2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Cyprus, Faroe Islands, France, Republic of Ireland, Israel and Switzerland.

The group was won by France, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Switzerland entered the UEFA qualification play-offs.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	5	5	0	14	2	+12	20	Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup		—	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–0
2	Switzerland	10	4	6	0	18	7	+11	18	Advance to second round		1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–0	6–0
3	Israel	10	4	6	0	15	10	+5	18			1–1	2–2	—	1–1	2–1	2–1
4	Republic of Ireland	10	4	5	1	12	5	+7	17			0–1	0–0	2–2	—	3–0	2–0
5	Cyprus	10	1	1	8	8	20	−12	4			0–2	1–3	1–2	0–1	—	2–2
6	Faroe Islands	10	0	1	9	4	27	−23	1			0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–3	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

4 September 2004

15:00

Republic of Ireland	3–0	Cyprus
Morrison 33' Reid 38' Keane 54'	(Report)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

4 September 2004

17:30

Switzerland	6–0	Faroe Islands
Vonlanthen 10', 14', 57' Rey 29', 44', 55'	(Report)

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 11,880

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

4 September 2004

21:00

France	0–0	Israel
	(Report)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 43,527

Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

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8 September 2004

17:00

Faroe Islands	0–2	France
	(Report)	Giuly 32' Cissé 73'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 5,917

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

8 September 2004

20:30

Switzerland	1–1	Republic of Ireland
H. Yakin 17'	(Report)	Morrison 8'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

8 September 2004

20:50

Israel	2–1	Cyprus
Benayoun 64' Badir 75'	(Report)	Konstantinou 59'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 21,872

Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

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9 October 2004

20:00

Cyprus	2–2	Faroe Islands
Konstantinou 15' Okkas 81'	(Report)	Jørgensen 21' R. Jacobsen 43'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 1,400

Referee: Zohrab Gadiyev (Azerbaijan)

9 October 2004

20:05

Israel	2–2	Switzerland
Benayoun 9', 48'	(Report)	Frei 26' Vonlanthen 34'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 37,976

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

9 October 2004

21:00

France	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	(Report)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 78,863

Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain)

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13 October 2004

19:30

Republic of Ireland	2–0	Faroe Islands
Keane 14' (pen.), 32'	(Report)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

13 October 2004

21:45

Cyprus	0–2	France
	(Report)	Wiltord 38' Henry 72'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 3,319

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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17 November 2004

19:00

Cyprus	1–2	Israel
Okkas 45'	(Report)	Keisi 17' Nimni 86'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 1,624

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

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26 March 2005

19:50

Israel	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Abbas Souan 90'	(Report)	Morrison 43'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 32,150

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

26 March 2005

21:00

France	0–0	Switzerland
	(Report)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 79,373

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

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30 March 2005

20:30

Switzerland	1–0	Cyprus
Frei 87'	(Report)

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 16,066

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

30 March 2005

20:50

Israel	1–1	France
Badir 83'	(Report)	Trezeguet 50'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 32,150

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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4 June 2005

16:30

Faroe Islands	1–3	Switzerland
R. Jacobsen 70'	(Report)	Wicky 25' Frei 72', 84'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 2,047

Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

4 June 2005

19:30

Republic of Ireland	2–2	Israel
Harte 5' Keane 11'	(Report)	Avi Yehiel 39' Avi Nimni 45+1'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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8 June 2005

19:30

Faroe Islands	0–2	Republic of Ireland
	(Report)	Harte 51' Kilbane 59'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 5,180

Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)

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17 August 2005

19:00

Faroe Islands	0–3	Cyprus
	(Report)	Konstantinou 39', 77' (pen.) Krassas 95'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 2,720

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

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3 September 2005

17:30

Switzerland	1–1	Israel
Frei 6'	(Report)	Keisi 20'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

3 September 2005

21:00

France	3–0	Faroe Islands
Cissé 14', 76' Olsen 18' (o.g.)	(Report)

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 40,126

Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)

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7 September 2005

18:00

Faroe Islands	0–2	Israel
	(Report)	Nimni 54' Katan 79'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 2,240

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

7 September 2005

19:55

Republic of Ireland	0–1	France
	(Report)	Henry 68'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

7 September 2005

21:15

Cyprus	1–3	Switzerland
Aloneftis 35'	(Report)	Frei 15' Senderos 71' Gygax 84'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 2,561

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

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8 October 2005

20:00

Cyprus	0–1	Republic of Ireland
	(Report)	Elliott 6'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 13,546

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

8 October 2005

20:45

Switzerland	1–1	France
Magnin 80'	(Report)	Cissé 53'

Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 31,400

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

8 October 2005

21:10

Israel	2–1	Faroe Islands
Benayoun 1' Zandberg 90+1'	(Report)	Samuelsen 90+3'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 31,857

Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

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12 October 2005

19:45

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Switzerland
	(Report)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 35,944

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

12 October 2005

20:45

France	4–0	Cyprus
Zidane 29' Wiltord 32' Dhorasoo 44' Giuly 84'	(Report)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 78,864

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.37 goals per match.

6 goals

• Alexander Frei

4 goals

• Michalis Konstantinou
• Djibril Cissé
• Robbie Keane
• Yossi Benayoun
• Johan Vonlanthen

3 goals

• Clinton Morrison
• Avi Nimni
• Alexandre Rey

2 goals

• Ioannis Okkas
• Rógvi Jacobsen
• Ludovic Giuly
• Thierry Henry
• Sylvain Wiltord
• Ian Harte
• Walid Badir
• Adoram Keisi

1 goal

• Efstathios Aloneftis
• Asimakis Krassas
• Claus Bech Jørgensen
• Símun Samuelsen
• Vikash Dhorasoo
• David Trezeguet
• Zinedine Zidane
• Stephen Elliott
• Kevin Kilbane
• Andy Reid
• Yaniv Katan
• Abbas Souan
• Avi Yehiel
• Michael Zandberg
• Daniel Gygax
• Ludovic Magnin
• Philippe Senderos
• Raphaël Wicky
• Hakan Yakin

1 own goal

• Súni Olsen (against France)