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UEFA Group 6 Table
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
England 10 8 1 1 16 5 +11 25
Poland 10 8 0 2 27 9 +18 24
Austria 10 4 3 3 15 12 +3 15
Northern Ireland 10 2 3 5 10 18 -8 9
Wales 10 2 2 6 10 15 -5 8
Azerbaijan 10 0 3 7 1 21 -20 3

 

UEFA Group 6 Matches
4 September 2004
Northern Ireland 0 Poland 3 [0-2] Windsor Park, Belfast 14,000
Azerbaijan 1 Wales 1 [0-0] Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku 15,000
Austria 2 England 2 [0-1] Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien 48,500
8 September 2004
Austria 2 Azerbaijan 0 [2-0] Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien 26,400
Poland 1 England 2 [0-1] Stadion Śląski, Chorzów 38,000
Wales 2 Northern Ireland 2 [1-2] Stadiwm Y Mileniwm, Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd, Caerdydd 63,500
9 October 2004
England 2 Wales 0 [1-0] Old Trafford, Manchester 65,224
Azerbaijan 0 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0] Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku 6,500
Austria 1 Poland 3 [1-1] Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien 46,000
13 October 2004
Azerbaijan 0 England 1 [0-1] Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku 15,000
Northern Ireland 3 Austria 3 [1-1] Windsor Park, Belfast 20,000
Wales 2 Poland 3 [0-0] Stadiwm Y Mileniwm, Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd, Caerdydd 56,685
26 March 2005
England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0] Old Trafford, Manchester 65,239
Wales 0 Austria 2 [0-0] Stadiwm Y Mileniwm, Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd, Caerdydd 47,760
Poland 8 Azerbaijan 0 [3-0] Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warszawa 8,112
30 March 2005
Poland 1 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0] Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warszawa 13,500
Austria 1 Wales 0 [0-0] Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien 29,500
England 2 Azerbaijan 0 [0-0] St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 49,046
4 June 2005
Azerbaijan 0 Poland 3 [0-1] Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku 12,000
3 September 2005
Wales 0 England 1 [0-0] Stadiwm Y Mileniwm, Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd, Caerdydd 70,715
Northern Ireland 2 Azerbaijan 0 [0-0] Windsor Park, Belfast 11,909
Poland 3 Austria 2 [2-0] Stadion Śląski, Chorzów 35,000
7 September 2005
Azerbaijan 0 Austria 0 [0-0] Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku 2,800
Poland 1 Wales 0 [0-0] Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warszawa 13,500
Northern Ireland 1 England 0 [0-0] Windsor Park, Belfast 14,069
8 October 2005
Northern Ireland 2 Wales 3 [0-2] Windsor Park, Belfast 13,451
England 1 Austria 0 [1-0] Old Trafford, Manchester 64,822
12 October 2005
Austria 2 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien 13,000
England 2 Poland 1 [1-1] Old Trafford, Manchester 65,467
Wales 2 Azerbaijan 0 [1-0] Stadiwm Y Mileniwm, Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd, Caerdydd 50,000

Notes

The draw fell one team short of replicating the old British or Home International  Championship as England, Wales and Northern Ireland were put together in Group 6 while Scotland were drawn a group too early, in Group 5.  England have also met Poland and Austria frequently in the past, although they have not played Austria since a 1979 friendly.   Only Azerbaijan is a new opponent for England.

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