2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

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The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra.

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

## Standings[edit]

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

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1  |  England | 10  | 9  | 0  | 1  | 34  | 6  | +28  | 27  | Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 6–0
2  |  Ukraine | 10  | 6  | 3  | 1  | 21  | 6  | +15  | 21  | Advance to second round |  | 1–0 | -- | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0
3  |  Croatia | 10  | 6  | 2  | 2  | 19  | 13  | +6  | 20  |  |  | 1–4 | 2–2 | -- | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0
4  |  Belarus | 10  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 19  | 14  | +5  | 13  |  | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | -- | 4–0 | 5–1
5  |  Kazakhstan | 10  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 11  | 29  | −18  | 6  |  | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | -- | 3–0
6  |  Andorra | 10  | 0  | 0  | 10  | 3  | 39  | −36  | 0  |  | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | --

Source:[citation needed]

## Matches[edit]

The fixture list was determined on 14 January 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia.[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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20 August 2008

21:00 UTC+6

Kazakhstan | 3-0|  Andorra

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Ostapenko 14', 30'
Uzdenov 44' | Report |

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 7,700

Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

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6 September 2008

20:00 UTC+3

Ukraine | 1-0|  Belarus

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Shevchenko 90+4' (pen.) | Report |

Ukraina Stadium, Lviv

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

6 September 2008

20:00 UTC+2

Andorra | 0-2|  England

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| Report | J. Cole 49', 55'

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona [note 1]

Attendance: 10,300

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

6 September 2008

20:15 UTC+2

Croatia | 3-0|  Kazakhstan

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N. Kovač 13'
Modrić 36'
Petrić 81' | Report |

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 17,424

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

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10 September 2008

22:00 UTC+6

Kazakhstan | 1-3|  Ukraine

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Ostapenko 68' | Report | Nazarenko 45', 80'
Shevchenko 54'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

10 September 2008

19:00 UTC+2

Andorra | 1-3|  Belarus

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Pujol 67' (pen.) | Report | Verkhovtsov 37'
Rodionov 79'
V. Hleb 90'

Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 600

Referee: Simon Evans (Wales)

10 September 2008

21:00 UTC+2

Croatia | 1-4|  England

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Mandžukić 78' | Report | Walcott 26', 59', 82'
Rooney 63'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 35,218

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

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11 October 2008

17:15 UTC+1

England | 5-1|  Kazakhstan

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Ferdinand 52'
Kuchma 64' (o.g.)
Rooney 76', 86'
Defoe 90' | Report | Kukeyev 68'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 89,107

Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

11 October 2008

20:00 UTC+3

Ukraine | 0-0|  Croatia

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Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

Attendance: 38,500

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

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15 October 2008

20:15 UTC+2

Croatia | 4-0|  Andorra

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Rakitić 16', 87' (pen.)
Olić 32'
Modrić 75' | Report |

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 14,441

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

15 October 2008

21:30 UTC+3

Belarus | 1-3|  England

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Sitko 28' | Report | Gerrard 11'
Rooney 50', 74'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 29,600

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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1 April 2009

20:30 UTC+6

Kazakhstan | 1-5|  Belarus

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Abdulin 10' | Report | A. Hleb 48'
Kalachev 54', 64'
Stasevich 57'
Rodionov 88'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic)

1 April 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Andorra | 0-2|  Croatia

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| Report | Klasnić 15'
Eduardo 35'

Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

1 April 2009

20:00 UTC+1

England | 2-1|  Ukraine

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Crouch 29'
Terry 85' | Report | Shevchenko 74'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 87,548

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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6 June 2009

21:00 UTC+6

Kazakhstan | 0-4|  England

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| Report | Barry 40'
Heskey 45+1'
Rooney 72'
Lampard 77' (pen.)

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

6 June 2009

19:00 UTC+3

Belarus | 5-1|  Andorra

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Bliznyuk 2', 76'
Kalachev 44'
Kornilenko 50', 65' | Report | I. Lima 90+3' (pen.)

Neman Stadium, Grodno

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Robert Kranjc (Slovenia)

6 June 2009

20:15 UTC+2

Croatia | 2-2|  Ukraine

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Petrić 2'
Modrić 68' | Report | Shevchenko 13'
Gai 54'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 32,073

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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10 June 2009

20:00 UTC+3

Ukraine | 2-1|  Kazakhstan

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Nazarenko 33', 47' | Report | Nusserbayev 19'

Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

10 June 2009

20:15 UTC+1

England | 6-0|  Andorra

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Rooney 4', 39'
Lampard 29'
Defoe 73', 76'
Crouch 81' | Report |

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 57,897

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

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12 August 2009

21:15 UTC+3

Belarus | 1-3|  Croatia

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Verkhovtsov 81' | Report | Olić 22', 85'
Eduardo 69'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 21,651

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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5 September 2009

17:00 UTC+3

Ukraine | 5-0|  Andorra

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Yarmolenko 18'
Milevskyi 45+2', 90+2' (pen.)
Shevchenko 72' (pen.)
Seleznyov 90+4' (pen.) | Report |

Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 14,870

Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)

5 September 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Croatia | 1-0|  Belarus

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Rakitić 24' | Report |

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 25,628

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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9 September 2009

20:00 UTC+3

Belarus | 0-0|  Ukraine

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Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 21,727

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

9 September 2009

20:00 UTC+2

Andorra | 1-3|  Kazakhstan

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Sonejee 70' | Report | Khizhnichenko 14', 35'
Baltiev 29'

Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 510

Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)

9 September 2009

20:00 UTC+1

England | 5-1|  Croatia

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Lampard 7' (pen.), 59'
Gerrard 18', 67'
Rooney 77' | Report | Eduardo 71'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 87,319

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

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10 October 2009

18:00 UTC+3

Belarus | 4-0|  Kazakhstan

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Bardachov 23'
Kalachev 69', 90+3'
Kovel 86' | Report |

Regional Sport Complex Brestskiy, Brest

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)

10 October 2009

19:15 UTC+3

Ukraine | 1-0|  England

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Nazarenko 29' | Report |

Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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14 October 2009

17:30 UTC+2

Andorra | 0-6|  Ukraine

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| Report | Shevchenko 22'
Husyev 61'
I. Lima 69' (o.g.)
Rakytskiy 80'
Seleznyov 81'
Yarmolenko 83'

Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 820

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

14 October 2009

21:30 UTC+6

Kazakhstan | 1-2|  Croatia

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Khizhnichenko 26' | Report | Vukojević 10'
Kranjčar 90+3'

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 10,250

Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

14 October 2009

20:00 UTC+1

England | 3-0|  Belarus

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Crouch 4', 76'
Wright-Phillips 60' | Report |

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,897

Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal)

### Notes[edit]

1. ^ Played in Barcelona, Spain to accommodate a larger capacity crowd.

## Goalscorers[edit]

There were 107 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 3.56 goals per game.

9 goals

* Wayne Rooney

6 goals

* Andriy Shevchenko

5 goals

* Timofei Kalachev
* Serhiy Nazarenko

4 goals

* Peter Crouch
* Frank Lampard

3 goals

* Eduardo
* Luka Modrić
* Ivica Olić
* Ivan Rakitić
* Jermain Defoe
* Steven Gerrard
* Theo Walcott
* Sergey Khizhnichenko
* Sergei Ostapenko

2 goals

* Gennadi Bliznyuk
* Sergei Kornilenko
* Vitali Rodionov
* Dmitry Verkhovtsov
* Mladen Petrić
* Joe Cole
* Artem Milevskyi
* Yevhen Seleznyov
* Andriy Yarmolenko

1 goal

* Ildefons Lima
* Marc Pujol
* Oscar Sonejee
* Maksim Bardachov
* Alexander Hleb
* Vyacheslav Hleb
* Leonid Kovel
* Pavel Sitko
* Ihar Stasevich
* Ivan Klasnić
* Niko Kovač
* Niko Kranjčar
* Mario Mandžukić
* Ognjen Vukojević
* Gareth Barry
* Rio Ferdinand
* Emile Heskey
* John Terry
* Shaun Wright-Phillips
* Rinat Abdulin
* Ruslan Baltiyev
* Zhambyl Kukeyev
* Tanat Nusserbayev
* Roman Uzdenov
* Oleksiy Gai
* Oleh Husyev
* Yaroslav Rakytskiy

1 own goal

* Ildefons Lima (playing against Ukraine)
* Aleksandr Kuchma (playing against England)

## Attendances[edit]

Team  | Highest  | Lowest  | Average

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Andorra | 10,300 | 510 | 2,666
Belarus | 29,600 | 8,500 | 18,296
Croatia | 35,218 | 14,441 | 24,957
England | 89,107 | 57,897 | 79,753
Kazakhstan | 24,000 | 7,700 | 15,590
Ukraine | 38,500 | 11,500 | 23,974

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Qualifying fixtures agreed". TheFA.com. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 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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