2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8
Appearance
The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Malta and Sweden.
The group was won by Croatia, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Sweden also qualified as one of two best runners-up.
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Croatia | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 24 | Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | Sweden | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 4 | +26 | 24 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | ||
3 | Bulgaria | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | ||
4 | Hungary | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 14 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 4–0 | ||
5 | Iceland | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 4 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — | 4–1 | ||
6 | Malta | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 3 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |
Matches
[edit]Hungary | 3–2 | Iceland |
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Gera 62' Torghelle 75' Szabics 79' |
(Report) | Guðjohnsen 39' I. Sigurðsson 78' |
Iceland | 1–4 | Sweden |
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Guðjohnsen 66' | (Report) | Larsson 24', 39' Allbäck 27' Wilhelmsson 45' |
Sweden | 6–0 | Malta |
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Jonson 6' Svensson 18' Wilhelmsson 29' Ibrahimović 40' Ljungberg 57' Elmander 81' |
(Report) |
Iceland | 2–3 | Hungary |
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Guðjohnsen 17' K. Sigurðsson 68' |
(Report) | Gera 45', 56' Huszti 73' |
Iceland | 4–1 | Malta |
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Þorvaldsson 27' Guðjohnsen 33' Guðmundsson 74' V. Gunnarsson 84' |
(Report) | Said 58' |
Hungary | 0–1 | Sweden |
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(Report) | Ibrahimović 90+1' |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 99 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Georgi Iliev
- Zdravko Lazarov
- Stiliyan Petrov
- Marko Babić
- Ivan Klasnić
- Josip Šimunić
- Szabolcs Huszti
- Péter Kovács
- Imre Szabics
- Ákos Takács
- Kári Árnason
- Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
- Tryggvi Guðmundsson
- Hermann Hreiðarsson
- Indriði Sigurðsson
- Kristján Örn Sigurðsson
- Grétar Steinsson
- Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson
- Etienne Barbara
- Michael Mifsud
- Brian Said
- Stephen Wellman
- Marcus Allbäck
- Erik Edman
- Johan Elmander
- Mattias Jonson
- Kim Källström
- Olof Mellberg
1 own goal
- Gábor Gyepes (against Croatia)
- Brian Said (against Hungary)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
Categories:
- 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
- 2004–05 in Bulgarian football
- 2005–06 in Bulgarian football
- 2004 in Swedish football
- 2005 in Swedish football
- Sweden at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
- 2004 in Icelandic football
- 2005 in Icelandic football
- 2004–05 in Croatian football
- Croatia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
- 2004–05 in Hungarian football
- 2005–06 in Hungarian football
- 2004–05 in Maltese football
- 2005–06 in Maltese football