SERBIA-MONTENEGRO : HOW THEY QUALIFIED

Serbia & Montenegro surprisingly finished atop European Group 7 with a 6-0-4 (22 points) record over second-place Spain (5-0-5, 20), outscoring its opposition, 16-1. The country qualified with a 1-0 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina on a Mateja Kezman goal in Belgrade on October 12, 2005. In some respects, the result was a loss for Serbia & Montenegro as FIFA levied a $28,000 fine and ordered the National Team to play one home game in an empty stadium due to crowd trouble. Rival supporters pelted each other with flares and seats. There is lingering hostility from the ethnic war between Serbs and Muslims in the early 1990s.

QUALIFYING RESULTS
9/4/04 San Marino 0, Serbia & Montenegro 3
10/9/04 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0, Serbia & Montenegro 0
10/13/04 Serbia & Montenegro 5, San Marino 0
11/17/04 Belgium 0, Serbia & Montenegro 2
3/30/05 Serbia & Montenegro 0, Spain 0
6/4/05 Serbia & Montenegro 0, Belgium 0
9/3/05 Serbia & Montenegro 2, Lithuania 0
9/7/05 Spain 1, Serbia & Montenegro 1
10/8/05 Lithuania 0, Serbia & Montenegro 2
10/12/05 Serbia & Montenegro 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0