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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6 September 2008

18:45 UTC+2

Albania	0–0	Sweden
	Report

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 21,522

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

6 September 2008

19:45 UTC+2

Hungary	0–0	Denmark
	Report

Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 18,984

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

6 September 2008

20:00 UTC+2

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

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

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10 September 2008

20:15 UTC+2

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

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 28,177

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

10 September 2008

20:45 UTC+2

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

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 13,400

Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

10 September 2008

20:45 UTC+1

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

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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11 October 2008

19:45 UTC+2

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

Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

11 October 2008

20:00 UTC+2

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

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 33,124

Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

11 October 2008

20:00 UTC+2

Sweden	0–0	Portugal
	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 33,241

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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15 October 2008

19:30 UTC+2

Malta	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Torghelle 23'

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,797

Referee: Johannes Valgeirsson (Iceland)

15 October 2008

20:45 UTC+1

Portugal	0–0	Albania
	Report

Estádio AXA, Braga

Attendance: 29,500

Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

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11 February 2009

19:30 UTC+1

Malta	0–0	Albania
	Report

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,041

Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)

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28 March 2009

20:00 UTC+1

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

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 6,235

Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

28 March 2009

20:30 UTC+1

Albania	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Torghelle 38'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

28 March 2009

20:45 UTC+0

Portugal	0–0	Sweden
	Report

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 40,200

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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1 April 2009

19:00 UTC+2

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

Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 34,400

Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

1 April 2009

20:15 UTC+2

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

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 24,320

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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6 June 2009

20:00 UTC+2

Sweden	0–1	Denmark
	Report	Kahlenberg 22'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 33,619

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

6 June 2009

20:45 UTC+2

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

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 18,320

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

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10 June 2009

19:00 UTC+2

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

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 25,271

Referee: Calum Murray (Scotland)

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5 September 2009

20:00 UTC+2

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

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 37,998

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

5 September 2009

20:00 UTC+2

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

Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 40,169

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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9 September 2009

18:30 UTC+2

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

Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,705

Referee: Adrian McCourt (Northern Ireland)

9 September 2009

20:30 UTC+2

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

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

9 September 2009

20:45 UTC+2

Hungary	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Pepe 10'

Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

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10 October 2009

20:00 UTC+2

Denmark	1–0	Sweden
J. Poulsen 78'	Report

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 37,800

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

10 October 2009

20:45 UTC+1

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

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 50,115

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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14 October 2009

20:45 UTC+2

Denmark	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Buzsáky 35'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 36,966

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

14 October 2009

19:45 UTC+1

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

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

Attendance: 29,350

Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

14 October 2009

20:45 UTC+2

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

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