Group 1 - Table, Results & Fixtures

World Cup 2006 European Qualifying Groups

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Sept 7 2002
Slovenia 3-0 Malta
Cyprus 1-2 France

Oct 12 2002
France 5-0 Slovenia
Malta 0-2 Israel
Reigning European champions France thrashed a poor Slovenia side in Paris. First half goals by Patrick Vieira and Steve Marlet were followed by three more after the break by Marlet again, Sylvain Wiltord and substitute Sidney Govou.
Israel won in Malta with second-half goals from Pini Balali and Haim Revivo.

Oct 16 2002
Malta 0-4 France
Holders France continue in fine form winning easily away to Malta. Two goals from Arsenal's Thierry Henry and one apiece from Sylvain Wiltord and Eric Carriere.

Nov 20 2002
Cyprus 2 v Malta 1

Sat, March 29 2003
Cyprus 1 v Israel 1
France 6 v Malta 0

Coach Jacques Santini paired Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet upfront as France demolished Malta with two goals apiece from Henry and Zinedine Zidane plus strikes from Sylvan Wiltord and Trezeguet.

Wed, April 2 2003
Slovenia 4 v Cyprus 1
Israel 1 v France 2

Slovenia crushed Cyprus with two goals from striker Ermin Siljak, a Zlatko Zahovic penalty and a fourth from Nastja Ceh. Cyprus briefly got back in the game when Michael Konstantinou pounced on a defensive mistake to equalize Siljak's fifth minute opener.
A lacklustre France struggled to beat Israel 2-1 in Palermo, Italy. France went behind to Omri Afek's second minute strike, but fought back with goals from David Trezeguet and Zinedine Zidane before the break. Both players now have 22 goals for their country and France are only one point away from qualifying for Euro 2004.

Wed, April 30
Malta 1 v Slovenia 3
Israel 2 v Cyprus 0
Zlatko Zahovic from a free-kick and striker Ermin Siljak with a brace put Slovenia 3-0 up before Kaiserslautern striker Michael Mifsud grabbed a late consolation for Malta.
Two goals at the death from substitute Walid Badir and Shai Holtzman gave Israel a vital win in Palermo.

Sat, June 7 2003
Israel 0 v Slovenia 0
Malta 1 v Cyprus 2
Israel could only draw 0-0 against a defensive Slovenia in Antalya, Turkey.
Ten-man Malta went down to Cyprus in Valletta. Goalkeeper Saviour Darmanin was sent off after 21 minutes following a foul on Michael Konstantinou in the area resulting in a penalty, which the striker duly converted. Konstantinou, again, doubled Cyprus' lead after the break before Luke Dimech pulled one back for Malta.

Sat, Sept 6 2003
France 5 v Cyprus 0
Scorers: David Trezeguet [2], Sylvain Wiltord [2], Thierry Henry 1.
Slovenia 3 v Israel 1

Wed, Sept 10 2003
Israel 2 v Malta 2. Great result for Malta - away from home, too!
Slovenia 0 v France 2. France qualify for Euro 2004.

Sat, Oct 11 2003
Cyprus 2 v Slovenia 2
France 3 v Israel 0

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