2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 8 5 2 1 16 6 +10 17 Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–0
2  Germany 8 5 2 1 14 10 +4 17 Advance to UEFA play-offs 1–5 0–0 2–0 2–1
3  Finland 8 3 3 2 12 7 +5 12 0–0 2–2 5–1 2–1
4  Greece 8 2 1 5 7 17 10 7 0–2 2–4 1–0 1–0
5  Albania 8 1 0 7 5 14 9 3 1–3 0–2 0–2 2–0
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Source: [2]

Matches

More information Finland, 2–1 ...
Finland 2–1 Albania
Litmanen 45'
Riihilahti 68'
Report Murati 64'
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Attendance: 10,770
More information Germany, 2–0 ...
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Attendance: 48,500

More information England, 0–1 ...
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Attendance: 76,377
More information Greece, 1–0 ...
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Attendance: 15,000

More information Albania, 2–0 ...
Albania 2–0 Greece
Bushi 48'
Fakaj 90'
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Attendance: 10,200
More information Finland, 0–0 ...
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Attendance: 36,210
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

More information England, 2–1 ...
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Attendance: 44,262
More information Germany, 2–1 ...
Germany 2–1 Albania
Deisler 49'
Klose 87'
Report Kola 65'
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Attendance: 22,500

More information Albania, 1–3 ...
Albania 1–3 England
Rraklli 90+2' Report Owen 74'
Scholes 85'
Andy Cole 90+6'
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Attendance: 18,000
More information Greece, 2–4 ...
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Attendance: 32,173

More information Finland, 2–2 ...
Finland 2–2 Germany
Forssell 28', 43' Report Ballack 69' (pen.)
Jancker 73'
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Attendance: 35,744
More information Greece, 1–0 ...
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More information Albania, 0–2 ...
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Attendance: 12,800
More information Greece, 0–2 ...
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Attendance: 29,300

More information Albania, 0–2 ...
Albania 0–2 Finland
Report Tainio 55'
Kuqi 90+3'
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Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)
More information Germany, 1–5 ...
Germany 1–5 England
Jancker 6' Report Owen 12', 48', 65'
Gerrard 45+3'
Heskey 73'
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Attendance: 63,000

More information Finland, 5–1 ...
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Attendance: 27,216
More information England, 2–0 ...
England 2–0 Albania
Owen 43'
Fowler 88'
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More information England, 2–2 ...
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Attendance: 66,000
More information Germany, 0–0 ...
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Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

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

References

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