The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Ukraine.
The group was won by Ukraine, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Turkey entered the UEFA qualification play-offs.
It was the first time Kazakhstan took part in qualification from UEFA region, not AFC.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||||
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1 | Ukraine | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 25 | Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | Turkey | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 23 | Advance to second round | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
3 | Denmark | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 22 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | ||
4 | Greece | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 21 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
5 | Albania | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 13 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
6 | Georgia | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 10 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
7 | Kazakhstan | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
Denmark | 1–1 | Ukraine |
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Jørgensen 9' | (Report) | Husin 56' |
Attendance: 36,335
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Turkey | 1–1 | Georgia |
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Tekke 49' | (Report) | Asatiani 85' |
Attendance: 10,169
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Albania | 2–1 | Greece |
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Murati 2' Aliaj 11' |
(Report) | Giannakopoulos 38' |
Attendance: 25,800
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
Georgia | 2–0 | Albania |
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Iashvili 15' Demetradze 90+1' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)
Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Ukraine |
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Karpovich 34' | (Report) | Byelik 14' Rotan 90' |
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Greece | 0–0 | Turkey |
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(Report) |
Attendance: 32,182
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Ukraine | 1–1 | Greece |
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Shevchenko 48' | (Report) | Tsiartas 83' |
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Turkey | 4–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Gökdeniz 17' Nihat 50' Tekke 90', 90+3' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 39,900
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
Albania | 0–2 | Denmark |
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(Report) | Jørgensen 52' Tomasson 72' |
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
Ukraine | 2–0 | Georgia |
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Byelik 12' Shevchenko 79' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Kazakhstan | 0–1 | Albania |
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(Report) | Bushi 61' |
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
Denmark | 1–1 | Turkey |
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Tomasson 27' (pen.) | (Report) | Nihat 70' |
Attendance: 41,331
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
Turkey | 0–3 | Ukraine |
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(Report) | Husyev 8' Shevchenko 17', 88' |
Attendance: 40,486
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
Georgia | 2–2 | Denmark |
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Demetradze 33' Asatiani 76' |
(Report) | Tomasson 7', 64' |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)
Greece | 3–1 | Kazakhstan |
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Charisteas 24', 46' Katsouranis 85' |
(Report) | Baltiev 88' |
Attendance: 31,838
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
Albania | 0–2 | Ukraine |
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(Report) | Rusol 40' Husin 59' |
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stephen Bennett (England)
Greece | 2–1 | Denmark |
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Zagorakis 25' Basinas 32' (pen.) |
(Report) | Rommedahl 46' |
Attendance: 32,430
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Turkey | 2–0 | Albania |
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Necati 3' (pen.) Yıldıray Baştürk 5' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Denmark | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Møller 10', 48' C. Poulsen 33' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 20,980
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
Georgia | 1–3 | Greece |
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Asatiani 22' | (Report) | Kapsis 43' Vryzas 44' Giannakopoulos 53' |
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Ukraine | 1–0 | Denmark |
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Voronin 68' | (Report) |
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Georgia | 2–5 | Turkey |
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Amisulashvili 13' Iashvili 40' |
(Report) | Tolga 12' Tekke 20', 35' Koray 72' Tuncay 89' |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Greece | 2–0 | Albania |
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Charisteas 33' Karagounis 84' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 31,700
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
Ukraine | 2–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Shevchenko 18' Avdeev 83' (o.g.) |
(Report) |
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
Albania | 3–2 | Georgia |
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Tare 6', 56' Skela 33' |
(Report) | Burduli 85' Kobiashvili 90+4' |
Attendance: 0[2]
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Turkey | 0–0 | Greece |
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(Report) |
Attendance: 26,700
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Denmark | 3–1 | Albania |
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Larsen 5', 47' Jørgensen 55' |
(Report) | Bogdani 73' |
Attendance: 26,366
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
Kazakhstan | 0–6 | Turkey |
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(Report) | Tekke 13', 85' Toraman 15' Tuncay 41', 90' Halil Altıntop 88' |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Greece | 0–1 | Ukraine |
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(Report) | Husin 82' |
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Georgia |
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Kenzhekhanov 23' | (Report) | Demetradze 50', 82' |
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)
Albania | 2–1 | Kazakhstan |
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Myrtaj 53' Bogdani 56' |
(Report) | Nizovtsev 62' |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Krzysztof Słupik (Poland)
Georgia | 1–1 | Ukraine |
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Gakhokidze 89' | (Report) | Rotan 43' |
Attendance: 0[3]
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Turkey | 2–2 | Denmark |
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Okan 47' Tümer 80' |
(Report) | C. Jensen 40' Larsen 90+3' |
Attendance: 29,721
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Greece |
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Zhalmagambetov 53' | (Report) | Giannakopoulos 78' Liberopoulos 90+4' |
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Ukraine | 0–1 | Turkey |
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(Report) | Tümer 55' |
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Denmark | 6–1 | Georgia |
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Jensen 10' Poulsen 30' Agger 43' Tomasson 55' Larsen 80', 84' |
(Report) | Demetradze 37' |
Attendance: 27,177
Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)
Ukraine | 2–2 | Albania |
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Shevchenko 45' Rotan 86' |
(Report) | Bogdani 75', 83' |
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
Denmark | 1–0 | Greece |
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Gravgaard 40' | (Report) |
Attendance: 42,099
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Georgia | 0–0 | Kazakhstan |
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(Report) |
Attendance: 0[3]
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
Albania | 0–1 | Turkey |
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(Report) | Tümer 58' |
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)
Greece | 1–0 | Georgia |
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Papadopoulos 17' | (Report) |
Attendance: 28,186
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Denmark |
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Kuchma 86' | (Report) | Gravgaard 46' Tomasson 49' |
Attendance: 8,050
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)
There were 111 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal