2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra.

The group was won by England, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Ukraine entered the UEFA play-off stage.

Contents

Standings

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 10 9 0 1 34 6 +28 27
 Ukraine 10 6 3 1 21 6 +15 21
 Croatia 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20
 Belarus 10 4 1 5 19 14 +5 13
 Kazakhstan 10 2 0 8 11 29 −18 6
 Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 39 −36 0
 
Andorra  – 1 – 3 0 – 2 0 – 2 1 –3 0 – 6
Belarus  5 – 1 – 1 – 3 1 – 3 4 – 0 0 – 0
Croatia  4 – 0 1 – 0 – 1 – 4 3 – 0 2 – 2
England  6 – 0 3 – 0 5 – 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 1
Kazakhstan  3 – 0 1 – 5 1 – 2 0 – 4 – 1 – 3
Ukraine  5 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 0 1 – 0 2 – 1 –

Results

The fixture list was determined on 14 January 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia.[1] The August 2009 date in the international match calendar was moved forward by one week, from 19 August to 12 August 2009, at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 27 May 2008.[2]

20 August 2008
21:00 UTC+6
 Kazakhstan  3 – 0  Andorra Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
Ostapenko  14', 30'
Uzdenov  44'		 Report
6 September 2008
20:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  1 – 0  Belarus Ukraina Stadium, Lviv
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Shevchenko  90+4' (pen.) Report
6 September 2008
20:00 UTC+2
 Andorra  0 – 2  England Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona [note 1]
Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (Turkey)
Report J. Cole  49', 55'
6 September 2008
20:15 UTC+2
 Croatia  3 – 0  Kazakhstan Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 17,424
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
N. Kovač  13'
Modrić  36'
Petrić  81'		 Report
10 September 2008
22:00 UTC+6
 Kazakhstan  1 – 3  Ukraine Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Ostapenko  68' Report Nazarenko  45', 80'
Shevchenko  54'
10 September 2008
19:00 UTC+2
 Andorra  1 – 3  Belarus Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 600
Referee: Simon Evans (Wales)
Pujol  67' (pen.) Report Verkhovtsov  37'
Rodionov  79'
V. Hleb  90'
10 September 2008
21:00 UTC+2
 Croatia  1 – 4  England Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 35,218
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Mandžukić  78' Report Walcott  26', 59', 82'
Rooney  63'
11 October 2008
17:15 UTC+1
 England  5 – 1  Kazakhstan Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 89,107
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
Ferdinand  52'
Kuchma  64' (o.g.)
Rooney  76', 86'
Defoe  90'		 Report Kukeyev  68'
11 October 2008
20:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  0 – 0  Croatia Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Report
15 October 2008
20:15 UTC+2
 Croatia  4 – 0  Andorra Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 14,441
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Rakitić  16', 87' (pen.)
Olić  32'
Modrić  75'		 Report
15 October 2008
21:30 UTC+3
 Belarus  1 – 3  England Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 29,600
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Sitko  28' Report Gerrard  11'
Rooney  50', 74'
1 April 2009
20:30 UTC+6
 Kazakhstan  1 – 5  Belarus Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic)
Abdulin  10' Report A. Hleb  48'
Kalachev  54', 64'
Stasevich  57'
Rodionov  88'
1 April 2009
20:30 UTC+2
 Andorra  0 – 2  Croatia Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Report Klasnić  15'
Eduardo  35'
1 April 2009
20:00 UTC+1
 England  2 – 1  Ukraine Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 87,548
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Crouch  29'
Terry  85'		 Report Shevchenko  74'
6 June 2009
21:00 UTC+6
 Kazakhstan  0 – 4  England Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
Report Barry  40'
Heskey  45+1'
Rooney  72'
Lampard  77' (pen.)
6 June 2009
19:00 UTC+3
 Belarus  5 – 1  Andorra Neman Stadium, Grodno
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Robert Kranjc (Slovenia)
Bliznyuk  2', 76'
Kalachev  44'
Kornilenko  50', 65'		 Report I. Lima  90+3' (pen.)
6 June 2009
20:15 UTC+2
 Croatia  2 – 2  Ukraine Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 32,073
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Petrić  2'
Modrić  68'		 Report Shevchenko  13'
Gai  54'
10 June 2009
20:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  2 – 1  Kazakhstan Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
Nazarenko  33', 47' Report Nusserbayev  19'
10 June 2009
20:15 UTC+1
 England  6 – 0  Andorra Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 57,897
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
Rooney  4', 39'
Lampard  29'
Defoe  73', 76'
Crouch  81'		 Report
12 August 2009
21:15 UTC+3
 Belarus  1 – 3  Croatia Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 21,651
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Verkhovtsov  81' Report Olić  22', 85'
Eduardo  69'
5 September 2009
17:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  5 – 0  Andorra Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 14,870
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)
Yarmolenko  18'
Milevskiy  45+2', 90+2' (pen.)
Shevchenko  72' (pen.)
Seleznyov  90+4' (pen.)		 Report
5 September 2009
20:30 UTC+2
 Croatia  1 – 0  Belarus Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 25,628
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Rakitić  24' Report
9 September 2009
20:00 UTC+3
 Belarus  0 – 0  Ukraine Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 21,727
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Report
9 September 2009
20:00 UTC+2
 Andorra  1 – 3  Kazakhstan Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 510
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
Sonejee  70' Report Khizhnichenko  14', 35'
Baltiev  29'
9 September 2009
20:00 UTC+1
 England  5 – 1  Croatia Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 87,319
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Lampard  7' (pen.), 59'
Gerrard  18', 67'
Rooney  77'		 Report Eduardo  71'
10 October 2009
18:00 UTC+3
 Belarus  4 – 0  Kazakhstan Regional Sport Complex Brestskiy, Brest
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)
Bardachov  23'
Kalachev  69', 90+3'
Kovel  86'		 Report
10 October 2009
19:15 UTC+3
 Ukraine  1 – 0  England Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Nazarenko  29' Report
14 October 2009
17:30 UTC+2
 Andorra  0 – 6  Ukraine Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 820
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Report Shevchenko  22'
Husyev  61'
I. Lima  69' (o.g.)
Rakytskiy  80'
Seleznyov  81'
Yarmolenko  83'
14 October 2009
21:30 UTC+6
 Kazakhstan  1 – 2  Croatia Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 10,250
Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)
Khizhnichenko  26' Report Vukojević  10'
Kranjčar  90+3'
14 October 2009
20:00 UTC+1
 England  3 – 0  Belarus Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 76,897
Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal)
Crouch  4', 76'
Wright-Phillips  60'		 Report

Notes

  1. ^ Played in Barcelona, Spain to accommodate a larger capacity crowd.

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 3.56 goals per game.

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Wayne Rooney  England 9
2 Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine 6
3 Serhiy Nazarenko  Ukraine 5
Timofei Kalachev  Belarus
5 Frank Lampard  England 4
Peter Crouch  England
7 Ivan Rakitić  Croatia 3
Luka Modrić  Croatia
Ivica Olić  Croatia
Eduardo  Croatia
Steven Gerrard  England
Jermain Defoe  England
Theo Walcott  England
Sergey Khizhnichenko  Kazakhstan
Sergei Ostapenko  Kazakhstan
2 goals
 Belarus
 Croatia
 England
 Ukraine
1 goal
 Andorra
 Belarus
 Croatia
 England
 Kazakhstan
 Ukraine
Own Goals

Attendances

Team Highest Lowest Average
 Andorra 10,300 510 2,666
 Belarus 29,600 8,500 18,296
 Croatia 35,218 14,441 24,957
 England 89,107 57,897 79,753
 Kazakhstan 24,000 7,700 15,590
 Ukraine 38,500 11,500 23,974

References

  1. ^ "Qualifying fixtures agreed". TheFA.com. 14 January 2008. http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2008/01/WCQ_fixturesagreed.htm. Retrieved 29 March 2008. 
  2. ^ "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/media/newsid=779200.html. 
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
UEFA
Play-offs