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
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 | 
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| 1 | Ukraine
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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
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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
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12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 22 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Greece
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12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 21 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Albania
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12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 13 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 6 | Georgia
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12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 10 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 7 | Kazakhstan
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12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
Results
| Turkey | 1–1 | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
Tekke  49' |
(Report) | Asatiani 85' |
Trabzon Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon
Attendance: 10,169
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain
)| Albania | 2–1 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| 11' |
(Report) | Giannakopoulos 38' |
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 25,800
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain
)| Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
Karpovich 34' |
(Report) | Byelik 14' Rotan 90' |
| Ukraine | 1–1 | Greece |
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| Shevchenko 48' |
(Report) | Tsiartas 83' |
Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain
)| Albania | 0–2 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Jørgensen 52' Tomasson 72' |
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia
)| Ukraine | 2–0 | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Byelik 12' Shevchenko 79' |
(Report) |
| Kazakhstan | 0–1 | Albania |
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| (Report) | Bushi 61' |
| Greece | 3–1 | Kazakhstan |
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| Charisteas 24', 46' Katsouranis 85' |
(Report) | Baltiev 88' |
| Albania | 0–2 | Ukraine |
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| (Report) | Rusol 40' Husin 59' |
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stephen Bennett (England
)| Denmark | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
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| Møller 10', 48' C. Poulsen 33' |
(Report) |
| Ukraine | 1–0 | Denmark |
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| Voronin 68' |
(Report) |
Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia
)| Greece | 2–0 | Albania |
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| Charisteas 33' Karagounis 84' |
(Report) |
| Ukraine | 2–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Avdeev ) 83' (o.g. |
(Report) |
Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria
)| Albania | 3–2 | Georgia |
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| Tare 6', 56' Skela 33' |
(Report) | Burduli 85' Kobiashvili 90+4' |
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 0[2]
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania
)| Kazakhstan | 0–6 | Turkey |
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| (Report) | 88' |
| Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Georgia |
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| Kenzhekhanov 23' |
(Report) | Demetradze 50', 82' |
| Albania | 2–1 | Kazakhstan |
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| Myrtaj 53' Bogdani 56' |
(Report) | Nizovtsev 62' |
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Krzysztof Słupik (Poland
)| Georgia | 1–1 | Ukraine |
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| Gakhokidze 89' |
(Report) | Rotan 43' |
Norway
)| Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Greece |
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| Zhalmagambetov 53' |
(Report) | Giannakopoulos 78' Liberopoulos 90+4' |
| Ukraine | 0–1 | Turkey |
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| (Report) | Tümer 55' |
Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France
)| Denmark | 6–1 | Georgia |
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| Jensen 10' Poulsen 30'Agger 43'Tomasson 55'Larsen 80', 84' |
(Report) | Demetradze 37' |
| Ukraine | 2–2 | Albania |
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| Shevchenko 45' Rotan 86' |
(Report) | Bogdani 75', 83' |
Dnipropetrovsk
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium
)| Georgia | 0–0 | Kazakhstan |
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| (Report) |
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[3]
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland
)| Albania | 0–1 | Turkey |
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| (Report) | Tümer 58' |
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain
)Goalscorers
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
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
- ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Albania ordered to play their home match against Georgia as punishment for violence in their previous home match against Ukraine.
- ^ a b Georgia ordered to play their home matches against Ukraine and Kazakhstan as punishment for violence in their previous home matches against Greece and Turkey.