Match No. 826 - Wednesday, 30th March 2005, 7:45pm
Assist: Wayne Rooney. Long ball from Beckham finds Rooney in left channel 35 yards out. Dribbles into left of penalty area and crosses to penalty spot where Melikov gets minimal contact with his head sending ball into path of Gerrard. Right footed shot from 15 yards into ground bouncing over keeper hitting bar into goal. Steven Gerrard6th of 21 goals. Right-footed from 15 yards., 51'
Assist: Frank Lampard. Long ball from Lampard inside own half finds Beckham central and onside with just keeper to beat. Right footed shot inside D to beat keeper into left bottom of goal. David Beckham16th of 17 goals. Right-footed from 19 yards., 62'
- 2
- Gary NevilleMan Utd, 76th of 85 caps
30 years, 1 month, 12 days
- 3
- Ashley ColeArsenal, 39th of 107 caps
24 years, 3 months, 10 days
- 5
- Rio FerdinandMan Utd, 38th of 81 caps
26 years, 4 months, 23 days
78'
- 6
- John TerryChelsea, 17th of 78 caps
24 years, 3 months, 23 days
- 7
- David BeckhamReal Madrid, 80th of 115 caps
29 years, 10 months, 28 days (c)44th captaincy
42'
84'
- 8
- Frank LampardChelsea, 32nd of 106 caps
26 years, 9 months, 9 days
- 9
- Wayne RooneyMan Utd, 23rd of 120 caps
19 years, 5 months, 6 days
78'
- 10
- Michael OwenReal Madrid, 69th of 89 caps
25 years, 3 months, 16 days
55'
- 11
- Joe ColeChelsea, 21st of 56 caps
23 years, 4 months, 22 days
- 15
- Kieron DyerNewcastle Utd, 28th of 33 caps
26 years, 3 months, 1 day
78'
- 14
- Ledley KingSpurs, 12th of 21 caps
24 years, 5 months, 18 days
78'
- 18
- Jermain DefoeSpurs, 10th of 57 caps
22 years, 5 months, 23 days
84'
- 1
- Dmitri KramarenkoDmitriy Sergeyevich Kramarenko.
Born 12th Sep 1974, Lankaran, Azerbaijan.
- 2
- Rafael AmirbekovRafael Amirbekov.
Born 23rd Feb 1976, Qusar, Azerbaijan.
HT
- 3
- Aftandil HacıyevAftandil Sabir oğlu Hacıyev.
Born 13th Aug 1981, Baku.
- 4
- Zaur HashimovZaur Tahir oglu Hashimov.
Born 25th Aug 1981, Samqayit.
- 5
- Elmar BakhshievElmar Bakhshiev.
Born 3rd Aug 1980, Qusar, Azerbaijan.
- 6
- Ilgar AbdurahmanovIlgar Shair oglu Abdurahmanov.
Born 27th Mar 1979, Baku.
- 7
- Rail MalikovRail Nadir oglu Malikov.
Born 18th Dec 1985, Baku.
- 8
- Aslan KerimovAslan Kerimov.
Born 1st Jan 1973, Baku.
- 9
- Gurban GurbanovGurban Osman oglu Gurbanov.
Born 13th Apr 1972, Zaqatala.
(c)
77'
- 10
- Rashad SadygovRashad Farhad oglu Sadygov.
Born 16th Jun 1982, Baku.
- 11
- Nadir NabiyevNadir Eldar oglu Nabiyev.
Born 18th Jul 1980, Tovuz.
77'
- 15
- Vugar GuliyevVugar Guliyev.
Born 20th Nov 1978.
57'
HT
- 17
- Daniel AkhtyamovDaniel Akhtyamov.
Born 26th Mar 1985, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
77'
- 10
- Anatoli PonomarevAnatoli Igorevich Ponomarev.
Born 12th Jun 1982, Baku.
77'
Referee
Portugal Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 1 ranking points to 1978 points England - 3rd
Azerbaijan - 109th
World Cup 2006 Q
(Group 6)

- England
- 25
- +12
- 1
- 1
- 8
- 10

- Poland
- 24
- +18
- 2
- 0
- 8
- 10

- Austria
- 15
- +3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 10

- Northern I...
- 9
- -8
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 10

- Wales
- 8
- -5
- 6
- 2
- 2
- 10

- Azerbaijan
- 3
- -20
- 7
- 3
- 0
- 10