2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
UEFA
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Play-offs

The six teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Poland qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Ukraine advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Germany.

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.	Poland	10	6	3	1	21	11	+10	21		-	1:1	3:1	3:0	0:0	4:0		5	3	2	0	11	2	11	5	3	1	1	10	9	10
2.	Ukraine	10	4	5	1	13	8	+5	17		1:3	-	0:0	0:0	1:1	3:0		5	1	3	1	5	4	6	5	3	2	0	8	4	11
3.	Belarus	10	4	3	3	12	11	+1	15		4:1	0:2	-	2:1	2:1	2:1		5	4	0	1	10	6	12	5	0	3	2	2	5	3
4.	Norway	10	2	4	4	12	14	-2	10		2:3	0:1	1:1	-	3:2	0:0		5	1	2	2	6	7	5	5	1	2	2	6	7	5
5.	Wales	10	1	6	3	10	12	-2	9		1:2	1:1	1:0	1:1	-	0:0		5	1	3	1	4	4	6	5	0	3	2	6	8	3
6.	Armenia	10	0	5	5	7	19	-12	5		1:1	2:3	0:0	1:4	2:2	-		5	0	3	2	6	10	3	5	0	2	3	1	9	2

Results

Ukraine  v  Poland

September 2, 2000 19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	1–3	Poland
Shevchenko  11'	Report	Olisadebe  2', 31' Kałużny  56'

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Belarus  v  Wales

September 2, 2000 17:00 UTC+3

Belarus	2–1	Wales
Khatskevich  39' Belkevich  56'	Report	Speed  90+3'

Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

Norway  v  Armenia

September 2, 2000 16:00 UTC+2

Norway	0–0	Armenia
	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Referee: William Young (Scotland)

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Poland  v  Belarus

October 7, 2000 20:00 UTC+2

Poland	3–1	Belarus
Kałużny  24', 62', 73'	Report	Ryndzyuk  37'

Stadion Widzewa, Łódź Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Armenia  v  Ukraine

October 7, 2000 17:00 UTC+5

Armenia	2–3	Ukraine
Arthur Petrosyan  17', 44'	Report	Shevchenko  45', 59' Husin  55'

Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan Referee: Jorn Larsen (Denmark)

Wales  v  Norway

October 7, 2000 15:00 UTC+1

Wales	1–1	Norway
Blake  60'	Report	Helstad  80'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

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Poland  v  Wales

October 11, 2000 20:00 UTC+2

Poland	0–0	Wales
	Report

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal)

Norway  v  Ukraine

October 11, 2000 19:00 UTC+2

Norway	0–1	Ukraine
	Report	Shevchenko  51'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Belarus  v  Armenia

October 11, 2000 18:00 UTC+3

Belarus	2–1	Armenia
Khatskevich  23' Ryndzyuk  33'	Report	Khojoyan  50'

Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

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Norway  v  Poland

March 24, 2001 16:00 UTC+1

Norway	2–3	Poland
Carew  59' Solskjær  67'	Report	Olisadebe  23', 30' Karwan  81'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Ukraine  v  Belarus

March 24, 2001 19:00 UTC+2

Ukraine	0–0	Belarus
	Report

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Juan Fernandez Marin (Spain)

Armenia  v  Wales

March 24, 2001 21:00 UTC+4

Armenia	2–2	Wales
A. Minasyan  32' A. Movsisyan  71'	Report	Hartson  40', 49'

Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

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Poland  v  Armenia

March 28, 2001 19:00 UTC+2

Poland	4–0	Armenia
Michał Żewłakow  15' (pen.) Olisadebe  42' Marcin Żewłakow  81' Karwan  88'	Report

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

Wales  v  Ukraine

March 28, 2001 19:30 UTC+1

Wales	1–1	Ukraine
Hartson  12'	Report	Shevchenko  51'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

Belarus  v  Norway

March 28, 2001 20:00 UTC+3

Belarus	2–1	Norway
Khatskevich  19' Vasilyuk  90+1'	Report	Solskjær  68'

Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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Wales  v  Poland

June 2, 2001 15:00 UTC+1

Wales	1–2	Poland
Blake  14'	Report	Olisadebe  32' Kryszałowicz  72'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)

Ukraine  v  Norway

June 2, 2001 19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	0–0	Norway
	Report

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev Referee: Goran Maric (Croatia)

Armenia  v  Belarus

June 2, 2001 20:00 UTC+5

Armenia	0–0	Belarus
	Report

Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)

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Armenia  v  Poland

June 6, 2001 20:00 UTC+5

Armenia	1–1	Poland
Arthur Petrosyan  11'	Report	Kałużny  4'

Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

Ukraine  v  Wales

June 6, 2001 19:15 UTC+3

Ukraine	1–1	Wales
Zubov  44'	Report	Pembridge  74'

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev Referee: Joaquim Paulo Gomes (Portugal)

Norway  v  Belarus

June 6, 2001 19:00 UTC+2

Norway	1–1	Belarus
Carew  80'	Report	Belkevich  23'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 17,164 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)

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Poland  v  Norway

September 1, 2001 17:45 UTC+2

Poland	3–0	Norway
Kryszałowicz  45+1' Olisadebe  77' Marcin Żewłakow  88'	Report

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Belarus  v  Ukraine

September 1, 2001 19:00 UTC+3

Belarus	0–2	Ukraine
	Report	Shevchenko  45', 57'

Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Wales  v  Armenia

September 1, 2001 15:00 UTC+1

Wales	0–0	Armenia
	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)

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Belarus  v  Poland

September 5, 2001 21:00 UTC+3

Belarus	4–1	Poland
Vasilyuk  7', 46', 52', 61'	Report	Marcin Żewłakow  78'

Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Ukraine  v  Armenia

September 5, 2001 19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	3–0	Armenia
Shevchenko  11' Vorobey  85', 90'	Report

Stadion Ukrajina, Lviv Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

Norway  v  Wales

September 5, 2001 19:00 UTC+2

Norway	3–2	Wales
R. Johnsen  17' Carew  68' F. Johnsen  87'	Report	Savage  10' Bellamy  28'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

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Poland  v  Ukraine

October 6, 2001 15:30 UTC+2

Poland	1–1	Ukraine
Olisadebe  40'	Report	Shevchenko  81'

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Wales  v  Belarus

October 6, 2001 14:30 UTC+1

Wales	1–0	Belarus
Hartson  47'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)

Armenia  v  Norway

October 6, 2001 19:00 UTC+5

Armenia	1–4	Norway
H. Hakobyan  72'	Report	Borgersen  49', 80' Carew  70', 89'

Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	9
2	Emmanuel Olisadebe	Poland	8
3	Raman Vasilyuk	Belarus	5
	John Carew	Norway
	Radosław Kałużny	Poland
6	John Hartson	Wales	4
7	Arthur Petrosyan	Armenia	3
	Alexander Khatskevich	Belarus
	Marcin Żewłakow	Poland
10	Valentin Belkevich	Belarus	2
	Mikalay Ryndzyuk	Belarus
	Bård Borgersen	Norway
	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Norway
	Bartosz Karwan	Poland
	Paweł Kryszałowicz	Poland
	Andriy Vorobey	Ukraine
	Nathan Blake	Wales

1 goal

Armenia Hayk Hakobyan Felix Khojoyan Arthur Minasyan Andrey Movsisyan  Norway Thorstein Helstad Frode Johnsen Ronny Johnsen

Poland Michał Żewłakow  Ukraine Andriy Husin Hennady Zubov  Wales Craig Bellamy Mark Pembridge Robbie Savage Gary Speed

Team stats

 Wales

Head coach: Mark Hughes

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on											Club
DF	Darren Barnard	November 30, 1971	4	0	268	1	1	B	B	B	B	90	78	90	10	B	B	/2[1] Barnsley F.C.
FW	Craig Bellamy	July 13, 1979	6	1	515	0	0	65	-	-	90	90	-	-				Coventry City
															90	90	90	Newcastle United
FW	Nathan Blake	January 27, 1972	6	2	365	1	2	17	90	90	-	-	90	72	-	6	-	/2+[2] Blackburn Rovers
DF	Chris Coleman	June 10, 1971	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	/2[1] Fulham F.C.
GK	Mark Crossley	June 16, 1969	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	Middlesbrough F.C.
MF	Simon Davies	February 23, 1979	5	0	383	1	1	B	-	-	-	36	B	90	90	77	90	Tottenham Hotspur
DF	Mark Delaney	May 13, 1976	8	0	667	1	0	-	90	90	90	90	-	37	90	90	90	Aston Villa
GK	Roger Freestone	August 19, 1968	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	/3[1] Swansea City
DF	Danny Gabbidon	August 8, 1979	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	/3[1] Cardiff City
MF	Ryan Giggs	November 29, 1973	8	0	716	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	90	90	86	-	Manchester United
FW	John Hartson	April 5, 1975	8	4	664	6	0	-	87	74								/2[1] Wimbledon F.C.
											80	79	90	90				Coventry City
															-	84	90	Rangers F.C.
DF	Steve Jenkins	July 16, 1972	4	0	229	1	2	-	-	-	B	B	6	53	80	90	B	/2[1] Huddersfield Town
MF	Andy Johnson	May 2, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	/2[1] Nottingham Forest
GK	Paul Jones	April 18, 1967	10	0	900	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	Southampton
MF	Matt Jones	September 1, 1980	7	0	204	2	5	-	B	16	45	54	12	B	10	6	61	Leicester City
MF	Jason Koumas	September 25, 1979	1	0	18	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	B	18	B	B	-	/2-[3] Tranmere Rovers
MF	Andy Legg	July 28, 1966	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	B	-	-	-	-	-	/4[1] Cardiff City
DF	Andy Melville	November 29, 1968	9	0	810	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	-	90	/2+[2] Fulham F.C.
DF	Rob Page	September 3, 1974	9	0	788	1	1	90	90	90	90	90	84	90				/2[1] Watford F.C.
															B	90	74	/2[1] Sheffield United
MF	Mark Pembridge	November 29, 1970	4	1	315	1	0	-	-	-	45	-	90	90	-	-	90	Everton F.C.
FW	Iwan Roberts	June 26, 1968	5	0	176	1	3	73	3	B	10	B	B	B	90	B	0	/2[1] Norwich City
DF	Gareth Roberts	February 6, 1978	1	0	90	0	0	90	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	/2[1] Tranmere Rovers
MF	Carl Robinson	October 13, 1976	5	0	302	2	2	B	B	B	19	90	B	B	80	84	29	/2[1] Wolverhampton Wanderers
MF	John Robinson	August 29, 1971	6	0	463	0	1	90	90	90	90	-	-	-	B	13	90	Charlton Athletic
FW	Dean Saunders	June 21, 1964	2	0	92	1	1	-	-	-	71	21	-	-	-	-	-	Bradford City
MF	Robbie Savage	October 18, 1974	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	90	-	90	90	-	Leicester City
MF	Gary Speed	September 8, 1969	8	1	720	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	-	-	90	Newcastle United
DF	Kit Symons	March 8, 1971	4	0	286	1	0	-	B	B	B	B	90	B	90	90	16	/2+[2] Fulham F.C.
FW	Gareth Taylor	February 25, 1973	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	-	-	/2[1] Burnley F.C.
GK	Darren Ward	May 11, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	B	B	B	/2[1] Nottingham Forest
DF	Rhys Weston	October 27, 1980	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Arsenal F.C.

 Armenia

Head coach: Varuzhan Sukiasyan

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on											Club
GK	Harutyun Abrahamyan	December 4, 1969	5	0	450	0	0	B	B	90	90	90	90	90	B	B	B	Mika FC
MF	Karen Asatryan	December 21, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	FC Spartak Yerevan
GK	Mayis Azizyan	May 1, 1978	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	B	B	B	-	-	-	Mika FC
GK	Roman Berezovsky	August 5, 1974	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	-								Zenit St. Petersburg
											-	-	-	-	90	90	90	Torpedo Moscow
DF	Hovhannes Demirchyan	May 18, 1975	6	0	287	1	4	25	B	B	51	90	66	45	10	B	B	Shirak FC
DF	Arkady Dokhoyan	August 12, 1977	5	0	305	3	1	-	-	B	-	B	24	35	90	82	74	FC Araks Ararat[4]
FW	Karen Dokhoyan	October 6, 1976	10	0	900	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	Krylia Sovetov
DF	Hayk Gevorgyan	October 4, 1976	2	0	42	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	18	24	-	-	-
FW	Ara Hakobyan	November 4, 1980	1	0	28	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	B	28	-	-	-	FC Stal Alchevsk
FW	Aram Hakobyan	August 15, 1979	2	0	32	0	2	-	13	-	19	-	B	B	-	-	-	FC Araks Ararat
FW	Hayk Hakobyan	December 26, 1980	2	1	52	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	21	31	Spartak Yerevan[4]
FW	Ararat Harutyunyan	August 24, 1975	2	0	32	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	8	-	Shirak FC
GK	Arthur Hovhannisyan	June 22, 1968	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Shirak FC
DF	Sargis Hovsepyan	November 2, 1972	9	0	810	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	-	90	90	90	90	Zenit St. Petersburg
MF	Arman Karamyan	November 14, 1979	6	0	214	1	4	4	27	5								Kilikia FC
											B	16	72	B	-	-	90	Pyunik FC
MF	Artavazd Karamyan	November 14, 1979	7	0	304	0	6	B	27	29								Kilikia FC
											54	25	52	90	-	-	27	Pyunik FC
DF	Vardan Khachatryan	October 29, 1968	9	0	810	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	90	90	90	90
MF	Felix Khojoyan	December 22, 1974	7	1	488	4	0	90	63	61	36	-	90	85	-	-	63
MF	Artak Minasyan	December 2, 1980	4	1	93	2	2	0	-	-	39	B	38	-	-	-	16
FW	Arthur Minasyan	June 4, 1977	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	-	-	-	-	FC Ararat Yerevan
MF	Aghvan Mkrtchyan	February 27, 1981	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	B	B	B	FC Ararat Yerevan
FW	Andrey Movsisyan	October 27, 1975	7	1	599	2	0	86	63	90	90	90	-	-	90	90	-	Saturn Ramenskoje
DF	Armen Petikyan	February 19, 1972	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	B	-	-	B	B	B	Mika FC
MF	Arthur Petrosyan	December 17, 1971	9	3	795	2	0	90	90	85								Shirak FC
											90	90	90	90	80	-	90	/2+[5] BSC Young Boys
MF	Tigran Petrosyan	December 23, 1973	1	0	90	0	0	B	B	-								Krylia Sovetov
											-	-	-	-	-	90	-	/2[1] Uralan Elista
MF	Albert Sarkisyan	May 15, 1975	5	0	404	0	0	-	-	-	81	-	90	53	-	90	90	Lokomotiv Moscow
DF	Mourat Seropian		0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	B	-	-	-	-	-
MF	Armen Shahgeldyan	August 28, 1973	7	0	540	5	0	65	77	90								FC Dynamo Moscow
											90	74	-	-	75	69	-	Mika FC
MF	Gagik Simonyan	August 21, 1971	1	0	15	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
DF	Yervand Sukiasyan	January 20, 1967	7	0	630	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	90	90	90	90	-	/4[1] BV Cloppenburg
DF	Harutyun Vardanyan	December 5, 1970	10	0	855	1	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	45	90	90	90	/2+[5] BSC Young Boys
MF	Arthur Voskanyan	August 13, 1976	7	0	531	5	0	90	90	90								Uralan Elista
											71	65	-	-	66	B	59	Spartak Yerevan[4]

Notes

1. The number indicates the league the team played in that year.
2. The number indicates the league the team played in that year. After seven qualification matches Blackburn Rovers and Fulham were promoted to league one.
3. The number indicates the league the team played in that year. After seven qualification matches Tranmere Rovers was relegated to league three.
4. After seven qualification matches Araks Ararat moved to Yerevan and changed the name to Spartak Yerevan on 20 August 2001.
5. The number indicates the league the team played in that year. After seven qualification matches BSC Young Boys were promoted to league one.

External links

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• RSSSF - 2002 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup