2006 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION � UEFA GROUP 8 - Encyclopedia Information

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The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Malta and Sweden.

The group was won by Croatia, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Sweden also qualified as one of two best runners-up.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	10	7	3	0	21	5	+16	24	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	3–0
2	Sweden	10	8	0	2	30	4	+26	24	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup		0–1	—	3–0	3–0	3–1	6–0
3	Bulgaria	10	4	3	3	17	17	0	15			1–3	0–3	—	2–0	3–2	4–1
4	Hungary	10	4	2	4	13	14	−1	14			0–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–2	4–0
5	Iceland	10	1	1	8	14	27	−13	4			1–3	1–4	1–3	2–3	—	4–1
6	Malta	10	0	3	7	4	32	−28	3			1–1	0–7	1–1	0–2	0–0	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

4 September 2004

16:00

Iceland	1–3	Bulgaria
Guðjohnsen 51' ( pen.)	(Report)	Berbatov 35', 49' Yanev 62'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 5,014

Referee: Alain Hamer ( Luxembourg)

4 September 2004

20:30

Croatia	3–0	Hungary
Pršo 31' Klasnić 54' Gyepes 80' ( o.g.)	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 20,853

Referee: Mike Riley ( England)

4 September 2004

20:45

Malta	0–7	Sweden
	(Report)	Ibrahimović 4', 11', 14', 71' Ljungberg 46', 74' Larsson 76'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Haim Jakov ( Israel)

8 September 2004

20:15

Sweden	0–1	Croatia
	(Report)	Srna 64'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 40,023

Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez ( Spain)

8 September 2004

21:15

Hungary	3–2	Iceland
Gera 62' Torghelle 75' Szabics 79'	(Report)	Guðjohnsen 39' I. Sigurðsson 78'

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 5,461

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø ( Norway)

9 October 2004

17:00

Sweden	3–0	Hungary
Ljungberg 26' Larsson 50' Svensson 67'	(Report)

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality

Attendance: 32,288

Referee: Stuart Dougal ( Scotland)

9 October 2004

18:15

Malta	0–0	Iceland
	(Report)

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,130

Referee: Sorin Corpodean ( Romania)

9 October 2004

20:15

Croatia	2–2	Bulgaria
Srna 15', 31' ( pen.)	(Report)	M. Petrov 77' Berbatov 86'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 31,565

Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy)

13 October 2004

18:00

Bulgaria	4–1	Malta
Berbatov 43', 55' Yanev 47' Yankov 88'	(Report)	Mifsud 11'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 16,800

Referee: Ceri Richards ( Wales)

13 October 2004

18:10

Iceland	1–4	Sweden
Guðjohnsen 66'	(Report)	Larsson 24', 39' Allbäck 27' Wilhelmsson 45'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 7,037

Referee: Massimo Busacca ( Switzerland)

17 November 2004

19:30

Malta	0–2	Hungary
	(Report)	Gera 39' Kovács 93'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Tony Asumaa ( Finland)

26 March 2005

17:30

Bulgaria	0–3	Sweden
	(Report)	Ljungberg 17', 90+2' ( pen.) Edman 74'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 42,530

Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Germany)

26 March 2005

18:00

Croatia	4–0	Iceland
N. Kovač 38', 75' Šimunić 70' Pršo 90+1'	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 17,912

Referee: Jerome Damon ( South Africa)

30 March 2005

18:00

Croatia	3–0	Malta
Pršo 22', 35' Tudor 79'	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 15,510

Referee: Costas Kapitanis ( Cyprus)

30 March 2005

20:45

Hungary	1–1	Bulgaria
Rajczi 90'	(Report)	S. Petrov 51'

Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 11,586

Referee: Jan Wegereef ( Netherlands)

4 June 2005

17:15

Sweden	6–0	Malta
Jonson 6' Svensson 18' Wilhelmsson 29' Ibrahimović 40' Ljungberg 57' Elmander 81'	(Report)

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 35,593

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov ( Russia)

4 June 2005

18:00

Bulgaria	1–3	Croatia
M. Petrov 72'	(Report)	Babić 19' Tudor 57' Kranjčar 80'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen ( Denmark)

4 June 2005

18:05

Iceland	2–3	Hungary
Guðjohnsen 17' K. Sigurðsson 68'	(Report)	Gera 45', 56' Huszti 73'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 4,613

Referee: Lucílio Batista ( Portugal)

8 June 2005

18:05

Iceland	4–1	Malta
Þorvaldsson 27' Guðjohnsen 33' Guðmundsson 74' V. Gunnarsson 84'	(Report)	Said 58'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 4,887

Referee: Damir Skomina ( Slovenia)

3 September 2005

17:15

Sweden	3–0	Bulgaria
Ljungberg 60' Mellberg 75' Ibrahimović 90'	(Report)

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium)

3 September 2005

18:05

Iceland	1–3	Croatia
Guðjohnsen 24'	(Report)	Balaban 56', 61' Srna 82'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 5,520

Referee: Wolfgang Stark ( Germany)

3 September 2005

20:45

Hungary	4–0	Malta
Torghelle 34' Said 55' ( o.g.) Takács 64' Rajczi 85'	(Report)

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 5,900

Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan ( Ukraine)

7 September 2005

18:45

Malta	1–1	Croatia
Wellman 74'	(Report)	Kranjčar 19'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 916

Referee: Athanassios Briakos ( Greece)

7 September 2005

19:00

Bulgaria	3–2	Iceland
Berbatov 21' Iliev 69' M. Petrov 86'	(Report)	Steinsson 9' Hreiðarsson 16'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Bülent Demirlek ( Turkey)

7 September 2005

20:45

Hungary	0–1	Sweden
	(Report)	Ibrahimović 90+1'

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 20,161

Referee: Stefano Farina ( Italy)

8 October 2005

18:00

Bulgaria	2–0	Hungary
Berbatov 29' Lazarov 55'	(Report)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 4,652

Referee: Dejan Delević ( Serbia and Montenegro)

8 October 2005

20:15

Croatia	1–0	Sweden
Srna 55'	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 34,015

Referee: Massimo De Santis ( Italy)

12 October 2005

19:00

Malta	1–1	Bulgaria
Barbara 79'	(Report)	Yankov 67'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,844

Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan ( Ukraine)

12 October 2005

19:30

Sweden	3–1	Iceland
Ibrahimović 29' Larsson 42' Källström 90+1'	(Report)	Árnason 11'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality

Attendance: 33,716

Referee: Valentin Ivanov ( Russia)

12 October 2005

19:30

Hungary	0–0	Croatia
	(Report)

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 6,979

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen ( Denmark)

Goalscorers

There were 99 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.

8 goals

Zlatan Ibrahimović

7 goals

6 goals

Eiður Guðjohnsen

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Martin Petrov

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Gábor Gyepes (against Croatia)
Brian Said (against Hungary)

See also

References

^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

v t e 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
« 2002 2010 »
AFC	First round Second round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Third round Fourth round (play-off)
CAF	First round Second round
CONCACAF	First round Second round Third round Fourth round
CONMEBOL	Group round
OFC	First round Second round (OFC Nations Cup)
UEFA	First round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Second round (play-offs)
Play-offs	CONCACAF v AFC CONMEBOL v OFC
Video game	FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup

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The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Malta and Sweden.

The group was won by Croatia, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Sweden also qualified as one of two best runners-up.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	10	7	3	0	21	5	+16	24	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	3–0
2	Sweden	10	8	0	2	30	4	+26	24	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup		0–1	—	3–0	3–0	3–1	6–0
3	Bulgaria	10	4	3	3	17	17	0	15			1–3	0–3	—	2–0	3–2	4–1
4	Hungary	10	4	2	4	13	14	−1	14			0–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–2	4–0
5	Iceland	10	1	1	8	14	27	−13	4			1–3	1–4	1–3	2–3	—	4–1
6	Malta	10	0	3	7	4	32	−28	3			1–1	0–7	1–1	0–2	0–0	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

4 September 2004

16:00

Iceland	1–3	Bulgaria
Guðjohnsen 51' ( pen.)	(Report)	Berbatov 35', 49' Yanev 62'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 5,014

Referee: Alain Hamer ( Luxembourg)

4 September 2004

20:30

Croatia	3–0	Hungary
Pršo 31' Klasnić 54' Gyepes 80' ( o.g.)	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 20,853

Referee: Mike Riley ( England)

4 September 2004

20:45

Malta	0–7	Sweden
	(Report)	Ibrahimović 4', 11', 14', 71' Ljungberg 46', 74' Larsson 76'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Haim Jakov ( Israel)

8 September 2004

20:15

Sweden	0–1	Croatia
	(Report)	Srna 64'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 40,023

Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez ( Spain)

8 September 2004

21:15

Hungary	3–2	Iceland
Gera 62' Torghelle 75' Szabics 79'	(Report)	Guðjohnsen 39' I. Sigurðsson 78'

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 5,461

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø ( Norway)

9 October 2004

17:00

Sweden	3–0	Hungary
Ljungberg 26' Larsson 50' Svensson 67'	(Report)

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality

Attendance: 32,288

Referee: Stuart Dougal ( Scotland)

9 October 2004

18:15

Malta	0–0	Iceland
	(Report)

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,130

Referee: Sorin Corpodean ( Romania)

9 October 2004

20:15

Croatia	2–2	Bulgaria
Srna 15', 31' ( pen.)	(Report)	M. Petrov 77' Berbatov 86'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 31,565

Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy)

13 October 2004

18:00

Bulgaria	4–1	Malta
Berbatov 43', 55' Yanev 47' Yankov 88'	(Report)	Mifsud 11'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 16,800

Referee: Ceri Richards ( Wales)

13 October 2004

18:10

Iceland	1–4	Sweden
Guðjohnsen 66'	(Report)	Larsson 24', 39' Allbäck 27' Wilhelmsson 45'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 7,037

Referee: Massimo Busacca ( Switzerland)

17 November 2004

19:30

Malta	0–2	Hungary
	(Report)	Gera 39' Kovács 93'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Tony Asumaa ( Finland)

26 March 2005

17:30

Bulgaria	0–3	Sweden
	(Report)	Ljungberg 17', 90+2' ( pen.) Edman 74'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 42,530

Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Germany)

26 March 2005

18:00

Croatia	4–0	Iceland
N. Kovač 38', 75' Šimunić 70' Pršo 90+1'	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 17,912

Referee: Jerome Damon ( South Africa)

30 March 2005

18:00

Croatia	3–0	Malta
Pršo 22', 35' Tudor 79'	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 15,510

Referee: Costas Kapitanis ( Cyprus)

30 March 2005

20:45

Hungary	1–1	Bulgaria
Rajczi 90'	(Report)	S. Petrov 51'

Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 11,586

Referee: Jan Wegereef ( Netherlands)

4 June 2005

17:15

Sweden	6–0	Malta
Jonson 6' Svensson 18' Wilhelmsson 29' Ibrahimović 40' Ljungberg 57' Elmander 81'	(Report)

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 35,593

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov ( Russia)

4 June 2005

18:00

Bulgaria	1–3	Croatia
M. Petrov 72'	(Report)	Babić 19' Tudor 57' Kranjčar 80'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen ( Denmark)

4 June 2005

18:05

Iceland	2–3	Hungary
Guðjohnsen 17' K. Sigurðsson 68'	(Report)	Gera 45', 56' Huszti 73'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 4,613

Referee: Lucílio Batista ( Portugal)

8 June 2005

18:05

Iceland	4–1	Malta
Þorvaldsson 27' Guðjohnsen 33' Guðmundsson 74' V. Gunnarsson 84'	(Report)	Said 58'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 4,887

Referee: Damir Skomina ( Slovenia)

3 September 2005

17:15

Sweden	3–0	Bulgaria
Ljungberg 60' Mellberg 75' Ibrahimović 90'	(Report)

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium)

3 September 2005

18:05

Iceland	1–3	Croatia
Guðjohnsen 24'	(Report)	Balaban 56', 61' Srna 82'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 5,520

Referee: Wolfgang Stark ( Germany)

3 September 2005

20:45

Hungary	4–0	Malta
Torghelle 34' Said 55' ( o.g.) Takács 64' Rajczi 85'	(Report)

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 5,900

Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan ( Ukraine)

7 September 2005

18:45

Malta	1–1	Croatia
Wellman 74'	(Report)	Kranjčar 19'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 916

Referee: Athanassios Briakos ( Greece)

7 September 2005

19:00

Bulgaria	3–2	Iceland
Berbatov 21' Iliev 69' M. Petrov 86'	(Report)	Steinsson 9' Hreiðarsson 16'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Bülent Demirlek ( Turkey)

7 September 2005

20:45

Hungary	0–1	Sweden
	(Report)	Ibrahimović 90+1'

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 20,161

Referee: Stefano Farina ( Italy)

8 October 2005

18:00

Bulgaria	2–0	Hungary
Berbatov 29' Lazarov 55'	(Report)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 4,652

Referee: Dejan Delević ( Serbia and Montenegro)

8 October 2005

20:15

Croatia	1–0	Sweden
Srna 55'	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 34,015

Referee: Massimo De Santis ( Italy)

12 October 2005

19:00

Malta	1–1	Bulgaria
Barbara 79'	(Report)	Yankov 67'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,844

Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan ( Ukraine)

12 October 2005

19:30

Sweden	3–1	Iceland
Ibrahimović 29' Larsson 42' Källström 90+1'	(Report)	Árnason 11'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality

Attendance: 33,716

Referee: Valentin Ivanov ( Russia)

12 October 2005

19:30

Hungary	0–0	Croatia
	(Report)

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 6,979

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen ( Denmark)

Goalscorers

There were 99 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.

8 goals

Zlatan Ibrahimović

7 goals

6 goals

Eiður Guðjohnsen

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Martin Petrov

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Gábor Gyepes (against Croatia)
Brian Said (against Hungary)

See also

References

^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

v t e 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
« 2002 2010 »
AFC	First round Second round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Third round Fourth round (play-off)
CAF	First round Second round
CONCACAF	First round Second round Third round Fourth round
CONMEBOL	Group round
OFC	First round Second round (OFC Nations Cup)
UEFA	First round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Second round (play-offs)
Play-offs	CONCACAF v AFC CONMEBOL v OFC
Video game	FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup

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