The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 9 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, England, Finland, Germany and Greece.
The group was won by England, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up, Germany — who would later reach the final of the tournament proper — entered the UEFA Qualification Playoffs.
England started the qualification process badly, a home defeat to Germany and an away draw with Finland (soon after a poor team performance at the 2000 European Championships) saw the resignation of their manager Kevin Keegan, and the appointment of Sven-Göran Eriksson – the first non-Englishman to be given the job – in his place. With the new manager, they picked themselves up and won five in a row, while the Germans themselves unexpectedly faltered: also drawing with Finland away from home, they also lost their home match with England by a resounding 5–1. Finland, in fact, might have been in with a chance of qualification themselves, but they lost a match to the unfancied Greece, whom England had to play in their final match, while Finland played Germany at the same time, with England and Germany guaranteed the top two places and separated only by goal difference. Greece unexpectedly took the lead twice at Old Trafford, but England captain David Beckham scored an injury-time free kick to level the game. Germany could only manage a 0–0 draw against Finland, meaning England topped the group on goal difference. [1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | England | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 17 | Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
2 | Germany | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 17 | Advance to UEFA play-offs | 1–5 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
3 | Finland | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | ||
4 | Greece | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 7 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
5 | Albania | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — |
Greece | 1–0 | Finland |
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Liberopoulos 59' | Report |
Greece | 2–4 | Germany |
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Charisteas 20' Georgiadis 43' | Report | Rehmer 6' Ballack 25' (pen.) Klose 82' Bode 90' |
Finland | 5–1 | Greece |
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Forssell 14', 45' Riihilahti 21' Kolkka 38' Litmanen 53' | Report | Karagounis 30' |
England | 2–2 | Greece |
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Sheringham 68' Beckham 90+3' | Report | Charisteas 36' Nikolaidis 69' |
There were 54 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.
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