2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

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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

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	—

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Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia on 16 January 2008. 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.

6 September 200817:00 UTC+2

Poland	1–1	Slovenia
Żewłakow 17' (pen.)	Report	Dedić 35'

Stadion Oporowska, WrocławAttendance: 7,300Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland) 6 September 200817:30 UTC+2

Slovakia	2–1	Northern Ireland
Škrtel 46' Hamšík 70'	Report	Ďurica 81' (o.g.)

Tehelné pole, BratislavaAttendance: 5,445Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

10 September 200820:30 UTC+2

San Marino	0–2	Poland
	Report	Smolarek 36' R. Lewandowski 66'

Stadio Olimpico, SerravalleAttendance: 2,374Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Greece) 10 September 200819:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	0–0	Czech Republic
	Report

Windsor Park, BelfastAttendance: 12,882Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) 10 September 200820:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	2–1	Slovakia
Novaković 22', 82'	Report	Jakubko 83'

Ljudski vrt, MariborAttendance: 9,900Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

11 October 200820:30 UTC+2

Poland	2–1	Czech Republic
Brożek 27' Błaszczykowski 53'	Report	Fenin 87'

Stadion Śląski, ChorzówAttendance: 38,293Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) 11 October 200820:30 UTC+2

San Marino	1–3	Slovakia
Selva 45'	Report	Šesták 33' Kozák 39' Karhan 50'

Stadio Olimpico, SerravalleAttendance: 1,037Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland) 11 October 200820:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	2–0	Northern Ireland
Novaković 84' Ljubijankić 85'	Report

Ljudski vrt, MariborAttendance: 12,385Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

15 October 200817:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic	1–0	Slovenia
Sionko 63'	Report

Na Stínadlech, TepliceAttendance: 15,220Referee: Martin Atkinson (England) 15 October 200820:30 UTC+2

Slovakia	2–1	Poland
Šesták 85', 86'	Report	Smolarek 70'

Tehelné pole, BratislavaAttendance: 17,650Referee: Bertrand Layec (France) 15 October 200819:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	4–0	San Marino
Healy 30' McCann 43' Lafferty 56' Davis 75'	Report

Windsor Park, BelfastAttendance: 12,957Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)

19 November 200820:30 UTC+1

San Marino	0–3	Czech Republic
	Report	Kováč 47' Pospěch 53' Necid 66'

Stadio Olimpico, SerravalleAttendance: 1,318Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

11 February 200920:30 UTC+1

San Marino	0–3	Northern Ireland
	Report	McAuley 7' McCann 33' Brunt 63'

Stadio Olimpico, SerravalleAttendance: 1,942Referee: Dragomir Stanković (Serbia)

28 March 200917:15 UTC+0

Northern Ireland	3–2	Poland
Feeney 10' Evans 47' Żewłakow 61' (o.g.)	Report	Jeleń 27' Saganowski 90+1'

Windsor Park, BelfastAttendance: 13,357Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden) 28 March 200920:45 UTC+1

Slovenia	0–0	Czech Republic
	Report

Ljudski vrt, MariborAttendance: 12,500Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

1 April 200920:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic	1–2	Slovakia
Jankulovski 30'	Report	Šesták 22' Jendrišek 82'

AXA Arena, PragueAttendance: 14,956Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) 1 April 200920:30 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, KielceAttendance: 15,200Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) 1 April 200919:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	1–0	Slovenia
Feeney 73'	Report

Windsor Park, BelfastAttendance: 13,243Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

6 June 200917:30 UTC+2

Slovakia	7–0	San Marino
Čech 3', 32' Pekarík 12' Stoch 35' Kozák 42' Jakubko 63' Hanzel 68'	Report

Tehelné pole, BratislavaAttendance: 6,652Referee: Jerome Efong Nzolo (Belgium)

12 August 200920:45 UTC+3

Slovenia	5–0	San Marino
Koren 19', 74' Radosavljević 39' Kirm 54' Ljubijankić 90+3'	Report

Ljudski vrt, MariborAttendance: 4,400Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)

5 September 200920:30 UTC+2

Poland	1–1	Northern Ireland
M. Lewandowski 80'	Report	Lafferty 38'

Stadion Śląski, ChorzówAttendance: 38,914Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) 5 September 200920:30 UTC+2

Slovakia	2–2	Czech Republic
Šesták 59' Hamšík 73' (pen.)	Report	Pudil 68' Baroš 83'

Tehelné pole, BratislavaAttendance: 23,800Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

9 September 200917:20 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 HradištěAttendance: 8,121Referee: Arman Amirkhanyan (Armenia) 9 September 200919:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	0–2	Slovakia
	Report	Šesták 15' Hološko 67'

Windsor Park, BelfastAttendance: 13,019Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) 9 September 200920:45 UTC+2

Slovenia	3–0	Poland
Dedić 13' Novaković 44' Birsa 62'	Report

Ljudski vrt, MariborAttendance: 10,226Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

10 October 200920:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic	2–0	Poland
Necid 51' Plašil 72'	Report

Generali Arena, PragueAttendance: 14,010Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) 10 October 200920:30 UTC+2

Slovakia	0–2	Slovenia
	Report	Birsa 56' Pečnik 90+3'

Tehelné pole, BratislavaAttendance: 23,800Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

14 October 200920:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic	0–0	Northern Ireland
	Report

Synot Tip Arena, PragueAttendance: 8,002Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France) 14 October 200920:30 UTC+2

Poland	0–1	Slovakia
	Report	Gancarczyk 3' (o.g.)

Stadion Śląski, ChorzówAttendance: 4,500Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) 14 October 200920:30 UTC+2

San Marino	0–3	Slovenia
	Report	Novaković 24' Stevanović 68' Šuler 81'

Stadio Olimpico, SerravalleAttendance: 1,745Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

Goalscorers

There were 90 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

Tomáš Necid

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Seweryn Gancarczyk (against Slovakia)
Michał Żewłakow (against Northern Ireland)
Ján Ďurica (against Northern Ireland)

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

^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
"NI begin with a trip to Slovakia". BBC Sport. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
"Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.

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