The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a

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qualifying group for the

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. The group comprised the

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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

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Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

and

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. 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

Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in

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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. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Goalscorers

There were 90 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 3 goals per game. ;6 goals *

Euzebiusz Smolarek Euzebiusz "Ebi" Smolarek (; born 9 January 1981) is a Polish former professional footballer who is youth manager at Dutch club Feyenoord. He played primarily as a striker or winger, representing clubs in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Engla ...

Stanislav Šesták Stanislav Šesták (; born 16 December 1982) is a retired Slovak football striker, manager, as well as a club official and a local politician. Šesták last managed Slovakia's oldest club Tatran Prešov in 3. Liga - East. Club career Slova ...

;5 goals *

Milan Baroš Milan Baroš (; born 28 October 1981) is a Czech footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for FK Vigantice at amateur level. In 2005, he was part of the Liverpool team which won the UEFA Champions League. He went on to win Ligue ...

Milivoje Novakovič Milivoje ( sr, Миливоје) is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Milivoje Blaznavac (1824–1873), Serbian soldier and politician *Milivoje Božović (born 1985), Serbian professional basketball player * Milivoje M ...

;3 goals *

Tomáš Necid Tomáš Necid (; born 13 August 1989) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bohemians 1905. He is the older brother of Simona Necidová, who is also an international footballer. Club career Early years Necid played h ...

;2 goals *

Václav Svěrkoš Václav Svěrkoš (; born 1 November 1983) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the opening scorer in the Euro 2008 tournament. Club career Czech First League Born in Třinec, Svěrkoš started his career a ...

Warren Feeney Warren James Feeney (born 17 January 1981) is a football manager and former Northern Ireland international footballer, who is currently manager of Welling United. In making his debut for the Northern Ireland national team, he became the third ...

Kyle Lafferty Kyle Joseph George Lafferty (born 16 September 1987) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who currently plays for NIFL Premiership club Linfield and the Northern Ireland national team. Lafferty began his professional career with Engl ...

Grant McCann Grant Samuel McCann (born 14 April 1980) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder in the Football League. He was most recently the manager of EFL League One club Peterborough United. Born in ...

Rafał Boguski Rafał Boguski (born 9 June 1984) is a Polish professional association football, footballer who plays for IV liga club Kalwarianka Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. Mainly a Forward (association football), forward, he also plays as a Forward (association fo ...

Ireneusz Jeleń Ireneusz Jeleń (; born 9 April 1981) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a right-winger or striker for the Poland national football team. Club career Jeleń was born in Cieszyn. From 2002 to 2006 he played for Wisła Płock in the ...

Mariusz Lewandowski Mariusz Lewandowski (; born 18 May 1979) is a Polish football manager and a former player. He currently manages Polish Ekstraklasa side Radomiak Radom. He was mostly a central defender and could also play as a defensive midfielder. He spent th ...

Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski (; born 21 August 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Barcelona and captains the Poland national team. Recognised for his positioning, technique and finishing, Lewandowski is co ...

Marek Saganowski Marek Mirosław Saganowski (; born 31 October 1978) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played as a striker, currently in charge of II liga club Pogoń Siedlce. In a much-travelled career, he represented clubs in ...

* Marek Čech *

Marek Hamšík Marek Hamšík (; born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. He formerly captained the Slovakia national team. After beginning his club career with Slovan Bratislava in 20 ...

Martin Jakubko Martin Jakubko (born 26 February 1980) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Slovakia national team 41 times and scored 9 goals. International career On 30 November 2004, Jakubko made his int ...

* Ján Kozák *

Valter Birsa Valter Birsa (born 7 August 1986) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a winger. Club career Born in Šempeter pri Gorici, he spent his childhood in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Birsa's career began at the age of five, when he started play ...

Zlatko Dedič Zlatko ( sr-Cyrl, Златко, ) is a South Slavic masculine given name. The name is derived from the word ''zlato'' meaning gold with hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' common in South Slavic languages. Zlatko is a given name. Notable people with the na ...

Robert Koren Robert Koren (born 20 September 1980) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Koren earned 61 caps and scored five goals for the Slovenia national team between 2003 and 2011 and played at the 2010 FIFA World C ...

Zlatan Ljubijankič Zlatan ( sr-Cyrl, Златан) is a male given name of Slavic origin meaning ''Golden''. The name is common amongst all South Slavic countries, namely in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia. The name is found i ...

;1 goal *

Martin Fenin Martin Fenin (; 16 April 1987) is a Czech football striker who plays for FK Řeporyje. He has represented the Czech Republic and formerly played for the youth teams of the Czech Republic from the under-16 level. Club career Fenin started playing ...

Marek Jankulovski Marek Jankulovski (born 9 May 1977) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. His most notable achievements include winning the UEFA Champions League with AC Milan and being voted the 2007 Czech Footballer of the Year. ...

Radoslav Kováč Radoslav Kováč (; born 27 November 1979) is a Czech football manager and former player. Kováč played both in midfield and in defence for Sigma Olomouc, Sparta Prague, Spartak Moscow, West Ham United, FC Basel and Slovan Liberec. At interna ...

Jaroslav Plašil Jaroslav Plašil (; born 5 January 1982) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in France with Monaco and Bordeaux, making 411 Ligue 1 appearances. He played 367 total times for the la ...

Zdeněk Pospěch Zdeněk Pospěch (; born 14 December 1978) is a Czech former professional footballer. He normally played as a defender in a right back position, but could also play on the right side of midfield. Club career Pospěch started his professional ca ...

Daniel Pudil Daniel Pudil (; born 27 September 1985) is a Czech former professional footballer who played for the Czech Republic national team and currently plays as a left back or left winger for Northern Counties East League Premier Division club Hallam ...

Libor Sionko Libor Sionko (born 1 February 1977) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. At club level he started in his home town of Ostrava, playing for the youth teams of TJ Vítkovice and Baník Ostrava. Professionally, he ...

Chris Brunt Christopher Colin Brunt (born 14 December 1984) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and is the current West Bromwich Albion loan player manager. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders ...

Steven Davis Steven Davis (born 1 January 1985) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and captains the Northern Ireland national team. Davis made his full international debut in 2005 a ...

Jonny Evans Jonathan Grant Evans (born 3 January 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Leicester City and the Northern Ireland national team. Evans started his career at Manchester United and progressed th ...

* David Healy *

Gareth McAuley Gareth Gerald McAuley ( ; born 5 December 1979) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He represented Northern Ireland at senior international level, being capped on 80 occasions and scoring nine times ...

Paweł Brożek Paweł Łukasz Brożek (; born 21 April 1983) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Brozek previously represented various youth squads for Poland. He made his Poland national football team debut in 2005, scored over ...

Jakub Błaszczykowski Jakub Błaszczykowski (; born 14 December 1985), also known as Kuba, is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Wisła Kraków, businessman and Wisła Kraków's part owner. He started his professional football at Wisła Krakó ...

Michał Żewłakow Michał Ryszard Żewłakow (; born 22 April 1976) is a Polish former footballer who played as a defender. He captained the Poland national team and is its third most capped player ever. Besides Poland, he has played in Belgium, Greece, and Turk ...

Andy Selva Andy Selva (born 23 May 1976) is a Sammarinese former footballer and current manager of Tre Fiori. During his playing career he played as a forward and captained the San Marino national team, finishing his career as their record goal scorer ...

* Ľuboš Hanzel *

Filip Hološko Filip Hološko (; born 17 January 1984) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger. Club career Beşiktaş At the mid of 2007–08 season, he was transferred to Beşiktaş JK in exchange of the forward Burak ...

Erik Jendrišek Erik Jendrišek (born 26 October 1986) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward, plays for Slovak club MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš. Previously, he played for AS Trenčín. Club career Ružomberok Jendrišek was the best y ...

Miroslav Karhan Miroslav Karhan (born 21 June 1976) is a Slovak football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Karhan started and finished his career at Spartak Trnava; in between, he played in Spain, Turkey and Germany, where he spent ten seas ...

Peter Pekarík Peter Pekarík (; born 30 October 1986) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC and the Slovakia national team. Club career Žilina Pekarík, born in Žilina, began playing football at the y ...

Miroslav Stoch Miroslav Stoch (born 19 October 1989) is a Slovak professional footballer, who currently plays as a winger for Motorlet Prague and competed for the Slovakia national team. He has earned 60 caps for Slovakia since his debut in 2009, and was in ...

Martin Škrtel Martin Škrtel (born 15 December 1984) is a Slovak former professional footballer, a former player and captain of the Slovakia national team and Liverpool Football Club. Škrtel previously played for FK AS Trenčín and Zenit Saint Petersburg, ...

Andraž Kirm Andraž Kirm (born 6 September 1984) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Poland, the Netherlands, and Cyprus. Club career Slovenia Kirm started his career at Šmartno, and moved ...

* Dalibor Stevanovič *

Marko Šuler Marko Šuler (; born 9 March 1983) is a Slovenian retired football player who played as a centre-back. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Belgium, Israel, and Poland. International career Šuler earned his first cap for Slovenia in a friendly ...

Nejc Pečnik Nejc Pečnik (born 3 January 1986) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for Dravograd. Primarily an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a winger or forward. He represented Slovenia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Prior to that, ...

Radosavljević Radosavljević ( sr-cyr, Радосављевић) is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from ''Radoslav'' and ''Radosav''. It may refer to: * Aleksandar Radosavljević (footballer born 1979) * Aleksandar Radosavljević (footballer born 1982) ...

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Seweryn Gancarczyk Seweryn Daniel Gancarczyk (; born 22 November 1981) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He currently serves as an assistant coach for Górnik Łęczna. Career Gancarczyk started to play football in his early t ...

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Ján Ďurica Ján Ďurica (born 10 December 1981) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He worked as assistant manager of FC Petržalka. Club career Ďurica moved to FC Saturn Moscow Oblast after a highly successful U ...

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Attendances

References

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