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Group 1 I
Group 2 I
Group 3 I
Group 4 I
Group 5 I
Group 6 I
Group 7 I Group
8 I Group
9 I Group
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Sept 7 2002
Turkey 3-0 Slovakia
Liechtenstein 1-1 Macedonia
Oct 12 2002
Macedonia 1-2 Turkey
Slovakia 1-2 England
Turkey overcame an early goal from Macedonia's Vlatko
Grozdanoski as Nihat Kahveci and Okan Buruk put Turkey top of Group
7.
A poor England scraped home against Slovakia on a
muddy pitch amid crowd trouble and racist chants from the home supporters.
Late goals from David Beckham and Michael Owen cancelled out Middlesbrough
striker Szilard Nemeth's early strike.
Oct 16 2002
Turkey 5-0 Liechtenstein
England 2-2 Macedonia
Turkey easily beat the group's weakest team Liechtenstein
to take control of group 7. First-half goals from Okan Buruk, Umit
Davala and Ilhan Mansiz were followed by two from Serhat Akin in
the final 10 minutes.
Another poor performance from England saw them drop two points
in Southampton to unfancied Macedonia.
Bad errors from Arsenal pair David Seaman and Sol Campbell twice
gave Macedonia the lead in the first half. Artim Sakiri scored direct
from a corner with Seaman flapping at a high ball once again, before
David Beckham's lobbed equaliser. Vanco Trajanov restored the visitor's
lead until Steven Gerrard's volley levelled the game before half-time.
There were no further goals in the second half and England had Alan
Smith sent-off for a second yellow card at the death.
2003
Sat, March 29
Liechtenstein 0 v England 2
FYR Macedonia 0 v Slovakia 2
Plucky Liechtenstein restricted a poor England team to a goal in
each half from Michael Owen and a David Beckham free kick.
Slovakia defended and counter-attacked well to beat Macedonia with
goals from Martin Petras in the 28th minute and substitute Lubos
Reiter in injury time.
Wed, April 2
England 2 v Turkey 0
Slovakia 4 v Liechtenstein 0
Everton wunderkind Wayne Rooney was the star of the show as England
bounced back from a poor showing against Liechtenstein to beat Turkey
with second-half goals from substitute Darius Vassell and a last-minute
David Beckham penalty in a match marred by small pitch invasions
following England's goals and a players' spat in the tunnel after
the final whistle.
In a match played behind closed doors following racial abuse during
Slovakia's game against England last year, Middlesborough's Szilard
Nemeth, coming on as a sub, netted a brace for the home side with
the other Slovak goals coming from Lubomir Reiter and Vladimir Janocko.
Sat, June 7
Slovakia 0 v Turkey 1
FYR Macedonia 3 v Liechtenstein 1
Liechtenstein took a shock early lead through Roger Beck, before
Goce Sedloski from the spot, Mile Krstev and Ace Stojkov settled
the match for the Macedonians.
Turkey regained top spot in the group with a first half volley from
Nihat Kahveci.
Wed, June 11
England 2 v Slovakia 1
Turkey 3 v FYR Macedonia 2
After a shambolic first half when England trailed to a Vladimir
Janocko free kick and could have been further adrift, a Sven Goran
Erikkson reshuffle saw England storm back to win with a brace from
Michael Owen - the first a dubious penalty and the second a powerful
header from a Steven Gerrard cross.
A bad-tempered battle of the Balkans in Istanbul saw Macedonia twice
take the lead through first half goals from Vlatko Grozdanovski
and Baggies-bound Artim Sakiri only to be overhauled by goals from
Nihat Kahveci, Gokdeniz and Hakan Sukur. UEFA seems certain to take
action against the hosts after bottles and coins rained down from
the terraces after Macedonia's goals.
Sat, Sept 6
Liechtenstein 0 v Turkey 5. Scorers: Tumer Metin, Okan Buruk, Hakan
Sukur.
FYR Macedonia 1 v England 2. Wayne Rooney became the youngest player
to score in an England shirt at the age of 17 when he equalised
Georgi Hristov's opener. A Beckham penalty allowed England to squeeze
by a good Macedonian team to take the 3 points in a match notable
for racist chanting from the stands and poor performances from the
entire England team - bar Beckham, substitute Heskey and wunderkind
Rooney.
 Wed,
Sept 10
England 2 v Liechtenstein 0. Owen & Rooney the scorers.
Slovakia 1 v FYR Macedonia 1.
Sat, Oct 11
Turkey 0 v England 0
England qualify. Turkey in the play-offs.
Liechtenstein 0 v Slovakia 2. |
