2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Malta and Sweden. The group was won by Croatia, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Sweden also qualified as one of two best runners-up.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		File:Flag of Croatia.svg	File:Flag of Sweden.svg	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	File:Flag of Hungary.svg	File:Flag of Iceland.svg	File:Flag of Malta.svg
1	Croatia	10	7	3	0	21	5	+16	24	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	3–0
2	Sweden	10	8	0	2	30	4	+26	24			0–1	—	3–0	3–0	3–1	6–0
3	Bulgaria	10	4	3	3	17	17	0	15			1–3	0–3	—	2–0	3–2	4–1
4	Hungary	10	4	2	4	13	14	−1	14			0–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–2	4–0
5	Iceland	10	1	1	8	14	27	−13	4			1–3	1–4	1–3	2–3	—	4–1
6	Malta	10	0	3	7	4	32	−28	3			1–1	0–7	1–1	0–2	0–0	—

Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

4 September 2004

16:00

Iceland	1–3	Bulgaria
Guðjohnsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' (pen.)	(Report)	Berbatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 49' Yanev File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 5,014

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

4 September 2004

20:30

Croatia	3–0	Hungary
Pršo File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Klasnić File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Gyepes File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (o.g.)	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 20,853

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

4 September 2004

20:45

Malta	0–7	Sweden
	(Report)	Ibrahimović File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 11', 14', 71' Ljungberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 46', 74' Larsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)

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8 September 2004

20:15

Sweden	0–1	Croatia
	(Report)	Srna File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 40,023

Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain)

8 September 2004

21:15

Hungary	3–2	Iceland
Gera File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Torghelle File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Szabics File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	(Report)	Guðjohnsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' I. Sigurðsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 5,461

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

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9 October 2004

17:00

Sweden	3–0	Hungary
Ljungberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Larsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Svensson File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	(Report)

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality

Attendance: 32,288

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

9 October 2004

18:15

Malta	0–0	Iceland
	(Report)

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,130

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

9 October 2004

20:15

Croatia	2–2	Bulgaria
Srna File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 31' (pen.)	(Report)	M. Petrov File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Berbatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 31,565

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

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13 October 2004

18:00

Bulgaria	4–1	Malta
Berbatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 43', 55' Yanev File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Yankov File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	(Report)	Mifsud File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 16,800

Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

13 October 2004

18:10

Iceland	1–4	Sweden
Guðjohnsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	(Report)	Larsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 39' Allbäck File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Wilhelmsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 7,037

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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17 November 2004

19:30

Malta	0–2	Hungary
	(Report)	Gera File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Kovács File:Soccerball shade.svg 93'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

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26 March 2005

17:30

Bulgaria	0–3	Sweden
	(Report)	Ljungberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 90+2' (pen.) Edman File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 42,530

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

26 March 2005

18:00

Croatia	4–0	Iceland
N. Kovač File:Soccerball shade.svg 38', 75' Šimunić File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Pršo File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 17,912

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

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30 March 2005

18:00

Croatia	3–0	Malta
Pršo File:Soccerball shade.svg 22', 35' Tudor File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 15,510

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

30 March 2005

20:45

Hungary	1–1	Bulgaria
Rajczi File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	(Report)	S. Petrov File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'

Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 11,586

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

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4 June 2005

17:15

Sweden	6–0	Malta
Jonson File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Svensson File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Wilhelmsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Ibrahimović File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Ljungberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Elmander File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	(Report)

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 35,593

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

4 June 2005

18:00

Bulgaria	1–3	Croatia
M. Petrov File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	(Report)	Babić File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Tudor File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Kranjčar File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

4 June 2005

18:05

Iceland	2–3	Hungary
Guðjohnsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' K. Sigurðsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	(Report)	Gera File:Soccerball shade.svg 45', 56' Huszti File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 4,613

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

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8 June 2005

18:05

Iceland	4–1	Malta
Þorvaldsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Guðjohnsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Guðmundsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' V. Gunnarsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	(Report)	Said File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 4,887

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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3 September 2005

17:15

Sweden	3–0	Bulgaria
Ljungberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Mellberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Ibrahimović File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	(Report)

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

3 September 2005

18:05

Iceland	1–3	Croatia
Guðjohnsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	(Report)	Balaban File:Soccerball shade.svg 56', 61' Srna File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 5,520

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

3 September 2005

20:45

Hungary	4–0	Malta
Torghelle File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Said File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' (o.g.) Takács File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Rajczi File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	(Report)

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 5,900

Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)

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7 September 2005

18:45

Malta	1–1	Croatia
Wellman File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	(Report)	Kranjčar File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 916

Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)

7 September 2005

19:00

Bulgaria	3–2	Iceland
Berbatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Iliev File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' M. Petrov File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	(Report)	Steinsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Hreiðarsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)

7 September 2005

20:45

Hungary	0–1	Sweden
	(Report)	Ibrahimović File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'

Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

Attendance: 20,161

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

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8 October 2005

18:00

Bulgaria	2–0	Hungary
Berbatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Lazarov File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	(Report)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 4,652

Referee: Dejan Delević (Serbia and Montenegro)

8 October 2005

20:15

Croatia	1–0	Sweden
Srna File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	(Report)

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 34,015

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

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12 October 2005

19:00

Malta	1–1	Bulgaria
Barbara File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	(Report)	Yankov File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,844

Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)

12 October 2005

19:30

Sweden	3–1	Iceland
Ibrahimović File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Larsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Källström File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	(Report)	Árnason File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality

Attendance: 33,716

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

12 October 2005

19:30

Hungary	0–0	Croatia
	(Report)

Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 6,979

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Goalscorers

There were 99 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.

8 goals

• Zlatan Ibrahimović

7 goals

• Dimitar Berbatov
• Freddie Ljungberg

6 goals

• Eiður Guðjohnsen

5 goals

• Darijo Srna
• Henrik Larsson

4 goals

• Dado Pršo
• Zoltán Gera

3 goals

• Martin Petrov

2 goals

• Hristo Yanev
• Chavdar Yankov
• Boško Balaban
• Niko Kovač
• Niko Kranjčar
• Igor Tudor
• Péter Rajczi
• Sándor Torghelle
• Anders Svensson
• Christian Wilhelmsson

1 goal

• Georgi Iliev
• Zdravko Lazarov
• Stiliyan Petrov
• Marko Babić
• Ivan Klasnić
• Josip Šimunić
• Szabolcs Huszti
• Péter Kovács
• Imre Szabics
• Ákos Takács
• Kári Árnason
• Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
• Tryggvi Guðmundsson
• Hermann Hreiðarsson
• Indriði Sigurðsson
• Kristján Örn Sigurðsson
• Grétar Steinsson
• Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson
• Etienne Barbara
• Michael Mifsud
• Brian Said
• Stephen Wellman
• Marcus Allbäck
• Erik Edman
• Johan Elmander
• Mattias Jonson
• Kim Källström
• Olof Mellberg

1 own goal

• Gábor Gyepes (against Croatia)
• Brian Said (against Hungary)