2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Cyprus, Faroe Islands, France, Republic of Ireland, Israel and Switzerland.

The group was won by France, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Switzerland entered the UEFA Qualification Playoffs.

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  France 10 5 5 0 14 2 +12 20  Switzerland 10 4 6 0 18 7 +11 18  Israel 10 4 6 0 15 10 +5 18  Republic of Ireland 10 4 5 1 12 5 +7 17  Cyprus 10 1 1 8 8 20 −12 4  Faroe Islands 10 0 1 9 4 27 −23 1

Cyprus  – 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 Faroe Islands  0–3 – 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–3 France  4–0 3–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 Israel  2–1 2–1 1–1 – 1–1 2–2 Republic of Ireland  3–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 – 0–0 Switzerland  1–0 6–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 –

Results

2004-09-04 15:00	Republic of Ireland	3 – 0	Cyprus	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)
	Morrison  33' Reid  38' Keane  54'	(Report)

2004-09-04 17:30	Switzerland	6 – 0	Faroe Islands	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 11,880 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
	Vonlanthen  10', 14', 57' Rey  29', 44', 55'	(Report)

2004-09-04 21:00	France	0 – 0	Israel	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 43,527 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
		(Report)

2004-09-08 17:00	Faroe Islands	0 – 2	France	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 5,917 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
		(Report)	Giuly  32' Cissé  73'

2004-09-08 20:30	Switzerland	1 – 1	Republic of Ireland	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	H. Yakin  17'	(Report)	Morrison  8'

2004-09-08 20:50	Israel	2 – 1	Cyprus	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 21,872 Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)
	Benayoun  64' Badir  75'	(Report)	Konstantinou  59'

2004-10-09 20:00	Cyprus	2 – 2	Faroe Islands	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Zohrab Gadiyev (Azerbaijan)
	Konstantinou  15' Okkas  81'	(Report)	Jørgensen  21' R. Jacobsen  43'

2004-10-09 20:05	Israel	2 – 2	Switzerland	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 37,976 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Benayoun  9', 48'	(Report)	Frei  26' Vonlanthen  34'

2004-10-09 21:00	France	0 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 78,863 Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain)
		(Report)

2004-10-13 19:30	Republic of Ireland	2 – 0	Faroe Islands	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)
	Keane  14' (pen.), 32'	(Report)

2004-10-13 21:45	Cyprus	0 – 2	France	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 3,319 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
		(Report)	Wiltord  38' Henry  72'

2004-11-17 19:00	Cyprus	1 – 2	Israel	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 1,624 Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
	Okkas  45'	(Report)	Keisi  17' Nimni  86'

2005-03-26 19:50	Israel	1 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 32,150 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
	Abbas Souan  90'	(Report)	Morrison  43'

2005-03-26 21:00	France	0 – 0	Switzerland	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 79,373 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
		(Report)

2005-03-30 20:30	Switzerland	1 – 0	Cyprus	Hardturm, Zürich Attendance: 16,066 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
	Frei  87'	(Report)

2005-03-30 20:50	Israel	1 – 1	France	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 32,150 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Badir  83'	(Report)	Trézéguet  50'

2005-06-04 16:30	Faroe Islands	1 – 3	Switzerland	Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 2,047 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
	R. Jacobsen  70'	(Report)	Wicky  25' Frei  72', 84'

2005-06-04 19:30	Republic of Ireland	2 – 2	Israel	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	Harte  5' Keane  11'	(Report)	Avi Yehiel  39' Avi Nimni  45+1'

2005-06-08 19:30	Faroe Islands	0 – 2	Republic of Ireland	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)
		(Report)	Harte  51' Kilbane  59'

2005-08-17 19:00	Faroe Islands	0 – 3	Cyprus	Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 2,720 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
		(Report)	Konstantinou  39', 77' (pen.) Krassas  95'

2005-09-03 17:30	Switzerland	1 – 1	Israel	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
	Frei  6'	(Report)	Keisi  20'

2005-09-03 21:00	France	3 – 0	Faroe Islands	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 40,126 Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)
	Cissé  14', 76' Olsen  18' (o.g.)	(Report)

2005-09-07 18:00	Faroe Islands	0 – 2	Israel	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 2,240 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
		(Report)	Nimni  54' Katan  79'

2005-09-07 19:55	Republic of Ireland	0 – 1	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
		(Report)	Henry  68'

2005-09-07 21:15	Cyprus	1 – 3	Switzerland	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 2,561 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
	Aloneftis  35'	(Report)	Frei  15' Senderos  71' Cygax  84'

2005-10-08 20:00	Cyprus	0 – 1	Republic of Ireland	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 13,546 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
		(Report)	Elliott  6'

2005-10-08 20:45	Switzerland	1 – 1	France	Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Berne Attendance: 31,400 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Magnin  80'	(Report)	Cissé  53'

2005-10-08 21:10	Israel	2 – 1	Faroe Islands	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 31,857 Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
	Benayoun  1' Zandberg  90+1'	(Report)	Samuelsen  90+3'

2005-10-12 19:45	Republic of Ireland	0 – 0	Switzerland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 35,944 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
		(Report)

2005-10-12 20:45	France	4 – 0	Cyprus	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 78,864 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
	Zidane  29' Wiltord  32' Dhorasoo  44' Giuly  84'	(Report)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Alexander Frei	Switzerland	6
2	Djibril Cissé	France	4
	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland
	Yossi Benayoun	Israel
	Johan Vonlanthen	Switzerland
6	Michalis Konstantinou	Cyprus	3
	Clinton Morrison	Republic of Ireland
	Adoram Keisi	Israel
	Avi Nimni	Israel
	Alexandre Rey	Switzerland

See also