 56'
Attendance: 36,335
Turkey 1–1 Georgia
Tekke 49' (Report) Asatiani 85'
Attendance: 10,169
Albania 2–1 Greece
Murati 2'
Aliaj 11'		 (Report) Giannakopoulos 38'
Attendance: 25,800
Georgia 2–0 Albania
Iashvili 15'
Demetradze 90+1'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)
Kazakhstan 1–2 Ukraine
Karpovich 34' (Report) Byelik 14'
Rotan 90'
Attendance: 23,000
Greece 0–0 Turkey
(Report)
Attendance: 32,182
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Ukraine 1–1 Greece
Shevchenko 48' (Report) Tsiartas 82'
Attendance: 56,000
Turkey 4–0 Kazakhstan
Gökdeniz 17'
Nihat 50'
Tekke 90', 90+3'		 (Report)
Attendance: 39,900
Albania 0–2 Denmark
(Report) Jørgensen 52'
Tomasson 72'
Attendance: 18,500
Ukraine 2–0 Georgia
Byelik 12'
Shevchenko 79'		 (Report)
Attendance: 28,000
Kazakhstan 0–1 Albania
(Report) Bushi 61'
Attendance: 12,300
Denmark 1–1 Turkey
Tomasson 27' (pen.) (Report) Nihat 70'
Attendance: 41,331
Turkey 0–3 Ukraine
(Report) Husyev 8'
Shevchenko 17', 88'
Attendance: 40,486
Georgia 2–2 Denmark
Demetradze 33'
Asatiani 76'		 (Report) Tomasson 7', 64'
Attendance: 20,000
Greece 3–1 Kazakhstan
Charisteas 24', 46'
Katsouranis 85'		 (Report) Baltiev 88'
Attendance: 31,838
Albania 0–2 Ukraine
(Report) Rusol 40'
Husin 59'
Attendance: 12,000
Greece 2–1 Denmark
Zagorakis 25'
Basinas 32' (pen.)		 (Report) Rommedahl 46'
Attendance: 32,430
Turkey 2–0 Albania
Necati 3' (pen.)
Yıldıray Baştürk 5'		 (Report)
Attendance: 32,000
Denmark 3–0 Kazakhstan
Møller 10', 48'
C. Poulsen 33'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,980
Georgia 1–3 Greece
Asatiani 22' (Report) Kapsis 43'
Vryzas 44'
Giannakopoulos 53'
Attendance: 23,000
Ukraine 1–0 Denmark
Voronin 68' (Report)
Attendance: 60,000
Georgia 2–5 Turkey
Amisulashvili 13'
Iashvili 40'		 (Report) Tolga 12'
Tekke 20', 35'
Koray 72'
Tuncay 89'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Greece 2–0 Albania
Charisteas 33'
Karagounis 84'		 (Report)
Attendance: 31,700
Ukraine 2–0 Kazakhstan
Shevchenko 18'
Avdeev red-colored football 83' (o.g.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 45,000
Albania 3–2 Georgia
Tare 6', 56'
Skela 33'		 (Report) Burduli 85'
Kobiashvili 90+4'
Attendance: 0[2]
Turkey 0–0 Greece
(Report)
Attendance: 26,700
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Denmark 3–1 Albania
Larsen 5', 47'
Jørgensen 55'		 (Report) Bogdani 73'
Attendance: 26,366
Kazakhstan 0–6 Turkey
(Report) Tekke 13', 85'
Toraman 15'
Tuncay 41', 90'
Halil Altıntop 88'
Attendance: 20,000
Greece 0–1 Ukraine
(Report) Husin 82'
Attendance: 33,500
Kazakhstan 1–2 Georgia
Kenzhekhanov 23' (Report) Demetradze 50', 82'
Attendance: 9,000
Albania 2–1 Kazakhstan
Myrtaj 53'
Bogdani 56'		 (Report) Nizovtsev 62'
Attendance: 20,000
Georgia 1–1 Ukraine
Gakhokidze 89' (Report) Rotan 43'
Attendance: 0[3]
Turkey 2–2 Denmark
Okan 47'
Tümer 80'		 (Report) C. Jensen 40'
Larsen 90+3'
Attendance: 29,721
Kazakhstan 1–2 Greece
Zhalmagambetov 53' (Report) Giannakopoulos 78'
Liberopoulos 90+4'
Attendance: 18,000
Ukraine 0–1 Turkey
(Report) Tümer 55'
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Denmark 6–1 Georgia
Jensen 10'
Poulsen 30'
Agger 43'
Tomasson 55'
Larsen 80', 84'		 (Report) Demetradze 37'
Attendance: 27,177
Ukraine 2–2 Albania
Shevchenko 45'
Rotan 86'		 (Report) Bogdani 75', 83'
Attendance: 24,000
Denmark 1–0 Greece
Gravgaard 40' (Report)
Attendance: 42,099
Georgia 0–0 Kazakhstan
(Report)
Attendance: 0[3]
Albania 0–1 Turkey
(Report) Tümer 58'
Attendance: 18,000
Greece 1–0 Georgia
Papadopoulos 17' (Report)
Attendance: 28,186
Kazakhstan 1–2 Denmark
Kuchma 86' (Report) Gravgaard 46'
Tomasson 49'
Attendance: 8,050

Goalscorers

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There were 111 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Albania ordered to play their home match against Georgia behind closed doors as punishment for violence in their previous home match against Ukraine.
  3. 1 2 Georgia ordered to play their home matches against Ukraine and Kazakhstan behind closed doors as punishment for violence in their previous home matches against Greece and Turkey.

See also

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