UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 1

Standings and results for Group 1 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

Group 1 consisted of Cyprus, France, Israel, Malta and Slovenia. Group winners were France, who finished with a 100% record, ten points clear of second-placed Slovenia who in turn qualified for the playoffs.

Israel were forced to play all home games away from Israel due to the ongoing violence regarding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[1]

## Standings

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1  |  France | 8  | 8  | 0  | 0  | 29  | 2  | +27  | 24  | Qualify for final tournament |  | -- | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 6–0
2  |  Slovenia | 8  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 15  | 12  | +3  | 14  | Advance to play-offs |  | 0–2 | -- | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0
3  |  Israel | 8  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 9  | 11  | −2  | 9  |  |  | 1–2 | 0–0 | -- | 2–0 | 2–2
4  |  Cyprus | 8  | 2  | 2  | 4  | 9  | 18  | −9  | 8  |  | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | -- | 2–1
5  |  Malta | 8  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 5  | 24  | −19  | 1  |  | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | --

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

## Matches

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7 September 2002

19:00 UTC+3

Cyprus | 1–2|  France

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Okkas 14' | Report | Cissé 39'
Wiltord 51'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 11,898

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

7 September 2002

20:15 UTC+2

Slovenia | 3–0|  Malta

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Debono 37' (o.g.)
Šiljak 59'
Cimirotič 90' | Report |

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 7,800

Referee: Georgios Borovilos (Greece)

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12 October 2002

19:00 UTC+2

Malta | 0–2|  Israel

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| Report | Balili 56'
Revivo 76'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 3,163

Referee: Sergei Shebek (Ukraine)

12 October 2002

20:45 UTC+2

France | 5–0|  Slovenia

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Vieira 10'
Marlet 35', 64'
Wiltord 79'
Govou 86' | Report |

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,619

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

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16 October 2002

20:45 UTC+2

Malta | 0–4|  France

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| Report | Henry 25', 35'
Wiltord 59'
Carrière 84'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 9,748

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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20 November 2002

19:00 UTC+2

Cyprus | 2–1|  Malta

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Rauffmann 50'
Okkas 74' | Report | Mifsud 90'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)

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29 March 2003

19:00 UTC+2

Cyprus | 1–1|  Israel

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Rauffmann 61' | Report | Afek 2'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

29 March 2003

20:45 UTC+1

France | 6–0|  Malta

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Wiltord 36'
Henry 38', 54'
Zidane 57' (pen.), 80'
Trezeguet 70' | Report |

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 40,775

Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)

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2 April 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Slovenia | 4–1|  Cyprus

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Šiljak 4', 14'
Zahovič 38' (pen.)
Čeh 43' | Report | Konstantinou 10'

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa (Portugal)

2 April 2003

20:45 UTC+2

Israel | 1–2|  France

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Afek 2' | Report | Trezeguet 23'
Zidane 45'

Renzo Barbera Stadium, Palermo

Attendance: 2,455

Referee: Graham Barber (England)

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30 April 2003

20:30 UTC+2

Israel | 2–0|  Cyprus

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Badir 88'
Holtzman 90' | Report |

Renzo Barbera Stadium, Palermo

Attendance: 300

Referee: Michal Benes (Czech Republic)

30 April 2003

20:30 UTC+2

Malta | 1–3|  Slovenia

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Mifsud 90' | Report | Zahovič 15'
Šiljak 36', 57'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,368

Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

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7 June 2003

19:00 UTC+2

Malta | 1–2|  Cyprus

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Dimech 73' | Report | Konstantinou 23' (pen.), 62'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,607

Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

7 June 2003

21:15 UTC+3

Israel | 0–0|  Slovenia

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Atatürk Stadium, Antalya

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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6 September 2003

20:15 UTC+2

Slovenia | 3–1|  Israel

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Šiljak 35'
Knavs 37'
Čeh 78' | Report | Revivo 69'

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

6 September 2003

20:45 UTC+2

France | 5–0|  Cyprus

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Trezeguet 7', 81'
Wiltord 20', 41'
Henry 60' | Report |

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 50,132

Referee: Leslie Irvine (Scotland)

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10 September 2003

18:00 UTC+3

Israel | 2–2|  Malta

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Revivo 16'
Balili 79' | Report | Mifsud 51' (pen.)
Carabott 52'

Atatürk Stadium, Antalya

Attendance: 250

Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

10 September 2003

20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia | 0–2|  France

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| Report | Trezeguet 9'
Dacourt 71'

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

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11 October 2003

19:30 UTC+3

Cyprus | 2–2|  Slovenia

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Georgiou 71'
Yiasoumi 81' | Report | Šiljak 11', 41'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 2,346

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

11 October 2003

20:45 UTC+2

France | 3–0|  Israel

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Henry 9'
Trezeguet 24'
Boumsong 42' | Report |

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 57,009

Referee: Cosimo-Giancarlo Bolognino (Italy)

## Goalscorers

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There were 67 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.35 goals per match.

8 goals

* Ermin Šiljak

6 goals

* Thierry Henry
* David Trezeguet
* Sylvain Wiltord

3 goals

* Michalis Konstantinou
* Zinedine Zidane
* Haim Revivo
* Michael Mifsud

2 goals

* Ioannis Okkas
* Rainer Rauffmann
* Steve Marlet
* Omri Afek
* Pini Balili
* Nastja Čeh
* Zlatko Zahovič

1 goal

* Stavros Georgiou
* Yiasoumis Yiasoumi
* Jean-Alain Boumsong
* Eric Carrière
* Djibril Cissé
* Olivier Dacourt
* Sidney Govou
* Patrick Vieira
* Walid Badir
* Shay Holtzman
* David Carabott
* Luke Dimech
* Sebastjan Cimirotič
* Aleksander Knavs

1 own goal

* Darren Debono (against Slovenia)

## References

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1. ^ "The official website for European football".

* UEFA Page
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UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

* Group stage
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* Group 3
* Group 4
* Group 5
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* Group 8
* Group 9
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* Play-offs

*[Pos]: Position
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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points