UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 6

Standings and results for Group 6 of the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 6 consisted of Armenia, Greece, Northern Ireland, Spain and Ukraine. Group winners were Greece, who unexpectedly finished one point clear of second-placed team Spain who qualified for the play-offs.

Contents

Final table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece 8 6 0 2 8 4 +4 18
 Spain 8 5 2 1 16 4 +12 17
 Ukraine 8 2 4 2 11 10 +1 10
 Armenia 8 2 1 5 7 16 −9 7
 Northern Ireland 8 0 3 5 0 8 −8 3
 
Armenia  0–1 1–0 0–4 2–2
Greece  2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0
Northern Ireland  0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0
Spain  3–0 0–1 3–0 2–1
Ukraine  4–3 2–0 0–0 2–2

Results

September 7, 2002
Greece  0 – 2
 Spain Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Markus Merk (GER)
Raúl  8'
Valerón  77'
September 7, 2002
Armenia  2 – 2
 Ukraine Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (FIN)
Petrosyan  73'
Sarkisyan  90' (pen.)
Serebrennikov  2'
Zubov  33'

October 12, 2002
Ukraine  2 – 0
 Greece Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Kiev
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: René Temmink (NED)
Vorobey  51'
Voronin  90'
October 12, 2002
Spain  3 – 0
 Northern Ireland Estadio Carlos Belmonte, Albacete
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Lubos Michel (SVK)
Baraja  19'89'
Guti  59'

October 16, 2002
Northern Ireland  0 – 0
 Ukraine Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 9,288
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino (ITA)
October 16, 2002
Greece  2– 0
 Armenia Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Darko Čeferin (SVN)
Nikolaidis  2'59'

March 29, 2003
Ukraine  2 – 2
 Spain Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Kiev
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Mike Riley (ENG)
Voronin  11'
Gorshkov  90'
Raúl  83'
Etxeberria  87'
March 29, 2003
Armenia  1 – 0
 Northern Ireland Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 10,321
Referee: Roland Beck (LIE)
Petrosyan  86'

April 2, 2003
Spain  3 – 0
 Armenia Nuevo Estadio Antonio Amilivia, León
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Tristán  60'
Helguera  69'
Joaquín  90'
April 2, 2003
Northern Ireland  0 – 2
 Greece Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 7,187
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (POL)
Charisteas  4'55'

June 7, 2003
Ukraine  4 – 3
 Armenia Ukraina Stadium, Lviv
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Hermann Albrecht (GER)
Gorshkov  28'
Shevchenko  65' (pen.)73'
Fedorov  90'
Sarkisyan  15' (pen.)52'
Petrosyan  74'
June 7, 2003
Spain  0 – 1
 Greece La Romareda, Zaragoza
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Alain Sars (FRA)
Giannakopoulos  42'

June 11, 2003
Northern Ireland  0 – 0
 Spain Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 11,365
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (DEN)
June 11, 2003
Greece  1 – 0
 Ukraine Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
Charisteas  86'

September 6, 2003
Ukraine  0 – 0
 Northern Ireland Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER)
September 6, 2003
Armenia  0 –1
 Greece Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: René Temmink (NED)
Vryzas  36'

September 10, 2003
Northern Ireland  0 – 1
 Armenia Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 8,616
Referee: Anton Stredak (SVK)
Karamyan  27'
September 10, 2003
Spain  2 – 1
 Ukraine Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (NOR)
Raúl  59'71' Shevchenko  84'

October 11, 2003
Armenia  0 – 4
 Spain Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Urs Meier (SUI)
Valerón  7'
Raúl  76'
Reyes  87'90'
October 11, 2003
Greece  1 – 0
 Northern Ireland Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Lucílio Batista (POR)
Tsiartas  69' (pen.)

Goalscorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Raúl  Spain 5
2 Arthur Petrosyan  Armenia 3
Albert Sarkisyan  Armenia
Angelos Charisteas  Greece
Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine
3 Demis Nikolaidis  Greece 2
Rubén Baraja  Spain
José Antonio Reyes  Spain
Juan Carlos Valerón  Spain
Aleksandr Gorshkov  Ukraine
Andriy Voronin  Ukraine
1 goal
 Armenia
 Greece
 Spain
 Ukraine

Squads

The following players made at least one appearance for their respective team in the qualifying campaign.

Armenia

Coach - Oscar López (2 games)/ Mihai Stoichiţă (6 games)

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Roman Berezovsky GK August 5, 1974 (age 28) 8 Dynamo Moscow
Arthur Mkrtchyan DF August 9, 1973 (age 29) 2 (1 as sub) FC Pyunik
Yegishe Melikyan DF August 13, 1979 (age 23) 6 (1 as sub) Metalurg Donetsk
José Andrés Bilibio DF January 2, 1975 (age 27) 8 (3 as sub) Deportivo Armenio
FC Pyunik
Karen Dokhoyan DF October 6, 1976 (age 25) 6 Krylia Sovetov Samara
Sargis Hovsepyan DF November 2, 1972 (age 29) 7 Zenit St. Petersburg
FC Torpedo-Metallurg
Harutyun Vardanyan DF December 5, 1970 (age 31) 7 Zenit St. Petersburg
FC Torpedo-Metallurg
Ararat Harutyunyan DF August 24, 1975 (age 27) 1 (as a sub) Shirak Gyumri
Albert Sarkisyan MF May 15, 1975 (age 27) 8 (1 as sub) Torpedo Moscow
FC Arsenal Kyiv
Alania Vladikavkaz
Eduard Partsikyan MF July 5, 1976 (age 26) 2 (1 as sub) FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
FC Pyunik
Arthur Voskanyan MF August 13, 1976 (age 26) 8 (1 as sub) Digenis Morphou
Ethnikos Achna
Marian Zeciu MF February 25, 1977 (age 25) 3 FC Pyunik
Romik Khachatryan MF August 23, 1978 (age 24) 7 APOEL FC
Olympiakos Nicosia
Arthur Petrosyan MF December 17, 1971 (age 30) 8 (1 as sub) Young Boys
FC Zürich
Hamlet Mkhitaryan MF November 24, 1973 (age 28) 3 (all as sub) Tadamon Sour
Artavazd Karamyan MF November 14, 1979 (age 22) 8 FC Pyunik
FC Arsenal Kyiv
Aghvan Mkrtchyan MF February 27, 1981 (age 21) 1 (as a sub) FC Pyunik
Artak Minasyan ST February 12, 1980 (age 22) 3 (2 as sub)
Arman Karamyan ST November 14, 1979 (age 22) 8 (1 as sub) FC Pyunik
FC Arsenal Kyiv
Andrey Movsisyan ST October 27, 1975 (age 26) 4 (3 as sub) FC Saturn Moscow Oblast
FC Moscow
Ara Hakobyan ST November 4, 1980 (age 21) 2 (both as sub) Metalurg Donetsk

Greece

Coach - Otto Rehhagel

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Antonios Nikopolidis GK January 14, 1971 (age 31) 8 Panathinaikos
Christos Patsatzoglou DF March 19, 1979 (age 23) 1 Olympiacos
Giourkas Seitaridis DF May 29, 1979 (age 23) 6 Panathinaikos
Takis Fyssas DF June 12, 1973 (age 29) 4 Panathinaikos
Benfica
Stylianos Venetidis DF November 19, 1976 (age 25) 5 (1 as sub) Olympiacos
Nikos Dabizas DF August 3, 1973 (age 29) 7 Newcastle United
Leicester City
Paraskevas Antzas DF August 18, 1976 (age 26) 2 Olympiacos
Doxa Dramas
Traianos Dellas DF November 5, 1980 (age 21) 7 AS Roma
Sotirios Kyrgiakos DF July 23, 1979 (age 23) 1 (as a sub) Panathinaikos
Kostas Konstantinidis DF August 31, 1972 (age 30) 1 Hannover 96
Michalis Kapsis DF October 18, 1973 (age 28) 2 AEK Athens
Stelios Giannakopoulos MF July 12, 1974 (age 28) 8 (2 as sub) Olympiacos
Bolton Wanderers
Pantelis Konstantinidis MF August 16, 1975 (age 27) 1 Panathinaikos
Giorgos Karagounis MF March 6, 1977 (age 25) 6 (2 as sub) Panathinaikos
Internazionale
Vassilis Lakis MF September 10, 1976 (age 25) 3 (1 as sub) AEK Athens
Angelos Basinas MF January 3, 1976 (age 26) 5 (2 as sub) Panathinaikos
Theodoros Zagorakis MF October 27, 1971 (age 30) 8 (3 as sub) AEK Athens
Georgios Georgiadis MF March 8, 1972 (age 30) 2 (1 as sub) PAOK FC
Olympiacos
Vassilios Tsiartas MF November 12, 1972 (age 29) 6 (1 as sub) AEK Athens
Pantelis Kafes MF June 24, 1978 (age 24) 2 (1 as sub) PAOK FC
Olympiacos
Zisis Vryzas ST November 9, 1973 (age 28) 8 (4 as sub) Perugia
Fiorentina
Demis Nikolaidis ST September 17, 1973 (age 28) 5 (1 as sub) AEK Athens
Atlético Madrid
Angelos Charisteas ST February 9, 1980 (age 22) 8 (1 as sub) Werder Bremen
Lampros Choutos ST December 7, 1979 (age 22) 1 (as a sub) Olympiacos

Northern Ireland

Coach - Sammy McIlroy

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Maik Taylor GK September 4, 1971 (age 30) 8 Fulham
Aaron Hughes DF November 8, 1979 (age 22) 8 Newcastle United
Chris Baird DF February 25, 1982 (age 20) 4 Southampton
George McCartney DF April 29, 1981 (age 21) 7 Sunderland
Peter Kennedy DF September 10, 1973 (age 28) 3 Wigan Athletic
Gerry Taggart DF October 18, 1970 (age 31) 1 Leicester City
Stephen Craigan DF October 29, 1976 (age 25) 2 Partick Thistle
Motherwell
Colin Murdock DF July 2, 1975 (age 27) 3 (2 as sub) Preston North End
Hibernian
Mark Williams DF September 28, 1970 (age 31) 3 (1 as sub) Wimbledon
Columbus Crew
Danny Griffin DF August 10, 1977 (age 25) 4 Dundee United
Steve Lomas MF January 18, 1974 (age 28) 4 West Ham United
Kevin Horlock MF November 1, 1972 (age 30) 2 Manchester City
West Ham United
Grant McCann MF April 14, 1980 (age 22) 5 (2 as sub) West Ham United
Cheltenham Town
Steve Jones MF October 25, 1976 (age 25) 4 (3 as sub) Crewe Alexandra
Damien Johnson MF November 18, 1978 (age 23) 7 Birmingham City
Tommy Doherty MF March 17, 1979 (age 23) 3 Bristol City
Ciarán Toner MF June 30, 1981 (age 21) 1 (as a sub) Leyton Orient
Keith Gillespie MF February 18, 1975 (age 27) 7 Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City
Jeff Whitley MF January 28, 1979 (age 23) 1 Manchester City
Sunderland
Philip Mulryne MF January 1, 1978 (age 24) 4 (2 as sub) Norwich City
Michael Hughes MF August 2, 1971 (age 31) 4 (1 as sub) Wimbledon
Crystal Palace
Stuart Elliott MF July 23, 1978 (age 24) 2 (1 as sub) Hull City
Andy Smith ST September 25, 1980 (age 21) 3 (1 as sub) Glentoran
David Healy ST August 5, 1979 (age 23) 8 (1 as sub) Preston North End
Andy Kirk ST May 25, 1979 (age 23) 3 (all as sub) Hearts
Paul McVeigh ST December 6, 1977 (age 24) 6 (4 as sub) Norwich City
James Quinn ST December 15, 1974 (age 28) 2 Willem II

Spain

Coach - Iñaki Sáez

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Iker Casillas GK May 20, 1981 (age 21) 8 Real Madrid
Míchel Salgado DF October 22, 1975 (age 26) 7 Real Madrid
Carlos Marchena DF July 31, 1979 (age 23) 7 Valencia
Raúl Bravo DF April 14, 1981 (age 21) 4 Real Madrid
Agustín Aranzábal DF March 15, 1973 (age 29) 1 Real Sociedad
Juanfran DF July 15, 1976 (age 26) 1 Celta Vigo
Juanito DF July 23, 1976 (age 26) 1 Real Betis
José García Calvo DF April 1, 1975 (age 27) 1 Atlético Madrid
Carles Puyol DF April 13, 1978 (age 24) 5 Barcelona
César DF April 3, 1977 (age 25) 1 Deportivo La Coruña
Iván Helguera DF March 28, 1975 (age 27) 6 Real Madrid
Guti MF October 31, 1976 (age 25) 2 Real Madrid
Capi MF March 26, 1977 (age 25) 1 Real Betis
David Albelda MF September 1, 1977 (age 24) 3 Valencia
Sergio MF November 10, 1976 (age 25) 2 (1 as sub) Deportivo La Coruña
Joaquín MF July 21, 1981 (age 21) 5 (3 as sub) Real Betis
Xavi MF January 25, 1980 (age 22) 6 (4 as sub) Barcelona
Xabi Alonso MF November 25, 1981 (age 20) 2 (1 as sub) Real Sociedad
Albert Luque MF February 21, 1975 (age 27) 1 (as a sub) Deportivo La Coruña
Gaizka Mendieta MF March 27, 1974 (age 28) 2 (both as sub) Lazio
Rubén Baraja MF July 11, 1975 (age 27) 7 (2 as sub) Valencia
Vicente MF July 16, 1981 (age 21) 8 (1 as sub) Valencia
Juan Carlos Valerón MF June 17, 1975 (age 27) 5 (2 as sub) Deportivo La Coruña
José Antonio Reyes MF September 1, 1983 (age 18) 2 (both as sub) Sevilla
Javier de Pedro MF August 4, 1973 (age 29) 2 (both as sub) Real Sociedad
Joseba Etxeberria MF September 5, 1977 (age 25) 6 Athletic Bilbao
Raúl González ST June 27, 1977 (age 25) 8 Real Madrid
Fernando Morientes ST April 5, 1976 (age 26) 3 (2 as sub) Real Madrid
Fernando Torres ST March 20, 1984 (age 18) 1 Atlético Madrid
Diego Tristán ST January 5, 1976 (age 26) 2 (1 as sub) Deportivo La Coruña

Ukraine

Coach - Leonid Buryak

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Vitaliy Reva GK November 19, 1974 (age 27) 3 Dynamo Kiev
Oleksandr Shovkovskiy GK January 2, 1975 (age 27) 4 Dynamo Kiev
Dmytro Shutkov GK April 3, 1972 (age 30) 1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Oleh Luzhny DF August 5, 1968 (age 34) 6 Arsenal
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Andriy Nesmachnyi DF February 28, 1979 (age 23) 6 Dynamo Kiev
Mykhaylo Starostyak DF October 13, 1973 (age 28) 2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Serhiy Fedorov DF February 18, 1975 (age 27) 5 Dynamo Kiev
Oleksandr Holovko DF January 6, 1972 (age 30) 1 Dynamo Kiev
Volodymyr Yezerskiy DF November 15, 1976 (age 25) 1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Serhiy Popov DF April 22, 1971 (age 31) 3 (2 as sub) Shakhtar Donetsk
Yuriy Dmytrulin DF February 10, 1975 (age 27) 2 Dynamo Kiev
Oleksandr Radchenko DF July 19, 1976 (age 26) 3 (2 as sub) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Vyacheslav Shevchuk DF May 13, 1979 (age 23) 1 Shinnik Yaroslavl
Hennadiy Moroz DF March 27, 1975 (age 27) 2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk MF March 30, 1979 (age 23) 7 Shakhtar Donetsk
Sergei Kormiltsev MF January 22, 1974 (age 28) 4 Torpedo Moscow
Vitaliy Lysytskyi MF April 16, 1982 (age 20) 1 (as a sub) Dinamo Kiev
Chernomorets Odessa
Maksym Kalynychenko MF January 26, 1979 (age 23) 5 (3 as sub) Spartak Moscow
Serhiy Serebrennikov MF September 1, 1976 (age 27) 4 (2 as sub) Club Brugge
Andriy Husin MF December 11, 1972 (age 29) 5 (1 as sub) Dinamo Kiev
Serhiy Zakarlyuka MF August 17, 1976 (age 26) 2 Metalurh Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk
Aleksandr Gorshkov MF February 8, 1970 (age 32) 4 FC Saturn Moscow Oblast
Hennadiy Zubov MF September 12, 1977 (age 24) 5 (1 as sub) Shakhtar Donetsk
Roman Maksymyuk MF June 14, 1974 (age 28) 1 (as a sub) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Oleh Husyev MF April 25, 1983 (age 19) 2 (both as sub) Arsenal Kyiv
Dinamo Kiev
Adrian Pukanych MF June 22, 1983 (age 19) 1 (as a sub) Shakhtar Donetsk
Serhiy Rebrov ST June 3, 1974 (age 28) 5 (2 as sub) Tottenham Hotspur
Andriy Voronin ST July 21, 1979 (age 23) 7 (1 as sub) Mainz 05
1. FC Köln
Andriy Shevchenko ST September 29, 1976 (age 25) 4 AC Milan
Oleksandr Melashchenko ST December 13, 1978 (age 23) 2 (both as sub) Dinamo Kiev
Andriy Vorobey ST November 29, 1978 (age 23) 8 Shakhtar Donetsk
Oleh Venhlynskyi ST March 21, 1978 (age 24) 1 (a as sub) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

References