2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

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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.

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Standings

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 10 7 3 0 18 7 +11 24
 Republic of Ireland 10 4 6 0 12 8 +4 18
 Bulgaria 10 3 5 2 17 13 +4 14
 Cyprus 10 2 3 5 14 16 −2 9
 Montenegro 10 1 6 3 9 14 −5 9
 Georgia 10 0 3 7 7 19 −12 3
 
Bulgaria  – 2 – 0 6 – 2 0 – 0 4 – 1 1 – 1
Cyprus  4 – 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 1 – 2
Georgia  0 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 – 2 0 – 0 1 – 2
Italy  2 – 0 3 – 2 2 – 0 – 2 – 1 1 – 1
Montenegro  2 – 2 1 – 1 2 – 1 0 – 2 – 0 – 0
Republic of Ireland  1 – 1 1 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 0 – 0 –

Results

The representatives of the six federations met in Sofia, Bulgaria on 15 January 2008 to decide on a fixture calendar.[1]

6 September 2008
18:00 UTC+2
 Georgia  1 – 2  Republic of Ireland Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz (Germany)[note 1]
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Sandor Szabo (Hungary)
Kenia  90+2' Report Doyle  13'
Whelan  70'
6 September 2008
20:00 UTC+2
 Montenegro  2 – 2  Bulgaria Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)
Vučinić  61'
Jovetić  82' (pen.)		 Report S. Petrov  11'
Georgiev  90+2'
6 September 2008
21:45 UTC+3
 Cyprus  1 – 2  Italy Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
Aloneftis  28' Report Di Natale  8', 90+2'
10 September 2008
19:00 UTC+2
 Montenegro  0 – 0  Republic of Ireland Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
Report
10 September 2008
20:50 UTC+2
 Italy  2 – 0  Georgia Stadio Friuli, Udine
Attendance: 27,164
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
De Rossi  17', 89' Report
11 October 2008
20:30 UTC+4
 Georgia  1 – 1  Cyprus Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Radek Matejek (Czech Republic)
Kobiashvili  73' Report Konstantinou  66'
11 October 2008
21:15 UTC+3
 Bulgaria  0 – 0  Italy Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Report
15 October 2008
20:30 UTC+4
 Georgia  0 – 0  Bulgaria Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 35,250
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Report
15 October 2008
19:45 UTC+1
 Republic of Ireland  1 – 0  Cyprus Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 55,833
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Keane  5' Report
15 October 2008
20:50 UTC+2
 Italy  2 – 1  Montenegro Via del Mare, Lecce
Attendance: 20,162
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Aquilani  8', 29' Report Vučinić  19'
11 February 2009
19:45 UTC+0
 Republic of Ireland  2 – 1  Georgia Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Jouni Hyytia (Finland)
Keane  73' (pen.), 78' Report Iashvili  1'
28 March 2009
20:00 UTC+2
 Cyprus  2 – 1  Georgia Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)
Konstantinou  33'
Christofi  56'		 Report Kobiashvili  71' (pen.)
28 March 2009
20:45 UTC+1
 Montenegro  0 – 2  Italy Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Report Pirlo  11' (pen.)
Pazzini  73'
28 March 2009
19:45 UTC+0
 Republic of Ireland  1 – 1  Bulgaria Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 60,002
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Dunne  1' Report Kilbane  74' (o.g.)
1 April 2009
18:00 UTC+3
 Bulgaria  2 – 0  Cyprus Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 16,916
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
Popov  8'
Makriev  90+4'		 Report
1 April 2009
21:00 UTC+4
 Georgia  0 – 0  Montenegro Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)
Report
1 April 2009
20:50 UTC+2
 Italy  1 – 1  Republic of Ireland Stadio San Nicola, Bari
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Iaquinta  10' Report Keane  87'
6 June 2009
20:30 UTC+3
 Bulgaria  1 – 1  Republic of Ireland Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Telkiyski  29' Report Dunne  24'
6 June 2009
20:30 UTC+3
 Cyprus  2 – 2  Montenegro Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Konstantinou  13'
Michael  45' (pen.)		 Report Damjanović  65', 77'
5 September 2009
20:30 UTC+3
 Bulgaria  4 – 1  Montenegro Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 7,543
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)
Kishishev  45+1'
Telkiyski  49'
Berbatov  83'
Domovchiyski  90+1'		 Report Jovetić  9'
5 September 2009
22:00 UTC+4
 Georgia  0 – 2  Italy Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
Report Kaladze  56' (o.g.), 66' (o.g.)
5 September 2009
21:30 UTC+3
 Cyprus  1 – 2  Republic of Ireland GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 5,191
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
Elia  30' Report Doyle  5'
Keane  83'
9 September 2009
20:15 UTC+2
 Montenegro  1 – 1  Cyprus Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)
Vučinić  56' (pen.) Report Okkas  63'
9 September 2009
20:50 UTC+2
 Italy  2 – 0  Bulgaria Stadio Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 26,122
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
Grosso  11'
Iaquinta  40'		 Report
10 October 2009
20:00 UTC+3
 Cyprus  4 – 1  Bulgaria Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
Charalambides  11', 20'
Konstantinou  58'
Aloneftis  78'		 Report Berbatov  44'
10 October 2009
19:00 UTC+2
 Montenegro  2 – 1  Georgia Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 5,420
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
Batak  13'
Delibašić  78'		 Report Dvalishvili  45'
10 October 2009
20:00 UTC+1
 Republic of Ireland  2 – 2  Italy Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 70,670
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Whelan  8'
St Ledger  87'		 Report Camoranesi  26'
Gilardino  90'
14 October 2009
21:00 UTC+3
 Bulgaria  6 – 2  Georgia Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 700
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
Berbatov  6', 23', 35'
M. Petrov  14', 44'
Angelov  31'		 Report Dvalishvili  34'
Kobiashvili  51' (pen.)
14 October 2009
20:00 UTC+2
 Italy  3 – 2  Cyprus Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
Attendance: 15,009
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Gilardino  78', 81', 90+2' Report Makrides  12'
Michael  48'
14 October 2009
19:00 UTC+1
 Republic of Ireland  0 – 0  Montenegro Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 36,442
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
Report

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.[2]

Goalscorers

There were 77 goals scored during the 30 games, an average 2.56 goals per game.

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Dimitar Berbatov  Bulgaria 5
Robbie Keane  Republic of Ireland
2 Michalis Konstantinou  Cyprus 4
Alberto Gilardino  Italy
3 Levan Kobiashvili  Georgia 3
Mirko Vučinić  Montenegro
4 Dimitar Telkiyski  Bulgaria 2
Martin Petrov  Bulgaria
Efstathios Aloneftis  Cyprus
Constantinos Charalambides  Cyprus
Chrysis Michael  Cyprus
Ioannis Okkas  Cyprus
Vladimir Dvalishvili  Georgia
Richard Dunne  Republic of Ireland
Kevin Doyle  Republic of Ireland
Glenn Whelan  Republic of Ireland
Alberto Aquilani  Italy
Daniele De Rossi  Italy
Antonio Di Natale  Italy
Vincenzo Iaquinta  Italy
Dejan Damjanović  Montenegro
Stevan Jovetić  Montenegro
1 goal
 Bulgaria
 Cyprus
 Georgia
 Italy
 Republic of Ireland
 Montenegro
Own goals
2 goals
1 goal

Attendances

Team Highest Lowest Average
 Bulgaria 45,000 700 22,432
 Cyprus 6,000 1,500 3,878
 Georgia 40,000 4,500 25,550
 Italy 48,000 15,009 27,291
 Montenegro 12,000 4,000 8,184
 Republic of Ireland 70,670 36,442 53,589

References

  1. ^ "Republic of Ireland FIFA World Cup Group 8 Fixtures Announced". fai.ie. 15 January 2008. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2768. Retrieved 29 March 2008. 
  2. ^ "Georgia-Republic of Ireland to take place in Mainz". FIFA.com. 28 August 2008. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=863721.html. Retrieved 28 August 2008. 
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