2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

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The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 9 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, England, Finland, Germany and Greece.

The group was won by England, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up, Germany — who would later reach the final of the tournament proper — entered the UEFA Qualification Playoffs.

Standings

Final table																	Home							Away
Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts								Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	England	8	5	2	1	16	6	+10	17		-	0:1	2:1	2:2	2:0		4	2	1	1	6	4	7	4	3	1	0	10	2	10
2.	Germany	8	5	2	1	14	10	+4	17		1:5	-	0:0	2:0	2:1		4	2	1	1	5	6	7	4	3	1	0	9	4	10
3.	Finland	8	3	3	2	12	7	+5	12		0:0	2:2	-	5:1	2:1		4	2	2	0	9	4	8	4	1	1	2	3	3	4
4.	Greece	8	2	1	5	7	17	-10	7		0:2	2:4	1:0	-	1:0		4	2	0	2	4	6	6	4	0	1	3	3	11	1
5.	Albania	8	1	0	7	5	14	-9	3		1:3	0:2	0:2	2:0	-		4	1	0	3	3	7	3	4	0	0	4	2	7	0

Results

Finland  v  Albania

2 September 2000 15:00 UTC+3

Finland	2 – 1	Albania
Litmanen  45' Riihilahti  68'	Report	Murati  64'

Finnair Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 10,770 Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)

Germany  v  Greece

2 September 2000 19:00 UTC+2

Germany	2 – 0	Greece
Deisler  18' Scholl  78'	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Antonio Lopez Nieto (Spain)

England  v  Germany

7 October 2000 15:00 UTC+1

England	0 – 1	Germany
	Report	Hamann  14'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,377 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Greece  v  Finland

7 October 2000 20:15 UTC+3

Greece	1 – 0	Finland
Liberopoulos  59'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Albania  v  Greece

11 October 2000 19:00 UTC+2

Albania	2 – 0	Greece
Bushi  48' Fakaj  90'	Report

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Finland  v  England

11 October 2000 19:00 UTC+3

Finland	0 – 0	England
	Report

Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 36,210 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

England  v  Finland

24 March 2001 15:00 UTC

England	2 – 1	Finland
Owen  44' Beckham  50'	Report	Riihilahti  26'

Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 44,262 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Germany  v  Albania

24 March 2001 20:00 UTC+1

Germany	2 – 1	Albania
Deisler  49' Klose  87'	Report	Kola  65'

BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Albania  v  England

28 March 2001 20:45 UTC+2

Albania	1 – 3	England
Rraklli  90+2'	Report	Owen  74' Scholes  85' Andy Cole  90+6'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Greece  v  Germany

28 March 2001 21:45 UTC+3

Greece	2 – 4	Germany
Charisteas  20' Georgiadis  43'	Report	Rehmer  6' Ballack  25' (pen.) Klose  82' Bode  90'

Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 32,173 Referee: Vitor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Finland  v  Germany

2 June 2001 20:00 UTC+3

Finland	2 – 2	Germany
Forssell  28', 43'	Report	Ballack  69' (pen.) Jancker  73'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 35,744 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Greece  v  Albania

2 June 2001 21:00 UTC+3

Greece	1 – 0	Albania
Machlas  70'	Report

Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Albania  v  Germany

6 June 2001 19:30 UTC+2

Albania	0 – 2	Germany
	Report	Rehmer  27' Ballack  68'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)

Greece  v  England

6 June 2001 21:45 UTC+3

Greece	0 – 2	England
	Report	Scholes  63' Beckham  87'

Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 29,300 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Albania  v  Finland

1 September 2001 19:00 UTC+2

Albania	0 – 2	Finland
	Report	Tainio  55' Kuqi  90+3'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)

Germany  v  England

1 September 2001 19:30 UTC+2

Germany	1 – 5	England
Jancker  6'	Report	Owen  12', 48', 65' Gerrard  45+3' Heskey  73'

Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Finland  v  Greece

5 September 2001 19:00 UTC+3

Finland	5 – 1	Greece
Forssell  14', 45' Riihilahti  21' Kolkka  38' Litmanen  53'	Report	Karagounis  30'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 27,216 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

England  v  Albania

5 September 2001 20:00 UTC+1

England	2 – 0	Albania
Owen  43' Fowler  88'	Report

St. James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 51,046 Referee: Juan Fernandez Marin (Spain)

England  v  Greece

6 October 2001 15:00 UTC+1

England	2 – 2	Greece
Sheringham  68' Beckham  90+3'	Report	Charisteas  36' Nikolaidis  69'

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Germany  v  Finland

6 October 2001 16:00 UTC+1

Germany	0 – 0	Finland
	Report

Arena Auf Schalke, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Michael Owen	England	6
2	Mikael Forssell	Finland	4
3	David Beckham	England	3
	Aki Riihilahti	Finland
	Michael Ballack	Germany
6	Paul Scholes	England	2
	Jari Litmanen	Finland
	Sebastian Deisler	Germany
	Carsten Jancker	Germany
	Miroslav Klose	Germany
	Marko Rehmer	Germany
	Angelos Charisteas	Greece

1 goal

Albania Ervin Fakaj Bledar Kola Edvin Murati Altin Rraklli  England Andy Cole Robbie Fowler Steven Gerrard Emile Heskey Teddy Sheringham

Finland Joonas Kolkka Shefki Kuqi Teemu Tainio  Germany Marco Bode Dietmar Hamann Mehmet Scholl

Greece Georgios Georgiadis Georgios Karagounis Nikos Liberopoulos Nikos Machlas Themistoklis Nikolaidis

Own goal

Georgios Karagounis (playing against Albania).

Team stats

 England

Head coach: Kevin Keegan (first match); Howard Wilkinson (second match); Sven-Göran Eriksson (third to eighth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on									Club
DF	Tony Adams	October 10, 1966	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Arsenal F.C.
MF	Nick Barmby	February 11, 1974	4	0	263	3	0	90	B	-	-	-	64	64	45	Liverpool F.C.
DF	Gareth Barry	February 23, 1981	2	0	82	1	1	13	69	-	-	-	-	-	-	Aston Villa F.C.
MF	David Beckham	May 2, 1975	7	3	622	1	0	82	-	90	90	90	90	90	90	Manchester United F.C.
DF	Wes Brown	October 13, 1979	2	0	81	0	2	-	21	B	60	-	-	-	-	Manchester United F.C.
MF	Nicky Butt	January 21, 1975	3	0	93	0	2	-	-	0	90	3	-	-	-	Manchester United F.C.
DF	Sol Campbell	September 18, 1974	4	0	300	1	0	-	-	90	30	-				Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
													90	90	-	Arsenal F.C.
DF	Jamie Carragher	January 28, 1978	2	0	14	0	2	-	-	-	B	B	7	7	B	Liverpool F.C.
FW	Andy Cole	October 15, 1971	5	1	398	1	1	90	90	83	90	-	B	B	45	Manchester United F.C.
DF	Ashley Cole	December 20, 1980	5	0	439	1	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	90	79	Arsenal F.C.
MF	Joe Cole	November 8, 1981	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	West Ham United F.C.
MF	Kieron Dyer	December 29, 1978	1	0	45	0	0	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Newcastle United F.C.
DF	Rio Ferdinand	November 7, 1978	6	0	540	0	0	-	B							West Ham United F.C.
										90	90	90	90	90	90	Leeds United A.F.C.
FW	Robbie Fowler	April 9, 1975	4	1	188	2	2	-	-	7	B	79	B	35	67	Liverpool F.C.
MF	Steven Gerrard	May 30, 1980	5	1	431	2	0	-	-	90	-	90	78	83	90	Liverpool F.C.
MF	Owen Hargreaves	January 20, 1981	1	0	12	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	B	-	FC Bayern Munich
FW	Emile Heskey	January 11, 1978	7	1	463	2	2	B	90	18	45	75	90	55	90	Liverpool F.C.
DF	Martin Keown	July 24, 1966	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	-	-	90	-	-	90	Arsenal F.C.
DF	Graeme Le Saux	October 17, 1968	1	0	77	1	0	77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Chelsea F.C.
GK	Nigel Martyn	August 11, 1966	1	0	90	0	0	B	B	B	B	B	B	-	90	Leeds United A.F.C.
MF	Steve McManaman	February 11, 1972	7	0	216	2	5	-	21	72	45	15	26	26	11	Real Madrid C.F.
MF	Danny Murphy	March 18, 1977	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	Liverpool F.C.
DF	Gary Neville	February 18, 1975	7	0	585	1	0	45	-	90	90	90	90	90	90	Manchester United F.C.
DF	Phil Neville	January 21, 1977	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	B	B	-	-	-	-	Manchester United F.C.
FW	Michael Owen	December 14, 1979	6	6	533	2	0	90	B	90	83	90	90	90	-	Liverpool F.C.
MF	Ray Parlour	March 7, 1973	2	0	98	0	1	8	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	Arsenal F.C.
FW	Kevin Phillips	July 25, 1973	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Sunderland A.F.C.
DF	Chris Powell	September 8, 1969	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	-	-	Charlton Athletic F.C.
MF	Paul Scholes	November 16, 1974	8	2	710	2	0	90	90	90	90	87	83	90	90	Manchester United F.C.
GK	David Seaman	September 19, 1963	7	0	630	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	-	Arsenal F.C.
FW	Teddy Sheringham	April 2, 1966	3	1	99	1	2	-	69	B	25	B				Manchester United F.C.
													-	-	23	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
FW	Alan Smith	October 28, 1980	1	0	11	0	1	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	Leeds United A.F.C.
DF	Gareth Southgate	September 3, 1970	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	B				Aston Villa F.C.
													B	B	B	Middlesbrough F.C.
MF	Dennis Wise	December 16, 1966	1	0	90	0	0	B	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	Chelsea F.C.
GK	Richard Wright	November 5, 1977	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	Arsenal F.C.

 Germany

Head coach: Rudi Völler

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on											Club
FW	Gerald Asamoah	October 3, 1978	5	0	399	1	2	-	-	-	-	90	69	45	45	90	B	FC Schalke 04
MF	Michael Ballack	September 26, 1976	9	6	785	1	0	90	90	-	90	90	90	65	90	90	90	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
DF	Frank Baumann	October 29, 1975	2	0	10	0	2	-	B	-	-	B	7	B	B	B	3	SV Werder Bremen
MF	Stefan Beinlich	January 13, 1972	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Hertha BSC Berlin
FW	Oliver Bierhoff	May 1, 1968	5	0	265	1	2	B	90	45	B	60	B					A.C. Milan
														B	90	B	32	AS Monaco
FW	Marco Bode	July 23, 1969	5	1	346	2	1	90	86	90	12	68	B	-	B	B	B	SV Werder Bremen
MF	Jörg Böhme	January 22, 1974	2	0	135	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	90	45	-	-	FC Schalke 04
MF	Sebastian Deisler	January 5, 1980	7	2	592	1	0	90	90	90	59	-	83	90	90	-	-	Hertha BSC Berlin
MF	Dietmar Hamann	August 27, 1973	5	1	405	1	0	B	90	45	B	-	-	90	-	90	90	Liverpool F.C.
DF	Jörg Heinrich	December 6, 1969	2	0	135	1	0	45	-	B	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	Borussia Dortmund
DF	Ingo Hertzsch	July 22, 1977	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Hamburger SV
FW	Carsten Jancker	August 28, 1974	8	2	555	3	2	90	-	45	78	82	90	90	-	22	58	FC Bayern Munich
MF	Jens Jeremies	March 5, 1974	2	0	180	1	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	FC Bayern Munich
GK	Oliver Kahn	June 15, 1969	10	0	900	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	FC Bayern Munich
DF	Sebastian Kehl	February 13, 1980	1	0	12	0	1	-	-	-	-	B	-	12	-	B	-	SC Freiburg
FW	Miroslav Klose	June 9, 1978	5	2	109	0	5	-	-	18	23	29	B	25	14	-	-	1. FC Kaiserslautern
GK	Jens Lehmann	November 10, 1969	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	Borussia Dortmund
DF	Thomas Linke	December 26, 1969	7	0	585	0	1	45	90	B	B	90	90	90	-	90	90	FC Bayern Munich
FW	Oliver Neuville	May 1, 1973	7	1	469	7	0	-	B	72	67	61	45	78	76	-	70	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
DF	Jens Nowotny	January 11, 1974	10	0	900	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
MF	Carsten Ramelow	March 20, 1974	9	0	667	0	1	90	90	90	0	90	37	-	90	90	90	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
DF	Marko Rehmer	April 29, 1972	10	3	852	1	1	90	90	45	90	90	90	90	90	90	87	Hertha BSC Berlin
MF	Lars Ricken	July 10, 1976	4	0	142	0	3	-	-	-	-	90	21	-	B	11	20	Borussia Dortmund
FW	Paulo Rink	February 21, 1973	1	0	19	0	0	19	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
MF	Bernd Schneider	November 17, 1973	2	0	169	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	79	90	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
MF	Mehmet Scholl	October 16, 1970	3	1	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	FC Bayern Munich
DF	Christian Wörns	May 10, 1972	4	0	315	1	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	45	90	-	B	Borussia Dortmund
MF	Dariusz Wosz	June 8, 1969	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Hertha BSC Berlin
FW	Alexander Zickler	February 28, 1974	3	0	184	2	1	71	-	-	-	B	45	-	-	68	-	FC Bayern Munich
DF	Christian Ziege	February 1, 1972	7	0	476	0	2	-	4	B	90	22	90					Liverpool F.C.
														B	90	90	90	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

 Finland

Head coach: Antti Muurinen

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on									Club
GK	Peter Enckelman	March 10, 1977	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	B	B	B	-	Aston Villa F.C.
FW	Mikael Forssell	March 15, 1981	8	4	554	4	2	78	45	77	28	90	66	80	90	/2[1] Crystal Palace F.C.
MF	Tommi Grönlund	December 9, 1969	2	0	18	0	2	-	-	-	B	11	-	-	7	Trelleborgs FF
MF	Petri Helin	December 13, 1969	6	0	320	1	2	-	90	36	3	-				/3[1] Luton Town F.C.
													90	90	11	/2[1] Stockport County F.C.
DF	Sami Hyypiä	October 7, 1973	8	0	720	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	Liverpool F.C.
MF	Jari Ilola	November 24, 1978	1	0	4	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	B	-	HJK Helsinki
GK	Jussi Jääskeläinen	April 19, 1975	1	0	90	0	0	90	B	B	-	-	-	-	B	/2+[2] Bolton Wanderers F.C.
FW	Jonathan Johansson	August 16, 1975	8	0	393	2	4	32	63	90	90	18	24	10	66	Charlton Athletic F.C.
FW	Toni Kallio	August 9, 1978	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	HJK Helsinki
FW	Joonas Kolkka	September 28, 1974	6	1	461	3	0	90	45	B	62	84				PSV Eindhoven
													90	90	-	Panathinaikos FC
MF	Miika Koppinen	July 5, 1978	1	0	45	1	0	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tromsø IL
FW	Mika Kottila	September 22, 1974	1	0	8	0	1	B	8	B	-	B	-	-	-	Trelleborgs FF
DF	Toni Kuivasto	December 31, 1975	1	0	90	0	0	B	-	-						HJK Helsinki
											B	B	90	B	B	Viking FK
FW	Shefki Kuqi	November 10, 1976	7	1	130	0	7	B	27	13						FC Jokerit
											28	6	13	19	24	/2[1] Stockport County F.C.
MF	Jari Litmanen	February 20, 1971	8	2	697	2	0	90	90	90						FC Barcelona
											90	90	86	71	90	Liverpool F.C.
GK	Teuvo Moilanen	December 12, 1973	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	-	-	-	-	/2[1] Preston North End F.C.
GK	Antti Niemi	May 31, 1972	7	0	630	0	0	B	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	Heart of Midlothian F.C.
FW	Mika Nurmela	December 26, 1971	8	0	629	4	0	58	90	90	62	72	77	90	90	SC Heerenveen
DF	Ville Nylund	August 14, 1980	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	B	90	-	-	-	HJK Helsinki
DF	Petri Pasanen	September 24, 1980	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	-	-	-	AFC Ajax
DF	Tero Penttilä	March 9, 1975	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	-	-	FC Haka
MF	Rami Rantanen	November 25, 1968	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	-	-	Atlantis FC
DF	Juha Reini	March 19, 1975	3	0	223	1	1	-	90	54	-	-	-	-	79	K.R.C. Genk
MF	Aki Riihilahti	September 9, 1976	6	3	484	1	1	45	B	B						Vålerenga IF Fotball
											90	79	90	90	90	/2[1] Crystal Palace F.C.
DF	Janne Saarinen	February 28, 1977	5	0	410	1	0	73	-	67						HJK Helsinki
											-	B	90	90	90	Rosenborg BK
DF	Janne Salli	December 14, 1977	1	0	23	0	1	-	B	23	-	-	-	-	-	FC Haka
MF	Teemu Tainio	November 27, 1979	3	1	242	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	69	83	AJ Auxerre
DF	Hannu Tihinen	July 1, 1976	7	0	630	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	-	90	90	Viking FK
DF	Aarno Turpeinen	March 21, 1971	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	HJK Helsinki
MF	Simo Valakari	April 24, 1973	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	Derby County F.C.
MF	Jarkko Wiss	April 17, 1972	4	0	283	1	1	-	82	90	90	-	B	21	B	/2[1] Stockport County F.C.
DF	Harri Ylönen	December 21, 1971	2	0	99	1	1	12	B	-	87	-	B	B	-	SK Brann

 Greece

Head coach: Vasilis Daniil (first to sixth match); Otto Rehhagel (seventh and eighth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on									Club
FW	Alexandros Alexandris	October 21, 1968	3	0	97	2	1	-	-	-	7	63	27	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
DF	Georgios Amanatidis	April 4, 1970	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	90	-	Olympiacos F.C.
DF	Paraskevas Antzas	August 18, 1976	1	0	8	0	1	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
MF	Angelos Basinas	January 3, 1976	7	0	438	1	2	B	90	90	90	0	90	45	33	Panathinaikos F.C.
GK	Kostas Chalkias	May 30, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.
FW	Angelos Charisteas	February 9, 1980	4	2	273	2	1	-	-	-	83	27	-	90	73	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
FW	Lampros Choutos	December 7, 1979	3	0	197	1	1	25	82	90	-	-	-	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
DF	Nikos Dabizas	August 3, 1973	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	90	90	Newcastle United F.C.
GK	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos	August 7, 1976	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	-	90	-	-	90	-	Olympiacos F.C.
DF	Takis Fyssas	June 12, 1973	3	0	181	0	1	-	-	-	B	B	90	1	90	Panathinaikos F.C.
MF	Grigoris Georgatos	October 31, 1972	4	0	336	1	0	90	66	-	90	-	-			Olympiacos F.C.
														90	-	Internazionale
MF	Georgios Georgiadis	March 8, 1972	6	1	502	2	1	78	90	90	90	90	-	64	B	PAOK F.C.
MF	Stelios Giannakopoulos	July 12, 1974	1	0	21	0	1	-	-	-	-	B	21	B	-	Olympiacos F.C.
DF	Giannis Goumas	May 24, 1975	4	0	360	0	0	90	-	-	90	90	90	-	-	Panathinaikos F.C.
MF	Giorgos Karagounis	March 6, 1977	7	1	535	3	0	-	76	90	74	90	25	90	90	Panathinaikos F.C.
DF	Michalis Kasapis	August 6, 1971	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90	AEK Athens F.C.
GK	Fanis Katergiannakis	February 16, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	B	-	B	B	-	-	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
DF	Kostas Konstantinidis	August 31, 1972	2	0	116	1	0	-	-	-	B	-	B	26	90	Hertha BSC
MF	Pantelis Konstantinidis	August 16, 1975	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	-	PAOK F.C.
DF	Athanasios Kostoulas	March 24, 1976	1	0	35	1	0	-	-	-	35	-	-	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
FW	Thomas Kyparissis	March 26, 1970	1	0	17	0	1	-	B	17	-	-	-	-	-	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
MF	Vassilis Lakis	September 10, 1976	4	0	70	0	4	12	14	27	-	-	B	-	17	AEK Athens F.C.
FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	August 4, 1975	6	1	470	1	1	90	90	90	90	45	65	-	-	Panathinaikos F.C.
FW	Nikos Machlas	June 16, 1973	4	1	202	1	2	-	-	-	-	45	63	90	4	AFC Ajax
DF	Dimitris Mavrogenidis	December 23, 1976	3	0	147	2	1	23	-	B	55	-	69	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
FW	Dimitris Nalitzis	January 25, 1976	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	PAOK F.C.
FW	Demis Nikolaidis	September 17, 1973	1	1	86	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	86	AEK Athens F.C.
GK	Antonios Nikopolidis	October 14, 1971	5	0	450	0	0	B	90	90	B	90	90	B	90	Panathinaikos F.C.
MF	Andreas Niniadis	February 18, 1971	1	0	16	0	1	-	-	B	16	-	-	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
DF	Marinos Ouzounidis	October 10, 1968	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	-	-	Paniliakos F.C.
DF	Christos Patsatzoglou	March 19, 1979	6	0	517	0	1	67	90	90	90	90	-	-	90	Olympiacos F.C.
DF	Ilias Poursanidis	April 13, 1972	2	0	92	1	1	65	B	27	-	-	-	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
MF	Vassilios Tsiartas	November 12, 1972	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	AEK Athens F.C.
DF	Stylianos Venetidis	November 19, 1976	3	0	187	1	1	B	24	73	-	90	-			PAOK F.C.
														-	B	Olympiacos F.C.
DF	Leonidas Vokolos	August 31, 1970	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	B	B	B	B	90	Panathinaikos F.C.
FW	Zisis Vryzas	November 9, 1973	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	90	B	Perugia Calcio
MF	Theodoros Zagorakis	October 27, 1971	8	0	659	3	0	90	90	63	90	90	90	89	57	AEK Athens F.C.
MF	Akis Zikos	June 1, 1974	2	0	108	1	1	B	B	63	-	-	-	45	-	AEK Athens F.C.

 Albania

Head coach: Medin Zhega (first to sixth match); Sulejman Demollari (seventh and eighth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on									Club
DF	Clirim Bashi	February 5, 1971	1	0	12	0	1	B	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	/2[1] Alemannia Aachen
GK	Arjan Beqaj	August 20, 1976	1	0	90	0	0	B	B	B	B	B	B	90	B	OFI Crete
MF	Arjan Bellaj	February 1, 1971	4	0	315	0	1	-	-	B	90	B	45	90	90	-[3] PAS Ioannina
FW	Erjon Bogdani	April 14, 1977	4	0	107	1	3	B	5	-	-	20	B	26	56	-[3] Reggina Calcio
FW	Alban Bushi	August 20, 1973	8	1	572	1	2	14	90	63	90	90	90	90	45	İstanbulspor
DF	Geri Cipi	February 28, 1976	8	0	720	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	K.A.A. Gent
DF	Nevil Dede	January 10, 1975	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	B	B	B	B	90	SK Tirana
DF	Klodian Duro	December 21, 1977	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	-	-	-	-	Vllaznia Shkodër
DF	Ervin Fakaj	June 15, 1976	4	1	202	0	2	B	17	5	90	-	-			Enosis Paralimni
														B	90	Racing Genk
FW	Indrit Fortuzi	November 23, 1973	1	0	26	0	1	-	-	B	B	B	B	26	B	SK Tirana
MF	Besnik Hasi	December 25, 1971	5	0	370	3	0	-	-	85	90	90	60	-	45	R.S.C. Anderlecht
DF	Altin Haxhi	June 17, 1975	5	0	427	2	0	90	90	-	-	77	80	90	-	Iraklis Thessaloniki
MF	Bledar Kola	August 1, 1972	4	1	352	1	0	90	90	90	82	-	-	-	-	Panathinaikos F.C.
MF	Altin Lala	November 18, 1975	6	0	510	0	0	90	-	90	90	90	90	90	-	/2[1] Hannover 96
MF	Suad Liçi	March 24, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	KS Luftëtari
MF	Devis Mukaj	December 21, 1976	6	0	240	2	3	45	90	B	8	B	10	59	28	Varteks Varazdin
MF	Edvin Murati	November 12, 1975	6	1	383	1	0	76	-	90	-	90	37	-	90	Lille OSC
FW	Altin Rraklli	July 17, 1970	5	0	244	2	2	90	B	27	1	-	-	64	62	-[3] SpVgg Unterhaching
MF	Ervin Skela	November 17, 1976	6	1	193	0	5	45	90							/2[1] Chemnitzer FC
										15	0	13	30			/2[1] Waldhof Mannheim
														B	B	/2[1] Eintracht Frankfurt
GK	Foto Strakosha	March 29, 1965	7	0	630	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	B	90	Ionikos Nikea
FW	Igli Tare	July 25, 1973	8	0	613	4	1	90	67							1. FC Kaiserslautern
										90	90	70	90	64	34	Brescia Calcio
MF	Fatmir Vata	September 20, 1971	7	0	602	3	0	-	78	75	89	90	90			/2[1] Waldhof Mannheim
														90	90	/2[1] Arminia Bielefeld
DF	Rudi Vata	February 13, 1969	6	0	481	0	1	90	90	90	-	90	90	31	B	Energie Cottbus
DF	Arjan Xhumba	July 9, 1968	8	0	658	2	0	90	73	90	90	90	45	90	90	-[3] PAS Ioannina

Notes

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 The number indicates the league the team played in that year.
2. ↑ The number indicates the league the team played in that year. After five qualification matches Bolton Wanderers was promoted to league one.
3. 1 2 3 4 After six qualification matches PAS Ioannina, Reggina, and Unterhaching were relegated to league two.

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