September 2005 in Sports - 7 September 2005

7 September 2005

• Football World Cup 2006 Qualifying Matches (FIFAWorldCup.com)
  • Europe
    • Netherlands 4–0 (3–0) Andorra
    • Denmark 6–1 (3–1) Georgia
    • Lithuania 0–1 (0–0) Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • Belgium 8–0 (3–0) San Marino
    • Belarus 1–4 (1–3) Italy
    • Hungary 0–1 (0–0) Sweden
    • Moldova 1–2 (1–0) Slovenia
    • Spain 1–1 (1–0) Serbia and Montenegro
    • Cyprus 1–3 (1–1) Switzerland
    • Azerbaijan 0–0 Austria
    • Republic of Ireland 0–1 (0–0) France
    • Poland 1–0 (0–0) Wales
    • Liechtenstein 3–0 (1–0) Luxembourg
    • Kazakhstan 1–2 (0–0) Greece
    • Malta 1–1 (0–1) Croatia 103 Croatian fans were arrested for rioting after the shock result.
    • Faroe Islands 0–2 (0–0) Israel
    • Czech Republic 4–1 (0–0) Armenia
    • Norway 1–2 (0–2) Scotland
    • Latvia 1–1 (0–1) Slovakia
    • Ukraine 0–1 (0–0) Turkey
    • Finland 5–1 (3–0) Macedonia
    • Russia 0–0 Portugal
    • Bulgaria 3–2 (1–2) Iceland
    • Northern Ireland 1–0 (0–0) England Northern Ireland's first victory over England since 1972, and their first at home since 1927.
  • CONCACAF
    • Costa Rica 2–0 (1–0) Trinidad and Tobago
    • Mexico 5–0 (1–0) Panama Mexico secures their World Cup place.
    • Guatemala 0–0 USA
• NHL: The San Jose Sharks' Vincent Damphousse retires after 18 years in the league. (Yahoo!)