2006 MATCHES
EUROPE
Author: Neil Morrison.
25/02/2006, Ta'Qali, National Stadium, 1225
Malta Coca-Cola and Multiplus Tournament
MALTA 0
MOLDOVA U21 2 (Serghei Namaşco 46', Igor Bugaiov 73')
Malta: Mario Muscat; Peter Pullicino, Kenneth Scicluna, Brian Said [c],
Alex Muscat; Andrei Agius; Trevor Cilia (Roderick Briffa 46'),
Orosco Anonam (Gilbert Agius 74'), George Mallia (Ian Azzopardi 46'),
Ivan Woods (Andrew Cohen 74'); Etienne Barbara.
Moldova U21: Ilie Cebanu; Victor Golovatenco [c], Igor Soltanici, Semion Bulgaru,
Vadim Bolohan; Denis Zmeu (Andrei Bereghici 74'), Serghei Jăpălău
(Nicolai Rudac 46'), Serghei Namaşco, Alexandru Suvorov; Serghei Alexeev
(Alexandru Zislis 81'), Igor Bugaiov.
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia).
Coaches: Malta: Dušan Fitzel (Czech Republic).
Moldova U21: Boris Tropaneţ.
Cards: Malta: Alex Muscat [Y].
Moldova U21: Serghei Namaşco [Y], Nicolai Rudac [Y].
Note: The match is a full FIFA international.
27/02/2006, Ta'Qali (Malta), National Stadium, 3500
Malta Coca-Cola and Multiplus Tournament
MOLDOVA U21 5 (Alexandru Zislis 5', 13', Serghei Alexeev 48', Serghei Namaşco 54' pen,
Victor Golovatenco 72')
GEORGIA 1 (Levan Tskitishvili 18' pen)
Moldova U21: Stanislav Namaşco; Victor Golovatenco [c], Igor Soltanici, Semion Bulgaru,
Vadim Bolohan; Denis Zmeu (Andrei Bereghici 77'), Nicolai Rudac,
Serghei Namaşco, Alexandru Suvorov; Serghei Alexeev, Alexandru Zislis
(Serghei Jăpălău 83').
Georgia: Revaz Tevdoraze; Mate Ghvinianidze, Zurab Khizanishvili, Kakha Makharadze;
Levan Tskitishvili, Aleksi Benashvili (Davit Mchedlishvili 59'),
Malkhaz Asatiani [c], Jaba Kankava (Levan Kobiashvili 46'), Davit Mujiri;
Giorgi Chelidze (Revaz Gotsiridze 66'), Beka Gotsiridze
(Otar Martsvaladze 46').
Referee: Adrian Casha (Malta).
Coaches: Moldova U21: Boris Tropaneţ.
Georgia: Klaus Toppmöller (Germany).
Cards: Moldova U21: Denis Zmeu [Y 61'].
Georgia: Levan Kobiashvili [Y], Davit Mujiri [Y 68'],
Zurab Khizanishvili [R 58'], Malkhaz Asatiani [R 88'].
Note: The match is a full FIFA international, and is official for Georgia.
28/02/2006, Lemesós (Cyprus), Tsírio Stádhyo, 3500
Cyprus International Tournament
GREECE 1 (Yórghos Samarás 15')
BELARUS 0
Greece: Andónyis Nyikopolyídhis; Yoúrkas Seitarídhis (Loukás Víndra 46'),
Yórghos Anatolákyis, Mikhályis Kapsís, Tákyis Físsas
(Panayótis Laghós 46'); Thódhoros Zaghorákyis [c]
(Stélyos Yannakópoulos 58'), Konstandínos Katsourányis,
Yórghos Karangoúnyis (Ángyelos Basinás 46'); Dhimítris Salpingyídhis
(Theofányis Gyékas 46'), Ángyelos Kharistéas (Sotíris Kyiryákos 69'),
Yórghos Samarás.
Belarus: Vasil Khamutowski; Syarhyey Amyelyanchuk, Pavyel Kirylchyk
(Yan Tsiharaw 46'), Syarhyey Shtanyuk [c], Alyaksandr Yurevich;
Alyaksandr Hlyeb, Alyaksyey Suchkow (Vital Valadzyankow 72'), Dzyanis Kowba
(Aleh Shkabara 57'), Uladzimir Karytska (Tsimafyey Kalachow 46');
Syarhyey Karnilyenka (Vyachaslaw Hlyeb 46'), Vital Bulyha
(Artsyom Kantsavy 57').
Referee: Marian Salomir (Romania).
Coaches: Greece: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Belarus: Yury Puntus.
Cards: Greece: Yórghos Anatolákyis [Y 50'], Loukás Výíndra [Y 84'].
Belarus: Alyaksyey Suchkow [Y 60'], Tsimafyey Kalachow [Y 86'],
Vyachaslaw Hlyeb [Y 90+' YR 90+'].
28/02/2006, Lárnaka (Cyprus), Stádhyo GSZ
Cyprus International Tournament
KAZAKHSTAN 0
FINLAND 0
Kazakhstan won 3-1 on penalties.
Kazakhstan: Yurïy Novïkov; Farxadbek Irısmetov, Aleksandr Kwçma, Aleksandr Famïlcev,
Danïyar Muqanov; Andrey Karpovïç, Nïkïta Xoxlov; Sergey Larïn
(Anton Çïçwlïn 69'), Oleg Lïtvïnenko (Jambıl Kökeev 65'),
Nurbol Jumasqalïev [c]; Danïyar Kenjexanov
(Rwslan Baltïev 4' (Andrey Travïn 79')).
Finland: Peter Enckelman; Ari Nyman (Veli Lampi 64'), Juha Pasoja, Miika Koppinen,
Toni Kallio; Pekka Lagerblom (Mika Väyrynen 83'), Tuomas Haapala
(Juho Mäkelä 73'), Tuomas Uusimäki, Kari Arkivuo; Paulus Roiha,
Jonatan Johansson [c].
Referee:
Coaches: Kazakhstan: Arno Pijpers (Netherlands).
Finland: Roy Hodgson (England).
Cards: Kazakhstan: Andrey Karpovïç [R 69'].
Finland: Jonatan Johansson [R 78'].
Penalties: 0-0 Paulus Roiha (miss), 1-0 Nïkïta Xoxlov, 1-0 Juha Pasoja (miss),
2-0 Anton Çïçwlïn, 2-1 Mika Väyrynen, 3-1 Aleksandr Famïlcev,
3-1 Toni Kallio (miss).
Note: No extra-time was played.
28/02/2006, Lárnaka, Stádhyo Andónyis Papadhópoulos, 1000
Cyprus International Tournament
CYPRUS 0
SLOVENIA 1 (Zlatan Ljubijankič 85')
Cyprus: Mikhályis Morfís; Mários Ilyía, Loukás Louká, Stélyos Okkarídhis
(Lámbros Lámbrou 55'), Aléxis Gharpózis; Konstandínos Kharalambídhis
(Marínos Satsiás 55'), Konstandínos Makrídhis (Khrístos Marangós 65'),
Khrísis Mikhaíl (Krístis Theofílou 69'), Státhis Alonéftis
(Ilyías Kharalámbous 61'); Yannákyis Okkás [c]
(Mikhályis Konstandínou 55'), Yasemákyis Yasemí.
Slovenia: Borut Mavrič; Andrej Komac, Matej Mavrič (Janez Zavrl 46'), Branko Ilič,
Sebastjan Gobec (Valter Birsa 74'); Robert Koren (Mišo Brečko 78'),
Anton Žlogar, Dominik Beršnjak, Bojan Jokić (Aleš Kokot 64');
Nastja Čeh [c] (Dalibor Stevanović 57'); Milivoje Novakovič
(Zlatan Ljubijankič 63').
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland).
Coaches: Cyprus: Ángyelos Anastasiádhis (Greece).
Slovenia: Branko Oblak.
Cards: Cyprus: Yannákyis Okkás [Y 13'], Konstandínos Makrídhis [Y 41'],
Krístis Theofílou [Y 75'], Ilyías Kharalámbous [Y 89'].
Slovenia: Bojan Jokić [Y 61'], Sebastjan Gobec [Y 73'], Aleš Kokot [Y 76'],
Dalibor Stevanović [Y 90+'].
28/02/2006, Lefkosía (Cyprus), Stádhyo GSP, 200
Cyprus International Tournament
ROMANIA 2 (Vasile Maftei 72', Răzvan Cociş 86')
ARMENIA 0
Romania: Dănuţ Coman; Valentin Bădoi, Adrian Iencsi [c], Vasile Maftei
(Gabriel Tamaş 74'), Mihai Neşu (Răzvan Raţ 63'); Mirel Rădoi,
Bogdan Pătraşcu (Dorinel Munteanu 65'); Daniel Opriţa
(Florentin Petre 70'), Tiberiu Bălan, Ianis Zicu (Răzvan Cociş 70');
Daniel Niculae (Ionuţ Mazilu 58').
Armenia: Rroman Berezovski; Valeri Aleksanyan (Levon Pachajyan 63'),
Sargis Hovsepyan [c], Rrobert Arzumanyan, Aleksandr Tadevosyan;
Samvel Melkonyan, Hamlet V. Mkhitaryan, Aghvan Mkrtchyan, Karen Aleksanyan
(Aram Voskanyan 85'); Aram Hakobyan (Galust Petrosyan 76'), Ara Hakobyan
(Artur Voskanyan 85').
Referee: Ioánnyis Tsahyilyídhis (Greece).
Coaches: Romania: Victor Piţurcă.
Armenia: Henk Wisman (Netherlands).
Cards: Romania: Bogdan Pătraşcu [Y 46'], Mihai Neşu [Y 62'].
Armenia: Rrobert Arzumanyan [Y 83'].
28/02/2006, Bakı, Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu, 8000
Friendly International
AZERBAIJAN 0
UKRAINE 0
Azerbaijan: Fərhad Vəliyev; Sergey Sokolov, Rəşad Sadıqov [c], Azər Məmmədov;
Ramazan Abbasov (Rəşad Abdullayev 62'), Aslan Kərimov, Elmar Baxşıyev
(Aftandil Hacıyev 76'), Ceyhun Sultanov (Elşən Məmmədov 68'),
İlqar Qurbanov (Vüqar Nadirov 68'), Emin İmaməliyev (Elvin Nuriyev 86');
Nadir Nəbiyev (Ramin Quliyev 83').
Ukraine: Bohdan Shust; Volodymyr Yezerskyi, Andrii Rusol (Vladyslav Vaschuk 46'),
Serhii Fedorov, Andrii Nesmachnyi; Oleh Husiev (Andrii Vorobei 55'),
Ruslan Rotan (Serhii Serebrennykov 55'), Andrii Husin [c]
(Oleh Shelaiev 65'), Maksym Kalynychenko (Serhii Nazarenko 74');
Andrii Voronin (Serhii Rebrov 46'), Oleksii Bielik.
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia).
Coaches: Azerbaijan: Şahin Diniyev.
Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Cards: Azerbaijan: Elmar Baxşıyev [Y 43'].
Ukraine: Oleksii Bielik [Y 69'], Volodymyr Yezerskyi [Y 81'].
28/02/2006, Wolfsburg, Volkswagen Arena, 2150
Friendly International
GERMANY U21 1 (Nando Rafael 90+')
LATVIA 2 (Imants Bleidelis 45+', Māris Verpakovskis 69')
Germany U21: Michael Rensing; Patrick Ochs, Markus Brzenska (Marvin Matip 80'),
Lukas Sinkiewicz, Malik Fathi (Christian Schulz 66'); Roberto Hilbert
(Gonzalo Castro 60'), Peter Niemeyer, Eugen Polanski
(Piotr Trochowski 72'), Karsten Fischer (Patrick Helmes 60');
Ioannis Masmanidis (David Odonkor 60'), Nando Rafael.
Latvia: Aleksandrs Koliņko; Oskars Kļava, Deniss Ivanovs, Igors N. Stepanovs
(Aleksandrs Isakovs 70'), Igors Korabļovs (Dzintars Zirnis 59');
Genādijs Soloņicins (Aleksejs Višņakovs 88'), Imants Bleidelis,
Vitālijs Astafjevs [c], Andrejs Rubins (Andrejs Štolcers 88');
Māris Verpakovskis (Gatis Kalniņš 86'), Ģirts Karlsons
(Andrejs Prohorenkovs 46').
Referee: Joaquim Paulo Gomes Ferreira Paraty da Silva (Portugal).
Coaches: Germany U21: Dieter Eilts.
Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
Cards: Germany U21: Nando Rafael [Y].
Latvia: Oskars Kļava [Y].
Note: Not a full FIFA international, and unofficial for both Germany and Latvia.
01/03/2006, Páfos (Cyprus), Pafiakó Stádhyo, 30
Cyprus International Tournament
FINLAND 2 (Aki Riihilahti 82', Mikael Forssell 90+')
BELARUS 2 (Syarhyey Karnilyenka 34', Aleh Shkabara 53')
Finland won 5-4 on penalties.
Finland: Jussi Jääskeläinen; Petri Pasanen, Sami Hyypiä, Toni Kuivasto,
Hannu Tihinen; Joonas Kolkka, Mika Väyrynen, Aki Riihilahti, Peter Kopteff;
Jari Litmanen [c]; Mikael Forssell.
Belarus: Uladzimir Hayew (Alyaksandr Sulima 46'); Alyaksandr Shahoyka,
Dzmitryy Lyantsevich, Alyaksyey Pankavyets; Mikalay Kashewski
(Uladzimir Karytska 64'), Vital Valadzyankow (Alyaksyey Suchkow 55'),
Dzyanis Kowba [c] (Aleh Shkabara 46'), Aleh Strakhanovich
(Yan Tsiharaw 46'), Tsimafyey Kalachow; Uladzimir Makowski
(Vital Bulyha 66'), Syarhyey Karnilyenka (Artsyom Kantsavy 46').
Referee: Robert Kranjc (Slovenia).
Coaches: Finland: Roy Hodgson (England).
Belarus: Yury Puntus.
Cards: Finland: Mika Väyrynen [Y 16'], Peter Kopteff [Y 22'].
Belarus: Aleh Strakhanovich [Y 4'], Vital Valadzyankow [Y 38'].
Penalties: 0-1 Artsyom Kantsavy, 1-1 Jari Litmanen, 1-2 Alyaksandr Shahoyka,
2-2 Mikael Forssell, 2-2 Uladzimir Karytska (save), 3-2 Petri Pasanen,
3-3 Tsimafyey Kalachow, 4-3 Aki Riihilahti, 4-4 Vital Bulyha,
5-4 Mika Väyrynen.
Notes: No extra-time was played. The venue is also reported as Lárnaka, at the
Stádhyo Andónyis Papadhópoulos.
01/03/2006, Lefkosía (Cyprus), Stádhyo GSP, 2000
Cyprus International Tournament
GREECE 2 (Yórghos Samarás 68', Stélyos Yannakópoulos 90+')
KAZAKHSTAN 0
Greece: Stéfanos Kotsólyis (Kóstas Khalkyás 46'); Yoúrkas Seitarídhis,
Yánnyis Goúmas, Sotíris Kyiryákos, Tákyis Físsas; Thódhoros Zaghorákyis [c]
(Loukás Víndra 64'), Ángyelos Basinás, Yórghos Karangoúnyis
(Stélyos Yannakópoulos 46'); Dhimítris Salpingyídhis
(Dhimítris Papadhópoulos 46'), Ángyelos Kharistéas
(Evángyelos Mándzyos 46'), Yánnyis Amanatídhis (Yórghos Samarás 46').
Kazakhstan: Davïd Lorïya; Egor Azovskïy (Farxadbek Irısmetov 71'), Aleksandr Kwçma
(Aleksandr Famïlcev 71'), Maksïm Jalmağambetov, Aydar Kümisbekov;
Andrey Travïn, Maqsat Bayjanov (Anton Çïçwlïn 46'); Edward Sergïenko
(Sergey Larïn 61'), Rwslan Baltïev, Jambıl Kökeev (Nurbol Jumasqalïev 46');
Maksïm Azovskïy (Dïas Kamelov 89').
Referee: Panyíkos Kailyís (Cyprus).
Coaches: Greece: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Kazakhstan: Arno Pijpers (Netherlands).
Cards: Greece: Ángyelos Basinás [Y 80'].
Kazakhstan: Rwslan Baltïev [Y 27'], Maksïm Azovskïy [Y 41'],
Maqsat Bayjanov [Y 44'], Andrey Travïn [Y 52' YR 86'],
Anton Çïçwlïn [Y 67'], Aleksandr Famïlcev [Y 81'].
01/03/2006, Lemesós, Tsírio Stádhyo, 2000
Cyprus International Tournament
CYPRUS 2 (Yannákyis Okkás 18', Khrísis Mikhaíl 61')
ARMENIA 0
Cyprus: Andónyis Yorghallyídhis (Nyíkos Panayótou 81'); Yórghos Theodhótou,
Stélyos Okkarídhis (Yórghos Merkyís 79'), Krístis Theofílou,
Ilyías Kharalámbous (Lámbros Lámbrou 52'); Konstandínos Kharalambídhis,
Konstandínos Makrídhis (Loukás Louká 83'), Khrísis Mikhaíl
(Marínos Satsiás 70'), Státhis Alonéftis; Yannákyis Okkás [c]
(Nektários Alexándhrou 73'), Mikhályis Konstandínou
(Yasemákyis Yasemí 81').
Armenia: Rroman Berezovski; Artashes Baghdasaryan (Artur Voskanyan 46'),
Sargis Hovsepyan [c], Rrobert Arzumanyan, Levon Pachajyan
(Aleksandr Tadevosyan 75'); Samvel Melkonyan (Valeri Aleksanyan 75'),
Hamlet V. Mkhitaryan, Karen Aleksanyan (Ara Hakobyan 63'),
Aghvan Mkrtchyan; Aram Voskanyan (Aram Hakobyan 58'), Galust Petrosyan.
Referee: Marian Salomir (Romania).
Coaches: Cyprus: Ángyelos Anastasiádhis (Greece).
Armenia: Henk Wisman (Netherlands).
Cards: Cyprus: none.
Armenia: Levon Pachajyan [Y], Artur Voskanyan [Y].
01/03/2006, Lárnaka (Cyprus), Stádhyo GSZ, 300
Cyprus International Tournament
ROMANIA 2 (Ionuţ Mazilu 22', Andrej Pečnik 53' OG)
SLOVENIA 0
Romania: Bogdan Lobonţ (Dănuţ Coman 46'); Cosmin Contra (Valentin Bădoi 88'),
Gabriel Tamaş, Cristian Chivu [c] (Adrian Iencsi 88'), Răzvan Raţ;
Florentin Petre (Daniel Opriţa 74'), Răzvan Cociş; Ovidiu Petre
(Mirel Rădoi 83'), Dorinel Munteanu (Bogdan Pătraşcu 74'), Daniel Niculae;
Ionuţ Mazilu (Tiberiu Bălan 86').
Slovenia: Samir Handanovič; Andrej Komac (Bojan Jokić 46'), Matej Mavrič,
Branko Ilič, Andrej Pečnik (Mišo Brečko 57'); Janez Zavrl, Anton Žlogar;
Zlatan Ljubijankič (Dalibor Stevanović 76'), Valter Birsa, Nastja Čeh [c]
(Robert Koren 46'); Milivoje Novakovič (Aleš Kokot 71').
Referee: Valyeryy Vyalichka (Belarus).
Coaches: Romania: Victor Piţurcă.
Slovenia: Branko Oblak.
Cards: Romania: none.
Slovenia: Andrej Komac [Y 11'].
01/03/2006, Ta'Qali, National Stadium, 1100
Malta Coca-Cola and Multiplus Tournament
MALTA 0
GEORGIA 2 (Otar Martsvaladze 8', Jaba Kankava 18')
Malta: Justin Haber; Ian Ciantar, Luke Dimech, Stephen Wellman, Ian Azzopardi;
William Camenzuli (Etienne Barbara 46'); Roderick Briffa,
Gilbert Agius [c], Claude Mattocks (Andrew Cohen 46'), George Mallia;
Michael Mifsud.
Georgia: Nukri Revishvili; Mate Ghvinianidze, Davit Mchedlishvili
(Mirza Bzhalava 55'), Giorgi Popkhadze; Levan Tskitishvili,
Giorgi Ganugrava, Jaba Kankava, Levan Kobiashvili [c], Davit Mujiri
(Kakha Makharadze 61'); Revaz Gotsiridze (Giorgi Chelidze 82'),
Otar Martsvaladze.
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova).
Coaches: Malta: Dušan Fitzel (Czech Republic).
Georgia: Klaus Toppmöller (Germany).
Cards: Malta: Ian Ciantar [Y], Ian Azzopardi [Y].
Georgia: Giorgi Popkhadze [Y], Jaba Kankava [Y YR 58'],
Levan Kobiashvili [Y], Kakha Makharadze [Y],
Nukri Revishvili [Y].
01/03/2006, Tiranë, Stadiumi Kombëtar 'Qemal Stafa'
Friendly International
ALBANIA 1 (Ardian Aliaj 33' pen)
LITHUANIA 2 (Mantas Savėnas 34', Tomas Danilevičius 41')
Albania: Arjan Beqaj; Elvin Beqiri, Besnik Hasi, Lorik Cana (Armend Dallku 62'),
Ardian Aliaj; Klodian Duro, Altin Lala, Dorian Bylykbashi
(Ervin Skela 46'), Edvin Murati (Endri Vrapi 79'); Igli Tare [c]
(Erion Bogdani 46'), Alban Bushi (Florian Myrtaj 46').
Lithuania: Mindaugas Malinauskas; Marius Stankevičius, Andrius Skerla,
Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Gediminas Paulauskas; Saulius Mikoliūnas
(Mindaugas Kalonas 81'), Mantas Savėnas (Linas Pilibaitis 61'),
Darius Miceika (Darius Žutautas 88'); Tomas Danilevičius [c]
(Povilas Lukšys 85'); Tomas Radzinevičius, Robertas Poškus
(Marius Žaliūkas 71').
Referee: Tiziano Pieri (Italy).
Coaches: Albania: Hans-Peter Briegel (Germany).
Lithuania: Algimantas Liubinskas.
Cards: Albania: Besnik Hasi [Y], Edvin Murati [Y].
Lithuania: Tomas Danilevičius [Y].
Note: Arjan Beqaj saved a penalty from Robertas Poskus at 60'.
01/03/2006, Saint-Denis, Stade de France, 56273
Friendly International
FRANCE 1 (Sylvain Wiltord 75' pen)
SLOVAKIA 2 (Szilárd Németh 62', Jozef Valachovič 81')
France: Fabien Barthez; Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram, Jean-Alain Boumsong,
Mikaël Silvestre (Éric Abidal 63'); Vikash Dhorasoo, Patrick Vieira,
Alou Diarra; Zinedine Zidane [c] (Florent Malouda 46'); Nicolas Anelka
(Sylvain Wiltord 46'), David Trezeguet (Thierry Henry 46').
Slovakia: Ľuboš Hajdúch; Radoslav Zabavník (Peter Petráš 90+'), Martin Škrtel,
Ján Ďurica, Marek Čech; Matej Krajčík (Jozef Valachovič 78'),
Balázs Borbély, Martin Jakubko (Mário Bicák 70'), Peter Hlinka
(Ivan Hodúr 86'); Filip Hološko (Szilárd Németh 60'); Róbert Vittek [c]
(Kamil Kopúnek 90').
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland).
Coaches: France: Raymond Domenech.
Slovakia: Dušan Galis.
Cards: None.
01/03/2006, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 44109
Friendly International
IRELAND 3 (Damien Duff 36', Robbie Keane 48', Liam Miller 71')
SWEDEN 0
Ireland: Shay Given (Wayne Henderson 49'); Joey O'Brien (Liam Miller 60'),
Andy O'Brien, Richard Dunne, Ian Harte (Kevin Kilbane 60'); Stephen Elliott
(Stephen Ireland 49'), Steven Reid, John O'Shea (Graham Kavanagh 49'),
Damien Duff; Robbie Keane [c], Kevin Doyle (Clinton Morrison 68').
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson; Alexander Östlund (Christoffer Andersson 74'),
Olof Mellberg [c], Petter Hansson, Erik Edman; Tobias Linderoth
(Daniel Andersson 70'); Johan Elmander (Mattias Jonson 61'), Kim Källström
(Anders Svensson 61'), Christian Wilhelmsson; Zlatan Ibrahimovic
(Markus Rosenberg 38'), Henrik Larsson (Marcus Allbäck 80').
Referee: Damien Ledentu (France).
Coaches: Ireland: Steve Staunton.
Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
Cards: Ireland: Steven Reid [Y 28'].
Sweden: Alexander Östlund [Y 18'], Christoffer Andersson [Y 88'].
01/03/2006, Ramat-Gan, National Stadium, 15762
Friendly International
ISRAEL 0
DENMARK 2 (Kenneth Perez 7', Morten Skoubo 19')
Israel: Nir Davidovich; Alon Harazi, Tal Ben-Haim (Shimon Gershon 46'),
Arik Benado, Adoram Keisy (Roni Gafni 90'); Abas Suan
(Michael Zandberg 60'), Walid Badir, Idan Tal, Yossi Benayoun
(Yossi Shivhon 85'), Yaniv Katan (Omer Golan 80'); Shlomi Arbeitman
(Moshe Biton 75').
Denmark: Thomas Sørensen; Lars Jacobsen, Per Krøldrup, Michael Gravgaard,
Niclas Jensen (Brian Priske 46'); Christian Poulsen (Nicolai Stokholm 90'),
Thomas Gravesen [c] (Daniel Jensen 69'); Jesper Grønkjær
(Michael Silberbauer 78'), Kenneth Perez (Peter Løvenkrands 78'),
Martin Jørgensen; Morten Skoubo (Søren Berg 87').
Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany).
Coaches: Israel: Avraham Grant.
Denmark: Morten Olsen.
Cards: Israel: none.
Denmark: Thomas Gravesen [Y 64'].
01/03/2006, Firenze, Stadio Comunale 'Artemio Franchi', 28317
Friendly International
ITALY 4 (Alberto Gilardino 4', Luca Toni 7', Daniele De Rossi 39',
Alessandro Del Piero 57')
GERMANY 1 (Robert Huth 82')
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Cristian Zaccardo, Alessandro Nesta
(Marco Materazzi 81'), Fabio Cannavaro [c], Fabio Grosso; Mauro Camoranesi
(Manuel Pasqual 89'), Andrea Pirlo (Simone Barone 74'), Daniele De Rossi;
Alberto Gilardino (Simone Perrotta 64'), Luca Toni, Alessandro Del Piero
(Vincenzo Iaquinta 81').
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Arne Friedrich, Per Mertesacker (Christoph Metzelder 46'),
Robert Huth, Philipp Lahm; Sebastian Deisler, Torsten Frings
(Tim Borowski 68'), Michael Ballack [c], Bernd Schneider
(Bastian Schweinsteiger 68'); Miroslav Klose, Lukas Podolski
(Gerald Asamoah 46').
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain).
Coaches: Italy: Marcello Lippi.
Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Cards: Italy: Alessandro Nesta [Y 60'].
Germany: Torsten Frings [Y 32'], Michael Ballack [Y 69'].
01/03/2006, Luxembourg, Stade Josy Barthel, 1500
Friendly International
LUXEMBOURG 0
BELGIUM 2 (Kevin Vandenbergh 43', Luigi Pieroni 62')
Luxembourg: Stéphane Gillet; Kim Kintziger, Tim Heinz, Claude Reiter, Mario Mutsch;
Carlos Ferreira, René Peters, Jeff Strasser [c], Sébastien Rémy;
Aurélien Joachim, Daniel Huss.
Belgium: Silvio Proto (Geert De Vlieger 46'); Philippe Clement, Thomas Vermaelen,
Philippe Léonard; Gill Swerts (Anthony Vanden Borre 46'), Mbo Mpenza
(Stein Huysegems 46'), Timmy Simons [c], Bart Goor, Peter Van der Heyden
(Gaby Mudingayi 46'); Kevin Vandenbergh (Wesley Sonck 46'), Luigi Pieroni.
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Guy Hellers.
Belgium: René Vandereycken.
Cards: Luxembourg: none.
Belgium: Anthony Vanden Borre [Y 57'].
Note: The match was abandoned at 65' due to heavy snowfall.
01/03/2006, Skopje, Gradski stadion, 8000
Friendly International
MACEDONIA 0
BULGARIA 1 (Martin Petrov 38')
Macedonia: Petar Milošeski; Goce Sedloski [c] (Nikolče Noveski 46'), Igor Mitreski,
Aleksandar Vasovski; Vlade Lazarevski (Vasko Božinovski 70'),
Veliče Šumulikoski, Igor Jančevski (Darko Tasevski 58'), Goran Popov;
Goran Pandev (Vlatko Grozdanovski 72'); Goran Maznov, Blaže Ilioski
(Ismail Ismaili 68').
Bulgaria: Dimitar Ivankov (Georgi Petkov 46'); Radostin Kishishev, Elin Topuzakov,
Valentin Iliev, Ivaylo Petkov; Velizar Dimitrov (Emil Angelov 46'),
Stiliyan Petrov [c], Chavdar Yankov (Georgi Iliev 12'), Martin Petrov
(Daniel Bozhkov 62'); Valeri Bozhinov (Svetoslav Todorov 46'),
Dimitar Berbatov (Tsvetan Genkov 88').
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland).
Coaches: Macedonia: Srečko Katanec (Slovenia).
Bulgaria: Hristo Stoichkov.
Cards: Macedonia: Goce Sedloski [Y], Veliče Šumulikoski [Y].
Bulgaria: Radostin Kishishev [Y].
01/03/2006, Belfast, Windsor Park, 13600
Friendly International
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Ivan Sproule 2')
ESTONIA 0
Northern Ireland: Maik Taylor [c]; Gareth McAuley, Michael Duff, Stephen Craigan
(Brian McLean 46'), Tony Capaldi; Ivan Sproule (Steve Jones 46'),
Chris Baird, Steve Davis (Grant McCann 68'), Chris Brunt
(Stuart Elliott 68'); David Healy (Warren Feeney 59'), James Quinn
(Peter Thompson 59').
Estonia: Mart Poom [c]; Enar Jääger, Andrei Stepanov, Raio Piiroja, Urmas Rooba;
Ingemar Teever (Jürgen Kuresoo 72'), Taavi Rähn (Martin Reim 77'),
Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Joel Lindpere (Andres Oper 54'), Andrei Sidorenkov
(Jarmo Ahjupera 82'); Tarmo Neemelo.
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Lawrie Sanchez.
Estonia: Jelle Goes (Netherlands).
Cards: Northern Ireland: none.
Estonia: Taavi Rähn [Y 22'], Ingemar Teever [Y 38'].
01/03/2006, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 20952
Friendly International
SCOTLAND 1 (Kenny Miller 55')
SWITZERLAND 3 (Tranquillo Barnetta 21', Daniel Gygax 42', Ricardo Cabanas 69')
Scotland: Craig Gordon (Neil Alexander 46'); Christian Dailly, Gary Caldwell,
David Weir (Steven Caldwell 46'), Andy Webster, Graham Alexander;
Darren Fletcher, Barry Ferguson [c] (Gary Teale 46'), Nigel Quashie;
James McFadden; Kenny Miller.
Switzerland: Pascal Zuberbühler (Fabio Coltorti 46'); Philipp Degen, Philippe Senderos
(Boris Smiljanić 73'), Stéphane Grichting, Valon Behrami
(Johan Djourou 46'); Tranquillo Barnetta, Ricardo Cabañas, Johann Vogel [c]
(Blerim Džemaili 82'), Raphaël Wicky (Johan Vonlanthen 46'); Daniel Gygax,
Marco Streller (Mauro Lustrinelli 73').
Referee: Bruno Coué (France).
Coaches: Scotland: Walter Smith.
Switzerland: Jakob Kuhn.
Cards: None.
01/03/2006, İzmir, Atatürk Stadı, 58008
Friendly International
TURKEY 2 (Ümit Karan 89', 90+')
CZECH REPUBLIC 2 (Karel Poborský 20' pen, Jiří Štajner 61')
Turkey: Rüştü Reçber [c]; Mehmet Topuz, Tolga Seyhan, Gökhan Zan, Uğur Boral
(Orhan Ak 46'); Hasan Gökhan Şaş (Yıldıray Baştürk 46'), Hüseyin Çimşir
(Ümit Karan 80'), Tuncay Şanlı (İbrahim Akın 75'); Necati Ateş;
Ersen Martin (Nuri Şahin 46'), Gökhan Ünal (Halil Altıntop 62').
Czech Republic: Petr Čech; Martin Jiránek (Karel Piták 53'), David Rozehnal,
Tomáš Ujfaluši, Marek Jankulovski; Karel Poborský [c], Tomáš Rosický
(Marek Heinz 68'), Jan Polák, Jaroslav Plašil (Štěpán Vachoušek 90+');
Jiří Štajner (Lukáš Zelenka 85'), Milan Baroš (Tomáš Jun 89').
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany).
Coaches: Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Czech Republic: Karel Brückner.
Cards: Turkey: Ersen Martin [Y 24'], Uğur Boral [Y 42'].
Czech Republic: Jan Polák [Y 38'], Marek Jankulovski [Y 75'].
21/03/2006, Ahlen, Wersestadion, 2365
Friendly International
GERMANY U21 3 (Stefan Kießling 36', Christian Schulz 58', Malik Fathi 79')
ARMENIA 1 (Aram Hakobyan 7')
Germany U21: Michael Rensing; Patrick Ochs (Moritz Volz 46'), Markus Brzenska
(Marvin Matip 46'), Lukas Sinkiewicz, Christian Schulz; Matthias Lehmann
(Peter Niemeyer 46'), Gonzalo Castro (Eugen Polanski 58'); David Odonkor,
Piotr Trochowski (Malik Fathi 69'), Patrick Helmes; Stefan Kießling.
Armenia: Gevorg Kasparov; Valeri Aleksanyan (Hovhannes Grigoryan 81'),
Sargis Hovsepyan [c], Rrobert Arzumanyan, Aleksandr Tadevosyan;
Samvel Melkonyan, Rromik Khachatryan, Artur Voskanyan, Aghvan Mkrtchyan
(Rromeo Jenebyan 65'); Aram Hakobyan (Levon Pachajyan 65'), Arman Karamyan
(Tigran Gharabaghtsyan 74').
Referee: Meir Levi (Israel).
Coaches: Germany U21: Dieter Eilts.
Armenia: Henk Wisman (Netherlands).
Cards: Germany U21: Christian Schulz [Y].
Armenia: Rromik Khachatryan [Y].
Note: Not a full FIFA international, and unofficial for both Germany and Armenia.
22/03/2006, Tiranë, Stadiumi Kombëtar 'Qemal Stafa', 2000
Friendly International
ALBANIA 0
GEORGIA 0
Albania: Ilion Lika; Admir Teli (Erion Xhafa 46'), Endri Vrapi, Armend Dallku;
Altin Haxhi (Ansi Agolli 75'), Debatik Curri (Klodian Duro 46'),
Altin Lala [c], Redi Jupi, Ervin Skela (Ardit Beqiri 46'); Erion Bogdani
(Hamdi Salihi 82'), Bekim Kastrati (Edmond Kapllani 46').
Georgia: Giorgi Lomaia (Grigol Chanturia 46'); Levan Maghradze, Mate Ghvinianidze,
Giorgi Shashiashvili, Zaal Eliava; Kakha Aladashvili
(Giorgi Seturidze 88'), Jaba Kankava (Giorgi Popkhadze 46'),
Zurab Menteshashvili (Giorgi Ganugrava 30'), Gogita Gogua; Vasil Gigiadze,
Lasha Jakobia [c].
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy).
Coaches: Albania: Hans-Peter Briegel (Germany).
Georgia: Klaus Toppmöller (Germany).
Cards: Albania: none.
Georgia: Gogita Gogua [Y YR 72'], Giorgi Ganugrava [Y 54'].
12/04/2006, Bakı, Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu, 26000
Friendly International
AZERBAIJAN 1 (Rəşad Sadıqov 65' pen)
TURKEY 1 (Hasan Salih Kabze 78')
Azerbaijan: Fərhad Vəliyev; Sergey Sokolov, Rəşad Sadıqov [c], Azər Məmmədov;
Ramazan Abbasov (Zaur Həşimov 81'), Aslan Kərimov, Elmar Baxşıyev
(Elvin Nuriyev 90+'), Ceyhun Sultanov (Vüqar Nadirov 59'), Emin İmaməliyev
(Ramin Quliyev 87'), İlqar Qurbanov (Rəşad Sadiqov 73'); Nadir Nəbiyev
(Elşən Məmmədov 69').
Turkey: Tolga Zengin; Mehmet Topuz, Can Arat, Baki Mercimek, Uğur Boral
(Yasin Çakmak 67'); Hasan Salih Kabze, Selçuk Şahin [c] (Burak Yılmaz 70'),
Volkan Arslan (Fahri Tatan 46'), İbrahim Akın (Hakan Kadir Balta 46');
Ersen Martin (Emre Toraman 83'), Gökhan Ünal (Sinan Kaloğlu 76').
Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia).
Coaches: Azerbaijan: Şahin Diniyev.
Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Cards: Azerbaijan: none.
Turkey: Ersen Martin [Y 39'], Mehmet Topuz [R 62'].
22/04/2006, Cap d'Ail (France), Stade Municipal
Friendly International
KOSOVA 7 (Haxhi Zeka 15', Uliks Emra 17', 65', Dukagjin Gashi 29', Sunaj Keqi 75',
Isuf Llumnica 82', Mensur Idrizi 83')
MONACO 1 ()
Kosova: [Squad: Labinot Qosa, Valmir Bytyqi, Arben Zhjeqi [c], Erdin Hashani,
Benis Krasniqi, Liridon Kukaj, Dukagjin Gashi, Fitim Kasapi, Mensur Idrizi,
Fitim Krusha, Mervan Hoxha, Sunaj Keqi, Elvis Osmani, Ismet Ramushi,
Isuf Llumnica, Uliks Emra, Haxhi Zeka.]
Monaco:
Referee:
Coaches: Kosova: Muharrem Sahiti.
Monaco:
Note: Not a full FIFA international.
02/05/2006, Bełchatów, Stadion GKS-u, 4500
Friendly International
POLAND 0
LITHUANIA 1 (Andrius Gedgaudas 14')
Poland: Jerzy Dudek [c] (Łukasz Fabiański 82'); Marcin Kuś
(Marcin Baszczyński 58'), Mariusz Jop, Mariusz Lewandowski
(Bartosz Bosacki 46'), Seweryn Gancarczyk; Grzegorz Bonin
(Radosław Sobolewski 46'), Mirosław Szymkowiak, Sebastian Mila,
Kamil Kosowski; Tomasz Frankowski, Łukasz Sosin (Grzegorz Rasiak 46').
Lithuania: Vaidotas Žutautas; Gediminas Paulauskas, Arūnas Klimavičius,
Darius Žutautas, Irmantas Zelmikas; Andrius Gedgaudas
(Vitalijus Kavaliauskas 73'), Aidas Preikšaitis [c], Mantas Savėnas
(Marius Žaliūkas 90'), Igoris Morinas; Ričardas Beniušis
(Linas Pilibaitis 68'), Valdas Trakys (Povilas Lukšys 79').
Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia).
Coaches: Poland: Paweł Janas.
Lithuania: Algimantas Liubinskas.
Cards: Poland: Sebastian Mila [Y 24'].
Lithuania: Mantas Savėnas [Y 83'], Irmantas Zelmikas [Y 84'].
11/05/2006, Kobe (Japan), Kobe Wing Stadium, 5780
Kirin Cup
SCOTLAND 5 (Kris Boyd 13', 43', James McFadden 69', Chris Burke 77', 88')
BULGARIA 1 (Yordan Todorov 26')
Scotland: Neil Alexander; Graeme Murty (David McNamee 83'), Gary Caldwell,
David Weir [c], Russell Anderson, Gary Naysmith; Gary Teale
(Chris Burke 75'), Darren Fletcher, Scott Severin (Gavin Rae 70'),
Lee McCulloch (Ian Murray 79'); Kris Boyd (James McFadden 53').
Bulgaria: Stoyan Kolev (Nikolay Mihaylov 72'); Rosen Kirilov, Elin Topuzakov,
Asen Karaslavov (Hristo Yanev 56'), Lúcio Wagner; Yordan Todorov,
Dimitar Telkiyski, Stanislav Angelov, Martin Petrov [c]; Svetoslav Todorov
(Tsvetan Genkov 72'), Valeri Domovchiyski (Georgi Iliev 72').
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan).
Coaches: Scotland: Walter Smith.
Bulgaria: Hristo Stoichkov.
Cards: Scotland: Gary Caldwell [Y 58'], James McFadden [Y 75'].
Bulgaria: Martin Petrov [Y 19'], Stanislav Angelov [Y 82'],
Lúcio Wagner [Y 84'].
14/05/2006, Wronki, Stadion Główny, 4000
Friendly International
POLAND 4 (Sebastian Mila 15', Grzegorz Rasiak 48', 84', Marek Saganowski 73')
FAROE ISLANDS 0
Poland: Tomasz Kuszczak (Artur Boruc 46'); Michał Żewłakow [c] (Marcin Kuś 85'),
Bartosz Bosacki, Maciej Scherfchen (Piotr Giza 63'), Seweryn Gancarczyk
(Marcin Wasilewski 46'); Ireneusz Jeleń, Tomasz Rząsa, Sebastian Mila,
Kamil Kosowski; Tomasz Frankowski (Marek Saganowski 24'), Łukasz Sosin
(Grzegorz Rasiak 46').
Faroe Islands: Jens Martin Knudsen (Jákup Mikkelsen 46'); Jann Ingi Petersen
(Mortan úr Hørg 80'), Atli Danielsen (Rasmus Nolsøe 80'),
Óli Johannesen [c], Janus Joensen (Hjalgrím Elttør 56'); Kári Nielsen;
Jákup á Borg, Súni Olsen, Fróði Benjaminsen (Bárður Olsen 62'),
Hans Pauli Samuelsen (Bjarni Jørgensen 69'); Christian Høgni Jacobsen.
Referee: Arkadiusz Pruś (USA).
Coaches: Poland: Paweł Janas.
Faroe Islands: Jógvan Martin Olsen.
Cards: Poland: Maciej Scherfchen [Y 56'].
Faroe Islands: Atli Danielsen [Y].
18/05/2006, Chişinău, Stadionul Republican, 3500
Friendly International
MOLDOVA 0
AZERBAIJAN 0
Moldova: Evgheni Hmaruc; Serghei Laşcencov (Vadim Boreţ 53'), Ion Testimiţanu,
Valeri Catînsus, Radu Rebeja [c]; Victor Berco, Stanislav Ivanov,
Vitalie Manaliu (Alexandru Suvorov 46'), Alexandru Gaţcan; Serghei Dadu
(Serghei Cleşcenco 46'), Iurie Miterev (Serghei Rogaciov 46').
Azerbaijan: Fərhad Vəliyev; Sergey Sokolov, Aftandil Hacıyev, Azər Məmmədov;
Ramazan Abbasov (Zaur Həşimov 78'), Aslan Kərimov [c], Elmar Baxşıyev
(Elvin Nuriyev 87'), Ceyhun Sultanov (Rəşad Sadiqov 63'), Emin İmaməliyev
(Ramin Quliyev 72'); Elşən Məmmədov (Vüqar Nadirov 55'), Fərrux İsmayılov
(Vaqif Cavadov 72').
Referee: Yuriy Baskakov (Russia).
Coaches: Moldova: Anatol Teslev.
Azerbaijan: Şahin Diniyev.
Cards: Moldova: none.
Azerbaijan: Aftandil Hacıyev [Y 20'], Ceyhun Sultanov [Y 60'].
20/05/2006, Trnava, Štadión Antona Malatinského, 4174
Friendly International
SLOVAKIA 1 (Filip Hološko 65')
BELGIUM 1 (Karel Geraerts 77')
Slovakia: Juraj Čobej [c] (Kamil Čontofalský 3' (Ľuboš Hajdúch 46')); Matej Krajčík
(Kamil Kopúnek 80'), Martin Škrtel, Ján Ďurica, Michal Pančík
(Mário Bicák 20' (Jozef Valachovič 60')); Balázs Borbély;
Branislav Fodrek (Filip Hološko 46'), Miroslav Karhan, Marek Sapara
(Ivan Hodúr 46'), Marek Čech; Róbert Vittek.
Belgium: Stijn Stijnen (Brian Vandenbussche 62'); Carl Hoefkens, Philippe Léonard,
Jelle Van Damme; Anthony Vanden Borre (Karel Geraerts 69'), Gill Swerts,
Timmy Simons [c], Thomas Buffel (Bart Goor 77'), Peter Van der Heyden;
Wesley Sonck (Stein Huysegems 83'), Luigi Pieroni (Mousa Dembélé 46').
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary).
Coaches: Slovakia: Dušan Galis.
Belgium: René Vandereycken.
Cards: Slovakia: Róbert Vittek [Y 34'], Miroslav Karhan [Y 70'].
Belgium: Gill Swerts [Y 31'], Peter Van der Heyden [Y 71'],
Timmy Simons [Y 73'].
23/05/2006, Wien, Ernst-Happel-Stadion, 22000
Friendly International
AUSTRIA 1 (Andreas Ivanschitz 14')
CROATIA 4 (Ivan Klasnić 11', 35', Marko Babić 55', Boško Balaban 69')
Austria: Helge Payer; Joachim Standfest, Martin Stranzl, Paul Scharner,
Andreas Ibertsberger; Stefan Lexa (Christian Fuchs 84'), René Aufhauser
(Ferdinand Feldhofer 66'), Thomas Prager; Andreas Ivanschitz [c],
Christoph Leitgeb (Michael Mörz 73'); Marc Janko (Roland Linz 64').
Croatia: Stipe Pletikosa (Joseph Didulica 46'); Dario Šimić, Robert Kovač
(Mario Tokić 61'), Stjepan Tomas; Darijo Srna (Jerko Leko 71'), Igor Tudor,
Niko Kovač [c] (Luka Modrić 57'), Marko Babić; Niko Kranjčar; Ivan Klasnić
(Ivica Olić 46'), Dado Pršo (Boško Balaban 57').
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany).
Coaches: Austria: Josef Hickersberger.
Croatia: Zlatko Kranjčar.
Cards: None.
24/05/2006, Genk, Fenix Stadion, 15000
Friendly International
BELGIUM 3 (İbrahim Toraman 28' OG, Wesley Sonck 43', Carl Hoefkens 90+')
TURKEY 3 (Necati Ateş 2', Hasan Salih Kabze 27', Tuncay Şanlı 74')
Belgium: Stijn Stijnen (Davy Schollen 46'); Carl Hoefkens, Philippe Léonard,
Jelle Van Damme (Luigi Pieroni 86'); Gill Swerts
(Anthony Vanden Borre 69'), Karel Geraerts, Timmy Simons [c], Bart Goor;
Thomas Buffel (Steven Defour 46'); Wesley Sonck (Kevin Vandenbergh 46'),
Stein Huysegems (Mousa Dembélé 46').
Turkey: Rüştü Reçber [c]; Hamit Altıntop, İbrahim Toraman, Servet Çetin,
Volkan Yaman (Uğur Boral 46'); Hasan Salih Kabze (Mehmet Topuz 61'),
Hüseyin Çimşir, Nuri Şahin (Burak Yılmaz 46'), Tuncay Şanlı; Necati Ateş
(Fatih Tekke 46'), Halil Altıntop (Volkan Arslan 68').
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria).
Coaches: Belgium: René Vandereycken.
Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Cards: Belgium: Thomas Buffel [Y 16'], Carl Hoefkens [Y 21'],
Jelle Van Damme [Y 73'], Steven Defour [Y 77'].
Turkey: Hüseyin Çimşir [Y 29'], Hamit Altıntop [Y 42'],
Servet Çetin [Y 84'].
25/05/2006, Reading, Madejski Stadium, 22032
Friendly International
ENGLAND B 1 (Jermaine Jenas 35')
BELARUS 2 (Vital Kutuzaw 50', Syarhyey Karnilyenka 81')
England B: David James (Robert Green 46' (Scott Carson 53')); Owen Hargreaves,
Jamie Carragher, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole; Aaron Lennon, Michael Carrick,
Jermaine Jenas (Joe Cole 62'), Stewart Downing (Jermain Defoe 79');
Peter Crouch (Michael Dawson 79'), Michael Owen [c] (Theo Walcott 62').
Belarus: Yury Zhawnow (Vasil Khamutowski 46'); Syarhyey Amyelyanchuk,
Dzmitryy Lyantsevich, Syarhyey Shtanyuk [c], Alyaksandr Yurevich
(Alyaksandr Shahoyka 61'); Alyaksandr Kulchyy; Uladzimir Karytska,
Maksim Ramashchanka (Mikalay Kashewski 74'), Tsimafyey Kalachow
(Alyaksyey Pankavyets 80'); Vital Kutuzaw (Artsyom Kantsavy 64'),
Vital Bulyha (Syarhyey Karnilyenka 46').
Referee: David McKeon (Ireland).
Coaches: England B: Sven-Göran Eriksson (Sweden).
Belarus: Yury Puntus.
Cards: England B: none.
Belarus: Maksim Ramashchanka [Y 63'], Syarhyey Shtanyuk [Y 65'],
Syarhyey Amyelyanchuk [Y 72' YR 73'].
Note: Not a full FIFA international, and unofficial for both England and Belarus.
25/05/2006, Göteborg, Ullevi, 25754
Friendly International
SWEDEN 0
FINLAND 0
Sweden: John Alvbåge (Rami Shaaban 46'); Niclas Alexandersson, Olof Mellberg [c],
Petter Hansson, Erik Edman (Fredrik Stenman 85'); Tobias Linderoth
(Daniel Andersson 46'); Mikael Nilsson, Kim Källström,
Christian Wilhelmsson; Johan Elmander, Markus Rosenberg
(Marcus Allbäck 69').
Finland: Jussi Jääskeläinen; Petri Pasanen (Juha Pasoja 46'), Toni Kuivasto,
Hannu Tihinen, Toni Kallio; Jonatan Johansson (Peter Kopteff 66'),
Jari Ilola (Pekka Lagerblom 53'), Markus Heikkinen (Janne Saarinen 77'),
Joonas Kolkka (Roni Porokara 89'); Jari Litmanen [c], Alexei Eremenko Jr
(Mikael Forssell 77').
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland).
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
Finland: Roy Hodgson (England).
Cards: Sweden: none.
Finland: Petri Pasanen [Y 34'].
26/05/2006, Chicago (USA), Soldier Field, 15000
Friendly International
ROMANIA 2 (Mugurel Buga 7', Daniel Niculae 11')
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
Romania: Dănuţ Coman; Valentin Bădoi, Dorin Goian (Adrian Iencsi 56'),
Vasile Maftei, Cristian Pulhac (Pompiliu Stoica 88'); Bănel Nicoliţă
(Daniel Opriţa 65'), Tiberiu Bălan (Răzvan Cociş 46'), Mirel Rădoi [c]
(Florin Şoavă 46'), Gabriel Boştină; Daniel Niculae (Adrian Mutu 46'),
Mugurel Buga.
Northern Ireland: Alan Blayney; Michael Duff, Stephen Craigan (Sean Webb 71'), Gareth McAuley
(Colin Murdock 82'), Tony Capaldi (Jeff Hughes 57'); Dean Shiels
(Steve Jones 66'), Sammy Clingan, Steve Davis [c], Ivan Sproule
(Mark Hughes 57'); James Quinn, Peter Thompson (Kyle Lafferty 66').
Referee: Mike Kennedy (USA).
Coaches: Romania: Victor Piţurcă.
Northern Ireland: Lawrie Sanchez.
Cards: Romania: Vasile Maftei [Y 62'].
Northern Ireland: Peter Thompson [Y 33'], James Quinn [R 37'],
Sean Webb [Y 76'].
27/05/2006, Freiburg im Breisgau, badenova-Stadion, 23000
Friendly International
GERMANY 7 (Miroslav Klose 5', 59', Torsten Frings 19' pen,
Lukas Podolski 36', 65' pen, Oliver Neuville 90', 90+')
LUXEMBOURG 0
Germany: Jens Lehmann (Oliver Kahn 46'); Arne Friedrich, Robert Huth
(Per Mertesacker 46'), Christoph Metzelder, Marcell Jansen
(Thomas Hitzlsperger 46'); Bernd Schneider [c], Torsten Frings
(Sebastian Kehl 46'), Tim Borowski, Bastian Schweinsteiger; Miroslav Klose
(Gerald Asamoah 63'), Lukas Podolski (Oliver Neuville 71').
Luxembourg: Marc Oberweis; Tim Heinz (Ben Federspiel 72'), Claude Reiter
(Tom Schnell 26'), Eric Hoffmann, Mario Mutsch; Charles Leweck
(Joël Kitenge 74'), René Peters, Jeff Strasser [c], Sébastien Rémy;
Alphonse Leweck (Clayton de Sousa 55'); Daniel Huss (Aurélien Joachim 26').
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Luxembourg: Guy Hellers.
Cards: Germany: none.
Luxembourg: Sébastien Rémy [Y 24'], Eric Hoffmann [Y 28'],
Marc Oberweis [Y 65'].
27/05/2006, Albacete, Estadio Carlos Belmonte, 15000
Friendly International
SPAIN 0
RUSSIA 0
Spain: Íker Casillas [c]; Sergio Ramos, Pablo Ibáñez, Carles Puyol, Antonio López
(Joaquín Sánchez 72'); Marcos Senna (Xavi Hernández 46'), David Albelda
(Xabi Alonso 46'), Cesc Fábregas (Andrés Iniesta 46'); David Villa
(José Antonio Reyes 61'), Luis García Sanz (Raúl González 46'),
Fernando Torres.
Russia: Igor Akinfeyev; Vasiliy Berezutskiy, Sergey Ignashevich,
Aleksey Berezutskiy (Konstantin Zyryanov 64'); Yevgeniy Aldonin,
Aleksey Smertin [c]; Aleksandr Anyukov, Dmitriy Loskov (Sergey Semak 72'),
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Dmitriy Kirichenko 90+'); Andrey Arshavin
(Yegor Titov 46'), Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Dmitriy Sychyov 46').
Referee: João Francisco Lopes Ferreira (Portugal).
Coaches: Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Russia: Aleksandr Borodyuk.
Cards: None.
28/05/2006, Hamburg (Germany), Millerntor-Stadion, 6000
Friendly International
TURKEY 1 (Gökhan Ünal 53')
ESTONIA 1 (Tarmo Neemelo 87')
Turkey: Rüştü Reçber [c]; Mehmet Topuz, Can Arat, Gökhan Zan, Murat Ocak;
Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Hamit Altıntop 46'), Burak Yılmaz (Nuri Şahin 46'),
Fahri Tatan, İbrahim Akın (Hasan Salih Kabze 46'); Nihat Kahveci
(Gökhan Ünal 46'), Halil Altıntop (Bilal Kısa 73').
Estonia: Mart Poom [c]; Teet Allas, Andrei Stepanov, Enar Jääger, Dmitri Kruglov;
Sergei Terehhov (Maksim Smirnov 58'), Martin Reim (Tarmo Neemelo 80'),
Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Ragnar Klavan; Joel Lindpere
(Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 64'); Kristen Viikmäe (Vladislav Gussev 80').
Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany).
Coaches: Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Estonia: Jelle Goes (Netherlands).
Cards: Turkey: Fahri Tatan [Y 33'].
Estonia: Ragnar Klavan [Y 55'].
29/05/2006, Hamburg (Germany), Millerntor-Stadion
FIFI Wild Cup
TURKISH CYPRUS 1 (Ali Oraloğlu 55')
GREENLAND 0
Turkish Cyprus: Hasan Piro, Serhan Gönelli, Serkan Önet, Erdinç Börekçi, Çağan Çerkez,
Ayhan Demir (Coşkun Ulusoy 25'), Hamis Çakir (Rüstem Özmusalar 81'),
Ali Oraloğlu, Derviş Kolcu, Kemal Uçaner (Ertaç Taşkıran 79'),
[1 missing].
Greenland: Anders Cortsen, Niklas Kreutzmann, Anders H. Petersen, Antuuaraq Enoksen,
Jim Degn Olsvig (Brian Thomsen 25'), Peri Fleischer, John Kreutzmann,
Kaassannguaq Zeeb, Kristian Sandgreen (Otto ? 72'), Pelle Mortensen,
Salomon Thomassen (Poul B. Olsen 75').
Referee: Tobias Mayer (Germany).
Coaches: Turkish Cyprus: Süleyman Göktaş.
Greenland: Jens Tang Olesen (Denmark).
Notes: Not a full FIFA international.
The German comedian Alexander Duszat 'Elton' played for Turkish Cyprus, for
the first few minutes of the match.
30/05/2006, Manchester, Old Trafford, 56323
Friendly International
ENGLAND 3 (Steven Gerrard 47', John Terry 50', Peter Crouch 84')
HUNGARY 1 (Pál Dárdai 55')
England: Paul Robinson; Gary Neville (Owen Hargreaves 46'), Rio Ferdinand,
John Terry (Sol Campbell 76'), Ashley Cole; Jamie Carragher;
David Beckham [c], Frank J. Lampard, Joe Cole; Steven Gerrard
(Peter Crouch 65'); Michael Owen (Theo Walcott 65').
Hungary: Gábor Király; Csaba Fehér, László Éger, Ádám Komlósi (Vilmos Vanczák 9'),
Péter Halmosi; Balázs Molnár (Krisztián Vadócz 83'), Pál Dárdai [c],
Balázs Tóth (Sándor Torghelle 62'); Zoltán Gera, Szabolcs Huszti;
Imre Szabics (Attila Polonkai 73').
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands).
Coaches: England: Sven-Göran Eriksson (Sweden).
Hungary: Péter Bozsik.
Cards: England: Sol Campbell [Y 77'], David Beckham [Y 89'].
Hungary: Csaba Fehér [Y 41'].
Note: Gábor Király saved a penalty from Frank Lampard at 42'.
31/05/2006, Lens, Stade Félix Bollaert, 39000
Friendly International
FRANCE 2 (Thierry Henry 13', Sylvain Wiltord 76' pen)
DENMARK 0
France: Fabien Barthez; Willy Sagnol (Pascal Chimbonda 88'), Lilian Thuram,
William Gallas, Éric Abidal (Mikaël Silvestre 82'); Patrick Vieira,
Claude Makelele, Florent Malouda; Zinedine Zidane [c] (Franck Ribéry 66');
Louis Saha (Sylvain Wiltord 57'), Thierry Henry (Djibril Cissé 79').
Denmark: Jesper Christiansen; Brian Priske, Thomas Helveg [c], Per Krøldrup
(Lars Jacobsen 64'), Jan Kristiansen (Allan Jepsen 77'); Christian Poulsen,
Thomas Gravesen; Michael Silberbauer, Daniel Jensen (Søren Larsen 72'),
Martin Jørgensen; Jon Dahl Tomasson (Kenneth Perez 87').
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland).
Coaches: France: Raymond Domenech.
Denmark: Morten Olsen.
Cards: France: none.
Denmark: Thomas Gravesen [Y 29'], Daniel Jensen [Y 64'].
31/05/2006, Genève, Stade de Genève, 30000
Friendly International
SWITZERLAND 1 (Daniel Gygax 32')
ITALY 1 (Alberto Gilardino 10')
Switzerland: Pascal Zuberbühler (Fabio Coltorti 46'); Philipp Degen, Johan Djourou,
Philippe Senderos (Stéphane Grichting 70'), Ludovic Magnin
(Christoph Spycher 46'); Johann Vogel [c]; Tranquillo Barnetta,
Ricardo Cabañas (Xavier Margairaz 46'), Raphaël Wicky (Hakan Yakin 61');
Daniel Gygax (David Degen 90'), Alexander Frei.
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Cristian Zaccardo, Fabio Cannavaro [c], Marco Materazzi
(Massimo Oddo 46'), Fabio Grosso (Daniele Bonera 60'); Mauro Camoranesi
(Daniele De Rossi 46'), Andrea Pirlo (Simone Perrotta 75'),
Gennaro Gattuso; Francesco Totti, Alessandro Del Piero
(Vincenzo Iaquinta 46'); Alberto Gilardino (Luca Toni 46').
Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany).
Coaches: Switzerland: Jakob Kuhn.
Italy: Marcello Lippi.
Cards: Switzerland: Fabio Coltorti [Y 66'].
Italy: Cristian Zaccardo [Y 45'], Gennaro Gattuso [Y 74'].
01/06/2006, Hamburg (Germany), Millerntor-Stadion
FIFI Wild Cup
TURKISH CYPRUS 2 (Ali Oraloğlu 39', Dylan Moreno 90+' OG)
GIBRALTAR 0
Turkish Cyprus: Hasan Piro, Hamis Çakir, Serhan Gönelli, Serkan Önet, Derviş Kolcu,
Coşkun Ulusoy, Hüseyin Amcaoğlu [c], Erdinç Börekçi, Kemal Uçaner,
Ali Oraloğlu (Hüseyin Küsbeci 78' (Hüseyin Kayalılar 86')), Çağan Çerkez.
Gibraltar: Kevin De los Santos, Matthew Reoch (David Duarte 46'), Christian Sanchez,
Lee Ferrary, Dylan Moreno, Daniel Duarte, Robert Guilling, Colin Ramirez,
Joseph Chipolina (Robert Montovio 60'), Lee Casciaro, Graham Alvez
(Roy Chipolina 52').
Referee: Markus Dahmas (Germany).
Coaches: Turkish Cyprus: Süleyman Göktaş.
Gibraltar: Albert Buhagiar.
Note: Not a full FIFA international.
02/06/2006, Lausanne (Switzerland), Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, 14000
Friendly International
ITALY 0
UKRAINE 0
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Massimo Oddo, Alessandro Nesta (Andrea Barzagli 61'),
Fabio Cannavaro [c] (Marco Materazzi 75'), Fabio Grosso; Mauro Camoranesi
(Simone Barone 69'), Andrea Pirlo (Simone Perrotta 59'), Daniele De Rossi;
Alberto Gilardino, Luca Toni (Filippo Inzaghi 59'), Alessandro Del Piero
(Francesco Totti 59').
Ukraine: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi [c]; Volodymyr Yezerskyi, Vladyslav Vaschuk,
Andrii Rusol, Andrii Nesmachnyi; Ruslan Rotan (Serhii Nazarenko 73'),
Andrii Husin (Viacheslav Sviderskyi 90+'), Anatolii Tymoschuk
(Oleh Shelaiev 88'), Maksym Kalynychenko (Oleksii Bielik 55');
Andrii Vorobei, Andrii Voronin.
Referee: Markus Nobs (Switzerland).
Coaches: Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Italy: Marcello Lippi.
Cards: Ukraine: Vladyslav Vaschuk [Y 18'], Anatolii Tymoschuk [Y 85'].
Italy: Francesco Totti [Y 77'].
03/06/2006, Wolfsburg (Germany), Volkswagen Arena, 8000
Friendly International
POLAND 1 (Euzebiusz Smolarek 54')
CROATIA 0
Poland: Artur Boruc; Marcin Baszczyński, Mariusz Jop, Jacek Bąk [c]
(Bartosz Bosacki 76'), Michał Żewłakow; Arkadiusz Radomski,
Radosław Sobolewski (Mariusz Lewandowski 86'); Euzebiusz Smolarek
(Ireneusz Jeleń 83'), Mirosław Szymkowiak (Sebastian Mila 64'),
Jacek Krzynówek (Kamil Kosowski 74'); Maciej Żurawski
(Grzegorz Rasiak 90').
Croatia: Tomislav Butina; Dario Šimić (Mario Tokić 87'), Robert Kovač [c],
Josip Šimunić; Darijo Srna (Marijan Buljat 46'), Jurica Vranješ
(Jerko Leko 64'), Luka Modrić (Boško Balaban 74'), Marko Babić;
Niko Kranjčar (Ivan Leko 46'); Ivan Klasnić, Ivica Olić (Ivan Bošnjak 46').
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany).
Coaches: Poland: Paweł Janas.
Croatia: Zlatko Kranjčar.
Cards: Poland: Grzegorz Rasiak [Y 90'].
Croatia: none.
03/06/2006, Metz (France), Stade Saint-Symphorien, 19159
Friendly International
PORTUGAL 3 (Simão Sabrosa 46', 72' pen, Luís Figo 85')
LUXEMBOURG 0
Portugal: Ricardo Pereira; Miguel Monteiro, Fernando Meira (Ricardo Costa 58'),
Ricardo Carvalho, Nuno Valente; Francisco da Costa 'Costinha'
(Armando Teixeira 'Petit' 46'), Nuno Ribeiro 'Maniche' (Tiago Mendes 68');
Luís Figo [c], Anderson de Sousa 'Deco' (Simão Sabrosa 46'),
Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro (Hugo Viana 70'); Pedro Resendes 'Pauleta'
(Hélder Postiga 46').
Luxembourg: Jonathan Joubert; Tom Schnell (Ben Federspiel 72'), Claude Reiter,
Eric Hoffmann, Mario Mutsch; Charles Leweck (Alphonse Leweck 58'),
René Peters (Claudio Lombardelli 90'), Jeff Strasser [c], Carlos Ferreira,
Sébastien Rémy; Aurélien Joachim (Daniel Huss 87').
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France).
Coaches: Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Luxembourg: Guy Hellers.
Cards: Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro [Y 32'].
Luxembourg: Jeff Strasser [Y 33'], René Peters [Y 43'],
Ben Federspiel [Y 83'], Eric Hoffmann [Y 90'].
04/06/2006, Krefeld (Germany), Grotenburg-Stadion, 7000
Friendly International
MACEDONIA 1 (Goran Maznov 81')
TURKEY 0
Macedonia: Tomislav Pačoski; Igor Mitreski, Daniel Ivanovski, Goce Sedloski [c];
Vlade Lazarevski, Veliče Šumulikoski, Artim Šakiri (Darko Tasevski 46'),
Robert Petrov (Vlatko Grozdanovski 70'); Vulnet Emini
(Gílson de Jesus da Silva 46'); Goran Maznov (Igor Jančevski 90+'),
Ilčo Naumoski (Aco Stojkov 46').
Turkey: Rüştü Reçber [c] (Orkun Uşak 46'); Mehmet Topuz, Can Arat, Gökhan Zan,
Caner Erkin; Hamit Altıntop (Hüseyin Çimşir 46'), Fahri Tatan
(Burak Yılmaz 87'), Nuri Şahin (Hasan Salih Kabze 78'), Uğur Boral
(Tuncay Şanlı 46'); Nihat Kahveci (Gökdeniz Karadeniz 46'), Halil Altıntop.
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany).
Coaches: Macedonia: Srečko Katanec (Slovenia).
Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Cards: Macedonia: Goce Sedloski [Y 41'].
Turkey: Can Arat [Y 67'].
07/06/2006, Genève (Switzerland), Stade de Genève, 15000
Friendly International
SPAIN 2 (Mariano Pernía 62', Fernando Torres 90+')
CROATIA 1 (Pablo Ibáñez 14' OG)
Spain: José Manuel Reina (Santiago Cañizares 46'); Míchel Salgado
(Sergio Ramos 46'), Pablo Ibáñez, Carles Puyol, Mariano Pernía;
Joaquín Sánchez (Cesc Fábregas 73'), Xavi Hernández, Xabi Alonso,
José Antonio Reyes (Luis García Sanz 46'); David Villa
(Andrés Iniesta 62'), Raúl González [c] (Fernando Torres 46').
Croatia: Stipe Pletikosa; Dario Šimić (Mario Tokić 85'), Robert Kovač
(Luka Modrić 46'), Josip Šimunić; Jerko Leko, Igor Tudor, Niko Kovač [c]
(Jurica Vranješ 68'), Marko Babić; Niko Kranjčar (Ivan Leko 70');
Ivan Klasnić (Boško Balaban 89'), Dado Pršo (Ivan Bošnjak 76').
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France).
Coaches: Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Croatia: Zlatko Kranjčar.
Cards: None.
Note: Stipe Pletikosa saved a penalty from Fernando Torres at 74'.
08/06/2006, Luxembourg, Stade Josy Barthel, 3766
Friendly International
LUXEMBOURG 0
UKRAINE 3 (Andrii Voronin 55', Andrii Shevchenko 83', Maksym Kalynychenko 84')
Luxembourg: Jonathan Joubert; Tom Schnell, Claude Reiter, Eric Hoffmann, Mario Mutsch;
Charles Leweck (Alphonse Leweck 62'), René Peters, Claudio Lombardelli,
Carlos Ferreira, Sébastien Rémy [c]; Aurélien Joachim
(Clayton de Sousa 86').
Ukraine: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi [c]; Volodymyr Yezerskyi (Ruslan Rotan 46'),
Vladyslav Vaschuk, Andrii Rusol, Andrii Nesmachnyi
(Viacheslav Sviderskyi 46'); Oleh Husiev, Andrii Husin
(Serhii Nazarenko 46'), Oleh Shelaiev, Andrii Vorobei
(Maksym Kalynychenko 63'); Serhii Rebrov (Andrii Shevchenko 58'),
Oleksii Bielik (Andrii Voronin 46').
Referee: Peter Vervecken (Belgium).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Guy Hellers.
Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Cards: Luxembourg: none.
Ukraine: Oleh Shelaiev [Y 40'].
11/06/2006, Leipzig (Germany), Zentralstadion, 37216
World Cup
NETHERLANDS 1 (Arjen Robben 17')
SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 0
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar [c]; Johnny Heitinga, André Ooijer, Joris Mathijsen
(Khalid Boulahrouz 86'), Giovanni van Bronckhorst; Mark van Bommel
(Denny Landzaat 60'), Wesley Sneijder, Phillip Cocu; Robin van Persie,
Ruud van Nistelrooij (Dirk Kuijt 69'), Arjen Robben.
Serbia/Montenegro: Dragoslav Jevrić; Nenad Đorđević (Ognjen Koroman 43'), Goran Gavrančić,
Mladen Krstajić, Ivica Dragutinović; Igor Duljaj, Predrag Đorđević,
Albert Nađ, Dejan Stanković; Savo Milošević [c] (Nikola Žigić 46'),
Mateja Kežman (Danijel Ljuboja 67').
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany).
Coaches: Netherlands: Marco van Basten.
Serbia/Montenegro: Ilija Petković.
Cards: Netherlands: Giovanni van Bronckhorst [Y 56'], Johnny Heitinga [Y 85'].
Serbia/Montenegro: Dejan Stanković [Y 34'], Ognjen Koroman [Y 64'],
Ivica Dragutinović [Y 81'], Goran Gavrančić [Y 90'].
Note: The union of Serbia and Montenegro officially ended on 05/06/2006.
13/06/2006, Stuttgart (Germany), Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, 52000
World Cup
FRANCE 0
SWITZERLAND 0
France: Fabien Barthez; Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram, William Gallas, Éric Abidal;
Patrick Vieira, Claude Makelele; Sylvain Wiltord (Vikash Dhorasoo 84'),
Zinedine Zidane [c], Franck Ribéry (Louis Saha 70'); Thierry Henry.
Switzerland: Pascal Zuberbühler; Philipp Degen, Patrick Müller (Johan Djourou 75'),
Philippe Senderos, Ludovic Magnin; Tranquillo Barnetta, Ricardo Cabañas,
Johann Vogel [c], Raphaël Wicky (Xavier Margairaz 82'); Alexander Frei,
Marco Streller (Daniel Gygax 56').
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia).
Coaches: France: Raymond Domenech.
Switzerland: Jakob Kuhn.
Cards: France: Éric Abidal [Y 64'], Zinedine Zidane [Y 72'],
Willy Sagnol [Y 90+'].
Switzerland: Ludovic Magnin [Y 42'], Marco Streller [Y 45'],
Philipp Degen [Y 56'], Ricardo Cabañas [Y 72'],
Alexander Frei [Y 90+'].
14/06/2006, Leipzig (Germany), Zentralstadion, 43000
World Cup
SPAIN 4 (Xabi Alonso 13', David Villa 17', 48' pen, Fernando Torres 81')
UKRAINE 0
Spain: Íker Casillas [c]; Sergio Ramos, Pablo Ibáñez, Carles Puyol,
Mariano Pernía; Marcos Senna, Xabi Alonso (David Albelda 55'),
Xavi Hernández; David Villa (Raúl González 55'), Luis García Sanz
(Cesc Fábregas 77'), Fernando Torres.
Ukraine: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi; Volodymyr Yezerskyi, Andrii Rusol,
Vladyslav Vaschuk, Andrii Nesmachnyi; Oleh Husiev (Oleh Shelaiev 46'),
Anatolii Tymoschuk, Andrii Husin (Andrii Vorobei 46'), Ruslan Rotan
(Serhii Rebrov 64'); Andrii Shevchenko [c], Andrii Voronin.
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland).
Coaches: Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Cards: Spain: none.
Ukraine: Andrii Rusol [Y 16'], Vladyslav Vaschuk [R 47'],
Volodymyr Yezerskyi [Y 52'].
14/06/2006, Dortmund, Signal Iduna Park 'FIFA WM-Stadion', 65000
World Cup
GERMANY 1 (Oliver Neuville 90+')
POLAND 0
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Arne Friedrich (David Odonkor 63'), Per Mertesacker,
Christoph Metzelder, Philipp Lahm; Bernd Schneider, Torsten Frings,
Michael Ballack [c], Bastian Schweinsteiger (Tim Borowski 77');
Lukas Podolski (Oliver Neuville 71'), Miroslav Klose.
Poland: Artur Boruc; Marcin Baszczyński, Bartosz Bosacki, Jacek Bąk [c],
Michał Żewłakow (Dariusz Dudka 83'); Arkadiusz Radomski,
Radosław Sobolewski; Ireneusz Jeleń (Paweł Brożek 90+'),
Maciej Żurawski, Jacek Krzynówek (Mariusz Lewandowski 77');
Euzebiusz Smolarek.
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Poland: Paweł Janas.
Cards: Germany: Michael Ballack [Y 58'], David Odonkor [Y 68'],
Christoph Metzelder [Y 70'].
Poland: Jacek Krzynówek [Y 3'], Radosław Sobolewski [Y 28' YR 75'],
Artur Boruc [Y 89'].
20/06/2006, Köln (Germany), RheinEnergieStadion 'FIFA WM-Stadion', 45000
World Cup
SWEDEN 2 (Marcus Allbäck 51', Henrik Larsson 90')
ENGLAND 2 (Joe Cole 34', Steven Gerrard 85')
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson; Niclas Alexandersson, Olof Mellberg [c], Teddy Lucic,
Erik Edman; Mattias Jonson (Christian Wilhelmsson 54'), Tobias Linderoth
(Daniel Andersson 90+'), Kim Källström, Fredrik Ljungberg;
Marcus Allbäck (Johan Elmander 75'), Henrik Larsson.
England: Paul Robinson; Jamie Carragher, Rio Ferdinand (Sol Campbell 56'),
John Terry, Ashley Cole; David Beckham [c], Owen Hargreaves,
Frank J. Lampard, Joe Cole; Wayne Rooney (Steven Gerrard 69'); Michael Owen
(Peter Crouch 4').
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland).
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
England: Sven-Göran Eriksson (Sweden).
Cards: Sweden: Niclas Alexandersson [Y 83'], Fredrik Ljungberg [Y 87'].
England: Owen Hargreaves [Y 76'].
22/06/2006, Hamburg (Germany), AOL Arena 'FIFA WM-Stadion', 50000
World Cup
ITALY 2 (Marco Materazzi 26', Filippo Inzaghi 87')
CZECH REPUBLIC 0
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Gianluca Zambrotta, Alessandro Nesta
(Marco Materazzi 17'), Fabio Cannavaro [c], Fabio Grosso; Mauro Camoranesi
(Simone Barone 74'), Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Simone Perrotta;
Francesco Totti; Alberto Gilardino (Filippo Inzaghi 60').
Czech Republic: Petr Čech; Zdeněk Grygera, Radoslav Kováč (Marek Heinz 78'),
David Rozehnal, Marek Jankulovski; Karel Poborský (Jiří Štajner 46'),
Tomáš Rosický, Jan Polák, Pavel Nedvěd [c], Jaroslav Plašil; Milan Baroš
(David Jarolím 64').
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico).
Coaches: Italy: Marcello Lippi.
Czech Republic: Karel Brückner.
Cards: Italy: Gennaro Gattuso [Y 31'].
Czech Republic: Jan Polák [Y 35' YR 45+'].
24/06/2006, München, Allianz Arena 'FIFA WM-Stadion', 66000
World Cup
GERMANY 2 (Lukas Podolski 4', 12')
SWEDEN 0
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Arne Friedrich, Per Mertesacker, Christoph Metzelder,
Philipp Lahm; Bernd Schneider, Michael Ballack [c], Torsten Frings
(Sebastian Kehl 85'), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Tim Borowski 72');
Miroslav Klose, Lukas Podolski (Oliver Neuville 74').
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson; Niclas Alexandersson, Olof Mellberg [c], Teddy Lucic,
Erik Edman; Tobias Linderoth; Mattias Jonson (Christian Wilhelmsson 52'),
Kim Källström (Petter Hansson 39'), Fredrik Ljungberg;
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Marcus Allbäck 72'), Henrik Larsson.
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
Cards: Germany: Torsten Frings [Y 27'].
Sweden: Teddy Lucic [Y 28' YR 35'], Mattias Jonson [Y 48'],
Marcus Allbäck [Y 78'].
Note: Henrik Larsson missed a penalty at 53'.
25/06/2006, Nürnberg (Germany), easyCredit-Stadion 'Frankenstadion', 41000
World Cup
PORTUGAL 1 (Nuno Ribeiro 'Maniche' 23')
NETHERLANDS 0
Portugal: Ricardo Pereira; Miguel Monteiro, Fernando Meira, Ricardo Carvalho,
Nuno Valente; Francisco da Costa 'Costinha', Nuno Ribeiro 'Maniche';
Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro (Simão Sabrosa 34'), Anderson de Sousa 'Deco',
Luís Figo [c] (Tiago Mendes 84'); Pedro Resendes 'Pauleta'
(Armando Teixeira 'Petit' 46').
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar [c]; Khalid Boulahrouz, André Ooijer, Joris Mathijsen
(Rafael van der Vaart 56'), Giovanni van Bronckhorst; Mark van Bommel
(Johnny Heitinga 67'), Wesley Sneijder, Phillip Cocu
(Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 84'); Robin van Persie, Dirk Kuijt,
Arjen Robben.
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia).
Coaches: Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Netherlands: Marco van Basten.
Cards: Portugal: Nuno Ribeiro 'Maniche' [Y 20'],
Francisco da Costa 'Costinha' [Y 31' YR 45+'],
Armando Teixeira 'Petit' [Y 50'], Luís Figo [Y 60'],
Anderson de Sousa 'Deco' [Y 73' YR 78'], Ricardo Pereira [Y 76'],
Nuno Valente [Y 76'].
Netherlands: Mark van Bommel [Y 2'], Khalid Boulahrouz [Y 7' YR 62'],
Giovanni van Bronckhorst [Y 59' YR 90+'],
Wesley Sneijder [Y 73'], Rafael van der Vaart [Y 74'].
26/06/2006, Köln (Germany), RheinEnergieStadion 'FIFA WM-Stadion', 45000
World Cup
UKRAINE 0
SWITZERLAND 0
Ukraine won 3-0 on penalties.
Ukraine: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi; Oleh Husiev, Andrii Husin, Vladyslav Vaschuk,
Andrii Nesmachnyi; Andrii Vorobei (Serhii Rebrov 94'), Anatolii Tymoschuk,
Oleh Shelaiev, Maksym Kalynychenko (Ruslan Rotan 75'); Andrii Voronin
(Artem Milevskyi 111'), Andrii Shevchenko [c].
Switzerland: Pascal Zuberbühler; Philipp Degen, Johan Djourou (Stéphane Grichting 34'),
Patrick Müller, Ludovic Magnin; Tranquillo Barnetta, Ricardo Cabañas,
Johann Vogel [c], Raphaël Wicky; Hakan Yakin (Marco Streller 64');
Alexander Frei (Mauro Lustrinelli 116').
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico).
Coaches: Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Switzerland: Jakob Kuhn.
Cards: Ukraine: none.
Switzerland: Tranquillo Barnetta [Y 59'].
Penalties: 0-0 Andrii Shevchenko (save), 0-0 Marco Streller (save),
1-0 Artem Milevskyi, 1-0 Tranquillo Barnetta (miss), 2-0 Serhii Rebrov,
2-0 Ricardo Cabañas (save), 3-0 Oleh Husiev.
27/06/2006, Hannover (Germany), AWD-Arena 'FIFA WM-Stadion', 43000
World Cup
FRANCE 3 (Franck Ribéry 41', Patrick Vieira 83', Zinedine Zidane 90+')
SPAIN 1 (David Villa 28' pen)
France: Fabien Barthez; Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram, William Gallas, Éric Abidal;
Claude Makelele, Patrick Vieira; Franck Ribéry, Zinedine Zidane [c],
Florent Malouda (Sidney Govou 74'); Thierry Henry (Sylvain Wiltord 88').
Spain: Íker Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Pablo Ibáñez, Carles Puyol, Mariano Pernía;
Xavi Hernández (Marcos Senna 72'), Xabi Alonso, Cesc Fábregas; David Villa
(Joaquín Sánchez 54'), Raúl González [c] (Luis García Sanz 54'),
Fernando Torres.
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy).
Coaches: France: Raymond Domenech.
Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Cards: France: Patrick Vieira [Y 68'], Franck Ribéry [Y 87'],
Zinedine Zidane [Y 90+'].
Spain: Carles Puyol [Y 82'].
30/06/2006, Hamburg (Germany), AOL Arena 'FIFA WM-Stadion', 50000
World Cup
ITALY 3 (Gianluca Zambrotta 6', Luca Toni 59', 69')
UKRAINE 0
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Gianluca Zambrotta, Andrea Barzagli, Fabio Cannavaro [c],
Fabio Grosso; Mauro Camoranesi (Massimo Oddo 68'), Gennaro Gattuso
(Cristian Zaccardo 77'), Andrea Pirlo (Simone Barone 68'), Simone Perrotta;
Francesco Totti; Luca Toni.
Ukraine: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi; Oleh Husiev, Viacheslav Sviderskyi
(Andrii Vorobei 20'), Andrii Rusol (Vladyslav Vaschuk 45+'),
Andrii Nesmachnyi; Oleh Shelaiev, Anatolii Tymoschuk, Andrii Husin,
Maksym Kalynychenko; Andrii Shevchenko [c], Artem Milevskyi
(Oleksii Bielik 72').
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium).
Coaches: Italy: Marcello Lippi.
Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Cards: Italy: none.
Ukraine: Viacheslav Sviderskyi [Y 16'], Maksym Kalynychenko [Y 21'],
Artem Milevskyi [Y 67'].
01/07/2006, Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Veltins-Arena 'FIFA WM-Stadion', 52000
World Cup
PORTUGAL 0
ENGLAND 0
Portugal won 3-1 on penalties.
Portugal: Ricardo Pereira; Miguel Monteiro, Fernando Meira, Ricardo Carvalho,
Nuno Valente; Armando Teixeira 'Petit', Nuno Ribeiro 'Maniche';
Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro, Tiago Mendes (Hugo Viana 74'), Luís Figo [c]
(Hélder Postiga 86'); Pedro Resendes 'Pauleta' (Simão Sabrosa 63').
England: Paul Robinson; Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Ashley Cole;
Owen Hargreaves; David Beckham [c] (Aaron Lennon 52'
(Jamie Carragher 119')), Frank J. Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole
(Peter Crouch 65'); Wayne Rooney.
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina).
Coaches: Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
England: Sven-Göran Eriksson (Sweden).
Cards: Portugal: Armando Teixeira 'Petit' [Y 44'], Ricardo Carvalho [Y 111'].
England: John Terry [Y 30'], Wayne Rooney [R 62'],
Owen Hargreaves [Y 107'].
Penalties: 1-0 Simão Sabrosa, 1-0 Frank J. Lampard (save), 1-0 Hugo Viana (miss),
1-1 Owen Hargreaves, 1-1 Armando Teixeira 'Petit' (miss),
1-1 Steven Gerrard (save), 2-1 Hélder Postiga, 2-1 Jamie Carragher (save),
3-1 Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro.
04/07/2006, Dortmund, Signal Iduna Park 'FIFA WM-Stadion', 65000
World Cup
GERMANY 0
ITALY 2 (Fabio Grosso 119', Alessandro Del Piero 120+')
After Extra Time.
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Arne Friedrich, Per Mertesacker, Christoph Metzelder,
Philipp Lahm; Bernd Schneider (David Odonkor 83'), Michael Ballack [c],
Sebastian Kehl, Tim Borowski (Bastian Schweinsteiger 73'); Lukas Podolski,
Miroslav Klose (Oliver Neuville 111').
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Gianluca Zambrotta, Fabio Cannavaro [c], Marco Materazzi,
Fabio Grosso; Mauro Camoranesi (Vincenzo Iaquinta 91'), Andrea Pirlo,
Gennaro Gattuso, Simone Perrotta (Alessandro Del Piero 104');
Francesco Totti; Luca Toni (Alberto Gilardino 74').
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Italy: Marcello Lippi.
Cards: Germany: Tim Borowski [Y 40'], Christoph Metzelder [Y 56'].
Italy: Mauro Camoranesi [Y 90'].
05/07/2006, München (Germany), Allianz Arena 'FIFA WM-Stadion', 66000
World Cup
FRANCE 1 (Zinedine Zidane 33' pen)
PORTUGAL 0
France: Fabien Barthez; Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram, William Gallas, Éric Abidal;
Claude Makelele, Patrick Vieira; Franck Ribéry (Sidney Govou 72'),
Zinedine Zidane [c], Florent Malouda (Sylvain Wiltord 69'); Thierry Henry
(Louis Saha 85').
Portugal: Ricardo Pereira; Miguel Monteiro (Paulo Ferreira 62'), Fernando Meira,
Ricardo Carvalho, Nuno Valente; Francisco da Costa 'Costinha'
(Hélder Postiga 75'), Nuno Ribeiro 'Maniche'; Luís Figo [c],
Anderson de Sousa 'Deco', Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro;
Pedro Resendes 'Pauleta' (Simão Sabrosa 68').
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay).
Coaches: France: Raymond Domenech.
Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Cards: France: Louis Saha [Y 87'].
Portugal: Ricardo Carvalho [Y 82'].
08/07/2006, Stuttgart, Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, 52000
World Cup
GERMANY 3 (Bastian Schweinsteiger 56', 78', Armando Teixeira 'Petit' 61' OG)
PORTUGAL 1 (Nuno Ribeiro 'Nuno Gomes' 88')
Germany: Oliver Kahn [c]; Philipp Lahm, Jens Nowotny, Christoph Metzelder,
Marcell Jansen; Bernd Schneider, Torsten Frings, Sebastian Kehl,
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Thomas Hitzlsperger 79'); Miroslav Klose
(Oliver Neuville 65'), Lukas Podolski (Mike Hanke 71').
Portugal: Ricardo Pereira; Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Costa, Fernando Meira,
Nuno Valente (Nuno Ribeiro 'Nuno Gomes' 69'); Francisco da Costa 'Costinha'
(Armando Teixeira 'Petit' 46'), Nuno Ribeiro 'Maniche';
Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro, Anderson de Sousa 'Deco', Simão Sabrosa;
Pedro Resendes 'Pauleta' [c] (Luís Figo 77').
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Cards: Germany: Torsten Frings [Y 7'], Bastian Schweinsteiger [Y 78'].
Portugal: Ricardo Costa [Y 24'], Francisco da Costa 'Costinha' [Y 33'],
Paulo Ferreira [Y 61'].
09/07/2006, Berlin (Germany), Olympiastadion, 69000
World Cup
ITALY 1 (Marco Materazzi 19')
FRANCE 1 (Zinedine Zidane 7' pen)
Italy won 5-3 on penalties.
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Gianluca Zambrotta, Fabio Cannavaro [c], Marco Materazzi,
Fabio Grosso; Mauro Camoranesi (Alessandro Del Piero 86'), Andrea Pirlo,
Gennaro Gattuso, Simone Perrotta (Daniele De Rossi 61'); Francesco Totti
(Vincenzo Iaquinta 61'); Luca Toni.
France: Fabien Barthez; Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram, William Gallas, Éric Abidal;
Patrick Vieira (Alou Diarra 56'), Claude Makelele; Franck Ribéry
(David Trezeguet 100'), Zinedine Zidane [c], Florent Malouda; Thierry Henry
(Sylvain Wiltord 107').
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina).
Coaches: Italy: Marcello Lippi.
France: Raymond Domenech.
Cards: Italy: Gianluca Zambrotta [Y 5'].
France: Willy Sagnol [Y 12'], Alou Diarra [Y 76'],
Zinedine Zidane [R 110'], Florent Malouda [Y 111'].
Penalties: 1-0 Andrea Pirlo, 1-1 Sylvain Wiltord, 2-1 Marco Materazzi,
2-1 David Trezeguet (miss), 3-1 Daniele De Rossi, 3-2 Éric Abidal,
4-2 Alessandro Del Piero, 4-3 Willy Sagnol, 5-3 Fabio Grosso.
15/08/2006, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 12327
Friendly International
ICELAND 0
SPAIN 0
Iceland: Árni Gautur Arason; Grétar Rafn Steinsson, Ívar Ingimarsson,
Hermann Hreiðarsson [c], Indriði Sigurðsson; Kári Árnason
(Ármann Smári Björnsson 89'), Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson
(Ólafur Ingi Skúlason 46'), Arnar Þór Viðarsson (Sigurvin Ólafsson 85'),
Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson (Hjálmar Jónsson 78');
Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson (Matthías Guðmundsson 86'), Heiðar Helguson
(Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 60').
Spain: José Manuel Reina; Míchel Salgado, Sergio Ramos, Pablo Ibáñez,
Mariano Pernía (Antonio López 68'); Cesc Fábregas (Andrés Iniesta 68'),
David Albelda, Luis García Sanz (Joaquín Sánchez 46'); David Villa,
Raúl González [c], Fernando Torres (José Antonio Reyes 46').
Referee: Ian Stokes (Ireland).
Coaches: Iceland: Eyjólfur Sverrisson.
Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Cards: Iceland: Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson [Y 25'], Ólafur Ingi Skúlason [Y 50'],
Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson [Y 54'].
Spain: Luis García Sanz [Y 33'], Míchel Salgado [Y 71'].
15/08/2006, Bratislava, Tehelné pole, 2437
Friendly International
SLOVAKIA 3 (Filip Šebo 31', 75', 90')
MALTA 0
Slovakia: Kamil Čontofalský (Ľuboš Hajdúch 46'); Radoslav Zabavník (Ivan Hodúr 46'),
Jozef Valachovič, Ján Ďurica, Marián Had; Peter Hlinka (Martin Škrtel 46');
Miroslav Karhan [c], Marek Sapara (Vladimír Janočko 46'), Dušan Švento;
Filip Šebo, Filip Hološko (Róbert Vittek 46' (Marek Čech 62')).
Malta: Justin Haber (Mario Muscat 46'); Ian Ciantar, Luke Dimech, Stephen Wellman
(Brian Said 46'), Ian Azzopardi; Kevin Sammut, Gareth Sciberras
(Roderick Bajada 66'), Jamie Pace, Claude Mattocks (Dyson Falzon 75');
Gilbert Agius [c] (Ivan Woods 46'); Michael Mifsud (Andrè Schembri 46').
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia).
Coaches: Slovakia: Dušan Galis.
Malta: Dušan Fitzel (Czech Republic).
Cards: Slovakia: none.
Malta: Luke Dimech [Y 60'], Kevin Sammut [Y 64'], Claude Mattocks [Y 68'],
Ivan Woods [Y 90'].
15/08/2006, Celje, Arena Petrol, 2500
Friendly International
SLOVENIA 1 (Goran Šukalo 83')
ISRAEL 1 (Yossi Benayoun 81')
Slovenia: Borut Mavrič; Branko Ilič, Matej Mavrič, Aleksander Knavs [c],
Boštjan Cesar (Janez Aljančič 46'); Janez Zavrl (Andrej Komac 46'),
Anton Žlogar (Fabijan Cipot 89'), Robert Koren, Nastja Čeh
(Goran Šukalo 62'); Milivoje Novakovič, Klemen Lavrič
(Zlatan Ljubijankič 46').
Israel: Dudu Awat (Nir Davidovich 46'); Omri Afek, Shimon Gershon [c],
Tomer Ben-Yosef, Yoav Ziv; Michael Zandberg (Yossi Benayoun 68'),
Gal Alberman (Yossi Shivhon 75'), Walid Badir, Idan Tal
(Amit Ben-Shushan 46'); Yaniv Katan, Shlomi Arbeitman (Salim Tuama 80').
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic).
Coaches: Slovenia: Branko Oblak.
Israel: Dror Kashtan.
Cards: Slovenia: Branko Ilič [Y 59'].
Israel: none.
15/08/2006, Kyiv, Stadion Dynamo imeni Valeriia Lobanovskoho, 8000
Friendly International
UKRAINE 6 (Andrii Voronin 3', Serhii Nazarenko 12', Ruslan Rotan 25',
Oleh Husiev 45', Andrii Vorobei 71', Oleksii Bielik 90+')
AZERBAIJAN 0
Ukraine: Viacheslav Kernozenko; Serhii Tkachenko, Andrii Rusol, Oleksandr Kucher,
Andrii Nesmachnyi (Viacheslav Sviderskyi 56'); Oleh Husiev
(Andrii Vorobei 46'), Anatolii Tymoschuk [c] (Oleh Shelaiev 46'),
Serhii Nazarenko (Oleksandr Rykun 46'), Ruslan Rotan (Taras Mykhalyk 56');
Andrii Voronin (Andrii Husin 55'), Oleksii Bielik.
Azerbaijan: Fərhad Vəliyev; Aftandil Hacıyev, Rəşad Sadıqov [c], Ramin Quliyev;
Ramazan Abbasov (Zaur Həşimov 46'), Aslan Kərimov, Elmar Baxşıyev
(Rəşad Sadiqov 46'), Ceyhun Sultanov (Ruslan Abbasov 56'), Emin İmaməliyev
(Vaqif Cavadov 75'), İlqar Qurbanov (Fərrux İsmayılov 19'); Nadir Nəbiyev
(Vüqar Nadirov 63').
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia).
Coaches: Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Azerbaijan: Şahin Diniyev.
Cards: Ukraine: Serhii Tkachenko [Y 38'].
Azerbaijan: Ruslan Abbasov [Y 90+'].
15/08/2006, Swansea, Liberty Stadium, 8200
Friendly International
WALES 0
BULGARIA 0
Wales: Paul Jones; Mark Delaney (Richard Duffy 60'), Danny Gabbidon
(Rob Edwards 74'), James Collins, Sam Ricketts (David Vaughan 69');
Simon Davies, Carl Robinson, Carl Fletcher (Joe Ledley 52'), Ryan Giggs [c]
(Lewin Nyatanga 52'); Robert Earnshaw, Craig Bellamy (Paul Parry 72').
Bulgaria: Georgi Petkov (Dimitar Ivankov 46'); Stanislav Angelov (Georgi Iliev 81'),
Igor Tomašić, Rosen Kirilov, Lúcio Wagner; Stiliyan Petrov [c],
Radostin Kishishev (Yordan Todorov 73'); Georgi Peev (Blagoy Georgiev 56'),
Zoran Janković (Svetoslav Todorov 64'), Martin Petrov
(Zdravko Lazarov 57'); Dimitar Berbatov.
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta).
Coaches: Wales: John Toshack.
Bulgaria: Hristo Stoichkov.
Cards: Wales: none.
Bulgaria: Igor Tomašić [Y 73'].
16/08/2006, Anderlecht, Stade Constant Vanden Stock
European Championship Qualifying
BELGIUM 0
KAZAKHSTAN 0
Belgium: Stijn Stijnen; Carl Hoefkens (Anthony Vanden Borre 74'), Daniel Van Buyten,
Thomas Vermaelen, Jelle Van Damme (Luigi Pieroni 60'); Karel Geraerts,
Vincent Kompany (Stein Huysegems 38'), Timmy Simons [c], Bart Goor;
Thomas Buffel, Mousa Dembélé.
Kazakhstan: Davïd Lorïya; Egor Azovskïy, Aleksandr Kwçma, Maksïm Jalmağambetov,
Samat Smaqov; Andrey Karpovïç (Andrey Travïn 54'), Nïkïta Xoxlov;
Edward Sergïenko, Rwslan Baltïev, Nurbol Jumasqalïev [c]; Dmïtrïy Byakov.
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland).
Coaches: Belgium: René Vandereycken.
Kazakhstan: Arno Pijpers (Netherlands).
Cards: Belgium: none.
Kazakhstan: Dmïtrïy Byakov [Y 49'], Edward Sergïenko [Y 55'],
Samat Smaqov [Y 60'], Rwslan Baltïev [Y 66'].
16/08/2006, Tallinn, A. Le Coq Arena, 7500
European Championship Qualifying
ESTONIA 0
MACEDONIA 1 (Goce Sedloski 73')
Estonia: Mart Poom [c]; Enar Jääger, Andrei Stepanov, Raio Piiroja, Dmitri Kruglov;
Sergei Terehhov, Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Joel Lindpere (Tarmo Neemelo 74'),
Ragnar Klavan; Andrei Sidorenkov (Ingemar Teever 67'); Kristen Viikmäe
(Alo Bärengrub 90+').
Macedonia: Jane Nikoloski; Goce Sedloski [c], Igor Mitreski, Nikolče Noveski;
Vlade Lazarevski, Veliče Šumulikoski, Igor Jančevski, Robert Petrov
(Aleksandar Vasovski 87'); Goran Pandev (Darko Tasevski 82'); Ilčo Naumoski
(Aco Stojkov 71'), Goran Maznov.
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland).
Coaches: Estonia: Jelle Goes (Netherlands).
Macedonia: Srečko Katanec (Slovenia).
Cards: Estonia: Sergei Terehhov [Y 21'].
Macedonia: Igor Mitreski [Y 13'], Goce Sedloski [Y 56'].
16/08/2006, Toftir, Svangaskarð, 2114
European Championship Qualifying
FAROE ISLANDS 0
GEORGIA 6 (Davit Mujiri 16', Aleksandre Iashvili 18',
Shota Arveladze 37', 62', 82', Levan Kobiashvili 51' pen)
Faroe Islands: Jákup Mikkelsen; Jákup á Borg, Atli Danielsen, Óli Johannesen [c],
Janus Joensen; Claus Bech Jørgensen (Pauli Hansen 46'), Kári Nielsen,
Fróði Benjaminsen, Símun Samuelsen (Hans Pauli Samuelsen 60');
Rógvi Jacobsen (Jónhard Fredriksberg 71'), Christian Høgni Jacobsen.
Georgia: Grigol Chanturia; Kakha Aladashvili (Giorgi Gakhokidze 71'),
Giorgi Shashiashvili, Malkhaz Asatiani, Ilia Kandelaki
(Davit Kvirkvelia 66'); Gogita Gogua (Giorgi Demetradze 57'), Jaba Kankava,
Levan Kobiashvili [c], Davit Mujiri; Aleksandre Iashvili, Shota Arveladze.
Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)
Coaches: Faroe Islands: Jógvan Martin Olsen.
Georgia: Klaus Toppmöller (Germany).
Cards: Faroe Islands: Rógvi Jacobsen [Y 29'], Óli Johannesen [Y 43'].
Georgia: none.
Note: UEFA and many other sources erroneously report that Jaba Kankava scored
the first goal, and that Zurab Ionanidze played instead of
Giorgi Demetradze.
16/08/2006, Graz, UPC-Arena, 12000
Friendly International
AUSTRIA 1 (Sanel Kuljić 74')
HUNGARY 2 (Zoltán Gera 11', András Horváth 37')
Austria: Helge Payer (Jürgen Macho 46'); Joachim Standfest, Martin Stranzl,
Ferdinand Feldhofer, Emanuel Pogatetz (Markus Katzer 46');
Christoph Leitgeb, Paul Scharner (Johannes Ertl 87'), René Aufhauser
(Michael Mörz 80'), Andreas Ivanschitz [c] (Thomas Prager 62');
Zlatko Junuzović (Roman Wallner 46'), Sanel Kuljić.
Hungary: Gábor Király (Márton Fülöp 46'); Csaba Fehér, László Éger, Roland Juhász,
Péter Halmosi (Zsolt Lőw 61'); András Horváth (Zoltán Kiss 79'),
Balázs Molnár, Pál Dárdai [c]; Zoltán Gera (Péter Kabát 89'), Imre Szabics
(Thomas Sowunmi 59'), Szabolcs Huszti.
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia).
Coaches: Austria: Josef Hickersberger.
Hungary: Péter Bozsik.
Cards: Austria: Sanel Kuljic [Y 58'], Thomas Prager [Y 63'],
Paul Scharner [Y 70'], Roman Wallner [Y 90+'].
Hungary: Roland Juhász [Y 40'], Csaba Fehér [Y 90+'].
16/08/2006, Myensk, Stadyyon Dynama, 7500
Friendly International
BELARUS 3 (Alyaksandr Hlyeb 35', Vital Bulyha 76', Syarhyey Karnilyenka 84')
ANDORRA 0
Belarus: Vasil Khamutowski (Yury Zhawnow 46'); Uladzimir Karytska,
Syarhyey Amyelyanchuk, Alyaksandr Yurevich (Dzmitryy Lyantsevich 79');
Alyaksandr Kulchyy [c], Dzyanis Kowba; Alyaksandr Hlyeb
(Aleh Strakhanovich 46'), Maksim Ramashchanka, Tsimafyey Kalachow
(Alyaksandr Shahoyka 64'); Vital Lanko (Syarhyey Karnilyenka 46'),
Artsyom Kantsavy (Vital Bulyha 46').
Andorra: Jesús Álvarez 'Koldo' (Josep Anton Gomes 90+'); José García 'Txema',
Oscar Sonejee [c] (Alex Somoza 90+'), Toni Lima, Xavi Sánchez;
Márcio Vieira; Josep Ayala (Oscar da Cunha 78'), Marc Pujol, Toni Sivera
(Genís García 60'), Sergi Moreno (Juan Carlos Toscano 83'); Gabriel Riera
(Jordi Rubio 53').
Referee: Audrius Žuta (Lithuania).
Coaches: Belarus: Yury Puntus.
Andorra: David Rodrigo (Spain).
Cards: Belarus: none.
Andorra: Oscar Sonejee [Y 27'], Márcio Vieira [Y 40'],
José García 'Txema' [Y 43'], Jordi Rubio [Y 55'].
16/08/2006, Sarajevo, Stadion Asim Ferhatović - Hase, 35000
Friendly International
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 1 (Sergej Barbarez 16')
FRANCE 2 (William Gallas 41', Julien Faubert 90+')
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Kenan Hasagić; Džemal Berberović, Muhamed Konjić (Emir Spahić 6'),
Saša Papac, Vedin Musić; Vladan Grujić (Ivica Grlić 65'), Zlatan Bajramović
(Vule Trivunović 80'), Zvjezdan Misimović (Ivan Jolić 84'),
Hasan Salihamidžić (Admir Vladavić 46'); Mladen Bartolović
(Mirko Hrgović 74'), Sergej Barbarez [c] (Zlatan Muslimović 59').
France: Grégory Coupet; Willy Sagnol, Jean-Alain Boumsong (Gaël Givet 60'),
William Gallas, Éric Abidal; Franck Ribéry (Julien Faubert 69'),
Patrick Vieira [c], Rio Mavuba, Florent Malouda (Sylvain Wiltord 53');
Louis Saha, Thierry Henry.
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany).
Coaches: Bosnia/Herzegovina: Blaž Slišković.
France: Raymond Domenech.
Cards: Bosnia/Herzegovina: Emir Spahić [Y 34'].
France: Patrick Vieira [Y 86'].
16/08/2006, Uherské Hradiště, Městský fotbalový stadion, 8047
Friendly International
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 (Jiří Štajner 3')
SERBIA 3 (Danko Lazović 41', Marko Pantelić 54', Aleksandar Trišović 70')
Czech Republic: Jaromír Blažek; Zdeněk Grygera, David Rozehnal (Tomáš Zápotočný 46'),
Tomáš Ujfaluši, Marek Jankulovski (Roman Bednář 70'); Karel Piták
(Marek Kulič 60'), Jan Polák (Radoslav Kováč 46'), Pavel Nedvěd [c]
(David Jarolím 45'), Jaroslav Plašil (Libor Sionko 46'); Jan Koller,
Jiří Štajner.
Serbia: Vladimir Stojković; Marjan Marković, Milan Stepanov, Milan Biševac,
Aleksandar Luković; Ognjen Koroman (Nenad Kovačević 46'), Igor Duljaj,
Saša Ilić (Aleksandar Trišović 46'), Dejan Stanković [c]
(Danijel Ljuboja 62'); Danko Lazović (Nikola Žigić 46'), Marko Pantelić
(Branislav Ivanović 79').
Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria).
Coaches: Czech Republic: Karel Brückner.
Serbia: Javier Clemente (Spain).
Cards: Czech Republic: David Jarolím [Y 54'], Roman Bednář [Y 88'].
Serbia: Milan Stepanov [Y 22' YR 76'].
16/08/2006, Odense, Fionia Park, 11088
Friendly International
DENMARK 2 (Nicklas Bendtner 32', Dennis Rommedahl 63')
POLAND 0
Denmark: Thomas Sørensen; Lars Jacobsen, Michael Gravgaard, Daniel Agger,
Niclas Jensen; Rasmus Würtz (Thomas Helveg 52'), Thomas Gravesen;
Dennis Rommedahl (Peter Løvenkrands 74'), Thomas Kahlenberg
(Claus Jensen 46'), Martin Jørgensen [c] (Jan Kristiansen 78');
Nicklas Bendtner (Mads Junker 67').
Poland: Jerzy Dudek; Michał Żewłakow, Mariusz Jop, Jacek Bąk, Seweryn Gancarczyk
(Paweł Golański 46'); Euzebiusz Smolarek (Ireneusz Jeleń 63'),
Arkadiusz Radomski, Mirosław Szymkowiak (Sebastian Mila 74'),
Jacek Krzynówek; Maciej Żurawski [c], Tomasz Frankowski.
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland).
Coaches: Denmark: Morten Olsen.
Poland: Leo Beenhakker (Netherlands).
Cards: Denmark: none.
Poland: Mariusz Jop [Y 3'].
16/08/2006, Manchester, Old Trafford, 45864
Friendly International
ENGLAND 4 (John Terry 14', Frank J. Lampard 30', Peter Crouch 35', 42')
GREECE 0
England: Paul Robinson (Chris Kirkland 46'); Gary Neville (Jamie Carragher 78'),
Rio Ferdinand, John Terry [c], Ashley Cole (Wayne Bridge 81');
Steven Gerrard (Darren Bent 79'), Owen Hargreaves, Frank J. Lampard,
Stewart Downing (Aaron Lennon 69'); Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe
(Kieran Richardson 69').
Greece: Andónyis Nyikopolyídhis; Loukás Víndra, Traianós Dhéllas
(Yórghos Anatolákyis 65'), Paraskyevás Ándzas (Sotíris Kyiryákos 46'),
Tákyis Físsas (Panayótis Laghós 29'); Thódhoros Zaghorákyis [c]
(Ángyelos Basinás 46'), Konstandínos Katsourányis, Yórghos Karangoúnyis;
Stélyos Yannakópoulos (Dhimítris Salpingyídhis 46'), Ángyelos Kharistéas,
Yórghos Samarás (Yánnyis Amanatídhis 46').
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany).
Coaches: England: Steve McClaren.
Greece: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Cards: None.
16/08/2006, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 12500
Friendly International
FINLAND 1 (Mika Väyrynen 74')
NORTHERN IRELAND 2 (David Healy 34', Kyle Lafferty 64')
Finland: Jussi Jääskeläinen; Petri Pasanen, Sami Hyypiä [c] (Juha Pasoja 81'),
Hannu Tihinen, Toni Kallio; Mika Nurmela (Jonatan Johansson 74'),
Aki Riihilahti (Mika Väyrynen 46'), Jari Ilola (Jarkko Wiss 46'),
Joonas Kolkka (Pekka Lagerblom 74'); Alexei Eremenko Jr,
Mikael Forssell (Shefki Kuqi 57').
Northern Ireland: Maik Taylor (Roy Carroll 46'); Chris Baird, Aaron Hughes
(Michael Duff 65'), Stephen Craigan, Tony Capaldi; Keith Gillespie
(Steve Jones 46'), Grant McCann, Sammy Clingan, Stuart Elliott
(Ivan Sproule 65'); James Quinn (Kyle Lafferty 51'), David Healy [c]
(Warren Feeney 46').
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark).
Coaches: Finland: Roy Hodgson (England).
Northern Ireland: Lawrie Sanchez.
Cards: Finland: Jarkko Wiss [Y 52'].
Northern Ireland: James Quinn [Y 51'], Roy Carroll [Y 85'].
16/08/2006, Gelsenkirchen, Veltins-Arena, 53000
Friendly International
GERMANY 3 (Bernd Schneider 4', Miroslav Klose 8', 44')
SWEDEN 0
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Philipp Lahm, Arne Friedrich (Manuel Friedrich 46'),
Jens Nowotny, Marcell Jansen (Malik Fathi 46'); Bernd Schneider [c]
(David Odonkor 82'), Tim Borowski, Torsten Frings
(Thomas Hitzlsperger 74'), Bastian Schweinsteiger; Miroslav Klose
(Oliver Neuville 46'), Lukas Podolski (Gerald Asamoah 64').
Sweden: Rami Shaaban; Mikael Nilsson (Kennedy Bakircioglü 73'), Petter Hansson,
Mikael Antonsson, Fredrik Stenman; Niclas Alexandersson,
Tobias Linderoth [c] (Daniel Andersson 70'), Kim Källström,
Christian Wilhelmsson (Markus Rosenberg 67'); Anders Svensson;
Johan Elmander (Fredrik Berglund 83').
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy).
Coaches: Germany: Joachim Löw.
Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
Cards: Germany: Lukas Podolski [Y 58'].
Sweden: Anders Svensson [Y 58'].
16/08/2006, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 42400
Friendly International
IRELAND 0
NETHERLANDS 4 (Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 25', 53', Arjen Robben 41', Robin van Persie 70')
Ireland: Paddy Kenny; Stephen Carr (Alan O'Brien 46'), Andy O'Brien, John O'Shea,
Steve Finnan (Stephen Kelly 64'); Aiden McGeady, Steven Reid [c]
(Liam Miller 46'), Graham Kavanagh (Jonathan Douglas 46'); Stephen Elliott,
Kevin Kilbane; Clinton Morrison (Kevin Doyle 46').
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar [c]; Johnny Heitinga, André Ooijer (Kew Jaliens 77'),
Joris Mathijsen, Tim de Cler (Urby Emanuelson 61'); Denny Landzaat
(Nigel de Jong 46'), Stijn Schaars (Theo Janssen 83'),
Rafael van der Vaart; Robin van Persie, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Arjen Robben
(Dirk Kuijt 46').
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway).
Coaches: Ireland: Steve Staunton.
Netherlands: Marco van Basten.
Cards: Ireland: none.
Netherlands: Denny Landzaat [Y 6'].
16/08/2006, Livorno, Stadio Armando Picchi, 12000
Friendly International
ITALY 0
CROATIA 2 (Eduardo da Silva 28', Luka Modrić 42')
Italy: Marco Amelia; Cristian Zenoni, Christian Terlizzi, Giulio Falcone,
Giorgio Chiellini; Gennaro Delvecchio (Antonio Di Natale 84'),
Fabio Liverani (Angelo Palombo 58'), Massimo Ambrosini [c]
(Massimo Gobbi 75'); Mauro Esposito (Franco Semioli 46'),
Cristiano Lucarelli (Andrea Caracciolo 65'), Tommaso Rocchi
(David Di Michele 58').
Croatia: Stipe Pletikosa; Goran Sablić, Dario Knežević, Josip Šimunić,
Anthony Šerić (Vedran Ćorluka 46'); Darijo Srna (Niko Kranjčar 46'),
Niko Kovač [c] (Ivan Leko 46'), Luka Modrić; Eduardo da Silva
(Ivica Olić 78'), Ivan Klasnić (Boško Balaban 62'), Milan Rapaić
(Mladen Petrić 57').
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany).
Coaches: Italy: Roberto Donadoni.
Croatia: Slaven Bilić.
Cards: Italy: Fabio Liverani [Y 36'], Christian Terlizzi [Y 36'],
Giorgio Chiellini [Y 75'].
Croatia: Eduardo da Silva [Y 21'], Darijo Srna [Y 36'],
Milan Rapaić [Y 40'], Ivan Leko [Y 50'], Mladen Petrić [Y 90'].
16/08/2006, Vaduz, Rheinpark Stadion, 4837
Friendly International
LIECHTENSTEIN 0
SWITZERLAND 3 (Alexander Frei 11', 51' pen, Xavier Margairaz 65')
Liechtenstein: Peter Jehle; Marco Ritzberger (Sandro Maierhofer 57'), Daniel Hasler [c],
Christof Ritter (Raphael Rohrer 71'), Martin Telser; Thomas Beck,
Ronny Büchel (Martin Büchel 46'), Martin Stocklasa, Franz Burgmeier;
Mario Frick (Daniel Frick 80'), Fabio D'Elia (Roger Beck 58').
Switzerland: Pascal Zuberbühler (Fabio Coltorti 46'); Philipp Degen
(Stéphane Grichting 72'), Johan Djourou, Patrick Müller, Ludovic Magnin;
Daniel Gygax, Johann Vogel [c] (Blerim Džemaili 46'), Tranquillo Barnetta
(Christoph Spycher 65'); Xavier Margairaz (Ricardo Cabañas 69');
Marco Streller, Alexander Frei (Mauro Lustrinelli 61').
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria).
Coaches: Switzerland: Jakob Kuhn.
Liechtenstein: Martin Andermatt (Switzerland).
Cards: Switzerland: Ludovic Magnin [Y 44'], Daniel Gygax [Y 88'].
Liechtenstein: Marco Ritzberger [Y 37'].
16/08/2006, Luxembourg, Stade Josy Barthel, 3353
Friendly International
LUXEMBOURG 0
TURKEY 1 (Fatih Tekke 26')
Luxembourg: Jonathan Joubert; Kim Kintziger, Claude Reiter, Eric Hoffmann,
Mario Mutsch; Claudio Lombardelli, René Peters (Charles Leweck 46'),
Jeff Strasser [c], Carlos Ferreira, Sébastien Rémy; Aurélien Joachim
(Daniel Huss 86').
Turkey: Rüştü Reçber [c]; Hamit Altıntop, Can Arat, Gökhan Zan, Orhan Ak;
Arda Turan (Mehmet Topuz 81'), Mehmet Aurélio (Hüseyin Çimşir 87'),
Tuncay Şanlı (Tümer Metin 46'); Yıldıray Baştürk (Necati Ateş 71');
Nihat Kahveci (Halil Altıntop 46'), Fatih Tekke (Hakan Şükür 46').
Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Guy Hellers.
Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Cards: Luxembourg: Jeff Strasser [Y 58'].
Turkey: Can Arat [Y 56'], Arda Turan [Y 75'].
16/08/2006, Chişinău, Baza Zimbru, 7000
Friendly International
MOLDOVA 3 (Serghei Dadu 15' pen, Serghei Iepureanu 57', Serghei Cleşcenco 87' pen)
LITHUANIA 2 (Robertas Poškus 14', Tomas Danilevičius 39')
Moldova: Denis Romanenco (Serghei Paşcenco 46'); Serghei Laşcencov, Ion Testimiţanu,
Radu Rebeja [c]; Ghenadie Olexici (Victor Berco 46'), Oleg Şişchin
(Boris Cebotari 46'), Vadim Boreţ (Serghei Cleşcenco 46'),
Stanislav Ivanov, Serghei Covalciuc; Serghei Iepureanu
(Andrei Corneencov 83'); Serghei Dadu (Serghei Rogaciov 57').
Lithuania: Žydrūnas Karčemarskas; Marius Stankevičius, Andrius Skerla,
Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Gediminas Paulauskas (Aidas Preikšaitis 18');
Andrius Gedgaudas (Tomas Radzinevičius 71'), Rolandas Džiaukštas,
Mantas Savėnas (Irmantas Zelmikas 85'), Igoris Morinas
(Vitalijus Kavaliauskas 63'); Tomas Danilevičius [c]
(Ričardas Beniušis 80'), Robertas Poškus (Povilas Lukšys 74').
Referee: Vitalii Hodulian (Ukraine).
Coaches: Moldova: Anatol Teslev.
Lithuania: Algimantas Liubinskas.
Cards: Moldova: Boris Cebotari [Y 52'].
Lithuania: Andrius Skerla [Y 63'], Tomas Žvirgždauskas [Y 70'].
16/08/2006, Constanţa, Stadionul Farul, 10000
Friendly International
ROMANIA 2 (Nicolae Dică 4', Adrian Mutu 29')
CYPRUS 0
Romania: Bogdan Lobonţ (Dănuţ Coman 46'); Cosmin Contra (Valentin Bădoi 56'),
Gabriel Tamaş, Cristian Chivu [c] (Vasile Maftei 67'), Răzvan Raţ
(Petre Marin 74'); Paul Codrea, Dorinel Munteanu (Laurenţiu Roşu 46');
Florentin Petre (Bănel Nicoliţă 46'), Nicolae Dică (Ştefan Grigorie 62'),
Adrian Mutu (Mugurel Buga 46'); Daniel Niculae (Ciprian Marica 46').
Cyprus: Andónyis Yorghallyídhis; Mários Ilyía (Khrístos Marangós 55'),
Krístis Theofílou (Loukás Louká 46'), Lámbros Lámbrou, Tom Williams
(Nektários Alexándhrou 46'); Konstandínos Kharalambídhis,
Konstandínos Makrídhis, Khrísis Mikhaíl, Aléxis Gharpózis;
Yannákyis Okkás [c] (Alékos Alékou 62'), Yórghos Nyikoláou
(Marínos Satsiás 46').
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania).
Coaches: Romania: Victor Piţurcă.
Cyprus: Ángyelos Anastasiádhis (Greece).
Cards: Romania: Răzvan Raţ [Y 53'].
Cyprus: Konstandínos Makrídhis [Y 51'].
16/08/2006, Moskva, Tsentralnyy stadion Lokomotiv, 20000
Friendly International
RUSSIA 1 (Pavel Pogrebnyak 90+')
LATVIA 0
Russia: Igor Akinfeyev; Vasiliy Berezutskiy, Sergey Ignashevich,
Aleksey Berezutskiy; Aleksandr Anyukov, Yevgeniy Aldonin [c],
Vladislav Radimov (Dmitriy Loskov 46'), Marat Izmaylov (Igor Semshov 76');
Andrey Arshavin, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Pavel Pogrebnyak 81');
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Roman Pavlyuchenko 46').
Latvia: Aleksandrs Koliņko; Oskars Kļava, Igors N. Stepanovs, Māris Smirnovs,
Dzintars Zirnis (Igors Korabļovs 76'); Imants Bleidelis,
Vitālijs Astafjevs [c], Juris Laizāns, Andrejs Rubins; Māris Verpakovskis,
Andrejs Prohorenkovs (Viktors Morozs 63').
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland).
Coaches: Russia: Guus Hiddink (Netherlands).
Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
Cards: Russia: Vasiliy Berezutskiy [Y 51'].
Latvia: none.
16/08/2006, Serravalle, Stadio Olimpico, 700
Friendly International
SAN MARINO 0
ALBANIA 3 (Igli Tare 7', Ervin Skela 28', Altin Lala 32')
San Marino: Aldo Simoncini; Carlo Valentini (Mattia Masi 69'), Nicola Albani,
Alessandro Della Valle (Davide Simoncini 75'), Simone Bacciocchi,
Damiano Vannucci (Alberto Celli 46'); Matteo Bugli (Giovanni Bonini 46'),
Mirko Palazzi (Federico Nanni 73'), Manuel Marani, Michele Marani
(Nicola Ciacci 60'); Andy Selva [c].
Albania: Ilion Lika (Isli Hidi 46'); Elvin Beqiri, Armend Dallku, Besnik Hasi
(Erion Xhafa 66'), Ardian Aliaj; Klodian Duro (Altin Haxhi 46'), Altin Lala
(Devi Muka 46'), Lorik Cana (Bledi Shkëmbi 54'), Ervin Skela; Igli Tare [c]
(Edmond Kapllani 46'), Erion Bogdani.
Referee: ?. Enzoli (Malta).
Coaches: San Marino: Giampaolo Mazza.
Albania: Otto Barić (Croatia).
Cards: San Marino: Nicola Albani [Y 77'].
Albania: Elvin Beqiri [Y 65'].
01/09/2006, Brøndby, Brøndby Stadion, 13186
Friendly International
DENMARK 4 (Jon Dahl Tomasson 14', Thomas Kahlenberg 21', Martin Jørgensen 77',
Nicklas Bendtner 90')
PORTUGAL 2 (Ricardo Carvalho 16', 65')
Denmark: Thomas Sørensen; Lars Jacobsen (Thomas Helveg 72'), Michael Gravgaard,
Daniel Agger, Niclas Jensen; Rasmus Würtz (Christian Poulsen 46'),
Thomas Gravesen (Daniel Jensen 62'); Dennis Rommedahl, Thomas Kahlenberg
(Jan Kristiansen 85'), Martin Jørgensen (Claus Jensen 79');
Jon Dahl Tomasson [c] (Nicklas Bendtner 75').
Portugal: Ricardo Pereira; Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Costa, Ricardo Carvalho
(Ricardo Rocha 70'), Marco Caneira; Francisco da Costa 'Costinha' [c],
Tiago Mendes (Carlos Martins 46'), João Moutinho
(Armando Teixeira 'Petit' 46'); Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro
(Luís Boa Morte 66'), Nuno Ribeiro 'Nuno Gomes', Luís da Cunha 'Nani'
(Hugo Almeida 66').
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland).
Coaches: Denmark: Morten Olsen.
Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Cards: Denmark: Christian Poulsen [Y 62'].
Portugal: Luís Boa Morte [Y 88'].
Note: Thomas Sørensen saved a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro at 58'.
02/09/2006, Beograd, Stadion Crvena Zvezda 'Marakana', 0 (closed doors)
European Championship Qualifying
SERBIA 1 (Nikola Žigić 72')
AZERBAIJAN 0
Serbia: Vladimir Stojković; Marjan Marković, Milan Stepanov, Mladen Krstajić,
Aleksandar Luković; Ognjen Koroman (Saša Ilić 64'), Igor Duljaj,
Dejan Stanković [c]; Danko Lazović (Ivan Ergić 74'), Marko Pantelić
(Danijel Ljuboja 81'), Nikola Žigić.
Azerbaijan: Fərhad Vəliyev; Aslan Kərimov [c], Sergey Sokolov, Ruslan Abbasov;
Zaur Həşimov, Andre Ladaqa (Vaqif Cavadov 77'), Aleksandr Çertoqanov,
Elmar Baxşıyev, Yuri Muzika (İlqar Qurbanov 62'), Emin İmaməliyev;
Fərrux İsmayılov (Samir Musayev 72').
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany).
Coaches: Serbia: Javier Clemente (Spain).
Azerbaijan: Şahin Diniyev.
Cards: Serbia: Igor Duljaj [Y 30'].
Azerbaijan: Elmar Baxşıyev [Y 20'], Ruslan Abbasov [Y 66'],
Andre Ladaqa [Y 76'].
Note: The match was played behind closed doors as punishment by FIFA for crowd
violence during the World Cup Qualifying match on 12/10/2005 against
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
02/09/2006, Bydgoszcz, Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka, 17000
European Championship Qualifying
POLAND 1 (Łukasz Garguła 90')
FINLAND 3 (Jari Litmanen 54', 76' pen, Mika Väyrynen 85')
Poland: Jerzy Dudek; Marcin Wasilewski, Arkadiusz Głowacki, Jacek Bąk,
Michał Żewłakow; Jakub Błaszczykowski (Ireneusz Jeleń 46'),
Mirosław Szymkowiak (Euzebiusz Smolarek 46'), Arkadiusz Radomski,
Jacek Krzynówek; Maciej Żurawski [c], Tomasz Frankowski
(Łukasz Garguła 74').
Finland: Jussi Jääskeläinen; Petri Pasanen, Sami Hyypiä, Hannu Tihinen, Toni Kallio;
Teemu Tainio, Mika Väyrynen, Markus Heikkinen, Joonas Kolkka
(Mika Nurmela 79'); Jari Litmanen [c] (Mikael Forssell 87');
Jonatan Johansson (Alexei Eremenko Jr 67').
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France).
Coaches: Poland: Leo Beenhakker (Netherlands).
Finland: Roy Hodgson (England).
Cards: Poland: Mika Väyrynen [Y 80'].
Finland: Arkadiusz Głowacki [R 75'].
02/09/2006, Tbilisi, Boris Paichadzis Sakhelobis Erovnuli Stadioni, 57000
European Championship Qualifying
GEORGIA 0
FRANCE 3 (Florent Malouda 7', Louis Saha 16', Malkhaz Asatiani 47' OG)
Georgia: Grigol Chanturia; Kakha Aladashvili (Ilia Kandelaki 37'),
Zurab Khizanishvili, Malkhaz Asatiani, Gogita Gogua; Giorgi Demetradze,
Jaba Kankava, Levan Kobiashvili [c], Davit Mujiri
(Zurab Menteshashvili 81'); Shota Arveladze, Aleksandre Iashvili
(Davit Kvirkvelia 46').
France: Grégory Coupet; Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram, William Gallas, Éric Abidal;
Franck Ribéry (Sidney Govou 69'), Patrick Vieira [c], Claude Makelele
(Rio Mavuba 58'), Florent Malouda; Louis Saha (Sylvain Wiltord 86'),
Thierry Henry.
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands).
Coaches: Georgia: Klaus Toppmöller (Germany).
France: Raymond Domenech.
Cards: Georgia: Levan Kobiashvili [Y 9'], Jaba Kankava [Y 45'],
Gogita Gogua [Y 52'], Georgi Demetradze [Y 80'].
France: none.
02/09/2006, Napoli, Stadio San Paolo, 60000
European Championship Qualifying
ITALY 1 (Filippo Inzaghi 30')
LITHUANIA 1 (Tomas Danilevičius 21')
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Massimo Oddo, Fabio Cannavaro [c], Andrea Barzagli,
Fabio Grosso; Andrea Pirlo, Gennaro Gattuso, Daniele De Rossi
(Marco Marchionni 61'), Simone Perrotta (Alberto Gilardino 71');
Antonio Cassano, Filippo Inzaghi (David Di Michele 87').
Lithuania: Žydrūnas Karčemarskas; Marius Stankevičius, Andrius Skerla,
Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Rolandas Džiaukštas; Deividas Česnauskis,
Aidas Preikšaitis, Mantas Savėnas (Mindaugas Kalonas 65'),
Saulius Mikoliūnas (Tomas Tamošauskas 82'); Robertas Poškus
(Tadas Labukas 79'), Tomas Danilevičius [c].
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden).
Coaches: Italy: Roberto Donadoni.
Lithuania: Algimantas Liubinskas.
Cards: Italy: Simone Perrotta [Y 28'], Gennaro Gattuso [Y 90'].
Lithuania: Rolandas Džiaukštas [Y 17'], Žydrūnas Karčemarskas [Y 86'].
02/09/2006, Glasgow, Celtic Park, 50059
European Championship Qualifying
SCOTLAND 6 (Darren Fletcher 7', James McFadden 10', Kris Boyd 24' pen, 38',
Kenny Miller 30' pen, Garry O'Connor 85')
FAROE ISLANDS 0
Scotland: Craig Gordon; Christian Dailly, Steven Pressley, David Weir [c],
Gary Naysmith; Darren Fletcher (Gary Teale 46'), Paul Hartley,
Nigel Quashie (Scott Severin 84'); James McFadden, Kris Boyd, Kenny Miller
(Garry O'Connor 61').
Faroe Islands: Jákup Mikkelsen; Jákup á Borg, Óli Johannesen [c], Atli Danielsen,
Janus Joensen; Pauli Hansen; Julian Johnsson (Símun Samuelsen 76'),
Fróði Benjaminsen, Rógvi Jacobsen (Kári Nielsen 84'), Jónhard Fredriksberg
(Hanus Thorleifsson 60'); Christian Høgni Jacobsen.
Referee: Igor Yegorov (Russia).
Coaches: Scotland: Walter Smith.
Faroe Islands: Jógvan Martin Olsen.
Cards: Scotland: Darren Fletcher [Y 40'], Kenny Miller [Y 43'].
Faroe Islands: Jákup á Borg [Y 23'], Fróði Benjaminsen [Y 40'],
Jónhard Fredriksberg [Y 51'], Óli Johannesen [Y 58'].
02/09/2006, Chişinău, Baza Zimbru, 10500
European Championship Qualifying
MOLDOVA 0
GREECE 1 (Nyíkos Lyimberópoulos 79')
Moldova: Serghei Paşcenco; Ghenadie Olexici, Serghei Laşcencov, Ion Testimiţanu,
Radu Rebeja [c]; Victor Berco, Andrei Corneencov, Stanislav Ivanov,
Serghei Covalciuc; Serghei Iepureanu (Serghei Cleşcenco 65');
Serghei Rogaciov (Serghei Dadu 74').
Greece: Andónyis Nyikopolyídhis; Yoúrkas Seitarídhis, Traianós Dhéllas
(Yórghos Anatolákyis 89'), Sotíris Kyiryákos, Tákyis Físsas;
Thódhoros Zaghorákyis [c] (Dhimítris Salpingyídhis 46'),
Konstandínos Katsourányis, Ángyelos Basinás; Yánnyis Amanatídhis,
Ángyelos Kharistéas (Nyíkos Lyimberópoulos 46'), Yórghos Karangoúnyis.
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy).
Coaches: Moldova: Anatol Teslev.
Greece: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Cards: Moldova: Radu Rebeja [Y 28'], Victor Berco [Y 67'].
Greece: Ángyelos Basinás [Y 63'], Tákyis Físsas [Y 89'].
Note: Ángyelos Basinás missed a penalty at 29'.
02/09/2006, Budapest, Szusza Ferenc-stadion, 13000
European Championship Qualifying
HUNGARY 1 (Zoltán Gera 90' pen)
NORWAY 4 (Ole Gunnar Solskjær 15', 54', Fredrik Strømstad 32',
Morten Gamst Pedersen 41')
Hungary: Gábor Király; Csaba Fehér, László Éger, Roland Juhász (Vilmos Vanczák 65'),
Zsolt Lőw; András Horváth (Zoltán Kiss 61'), Balázs Molnár, Pál Dárdai [c];
Zoltán Gera, Szabolcs Huszti; Thomas Sowunmi (Sándor Torghelle 80').
Norway: Thomas Myhre; Anders Rambekk, Erik Hagen, Brede Paulsen Hangeland,
Marius Johnsen; Martin Andresen [c], Kristofer Hæstad
(Tommy Svindal Larsen 85'); Fredrik Strømstad (Daniel Omoya Braaten 62'),
Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Morten Gamst Pedersen; John Carew
(Steffen Iversen 76').
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands).
Coaches: Hungary: Péter Bozsik.
Norway: Åge Hareide.
Cards: Hungary: László Éger [Y 62'], Sándor Torghelle [Y 82'].
Norway: Marius Johnsen [Y 85'].
02/09/2006, Ta'Qali, National Stadium, 3000
European Championship Qualifying
MALTA 2 (Jamie Pace 5', Michael Mifsud 86')
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 5 (Sergej Barbarez 4', Mirko Hrgović 9', Mladen Bartolović 45',
Zlatan Muslimović 49', Zvjezdan Misimović 51')
Malta: Justin Haber; Ian Ciantar (Ivan Woods 46'), Brian Said, Luke Dimech,
Ian Azzopardi; Kevin Sammut, Jamie Pace, Gilbert Agius [c]
(Gareth Sciberras 83'), Claude Mattocks (Peter Pullicino 66');
Andrè Schembri; Michael Mifsud.
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Kenan Hasagić; Džemal Berberović, Emir Spahić, Saša Papac
(Ninoslav Milenković 62'), Vedin Musić; Mladen Bartolović
(Mirsad Bešlija 53'), Zlatan Bajramović, Sergej Barbarez [c]
(Vladan Grujić 67'), Mirko Hrgović; Zvjezdan Misimović, Zlatan Muslimović.
Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark).
Coaches: Malta: Dušan Fitzel (Czech Republic).
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Blaž Slišković.
Cards: Malta: Jamie Pace [Y 57'], Ivan Woods [Y 66']
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Emir Spahić [Y 87'].
02/09/2006, Teplice, Na Stínadlech, 16204
European Championship Qualifying
CZECH REPUBLIC 2 (David Lafata 76', 89')
WALES 1 (Martin Jiránek 85' OG)
Czech Republic: Petr Čech; Tomáš Ujfaluši, Martin Jiránek, David Rozehnal,
Marek Jankulovski; Jiří Štajner (Libor Sionko 46'), Tomáš Galásek
(Radoslav Kováč 88'), Tomáš Rosický [c], Jaroslav Plašil; Jan Koller,
Marek Kulič (David Lafata 75').
Wales: Paul Jones; Mark Delaney (David Cotterill 79'), James Collins,
Danny Gabbidon, Lewin Nyatanga, Sam Ricketts (Robert Earnshaw 79');
Simon Davies, Carl Robinson, Carl Fletcher (Joe Ledley 46'); Craig Bellamy,
Ryan Giggs [c].
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden).
Coaches: Czech Republic: Karel Brückner.
Wales: John Toshack.
Cards: Czech Republic: none.
Wales: Danny Gabbidon [Y 77'].
02/09/2006, Stuttgart, Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, 53198
European Championship Qualifying
GERMANY 1 (Lukas Podolski 57')
IRELAND 0
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Philipp Lahm, Manuel Friedrich, Arne Friedrich,
Marcell Jansen; Bernd Schneider (Tim Borowski 84'), Michael Ballack [c],
Torsten Frings, Bastian Schweinsteiger; Miroslav Klose, Lukas Podolski
(Oliver Neuville 76').
Ireland: Shay Given; Stephen Carr, Andy O'Brien, Richard Dunne, Steve Finnan;
Steven Reid, John O'Shea, Kevin Kilbane (Alan O'Brien 83');
Robbie Keane [c], Damien Duff (Aiden McGeady 77'); Kevin Doyle
(Stephen Elliott 79').
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain).
Coaches: Germany: Joachim Löw.
Ireland: Steve Staunton.
Cards: Germany: Bastian Schweinsteiger [Y 49'], Miroslav Klose [Y 60'],
Bernd Schneider [Y 80'].
Ireland: Steven Reid [Y 56'], Richard Dunne [Y 90+'], Shay Given [Y 90+'].
Note: Irish coach Steve Staunton was sent-off at 75'.
02/09/2006, Bratislava, Tehelné pole, 4323
European Championship Qualifying
SLOVAKIA 6 (Martin Škrtel 9', Marek Mintál 33', 55', Filip Šebo 43', 48',
Miroslav Karhan 52')
CYPRUS 1 (Yasemákyis Yasemí 90+')
Slovakia: Kamil Čontofalský; Radoslav Zabavník (Matej Krajčík 46'), Martin Škrtel,
Ján Ďurica, Marek Čech; Peter Hlinka; Miroslav Karhan [c], Marek Mintál,
Dušan Švento; Szilárd Németh (Filip Hološko 46'), Filip Šebo
(Ivan Hodúr 56').
Cyprus: Mikhályis Morfís; Yórghos Theodhótou, Loukás Louká (Krístis Theofílou 67'),
Lámbros Lámbrou, Aléxis Gharpózis (Símos Krassás 46');
Konstandínos Kharalambídhis, Konstandínos Makrídhis, Khrísis Mikhaíl,
Nektários Alexándhrou (Mários Ilyía 46'); Yasemákyis Yasemí,
Yannákyis Okkás [c].
Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine).
Coaches: Slovakia: Dušan Galis.
Cyprus: Ángyelos Anastasiádhis (Greece).
Cards: Slovakia: Martin Škrtel [Y 7'].
Cyprus: Konstandínos Makrídhis [Y 50'].
02/09/2006, Tallinn, A. Le Coq Arena, 7800
European Championship Qualifying
ESTONIA 0
ISRAEL 1 (Roberto Colautti 7')
Estonia: Mart Poom [c]; Enar Jääger, Andrei Stepanov, Raio Piiroja, Dmitri Kruglov;
Sergei Terehhov, Aleksandr Dmitrijev (Alo Bärengrub 87'), Ragnar Klavan;
Andres Oper, Kristen Viikmäe (Konstantin Vassiljev 69'), Tarmo Neemelo
(Ingemar Teever 87').
Israel: Dudu Awat; Omri Afek, Shimon Gershon, Tal Ben-Haim, Yoav Ziv; Idan Tal,
Walid Badir, Yaniv Katan (Gal Alberman 72'), Michael Zandberg
(Amit Ben-Shushan 60'); Yossi Benayoun [c]; Roberto Colautti.
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium).
Coaches: Estonia: Jelle Goes (Netherlands).
Israel: Dror Kashtan.
Cards: Estonia: Raio Piiroja [Y 45+'].
Israel: Walid Badir [Y 24'].
02/09/2006, Manchester, Old Trafford, 56290
European Championship Qualifying
ENGLAND 5 (Peter Crouch 5', 66', Steven Gerrard 13', Jermain Defoe 38', 47')
ANDORRA 0
England: Paul Robinson; Phil Neville (Aaron Lennon 65'), Wes Brown, John Terry [c],
Ashley Cole; Steven Gerrard, Owen Hargreaves, Frank J. Lampard,
Stewart Downing (Kieran Richardson 65'); Jermain Defoe (Andy Johnson 72'),
Peter Crouch.
Andorra: Jesús Álvarez 'Koldo'; José García 'Txema', Oscar Sonejee, Toni Lima,
Xavi Sánchez (Juli Sánchez 46'); Márcio Vieira; Josep Ayala, Marc Pujol
(Manolo Jiménez 48'), Toni Sivera (Genís García 78'), Justo Ruiz [c];
Fernando Silva.
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria).
Coaches: England: Steve McClaren.
Andorra: David Rodrigo (Spain).
Cards: England: Wes Brown [Y 45'].
Andorra: Toni Sivera [Y 69'], Manolo Jiménez [Y 90'].
02/09/2006, Badajoz, Estadio Nuevo Vivero, 12400
European Championship Qualifying
SPAIN 4 (Fernando Torres 20', David Villa 45', 62', Luis García Sanz 66')
LIECHTENSTEIN 0
Spain: Íker Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Pablo Ibáñez, Carles Puyol, Mariano Pernía;
David Albelda (Borja Oubiña 69'), Xabi Alonso, Cesc Fábregas
(Andrés Iniesta 62'); Raúl González [c], David Villa
(Luis García Sanz 62'), Fernando Torres.
Liechtenstein: Peter Jehle; Martin Telser (Benjamin Fischer 56'), Daniel Hasler [c],
Martin Stocklasa, Sandro Maierhofer; Marco Ritzberger, Fabio D'Elia,
Martin Büchel, Franz Burgmeier; Thomas Beck (Roger Beck 68'),
Mario Frick (Raphael Rohrer 86').
Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia).
Coaches: Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Liechtenstein: Martin Andermatt (Switzerland).
Cards: Spain: David Villa [Y 40'], Sergio Ramos [Y 49'].
Liechtenstein: Sandro Maierhofer [Y 8'].
02/09/2006, Belfast, Windsor Park, 14500
European Championship Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
ICELAND 3 (Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson 13', Hermann Hreiðarsson 20',
Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen 37')
Northern Ireland: Maik Taylor; Chris Baird, Aaron Hughes [c], Stephen Craigan, Tony Capaldi
(Michael Duff 76'); Keith Gillespie, Sammy Clingan, Steve Davis,
Stuart Elliott (Kyle Lafferty 63'); David Healy, James Quinn
(Warren Feeney 83').
Iceland: Árni Gautur Arason; Grétar Rafn Steinsson, Ívar Ingimarsson,
Hermann Hreiðarsson, Indriði Sigurðsson; Kári Árnason
(Helgi Valur Daníelsson 33'), Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson
(Stefán Gíslason 75'), Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson,
Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson (Hjálmar Jónsson 64');
Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen [c], Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson.
Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Lawrie Sanchez.
Iceland: Eyjólfur Sverrisson.
Cards: Northern Ireland: David Healy [Y 45+'].
Iceland: Indriði Sigurðsson [Y 58'].
02/09/2006, Rīga, Skonto stadions, 7500
European Championship Qualifying
LATVIA 0
SWEDEN 1 (Kim Källström 38')
Latvia: Aleksandrs Koliņko; Oskars Kļava, Igors N. Stepanovs, Māris Smirnovs,
Dzintars Zirnis (Ģirts Karlsons 83'); Imants Bleidelis,
Vitālijs Astafjevs [c], Juris Laizāns (Aleksejs Višņakovs 86'),
Andrejs Rubins; Māris Verpakovskis, Andrejs Prohorenkovs
(Marians Pahars 57').
Sweden: Rami Shaaban; Mikael Nilsson, Olof Mellberg, Petter Hansson, Erik Edman;
Tobias Linderoth; Niclas Alexandersson, Kim Källström
(Anders Svensson 71'), Fredrik Ljungberg [c]; Zlatan Ibrahimovic,
Johan Elmander (Christian Wilhelmsson 78').
Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia).
Coaches: Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
Cards: Latvia: Igors N. Stepanovs [Y 13'], Oskars Kļava [Y 17'],
Vitālijs Astafjevs [Y 57'].
Sweden: Zlatan Ibrahimovic [Y 43'].
02/09/2006, Constanţa, Stadionul Farul, 15000
European Championship Qualifying
ROMANIA 2 (Laurenţiu Roşu 41', Ciprian Marica 55')
BULGARIA 2 (Martin Petrov 82', 83')
Romania: Bogdan Lobonţ; Cosmin Contra, Gabriel Tamaş, Cristian Chivu [c],
Răzvan Raţ; Paul Codrea, Laurenţiu Roşu (Vasile Maftei 81');
Florentin Petre (Bănel Nicoliţă 72'), Nicolae Dică (Răzvan Cociş 60'),
Adrian Mutu; Ciprian Marica.
Bulgaria: Georgi Petkov; Stanislav Angelov, Elin Topuzakov, Aleksandar Tunchev,
Lúcio Wagner; Stiliyan Petrov [c], Radostin Kishishev (Chavdar Yankov 46');
Georgi Peev (Blagoy Georgiev 46'), Zoran Janković, Martin Petrov;
Dimitar Berbatov (Valeri Bozhinov 64').
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy).
Coaches: Romania: Victor Piţurcă.
Bulgaria: Hristo Stoichkov.
Cards: Romania: Cosmin Contra [Y 23'], Paul Codrea [Y 60'],
Gabriel Tamaş [Y 63' YR 90+'].
Bulgaria: Georgi Peev [Y 39'], Chavdar Yankov [Y 75'],
Aleksandar Tunchev [Y 90'].
02/09/2006, Myensk, Stadyyon Dynama, 23000
European Championship Qualifying
BELARUS 2 (Tsimafyey Kalachow 1', Maksim Ramashchanka 24')
ALBANIA 2 (Ervin Skela 7' pen, Besnik Hasi 86')
Belarus: Vasil Khamutowski; Uladzimir Karytska, Syarhyey Shtanyuk [c],
Syarhyey Amyelyanchuk; Alyaksandr Kulchyy, Dzyanis Kowba; Alyaksandr Hlyeb,
Maksim Ramashchanka, Tsimafyey Kalachow (Vital Lanko 85'); Vyachaslaw Hlyeb
(Vital Bulyha 64'), Vital Kutuzaw.
Albania: Ilion Lika; Elvin Beqiri, Armend Dallku, Besnik Hasi, Ardian Aliaj
(Debatik Curri 46'); Altin Haxhi, Altin Lala (Devis Mukaj 83'), Lorik Cana,
Ervin Skela (Edmond Kapllani 74'); Igli Tare [c], Erion Bogdani.
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland).
Coaches: Belarus: Yury Puntus.
Albania: Otto Barić (Croatia).
Cards: Belarus: Maksim Ramashchanka [Y 86'].
Albania: Lorik Cana [Y 29'], Elvin Beqiri [Y 90+'].
02/09/2006, Luxembourg, Stade Josy Barthel, 7500
European Championship Qualifying
LUXEMBOURG 0
NETHERLANDS 1 (Joris Mathijsen 17')
Luxembourg: Jonathan Joubert; Kim Kintziger, Claude Reiter, Eric Hoffmann,
Mario Mutsch; Claudio Lombardelli (Ben Federspiel 83'), Carlos Ferreira
(Daniel Huss 88'), Jeff Strasser [c], Gilles Bettmer, Sébastien Rémy;
Aurélien Joachim.
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar [c]; Johnny Heitinga, André Ooijer (Urby Emanuelson 46'),
Joris Mathijsen, Tim de Cler; Denny Landzaat, Stijn Schaars
(Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 46'), Theo Janssen; Robin van Persie
(Ryan Babel 77'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dirk Kuijt.
Referee: João Francisco Lopes Ferreira (Portugal).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Guy Hellers.
Netherlands: Marco van Basten.
Cards: Luxembourg: Eric Hoffmann [Y 12'], Mario Mutsch [Y 20'],
Kim Kintziger [Y 90+'].
Netherlands: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar [Y 65'], Denny Landzaat [Y 71'].
06/09/2006, Yerevan, Vazgen Sargsyani anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, 12000
European Championship Qualifying
ARMENIA 0
BELGIUM 1 (Daniel Van Buyten 41')
Armenia: Gevorg Kasparov; Sargis Hovsepyan [c], Rrobert Arzumanyan, Karen Dokhoyan,
Yegishe Melikyan; Samvel Melkonyan, Rromik Khachatryan, Karen Aleksanyan,
Aghvan Mkrtchyan (Arman Karamyan 76'), Hamlet V. Mkhitaryan
(Galust Petrosyan 81'); Armen Shahgeldyan (Aram Hakobyan 72').
Belgium: Stijn Stijnen; Pieter Collen (Anthony Vanden Borre 59'), Carl Hoefkens,
Daniel Van Buyten, Jelle Van Damme; Gaëtan Englebert, Karel Geraerts,
Timmy Simons [c], Koen Daerden (Bart Goor 65'); Luigi Pieroni,
Mousa Dembélé (Steven Defour 77').
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria).
Coaches: Armenia: Ian Porterfield (Scotland).
Belgium: René Vandereycken.
Cards: Armenia: Rromik Khachatryan [Y 89'].
Belgium: Koen Daerden [Y 28'], Jelle Van Damme [Y 67'],
Anthony Van den Borre [Y 78'], Luigi Pieroni [Y 86'].
06/09/2006, Bakı, Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu, 18000
European Championship Qualifying
AZERBAIJAN 1 (Andre Ladaqa 16')
KAZAKHSTAN 1 (Dmïtrïy Byakov 36')
Azerbaijan: Fərhad Vəliyev; Aslan Kərimov [c], Sergey Sokolov (Yuri Muzika 60'),
Ruslan Abbasov (Rail Məlikov 46'); İlqar Qurbanov, Aleksandr Çertoqanov,
Andre Ladaqa, Ceyhun Sultanov (Samir Musayev 67'), Emin İmaməliyev;
Leandro Qomeş, Vaqif Cavadov.
Kazakhstan: Davïd Lorïya; Egor Azovskïy, Aleksandr Kwçma, Maksïm Jalmağambetov,
Samat Smaqov; Andrey Karpovïç (Andrey Travïn 68'), Nïkïta Xoxlov;
Edward Sergïenko, Rwslan Baltïev, Nurbol Jumasqalïev [c]
(Qayrat Otabaev 76'); Dmïtrïy Byakov.
Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary).
Coaches: Azerbaijan: Şahin Diniyev.
Kazakhstan: Arno Pijpers (Netherlands).
Cards: Azerbaijan: Leandro Qomeş [Y 19'].
Kazakhstan: Rwslan Baltïev [Y 78'], Nïkïta Xoxlov [Y 90+'].
06/09/2006, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 38015
European Championship Qualifying
FINLAND 1 (Jonatan Johansson 23')
PORTUGAL 1 (Nuno Ribeiro 'Nuno Gomes' 42')
Finland: Jussi Jääskeläinen; Petri Pasanen, Sami Hyypiä, Hannu Tihinen, Toni Kallio;
Teemu Tainio, Mika Väyrynen, Markus Heikkinen, Joonas Kolkka
(Alexei Eremenko Jr 82'); Jari Litmanen [c]; Jonatan Johansson
(Shefki Kuqi 64').
Portugal: Ricardo Pereira; Marco Caneira, Ricardo Costa, Ricardo Carvalho,
Nuno Valente; Francisco da Costa 'Costinha' [c], Armando Teixeira 'Petit';
Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro, Anderson de Sousa 'Deco' (Tiago Mendes 86'),
Luís da Cunha 'Nani' (Ricardo Rocha 57'); Nuno Ribeiro 'Nuno Gomes'
(João Moutinho 76').
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria).
Coaches: Finland: Roy Hodgson (England).
Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Cards: Finland: Jari Litmanen [Y 31'], Markus Heikkinen [Y 66'],
Alexei Eremenko Jr [Y 90'].
Portugal: Ricardo Costa [Y 34' YR 53'], Armando Teixeira 'Petit' [Y 68'].
06/09/2006, Warszawa, Stadion Wojska Polskiego im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego, 6500
European Championship Qualifying
POLAND 1 (Radosław Matusiak 30')
SERBIA 1 (Danko Lazović 71')
Poland: Wojciech Kowalewski; Paweł Golański (Marcin Wasilewski 72'), Mariusz Jop,
Jacek Bąk, Michał Żewłakow; Ireneusz Jeleń (Jakub Błaszczykowski 73'),
Mariusz Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Radomski, Jacek Krzynówek;
Maciej Żurawski [c], Radosław Matusiak.
Serbia: Vladimir Stojković; Marjan Marković, Milan Stepanov, Milan Biševac,
Mladen Krstajić; Igor Duljaj (Ivan Ergić 67'), Nenad Kovačević,
Dejan Stanković [c], Aleksandar Trišović (Danko Lazović 60');
Marko Pantelić (Ognjen Koroman 82'), Nikola Žigić.
Referee: Graham Poll (England).
Coaches: Poland: Leo Beenhakker (Netherlands).
Serbia: Javier Clemente (Spain).
Cards: Poland: Paweł Golański [Y 19'], Jakub Błaszczykowski [Y 79'],
Wojciech Kowalewski [Y 90'].
Serbia: Marjan Marković [Y 42'], Milan Stepanov [Y 55'],
Dejan Stanković [Y 55'], Mladen Krstajić [Y 85'].
06/09/2006, Saint-Denis, Stade de France, 78831
European Championship Qualifying
FRANCE 3 (Sidney Govou 2', 55', Thierry Henry 17')
ITALY 1 (Alberto Gilardino 20')
France: Grégory Coupet; Willy Sagnol, William Gallas, Lilian Thuram, Éric Abidal;
Patrick Vieira [c], Claude Makelele; Sidney Govou (Sylvain Wiltord 75'),
Franck Ribéry (Louis Saha 88'), Florent Malouda; Thierry Henry.
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Gianluca Zambrotta, Fabio Cannavaro [c], Andrea Barzagli,
Fabio Grosso; Franco Semioli (David Di Michele 54'), Gennaro Gattuso,
Andrea Pirlo, Simone Perrotta; Antonio Cassano (Filippo Inzaghi 73');
Alberto Gilardino (Daniele De Rossi 87').
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany).
Coaches: France: Raymond Domenech.
Italy: Roberto Donadoni.
Cards: France: Thierry Henry [Y 37'].
Italy: Simone Perrotta [Y 43'], Alberto Gilardino [Y 64'].
06/09/2006, Kaunas, S.Dariaus ir S.Girėno stadionas, 6500
European Championship Qualifying
LITHUANIA 1 (Darius Miceika 85')
SCOTLAND 2 (Christian Dailly 46', Kenny Miller 62')
Lithuania: Žydrūnas Karčemarskas; Marius Stankevičius, Andrius Skerla,
Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Rolandas Džiaukštas; Saulius Mikoliūnas
(Tadas Labukas 67'), Mantas Savėnas (Tomas Tamošauskas 50'),
Aidas Preikšaitis (Darius Miceika 82'), Mindaugas Kalonas;
Tomas Danilevičius [c]; Robertas Poškus.
Scotland: Craig Gordon; Christian Dailly, Gary Caldwell, David Weir [c],
Steven Pressley, Gary Naysmith; Darren Fletcher, Paul Hartley
(Scott Severin 89'), Nigel Quashie (Kris Boyd 43'); James McFadden
(Graham Alexander 22'); Kenny Miller.
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia).
Coaches: Lithuania: Algimantas Liubinskas.
Scotland: Walter Smith.
Cards: Lithuania: Tomas Žvirgždauskas [Y 9'], Aidas Preikšaitis [Y 14'],
Robertas Poškus [Y 62'], Mindaugas Kalonas [Y 78'].
Scotland: Kenny Miller [Y 29'], Christian Dailly [Y 39'],
Gary Caldwell [Y 56'].
06/09/2006, Kyiv, Stadion NSK Olimpiiskyi, 35000
European Championship Qualifying
UKRAINE 3 (Andrii Shevchenko 31', Ruslan Rotan 61', Andrii Rusol 79')
GEORGIA 2 (Shota Arveladze 37', Giorgi Demetradze 61')
Ukraine: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi; Serhii Tkachenko (Andrii Vorobei 64'), Andrii Rusol,
Andrii Husin (Volodymyr Yezerskyi 46'), Andrii Nesmachnyi; Oleh Husiev,
Oleh Shelaiev, Anatolii Tymoschuk, Ruslan Rotan; Serhii Rebrov
(Andrii Voronin 57'), Andrii Shevchenko [c].
Georgia: Grigol Chanturia; Davit Imedashvili (Ilia Kandelaki 35'),
Zurab Khizanishvili, Malkhaz Asatiani, Gogita Gogua; Giorgi Demetradze,
Jaba Kankava, Levan Kobiashvili [c], Zurab Menteshashvili
(Mikheil Ashvetia 82'), Davit Kvirkvelia (Davit Mujiri 82');
Shota Arveladze.
Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic).
Coaches: Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Georgia: Klaus Toppmöller (Germany).
Cards: Ukraine: Volodymyr Yezerskyi [Y 60'].
Georgia: Gogita Gogua [Y 25'], Levan Kobiashvili [Y 32'],
Giorgi Demetradze [Y 39'], Zurab Khizanishvili [Y 89'],
Shota Arveladze [Y 89'].
06/09/2006, Zenica, Stadion Bilino Polje, 13000
European Championship Qualifying
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 1 (Zvjezdan Misimović 63' pen)
HUNGARY 3 (Szabolcs Huszti 35' pen, Zoltán Gera 47', Pál Dárdai 50')
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Kenan Hasagić; Dušan Kerkez, Emir Spahić, Saša Papac, Vedin Musić
(Zlatan Muslimović 46'); Mladen Bartolović (Vule Trivunović 64'),
Zlatan Bajramović, Sergej Barbarez [c], Mirko Hrgović (Mirsad Bešlija 74');
Zvjezdan Misimović, Elvir Bolić.
Hungary: Gábor Király; Csaba Fehér (Zoltán Kiss 83'), László Éger, Vilmos Vanczák,
Zsolt Lőw (Roland Juhász 66'); Balázs Tóth, Balázs Molnár, Pál Dárdai [c];
Zoltán Gera, Sándor Torghelle (Péter Kabát 90+'), Szabolcs Huszti.
Referee: Kóstas Kapitanyís (Cyprus).
Coaches: Bosnia/Herzegovina: Blaž Slišković.
Hungary: Péter Bozsik.
Cards: Bosnia/Herzegovina: Emir Spahić [Y 34' YR 38'], Sergej Barbarez [Y 40'],
Elvir Bolić [Y 51'], Mirsad Bešlija [Y 76'].
Hungary: Csaba Fehér [Y 11'], Balázs Tóth [Y 37'], Vilmos Vanczák [Y 65'].
06/09/2006, Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion, 23848
European Championship Qualifying
NORWAY 2 (Fredrik Strømstad 73', Steffen Iversen 79')
MOLDOVA 0
Norway: Thomas Myhre; Anders Rambekk, Erik Hagen, Brede Paulsen Hangeland,
Marius Johnsen (Steffen Iversen 65'); Martin Andresen [c],
Kristofer Hæstad; Fredrik Strømstad (Tommy Svindal Larsen 90'),
Frode Johnsen (Ole Gunnar Solskjær 46'), Morten Gamst Pedersen; John Carew.
Moldova: Serghei Paşcenco; Ghenadie Olexici, Serghei Laşcencov
(Serghei Cleşcenco 77'), Ion Testimiţanu, Radu Rebeja [c]; Victor Berco,
Andrei Corneencov, Alexandru Iepureanu, Stanislav Ivanov,
Serghei Covalciuc; Serghei Rogaciov (Serghei Dadu 72').
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Norway: Åge Hareide.
Moldova: Anatol Teslev.
Cards: Norway: Martin Andresen [Y 25'].
Moldova: Victor Berco [Y 11' YR 46'], Ghenadie Olexici [Y 65'],
Serghei Laşcencov [Y 77'].
06/09/2006, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Commerzbank Arena, 0 (closed doors)
European Championship Qualifying
TURKEY 2 (Nihat Kahveci 56', Tümer Metin 77')
MALTA 0
Turkey: Rüştü Reçber; Mehmet Topuz, Can Arat, Gökhan Zan, Ergün Penbe;
Hamit Altıntop, Mehmet Aurélio, Tümer Metin; Yıldıray Baştürk
(Arda Turan 46'); Fatih Tekke (Nihat Kahveci 46'), Hakan Şükür [c]
(Nuri Şahin 86').
Malta: Justin Haber; Ian Ciantar, Brian Said, Luke Dimech, Stephen Wellman;
Kevin Sammut (Peter Pullicino 81'), Jamie Pace, Gilbert Agius [c]
(Gareth Sciberras 87'), Ivan Woods; Andrè Schembri (Terence Scerri 89');
Michael Mifsud.
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain).
Coaches: Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Malta: Dušan Fitzel (Czech Republic).
Cards: Turkey: Hamit Altıntop [Y 34'], Gökhan Zan [Y 66'].
Malta: Ivan Woods [Y 17'], Ian Ciantar [Y 77'].
Note: This 'home' match for Turkey was played at a neutral venue, behind closed
doors, as part of Turkey's punishment by FIFA for the fighting between
players and officials after the World Cup Qualifying Playoff against
Switzerland on 16/11/2005.
06/09/2006, Serravalle, Stadio Olimpico, 5019
European Championship Qualifying
SAN MARINO 0
GERMANY 13 (Lukas Podolski 12', 43', 64', 71', Bastian Schweinsteiger 29', 47',
Miroslav Klose 30', 45', Michael Ballack 35',
Thomas Hitzlsperger 66', 73', Manuel Friedrich 87',
Bernd Schneider 90' pen)
San Marino: Aldo Simoncini; Carlo Valentini, Nicola Albani, Alessandro Della Valle,
Simone Bacciocchi, Damiano Vannucci (Davide Simoncini 68');
Marco Domeniconi (Giovanni Bonini 46'), Mirko Palazzi, Manuel Marani
(Mattia Masi 77'), Michele Marani; Andy Selva [c].
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Philipp Lahm, Manuel Friedrich, Arne Friedrich,
Marcell Jansen; Bernd Schneider, Michael Ballack [c] (David Odonkor 46'),
Torsten Frings (Thomas Hitzlsperger 62'), Bastian Schweinsteiger;
Miroslav Klose (Gerald Asamoah 46'), Lukas Podolski.
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey).
Coaches: San Marino: Giampaolo Mazza.
Germany: Joachim Löw.
Cards: San Marino: Mirko Palazzi [Y 79'], Michele Marani [Y 90'].
Germany: David Odonkor [Y 74'].
06/09/2006, Bratislava, Tehelné pole, 27683
European Championship Qualifying
SLOVAKIA 0
CZECH REPUBLIC 3 (Libor Sionko 10', 21', Jan Koller 57')
Slovakia: Kamil Čontofalský; Matej Krajčík, Martin Škrtel, Ján Ďurica, Marek Čech
(Szilárd Németh 24'); Jozef Valachovič (Ivan Hodúr 46'), Peter Hlinka;
Miroslav Karhan [c], Marek Mintál, Dušan Švento; Filip Šebo
(Filip Hološko 46').
Czech Republic: Petr Čech; Tomáš Ujfaluši, David Rozehnal, Martin Jiránek,
Marek Jankulovski; Tomáš Galásek; Libor Sionko (Jiří Štajner 77'),
Tomáš Rosický [c], Jan Polák (Radoslav Kováč 73'), Jaroslav Plašil;
Jan Koller.
Referee: Steve Bennett (England).
Coaches: Slovakia: Dušan Galis.
Czech Republic: Karel Brückner.
Cards: Slovakia: Martin Škrtel [Y 49'], Ján Ďurica [Y 61'], Matej Krajčík [Y 89'].
Czech Republic: none.
06/09/2006, Nijmegen (Netherlands), McDOS Goffertstadion, 200
European Championship Qualifying
ISRAEL 4 (Yossi Benayoun 9', Amit Ben-Shushan 11', Shimon Gershon 43' pen,
Toto Tammuz 69')
ANDORRA 1 (Juli Fernández 84')
Israel: Dudu Awat; Omri Afek, Tal Ben-Haim, Shimon Gershon, Yoav Ziv; Idan Tal,
Walid Badir (Gal Alberman 76'), Yossi Benayoun [c] (Omer Golan 69'),
Amit Ben-Shushan; Yaniv Katan (Toto Tammuz 62'), Roberto Colautti.
Andorra: Jesús Álvarez 'Koldo'; José García 'Txema', Oscar Sonejee, Toni Lima,
Marc Bernaus; Márcio Vieira (Sergi Moreno 67'); Josep Ayala, Marc Pujol
(Genís García 46'), Manolo Jiménez, Justo Ruiz [c] (Juli Fernández 54');
Fernando Silva.
Referee: Siniša Zrnić (Bosnia/Herzegovina).
Coaches: Israel: Dror Kashtan.
Andorra: David Rodrigo (Spain).
Cards: Israel: Idan Tal [Y 13'], Yossi Benayoun [Y 32'], Roberto Colautti [Y 57'].
Andorra: Oscar Sonejee [Y 14'], Josep Ayala [Y 48'],
Fernando Silva [R 77'], Juli Fernández [Y 82'],
Sergi Moreno [Y 90+'].
06/09/2006, Skopje, Gradski stadion, 16500
European Championship Qualifying
MACEDONIA 0
ENGLAND 1 (Peter Crouch 46')
Macedonia: Jane Nikoloski; Goce Sedloski [c], Igor Mitreski, Nikolče Noveski;
Vlade Lazarevski, Veliče Šumulikoski, Igor Jančevski (Darko Tasevski 52'),
Robert Petrov; Goran Pandev; Goran Maznov (Aco Stojkov 56'), Ilčo Naumoski
(Artim Šakiri 74').
England: Paul Robinson; Phil Neville, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry [c], Ashley Cole;
Steven Gerrard, Owen Hargreaves, Frank J. Lampard (Michael Carrick 84'),
Stewart Downing; Peter Crouch (Andy Johnson 87'), Jermain Defoe
(Aaron Lennon 76').
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France).
Coaches: Macedonia: Srečko Katanec (Slovenia).
England: Steve McClaren.
Cards: Macedonia: Ilčo Naumoski [Y 1'], Vlade Lazarevski [Y 38'],
Goran Pandev [Y 67'].
England: Peter Crouch [Y 60'], Steven Gerrard [Y 87'], Ashley Cole [Y 89'].
06/09/2006, Moskva, Tsentralnyy stadion Lokomotiv, 28400
European Championship Qualifying
RUSSIA 0
CROATIA 0
Russia: Igor Akinfeyev; Denis Kolodin, Sergey Ignashevich, Aleksey Berezutskiy;
Aleksandr Anyukov, Yevgeniy Aldonin [c], Igor Semshov, Marat Izmaylov;
Andrey Arshavin, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov; Roman Pavlyuchenko
(Pavel Pogrebnyak 53').
Croatia: Stipe Pletikosa; Vedran Ćorluka, Goran Sablić, Robert Kovač, Anthony Šerić;
Milan Rapaić (Mladen Petrić 58'), Niko Kovač [c], Luka Modrić,
Niko Kranjčar; Eduardo da Silva (Jerko Leko 70'), Ivan Klasnić
(Marko Babić 88').
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain).
Coaches: Russia: Guus Hiddink (Netherlands).
Croatia: Slaven Bilić.
Cards: Russia: Yevgeniy Aldonin [Y 68'].
Croatia: none.
06/09/2006, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 10007
European Championship Qualifying
ICELAND 0
DENMARK 2 (Dennis Rommedahl 5', Jon Dahl Tomasson 33')
Iceland: Árni Gautur Arason; Grétar Rafn Steinsson, Ívar Ingimarsson,
Hermann Hreiðarsson, Indriði Sigurðsson; Kári Árnason
(Arnar Þór Viðarsson 83'), Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson (Stefán Gíslason 77'),
Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson, Hjálmar Jónsson (Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 66');
Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen [c], Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson.
Denmark: Thomas Sørensen; Lars Jacobsen, Michael Gravgaard, Daniel Agger,
Jan Kristiansen; Christian Poulsen; Dennis Rommedahl, Thomas Gravesen
(Daniel Jensen 70'), Thomas Kahlenberg (Claus Jensen 82'), Martin Jørgensen
(Thomas Helveg 90'); Jon Dahl Tomasson [c].
Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia).
Coaches: Iceland: Eyjólfur Sverrisson.
Denmark: Morten Olsen.
Cards: Iceland: Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson [Y 3'], Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson [Y 52'],
Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen [Y 57'].
Denmark: none.
06/09/2006, Belfast, Windsor Park, 14500
European Championship Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 3 (David Healy 20', 64', 80')
SPAIN 2 (Xavi Hernández 14', David Villa 52')
Northern Ireland: Roy Carroll (Maik Taylor 12'); Michael Duff, Stephen Craigan,
Aaron Hughes [c], Jonny Evans; Chris Baird; Keith Gillespie, Sammy Clingan,
Steve Davis; Kyle Lafferty (James Quinn 54'), David Healy
(Warren Feeney 85').
Spain: Íker Casillas; Sergio Ramos (Míchel Salgado 46'), Pablo Ibáñez,
Carles Puyol, Antonio López; David Albelda (Cesc Fábregas 29'),
Xavi Hernández, Xabi Alonso; Fernando Torres (Luis García Sanz 63'),
Raúl González [c], David Villa.
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Lawrie Sanchez.
Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Cards: Northern Ireland: Michael Duff [Y 79'], Warren Feeney [Y 90+'].
Spain: Antonio López [Y 41'], Carles Puyol [Y 70'].
06/09/2006, Göteborg, Ullevi, 17735
European Championship Qualifying
SWEDEN 3 (Marcus Allbäck 1', 70', Markus Rosenberg 89')
LIECHTENSTEIN 1 (Mario Frick 27')
Sweden: Rami Shaaban; Mikael Nilsson, Petter Hansson, Teddy Lucic, Erik Edman;
Tobias Linderoth; Niclas Alexandersson, Kim Källström
(Anders Svensson 57'), Fredrik Ljungberg [c]; Marcus Allbäck,
Johan Elmander (Markus Rosenberg 82').
Liechtenstein: Peter Jehle; Marco Ritzberger, Daniel Hasler [c], Christof Ritter,
Sandro Maierhofer (Fabio D'Elia 89'); Daniel Frick, Martin Büchel,
Martin Stocklasa, Thomas Beck (Franz Burgmeier 42'); Benjamin Fischer
(Ronny Büchel 55'); Mario Frick.
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova).
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
Liechtenstein: Martin Andermatt (Switzerland).
Cards: Sweden: Erik Edman [Y 26'], Anders Svensson [Y 71'].
Liechtenstein: Daniel Frick [Y 16'], Sandro Maierhofer [Y 42'].
Note: Fredrik Ljungberg missed a penalty at 89'.
06/09/2006, Tiranë, Stadiumi Kombëtar 'Qemal Stafa', 12000
European Championship Qualifying
ALBANIA 0
ROMANIA 2 (Nicolae Dică 65', Adrian Mutu 75' pen)
Albania: Arjan Beqaj; Elvin Beqiri, Armend Dallku, Besnik Hasi, Debatik Curri;
Altin Haxhi, Altin Lala (Devis Mukaj 75'), Lorik Cana, Ervin Skela
(Ardian Aliaj 64'); Igli Tare [c], Erion Bogdani (Bekim Kastrati 62').
Romania: Bogdan Lobonţ; Cosmin Contra, Sorin Ghionea, Cristian Chivu [c],
Răzvan Raţ; Paul Codrea, Laurenţiu Roşu (Andrei Mărgăritescu 90');
Florentin Petre, Nicolae Dică, Adrian Mutu (Bănel Nicoliţă 85');
Ciprian Marica (Ionel Ganea 78').
Referee: Olegário Manuel Bartolo Faustino Benquerença (Portugal).
Coaches: Albania: Otto Barić (Croatia).
Romania: Victor Piţurcă.
Cards: Albania: Igli Tare [Y 20'], Erion Bogdani [Y 40'], Besnik Hasi [Y 45'],
Debatik Curri [Y 74'], Elvin Beqiri [Y 81'], Lorik Cana [Y 83'],
Bekim Kastrati [Y 85'].
Romania: Laurenţiu Roşu [Y 69'], Cosmin Contra [Y 70'].
06/09/2006, Sofiya, Natsionalen stadion 'Vasil Levski', 16543
European Championship Qualifying
BULGARIA 3 (Valeri Bozhinov 58', Martin Petrov 72', Dimitar Telkiyski 81')
SLOVENIA 0
Bulgaria: Dimitar Ivankov; Stanislav Angelov, Elin Topuzakov, Aleksandar Tunchev,
Lúcio Wagner; Blagoy Georgiev (Dimitar Telkiyski 53'), Stiliyan Petrov [c],
Chavdar Yankov (Radostin Kishishev 69'), Martin Petrov; Zoran Janković,
Valeri Bozhinov (Hristo Yovov 60').
Slovenia: Borut Mavrič; Branko Ilič, Aleksander Knavs [c], Bojan Jokić,
Boštjan Cesar; Andrej Komac, Robert Koren (Klemen Lavrič 76'),
Anton Žlogar, Milenko Ačimovič; Valter Birsa (Borut Semler 80'),
Milivoje Novakovič.
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Hristo Stoichkov.
Slovenia: Branko Oblak.
Cards: Bulgaria: Elin Topuzakov [Y 12'], Valeri Bozhinov [Y 45'],
Martin Petrov [Y 51'], Aleksandar Tunchev [Y 56'].
Slovenia: Milenko Ačimovič [Y 14'], Bojan Jokić [Y 56'],
Robert Koren [Y 58'].
06/09/2006, Eindhoven, Philips Stadion, 33000
European Championship Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 3 (Robin van Persie 33', 77', Dirk Kuijt 90')
BELARUS 0
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar [c]; Johnny Heitinga (Khalid Boulahrouz 68'),
André Ooijer, Joris Mathijsen, Giovanni van Bronckhorst; Denny Landzaat
(Stijn Schaars 68'), Nigel de Jong, Wesley Sneijder; Robin van Persie,
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ryan Babel 77'), Dirk Kuijt.
Belarus: Vasil Khamutowski; Syarhyey Amyelyanchuk, Dzmitryy Lyantsevich,
Syarhyey Shtanyuk [c], Alyaksandr Yurevich; Alyaksandr Hlyeb,
Uladzimir Karytska (Aleh Strakhanovich 46'), Maksim Ramashchanka
(Artsyom Kantsavy 70'), Dzyanis Kowba, Tsimafyey Kalachow
(Vital Lanko 74'); Syarhyey Karnilyenka.
Referee: Howard Webb (England).
Coaches: Netherlands: Marco van Basten.
Belarus: Yury Puntus.
Cards: Netherlands: Robin van Persie [Y 28'], Joris Mathijsen [Y 45'].
Belarus: Dzmitryy Lyantsevich [Y 90+'].
06/09/2006, Hesperange, Stade Holleschbierg Alphonse Theis, 1755
Friendly International
LUXEMBOURG 0
LATVIA 0
Luxembourg: Jonathan Joubert; Kim Kintziger (Ben Federspiel 16'), Claude Reiter,
Eric Hoffmann, Mario Mutsch; Claudio Lombardelli (Clayton de Sousa 90+'),
Carlos Ferreira (Ben Payal 53'), René Peters, Gilles Bettmer,
Sébastien Rémy [c] (Dan Collette 88'); Aurélien Joachim (Daniel Huss 59').
Latvia: Aleksandrs Koliņko; Imants Bleidelis, Igors N. Stepanovs [c],
Kaspars Gorkšs, Oskars Kļava; Genādijs Soloņicins
(Andrejs Prohorenkovs 55'), Juris Laizāns, Viktors Morozs
(Aleksejs Višņakovs 21' (Deniss Kačanovs 70')), Andrejs Rubins;
Ģirts Karlsons (Gatis Kalniņš 80'), Māris Verpakovskis.
Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Guy Hellers.
Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
Cards: Luxembourg: Sébastien Rémy [Y 33'].
Latvia: Oskars Kļava [Y 10'], Igors N. Stepanovs [Y 33'],
Imants Bleidelis [Y 82'], Andrejs Rubins [R 90+'].
06/10/2006, Vaduz, Rheinpark Stadion, 3750
Friendly International
LIECHTENSTEIN 1 (Mario Frick 69')
AUSTRIA 2 (György Garics 78', Thomas Prager 84')
Liechtenstein: Peter Jehle; Martin Telser, Daniel Hasler [c] (Fabio D'Elia 54'),
Christof Ritter, Yves Oehri; Thomas Beck (Daniel Frick 88'), Martin Büchel
(Raphael Rohrer 80'), Martin Stocklasa, Franz Burgmeier (Roger Beck 78');
Mario Frick, Benjamin Fischer (Ronny Büchel 62').
Austria: Helge Payer; Joachim Standfest (Thomas Prager 81'), Hannes Eder,
Ferdinand Feldhofer, Gernot Plassnegger (Christian Fuchs 67');
Michael Mörz (György Garics 76'), René Aufhauser, Christoph Leitgeb
(Markus Weissenberger 46'), Andreas Ivanschitz [c] (Johannes Ertl 90+');
Roland Linz, Marc Janko (Sanel Kuljić 62').
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland).
Coaches: Liechtenstein: Martin Andermatt (Switzerland).
Austria: Josef Hickersberger.
Cards: Liechtenstein: Mario Frick [Y 4'], Roger Beck [Y 87'].
Austria: René Aufhauser [Y 22'], Hannes Eder [Y 26'],
Gernot Plassnegger [Y 59'].
07/10/2006, Yerevan, Vazgen Sargsyani anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, 6000
European Championship Qualifying
ARMENIA 0
FINLAND 0
Armenia: Gevorg Kasparov; Sargis Hovsepyan [c], Rrobert Arzumanyan, Karen Dokhoyan,
Yeghishe Melikyan; Samvel Melkonyan, Karen Aleksanyan (Aram Hakobyan 54'),
Armen Tigranyan, Arman Karamyan (Aghvan Mkrtchyan 46'); Edgar Manucharyan
(Ara Hakobyan 78'), Armen Shahgeldyan.
Finland: Jussi Jääskeläinen; Petri Pasanen, Hannu Tihinen, Sami Hyypiä, Toni Kallio;
Mika Väyrynen (Mika Nurmela 74'), Markus Heikkinen, Joonas Kolkka;
Jari Litmanen [c]; Shefki Kuqi (Mikael Forssell 66'), Jonatan Johansson
(Aki Riihilahti 84').
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia).
Coaches: Armenia: Ian Porterfield (Scotland).
Finland: Roy Hodgson (England).
Cards: Armenia: Karen Aleksanyan [Y 34'], Rrobert Arzumanyan [Y 59'],
Ara Hakobyan [Y 87'], Samvel Melkonyan [Y 89'].
Finland: Sami Hyypiä [Y 28'], Petri Pasanen [Y 50'].
07/10/2006, Almatı, Ortalıq Stadïon, 22000
European Championship Qualifying
KAZAKHSTAN 0
POLAND 1 (Euzebiusz Smolarek 52')
Kazakhstan: Davïd Lorïya; Egor Azovskïy, Aleksandr Kwçma, Maksïm Jalmağambetov,
Samat Smaqov; Andrey Karpovïç (Andrey Travïn 59'), Nïkïta Xoxlov;
Edward Sergïenko (Sergey Larïn 81'), Nurbol Jumasqalïev [c], Qayrat Otabaev
(Qayrat Äşirbekov 68'); Dmïtrïy Byakov.
Poland: Wojciech Kowalewski; Paweł Golański, Arkadiusz Radomski, Jacek Bąk,
Grzegorz Bronowicki; Jakub Błaszczykowski (Rafał Grzelak 87'),
Radosław Sobolewski, Mariusz Lewandowski (Przemysław Kaźmierczak 30'),
Euzebiusz Smolarek; Maciej Żurawski [c] (Radosław Matusiak 72'),
Grzegorz Rasiak.
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia).
Coaches: Kazakhstan: Arno Pijpers (Netherlands).
Poland: Leo Beenhakker (Netherlands).
Cards: Kazakhstan: Qayrat Otabaev [Y 33'], Dmïtrïy Byakov [Y 63'],
Qayrat Äşirbekov [Y 86'].
Poland: none.
07/10/2006, Porto, Estádio do Bessa Séc. XXI, 18000
European Championship Qualifying
PORTUGAL 3 (Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro 25', 63', Ricardo Carvalho 30')
AZERBAIJAN 0
Portugal: Ricardo Pereira; Miguel Monteiro, Ricardo Carvalho, Ricardo Rocha,
Nuno Valente (Marco Caneira 46'); Francisco da Costa 'Costinha' [c],
Nuno Ribeiro 'Maniche' (Tiago Mendes 64'); Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro
(Luís da Cunha 'Nani' 72'), Anderson de Sousa 'Deco', Simão Sabrosa;
Nuno Ribeiro 'Nuno Gomes'.
Azerbaijan: Fərhad Vəliyev; Zaur Həşimov, Aslan Kərimov [c], Sergey Sokolov,
Ernani Pereyra, Emin İmaməliyev; Aleksandr Çertoqanov; Andre Ladaqa,
Yuri Muzika (İlqar Qurbanov 66'), Ceyhun Sultanov (Fərrux İsmayılov 64');
Leandro Qomeş (Vaqif Cavadov 75').
Referee: Mark Halsey (England).
Coaches: Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Azerbaijan: Şahin Diniyev.
Cards: Portugal: Nuno Valente [Y 22'], Ricardo Rocha [Y 53'].
Azerbaijan: Ceyhun Sultanov [Y 15'], Sergey Sokolov [Y 29'],
Ernani Pereyra [Y 43'].
07/10/2006, Beograd, Stadion Crvena Zvezda 'Marakana', 38000
European Championship Qualifying
SERBIA 1 (Nikola Žigić 54')
BELGIUM 0
Serbia: Vladimir Stojković; Marjan Marković, Nemanja Vidić, Mladen Krstajić,
Ivica Dragutinović; Ognjen Koroman (Ivan Ergić 71'), Nenad Kovačević,
Dejan Stanković [c], Aleksandar Trišović (Danko Lazović 60');
Marko Pantelić (Igor Duljaj 90+'), Nikola Žigić.
Belgium: Stijn Stijnen; Carl Hoefkens, Thomas Vermaelen, Daniel Van Buyten;
Karel Geraerts, Vincent Kompany, Timmy Simons [c], Gaby Mudingayi
(Luigi Pieroni 75'), Bart Goor (Kevin Vandenbergh 84'); Emile Mpenza,
Mousa Dembélé (Mbo Mpenza 62').
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy).
Coaches: Serbia: Javier Clemente (Spain).
Belgium: René Vandereycken.
Cards: Serbia: Ognjen Koroman [Y 58'], Marjan Marković [Y 69'].
Belgium: Vincent Kompany [Y 81'], Timmy Simons [Y 86'].
07/10/2006, Tórshavn, Tórsvøllur, 1982
European Championship Qualifying
FAROE ISLANDS 0
LITHUANIA 1 (Andrius Skerla 89')
Faroe Islands: Jákup Mikkelsen [c]; Atli Danielsen, Vagnur Mohr Mortensen,
Fróði Benjaminsen, Marni Djurhuus; Jákup á Borg, Pauli Hansen
(Arnbjørn Hansen 90'), Mikkjal Thomassen, Símun Samuelsen
(Jónhard Fredriksberg 73'); Rógvi Jacobsen (Kári Nielsen 81'),
Christian Høgni Jacobsen.
Lithuania: Žydrūnas Karčemarskas; Marius Stankevičius, Andrius Skerla,
Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Gediminas Paulauskas; Saulius Mikoliūnas
(Vitalijus Kavaliauskas 62'), Mantas Savėnas (Mindaugas Kalonas 46'),
Darius Miceika, Deividas Česnauskis; Tomas Danilevičius [c],
Robertas Poškus (Ričardas Beniušis 70').
Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Ireland).
Coaches: Faroe Islands: Jógvan Martin Olsen.
Lithuania: Algimantas Liubinskas.
Cards: Faroe Islands: Mikkjal Thomassen [Y 52'], Pauli Hansen [Y 69'],
Jákup Mikkelsen [Y 87'].
Lithuania: none.
07/10/2006, Roma, Stadio Olimpico, 49149
European Championship Qualifying
ITALY 2 (Massimo Oddo 70' pen, Luca Toni 79')
UKRAINE 0
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Massimo Oddo, Fabio Cannavaro [c], Marco Materazzi,
Gianluca Zambrotta; Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Daniele De Rossi;
Vincenzo Iaquinta (Mauro Camoranesi 77'), Luca Toni (Filippo Inzaghi 85'),
Alessandro Del Piero (Antonio Di Natale 62').
Ukraine: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi [c]; Volodymyr Yezerskyi, Andrii Rusol,
Bohdan Shershun, Andrii Nesmachnyi; Anatolii Tymoschuk, Oleh Shelaiev;
Oleh Husiev, Serhii Nazarenko (Maksym Kalynychenko 60'), Andrii Vorobei
(Artem Milevskyi 74'); Andrii Voronin.
Referee: Kyíros Vassáras (Greece).
Coaches: Italy: Roberto Donadoni.
Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Cards: Italy: Gennaro Gattuso [Y 44'].
Ukraine: Bohdan Shershun [Y 30'], Andrii Voronin [Y 41'],
Andrii Rusol [Y 69'], Volodymyr Yezerskyi [Y 75'].
07/10/2006, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 50456
European Championship Qualifying
SCOTLAND 1 (Gary Caldwell 67')
FRANCE 0
Scotland: Craig Gordon; Christian Dailly, Gary Caldwell, Steven Pressley, David Weir,
Graham Alexander; Barry Ferguson [c]; Paul Hartley, Darren Fletcher,
Lee McCulloch (Gary Teale 57'); James McFadden (Garry O'Connor 71').
France: Grégory Coupet; Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram, Jean-Alain Boumsong,
Éric Abidal; Franck Ribéry (Sylvain Wiltord 74'), Patrick Vieira [c],
Claude Makelele, Florent Malouda; David Trezeguet (Louis Saha 62'),
Thierry Henry.
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland).
Coaches: Scotland: Walter Smith.
France: Raymond Domenech.
Cards: Scotland: James McFadden [Y 29'], Lee McCulloch [Y 33'],
Christian Dailly [Y 71'].
France: none.
07/10/2006, Pireás, Stádhyo Yeóryios Karaiskákyis, 25000
European Championship Qualifying
GREECE 1 (Yórghos Karangoúnyis 33')
NORWAY 0
Greece: Andónyis Nyikopolyídhis [c]; Yoúrkas Seitarídhis, Yórghos Anatolákyis,
Sotíris Kyiryákos, Tákyis Físsas; Ángyelos Basinás,
Konstandínos Katsourányis, Yórghos Karangoúnyis
(Khrístos Patsadzóghlou 90+'); Stélyos Yannakópoulos
(Ángyelos Kharistéas 46'), Nyíkos Lyimberópoulos
(Yánnyis Amanatídhis 71'), Yórghos Samarás.
Norway: Thomas Myhre; Anders Rambekk (Ole Martin Årst 85'), Erik Hagen,
Brede Paulsen Hangeland, John Arne Riise; Martin Andresen [c],
Kristofer Hæstad; Fredrik Strømstad (Daniel Omoya Braaten 61'),
Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Morten Gamst Pedersen; Steffen Iversen.
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia).
Coaches: Greece: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Norway: Åge Hareide.
Cards: Greece: Yórghos Samarás [Y 44'], Yórghos Anatolákyis [Y 79'].
Norway: Morten Gamst Pedersen [Y 63'], Ole Gunnar Solskjær [Y 76'].
07/10/2006, Budapest, Puskás Ferenc-stadion, 6500
European Championship Qualifying
HUNGARY 0
TURKEY 1 (Tuncay Şanlı 39')
Hungary: Gábor Király; Csaba Fehér, László Éger, Roland Juhász, Vilmos Vanczák;
Balázs Tóth, Pál Dárdai [c], Péter Halmosi (Péter Kabát 46'
(Ádám Komlósi 76')); Zoltán Gera, Szabolcs Huszti; Sándor Torghelle
(Imre Szabics 83').
Turkey: Rüştü Reçber; Hamit Altıntop, Servet Çetin, Gökhan Zan, İbrahim Üzülmez;
Sabri Sarıoğlu, Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Hüseyin Çimşir 63'), Mehmet Aurélio,
Tuncay Şanlı (Can Arat 90'); Hakan Şükür [c], Arda Turan
(Mehmet Topuz 89').
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg).
Coaches: Hungary: Péter Bozsik.
Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Cards: Hungary: Péter Halmosi [Y 36'], Vilmos Vanczák [Y 44'], Pál Dárdai [Y 79'].
Turkey: Mehmet Aurélio [Y 30'].
07/10/2006, Chişinău, Baza Zimbru, 11000
European Championship Qualifying
MOLDOVA 2 (Serghei Rogaciov 13', 32' pen)
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 2 (Zvjezdan Misimović 63', Ivica Grlić 69')
Moldova: Serghei Paşcenco; Serghei Laşcencov, Ion Testimiţanu, Valeri Catînsus,
Radu Rebeja [c]; Alexandru Iepureanu; Ghenadie Olexici, Stanislav Ivanov,
Serghei Iepureanu (Andrei Corneencov 72'), Alexandru Gaţcan
(Serghei Cleşcenco 90'); Serghei Rogaciov (Serghei Dadu 71').
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Kenan Hasagić; Velimir Vidić, Vule Trivunović, Saša Papac, Dalibor Šilić;
Dario Damjanović (Ivica Grlić 46'), Zlatan Bajramović (Vladan Grujić 78');
Mladen Bartolović, Zvjezdan Misimović, Mirko Hrgović (Sulejman Smajić 86');
Sergej Barbarez [c].
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France).
Coaches: Moldova: Anatol Teslev.
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Blaž Slišković.
Cards: Moldova: Radu Rebeja [Y 26'], Valeri Catînsus [Y 54'],
Serghei Dadu [Y 86'].
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Velimir Vidić [Y 20'], Sergej Barbarez [Y 25'].
Note: Serghei Paşcenco saved a penalty from Zvjezdan Misimović at 63'.
07/10/2006, Lefkosía, Stádhyo GSP, 12000
European Championship Qualifying
CYPRUS 5 (Mikhályis Konstandínou 10', 51' pen, Aléxis Gharpózis 16',
Konstandínos Kharalambídhis 60', 75')
IRELAND 2 (Stephen Ireland 8', Richard Dunne 43')
Cyprus: Mikhályis Morfís; Yórghos Theodhótou, Lámbros Lámbrou, Loukás Louká,
Aléxis Gharpózis (Ilyías Kharalámbous 77'); Konstandínos Makrídhis,
Marínos Satsiás, Khrísis Mikhaíl (Konstandínos Kharalambídhis 46'),
Státhis Alonéftis; Yannákyis Okkás [c] (Yasemákyis Yasemí 86'),
Mikhályis Konstandínou.
Ireland: Paddy Kenny; Steve Finnan, Andy O'Brien (Alan Lee 71'), Richard Dunne,
John O'Shea; Aiden McGeady (Alan O'Brien 80'), Stephen Ireland
(Jonathan Douglas 83'), Kevin Kilbane, Damien Duff; Clinton Morrison,
Robbie Keane [c].
Referee: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal).
Coaches: Cyprus: Ángyelos Anastasiádhis (Greece).
Ireland: Steve Staunton.
Cards: Cyprus: Mikhályis Morfís [Y 22'], Aléxis Gharpózis [Y 33'],
Mikhályis Konstandínou [Y 36'], Marínos Satsiás [Y 38'],
Státhis Alonéftis [Y 57'], Yórghos Theodhótou [Y 79'].
Ireland: Richard Dunne [Y 34' YR 78'], Andy O'Brien [Y 50'],
Robbie Keane [Y 54'], John O'Shea [Y 59'].
07/10/2006, Liberec, Stadion U Nisy, 9514
European Championship Qualifying
CZECH REPUBLIC 7 (Marek Kulič 15', Jan Polák 22', Milan Baroš 33', 68',
Jan Koller 43', 52', David Jarolím 49')
SAN MARINO 0
Czech Republic: Petr Čech; Tomáš Ujfaluši, Zdeněk Grygera, David Rozehnal
(Tomáš Zápotočný 46'), Marek Jankulovski; David Jarolím, Tomáš Rosický [c]
(Jaroslav Plašil 64'), Jan Polák; Jan Koller, Milan Baroš, Marek Kulič
(David Lafata 46').
San Marino: Federico Valentini; Carlo Valentini, Nicola Albani, Alessandro Della Valle,
Simone Bacciocchi, Damiano Vannucci; Matteo Andreini (Paolo Mariotti 82'),
Mattia Masi (Federico Crescentini 69'), Marco Domeniconi, Michele Moretti
(Michele Marani 55'); 10 Andy Selva [c].
Referee: Vüsal Əliyev (Azerbaijan).
Coaches: Czech Republic: Karel Brückner.
San Marino: Giampaolo Mazza.
Cards: Czech Republic: none.
San Marino: Marco Domeniconi [Y 64'].
07/10/2006, Cardiff, Millennium Stadium, 28493
European Championship Qualifying
WALES 1 (Gareth Bale 37')
SLOVAKIA 5 (Dušan Švento 14', Marek Mintál 32', 38', Miroslav Karhan 51',
Róbert Vittek 59')
Wales: Paul Jones; Richard Duffy, Rob Edwards (Joe Ledley 58'), Danny Gabbidon,
Lewin Nyatanga, Gareth Bale; Simon Davies (David Cotterill 88'),
Carl Robinson, Jason Koumas; Craig Bellamy [c], Robert Earnshaw
(Paul Parry 46').
Slovakia: Kamil Čontofalský; Peter Petráš, Roman Kratochvíl, Stanislav Varga,
Ján Ďurica; Martin Petráš; Miroslav Karhan [c] (Matej Krajčík 67'),
Ján Kozák, Dušan Švento; Marek Mintál (Ivan Hodúr 71'); Róbert Vittek
(Filip Hološko 77').
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands).
Coaches: Slovakia: Dušan Galis.
Wales: John Toshack.
Cards: Slovakia: none.
Wales: Jason Koumas [Y 24'], Simon Davies [Y 68'].
07/10/2006, Zagreb, Stadion u Maksimiru, 20000
European Championship Qualifying
CROATIA 7 (Mladen Petrić 14', 39', 48', 50', Ivan Klasnić 58', Boško Balaban 61',
Luka Modrić 83')
ANDORRA 0
Croatia: Stipe Pletikosa; Vedran Ćorluka, Dario Šimić, Robert Kovač, Josip Šimunić;
Eduardo da Silva (Marko Babić 64'), Niko Kovač [c] (Jerko Leko 69'),
Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar; Mladen Petrić (Boško Balaban 60'),
Ivan Klasnić.
Andorra: Jesús Álvarez 'Koldo'; Josep Ayala, Juli Fernández, Oscar Sonejee [c],
Jordi Escura, Jordi Rubio; Toni Sivera (Justo Ruiz 60'), Genís García
(Manolo Jiménez 68'), Márcio Vieira, Marc Pujol; Juli Sánchez
(Juan Carlos Toscano 53').
Referee: Anthony Zammit (Malta).
Coaches: Croatia: Slaven Bilić.
Andorra: David Rodrigo (Spain).
Cards: Croatia: none.
Andorra: Genís García [Y 31'], Juan Carlos Toscano [Y 65'],
Juli Fernández [Y 88'].
07/10/2006, Manchester, Old Trafford, 72062
European Championship Qualifying
ENGLAND 0
MACEDONIA 0
England: Paul Robinson; Gary Neville, John Terry [c], Ledley King, Ashley Cole;
Steven Gerrard, Michael Carrick, Frank J. Lampard, Stewart Downing
(Shaun Wright-Phillips 70'); Wayne Rooney (Jermain Defoe 74'),
Peter Crouch.
Macedonia: Jane Nikoloski; Goce Sedloski [c], Igor Mitreski, Nikolče Noveski;
Vlade Lazarevski, Veliče Šumulikoski, Aleksandar Mitreski, Robert Petrov;
Goran Pandev (Darko Tasevski 83'); Goran Maznov, Ilčo Naumoski
(Aco Stojkov 46').
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany).
Coaches: England: Steve McClaren.
Macedonia: Srečko Katanec (Slovenia).
Cards: England: Steven Gerrard [Y 49'].
Macedonia: Robert Petrov [Y 47'].
07/10/2006, Moskva, Stadion Dinamo, 22000
European Championship Qualifying
RUSSIA 1 (Andrey Arshavin 5')
ISRAEL 1 (Amit Ben-Shushan 83')
Russia: Igor Akinfeyev; Vasiliy Berezutskiy, Sergey Ignashevich,
Aleksey Berezutskiy; Aleksandr Anyukov, Aleksey Smertin,
Yevgeniy Aldonin [c], Yuriy Zhirkov (Igor Semshov 77');
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Aleksandr Kerzhakov 30'); Andrey Arshavin,
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Marat Izmaylov 57').
Israel: Dudu Awat; Klemi Saban (Amit Ben-Shushan 46'), Tal Ben-Haim, Shimon Gershon
(Tomer Ben-Yosef 46'), Adoram Keisi; Walid Badir, Gal Alberman; Omri Afek,
Yossi Benayoun [c] (Toto Tammuz 75'), Idan Tal; Roberto Colautti.
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany).
Coaches: Russia: Guus Hiddink (Netherlands).
Israel: Dror Kashtan.
Cards: Russia: Pavel Pogrebnyak [Y 16'], Aleksandr Kerzhakov [Y 45'],
Igor Semshov [Y 87'].
Israel: Klemi Saban [Y 19'], Amit Ben-Shushan [Y 79'].
07/10/2006, København, Parken, 41482
European Championship Qualifying
DENMARK 0
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
Denmark: Thomas Sørensen (Jesper Christiansen 69'); Lars Jacobsen,
Michael Gravgaard, Daniel Agger, Niclas Jensen (Nicklas Bendtner 73');
Christian Poulsen; Peter Løvenkrands (Claus Jensen 56'), Daniel Jensen,
Thomas Kahlenberg, Martin Jørgensen; Jon Dahl Tomasson [c].
Northern Ireland: Maik Taylor; Michael Duff, Stephen Craigan, Aaron Hughes [c], Jonny Evans;
Chris Baird; Sammy Clingan (Damien Johnson 57'), Steve Davis,
Keith Gillespie; Kyle Lafferty (Steve Jones 63'), David Healy
(Warren Feeney 84').
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria).
Coaches: Denmark: Morten Olsen.
Northern Ireland: Lawrie Sanchez.
Cards: Denmark: none.
Northern Ireland: Maik Taylor [Y 10'], Michael Duff [Y 44'],
Jonny Evans [Y 62'], Keith Gillespie [Y 65'].
07/10/2006, Rīga, Skonto stadions, 6800
European Championship Qualifying
LATVIA 4 (Ģirts Karlsons 17', Māris Verpakovskis 18', 28', Aleksejs Višņakovs 54')
ICELAND 0
Latvia: Aleksandrs Koliņko; Oskars Kļava (Deniss Kačanovs 84'), Māris Smirnovs,
Igors N. Stepanovs, Dzintars Zirnis; Imants Bleidelis
(Aleksejs Višņakovs 46'), Vitālijs Astafjevs [c], Juris Laizāns,
Genādijs Soloņicins; Ģirts Karlsons, Māris Verpakovskis
(Marians Pahars 59').
Iceland: Árni Gautur Arason; Grétar Rafn Steinsson, Ívar Ingimarsson,
Hermann Hreiðarsson, Indriði Sigurðsson; Kári Árnason
(Helgi Valur Daníelsson 45'), Stefán Gíslason, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson,
Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson (Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 46'),
Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson (Emil Hallfreðsson 74');
Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen [c].
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland).
Coaches: Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
Iceland: Eyjólfur Sverrisson.
Cards: Latvia: Oskars Kļava [Y 78'].
Iceland: Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson [Y 64'], Ívar Ingimarsson [Y 90+'].
07/10/2006, Solna, Råsundastadion, 33086
European Championship Qualifying
SWEDEN 2 (Johan Elmander 10', Marcus Allbäck 82')
SPAIN 0
Sweden: Rami Shaaban; Mikael Nilsson, Olof Mellberg, Petter Hansson, Erik Edman;
Tobias Linderoth; Niclas Alexandersson, Anders Svensson
(Kim Källström 75'), Fredrik Ljungberg [c] (Christian Wilhelmsson 56');
Marcus Allbäck, Johan Elmander (Daniel Andersson 77').
Spain: Íker Casillas [c]; Sergio Ramos, Juanito Gutiérrez, Carles Puyol,
Joan Capdevila (Antonio Puerta 52'); Miguel Ángel Angulo
(Luis García Sanz 59'), David Albelda, Xavi Hernández, Cesc Fábregas
(Andrés Iniesta 46'); David Villa, Fernando Torres.
Referee: Steve Bennett (England).
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Cards: Sweden: Anders Svensson [Y 45+'], Mikael Nilsson [Y 86'].
Spain: Joan Capdevila [Y 35'], Carles Puyol [Y 42'],
Andrés Iniesta [Y 65'], Xavi Hernández [Y 88'],
Sergio Ramos [Y 88'], Luis García Sanz [Y 90+'].
07/10/2006, Sofiya, Natsionalen stadion 'Vasil Levski', 30547
European Championship Qualifying
BULGARIA 1 (Martin Petrov 11')
NETHERLANDS 1 (Robin van Persie 61')
Bulgaria: Dimitar Ivankov; Stanislav Angelov, Elin Topuzakov, Valentin Iliev,
Lúcio Wagner; Hristo Yovov (Dimitar Telkiyski 55'), Chavdar Yankov
(Zoran Janković 82'), Radostin Kishishev, Stiliyan Petrov [c],
Martin Petrov (Valeri Bozhinov 63'); Dimitar Berbatov.
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar [c]; Khalid Boulahrouz, André Ooijer, Joris Mathijsen,
Giovanni van Bronckhorst; Denny Landzaat, Nigel de Jong, Wesley Sneijder
(Stijn Schaars 90'); Robin van Persie, Dirk Kuijt (Ryan Babel 15'),
Arjen Robben.
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Hristo Stoichkov.
Netherlands: Marco van Basten.
Cards: Bulgaria: Martin Petrov [Y 53'], Stanislav Angelov [Y 80'].
Netherlands: Wesley Sneijder [Y 80'].
07/10/2006, Bucureşti, Stadionul Ghencea, 10000
European Championship Qualifying
ROMANIA 3 (Adrian Mutu 8', Ciprian Marica 10', Dorin Goian 76')
BELARUS 1 (Syarhyey Karnilyenka 20')
Romania: Dănuţ Coman; Petre Marin, Gabriel Tamaş, Dorin Goian, Răzvan Raţ;
Cristian Chivu [c], Laurenţiu Roşu; Florentin Petre, Nicolae Dică
(Răzvan Cociş 88'), Adrian Mutu (Mugurel Buga 72'); Ciprian Marica
(Claudiu Niculescu 90+').
Belarus: Uladzimir Hayew; Syarhyey Amyelyanchuk, Dzmitryy Lyantsevich,
Syarhyey Shtanyuk [c], Alyaksandr Yurevich; Syarhyey Hurenka,
Alyaksandr Kulchyy (Aleh Strakhanovich 65'); Tsimafyey Kalachow
(Vyachaslaw Hlyeb 50'), Alyaksandr Hlyeb, Maksim Ramashchanka;
Syarhyey Karnilyenka (Uladzimir Karytska 66').
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain).
Coaches: Romania: Victor Piţurcă.
Belarus: Yury Puntus.
Cards: Romania: Gabriel Tamaş [Y 29'].
Belarus: Syarhyey Amyelyanchuk [Y 64'].
07/10/2006, Celje, Arena Petrol, 3500
European Championship Qualifying
SLOVENIA 2 (Milivoje Novakovič 30', Claude Reiter 44' OG)
LUXEMBOURG 0
Slovenia: Borut Mavrič; Branko Ilič, Matej Mavrič, Bojan Jokić, Boštjan Cesar;
Valter Birsa, Robert Koren, Nastja Čeh; Milenko Ačimovič [c]
(Andrej Komac 75'); Milivoje Novakovič, Klemen Lavrič (Miran Burgič 85').
Luxembourg: Jonathan Joubert (Stéphane Gillet 72'); Kim Kintziger, Claude Reiter,
Eric Hoffmann, Mario Mutsch; Jeff Strasser [c]; Claudio Lombardelli
(Charles Leweck 42'), René Peters, Gilles Bettmer, Sébastien Rémy;
Aurélien Joachim (Daniel Huss 66').
Referee: Panyíkos Kailyís (Cyprus).
Coaches: Slovenia: Branko Oblak.
Luxembourg: Guy Hellers.
Cards: Slovenia: Branko Ilič [Y 90+'].
Luxembourg: Eric Hoffmann [Y 54'].
07/10/2006, Rostock, Ostseestadion, 28000
Friendly International
GERMANY 2 (Bastian Schweinsteiger 24', Michael Ballack 67')
GEORGIA 0
Germany: Timo Hildebrand; Clemens Fritz, Arne Friedrich, Manuel Friedrich
(Alexander Madlung 84'), Thomas Hitzlsperger (Malik Fathi 76');
David Odonkor, Michael Ballack [c], Piotr Trochowski (Torsten Frings 76'),
Bastian Schweinsteiger; Lukas Podolski, Mike Hanke (Jan Schlaudraff 65').
Georgia: Giorgi Lomaia; Mate Ghvinianidze (Otar Khizaneishvili 73'),
Zurab Khizanishvili, Kakha Kaladze [c], Davit Kvirkvelia
(Vasil Gigiadze 79'); Zurab Menteshashvili (Kakha Aladashvili 79'),
Jaba Kankava, Levan Kobiashvili, Levan Tskitishvili (Gogita Gogua 58');
Giorgi Demetradze (Irakli Modebadze 83'), Otar Martsvaladze
(Aleksandre Iashvili 63').
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria).
Coaches: Germany: Joachim Löw.
Georgia: Klaus Toppmöller (Germany).
Cards: Germany: Lukas Podolski [R 48'].
Georgia: Zurab Menteshashvili [Y 27'], Zurab Khizanishvili [Y 48' YR 62'],
Levan Tskitishvili [Y 55'].
11/10/2006, Anderlecht, Stade Constant Vanden Stock, 15000
European Championship Qualifying
BELGIUM 3 (Timmy Simons 24' pen, Kevin Vandenbergh 47', Mousa Dembélé 82')
AZERBAIJAN 0
Belgium: Stijn Stijnen; Carl Hoefkens, Daniel Van Buyten, Philippe Léonard,
Thomas Vermaelen; Anthony Vanden Borre (Mbo Mpenza 77'), Karel Geraerts,
Timmy Simons [c], Bart Goor; Emile Mpenza (Mousa Dembélé 71'),
Kevin Vandenbergh (Luigi Pieroni 86').
Azerbaijan: Fərhad Vəliyev; Zaur Həşimov (Vüqar Nadirov 77'), Aslan Kərimov [c],
Sergey Sokolov, Ernani Pereyra, Emin İmaməliyev; Aleksandr Çertoqanov;
Andre Ladaqa, Yuri Muzika (İlqar Qurbanov 33'), Ceyhun Sultanov
(Vaqif Cavadov 55'); Leandro Qomeş.
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia).
Coaches: Belgium: René Vandereycken.
Azerbaijan: Şahin Diniyev.
Cards: Belgium: Daniel Van Buyten [Y 15'], Bart Goor [Y 16'],
Mousa Dembélé [R 87'].
Azerbaijan: Fərhad Vəliyev [Y 23'], Yuri Muzika [Y 29'],
Aslan Kərimov [Y 88'].
11/10/2006, Almatı, Ortalıq Stadïon, 17863
European Championship Qualifying
KAZAKHSTAN 0
FINLAND 2 (Jari Litmanen 27', Sami Hyypiä 65')
Kazakhstan: Davïd Lorïya; Egor Azovskïy, Aleksandr Kwçma, Maksïm Jalmağambetov,
Samat Smaqov; Andrey Travïn (Maksïm Azovskïy 82'), Nïkïta Xoxlov;
Edward Sergïenko (Sergey Larïn 76'), Rwslan Baltïev, Nurbol Jumasqalïev [c]
(Qayrat Äşirbekov 63'); Dmïtrïy Byakov.
Finland: Jussi Jääskeläinen; Petri Pasanen, Hannu Tihinen, Sami Hyypiä, Toni Kallio;
Mika Nurmela, Jari Ilola, Mika Väyrynen (Aki Riihilahti 90+'),
Joonas Kolkka; Jari Litmanen [c], Mikael Forssell (Shefki Kuqi 72').
Referee: Thanásis Briákos (Greece).
Coaches: Kazakhstan: Arno Pijpers (Netherlands).
Finland: Roy Hodgson (England).
Cards: Kazakhstan: none.
Finland: Toni Kallio [Y 25'].
11/10/2006, Chorzów, Stadion Śląski, 44000
European Championship Qualifying
POLAND 2 (Euzebiusz Smolarek 9', 18')
PORTUGAL 1 (Nuno Ribeiro 'Nuno Gomes' 90+')
Poland: Wojciech Kowalewski; Paweł Golański, Arkadiusz Radomski, Jacek Bąk,
Grzegorz Bronowicki; Jakub Błaszczykowski (Jacek Krzynówek 66'),
Mariusz Lewandowski, Radosław Sobolewski, Euzebiusz Smolarek;
Maciej Żurawski [c], Grzegorz Rasiak (Radosław Matusiak 74').
Portugal: Ricardo Pereira; Miguel Monteiro, Ricardo Carvalho, Ricardo Rocha,
Nuno Valente; Francisco da Costa 'Costinha' [c] (Tiago Mendes 46'),
Armando Teixeira 'Petit' (Luís da Cunha 'Nani' 68');
Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro, Anderson de Sousa 'Deco'
(Nuno Ribeiro 'Maniche' 83'), Simão Sabrosa; Nuno Ribeiro 'Nuno Gomes'.
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany).
Coaches: Poland: Leo Beenhakker (Netherlands).
Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Cards: Poland: Mariusz Lewandowski [Y 21'], Wojciech Kowalewski [Y 90'].
Portugal: Simão Sabrosa [Y 23'], Ricardo Rocha [Y 60'].
11/10/2006, Beograd, Stadion Crvena Zvezda 'Marakana', 25000
European Championship Qualifying
SERBIA 3 (Dejan Stanković 54' pen, Danko Lazović 62', Nikola Žigić 90')
ARMENIA 0
Serbia: Vladimir Stojković; Igor Duljaj, Milan Stepanov, Mladen Krstajić,
Ivica Dragutinović; Ognjen Koroman (Ivan Ergić 72'), Nenad Kovačević,
Dejan Stanković [c], Aleksandar Trišović (Saša Ilić 46'); Marko Pantelić
(Danko Lazović 46'), Nikola Žigić.
Armenia: Gevorg Kasparov; Sargis Hovsepyan [c], Rrobert Arzumanyan, Karen Dokhoyan,
Yeghishe Melikyan; Samvel Melkonyan, Rrafayel Nazaryan, Aram Hakobyan
(Artur H. Minasyan 69'), Aghvan Mkrtchyan; Edgar Manucharyan
(Armen Tigranyan 79'), Armen Shahgeldyan (Nshan Erzrumyan 65').
Referee: Yórghos Kaznaféris (Greece).
Coaches: Serbia: Javier Clemente (Spain).
Armenia: Ian Porterfield (Scotland).
Cards: Serbia: Dejan Stanković [Y 47'].
Armenia: Rrobert Arzumanyan [Y 13'], Rrafayel Nazaryan [Y 50' YR 76'],
Gevorg Kasparov [Y 53'].
Note: Marko Pantelić missed a penalty at 14'.
11/10/2006, Montbéliard, Stade Auguste-Bonal, 19314
European Championship Qualifying
FRANCE 5 (Louis Saha 1', Thierry Henry 22', Nicolas Anelka 76',
David Trezeguet 77', 84')
FAROE ISLANDS 0
France: Mickaël Landreau; Willy Sagnol (François Clerc 78'), Lilian Thuram,
William Gallas, Julien Escudé; Franck Ribéry, Patrick Vieira [c],
Jérémy Toulalan, Florent Malouda; Louis Saha (David Trezeguet 61'),
Thierry Henry (Nicolas Anelka 61').
Faroe Islands: Jákup Mikkelsen [c]; Atli Danielsen, Vagnur Mohr Mortensen,
Fróði Benjaminsen, Marni Djurhuus; Jákup á Borg (Jónhard Fredriksberg 88'),
Pauli Hansen (Kári Nielsen 46'), Mikkjal Thomassen, Símun Samuelsen;
Rógvi Jacobsen, Christian Høgni Jacobsen.
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania).
Coaches: France: Raymond Domenech.
Faroe Islands: Jógvan Martin Olsen.
Cards: France: none.
Faroe Islands: Marni Djurhuus [Y 18'].
11/10/2006, Tbilisi, Boris Paichadzis Sakhelobis Erovnuli Stadioni, 49000
European Championship Qualifying
GEORGIA 1 (Giorgi Shashiashvili 25')
ITALY 3 (Daniele De Rossi 17', Mauro Camoranesi 61', Simone Perrotta 71')
Georgia: Giorgi Lomaia; Otar Khizaneishvili, Zurab Khizanishvili, Kakha Kaladze [c],
Giorgi Shashiashvili; Zurab Menteshashvili, Jaba Kankava,
Levan Tskitishvili (Ilia Kandelaki 76'), David Kvirkvelia;
Otar Martsvaladze (Vasil Gigiadze 85'), Mikheil Ashvetia
(Aleksandre Iashvili 70').
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon; Massimo Oddo, Alessandro Nesta, Fabio Cannavaro [c]
(Marco Materazzi 74'), Gianluca Zambrotta; Andrea Pirlo
(Stefano Mauri 62'), Daniele De Rossi; Mauro Camoranesi
(Vincenzo Iaquinta 88'), Simone Perrotta, Antonio Di Natale; Luca Toni.
Referee: Mike Riley (England).
Coaches: Georgia: Klaus Toppmöller (Germany).
Italy: Roberto Donadoni.
Cards: Georgia: Jaba Kankava [Y 17' YR 60'], Giorgi Shashiashvili [Y 30'],
Levan Tskitishvili [Y 45+'].
Italy: Gianluca Zambrotta [Y 86'].
11/10/2006, Kyiv, Stadion NSK Olimpiiskyi, 55000
European Championship Qualifying
UKRAINE 2 (Oleksandr Kucher 60', Andrii Shevchenko 90' pen)
SCOTLAND 0
Ukraine: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi; Viacheslav Sviderskyi, Oleksandr Kucher,
Andrii Rusol, Andrii Nesmachnyi; Oleh Husiev (Artem Milevskyi 62'),
Anatolii Tymoschuk, Oleh Shelaiev, Maksym Kalynychenko
(Andrii Vorobei 76'); Andrii Voronin (Bohdan Shershun 89'),
Andrii Shevchenko [c].
Scotland: Craig Gordon; Robbie Neilson (Stephen McManus 89'), Gary Caldwell,
Steven Pressley, David Weir, Graham Alexander; Barry Ferguson [c],
Paul Hartley, Darren Fletcher; James McFadden (Kris Boyd 73');
Kenny Miller.
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden).
Coaches: Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Scotland: Walter Smith.
Cards: Ukraine: Oleksandr Kucher [Y 31'].
Scotland: James McFadden [Y 9'], Darren Fletcher [Y 21'],
Robbie Neilson [Y 73'], Steven Pressley [R 86'].
11/10/2006, Zenica, Stadion Bilino Polje, 17000
European Championship Qualifying
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 0
GREECE 4 (Ángyelos Kharistéas 9' pen, Khrístos Patsadzóghlou 82',
Yórghos Samarás 85', Konstandínos Katsourányis 90+')
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Kenan Hasagić (Almir Tolja 46'); Branimir Bajić, Emir Spahić, Saša Papac,
Dalibor Šilić (Senijad Ibričić 70'); Ivica Grlić (Vladan Grujić 62'),
Zlatan Bajramović [c]; Mladen Bartolović, Zvjezdan Misimović,
Mirko Hrgović; Alen Škoro.
Greece: Andónyis Nyikopolyídhis [c]; Yoúrkas Seitarídhis
(Khrístos Patsadzóghlou 57'), Yórghos Anatolákyis, Sotíris Kyiryákos,
Tákyis Físsas; Ángyelos Basinás, Konstandínos Katsourányis,
Yórghos Karangoúnyis (Thódhoros Zaghorákyis 37'); Stélyos Yannakópoulos
(Yánnyis Amanatídhis 89'), Ángyelos Kharistéas, Yórghos Samarás.
Referee: Yuriy Baskakov (Russia).
Coaches: Bosnia/Herzegovina: Blaž Slišković.
Greece: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Cards: Bosnia/Herzegovina: Emir Spahić [Y 40'], Saša Papac [R 49'],
Dalibor Šilić [Y 66'].
Greece: Khrístos Patsadzóghlou [Y 60'].
11/10/2006, Ta'Qali, National Stadium, 4500
European Championship Qualifying
MALTA 2 (Andrè Schembri 13', 52')
HUNGARY 1 (Sándor Torghelle 19')
Malta: Justin Haber; Kenneth Scicluna, Brian Said, Luke Dimech, Stephen Wellman;
Kevin Sammut, Gilbert Agius [c] (Peter Pullicino 83'), Jamie Pace,
George Mallia (Andrew Cohen 65'); Andrè Schembri (Terence Scerri 73'),
Michael Mifsud.
Hungary: Gábor Király; Csaba Fehér (Péter Halmosi 77'), Vilmos Vanczák,
Roland Juhász, Leandro de Almeida (Zoltán Kiss 46'); Zoltán Gera,
Balázs Tóth, Pál Dárdai [c], Szabolcs Huszti; Imre Szabics
(Péter Czvitkovics 60'), Sándor Torghelle.
Referee: Johny Ver Eecke (Belgium).
Coaches: Malta: Dušan Fitzel (Czech Republic).
Hungary: Péter Bozsik.
Cards: Malta: Kevin Sammut [Y 86'].
Hungary: Vilmos Vanczák [R 38'].
11/10/2006, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Commerzbank Arena, 0 (closed doors)
European Championship Qualifying
TURKEY 5 (Hakan Şükür 35', 37' pen, 44', 74', Tuncay Şanlı 69')
MOLDOVA 0
Turkey: Rüştü Reçber; Hamit Altıntop, Servet Çetin, Gökhan Zan, İbrahim Üzülmez;
Sabri Sarıoğlu, Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Tümer Metin 61'), Mehmet Aurélio,
Tuncay Şanlı; Hakan Şükür [c] (Halil Altıntop 82'), Arda Turan
(Nihat Kahveci 73').
Moldova: Serghei Paşcenco; Ghenadie Olexici, Ion Testimiţanu, Valeri Catînsus,
Radu Rebeja [c]; Alexandru Iepureanu (Andrei Corneencov 46');
Serghei Covalciuc, Stanislav Ivanov, Serghei Iepureanu (Serghei Dadu 64'),
Alexandru Gaţcan; Serghei Rogaciov.
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark).
Coaches: Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Moldova: Anatol Teslev.
Cards: Turkey: Sabri Sarıoğlu [Y 51'].
Moldova: Valeri Catînsus [Y 32'].
Note: This 'home' match for Turkey was played at a neutral venue, behind closed
doors, as part of Turkey's punishment by FIFA for the fighting between
players and officials after the World Cup Qualifying Playoff against
Switzerland on 16/11/2005.
11/10/2006, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 36000
European Championship Qualifying
IRELAND 1 (Kevin Kilbane 62')
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 (Jan Koller 64')
Ireland: Wayne Henderson; Steve Finnan, John O'Shea, Paul McShane, Stephen Kelly;
Damien Duff, Lee Carsley, Jonathan Douglas, Kevin Kilbane
(Alan O'Brien 79'); Andy Reid (Alan Quinn 71'); Robbie Keane [c].
Czech Republic: Petr Čech; Tomáš Ujfaluši, Martin Jiránek, David Rozehnal,
Marek Jankulovski; Radoslav Kováč; Jaroslav Plašil (Zdeněk Grygera 85'),
Tomáš Rosický [c], Jan Polák; Jan Koller, Milan Baroš (David Jarolím 83').
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France).
Coaches: Ireland: Steve Staunton.
Czech Republic: Karel Brückner.
Cards: Ireland: Kevin Kilbane [Y 12'], Jonathan Douglas [Y 70'],
Lee Carsley [Y 84'].
Czech Republic: Milan Baroš [Y 31'], Jan Polák [Y 33'],
David Rozehnal [Y 46'], Radoslav Kováč [Y 74'].
11/10/2006, Bratislava, Tehelné pole, 21582
European Championship Qualifying
SLOVAKIA 1 (Stanislav Varga 58')
GERMANY 4 (Lukas Podolski 13', 72', Michael Ballack 25',
Bastian Schweinsteiger 36')
Slovakia: Kamil Čontofalský; Peter Petráš (Filip Hološko 73'), Stanislav Varga,
Martin Škrtel, Ján Ďurica; Martin Petráš; Miroslav Karhan [c], Ján Kozák
(Ivan Hodúr 65'), Dušan Švento; Marek Mintál; Róbert Vittek.
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Clemens Fritz, Arne Friedrich, Manuel Friedrich,
Philipp Lahm; Bernd Schneider (David Odonkor 76'), Torsten Frings,
Michael Ballack [c], Bastian Schweinsteiger (Piotr Trochowski 76');
Miroslav Klose, Lukas Podolski (Mike Hanke 85').
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway).
Coaches: Slovakia: Dušan Galis.
Germany: Joachim Löw.
Cards: Slovakia: Peter Petráš [Y 4'], Martin Petráš [Y 61'].
Germany: Clemens Fritz [Y 66'].
11/10/2006, Cardiff, Millennium Stadium, 20456
European Championship Qualifying
WALES 3 (Jason Koumas 33', Robert Earnshaw 39', Craig Bellamy 72')
CYPRUS 1 (Yannákyis Okkás 83')
Wales: Lewis Price; Richard Duffy (Rob Edwards 78'), Craig Morgan, Danny Gabbidon,
Lewin Nyatanga, Gareth Bale; Simon Davies, Carl Robinson, Jason Koumas
(Joe Ledley 76'); Craig Bellamy [c] (Paul Parry 90+'), Robert Earnshaw.
Cyprus: Mikhályis Morfís; Yórghos Theodhótou, Lámbros Lámbrou, Loukás Louká,
Aléxis Gharpózis (Ilyías Kharalámbous 46'); Konstandínos Makrídhis,
Marínos Satsiás (Yasemákyis Yasemí 84'), Khrísis Mikhaíl
(Konstandínos Kharalambídhis 46'), Státhis Alonéftis; Yannákyis Okkás [c],
Mikhályis Konstandínou.
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland).
Coaches: Wales: John Toshack.
Cyprus: Ángyelos Anastasiádhis (Greece).
Cards: Wales: Jason Koumas [Y 45'].
Cyprus: Aléxis Gharpózis [Y 3'], Marínos Satsiás [Y 52'].
11/10/2006, Andorra la Vella, Estadi Comunal, 300
European Championship Qualifying
ANDORRA 0
MACEDONIA 3 (Goran Pandev 13', Nikolče Noveski 16', Ilčo Naumoski 31')
Andorra: Jesús Álvarez 'Koldo'; Josep Ayala, Oscar Sonejee [c], José García 'Txema',
Jordi Rubio; Márcio Vieira; Genís García, Marc Pujol (Manolo Jiménez 87'),
Toni Sivera, Marc Bernaus; Juan Carlos Toscano (Justo Ruiz 34').
Macedonia: Jane Nikoloski; Goce Sedloski [c], Igor Mitreski, Nikolče Noveski;
Vlade Lazarevski, Veliče Šumulikoski, Aleksandar Mitreski, Robert Petrov
(Artim Šakiri 70'); Goran Pandev (Darko Tasevski 55'); Goran Maznov,
Ilčo Naumoski (Aco Stojkov 32').
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia).
Coaches: Andorra: David Rodrigo (Spain).
Macedonia: Srečko Katanec (Slovenia).
Cards: Andorra: José García 'Txema' [Y 18'], Toni Sivera [R 26'],
Marc Pujol [Y 31'].
Macedonia: Goran Pandev [Y 10'], Ilčo Naumoski [Y 21'].
11/10/2006, Zagreb, Stadion u Maksimiru, 38000
European Championship Qualifying
CROATIA 2 (Eduardo da Silva 60', Gary Neville 68' OG)
ENGLAND 0
Croatia: Stipe Pletikosa; Vedran Ćorluka, Robert Kovač, Dario Šimić, Josip Šimunić;
Milan Rapaić (Ivica Olić 72'), Niko Kovač [c], Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar
(Marko Babić 89'); Eduardo da Silva (Jerko Leko 82'), Mladen Petrić.
England: Paul Robinson; Rio Ferdinand, John Terry [c], Jamie Carragher
(Shaun Wright-Phillips 72'); Gary Neville, Scott Parker
(Kieran Richardson 72'), Michael Carrick, Frank J. Lampard, Ashley Cole;
Wayne Rooney, Peter Crouch (Jermain Defoe 72').
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy).
Coaches: Croatia: Slaven Bilić.
England: Steve McClaren.
Cards: Croatia: Niko Kovač [Y 63'].
England: Rio Ferdinand [Y 20'], Ashley Cole [Y 76'].
11/10/2006, Sankt-Peterburg, Stadion Petrovskiy, 22800
European Championship Qualifying
RUSSIA 2 (Pavel Pogrebnyak 78', Dmitriy Sychyov 90+')
ESTONIA 0
Russia: Igor Akinfeyev; Aleksandr Anyukov, Vasiliy Berezutskiy, Sergey Ignashevich,
Aleksey Berezutskiy; Vladimir Bystrov, Yevgeniy Aldonin [c]
(Dmitriy Sychyov 74'), Yegor Titov, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
(Ivan Sayenko 90+'); Andrey Arshavin, Aleksandr Kerzhakov
(Pavel Pogrebnyak 46').
Estonia: Mart Poom [c]; Teet Allas (Ats Purje 81'), Enar Jääger, Andrei Stepanov,
Raio Piiroja, Dmitri Kruglov; Ingemar Teever (Vladislav Gussev 81'),
Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Ragnar Klavan, Sergei Terehhov
(Andrei Sidorenkov 81'); Andres Oper.
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands).
Coaches: Russia: Guus Hiddink (Netherlands).
Estonia: Jelle Goes (Netherlands).
Cards: Russia: Andrey Arshavin [Y 64'], Aleksey Berezutskiy [Y 88'].
Estonia: Enar Jääger [Y 45'], Dmitri Kruglov [Y 56'],
Andrei Stepanov [Y 72'], Raio Piiroja [Y 89' YR 89'].
11/10/2006, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 8725
European Championship Qualifying
ICELAND 1 (Arnar Þór Viðarsson 6')
SWEDEN 2 (Kim Källström 8', Christian Wilhelmsson 59')
Iceland: Árni Gautur Arason; Kristján Örn Sigurðsson, Ívar Ingimarsson,
Hermann Hreiðarsson, Indriði Sigurðsson (Hjálmar Jónsson 51');
Grétar Rafn Steinsson, Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson
(Marel Jóhann Baldvinsson 81'), Arnar Þór Viðarsson, Emil Hallfreðsson;
Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen [c], Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson.
Sweden: Rami Shaaban; Mikael Nilsson, Mikael Antonsson, Petter Hansson, Erik Edman;
Daniel Andersson; Niclas Alexandersson [c], Kim Källström,
Christian Wilhelmsson; Marcus Allbäck (Markus Rosenberg 80'),
Johan Elmander (Daniel Majstorovic 90').
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland).
Coaches: Iceland: Eyjólfur Sverrisson.
Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
Cards: Iceland: Grétar Rafn Steinsson [Y 38'], Hermann Hreiðarsson [Y 57'],
Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson [Y 69'].
Sweden: Daniel Andersson [Y 69'], Johan Elmander [Y 87'],
Christian Wilhelmsson [Y 90+'].
11/10/2006, Vaduz, Rheinpark Stadion, 2700
European Championship Qualifying
LIECHTENSTEIN 0
DENMARK 4 (Daniel Jensen 29', Michael Gravgaard 32', Jon Dahl Tomasson 51', 64')
Liechtenstein: Peter Jehle; Martin Telser, Daniel Hasler [c], Christof Ritter, Yves Oehri;
Thomas Beck (Marco Ritzberger 63'), Martin Büchel, Martin Stocklasa,
Franz Burgmeier (Daniel Frick 62'); Mario Frick, Benjamin Fischer
(Fabio D'Elia 80').
Denmark: Jesper Christiansen; Lars Jacobsen, Michael Gravgaard, Daniel Agger,
Niclas Jensen; Daniel Jensen (Dennis Sørensen 46'), Christian Poulsen,
Martin Jørgensen; Dennis Rommedahl (Michael Krohn-Dehli 78'),
Jon Dahl Tomasson [c], Thomas Kahlenberg (Claus Jensen 64').
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales).
Coaches: Liechtenstein: Martin Andermatt (Switzerland).
Denmark: Morten Olsen.
Cards: None.
11/10/2006, Belfast, Windsor Park, 14500
European Championship Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (David Healy 35')
LATVIA 0
Northern Ireland: Maik Taylor; Chris Baird, Stephen Craigan, Aaron Hughes [c], Jonny Evans;
Keith Gillespie, Steve Davis, Damien Johnson, Sammy Clingan;
David Healy (Warren Feeney 90+'), Kyle Lafferty (James Quinn 88').
Latvia: Aleksandrs Koliņko; Deniss Kačanovs, Māris Smirnovs (Kaspars Gorkšs 46'),
Igors N. Stepanovs, Dzintars Zirnis; Genādijs Soloņicins
(Aleksejs Višņakovs 85'), Vitālijs Astafjevs [c], Juris Laizāns;
Marians Pahars, Ģirts Karlsons, Māris Verpakovskis (Gatis Kalniņš 78').
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Lawrie Sanchez.
Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
Cards: Northern Ireland: Kyle Lafferty [Y 48'].
Latvia: Kaspars Gorkšs [Y 68'], Vitālijs Astafjevs [Y 86'].
11/10/2006, Myensk, Stadyyon Dynama, 21150
European Championship Qualifying
BELARUS 4 (Dzyanis Kowba 18', Syarhyey Karnilyenka 52', 60',
Uladzimir Karytska 85')
SLOVENIA 2 (Boštjan Cesar 19', Klemen Lavrič 44')
Belarus: Uladzimir Hayew; Syarhyey Amyelyanchuk, Syarhyey Shtanyuk [c],
Syarhyey Hurenka; Tsimafyey Kalachow, Dzyanis Kowba, Alyaksandr Kulchyy,
Alyaksandr Hlyeb, Maksim Ramashchanka (Uladzimir Karytska 51');
Vyachaslaw Hlyeb (Aleh Strakhanovich 69'), Syarhyey Karnilyenka
(Artsyom Kantsavy 90').
Slovenia: Borut Mavrič; Branko Ilič, Matej Mavrič, Boštjan Cesar, Bojan Jokić;
Valter Birsa, Anton Žlogar, Milenko Ačimovič [c] (Andrej Komac 70'),
Robert Koren; Milivoje Novakovič (Miran Burgič 82'), Klemen Lavrič.
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary).
Coaches: Belarus: Yury Puntus.
Slovenia: Branko Oblak.
Cards: Belarus: Syarhyey Hurenka [Y 87'].
Slovenia: Anton Žlogar [Y 62'], Andrej Komac [Y 84'].
11/10/2006, Luxembourg, Stade Josy Barthel, 3156
European Championship Qualifying
LUXEMBOURG 0
BULGARIA 1 (Aleksandar Tunchev 26')
Luxembourg: Stéphane Gillet; Kim Kintziger, Claude Reiter, Jeff Strasser [c],
Mario Mutsch; René Peters (Ben Payal 61'); Claudio Lombardelli
(Charles Leweck 69'), Carlos Ferreira, Gilles Bettmer, Sébastien Rémy;
Aurélien Joachim (Daniel Huss 52').
Bulgaria: Dimitar Ivankov; Stanislav Angelov, Elin Topuzakov, Aleksandar Tunchev,
Lúcio Wagner; Chavdar Yankov (Radostin Kishishev 77'), Stiliyan Petrov [c],
Dimitar Telkiyski; Valeri Bozhinov (Zoran Janković 68'), Dimitar Berbatov,
Zdravko Lazarov (Hristo Yovov 46').
Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia/Herzegovina).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Guy Hellers.
Bulgaria: Hristo Stoichkov.
Cards: Luxembourg: Mario Mutsch [Y 30'], Claudio Lombardelli [Y 48'],
Sébastien Rémy [Y 88'].
Bulgaria: Stanislav Angelov [Y 63'], Stiliyan Petrov [Y 77'],
Dimitar Ivankov [Y 90+'].
11/10/2006, Amsterdam, Amsterdam ArenA, 37000
European Championship Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 2 (Robin van Persie 14', Nevil Dede 41' OG)
ALBANIA 1 (Debatik Curri 67')
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar [c]; Khalid Boulahrouz, André Ooijer, Joris Mathijsen,
Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Urby Emanuelson 68'); Denny Landzaat,
Nigel de Jong (Stijn Schaars 51'), Wesley Sneijder (Tim de Cler 80');
Ryan Babel, Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben.
Albania: Arjan Beqaj; Armend Dallku, Nevil Dede, Besnik Hasi, Ardian Aliaj
(Edvin Murati 65'); Debatik Curri, Altin Lala (Devis Mukaj 45+'),
Altin Haxhi, Ervin Skela; Igli Tare [c], Erion Bogdani
(Besart Berisha 79').
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel).
Coaches: Netherlands: Marco van Basten.
Albania: Otto Barić (Croatia).
Cards: Netherlands: Nigel de Jong [Y 45'].
Albania: Altin Lala [Y 45'], Erion Bogdani [Y 76'].
11/10/2006, Innsbruck, Stadion Tivoli Neu, 11000
Friendly International
AUSTRIA 2 (Roland Linz 24' pen, Sanel Kuljić 36')
SWITZERLAND 1 (Marco Streller 70')
Austria: Jürgen Macho; Johannes Ertl, Martin Stranzl (Ferdinand Feldhofer 46'),
Martin Hiden, Christian Fuchs; Markus Weissenberger (Hannes Eder 90'),
René Aufhauser, Andreas Ivanschitz [c], Thomas Prager (György Garics 84');
Sanel Kuljić (Christoph Leitgeb 83'), Roland Linz (Muhammet Akagündüz 61').
Switzerland: Diego Benaglio (Fabio Coltorti 46'); Philipp Degen, Johan Djourou,
Patrick Müller (Stéphane Grichting 41'), Ludovic Magnin
(Christoph Spycher 46'); Daniel Gygax (Raphaël Wicky 69'), Johann Vogel [c]
(Benjamin Huggel 46'), Ricardo Cabañas, Tranquillo Barnetta;
Mauro Lustrinelli (Hakan Yakin 46'), Marco Streller.
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark).
Coaches: Austria: Josef Hickersberger.
Switzerland: Jakob Kuhn.
Cards: Austria: Markus Weissenberger [Y 44'], Ferdinand Feldhofer [Y 58'],
Thomas Prager [Y 84'], René Aufhauser [Y 88'].
Switzerland: Ludovic Magnin [Y 28'], Philipp Degen [Y 59'],
Ricardo Cabañas [Y 88'].
14/11/2006, Wrexham, Racecourse Ground, 8752
Friendly International
WALES 4 (Jason Koumas 9', 15', Craig Bellamy 76', Chris Llewellyn 89')
LIECHTENSTEIN 0
Wales: Jason Brown; Richard Duffy (Carl Fletcher 46'), Lewin Nyatanga,
Steve Evans, Sam Ricketts; Simon Davies (Mark Jones 69'), Carl Robinson
(Andrew Crofts 80'), Jason Koumas (Craig Davies 88'), Ryan Giggs [c]
(Joe Ledley 46'); Craig Bellamy, Robert Earnshaw (Chris Llewellyn 59').
Liechtenstein: Peter Jehle; Martin Telser, Daniel Hasler [c], Christof Ritter,
Marco Ritzberger (Daniel Frick 59'); Thomas Beck (Wolfgang Kieber 88'),
Martin Stocklasa, Martin Büchel, Franz Burgmeier; Mario Frick
(Ronny Büchel 82'), Fabio D'Elia (Raphael Rohrer 59').
Referee: Luc Wilmes (Luxembourg).
Coaches: Wales: John Toshack.
Liechtenstein: Urs Meier (Switzerland).
Cards: Wales: none.
Liechtenstein: Martin Telser [Y 10'].
15/11/2006, Bruxelles-Ville, Stade Roi-Baudouin, 46000
European Championship Qualifying
BELGIUM 0
POLAND 1 (Radosław Matusiak 19')
Belgium: Stijn Stijnen; Carl Hoefkens, Daniel Van Buyten, Philippe Léonard
(Gaby Mudingayi 80'), Thomas Vermaelen; Anthony Vanden Borre
(Stein Huysegems 46'), Karel Geraerts, Timmy Simons [c], Bart Goor;
Emile Mpenza, Kevin Vandenbergh (Luigi Pieroni 62').
Poland: Artur Boruc; Marcin Wasilewski, Michał Żewłakow, Jacek Bąk,
Grzegorz Bronowicki; Jakub Błaszczykowski, Dariusz Dudka
(Rafał Murawski 80'), Radosław Sobolewski, Euzebiusz Smolarek;
Maciej Żurawski [c] (Łukasz Garguła 62'), Radosław Matusiak
(Przemysław Kaźmierczak 89').
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland).
Coaches: Belgium: René Vandereycken.
Poland: Leo Beenhakker (Netherlands).
Cards: Belgium: Karel Geraerts [Y 12'], Thomas Vermaelen [Y 25'],
Philippe Léonard [Y 57'], Timmy Simons [Y 88'], Bart Goor [Y 89'].
Poland: Radosław Sobolewski [Y 26'], Jakub Błaszczykowski [Y 58'].
15/11/2006, Helsinki, Finnair Stadium, 10000
European Championship Qualifying
FINLAND 1 (Mika Nurmela 8')
ARMENIA 0
Finland: Jussi Jääskeläinen; Ari Nyman, Hannu Tihinen, Sami Hyypiä [c], Toni Kallio;
Mika Nurmela, Markus Heikkinen, Mika Väyrynen (Jari Ilola 46'),
Joonas Kolkka; Alexei Eremenko Jr (Shefki Kuqi 88'), Jonatan Johansson.
Armenia: Gevorg Kasparov; Sargis Hovsepyan [c], Aleksandr Tadevosyan, Karen Dokhoyan
(Valeri Aleksanyan 46'), Aghvan Mkrtchyan; Levon Pachajyan,
Hamlet V. Mkhitaryan (Ara Hakobyan 75'), Rromik Khachatryan,
Artavazd Karamyan; Armen Shahgeldyan, Rrobert Zebelyan
(Arman Karamyan 78').
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland).
Coaches: Finland: Roy Hodgson (England).
Armenia: Ian Porterfield (Scotland).
Cards: Finland: none.
Armenia: Levon Pachajyan [Y 26'], Artavazd Karamyan [Y 28'],
Aleksandr Tadevosyan [Y 62'], Aghvan Mkrtchyan [Y 63'],
Rrobert Zebelyan [Y 73'], Armen Shahgeldyan [Y 90'].
15/11/2006, Coimbra, Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, 27000
European Championship Qualifying
PORTUGAL 3 (Simão Sabrosa 9', 84', Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro 29')
KAZAKHSTAN 0
Portugal: Ricardo Pereira; Miguel Monteiro, Ricardo Carvalho, António Sousa 'Tonel'
(Jorge Andrade 75'), Paulo Ferreira; Raul Meireles, Tiago Mendes;
Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro (Ricardo Quaresma 56'), Anderson de Sousa 'Deco'
(Carlos Martins 62'), Simão Sabrosa; Nuno Ribeiro 'Nuno Gomes' [c].
Kazakhstan: Davïd Lorïya; Egor Azovskïy, Aleksandr Kwçma, Maksïm Jalmağambetov,
Samat Smaqov; Andrey Travïn, Nïkïta Xoxlov; Edward Sergïenko
(Sergey Larïn 72'), Rwslan Baltïev, Nurbol Jumasqalïev [c]; Dmïtrïy Byakov.
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland).
Coaches: Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Kazakhstan: Arno Pijpers (Netherlands).
Cards: Portugal: Simão Sabrosa [Y 49'].
Kazakhstan: Andrey Travïn [Y 63'].
15/11/2006, Lefkosía, Stádhyo GSP, 15000
European Championship Qualifying
CYPRUS 1 (Yannákyis Okkás 43')
GERMANY 1 (Michael Ballack 15')
Cyprus: Andónyis Yorghallyídhis; Mários Ilyía, Lámbros Lámbrou, Loukás Louká,
Yórghos Theodhótou (Ilyías Kharalámbous 80'); Konstandínos Kharalambídhis,
Konstandínos Makrídhis, Khrísis Mikhaíl (Símos Krassás 68'),
Státhis Alonéftis; Yannákyis Okkás [c] (Kháris Nyikoláou 73'),
Mikhályis Konstandínou.
Germany: Timo Hildebrand; Clemens Fritz, Arne Friedrich, Manuel Friedrich,
Philipp Lahm; David Odonkor (Thomas Hitzlsperger 80'), Torsten Frings,
Michael Ballack [c], Bastian Schweinsteiger; Miroslav Klose,
Oliver Neuville (Mike Hanke 62').
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden).
Coaches: Cyprus: Ángyelos Anastasiádhis (Greece).
Germany: Joachim Löw.
Cards: Cyprus: Konstandínos Kharalambídhis [Y 21'], Yannákyis Okkás [Y 40'],
Loukás Louká [Y 46'].
Germany: Miroslav Klose [Y 19'], Clemens Fritz [Y 78'],
Philipp Lahm [Y 86'].
15/11/2006, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 34018
European Championship Qualifying
IRELAND 5 (Davide Simoncini 7' OG, Kevin Doyle 24', Robbie Keane 31', 58' pen, 85')
SAN MARINO 0
Ireland: Shay Given; John O'Shea, Paul McShane, Richard Dunne, Steve Finnan;
Damien Duff, Lee Carsley (Jonathan Douglas 50'), Andy Reid, Kevin Kilbane
(Alan Lee 79'); Robbie Keane [c], Kevin Doyle (Aiden McGeady 63').
San Marino: Federico Valentini; Carlo Valentini, Nicola Albani, Davide Simoncini
(Giovanni Bonini 81'), Simone Bacciocchi, Damiano Vannucci
(Federico Crescentini 72'); Matteo Andreini, Matteo Bugli, Manuel Marani,
Paolo Mariotti (Michele Marani 59'); Andy Selva [c].
Referee: Lassin Isaksen (Faroe Islands).
Coaches: Ireland: Steve Staunton.
San Marino: Giampaolo Mazza.
Cards: Ireland: Paul McShane [Y 83'].
San Marino: Manuel Marani [Y 67'].
15/11/2006, Ramat-Gan, National Stadium, 35000
European Championship Qualifying
ISRAEL 3 (Roberto Colautti 8', 89', Yossi Benayoun 68')
CROATIA 4 (Darijo Srna 35' pen, Eduardo da Silva 39', 54', 72')
Israel: Dudu Awat; Omri Afek, Tal Ben-Haim, Tomer Ben-Yosef, Adoram Keisi;
Gal Alberman, Walid Badir (Toto Tammuz 46'); Michael Zandberg
(Amit Ben-Shushan 59'), Yossi Benayoun [c], Idan Tal; Roberto Colautti.
Croatia: Vedran Runje; Vedran Ćorluka, Dario Šimić, Robert Kovač, Josip Šimunić;
Darijo Srna (Ivica Olić 88'), Niko Kovač [c], Luka Modrić,
Niko Kranjčar (Marko Babić 70'); Eduardo da Silva (Jerko Leko 81'),
Mladen Petrić.
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain).
Coaches: Israel: Dror Kashtan.
Croatia: Slaven Bilić.
Cards: Israel: Dudu Awat [Y 34'], Roberto Colautti [Y 41'], Idan Tal [Y 59'].
Croatia: none.
15/11/2006, Skopje, Gradski stadion, 18000
European Championship Qualifying
MACEDONIA 0
RUSSIA 2 (Vladimir Bystrov 18', Andrey Arshavin 32')
Macedonia: Jane Nikoloski; Vlade Lazarevski, Goce Sedloski [c], Igor Mitreski,
Nikolče Noveski, Robert Petrov; Veliče Šumulikoski, Aleksandar Mitreski
(Igor Jančevski 46' (Vlatko Grozdanovski 71')), Artim Šakiri
(Darko Tasevski 36'); Goran Maznov, Aco Stojkov.
Russia: Igor Akinfeyev; Vasiliy Berezutskiy, Denis Kolodin, Aleksey Berezutskiy;
Vladimir Bystrov, Igor Semshov, Yegor Titov [c], Diniyar Bilyaletdinov,
Yuriy Zhirkov; Andrey Arshavin (Roman Pavlyuchenko 90'), Pavel Pogrebnyak
(Dmitriy Sychyov 57').
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium).
Coaches: Macedonia: Srečko Katanec (Slovenia).
Russia: Guus Hiddink (Netherlands).
Cards: Macedonia: Robert Petrov [Y 43'].
Russia: Pavel Pogrebnyak [Y 50'], Dmitriy Sychyov [Y 65'],
Denis Kolodin [Y 86'].
15/11/2006, Praha, Toyota Arena, 6852
Friendly International
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 (Milan Baroš 90')
DENMARK 1 (Peter Løvenkrands 28')
Czech Republic: Marek Čech; Tomáš Ujfaluši [c], Martin Jiránek (Tomáš Zápotočný 81'),
David Rozehnal, Zdeněk Grygera (Radoslav Kováč 72'); David Jarolím
(Marek Heinz 46'), Jan Polák, Tomáš Galásek (Radek Šírl 46'),
Jaroslav Plašil; Stanislav Vlček (David Lafata 46'), Milan Baroš.
Denmark: Thomas Sørensen; Thomas Helveg [c], Per Nielsen, Daniel Agger,
Niclas Jensen (Martin Albrechtsen 62'); Jonas Kamper (Dennis Sørensen 66'),
Daniel Jensen, Christian Poulsen (Mikkel Thygesen 58'), Jan Kristiansen
(Rasmus Würtz 48'); Peter Løvenkrands (Jesper Bech 67'), Nicklas Bendtner
(Brian Priske 85').
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia).
Coaches: Czech Republic: Karel Brückner.
Denmark: Morten Olsen.
Cards: Czech Republic: David Jarolím [Y 24'], Radek Šírl [Y 73'],
Jan Polák [Y 88'], Marek Čech [Y 89'].
Denmark: Per Nielsen [Y 82'].
Note: Marek Čech saved a penalty from Daniel Jensen at 90'.
15/11/2006, Tallinn, A. Le Coq Arena, 2850
Friendly International
ESTONIA 2 (Andres Oper 17', 66')
BELARUS 1 (Vyachaslaw Hlyeb 63' pen)
Estonia: Mart Poom [c]; Teet Allas, Andrei Stepanov, Raio Piiroja, Enar Jääger;
Taavi Rähn; Ingemar Teever (Kristen Viikmäe 54'), Aleksandr Dmitrijev
(Tarmo Neemelo 67'), Ragnar Klavan (Martin Reim 83'), Sergei Terehhov
(Andrei Sidorenkov 67'); Andres Oper (Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 67').
Belarus: Yury Zhawnow; Syarhyey Amyelyanchuk (Yan Tsiharaw 46'), Artsyom Radzkow,
Dzmitryy Molash (Alyaksandr Yurevich 46'); Tsimafyey Kalachow
(Artsyom Kantsavy 71'), Dzyanis Kowba (Pavyel Plaskonny 60'),
Aleh Strakhanovich, Alyaksandr Hlyeb [c], Alyaksyey Suchkow
(Uladzimir Karytska 46'); Syarhyey Karnilyenka, Vyachaslaw Hlyeb
(Pavyel Kirylchyk 75').
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark).
Coaches: Estonia: Jelle Goes (Netherlands).
Belarus: Yury Puntus.
Cards: Estonia: Taavi Rähn [Y 74'].
Belarus: Vyachaslaw Hlyeb [Y 20'], Alyaksandr Hlyeb [Y 32'],
Syarhyey Karnilyenka [Y 45' YR 60'].
15/11/2006, Saint-Denis, Stade de France, 63680
Friendly International
FRANCE 1 (Thierry Henry 26')
GREECE 0
France: Grégory Coupet; Willy Sagnol (François Clerc 46'), Lilian Thuram,
William Gallas, Éric Abidal (Patrice Evra 46'); Sylvain Wiltord,
Patrick Vieira [c], Claude Makelele (Alou Diarra 46'), Florent Malouda;
Louis Saha (Nicolas Anelka 46'), Thierry Henry.
Greece: Andónyis Nyikopolyídhis [c]; Traianós Dhéllas (Yánnyis Goúmas 66');
Mikhályis Kapsís, Konstandínos Katsourányis, Sotíris Kyiryákos,
Tákyis Físsas (Panayótis Laghós 62'); Stélyos Yannakópoulos
(Theofányis Gyékas 46'), Ángyelos Basinás (Aléxandhros Dzyólyis 86'),
Yórghos Karangoúnyis (Pandelyís Kafés 77'); Yórghos Samarás,
Yánnyis Amanatídhis (Nyíkos Lyimberópoulos 46').
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany).
Coaches: France: Raymond Domenech.
Greece: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Cards: None.
Note: At 46', the referee Wack was replaced by Volker Wezel (Germany).
15/11/2006, Bergamo, Stadio Atleti Azzurri D'Italia, 21334
Friendly International
ITALY 1 (Antonio Di Natale 39')
TURKEY 1 (Marco Materazzi 42' OG)
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon (Marco Amelia 46'); Massimo Oddo (Cristian Zaccardo 46'),
Fabio Cannavaro [c] (Andrea Barzagli 46'), Marco Materazzi,
Gianluca Zambrotta (Manuel Pasqual 71'); Daniele De Rossi
(Angelo Palombo 71'); Mauro Camoranesi (Tommaso Rocchi 59'),
Cristian Brocchi (Simone Barone 59'), Stefano Mauri (Alberto Aquilani 46'),
Antonio Di Natale; Alberto Gilardino (Emiliano Bonazzoli 46').
Turkey: Rüştü Reçber (Volkan Demirel 6'); Hamit Altıntop (Nuri Şahin 75'),
Gökhan Zan, Servet Çetin, İbrahim Üzülmez; Mehmet Aurélio
(Hüseyin Çimşir 85'); Sabri Sarıoğlu (İbrahim Toraman 85'), Tuncay Şanlı
(Tümer Metin 63'), Emre Belözoğlu (Gökdeniz Karadeniz 75'), Arda Turan
(Fatih Tekke 85'); Hakan Şükür [c] (Halil Altıntop 63').
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland).
Coaches: Italy: Roberto Donadoni.
Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Cards: None.
15/11/2006, Paola, Hibernians Ground (Corradino), 1500
Friendly International
MALTA 1 (Gilbert Agius 86')
LITHUANIA 4 (Tomas Danilevičius 37', 67', Tomas Radzinevičius 58',
Vitalijus Kavaliauskas 90')
Malta: Mario Muscat (Andrew Hogg 46'); Kenneth Scicluna, Brian Said [c],
Stephen Wellman, Ian Azzopardi; Peter Pullicino (Roderick Bajada 62'),
Jamie Pace, George Mallia (Gilbert Agius 83'), Ivan Woods
(Andrew Cohen 70'); Michael Mifsud (Kevin Sammut 42'), Andrè Schembri
(Terence Scerri 19').
Lithuania: Paulius Grybauskas; Marius Stankevičius, Andrius Skerla,
Gediminas Paulauskas (Darius Žutautas 72'), Rolandas Džiaukštas;
Mindaugas Kalonas (Andrius Gedgaudas 72'), Darius Miceika
(Aidas Preikšaitis 66'), Nerijus Barasa (Ričardas Beniušis 49'),
Igoris Morinas (Linas Pilibaitis 76'); Tomas Danilevičius [c]
(Vitalijus Kavaliauskas 82'), Tomas Radzinevičius.
Referee: Brian Lawlor (Wales).
Coaches: Malta: Dušan Fitzel (Czech Republic).
Lithuania: Algimantas Liubinskas.
Cards: Malta: none.
Lithuania: Tomas Danilevičius [Y 76'].
15/11/2006, Amsterdam, Amsterdam ArenA, 45090
Friendly International
NETHERLANDS 1 (Rafael van der Vaart 86')
ENGLAND 1 (Wayne Rooney 37')
Netherlands: Henk Timmer (Maarten Stekelenburg 46'); Khalid Boulahrouz
(Kew Jaliens 61'), André Ooijer [c] (Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 84'),
Joris Mathijsen, Urby Emanuelson; Denny Landzaat, Stijn Schaars,
Clarence Seedorf; Rafael van der Vaart, Dirk Kuijt
(Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 61'), Arjen Robben.
England: Paul Robinson; Micah Richards, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry [c], Ashley Cole;
Steven Gerrard, Michael Carrick, Frank J. Lampard; Andy Johnson
(Shaun Wright-Phillips 74'), Wayne Rooney, Joe Cole
(Kieran Richardson 78').
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia).
Coaches: Netherlands: Marco van Basten.
England: Steve McClaren.
Cards: Netherlands: none.
England: Ashley Cole [Y 75'].
15/11/2006, Beograd, Stadion Crvena Zvezda 'Marakana', 15000
Friendly International
SERBIA 1 (Nemanja Vidić 6')
NORWAY 1 (John Carew 22')
Serbia: Vladimir Stojković; Branislav Ivanović, Nemanja Vidić (Igor Duljaj 46'),
Mladen Krstajić (Ivica Dragutinović 46'), Duško Tošić; Ivan Ergić,
Nenad Kovačević, Dejan Stanković [c] (Miloš Krasić 46'); Boško Janković
(Marjan Marković 63'), Aleksandar Trišović (Ognjen Koroman 46');
Nikola Žigić (Danko Lazović 46').
Norway: Håkon Opdal; Anders Rambekk (Vidar Riseth 63'), Erik Hagen, Frode Kippe,
John Arne Riise; Fredrik Strømstad (Bjørn Helge Riise 64'),
Kristofer Hæstad, Christian Grindheim (Jan Gunnar Solli 90'),
Petter Vaagan Moen (Ole Martin Årst 62'); John Carew [c]
(Erik Nevland 79'), Steffen Iversen (Espen Hoff 79').
Referee: Yórghos Kaznaféris (Greece).
Coaches: Serbia: Javier Clemente (Spain).
Norway: Åge Hareide.
Cards: Serbia: Miloš Krasić [Y 85'].
Norway: Frode Kippe [Y 19'].
15/11/2006, Žilina, Štadión pod Dubňom, 4823
Friendly International
SLOVAKIA 3 (Marek Mintál 8', Marek Sapara 53', Miroslav Karhan 78' pen)
BULGARIA 1 (Kaloyan Karadzhinov 80')
Slovakia: Kamil Čontofalský (Ľuboš Hajdúch 46'); Peter Šinglár, Martin Škrtel,
Maroš Klimpl, Marek Čech; Zdeno Štrba (Martin Petráš 64'); Peter Petráš
(Stanislav Šesták 61'), Marek Sapara (Vladimír Janočko 74'), Dušan Švento;
Marek Mintál [c] (Miroslav Karhan 61'), Róbert Vittek (Filip Hološko 46').
Bulgaria: Dimitar Ivankov (Stoyan Kolev 46'); Yordan Todorov, Valentin Iliev,
Aleksandar Tunchev (Zhivko Zhelev 46'), Petar Zanev; Radostin Kishishev
(Georgi Peev 19'); Blagoy Georgiev (Hristo Yovov 57'), Dimitar Telkiyski
(Kaloyan Karadzhinov 61'), Chavdar Yankov; Valeri Bozhinov
(Svetoslav Todorov 54'), Dimitar Berbatov [c].
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland).
Coaches: Slovakia: Ján Kocian.
Bulgaria: Hristo Stoichkov.
Cards: Slovakia: Martin Škrtel [Y 86'].
Bulgaria: Valentin Iliev [Y 14'], Dimitar Ivankov [Y 31'],
Chavdar Yankov [Y 83'], Svetoslav Todorov [Y 86'].
15/11/2006, Cádiz, Estadio Ramón de Carranza, 16000
Friendly International
SPAIN 0
ROMANIA 1 (Ciprian Marica 59')
Spain: Íker Casillas [c]; Ángel López (Sergio Ramos 74'), Javi Navarro,
Juanito Gutiérrez, Antonio López; Miguel Ángel Angulo, Xabi Alonso
(Borja Oubiña 46'), Cesc Fábregas (Marcos Senna 46'), David Jiménez Silva;
David Villa, Fernando Morientes.
Romania: Dănuţ Coman; Petre Marin, Gabriel Tamaş (Dorin Goian 87'),
Cristian Chivu [c] (Sorin Ghionea 87'), Răzvan Raţ (Ştefan Radu 89');
Marius Măldărăşanu (Laurenţiu Roşu 46'), Ovidiu Petre, Răzvan Cociş;
Ciprian Marica, Claudiu Niculescu (Mugurel Buga 46'), Daniel Niculae
(Nicolae Dică 74').
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy).
Coaches: Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Romania: Victor Piţurcă.
Cards: Spain: Ángel López [Y 71'].
Romania: Petre Marin [Y 61'], Nicolae Dică [Y 90+'].