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 Federal Republic of 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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 17  Wales | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 13  Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | +0 12  Finland | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | −1 10  Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | −15 4

Azerbaijan  – 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 Finland  3–0 – 0–2 3–0 0–2 Italy  4–0 2–0 – 1–1 4–0 Serbia and Montenegro  2–2 2–0 1–1 – 1–0 Wales  4–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 –

Matches

Finland  v  Wales

7 September 2002 19:00 UTC+3

Finland	0–2	Wales
	Report	Hartson  30' Davies  72'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 35,833 Referee: Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Azerbaijan  v  Italy

7 September 2002 23:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	0–2	Italy
	Report	Ahmadov  33' (o.g.) Del Piero  65'

Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

Finland  v  Azerbaijan

12 October 2002 19:00 UTC+3

Finland	3–0	Azerbaijan
Agaev  14' (o.g.) Tihinen  60' Hyypiä  72'	Report

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 11,853 Referee: Alain Hamer (LUX)

Italy  v  Yugoslavia

12 October 2002 20:45 UTC+2

Italy	1–1	Yugoslavia
Del Piero  38'	Report	Mijatović  27'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP)

Yugoslavia  v  Finland

16 October 2002 19:00 UTC+2

Yugoslavia	2–0	Finland
Kovačević  55' Mijatović  84' (pen.)	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Dick van Egmond (NED)

Wales  v  Italy

16 October 2002 19:45 UTC+1

Wales	2–1	Italy
Davies  11' Bellamy  70'	Report	Del Piero  31'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (FRA)

Azerbaijan  v  Wales

20 November 2002 19:00 UTC+4

Azerbaijan	0–2	Wales
	Report	Speed  10' Hartson  68'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Luc Huyghe (BEL)

Serbia and Montenegro  v  Azerbaijan

12 February 2003 15:30 UTC+1

Serbia and Montenegro	2–2	Azerbaijan
Mijatović  33' (pen.) Lazetić  52'	Report	Gurbanov  58', 77'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jacek Granat (POL)

Wales  v  Azerbaijan

29 March 2003 15:30 UTC

Wales	4–0	Azerbaijan
Davies  1' Speed  40' Hartson  43' Giggs  52'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 73,500 Referee: Philippe Leuba (SUI)

Italy  v  Finland

29 March 2003 21:00 UTC+1

Italy	2–0	Finland
Vieri  6', 23'	Report

Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo Attendance: 34,074 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (RUS)

Finland  v  Serbia and Montenegro

7 June 2003 19:00 UTC+3

Finland	3–0	Serbia and Montenegro
Hyypiä  19' Kolkka  45' Forssell  56'	Report

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 17,343 Referee: Claude Colombo (FRA)

Azerbaijan  v  Serbia and Montenegro

11 June 2003 20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	2–1	Serbia and Montenegro
Gurbanov  88' (pen.) Ismayilov  90+1'	Report	Bošković  27'

Shafa Stadium, Baku Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (DEN)

Finland  v  Italy

11 June 2003 21:00 UTC+3

Finland	0–2	Italy
	Report	Totti  31' Del Piero  73'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 36,850 Referee: Željko Širić (CRO)

Serbia and Montenegro  v  Wales

20 August 2003 20:15 UTC+2

Serbia and Montenegro	1–0	Wales
Mladenović  73'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (SWE)

Azerbaijan  v  Finland

6 September 2003 19:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–2	Finland
Ismayilov  88'	Report	Tainio  52' Nurmela  74'

Shafa Stadium, Baku Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Vladimir Hrinák (SVK)

Italy  v  Wales

6 September 2003 20:45 UTC+2

Italy	4–0	Wales
Inzaghi  59', 63', 70' Del Piero  76' (pen.)	Report

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Markus Merk (GER)

Wales  v  Finland

10 September 2003 19:45 UTC+1

Wales	1–1	Finland
Davies  3'	Report	Forssell  79'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 73,411 Referee: Arturo Duadén Ibánez (ESP)

Serbia and Montenegro  v  Italy

10 September 2003 20:45 UTC+2

Serbia and Montenegro	1–1	Italy
Ilić  82'	Report	Inzaghi  22'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (LUX)

Wales  v  Serbia and Montenegro

11 October 2003 19:45 UTC+1

Wales	2–3	Serbia and Montenegro
Hartson  26' (pen.) Earnshaw  90+3'	Report	Vukić  6' Milošević  82' Ljuboja  88'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 72,514 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)

Italy  v  Azerbaijan

11 October 2003 20:45 UTC+2

Italy	4–0	Azerbaijan
Vieri  16' Inzaghi  24', 87' Di Vaio  64'	Report

Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabria Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Stuart Dougal (SCO)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Filippo Inzaghi	Italy	6
2	Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	5
3	Simon Davies	Wales	4
	John Hartson	Wales
4	Gurban Gurbanov	Azerbaijan	3
	Christian Vieri	Italy
	Predrag Mijatović	Serbia and Montenegro
5	Farrukh Ismayilov	Azerbaijan	2
	Mikael Forssell	Finland
	Sami Hyypiä	Finland
	Gary Speed	Wales

1 goal