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England National Football Team Match No. 822

Azerbaijan 0 England 1  [0-1]

Wednesday, 13 October 2004

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records Azerbaijan Pre-Match England Pre-Match

Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, 13 October 2004 - The team that faced Azerbaijan.
Back row - Paul Robinson, Wayne Rooney, Jermaine Jenas, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Frank Lampard.
Front row - Ashley Cole, Michael Owen (captain), Nicky Butt, Gary Neville, Jermain Defoe.
 

Match Summary
Status: World Cup 2006 UEFA Preliminary Group 6 qualification match.
Venue: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, capacity 29,858.
Attendance: 15,000.
Goals: England - Michael Owen, 22nd min.
Cautions: Azerbaijan - Kamal Guliyev, 30th min., unsporting behaviour.
England - Wayne Rooney, 40th min., unsporting behaviour.
England - Ashley Cole, 71st min., ungentlemanly conduct.
England - Nicky Butt, 78th min., unsporting behaviour.
Aerbaijan - Rashad Sadygov, 79th min., unsporting behaviour.
Expulsions: None.
Officials:
(black)		 Referee - Alain Hamer, 38 (10-Dec-1965), Luxembourg, FIFA-listed 1993.
Assistant referees - Henri Reuter, 45 (09-Jan-1959), and Francis Crelo, 41 (27-Feb-1963), Luxembourg.
Fourth official - Robert Johnsdorf, 29 (27-Dec-1974), Luxembourg, FIFA-listed 2002.
Conditions: Kickoff 5:30 p.m. BST., 9:30 p.m. local time. Pitch good, wet from rain.  Wind gusts.
Miscellany: -
Statistics:

Type

Azerbaijan

England
Goal Attempts - -
Attempts on Target - -
Hit Bar/Post - -
Corner Kicks Won - -
Offside Calls Against - -
Fouls Conceded - -
Possession - -

Azerbaijan Team
Ranking:

114th in FIFA ranking of 6 October 2004; 116th in Elo world ranking before this match and 116th after this match.

Colours: White shirts, blue and yellow thin stripe down right hand side , blue shorts, white stockings; made by Puma.
Coach: Carlos Alberto Torres, 60, appointed 15 February 2004, 
10th match, W 2 - D 4 - L 4 - F 11 - A 18.
Captain: Rashad Sadygov.

Azerbaijan Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Hasanzade, Jahangir 04-Aug-1979 25 G PFC Neftçhi Baku 21 0 -active
2-Amirbekov, Rafael 23-Feb-1976 28 D FK Bakili Baku - - -active
3-Hajiyev, Aftandil 13-Aug-1981 23 D PFK Turan Tovuz 6 0 -active
4-Shukurov, Mahir 12-Dec-1982 21 M Antalyaspor FK, Turkey 9 0 -active
5-Guliyev, Emin, sub off 74th min. 12-Apr-1977 27 D PFC Neftçhi Baku 28 2 -active
6-Guliyev, Kamal 14-Nov-1976 27 D FK Karvan Yevlakh 32 1 -active
14-Sadygov, Rashad F. 08-Oct-1983 21 D PFC Neftçhi Baku 21 0 -active
8-Kerimov, Aslan 01-Jan-1973 31 D/M FK Karabakh-Azersun Agdam 39 0 -active
17-Aliyev, Samir, sub off 59th min. 14-Apr-1979 25 F FK Khazar Universitesi Lenkoran 22 1 -active
10-Ponomarev, Anatoly 12-Jun-1982 22 M no club - - -active
11-Nabiyev, Nadir, sub off 80th min. 18-Jul-1980 24 F PFK Turan Tovuz - - -active

Azerbaijan Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
9-Gurbanov, Gurban, sub on 59th min. for Aliyev 13-Apr-1972 32 F PFC Neftçhi Baku 55 12 -active
18-Gurbanov, Ildar, sub on 74th min. for E Guliyev 25-Apr-1986 18 F Fenerbahçe SK, Turkey - - -active
15-Abdullayev, Rashad, sub on 80th min. for Nabiyev 01-Oct-1981 23 M FK Khazar Universitesi Lenkoran - - -active
Formation:

3-4-1-2
Hasanzade -
Hajiyev, Sadygov, Amirbekov -
Shukurov, Kerimov, E. Guliyev (I Gurbanov), K. Guliyev -
Ponomarev -
Nabiyev (Abdullayev), Aliyev (G Gurbanov).
Substitutes
Not Used:		 7-Makhmud Gurbanov, 12-Rauf Mehtiyev, 13-Samir Abbasov, 16-Ismail Mamedov.

England Team
Ranking:

6th in FIFA ranking of 6 October 2004; 6th in Elo world ranking before this match and 4th after this match.

Colours: Red shirts, white shorts, red stockings - The 2004 "away" uniform.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 56, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
47th match, W 26 - D 14 - L 7 - F 92 - A 45.
Captain: Michael Owen, 7th captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Robinson, Paul W. 15-Oct-1979 24 G Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 0 2003-active
2-Neville, Gary A. 18-Feb-1975 29 D Manchester United FC 72 0 1995-active
3-Cole, Ashley 20-Dec-1980 23 D Arsenal FC 35 0 2001-active
4-Butt, Nicholas 21-Jan-1975 29 M Newcastle United FC 38 0 1997-active
5-Ferdinand, Rio G. 07-Nov-1978 25 D Manchester United FC 35 1 1997-active
6-Campbell, Sulzeer J. 18-Sep-1974 30 D Arsenal FC 64 1 1996-active
7-Jenas, Jermaine A., sub off 72nd min. 18-Feb-1983 21 M Newcastle United FC 8 0 2003-active
8-Lampard, Frank J. 20-Jun-1978 26 M Chelsea FC 28 7 1999-active
9-Rooney, Wayne M., sub off 85th min. 24-Oct-1985 18 F Manchester United FC 19 9 2003-active
10- Owen, Michael J. 14-Dec-1979 24 F Real Madrid CF, Spain 65 28 1998-active
11-Defoe, Jermain C., sub off 55th min. 07-Oct-1982 22 F Tottenham Hotspur FC 7 1 2004-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
18-Smith, Alan, sub on 55th min. for Defoe 28-Oct-1980 23 F

Manchester United FC

 12 1 2001-active
17-Wright-Phillips, Shaun C., sub on 72nd min. for Jenas 25-Oct-1981 22 F Manchester City FC 2 1 2004-active
16-Cole, Joseph, J., sub on 85th min. for Rooney 23-Nov-1981 22 M Chelsea FC 19 2 2001-active
Formation: 4-3-1-2
Robinson -
G Neville, Ferdinand, Campbell, A Cole -
Jenas (Wright-Phillips), Butt, Lampard -
Rooney (J Cole) -
Defoe (Smith), Owen.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Ledley King, 13-David James, 14-John Terry, 15-Owen Hargreaves.

Match Report

 

England's stand-in captain Michael Owen led from the front by heading the winner in the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan.  Owen, deputising for the injured and suspended David Beckham in Baku, stole in on Ashley Cole's cross to head home after 21 minutes.  It strengthened England's position at the head of Group Six after a scrappy encounter in atrocious conditions.  Azerbaijan rarely threatened, with Emin Guliyev firing narrowly off target.

England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson opted for Newcastle's Jermaine Jenas as replacement for Beckham.  And England almost got the perfect start when Owen met Gary Neville's cross, but could not find the target.  Azerbaijan have been buoyed by home draws against Wales and Northern Ireland, and they came close to taking a shock lead after 11 minutes.  Guliyev's long-range drive almost shocked Paul Robinson, drifting only inches wide.

And England took advantage of the escape to take the lead, courtesy of Owen, in the 21st minutes.  Cole's measured cross to the far post was met by the unmarked Owen, who headed past Jahangir Hasanzade from eight yards.  Wayne Rooney, who had been booked for a foul on Anatoly Ponomaryov, had an opportunity to extend England's lead five minutes before the interval when Hasanadze was harshly penalised for picking up a back-pass.  Nicky Butt set Rooney up from close range, but his powerful drive rebounded to safety off the wall.  Robinson had to be alert to dive at the feet of Samir Aliyev eight minutes after half-time when England struggled to clear a free-kick.

But England responded with a threat of their own, Hasanzade looking uncertain as he turned a 30-yard free-kick from Frank Lampard over the top.  England coach Eriksson then made a switch, sending on Alan Smith for the subdued Jermain Defoe, as well as introducing Shaun Wright-Phillips for Jenas.  Rooney had worked hard in his deeper role, and he tested Hasanzade with another England free-kick, but the goalkeeper was equal to the task.  Azerbaijan enjoyed a greater share of possession in the closing stages, but England survived without any serious alarms.

 

Source Notes

Sources

 BBC Sport

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