2002 FIFA World Cup (Qualifying, UEFA Group 4)

Group 4 of the UEFA zone qualifying tournament for the 2002 World Cup consisted of six teams: Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Moldova, Slovakia, Turkey and Sweden. Matches in the group took place from September 2, 2000 to October 7, 2001.

The Swedish team won the group, not having suffered a single defeat. Turkey team took 2nd place and went to the play-offs. The national team of Slovakia, which was leading for some time in the standings, lost theoretical chances for second place in the 8th round.

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Results

A place	Team	AND	AT	H	P	Gz	GP	GR	ABOUT							AND	AT	H	P	Gz	GP	ABOUT	AND	AT	H	P	Gz	GP	ABOUT
Final position																Houses							On a visit
one.	Sweden	ten	eight	2	0	20	3	+17	26	-	1–1	2–0	1–0	6–0	3–0	five	four	one	0	13	one	13	five	four	one	0	7	2	13
2	Turkey	ten	6	3	one	18	eight	+10	21	1–2	-	1–1	3–3	2–0	3–0	five	2	2	one	ten	6	eight	five	four	one	0	eight	2	13
3	Slovakia	ten	five	2	3	sixteen	9	+7	17	0–0	0–1	-	2–0	4–2	3–1	five	3	one	one	9	four	ten	five	2	one	2	7	five	7
four.	Macedonia	ten	one	four	five	eleven	18	-7	7	1–2	1–2	0–5	-	2–2	3–0	five	one	one	3	7	eleven	four	five	0	3	2	four	7	3
five.	Moldavia	ten	one	3	6	6	20	-14	6	0–2	0–3	0–1	0–0	-	2–0	five	one	one	3	2	6	four	five	0	2	3	four	14	2
6	Azerbaijan	ten	one	2	7	four	17	-13	five	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	-	five	one	2	2	3	3	five	five	0	0	five	one	14	0

Matches

September 2, 2000
20:45 UTC + 5

Azerbaijan	0: 1	Sweden
	Report	Anders Svensson ten'

Republican stadium named after Tofig Bakhramov , Baku
Spectators: 15,000
Judge: Relf Luinge

September 2, 2000
20:30 UTC + 3

Turkey	2: 0	Moldavia
Okan Buruk 45 ' Emre Belezoglu 75 '	Report

Ali Sami Yon , Istanbul
Viewers: 17,600
Judge: Gunter benkyo

September 3, 2000
20:15 UTC + 2

Slovakia	2: 0	Macedonia
Goran Lazarevski 3 '( author ) Igor Demo 74 '	Report

Tegeln field , Bratislava
Viewers: 4,011
Judge: Alain Hamer

October 6, 2000
20:00 UTC + 2

Macedonia	3: 0	Azerbaijan
Dzherdzhi Khristov 34 ' , 45' Arjand Bekiri 75 '	Report

City Stadium , Skopje
Viewers: 3,500
Judge: Knud Eric Fisker

October 7, 2000
16:00 UTC + 2

Sweden	1: 1	Turkey
Henrik Larsson 69 '	Report	Tayfur Khavutchu 90 + 1 '( pen. )

Ullevi , Gothenburg
Viewers: 42,152
Judge: Helmut Circle

October 7, 2000
18:00 UTC + 3

Moldavia	0: 1	Slovakia
	Report	Silard Nemeth 79 '

Republican Stadium , Chisinau
Viewers: 3,500
Judge: Fritz Shtukhlik

October 11, 2000
20:00 UTC + 5

Azerbaijan	0: 1	Turkey
	Report	Hakan Shukur 73 '

Republican stadium named after Tofig Bakhramov , Baku
Spectators: 24,000
Judge: Alan Snoddy

October 11, 2000
20:00 UTC + 3

Moldavia	0-0	Macedonia
	Report

Republican Stadium , Chisinau
Viewers: 3,000
Judge: Arturo Daoudin Ibarra

October 11, 2000
20:15 UTC + 2

Slovakia	0-0	Sweden
	Report

Tegeln field , Bratislava
Viewers: 11,227
Judge: Hugh dallas

March 24, 2001
16:00 UTC + 4

Azerbaijan	0-0	Moldavia
	Report

Republican stadium named after Tofig Bakhramov , Baku
Viewers: 20,000
Judge: Wolfgang Stark

March 24, 2001
16:00 UTC + 1

Sweden	1: 0	Macedonia
Anders Svensson 43 '	Report

Ullevi , Gothenburg
Viewers: 22,106
Judge: Jan Vegeref

March 24, 2001
20:00 UTC + 2

Turkey	1: 1	Slovakia
Hakan Shukur 55 '( pen. )	Report	Robert Tomaschek 68 '

Ali Sami Yon , Istanbul
Viewers: 22,000
Judge: Ryszard Wojcik

March 28, 2001
17:00 UTC + 2

Slovakia	3: 1	Azerbaijan
Silard Nemeth 1 ' , 10' Lyubomir Mesarosh 57 '	Report	Vadim Vasilyev 3 '( pen. )

Spartak , Trnava
Viewers: 8,000
Judge: Kostas Kapitanis

March 28, 2001
20:00 UTC + 2

Macedonia	1: 2	Turkey
Tony Mitsevsky 20'	Report	Igor Mitreski 68 '( author ) Umit Davala 70 '

City Stadium , Skopje
Viewers: 8,000
Judge: Claude Colombo

March 28, 2001
21:00 UTC + 3

Moldavia	0: 2	Sweden
	Report	Markus Ahlbeck 86 ' , 90'

Republican Stadium , Chisinau
Viewers: 7,000
Judge: Laurent Duhamel

June 2, 2001
18:00 UTC + 2

Sweden	2: 0	Slovakia
Markus Ahlbeck 45 ' , 51'	Report

Rosunda , Stockholm
Viewers: 34,320
Judge: José María García-Aranda

June 2, 2001
20:00 UTC + 3

Turkey	3: 0	Azerbaijan
Typhoon Korkut 2 ' Oktay Derelioлуlu 29 ' Hakan Shukur 34 '	Report

Inonu , Istanbul
Viewers: 17.386
Judge: Juan Ansuategi Roca

June 2, 2001
20:00 UTC + 2

Macedonia	2: 2	Moldavia
Artim Shakiri 20 '( pen. ) Mile Krstev 65 '	Report	Sergey Pogreban ten' Ruslan Barburosh 72 '

City Stadium , Skopje
Viewers: 2,000
Judge: Jack van Hulten

June 6, 2001
19:00 UTC + 5

Azerbaijan	2: 0	Slovakia
Vadim Vasilyev 26 ' Zaur Tagizade 55 '	Report

Republican stadium named after Tofig Bakhramov , Baku
Spectators: 10,000
Judge: Nikolay Folkvarts

June 6, 2001
20:30 UTC + 3

Turkey	3: 3	Macedonia
Alpay Ozalan 43 ' , 58' , 75 '	Report	Artim Shakiri 7 ' Zharko Serafimovskiy 20' Igor Nikolovskiy 62 '

Atatürk Bursa
Viewers: 18,000
Judge: Pasquale Rodomonti

June 6, 2001
20:15 UTC + 2

Sweden	6: 0	Moldavia
Henrik Larsson 38 '( pen. ) , 58' , 68 '( pen. ) , 79' ( pen. ) Niklas Alexandersson 74 ' Markus Ahlbeck 77 '	Report

Ullevi , Gothenburg
Viewers: 30,233
Judge: Steve Dunn

September 1, 2001
17:30 UTC + 3

Moldavia	2: 0	Azerbaijan
Sergey Kleshchenko nineteen' Sergey Kovalchuk 88 '	Report

Republican Stadium , Chisinau
Viewers: 4,800
Judge: Vasyl Melnichuk

September 1, 2001
19:45 UTC + 2

Slovakia	0: 1	Turkey
	Report	Hakan Shukur 34 '

Tegeln field , Bratislava
Viewers: 8,783
Judge: Vitor Melo Pereira

September 1, 2001
20:00 UTC + 2

Macedonia	1: 2	Sweden
Dragan Nachevsky 63 '	Report	Henrik Larsson 28 ' P. Andersson 33 '

City Stadium , Skopje
Viewers: 8,000
Judge: Nikolay Levnikov

September 5, 2001
19:00 UTC + 5

Azerbaijan	1: 1	Macedonia
Farrukh Ismailov 90 '	Report	Vancho Trayanov 12'

Shafa , Baku
Viewers: 4,100
Judge: Michael ross

September 5, 2001
20:30 UTC + 3

Turkey	1: 2	Sweden
Hakan Shukur 51 '	Report	Henrik Larsson 87 ' Andreas Andersson 90 + 1 '

Ali Sami Yon , Istanbul
Viewers: 22,000
Judge: Stefano Braschi

September 5, 2001
19:45 UTC + 2

Slovakia	4: 2	Moldavia
Peter Nemeth 54 ' Silard Nemeth 59 ' Igor Demo 64 ' , 70'	Report	Sergey Kleshchenko eleven' Radu Rajeba 76 '

Ozeta Dukla , Trencin
Viewers: 3,000
Judge: Mikko Vuorela

October 6, 2001
21:15 UTC + 3

Moldavia	0: 3	Turkey
	Report	Emre Ashik eight' Nihat Kahveji 79 ' Ilkhan Mansyz 83 '

Republican Stadium , Chisinau
Viewers: 5,000
Judge: Frank de Blekere

October 7, 2001
16:00 UTC + 2

Sweden	3: 0	Azerbaijan
Anders Svensson 52 ' Henrik Larsson 60 '( pen. ) Zlatan Ibrahimovic 69 '	Report

Rosunda , Stockholm
Viewers: 32,786
Judge: Ryszard Wojcik

October 7, 2001
19:00 UTC + 2

Macedonia	0: 5	Slovakia
	Report	Lubomir Reuters 28 ' Peter Dzurik 56 ' Silard Nemeth 72 ' Attila Pinte 80 ' Tomash Oravec 89 '

City Stadium , Skopje
Viewers: 3,000
Judge: Mike Riley

Bombardiers

8 heads

Henrik Larsson

5 heads

Markus Ahlbeck

Hakan Shukur

4 goals

Silard Nemeth

3 goals

Igor Demo

Anders Svensson

Alpay Ozalan

2 goals

Vadim Vasilyev
Dzherdzhi Khristov

Artim Shakiri
Sergey Kleshchenko

Peter Nemeth

1 goal

Farrukh Ismailov
Zaur Tagizade
Arjand Bekiri
Mile Krstev
Tony Mitsevsky
Dragan Nachevsky
Igor Nikolovskiy
Zharko Serafimovskiy
Vancho Trayanov
Ruslan Barburosh
Sergey Kovalchuk

Sergey Pogreban
Radu Rajeba
Peter Dzurik
Lyubomir Mesarosh
Tomash Oravec
Attila Pinte
Lubomir Reuters
Robert Tomaschek
Niklas Alexandersson
Andreas Andersson
Patrick Andersson

Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Emre Ashik
Emre Belezoglu
Okan Buruk
Umit Davala
Oktay Derelioлуlu
Tayfur Khavutchu
Nihat Kahveji
Typhoon Korkut
Ilkhan Mansyz

Auto goals

Goran Lazarevski (opponent - Slovakia )

Igor Mitreski (opponent - Turkey )

Records

Henrik Larsson with 8 balls became the top scorer in the group and shared 3rd place with a few more players, having made poker at home with Moldova (6: 0). For the whole cycle I scored 4 goals from the penalty spot, which was not possible for anyone in this cycle from other players participating in the European selection (he scored three times from the penalty spot in a home game with Moldova).
Azerbaijan, sown in the 5th basket, beat Slovakia from the 3rd basket 2: 0 in the home match and won the official match of the World or European Championships for the first time since 1999 ^[1] ^[2] .
Only Macedonia scored twice in the gate for the entire qualifying cycle among all the countries participating in the European selection zone.
38-year-old Macedonian Tony Savewski became the oldest participant in the qualifying tournament in the European selection zone ^[3] .

Notes

↑ AZERBAIJAN - SLOVAKIA - 2: 0 (1: 0). (Rus.)
↑ FIRST TEAM VICTORY PONOMAREVA (Rus.)
↑ Will Shevchenko put up a monument? (Rus.)

Links

[1] AZERBAIJAN - SLOVAKIA - 2: 0 (1: 0). (Rus.)

[2] FIRST TEAM VICTORY PONOMAREVA (Rus.)

[3] Will Shevchenko put up a monument? (Rus.)