2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 is a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprises Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia and Luxembourg.
Standings
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- Qualification
- Moldova are eliminated.
- Luxembourg can qualify only via the UEFA play-off.
On the next matchday (9 September):
- Israel will be eliminated if:
- they lose to Luxembourg AND
- Either Greece beat Moldova or Latvia beet Swizerland
- Luxembourg will be eliminated if:
- they fail to beat Israel, OR
- Latvia do not lose to Switzerland, OR
- Greece do not lose to Moldova
Results and fixtures
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]
Luxembourg | 0 – 3 | Greece |
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Report | Torosidis 36' Gekas 45+1' Charisteas 76' (pen.) |
Switzerland | 1 – 2 | Luxembourg |
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Kufo 43' | Report | Strasser 27' A. Leweck 87' |
Greece | 3 – 0 | Moldova |
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Charisteas 31' 51' Katsouranis 40' |
Report |
Latvia | 1 – 1 | Israel |
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Koļesņičenko 89' | Report | Benayoun 50' |
Luxembourg | 0 – 0 | Moldova |
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Report |
Greece | 1 – 2 | Switzerland |
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Charisteas 68' | Report | Frei 42' (pen.) Kufo 77' |
Luxembourg | 0 – 4 | Latvia |
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Report | Karlsons 25' Cauņa 48' Višņakovs 71' Perepļotkins 86' |
Moldova | 0 – 2 | Switzerland |
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Report | Frei 32' Fernandes 90+3' |
Latvia | 2 – 0 | Luxembourg |
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Žigajevs 44' Verpakovskis 76' |
Report |
Switzerland | 2 – 0 | Moldova |
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Kufo 20' Frei 52' |
Report |
Moldova | 0 – 0 | Luxembourg |
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Report |
Switzerland | 2 – 0 | Greece |
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Grichting 84' Padalino 88' |
Report |
Israel | v | Luxembourg |
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Latvia | v | Switzerland |
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Moldova | v | Greece |
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Goalscorers
As of 10 June, there have been 48 goals scored over 18 games, for an average of 2.67 goals per game.
Pos | Player | Country | Goals |
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1 | Blaise Kufo | Switzerland | 5 |
2 | Angelos Charisteas | Greece | 4 |
Theofanis Gekas | Greece | ||
Alexander Frei | Switzerland | ||
5 | Yossi Benayoun | Israel | 3 |
Omer Golan | Israel | ||
7 | Ģirts Karlsons | Latvia | 2 |
- 1 goal
Attendances
As of 1 April 2009
Team | Highest | Lowest | Average |
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Greece | 28,810 | 13,684 | 21,763 |
Israel | 38,000 | 29,600 | 33,800 |
Latvia | 8,600 | 6,700 | 7,467 |
Luxembourg | 4,596 | 2,157 | 3,208 |
Moldova | 10,500 | 4,300 | 8,433 |
Switzerland | 20,500 | 18,026 | 19,542 |