The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 1 was a
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
qualifying group for the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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. The group comprised
2006
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fourth-place finishers
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
, along with
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
,
Denmark
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Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
,
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
and
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
.
The group was won by Denmark, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Portugal entered the
UEFA play-off stage.
Standings
Matches
The match schedule was determined on 6 January 2008 at a meeting in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
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Denmark
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Goalscorers
There were 62 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 2.06 goals per game.
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Søren Larsen
Søren Larsen (; born 6 September 1981) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was a strong player with a decent header and good sense of positioning. He played in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, and the Nethe ...
;4 goals
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Simão
;3 goals
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Erjon Bogdani
Erjon Bogdani (born 14 April 1977) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player. He is nicknamed "Bogu" or "Er-Bomber".
Regarded as one of the most successful Albanian players of all time, Bogdani began his career at Partizani T ...
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Nicklas Bendtner
Nicklas Bendtner (; born 16 January 1988) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. His preferred position was centre-forward, but he has also played on the right side of attack, and occasionally on the left. A large, ...
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Sándor Torghelle
Sándor Torghelle (; born 5 May 1982) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, he played for Honvéd, Marcali, Crystal Palace, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Carl Zeiss Jena, FC Augsburg, Fortuna Düsse ...
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Nani
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Olof Mellberg
Erik Olof Mellberg (; born 3 September 1977) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player. During his career, Mellberg played as a defender, and is best known for his time at Aston Villa, as well as spells with Juventus and Gr ...
;2 goals
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Christian Poulsen
Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen (born 28 February 1980) is a Danish former footballer. After starting his career with Holbæk, he played for a number of European clubs as a defensive midfielder, winning the Danish Superliga championship with F. ...
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Roland Juhász
Roland Juhász (; born 1 July 1983) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Career
MTK Budapest
Juhász spent his youth career in Tápiószecső playing for the local club Tápiószecső FC. He started his ...
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Hugo Almeida
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida (born 23 May 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.
After failing to establish himself at Porto, being loaned several times during his contract, he made a name for h ...
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Liédson
Liédson da Silva Muniz (born 17 December 1977), known simply as Liédson, is a former footballer who played as a striker.
Nicknamed ''Levezinho'' ("Slender one") due to his light frame (63 kg),
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Marcus Berg
Bengt Erik Markus Berg (; born 17 August 1986) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg, which he captains. Beginning his footballing career in Sweden with IFK Göteborg in the early 2000s, ...
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Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zlatan Ibrahimović (, ; born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for club AC Milan and the Sweden national team. Ibrahimović is renowned for his acrobatic strikes and volleys, powerful long-range sho ...
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Kim Källström
Kim Mikael Källström (; born 24 August 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was noted for his play-making ability and free-kick taking.
He started his career at several clubs in Sweden, winning cons ...
;1 goal
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Armend Dallku
Armend Sabit Dallku (born 16 June 1983) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is a current manager of Dukagjini, he represented Albania at under-21 and full international level collecting 64 international senior caps ...
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Klodian Duro
Klodian Duro (; born 21 December 1977) is an Albanian retired professional football and current coach of Lushnja of the Kategoria e parë.
He was a versatile midfielder who usually played in an attacking role. His brother Albert Duro was also ...
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Hamdi Salihi
Hamdi Abdullah Salihi (born 19 January 1984) is an Albanian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the assistant manager of Albania.
Nicknamed 'The Bomber' by his former international coach Otto Barić who would compare ...
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Daniel Agger
Daniel Munthe Agger (; born 12 December 1984) is a Danish professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Danish 1st Division club HB Køge. As an active player, he played as a central defender for Brøndby and Liverpool a ...
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Leon Andreasen
Leon Hougaard Andreasen (born 23 April 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He won 20 caps and scored three goals for the Denmark national team.
Biography
Born in Aidt, Jutland, Andreasen sta ...
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Daniel Jensen
Daniel Monberg Jensen (born 25 June 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer. A central midfielder, he was known for making good passes in the final third of the field. He played more than 50 matches and scored three goals for the Denma ...
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Thomas Kahlenberg
Thomas Zeuthen Kahlenberg (; born 20 March 1983) is a Danish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He started his career with Brøndby IF, winning two Danish Superliga championship, and played four seasons at French club Auxer ...
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Morten Nordstrand
Morten Nordstrand Nielsen (; born 8 June 1983) is a Danish former professional association football, footballer, who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He is currently the assistant coach of F.C. Copenhagen Reserves and Youth T ...
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Jakob Poulsen
Jakob Bendix Uhd Poulsen (born 7 July 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and current assistant coach of Viborg FF.
Poulsen started his senior career with Esbjerg fB, before moving to Dutch side SC Heeren ...
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Ákos Buzsáky
Ákos Buzsáky (born 7 May 1982) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság for MTK Budapest and Ferencváros, the Primeira Liga for Porto, the Premier League for Queens Park R ...
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Zoltán Gera
Zoltán Gera (; born 22 April 1979) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He played for Fulham, Pécsi Mecsek and Harkány SE, as well as enjoying two spells at Ferencváros and West Bromwich Alb ...
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Tamás Hajnal
Tamás Hajnal (; born 15 March 1981) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Born in Esztergom, Hungary, Hajnal started playing football at the local Zoltek SE in his hometown Nyergesújfalu.
Ferencvá ...
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Szabolcs Huszti
Szabolcs Huszti (; born 18 April 1983) is a Hungarian professional football coach and a former player. He was well known for his dribbling, pace, passing and goal scoring ability from midfield.
Huszti began his professional career at the Hungar ...
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Gergely Rudolf
Gergely Rudolf (; born 9 March 1985) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Rudolf was born in Nyíregyháza.
Debrecen
Rudolf signed a contract with the Hungarian champion Debrecen in 2007.
His fi ...
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Bruno Alves
Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves (; born 27 November 1981) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central defender, currently being sporting director of Super League Greece club AEK Athens.
He began and spent most of his professional ...
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Deco
Anderson Luís de Souza (born 27 August 1977), known as Deco (), is a retired professional footballer who primarily played as an attacking or central midfielder. Born and raised in Brazil, he acquired Portuguese citizenship and played for Po ...
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Edinho
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Miguel Veloso
Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso (; born 11 May 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for and captains Italian club Hellas Verona. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also operate as an attacking left-back.
He started his career wi ...
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Pepe
Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish name José (Josep). It is also a surname.
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People
Mononyms
*Pepe (footballer, born 1935), real name José Macia, Brazilian footballer
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Anders Svensson
Anders Gunnar Svensson (; born 17 July 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer. He was a central midfielder, known for his passing, free kicks, and set piece-taking abilities, who usually operated in a playmaking role. He was capped ...
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Samuel Holmén
Samuel Tobias Holmén (born 28 June 1984) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Holmén's favourite position was in the central midfield, and his style of play was that of a box-to-box player, being a good def ...
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Daniel Majstorović
Daniel Majstorović ( sr-cyr, Даниел Мајсторовић; born on 5 April 1977) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a centre back.
He started his career with IF Brommapojkarna in his native Sweden. After a year with the club, ...
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Ian Azzopardi
Ian Azzopardi (born 12 August 1982 in Zejtun, Malta) is a Maltese footballer who currently plays for Maltese Premier League side Senglea Athletic, where he plays as a defender.
Playing career
Floriana
Ian Azzopardi began his career with Fl ...
(for
Sweden
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)
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Brian Said (playing against
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
)
Attendances
See also
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Denmark–Sweden football rivalry
References
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