2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia and Luxembourg.

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The group was won by Switzerland, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Greece entered the UEFA play-off stage.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 10 6 3 1 18 8 +10 21 Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup — 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0
2  Greece 10 6 2 2 20 10 +10 20 Advance to second round 1–2 — 5–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Latvia 10 5 2 3 18 15 +3 17 2–2 0–2 — 1–1 2–0 3–2
4  Israel 10 4 4 2 20 10 +10 16 2–2 1–1 0–1 — 7–0 3–1
5  Luxembourg 10 1 2 7 4 25 −21 5 0–3 0–3 0–4 1–3 — 0–0
6  Moldova 10 0 3 7 6 18 −12 3 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 —
Source:

Matches

The match schedule was established at a meeting in Israel on 8 January 2008.[1] However, Greece and Latvia failed to come to an agreement on matches between themselves, and, since the match schedule was not finalised by 16 January 2008 deadline, FIFA conducted a random draw to determine the fixtures.[2][3] The draw took place in Zagreb, Croatia at 16:00 CET on 30 January 2008, the eve of the XXXII Ordinary UEFA Congress.[4]

Moldova 1–2 Latvia
Alexeev  76' Report Karlsons  8'
Astafjevs  22'
Attendance: 4,300
Israel 2–2  Switzerland
Benayoun  73'
Sahar  90+2'		 Report Yakin  45'
Nkufo  56'
Attendance: 29,600
Luxembourg 0–3 Greece
Report Torosidis  36'
Gekas  45+1'
Charisteas  76' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,596
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)
Moldova 1–2 Israel
Picușceac  1' Report Golan  39'
Saban  45'
Attendance: 10,500
Latvia 0–2 Greece
Report Gekas  10', 49'
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Switzerland  1–2 Luxembourg
Nkufo  43' Report Strasser  27'
A. Leweck  87'
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)
Switzerland  2–1 Latvia
Frei  63'
Nkufo  73'		 Report Ivanovs  71'
Attendance: 18,026
Luxembourg 1–3 Israel
Peters  14' Report Benayoun  2' (pen.)
Golan  54'
Tuama  81'
Attendance: 3,562
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
Greece 3–0 Moldova
Charisteas  31', 51'
Katsouranis  40'		 Report
Attendance: 13,684
Latvia 1–1 Israel
Koļesņičenko  89' Report Benayoun  50'
Attendance: 7,100
Luxembourg 0–0 Moldova
Report
Attendance: 2,157
Greece 1–2  Switzerland
Charisteas  68' Report Frei  42' (pen.)
Nkufo  77'
Attendance: 28,810
Luxembourg 0–4 Latvia
Report Karlsons  25'
Cauņa  48'
Višņakovs  71'
Perepļotkins  86'
Attendance: 2,516
Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales)
Moldova 0–2  Switzerland
Report Frei  32'
Fernandes  90+3'
Attendance: 10,500
Israel 1–1 Greece
Golan  55' Report Gekas  42'
Attendance: 38,000
Latvia 2–0 Luxembourg
Žigajevs  44'
Verpakovskis  76'		 Report
Attendance: 6,700
Greece 2–1 Israel
Salpingidis  32'
Samaras  67' (pen.)		 Report Barda  60'
Attendance: 22,794
Switzerland  2–0 Moldova
Nkufo  20'
Frei  52'		 Report
Attendance: 20,100
Moldova 0–0 Luxembourg
Report
Attendance: 7,820
Israel 0–1 Latvia
Report Gorkšs  59'
Attendance: 20,000
Switzerland  2–0 Greece
Grichting  84'
Padalino  87'		 Report
Attendance: 38,500
Israel 7–0 Luxembourg
Barda  9', 21', 43'
Baruchyan  15'
Golan  58'
Sahar  62', 84'		 Report
Attendance: 7,038
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)
Latvia 2–2  Switzerland
Cauņa  62'
Astafjevs  75'		 Report Frei  43'
Derdiyok  80'
Attendance: 8,600
Moldova 1–1 Greece
Andronic  90' Report Gekas  33'
Attendance: 9,870
Luxembourg 0–3  Switzerland
Report Senderos  6', 8'
Huggel  22'
Attendance: 8,031
Israel 3–1 Moldova
Barda  22', 70'
Ben Dayan  65'		 Report Calincov  90+2'
Attendance: 8,700
Greece 5–2 Latvia
Gekas  4', 47' (pen.), 57', 90+1'
Samaras  73'		 Report Verpakovskis  12', 40'
Attendance: 18,981
Greece 2–1 Luxembourg
Torosidis  30'
Gekas  33'		 Report Papadopoulos  90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 13,932
Latvia 3–2 Moldova
Rubins  32', 44'
Grebis  76'		 Report Ovseannicov  25'
Sofroni  90'
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
Switzerland  0–0 Israel
Report
Attendance: 38,500

Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 2.86 goals per game.

10 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Attendances
Team Highest Lowest Average
 Greece28,81013,68419,640
 Israel38,0007,03820,668
 Latvia8,6003,6006,960
 Luxembourg8,0312,1574,172
 Moldova10,5004,3008,598
  Switzerland38,50018,02627,125

References
  1. Yossi Benayoun: 'We should qualify'
  2. FIFA 2010: Discussions on fixture list falter
  3. FIFA draw to decide order of World Cup qualifiers
  4. Draw settles disputes FIFA
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