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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		File:Flag of England.svg	File:Flag of Poland.svg	File:Flag of Austria.svg	File:Ulster Banner.svg	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
1	England	10	8	1	1	17	5	+12	25	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup		—	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–0
2	Poland	10	8	0	2	27	9	+18	24			1–2	—	3–2	1–0	1–0	8–0
3	Austria	10	4	3	3	15	12	+3	15			2–2	1–3	—	2–0	1–0	2–0
4	Northern Ireland	10	2	3	5	10	18	−8	9			1–0	0–3	3–3	—	2–3	2–0
5	Wales	10	2	2	6	10	15	−5	8			0–1	2–3	0–2	2–2	—	2–0
6	Azerbaijan	10	0	3	7	1	21	−20	3			0–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	—

Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

4 September 2004

15:00

Northern Ireland	0–3	Poland
	(Report)	Żurawski File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Włodarczyk File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Krzynówek File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 12,487

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

4 September 2004

20:30

Austria	2–2	England
Kollmann File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Ivanschitz File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	(Report)	Lampard File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Gerrard File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

4 September 2004

21:00

Azerbaijan	1–1	Wales
Sadygov File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	(Report)	Speed File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

---

8 September 2004

20:00

Wales	2–2	Northern Ireland
Hartson File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Earnshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	(Report)	Whitley File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Healy File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 63,500

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

8 September 2004

20:30

Poland	1–2	England
Żurawski File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'	(Report)	Defoe File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Głowacki File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' (o.g.)

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

8 September 2004

20:30

Austria	2–0	Azerbaijan
Stranzl File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Kollmann File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	(Report)

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 26,400

Referee: Lawrence Sammut (Malta)

---

9 October 2004

15:00

England	2–0	Wales
Lampard File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Beckham File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	(Report)

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 65,224

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

9 October 2004

20:30

Austria	1–3	Poland
Schopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	(Report)	Kałużny File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Krzynówek File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Frankowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 46,100

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

9 October 2004

21:30

Azerbaijan	0–0	Northern Ireland
	(Report)

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 6,460

Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

---

13 October 2004

19:45

Northern Ireland	3–3	Austria
Healy File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Murdock File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Elliott File:Soccerball shade.svg 93'	(Report)	Schopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 72' Mayrleb File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 11,810

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

13 October 2004

20:00

Wales	2–3	Poland
Earnshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Hartson File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	(Report)	Frankowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Żurawski File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Krzynówek File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 56,685

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

13 October 2004

21:30

Azerbaijan	0–1	England
	(Report)	Owen File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

---

26 March 2005

15:00

Wales	0–2	Austria
	(Report)	Vastić File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Stranzl File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 47,760

Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

26 March 2005

15:00

England	4–0	Northern Ireland
J. Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Owen File:Soccerball shade.svg 52', 54' Lampard File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	(Report)

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 62,239

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

26 March 2005

18:00

Poland	8–0	Azerbaijan
Frankowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 63', 66' Hajiyev File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' (o.g.) Kosowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Krzynówek File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Saganowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 84', 90'	(Report)

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

---

30 March 2005

19:45

England	2–0	Azerbaijan
Gerrard File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Beckham File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	(Report)

St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

Attendance: 49,046

Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)

30 March 2005

20:00

Poland	1–0	Northern Ireland
Żurawski File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	(Report)

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 13,515

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

30 March 2005

20:30

Austria	1–0	Wales
Aufhauser File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	(Report)

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 29,500

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

---

4 June 2005

20:00

Azerbaijan	0–3	Poland
	(Report)	Frankowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Kłos File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Żurawski File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 10,458

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

---

3 September 2005

15:00

Northern Ireland	2–0	Azerbaijan
Elliott File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Feeney File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	(Report)

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Dejan Stanišić (Serbia and Montenegro)

3 September 2005

15:00

Wales	0–1	England
	(Report)	J. Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 70,715

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

3 September 2005

20:30

Poland	3–2	Austria
Smolarek File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Kosowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Żurawski File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	(Report)	Linz File:Soccerball shade.svg 61', 80'

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

---

7 September 2005

19:45

Northern Ireland	1–0	England
Healy File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	(Report)

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 14,069

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

7 September 2005

20:30

Poland	1–0	Wales
Żurawski File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' (pen.)	(Report)

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

7 September 2005

21:00

Azerbaijan	0–0	Austria
	(Report)

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

---

8 October 2005

14:00

Northern Ireland	2–3	Wales
Gillespie File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Davis File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	(Report)	Davies File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Robinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Giggs File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 13,451

Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

8 October 2005

16:00

England	1–0	Austria
Lampard File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' (pen.)	(Report)

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 64,822

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

---

12 October 2005

19:45

Wales	2–0	Azerbaijan
Giggs File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 51'	(Report)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 32,628

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

12 October 2005

19:45

England	2–1	Poland
Owen File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Lampard File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	(Report)	Frankowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 65,467

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

12 October 2005

20:30

Austria	2–0	Northern Ireland
Aufhauser File:Soccerball shade.svg 44', 90'	(Report)

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)

Goalscorers

There were 80 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

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
• Keith Gillespie
• Colin Murdock
• Jeff Whitley
• Ebi Smolarek
• Radosław Kałużny
• Tomasz Kłos
• Piotr Włodarczyk
• Simon Davies
• Carl Robinson
• Gary Speed

1 own goal

• Aftandil Hacıyev (against Poland)
• Arkadiusz Głowacki (against England)