2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised European champions Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia and Estonia.

The group was won by Spain, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup without dropping a single point in qualification. The runners-up Bosnia and Herzegovina entered the UEFA play-off stage.

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 10 10 0 0 28 5 +23 30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 6 1 3 25 13 +12 19  Turkey 10 4 3 3 13 10 +3 15  Belgium 10 3 1 6 13 20 −7 10  Estonia 10 2 2 6 9 24 −15 8  Armenia 10 1 1 8 6 22 −16 4

Armenia  – 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 Belgium  2–0 – 2–4 3–2 1–2 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina  4–1 2–1 – 7–0 2–5 1–1 Estonia  1–0 2–0 0–2 – 0–3 0–0 Spain  4–0 5–0 1–0 3–0 – 1–0 Turkey  2–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–2 –

Matches

A meeting was held in Barcelona, Spain on 8 January 2008 to determine the fixtures for Group 5. However, the Bosnian delegation arrived several hours late, and Spain and Turkey were unable to agree on scheduling.^[1][2] Since the fixtures were not finalised by 16 January 2008 deadline, FIFA conducted a random draw to determine the fixtures.^[3] The draw took place in Zagreb, Croatia at 16:00 CET on 30 January 2008, on the eve of the XXXII Ordinary UEFA Congress.^[4]

Armenia  v  Turkey

6 September 2008 21:00 UTC+5

Armenia	0–2	Turkey
	Report	Tuncay  61' Semih  77'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Belgium  v  Estonia

6 September 2008 20:45 UTC+2

Belgium	3–2	Estonia
Sonck  39', 81' Defour  75'	Report	Zenjov  57' Oper  90+2'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 17,992 Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Spain  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

6 September 2008 22:00 UTC+2

Spain	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Villa  58'	Report

Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia Attendance: 29,152 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Turkey  v  Belgium

10 September 2008 21:00 UTC+3

Turkey	1–1	Belgium
Emre B.  74' (pen.)	Report	Sonck  32'

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 34,097 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Estonia

10 September 2008 20:15 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	7–0	Estonia
Misimović  24', 30' (pen.), 56' Muslimović  59' Džeko  60', 72' Ibričić  88'	Report

Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Spain  v  Armenia

10 September 2008 22:00 UTC+2

Spain	4–0	Armenia
Capdevila  7' Villa  16', 79' Senna  83'	Report

Estadio Carlos Belmonte, Albacete Attendance: 16,996 Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

Turkey  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

11 October 2008 21:00 UTC+3

Turkey	2–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Arda  51' Mevlüt  66'	Report	Džeko  27'

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 23,628 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Belgium  v  Armenia

11 October 2008 20:45 UTC+2

Belgium	2–0	Armenia
Sonck  21' Fellaini  37'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 20,949 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

Estonia  v  Spain

11 October 2008 21:45 UTC+3

Estonia	0–3	Spain
	Report	Juanito  34' Villa  38' Puyol  69'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Armenia

15 October 2008 20:15 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	4–1	Armenia
Spahić  31' Džeko  39' Muslimović  56', 89'	Report	Minasyan  85'

Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)

Estonia  v  Turkey

15 October 2008 21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–0	Turkey
	Report

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

Belgium  v  Spain

15 October 2008 20:45 UTC+2

Belgium	1–2	Spain
Sonck  7'	Report	Iniesta  36' Villa  88'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 45,888 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Armenia  v  Estonia

28 March 2009 20:00 UTC+4

Armenia	2–2	Estonia
Mkhitaryan  33' Ghazaryan  87'	Report	Vassiljev  38' Zenjov  67'

Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Luc Wilmes (Luxembourg)

Belgium  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

28 March 2009 20:45 UTC+1

Belgium	2–4	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dembélé  66' Sonck  85' (pen.)	Report	Džeko  7' Jahić  75' Bajramović  77' Misimović  81'

Fenix Stadion, Genk Attendance: 20,041 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

Spain  v  Turkey

28 March 2009 22:00 UTC+1

Spain	1–0	Turkey
Piqué  60'	Report

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 73,820 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Estonia  v  Armenia

1 April 2009 18:00 UTC+3

Estonia	1–0	Armenia
Puri  83'	Report

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)

Turkey  v  Spain

1 April 2009 21:00 UTC+3

Turkey	1–2	Spain
Semih  26'	Report	Alonso  63' (pen.) Riera  90+2'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 19,617 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Belgium

1 April 2009 20:45 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	Belgium
Džeko  12', 14'	Report	Swerts  88'

Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Armenia  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

5 September 2009 20:00 UTC+5

Armenia	0–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report	Ibričić  6' Muslimović  74'

Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Turkey  v  Estonia

5 September 2009 21:00 UTC+3

Turkey	4–2	Estonia
Tuncay  29', 72' Sercan  37' Arda  62'	Report	Voskoboinikov  7' Vassiljev  52'

Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri Attendance: 28,569 Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

Spain  v  Belgium

5 September 2009 22:00 UTC+2

Spain	5–0	Belgium
Silva  41', 67' Villa  49', 85' Piqué  50'	Report

Estadio Riazor, A Coruña Attendance: 30,441 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Armenia  v  Belgium

9 September 2009 21:00 UTC+5

Armenia	2–1	Belgium
Goharyan  23' Hovsepyan  50'	Report	Van Buyten  90+2'

Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Ljubomir Krstevski (Macedonia)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Turkey

9 September 2009 20:00 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–1	Turkey
Salihović  25'	Report	Emre B.  4'

Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Spain  v  Estonia

9 September 2009 22:00 UTC+2

Spain	3–0	Estonia
Fàbregas  33' Cazorla  82' Mata  90+2'	Report

Estadio Romano, Mérida Attendance: 14,362 Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)

Armenia  v  Spain

10 October 2009 21:00 UTC+5

Armenia	1–2	Spain
Arzumanyan  58'	Report	Fàbregas  33' Mata  64' (pen.)

Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic)

Estonia  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

10 October 2009 19:00 UTC+3

Estonia	0–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report	Džeko  30' Ibišević  64'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 6,450 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Belgium  v  Turkey

10 October 2009 20:45 UTC+2

Belgium	2–0	Turkey
Mpenza  8', 84'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 30,131 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Spain

14 October 2009 20:00 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–5	Spain
Džeko  90' Misimović  90+2'	Report	Piqué  13' Silva  14' Negredo  50', 55' Mata  81'

Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Turkey  v  Armenia

14 October 2009 21:00 UTC+3

Turkey	2–0	Armenia
Halil Altıntop  16' Servet  28'	Report

Bursa Atatürk Stadium, Bursa Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Estonia  v  Belgium

14 October 2009 21:30 UTC+3

Estonia	2–0	Belgium
Piiroja  30' Vassiljev  67'	Report

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 4,680 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Goalscorers

There were 94 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 3.13 goals per game.

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9
2	David Villa	Spain	7
3	Wesley Sonck	Belgium	6
4	Zvjezdan Misimović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5
5	Zlatan Muslimović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4
6	Konstantin Vassiljev	Estonia	3
	Juan Mata	Spain
	Gerard Piqué	Spain
	David Silva	Spain
	Tuncay Şanlı	Turkey
7	Emile Mpenza	Belgium	2
	Senijad Ibričić	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Sergei Zenjov	Estonia
	Cesc Fàbregas	Spain
	Álvaro Negredo	Spain
	Emre Belözoğlu	Turkey
	Semih Şentürk	Turkey
	Arda Turan	Turkey

1 goal

Armenia Robert Arzumanyan Gevorg Ghazaryan Hovhannes Goharyan Sargis Hovsepyan Vahagn Minasyan Henrikh Mkhitaryan  Belgium Steven Defour Mousa Dembélé Marouane Fellaini Gill Swerts Daniel Van Buyten

Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatan Bajramović Vedad Ibišević Sanel Jahić Sejad Salihović Emir Spahić  Estonia Andres Oper Raio Piiroja Sander Puri Vladimir Voskoboinikov

Spain Xabi Alonso Joan Capdevila Santi Cazorla Andrés Iniesta Juanito Carles Puyol Albert Riera Marcos Senna  Turkey Halil Altıntop Servet Çetin Mevlüt Erdinç Sercan Yıldırım

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Average
Armenia	30,000	1,800	9,520
Belgium	45,888	17,992	27,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15,000	12,500	13,360
Estonia	9,200	4,680	6,406
Spain	73,820	14,362	32,954
Turkey	34,097	16,200	24,422

References

1. ↑ "España deberá acudir al sorteo del calendario del Mundial 2010" (in Spanish). 9 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008. 
2. ↑ "De Bosniërs wilden geen toegevingen doen" (in Dutch). 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008. 
3. ↑ Ledsom, Mark (17 January 2008). "FIFA draw to decide order of World Cup qualifiers". Reuters. Retrieved 17 January 2008. 
4. ↑ "Draw settles disputes". FIFA.com. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2 February 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2008. 

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