2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Estonia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Portugal, Russia and Slovakia.

The group was won by Portugal, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Slovakia entered the UEFA qualification play-offs.

Standings

Legend
Group winners and two best runners-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 12 9 3 0 35 5 +30 30
 Slovakia 12 6 5 1 24 8 +16 23
 Russia 12 6 5 1 23 12 +11 23
 Estonia 12 5 2 5 16 17 −1 17
 Latvia 12 4 3 5 18 21 −3 15
 Liechtenstein 12 2 2 8 13 23 −10 8
 Luxembourg 12 0 0 12 5 48 −43 0
  Estonia Latvia Liechtenstein Luxembourg Portugal Russia Slovakia
Estonia  – 2–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–2
Latvia  2–2 – 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–1
Liechtenstein  1–2 1–3 – 3–0 2–2 1–2 0–0
Luxembourg  0–2 3–4 0–4 – 0–5 0–4 0–4
Portugal  4–0 3–0 2–1 6–0 – 7–1 2–0
Russia  4–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 0–0 – 1–1
Slovakia  1–0 4–1 7–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 –

Results

2004-08-18
20:15
Liechtenstein  1–2  Estonia
D'Elia  49' (Report) Viikmäe  34'
Lindpere  80'
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 912
Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)

2004-08-18
20:15
Slovakia  3–1  Luxembourg
Vittek  26'
Greško  48'
Demo  89' 		(Report) Strasser  2'
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 5,016
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

2004-09-04
18:00
Estonia  4–0  Luxembourg
Teever  7'
Schauls  41' (o.g.)
Oper  61'
Viikmäe  67' 		(Report)
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

2004-09-04
19:00
Russia  1–1  Slovakia
Bulykin  14' (Report) Vittek  87'
Dynamo, Moscow
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

2004-09-04
20:15
Latvia  0–2  Portugal
(Report) Ronaldo  57'
Pauleta  58'
Skonto stadions, Riga
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

2004-09-08
20:00
Luxembourg  3–4  Latvia
Braun  11'
Leweck  55'
Cardoni  62' 		(Report) Verpakovskis  4'
Zemļinskis  40' (pen.)
Hoffmann  65' (o.g.)
Prohorenkovs  67'
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 2,125
Referee: George Kasnaferis (Greece)

2004-09-08
20:15
Slovakia  7–0  Liechtenstein
Vittek  15', 59', 81'
Karhan  42'
Németh  84'
Mintál  85'
Zabavník  90+2' 		(Report)
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 5,620
Referee: Dejan Delević (Serbia and Montenegro)

2004-09-08
21:15
Portugal  4–0  Estonia
Ronaldo  75'
Postiga  83', 90+1'
Pauleta  86' 		(Report)
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
Attendance: 27,214
Referee: Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)

2004-10-09
17:00
Luxembourg  0–4  Russia
(Report) Sychev  56', 69', 86'
Arshavin  62'

2004-10-09
17:30
Slovakia  4–1  Latvia
Németh  46'
L. Reiter  50'
Karhan  55', 87' 		(Report) Verpakovskis  3'
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 13,025
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

2004-10-09
19:15
Liechtenstein  2–2  Portugal
Burgmeier  48'
T. Beck  76' 		(Report) Pauleta  23'
Hasler  39' (o.g.)
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 3,548
Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2004-10-13
18:00
Latvia  2–2  Estonia
Astafjevs  65'
Laizāns  82' 		(Report) Oper  72'
Teever  79'
Skonto stadions, Riga
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

2004-10-13
20:00
Luxembourg  0–4  Liechtenstein
(Report) Stocklasa  41'
Burgmeier  44', 85'
M. Frick  57' (pen.)
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 3,478
Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)

2004-10-13
21:15
Portugal  7–1  Russia
Pauleta  26'
Ronaldo  39', 69'
Deco  45'
Simão  82'
Petit  89', 90+2' 		(Report) Arshavin  79'

2004-11-17
19:00
Russia  4–0  Estonia
Karyaka  23'
Izmailov  25'
Sychev  32'
Loskov  67' (pen.) 		(Report)
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

2004-11-17
19:00
Liechtenstein  1–3  Latvia
M. Frick  32' (Report) Verpakovskis  7'
Zemļinskis  57'
Prohorenkovs  89'
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 1,460
Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

2004-11-17
20:00
Luxembourg  0–5  Portugal
(Report) Federspiel  11' (o.g.)
Ronaldo  28'
Maniche  52'
Pauleta  67', 82'
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 8,045
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)

2005-03-26
17:00
Liechtenstein  1–2  Russia
T. Beck  40' (Report) Kerzhakov  23'
Karyaka  37'
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

2005-03-26
18:00
Estonia  1–2  Slovakia
Oper  57' (Report) Mintál  58'
L. Reiter  65'
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,051
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

2005-03-30
18:00
Estonia  1–1  Russia
Terehhov  63' (Report) Arshavin  18'
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 8,850
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta (Italy)

2005-03-30
19:00
Slovakia  1–1  Portugal
Karhan  8' (pen.) (Report) Postiga  62'
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

2005-03-30
19:00
Latvia  4–0  Luxembourg
Bleidelis  32'
Laizāns  38' (pen.)
Verpakovskis  73', 90' 		(Report)
Skonto stadions, Riga
Attendance: 8,203
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Croatia)

2005-06-04
18:00
Estonia  2–0  Liechtenstein
Stepanov  27'
Oper  57' 		(Report)
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales)

2005-06-04
18:00
Russia  2–0  Latvia
Arshavin  56'
Loskov  78' (pen.) 		(Report)

2005-06-04
19:45
Portugal  2–0  Slovakia
Meira  21'
Ronaldo  42' 		(Report)
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

2005-06-08
18:30
Latvia  1–0  Liechtenstein
Bleidelis  17' (Report)
Skonto stadions, Riga
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

2005-06-08
20:00
Luxembourg  0–4  Slovakia
(Report) Németh  5'
Mintál  15'
Kisel  54'
L. Reiter  60'
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 2,108
Referee: Rob Styles (England)

2005-06-08
20:15
Estonia  0–1  Portugal
(Report) Ronaldo  32'
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 10,280
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

2005-08-17
18:00
Latvia  1–1  Russia
Astafjevs  6' (Report) Arshavin  24'
Skonto stadions, Riga
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

2005-08-17
20:15
Liechtenstein  0–0  Slovakia
(Report)
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

2005-09-03
18:00
Estonia  2–1  Latvia
Oper  11'
Smirnov  71' 		(Report) Laizāns  90'

2005-09-03
19:00
Russia  2–0  Liechtenstein
Kerzhakov  27', 66' (Report)
Lokomotiv, Moscow
Attendance: 18,123
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

2005-09-03
21:15
Portugal  6–0  Luxembourg
Andrade  24'
Carvalho  30'
Pauleta  38', 57'
Simão  80', 85' 		(Report)
Estádio Algarve, Faro
Attendance: 25,300
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

2005-09-07
19:00
Latvia  1–1  Slovakia
Laizāns  74' (Report) Vittek  35'
Skonto stadions, Riga
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

2005-09-07
19:00
Russia  0–0  Portugal
(Report)
Lokomotiv, Moscow
Attendance: 28,800
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

2005-09-07
19:30
Liechtenstein  3–0  Luxembourg
M. Frick  38'
Fischer  77'
T. Beck  92' 		(Report)
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

2005-10-08
17:00
Slovakia  1–0  Estonia
Hlinka  72' (Report)
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

2005-10-08
19:00
Russia  5–1  Luxembourg
Izmailov  7'
Kerzhakov  18'
Pavlyuchenko  65'
Kirichenko  74', 90+3' 		(Report) C. Reiter  52' (pen.)
Lokomotiv, Moscow
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

2005-10-08
21:15
Portugal  2–1  Liechtenstein
Pauleta  48'
Nuno Gomes  85' 		(Report) Fischer  32'

2005-10-12
19:30
Portugal  3–0  Latvia
Pauleta  20', 22'
Viana  86' 		(Report)
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

2005-10-12
20:15
Luxembourg  0–2  Estonia
(Report) Oper  7', 78'

2005-10-12
20:30
Slovakia  0–0  Russia
(Report)
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 22,317
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Goalscorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Pauleta  Portugal 11
2 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 7
Andres Oper  Estonia
4 Róbert Vittek  Slovakia 6
5 Māris Verpakovskis  Latvia 5
Andrei Arshavin  Russia
7 Dmitri Sychev  Russia 4
Juris Laizāns  Latvia
Aleksandr Kerzhakov  Russia
Miroslav Karhan  Slovakia
11 Thomas Beck  Liechtenstein 3
Franz Burgmeier  Liechtenstein
Mario Frick  Liechtenstein
Hélder Postiga  Portugal
Simão  Portugal
Marek Mintál  Slovakia
Szilárd Németh  Slovakia
Ľubomír Reiter  Slovakia
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also

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