2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The European zone of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. The qualification process started on 20 August 2008, nearly two months after the end of UEFA Euro 2008, and ended on 18 November 2009. The qualification process saw the first competitive matches of Montenegro.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Tournament details
Dates	20 August 2008 – 18 November 2009
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	268
Goals scored	725 (2.71 per match)
Attendance	6,034,605 (22,517 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Theofanis Gekas (10 goals)

Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland qualified in the first round by winning their groups. France, Greece, Portugal, and Slovenia qualified via the second round play-offs.

Format

Teams were drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. The nine group winners qualified directly, while the best eight second-placed teams contested home and away play off matches for the remaining four places. In determining the best eight second placed teams, the results against teams finishing last in the six team groups were not counted for consistency between the five and six team groups.[1]

Seeding

After initially proposing to use a similar system to recent World Cup and European Championship qualification (based on results across the previous two European qualification cycles), the UEFA Executive Committee decided on 27 September 2007 at its meeting in Istanbul that seeding for the qualifiers would be based on FIFA World Rankings, in accordance with the FIFA World Cup regulations (which note that where teams are ranked on "performance" criteria, the FIFA World Rankings must be used).[2]

The FIFA World Ranking used for seeding was the most recent at the time of the preliminary draw, namely the November 2007 edition. Initially scheduled for 21 November, the release date of the ranking was moved to 23 November to include the final match days of Euro 2008 qualification.[3]

The countries that eventually qualified for the final tournament are emboldened in the table below.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D	Pot E	Pot F
Italy  Spain  Germany  Czech Republic  France  Portugal  Netherlands  Croatia  Greece	England  Romania  Scotland  Turkey  Bulgaria  Russia  Poland  Sweden  Israel	Norway  Ukraine  Serbia  Denmark  Northern Ireland  Republic of Ireland  Finland   Switzerland  Belgium	Slovakia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Hungary  Moldova  Wales  Macedonia  Belarus  Lithuania  Cyprus	Georgia  Albania  Slovenia  Latvia  Iceland  Armenia  Austria  Kazakhstan  Azerbaijan	Liechtenstein  Estonia  Malta  Luxembourg  Montenegro  Andorra  Faroe Islands  San Marino

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place in Durban, South Africa on 25 November 2007.[4] During the draw, teams were drawn from the six pots A to F (see above) into the nine groups below, starting with pot F, which filled position 6 in the groups, then continued with pot E filling position 5, pot D in position 4 and so on.[5]

Summary

Table – top row: group winners, second row: group runners-up, third row: others. The winner of each group qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup together with winners of play-off. The play-offs took place between the eight best runners-up among all nine groups. The ninth group runner-up did not qualify.

  Group winners qualified directly for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

  Eight best runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs)

  Other teams were eliminated after the first round

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9
Denmark	Switzerland	Slovakia	Germany	Spain	England	Serbia	Italy	Netherlands
Portugal	Greece	Slovenia	Russia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ukraine	France	Republic of Ireland	Norway
Sweden Hungary Albania Malta	Latvia Israel Luxembourg Moldova	Czech Republic Northern Ireland Poland San Marino	Finland Wales Azerbaijan Liechtenstein	Turkey Belgium Estonia Armenia	Croatia Belarus Kazakhstan Andorra	Austria Lithuania Romania Faroe Islands	Bulgaria Cyprus Montenegro Georgia	Scotland Macedonia Iceland

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	10	6	3	1	16	5	+11	21	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–0
2	Portugal	10	5	4	1	17	5	+12	19	Advance to second round		2–3	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–0
3	Sweden	10	5	3	2	13	5	+8	18			0–1	0–0	—	2–1	4–1	4–0
4	Hungary	10	5	1	4	10	8	+2	16			0–0	0–1	1–2	—	2–0	3–0
5	Albania	10	1	4	5	6	13	−7	7			1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	—	3–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	0	26	−26	1			0–3	0–4	0–1	0–1	0–0	—

Source:

Group 2

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:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	10	7	1	2	22	10	+12	22	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	7–0
2	Slovenia	10	6	2	2	18	4	+14	20	Advance to second round		2–1	—	0–0	2–0	3–0	5–0
3	Czech Republic	10	4	4	2	17	6	+11	16			1–2	1–0	—	0–0	2–0	7–0
4	Northern Ireland	10	4	3	3	13	9	+4	15			0–2	1–0	0–0	—	3–2	4–0
5	Poland	10	3	2	5	19	14	+5	11			0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—	10–0
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	1	47	−46	0			1–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–2	—

Source:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	8	2	0	26	5	+21	26	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–0
2	Russia	10	7	1	2	19	6	+13	22	Advance to second round		0–1	—	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
3	Finland	10	5	3	2	14	14	0	18			3–3	0–3	—	2–1	1–0	2–1
4	Wales	10	4	0	6	9	12	−3	12			0–2	1–3	0–2	—	1–0	2–0
5	Azerbaijan	10	1	2	7	4	14	−10	5			0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	—	0–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	2	8	2	23	−21	2			0–6	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	—

Source:

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	10	0	0	28	5	+23	30	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	4–0
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	6	1	3	25	13	+12	19	Advance to second round		2–5	—	1–1	2–1	7–0	4–1
3	Turkey	10	4	3	3	13	10	+3	15			1–2	2–1	—	1–1	4–2	2–0
4	Belgium	10	3	1	6	13	20	−7	10			1–2	2–4	2–0	—	3–2	2–0
5	Estonia	10	2	2	6	9	24	−15	8			0–3	0–2	0–0	2–0	—	1–0
6	Armenia	10	1	1	8	6	22	−16	4			1–2	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	—

Source:

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	9	0	1	34	6	+28	27	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	2–1	5–1	3–0	5–1	6–0
2	Ukraine	10	6	3	1	21	6	+15	21	Advance to second round		1–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–1	5–0
3	Croatia	10	6	2	2	19	13	+6	20			1–4	2–2	—	1–0	3–0	4–0
4	Belarus	10	4	1	5	19	14	+5	13			1–3	0–0	1–3	—	4–0	5–1
5	Kazakhstan	10	2	0	8	11	29	−18	6			0–4	1–3	1–2	1–5	—	3–0
6	Andorra	10	0	0	10	3	39	−36	0			0–2	0–6	0–2	1–3	1–3	—

Source:

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	10	7	1	2	22	8	+14	22	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–0
2	France	10	6	3	1	18	9	+9	21	Advance to second round		2–1	—	3–1	1–0	1–1	5–0
3	Austria	10	4	2	4	14	15	−1	14			1–3	3–1	—	2–1	2–1	3–1
4	Lithuania	10	4	0	6	10	11	−1	12			2–1	0–1	2–0	—	0–1	1–0
5	Romania	10	3	3	4	12	18	−6	12			2–3	2–2	1–1	0–3	—	3–1
6	Faroe Islands	10	1	1	8	5	20	−15	4			0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	—

Source:

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	7	3	0	18	7	+11	24	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–0
2	Republic of Ireland	10	4	6	0	12	8	+4	18	Advance to second round		2–2	—	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
3	Bulgaria	10	3	5	2	17	13	+4	14			0–0	1–1	—	2–0	4–1	6–2
4	Cyprus	10	2	3	5	14	16	−2	9			1–2	1–2	4–1	—	2–2	2–1
5	Montenegro	10	1	6	3	9	14	−5	9			0–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	—	2–1
6	Georgia	10	0	3	7	7	19	−12	3			0–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	—

Source:

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	8	8	0	0	17	2	+15	24	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–0
2	Norway	8	2	4	2	9	7	+2	10			0–1	—	4–0	2–1	2–2
3	Scotland	8	3	1	4	6	11	−5	10			0–1	0–0	—	2–0	2–1
4	Macedonia	8	2	1	5	5	11	−6	7			1–2	0–0	1–0	—	2–0
5	Iceland	8	1	2	5	7	13	−6	5			1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	—

Source:

Ranking of second placed teams

Because one group had one team fewer than the others, matches against the sixth placed team in each group were not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second placed table.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	4	Russia	8	5	1	2	15	6	+9	16	Advance to second round (play-offs)
2	2	Greece	8	5	1	2	16	9	+7	16
3	6	Ukraine	8	4	3	1	10	6	+4	15
4	7	France	8	4	3	1	12	9	+3	15
5	3	Slovenia	8	4	2	2	10	4	+6	14
6	5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	4	1	3	19	12	+7	13
7	1	Portugal	8	3	4	1	9	5	+4	13
8	8	Republic of Ireland	8	2	6	0	8	6	+2	12
9	9	Norway	8	2	4	2	9	7	+2	10

Source:
Rules for classification: 1. Total points, 2. Goal difference, 3. Goals scored, 4. Goals scored away from home, 5. Disciplinary record (yellow card, –1 point; two yellow cards in the same match, –3 points; red card, –3 points; yellow card followed by a direct red card in the same match, –4 points), 6. Drawing of lots[6]

Second round

The UEFA second round (often referred to as the play off stage) was contested by the best eight runners up from the nine first round groups. The winners of each of four home and away ties joined the group winners in the World Cup finals in South Africa. Norway, with 10 points, was ranked 9th so failed to qualify for the second round.

Seeding and draw

The eight teams were seeded according to the FIFA World Rankings released on 16 October (shown in parentheses in the table below). The draw for the ties was held in Zürich on 19 October, with the top four teams seeded into one pot and the bottom four teams seeded into a second. A separate draw decided the host of the first leg.[7]

Pot 1	Pot 2
France (9)  Portugal (10)  Russia (12)  Greece (16)	Ukraine (22)  Republic of Ireland (34)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (42)  Slovenia (49)

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Republic of Ireland	1–2	France	0–1	1–1 (aet)
Portugal	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	1–0
Greece	1–0	Ukraine	0–0	1–0
Russia	2–2 (a)	Slovenia	2–1	0–1

Qualified teams

The following 13 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup^1
Denmark	Group 1 winners	10 October 2009	3 (1986, 1998, 2002)
Switzerland	Group 2 winners	14 October 2009	8 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006)
Slovakia	Group 3 winners	14 October 2009	0 (debut)
Germany	Group 4 winners	10 October 2009	16 (1934, 1938, 1954^2, 1958^2, 1962^2, 1966^2, 1970^2, 1974^2, 1978^2, 1982^2, 1986^2, 1990^2, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
Spain	Group 5 winners	9 September 2009	12 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
England	Group 6 winners	9 September 2009	12 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006)
Serbia	Group 7 winners	10 October 2009	10 (1930^3, 1950^3, 1954^3, 1958^3, 1962^3, 1974^3, 1982^3, 1990^3, 1998^3, 2006^3)
Italy	Group 8 winners	10 October 2009	16 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
Netherlands	Group 9 winners	6 June 2009	8 (1934, 1938, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006)
Greece	Second round (play-off) winners	18 November 2009	1 (1994)
Slovenia	Second round (play-off) winners	18 November 2009	1 (2002)
Portugal	Second round (play-off) winners	18 November 2009	4 (1966, 1986, 2002, 2006)
France	Second round (play-off) winners	18 November 2009	12 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

² Competed as West Germany. A separate team for East Germany also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in 1974.

³ From 1930 to 2006, Serbia competed as Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.

Goalscorers

There were 725 goals scored over 268 games by 399 different players, for an average of 2.71 goals per game. England were the highest scorers in the European section with 34 goals. Malta did not score any goals, but did score two own goals. The top scorer was Theofanis Gekas of Greece, who scored ten goals.

Note: Goals scored in the play-offs are included.

10 goals

Theofanis Gekas

9 goals

Edin Džeko Wayne Rooney

7 goals

Miroslav Klose David Villa

6 goals

Marc Janko Wesley Sonck Lukas Podolski

Robbie Keane Elyaniv Barda Euzebiusz Smolarek

Stanislav Šesták Andriy Shevchenko

5 goals

Timofei Kalachev Zvjezdan Misimović Dimitar Berbatov Milan Baroš

Søren Larsen Jonatan Johansson Roman Pavlyuchenko Milan Jovanović

Milivoje Novaković Alexander Frei Blaise Nkufo Serhiy Nazarenko

4 goals

Zlatan Muslimović Michalis Konstantinou Peter Crouch Frank Lampard

André-Pierre Gignac Thierry Henry Michael Ballack Angelos Charisteas

Omer Golan Alberto Gilardino Tomas Danilevičius Simão

3 goals

Erjon Bogdani Eduardo Luka Modrić Ivica Olić Ivan Rakitić Tomáš Necid Nicklas Bendtner Jermain Defoe Steven Gerrard Theo Walcott Konstantin Vassiljev Nicolas Anelka Franck Ribéry

Levan Kobiashvili Bastian Schweinsteiger Sándor Torghelle Eiður Guðjohnsen Yossi Benayoun Ben Sahar Sergei Khizhnichenko Sergei Ostapenko Māris Verpakovskis Marius Stankevičius Mirko Vučinić Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Dirk Kuyt

John Arne Riise Nani Andrey Arshavin Konstantin Zyryanov Branislav Ivanović Nikola Žigić Zlatko Dedić Juan Mata Gerard Piqué David Silva Olof Mellberg Tuncay

2 goals

Erwin Hoffer Vagif Javadov Elvin Mammadov Gennadi Bliznyuk Sergei Kornilenko Vitali Rodionov Dmitry Verkhovtsov Émile Mpenza Senijad Ibričić Martin Petrov Dimitar Telkiyski Mladen Petrić Efstathios Aloneftis Constantinos Charalambidis Chrysis Michael Václav Svěrkoš Christian Poulsen Joe Cole Sergei Zenjov Mikael Forssell Karim Benzema William Gallas Vladimir Dvalishvili Dimitris Salpingidis Georgios Samaras Vasilis Torosidis Roland Juhász Kevin Doyle

Richard Dunne Glenn Whelan Alberto Aquilani Daniele De Rossi Antonio Di Natale Vincenzo Iaquinta Vitālijs Astafjevs Aleksandrs Cauņa Ģirts Karlsons Andrejs Rubins Mindaugas Kalonas Dejan Damjanović Stevan Jovetić Mark van Bommel Rafael van der Vaart Warren Feeney Kyle Lafferty Grant McCann Steffen Iversen Morten Gamst Pedersen Rafał Boguski Ireneusz Jeleń Mariusz Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Marek Saganowski Hugo Almeida Bruno Alves Liédson

Gheorghe Bucur Ciprian Marica Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Aleksandr Kerzhakov James McFadden Miloš Krasić Nenad Milijaš Marek Čech Marek Hamšík Martin Jakubko Ján Kozák Valter Birsa Robert Koren Zlatan Ljubijankić Nejc Pečnik Cesc Fàbregas Álvaro Negredo Marcus Berg Zlatan Ibrahimović Kim Källström Philippe Senderos Arda Turan Emre Belözoğlu Semih Şentürk Artem Milevskyi Yevhen Seleznyov Andriy Yarmolenko David Edwards

1 goal

Armend Dallku Klodian Duro Hamdi Salihi Ildefons Lima Marc Pujol Óscar Sonejee Robert Arzumanyan Gevorg Ghazaryan Hovhannes Goharyan Sargis Hovsepyan Vahagn Minasyan Henrik Mkhitaryan René Aufhauser Andreas Ivanschitz Stefan Maierhofer Franz Schiemer Martin Stranzl Roman Wallner Maksim Bardachov Alexander Hleb Vyacheslav Hleb Leonid Kovel Pavel Sitko Ihar Stasevich Steven Defour Mousa Dembélé Marouane Fellaini Gill Swerts Daniel Van Buyten Zlatan Bajramović Vedad Ibišević Sanel Jahić Sejad Salihović Emir Spahić Stanislav Angelov Valeri Domovchiyski Blagoy Georgiev Radostin Kishishev Dimitar Makriev Stiliyan Petrov Ivelin Popov Ivan Klasnić Niko Kovač Niko Kranjčar Mario Mandžukić Ognjen Vukojević Demetris Christofi Marios Elia Konstantinos Makrides Ioannis Okkas Martin Fenin Marek Jankulovski Radoslav Kováč Jaroslav Plašil Zdeněk Pospěch Daniel Pudil Libor Sionko Daniel Agger Leon Andreasen Daniel Jensen Thomas Kahlenberg Morten Nordstrand Jakob Poulsen Gareth Barry Rio Ferdinand Emile Heskey John Terry Shaun Wright-Phillips Andres Oper Raio Piiroja Sander Puri Vladimir Voskoboinikov Egil á Bø Arnbjørn Hansen Bogi Løkin Andreas Lava Olsen

Súni Olsen Shefki Kuqi Jari Litmanen Niklas Moisander Roni Porokara Daniel Sjölund Hannu Tihinen Mika Väyrynen Yoann Gourcuff Sidney Govou Alexander Iashvili Levan Kenia Thomas Hitzlsperger Marcell Jansen Simon Rolfes Piotr Trochowski Heiko Westermann Kostas Katsouranis Ákos Buzsáky Zoltán Gera Tamás Hajnal Szabolcs Huszti Gergely Rudolf Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Heiðar Helguson Indriði Sigurðsson Kristján Örn Sigurðsson Sean St Ledger Aviram Baruchyan David Ben Dayan Klemi Saban Salim Tuama Mauro Camoranesi Fabio Grosso Giampaolo Pazzini Andrea Pirlo Rinat Abdulin Ruslan Baltiev Zhambyl Kukeyev Tanat Nusserbayev Roman Uzdenov Kaspars Gorkšs Kristaps Grebis Deniss Ivanovs Vladimirs Koļesņičenko Andrejs Perepļotkins Aleksejs Višņakovs Jurijs Žigajevs Mario Frick Michele Polverino Saulius Mikoliūnas Alphonse Leweck René Peters Jeff Strasser Boban Grnčarov Filip Ivanovski Ilčo Naumoski Goran Pandev Aco Stojkov Serghei Alexeev Valeriu Andronic Denis Calincov Gheorghe Ovseannicov Igor Picușceac Veaceslav Sofroni Radoslav Batak Andrija Delibašić Eljero Elia John Heitinga Nigel de Jong Joris Mathijsen André Ooijer Robin van Persie Arjen Robben Chris Brunt Steven Davis

Jonny Evans David Healy Gareth McAuley Thorstein Helstad Erik Huseklepp Jakub Błaszczykowski Paweł Brożek Michał Żewłakow Deco Edinho Raul Meireles Pepe Miguel Veloso Iulian Apostol Răzvan Cociș Dorin Goian Ionuț Mazilu Florentin Petre Dorel Stoica Cristian Tănase Vasili Berezutski Sergei Ignashevich Pavel Pogrebnyak Igor Semshov Andy Selva Kirk Broadfoot Scott Brown Steven Fletcher Ross McCormack Zdravko Kuzmanović Ivan Obradović Marko Pantelić Neven Subotić Zoran Tošić Ľuboš Hanzel Filip Hološko Erik Jendrišek Miroslav Karhan Peter Pekarík Martin Škrtel Miroslav Stoch Andraž Kirm Aleksandar Radosavljević Dalibor Stevanović Marko Šuler Xabi Alonso Joan Capdevila Santi Cazorla Andrés Iniesta Juanito Carles Puyol Albert Riera Marcos Senna Samuel Holmén Daniel Majstorović Anders Svensson Eren Derdiyok Gélson Fernandes Stéphane Grichting Benjamin Huggel Marco Padalino Hakan Yakin Halil Altıntop Mevlüt Erdinç Sercan Yıldırım Servet Çetin Oleksiy Gai Oleh Husyev Yaroslav Rakytskiy Craig Bellamy James Collins Joe Ledley Aaron Ramsey David Vaughan Sam Vokes

1 own goal

Ildefons Lima (playing against Ukraine) Jón Rói Jacobsen (playing against Serbia) Veli Lampi (playing against Russia) Petri Pasanen (playing against Russia) Julien Escudé (playing against Romania) Avraam Papadopoulos (playing against Luxembourg)

Kevin Kilbane (playing against Bulgaria) Aleksandr Kuchma (playing against England) Mario Frick (playing against Wales) Ian Azzopardi (playing against Sweden) Brian Said (playing against Portugal)

Seweryn Gancarczyk (playing against Slovakia) Michał Żewłakow (playing against Northern Ireland) Dorel Stoica (playing against Serbia) Ján Ďurica (playing against Northern Ireland) Ashley Williams (playing against Germany)

2 own goals

Kakha Kaladze (playing against Italy)

References

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External links

• European Zone at FIFA.com
• UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com