2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised the Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia and San Marino.

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

Standings

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 10 7 1 2 22 10 +1222
 Slovenia 10 6 2 2 18 4 +1420
 Czech Republic 10 4 4 2 17 6 +1116
 Northern Ireland 10 4 3 3 13 9 +415
 Poland 10 3 2 5 19 14 +511
 San Marino 10 0 0 10 1 47 −460
  Czech Republic Northern Ireland Poland San Marino Slovakia Slovenia
Czech Republic  – 0–0 2–0 7–0 1–2 1–0
Northern Ireland  0–0 – 3–2 4–0 0–2 1–0
Poland  2–1 1–1 – 10–0 0–1 1–1
San Marino  0–3 0–3 0–2 – 1–3 0–3
Slovakia  2–2 2–1 2–1 7–0 – 0–2
Slovenia  0–0 2–0 3–0 5–0 2–1 –

Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia on 16 January 2008.[1] The August 2009 date in the international match calendar was moved forward by one week, from 19 August to 12 August 2009, at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 27 May 2008.[2]

6 September 2008
17:00 UTC+2
Poland  1–1  Slovenia
Żewłakow  17' (pen.) Report Dedić  35'

6 September 2008
17:30 UTC+2
Slovakia  2–1  Northern Ireland
Škrtel  46'
Hamšík  70' 		Report Ďurica  81' (o.g.)
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 5,445
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

10 September 2008
20:30 UTC+2
San Marino  0–2  Poland
Report Smolarek  36'
R. Lewandowski  66'

10 September 2008
19:45 UTC+1
Northern Ireland  0–0  Czech Republic
Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 12,882
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

10 September 2008
20:45 UTC+2
Slovenia  2–1  Slovakia
Novaković  22', 82' Report Jakubko  83'
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 9,900
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

11 October 2008
20:30 UTC+2
Poland  2–1  Czech Republic
Brożek  27'
Błaszczykowski  53' 		Report Fenin  87'
Stadion Śląski, Chorzów
Attendance: 38,293
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

11 October 2008
20:30 UTC+2
San Marino  1–3  Slovakia
Selva  45' Report Šesták  33'
Kozák  39'
Karhan  50'

11 October 2008
20:45 UTC+2
Slovenia  2–0  Northern Ireland
Novaković  84'
Ljubijankić  85' 		Report

15 October 2008
17:30 UTC+2
Czech Republic  1–0  Slovenia
Sionko  63' Report
Na Stínadlech, Teplice
Attendance: 15,220
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

15 October 2008
20:30 UTC+2
Slovakia  2–1  Poland
Šesták  85', 86' Report Smolarek  70'
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 17,650
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

15 October 2008
19:45 UTC+1
Northern Ireland  4–0  San Marino
Healy  30'
McCann  43'
Lafferty  56'
Davis  75' 		Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 12,957
Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)

19 November 2008
20:30 UTC+1
San Marino  0–3  Czech Republic
Report Kováč  47'
Pospěch  53'
Necid  66'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 1,318
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

11 February 2009
20:30 UTC+1
San Marino  0–3  Northern Ireland
Report McAuley  7'
McCann  33'
Brunt  63'

28 March 2009
17:15 UTC+0
Northern Ireland  3–2  Poland
Feeney  10'
Evans  47'
Żewłakow  61' (o.g.) 		Report Jeleń  27'
Saganowski  90+1'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 13,357
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

28 March 2009
20:45 UTC+1
Slovenia  0–0  Czech Republic
Report
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

1 April 2009
20:30 UTC+2
Czech Republic  1–2  Slovakia
Jankulovski  30' Report Šesták  22'
Jendrišek  82'
AXA Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,956
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

1 April 2009
20:30 UTC+2
Poland  10–0  San Marino
Boguski  1', 27'
Smolarek  18', 60', 72', 81'
R. Lewandowski  43'
Jeleń  51'
M. Lewandowski  63'
Saganowski  88' 		Report
Arena Kielc, Kielce
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

1 April 2009
19:45 UTC+1
Northern Ireland  1–0  Slovenia
Feeney  73' Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 13,243
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

6 June 2009
17:30 UTC+2
Slovakia  7–0  San Marino
Čech  3', 32'
Pekarík  12'
Stoch  35'
Kozák  42'
Jakubko  63'
Hanzel  68' 		Report

12 August 2009
20:45 UTC+3
Slovenia  5–0  San Marino
Koren  19', 74'
Radosavljević  39'
Kirm  54'
Ljubijankić  90+3' 		Report
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)

5 September 2009
20:30 UTC+2
Poland  1–1  Northern Ireland
M. Lewandowski  80' Report Lafferty  38'

5 September 2009
20:30 UTC+2
Slovakia  2–2  Czech Republic
Šesták  59'
Hamšík  73' (pen.) 		Report Pudil  68'
Baroš  83'

9 September 2009
17:20 UTC+2
Czech Republic  7–0  San Marino
Baroš  28', 44', 45+3' (pen.), 66'
Svěrkoš  47', 90+4'
Necid  86' 		Report
Městský fotbalový stadion, Uherské Hradiště
Attendance: 8,121
Referee: Arman Amirkhanyan (Armenia)

9 September 2009
19:45 UTC+1
Northern Ireland  0–2  Slovakia
Report Šesták  15'
Hološko  67'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 13,019
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

9 September 2009
20:45 UTC+2
Slovenia  3–0  Poland
Dedić  13'
Novaković  44'
Birsa  62' 		Report
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 10,226
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

10 October 2009
20:30 UTC+2
Czech Republic  2–0  Poland
Necid  51'
Plašil  72' 		Report
Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,010
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

10 October 2009
20:30 UTC+2
Slovakia  0–2  Slovenia
Report Birsa  56'
Pečnik  90+3'
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 23,800
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

14 October 2009
20:30 UTC+2
Czech Republic  0–0  Northern Ireland
Report
Synot Tip Arena, Prague
Attendance: 8,002
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

14 October 2009
20:30 UTC+2
Poland  0–1  Slovakia
Report Gancarczyk  3' (o.g.)
Stadion Śląski, Chorzów
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

14 October 2009
20:30 UTC+2
San Marino  0–3  Slovenia
Report Novaković  24'
Stevanović  68'
Šuler  81'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 1,745
Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

Goalscorers

There were 90 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 3 goals per game.

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Euzebiusz Smolarek  Poland 6
Stanislav Šesták  Slovakia
3 Milan Baroš  Czech Republic 5
Milivoje Novakovič  Slovenia
5 Tomáš Necid  Czech Republic 3
6 Václav Svěrkoš  Czech Republic 2
Warren Feeney  Northern Ireland
Kyle Lafferty  Northern Ireland
Grant McCann  Northern Ireland
Rafał Boguski  Poland
Ireneusz Jeleń  Poland
Mariusz Lewandowski  Poland
Robert Lewandowski  Poland
Marek Saganowski  Poland
Marek Čech  Slovakia
Marek Hamšík  Slovakia
Martin Jakubko  Slovakia
Ján Kozák  Slovakia
Valter Birsa  Slovenia
Zlatko Dedič  Slovenia
Robert Koren  Slovenia
Zlatan Ljubijankič  Slovenia
1 goal

 Czech Republic
 Northern Ireland
 Poland
 San Marino
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
Own goals

Attendances

Team Highest Lowest Average
 Czech Republic 15,220 8,002 12,062
 Northern Ireland 13,357 12,882 13,092
 Poland 38,914 4,500 20,841
 San Marino 2,374 1,037 1,683
 Slovakia 23,800 6,652 15,469
 Slovenia 12,500 4,400 9,882

References

  1. ↑ "NI begin with a trip to Slovakia". BBC Sport. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  2. ↑ "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA.
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