stringtranslate.com

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup winner Italy, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro.

The group was won by Italy, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up the Republic of Ireland entered the UEFA play-off stage.[1]

Standings

Source: [1]

Matches

The representatives of the six federations met in Sofia, Bulgaria on 15 January 2008 to decide on a fixture calendar.[2]

Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz (Germany)[note 1]
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
Stadio Friuli, Udine
Attendance: 27,164
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 35,250
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 55,833
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Via del Mare, Lecce
Attendance: 20,162
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)
Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 60,002
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 16,916
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)
Stadio San Nicola, Bari
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 7,543
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 5,191
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)
Stadio Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 26,122
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 5,420
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 70,670
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 700
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
Attendance: 15,009
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 36,442
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Notes

  1. ^ Originally scheduled for Tbilisi, Georgia but moved to neutral venue due to the 2008 South Ossetia war. The original replacement venue was the Wildparkstadion in Karlsruhe, Germany, but the ground became unavailable, so it was moved to the Stadion am Bruchweg in Mainz.[3]

Goalscorers

There were 77 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

Attendances

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Republic of Ireland FIFA World Cup Group 8 Fixtures Announced". fai.ie. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  3. ^ "Georgia-Republic of Ireland to take place in Mainz". FIFA.com. 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.