2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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 Kazakhstan took part in qualification from UEFA region, not AFC.

Standings

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

4 September 2004

20:00

Denmark	1–1	Ukraine
Jørgensen 9'	(Report)	Husin 56'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 36,335

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

4 September 2004

20:00

Turkey	1–1	Georgia
Tekke 49'	(Report)	Asatiani 85'

Trabzon Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon

Attendance: 10,169

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

4 September 2004

20:45

Albania	2–1	Greece
Murati 2' Aliaj 11'	(Report)	Giannakopoulos 38'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 25,800

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

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8 September 2004

20:00

Georgia	2–0	Albania
Iashvili 15' Demetradze 90+1'	(Report)

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

8 September 2004

21:00

Kazakhstan	1–2	Ukraine
Karpovich 34'	(Report)	Byelik 14' Rotan 90'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

8 September 2004

21:45

Greece	0–0	Turkey
	(Report)

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 32,182

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

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9 October 2004

19:15

Ukraine	1–1	Greece
Shevchenko 48'	(Report)	Tsiartas 83'

Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

9 October 2004

20:00

Turkey	4–0	Kazakhstan
Gökdeniz 17' Nihat 50' Tekke 90', 90+3'	(Report)

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 39,900

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

9 October 2004

20:45

Albania	0–2	Denmark
	(Report)	Jørgensen 52' Tomasson 72'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 18,500

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

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13 October 2004

19:15

Ukraine	2–0	Georgia
Byelik 12' Shevchenko 79'	(Report)

Ukraina Stadium, Lviv

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

13 October 2004

20:00

Kazakhstan	0–1	Albania
	(Report)	Bushi 61'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 12,300

Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

13 October 2004

20:00

Denmark	1–1	Turkey
Tomasson 27' (pen.)	(Report)	Nihat 70'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 41,331

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

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17 November 2004

20:30

Turkey	0–3	Ukraine
	(Report)	Husyev 8' Shevchenko 17', 88'

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 40,486

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

17 November 2004

21:00

Georgia	2–2	Denmark
Demetradze 33' Asatiani 76'	(Report)	Tomasson 7', 64'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

17 November 2004

21:30

Greece	3–1	Kazakhstan
Charisteas 24', 46' Katsouranis 85'	(Report)	Baltiev 88'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 31,838

Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Bulgaria)

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9 February 2005

19:45

Albania	0–2	Ukraine
	(Report)	Rusol 40' Husin 59'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Stephen Bennett (England)

9 February 2005

21:30

Greece	2–1	Denmark
Zagorakis 25' Basinas 32' (pen.)	(Report)	Rommedahl 46'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 32,430

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

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26 March 2005

20:00

Turkey	2–0	Albania
Necati 3' (pen.) Yıldıray Baştürk 5'	(Report)

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

26 March 2005

20:00

Denmark	3–0	Kazakhstan
Møller 10', 48' C. Poulsen 33'	(Report)

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 20,980

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

26 March 2005

20:30

Georgia	1–3	Greece
Asatiani 22'	(Report)	Kapsis 43' Vryzas 44' Giannakopoulos 53'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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30 March 2005

19:15

Ukraine	1–0	Denmark
Voronin 68'	(Report)

Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

30 March 2005

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)

30 March 2005

21:30

Greece	2–0	Albania
Charisteas 33' Karagounis 84'	(Report)

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 31,700

Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

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4 June 2005

19:15

Ukraine	2–0	Kazakhstan
Shevchenko 18' Avdeev 83' (o.g.)	(Report)

Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

4 June 2005

20:30

Albania	3–2	Georgia
Tare 6', 56' Skela 33'	(Report)	Burduli 85' Kobiashvili 90+4'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 0 ^[2]

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

4 June 2005

21:00

Turkey	0–0	Greece
	(Report)

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 26,700

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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8 June 2005

20:00

Denmark	3–1	Albania
Larsen 5', 47' Jørgensen 55'	(Report)	Bogdani 73'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 26,366

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

8 June 2005

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)

8 June 2005

21:30

Greece	0–1	Ukraine
	(Report)	Husin 82'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

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17 August 2005

18:00

Kazakhstan	1–2	Georgia
Kenzhekhanov 23'	(Report)	Demetradze 50', 82'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)

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3 September 2005

20:00

Albania	2–1	Kazakhstan
Myrtaj 53' Bogdani 56'	(Report)	Nizovtsev 62'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Krzysztof Słupik (Poland)

3 September 2005

20:15

Georgia	1–1	Ukraine
Gakhokidze 89'	(Report)	Rotan 43'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 0 ^[3]

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

3 September 2005

21:00

Turkey	2–2	Denmark
Okan 47' Tümer 80'	(Report)	C. Jensen 40' Larsen 90+3'

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 29,721

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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7 September 2005

19:00

Kazakhstan	1–2	Greece
Zhalmagambetov 53'	(Report)	Giannakopoulos 78' Liberopoulos 90+4'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

7 September 2005

19:15

Ukraine	0–1	Turkey
	(Report)	Tümer 55'

Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv

Attendance: 67,000

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

7 September 2005

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)

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8 October 2005

19:15

Ukraine	2–2	Albania
Shevchenko 45' Rotan 86'	(Report)	Bogdani 75', 83'

Stadium Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

8 October 2005

20:00

Denmark	1–0	Greece
Gravgaard 40'	(Report)

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 42,099

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

8 October 2005

20:00

Georgia	0–0	Kazakhstan
	(Report)

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 0 ^[3]

Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

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12 October 2005

18:00

Albania	0–1	Turkey
	(Report)	Tümer 58'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

12 October 2005

19:00

Greece	1–0	Georgia
Papadopoulos 17'	(Report)

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 28,186

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

12 October 2005

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

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

7 goals

• Fatih Tekke

6 goals

• Jon Dahl Tomasson
• Andriy Shevchenko

5 goals

• Søren Larsen
• Giorgi Demetradze

4 goals

• Erjon Bogdani

3 goals

• Martin Jørgensen
• Malkhaz Asatiani
• Angelos Charisteas
• Stelios Giannakopoulos
• Tümer Metin
• Tuncay
• Andriy Husin
• Ruslan Rotan

2 goals

• Igli Tare
• Michael Gravgaard
• Claus Jensen
• Peter Møller
• Christian Poulsen
• Alexander Iashvili
• Nihat Kahveci
• Oleksiy Byelik

1 goal

• Adrian Aliaj
• Alban Bushi
• Edwin Murati
• Florian Myrtaj
• Ervin Skela
• Daniel Agger
• Dennis Rommedahl
• 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
• Ruslan Baltiev
• Andrei Karpovich
• Daniar Kenzhekhanov
• Aleksandr Kuchma
• Maksim Nizovtsev
• Maksim Zhalmagambetov
• Halil Altıntop
• Necati Ateş
• Koray Avcı
• Yıldıray Baştürk
• Okan Buruk
• Gökdeniz Karadeniz
• Tolga Seyhan
• İbrahim Toraman
• Oleh Husyev
• Andriy Rusol
• Andriy Voronin

1 own goal

• Igor Avdeev (against Ukraine)

References

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. 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.