2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	10	6	3	1	18	8	+10	21	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–0
2	Greece	10	6	2	2	20	10	+10	20	Advance to second round	1–2	—	5–2	2–1	2–1	3–0
3	Latvia	10	5	2	3	18	15	+3	17		2–2	0–2	—	1–1	2–0	3–2
4	Israel	10	4	4	2	20	10	+10	16		2–2	1–1	0–1	—	7–0	3–1
5	Luxembourg	10	1	2	7	4	25	−21	5		0–3	0–3	0–4	1–3	—	0–0
6	Moldova	10	0	3	7	6	18	−12	3		0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	—

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Matches

The match schedule was established at a meeting in Israel on 8 January 2008. 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. The draw took place in Zagreb, Croatia at 16:00 CET on 30 January 2008, the eve of the XXXII Ordinary UEFA Congress.

6 September 200819:00 UTC+3

Moldova	1–2	Latvia
Alexeev 76'	Report	Karlsons 8' Astafjevs 22'

Sheriff Stadium, TiraspolAttendance: 4,300Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland) 6 September 200820:55 UTC+3

Israel	2–2	Switzerland
Benayoun 73' Sahar 90+2'	Report	Yakin 45' Nkufo 56'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAttendance: 29,600Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden) 6 September 200820:15 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–3	Greece
	Report	Torosidis 36' Gekas 45+1' Charisteas 76' (pen.)

Stade Josy Barthel, LuxembourgAttendance: 4,596Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

10 September 200820:30 UTC+3

Moldova	1–2	Israel
Picușceac 1'	Report	Golan 39' Saban 45'

Zimbru Stadium, ChișinăuAttendance: 10,500Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain) 10 September 200821:15 UTC+3

Latvia	0–2	Greece
	Report	Gekas 10', 49'

Skonto Stadions, RigaAttendance: 8,600Referee: Tony Chapron (France) 10 September 200820:30 UTC+2

Switzerland	1–2	Luxembourg
Nkufo 43'	Report	Strasser 27' A. Leweck 87'

Letzigrund, ZürichAttendance: 20,500Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)

11 October 200817:45 UTC+2

Switzerland	2–1	Latvia
Frei 63' Nkufo 73'	Report	Ivanovs 71'

AFG Arena, St. GallenAttendance: 18,026Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal) 11 October 200820:15 UTC+2

Luxembourg	1–3	Israel
Peters 14'	Report	Benayoun 2' (pen.) Golan 54' Tuama 81'

Stade Josy Barthel, LuxembourgAttendance: 3,562Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia) 11 October 200821:30 UTC+3

Greece	3–0	Moldova
Charisteas 31', 51' Katsouranis 40'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, AthensAttendance: 13,684Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

15 October 200819:00 UTC+3

Latvia	1–1	Israel
Koļesņičenko 89'	Report	Benayoun 50'

Skonto Stadions, RigaAttendance: 7,100Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia) 15 October 200820:15 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–0	Moldova
	Report

Stade Josy Barthel, LuxembourgAttendance: 2,157Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland) 15 October 200821:30 UTC+3

Greece	1–2	Switzerland
Charisteas 68'	Report	Frei 42' (pen.) Nkufo 77'

Karaiskakis Stadium, AthensAttendance: 28,810Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

28 March 200917:00 UTC+1

Luxembourg	0–4	Latvia
	Report	Karlsons 25' Cauņa 48' Višņakovs 71' Perepļotkins 86'

Stade Josy Barthel, LuxembourgAttendance: 2,516Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales) 28 March 200918:45 UTC+2

Moldova	0–2	Switzerland
	Report	Frei 32' Fernandes 90+3'

Zimbru Stadium, ChișinăuAttendance: 10,500Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland) 28 March 200921:00 UTC+2

Israel	1–1	Greece
Golan 55'	Report	Gekas 42'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAttendance: 38,000Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

1 April 200918:30 UTC+3

Latvia	2–0	Luxembourg
Žigajevs 44' Verpakovskis 76'	Report

Skonto Stadions, RigaAttendance: 6,700Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey) 1 April 200921:30 UTC+3

Greece	2–1	Israel
Salpingidis 32' Samaras 67' (pen.)	Report	Barda 60'

Pankritio Stadium, HeraklionAttendance: 22,794Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) 1 April 200920:30 UTC+2

Switzerland	2–0	Moldova
Nkufo 20' Frei 52'	Report

Stade de Genève, GenevaAttendance: 20,100Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

5 September 200919:00 UTC+3

Moldova	0–0	Luxembourg
	Report

Zimbru Stadium, ChișinăuAttendance: 7,820Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania) 5 September 200921:00 UTC+3

Israel	0–1	Latvia
	Report	Gorkšs 59'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAttendance: 20,000Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany) 5 September 200920:30 UTC+2

Switzerland	2–0	Greece
Grichting 84' Padalino 87'	Report

St. Jakob-Park, BaselAttendance: 38,500Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

9 September 200921:00 UTC+3

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

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAttendance: 7,038Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark) 9 September 200921:30 UTC+3

Latvia	2–2	Switzerland
Cauņa 62' Astafjevs 75'	Report	Frei 43' Derdiyok 80'

Skonto Stadions, RigaAttendance: 8,600Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) 9 September 200921:30 UTC+3

Moldova	1–1	Greece
Andronic 90'	Report	Gekas 33'

Zimbru Stadium, ChișinăuAttendance: 9,870Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Sweden)

10 October 200917:45 UTC+2

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

Stade Josy Barthel, LuxembourgAttendance: 8,031Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) 10 October 200921:00 UTC+2

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

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAttendance: 8,700Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands) 10 October 200921:30 UTC+3

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

Olympic Stadium, AthensAttendance: 18,981Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

14 October 200921:00 UTC+3

Greece	2–1	Luxembourg
Torosidis 30' Gekas 33'	Report	Papadopoulos 90' (o.g.)

Olympic Stadium, AthensAttendance: 13,932Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia) 14 October 200921:00 UTC+3

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

Skonto Stadions, RigaAttendance: 3,800Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland) 14 October 200920:00 UTC+2

Switzerland	0–0	Israel
	Report

St. Jakob-Park, BaselAttendance: 38,500Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.87 goals per match.

10 goals

Theofanis Gekas

6 goals

Elyaniv Barda

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Avraam Papadopoulos (against Luxembourg)

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

"FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
"Yossi Benayoun: 'We should qualify'". Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
FIFA 2010: Discussions on fixture list falter
Ledsom, Mark (17 January 2008). Huggins, Trevor (ed.). "FIFA draw to decide order of World Cup qualifiers". Reuters. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
Draw settles disputes FIFA

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