ANKARA - Turkish National Soccer Team will host Albania in Istanbul on March 26th in a 2006 World Cup European Zone Group 2 qualifier.
The match will take place at BJK Inonu Stadium in Istanbul. Konrad Plautz of Austria will referee the game that will start at 8:00 PM Turkish local time.
After this match, Turkey will take on Georgia in away game on March 30th. Terje Hauge of Norway will be the referee of this qualifier that will start at 8:30 PM Turkish local time at Tbilisi`s Lokomotif Stadium.
Played on September 4th, 2004:
Turkey 1 Georgia 1
Denmark 1 Ukraine 1
Albania 2 Greece 1
Played on September 8th, 2004:
Greece 0 Turkey 0
Kazakhstan 1 Ukraine 2
Georgia 2 Albania 0
Played on October 9th, 2004:
Turkey 4 Kazakhstan 0
Ukraine 1 Greece 1
Albania 0 Denmark 2
Played on October 13th, 2004:
Denmark 1 Turkey 1
Kazakhstan 0 Albania 1
Ukraine 2 Georgia 0
Played on November 17th, 2004:
Turkey 0 Ukraine 3
Georgia 2 Denmark 2
Greece 3 Kazakhstan 1
Played on February 9th, 2005:
Albania 0 Ukraine 2
Greece 2 Denmark 1
Standings:
Team P W D L F A Pts
Ukraine 6 4 2 0 11 3 14
Greece 5 2 2 1 7 5 8
Turkey 5 1 3 1 6 5 6
Denmark 5 1 3 1 7 6 6
Albania 5 2 0 3 3 7 6
Georgia 4 1 2 1 5 5 5
Kazakhstan 4 0 0 4 2 10 0
Fixtures:
March 26th, 2005:
Turkey v Albania
Georgia v Greece
Denmark v Kazakhstan
March 30th, 2005:
Georgia v Turkey
Greece v Albania
Ukraine v Denmark
June 4th, 2005:
Turkey v Greece
Albania v Georgia
Ukraine v Kazakhstan
June 8th, 2005:
Kazakhstan v Turkey
Greece v Ukraine
Denmark v Albania
August 17th, 2005:
Kazakhstan v Georgia
September 3rd, 2005:
Turkey v Denmark
Georgia v Ukraine
Albania v Kazakhstan
September 7th, 2005:
Ukraine v Turkey
Denmark v Georgia
Kazakhstan v Greece
October 8th, 2005:
Ukraine v Albania
Denmark v Greece
Georgia v Kazakhstan
October 12th, 2005:
Albania v Turkey
Greece v Georgia
Kazakhstan v Denmark
Automatically qualified: Germany (hosts).
UEFA has 13 more places; the 8 group winners and 2 best runners-up
qualify automatically while the 6 remaining runners-up play off for 3
more places.