2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Football tournament qualification stage March 2017 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Malta and Sweden. The group was won by Croatia, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Sweden also qualified as one of two best runners-up. Standings main WDL Q Tiebreakers CRO CRO SWE SWE BUL BUL HUN HUN ISL ISL MLT MLT 7 3 0 21 5 8 0 2 30 4 4 3 3 17 17 4 2 4 13 14 1 1 8 14 27 0 3 7 4 32 WC WC green1 Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup y flag 0–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 6–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 3–0 0–3 1–3 2–0 3–2 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 4–0 1–4 1–3 1–3 2–3 4–1 0–7 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2006, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2006/ soccer365.me 15 April 2024 30 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240530232444/https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2006/ dead Matches Iceland v Bulgaria 4 September 2004 16:00 ISL 1–3 (Report) BUL Guðjohnsen 51 pen. Berbatov 35 49Yanev 62 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 5,014 Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) Croatia v Hungary 4 September 2004 20:30 CRO 3–0 (Report) HUN Pršo 31Klasnić 54Gyepes 80 o.g. Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 20,853 Mike Riley (England) Malta v Sweden 4 September 2004 20:45 MLT 0–7 (Report) SWE Ibrahimović 4 11 14 71Ljungberg 46 74Larsson 76 Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali 4,200 Haim Jakov (Israel) Sweden v Croatia 8 September 2004 20:15 SWE 0–1 (Report) CRO Srna 64 Ullevi, Gothenburg 40,023 Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain) Hungary v Iceland 8 September 2004 21:15 HUN 3–2 (Report) ISL Gera 62Torghelle 75Szabics 79 Guðjohnsen 39I. Sigurðsson 78 Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest 5,461 Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) Sweden v Hungary 9 October 2004 17:00 SWE 3–0 (Report) HUN Ljungberg 26Larsson 50Svensson 67 Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality 32,288 Stuart Dougal (Scotland) Malta v Iceland 9 October 2004 18:15 MLT 0–0 (Report) ISL Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali 1,130 Sorin Corpodean (Romania) Croatia v Bulgaria 9 October 2004 20:15 CRO 2–2 (Report) BUL Srna 15 31 pen. M. Petrov 77Berbatov 86 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 31,565 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Bulgaria v Malta 13 October 2004 18:00 BUL 4–1 (Report) MLT Berbatov 43 55Yanev 47Yankov 88 Mifsud 11 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 16,800 Ceri Richards (Wales) Iceland v Sweden 13 October 2004 18:10 ISL 1–4 (Report) SWE Guðjohnsen 66 Larsson 24 39Allbäck 27Wilhelmsson 45 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 7,037 Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Malta v Hungary 17 November 2004 19:30 MLT 0–2 (Report) HUN Gera 39Kovács 93 Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali 14,500 Tony Asumaa (Finland) Bulgaria v Sweden 26 March 2005 17:30 BUL 0–3 (Report) SWE Ljungberg 17 90+2 pen.Edman 74 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 42,530 Herbert Fandel (Germany) Croatia v Iceland 26 March 2005 18:00 CRO 4–0 (Report) ISL N. Kovač 38 75Šimunić 70Pršo 90+1 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 17,912 Jerome Damon (South Africa) Croatia v Malta 30 March 2005 18:00 CRO 3–0 (Report) MLT Pršo 22 35Tudor 79 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 15,510 Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus) Hungary v Bulgaria 30 March 2005 20:45 HUN 1–1 (Report) BUL Rajczi 90 S. Petrov 51 Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest 11,586 Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) Sweden v Malta 4 June 2005 17:15 SWE 6–0 (Report) MLT Jonson 6Svensson 18Wilhelmsson 29Ibrahimović 40Ljungberg 57Elmander 81 Ullevi, Gothenburg 35,593 Nikolai Ivanov (Russia) Bulgaria v Croatia 4 June 2005 18:00 BUL 1–3 (Report) CRO M. Petrov 72 Babić 19Tudor 57Kranjčar 80 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 35,000 Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Iceland v Hungary 4 June 2005 18:05 ISL 2–3 (Report) HUN Guðjohnsen 17K. Sigurðsson 68 Gera 45 56Huszti 73 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 4,613 Lucílio Batista (Portugal) Iceland v Malta 8 June 2005 18:05 ISL 4–1 (Report) MLT Þorvaldsson 27Guðjohnsen 33Guðmundsson 74V. Gunnarsson 84 Said 58 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 4,887 Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Sweden v Bulgaria 3 September 2005 17:15 SWE 3–0 (Report) BUL Ljungberg 60Mellberg 75Ibrahimović 90 Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality 35,000 Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Iceland v Croatia 3 September 2005 18:05 ISL 1–3 (Report) CRO Guðjohnsen 24 Balaban 56 61Srna 82 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 5,520 Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Hungary v Malta 3 September 2005 20:45 HUN 4–0 (Report) MLT Torghelle 34Said 55 o.g.Takács 64Rajczi 85 Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest 5,900 Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine) Malta v Croatia 7 September 2005 18:45 MLT 1–1 (Report) CRO Wellman 74 Kranjčar 19 Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali 916 Athanassios Briakos (Greece) Bulgaria v Iceland 7 September 2005 19:00 BUL 3–2 (Report) ISL Berbatov 21Iliev 69M. Petrov 86 Steinsson 9Hreiðarsson 16 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 18,000 Bülent Demirlek (Turkey) Hungary v Sweden 7 September 2005 20:45 HUN 0–1 (Report) SWE Ibrahimović 90+1 Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest 20,161 Stefano Farina (Italy) Bulgaria v Hungary 8 October 2005 18:00 BUL 2–0 (Report) HUN Berbatov 29Lazarov 55 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 4,652 Dejan Delević (Serbia and Montenegro) Croatia v Sweden 8 October 2005 20:15 CRO 1–0 (Report) SWE Srna 55 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 34,015 Massimo De Santis (Italy) Malta v Bulgaria 12 October 2005 19:00 MLT 1–1 (Report) BUL Barbara 79 Yankov 67 Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali 2,844 Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine) Sweden v Iceland 12 October 2005 19:30 SWE 3–1 (Report) ISL Ibrahimović 29Larsson 42Källström 90+1 Árnason 11 Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality 33,716 Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Hungary v Croatia 12 October 2005 19:30 HUN 0–0 (Report) CRO Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest 6,979 Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Goalscorers 99 30 SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović BUL Dimitar Berbatov SWE Freddie Ljungberg ISL Eiður Guðjohnsen CRO Darijo Srna SWE Henrik Larsson CRO Dado Pršo HUN Zoltán Gera BUL Martin Petrov BUL Hristo Yanev BUL Chavdar Yankov CRO Boško Balaban CRO Niko Kovač CRO Niko Kranjčar CRO Igor Tudor HUN Péter Rajczi HUN Sándor Torghelle SWE Anders Svensson SWE Christian Wilhelmsson BUL Georgi Iliev BUL Zdravko Lazarov BUL Stiliyan Petrov CRO Marko Babić CRO Ivan Klasnić CRO Josip Šimunić HUN Szabolcs Huszti HUN Péter Kovács HUN Imre Szabics HUN Ákos Takács ISL Kári Árnason ISL Veigar Páll Gunnarsson ISL Tryggvi Guðmundsson ISL Hermann Hreiðarsson ISL Indriði Sigurðsson ISL Kristján Örn Sigurðsson ISL Grétar Steinsson ISL Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson MLT Etienne Barbara MLT Michael Mifsud MLT Brian Said MLT Stephen Wellman SWE Marcus Allbäck SWE Erik Edman SWE Johan Elmander SWE Mattias Jonson SWE Kim Källström SWE Olof Mellberg HUN Gábor Gyepes (against Croatia) MLT Brian Said (against Hungary) References 8 Category:2004–05 in Bulgarian football Category:2005–06 in Bulgarian football Category:2004 in Swedish football Category:2005 in Swedish football Qual Category:2004 in Icelandic football Category:2005 in Icelandic football Category:2004–05 in Croatian football Qual Category:2004–05 in Hungarian football Category:2005–06 in Hungarian football Category:2004–05 in Maltese football Category:2005–06 in Maltese football