2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Football tournament qualifying stage 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) July 2023 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup winner Italy, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro. The group was won by Italy, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up the Republic of Ireland entered the UEFA play-off stage.FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2010/ soccer365.me 8 April 2024 15 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241215135343/https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2010/ dead Standings main WDL yes Q ITA ITA ITA IRL IRL IRL BUL BUL BUL CYP CYP CYP MNE MNE MNE GEO GEO GEO 7 3 0 18 7 4 6 0 12 8 3 5 2 17 13 2 3 5 14 16 1 6 3 9 14 0 3 7 7 19 WC WCPO green1 Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to second round 2–0 6–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2010/ soccer365.me 8 April 2024 15 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241215135343/https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2010/ dead Matches The representatives of the six federations met in Sofia, Bulgaria on 15 January 2008 to decide on a fixture calendar.Republic of Ireland FIFA World Cup Group 8 Fixtures Announced http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2768 fai.ie 15 January 2008 29 March 2008 Georgia v Republic of Ireland 6 September 2008 18:00 UTC+2 GEO 1–2 Report IRL Kenia 90+2 Doyle 13Whelan 70 Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz (Germany)Originally scheduled for Tbilisi, Georgia but moved to neutral venue due to the 2008 South Ossetia war. The original replacement venue was the Wildparkstadion in Karlsruhe, Germany, but the ground became unavailable, so it was moved to the Stadion am Bruchweg in Mainz.Georgia-Republic of Ireland to take place in Mainz https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=863721.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080830120322/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=863721.html dead August 30, 2008 FIFA.com 28 August 2008 28 August 2008 "note" 4,500 Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary) Montenegro v Bulgaria 6 September 2008 20:00 UTC+2 MNE 2–2 Report BUL Vučinić 61Jovetić 82 pen. S. Petrov 11Georgiev 90+2 Pod Goricom, Podgorica 9,000 Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine) Cyprus v Italy 6 September 2008 21:45 UTC+3 CYP 1–2 Report ITA Aloneftis 28 Di Natale 8 90+2 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca 6,000 Pieter Vink (Netherlands) Montenegro v Republic of Ireland 10 September 2008 19:00 UTC+2 MNE 0–0 Report IRL Pod Goricom, Podgorica 12,000 Sten Kaldma (Estonia) Italy v Georgia 10 September 2008 20:50 UTC+2 ITA 2–0 Report GEO De Rossi 17 89 Stadio Friuli, Udine 27,164 Thomas Einwaller (Austria) Georgia v Cyprus 11 October 2008 20:30 UTC+4 GEO 1–1 Report CYP Kobiashvili 73 Konstantinou 66 Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi 40,000 Radek Matějek (Czech Republic) Bulgaria v Italy 11 October 2008 21:15 UTC+3 BUL 0–0 Report ITA Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 35,000 Stéphane Lannoy (France) Georgia v Bulgaria 15 October 2008 20:30 UTC+4 GEO 0–0 Report BUL Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi 35,250 Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) Republic of Ireland v Cyprus 15 October 2008 19:45 UTC+1 IRL 1–0 Report CYP Keane 5 Croke Park, Dublin 55,833 Alexandru Tudor (Romania) Italy v Montenegro 15 October 2008 20:50 UTC+2 ITA 2–1 Report MNE Aquilani 8 29 Vučinić 19 Via del Mare, Lecce 20,162 Pedro Proença (Portugal) Republic of Ireland v Georgia 11 February 2009 19:45 UTC+0 IRL 2–1 Report GEO Keane 73 pen. 78 Iashvili 1 Croke Park, Dublin 45,000 Jouni Hyytiä (Finland) Cyprus v Georgia 28 March 2009 20:00 UTC+2 CYP 2–1 Report GEO Konstantinou 33Christofi 56 Kobiashvili 71 pen. Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca 1,500 Fredy Fautrel (France) Montenegro v Italy 28 March 2009 20:45 UTC+1 MNE 0–2 Report ITA Pirlo 11 pen.Pazzini 73 Pod Goricom, Podgorica 10,500 Martin Atkinson (England) Republic of Ireland V Bulgaria 28 March 2009 19:45 UTC+0 IRL 1–1 Report BUL Dunne 1 Kilbane 74 o.g. Croke Park, Dublin 60,002 Ivan Bebek (Croatia) Bulgaria v Cyprus 1 April 2009 18:00 UTC+3 BUL 2–0 Report CYP Popov 8Makriev 90+4 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 16,916 Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden) Georgia v Montenegro 1 April 2009 21:00 UTC+4 GEO 0–0 Report MNE Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi 16,000 David Malcolm (Northern Ireland) Italy v Republic of Ireland 1 April 2009 20:50 UTC+2 ITA 1–1 Report IRL Iaquinta 10 Keane 87 Stadio San Nicola, Bari 48,000 Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Bulgaria v Republic of Ireland 6 June 2009 20:30 UTC+3 BUL 1–1 Report IRL Telkiyski 29 Dunne 24 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 38,000 Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Cyprus v Montenegro 6 June 2009 20:30 UTC+3 CYP 2–2 Report MNE Konstantinou 13Michael 45 pen. Damjanović 65 77 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca 3,000 Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) Bulgaria v Montenegro 5 September 2009 20:30 UTC+3 BUL 4–1 Report MNE Kishishev 45+1Telkiyski 49Berbatov 83 pen.Domovchiyski 90+1 Jovetić 9 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 7,543 Tony Asumaa (Finland) Georgia v Italy 5 September 2009 22:00 UTC+4 GEO 0–2 Report ITA Kaladze 56 o.g. 66 o.g. Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi 32,000 Marcin Borski (Poland) Cyprus v Republic of Ireland 5 September 2009 21:30 UTC+3 CYP 1–2 Report IRL Elia 30 Doyle 5Keane 83 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 5,191 Thomas Einwaller (Austria) Montenegro v Cyprus 9 September 2009 20:15 UTC+2 MNE 1–1 Report CYP Vučinić 56 pen. Okkas 63 Pod Goricom, Podgorica 4,000 Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland) Italy v Bulgaria 9 September 2009 20:50 UTC+2 ITA 2–0 Report BUL Grosso 11Iaquinta 40 Stadio Olimpico, Turin 26,122 Florian Meyer (Germany) Cyprus v Bulgaria 10 October 2009 20:00 UTC+3 CYP 4–1 Report BUL Charalambides 11 20Konstantinou 58Aloneftis 78 Berbatov 44 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca 3,700 Paul Allaerts (Belgium) Montenegro v Georgia 10 October 2009 19:00 UTC+2 MNE 2–1 Report GEO Batak 13Delibašić 78 Dvalishvili 45 Pod Goricom, Podgorica 5,420 Selçuk Dereli (Turkey) Republic of Ireland v Italy 10 October 2009 20:00 UTC+1 IRL 2–2 Report ITA Whelan 8St Ledger 87 Camoranesi 26Gilardino 90 Croke Park, Dublin 70,670 Terje Hauge (Norway) Bulgaria v Georgia 14 October 2009 21:00 UTC+3 BUL 6–2 Report GEO Berbatov 6 23 35M. Petrov 14 44Angelov 31 Dvalishvili 34Kobiashvili 51 pen. Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 700 Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland) Italy v Cyprus 14 October 2009 20:00 UTC+2 ITA 3–2 Report CYP Gilardino 78 81 90+2 Makrides 12Michael 48 Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma 15,009 Alon Yefet (Israel) Republic of Ireland v Montenegro 14 October 2009 19:00 UTC+1 IRL 0–0 Report MNE Croke Park, Dublin 36,442 Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia) Notes "note" Goalscorers 77 30 BUL Dimitar Berbatov IRL Robbie Keane CYP Michalis Konstantinou ITA Alberto Gilardino GEO Levan Kobiashvili MNE Mirko Vučinić BUL Dimitar Telkiyski BUL Martin Petrov CYP Efstathios Aloneftis CYP Constantinos Charalambides CYP Chrysis Michael CYP Ioannis Okkas GEO Vladimir Dvalishvili IRL Richard Dunne IRL Kevin Doyle IRL Glenn Whelan ITA Alberto Aquilani ITA Daniele De Rossi ITA Antonio Di Natale ITA Vincenzo Iaquinta MNE Dejan Damjanović MNE Stevan Jovetić BUL Stanislav Angelov BUL Valeri Domovchiyski BUL Blagoy Georgiev BUL Radostin Kishishev BUL Dimitar Makriev BUL Stiliyan Petrov BUL Ivelin Popov CYP Demetris Christofi CYP Marios Elia GEO Alexander Iashvili GEO Levan Kenia ITA Mauro Camoranesi ITA Fabio Grosso ITA Giampaolo Pazzini ITA Andrea Pirlo IRL Seán St Ledger MNE Radoslav Batak MNE Andrija Delibašić IRL Kevin Kilbane (against Bulgaria) GEO Kakha Kaladze (against Italy) Attendances Team Highest Lowest Average BUL 45,000 700 22,432 CYP 6,000 1,500 3,878 GEO 40,000 4,500 25,550 ITA 48,000 15,009 27,291 MNE 12,000 4,000 8,184 IRL 70,670 36,442 53,589 References 8 Category:2008 in Republic of Ireland association football Category:2009 in Republic of Ireland association football Category:2008–09 in Italian football Qual Category:2008–09 in Bulgarian football Category:2009–10 in Bulgarian football Category:2008–09 in Georgian football Category:2009–10 in Georgian football Category:2008–09 in Montenegrin football Category:2009–10 in Montenegrin football Category:2008–09 in Cypriot football Category:2009–10 in Cypriot football