2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 9 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised the Netherlands, Scotland, Norway, Iceland and Macedonia. This group had one team fewer than the other eight.

The group was won by the Netherlands, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. As runners-up, Norway were in contention for the UEFA play-off stage, but their record was the worst of all runners-up and so they were eliminated.

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 8 8 0 0 17 2 +15 24  Norway 8 2 4 2 9 7 +2 10  Scotland 8 3 1 4 6 11 −5 10  Macedonia 8 2 1 5 5 11 −6 7  Iceland 8 1 2 5 7 13 −6 5

Iceland  – 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 Macedonia  2–0 – 1–2 0–0 1–0 Netherlands  2–0 4–0 – 2–0 3–0 Norway  2–2 2–1 0–1 – 4–0 Scotland  2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 –

Matches

The fixtures were decided at a meeting held in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 14 December 2007.^[1] The August 2009 date in the international match calendar was moved forward by one week, from 19 August 2009 to 12 August 2009, at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 27 May 2008.^[2]

Macedonia  v  Scotland

6 September 2008 15:00 UTC+1

Macedonia	1–0	Scotland
Naumoski  5'	Report

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Norway  v  Iceland

6 September 2008 19:00 UTC+2

Norway	2–2	Iceland
Iversen  36' (pen.), 50'	Report	Helguson  39' Guðjohnsen  69'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 17,254 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Iceland  v  Scotland

10 September 2008 18:30 UTC±0

Iceland	1–2	Scotland
Guðjohnsen  77' (pen.)	Report	Broadfoot  18' McFadden  59'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 9,767 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Macedonia  v  Netherlands

10 September 2008 20:30 UTC+1

Macedonia	1–2	Netherlands
Pandev  77' (pen.)	Report	Heitinga  46' Van der Vaart  59'

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Scotland  v  Norway

11 October 2008 15:00 UTC+1

Scotland	0–0	Norway
	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,205 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Netherlands  v  Iceland

11 October 2008 20:45 UTC+2

Netherlands	2–0	Iceland
Mathijsen  15' Huntelaar  65'	Report

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Matteo Simone Trefoloni (Italy)

Norway  v  Netherlands

15 October 2008 19:00 UTC+2

Norway	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Van Bommel  62'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 23,840 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Iceland  v  Macedonia

15 October 2008 18:00 UTC±0

Iceland	1–0	Macedonia
V. Gunnarsson  16'	Report

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 5,527 Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

Netherlands  v  Scotland

28 March 2009 20:45 UTC+1

Netherlands	3–0	Scotland
Huntelaar  30' Van Persie  45+1' Kuyt  77' (pen.)	Report

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Netherlands  v  Macedonia

1 April 2009 20:45 UTC+2

Netherlands	4–0	Macedonia
Kuyt  16', 41' Huntelaar  25' Van der Vaart  88'	Report

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 47,750 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

Scotland  v  Iceland

1 April 2009 20:00 UTC+1

Scotland	2–1	Iceland
McCormack  39' S. Fletcher  65'	Report	I. Sigurðsson  54'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 42,259 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Macedonia  v  Norway

6 June 2009 17:45 UTC+1

Macedonia	0–0	Norway
	Report

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Iceland  v  Netherlands

6 June 2009 18:45 UTC±0

Iceland	1–2	Netherlands
K. Sigurðsson  87'	Report	De Jong  8' Van Bommel  15'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 9,635 Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Macedonia  v  Iceland

10 June 2009 17:45 UTC+1

Macedonia	2–0	Iceland
Stojkov  10' Ivanovski  86'	Report

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)

Netherlands  v  Norway

10 June 2009 20:45 UTC+2

Netherlands	2–0	Norway
Ooijer  32' Robben  50'	Report

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 45,600 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Norway  v  Scotland

12 August 2009 19:00 UTC+2

Norway	4–0	Scotland
J. Riise  35' Pedersen  45', 90' Huseklepp  60'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 24,493 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Scotland  v  Macedonia

5 September 2009 15:00 UTC+1

Scotland	2–0	Macedonia
Brown  56' McFadden  80'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,214 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Iceland  v  Norway

5 September 2009 18:45 UTC±0

Iceland	1–1	Norway
Guðjohnsen  29'	Report	J. Riise  11'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 7,321 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Norway  v  Macedonia

9 September 2009 20:30 UTC+2

Norway	2–1	Macedonia
Helstad  2' J. Riise  25'	Report	Grnčarov  79'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 14,776 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

Scotland  v  Netherlands

9 September 2009 19:30 UTC+1

Scotland	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Elia  82'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 51,230 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored over 20 games, for an average of 2.2 goals per game.

Rank	Player	Country	Goals
1	Eiður Guðjohnsen	Iceland	3
	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Netherlands
	Dirk Kuyt	Netherlands
	John Arne Riise	Norway
5	Mark van Bommel	Netherlands	2
	Rafael van der Vaart	Netherlands
	Steffen Iversen	Norway
	Morten Gamst Pedersen	Norway
	James McFadden	Scotland

1 goal

Iceland Heiðar Helguson Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Indriði Sigurðsson Kristján Örn Sigurðsson  Macedonia Boban Grncarov Filip Ivanovski Ilčo Naumoski Goran Pandev Aco Stojkov

Netherlands Eljero Elia Nigel de Jong John Heitinga Joris Mathijsen André Ooijer Robin van Persie Arjen Robben  Norway Thorstein Helstad Erik Huseklepp

Scotland Kirk Broadfoot Scott Brown Steven Fletcher Ross McCormack

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Average
Iceland	9,767	5,527	8,063
Macedonia	11,000	7,000	8,500
Netherlands	50,000	37,500	45,213
Norway	24,493	14,776	20,091
Scotland	51,230	42,259	48,477

References

1. ↑ "Scots World Cup schedule revealed". BBC Sport. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2007. 
2. ↑ "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA. 

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