2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

The six teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Poland qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Ukraine advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Germany.

Standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts							Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Final table																Home							Away
1.	Poland	10	6	3	1	21	11	+10	21	-	1:1	3:1	3:0	0:0	4:0	5	3	2	0	11	2	11	5	3	1	1	10	9	10
2.	Ukraine	10	4	5	1	13	8	+5	17	1:3	-	0:0	0:0	1:1	3:0	5	1	3	1	5	4	6	5	3	2	0	8	4	11
3.	Belarus	10	4	3	3	12	11	+1	15	4:1	0:2	-	2:1	2:1	2:1	5	4	0	1	10	6	12	5	0	3	2	2	5	3
4.	Norway	10	2	4	4	12	14	-2	10	2:3	0:1	1:1	-	3:2	0:0	5	1	2	2	6	7	5	5	1	2	2	6	7	5
5.	Wales	10	1	6	3	10	12	-2	9	1:2	1:1	1:0	1:1	-	0:0	5	1	3	1	4	4	6	5	0	3	2	6	8	3
6.	Armenia	10	0	5	5	7	19	-12	5	1:1	2:3	0:0	1:4	2:2	-	5	0	3	2	6	10	3	5	0	2	3	1	9	2

Results

September 2, 2000

19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	1–3	Poland
Shevchenko 11'	Report	Olisadebe 2', 31' Kałużny 56'

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

September 2, 2000

17:00 UTC+3

Belarus	2–1	Wales
Khatskevich 39' Belkevich 56'	Report	Speed 90+3'

Dinamo Stadion, Minsk

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

September 2, 2000

16:00 UTC+2

Norway	0–0	Armenia
	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Referee: William Young (Scotland)

October 7, 2000

20:00 UTC+2

Poland	3–1	Belarus
Kałużny 24', 62', 73'	Report	Ryndzyuk 37'

Stadion Widzewa, Łódź

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

October 7, 2000

17:00 UTC+5

Armenia	2–3	Ukraine
Arthur Petrosyan 17', 44'	Report	Shevchenko 45', 59' Husin 55'

Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan

Referee: Jorn Larsen (Denmark)

October 7, 2000

15:00 UTC+1

Wales	1–1	Norway
Blake 60'	Report	Helstad 80'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

October 11, 2000

20:00 UTC+2

Poland	0–0	Wales
	Report

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal)

October 11, 2000

19:00 UTC+2

Norway	0–1	Ukraine
	Report	Shevchenko 51'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

October 11, 2000

18:00 UTC+3

Belarus	2–1	Armenia
Khatskevich 23' Ryndzyuk 33'	Report	Khojoyan 50'

Dinamo Stadion, Minsk

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

March 24, 2001

16:00 UTC+1

Norway	2–3	Poland
Carew 59' Solskjær 67'	Report	Olisadebe 23', 30' Karwan 81'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

March 24, 2001

19:00 UTC+2

Ukraine	0–0	Belarus
	Report

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Juan Fernandez Marin (Spain)

March 24, 2001

21:00 UTC+4

Armenia	2–2	Wales
A. Minasyan 32' A. Movsisyan 71'	Report	Hartson 40', 49'

Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

March 28, 2001

19:00 UTC+2

Poland	4–0	Armenia
Michał Żewłakow 15' (pen.) Olisadebe 42' Marcin Żewłakow 81' Karwan 88'	Report

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

March 28, 2001

19:30 UTC+1

Wales	1–1	Ukraine
Hartson 12'	Report	Shevchenko 51'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

March 28, 2001

20:00 UTC+3

Belarus	2–1	Norway
Khatskevich 19' Vasilyuk 90+1'	Report	Solskjær 68'

Dinamo Stadion, Minsk

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

June 2, 2001

15:00 UTC+1

Wales	1–2	Poland
Blake 14'	Report	Olisadebe 32' Kryszałowicz 72'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)

June 2, 2001

19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	0–0	Norway
	Report

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev

Referee: Goran Maric (Croatia)

June 2, 2001

20:00 UTC+5

Armenia	0–0	Belarus
	Report

Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)

June 6, 2001

20:00 UTC+5

Armenia	1–1	Poland
Arthur Petrosyan 11'	Report	Kałużny 4'

Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan

Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

June 6, 2001

19:15 UTC+3

Ukraine	1–1	Wales
Zubov 44'	Report	Pembridge 74'

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev

Referee: Joaquim Paulo Gomes (Portugal)

June 6, 2001

19:00 UTC+2

Norway	1–1	Belarus
Carew 80'	Report	Belkevich 23'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 17,164

Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)

September 1, 2001

17:45 UTC+2

Poland	3–0	Norway
Kryszałowicz 45+1' Olisadebe 77' Marcin Żewłakow 88'	Report

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów

Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

September 1, 2001

19:00 UTC+3

Belarus	0–2	Ukraine
	Report	Shevchenko 45', 57'

Dinamo Stadion, Minsk

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

September 1, 2001

15:00 UTC+1

Wales	0–0	Armenia
	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)

September 5, 2001

21:00 UTC+3

Belarus	4–1	Poland
Vasilyuk 7', 46', 52', 61'	Report	Marcin Żewłakow 78'

Dinamo Stadion, Minsk

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

September 5, 2001

19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	3–0	Armenia
Shevchenko 11' Vorobey 85', 90'	Report

Stadion Ukrajina, Lviv

Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

September 5, 2001

19:00 UTC+2

Norway	3–2	Wales
R. Johnsen 17' Carew 68' F. Johnsen 87'	Report	Savage 10' Bellamy 28'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

October 6, 2001

15:30 UTC+2

Poland	1–1	Ukraine
Olisadebe 40'	Report	Shevchenko 81'

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

October 6, 2001

14:30 UTC+1

Wales	1–0	Belarus
Hartson 47'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)

October 6, 2001

19:00 UTC+5

Armenia	1–4	Norway
H. Hakobyan 72'	Report	Borgersen 49', 80' Carew 70', 89'

Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan

Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	9
2	Emmanuel Olisadebe	Poland	8
3	Raman Vasilyuk	Belarus	5
	John Carew	Norway
	Radosław Kałużny	Poland
6	John Hartson	Wales	4
7	Arthur Petrosyan	Armenia	3
	Alexander Khatskevich	Belarus
	Marcin Żewłakow	Poland
10	Valentin Belkevich	Belarus	2
	Mikalay Ryndzyuk	Belarus
	Bård Borgersen	Norway
	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Norway
	Bartosz Karwan	Poland
	Paweł Kryszałowicz	Poland
	Andriy Vorobey	Ukraine
	Nathan Blake	Wales

1 goal

Armenia

Norway

Poland

Michał Żewłakow

Ukraine

Wales

Team stats

Wales

Head coach: Mark Hughes

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on											Club
DF	Darren Barnard	November 30, 1971	4	0	268	1	1	B	B	B	B	90	78	90	10	B	B	/2^[1] Barnsley F.C.
FW	Craig Bellamy	July 13, 1979	6	1	515	0	0	65	-	-	90	90	-	-				Coventry City
FW	Craig Bellamy	July 13, 1979	6	1	515	0	0								90	90	90	Newcastle United
FW	Nathan Blake	January 27, 1972	6	2	365	1	2	17	90	90	-	-	90	72	-	6	-	/2+^[2] Blackburn Rovers
DF	Chris Coleman	June 10, 1971	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	/2^[1] Fulham F.C.
GK	Mark Crossley	June 16, 1969	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	Middlesbrough F.C.
MF	Simon Davies	February 23, 1979	5	0	383	1	1	B	-	-	-	36	B	90	90	77	90	Tottenham Hotspur
DF	Mark Delaney	May 13, 1976	8	0	667	1	0	-	90	90	90	90	-	37	90	90	90	Aston Villa
GK	Roger Freestone	August 19, 1968	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	/3^[1] Swansea City
DF	Danny Gabbidon	August 8, 1979	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	/3^[1] Cardiff City
MF	Ryan Giggs	November 29, 1973	8	0	716	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	90	90	86	-	Manchester United
FW	John Hartson	April 5, 1975	8	4	664	6	0	-	87	74								/2^[1] Wimbledon F.C.
											80	79	90	90				Coventry City
															-	84	90	Rangers F.C.
DF	Steve Jenkins	July 16, 1972	4	0	229	1	2	-	-	-	B	B	6	53	80	90	B	/2^[1] Huddersfield Town
MF	Andy Johnson	May 2, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	/2^[1] Nottingham Forest
GK	Paul Jones	April 18, 1967	10	0	900	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	Southampton
MF	Matt Jones	September 1, 1980	7	0	204	2	5	-	B	16	45	54	12	B	10	6	61	Leicester City
MF	Jason Koumas	September 25, 1979	1	0	18	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	B	18	B	B	-	/2-^[3] Tranmere Rovers
MF	Andy Legg	July 28, 1966	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	B	-	-	-	-	-	/4^[1] Cardiff City
DF	Andy Melville	November 29, 1968	9	0	810	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	-	90	/2+^[2] Fulham F.C.
DF	Rob Page	September 3, 1974	9	0	788	1	1	90	90	90	90	90	84	90				/2^[1] Watford F.C.
DF	Rob Page	September 3, 1974	9	0	788	1	1								B	90	74	/2^[1] Sheffield United
MF	Mark Pembridge	November 29, 1970	4	1	315	1	0	-	-	-	45	-	90	90	-	-	90	Everton F.C.
FW	Iwan Roberts	June 26, 1968	5	0	176	1	3	73	3	B	10	B	B	B	90	B	0	/2^[1] Norwich City
DF	Gareth Roberts	February 6, 1978	1	0	90	0	0	90	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	/2^[1] Tranmere Rovers
MF	Carl Robinson	October 13, 1976	5	0	302	2	2	B	B	B	19	90	B	B	80	84	29	/2^[1] Wolverhampton Wanderers
MF	John Robinson	August 29, 1971	6	0	463	0	1	90	90	90	90	-	-	-	B	13	90	Charlton Athletic
FW	Dean Saunders	June 21, 1964	2	0	92	1	1	-	-	-	71	21	-	-	-	-	-	Bradford City
MF	Robbie Savage	October 18, 1974	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	90	-	90	90	-	Leicester City
MF	Gary Speed	September 8, 1969	8	1	720	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	-	-	90	Newcastle United
DF	Kit Symons	March 8, 1971	4	0	286	1	0	-	B	B	B	B	90	B	90	90	16	/2+^[2] Fulham F.C.
FW	Gareth Taylor	February 25, 1973	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	-	-	/2^[1] Burnley F.C.
GK	Darren Ward	May 11, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	B	B	B	/2^[1] Nottingham Forest
DF	Rhys Weston	October 27, 1980	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Arsenal F.C.

Armenia

Head coach: Varuzhan Sukiasyan

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on											Club
GK	Harutyun Abrahamyan	December 4, 1969	5	0	450	0	0	B	B	90	90	90	90	90	B	B	B	Mika FC
MF	Karen Asatryan	December 21, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	FC Spartak Yerevan
GK	Mayis Azizyan	May 1, 1978	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	B	B	B	-	-	-	Mika FC
GK	Roman Berezovsky	August 5, 1974	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	-								Zenit St. Petersburg
GK	Roman Berezovsky	August 5, 1974	5	0	450	0	0				-	-	-	-	90	90	90	Torpedo Moscow
DF	Hovhannes Demirchyan	May 18, 1975	6	0	287	1	4	25	B	B	51	90	66	45	10	B	B	Shirak FC
DF	Arkady Dokhoyan	August 12, 1977	5	0	305	3	1	-	-	B	-	B	24	35	90	82	74	FC Araks Ararat^[4]
FW	Karen Dokhoyan	October 6, 1976	10	0	900	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	Krylia Sovetov
DF	Hayk Gevorgyan	October 4, 1976	2	0	42	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	18	24	-	-	-
FW	Ara Hakobyan	November 4, 1980	1	0	28	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	B	28	-	-	-	FC Stal Alchevsk
FW	Aram Hakobyan	August 15, 1979	2	0	32	0	2	-	13	-	19	-	B	B	-	-	-	FC Araks Ararat
FW	Hayk Hakobyan	December 26, 1980	2	1	52	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	21	31	Spartak Yerevan^[4]
FW	Ararat Harutyunyan	August 24, 1975	2	0	32	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	8	-	Shirak FC
GK	Arthur Hovhannisyan	June 22, 1968	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Shirak FC
DF	Sargis Hovsepyan	November 2, 1972	9	0	810	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	-	90	90	90	90	Zenit St. Petersburg
MF	Arman Karamyan	November 14, 1979	6	0	214	1	4	4	27	5								Kilikia FC
MF	Arman Karamyan	November 14, 1979	6	0	214	1	4				B	16	72	B	-	-	90	Pyunik FC
MF	Artavazd Karamyan	November 14, 1979	7	0	304	0	6	B	27	29								Kilikia FC
MF	Artavazd Karamyan	November 14, 1979	7	0	304	0	6				54	25	52	90	-	-	27	Pyunik FC
DF	Vardan Khachatryan	October 29, 1968	9	0	810	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	90	90	90	90
MF	Felix Khojoyan	December 22, 1974	7	1	488	4	0	90	63	61	36	-	90	85	-	-	63
MF	Artak Minasyan	December 2, 1980	4	1	93	2	2	0	-	-	39	B	38	-	-	-	16
FW	Arthur Minasyan	June 4, 1977	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	-	-	-	-	FC Ararat Yerevan
MF	Aghvan Mkrtchyan	February 27, 1981	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	B	B	B	FC Ararat Yerevan
FW	Andrey Movsisyan	October 27, 1975	7	1	599	2	0	86	63	90	90	90	-	-	90	90	-	Saturn Ramenskoje
DF	Armen Petikyan	February 19, 1972	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	B	-	-	B	B	B	Mika FC
MF	Arthur Petrosyan	December 17, 1971	9	3	795	2	0	90	90	85								Shirak FC
MF	Arthur Petrosyan	December 17, 1971	9	3	795	2	0				90	90	90	90	80	-	90	/2+^[5] BSC Young Boys
MF	Tigran Petrosyan	December 23, 1973	1	0	90	0	0	B	B	-								Krylia Sovetov
MF	Tigran Petrosyan	December 23, 1973	1	0	90	0	0				-	-	-	-	-	90	-	/2^[1] Uralan Elista
MF	Albert Sarkisyan	May 15, 1975	5	0	404	0	0	-	-	-	81	-	90	53	-	90	90	Lokomotiv Moscow
DF	Mourat Seropian		0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	B	-	-	-	-	-
MF	Armen Shahgeldyan	August 28, 1973	7	0	540	5	0	65	77	90								FC Dynamo Moscow
MF	Armen Shahgeldyan	August 28, 1973	7	0	540	5	0				90	74	-	-	75	69	-	Mika FC
MF	Gagik Simonyan	August 21, 1971	1	0	15	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
DF	Yervand Sukiasyan	January 20, 1967	7	0	630	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	90	90	90	90	-	/4^[1] BV Cloppenburg
DF	Harutyun Vardanyan	December 5, 1970	10	0	855	1	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	45	90	90	90	/2+^[5] BSC Young Boys
MF	Arthur Voskanyan	August 13, 1976	7	0	531	5	0	90	90	90								Uralan Elista
MF	Arthur Voskanyan	August 13, 1976	7	0	531	5	0				71	65	-	-	66	B	59	Spartak Yerevan^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q The number indicates the league the team played in that year.
^ ^a ^b ^c The number indicates the league the team played in that year. After seven qualification matches Blackburn Rovers and Fulham were promoted to league one.
^ The number indicates the league the team played in that year. After seven qualification matches Tranmere Rovers was relegated to league three.
^ ^a ^b ^c After seven qualification matches Araks Ararat moved to Yerevan and changed the name to Spartak Yerevan on 20 August 2001.
^ ^a ^b The number indicates the league the team played in that year. After seven qualification matches BSC Young Boys were promoted to league one.

External links

[league-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q The number indicates the league the team played in that year.

[promotion-2] The number indicates the league the team played in that year. After seven qualification matches Blackburn Rovers and Fulham were promoted to league one.

[tranmere-3] The number indicates the league the team played in that year. After seven qualification matches Tranmere Rovers was relegated to league three.

[araks-4] After seven qualification matches Araks Ararat moved to Yerevan and changed the name to Spartak Yerevan on 20 August 2001.

[youngboys-5] The number indicates the league the team played in that year. After seven qualification matches BSC Young Boys were promoted to league one.

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