The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a

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qualifying group for the

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. The group comprised

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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

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and

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. The group was won by Italy, who qualified for the

. The runners-up Norway entered the UEFA qualification play-offs.

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Vitali Kutuzov Vitali Vladimirovich Kutuzov ( be, Віталь Уладзіміравіч Кутузаў; born 20 March 1980) is a Belarusian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Kutuzov was born in Pinsk. He signed with BAT ...

Luca Toni Luca Toni (; born 26 May 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, Toni scored over 300 goals throughout his career, and is one of the top-five highest scoring Italians in all competition ...

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Maksim Romaschenko Maksim Yorevich Romaschenko ( be, Максім Рамашчанка, translit=Maksim Ramashchanka, uk, Макси́м Ю́рійович Рома́щенко, translit=Maksym Yuriyovych Romashchenko; born 31 July 1976) is a former professional ...

Serghei Rogaciov Serghei Ivanovich Rogaciov (born 20 May 1977) is a Moldovan soccer, football coach and a former player who played as a forward. Career He previously played for Constructorul Chişinău, FC Sheriff Tiraspol, FC Olimpia Bălţi, and Cristalul Făle ...

John Carew John Alieu Carew (born 5 September 1979) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was capped 91 times, scoring 24 goals for the Norway national team. As of 2023, he has been hired until the end of 2024 at Norw ...

* Kenny Miller * Milenko Ačimovič ;2 goals *

Vital Bulyga Vital Nikolaevich Bulyga ( be, Віталь Булыга; russian: Виталий Николаевич Булыга; born 12 January 1980) is a football coach and a former player from Belarus. He played for the Belarus national football team an ...

* Daniele De Rossi *

Alberto Gilardino Alberto Gilardino (; born 5 July 1982) is an Italian professional football manager and a former player who played as a striker. He is currently in charge as caretaker of Genoa, a club he was contracted with on July 2022 as a youth coach. A p ...

Andrea Pirlo Andrea Pirlo (; born 19 May 1979) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is head coach of Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük. Considered one of the best deep-lying playmakers ever, Pirlo was renowned for his visio ...

* Francesco Totti * Morten Gamst Pedersen *

James McFadden James Henry McFadden (born 14 April 1983) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who played as a forward. McFadden started his playing career with Motherwell, where he came to prominence in the 2002–03 season by scoring ...

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Valentin Belkevich Valyantsin Byalkevich ( be, Валянцін Бялькевіч; 27 January 1973 – 1 August 2014), also referred to as Valiantsin Bialkevich, was a Belarusian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his ca ...

Alyaksandr Kulchiy Alyaksandr Mikalaevich Kulchy ( be, Аляксандр Мікалаевіч Кульчы; russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Кульчий; born 1 November 1973) is a Belarusian football manager and a former player. He is ...

* Sergei Omelyanchuk * Mauro Camoranesi *

Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Del Piero (; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a deep-lying forward, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit fo ...

Fabio Grosso Fabio Grosso (; born 28 November 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer and current manager of Frosinone Calcio. After playing for several smaller Italian clubs, such as Renato Curi, Chieti and Perugia, he made his breakthrough dur ...

* Christian Vieri *

Cristian Zaccardo Cristian Zaccardo (; born 21 December 1981) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. He mainly played as a centre back, although he was also capable of playing as a full-back or in midfield. He began his club career with Ital ...

Serghei Dadu Sergiu Dadu (born 23 January 1981) is a Moldovan former footballer who played as a striker. He was also a member of Moldova national football team. Club career Dadu was born in Chişinău. He started his career at Sheriff Tiraspol and was loa ...

Alexandru Gațcan Alexandru Gațcan (born 27 March 1984) is a Moldovan former international Football (soccer), footballer who played as a central midfielder. Career Club On 17 June 2019, Gațcan extended his contract with FC Rostov, Rostov until the summer of 20 ...

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 ...

Steffen Iversen Steffen Iversen (born 10 November 1976) is a Norwegian footballer who is player-manager for Norwegian 4th division side Trygg/Lade as a striker. He is the son of former Norway international Odd Iversen, one of Norway's most prolific goalscorers ...

Claus Lundekvam Claus Lundekvam (born 22 February 1973) is a Norwegian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. Lundekvam began his career with SK Brann, Brann before moving to English side Southampton F.C., Southampton ...

Vidar Riseth Vidar Riseth (born 21 April 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or midfielder. He played for Neset, Rosenborg, Kongsvinger, Lillestrøm and Strømsgodset in Norway, and Luton Town, LASK Linz, Celti ...

* Sigurd Rushfeldt * Alexander Ødegaard *

Ole Martin Årst Ole Martin Årst (born 19 July 1974) is a Norwegian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is a former top scorer in both Belgium's and Norway's top leagues. Club career Born in Bergen, Årst grew up in Tromsø. He made hi ...

* Christian Dailly * Darren Fletcher * Paul Hartley * Steven Thompson *

Nastja Čeh Nastja Čeh (born 26 January 1978) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Čeh started his career with his hometown club Drava Ptuj. By the age of 17 he was playing in the first team in the 2. SN ...

Boštjan Cesar Boštjan Cesar (born 9 July 1982) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Cesar played in Slovenia, Croatia, France, England and Italy. With 101 international appearances, he is Slovenia's most capped player of ...

* Sebastjan Cimirotič * Klemen Lavrič *

Matej Mavrič Matej Mavrič Rožič (born 29 January 1979 in Koper) is a Slovenian retired international footballer. Club career His former clubs include Piran, Primorje and Gorica (all Slovenian clubs). In 2005, he won the Norwegian Cup Final for Molde ...

Aleksander Rodić Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

Anton Žlogar Anton Žlogar (born 24 November 1977) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a midfielder. Playing career Žlogar played for Primorje, Gorica, Olimpija, Paralimni, Anorthosis Famagusta, AC Omonia, Alki Larnaca, and Kras Repen. He ...

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