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 | — |
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 |
| Ukraine | 1–0 | Belarus |
|---|---|---|
| Shevchenko 90+4' (pen.) | Report |
| Andorra | 0–2 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Report | J. Cole 49', 55' |
| Croatia | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| N. Kovač 13' Modrić 36' Petrić 81' | Report |
| Kazakhstan | 1–3 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Ostapenko 68' | Report | Nazarenko 45', 80' Shevchenko 54' |
| Andorra | 1–3 | Belarus |
|---|---|---|
| Pujol 67' (pen.) | Report | Verkhovtsov 37' Rodionov 79' V. Hleb 90' |
| Croatia | 1–4 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Mandžukić 78' | Report | Walcott 26', 59', 82' Rooney 63' |
| England | 5–1 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Ferdinand 52' Kuchma 64' (o.g.) Rooney 76', 86' Defoe 90' | Report | Kukeyev 68' |
| Ukraine | 0–0 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Croatia | 4–0 | Andorra |
|---|---|---|
| Rakitić 16', 87' (pen.) Olić 32' Modrić 75' | Report |
| Belarus | 1–3 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Sitko 28' | Report | Gerrard 11' Rooney 50', 74' |
| Kazakhstan | 1–5 | Belarus |
|---|---|---|
| Abdulin 10' | Report | A. Hleb 48' Kalachev 54', 64' Stasevich 57' Rodionov 88' |
| Andorra | 0–2 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Klasnić 15' Eduardo 35' |
| England | 2–1 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Crouch 29' Terry 85' | Report | Shevchenko 74' |
| Kazakhstan | 0–4 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Barry 40' Heskey 45+1' Rooney 72' Lampard 77' (pen.) |
| Belarus | 5–1 | Andorra |
|---|---|---|
| Bliznyuk 2', 76' Kalachev 44' Kornilenko 50', 65' | Report | I. Lima 90+3' (pen.) |
| Croatia | 2–2 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Petrić 2' Modrić 68' | Report | Shevchenko 13' Gai 54' |
| Ukraine | 2–1 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Nazarenko 33', 47' | Report | Nusserbayev 19' |
| England | 6–0 | Andorra |
|---|---|---|
| Rooney 4', 39' Lampard 29' Defoe 73', 76' Crouch 81' | Report |
| Belarus | 1–3 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Verkhovtsov 81' | Report | Olić 22', 85' Eduardo 69' |
| Ukraine | 5–0 | Andorra |
|---|---|---|
| Yarmolenko 18' Milevskyi 45+2', 90+2' (pen.) Shevchenko 72' (pen.) Seleznyov 90+4' (pen.) | Report |
| Croatia | 1–0 | Belarus |
|---|---|---|
| Rakitić 24' | Report |
| Belarus | 0–0 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Andorra | 1–3 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Sonejee 70' | Report | Khizhnichenko 14', 35' Baltiev 29' |
| England | 5–1 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Lampard 7' (pen.), 59' Gerrard 18', 67' Rooney 77' | Report | Eduardo 71' |
| Belarus | 4–0 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Bardachov 23' Kalachev 69', 90+3' Kovel 86' | Report |
| Ukraine | 1–0 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Nazarenko 29' | Report |
| Andorra | 0–6 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Shevchenko 22' Husyev 61' I. Lima 69' (o.g.) Rakytskiy 80' Seleznyov 81' Yarmolenko 83' |
| Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Khizhnichenko 26' | Report | Vukojević 10' Kranjčar 90+3' |
| England | 3–0 | Belarus |
|---|---|---|
| Crouch 4', 76' Wright-Phillips 60' | Report |
Notes
- 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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