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'
Koševo, Sarajevo
Attendance: 28,700
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
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
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
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
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.)
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)
Spain 4–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hierro 26'
Moreno 76'
Raúl 89'
Tristán 90'		 Report Bešlija 41'
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
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'

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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