2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra.

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 10 9 0 1 34 6 +28 27 Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup 2–1 5–1 3–0 5–1 6–0
2  Ukraine 10 6 3 1 21 6 +15 21 Advance to second round 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 5–0
3  Croatia 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20 1–4 2–2 1–0 3–0 4–0
4  Belarus 10 4 1 5 19 14 +5 13 1–3 0–0 1–3 4–0 5–1
5  Kazakhstan 10 2 0 8 11 29 −18 6 0–4 1–3 1–2 1–5 3–0
6  Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 39 −36 0 0–2 0–6 0–2 1–3 1–3
Source:

Matches

The fixture list was determined on 14 January 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia. 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.


Kazakhstan 3–0 Andorra
Ostapenko 14', 30'
Uzdenov 44'
Report
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Ukraine 1–0 Belarus
Shevchenko 90+4' (pen.) Report
Ukraina Stadium, Lviv
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Andorra 0–2 England
Report J. Cole 49', 55'
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Croatia 3–0 Kazakhstan
N. Kovač 13'
Modrić 36'
Petrić 81'
Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 17,424
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Kazakhstan 1–3 Ukraine
Ostapenko 68' Report Nazarenko 45', 80'
Shevchenko 54'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Andorra 1–3 Belarus
Pujol 67' (pen.) Report Verkhovtsov 37'
Rodionov 79'
V. Hleb 90'
Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 600
Referee: Simon Evans (Wales)
Croatia 1–4 England
Mandžukić 78' Report Walcott 26', 59', 82'
Rooney 63'
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 35,218
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

England 5–1 Kazakhstan
Ferdinand 52'
Kuchma 64' (o.g.)
Rooney 76', 86'
Defoe 90'
Report Kukeyev 68'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 89,107
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
Ukraine 0–0 Croatia
Report
Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Croatia 4–0 Andorra
Rakitić 16', 87' (pen.)
Olić 32'
Modrić 75'
Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 14,441
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Belarus 1–3 England
Sitko 28' Report Gerrard 11'
Rooney 50', 74'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 29,600
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Kazakhstan 1–5 Belarus
Abdulin 10' Report A. Hleb 48'
Kalachev 54', 64'
Stasevich 57'
Rodionov 88'
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic)
Andorra 0–2 Croatia
Report Klasnić 15'
Eduardo 35'
Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
England 2–1 Ukraine
Crouch 29'
Terry 85'
Report Shevchenko 74'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 87,548
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Kazakhstan 0–4 England
Report Barry 40'
Heskey 45+1'
Rooney 72'
Lampard 77' (pen.)
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
Belarus 5–1 Andorra
Bliznyuk 2', 76'
Kalachev 44'
Kornilenko 50', 65'
Report I. Lima 90+3' (pen.)
Neman Stadium, Grodno
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Robert Kranjc (Slovenia)
Croatia 2–2 Ukraine
Petrić 2'
Modrić 68'
Report Shevchenko 13'
Gai 54'
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 32,073
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Ukraine 2–1 Kazakhstan
Nazarenko 33', 47' Report Nusserbayev 19'
Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
England 6–0 Andorra
Rooney 4', 39'
Lampard 29'
Defoe 73', 76'
Crouch 81'
Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 57,897
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Belarus 1–3 Croatia
Verkhovtsov 81' Report Olić 22', 85'
Eduardo 69'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 21,651
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Ukraine 5–0 Andorra
Yarmolenko 18'
Milevskyi 45+2', 90+2' (pen.)
Shevchenko 72' (pen.)
Seleznyov 90+4' (pen.)
Report
Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 14,870
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)
Croatia 1–0 Belarus
Rakitić 24' Report
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 25,628
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Belarus 0–0 Ukraine
Report
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 21,727
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Andorra 1–3 Kazakhstan
Sonejee 70' Report Khizhnichenko 14', 35'
Baltiev 29'
Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 510
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
England 5–1 Croatia
Lampard 7' (pen.), 59'
Gerrard 18', 67'
Rooney 77'
Report Eduardo 71'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 87,319
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Belarus 4–0 Kazakhstan
Bardachov 23'
Kalachev 69', 90+3'
Kovel 86'
Report
Regional Sport Complex Brestskiy, Brest
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)
Ukraine 1–0 England
Nazarenko 29' Report
Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Andorra 0–6 Ukraine
Report Shevchenko 22'
Husyev 61'
I. Lima 69' (o.g.)
Rakytskiy 80'
Seleznyov 81'
Yarmolenko 83'
Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 820
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Kazakhstan 1–2 Croatia
Khizhnichenko 26' Report Vukojević 10'
Kranjčar 90+3'
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 10,250
Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)
England 3–0 Belarus
Crouch 4', 76'
Wright-Phillips 60'
Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 76,897
Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal)

Notes

  1. Played in Barcelona, Spain to accommodate a larger capacity crowd.

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.

9 goals

  • Wayne Rooney

6 goals

  • Andriy Shevchenko

5 goals

  • Timofei Kalachev
  • Serhiy Nazarenko

4 goals

  • Peter Crouch
  • Frank Lampard

3 goals

  • Eduardo
  • Luka Modrić
  • Ivica Olić
  • Ivan Rakitić
  • Jermain Defoe
  • Steven Gerrard
  • Theo Walcott
  • Sergey Khizhnichenko
  • Sergei Ostapenko

2 goals

  • Gennadi Bliznyuk
  • Sergei Kornilenko
  • Vitali Rodionov
  • Dmitry Verkhovtsov
  • Mladen Petrić
  • Joe Cole
  • Artem Milevskyi
  • Yevhen Seleznyov
  • Andriy Yarmolenko

1 goal

  • Ildefons Lima
  • Marc Pujol
  • Oscar Sonejee
  • Maksim Bardachov
  • Alexander Hleb
  • Vyacheslav Hleb
  • Leonid Kovel
  • Pavel Sitko
  • Ihar Stasevich
  • Ivan Klasnić
  • Niko Kovač
  • Niko Kranjčar
  • Mario Mandžukić
  • Ognjen Vukojević
  • Gareth Barry
  • Rio Ferdinand
  • Emile Heskey
  • John Terry
  • Shaun Wright-Phillips
  • Rinat Abdulin
  • Ruslan Baltiyev
  • Zhambyl Kukeyev
  • Tanat Nusserbayev
  • Roman Uzdenov
  • Oleksiy Gai
  • Oleh Husyev
  • Yaroslav Rakytskiy

1 own goal

  • Ildefons Lima (against Ukraine)
  • Aleksandr Kuchma (against England)

Attendances

Team Highest Lowest Average
 Andorra 10,300 510 2,666
 Belarus 29,600 8,500 18,296
 Croatia 35,218 14,441 24,957
 England 89,107 57,897 79,753
 Kazakhstan 24,000 7,700 15,590
 Ukraine 38,500 11,500 23,974

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