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The European zone of qualification for the
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saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals in South Africa. The qualification process started on 20 August 2008, nearly two months after the end of UEFA Euro 2008, and ended on 18 November 2009. The qualification process saw the first competitive matches of Montenegro. Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, and
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qualified in the first round by winning their groups. France, Greece, Portugal, and Slovenia qualified via the second round play-offs.


Format

Teams were drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. The nine group winners qualified directly, while the best eight second-placed teams contested home and away play off matches for the remaining four places. In determining the best eight second placed teams, the results against teams finishing last in the six team groups were not counted for consistency between the five and six team groups.


Seeding

After initially proposing to use a similar system to recent World Cup and European Championship qualification (based on results across the previous two European qualification cycles), the UEFA Executive Committee decided on 27 September 2007 at its meeting in Istanbul that seeding for the qualifiers would be based on FIFA World Rankings, in accordance with the FIFA World Cup regulations (which note that where teams are ranked on "performance" criteria, the FIFA World Rankings must be used). The November 2007 FIFA World Ranking the most recent at the time of the preliminary draw and used to determine the groups. Initially scheduled for 21 November, FIFA moved the release date of the ranking to 23 November to include the final match days of Euro 2008 qualification. Teams in bold eventually qualified for the final tournament, teams in ''bold italic'' qualified for the final tournament through the play-offs, and teams in ''italic'' participated in the play-offs but did not qualify for the final tournament.


Draw

The draw for the group stage took place in Durban, South Africa on 25 November 2007. During the draw, teams were drawn from the six pots A to F (see above) into the nine groups below, starting with pot F, which filled position 6 in the groups, then continued with pot E filling position 5, pot D in position 4 and so on.


Summary

Table – top row: group winners, second row: group runners-up, third row: others. The winner of each group qualified for the
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together with winners of play-off. The play-offs took place between the eight best runners-up among all nine groups. The ninth group runner-up did not qualify.


First round


Group 1


Group 2


Group 3


Group 4


Group 5


Group 6


Group 7


Group 8


Group 9


Ranking of second placed teams

Because one group had one team fewer than the others, matches against the sixth placed team in each group were not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second placed table.


Second round

The UEFA second round (often referred to as the play off stage) was contested by the best eight runners up from the nine first round groups. The winners of each of four home and away ties joined the group winners in the World Cup finals in South Africa. Norway, with 10 points, was ranked 9th so failed to qualify for the second round.


Seeding and draw

The eight teams were seeded according to the FIFA World Rankings released on 16 October (shown in parentheses in the table below). The draw for the ties was held in Zürich on 19 October, with the top four teams seeded into one pot and the bottom four teams seeded into a second. A separate draw decided the host of the first leg.


Matches


Qualified teams

The following 13 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament. :
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Goalscorers

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Ildefons Lima Ildefons Lima Solà (born 10 December 1979) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Andorra B and the Andorra national team. He has played club football in Spain, Greece, Mexico, Italy, Switzerland and Andorra. At inter ...
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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 ...
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Óscar Sonejee Óscar Sonejee Masand (born 26 March 1976) is an Andorran former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He began his club career as a youth player with Sant Julià before playing for several teams based in Andorra, including three ...
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Robert Arzumanyan Robert Arzumanyan (also called Arzoumanian) ( hy, Ռոբերտ Արզումանյան, born 24 July 1985 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian former international footballer who played as a defender and current manager of FC Noah. Club car ...
* Gevorg Ghazaryan * Hovhannes Goharyan *
Sargis Hovsepyan Sargis Hovsepyan ( hy, Սարգիս Հովսեփյան; born on 2 November 1972) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Hovsepyan was the long-time captain of the Armenia national team. He participated in 133 ...
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Vahagn Minasyan Vahagn Minasyan ( hy, Վահագն Մինասյան, born 25 April 1985) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made 12 appearances scoring 1 goal for the Armenia national team after his debut in a UEFA Eur ...
* Henrik Mkhitaryan *
René Aufhauser René Aufhauser (born 21 June 1976) is an Austrian football coach and a former player. Career In the early part of his career he had stints at ASK Köflach, ASK Voitsberg and Red Bull Salzburg. It was at ASK Voitsberg was where his talent ...
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Andreas Ivanschitz Andreas Ivanschitz ( hr, Ivančić; born 15 October 1983) is an Austrian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. During the career, Ivanschitz played for Rapid Wien, Red Bull Salzburg, Panathinaikos, 1.FSV Mainz 05, Levante, ...
* Stefan Maierhofer *
Franz Schiemer Franz "Franky" Schiemer (born 21 March 1986, in Haag am Hausruck, Upper Austria) is a former Austrian footballer who played as a defender and was most recently assistant head coach of Leeds United. Career Club career He started his career in hi ...
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Martin Stranzl Martin Stranzl (born 16 June 1980) is an Austrian professional football coach and a former player who played as a defender. Club career Born in Güssing, Stranzl played for SV Güssing as a youth. In 1997, he earned a transfer to TSV 1860 Muni ...
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Roman Wallner Roman Wallner (born 4 February 1982) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a forward and manager. He is currently Salzburger AK 1914's manager. Club career Born in Graz, Styria, Wallner began his career with hometown St ...
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Maksim Bardachov Maksim Aleksandrovich Bordachyov ( be, Максім Аляксандравіч Бардачоў; russian: Максим Александрович Бордачёв; born 18 May 1986) is a Belarusian Association football, football Defender (associa ...
* Alexander Hleb *
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 ...
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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 Internatio ...
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Steven Defour Steven Arnold Defour (born 15 April 1988) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently manager of Mechelen. In his senior career he played for Genk, Standard Liège, Porto, Anderlecht, Burnley, Antwerp and ...
* Mousa Dembélé * Marouane Fellaini *
Gill Swerts Gill Toby Todor Swerts (born 23 September 1982) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Career Swerts was born in Brasschaat, Belgium and made his debut in professional football as part of the Excelsior squad in ...
* Daniel Van Buyten *
Zlatan Bajramović Zlatan Bajramović (; born 12 August 1979) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Bajramović spent all of his playing career in the country of his birth, Germany. After starting his career ...
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Sanel Jahić Sanel Jahić (born 10 December 1981) is a Bosnian football coach and former player who currently works as a coach in the youth team of Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar. Throughout his playing career, he was best known for being a uti ...
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Sejad Salihović Sejad Salihović (; born 8 October 1984) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim II. He spent most of his career playing for 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga. He also played for Hertha BSC, Beijing Renhe, St. ...
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Emir Spahić Emir Spahić (; born 18 August 1980) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. During his club career, he represented teams in his homeland, Croatia, Russia, France, Spain and Germany. He earned a total of 94 inte ...
* Stanislav Angelov *
Valeri Domovchiyski Valeri Angelov Domovchiyski ( bg, Валери Ангелов Домовчийски; born 5 October 1986) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Maritsa Plovdiv. Career Youth career Born in Plovdiv, Domovchiys ...
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Blagoy Georgiev Blagoy Zhorev Georgiev ( bg, Благой Жорев Георгиев; born 21 December 1981) is a Bulgarian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for teams such as PFC Slavia Sofia, Slavia Sofia, FC Ter ...
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Radostin Kishishev Radostin Prodanov Kishishev ( bg, Радостин Проданов Кишишев; born 30 July 1974) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who works as director of youth/U19 coach of Chernomorets 1919. Kishishev earned 88 caps for B ...
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Dimitar Makriev Dimitar Ivanov Makriev ( bg, Димитър Иванов Макриев; born 7 January 1984) is a Bulgarian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for FC Vihren Sandanski, Vihren Sandanski. Ca ...
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Stiliyan Petrov Stiliyan Alyoshev Petrov ( Bulgarian: Стилиян Альошев Петров, born 5 July 1979) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Petrov joined Celtic from CSKA Sofia in 1999, and won ten trophies in ...
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Ivelin Popov Ivelin Ivanov Popov ( bg, Ивелин Иванов Попов; born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Levski Sofia. Club career Youth career Born in Sofia, Popov started to play ...
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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 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 * Ognjen Vukojević * Demetris Christofi * Marios Elia * Konstantinos Makrides *
Ioannis Okkas Ioannis "Giannis" Okkas (Greek: Ιωάννης «Γιάννης» Οκκάς; born 11 February 1977) is a retired Cypriot striker and a football manager. He was also the captain of the National Team of Cyprus for many years and he is the 2nd ...
* Martin Fenin *
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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
* Thomas Kahlenberg * Morten Nordstrand *
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 ...
* Gareth Barry * Rio Ferdinand * Emile Heskey * John Terry *
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 ...
* Andres Oper * Raio Piiroja *
Sander Puri Sander Puri (born 7 May 1988) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Meistriliiga club Tartu Tammeka and the Estonia national team. Club career Levadia Puri was born in Tartu, Tartu County. In 2005, at the age of ...
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Vladimir Voskoboinikov Vladimir Voskoboinikov (born 2 February 1983) is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Club career Voskoboinikov began his career at Puuma in Estonia where he played from 1991 until 2000. At the age of 1 ...
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Egil á Bø Egil á Bø (born 2 April 1974, né Egil Zachariasen) is a Faroese football defender who plays for EB/Streymur and the Faroe Islands national football team. Bø scored his first goal for the national team in a 3-1 defeat in Piatra Neamţ to R ...
* Arnbjørn Hansen *
Bogi Løkin Bogi Løkin (born 22 October 1988) is a Faroese footballer and former poet who plays for Faroese club ÍF Fuglafjørður. Bogi Løkin is the son of former Faroese international midfielder Abraham Løkin, who is the former coach of ÍF Fuglaf ...
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Andreas Lava Olsen Andreas Lava Olsen (born 9 October 1987) is a Faroese international footballer who plays for Víkingur Gøta. From 2011 to 2013 he played for Boldklubben Frem in the Danish 1st Division while living in Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Chr ...
* Súni Olsen *
Shefki Kuqi Shefki Kuqi (pronounced ; born 10 November 1976) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played predominantly as a striker. He spent most of his career in the English football league system, for clubs including Newcastle United, Sheffi ...
* Jari Litmanen * Niklas Moisander *
Roni Porokara Roni Porokara (born 12 December 1983) is a Finnish former international footballer. Club career FC Hämeenlinna On 15 May 2003, at age 19, Roni Porokara made his league debut in a match between FC Hämeenlinna and KuPS. During his two-ye ...
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Daniel Sjölund Henrik Daniel "Daja" Sjölund (born 22 April 1983) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for his stints with Djurgårdens IF and IFK Norrköping. He won 37 caps for the Finland national team. Career ...
* Hannu Tihinen *
Mika Väyrynen Mika Väyrynen (born 28 December 1981) is a Swedish-born Finnish former footballer. Club career Early career Väyrynen started his career with FC Lahti and joined FC Jokerit for the 2001 season. Heerenveen Midway through that year SC Heerenv ...
* Yoann Gourcuff * Sidney Govou *
Alexander Iashvili Alexandr Iashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე მამულის ძე იაშვილი; born 23 October 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early years Born in Tbilisi, Ia ...
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Levan Kenia Levan Kenia ( ka, ლევან ყენია; born 18 October 1990) is a Georgia (country), Georgian professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German club KFC Uerdingen 05, KFC Uerdingen. Club ca ...
* Thomas Hitzlsperger * Marcell Jansen *
Simon Rolfes Simon Rolfes (born 21 January 1982) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Early career Rolfes started his career at Werder Bremen after progressing through their academy. During the 2000 ...
* Piotr Trochowski * Heiko Westermann * Kostas Katsouranis * Ákos Buzsáky *
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 ...
* Szabolcs Huszti *
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 ...
* Veigar Páll Gunnarsson * Heiðar Helguson * Indriði Sigurðsson * Kristján Örn Sigurðsson *
Sean St Ledger Sean Patrick St Ledger-Hall (born 28 December 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in England, he played international football for the Republic of Ireland. He was part of the team that lost controversially ...
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Aviram Baruchyan Aviram Baruchyan ( he, אבירם ברוכיאן; born March 20, 1985) is an Israeli professional football player who currently plays for Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem. Career He has been playing for Beitar Jerusalem since Youth level. In the 2 ...
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David Ben Dayan David "Dedi" Ben Dayan ( he, דוד "דדי" בן דיין; born November 22, 1978) is a retired Israeli football defender. Biography Playing career Ben Dayan started his career at Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he saw limited action over the span ...
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Salim Tuama Salim Tuama ( ar, سليم طعمه, he, סלים טועמה; born August 9, 1979) is an Palestinian, Arab-Israeli association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C., Maccabi Sha'arayim. His former clubs incl ...
* Mauro Camoranesi *
Fabio Grosso Fabio Grosso (; born 28 November 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer and current manager of Frosinone Calcio. After playing for several smaller Italian clubs, such as Renato Curi, Chieti and Perugia, he made his breakthrough dur ...
* Giampaolo Pazzini * Andrea Pirlo *
Rinat Abdulin Renat Footovich Abdulin (russian: Ренат Фоотович Абдулин; born 14 April 1982) is a Kazakh retired footballer. Career Abdulin has previously played for Kairat Almaty. On 15 June 2017, Abdulin moved from FC Ordabasy to FC O ...
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Ruslan Baltiev Ruslan Takhiruly Baltiyev ( kk, Рұслан Тахирұлы Балтиев, ''Rūslan Tahirūly Baltiev''; born 16 September 1978) is a retired Kazakh football midfielder. He is a former Kazakh international, whom he is the top goalscorer. ...
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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 *
Roman Uzdenov Roman Mukhadinovich Uzdenov (russian: Роман Мухадинович Узденов; born 10 March 1979) is a Kazakh football coach and a former forward. He also holds Russian citizenship. He also has caps in the Kazakhstan national football ...
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Kaspars Gorkšs Kaspars Gorkšs (born 6 November 1981) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Gorkšs was also the captain of the Latvian national team. From 2018 to 2019 Gorkšs served as president of the Latvian Football Feder ...
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Kristaps Grebis Kristaps Grebis (born 13 December 1980 in Liepāja) is a retired Latvian footballer. Club career Grebis started his professional career in 2000 with FK Liepājas Metalurgs. Making 7 appearances and scoring one goal in his first season, he later ...
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Deniss Ivanovs Deniss Ivanovs (born 11 January 1984) is a retired Latvian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Liepāja, Ivanovs played in the youth team of local club Liepājas Metalurgs. Making his senior team debut in 2001, he played ...
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Vladimirs Koļesņičenko Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (russian: Влади́мир Колесниче́нко; born 4 May 1980 in Riga) is a retired Latvian Russian footballer and the former chairman of Latvian Higher League club Skonto Riga. Career Club career Being a ...
* Andrejs Perepļotkins * Aleksejs Višņakovs *
Jurijs Žigajevs Jurijs Žigajevs (born 14 November 1985) is a Latvian former football player who made 31 appearances for the Latvia national team. Club career Born in the then Leningrad, Russia Žigajevs moved to Latvia at a young age. In his youth he played ...
* Mario Frick *
Michele Polverino Michele Polverino (born 26 September 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Switzerland, he made 79 appearances for the Liechtenstein national team scoring six goals. Club career FC Schaan Polverino ...
* Saulius Mikoliūnas *
Alphonse Leweck Alphonse Leweck (born 16 December 1981) is a Luxembourgian former footballer who played as a right winger. He was a member of the Luxembourg national team. He is the elder brother of Charles Leweck and Jim Leweck. Club career As a midfielder, ...
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René Peters René Peters (born 15 June 1981) is a former Luxembourgish football (soccer), football player who currently manages US Hostert. He was captain of the Luxembourg national football team, national team during his playing days. Club career Peters w ...
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Jeff Strasser Jeff Strasser (born 5 October 1974) is a Luxembourgish former professional football player and the current manager of Progrès Niederkorn. Club career As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a ...
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Boban Grnčarov Boban Grncharov ( mk, Бобан Грнчаров; born 12 August 1982) is a Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian retired Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), central defender. Club career OFK Beograd ...
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Filip Ivanovski Filip Ivanovski ( mk, Филип Ивановски, born 1 May 1985) is a footballer from Macedonia who currently assistant coach for Macedonian club Vardar. Club career Ivanovski made his name in Poland with Polonia Warsaw and on 11 March 200 ...
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Ilčo Naumoski Ilčo Naumoski ( mk, Илчо Наумоски) (born 29 July 1983 in Prilep) is a Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian football (soccer), football player currently playing as a striker for FK Vardar in Republic of Macedonia, Macedonia. He has spen ...
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Goran Pandev Goran Pandev ( mk, Горан Пандев, ; born 27 July 1983) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. After establishing himself at Lazio, Pandev moved to Inter Milan in early 2010. While playing for the ''Ne ...
* Aco Stojkov *
Serghei Alexeev Serghei Alexeev (born 31 May 1986) is a Moldovan Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward. He also holds Russian citizenship as Sergei Viktorovich Alekseyev (russian: Сергей Викторови ...
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Valeriu Andronic Valeriu Andronic (born 21 December 1982) is a Moldovan football manager and a former player. Career Andronic started his career at capital club before cross border to join FC Dinamo București. In summer 2002, he joined MTK Hungária FC on a ...
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Denis Calincov Denis Calincov (born 15 September 1985) is a Moldovan Manager (association football), football manager and former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He has played international ...
* Gheorghe Ovseannicov *
Igor Picușceac Igor Picușceac (born 27 March 1983) is a Moldovan football coach and a former player who played as a striker. International career Picușceac scored his first goal for Moldova in a 2–1 defeat to Israel in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier ...
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Veaceslav Sofroni Veaceslav Sofroni (born 30 April 1984) is a retired Moldovan professional football player and current head coach of Spartanii Selemet. Career Coaching career In the summer 2018, Sofroni was appointed player-coach of Spartanii Selemet. He left ...
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Radoslav Batak Radoslav Batak ( sr-Cyrl, Радослав Батак; born 15 August 1977) is a Montenegrin professional football manager and a former player who played as a defender. Club career Born in Novi Sad, Batak started out at Metalac Futog in 1989, ...
* Andrija Delibašić * Eljero Elia * John Heitinga * Nigel de Jong * Joris Mathijsen * André Ooijer * Robin van Persie * Arjen Robben *
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 ...
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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 * 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 ...
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Thorstein Helstad Thorstein Helstad (born 28 April 1977) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Helstad was born in Hamar, and started his career in his local club FL Fart where he at age 16 scored two goals against Løt ...
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Erik Huseklepp Erik André Huseklepp (born 5 September 1984) is a Norwegian professional football coach and former player who is currently assistant coach at Brann. A former forward, he previously played for Fyllingen and Brann in Norway, for Bari in Ital ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
* Deco * Edinho * Raul Meireles * Pepe *
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 ...
* Iulian Apostol *
Răzvan Cociș Răzvan Vasile Cociș (; born 19 February 1983) is a Romanian former footballer. He was usually an attacking midfielder but could play in a variety of other midfield positions as well as up-front. He was also well known for his close control. C ...
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Dorin Goian Dorin Nicolae Goian (born 12 December 1980) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player. He is currently the manager of Liga III side Foresta Suceava. Club career Early years (1997–2005) In 1997, he signed for Fore ...
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Ionuț Mazilu Ionuț Costinel Mazilu (born 9 February 1982) is a Romanian former footballer, currently a manager. He is known in Romania for his sharp finishing, pace and technique. Career Club Mazilu started his career at Sportul Studențesc in 1999. In th ...
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Florentin Petre Florentin Petre (born 15 January 1976) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. Club career Born in Bucharest, Petre started playing football at the youth center of Dinamo București, playing his first Divizia A match for ...
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Dorel Stoica Dorel Stoica (born 15 December 1978, in Drobeta-Turnu Severin) is a Romanian professional footballer. He manages and plays for Tractorul Cetate. Club career He started his career with Extensiv Craiova in 2003. A year later, he moved to FC Cara ...
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Cristian Tănase Cristian Tănase (; born 18 February 1987) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger or an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. He spent most of his years in Romania wi ...
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Vasili Berezutski Vasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski (; born 20 June 1982) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 with Torpedo Moscow, having graduated from their famed a ...
* Sergei Ignashevich *
Pavel Pogrebnyak Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak (russian: Па́вел Ви́кторович Погребня́к ; born 8 November 1983) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Moscow, Pogrebnyak began his career at Spart ...
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Igor Semshov Igor Petrovich Semshov (russian: Игорь Петрович Семшов; born 6 April 1978) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Chayka Peschanokopskoye. Career Semshov graduated from the CSK ...
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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 ...
* Kirk Broadfoot *
Scott Brown Scott Brown may refer to: Sportsmen *Scott Brown (American football), American college football coach of Kentucky State * Scott Brown (baseball) (born 1956), former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds *Scott Brown (footballer, bor ...
* Steven Fletcher *
Ross McCormack Ross McCormack (born 18 August 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Aldershot Town. McCormack started his career with Scottish Premier League club Rangers in 2002, where he made few appearance ...
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Zdravko Kuzmanović Zdravko Kuzmanović ( sr-Cyrl, Здравко Кузмановић, ; born 22 September 1987) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defensive or central midfielder. He last played for FC Basel. He represented Serbia in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. ...
* Ivan Obradović *
Marko Pantelić Marko Pantelić ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Пантелић, ; born 15 September 1978) is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a striker. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early years As Pantelić was coming up thr ...
* Neven Subotić *
Zoran Tošić Zoran Tošić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Тошић, ; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club Lamia. He has built a reputation as a free-kick specialist and a tricky dribbler. Toši ...
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Ľuboš Hanzel Ľuboš Hanzel (born 7 May 1987) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a left-back for Austrian lower division club FC Illmitz. Club career Hanzel began his career in Spartak Trnava. In January 2008, he was loaned to Senec where he played eleve ...
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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 ...
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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 *
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 ...
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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, ...
* Miroslav Stoch * Andraž Kirm * Aleksandar Radosavljević *
Dalibor Stevanović Dalibor Stevanović (born 27 September 1984) is a retired Slovenian professional footballer who last played for FC Stade Nyonnais and who is an assistant head coach Swiss Challenge League of Stade Lausanne Ouchy. Career In January 2009, Stevan ...
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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 ...
* Xabi Alonso *
Joan Capdevila Joan Capdevila Méndez (; born 3 February 1978) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left back. Over 15 seasons in La Liga, he amassed totals of 410 matches and 36 goals, mainly for Deportivo and Villarreal. In a 21-y ...
* Santi Cazorla * Andrés Iniesta * Juanito *
Carles Puyol Carles Puyol Saforcada (, ; born 13 April 1978) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played his entire career for Barcelona. He mainly played as a central defender, but he could also play in either full-back position, mostly as a ri ...
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Albert Riera Albert Riera Ortega (born 15 April 1982) is a Spanish former footballer who played as left winger but also as a left-back, currently manager of Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana. He made a name for himself at Espanyol (with whom he won a Copa ...
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Marcos Senna Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva (born 17 July 1976), known as Senna, is a retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He was mainly known for his passing range and long-range shooting and was also a penalty specialist. H ...
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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, ...
* Anders Svensson *
Eren Derdiyok Eren Derdiyok (born 12 June 1988) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is a former Swiss international. Early life Derdiyok was born in Basel, Switzerland, into a Kurdish family from Turkey. He also holds Turkish citiz ...
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Gélson Fernandes Gelson da Conceição Tavares Fernandes (born 2 September 1986) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career FC Sion Fernandes started his football career at FC Sion when he first joined the club ...
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Stéphane Grichting Stéphane Grichting (born 30 March 1979 in Sierre) is a Swiss former professional football defender. He earned 36 caps for the Swiss national team, and was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup squads. He was in the sq ...
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Benjamin Huggel Benjamin "Beni" Huggel (born 7 July 1977) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League and for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga. He won a total of twelve titles with Basel, seven League Cha ...
* Marco Padalino *
Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin ( tr, Hakan Yakın; born 22 February 1977) is a Swiss football coach and a former player who played as a forward or midfielder. He is the manager of Schaffhausen. He was a member of the Swiss national team for eleven years. Early a ...
* Halil Altıntop *
Mevlüt Erdinç Mevlüt Erdinç (surname spelt Erding in France; born 25 February 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France to Turkish parents, he spent most of his career in his country of birth, recording 295 games and ...
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Sercan Yıldırım Sercan Yıldırım (, born 5 April 1990) is a Turkish former football player who played as a forward. Club career Bursaspor Yıldırım started his career at Bursaspor. He broke into the first team in the 2007–2008 season, making his leagu ...
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Servet Çetin Servet Çetin (born 17 March 1981) is a Turkish footballer who last played for Mersin Idmanyurdu in the Süper Lig. He received the nickname ''Ayıboğan'' which literally means; ''a man who could choke a bear'', due to his height and strength. ...
* Oleksiy Gai * Oleh Husyev * Yaroslav Rakytskiy * Craig Bellamy *
James Collins James, Jim, Jimmy, or Jamie Collins may refer to: Sports Association football * Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1900), Scottish footballer * Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1895), Scottish footballer * Jimmy Collins (footballer, born ...
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Joe Ledley Joseph Christopher Ledley (born 23 January 1987) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He started his career with then Championship side Cardiff City where he spent six years. He helped the club to the F ...
* Aaron Ramsey * David Vaughan * Sam Vokes ;1 own goal *
Ildefons Lima Ildefons Lima Solà (born 10 December 1979) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Andorra B and the Andorra national team. He has played club football in Spain, Greece, Mexico, Italy, Switzerland and Andorra. At inter ...
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Jón Rói Jacobsen Jón Rói Jacobsen (born 7 April 1983) is a former Faroese football defender. Club career Once hailed as Faroese most promising football talent, Jacobsen started his career as a striker for HB Torshavn, scoring 12 goals in the 2002 league s ...
(playing against Serbia) * Veli Lampi (playing against Russia) * Petri Pasanen (playing against Russia) * Julien Escudé (playing against Romania) *
Avraam Papadopoulos Avraam Papadopoulos ( el, Αβραάμ Παπαδόπουλος; born 3 December 1984) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Greek parents. Club career Aris Papadopoulos ...
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Kevin Kilbane Kevin Daniel Kilbane (; born 1 February 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger or full back. Kilbane won 110 caps for the Republic of Ireland national team, fourth behind only Robbie Keane, Shay Given and John O' ...
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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 England) * Mario Frick (playing against Wales) * Ian Azzopardi (playing against
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Brian Said Brian Said (born 15 May 1973 in Valletta, Malta) is a professional footballer currently managing Maltese First Division side St. Andrews, and captain of the Luxol St Andrew's Veteran Team, where he plays as a defender. Brian is tall and strong ...
(playing against Portugal) * Seweryn Gancarczyk (playing against Slovakia) *
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 ...
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Dorel Stoica Dorel Stoica (born 15 December 1978, in Drobeta-Turnu Severin) is a Romanian professional footballer. He manages and plays for Tractorul Cetate. Club career He started his career with Extensiv Craiova in 2003. A year later, he moved to FC Cara ...
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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 ...
(playing against Northern Ireland) * Ashley Williams (playing against Germany) ;2 own goals *
Kakha Kaladze Kakhaber "Kakha" Kaladze ( ka, კახაბერ (კახა) კალაძე, ; born 27 February 1978) is a Georgian politician and former footballer who serves as the Mayor of Tbilisi since November 2017. A versatile player, he was c ...
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References


External links


European Zone
at FIFA.com
UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores
at Scoreshelf.com {{FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifiers UEFA FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Qual The use of the term Prelim (short for preliminary examination) generally refers to an examination that qualifies a student to continue studies at a higher level, and/or allow the student to comprehend their studies and see how prepared they ar ...