UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 10

The match between Switzerland and Albania on 11 June 2003 at the Stade de Genève, Geneva

Standings and results for Group 10 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

Group 10 consisted of Albania, Georgia, Republic of Ireland, Russia and Switzerland. The group winner was Switzerland, finishing one point ahead of Russia, who qualified for the play-offs.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	8	4	3	1	15	11	+4	15	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–2	2–0	3–2	4–1
2	Russia	8	4	2	2	19	12	+7	14	Advance to play-offs		4–1	—	4–2	4–1	3–1
3	Republic of Ireland	8	3	2	3	10	11	−1	11			1–2	1–1	—	2–1	2–0
4	Albania	8	2	2	4	11	15	−4	8			1–1	3–1	0–0	—	3–1
5	Georgia	8	2	1	5	8	14	−6	7			0–0	1–0 [a]	1–2	3–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. The Georgia v Russia match originally was played on 12 October 2002, but was abandoned at half-time with the score 0–0 due to floodlight failure and rescheduled.

Matches

7 September 2002

17:00 UTC+4

Russia	4–2	Republic of Ireland
Karyaka 20' Beschastnykh 24' Kerzhakov 71' Babb 88' (o.g.)	Report	Doherty 69' Morrison 76'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

8 September 2002

16:00 UTC+2

Switzerland	4–1	Georgia
Frei 37' H. Yakin 62' Müller 74' Chapuisat 81'	Report	Arveladze 62'

St. Jakob Park, Basel

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Vladimir Krisnak (Slovakia)

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12 October 2002

17:00 UTC+4

Georgia	Abandoned [note 1]	Russia
	Report

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

12 October 2002

20:00 UTC+2

Albania	1–1	Switzerland
Murati 79'	Report	M. Yakin 37'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 14,000 ^[5]

Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)

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16 October 2002

17:00 UTC+4

Russia	4–1	Albania
Kerzhakov 3' Semak 42', 55' Onopko 52'	Report	Duro 13'

Central Stadium, Volgograd

Attendance: 17,200 ^[6]

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

16 October 2002

20:30 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	1–2	Switzerland
Magnin 78' (o.g.)	Report	H. Yakin 45' Celestini 87'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

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29 March 2003

18:00 UTC+1

Albania	3–1	Russia
Rraklli 20' Lala 79' Tare 82'	Report	Karyaka 76'

Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër

Attendance: 13,000 ^[7]

Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

29 March 2003

18:00 UTC+4

Georgia	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Kobiashvili 62'	Report	Duff 18' Doherty 84'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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2 April 2003

18:00 UTC+5

Georgia	0–0	Switzerland
	Report

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 3,017 ^[8]

Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

2 April 2003

18:30 UTC+2

Albania	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	Report

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 16,000 ^[9]

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

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30 April 2003 ^{[note 1]}

17:00 UTC+5

Georgia	1–0	Russia
Asatiani 12'	Report

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

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7 June 2003

16:00 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	2–1	Albania
Keane 6' Aliaj 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Skela 8'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 35,900 ^[10]

Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

7 June 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland	2–2	Russia
Frei 13', 15'	Report	Ignashevich 23', 67' (pen.)

St. Jakob Park, Basel

Attendance: 30,500

Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez (Spain)

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11 June 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland	3–2	Albania
Haas 10' Frei 32' Cabanas 71'	Report	Lala 22' Skela 86' (pen.)

Stade de Genève, Geneva

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

11 June 2003

20:30 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	2–0	Georgia
Doherty 43' Keane 59'	Report

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

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6 September 2003

17:00 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Russia
Duff 35'	Report	Ignashevich 42'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

6 September 2003

17:00 UTC+5

Georgia	3–0	Albania
Arveladze 8', 43' Ashvetia 17'	Report

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 3,200 ^[11]

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

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10 September 2003

18:00 UTC+4

Russia	4–1	Switzerland
Bulykin 19', 32', 58' Mostovoi 72'	Report	Karyaka 12' (o.g.)

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 28,800

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

10 September 2003

20:00 UTC+2

Albania	3–1	Georgia
Hasi 51' Tare 53' Bushi 80'	Report	Arveladze 64'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)

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11 October 2003

17:30 UTC+4

Russia	3–1	Georgia
Bulykin 29' Titov 45+1' Sychev 73'	Report	Iashvili 3'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

11 October 2003

17:30 UTC+2

Switzerland	2–0	Republic of Ireland
H. Yakin 6' Frei 60'	Report

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 31,006

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match. ^{[note 2]}

5 goals

• Alexander Frei

4 goals

• Shota Arveladze
• Dmitri Bulykin

3 goals

• Gary Doherty
• Sergei Ignashevich
• Hakan Yakin

2 goals

• Altin Lala
• Ervin Skela
• Igli Tare
• Damien Duff
• Robbie Keane
• Andrei Karyaka
• Aleksandr Kerzhakov
• Sergei Semak

1 goal

• Alban Bushi
• Klodian Duro
• Besnik Hasi
• Edvin Murati
• Altin Rraklli
• Malkhaz Asatiani
• Mikheil Ashvetia
• Aleksandre Iashvili
• Levan Kobiashvili
• Clinton Morrison
• Vladimir Beschastnykh
• Aleksandr Mostovoi
• Viktor Onopko
• Dmitri Sychev
• Yegor Titov
• Ricardo Cabanas
• Fabio Celestini
• Stéphane Chapuisat
• Bernt Haas
• Patrick Müller
• Murat Yakin

1 own goal

• Adrian Aliaj (against Republic of Ireland)
• Phil Babb (against Russia)
• Andrei Karyaka (against Switzerland)
• Ludovic Magnin (against Republic of Ireland)

Notes

1. The Georgia v Russia match was originally played on 12 October 2002, but was abandoned by referee Tom Henning Øvrebø at half-time with the score 0–0 due to floodlight failure. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The match was rescheduled for 30 April 2003.
2. The matches tally takes into account fixtures that were subsequently abandoned.

References

1. "Протокол матча Грузия – Россия 0:0" [Match report Georgia v Russia 0–0] (in Russian). Retrieved 28 January 2019.
2. Whelan, James (2002-10-14). "Sabotage claims after game abandoned". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
3. UEFA.com (2003-04-21). "Titov back for Georgia replay". UEFA . Retrieved 2024-06-19.
4. UEFA.com (2003-04-25). "Georgia appeal partially upheld". UEFA . Retrieved 2024-06-19.
5. "Albania v Switzerland, 12 October 2002" (JSON). UEFA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
6. "Russia v Albania, 16 October 2002" (JSON). UEFA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
7. "Albania v Russia, 29 March 2003" (JSON). UEFA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
8. "Georgia v Switzerland, 2 April 2003" (JSON). UEFA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
9. "Albania v Republic of Ireland, 2 April 2003" (JSON). UEFA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
10. "Republic of Ireland v Albania, 7 June 2003" (JSON). UEFA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
11. "Georgia v Albania, 6 September 2003" (JSON). UEFA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

External links

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