2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9#Goalscorers

The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 9 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, England, Finland, Germany and Greece.

The group was won by England, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up, Germany — who would later reach the final of the tournament proper — entered the UEFA Qualification Playoffs.

England started the qualification process badly, a home defeat to Germany and an away draw with Finland (soon after a poor team performance at the 2000 European Championships) saw the resignation of their manager Kevin Keegan, and the appointment of Sven-Göran Eriksson – the first non-Englishman to be given the job – in his place. With the new manager, they picked themselves up and won five in a row, while the Germans themselves unexpectedly faltered: also drawing with Finland away from home, they also lost their home match with England by a resounding 5–1. Finland, in fact, might have been in with a chance of qualification themselves, but they lost a match to the unfancied Greece, whom England had to play in their final match, while Finland played Germany at the same time, with England and Germany guaranteed the top two places and separated only by goal difference. Greece unexpectedly took the lead twice at Old Trafford, but England captain David Beckham scored an injury-time free kick to level the game. Germany could only manage a 0–0 draw against Finland, meaning England topped the group on goal difference.{{cite news

|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/oct/08/newsstory.sport4

|title=Germans left in trauma after trial by television

|publisher=Guardian

|date=8 October 2001 |access-date=6 October 2021}}

Standings

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|team3=FIN|name_FIN={{fb|FIN}}

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|team5=ALB|name_ALB={{fb|ALB|1992}}

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|match_ENG_GER=0–1

|match_ENG_FIN=2–1

|match_ENG_GRE=2–2

|match_ENG_ALB=2–0

|match_GER_ENG=1–5

|match_GER_FIN=0–0

|match_GER_GRE=2–0

|match_GER_ALB=2–1

|match_FIN_ENG=0–0

|match_FIN_GER=2–2

|match_FIN_GRE=5–1

|match_FIN_ALB=2–1

|match_GRE_ENG=0–2

|match_GRE_GER=2–4

|match_GRE_FIN=1–0

|match_GRE_ALB=1–0

|match_ALB_ENG=1–3

|match_ALB_GER=0–2

|match_ALB_FIN=0–2

|match_ALB_GRE=2–0

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Matches

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|id=Finland v Albania

|date=2 September 2000

|time=15:00

|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}

|score=2–1

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|team2={{fb|ALB|1992}}

|goals1=Litmanen {{goal|45}}
Riihilahti {{goal|68}}

|goals2=Murati {{goal|64}}

|stadium=Finnair Stadium, Helsinki

|attendance=10,770

|referee=Rene Temmink (Netherlands) }}

{{footballbox

|id=Germany v Greece

|date=2 September 2000

|time=19:00

|team1={{fb-rt|GER}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|GRE}}

|goals1=Deisler {{goal|17}}
Scholl {{goal|75}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

|attendance=48,500

|referee=Antonio Lopez Nieto (Spain) }}

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{{footballbox

|id=England v Germany

|date=7 October 2000

|time=15:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}

|score=0–1

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|team2={{fb|GER}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Hamann {{goal|14}}

|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance=76,377

|referee=Stefano Braschi (Italy) }}

{{footballbox

|id=Greece v Finland

|date=7 October 2000

|time=20:15

|team1={{fb-rt|GRE}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044456/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19732/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=Liberopoulos {{goal|59}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Pierluigi Collina (Italy) }}

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{{footballbox

|id=Albania v Greece

|date=11 October 2000

|time=19:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ALB|1992}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044501/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19733/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|GRE}}

|goals1=Bushi {{goal|48|}}
Fakaj {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

|attendance=10,200

|referee=Rune Pedersen (Norway) }}

{{footballbox

|id=Finland v England

|date=11 October 2000

|time=19:00

|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044506/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19734/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Helsinki

|attendance=36,210

|referee=Alain Sars (France) }}

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{{footballbox

|id=England v Finland

|date=24 March 2001

|time=15:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044511/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19736/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=Owen {{goal|44}}
Beckham {{goal|50}}

|goals2=Riihilahti {{goal|26}}

|stadium=Anfield, Liverpool

|attendance=44,262

|referee=Valentin Ivanov (Russia) }}

{{footballbox

|id=Germany v Albania

|date=24 March 2001

|time=20:00

|team1={{fb-rt|GER}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123225707/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19735/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|ALB|1992}}

|goals1=Deisler {{goal|49}}
Klose {{goal|87}}

|goals2=Kola {{goal|65}}

|stadium=BayArena, Leverkusen

|attendance=22,500

|referee= Graziano Cesari (Italy) }}

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{{footballbox

|id=Albania v England

|date=28 March 2001

|time=20:30

|team1={{fb-rt|ALB|1992}}

|score=1–3

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044516/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19737/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=Rraklli {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2=Owen {{goal|74}}
Scholes {{goal|85}}
Andy Cole {{goal|90+6}}

|stadium=Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

|attendance=18,000

|referee=Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) }}

{{footballbox

|id=Greece v Germany

|date=28 March 2001

|time=21:30

|team1={{fb-rt|GRE}}

|score=2–4

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123225712/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19738/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|GER}}

|goals1=Charisteas {{goal|20}}
Georgiadis {{goal|43}}

|goals2=Rehmer {{goal|6}}
Ballack {{goal|25|pen.}}
Klose {{goal|82}}
Bode {{goal|90}}

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance=32,173

|referee=Vitor Melo Pereira (Portugal) }}

----

{{footballbox

|id=Finland v Germany

|date=2 June 2001

|time=20:00

|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123225717/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19739/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|GER}}

|goals1=Forssell {{goal|28||43}}

|goals2=Ballack {{goal|69|pen.}}
Jancker {{goal|73}}

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Helsinki

|attendance=35,744

|referee=Dick Jol (Netherlands)}}

{{footballbox

|id=Greece v Albania

|date=2 June 2001

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|GRE}}

|score=1–0

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|team2={{fb|ALB|1992}}

|goals1=Machlas {{goal|70}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion

|attendance=5,500

|referee=Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)}}

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{{footballbox

|id=Albania v Germany

|date=6 June 2001

|time=19:30

|team1={{fb-rt|ALB|1992}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044526/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19741/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|GER}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Rehmer {{goal|27}}
Ballack {{goal|68}}

|stadium=Qemal Stafa, Tirana

|attendance=12,800

|referee=Gilles Veissiere (France)}}

{{footballbox

|id=Greece v England

|date=6 June 2001

|time=21:45

|team1={{fb-rt|GRE}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044531/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19742/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Scholes {{goal|63}}
Beckham {{goal|87}}

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance=29,300

|referee=Rune Pedersen (Norway)}}

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{{footballbox

|id=Albania v Finland

|date=1 September 2001

|time=19:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ALB|1992}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044536/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19744/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Tainio {{goal|55}}
Kuqi {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium=Qemal Stafa, Tirana

|attendance=6,400

|referee= Erol Ersoy (Turkey)}}

{{footballbox

|id=Germany v England

|date=1 September 2001

|time=19:30

|team1={{fb-rt|GER}}

|score=1–5

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070702022521/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19743/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=Jancker {{goal|6}}

|goals2=Owen {{goal|12||48||65}}
Gerrard {{goal|45+3}}
Heskey {{goal|73}}

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Munich

|attendance=63,000

|referee=Pierluigi Collina (Italy)}}

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{{footballbox

|id=Finland v Greece

|date=5 September 2001

|time=19:00

|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}

|score=5–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044546/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19746/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|GRE}}

|goals1=Forssell {{goal|14||45}}
Riihilahti {{goal|21}}
Kolkka {{goal|38}}
Litmanen {{goal|53}}

|goals2=Karagounis {{goal|30}}

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Helsinki

|attendance=27,216

|referee=Paul Allaerts (Belgium)}}

{{footballbox

|id=England v Albania

|date=5 September 2001

|time=20:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044541/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19745/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|ALB|1992}}

|goals1=Owen {{goal|43}}
Fowler {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=St. James' Park, Newcastle

|attendance=51,046

|referee= Juan Fernández Marín (Spain)}}

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{{footballbox

|id=England v Greece

|date=6 October 2001

|time=15:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044551/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19747/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|GRE}}

|goals1=Sheringham {{goal|68}}
Beckham {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2=Charisteas {{goal|36}}
Nikolaidis {{goal|69}}

|stadium=Old Trafford, Manchester

|attendance=66,000

|referee=Dick Jol (Netherlands)}}

{{footballbox

|id=Germany v Finland

|date=6 October 2001

|time=16:00

|team1={{fb-rt|GER}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044556/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19748/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

|attendance=52,000

|referee=Anders Frisk (Sweden)}}