UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 9

Standings and results for Group 9 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

Group 9 consisted of Azerbaijan, Finland, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro and Wales. Serbia and Montenegro began the campaign as the FR Yugoslavia, but officially changed their name in February 2003. Group winners were Italy, who finished four points clear of second-placed team Wales who qualified for the play-offs.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 8 5 2 1 17 4 +13 17 Qualify for final tournament — 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–0
2  Wales 8 4 1 3 13 10 +3 13 Advance to play-offs 2–1 — 2–3 1–1 4–0
3  Serbia and Montenegro[lower-alpha 1] 8 3 3 2 11 11 0 12 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 2–2
4  Finland 8 3 1 4 9 10 −1 10 0–2 0–2 3–0 — 3–0
5  Azerbaijan 8 1 1 6 5 20 −15 4 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. The official name of the country was changed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro on 4 February 2003, during the qualifying process.

Matches
Finland 0–2 Wales
Report Hartson  30'
Davies  72'
Attendance: 35,833
Azerbaijan 0–2 Italy
Report Ahmadov  33' (o.g.)
Del Piero  65'
Attendance: 40,000
Finland 3–0 Azerbaijan
Agaev  14' (o.g.)
Tihinen  60'
Hyypiä  72'		 Report
Attendance: 11,853
Italy 1–1 FR Yugoslavia
Del Piero  38' Report Mijatović  27'
Attendance: 55,000
FR Yugoslavia 2–0 Finland
Kovačević  55'
Mijatović  84' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)
Wales 2–1 Italy
Davies  11'
Bellamy  70'		 Report Del Piero  31'
Attendance: 70,000
Azerbaijan 0–2 Wales
Report Speed  10'
Hartson  68'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)
Serbia and Montenegro 2–2 Azerbaijan
Mijatović  33' (pen.)
Lazetić  52'		 Report Gurbanov  58', 77'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Wales 4–0 Azerbaijan
Bellamy  1'
Speed  40'
Hartson  43'
Giggs  52'		 Report
Attendance: 73,500
Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)
Italy 2–0 Finland
Vieri  6', 23' Report
Attendance: 34,074
Finland 3–0 Serbia and Montenegro
Hyypiä  19'
Kolkka  45'
Forssell  56'		 Report
Attendance: 17,343
Azerbaijan 2–1 Serbia and Montenegro
Gurbanov  88' (pen.)
Ismayilov  90+1'		 Report Bošković  27'
Attendance: 3,500
Finland 0–2 Italy
Report Totti  31'
Del Piero  73'
Attendance: 36,850
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
Serbia and Montenegro 1–0 Wales
Mladenović  73' Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Azerbaijan 1–2 Finland
Ismayilov  88' Report Tainio  52'
Nurmela  74'
Attendance: 7,500
Italy 4–0 Wales
Inzaghi  59', 63', 70'
Del Piero  76' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Wales 1–1 Finland
Davies  3' Report Forssell  79'
Attendance: 73,411
Referee: Arturo Duadén Ibánez (Spain)
Serbia and Montenegro 1–1 Italy
Ilić  82' Report Inzaghi  22'
Attendance: 30,000
Wales 2–3 Serbia and Montenegro
Hartson  26' (pen.)
Earnshaw  90+3'		 Report Vukić  6'
Milošević  82'
Ljuboja  88'
Attendance: 72,514
Italy 4–0 Azerbaijan
Vieri  16'
Inzaghi  24', 87'
Di Vaio  64'		 Report
Attendance: 27,000

Goalscorers

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

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References
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