2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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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.

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 Switzerland Greece Latvia Israel Luxembourg Moldova
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: [1]

Matches

The match schedule was established at a meeting in Israel on 8 January 2008.[2] 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.[3][4] The draw took place in Zagreb, Croatia at 16:00 CET on 30 January 2008, the eve of the XXXII Ordinary UEFA Congress.[5]

Moldova 1–2 Latvia
Alexeev 76' Report Karlsons 8'
Astafjevs 22'
Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland
)
Luxembourg 0–3 Greece
Report Torosidis 36'
Gekas 45+1'
Charisteas 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,596
Moldova 1–2 Israel
Picușceac 1' Report Golan 39'
Saban 45'
Attendance: 10,500
Latvia 0–2 Greece
Report Gekas 10', 49'
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 8,600
)
Switzerland 2–1 Latvia
Frei 63'
Nkufo 73'		 Report Ivanovs 71'
AFG Arena, St. Gallen
Attendance: 18,026
)
Greece 3–0 Moldova
Charisteas 31', 51'
Katsouranis 40'		 Report
Norway
)
Latvia 1–1 Israel
Koļesņičenko 89' Report Benayoun 50'
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 7,100
)
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
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 6,700
)
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
Latvia 2–2  Switzerland
Cauņa 62'
Astafjevs 75'		 Report Frei 43'
Derdiyok 80'
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 8,600
)
Luxembourg 0–3  Switzerland
Report Senderos 6', 8'
Huggel 22'
Attendance: 8,031
Israel 3–1 Moldova
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'
Norway
)
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'
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 3,800
)

Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.87 goals per match.

10 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Attendances

Team Highest Lowest Average
 Greece 28,810 13,684 19,640
 Israel 38,000 7,038 20,668
 Latvia 8,600 3,600 6,960
 Luxembourg 8,031 2,157 4,172
 Moldova 10,500 4,300 8,598
  Switzerland 38,500 18,026 27,125

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Yossi Benayoun: 'We should qualify'". Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  3. ^ FIFA 2010: Discussions on fixture list falter[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Ledsom, Mark (17 January 2008). Huggins, Trevor (ed.). "FIFA draw to decide order of World Cup qualifiers". Reuters. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ^ Draw settles disputes FIFA
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