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and Japan. 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 ;8 goals * Emmanuel Olisadebe ;5 goals *

Raman Vasilyuk Raman Vasilyuk ( be, Раман Васілюк; russian: Роман Василюк, born 23 November 1978) is a former Belarusian footballer. Career He has played for Dinamo Brest, Slavia Mozyr, Spartak Moscow, Dinamo Minsk, Hapoel Tel Aviv, G ...

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* Radosław Kałużny ;4 goals * John Hartson ;3 goals * Arthur Petrosyan * Alexander Khatskevich * Marcin Żewłakow ;2 goals *

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 ...

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 Bård Borgersen (born 20 May 1972) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a defender, most notable for his time with Odd Grenland and Start. Borgersen was capped 10 times and scored two goals for Norway. Club career Borgersen started ...

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 ...

Bartosz Karwan Bartosz Karwan (born 13 January 1976) is a Polish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Karwan was born in Tychy. He spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with Hertha BSC. In September 2010, he joined GKS Katowice. He was re ...

* 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 mag ...

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 al ...

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* Felix Khojoyan * Artak Minasyan *

Andrey Movsisyan Andrey Movsisyan ( hy, Անդրեյ Մովսիսյան, born on 27 October 1975) is a Russia-born former Armenian football striker. He was a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 18 international matches and scored 2 goals since ...

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 Lø ...

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, Beşi ...

Michał Żewłakow Michał Ryszard Żewłakow (; born 22 April 1976) is a Polish former footballer who played as a defender. He captained the Poland national team and is its third most capped player ever. Besides Poland, he has played in Belgium, Greece, and Turk ...

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 N ...

Mark Pembridge Mark Anthony Pembridge (born 29 November 1970) is a Welsh retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach at the academy for Fulham. He played 333 matches in England's top division for Luton Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Evert ...

Robbie Savage Robert William Savage (born 18 October 1974) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, now a football pundit and director of football at club Macclesfield. During his career he played predominantly as a midfielder, ...

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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