2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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.

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

Standings

Legend
Group winners and two best runners-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine 12 7 4 1 18 7 +11 25
 Turkey 12 6 5 1 23 9 +14 23
 Denmark 12 6 4 2 24 12 +12 22
 Greece 12 6 3 3 15 9 +6 21
 Albania 12 4 1 7 11 20 −9 13
 Georgia 12 2 4 6 14 25 −11 10
 Kazakhstan 12 0 1 11 6 29 −23 1
  Albania Denmark Georgia (country) Greece Kazakhstan Turkey Ukraine
Albania  – 0–2 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–2
Denmark  3–1 – 6–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1
Georgia  2–0 2–2 – 1–3 0–0 2–5 1–1
Greece  2–0 2–1 1–0 – 3–1 0–0 0–1
Kazakhstan  0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 – 0–6 1–2
Turkey  2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–0 – 0–3
Ukraine  2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 –

Results

2004-09-04
20:00
Denmark  1–1  Ukraine
Jørgensen  9' (Report) Husin  56'
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 36,335
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

2004-09-04
20:00
Turkey  1–1  Georgia
Tekke  49' (Report) Asatiani  85'

2004-09-04
20:45
Albania  2–1  Greece
Murati  2'
Aliaj  11'		 (Report) Giannakopoulos  38'

2004-09-08
20:00
Georgia  2–0  Albania
Iashvili  15'
Demetradze  90+1'		 (Report)

2004-09-08
21:00
Kazakhstan  1–2  Ukraine
Karpovich  34' (Report) Byelik  14'
Rotan  90'

2004-09-08
21:45
Greece  0–0  Turkey
(Report)
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 32,182
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

2004-10-09
19:15
Ukraine  1–1  Greece
Shevchenko  48' (Report) Tsiartas  83'

2004-10-09
20:00
Turkey  4–0  Kazakhstan
Gökdeniz  17'
Nihat  50'
Tekke  90', 90+3'		 (Report)

2004-10-09
20:45
Albania  0–2  Denmark
(Report) Jørgensen  52'
Tomasson  72'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

2004-10-13
19:15
Ukraine  2–0  Georgia
Byelik  12'
Shevchenko  79'		 (Report)
Ukraina Stadium, Lviv
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

2004-10-13
20:00
Kazakhstan  0–1  Albania
(Report) Bushi  61'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

2004-10-13
20:00
Denmark  1–1  Turkey
Tomasson  27' (pen.) (Report) Nihat  70'
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 41,331
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

2004-11-17
20:30
Turkey  0–3  Ukraine
(Report) Husyev  8'
Shevchenko  17', 88'

2004-11-17
21:00
Georgia  2–2  Denmark
Demetradze  33'
Asatiani  76'		 (Report) Tomasson  7', 64'

2004-11-17
21:30
Greece  3–1  Kazakhstan
Charisteas  24', 46'
Katsouranis  85'		 (Report) Baltiev  88'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 31,838
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Bulgaria)

2005-02-09
19:45
Albania  0–2  Ukraine
(Report) Rusol  40'
Husin  59'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stephen Bennett (England)

2005-02-09
21:30
Greece  2–1  Denmark
Zagorakis  25'
Basinas  32' (pen.)		 (Report) Rommedahl  46'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 32,430
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

2005-03-26
20:00
Turkey  2–0  Albania
Necati  3' (pen.)
Yıldıray Baştürk  5'		 (Report)
BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

2005-03-26
20:00
Denmark  3–0  Kazakhstan
Møller  10', 48'
C. Poulsen  33'		 (Report)
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 20,980
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

2005-03-26
20:30
Georgia  1–3  Greece
Asatiani  22' (Report) Kapsis  43'
Vryzas  44'
Giannakopoulos  53'

2005-03-30
19:15
Ukraine  1–0  Denmark
Voronin  68' (Report)

2005-03-30
20:30
Georgia  2–5  Turkey
Amisulashvili  13'
Iashvili  40'		 (Report) Tolga  12'
Tekke  20', 35'
Koray  72'
Tuncay  89'
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

2005-03-30
21:30
Greece  2–0  Albania
Charisteas  33'
Karagounis  84'		 (Report)
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 31,700
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

2005-06-04
19:15
Ukraine  2–0  Kazakhstan
Shevchenko  18'
Avdeev  83' (o.g.)		 (Report)

2005-06-04
20:30
Albania  3–2  Georgia
Tare  6', 56'
Skela  33'		 (Report) Burduli  85'
Kobiashvili  90+4'

2005-06-04
21:00
Turkey  0–0  Greece
(Report)
BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 26,700
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

2005-06-08
20:00
Denmark  3–1  Albania
Larsen  5', 47'
Jørgensen  55'		 (Report) Bogdani  73'
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 26,366
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

2005-06-08
21:00
Kazakhstan  0–6  Turkey
(Report) Tekke  13', 85'
Toraman  15'
Tuncay  41', 90'
Halil Altıntop  88'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

2005-06-08
21:30
Greece  0–1  Ukraine
(Report) Husin  82'

2005-08-17
18:00
Kazakhstan  1–2  Georgia
Kenzhekhanov  23' (Report) Demetradze  50', 82'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)

2005-09-03
20:00
Albania  2–1  Kazakhstan
Myrtaj  53'
Bogdani  56'		 (Report) Nizovtsev  62'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Krzysztof Słupik (Poland)

2005-09-03
20:15
Georgia  1–1  Ukraine
Gakhokidze  89' (Report) Rotan  43'

2005-09-03
21:00
Turkey  2–2  Denmark
Okan  47'
Tümer  80'		 (Report) C. Jensen  40'
Larsen  90+3'

2005-09-07
19:00
Kazakhstan  1–2  Greece
Zhalmagambetov  53' (Report) Giannakopoulos  78'
Liberopoulos  90+4'

2005-09-07
19:15
Ukraine  0–1  Turkey
(Report) Tümer  55'

2005-09-07
20:00
Denmark  6–1  Georgia
Jensen  10'
Poulsen  30'
Agger  43'
Tomasson  55'
Larsen  80', 84'		 (Report) Demetradze  37'
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 27,177
Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)

2005-10-08
19:15
Ukraine  2–2  Albania
Shevchenko  45'
Rotan  86'		 (Report) Bogdani  75', 83'
Stadium Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

2005-10-08
20:00
Denmark  1–0  Greece
Gravgaard  40' (Report)

2005-10-08
20:00
Georgia  0–0  Kazakhstan
(Report)
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[2]
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

2005-10-12
18:00
Albania  0–1  Turkey
(Report) Tümer  58'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

2005-10-12
19:00
Greece  1–0  Georgia
Papadopoulos  17' (Report)
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 28,186
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

2005-10-12
22:00
Kazakhstan  1–2  Denmark
Kuchma  86' (Report) Gravgaard  46'
Tomasson  49'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 8,050
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

Goalscorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Fatih Tekke  Turkey 7
2 Jon Dahl Tomasson  Denmark 6
Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine
4 Søren Larsen  Denmark 5
Giorgi Demetradze  Georgia
6 Erjon Bogdani  Albania 4
7 Martin Jørgensen  Denmark 3
Malkhaz Asatiani  Georgia
Stelios Giannakopoulos  Greece
Angelos Charisteas  Greece
Tuncay Şanlı  Turkey
Tümer Metin  Turkey
Andriy Husin  Ukraine

References

  1. ↑ Albania ordered to play their home match against Georgia as punishment for violence in their previous home match against Ukraine.
  2. 1 2 Georgia ordered to play their home matches against Ukraine and Kazakhstan as punishment for violence in their previous home matches against Greece and Turkey.

See also

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