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**UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying Group 1**
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Qualifying group 1 for the UEFA Euro 2004 consisted of five teams: Cyprus, France, Israel, Malta, and Slovenia. The matches took place from September 7, 2002, to October 11, 2003.

**Group Standings**
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The group standings were as follows:

| Rank | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Points |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | France | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 24 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Israel | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 7 |
| 5 | Malta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 0 |

**Matches**
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The matches played in the group were:

* France vs. Cyprus: 4-0 (September 7, 2002)
* Slovenia vs. Israel: 3-1 (September 7, 2002)
* Malta vs. France: 0-4 (September 7, 2002)
* Israel vs. Cyprus: 2-0 (September 7, 2002)
* Slovenia vs. Malta: 2-0 (September 7, 2002)

... (rest of the matches)

**Goalscorers**
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The top goalscorers in the group were:

* Thierry Henry (France): 6 goals
* David Trezeguet (France): 6 goals
* Sylvain Wiltord (France): 3 goals
* Michael Mifsud (Malta): 2 goals
* Zinedine Zidane (France): 2 goals

**Notes**
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Israel was forced to play all their home games away from Israel due to the ongoing violence regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The winner of the group, France, directly qualified for the final stage of Euro 2004. Slovenia qualified for the playoffs as the runner-up.

**References**
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* UEFA Page
* RSSSF Page
* Statistics on the UEFA website

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