The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a

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qualifying group for the

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. The group comprised

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Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

and

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. 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

Matches

The fixture list was determined on 14 January 2008 in

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

Notes

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 3.56 goals per game. ;9 goals *

Wayne Rooney Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of Major League Soccer club D.C. United in the United States. He spent much of his playing career as a forward while als ...

;6 goals *

Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politici ...

;5 goals *

Timofei Kalachev Timofey Sergeyevich Kalachyov ( be, Цімафей Сяргеевіч Калачоў; russian: Тимофей Сергеевич Калачёв; born 1 May 1981) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistan ...

Serhiy Nazarenko Serhiy Yuriyovych Nazarenko (born 16 February 1980) is a Ukrainian amateur footballer who plays for AM-Estate Dnipro. He is known for having played as a midfielder for now-defunct Ukrainian football club Dnipro, its farm clubs Dnipro-2 and Dni ...

;4 goals *

Peter Crouch Peter James Crouch (born 30 January 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped 42 times by the England national team between 2005 and 2010, scoring 22 goals for his country during that time, and ...

Frank Lampard Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Everton. He is widely regarded as one of Chelsea’s greatest ever players, and one of the greatest midfielder ...

;3 goals *

Eduardo Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footbal ...

Luka Modrić Luka Modrić (; born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the Croatia national team. He plays mainly as a central midfielder, but can also play as an attack ...

Ivica Olić Ivica Olić (; born 14 September 1979) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is an assistant coach of the Croatia national team. During his career, he played for German Bundesliga clubs such as Hamburger SV, VfL Wolf ...

Ivan Rakitić Ivan Rakitić (; born 10 March 1988) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Sevilla. Rakitić started his professional career at Basel and spent two seasons with them before he was s ...

Jermain Defoe Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He also played for the England national team. Defoe began his career with Charlton Athletic, joining their youth team aged 14, be ...

Steven Gerrard Steven George Gerrard (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player, who most recently managed club Aston Villa. Described by pundits and fellow professionals as one of his generation's greatest players, Ge ...

Theo Walcott Theo James Walcott (born 16 March 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Southampton and previously for the English national team. Walcott is a product of the Southampton Academy and started his career with ...

* Sergey Khizhnichenko * Sergei Ostapenko ;2 goals * Gennadi Bliznyuk *

Sergei Kornilenko Sergei Aleksandrovich Kornilenko ( be, Сяргей Аляксандравіч Карніленка; russian: Сергей Александрович Корниленко; born 14 June 1983) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a for ...

Vitali Rodionov Vital Viktaravich Radzivonaw ( be, Віталь Віктаравіч Радзівонаў; russian: Виталий Родионов; born 11 December 1983) is a Belarusian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most o ...

Dmitry Verkhovtsov Dzmitry Mikalayevich Verkhawtsow ( be, Дзмiтрый Мікалаевіч Верхаўцоў, russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Верховцов; born 10 October 1986) is a Belarusian football coach and a former international. He ...

Mladen Petrić Mladen Petrić (; born 1 January 1981) is a retired Croatian professional footballer who played as a forward or striker. During his career, he played for Grasshopper, Basel, Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, Fulham, West Ham United and Pana ...

Joe Cole Joseph John Cole (born 8 November 1981) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger in the Premier League, Ligue 1, League One and United Soccer League. He is regarded as one ...

Artem Milevskyi Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi ( uk, Артем Володимирович Мілевський, be, Арцём Уладзіміравіч Мілеўскі; born 12 January 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a se ...

Yevhen Seleznyov Yevhen Oleksandrovych Seleznyov ( uk, Євген Олександрович Селезньов; born 20 July 1985) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Mynai. He previously played three spells at Shakhtar Donetsk, ...

Andriy Yarmolenko Andriy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Ярмоленко; born 23 October 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Emirati UAE Pro League club Al Ain and captains the ...

;1 goal * Ildefons Lima *

Marc Pujol Marc Pujol Pons (born 21 August 1982) is an Andorran Association football, footballer. He currently plays for Atlètic Club d'Escaldes, AC Escaldes in Andorra's Primera Divisió and the Andorra national football team. Pujol has played 115 times ...

* Oscar Sonejee * Maksim Bardachov *

Alexander Hleb Aliaksandr Paulavich Hleb ( be, Аляксандр Паўлавіч Глеб, ; russian: Александр Павлович Глеб; born 1 May 1981), commonly referred to in English as Alexander Hleb, is a Belarusian former professional foot ...

Vyacheslav Hleb Vyacheslav Paulavich Hleb ( be, Вячаслаў Паўлавіч Глеб; ; russian: link=no, Вячеслав Павлович Глеб; born 12 February 1983) is a Belarusian former footballer, who played as a midfielder or forward. Club car ...

Leonid Kovel Leanid Kovel ( be, Леанід Леанідавіч Ковель, russian: Леонид Ковель; born 29 July 1986) is a Belarusian football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Smorgon. Career Before coming to Satur ...

* Pavel Sitko *

Ihar Stasevich Ihar Mikalayevich Stasevich ( be, Ігар Стасевіч; russian: Игорь Стасевич; born 21 October 1985) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Atyrau. International career Internationa ...

Ivan Klasnić Ivan Klasnić (; born 29 January 1980) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his career with local side FC St. Pauli, and moved to Werder Bremen in 2001 after helping his previous team to promotion to th ...

Niko Kovač Niko Kovač (; born 15 October 1971) is a Croatian professional football coach and former player. He is currently the manager of Bundesliga club VFL Wolfsburg. Kovač was the long-standing captain of the Croatia national team until his retire ...

Niko Kranjčar Niko Kranjčar (; born 13 August 1984) is a Croatian former professional footballer. He primarily played as an attacking midfielder, but could also operate as a winger or second striker. As of 5 May 2021, he works as an assistant to Josip Šimu ...

Mario Mandžukić Mario Mandžukić (; born 21 May 1986) is a Croatian football coach and a former player who is an assistant coach of the Croatia national team. As a player, he played as a forward and became known for his aggressiveness, defensive contribution ...

Ognjen Vukojević Ognjen Vukojević (born 20 December 1983) is a Croatian football manager and former professional player. He is currently the manager of the Croatia national under-20 team, an assistant manager of Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv, and a ...

Gareth Barry Gareth Barry (born 23 February 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 653 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Bromwich Albion, the highest number of ap ...

Rio Ferdinand Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and is now a television pundit for BT Sport. He played 81 times for the England national team between 1997 and 2011, and was ...

Emile Heskey Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey (born 11 January 1978) is an English former professional footballer who currently serves as head of football development of Leicester City Women. Playing as a striker, he made more than 500 appearances in the Foo ...

John Terry John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He was previously captain of Chelsea, the England national team and Aston Villa. He was most recently the assi ...

Shaun Wright-Phillips Shaun Cameron Wright-Phillips (born 25 October 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He played in the Premier League and Football League for Manchester City, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers, in Major L ...

* Rinat Abdulin * Ruslan Baltiyev *

Zhambyl Kukeyev Zhambyl Kukeyev ( kk, Жамбыл Көкеев; russian: Жамбыл Кукеев; born 20 September 1988) is a Kazakh footballer. Career Club In March 2014, Kukeyev was ruled out for the foreseeable future after picking up an injury during ...

Tanat Nusserbayev Tanat Akimzhanuly Nuserbayev ( kk, Таңат Әкімжанұлы Нөсербаев, ''Tañat Äkımjanūly Nöserbaev''; born 1 January 1987) is a Kazakh footballer who plays as a right winger or as a forward for FC Turan, and the Kazakhs ...

* Roman Uzdenov *

Oleksiy Gai Oleksiy Anatoliyovych Hay ( uk, Олексій Анатолійович Гай; born 6 November 1982) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer . He is currently an assistant manager at Chornomorets Odesa. Career He made a political stat ...

Oleh Husyev Oleh Anatoliiovych Husiev ( uk, Олег Анатолійович Гусєв; born 25 April 1983) is a retired Ukrainian football midfielder who played for FC Dynamo Kyiv. He mainly played as a right midfielder or a right-back. He made over ...

* Yaroslav Rakytskiy ;1 own goal * Ildefons Lima (playing against

) *

Aleksandr Kuchma Alexander Kuchma (russian: Александр Кучма; born 9 December 1980) is a former Kazakhstan, Kazakh Association football, football defender (association football), defender. Career In December 2014, Kuchma left FC Taraz. Career stat ...

(playing against

)

Attendances

References

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