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 [edit]

Team
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 Cyprus Georgia (country) Italy Montenegro Republic of Ireland
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 [edit]

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 Goal 90+2' Report Doyle Goal 13'
Whelan Goal 70'
6 September 2008
20:00 UTC+2
 Montenegro  2 – 2  Bulgaria Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)
Vučinić Goal 61'
Jovetić Goal 82' (pen.)		 Report S. Petrov Goal 11'
Georgiev Goal 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 Goal 28' Report Di Natale Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 73' Report Konstantinou Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 8', 29' Report Vučinić Goal 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 Goal 73' (pen.), 78' Report Iashvili Goal 1'
28 March 2009
20:00 UTC+2
 Cyprus  2 – 1  Georgia Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)
Konstantinou Goal 33'
Christofi Goal 56'		 Report Kobiashvili Goal 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 Goal 11' (pen.)
Pazzini Goal 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 Goal 1' Report Kilbane Goal 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 Goal 8'
Makriev Goal 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 Goal 10' Report Keane Goal 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 Goal 29' Report Dunne Goal 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 Goal 13'
Michael Goal 45' (pen.)		 Report Damjanović Goal 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 Goal 45+1'
Telkiyski Goal 49'
Berbatov Goal 83'
Domovchiyski Goal 90+1'		 Report Jovetić Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 30' Report Doyle Goal 5'
Keane Goal 83'
9 September 2009
20:15 UTC+2
 Montenegro  1 – 1  Cyprus Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)
Vučinić Goal 56' (pen.) Report Okkas Goal 63'
9 September 2009
20:50 UTC+2
 Italy  2 – 0  Bulgaria Stadio Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 26,122
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
Grosso Goal 11'
Iaquinta Goal 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 Goal 11', 20'
Konstantinou Goal 58'
Aloneftis Goal 78'		 Report Berbatov Goal 44'
10 October 2009
19:00 UTC+2
 Montenegro  2 – 1  Georgia Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 5,420
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
Batak Goal 13'
Delibašić Goal 78'		 Report Dvalishvili Goal 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 Goal 8'
St Ledger Goal 87'		 Report Camoranesi Goal 26'
Gilardino Goal 90'
14 October 2009
21:00 UTC+3
 Bulgaria  6 – 2  Georgia Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 700
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
Berbatov Goal 6', 23', 35'
M. Petrov Goal 14', 44'
Angelov Goal 31'		 Report Dvalishvili Goal 34'
Kobiashvili Goal 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 Goal 78', 81', 90+2' Report Makrides Goal 12'
Michael Goal 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 [edit]

  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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

  1. ^ "Republic of Ireland FIFA World Cup Group 8 Fixtures Announced". fai.ie. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008. 
  2. ^ "Georgia-Republic of Ireland to take place in Mainz". FIFA.com. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008. 
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