2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

{{Short description|Football tournament qualifying stage}}

{{main article|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=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.{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings |url=https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2010/ |website=soccer365.me |access-date=8 April 2024}}

Standings

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|team2=IRL|name_IRL={{fb|IRL}}|short_IRL={{fbicon|IRL}}

|team3=BUL|name_BUL={{fb|BUL}}|short_BUL={{fbicon|BUL}}

|team4=CYP|name_CYP={{fb|CYP}}|short_CYP={{fbicon|CYP}}

|team5=MNE|name_MNE={{fb|MNE}}|short_MNE={{fbicon|MNE}}

|team6=GEO|name_GEO={{fb|GEO}}|short_GEO={{fbicon|GEO}}

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|win_IRL=4|draw_IRL=6|loss_IRL=0|gf_IRL=12|ga_IRL=8

|win_BUL=3|draw_BUL=5|loss_BUL=2|gf_BUL=17|ga_BUL=13

|win_CYP=2|draw_CYP=3|loss_CYP=5|gf_CYP=14|ga_CYP=16

|win_MNE=1|draw_MNE=6|loss_MNE=3|gf_MNE=9|ga_MNE=14

|win_GEO=0|draw_GEO=3|loss_GEO=7|gf_GEO=7|ga_GEO=19

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|match_BUL_CYP=2–0

|match_BUL_GEO=6–2

|match_BUL_ITA=0–0

|match_BUL_MNE=4–1

|match_BUL_IRL=1–1

|match_CYP_BUL=4–1

|match_CYP_GEO=2–1

|match_CYP_ITA=1–2

|match_CYP_MNE=2–2

|match_CYP_IRL=1–2

|match_GEO_BUL=0–0

|match_GEO_CYP=1–1

|match_GEO_ITA=0–2

|match_GEO_MNE=0–0

|match_GEO_IRL=1–2

|match_ITA_BUL=2–0

|match_ITA_CYP=3–2

|match_ITA_GEO=2–0

|match_ITA_MNE=2–1

|match_ITA_IRL=1–1

|match_MNE_BUL=2–2

|match_MNE_CYP=1–1

|match_MNE_GEO=2–1

|match_MNE_ITA=0–2

|match_MNE_IRL=0–0

|match_IRL_BUL=1–1

|match_IRL_CYP=1–0

|match_IRL_GEO=2–1

|match_IRL_ITA=2–2

|match_IRL_MNE=0–0

|update=complete|source={{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings |url=https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2010/ |website=soccer365.me |access-date=8 April 2024}}

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Matches

The representatives of the six federations met in Sofia, Bulgaria on 15 January 2008 to decide on a fixture calendar.{{cite news |title=Republic of Ireland FIFA World Cup Group 8 Fixtures Announced |url=http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2768 |publisher=fai.ie |date=15 January 2008 |access-date=29 March 2008 }}

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{{football box

|id = Georgia v Republic of Ireland

|date=6 September 2008

|time=18:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|GEO}}

|score=1–2

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|team2={{fb|IRL}}

|goals1=Kenia {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2=Doyle {{goal|13}}
Whelan {{goal|70}}

|stadium=Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz (Germany){{#tag:ref|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.{{cite news |title=Georgia-Republic of Ireland to take place in Mainz |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=863721.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830120322/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=863721.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 30, 2008 |publisher=FIFA.com |date=28 August 2008 |access-date=28 August 2008 }}|group="note"}}

|attendance=4,500

|referee=Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary) }}

{{football box

|id = Montenegro v Bulgaria

|date=6 September 2008

|time=20:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|MNE}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223111510/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300040888/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=Vučinić {{goal|61}}
Jovetić {{goal|82|pen.}}

|goals2=S. Petrov {{goal|11}}
Georgiev {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium=Pod Goricom, Podgorica

|attendance=9,000

|referee=Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine) }}

{{football box

|id = Cyprus v Italy

|date=6 September 2008

|time=21:45 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|CYP}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151105161009/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300040890/index.html#nosticky Report]

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=Aloneftis {{goal|28}}

|goals2=Di Natale {{goal|8||90+2}}

|stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Pieter Vink (Netherlands) }}

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{{football box

|id = Montenegro v Republic of Ireland

|date=10 September 2008

|time=19:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|MNE}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223014221/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300040886/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|IRL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Pod Goricom, Podgorica

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Sten Kaldma (Estonia) }}

{{football box

|id = Italy v Georgia

|date=10 September 2008

|time=20:50 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151105161010/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300040887/index.html#nosticky Report]

|team2={{fb|GEO}}

|goals1=De Rossi {{goal|17||89}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadio Friuli, Udine

|attendance=27,164

|referee=Thomas Einwaller (Austria) }}

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{{football box

|id = Georgia v Cyprus

|date=11 October 2008

|time=20:30 UTC+4

|team1={{fb-rt|GEO}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140817143600/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300040884/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|CYP}}

|goals1=Kobiashvili {{goal|73}}

|goals2=Konstantinou {{goal|66}}

|stadium=Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=40,000

|referee=Radek Matějek (Czech Republic) }}

{{football box

|id = Bulgaria v Italy

|date=11 October 2008

|time=21:15 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|BUL}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151105161011/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300040885/index.html#nosticky Report]

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Stéphane Lannoy (France) }}

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{{football box

|id = Georgia v Bulgaria

|date=15 October 2008

|time=20:30 UTC+4

|team1={{fb-rt|GEO}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140817143853/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300040881/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=35,250

|referee=Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) }}

{{football box

|id = Republic of Ireland v Cyprus

|date=15 October 2008

|time=19:45 UTC+1

|team1={{fb-rt|IRL}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223111456/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300040882/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|CYP}}

|goals1=Keane {{goal|5}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=55,833

|referee=Alexandru Tudor (Romania) }}

{{football box

|id = Italy v Montenegro

|date=15 October 2008

|time=20:50 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151105161011/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300040883/index.html#nosticky Report]

|team2={{fb|MNE}}

|goals1=Aquilani {{goal|8||29}}

|goals2=Vučinić {{goal|19}}

|stadium=Via del Mare, Lecce

|attendance=20,162

|referee=Pedro Proença (Portugal) }}

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{{football box

|id = Republic of Ireland v Georgia

|date=11 February 2009

|time=19:45 UTC+0

|team1={{fb-rt|IRL}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160119152703/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041119/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|GEO}}

|goals1=Keane {{goal|73|pen.|78}}

|goals2=Iashvili {{goal|1}}

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Jouni Hyytiä (Finland) }}

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{{football box

|id = Cyprus v Georgia

|date=28 March 2009

|time=20:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|CYP}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305180705/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041117/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|GEO}}

|goals1=Konstantinou {{goal|33}}
Christofi {{goal|56}}

|goals2=Kobiashvili {{goal|71|pen.}}

|stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

|attendance=1,500

|referee=Fredy Fautrel (France) }}

{{football box

|id = Montenegro v Italy

|date=28 March 2009

|time=20:45 UTC+1

|team1={{fb-rt|MNE}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151105161012/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041118/index.html#nosticky Report]

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Pirlo {{goal|11|pen.}}
Pazzini {{goal|73}}

|stadium=Pod Goricom, Podgorica

|attendance=10,500

|referee=Martin Atkinson (England) }}

{{football box

|id = Republic of Ireland V Bulgaria

|date=28 March 2009

|time=19:45 UTC+0

|team1={{fb-rt|IRL}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160119152703/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041116/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=Dunne {{goal|1}}

|goals2=Kilbane {{goal|74|o.g.}}

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=60,002

|referee=Ivan Bebek (Croatia) }}

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{{football box

|id = Bulgaria v Cyprus

|date=1 April 2009

|time=18:00 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|BUL}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223022121/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041114/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|CYP}}

|goals1=Popov {{goal|8}}
Makriev {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=16,916

|referee=Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden) }}

{{football box

|id = Georgia v Montenegro

|date=1 April 2009

|time=21:00 UTC+4

|team1={{fb-rt|GEO}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140817141611/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041113/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|MNE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=16,000

|referee=David Malcolm (Northern Ireland) }}

{{football box

|id = Italy v Republic of Ireland

|date=1 April 2009

|time=20:50 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151105161013/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041115/index.html#nosticky Report]

|team2={{fb|IRL}}

|goals1=Iaquinta {{goal|10}}

|goals2=Keane {{goal|87}}

|stadium=Stadio San Nicola, Bari

|attendance=48,000

|referee=Wolfgang Stark (Germany) }}

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{{football box

|id = Bulgaria v Republic of Ireland

|date=6 June 2009

|time=20:30 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|BUL}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160119152703/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041111/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|IRL}}

|goals1=Telkiyski {{goal|29}}

|goals2=Dunne {{goal|24}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=38,000

|referee=Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) }}

{{football box

|id = Cyprus v Montenegro

|date=6 June 2009

|time=20:30 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|CYP}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160401142638/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041112/index.html Report]

|team2={{fb|MNE}}

|goals1=Konstantinou {{goal|13}}
Michael {{goal|45|pen.}}

|goals2=Damjanović {{goal|65||77}}

|stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) }}

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{{football box

|id = Bulgaria v Montenegro

|date=5 September 2009

|time=20:30 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|BUL}}

|score=4–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194519/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041108/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|MNE}}

|goals1=Kishishev {{goal|45+1}}
Telkiyski {{goal|49}}
Berbatov {{goal|83|pen.}}
Domovchiyski {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2=Jovetić {{goal|9}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=7,543

|referee=Tony Asumaa (Finland) }}

{{football box

|id = Georgia v Italy

|date=5 September 2009

|time=22:00 UTC+4

|team1={{fb-rt|GEO}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140817141516/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041110/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Kaladze {{goal|56|o.g.|66|o.g.}}

|stadium=Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=32,000

|referee=Marcin Borski (Poland) }}

{{football box

|id = Cyprus v Republic of Ireland

|date=5 September 2009

|time=21:30 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|CYP}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130439/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041109/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|IRL}}

|goals1=Elia {{goal|30}}

|goals2=Doyle {{goal|5}}
Keane {{goal|83}}

|stadium=GSP Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance=5,191

|referee=Thomas Einwaller (Austria) }}

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{{football box

|id = Montenegro v Cyprus

|date=9 September 2009

|time=20:15 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|MNE}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305102605/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041106/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|CYP}}

|goals1=Vučinić {{goal|56|pen.}}

|goals2=Okkas {{goal|63}}

|stadium=Pod Goricom, Podgorica

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland) }}

{{football box

|id = Italy v Bulgaria

|date=9 September 2009

|time=20:50 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305141050/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041107/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=Grosso {{goal|11}}
Iaquinta {{goal|40}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Turin

|attendance=26,122

|referee=Florian Meyer (Germany) }}

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{{football box

|id = Cyprus v Bulgaria

|date=10 October 2009

|time=20:00 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|CYP}}

|score=4–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104604/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041104/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=Charalambides {{goal|11||20}}
Konstantinou {{goal|58}}
Aloneftis {{goal|78}}

|goals2=Berbatov {{goal|44}}

|stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

|attendance=3,700

|referee=Paul Allaerts (Belgium) }}

{{football box

|id = Montenegro v Georgia

|date=10 October 2009

|time=19:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|MNE}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305205007/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041103/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|GEO}}

|goals1=Batak {{goal|13}}
Delibašić {{goal|78}}

|goals2=Dvalishvili {{goal|45}}

|stadium=Pod Goricom, Podgorica

|attendance=5,420

|referee=Selçuk Dereli (Turkey) }}

{{football box

|id = Republic of Ireland v Italy

|date=10 October 2009

|time=20:00 UTC+1

|team1={{fb-rt|IRL}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160119152703/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041105/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=Whelan {{goal|8}}
St Ledger {{goal|87}}

|goals2=Camoranesi {{goal|26}}
Gilardino {{goal|90}}

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=70,670

|referee=Terje Hauge (Norway) }}

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{{football box

|id = Bulgaria v Georgia

|date=14 October 2009

|time=21:00 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|BUL}}

|score=6–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306005154/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041100/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|GEO}}

|goals1=Berbatov {{goal|6||23||35}}
M. Petrov {{goal|14||44}}
Angelov {{goal|31}}

|goals2=Dvalishvili {{goal|34}}
Kobiashvili {{goal|51|pen.}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=700

|referee=Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland) }}

{{football box

|id = Italy v Cyprus

|date=14 October 2009

|time=20:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}

|score=3–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130418/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041102/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|CYP}}

|goals1=Gilardino {{goal|78||81||90+2}}

|goals2=Makrides {{goal|12}}
Michael {{goal|48}}

|stadium=Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma

|attendance=15,009

|referee=Alon Yefet (Israel) }}

{{football box

|id = Republic of Ireland v Montenegro

|date=14 October 2009

|time=19:00 UTC+1

|team1={{fb-rt|IRL}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160119152703/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041101/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|MNE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=36,442

|referee=Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia) }}

= Notes =

{{reflist|group="note"}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=77 |matches=30

|5 goals=

|4 goals=

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

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Attendances

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! Highest

! Lowest

! Average

{{fb|BUL}}align="center" | 45,000align="center" | 700align="center" | 22,432
{{fb|CYP}}align="center" | 6,000align="center" | 1,500align="center" | 3,878
{{fb|GEO}}align="center" | 40,000align="center" | 4,500align="center" | 25,550
{{fb|ITA}}align="center" | 48,000align="center" | 15,009align="center" | 27,291
{{fb|MNE}}align="center" | 12,000align="center" | 4,000align="center" | 8,184
{{fb|IRL}}align="center" | 70,670align="center" | 36,442align="center" | 53,589

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