2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

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The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup hosts Germany, Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein.

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

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[edit] Standings

Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 10 8 2 0 26 5 +21 26
 Russia 10 7 1 2 19 6 +13 22
 Finland 10 5 3 2 14 14 0 18
 Wales 10 4 0 6 9 12 −3 12
 Azerbaijan 10 1 2 7 4 14 −10 5
 Liechtenstein 10 0 2 8 2 23 −21 2
  Azerbaijan Finland Germany Liechtenstein Russia Wales
Azerbaijan  1 – 2 0 – 2 0 – 0 1 – 1 0 – 1
Finland  1 – 0 3 – 3 2 – 1 0 – 3 2 – 1
Germany  4 – 0 1 – 1 4 – 0 2 – 1 1 – 0
Liechtenstein  0 – 2 1 – 1 0 – 6 0 – 1 0 – 2
Russia  2 – 0 3 – 0 0 – 1 3 – 0 2 – 1
Wales  1 – 0 0 – 2 0 – 2 2 – 0 1 – 3


[edit] Results

The fixtures for the group were determined on 10 January 2008, after a meeting between representatives of each nation in Frankfurt, Germany.[1] The August 2009 date in the international match calendar was moved forward by one week, from 19 August 2009 to 12 August 2009, at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 27 May 2008.[2]


6 September 2008
15:00 UTC+1
Wales  1 – 0  Azerbaijan Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 17,106
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Vokes Goal 83' Report
6 September 2008
20:45 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  0 – 6  Germany Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 6,021
Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)
Report Podolski Goal 21'48'
Rolfes Goal 64'
Schweinsteiger Goal 65'
Hitzlsperger Goal 75'
Westermann Goal 86'

10 September 2008
19:00 UTC+4
Russia  2 – 1  Wales Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Pavlyuchenko Goal 22' (pen.)
Pogrebnyak Goal 81'
Report Ledley Goal 67'
10 September 2008
21:00 UTC+5
Azerbaijan  0 – 0  Liechtenstein Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)
Report
10 September 2008
20:35 UTC+3
Finland  3 – 3  Germany Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 37,150
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Johansson Goal 33'
Väyrynen Goal 43'
Sjölund Goal 53'
Report Klose Goal 38'45'83'

11 October 2008
17:00 UTC+3
Finland  1 – 0  Azerbaijan Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 22,480
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Forssell Goal 61' (pen.) Report
11 October 2008
17:30 UTC+1
Wales  2 – 0  Liechtenstein Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 13,356
Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)
Edwards Goal 42'
Frick Goal 80' (o.g.)
Report
11 October 2008
20:45 UTC+2
Germany  2 – 1  Russia Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Attendance: 65,607
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
Podolski Goal 9'
Ballack Goal 28'
Report Arshavin Goal 51'

15 October 2008
19:00 UTC+4
Russia  3 – 0  Finland Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Pasanen Goal 23' (o.g.)
Lampi Goal 65' (o.g.)
Arshavin Goal 88'
Report
15 October 2008
20:45 UTC+2
Germany  1 – 0  Wales Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
Attendance: 44,500
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
Trochowski Goal 72' Report

28 March 2009
17:00 UTC+3
Russia  2 – 0  Azerbaijan Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
Pavlyuchenko Goal 32'
Zyryanov Goal 71'
Report
28 March 2009
15:00 UTC+0
Wales  0 – 2  Finland Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 22,604
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
Report Johansson Goal 42'
Kuqi Goal 90+1'
28 March 2009
20:00 UTC+1
Germany  4 – 0  Liechtenstein Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 43,368
Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)
Ballack Goal 4'
Jansen Goal 9'
Schweinsteiger Goal 48'
Podolski Goal 50'
Report

1 April 2009
19:30 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  0 – 1  Russia Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 5,679
Referee: David McKeon (Republic of Ireland)
Report Zyryanov Goal 38'
1 April 2009
19:45 UTC+1
Wales  0 – 2  Germany Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 26,064
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Report Ballack Goal 11'
Williams Goal 48' (o.g.)

6 June 2009
20:00 UTC+5
Azerbaijan  0 – 1  Wales Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 26,728
Referee: Markus Strombergsson (Sweden)
Report Edwards Goal 42'
6 June 2009
19:00 UTC+3
Finland  2 – 1  Liechtenstein Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 20,319
Referee: Libor Kovarik (Czech Republic)
Forssell Goal 33'
Johansson Goal 71'
Report Frick Goal 13'

10 June 2009
20:30 UTC+3
Finland  0 – 3  Russia Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 37,028
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Report Kerzhakov Goal 26'53'
Zyryanov Goal 71'

12 August 2009
21:00 UTC+5
Azerbaijan  0 – 2  Germany Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)
Report Schweinsteiger Goal 11'
Klose Goal 53'

5 September 2009
20:00 UTC+5
Azerbaijan  1 – 2  Finland Lankaran City Stadium, Lankaran
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)
Məmmədov Goal 49' Report Tihinen Goal 74'
Johansson Goal 85'
5 September 2009
19:00 UTC+4
Russia  3 – 0  Liechtenstein Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Augustus Constantin (Romania)
V. Berezutski Goal 17'
Pavlyuchenko Goal 40' (pen.)45' (pen.)
Report

9 September 2009
19:30 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  1 – 1  Finland Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 3,132
Referee: Novo Panic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Polverino Goal 75' Report Litmanen Goal 74' (pen.)
9 September 2009
20:45 UTC+2
Germany  4 – 0  Azerbaijan AWD-Arena, Hannover
Attendance: 35,369
Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Greece)
Ballack Goal 14' (pen.)
Klose Goal 55'65'
Podolski Goal 71'
Report
9 September 2009
19:45 UTC+1
Wales  1 – 3  Russia Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 14,505
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Collins Goal 53' Report Semshov Goal 36'
Ignashevich Goal 71'
Pavlyuchenko Goal 90+1'

10 October 2009
17:00 UTC+3
Finland  2 – 1  Wales Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Porokara Goal 5'
Moisander Goal 77'
Report Bellamy Goal 17'
10 October 2009
19:00 UTC+4
Russia  0 – 1  Germany Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 72,100
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Report Klose Goal 35'
10 October 2009
20:00 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  0 – 2  Azerbaijan Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 1,635
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)
Report Javadov Goal 55'
Məmmədov Goal 82'

14 October 2009
21:00 UTC+5
Azerbaijan  1 – 1  Russia Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Javadov Goal 54' Report Arshavin Goal 13'
14 October 2009
18:00 UTC+2
Germany  1 – 1  Finland HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Podolski Goal 90' Report Johansson Goal 11'
14 October 2009
20:00 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  0 – 2  Wales Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 1,858
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
Report Vaughan Goal 16'
Ramsey Goal 80'

[edit] Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored over the 30 games, an average of 2.46 goals per game.

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Miroslav Klose  Germany 7
2 Lukas Podolski  Germany 6
3 Jonatan Johansson  Finland 5
Roman Pavlyuchenko  Russia
5 Michael Ballack  Germany 4
6 Bastian Schweinsteiger  Germany 3
Andrei Arshavin  Russia
Konstantin Zyryanov  Russia
9 Vagif Javadov  Azerbaijan 2
Elvin Mammadov  Azerbaijan
Mikael Forssell  Finland
Aleksandr Kerzhakov  Russia
David Edwards  Wales
1 goal
 Finland
 Germany
 Liechtenstein
 Russia
 Wales
Own Goals

[edit] Attendances

Team Highest Lowest Average
 Azerbaijan 26,728 12,000 22,046
 Finland 37,150 14,000 26,195
 Germany 65,607 35,369 48,069
 Liechtenstein 6,021 1,635 3,665
 Russia 72,100 21,000 42,020
 Wales 26,064 13,356 18,727

[edit] References

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