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England was drawn in European Group 9 with Germany, Finland, Greece and Albania. The top team qualified for the World Cup automatically while the second team in the group had a play off against another team to qualify.
Date of match Home teams shown first (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw)
2 September 2000 Finland 2 Albania 1
Germany 2 Greece 0
7 October 2000 England 0 Germany 1 (Hamann) [at Wembley]
Greece 1 Finland 0
The England line up was Seaman, G Neville (Dyer 46mins), Le Saux (Barry 77), Adams, Keown, Beckham (Parlour 82), Scholes, Southgate, Barmby, Cole, Owen
Kevin Keegan
Sven Goran Erriksson
Kevin Keegan resigned after the game with Germany where Dietmar Hamann got the only goal. Howard Wilkinson took charge of the game away against Finland. For the following game, however, a Swede, Sven Goran Eriksson was the new manager of England.
11 October 2000 Finland 0 England 0
Albania 2 Greece 0
The England line up was Seaman, P Neville, Keown, Southgate, Barry (Brown 69), Parlour, Wise, Scholes, Sheringham (McManaman 69), Cole, Heskey
After this game the group table looked like this:
| |
Played |
Wins |
Draws |
Losses |
For |
Against |
Points |
| Germany |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
| Finland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Albania |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| Greece |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
| England |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
24 March 2001
England 2 (Owen, Beckham) Finland 1 (Riihilahti) [Liverpool: Anfield]
Germany 2 Albania 1
The England line up was Seaman, G Neville, Powell, Ferdinand, Campbell, Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard, McManaman (Heskey), Owen (Butt), Cole (Fowler)
28 March 2001
Albania 1 (Rrakli) England 3 (Owen, Scholes, Cole)
Greece 2 Germany 4
The England line up was Seaman, G Neville, Campbell (Brown), Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Butt, Beckham, Scholes, McManaman (Heskey), Owen (Sheringham), Cole
2 June 2001 Greece 1 Albania 0
Finland 2 Germany 2
6 June 2001
Greece 0 England 2 (Scholes, Beckham)
Albania 0 Germany 2
The England line up was Seaman, P Neville, Ashley Cole, Ferdinand, Keown, Gerrard, Beckham, Scholes (Butt), Heskey (McManaman), Owen, Fowler (Smith)
After this game the group table looked like this:
| |
Played |
Wins |
Draws |
Losses |
For |
Against |
Points |
| Germany |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
5 |
16 |
| England |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
| Greece |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
| Finland |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
| Albania |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
3 |
1 September 2001 Germany 1 (Jancker) England 5 (Owen 3, Gerrard, Heskey)
Albania 0 Finland 2
The England line up was Seaman, G Neville, Ferdinand, Campbell, Ashley Cole, Beckham, Gerrard (Hargreaves 78), Scholes (Carragher 83), Barmby (McManaman 65), Owen, Heskey
5 September 2001 England 2 Albania 0 (Owen, Fowler) [at Newcastle: St James' Park]
Finland 5 Greece 1
The England line up was Seaman, G Neville, Campbell, Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Beckham, Gerrard (Carragher 83), Barmby (McManaman 64), Scholes, Owen, Heskey (Fowler
55)
6 October 2001 England 2 (Sheringham, Beckham) Greece 2 (Charisteas, Nikolaidis)
[at Manchester : Old Trafford]
Germany 0 Finland 0
The England line up was Martyn, G Neville, Ferdinand, Keown, Ashley Cole (McManaman 78), Beckham, Gerrard, Barmby (Andy Cole 45), Scholes, Heskey, Fowler (Sheringham 68)
After this game the final group table looked like this:
| |
Played |
Wins |
Draws |
Losses |
For |
Against |
Points |
| England |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
16 |
6 |
17 |
| Germany |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
10 |
17 |
| Finland |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
7 |
12 |
| Greece |
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
17 |
7 |
| Albania |
8 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
14 |
3 |
England qualified for the world cup directly by coming top of the group (after that great win away at Germany and Beckham's last minute free kick in the final group game) - Germany qualified too by beating the Ukraine in the play off. Click here to see all England's results since
Euro 96
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