2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 10631188+1021
 Greece 106222010+1020
 Latvia 105231815+317
 Israel 104422010+1016
 Luxembourg 10127425−215
 Moldova 10037618−123
  Greece Israel Latvia Luxembourg Moldova Switzerland
Greece  – 2–1 5–2 2–1 3–0 1–2
Israel  1–1 – 0–1 7–0 3–1 2–2
Latvia  0–2 1–1 – 2–0 3–2 2–2
Luxembourg  0–3 1–3 0–4 – 0–0 0–3
Moldova  1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 – 0–2
Switzerland   2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 –

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
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

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
Referee: Dejan Filipovic (Serbia)

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
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)

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
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

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.

10 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Attendances

Team Highest Lowest Average
 Greece28,81013,68419,640
 Israel38,0007,03820,668
 Latvia8,6003,6006,960
 Luxembourg8,0312,1574,172
 Moldova10,5004,3008,598
  Switzerland38,50018,02627,125

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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