UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 10

Standings and results for Group 10 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

The match between Switzerland and Albania on 11 June 2003 at the Stade de Genève, Geneva

Group 10 consisted of Albania, Georgia, Republic of Ireland, Russia and Switzerland. The group winner was Switzerland, finishing one point ahead of Russia, who qualified for the play-offs.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	8	4	3	1	15	11	+4	15	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–2	2–0	3–2	4–1
2	Russia	8	4	2	2	19	12	+7	14	Advance to play-offs		4–1	—	4–2	4–1	3–1
3	Republic of Ireland	8	3	2	3	10	11	−1	11			1–2	1–1	—	2–1	2–0
4	Albania	8	2	2	4	11	15	−4	8			1–1	3–1	0–0	—	3–1
5	Georgia	8	2	1	5	8	14	−6	7			0–0	1–0[lower-alpha 1]	1–2	3–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. The Georgia v Russia match originally was played on 12 October 2002, but was abandoned at half-time with the score 0–0 due to floodlight failure and rescheduled.

Matches

Russia	4–2	Republic of Ireland
Karyaka 20' Beschastnykh 24' Kerzhakov 71' Babb 88' (o.g.)	Report	Doherty 69' Morrison 76'

7 September 2002

17:00 UTC+4

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Switzerland	4–1	Georgia
Frei 37' H. Yakin 62' Müller 74' Chapuisat 81'	Report	Arveladze 62'

8 September 2002

16:00 UTC+2

St. Jakob Park, Basel

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Vladimir Krisnak (Slovakia)

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Georgia	Abandoned[note 1]	Russia
	Report

12 October 2002

17:00 UTC+4

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Albania	1–1	Switzerland
Murati 79'	Report	M. Yakin 37'

12 October 2002

20:00 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 14,000^[5]

Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)

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Russia	4–1	Albania
Kerzhakov 3' Semak 42', 55' Onopko 52'	Report	Duro 13'

16 October 2002

17:00 UTC+4

Central Stadium, Volgograd

Attendance: 17,200^[6]

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Republic of Ireland	1–2	Switzerland
Magnin 78' (o.g.)	Report	H. Yakin 45' Celestini 87'

16 October 2002

20:30 UTC+1

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

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Albania	3–1	Russia
Rraklli 20' Lala 79' Tare 82'	Report	Karyaka 76'

29 March 2003

18:00 UTC+1

Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër

Attendance: 13,000^[7]

Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Georgia	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Kobiashvili 62'	Report	Duff 18' Doherty 84'

29 March 2003

18:00 UTC+4

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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Georgia	0–0	Switzerland
	Report

2 April 2003

18:00 UTC+5

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 3,017^[8]

Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

Albania	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	Report

2 April 2003

18:30 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 16,000^[9]

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

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Georgia	1–0	Russia
Asatiani 12'	Report

30 April 2003^{[note 1]}

17:00 UTC+5

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

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Republic of Ireland	2–1	Albania
Keane 6' Aliaj 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Skela 8'

7 June 2003

16:00 UTC+1

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 35,900^[10]

Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Switzerland	2–2	Russia
Frei 13', 15'	Report	Ignashevich 23', 67' (pen.)

7 June 2003

20:15 UTC+2

St. Jakob Park, Basel

Attendance: 30,500

Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez (Spain)

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Switzerland	3–2	Albania
Haas 10' Frei 32' Cabanas 71'	Report	Lala 22' Skela 86' (pen.)

11 June 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Stade de Genève, Geneva

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

Republic of Ireland	2–0	Georgia
Doherty 43' Keane 59'	Report

11 June 2003

20:30 UTC+1

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

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Republic of Ireland	1–1	Russia
Duff 35'	Report	Ignashevich 42'

6 September 2003

17:00 UTC+1

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Georgia	3–0	Albania
Arveladze 8', 43' Ashvetia 17'	Report

6 September 2003

17:00 UTC+5

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 3,200^[11]

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

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Russia	4–1	Switzerland
Bulykin 19', 32', 58' Mostovoi 72'	Report	Karyaka 12' (o.g.)

10 September 2003

18:00 UTC+4

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 28,800

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Albania	3–1	Georgia
Hasi 51' Tare 53' Bushi 80'	Report	Arveladze 64'

10 September 2003

20:00 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)

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Russia	3–1	Georgia
Bulykin 29' Titov 45+1' Sychev 73'	Report	Iashvili 3'

11 October 2003

17:30 UTC+4

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Switzerland	2–0	Republic of Ireland
H. Yakin 6' Frei 60'	Report

11 October 2003

17:30 UTC+2

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 31,006

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.^{[note 2]}

5 goals

• Alexander Frei

4 goals

• Shota Arveladze
• Dmitri Bulykin

3 goals

• Gary Doherty
• Sergei Ignashevich
• Hakan Yakin

2 goals

• Altin Lala
• Ervin Skela
• Igli Tare
• Damien Duff
• Robbie Keane
• Andrei Karyaka
• Aleksandr Kerzhakov
• Sergei Semak

1 goal

• Alban Bushi
• Klodian Duro
• Besnik Hasi
• Edvin Murati
• Altin Rraklli
• Malkhaz Asatiani
• Mikheil Ashvetia
• Aleksandre Iashvili
• Levan Kobiashvili
• Clinton Morrison
• Vladimir Beschastnykh
• Aleksandr Mostovoi
• Viktor Onopko
• Dmitri Sychev
• Yegor Titov
• Ricardo Cabanas
• Fabio Celestini
• Stéphane Chapuisat
• Bernt Haas
• Patrick Müller
• Murat Yakin

1 own goal

• Adrian Aliaj (against Republic of Ireland)
• Phil Babb (against Russia)
• Andrei Karyaka (against Switzerland)
• Ludovic Magnin (against Republic of Ireland)

Notes

1. The Georgia v Russia match was originally played on 12 October 2002, but was abandoned by referee Tom Henning Øvrebø at half-time with the score 0–0 due to floodlight failure.^[1][2][3][4] The match was rescheduled for 30 April 2003.
2. The matches tally takes into account fixtures that were subsequently abandoned.

References

1. "Протокол матча Грузия – Россия 0:0" [Match report Georgia v Russia 0–0] (in Russian). Retrieved 28 January 2019.
2. Whelan, James (2002-10-14). "Sabotage claims after game abandoned". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
3. UEFA.com (2003-04-21). "Titov back for Georgia replay | UEFA EURO 2004". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
4. UEFA.com (2003-04-25). "Georgia appeal partially upheld | UEFA EURO 2004". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
5. "Albania v Switzerland, 12 October 2002" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
6. "Russia v Albania, 16 October 2002" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
7. "Albania v Russia, 29 March 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
8. "Georgia v Switzerland, 2 April 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
9. "Albania v Republic of Ireland, 2 April 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
10. "Republic of Ireland v Albania, 7 June 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
11. "Georgia v Albania, 6 September 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

External links

• UEFA.com
• RSSSF Page