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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[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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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:[citation needed]

## Matches[edit]

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]

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6 September 2008

17:00 UTC+2

Poland | 1–1|  Slovenia

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Żewłakow 17' (pen.) | Report | Dedić 35'

Stadion Oporowska, Wrocław

Attendance: 7,300

Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

6 September 2008

17:30 UTC+2

Slovakia | 2–1|  Northern Ireland

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Škrtel 46'
Hamšík 70' | Report | Ďurica 81' (o.g.)

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 5,445

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

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10 September 2008

20:30 UTC+2

San Marino | 0–2|  Poland

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| Report | Smolarek 36'
R. Lewandowski 66'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 2,374

Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Greece)

10 September 2008

19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland | 0–0|  Czech Republic

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Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 12,882

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

10 September 2008

20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia | 2–1|  Slovakia

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Novaković 22', 82' | Report | Jakubko 83'

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 9,900

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

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11 October 2008

20:30 UTC+2

Poland | 2–1|  Czech Republic

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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

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Selva 45' | Report | Šesták 33'
Kozák 39'
Karhan 50'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,037

Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

11 October 2008

20:45 UTC+2

Slovenia | 2–0|  Northern Ireland

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Novaković 84'
Ljubijankić 85' | Report |

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 12,385

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

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15 October 2008

17:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic | 1–0|  Slovenia

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Sionko 63' | Report |

Na Stínadlech, Teplice

Attendance: 15,220

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

15 October 2008

20:30 UTC+2

Slovakia | 2–1|  Poland

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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

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Healy 30'
McCann 43'
Lafferty 56'
Davis 75' | Report |

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 12,957

Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)

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19 November 2008

20:30 UTC+1

San Marino | 0–3|  Czech Republic

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| Report | Kováč 47'
Pospěch 53'
Necid 66'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,318

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

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11 February 2009

20:30 UTC+1

San Marino | 0–3|  Northern Ireland

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| Report | McAuley 7'
McCann 33'
Brunt 63'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,942

Referee: Dragomir Stanković (Serbia)

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28 March 2009

17:15 UTC+0

Northern Ireland | 3–2|  Poland

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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

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Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

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1 April 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic | 1–2|  Slovakia

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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

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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

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Feeney 73' | Report |

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 13,243

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

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6 June 2009

17:30 UTC+2

Slovakia | 7–0|  San Marino

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Čech 3', 32'
Pekarík 12'
Stoch 35'
Kozák 42'
Jakubko 63'
Hanzel 68' | Report |

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 6,652

Referee: Jerome Efong Nzolo (Belgium)

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12 August 2009

20:45 UTC+3

Slovenia | 5–0|  San Marino

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Koren 19', 74'
Radosavljević 39'
Kirm 54'
Ljubijankić 90+3' | Report |

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 4,400

Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)

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5 September 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Poland | 1–1|  Northern Ireland

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M. Lewandowski 80' | Report | Lafferty 38'

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów

Attendance: 38,914

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

5 September 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Slovakia | 2–2|  Czech Republic

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Šesták 59'
Hamšík 73' (pen.) | Report | Pudil 68'
Baroš 83'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 23,800

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

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9 September 2009

17:20 UTC+2

Czech Republic | 7–0|  San Marino

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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

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| 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

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Dedić 13'
Novaković 44'
Birsa 62' | Report |

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 10,226

Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

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10 October 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic | 2–0|  Poland

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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

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| Report | Birsa 56'
Pečnik 90+3'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 23,800

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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14 October 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic | 0–0|  Northern Ireland

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Synot Tip Arena, Prague

Attendance: 8,002

Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

14 October 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Poland | 0–1|  Slovakia

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| 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

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| Report | Novaković 24'
Stevanović 68'
Šuler 81'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,745

Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

## Goalscorers[edit]

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

6 goals

* Ebi Smolarek
* Stanislav Šesták

5 goals

* Milan Baroš
* Milivoje Novakovič

3 goals

* Tomáš Necid

2 goals

* Václav Svěrkoš
* Warren Feeney
* Kyle Lafferty
* Grant McCann
* Rafał Boguski
* Ireneusz Jeleń
* Mariusz Lewandowski
* Robert Lewandowski
* Marek Saganowski
* Marek Čech
* Marek Hamšík
* Martin Jakubko
* Ján Kozák
* Valter Birsa
* Zlatko Dedič
* Robert Koren
* Zlatan Ljubijankič

1 goal

* Martin Fenin
* Marek Jankulovski
* Radoslav Kováč
* Jaroslav Plašil
* Zdeněk Pospěch
* Daniel Pudil
* Libor Sionko
* Chris Brunt
* Steven Davis
* Jonny Evans
* David Healy
* Gareth McAuley
* Paweł Brożek
* Jakub Błaszczykowski
* Michał Żewłakow
* Andy Selva
* Ľuboš Hanzel
* Filip Hološko
* Erik Jendrišek
* Miroslav Karhan
* Peter Pekarík
* Miroslav Stoch
* Martin Škrtel
* Andraž Kirm
* Dalibor Stevanovič
* Marko Šuler
* Nejc Pečnik
* Aleksandar Radosavljević

1 own goal

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

## Attendances[edit]

Team  | Highest  | Lowest  | Average

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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[edit]

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 6 February 2009.

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