2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

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The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 1 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 fourth-place finishers Portugal, along with Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania and Malta.

The group was won by Denmark, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Portugal entered the UEFA play-off stage.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	10	6	3	1	16	5	+11	21	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–0
2	Portugal	10	5	4	1	17	5	+12	19	Advance to second round		2–3	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–0
3	Sweden	10	5	3	2	13	5	+8	18			0–1	0–0	—	2–1	4–1	4–0
4	Hungary	10	5	1	4	10	8	+2	16			0–0	0–1	1–2	—	2–0	3–0
5	Albania	10	1	4	5	6	13	−7	7			1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	—	3–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	0	26	−26	1			0–3	0–4	0–1	0–1	0–0	—

Source: ^[1]

Matches

The match schedule was determined on 6 January 2008 at a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[2]

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Albania	0–0	Sweden
	Report

6 September 2008

18:45 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 21,522

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Hungary	0–0	Denmark
	Report

6 September 2008

19:45 UTC+2

Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 18,984

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Malta	0–4	Portugal
	Report	Said 26' (o.g.) Almeida 61' Simão 72' Nani 78'

6 September 2008

20:00 UTC+2

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

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Sweden	2–1	Hungary
Källström 55' Holmén 64'	Report	Rudolf 90+3'

10 September 2008

20:15 UTC+2

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 28,177

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Albania	3–0	Malta
Bogdani 45+1' Duro 84' Dallku 90'	Report

10 September 2008

20:45 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 13,400

Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Portugal	2–3	Denmark
Nani 42' Deco 86' (pen.)	Report	Bendtner 84' C. Poulsen 88' D. Jensen 90+2'

10 September 2008

20:45 UTC+1

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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Hungary	2–0	Albania
Torghelle 49' Juhász 82'	Report

11 October 2008

19:45 UTC+2

Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

Denmark	3–0	Malta
S. Larsen 10', 46' Agger 29' (pen.)	Report

11 October 2008

20:00 UTC+2

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 33,124

Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

Sweden	0–0	Portugal
	Report

11 October 2008

20:00 UTC+2

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 33,241

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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Malta	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Torghelle 23'

15 October 2008

19:30 UTC+2

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,797

Referee: Johannes Valgeirsson (Iceland)

Portugal	0–0	Albania
	Report

15 October 2008

20:45 UTC+1

Estádio AXA, Braga

Attendance: 29,500

Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

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Malta	0–0	Albania
	Report

11 February 2009

19:30 UTC+1

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,041

Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)

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Malta	0–3	Denmark
	Report	S. Larsen 12', 23' Nordstrand 89'

28 March 2009

20:00 UTC+1

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 6,235

Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Albania	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Torghelle 38'

28 March 2009

20:30 UTC+1

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Portugal	0–0	Sweden
	Report

28 March 2009

20:45 UTC+0

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 40,200

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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Hungary	3–0	Malta
Hajnal 7' Gera 81' Juhász 90+3'	Report

1 April 2009

19:00 UTC+2

Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 34,400

Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

Denmark	3–0	Albania
L. Andreasen 31' S. Larsen 37' C. Poulsen 80'	Report

1 April 2009

20:15 UTC+2

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 24,320

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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Sweden	0–1	Denmark
	Report	Kahlenberg 22'

6 June 2009

20:00 UTC+2

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 33,619

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Albania	1–2	Portugal
Bogdani 29'	Report	Almeida 27' Alves 90+2'

6 June 2009

20:45 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 18,320

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

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Sweden	4–0	Malta
Källström 22' Majstorović 52' Ibrahimović 56' Berg 58'	Report

10 June 2009

19:00 UTC+2

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 25,271

Referee: Calum Murray (Scotland)

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Denmark	1–1	Portugal
Bendtner 43'	Report	Liédson 86'

5 September 2009

20:00 UTC+2

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 37,998

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Hungary	1–2	Sweden
Huszti 79' (pen.)	Report	Mellberg 9' Ibrahimović 90+3'

5 September 2009

20:00 UTC+2

Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 40,169

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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Malta	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Azzopardi 82' (o.g.)

9 September 2009

18:30 UTC+2

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,705

Referee: Adrian McCourt (Northern Ireland)

Albania	1–1	Denmark
Bogdani 51'	Report	Bendtner 40'

9 September 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Hungary	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Pepe 10'

9 September 2009

20:45 UTC+2

Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

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Denmark	1–0	Sweden
J. Poulsen 78'	Report

10 October 2009

20:00 UTC+2

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 37,800

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Portugal	3–0	Hungary
Simão 18', 79' Liédson 74'	Report

10 October 2009

20:45 UTC+1

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 50,115

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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Denmark	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Buzsáky 35'

14 October 2009

20:45 UTC+2

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 36,966

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Portugal	4–0	Malta
Nani 14' Simão 45' Veloso 52' Edinho 90'	Report

14 October 2009

19:45 UTC+1

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

Attendance: 29,350

Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Sweden	4–1	Albania
Mellberg 6', 42' Berg 40' Svensson 86'	Report	Salihi 56'

14 October 2009

20:45 UTC+2

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 25,342

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

Goalscorers

There were 62 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.07 goals per match.

5 goals

• Søren Larsen

4 goals

• Simão

3 goals

• Erjon Bogdani
• Nicklas Bendtner
• Sándor Torghelle
• Nani
• Olof Mellberg

2 goals

• Christian Poulsen
• Roland Juhász
• Hugo Almeida
• Liédson
• Marcus Berg
• Zlatan Ibrahimović
• Kim Källström

1 goal

• Armend Dallku
• Klodian Duro
• Hamdi Salihi
• Daniel Agger
• Leon Andreasen
• Daniel Jensen
• Thomas Kahlenberg
• Morten Nordstrand
• Jakob Poulsen
• Ákos Buzsáky
• Zoltán Gera
• Tamás Hajnal
• Szabolcs Huszti
• Gergely Rudolf
• Bruno Alves
• Deco
• Edinho
• Miguel Veloso
• Pepe
• Anders Svensson
• Samuel Holmén
• Daniel Majstorović

1 own goal

• Ian Azzopardi (against Sweden)
• Brian Said (against Portugal)

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Average
Albania	18,522	8,400	14,848
Denmark	37,998	24,320	34,042
Hungary	42,000	18,000	30,711
Malta	11,000	2,041	5,756
Portugal	50,115	29,350	36,433
Sweden	33,619	25,271	29,130

See also

• Denmark–Sweden football rivalry

References

1. "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
2. Berendt, Lars (6 January 2008). "Program for VM-kvalifikationskampene på plads". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 6 January 2008.