2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup winner Italy, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro.

The group was won by Italy, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up the Republic of Ireland entered the UEFA play-off stage.[1]

Standings edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Italy10730187+1124Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup1–12–03–22–12–0
2  Republic of Ireland10460128+418Advance to second round2–21–11–00–02–1
3  Bulgaria103521713+4140–01–12–04–16–2
4  Cyprus102351416−291–21–24–12–22–1
5  Montenegro10163914−590–20–02–21–12–1
6  Georgia10037719−1230–21–20–01–10–0
Source: [1]

Matches edit

The representatives of the six federations met in Sofia, Bulgaria on 15 January 2008 to decide on a fixture calendar.[2]


Georgia  1–2  Republic of Ireland
Kenia 90+2'ReportDoyle 13'
Whelan 70'
Montenegro  2–2  Bulgaria
Vučinić 61'
Jovetić 82' (pen.)
ReportS. Petrov 11'
Georgiev 90+2'
Attendance: 9,000
Cyprus  1–2  Italy
Aloneftis 28'ReportDi Natale 8', 90+2'

Montenegro  0–0  Republic of Ireland
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
Italy  2–0  Georgia
De Rossi 17', 89'Report
Attendance: 27,164

Georgia  1–1  Cyprus
Kobiashvili 73'ReportKonstantinou 66'
Bulgaria  0–0  Italy
Report

Georgia  0–0  Bulgaria
Report
Republic of Ireland  1–0  Cyprus
Keane 5'Report
Attendance: 55,833
Italy  2–1  Montenegro
Aquilani 8', 29'ReportVučinić 19'
Attendance: 20,162

Republic of Ireland  2–1  Georgia
Keane 73' (pen.), 78'ReportIashvili 1'
Attendance: 45,000

Cyprus  2–1  Georgia
Konstantinou 33'
Christofi 56'
ReportKobiashvili 71' (pen.)
Montenegro  0–2  Italy
ReportPirlo 11' (pen.)
Pazzini 73'
Attendance: 10,500
Republic of Ireland  1–1  Bulgaria
Dunne 1'ReportKilbane 74' (o.g.)
Attendance: 60,002
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Bulgaria  2–0  Cyprus
Popov 8'
Makriev 90+4'
Report
Georgia  0–0  Montenegro
Report
Italy  1–1  Republic of Ireland
Iaquinta 10'ReportKeane 87'
Attendance: 48,000


Bulgaria  4–1  Montenegro
Kishishev 45+1'
Telkiyski 49'
Berbatov 83' (pen.)
Domovchiyski 90+1'
ReportJovetić 9'
Georgia  0–2  Italy
ReportKaladze 56' (o.g.), 66' (o.g.)
Cyprus  1–2  Republic of Ireland
Elia 30'ReportDoyle 5'
Keane 83'
Attendance: 5,191

Montenegro  1–1  Cyprus
Vučinić 56' (pen.)ReportOkkas 63'
Attendance: 4,000
Italy  2–0  Bulgaria
Grosso 11'
Iaquinta 40'
Report
Attendance: 26,122

Cyprus  4–1  Bulgaria
Charalambides 11', 20'
Konstantinou 58'
Aloneftis 78'
ReportBerbatov 44'
Montenegro  2–1  Georgia
Batak 13'
Delibašić 78'
ReportDvalishvili 45'
Attendance: 5,420
Republic of Ireland  2–2  Italy
Whelan 8'
St Ledger 87'
ReportCamoranesi 26'
Gilardino 90'
Attendance: 70,670
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Bulgaria  6–2  Georgia
Berbatov 6', 23', 35'
M. Petrov 14', 44'
Angelov 31'
ReportDvalishvili 34'
Kobiashvili 51' (pen.)
Italy  3–2  Cyprus
Gilardino 78', 81', 90+2'ReportMakrides 12'
Michael 48'
Attendance: 15,009
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Montenegro
Report
Attendance: 36,442

Notes edit

  1. ^ Originally scheduled for Tbilisi, Georgia but moved to neutral venue due to the 2008 South Ossetia war. The original replacement venue was the Wildparkstadion in Karlsruhe, Germany, but the ground became unavailable, so it was moved to the Stadion am Bruchweg in Mainz.[3]

Goalscorers edit

There were 77 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

Attendances edit

TeamHighestLowestAverage
 Bulgaria45,00070022,432
 Cyprus6,0001,5003,878
 Georgia40,0004,50025,550
 Italy48,00015,00927,291
 Montenegro12,0004,0008,184
 Republic of Ireland70,67036,44253,589

References edit

  1. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Republic of Ireland FIFA World Cup Group 8 Fixtures Announced". fai.ie. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  3. ^ "Georgia-Republic of Ireland to take place in Mainz". FIFA.com. 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.