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 10 6 3 1 18 8 +1021
 Greece 10 6 2 2 20 10 +1020
 Latvia 10 5 2 3 18 15 +317
 Israel 10 4 4 2 20 10 +1016
 Luxembourg 10 1 2 7 4 25 −215
 Moldova 10 0 3 7 6 18 −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]

6 September 2008
19:00 UTC+3
Moldova  1–2  Latvia
Alexeev  76' Report Karlsons  8'
Astafjevs  22'

6 September 2008
20:55 UTC+3
Israel  2–2   Switzerland
Benayoun  73'
Sahar  90+2'		 Report Yakin  45'
Nkufo  56'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 29,600
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

6 September 2008
20:15 UTC+2
Luxembourg  0–3  Greece
Report Torosidis  36'
Gekas  45+1'
Charisteas  76' (pen.)
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 4,596
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

10 September 2008
20:30 UTC+3
Moldova  1–2  Israel
Picusceac  1' Report Golan  39'
Saban  45'

10 September 2008
21:15 UTC+3
Latvia  0–2  Greece
Report Gekas  10', 49'
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

10 September 2008
20:30 UTC+2
Switzerland   1–2  Luxembourg
Nkufo  43' Report Strasser  27'
A. Leweck  87'
Letzigrund, Zürich
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Dejan Filipovic (Serbia)

11 October 2008
17:45 UTC+2
Switzerland   2–1  Latvia
Frei  63'
Nkufo  73'		 Report Ivanovs  71'

11 October 2008
20:15 UTC+2
Luxembourg  1–3  Israel
Peters  14' Report Benayoun  2' (pen.)
Golan  54'
Tuama  81'
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 3,562
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

11 October 2008
21:30 UTC+3
Greece  3–0  Moldova
Charisteas  31', 51'
Katsouranis  40'		 Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 13,684
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

15 October 2008
19:00 UTC+3
Latvia  1–1  Israel
Koļesņičenko  89' Report Benayoun  50'
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

15 October 2008
20:15 UTC+2
Luxembourg  0–0  Moldova
Report

15 October 2008
21:30 UTC+3
Greece  1–2   Switzerland
Charisteas  68' Report Frei  42' (pen.)
Nkufo  77'

28 March 2009
17:00 UTC+1
Luxembourg  0–4  Latvia
Report Karlsons  25'
Cauņa  48'
Višņakovs  71'
Perepļotkins  86'
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 2,516
Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales)

28 March 2009
18:45 UTC+2
Moldova  0–2   Switzerland
Report Frei  32'
Fernandes  90+3'
Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

28 March 2009
21:00 UTC+2
Israel  1–1  Greece
Golan  55' Report Gekas  42'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

1 April 2009
18:30 UTC+3
Latvia  2–0  Luxembourg
Žigajevs  44'
Verpakovskis  76'		 Report
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

1 April 2009
21:30 UTC+3
Greece  2–1  Israel
Salpingidis  32'
Samaras  67' (pen.)		 Report Barda  60'

1 April 2009
20:30 UTC+2
Switzerland   2–0  Moldova
Nkufo  20'
Frei  52'		 Report
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

5 September 2009
19:00 UTC+3
Moldova  0–0  Luxembourg
Report

5 September 2009
21:00 UTC+3
Israel  0–1  Latvia
Report Gorkšs  59'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

5 September 2009
20:30 UTC+2
Switzerland   2–0  Greece
Grichting  84'
Padalino  87'		 Report
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

9 September 2009
21:00 UTC+3
Israel  7–0  Luxembourg
Barda  9', 21', 43'
Baruchyan  15'
Golan  58'
Sahar  62', 84'		 Report
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 7,038
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)

9 September 2009
21:30 UTC+3
Latvia  2–2   Switzerland
Cauņa  62'
Astafjevs  75'		 Report Frei  43'
Derdiyok  80'

9 September 2009
21:30 UTC+3
Moldova  1–1  Greece
Andronic  90' Report Gekas  33'

10 October 2009
17:45 UTC+2
Luxembourg  0–3   Switzerland
Report Senderos  6', 8'
Huggel  22'

10 October 2009
21:00 UTC+2
Israel  3–1  Moldova
Barda  22', 70'
Ben Dayan  65'		 Report Calincov  90+2'

10 October 2009
21:30 UTC+3
Greece  5–2  Latvia
Gekas  4', 47' (pen.), 57', 90+1'
Samaras  73'		 Report Verpakovskis  12', 40'
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 18,981
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

14 October 2009
21:00 UTC+3
Greece  2–1  Luxembourg
Torosidis  30'
Gekas  33'		 Report Papadopoulos  90' (o.g.)
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 13,932
Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

14 October 2009
21:00 UTC+3
Latvia  3–2  Moldova
Rubins  32', 44'
Grebis  76'		 Report Ovseannicov  25'
Sofroni  90'
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

14 October 2009
20:00 UTC+2
Switzerland   0–0  Israel
Report
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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
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