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.

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Standings

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Switzerland 10 6 3 1 18 8 +10 21
 Greece 10 6 2 2 20 10 +10 20
 Latvia 10 5 2 3 18 15 +3 17
 Israel 10 4 4 2 20 10 +10 16
 Luxembourg 10 1 2 7 4 25 −21 5
 Moldova 10 0 3 7 6 18 −12 3
 
Greece  – 2 – 1 5 – 2 2 – 1 3 – 0 1 – 2
Israel  1 – 1 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 3 – 1 2 – 2
Latvia  0 – 2 1 – 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 2 2 – 2
Luxembourg  0 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 4 – 0 – 0 0 – 3
Moldova  1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 2 0 – 0 – 0 – 2
Switzerland  2 – 0 0 – 0 2 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 0 –

Results

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]

6 September 2008
19:00 UTC+3
 Moldova  1 – 2  Latvia Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)
Alexeev  76' Report Karlsons  8'
Astafjevs  22'
6 September 2008
20:55 UTC+3
 Israel  2 – 2  Switzerland Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 29,600
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Benayoun  73'
Sahar  90+2'		 Report Yakin  45'
Nkufo  56'
6 September 2008
20:15 UTC+2
 Luxembourg  0 – 3  Greece Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 4,596
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)
Report Torosidis  36'
Gekas  45+1'
Charisteas  76' (pen.)
10 September 2008
20:30 UTC+3
 Moldova  1 – 2  Israel Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)
Picusceac  1' Report Golan  39'
Saban  45'
10 September 2008
21:15 UTC+3
 Latvia  0 – 2  Greece Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Report Gekas  10', 49'
10 September 2008
20:30 UTC+2
 Switzerland  1 – 2  Luxembourg Letzigrund, Zürich
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Dejan Filipovic (Serbia)
Nkufo  43' Report Strasser  27'
A. Leweck  87'
11 October 2008
17:45 UTC+2
 Switzerland  2 – 1  Latvia AFG Arena, St. Gallen
Attendance: 18,026
Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal)
Frei  63'
Nkufo  73'		 Report Ivanovs  71'
11 October 2008
20:15 UTC+2
 Luxembourg  1 – 3  Israel Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 3,562
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
Peters  14' Report Benayoun  2' (pen.)
Golan  54'
Tuama  81'
11 October 2008
21:30 UTC+3
 Greece  3 – 0  Moldova Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 13,684
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)
Charisteas  31', 51'
Katsouranis  40'		 Report
15 October 2008
19:00 UTC+3
 Latvia  1 – 1  Israel Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
Koļesņičenko  89' Report Benayoun  50'
15 October 2008
20:15 UTC+2
 Luxembourg  0 – 0  Moldova Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 2,157
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
Report
15 October 2008
21:30 UTC+3
 Greece  1 – 2  Switzerland Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 28,810
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Charisteas  68' Report Frei  42' (pen.)
Nkufo  77'
28 March 2009
17:00 UTC+1
 Luxembourg  0 – 4  Latvia Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 2,516
Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales)
Report Karlsons  25'
Cauņa  48'
Višņakovs  71'
Perepļotkins  86'
28 March 2009
18:45 UTC+2
 Moldova  0 – 2  Switzerland Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)
Report Frei  32'
Fernandes  90+3'
28 March 2009
21:00 UTC+2
 Israel  1 – 1  Greece Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Golan  55' Report Gekas  42'
1 April 2009
18:30 UTC+3
 Latvia  2 – 0  Luxembourg Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)
Žigajevs  44'
Verpakovskis  76'		 Report
1 April 2009
21:30 UTC+3
 Greece  2 – 1  Israel Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Attendance: 22,794
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
Salpigidis  32'
Samaras  67' (pen.)		 Report Barda  60'
1 April 2009
20:30 UTC+2
 Switzerland  2 – 0  Moldova Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Nkufo  20'
Frei  52'		 Report
5 September 2009
19:00 UTC+3
 Moldova  0 – 0  Luxembourg Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
Attendance: 7,820
Referee: Gediminas Mazeika (Lithuania)
Report
5 September 2009
21:00 UTC+3
 Israel  0 – 1  Latvia Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
Report Gorkšs  59'
5 September 2009
20:30 UTC+2
 Switzerland  2 – 0  Greece St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Grichting  84'
Padalino  87'		 Report
9 September 2009
21:00 UTC+3
 Israel  7 – 0  Luxembourg Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 7,038
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)
Barda  9', 21', 43'
Baruchyan  15'
Golan  58'
Sahar  62', 84'		 Report
9 September 2009
21:30 UTC+3
 Latvia  2 – 2  Switzerland Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
Cauņa  62'
Astafjevs  75'		 Report Frei  43'
Derdiyok  80'
9 September 2009
21:30 UTC+3
 Moldova  1 – 1  Greece Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
Attendance: 9,870
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Sweden)
Andronic  90' Report Gekas  33'
10 October 2009
17:45 UTC+2
 Luxembourg  0 – 3  Switzerland Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 8,031
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
Report Senderos  6', 8'
Huggel  22'
10 October 2009
21:00 UTC+2
 Israel  3 – 1  Moldova Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Barda  22', 70'
Ben Dayan  65'		 Report Calincov  90+2'
10 October 2009
21:30 UTC+3
 Greece  5 – 2  Latvia Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 18,981
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Gekas  4', 47' (pen.), 57', 90+1'
Samaras  73'		 Report Verpakovskis  12', 40'
14 October 2009
21:00 UTC+3
 Greece  2 – 1  Luxembourg Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 13,932
Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)
Torosidis  30'
Gekas  33'		 Report Papadopoulos  90' (o.g.)
14 October 2009
21:00 UTC+3
 Latvia  3 – 2  Moldova Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
Rubins  32', 44'
Grebis  76'		 Report Ovseannicov  25'
Sofroni  90'
14 October 2009
20:00 UTC+2
 Switzerland  0 – 0  Israel St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Report

Goalscorers

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

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Theofanis Gekas  Greece 10
2 Elyaniv Barda  Israel 6
3 Alexander Frei  Switzerland 5
Blaise Nkufo  Switzerland
5 Angelos Charisteas  Greece 4
Omer Golan  Israel
7 Yossi Benayoun  Israel 3
Ben Sahar  Israel
Māris Verpakovskis  Latvia
10 Georgios Samaras  Greece 2
Vasilis Torosidis  Greece
Vitālijs Astafjevs  Latvia
Aleksandrs Cauņa  Latvia
Ģirts Karlsons  Latvia
Andrejs Rubins  Latvia
Philippe Senderos  Switzerland
1 goal
 Greece
 Israel
 Latvia
 Luxembourg
 Moldova
 Switzerland
Own Goals

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. ^ 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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