The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Estonia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Portugal, Russia and Slovakia.

The group was won by Portugal, who qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Slovakia entered the UEFA qualification play-offs.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 12 9 3 0 35 5 +30 30 Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup — 2–0 7–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 6–0
2  Slovakia 12 6 5 1 24 8 +16 23 Advance to second round 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 4–1 7–0 3–1
3  Russia 12 6 5 1 23 12 +11 23 0–0 1–1 — 4–0 2–0 2–0 5–1
4  Estonia 12 5 2 5 16 17 −1 17 0–1 1–2 1–1 — 2–1 2–0 4–0
5  Latvia 12 4 3 5 18 21 −3 15 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 — 1–0 4–0
6  Liechtenstein 12 2 2 8 13 23 −10 8 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 — 3–0
7  Luxembourg 12 0 0 12 5 48 −43 0 0–5 0–4 0–4 0–2 3–4 0–4 —
Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Liechtenstein 1–2 Estonia
D'Elia 49' (Report) Viikmäe 34'
Lindpere 80'
Attendance: 912
Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)
Slovakia 3–1 Luxembourg
Vittek 26'
Greško 48'
Demo 89'		 (Report) Strasser 2'
Attendance: 5,016
Estonia 4–0 Luxembourg
Teever 7'
Schauls 41' (o.g.)
Oper 61'
Viikmäe 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)
Russia 1–1 Slovakia
Bulykin 14' (Report) Vittek 87'
Attendance: 11,500
Latvia 0–2 Portugal
(Report) Ronaldo 57'
Pauleta 58'
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Luxembourg 3–4 Latvia
Braun 11'
A. Leweck 55'
Cardoni 62'		 (Report) Verpakovskis 4'
Zemļinskis 40' (pen.)
Hoffmann 65' (o.g.)
Prohorenkovs 67'
Attendance: 2,125
Referee: George Kasnaferis (Greece)
Slovakia 7–0 Liechtenstein
Vittek 15', 59', 81'
Karhan 42'
Németh 84'
Mintál 85'
Zabavník 90+2'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,620
Referee: Dejan Delević (Serbia and Montenegro)
Portugal 4–0 Estonia
Ronaldo 75'
Postiga 83', 90+1'
Pauleta 86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 27,214
Referee: Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)
Luxembourg 0–4 Russia
(Report) Sychev 56', 69', 86'
Arshavin 62'
Attendance: 3,670
Slovakia 4–1 Latvia
Németh 46'
L. Reiter 50'
Karhan 55', 87'		 (Report) Verpakovskis 3'
Attendance: 13,025
Liechtenstein 2–2 Portugal
Burgmeier 48'
T. Beck 76'		 (Report) Pauleta 23'
Hasler 39' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,548
Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Latvia 2–2 Estonia
Astafjevs 65'
Laizāns 82'		 (Report) Oper 72'
Teever 79'
Attendance: 8,500
Luxembourg 0–4 Liechtenstein
(Report) Ma. Stocklasa 41'
Burgmeier 44', 85'
M. Frick 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,478
Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)
Portugal 7–1 Russia
Pauleta 26'
Ronaldo 39', 69'
Deco 45'
Simão 82'
Petit 89', 90+2'		 (Report) Arshavin 79'
Attendance: 27,258
Russia 4–0 Estonia
Karyaka 23'
Izmailov 25'
Sychev 32'
Loskov 67' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 29,000
Liechtenstein 1–3 Latvia
M. Frick 32' (Report) Verpakovskis 7'
Zemļinskis 57'
Prohorenkovs 89'
Attendance: 1,460
Luxembourg 0–5 Portugal
(Report) Federspiel 11' (o.g.)
Ronaldo 28'
Maniche 52'
Pauleta 67', 82'
Attendance: 8,045
Liechtenstein 1–2 Russia
T. Beck 40' (Report) Kerzhakov 23'
Karyaka 37'
Attendance: 2,400
Estonia 1–2 Slovakia
Oper 57' (Report) Mintál 58'
L. Reiter 65'
Attendance: 3,051
Estonia 1–1 Russia
Terehhov 63' (Report) Arshavin 18'
Attendance: 8,850
Slovakia 1–1 Portugal
Karhan 8' (pen.) (Report) Postiga 62'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Latvia 4–0 Luxembourg
Bleidelis 32'
Laizāns 38' (pen.)
Verpakovskis 73', 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,203
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Croatia)
Estonia 2–0 Liechtenstein
Stepanov 27'
Oper 57'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales)
Russia 2–0 Latvia
Arshavin 56'
Loskov 78' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 21,575
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
Portugal 2–0 Slovakia
Meira 21'
Ronaldo 42'		 (Report)
Attendance: 64,000
Latvia 1–0 Liechtenstein
Bleidelis 17' (Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Luxembourg 0–4 Slovakia
(Report) Németh 5'
Mintál 15'
Kisel 54'
L. Reiter 60'
Attendance: 2,108
Referee: Rob Styles (England)
Estonia 0–1 Portugal
(Report) Ronaldo 32'
Attendance: 10,280
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Latvia 1–1 Russia
Astafjevs 6' (Report) Arshavin 24'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Liechtenstein 0–0 Slovakia
(Report)
Attendance: 1,150
Estonia 2–1 Latvia
Oper 11'
Smirnov 71'		 (Report) Laizāns 90'
Attendance: 8,970
Russia 2–0 Liechtenstein
Kerzhakov 27', 66' (Report)
Attendance: 18,123
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
Portugal 6–0 Luxembourg
Andrade 24'
Carvalho 30'
Pauleta 38', 57'
Simão 80', 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 25,300
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)
Latvia 1–1 Slovakia
Laizāns 74' (Report) Vittek 35'
Attendance: 8,800
Russia 0–0 Portugal
(Report)
Attendance: 28,800
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Liechtenstein 3–0 Luxembourg
M. Frick 38'
Fischer 77'
T. Beck 90+2'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,300
Slovakia 1–0 Estonia
Hlinka 72' (Report)
Attendance: 12,800
Russia 5–1 Luxembourg
Izmailov 7'
Kerzhakov 18'
Pavlyuchenko 65'
Kirichenko 74', 90+3'		 (Report) C. Reiter 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Portugal 2–1 Liechtenstein
Pauleta 48'
Nuno Gomes 85'		 (Report) Fischer 32'
Attendance: 29,000
Portugal 3–0 Latvia
Pauleta 20', 22'
Viana 86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Luxembourg 0–2 Estonia
(Report) Oper 7', 78'
Attendance: 2,010
Slovakia 0–0 Russia
(Report)
Attendance: 22,317

Goalscorers

11 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 owl goal

See also

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