UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 7

Standings and results for Group 7 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

Group 7 consisted of England, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Slovakia and Turkey. Group winners were England, who finished one point clear of second-placed team Turkey who qualified for the play-offs.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	6	2	0	14	5	+9	20	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0
2	Turkey	8	6	1	1	17	5	+12	19	Advance to play-offs		0–0	—	3–0	3–2	5–0
3	Slovakia	8	3	1	4	11	9	+2	10			1–2	0–1	—	1–1	4–0
4	Macedonia	8	1	3	4	11	14	−3	6			1–2	1–2	0–2	—	3–1
5	Liechtenstein	8	0	1	7	2	22	−20	1			0–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Turkey	3–0	Slovakia
Akın 14' Erdem 44', 65'	Report

7 September 2002

20:30 UTC+3

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 17,300

Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Liechtenstein	1–1	Macedonia
Mi. Stocklasa 90'	Report	Hristov 8'

8 September 2002

17:00 UTC+2

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 2,650

Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)

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Macedonia	1–2	Turkey
Grozdanoski 2'	Report	Okan 29' Nihat 53'

12 October 2002

19:00 UTC+2

Gradski Stadium, Skopje

Attendance: 16,211

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Slovakia	1–2	England
Németh 23'	Report	Beckham 64' Owen 82'

12 October 2002

19:30 UTC+2

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 28,500

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

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Turkey	5–0	Liechtenstein
Okan 7' Davala 14' Mansız 23' Akın 81', 90'	Report

16 October 2002

20:30 UTC+3

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 10,890

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

England	2–2	Macedonia
Beckham 12' Gerrard 35'	Report	Šakiri 10' Trajanov 24'

16 October 2002

20:00 UTC+1

St Mary's Stadium, Southampton

Attendance: 32,095

Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

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Liechtenstein	0–2	England
	Report	Owen 28' Beckham 53'

29 March 2003

18:30 UTC+1

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 3,548

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Macedonia	0–2	Slovakia
	Report	Petráš 28' Reiter 90'

29 March 2003

19:00 UTC+1

Gradski Stadium, Skopje

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

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Slovakia	4–0	Liechtenstein
Reiter 19' Németh 50', 64' Janočko 89'	Report

2 April 2003

19:00 UTC+2

Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava

Attendance: 75^{[note 1]}

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

England	2–0	Turkey
Vassell 75' Beckham 90' (pen.)	Report

2 April 2003

20:00 UTC+1

Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Attendance: 47,667

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

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Macedonia	3–1	Liechtenstein
Sedloski 39' (pen.) Krstev 52' Stojkov 82'	Report	R. Beck 20'

7 June 2003

20:00 UTC+2

Gradski Stadium, Skopje

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)

Slovakia	0–1	Turkey
	Report	Nihat 12'

7 June 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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Turkey	3–2	Macedonia
Nihat 25' Karadeniz 47' Hakan Şükür 57'	Report	Grozdanoski 23' Šakiri 27'

11 June 2003

21:00 UTC+3

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 20,900

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

England	2–1	Slovakia
Owen 61' (pen.), 72'	Report	Janočko 31'

11 June 2003

20:00 UTC+1

Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Attendance: 33,106

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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Macedonia	1–2	England
Hristov 28'	Report	Rooney 52' Beckham 63' (pen.)

6 September 2003

18:30 UTC+2

Gradski Stadium, Skopje

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium)

Liechtenstein	0–3	Turkey
	Report	Metin 14' Okan 41' Hakan Sükür 50'

6 September 2003

20:00 UTC+2

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

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Slovakia	1–1	Macedonia
Németh 25'	Report	Dimitrovski 62'

10 September 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina

Attendance: 2,286

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

England	2–0	Liechtenstein
Owen 46' Rooney 52'	Report

10 September 2003

20:00 UTC+1

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 64,931

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

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Turkey	0–0	England
	Report

11 October 2003

20:00 UTC+3

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Liechtenstein	0–2	Slovakia
	Report	Vittek 40', 56'

11 October 2003

20:00 UTC+2

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 955

Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

5 goals

• David Beckham
• Michael Owen

4 goals

• Szilárd Németh

3 goals

• Serhat Akın
• Okan Buruk
• Nihat Kahveci

2 goals

• Wayne Rooney
• Vlatko Grozdanoski
• Gjorgji Hristov
• Artim Šakiri
• Vladimír Janočko
• Ľubomír Reiter
• Róbert Vittek
• Arif Erdem
• Hakan Şükür

1 goal

• Steven Gerrard
• Darius Vassell
• Roger Beck
• Michael Stocklasa
• Dragan Dimitrovski
• Mile Krstev
• Goce Sedloski
• Aco Stojkov
• Vančo Trajanov
• Martin Petráš
• Ümit Davala
• Gökdeniz Karadeniz
• İlhan Mansız
• Tümer Metin

Notes

1. Slovakia v Liechtenstein was played without spectators due to sanctions imposed by UEFA as a result of racist behaviour by Slovak supporters at the home match against England.^[1]