2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
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The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 1 was a UEFA
qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
. The group comprised Faroe Islands
, Luxembourg
, Russia
, Slovenia
, Switzerland
and Yugoslavia
.
The group was won by Russia, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Slovenia entered the UEFA play-off stage.
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UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
. The group comprised Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands national football team
The Faroe Islands national football team represents the Faroe Islands in association football and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association, the governing body for football in the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands became a member of FIFA in 1988 and UEFA in 1990 and are the third...
, Luxembourg
Luxembourg national football team
The Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team play most of their home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel, in Luxembourg.- History :...
, Russia
Russia national football team
The Russia national football team represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home grounds are Luzhniki Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium , and Petrovsky Stadium in St.Petersburg and their head coach is...
, Slovenia
Slovenia national football team
The Slovenia national football team is the national football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. The team played their first match in 1992 after the split of Yugoslavia in 1991....
, Switzerland
Switzerland national football team
The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...
and Yugoslavia
Serbia national football team
The Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...
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The group was won by Russia, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Slovenia entered the UEFA play-off stage.
Standings
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Goalscorers
| Pos | Player | Country | Goals |
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| 1 | Vladimir Beschastnykh Vladimir Beschastnykh Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward... |
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| Kubilay Türkyilmaz Kubilay Türkyilmaz Kubilay "Kubi" Türkyilmaz is a former Swiss footballer of Turkish descent. He completed his international career as the all-time joint leading goal scorer for the Swiss national team, with 34 goals in 62 appearances between 1988 and 2001, equalling the performance of Max Abegglen... |
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| Savo Milošević Savo Miloševic Savo Milošević is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a striker.After making a name for himself at Partizan, he signed for Aston Villa, and went on to spend the vast majority of the following decade playing in Spain, where he represented four clubs, amassing La Liga totals of 241 games and... |
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| 4 | Alexander Frei | 5 | |
| Mateja Kežman Mateja Kežman Mateja Kežman is a Serbian football striker who plays for FC BATE Borisov of the Belarusian Premier League.... |
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| 6 | Zlatko Zahovič Zlatko Zahovic Zlatko Zahovič is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.After making a name for himself in Europe in Portugal, most notably with Porto and Benfica, he went on to have unassuming spells in Spain and Greece... |
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| 7 | Yegor Titov | 3 | |
| 8 | Dmitri Khokhlov Dmitri Khokhlov Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker.... |
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| Milenko Ačimovič Milenko Acimovic Milenko Ačimović is a former Slovenian footballer who last played for Austria giants Austria Wien. He was a playmaker who has a great passing range and an abundance of skill... |
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| Nastja Čeh Nastja Ceh Nastja Čeh is a Slovenian footballer playing for Maccabi Petah Tikva.-Club career:Čeh started his career with his hometown club Drava Ptuj. By the age of 17 he was playing in the first team in the 2. SNL... |
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| Željko Milinovič Željko Milinovic Željko Milinovič is a former Slovenian footballer who has represented his country at the two major tournaments for which they have qualified .-Club career:... |
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| Milan Osterc Milan Osterc Milan Osterc is a Slovenian football striker. He is also known as nickame Jagoda.-Club career:He started his career at NK Veržej. Currently, he is a member of one time Slovenian champions FC Koper... |
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| Siniša Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlovic Siniša Mihajlović is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was in charge of Serie A club Fiorentina since June 2010 to November 2011.... |
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| Predrag Mijatović Predrag Mijatovic Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović is a Montenegrin football player and former sports director of Real Madrid. He is considered one of Yugoslavia's best players of the 1990s. He was acclaimed as the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1997... |
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| Dejan Stanković Dejan Stankovic Dejan Stanković is a Serbian association football player who plays for the Italian Serie A side Inter. He captained the Serbian national football team until 2011, when he announced his retirement from international football... |
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- Uni ArgeUni ArgeUni Jógvansson Arge is a Faroese journalist, musician and a former international football striker. He is also a former handball player. He played 105 matches for the handball club Kyndil from Tórshavn and scored 693 goals for the club.-Club career:Arge started his career with HB Tórshavn and made...
- Jens Kristian HansenJens Kristian HansenJens Kristian Hansen is a former Faroese football defender or midfielder.-Club career:He started and played most of his career at Faroese club B36 and also played for Danish side Randers Freja and in Scotland for Ayr United, where he teamed up shortly alongside compatriot Jens Martin...
- Øssur HansenØssur HansenØssur Hansen is a Faroese football midfielder/defender who currently played for B68 Toftir in the Faroese Premier League. Hansen is amongst the 10 most capped players of the Faroe Islands national team with 51 matches.-Club career:...
- Christian Høgni JacobsenChristian Høgni JacobsenChristian Høgni Jacobsen is a Faroese football striker, currently playing for NSÍ Runavík.-Club career:He made his debut in Faroese football with NSÍ Runavík in the 1997 season and later moved abroad to play for Danish sides Esbjerg fB and Vejle BK before returning to the Faroe Islands in 2004...
- Kurt MørkøreKurt MørkøreKurt Mørkøre is a former Faroese football midfielder or striker who is currently manager of he Norwegian club Averøykameratene. He is the elder brother of fellow Faroese international Allan Mørkøre...
- John Petersen
- René PetersRené PetersRené Peters is a Luxembourgian football player who currently plays for Jeunesse Esch. He is currently the captain of the national team.-Club career:...
- Marcel Christophe
- Sacha Schneider
- Jeff StrasserJeff StrasserJeff Strasser is a Luxembourgian footballer, who currently manages CS Fola Esch. - Club career :As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a fairly successful career in French and German first divisions...
- Dmitri AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
- Maksim BuznikinMaksim BuznikinMaksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...
- Yuri Kovtun
- Aleksandr Mostovoi
- Sergei SemakSergei SemakSergei Bogdanovich Semak is a Russian international football midfielder of Ukrainian origins.-Early life:Semak was born in the selo Sychanskoye in the Voroshilovgradskaya Oblast into a peasant family of modest economical background. He was an excellent student and had an ideal behavior...
- Aleksandr ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
- Sebastjan CimirotičSebastjan CimiroticSebastjan Cimirotič aka Cime is a Slovenian football player, who currently plays for FC Ljubljana. He played for Slovenia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...
- Aleksander KnavsAleksander KnavsAleksander Knavs is a former Slovenian football defender.-Club career:He was born in Maribor and started his professional career playing at the club Olimpija Ljubljana from the Slovenian capital city of Ljubljana in 1993...
- Ermin ŠiljakErmin ŠiljakErmin Šiljak is a former Slovenian football player of Bosnian origin. He is renowned as a great finisher, and has top off the ball instincts to get into scoring positions. He currently works as assistant coach at NK Domžale.-Club career:He started his professional career at NK Svoboda...
- Senad TiganjSenad TiganjSenad Tiganj is a Slovenian football player who plays as a striker.-Club career:Senad's early years of his career were associated with NK Jesenice and ND Triglav. He made his Prva Liga debut in April 2004 against NK Primorje. After 4 years in NK Svoboda he moved to NK Korotan...
- Sašo UdovičSašo UdovicSašo Udovič is a retired Slovenian football player.He played for Hajduk Split , KSK Beveren , Lausanne Sports and LASK Linz in Austria....
- Sébastien FournierSébastien FournierSébastien Fournier is a Swiss former football player.He played for FC Sion, VfB Stuttgart and Servette Geneva, where he spent most of his career....
- Johann LonfatJohann LonfatJohann Lonfat is a Swiss footballer. A midfielder, he is currently without a club.-Career:During his career, Lonfat represented Lausanne Sports , FC Sion , Servette FC and FC Sochaux , subsequently returning to Servette...
- Marco ZwyssigMarco ZwyssigMarco Zwyssig is a retired Swiss football defender. He is best remembered for his time at FC St. Gallen and FC Basel. He also played for the Switzerland national football team.- Football career :...
- Hakan YakinHakan YakinHakan Yakin is a Swiss footballer. He currently plays for Swiss Super League club FC Luzern. He was member of the Swiss national team for eleven years.-Personal life:...
- Predrag Đorđević
- Miroslav Đukić
- Slaviša JokanovićSlaviša JokanovicSlaviša Jokanović is a retired Serbian professional footballer who played in the 1990s and early 2000s....
- Mladen KrstajićMladen KrstajicMladen Krstajić is a former Serbian footballer who currently works as a director of football for FK Partizan.-Early life:...
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