2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

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The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 1 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Andorra, Armenia, Czech Republic, Finland, Macedonia and Netherlands, and Romania.

The group was won by Netherlands, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Czech Republic entered the UEFA Qualification Playoffs.

Standings

Legend
Group winners and two best runners-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 12 10 2 0 27 3 +24 32
 Czech Republic 12 9 0 3 35 12 +23 27
 Romania 12 8 1 3 20 10 +10 25
 Finland 12 5 1 6 21 19 +2 16
 Macedonia 12 2 3 7 11 24 −13 9
 Armenia 12 2 1 9 9 25 −16 7
 Andorra 12 1 2 9 4 34 −30 5
 
Andorra  – 0–3 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–5
Armenia  2–1 – 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1
Czech Republic  8–1 4–1 – 4–3 6–1 0–2 1–0
Finland  3–0 3–1 0–3 – 5–1 0–4 0–1
Macedonia  0–0 3–0 0–2 0–3 – 2–2 1–2
Netherlands  4–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 – 2–0
Romania  2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 –

Results

2004-08-18
20:00
 Macedonia  3 – 0  Armenia Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 4,375
Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)
Pandev  5'
Šakiri  37'
Šumulikoski  90'		 (Report)
2004-08-18
20:30
 Romania  2 – 1  Finland Stadionul Giuleşti, Bucharest
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
Mutu  50'
Petre  90'		 (Report) Eremenko  90+3'
2004-09-04
17:00
 Finland  3 – 0  Andorra Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 7,437
Referee: Zeljko Siric (Croatia)
Eremenko  42', 64'
Riihilahti  58'		 (Report)
2004-09-04
20:30
 Romania  2 – 1  Macedonia Stadionul Ion Oblemenco, Craiova
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Pancu  15'
Mutu  88'		 (Report) Vasoski  70'
2004-09-08
16:00
 Andorra  1 – 5  Romania Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra La Vella
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
Pujol  28' (pen.) (Report) Cernat  1', 17'
Pancu  5', 83'
Niculae  70'
2004-09-08
20:30
 Netherlands  2 – 0  Czech Republic Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 48,488
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
van Hooijdonk  34', 84' (Report)
2004-09-08
21:00
 Armenia  0 – 2  Finland Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 2,864
Referee: Paulius Malzinskas (Lithuania)
(Report) Forssell  24'
Eremenko  67'
2004-10-09
17:00
 Czech Republic  1 – 0  Romania Toyota Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,028
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Koller  36' (Report)
2004-10-09
17:00
 Finland  3 – 1  Armenia Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 7,894
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
Kuqi  9', 87'
Eremenko  28'		 (Report) Shahgeldyan  32'
2004-10-09
20:30
 Macedonia  2 – 2  Netherlands Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden)
Pandev  45'
Stojkov  71'		 (Report) Bouma  42'
Kuyt  65'
2004-10-13
15:00
 Andorra  1 – 0  Macedonia Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra La Vella
Attendance: 350
Referee: Stefano Podesci (San Marino)
Bernaus  60' (Report)
2004-10-13
20:20
 Armenia  0 – 3  Czech Republic Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 3,205
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
(Report) Koller  3', 75'
Rosický  30'
2004-10-13
20:30
 Netherlands  3 – 1  Finland Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Stephen Bennett (England)
Sneijder  39'
van Nistelrooy  41', 63'		 (Report) Tainio  13'
2004-11-17
17:30
 Macedonia  0 – 2  Czech Republic Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
(Report) Lokvenc  88'
Koller  90'
2004-11-17
19:00
 Armenia  1 – 1  Romania Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 1,403
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Dokhoyan  60' (Report) Marica  29'
2004-11-17
20:30
 Andorra  0 – 3  Netherlands Mini Estadi, Barcelona (Spain)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
(Report) Cocu  21'
Robben  31'
Sneijder  78'
2005-02-09
16:00
 Macedonia  0 – 0  Andorra Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
(Report)
2005-03-26
17:00
 Czech Republic  4 – 3  Finland Na Stinadlech, Teplice
Attendance: 16,200
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Baroš  7'
Rosický  34'
Polák  58'
Lokvenc  87'		 (Report) Litmanen  46'
Riihilahti  73'
Johansson  79'
2005-03-26
18:00
 Armenia  2 – 1  Andorra Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)
Hakobyan  30'
Khachatryan  73'		 (Report) Silva  56'
2005-03-26
20:00
 Romania  0 – 2  Netherlands Stadionul Giuleşti, Bucharest
Attendance: 16,100
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
(Report) Cocu  1'
Babel  84'
2005-03-30
16:50
 Andorra  0 – 4  Czech Republic Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra La Vella
Attendance: 900
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
(Report) Jankulovski  31' (pen.)
Baroš  40'
Lokvenc  53'
Rosický  90+2' (pen.)
2005-03-30
20:00
 Macedonia  1 – 2  Romania Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tom Ovrebo (Norway)
Maznov  31' (Report) Mitea  18', 58'
2005-03-30
20:30
 Netherlands  2 – 0  Armenia Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mattea Trefoloni (Italy)
Castelen  3'
van Nistelrooy  33'		 (Report)
2005-06-04
17:00
 Czech Republic  8 – 1  Andorra U Nisy Stadium, Liberec
Attendance: 9,520
Referee: Selcuk Dereli (Turkey)
Lokvenc  12', 92'
Koller  30'
Šmicer  37'
Galásek  52'
Baroš  79'
Rosický  84'
Polák  86'		 (Report) Riera  36'
2005-06-04
20:00
 Armenia  1 – 2  Macedonia Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 2,870
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Manucharyan  55' (Report) Pandev  29' (pen.), 47'
2005-06-04
20:30
 Netherlands  2 – 0  Romania Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Messimo De Santis (Italy)
Robben  26'
Kuyt  47'		 (Report)
2005-06-08
17:00
 Czech Republic  6 – 1  Macedonia Na Stinadlech, Teplice
Attendance: 14,150
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibanez (Spain)
Koller  41', 45', 48', 52'
Rosický  73'
Baroš  87'		 (Report) Pandev  13'
2005-06-08
20:30
 Romania  3 – 0  Armenia Stadionul Farul, Constanța
Attendance: 5,146
Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)
Petre  29'
Bucur  40', 78'		 (Report)
2005-06-08
21:00
 Finland  0 – 4  Netherlands Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 37,786
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
(Report) van Nistelrooy  36'
Kuyt  76'
Cocu  85'
van Persie  87'
2005-08-17
20:00
 Macedonia  0 – 3  Finland Skopje City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Matthew Messias (England)
(Report) Eremenko  8', 45'
Roiha  87'
2005-08-17
21:30
 Romania  2 – 0  Andorra Stadionul Farul, Constanța
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)
Mutu  29', 41' (Report)
2005-09-03
16:00
 Andorra  0 – 0  Finland Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra La Vella
Attendance: 860
Referee: Johny Ver Eecke (Belgium)
(Report)
2005-09-03
21:00
 Romania  2 – 0  Czech Republic Stadionul Farul, Constanța
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Mutu  28', 56' (Report)
2005-09-03
22:00
 Armenia  0 – 1  Netherlands Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 1,747
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
(Report) van Nistelrooy  64'
2005-09-07
17:30
 Czech Republic  4 – 1  Armenia Andrův stadion, Olomouc
Attendance: 12,015
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Heinz  47'
Polák  52', 76'
Baroš  58'		 (Report) Hakobyan  85'
2005-09-07
19:00
 Finland  5 – 1  Macedonia Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 6,467
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Israel)
Forssell  10', 12', 61'
Tihinen  41'
Eremenko  54'		 (Report) Maznov  48'
2005-09-07
20:30
 Netherlands  4 – 0  Andorra Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
van der Vaart  23'
Cocu  27'
van Nistelrooy  43', 89'		 (Report)
2005-10-08
17:00
 Finland  0 – 1  Romania Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)
(Report) Mutu  41' (pen.)
2005-10-08
20:30
 Czech Republic  0 – 2  Netherlands Toyota Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,478
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
(Report) van der Vaart  31'
Opdam  38'
2005-10-12
16:00
 Andorra  0 – 3  Armenia Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra La Vella
Attendance: 430
Referee: Ian Stokes (Ireland)
(Report) Sonejee  40' (o.g.)
Hakobyan  52', 62'
2005-10-12
18:30
 Finland  0 – 3  Czech Republic Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 11,234
Referee: Manuel Mejuto Gonzales (Spain)
(Report) Jun  6'
Rosický  51'
Heinz  58'
2005-10-12
19:30
 Netherlands  0 – 0  Macedonia Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
(Report)

Goalscorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Jan Koller  Czech Republic 9
Ruud van Nistelrooy  Netherlands
2 Adrian Mutu  Romania 7
Alexei Eremenko  Finland
5 Tomáš Rosický  Czech Republic 6
6 Milan Baroš  Czech Republic 5
Vratislav Lokvenc  Czech Republic
Goran Pandev  Macedonia
Philip Cocu  Netherlands
10 Jan Polák  Czech Republic 4
Mikael Forssell  Finland
12 Dirk Kuyt  Netherlands 3
Daniel Pancu  Romania
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