UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 1

Standings and results for Group 1 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

Group 1 consisted of Cyprus, France, Israel, Malta and Slovenia. Group winners were France, who finished with a 100% record, ten points clear of second-placed Slovenia who in turn qualified for the playoffs.

Israel were forced to play all home games away from Israel due to the ongoing violence regarding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	8	0	0	29	2	+27	24	Qualify for final tournament		—	5–0	3–0	5–0	6–0
2	Slovenia	8	4	2	2	15	12	+3	14	Advance to play-offs		0–2	—	3–1	4–1	3–0
3	Israel	8	2	3	3	9	11	−2	9			1–2	0–0	—	2–0	2–2
4	Cyprus	8	2	2	4	9	18	−9	8			1–2	2–2	1–1	—	2–1
5	Malta	8	0	1	7	5	24	−19	1			0–4	1–3	0–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Cyprus	1–2	France
Okkas 14'	Report	Cissé 39' Wiltord 51'

7 September 2002

19:00 UTC+3

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 11,898

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Slovenia	3–0	Malta
Debono 37' (o.g.) Šiljak 59' Cimirotič 90'	Report

7 September 2002

20:15 UTC+2

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 7,800

Referee: Georgios Borovilos (Greece)

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Malta	0–2	Israel
	Report	Balili 56' Revivo 76'

12 October 2002

19:00 UTC+2

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 3,163

Referee: Sergei Shebek (Ukraine)

France	5–0	Slovenia
Vieira 10' Marlet 35', 64' Wiltord 79' Govou 86'	Report

12 October 2002

20:45 UTC+2

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,619

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

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Malta	0–4	France
	Report	Henry 25', 35' Wiltord 59' Carrière 84'

16 October 2002

20:45 UTC+2

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 9,748

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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Cyprus	2–1	Malta
Rauffmann 50' Okkas 74'	Report	Mifsud 90'

20 November 2002

19:00 UTC+2

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)

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Cyprus	1–1	Israel
Rauffmann 61'	Report	Afek 2'

29 March 2003

19:00 UTC+2

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

France	6–0	Malta
Wiltord 36' Henry 38', 54' Zidane 57' (pen.), 80' Trezeguet 70'	Report

29 March 2003

20:45 UTC+1

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 40,775

Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)

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Slovenia	4–1	Cyprus
Šiljak 4', 14' Zahovič 38' (pen.) Čeh 43'	Report	Konstantinou 10'

2 April 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa (Portugal)

Israel	1–2	France
Afek 2'	Report	Trezeguet 23' Zidane 45'

2 April 2003

20:45 UTC+2

Renzo Barbera Stadium, Palermo

Attendance: 2,455

Referee: Graham Barber (England)

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Israel	2–0	Cyprus
Badir 88' Holtzman 90'	Report

30 April 2003

20:30 UTC+2

Renzo Barbera Stadium, Palermo

Attendance: 300

Referee: Michal Benes (Czech Republic)

Malta	1–3	Slovenia
Mifsud 90'	Report	Zahovič 15' Šiljak 36', 57'

30 April 2003

20:30 UTC+2

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,368

Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

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Malta	1–2	Cyprus
Dimech 73'	Report	Konstantinou 23' (pen.), 62'

7 June 2003

19:00 UTC+2

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,607

Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Israel	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

7 June 2003

21:15 UTC+3

Atatürk Stadium, Antalya

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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Slovenia	3–1	Israel
Šiljak 35' Knavs 37' Čeh 78'	Report	Revivo 69'

6 September 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

France	5–0	Cyprus
Trezeguet 7', 81' Wiltord 20', 41' Henry 60'	Report

6 September 2003

20:45 UTC+2

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 50,132

Referee: Leslie Irvine (Scotland)

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Israel	2–2	Malta
Revivo 16' Balili 79'	Report	Mifsud 51' (pen.) Carabott 52'

10 September 2003

18:00 UTC+3

Atatürk Stadium, Antalya

Attendance: 250

Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

Slovenia	0–2	France
	Report	Trezeguet 9' Dacourt 71'

10 September 2003

20:45 UTC+2

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

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Cyprus	2–2	Slovenia
Georgiou 71' Yiasoumi 81'	Report	Šiljak 11', 41'

11 October 2003

19:30 UTC+3

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 2,346

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

France	3–0	Israel
Henry 9' Trezeguet 24' Boumsong 42'	Report

11 October 2003

20:45 UTC+2

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 57,009

Referee: Cosimo-Giancarlo Bolognino (Italy)

Goalscorers

There were 67 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.35 goals per match.

8 goals

• Ermin Šiljak

6 goals

• Thierry Henry
• David Trezeguet
• Sylvain Wiltord

3 goals

• Michalis Konstantinou
• Zinedine Zidane
• Haim Revivo
• Michael Mifsud

2 goals

• Ioannis Okkas
• Rainer Rauffmann
• Steve Marlet
• Omri Afek
• Pini Balili
• Nastja Čeh
• Zlatko Zahovič

1 goal

• Stavros Georgiou
• Yiasoumis Yiasoumi
• Jean-Alain Boumsong
• Eric Carrière
• Djibril Cissé
• Olivier Dacourt
• Sidney Govou
• Patrick Vieira
• Walid Badir
• Shay Holtzman
• David Carabott
• Luke Dimech
• Sebastjan Cimirotič
• Aleksander Knavs

1 own goal

• Darren Debono (against Slovenia)