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.

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 10 7 1 2 22 10 +12 22 Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup — 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 7–0
2  Slovenia 10 6 2 2 18 4 +14 20 Advance to second round 2–1 — 0–0 2–0 3–0 5–0
3  Czech Republic 10 4 4 2 17 6 +11 16 1–2 1–0 — 0–0 2–0 7–0
4  Northern Ireland 10 4 3 3 13 9 +4 15 0–2 1–0 0–0 — 3–2 4–0
5  Poland 10 3 2 5 19 14 +5 11 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 — 10–0
6  San Marino 10 0 0 10 1 47 −46 0 1–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–2 —
Source:

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]

Poland 1–1 Slovenia
Żewłakow  17' (pen.) Report Dedić  35'
Attendance: 7,300
Slovakia 2–1 Northern Ireland
Škrtel  46'
Hamšík  70'		 Report Ďurica  81' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,445
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
San Marino 0–2 Poland
Report Smolarek  36'
R. Lewandowski  66'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 2,374
Northern Ireland 0–0 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 12,882
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Slovenia 2–1 Slovakia
Novaković  22', 82' Report Jakubko  83'
Attendance: 9,900
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Poland 2–1 Czech Republic
Brożek  27'
Błaszczykowski  53'		 Report Fenin  87'
Attendance: 38,293
San Marino 1–3 Slovakia
Selva  45' Report Šesták  33'
Kozák  39'
Karhan  50'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 1,037
Slovenia 2–0 Northern Ireland
Novaković  84'
Ljubijankić  85'		 Report
Attendance: 12,385
Czech Republic 1–0 Slovenia
Sionko  63' Report
Attendance: 15,220
Slovakia 2–1 Poland
Šesták  85', 86' Report Smolarek  70'
Attendance: 17,650
Northern Ireland 4–0 San Marino
Healy  30'
McCann  43'
Lafferty  56'
Davis  75'		 Report
Attendance: 12,957
Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)
San Marino 0–3 Czech Republic
Report Kováč  47'
Pospěch  53'
Necid  66'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 1,318
San Marino 0–3 Northern Ireland
Report McAuley  7'
McCann  33'
Brunt  63'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 1,942
Northern Ireland 3–2 Poland
Feeney  10'
Evans  47'
Żewłakow  61' (o.g.)		 Report Jeleń  27'
Saganowski  90+1'
Attendance: 13,357
Slovenia 0–0 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 12,500
Czech Republic 1–2 Slovakia
Jankulovski  30' Report Šesták  22'
Jendrišek  82'
AXA Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,956
Poland 10–0 San Marino
Boguski  1', 27'
Smolarek  18', 60', 72', 81'
R. Lewandowski  43'
Jeleń  51'
M. Lewandowski  63'
Saganowski  88'		 Report
Attendance: 15,200
Northern Ireland 1–0 Slovenia
Feeney  73' Report
Attendance: 13,243
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Slovakia 7–0 San Marino
Čech  3', 32'
Pekarík  12'
Stoch  35'
Kozák  42'
Jakubko  63'
Hanzel  68'		 Report
Attendance: 6,652
Referee: Jerome Efong Nzolo (Belgium)
Slovenia 5–0 San Marino
Koren  19', 74'
Radosavljević  39'
Kirm  54'
Ljubijankić  90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)
Poland 1–1 Northern Ireland
M. Lewandowski  80' Report Lafferty  38'
Attendance: 38,914
Slovakia 2–2 Czech Republic
Šesták  59'
Hamšík  73' (pen.)		 Report Pudil  68'
Baroš  83'
Attendance: 23,800
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
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)
Northern Ireland 0–2 Slovakia
Report Šesták  15'
Hološko  67'
Attendance: 13,019
Slovenia 3–0 Poland
Dedić  13'
Novaković  44'
Birsa  62'		 Report
Attendance: 10,226
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Czech Republic 2–0 Poland
Necid  51'
Plašil  72'		 Report
Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,010
Slovakia 0–2 Slovenia
Report Birsa  56'
Pečnik  90+3'
Attendance: 23,800
Czech Republic 0–0 Northern Ireland
Report
Synot Tip Arena, Prague
Attendance: 8,002
Poland 0–1 Slovakia
Report Gancarczyk  3' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,500
San Marino 0–3 Slovenia
Report Novaković  24'
Stevanović  68'
Šuler  81'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 1,745

Goalscorers

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

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

Attendances
Team Highest Lowest Average
 Czech Republic15,2208,00212,062
 Northern Ireland13,35712,88213,092
 Poland38,9144,50020,841
 San Marino2,3741,0371,683
 Slovakia23,8006,65215,469
 Slovenia12,5004,4009,882

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. Archived from the original on 2009-02-06.
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