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. The runner-up Ukraine advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Germany. Poland led the group from the start, with six wins and two draws out of eight, with Ukraine in second place: however, with group victory already sewn up, they unexpectedly went down 4-1 to Belarus, which gave the Belarusians a chance of overtaking Ukraine if they won their final match against Wales and Ukraine failed to win in Poland. However, Belarus failed to reproduce the form of their previous match, and lost 1-0 to hand Wales their only victory of the campaign, Ukraine thus finishing second regardless of their result in Poland (a 1-1 draw).

Standings

Results

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Goalscorers

;9 goals *

Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politici ...

;8 goals *

Emmanuel Olisadebe Emmanuel Olisadebe (; born 22 December 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker most notably for the Poland national team. He scored 11 international goals in 25 caps between 2000 and 2004, and participated in the 20 ...

;5 goals *

Raman Vasilyuk Raman Vasilyuk ( be, Раман Васілюк; russian: Роман Василюк, born 23 November 1978) is a former Belarusian association football, footballer. Career He has played for FC Dinamo Brest, Dinamo Brest, FC Slavia Mozyr, Slavia Mo ...

* John Carew * Radosław Kałużny ;4 goals *

John Hartson John Hartson (born 5 April 1975) is a Welsh former professional association football, footballer, coach and sports television pundit for S4C, Sky Sports, Premier Sports TV and BT Sport. As a player he was a striker (association football), stri ...

;3 goals *

Arthur Petrosyan Artur Petrosyan ( hy, Արթուր Պետրոսյան; born 17 December 1971) is a former Armenian football player who played as a midfielder. He worked as the manager of Armenia national football team. He is currently the manager of Grassh ...

Alexander Khatskevich Alyaksandr Khatskevich ( be, Аляксандр Хацкевіч, born 19 October 1973) is a Belarusian football manager and former player. Playing career Khatskevich is a former player of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv. He made 39 appearance ...

* Marcin Żewłakow ;2 goals * Valentin Belkevich *

Mikalay Ryndzyuk Mikalay Ryndzyuk ( be, Мікалай Рындзюк; russian: link=no, Николай Рындюк; born 2 February 1978) is a Belarusian football coach and former player. Football career Mikalay Ryndzyuk started his career at Smena Minsk. He ...

* Bård Borgersen *

Ole Gunnar Solskjær Ole Gunnar Solskjær (; born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward who last managed Premier League club Manchester United. As a player, Solskjær spent the majority of his car ...

* Bartosz Karwan * Paweł Kryszałowicz *

Andriy Vorobei Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey ( uk, Андрій Олексійович Воробей; born 29 November 1978) is a Ukrainian retired football striker. He was a three times national champion while playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk. In 2000 the ma ...

Nathan Blake Nathan Blake (born 27 January 1972) is a Welsh former professional footballer, pundit and television presenter. He notably played in the Premier League for Sheffield United, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He als ...

;1 goal *

Hayk Hakobyan Hayk Hakobyan ( hy, Հայկ Հակոբյան; born 26 December 1980) is an Armenian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normal ...

Felix Khojoyan Felix Khojoyan ( hy, Ֆելիքս Ալբերտի Խոջոյան, born on 22 December 1974), is an Armenian football manager and former footballer who mainly played as defender throughout his career. Khojoyan was a member of the Armenia nationa ...

* Artak Minasyan *

Andrey Movsisyan Andrey Movsisyan ( hy, Անդրեյ Մովսիսյան, born on 27 October 1975) is a Russia-born former Armenian Association football, football Striker (association football), striker. He was a member of the Armenia national football team, Armen ...

Thorstein Helstad Thorstein Helstad (born 28 April 1977) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Helstad was born in Hamar, and started his career in his local club FL Fart where he at age 16 scored two goals against Løt ...

Frode Johnsen Frode Johnsen (born 17 March 1974) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played for Odd and Rosenborg in the Tippeligaen and for Nagoya Grampus and Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan. He played in several positions, but was preferred as a ...

Ronny Johnsen Jean Ronny Johnsen (born 10 June 1969) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Johnsen played club football in Norway, Turkey, and England for Sem, Stokke, Eik-Tønsberg, Lyn, Lillestrøm, Beşikt ...

* Michał Żewłakow *

Andriy Husin Andriy Leonidovych Husin ( ua, Андрій Леонідович Гусін; 11 December 1972 – 17 September 2014) was a Ukrainian professional football player and coach. He played in the Ukraine national team, and was one of Ukraine's most ...

Hennadiy Zubov Hennadiy Zubov (born 12 September 1977), is a former footballer and Ukraine international. Career Zubov, a short midfielder (only 162 cm), is most-known for his playing days at Shakhtar Donetsk (1994–2004), as he was one of the few relia ...

Craig Bellamy Craig Douglas Bellamy (born 13 July 1979) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward and is current assistant manager at EFL Championship side Burnley. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy began his senior playing career with Norw ...

* Mark Pembridge * Robbie Savage *

Gary Speed Gary Andrew Speed (8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. As manager of Wales, Speed is often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting t ...

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