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{{Infobox international football competition
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| tourney_name = 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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| dates = {{nowrap|18 August 2004 – 16 November 2005}}
| num_teams = 51
| confederations = 1
| matches = {{#expr:   42+ 42+ 42+ 30+ 30+ 30+ 30+ 30+ 6}}
| goals = {{#expr:   127+ 111+ 134+ 71+ 65+ 80+ 73+ 99+ 18}}
| attendance = {{#expr:  4375 + 17500 + 7437 + 14500 + 1100 + 48488 + 2864 + 16028 + 7894 + 15000 + 350 + 3205 + 50000 + 7000 + 1403 + 2000 + 5000 + 16200 + 2100 + 16100 + 900 + 15000 + 35000 + 9520 + 2870 + 47000 + 14150 + 5146 + 37786 + 6800 + 8200 + 860 + 7000 + 1747 + 12015 + 6467 + 34000 + 11500 + 17478 + 430 + 11234 + 50000 + 36335 + 10169 + 25800 + 20000 + 23000 + 32182 + 56000 + 39900 + 18500 + 28000 + 12300 + 41331 + 40486 + 20000 + 31838 + 12000 + 32430 + 32000 + 20980 + 23000 + 60000 + 10000 + 31700 + 45000 + 0 + 26700 + 26366 + 20000 + 33500 + 9000 + 20000 + 0 + 29721 + 18000 + 67000 + 27177 + 24000 + 42099 + 0 + 18000 + 28186 + 8050+ 912 + 5016 + 3000 + 11500 + 9500 + 2125 + 5620 + 27214 + 3670 + 13025 + 3548 + 8500 + 3478 + 27258 + 29000 + 1460 + 8045 + 2400 + 3051 + 8850 + 21000 + 8203 + 3000 + 21575 + 64000 + 8000 + 2108 + 10280 + 10000 + 1150 + 8970 + 18123 + 25300 + 8800 + 28800 + 2300 + 12800 + 20000 + 29000 + 35000 + 2010 + 22317+ 36000 + 11880 + 43527 + 5917 + 28000 + 21872 + 1400 + 37976 + 78863 + 36000 + 3319 + 1624 + 32150 + 2047 + 36000 + 5180 + 2720 + 30000 + 40126 + 2240 + 36000 + 2561 + 13546 + 31400 + 31857 + 35944 + 78864+ 3620 + 21463 + 38729 + 25272 + 5200 + 51000 + 21000 + 9262 + 24907 + 7000 + 19833 + 40745 + 6450 + 5000 + 45317 + 29042 + 24829 + 28287 + 50185 + 5000 + 10055 + 24904 + 30299 + 7200 + 51105 + 23409 + 19123 + 28160 + 9100 + 13222+ 12487 + 48000 + 8000 + 63500 + 30000 + 26400 + 65224 + 46100 + 6460 + 11810 + 56685 + 17000 + 47760 + 62239 + 9000 + 49046 + 13515 + 29500 + 10458 + 12000 + 70715 + 40000 + 14069 + 13500 + 2800 + 13451 + 64822 + 32628 + 65467 + 12500+ 19218 + 1137 + 4000 + 14380 + 22440 + 17000 + 4000 + 9114 + 28350 + 1457 + 12580 + 36700 + 6000 + 871 + 48910 + 16662 + 750 + 25000 + 38041 + 12000 + 20203 + 4000 + 8207 + 51491 + 1500 + 8500 + 40300 + 3426 + 46305 + 1500+ 5014 + 20853 + 4200 + 40023 + 5461 + 32288 + 1130 + 31565 + 16800 + 7037 + 14500 + 42530 + 17912 + 15510 + 11586 + 35593 + 35000 + 4613 + 4887 + 35000 + 5520 + 5900 + 916 + 18000 + 20161 + 4652 + 34015 + 2844 + 33716 + 6979+ 47210 + 23587 + 31130 + 42000 + 24264 + 17464}}
| top_scorer = {{fbicon|POR}} [[Pauleta]] {{nowrap|(11 goals)}}
| prevseason = [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2002]]
| nextseason = [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2010]]
}}
{{Qualification for championships (UEFA)|expanded=FIFA}}
Listed below are the dates and results for the '''[[2006 FIFA World Cup]] qualification''' rounds for '''[[UEFA]]''' teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 groups – five groups of six teams each and three groups of seven teams each – competing for 13 places in the World Cup. [[Germany national football team|Germany]], the hosts, were already qualified, for a total of 14 European places in the tournament. The qualifying process started on 18 August 2004, over a month after the end of [[UEFA Euro 2004]], and ended on 16 November 2005. [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]], which transitioned from the [[Asian Football Confederation]] to UEFA after the end of the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], debuted in the European qualifiers.

The teams in each group played against each other in a home and away basis. The team with the most points in each group qualified to the World Cup. The runners up were ranked against each other. For fairness rules, results against the seventh placed team were ignored, in groups of seven teams. The two best ranked runners-up also qualified to the World Cup. The other six runners-up were drawn into three [[Two-legged tie|two-legged knock out matches]], the playoff winners also qualifying.

The race to join hosts Germany at the 2006 FIFA World Cup featured an unlikely winner in Europe, where Ukraine became the first team to qualify, having finished above Turkey, Denmark and Greece in arguably the continent's toughest qualifying group.

[[France national football team|France]] had its first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in twenty years as they had missed the 1990 and 1994 tournaments, then qualified automatically as hosts in 1998 and as defending champions in 2002.

Serbia and Montenegro and Croatia also advanced to Germany at the head of their sections, the former forcing Spain into the playoffs in the process. Besides the eight group winners, two teams progressed automatically as best runners up, namely Poland and Sweden while the playoffs offered a second chance to six others.

==Qualification seeding (UEFA)==
The draw was made on 5 December 2003 in [[Frankfurt]], Germany. Germany qualified automatically as hosts. The other seedings were determined by points per game in the qualifiers for [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]] and [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com:80/releases/uefa_draw_procedure_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407120638/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/uefa_draw_procedure_en.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 April 2005 |title=European Zone Draw for the Preliminary Competition |website=fifaworldcup.yahoo.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=24 December 2017 }}</ref> France qualified automatically for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] as title holders, so only their record in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying was used. Portugal qualified automatically for [[UEFA Euro 2004]] as hosts, so only their record in World Cup 2002 was used. Kazakhstan were not ranked by this system as they did not participate in either competition.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024|reason=This level of detail is not explained in the referenced draw doc}}

For domestic clubs involved in international club competitions reasons, England, France, Italy and Spain were drawn into groups of 6 teams.

{|
|- valign=top
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot A
|-
! width=190| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|Points per game achieved in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Position in the coefficient}}
|-
| ''' {{fb|FRA|1974}}''' || align=center| 3.00 || align=center| 1
|-
| ''' {{fb|POR}}''' || align=center| 2.40 || align=center| 2
|-
| ''' {{fb|SWE}}''' || align=center| 2.39 || align=center| 3
|-
| ''' {{fb|CZE}}''' || align=center| 2.31 || align=center| 4
|-
| ''' {{fb|ESP}}''' || align=center| 2.31 || align=center| 5
|-
| ''' {{fb|ITA|2003}}''' || align=center| 2.31 || align=center| 6
|-
| ''' {{fb|ENG}}''' || align=center| 2.31 || align=center| 7
|-
| {{fb|TUR}} || align=center| 2.22 || align=center| 8
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot B
|-
! width=190| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|Points per game achieved in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Position in the coefficient}}
|-
| ''' {{fb|NED}}''' || align=center| 2.17 || align=center| 9
|-
| ''' {{fb|CRO}}''' || align=center| 2.12 || align=center| 10
|-
| {{fb|BEL}} || align=center| 2.06 || align=center| 11
|-
| {{fb|DEN}} || align=center| 2.05 || align=center| 12
|-
| {{fb|RUS}} || align=center| 2.05 || align=center| 13
|-
| {{fb|IRL}} || align=center| 1.94 || align=center| 14
|-
| {{fb|SVN}} || align=center| 1.89 || align=center| 15
|-
| ''' {{fb|POL}}''' || align=center| 1.89 || align=center| 16
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot C
|-
! width=190| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|Points per game achieved in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Position in the coefficient}}
|-
| {{fb|BUL}} || align=center| 1.89 || align=center| 17
|-
| {{fb|ROU}} || align=center| 1.87 || align=center| 18
|-
| {{fb|SCO}} || align=center| 1.81 || align=center| 19
|-
| ''' {{fb|SCG}}''' || align=center| 1.72 || align=center| 20
|-
| ''' {{fb|SUI}}''' || align=center| 1.61 || align=center| 21
|-
| {{fb|GRE}} || align=center| 1.56 || align=center| 22
|-
| {{fb|SVK}} || align=center| 1.50 || align=center| 23
|-
| {{fb|AUT}} || align=center| 1.50 || align=center| 24
|}
|-valign=top
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot D
|-
! width=190| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|Points per game achieved in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Position in the coefficient}}
|-
| ''' {{fb|UKR|1992}}''' || align=center| 1.50 || align=center| 25
|-
| {{fb|ISL}} || align=center| 1.44 || align=center| 26
|-
| {{fb|FIN}} || align=center| 1.37 || align=center| 27
|-
| {{fb|NOR}} || align=center| 1.33 || align=center| 28
|-
| {{fb|ISR}} || align=center| 1.31 || align=center| 29
|-
| {{fb|BIH}} || align=center| 1.31 || align=center| 30
|-
| {{fb|LVA}} || align=center| 1.25 || align=center| 31
|-
| {{fb|WAL}} || align=center| 1.22 || align=center| 32
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot E
|-
! width=190| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|Points per game achieved in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Position in the coefficient}}
|-
| {{fb|HUN}} || align=center| 1.19 || align=center| 33
|-
| {{fb|GEO|1990}} || align=center| 1.06 || align=center| 34
|-
| {{fb|BLR|1995}} || align=center| 1.00 || align=center| 35
|-
| {{fb|CYP|1960}} || align=center| 0.89 || align=center| 36
|-
| {{fb|EST}} || align=center| 0.89 || align=center| 37
|-
| {{fb|NIR}} || align=center| 0.78 || align=center| 38
|-
| {{fb|LTU|1988}} || align=center| 0.75 || align=center| 39
|-
| {{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}} || align=center| 0.75 || align=center| 40
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot F
|-
! width=190| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|Points per game achieved in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Position in the coefficient}}
|-
| {{fb|ALB}} || align=center| 0.69 || align=center| 41
|-
| {{fb|ARM}} || align=center| 0.67 || align=center| 42
|-
| {{fb|MDA|1990}} || align=center| 0.67 || align=center| 43
|-
| {{fb|AZE}} || align=center| 0.50 || align=center| 44
|-
| {{fb|FRO}} || align=center| 0.44 || align=center| 45
|-
| {{fb|MLT}} || align=center| 0.11 || align=center| 46
|-
| {{fb|SMR|1862}} || align=center| 0.06 || align=center| 47
|-
| {{fb|LIE}} || align=center| 0.06 || align=center| 48
|}
|-valign=top
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot G
|-
! width=190| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|Points per game achieved in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Position in the coefficient}}
|-
| {{fb|AND}} || align=center| 0.00 || align=center| 49
|-
| {{fb|LUX}} || align=center| 0.00 || align=center| 50
|-
| {{fb|KAZ}} || align=center| 0.00 || align=center| 51
|}
|}

==First round==
===Summary===
{{legend|#ccffcc|Winner of each group and two best runners-up qualified directly for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{legend|#BBF3FF|The [[#Ranking of runners-up|other runners-up]] advanced to the [[#Matches|second round (play-offs)]]}}
{{legend|#ffcccc|Other teams were eliminated after the first round}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="99.75%"
|- align="center"
! width="11.05%" |[[#Group 1|Group 1]]
! width="11.05%" |[[#Group 2|Group 2]]
! width="11.05%" |[[#Group 3|Group 3]]
! width="11.05%" |[[#Group 4|Group 4]]
! width="11.05%" |[[#Group 5|Group 5]]
! width="11.05%" |[[#Group 6|Group 6]]
! width="11.60%" |[[#Group 7|Group 7]]
! width="11.05%" |[[#Group 8|Group 8]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc; font-size:90%"
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|NED}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|UKR|1992}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|POR}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|FRA|1974}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|ITA|2003}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|ENG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|SCG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|CRO}}
|- style="background:#BBF3FF; font-size:90%"
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|CZE}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|TUR}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|SVK}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|SUI}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|NOR}}
| style="background:#ccffcc; vertical-align:top;" |{{fb-big|POL}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |{{fb-big|ESP}}
| style="background:#ccffcc; vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|SWE}}
|- style="background:#ffcccc; font-size:90%"
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|ROU}} {{fb-big|FIN}} {{fb-big|MKD|name=Macedonia}} {{fb-big|ARM}} {{fb-big|AND}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|DEN}} {{fb-big|GRE}} {{fb-big|ALB}} {{fb-big|GEO}} {{fb-big|KAZ}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|RUS}} {{fb-big|EST}} {{fb-big|LAT}} {{fb-big|LIE}} {{fb-big|LUX}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|ISR}} {{fb-big|IRL}} {{fb-big|CYP|1960}} {{fb-big|FRO}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|SCO}} {{fb-big|SVN}} {{fb-big|BLR|1995}} {{fb-big|MDA|1990}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|AUT}} {{fb-big|NIR}} {{fb-big|WAL}} {{fb-big|AZE}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|BIH}} {{fb-big|BEL}} {{fb-big|LTU}} {{fb-big|SMR|1862}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |{{fb-big|BUL}} {{fb-big|HUN}} {{fb-big|ISL}} {{fb-big|MLT}}
|}

===Group 1===
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1}}
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1}}
===Group 2===
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2}}
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2}}

===Group 3===
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3}}
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3}}
===Group 4===
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4}}
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4}}
===Group 5===
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5}}
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5}}
===Group 6===
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6}}
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6}}
===Group 7===
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7}}
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7}}
===Group 8===
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8}}
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8}}

==Play-offs==
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round}}
===Ranking of runners-up===
Because three groups each had seven teams and the others each had six, matches against the 7th placed team were discarded for the purposes of the ranking

{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round}}

===Matches===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult| '''{{fb-rt|ESP}}''' | |6–2| {{fb|SVK}}| |[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Spain v Slovakia|5–1]]|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Slovakia v Spain|1–1]]}}
{{TwoLegResult| '''{{fb-rt|SUI}}''' | |4–4 ([[Away goals rule|a]])| {{fb|TUR}}| |[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Switzerland v Turkey|2–0]]|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Turkey v Switzerland|2–4]]}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|NOR}} | |0–2| '''{{fb|CZE}}'''| |[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Norway v Czech Republic|0–1]]|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Czech Republic v Norway|0–1]]}}
|}

==Qualified teams==
The following 14 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous [[National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup|appearances]] in [[FIFA World Cup]]'''[[#1|1]]'''
|-
| {{fb|GER}} || {{sort|0|Hosts}} || {{dts|6 July 2000|addkey=1}} || 15 ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], '''[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]''''''[[#2|2]]''', [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]'''[[#2|2]]''', [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]'''[[#2|2]]''', [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]'''[[#2|2]]''', [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]'''[[#2|2]]''', '''''[[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]''''''''[[#2|2]]''', [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]'''[[#2|2]]''', [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]'''[[#2|2]]''', [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]'''[[#2|2]]''', '''[[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]''''''[[#2|2]]''', [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|NED}} || {{sort|1|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|Group 1]] winners}} || {{dts|8 October 2005}} || 7 ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])
|-
| {{fb|UKR|1992}} || {{sort|2|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2|Group 2]] winners}} || {{dts|3 September 2005}} || 0 (debut)
|-
| {{fb|POR}} || {{sort|3|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3|Group 3]] winners}} || {{dts|8 October 2005|addkey=1}} || 3 ([[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|FRA|1974}} || {{sort|4|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|Group 4]] winners}} || {{dts|12 October 2005|addkey=2}} || 11 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], ''[[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]'', [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], '''''[[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]''''', [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|ITA|2003}} || {{sort|5|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|Group 5]] winners}} || {{dts|8 October 2005}} || 15 ('''''[[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]''''', '''[[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]''', [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]], [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], '''[[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]''', [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|ENG}} || {{sort|6|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|Group 6]] winners}} || {{dts|8 October 2005|addkey=2}} || 11 ([[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]], [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], '''''[[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]''''', [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|SCG}} || {{sort|7|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7|Group 7]] winners}} || {{dts|12 October 2005|addkey=2}} || 9 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]'''[[#3|3]]''', [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]'''[[#3|3]]''', [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]'''[[#3|3]]''', [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]'''[[#3|3]]''', [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]'''[[#3|3]]''', [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]'''[[#3|3]]''', [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]'''[[#3|3]]''', [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]'''[[#3|3]]''', [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]'''[[#3|3]]''')
|-
| {{fb|CRO}} || {{sort|8|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8|Group 8]] winners}} || {{dts|8 October 2005}} || 2 ([[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|POL}} || {{sort|9|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Ranking of runners-up|Top 2 runners-up]]}} || {{dts|8 October 2005}} || 6 ([[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|SWE}} || {{sort|10|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Ranking of runners-up|Top 2 runners-up]]}} || {{dts|8 October 2005|addkey=1}} || 10 ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]], ''[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]'', [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|ESP}} || {{sort|PO1|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)|Play-off]] winners}} || {{dts|16 November 2005}} || 11 ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], ''[[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]'', [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|SUI}} || {{sort|PO2|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)|Play-off]] winners}} || {{dts|16 November 2005}} || 7 ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]], ''[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]'', [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]])
|-
| {{fb|CZE}} || {{sort|PO3|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)|Play-off]] winners}} || {{dts|16 November 2005}} || 8 ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]'''[[#4|4]]''', [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]'''[[#4|4]]''', [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]'''[[#4|4]]''', [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]'''[[#4|4]]''', [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]'''[[#4|4]]''', [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]'''[[#4|4]]''', [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]'''[[#4|4]]''', [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]'''[[#4|4]]''')
|}
:<div id="1">1 '''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.</div>
:<div id="2">2 Competed as [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]. A separate team for [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]] also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]].</div>
:<div id="3">3 From 1930 to 1998, [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|Serbia and Montenegro]] competed as [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]].</div>
:<div id="4">4 From 1934 to 1990, the [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] competed as [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]].</div>

==Top goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers
|goals=778 |matches=282

|11 goals=
*{{fbicon|POR}} [[Pauleta]]

|9 goals=
*{{fbicon|CZE}} [[Jan Koller]]

|8 goals=
*{{fbicon|FIN}} [[Alexei Eremenko]]
*{{fbicon|SWE}} [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]]

|7 goals=
*{{fbicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Berbatov]]
*{{fbicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Rosický]]
*{{fbicon|EST}} [[Andres Oper]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Ruud Van Nistelrooy]]
*{{fbicon|POL}} [[Tomasz Frankowski]]
*{{fbicon|POL}} [[Maciej Żurawski]]
*{{fbicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
*{{fbicon|ROU}} [[Adrian Mutu]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Torres]]
*{{fbicon|SWE}} [[Freddie Ljungberg]]
*{{fbicon|SUI}} [[Alexander Frei]]
*{{fbicon|TUR}} [[Fatih Tekke]]
}}

Below are full goalscorer lists for all groups and the play-off round:
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1#Goalscorers|Group 1]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2#Goalscorers|Group 2]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3#Goalscorers|Group 3]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4#Goalscorers|Group 4]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5#Goalscorers|Group 5]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6#Goalscorers|Group 6]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7#Goalscorers|Group 7]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8#Goalscorers|Group 8]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Goalscorers|Play-offs]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://m.scoreshelf.com/dvcb/en/World_Cup/2006 UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores] at Scoreshelf.com

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