UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 9

Standings and results for Group 9 of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament.

Group 9 consisted of Azerbaijan, Finland, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro and Wales. Serbia and Montenegro began the campaign as the FR Yugoslavia, but officially changed their name in February 2003. Group winners were Italy, who finished four points clear of second-placed team Wales who qualified for the play-offs.

## Standings

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1  |  Italy | 8  | 5  | 2  | 1  | 17  | 4  | +13  | 17  | Qualify for final tournament |  | -- | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0
2  |  Wales | 8  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 13  | 10  | +3  | 13  | Advance to play-offs |  | 2–1 | -- | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0
3  |  Serbia and Montenegro[a] | 8  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 11  | 11  | 0  | 12  |  |  | 1–1 | 1–0 | -- | 2–0 | 2–2
4  |  Finland | 8  | 3  | 1  | 4  | 9  | 10  | −1  | 10  |  | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | -- | 3–0
5  |  Azerbaijan | 8  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 5  | 20  | −15  | 4  |  | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | --

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. ^ The official name of the country was changed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro on 4 February 2003, during the qualifying process.

## Matches

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7 September 2002

19:00 UTC+03:00

Finland | 0–2|  Wales

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| Report | Hartson 30'
Davies 72'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 35,833

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

7 September 2002

23:00 UTC+05:00

Azerbaijan | 0–2|  Italy

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| Report | Ahmadov 33' (o.g.)
Del Piero 65'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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12 October 2002

19:00 UTC+03:00

Finland | 3–0|  Azerbaijan

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Agaev 14' (o.g.)
Tihinen 60'
Hyypiä 72' | Report |

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 11,853

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

12 October 2002

20:45 UTC+02:00

Italy | 1–1|  FR Yugoslavia

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Del Piero 38' | Report | Mijatović 27'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 43,661

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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16 October 2002

19:00 UTC+02:00

FR Yugoslavia | 2–0|  Finland

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Kovačević 55'
Mijatović 84' (pen.) | Report |

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 22,113

Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

16 October 2002

19:45 UTC+01:00

Wales | 2–1|  Italy

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Davies 11'
Bellamy 70' | Report | Del Piero 31'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 71,000

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

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20 November 2002

19:00 UTC+04:00

Azerbaijan | 0–2|  Wales

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| Report | Speed 10'
Hartson 68'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

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12 February 2003

15:30 UTC+01:00

Serbia and Montenegro | 2–2|  Azerbaijan

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Mijatović 33' (pen.)
Lazetić 52' | Report | Gurbanov 58', 77'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

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29 March 2003

15:30 UTC

Wales | 4–0|  Azerbaijan

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Davies 1'
Speed 40'
Hartson 43'
Giggs 52' | Report |

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 73,500

Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)

29 March 2003

21:00 UTC+01:00

Italy | 2–0|  Finland

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Vieri 6', 23' | Report |

Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo

Attendance: 34,074

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

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7 June 2003

19:00 UTC+03:00

Finland | 3–0|  Serbia and Montenegro

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Hyypiä 19'
Kolkka 45'
Forssell 56' | Report |

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 17,343

Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

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11 June 2003

20:00 UTC+05:00

Azerbaijan | 2–1|  Serbia and Montenegro

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Gurbanov 88' (pen.)
Ismayilov 90+1' | Report | Bošković 27'

Shafa stadium, Baku

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

11 June 2003

21:00 UTC+03:00

Finland | 0–2|  Italy

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| Report | Totti 31'
Del Piero 73'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 36,850

Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

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20 August 2003

20:15 UTC+02:00

Serbia and Montenegro | 1–0|  Wales

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Mladenović 73' | Report |

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 19,752

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

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6 September 2003

19:00 UTC+05:00

Azerbaijan | 1–2|  Finland

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Ismayilov 88' | Report | Tainio 52'
Nurmela 74'

Shafa stadium, Baku

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

6 September 2003

20:45 UTC+02:00

Italy | 4–0|  Wales

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Inzaghi 59', 63', 70'
Del Piero 76' (pen.) | Report |

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 69,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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10 September 2003

19:45 UTC+01:00

Wales | 1–1|  Finland

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Davies 3' | Report | Forssell 79'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 73,411

Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibánez (Spain)

10 September 2003

20:45 UTC+02:00

Serbia and Montenegro | 1–1|  Italy

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Ilić 82' | Report | Inzaghi 22'

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 25,631

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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11 October 2003

19:45 UTC+01:00

Wales | 2–3|  Serbia and Montenegro

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Hartson 26' (pen.)
Earnshaw 90+3' | Report | Vukić 6'
Milošević 82'
Ljuboja 88'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 72,514

Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

11 October 2003

20:45 UTC+02:00

Italy | 4–0|  Azerbaijan

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Vieri 16'
Inzaghi 24', 87'
Di Vaio 64' | Report |

Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabria

Attendance: 22,100

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

## Goalscorers

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There were 55 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

6 goals

* Filippo Inzaghi

5 goals

* Alessandro Del Piero

4 goals

* John Hartson

3 goals

* Gurban Gurbanov
* Christian Vieri
* Predrag Mijatović
* Simon Davies

2 goals

* Farrukh Ismayilov
* Mikael Forssell
* Sami Hyypiä
* Craig Bellamy
* Gary Speed

1 goal

* Joonas Kolkka
* Mika Nurmela
* Teemu Tainio
* Hannu Tihinen
* Marco Di Vaio
* Francesco Totti
* Branko Bošković
* Saša Ilić
* Darko Kovačević
* Nikola Lazetić
* Danijel Ljuboja
* Savo Milošević
* Dragan Mladenović
* Zvonimir Vukić
* Robert Earnshaw
* Ryan Giggs

1 own goal

* Emin Ağayev (against Finland)
* Tarlan Ahmadov (against Italy)

## References

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* RSSSF Page

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*[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