2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9
The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 9 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, England, Finland, Germany and Greece.
The group was won by England, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up, Germany — who would later reach the final of the tournament proper — entered the UEFA Qualification Playoffs.
England started the qualification process badly, a home defeat to Germany and an away draw with Finland (soon after a poor team performance at the 2000 European Championships) saw the resignation of their manager Kevin Keegan, and the appointment of Sven-Göran Eriksson – the first non-Englishman to be given the job – in his place. With the new manager, they picked themselves up and won five in a row, while the Germans themselves unexpectedly faltered: also drawing with Finland away from home, they also lost their home match with England by a resounding 5–1. Finland, in fact, might have been in with a chance of qualification themselves, but they lost a match to the unfancied Greece, whom England had to play in their final match, while Finland played Germany at the same time, with England and Germany guaranteed the top two places and separated only by goal difference. Greece unexpectedly took the lead twice at Old Trafford, but England captain David Beckham scored an injury-time free kick to level the game. Germany could only manage a 0–0 draw against Finland, meaning England topped the group on goal difference.[1]
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 17 | Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 17 | Advance to UEFA play-offs | 1–5 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 7 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — |
Matches
Finland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Litmanen ![]() Riihilahti ![]() | Report | Murati ![]() |
Greece ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Liberopoulos ![]() | Report |
England ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Owen ![]() Beckham ![]() | Report | Riihilahti ![]() |
Greece ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Charisteas ![]() Georgiadis ![]() | Report | Rehmer ![]() Ballack ![]() Klose ![]() Bode ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Forssell ![]() Riihilahti ![]() Kolkka ![]() Litmanen ![]() | Report | Karagounis ![]() |
England ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Sheringham ![]() Beckham ![]() | Report | Charisteas ![]() Nikolaidis ![]() |
Goalscorers
There were 54 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Alban Bushi
Ervin Fakaj
Bledar Kola
Edvin Murati
Altin Rraklli
Andy Cole
Robbie Fowler
Steven Gerrard
Emile Heskey
Teddy Sheringham
Joonas Kolkka
Shefki Kuqi
Teemu Tainio
Marco Bode
Dietmar Hamann
Mehmet Scholl
Georgios Georgiadis
Georgios Karagounis
Nikos Liberopoulos
Nikos Machlas
Themistoklis Nikolaidis
References
External links
- FIFA official page
- RSSSF - 2002 World Cup Qualification
- Allworldcup
- v
- t
- e
- First round
- Second round
- Play-off
- Caribbean Zone
- Central American Zone
- Play-offs
- Semi-finals
- Final round
- Mexico 1–2 Costa Rica
- United States 2–1 Jamaica
- Group round
- First round
- Second round
- First round
- Second round (play-offs)
- UEFA v AFC
- OFC v CONMEBOL