2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Ukraine.

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The group was won by Ukraine, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Turkey entered the UEFA qualification play-offs.

It was the first time when Kazakhstan took part in qualification from UEFA region, not AFC.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 12 7 4 1 18 7 +11 25 Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup — 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0
2  Turkey 12 6 5 1 23 9 +14 23 Advance to second round 0–3 — 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–0
3  Denmark 12 6 4 2 24 12 +12 22 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 3–1 6–1 3–0
4  Greece 12 6 3 3 15 9 +6 21 0–1 0–0 2–1 — 2–0 1–0 3–1
5  Albania 12 4 1 7 11 20 −9 13 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 — 3–2 2–1
6  Georgia 12 2 4 6 14 25 −11 10 1–1 2–5 2–2 1–3 2–0 — 0–0
7  Kazakhstan 12 0 1 11 6 29 −23 1 1–2 0–6 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 —
Source:

Results
Denmark 1–1 Ukraine
Jørgensen  9' (Report) Husin  56'
Attendance: 36,335
Turkey 1–1 Georgia
Tekke  49' (Report) Asatiani  85'
Trabzon Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon
Attendance: 10,169
Albania 2–1 Greece
Murati  2'
Aliaj  11'		 (Report) Giannakopoulos  38'
Attendance: 25,800
Georgia 2–0 Albania
Iashvili  15'
Demetradze  90+1'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Kazakhstan 1–2 Ukraine
Karpovich  34' (Report) Byelik  14'
Rotan  90'
Attendance: 23,000
Greece 0–0 Turkey
(Report)
Attendance: 32,182
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Ukraine 1–1 Greece
Shevchenko  48' (Report) Tsiartas  83'
Attendance: 56,000
Turkey 4–0 Kazakhstan
Gökdeniz  17'
Nihat  50'
Tekke  90', 90+3'		 (Report)
Attendance: 39,900
Albania 0–2 Denmark
(Report) Jørgensen  52'
Tomasson  72'
Attendance: 18,500
Ukraine 2–0 Georgia
Byelik  12'
Shevchenko  79'		 (Report)
Attendance: 28,000
Kazakhstan 0–1 Albania
(Report) Bushi  61'
Attendance: 12,300
Denmark 1–1 Turkey
Tomasson  27' (pen.) (Report) Nihat  70'
Attendance: 41,331
Turkey 0–3 Ukraine
(Report) Husyev  8'
Shevchenko  17', 88'
Attendance: 40,486
Georgia 2–2 Denmark
Demetradze  33'
Asatiani  76'		 (Report) Tomasson  7', 64'
Attendance: 20,000
Greece 3–1 Kazakhstan
Charisteas  24', 46'
Katsouranis  85'		 (Report) Baltiev  88'
Attendance: 31,838
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
Albania 0–2 Ukraine
(Report) Rusol  40'
Husin  59'
Attendance: 12,000
Greece 2–1 Denmark
Zagorakis  25'
Basinas  32' (pen.)		 (Report) Rommedahl  46'
Attendance: 32,430
Turkey 2–0 Albania
Necati  3' (pen.)
Yıldıray Baştürk  5'		 (Report)
Attendance: 32,000
Denmark 3–0 Kazakhstan
Møller  10', 48'
C. Poulsen  33'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,980
Georgia 1–3 Greece
Asatiani  22' (Report) Kapsis  43'
Vryzas  44'
Giannakopoulos  53'
Attendance: 23,000
Ukraine 1–0 Denmark
Voronin  68' (Report)
Attendance: 60,000
Georgia 2–5 Turkey
Amisulashvili  13'
Iashvili  40'		 (Report) Tolga  12'
Tekke  20', 35'
Koray  72'
Tuncay  89'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Greece 2–0 Albania
Charisteas  33'
Karagounis  84'		 (Report)
Attendance: 31,700
Ukraine 2–0 Kazakhstan
Shevchenko  18'
Avdeev  83' (o.g.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 45,000
Albania 3–2 Georgia
Tare  6', 56'
Skela  33'		 (Report) Burduli  85'
Kobiashvili  90+4'
Attendance: 0[1]
Turkey 0–0 Greece
(Report)
Attendance: 26,700
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Denmark 3–1 Albania
Larsen  5', 47'
Jørgensen  55'		 (Report) Bogdani  73'
Attendance: 26,366
Kazakhstan 0–6 Turkey
(Report) Tekke  13', 85'
Toraman  15'
Tuncay  41', 90'
Halil Altıntop  88'
Attendance: 20,000
Greece 0–1 Ukraine
(Report) Husin  82'
Attendance: 33,500
Kazakhstan 1–2 Georgia
Kenzhekhanov  23' (Report) Demetradze  50', 82'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)
Albania 2–1 Kazakhstan
Myrtaj  53'
Bogdani  56'		 (Report) Nizovtsev  62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Krzysztof Słupik (Poland)
Georgia 1–1 Ukraine
Gakhokidze  89' (Report) Rotan  43'
Attendance: 0[2]
Turkey 2–2 Denmark
Okan  47'
Tümer  80'		 (Report) C. Jensen  40'
Larsen  90+3'
Attendance: 29,721
Kazakhstan 1–2 Greece
Zhalmagambetov  53' (Report) Giannakopoulos  78'
Liberopoulos  90+4'
Attendance: 18,000
Ukraine 0–1 Turkey
(Report) Tümer  55'
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Denmark 6–1 Georgia
Jensen  10'
Poulsen  30'
Agger  43'
Tomasson  55'
Larsen  80', 84'		 (Report) Demetradze  37'
Attendance: 27,177
Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)
Ukraine 2–2 Albania
Shevchenko  45'
Rotan  86'		 (Report) Bogdani  75', 83'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
Denmark 1–0 Greece
Gravgaard  40' (Report)
Attendance: 42,099
Georgia 0–0 Kazakhstan
(Report)
Attendance: 0[2]
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
Albania 0–1 Turkey
(Report) Tümer  58'
Attendance: 18,000
Greece 1–0 Georgia
Papadopoulos  17' (Report)
Attendance: 28,186
Kazakhstan 1–2 Denmark
Kuchma  86' (Report) Gravgaard  46'
Tomasson  49'
Attendance: 8,050
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

Goalscorers
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References
  1. Albania ordered to play their home match against Georgia as punishment for violence in their previous home match against Ukraine.
  2. Georgia ordered to play their home matches against Ukraine and Kazakhstan as punishment for violence in their previous home matches against Greece and Turkey.

See also
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