The group was won by England, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up, Germany — who would later reach the final of the tournament proper — entered the UEFA Qualification Playoffs.
England started the qualification process badly, a home defeat to Germany and an away draw with Finland (soon after a poor team performance at the 2000 European Championships) saw the resignation of their manager Kevin Keegan, and the appointment of Sven-Göran Eriksson – the first non-Englishman to be given the job – in his place. With the new manager, they picked themselves up and won five in a row, while the Germans themselves unexpectedly faltered: also drawing with Finland away from home, they also lost their home match with England by a resounding 5–1. Finland, in fact, might have been in with a chance of qualification themselves, but they lost a match to the unfancied Greece, whom England had to play in their final match, while Finland played Germany at the same time, with England and Germany guaranteed the top two places and separated only by goal difference. Greece unexpectedly took the lead twice at Old Trafford, but England captain David Beckham scored an injury-time free kick to level the game. Germany could only manage a 0–0 draw against Finland, meaning England topped the group on goal difference.[1]
^"Germans left in trauma after trial by television". Guardian. 8 October 2001. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^"FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 9 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup The group comprised Albania England Finland Germany and Greece The group was won by England who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup The runners up Germany who would later reach the final of the tournament proper entered the UEFA Qualification Playoffs England started the qualification process badly a home defeat to Germany and an away draw with Finland soon after a poor team performance at the 2000 European Championships saw the resignation of their manager Kevin Keegan and the appointment of Sven Goran Eriksson the first non Englishman to be given the job in his place With the new manager they picked themselves up and won five in a row while the Germans themselves unexpectedly faltered also drawing with Finland away from home they also lost their home match with England by a resounding 5 1 Finland in fact might have been in with a chance of qualification themselves but they lost a match to the unfancied Greece whom England had to play in their final match while Finland played Germany at the same time with England and Germany guaranteed the top two places and separated only by goal difference Greece unexpectedly took the lead twice at Old Trafford but England captain David Beckham scored an injury time free kick to level the game Germany could only manage a 0 0 draw against Finland meaning England topped the group on goal difference 1 Contents 1 Standings 2 Matches 3 Goalscorers 4 References 5 External linksStandings editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp England 8 5 2 1 16 6 10 17 Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 nbsp Germany 8 5 2 1 14 10 4 17 Advance to UEFA play offs 1 5 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 nbsp Finland 8 3 3 2 12 7 5 12 0 0 2 2 5 1 2 1 4 nbsp Greece 8 2 1 5 7 17 10 7 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 5 nbsp Albania 8 1 0 7 5 14 9 3 1 3 0 2 0 2 2 0 Source 2 Matches edit2 September 200015 00Finland nbsp 2 1 nbsp AlbaniaLitmanen nbsp 45 Riihilahti nbsp 68 Report Murati nbsp 64 Finnair Stadium HelsinkiAttendance 10 770Referee Rene Temmink Netherlands 2 September 200019 00Germany nbsp 2 0 nbsp GreeceDeisler nbsp 18 Scholl nbsp 78 ReportVolksparkstadion HamburgAttendance 48 500Referee Antonio Lopez Nieto Spain Main article 2000 England v Germany football match 7 October 200015 00England nbsp 0 1 nbsp GermanyReport Hamann nbsp 14 Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 76 377Referee Stefano Braschi Italy 7 October 200020 15Greece nbsp 1 0 nbsp FinlandLiberopoulos nbsp 59 ReportOlympic Stadium AthensAttendance 15 000Referee Pierluigi Collina Italy 11 October 200019 00Albania nbsp 2 0 nbsp GreeceBushi nbsp 48 Fakaj nbsp 90 ReportQemal Stafa Stadium TiranaAttendance 10 200Referee Rune Pedersen Norway 11 October 200019 00Finland nbsp 0 0 nbsp EnglandReportOlympiastadion HelsinkiAttendance 36 210Referee Alain Sars France 24 March 200115 00England nbsp 2 1 nbsp FinlandOwen nbsp 44 Beckham nbsp 50 Report Riihilahti nbsp 26 Anfield LiverpoolAttendance 44 262Referee Valentin Ivanov Russia 24 March 200120 00Germany nbsp 2 1 nbsp AlbaniaDeisler nbsp 49 Klose nbsp 87 Report Kola nbsp 65 BayArena LeverkusenAttendance 22 500Referee Graziano Cesari Italy 28 March 200120 30Albania nbsp 1 3 nbsp EnglandRraklli nbsp 90 2 Report Owen nbsp 74 Scholes nbsp 85 Andy Cole nbsp 90 6 Qemal Stafa Stadium TiranaAttendance 18 000Referee Alain Hamer Luxembourg 28 March 200121 30Greece nbsp 2 4 nbsp GermanyCharisteas nbsp 20 Georgiadis nbsp 43 Report Rehmer nbsp 6 Ballack nbsp 25 pen Klose nbsp 82 Bode nbsp 90 Olympic Stadium AthensAttendance 32 173Referee Vitor Melo Pereira Portugal 2 June 200120 00Finland nbsp 2 2 nbsp GermanyForssell nbsp 28 43 Report Ballack nbsp 69 pen Jancker nbsp 73 Olympiastadion HelsinkiAttendance 35 744Referee Dick Jol Netherlands 2 June 200121 00Greece nbsp 1 0 nbsp AlbaniaMachlas nbsp 70 ReportTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium HeraklionAttendance 5 500Referee Nikolai Levnikov Russia 6 June 200119 30Albania nbsp 0 2 nbsp GermanyReport Rehmer nbsp 27 Ballack nbsp 68 Qemal Stafa TiranaAttendance 12 800Referee Gilles Veissiere France 6 June 200121 45Greece nbsp 0 2 nbsp EnglandReport Scholes nbsp 63 Beckham nbsp 87 Olympic Stadium AthensAttendance 29 300Referee Rune Pedersen Norway 1 September 200119 00Albania nbsp 0 2 nbsp FinlandReport Tainio nbsp 55 Kuqi nbsp 90 3 Qemal Stafa TiranaAttendance 6 400Referee Erol Ersoy Turkey Main article 2001 Germany v England football match 1 September 200119 30Germany nbsp 1 5 nbsp EnglandJancker nbsp 6 Report Owen nbsp 12 48 65 Gerrard nbsp 45 3 Heskey nbsp 73 Olympiastadion MunichAttendance 63 000Referee Pierluigi Collina Italy 5 September 200119 00Finland nbsp 5 1 nbsp GreeceForssell nbsp 14 45 Riihilahti nbsp 21 Kolkka nbsp 38 Litmanen nbsp 53 Report Karagounis nbsp 30 Olympiastadion HelsinkiAttendance 27 216Referee Paul Allaerts Belgium 5 September 200120 00England nbsp 2 0 nbsp AlbaniaOwen nbsp 43 Fowler nbsp 88 ReportSt James Park NewcastleAttendance 51 046Referee Juan Fernandez Marin Spain 6 October 200115 00England nbsp 2 2 nbsp GreeceSheringham nbsp 68 Beckham nbsp 90 3 Report Charisteas nbsp 36 Nikolaidis nbsp 69 Old Trafford ManchesterAttendance 66 000Referee Dick Jol Netherlands 6 October 200116 00Germany nbsp 0 0 nbsp FinlandReportArena AufSchalke GelsenkirchenAttendance 52 000Referee Anders Frisk Sweden Goalscorers editThere were 54 goals scored in 20 matches for an average of 2 7 goals per match 6 goals nbsp Michael Owen 4 goals nbsp Mikael Forssell 3 goals nbsp David Beckham nbsp Aki Riihilahti nbsp Michael Ballack 2 goals nbsp Paul Scholes nbsp Jari Litmanen nbsp Sebastian Deisler nbsp Carsten Jancker nbsp Miroslav Klose nbsp Marko Rehmer nbsp Angelos Charisteas 1 goal nbsp Alban Bushi nbsp Ervin Fakaj nbsp Bledar Kola nbsp Edvin Murati nbsp Altin Rraklli nbsp Andy Cole nbsp Robbie Fowler nbsp Steven Gerrard nbsp Emile Heskey nbsp Teddy Sheringham nbsp Joonas Kolkka nbsp Shefki Kuqi nbsp Teemu Tainio nbsp Marco Bode nbsp Dietmar Hamann nbsp Mehmet Scholl nbsp Georgios Georgiadis nbsp Georgios Karagounis nbsp Nikos Liberopoulos nbsp Nikos Machlas nbsp Themistoklis NikolaidisReferences edit Germans left in trauma after trial by television Guardian 8 October 2001 Retrieved 6 October 2021 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA 2002 football table and standings soccer365 me Retrieved 19 April 2024 External links editFIFA official page RSSSF 2002 World Cup Qualification Allworldcup Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 9 amp oldid 1223103602, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
