2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

The five teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Spain qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Austria advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Turkey. Spain dominated the group, with six wins out of eight, and only two away draws (against second-placed Austria and third-placed Israel) to mar the record. Second place, however, was not decided until the last minute of the last match: Austria had a three-point advantage, but Israel led 1-0 which would have brought them level in the group standings, and had a superior goal difference which would have seen them into second place, but Austria scored an injury-time equalizer to earn a draw and retain their second position.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 8 6 2 0 21 4 +17 20 Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup — 4–0 2–0 4–1 5–0
2  Austria 8 4 3 1 10 8 +2 15 Advance to UEFA play-offs 1–1 — 2–1 2–0 2–0
3  Israel 8 3 3 2 11 7 +4 12 1–1 1–1 — 3–1 2–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 2 2 4 12 12 0 8 1–2 1–1 0–0 — 5–0
5  Liechtenstein 8 0 0 8 0 23 −23 0 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–3 —
Source: [1]

Matches

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Spain
Baljić 41' Report Gerard 39'
Etxeberria 72'
Attendance: 28,700
Israel 2–0 Liechtenstein
Mizrahi 1'
Balili 80'		 Report
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)
Spain 2–0 Israel
Gerard 20'
Hierro 54'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Liechtenstein 0–1 Austria
Report Flögel 20'
Attendance: 3,548
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
Austria 1–1 Spain
Baur 22' Report Baraja 27'
Attendance: 48,000
Israel 3–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Berkovich 12'
Abuksis 62'
Katan 76'		 Report Akrapović 48'
Attendance: 30,000
Spain 5–0 Liechtenstein
Helguera 20'
Mendieta 36', 82'
Hierro 55' (pen.)
Raúl 67'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1 Austria
Barbarez 43' Report Baur 61'
Attendance: 25,000
Austria 2–1 Israel
Baur 9'
Herzog 42' (pen.)		 Report Baur 6' (o.g.)
Attendance: 21,000
Liechtenstein 0–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report Barbarez 10', 72'
Hota 89'
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)
Austria 2–0 Liechtenstein
Glieder 44'
Flögel 75'		 Report
Attendance: 13,060
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)
Liechtenstein 0–3 Israel
Report Revivo 3'
Tal 7'
Nimni 18'
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Lassin Isaksen (Faeroe Islands)
Israel 1–1 Spain
Revivo 4' Report Raúl 63'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Spain 4–0 Austria
Tristán 45'
Morientes 79', 84'
Mendieta 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 31,661
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–0 Israel
Report
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Dieter Schoch (Switzerland)
Liechtenstein 0–2 Spain
Report Raúl 19'
Nadal 82'
Attendance: 4,648
Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Bulgaria)
Austria 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Herzog 38', 87' Report
Attendance: 23,200
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5–0 Liechtenstein
Konjić 33'
Baljić 45' (pen.), 82' (pen.)
Šabić 69'
Dodik 85'		 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)
Israel 1–1 Austria
Gershon 55' (pen.) Report Herzog 90+1'
Attendance: 40,000

Goalscorers

There were 54 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ The game was originally scheduled for 7 October 2001. On 4 October FIFA announced postponement of the match for safety reasons after a plane departed from Tel Aviv crashed in the Black Sea.[2]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ "PLUS: SOCCER; World Cup Qualifier Postponed in Israel (Published 2001)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19.
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