Estonia national football team 2003

The 2003 season was the 12th full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation. The Estonia national football team played a total number of seventeen international matches in 2003. The team ended up in fourth place in European Qualification Group 8 for Euro 2004, with two wins, two draws and four defeats.

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Ecuador vs Estonia

Friendly
9 February 2003
 Ecuador 1 – 0  Estonia Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ramos (ECU)
Hurtado  89' (pk)

Ecuador vs Estonia

Friendly
12 February 2003
 Ecuador 2 – 1  Estonia Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Moreno (ECU)
Baldeón  24',  48' Zahovaiko  67'

PR China vs Estonia

Friendly
16 February 2003
 China PR 1 – 0  Estonia Wuhan Sports Center, Wuhan
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Junjie Huang (CHN)
Li Weifeng  67'

Estonia vs Canada

Friendly
29 March 2003
 Estonia 2 – 1  Canada A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Hansson (SWE)
Oper  72',  90+2' Stalteri  49'

Estonia vs Bulgaria

ECQ [1]
2 April 2003
 Estonia 0 – 0  Bulgaria A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Plautz (AUT)

Andorra vs Estonia

ECQ
30 April 2003
 Andorra 0 – 2  Estonia Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Aydin (TUR)
Zelinski  26',  74'

Estonia vs Andorra

ECQ
7 June 2003
 Estonia 2 – 0  Andorra A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Juhos (HUN)
Allas  22'
Viikmäe  31'

Estonia vs Croatia

ECQ
11 June 2003
 Estonia 0 – 1  Croatia A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Hamer (LUX)
N. Kovac  76'

Estonia vs Lithuania

Baltic Cup
3 July 2003
Estonia  1 – 5  Lithuania Valga keskstaadion, Valga
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ingvarsson (SWE)
Sirel  57' Morinas  39'
D. Česnauskis  45'
Velička  72'
Bezykornovas  84'
E. Česnauskis  90'

Estonia vs Latvia

Baltic Cup
5 July 2003
Estonia  0 – 0  Latvia A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ingvarsson (SWE)

Estonia vs Poland

Friendly
20 August 2003
 Estonia 1 – 2  Poland A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Johanneson (SWE)
Lemsalu  90+3' Sobolewski  51'
Wichniarek  90+1'

Bulgaria vs Estonia

ECQ
6 September 2003
 Bulgaria 2 – 0  Estonia Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 25,128
Referee: Wack (GER)
Petrov  16'
Berbatov  66'

Belgium vs Estonia

ECQ
11 October 2003
 Belgium 2 – 0  Estonia Stade Sclessin, Liège
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Busacca (SUI)
Piiroja  44' (og)
Buffel  60'

Albania vs Estonia

Friendly
15 November 2003
 Albania 2 – 0  Estonia Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Douros (GRE)
Aliaj  26'
Bushi  81'

Hungary vs Estonia

Friendly
19 November 2003
 Hungary 0 – 1  Estonia Üllői út, Budapest
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Šedivý (CZE)
M. Rooba  86'

Saudi Arabia vs Estonia

Friendly
17 December 2003
 Saudi Arabia 1 – 1  Estonia Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam
Attendance: —
Referee: Al-Mehannah (KSA)
Tukar  28' Zahovaiko  41'

Oman vs Estonia

Friendly
20 December 2003
 Oman 3 – 1  Estonia Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Al-Harrasi (OMA)
Kaalma  6' (og)
Saleh  72'
Al-Dhabat  80'
Zelinski  45'

Notes

  1. ^ UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying match for Euro 2004 in Portugal. Estonia played in Group 8.

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