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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia and Luxembourg.

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

Standings

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Matches

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]

Moldova 1–2 Latvia
Alexeev 76' Report Karlsons 8'
Astafjevs 22'
Attendance: 4,300

Israel 2–2  Switzerland
Benayoun 73'
Sahar 90+2'		 Report Yakin 45'
Nkufo 56'
Attendance: 29,600

Luxembourg 0–3 Greece
Report Torosidis 36'
Gekas 45+1'
Charisteas 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,596

Moldova 1–2 Israel
Picusceac 1' Report Golan 39'
Saban 45'
Attendance: 10,500

Latvia 0–2 Greece
Report Gekas 10', 49'
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Switzerland 1–2 Luxembourg
Nkufo 43' Report Strasser 27'
A. Leweck 87'
Attendance: 20,500

Switzerland 2–1 Latvia
Frei 63'
Nkufo 73'		 Report Ivanovs 71'
Attendance: 18,026

Luxembourg 1–3 Israel
Peters 14' Report Benayoun 2' (pen.)
Golan 54'
Tuama 81'
Attendance: 3,562
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Greece 3–0 Moldova
Charisteas 31', 51'
Katsouranis 40'		 Report
Attendance: 13,684

Latvia 1–1 Israel
Koļesņičenko 89' Report Benayoun 50'
Attendance: 7,100

Luxembourg 0–0 Moldova
Report
Attendance: 2,157

Greece 1–2  Switzerland
Charisteas 68' Report Frei 42' (pen.)
Nkufo 77'
Attendance: 28,810

Luxembourg 0–4 Latvia
Report Karlsons 25'
Cauņa 48'
Višņakovs 71'
Perepļotkins 86'
Attendance: 2,516
Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales)

Moldova 0–2  Switzerland
Report Frei 32'
Fernandes 90+3'
Attendance: 10,500

Israel 1–1 Greece
Golan 55' Report Gekas 42'
Attendance: 38,000

Latvia 2–0 Luxembourg
Žigajevs 44'
Verpakovskis 76'		 Report
Attendance: 6,700

Greece 2–1 Israel
Salpingidis 32'
Samaras 67' (pen.)		 Report Barda 60'
Attendance: 22,794

Switzerland 2–0 Moldova
Nkufo 20'
Frei 52'		 Report
Attendance: 20,100

Moldova 0–0 Luxembourg
Report
Attendance: 7,820

Israel 0–1 Latvia
Report Gorkšs 59'
Attendance: 20,000

Switzerland 2–0 Greece
Grichting 84'
Padalino 87'		 Report
Attendance: 38,500

Israel 7–0 Luxembourg
Barda 9', 21', 43'
Baruchyan 15'
Golan 58'
Sahar 62', 84'		 Report
Attendance: 7,038

Latvia 2–2  Switzerland
Cauņa 62'
Astafjevs 75'		 Report Frei 43'
Derdiyok 80'
Attendance: 8,600

Moldova 1–1 Greece
Andronic 90' Report Gekas 33'
Attendance: 9,870

Luxembourg 0–3  Switzerland
Report Senderos 6', 8'
Huggel 22'
Attendance: 8,031

Israel 3–1 Moldova
Barda 22', 70'
Ben Dayan 65'		 Report Calincov 90+2'
Attendance: 8,700

Greece 5–2 Latvia
Gekas 4', 47' (pen.), 57', 90+1'
Samaras 73'		 Report Verpakovskis 12', 40'
Attendance: 18,981

Greece 2–1 Luxembourg
Torosidis 30'
Gekas 33'		 Report Papadopoulos 90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 13,932

Latvia 3–2 Moldova
Rubins 32', 44'
Grebis 76'		 Report Ovseannicov 25'
Sofroni 90'
Attendance: 3,800

Switzerland 0–0 Israel
Report
Attendance: 38,500

Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 2.86 goals per game.

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Theofanis Gekas  Greece 10
2 Elyaniv Barda  Israel 6
3 Alexander Frei   Switzerland 5
Blaise Nkufo   Switzerland
5 Angelos Charisteas  Greece 4
Omer Golan  Israel
7 Yossi Benayoun  Israel 3
Ben Sahar  Israel
Māris Verpakovskis  Latvia
10 Georgios Samaras  Greece 2
Vasilis Torosidis  Greece
Vitālijs Astafjevs  Latvia
Aleksandrs Cauņa  Latvia
Ģirts Karlsons  Latvia
Andrejs Rubins  Latvia
Philippe Senderos   Switzerland
1 goal

Attendances

Team Highest Lowest Average
 Greece 28,810 13,684 19,640
 Israel 38,000 7,038 20,668
 Latvia 8,600 3,600 6,960
 Luxembourg 8,031 2,157 4,172
 Moldova 10,500 4,300 8,598
  Switzerland 38,500 18,026 27,125

References

  1. ^ Yossi Benayoun: 'We should qualify'
  2. ^ FIFA 2010: Discussions on fixture list falter
  3. ^ FIFA draw to decide order of World Cup qualifiers
  4. ^ Draw settles disputes FIFA
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