UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 9

Standings and results for Group 9 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

Group 9 consisted of Azerbaijan, Finland, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro and Wales. Serbia and Montenegro began the campaign as the FR Yugoslavia, but officially changed their name in February 2003. Group winners were Italy, who finished four points clear of second-placed team Wales who qualified for the play-offs.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	8	5	2	1	17	4	+13	17	Qualify for final tournament		—	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–0
2	Wales	8	4	1	3	13	10	+3	13	Advance to play-offs		2–1	—	2–3	1–1	4–0
3	Serbia and Montenegro[a]	8	3	3	2	11	11	0	12			1–1	1–0	—	2–0	2–2
4	Finland	8	3	1	4	9	10	−1	10			0–2	0–2	3–0	—	3–0
5	Azerbaijan	8	1	1	6	5	20	−15	4			0–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. The official name of the country was changed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro on 4 February 2003, during the qualifying process.

Matches

Finland	0–2	Wales
	Report	Hartson 30' Davies 72'

7 September 2002

19:00 UTC+03:00

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 35,833

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Azerbaijan	0–2	Italy
	Report	Ahmadov 33' (o.g.) Del Piero 65'

7 September 2002

23:00 UTC+05:00

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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Finland	3–0	Azerbaijan
Agaev 14' (o.g.) Tihinen 60' Hyypiä 72'	Report

12 October 2002

19:00 UTC+03:00

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 11,853

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Italy	1–1	FR Yugoslavia
Del Piero 38'	Report	Mijatović 27'

12 October 2002

20:45 UTC+02:00

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 43,661

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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FR Yugoslavia	2–0	Finland
Kovačević 55' Mihajlović 84' (pen.)	Report

16 October 2002

19:00 UTC+02:00

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 22,113

Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Wales	2–1	Italy
Davies 11' Bellamy 70'	Report	Del Piero 31'

16 October 2002

19:45 UTC+01:00

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 71,000

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

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Azerbaijan	0–2	Wales
	Report	Speed 10' Hartson 68'

20 November 2002

19:00 UTC+04:00

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

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Serbia and Montenegro	2–2	Azerbaijan
Mijatović 33' (pen.) Lazetić 52'	Report	Gurbanov 58', 77'

12 February 2003

15:30 UTC+01:00

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

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Wales	4–0	Azerbaijan
Davies 1' Speed 40' Hartson 43' Giggs 52'	Report

29 March 2003

15:30 UTC

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 73,500

Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)

Italy	2–0	Finland
Vieri 6', 23'	Report

29 March 2003

21:00 UTC+01:00

Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo

Attendance: 34,074

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

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Finland	3–0	Serbia and Montenegro
Hyypiä 19' Kolkka 45' Forssell 56'	Report

7 June 2003

19:00 UTC+03:00

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 17,343

Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

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Azerbaijan	2–1	Serbia and Montenegro
Gurbanov 88' (pen.) Ismayilov 90+1'	Report	Bošković 27'

11 June 2003

20:00 UTC+05:00

Shafa stadium, Baku

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Finland	0–2	Italy
	Report	Totti 31' Del Piero 73'

11 June 2003

21:00 UTC+03:00

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 36,850

Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

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Serbia and Montenegro	1–0	Wales
Mladenović 73'	Report

20 August 2003

20:15 UTC+02:00

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 19,752

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

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Azerbaijan	1–2	Finland
Ismayilov 88'	Report	Tainio 52' Nurmela 74'

6 September 2003

19:00 UTC+05:00

Shafa stadium, Baku

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Italy	4–0	Wales
Inzaghi 59', 63', 70' Del Piero 76' (pen.)	Report

6 September 2003

20:45 UTC+02:00

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 69,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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Wales	1–1	Finland
Davies 3'	Report	Forssell 79'

10 September 2003

19:45 UTC+01:00

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 73,411

Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibánez (Spain)

Serbia and Montenegro	1–1	Italy
Ilić 82'	Report	Inzaghi 22'

10 September 2003

20:45 UTC+02:00

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 25,631

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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Wales	2–3	Serbia and Montenegro
Hartson 26' (pen.) Earnshaw 90+3'	Report	Vukić 6' Milošević 82' Ljuboja 88'

11 October 2003

19:45 UTC+01:00

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 72,514

Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Italy	4–0	Azerbaijan
Vieri 16' Inzaghi 24', 87' Di Vaio 64'	Report

11 October 2003

20:45 UTC+02:00

Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabria

Attendance: 22,100

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

6 goals

• Filippo Inzaghi

5 goals

• Alessandro Del Piero

4 goals

• John Hartson

3 goals

• Gurban Gurbanov
• Christian Vieri
• Predrag Mijatović
• Simon Davies

2 goals

• Farrukh Ismayilov
• Mikael Forssell
• Sami Hyypiä
• Craig Bellamy
• Gary Speed

1 goal

• Joonas Kolkka
• Mika Nurmela
• Teemu Tainio
• Hannu Tihinen
• Marco Di Vaio
• Francesco Totti
• Branko Bošković
• Saša Ilić
• Darko Kovačević
• Nikola Lazetić
• Danijel Ljuboja
• Savo Milošević
• Dragan Mladenović
• Zvonimir Vukić
• Robert Earnshaw
• Ryan Giggs

1 own goal

• Emin Ağayev (against Finland)
• Tarlan Ahmadov (against Italy)

References

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