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 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 | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Results
| Georgia | 2–0 | Albania |
|---|---|---|
Iashvili  15'Demetradze 90+1' | (Report) |
| Ukraine | 1–1 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Shevchenko 48' | (Report) | Tsiartas 83' |
| Ukraine | 2–0 | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Byelik 12' Shevchenko 79' | (Report) |
| Kazakhstan | 0–1 | Albania |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Bushi 61' |
| Turkey | 0–3 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Husyev 8' Shevchenko 17', 88' |
| Greece | 3–1 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Charisteas 24', 46' Katsouranis 85' | (Report) | Baltiev 88' |
| Denmark | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Møller 10', 48' C. Poulsen 33' | (Report) |
| Georgia | 2–5 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Amisulashvili 13' Iashvili 40' | (Report) | Tolga 12' Tekke 20', 35'Koray 72'Tuncay 89' |
| Greece | 2–0 | Albania |
|---|---|---|
| Charisteas 33' Karagounis 84' | (Report) |
| Ukraine | 2–0 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Shevchenko 18' Avdeev 83' (o.g.) | (Report) |
| Kazakhstan | 0–6 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Tekke 13', 85' Toraman 15'Tuncay 41', 90'Halil Altıntop 88' |
| Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Kenzhekhanov 23' | (Report) | Demetradze 50', 82' |
| Georgia | 1–1 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Gakhokidze 89' | (Report) | Rotan 43' |
| Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Zhalmagambetov 53' | (Report) | Giannakopoulos 78' Liberopoulos 90+4' |
| Denmark | 6–1 | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Jensen 10' Poulsen 30'Agger 43'Tomasson 55'Larsen 80', 84' | (Report) | Demetradze 37' |
| Greece | 1–0 | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Papadopoulos 17' | (Report) |
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
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
See also
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