2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 1 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Faroe Islands, Luxembourg, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Yugoslavia.

The group was won by Russia, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Slovenia entered the UEFA play-off stage.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	10	7	2	1	18	5	+13	23	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–0
2	Slovenia	10	5	5	0	17	9	+8	20	Advance to UEFA play-offs		2–1	—	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0
3	FR Yugoslavia	10	5	4	1	22	8	+14	19			0–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	6–2
4	Switzerland	10	4	2	4	18	12	+6	14			0–1	0–1	1–2	—	5–1	5–0
5	Faroe Islands	10	2	1	7	6	23	−17	7			0–3	2–2	0–6	0–1	—	1–0
6	Luxembourg	10	0	0	10	4	28	−24	0			1–2	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–2	—

Source: ^[1]

Matches

2 September 2000

20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland	0–1	Russia
	Report	Beschastnykh 74'

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 14,550^[2]

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

3 September 2000

15:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	2–2	Slovenia
Arge 90' Ø. Hansen 90+3'	Report	Udovič 25' Osterc 87'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

3 September 2000

18:00 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–2	FR Yugoslavia
	Report	Milošević 4', 26'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 3,305

Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

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7 October 2000

19:15 UTC+2

Luxembourg	1–2	Slovenia
Strasser 46'	Report	Zahovič 35' Milinovič 37'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 1,788

Referee: Michal Benes (Czech Republic)

7 October 2000

17:30 UTC+2

Switzerland	5–1	Faroe Islands
Zwyssig 26' Fournier 35' Türkyilmaz 42' (pen.), 44' (pen.), 53' (pen.)	Report	Petersen 4'

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 9,600^[3]

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

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11 October 2000

19:00 UTC+4

Russia	3–0	Luxembourg
Buznikin 19' Khokhlov 57' Titov 90'	Report

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: John Ferry (Northern Ireland)

11 October 2000

20:15 UTC+2

Slovenia	2–2	Switzerland
Šiljak 44' Ačimovič 79'	Report	Türkyilmaz 18', 66'

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 6,650

Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

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24 March 2001

19:00 UTC+3

Russia	1–1	Slovenia
Khokhlov 7'	Report	Knavs 21'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

24 March 2001

20:15 UTC+1

FR Yugoslavia	1–1	Switzerland
Mihajlović 68'	Report	Chapuisat 84'

Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

24 March 2001

18:00 UTC+1

Luxembourg	0–2	Faroe Islands
	Report	C.H. Jacobsen 78' Mørkøre 82'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 2,380^[4]

Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

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28 March 2001

19:00 UTC+4

Russia	1–0	Faroe Islands
Mostovoi 18'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

28 March 2001

20:15 UTC+2

Slovenia	1–1	FR Yugoslavia
Zahovič 90+4'	Report	Milošević 33'

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 9,000^[5]

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

28 March 2001

20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland	5–0	Luxembourg
Frei 9', 31', 90' Lonfat 64' Chapuisat 72'	Report

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 8,600

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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25 April 2001^{[note 1]}

17:00 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	0–1	Russia
	Report	Beschastnykh 72'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 37,240

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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2 June 2001

19:00 UTC+4

Russia	1–1	FR Yugoslavia
Kovtun 25'	Report	Mijatović 32'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

2 June 2001

20:15 UTC+2

Slovenia	2–0	Luxembourg
Zahovič 34', 65' (pen.)	Report

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

2 June 2001

19:15 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–1	Switzerland
	Report	Frei 81'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

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6 June 2001

20:00 UTC+2

Luxembourg	1–2	Russia
Schneider 49'	Report	Alenichev 16' Semak 76'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 2,025^[7]

Referee: Jon Skjervold (Norway)

6 June 2001

20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland	0–1	Slovenia
	Report	Cimirotič 82'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

6 June 2001

18:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–6	FR Yugoslavia
	Report	Stanković 16', 49' Kežman 24', 82', 89' Milošević 63'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 4,150

Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)

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15 August 2001^{[note 2]}

20:15 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	2–0	Faroe Islands
Mihajlović 23' Đukić 85'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 15,437

Referee: José Pratas (Portugal)

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1 September 2001

20:15 UTC+2

Slovenia	2–1	Russia
Osterc 62' Ačimovič 90' (pen.)	Report	Titov 72'

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

1 September 2001

20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland	1–2	FR Yugoslavia
Yakin 24'	Report	Milošević 39' Krstajić 74'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 28,190

Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

1 September 2001

17:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1–0	Luxembourg
J. K. Hansen 84'	Report

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 1,464

Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

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5 September 2001

17:30 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–3	Russia
	Report	Beschastnykh 19', 29' Shirko 88'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 2,936

Referee: Hubert Byrne (Republic of Ireland)

5 September 2001

20:15 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	1–1	Slovenia
Đorđević 51'	Report	Milinovič 10'

Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

5 September 2001

20:15 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–3	Switzerland
	Report	Frei 12' Türkyilmaz 58', 84'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 3,858

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

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6 October 2001

18:00 UTC+4

Russia	4–0	Switzerland
Beschastnykh 14' (pen.), 19', 38' Titov 83'	Report

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

6 October 2001

16:00 UTC+2

Slovenia	3–0	Faroe Islands
Čeh 13', 30' Tiganj 82'	Report

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

6 October 2001

16:00 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	6–2	Luxembourg
Jokanović 19' Mijatović 57' Kežman 61', 71' Milošević 62', 68'	Report	Peters 38' Christophe 51'

Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade

Attendance: 1,758

Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

Goalscorers

There were 85 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

7 goals

• Vladimir Beschastnykh
• Kubilay Türkyilmaz

6 goals

• Savo Milošević

5 goals

• Alexander Frei
• Mateja Kežman

4 goals

• Zlatko Zahovič

3 goals

• Yegor Titov

2 goals

• Dmitri Khokhlov
• Milenko Ačimovič
• Nastja Čeh
• Željko Milinovič
• Milan Osterc
• Stéphane Chapuisat
• Slaviša Jokanović
• Siniša Mihajlović
• Predrag Mijatović
• Dejan Stanković

1 goal

• Uni Arge
• Jens Kristian Hansen
• Øssur Hansen
• Christian Høgni Jacobsen
• Kurt Mørkøre
• John Petersen
• Marcel Christophe
• René Peters
• Sacha Schneider
• Jeff Strasser
• Dmitri Alenichev
• Maksim Buznikin
• Yuri Kovtun
• Aleksandr Mostovoi
• Sergei Semak
• Aleksandr Shirko
• Sebastjan Cimirotič
• Aleksander Knavs
• Ermin Šiljak
• Senad Tiganj
• Sašo Udovič
• Sébastien Fournier
• Johann Lonfat
• Hakan Yakin
• Marco Zwyssig
• Predrag Đorđević
• Miroslav Đukić
• Mladen Krstajić

Notes

1. Originally to be played on 7 October 2000, the match was postponed due to security concerns caused by protests in Yugoslavia.^[6]
2. Originally to be played on 11 October 2000, the match was postponed due to security concerns caused by protests in Yugoslavia.^[6]