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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

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, and ended on 18 November 2009. The qualification process saw the first competitive matches of

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, and Switzerland qualified in the first round by winning their groups.

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, and

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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

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, 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

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, 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

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

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. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

² Competed as

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. A separate team for

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also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in

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³ From 1930 to 1998,

competed as

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, while in 2006 as

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Goalscorers

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, who scored ten goals. Note: Goals scored in the

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are included. ;10 goals *

;9 goals *

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Álvaro Negredo Álvaro Negredo Sánchez (; born 20 August 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cádiz as a striker. Nicknamed ''La fiera de Vallecas'' (The beast of Vallecas), he has played for Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid B, Almería, ...

* Marcus Berg *

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 sh ...

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 ...

Philippe Senderos Philippe Sylvain Senderos (born 14 February 1985) is a Swiss retired professional footballer who played as a defender. Senderos began his career at Servette, before moving to England as a teenager with Arsenal. He made 116 appearances over s ...

* Arda Turan *

Emre Belözoğlu Emre Belözoğlu (, born 7 September 1980) is a Turkish former professional footballer and manager who is currently serving as the manager of İstanbul Başakşehir. During his playing career, he played as a midfielder. He was named in the FIF ...

Semih Şentürk Semih Şentürk (born 29 April 1983) is a Turkish former international footballer who played as a striker. He has spent most of his club career at Fenerbahçe where he played between 1999 and 2014, winning 5 Süper Lig and 2 Turkish Cup tit ...

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 ...

* Yevhen Seleznyov *

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 t ...

* David Edwards ;1 goal * Armend Dallku *

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 ...

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 compa ...

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 ...

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

* Óscar Sonejee * Robert Arzumanyan * Gevorg Ghazaryan *

Hovhannes Goharyan Hovhannes Goharyan ( hy, Հովհաննես Գոհարյան, born 18 March 1988) is a retired Armenian footballer and current manager. He last played for the Armenian Premier League club Ulisses FC in 2015. Career Goharyan made his debut for ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Andreas Ivanschitz * Stefan Maierhofer * Franz Schiemer * Martin Stranzl *

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 ...

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 * Leonid Kovel *

Pavel Sitko Pavel Valeryevich Sitko ( be, Павел Сітко; russian: Павел Ситко; born 17 December 1985) is a Belarusian former international football midfielder. Career He has played for the Belarus national team from 2008 till 2013. Sitk ...

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 ...

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 * 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 caree ...

Vedad Ibišević Vedad Ibišević (; born 6 August 1984) is a Bosnian former professional Football player, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He is currently assistant head coach of Hertha BSC. Ibišević started his professional ...

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 ...

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. G ...

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 * Blagoy Georgiev *

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Ivan Klasnić * Niko Kovač * Niko Kranjčar *

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 contributio ...

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 ...

* Demetris Christofi * Marios Elia *

Konstantinos Makrides Constantinos Makrides ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Μακρίδης; born 13 January 1982) is a Cypriot international footballer who plays for Apollon Limassol as a central midfielder. Club career Apollon Makrides started playing football a ...

* Ioannis Okkas * Martin Fenin * Marek Jankulovski *

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 i ...

* Jaroslav Plašil * Zdeněk Pospěch *

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 ...

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 ...

* Leon Andreasen * Daniel Jensen * Thomas Kahlenberg *

Morten Nordstrand Morten Nordstrand Nielsen (; born 8 June 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer, who played as a striker. He is currently the assistant coach of F.C. Copenhagen U17. He has played eight times for the Denmark national football team. C ...

* Jakob Poulsen * Gareth Barry *

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 wa ...

* Emile Heskey *

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 ...

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 Leagu ...

Andres Oper Andres Oper (born 7 November 1977) is an Estonian football coach and former professional player. He is currently an assistant manager of Estonia national team. Oper played as a forward for Lelle, Flora, Tervis Pärnu, AaB, Torpedo Moscow, ...

* Raio Piiroja * Sander Puri *

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 ...

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 ...

* 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 Fug ...

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 *

Jari Litmanen Jari Olavi Litmanen (; born 20 February 1971) is a Finnish former footballer. He was the first-choice captain of the Finland national team between 1996 and 2008 in an international career that ran from 1989 to 2010. Litmanen is widely considere ...

* 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-yea ...

* Daniel Sjölund * 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, ...

Levan Kenia Levan Kenia ( ka, ლევან ყენია; born 18 October 1990) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German club KFC Uerdingen. Club career Kenia joined Schalke 04 from Lokomotivi Tbilisi in J ...

Thomas Hitzlsperger Thomas Hitzlsperger (born 5 April 1982) is a German director of football and former footballer who played as a midfielder. In February 2019, he was appointed Head of Sport of VfB Stuttgart and was subsequently promoted to CEO. In March 2022, he ...

* 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 20 ...

* 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 ...

* Tamás Hajnal * Szabolcs Huszti * Gergely Rudolf * 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 ...

* Aviram Baruchyan *

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 ...

Klemi Saban Klemi Saban, ( he, רחמים סבן; born February 17, 1980), is a retired Israeli football defender. Saban is mostly known for playing at Maccabi Netanya, there he played 6 years, captained the club and won over 200 caps in all club competi ...

* Salim Tuama *

Mauro Camoranesi Mauro Germán Camoranesi Serra (, ; born 4 October 1976) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a right midfielder or right winger. Camoranesi began his career in Argentina in 1995, where he played for Aldosivi and B ...

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 du ...

Giampaolo Pazzini Giampaolo Pazzini (; born 2 August 1984), nicknamed ''Il Pazzo'' ("The Madman") after his surname, is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career in Serie A with Atalanta, Fiorentina, Sampdoria ...

Andrea Pirlo Andrea Pirlo (; born 19 May 1979) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is head coach of Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük. Considered one of the best deep-lying playmakers ever, Pirlo was renowned for his vision ...

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 ...

* Ruslan Baltiev *

Zhambyl Kukeyev Zhambyl Kukeyev ( kk, Жамбыл Көкеев; russian: Жамбыл Кукеев; born 20 September 1988) is a Kazakh Kazakh, Qazaq or Kazakhstani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Kazakhstan *Kazakhs, an ethnic group *Kazakh ...

* 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 ...

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 Fed ...

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 lat ...

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 ...

* Vladimirs Koļesņičenko *

Andrejs Perepļotkins Andrejs Perepļotkins ( uk, Андрій Ігорович Перепльоткін, ''Andriy Igorovych Pereplyotkin''; born 27 December 1984) is a Ukrainian born Latvian footballer, who plays primarily as a right winger for SK Super Nova. Alt ...

* 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, ...

* René Peters * Jeff Strasser * Boban Grnčarov *

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 ...

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 ...

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 ''N ...

* Aco Stojkov *

Serghei Alexeev Serghei Alexeev (born 31 May 1986) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a forward. He also holds Russian citizenship as Sergei Viktorovich Alekseyev (russian: Сергей Викторович Алексеев). Career On 3 March 2009, Norwegi ...

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 ...

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 Gheorghe Ovseannicov (born 12 October 1985) is a Moldovan professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Radoslav Batak *

Andrija Delibašić Andrija Delibašić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Делибашић, ; born 24 April 1981) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker. After starting out at Partizan he went on to spend most of his career in Sp ...

* Eljero Elia * John Heitinga * Nigel de Jong * Joris Mathijsen *

André Ooijer André Antonius Maria Ooijer (born 11 July 1974) is a former Dutch footballer who played as a defender. He played his last professional game for Ajax against Vitesse on 6 May 2012. In an international career lasting over a decade with the Ne ...

Robin van Persie Robin van Persie (; born 6 August 1983) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, Van Persie was known for his excellent technique and ball con ...

Arjen Robben Arjen Robben (; born 23 January 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger. He was known for his dribbling skills, speed, ball control and long-range shots. Robben is regarded as one of the best players of his gen ...

* Chris Brunt *

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 an ...

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 *

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 Lø ...

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 Italy, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

* 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 w ...

* 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. ...

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 ...

* Ionuț Mazilu * Florentin Petre *

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 ...

* Cristian Tănase * Vasili Berezutski * 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 Spartak ...

* Igor Semshov *

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 * Steven Fletcher * Ross McCormack * Zdravko Kuzmanović * 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 *

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 ...

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 *

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 th ...

* Martin Škrtel * Miroslav Stoch * Andraž Kirm * Aleksandar Radosavljević (footballer, born 1979), Aleksandar Radosavljević * Dalibor Stevanović * Marko Šuler * Xabi Alonso * Joan Capdevila * Santi Cazorla * Andrés Iniesta * Juanito (footballer, born 1976), Juanito * Carles Puyol * Albert Riera * Marcos Senna * Samuel Holmén * Daniel Majstorović * Anders Svensson (footballer, born 1976), Anders Svensson * Eren Derdiyok * Gélson Fernandes * Stéphane Grichting * Benjamin Huggel * Marco Padalino * Hakan Yakin * Halil Altıntop * Mevlüt Erdinç * Sercan Yıldırım * Servet Çetin * Oleksiy Gai * Oleh Husyev * Yaroslav Rakytskiy * Craig Bellamy * James Collins (footballer, born 1983), James Collins * Joe Ledley * Aaron Ramsey * David Vaughan (footballer), David Vaughan * Sam Vokes ;1 own goal *

(playing against Ukraine national football team, Ukraine) * Jón Rói Jacobsen (playing against

) * Veli Lampi (playing against Russia national football team, Russia) * Petri Pasanen (playing against Russia national football team, Russia) * Julien Escudé (playing against Romania national football team, Romania) * Avraam Papadopoulos (playing against Luxembourg national football team, Luxembourg) * Kevin Kilbane (playing against Bulgaria national football team, Bulgaria) * Aleksandr Kuchma (playing against

) * Mario Frick (playing against Wales national football team, Wales) * Ian Azzopardi (playing against Sweden national football team, Sweden) * Brian Said (playing against

) * Seweryn Gancarczyk (playing against

) *

(playing against Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland) *

(playing against

) * Ján Ďurica (playing against Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland) * Ashley Williams (footballer), Ashley Williams (playing against

) ;2 own goals * Kakha Kaladze (playing against

)

References

External links

European Zone
at FIFA.com
UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores
at Scoreshelf.com {{FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifiers 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, UEFA FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2008–09 in European football, Qual