Fifty teams will be battling it out to win qualification to the second biggest tournament after the World Cup. The winners of each group will qualify automatically and the second place teams will go into a playoff. These fifteen teams will then join Portugal who are the hosts.

Pld W D L GF GA Pts
France 8 8 0 0 29 2 24
Slovenia 8 4 2 2 15 11 14
Israel 8 2 3 3 9 11 9
Cyprus 8 2 2 4 9 18 8
Malta 8 0 1 7 5 24 0

 

Slovenia 3 - 0 Malta 07/09/02
Debono og 37
Siljak 59
Cimerotic 90
 

Cyprus 1 - 2 France 07/09/02
Okkas 15 Cisse 38
Wiltord 52

France 5-0 Slovenia 12/10/02
Vieira 10
Marlet 35, 64
Wiltord 79
Govou 86
 

Malta 0-2 Israel 12/10/02
  Balili 56
Revivo 77

Israel P-P Cyprus 16/10/02
   

Malta 0-2 France 16/10/02
  Henry 25, 36
Wiltord 59
Carriere 85 

Cyprus 2-1 Malta 20/11/02
Rauffmann 50
Okkas 74
 

Cyprus 1-1 Israel 29/03/03
Rauffmann 61  Afek 1

France 6-0 Malta 29/03/03
Wiltord 37
Henry 39, 54
Zidane pen 57, 90
Trezeguet 70  
 

Slovenia 4-1 Cyprus 02/04/03
Siljak 4, 14
Zahovic 39 pen
Cah 43  
Konstantinou 9 

Israel 1-2 France 02/04/03
Afek 2  Trezeguet 23
Zidane 45  

Malta 1-3 Slovenia 30/04/03
Mifsud 90   Zahovic 15
Saljak 37
Ceh 58  

Israel 0-0 Cyprus 30/04/03
Badir 88
Holtzman 90 
 

Israel 0-0 Slovenia 07/06/03
   

Malta 1-2 Cyprus 07/06/03
Dimech 72   Constantinou 23 pen, 54 

France 5-0 Cyprus 06/09/03
Trezeguet 8, 80
Wiltord 18, 40
Henry 58
 

Slovenia 3-1 Israel 06/09/03
Siljak 35
Knavs 37
Ceh 76 
Revivo 67 

Israel 2-2 Malta 10/09/03
Revivo 15
Pini Balili 78 
Mifsud 50
Carabott 52 

Slovenia 0-2 France 10/09/03
  Trezeguet 11
Dacourt 73 

Cyprus 2-2 Slovenia 11/10/03
Georgiou 71)
Giasemi 80 
Siljak 7 24 

France 3-0 Israel 11/10/03
Henry 8
Trezeguet 25
Boumsong 42