2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 groups – five groups of six teams each and three groups of seven teams each – competing for 13 places in the World Cup. Germany, the hosts, were already qualified, for a total of 14 European places in the tournament. The qualifying process started on 18 August 2004, over a month after the end of UEFA Euro 2004, and ended on 16 November 2005. Kazakhstan, which transitioned from the Asian Football Confederation to UEFA after the end of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, debuted in the European qualifiers. The teams in each group would play against each other in a home and away basis. The team with the most points in each group qualified to the World Cup. The runners up are ranked. For fairness rules, results against the seventh placed team were ignored, in groups of seven teams. The two best ranked runners-up also qualified to the World Cup. T ...
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Pauleta
Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes (born 28 April 1973), known as Pauleta (), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker. During 18 years as a senior he never played in the Primeira Liga, having spent 12 of those campaigns in Spain and France. He had his most successful spell at Paris Saint-Germain, where he scored 109 goals across all competitions. Three times the top goalscorer in Ligue 1, he was also voted twice as the division's player of the season. Pauleta also scored 47 goals in 88 matches for Portugal, a national record at the time of his retirement. He played for his country in two World Cups and two European Championships. Club career Early years and Spain Born in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island in the Azores, Pauleta started his career with local clubs in his native region, before turning professional in the lower leagues. He was part of FC Porto's youth team for a brief stint yet left soon due to homesickness, signing his first prof ...
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Group 2
The term Group 2 may refer to: * Alkaline earth metal, a chemical element classification * Astronaut Group 2, also known as The New Nine, the second group of astronauts selected by NASA in 1962 * Group 2 (racing), an FIA classification for cars in auto racing and Rally racing that preceded Group A * Group 2, the second level of worldwide Thoroughbred horse races * Group 2 fax machine - Group 1 & Group 2 are obsolete analog standards for sending faxes * Group of Two The Group of Two (G-2 or G2) is a proposed informal special relationship between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America. Originally initiated in 2005 by C. Fred Bergsten as primarily an economic relationship, it began ...

2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 3
The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Estonia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Portugal, Russia and Slovakia. The group was won by Portugal, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Slovakia entered the UEFA qualification play-offs. Standings Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers ;11 goals * Pauleta ;7 goals * Andres Oper * Cristiano Ronaldo ;6 goals * Róbert Vittek ;5 goals * Māris Verpakovskis * Andrei Arshavin ;4 goals * Juris Laizāns * Aleksandr Kerzhakov * Dmitri Sychev * Miroslav Karhan ;3 goals * Thomas Beck * Franz Burgmeier * Mario Frick * Hélder Postiga * Simão * Marek Mintál * Szilárd Németh * Ľubomír Reiter ;2 goals * Ingemar Teever * Kristen Viikmäe * Vitālijs Astafjevs * Imants Bl ...
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2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 5
The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belarus national football team, Belarus, Italy national football team, Italy, Moldova national football team, Moldova, Norway national football team, Norway, Scotland national football team, Scotland and Slovenia national football team, Slovenia. The group was won by Italy, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Norway entered the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off), UEFA qualification play-offs. Standings Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers ;4 goals * Vitali Kutuzov * Luca Toni ;3 goals * Maksim Romaschenko * Serghei Rogaciov * John Carew * Kenny Miller * Milenko Ačimovič ;2 goals * Vital Bulyga * Daniele De Rossi * Alberto Gilardino * Andrea Pirlo * Francesco Totti * Morten Gamst Pedersen * James McFadden ;1 ...
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2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 4
The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Cyprus, Faroe Islands, France, Republic of Ireland, Israel national football team, Israel and Switzerland national football team, Switzerland. The group was won by France, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Switzerland entered the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off), UEFA qualification play-offs. Standings Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers ;6 goals * Alexander Frei ;4 goals * Michalis Konstantinou * Djibril Cissé * Robbie Keane * Yossi Benayoun * Johan Vonlanthen ;3 goals * Clinton Morrison * Avi Nimni * Alexandre Rey ;2 goals * Ioannis Okkas * Rógvi Jacobsen * Ludovic Giuly * Thierry Henry * Sylvain Wiltord * Ian Harte * Walid Badir * Adoram Keisi ;1 goal * Efstathios Aloneftis * Asimakis K ...
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2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 7
The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 7 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro and Spain. The group was won by Serbia and Montenegro, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Spain entered the UEFA qualification play-offs. Standings Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers ;6 goals * Fernando Torres ;5 goals * Elvir Bolić * Mateja Kežman ;4 goals * Zvonimir Vukić ;3 goals * Koen Daerden * Sergej Barbarez * Edgaras Jankauskas * Raúl ;2 goals * Thomas Buffel * Émile Mpenza * Mbo Mpenza * Timmy Simons * Daniel Van Buyten * Hasan Salihamidžić * Andy Selva * Nenad Jestrović * Dejan Stanković * Albert Luque * Sergio Ramos ;1 goal * Karel Geraerts * Wesley Sonck * Kevin Vandenbergh * Zlatan Bajramović * Zvjezdan M ...
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2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 1
The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 1 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Andorra, Armenia, Czech Republic, Finland, Macedonia and Netherlands and Romania. The group was won by Netherlands, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Czech Republic entered the UEFA qualification play-offs. Standings Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers ;9 goals * Jan Koller ;8 goals * Alexei Eremenko ;7 goals * Ruud Van Nistelrooy * Adrian Mutu ;6 goals * Tomáš Rosický ;5 goals * Milan Baroš * Vratislav Lokvenc * Goran Pandev ;4 goals * Jan Polák * Mikael Forssell * Phillip Cocu ;3 goals * Ara Hakobyan * Dirk Kuyt * Daniel Pancu ;2 goals * Marek Heinz * Shefki Kuqi * Aki Riihilahti * Goran Maznov * Arjen Robben * Wesley Sneijder * Rafael Van der Vaart * Pierre ...
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2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 6
The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Austria, Azerbaijan, England, Northern Ireland, Poland and Wales. The group was won by England, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Poland also qualified as one of two best runners-up. Standings Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers ;7 goals * Tomasz Frankowski * Maciej Żurawski ;5 goals * Frank Lampard ;4 goals * Michael Owen * Jacek Krzynówek ;3 goals * René Aufhauser * Markus Schopp * David Healy * Ryan Giggs ;2 goals * Roland Kollmann * Roland Linz * Martin Stranzl * David Beckham * Joe Cole * Steven Gerrard * Stuart Elliott * Kamil Kosowski * Marek Saganowski * Robert Earnshaw * John Hartson ;1 goal * Andreas Ivanschitz * Christian Mayrleb * Ivica Vastić * Rəşad Sadıqov * Jermain Defoe * Steven Davis * Warren Feeney ...
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2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 8
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 Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers ;8 goals * Zlatan Ibrahimović ;7 goals * Dimitar Berbatov * Freddie Ljungberg ;6 goals * Eiður Guðjohnsen ;5 goals * Darijo Srna * Henrik Larsson ;4 goals * Dado Pršo * Zoltán Gera ;3 goals * Martin Petrov ;2 goals * Hristo Yanev * Chavdar Yankov * Boško Balaban * Niko Kranjčar * Igor Tudor * Péter Rajczi * Sándor Torghelle * Anders Svensson * Christian Wilhelmsson ;1 goal * Georgi Iliev * Zdravko Lazarov * Stiliyan Petrov * Marko Babić * Ivan Klasnić * Niko Kovač * Josip Š ...
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Group 8
Group 8 may refer to: * Group 8 element, a series of elements in the Periodic Table * Group 8 Rugby League, a rugby league competition * Group 8 (Sweden), a feminist movement in Sweden * Group VIII, former nomenclature for the noble gas The noble gases (historically also the inert gases; sometimes referred to as aerogens) make up a class of chemical elements with similar properties; under standard conditions, they are all odorless, colorless, monatomic gases with very low chemi ...

Group 7
Group 7 may refer to: * G7, an international group of finance minister *Group 7 element, chemical element classification *Halogens (alternative name) *Group 7 Rugby League, rugby league competition in New South Wales, Australia *Group 7 (racing) Group 7 was a set of regulations for automobile racing created by the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI), a division of the modern Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. There were two distinct sets of Group 7 regulations: * Group 7 ...

Group 6
Group 6 may refer to: *Group 6 element, chemical element classification *Group 6 (racing), FIA classification for sports car racing *Group 6 Rugby League The Macarthur Division Rugby League is a senior Rugby league competition in New South Wales, Australia, administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. Formerly known as Group 6, the competition was, until 2019, run under the auspices of the ...