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-Goran 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, and England were only rescued by an injury-time free-kick goal from Beckham to tie the score at 2-2: in the Germany-Finland match, the news of England's result came through at full-time, but they could only draw 0-0 themselves, England taking the top place on goal difference.[1]

Standings[edit]

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 —
Source: [citation needed]

Results[edit]

Finland 2–1 Albania
Litmanen 45'
Riihilahti 68'		 Report Murati 64'
Attendance: 10,770
Germany 2–0 Greece
Deisler 18'
Scholl 78'		 Report
Attendance: 48,500
England 0–1 Germany
Report Hamann 14'
Attendance: 76,377
Greece 1–0 Finland
Liberopoulos 59' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Albania 2–0 Greece
Bushi 48'
Fakaj 90'		 Report
Attendance: 10,200
Finland 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 36,210
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
England 2–1 Finland
Owen 44'
Beckham 50'		 Report Riihilahti 26'
Attendance: 44,262
Germany 2–1 Albania
Deisler 49'
Klose 87'		 Report Kola 65'
Attendance: 22,500
Albania 1–3 England
Rraklli 90+2' Report Owen 74'
Scholes 85'
Andy Cole 90+6'
Attendance: 18,000
Greece 2–4 Germany
Charisteas 20'
Georgiadis 43'		 Report Rehmer 6'
Ballack 25' (pen.)
Klose 82'
Bode 90'
Attendance: 32,173
Finland 2–2 Germany
Forssell 28', 43' Report Ballack 69' (pen.)
Jancker 73'
Attendance: 35,744
Greece 1–0 Albania
Machlas 70' Report
Attendance: 5,500
Albania 0–2 Germany
Report Rehmer 27'
Ballack 68'
Attendance: 12,800
Greece 0–2 England
Report Scholes 63'
Beckham 87'
Attendance: 29,300
Albania 0–2 Finland
Report Tainio 55'
Kuqi 90+3'
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)
Germany 1–5 England
Jancker 6' Report Owen 12', 48', 65'
Gerrard 45+3'
Heskey 73'
Attendance: 63,000
Finland 5–1 Greece
Forssell 14', 45'
Riihilahti 21'
Kolkka 38'
Litmanen 53'		 Report Karagounis 30'
Attendance: 27,216
England 2–0 Albania
Owen 43'
Fowler 88'		 Report
Attendance: 51,046
England 2–2 Greece
Sheringham 68'
Beckham 90+3'		 Report Charisteas 36'
Nikolaidis 69'
Attendance: 66,000
Germany 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Goalscorers[edit]

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Germans left in trauma after trial by television". Guardian. 8 October 2001. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

External links[edit]

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