2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

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The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup hosts Germany along with Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein.

The group was won by Germany, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Russia entered the UEFA play-off stage.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	8	2	0	26	5	+21	26	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–0
2	Russia	10	7	1	2	19	6	+13	22	Advance to second round		0–1	—	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
3	Finland	10	5	3	2	14	14	0	18			3–3	0–3	—	2–1	1–0	2–1
4	Wales	10	4	0	6	9	12	−3	12			0–2	1–3	0–2	—	1–0	2–0
5	Azerbaijan	10	1	2	7	4	14	−10	5			0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	—	0–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	2	8	2	23	−21	2			0–6	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	—

Source: ^[1]

Matches

The fixtures for the group were determined on 10 January 2008, after a meeting between representatives of each nation in Frankfurt, Germany.^[2] 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.^[3]

6 September 2008

15:00 UTC+1

Wales	1–0	Azerbaijan
Vokes 83'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 17,106

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

6 September 2008

20:45 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–6	Germany
	Report	Podolski 21', 48' Rolfes 64' Schweinsteiger 65' Hitzlsperger 75' Westermann 86'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 6,021

Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

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10 September 2008

19:00 UTC+4

Russia	2–1	Wales
Pavlyuchenko 22' (pen.) Pogrebnyak 81'	Report	Ledley 67'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

10 September 2008

21:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	0–0	Liechtenstein
	Report

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)

10 September 2008

20:35 UTC+3

Finland	3–3	Germany
Johansson 33' Väyrynen 43' Sjölund 53'	Report	Klose 38', 45', 83'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 37,150

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

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11 October 2008

17:00 UTC+3

Finland	1–0	Azerbaijan
Forssell 61' (pen.)	Report

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 22,480

Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

11 October 2008

17:30 UTC+1

Wales	2–0	Liechtenstein
Edwards 42' Frick 80' (o.g.)	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 13,356

Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)

11 October 2008

20:45 UTC+2

Germany	2–1	Russia
Podolski 9' Ballack 28'	Report	Arshavin 51'

Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund

Attendance: 65,607

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

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15 October 2008

19:00 UTC+4

Russia	3–0	Finland
Pasanen 23' (o.g.) Lampi 65' (o.g.) Arshavin 88'	Report

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

15 October 2008

20:45 UTC+2

Germany	1–0	Wales
Trochowski 72'	Report

Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 44,500

Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

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28 March 2009

17:00 UTC+3

Russia	2–0	Azerbaijan
Pavlyuchenko 32' Zyryanov 71'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

28 March 2009

15:00 UTC+0

Wales	0–2	Finland
	Report	Johansson 42' Kuqi 90+1'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 22,604

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

28 March 2009

20:00 UTC+1

Germany	4–0	Liechtenstein
Ballack 4' Jansen 9' Schweinsteiger 48' Podolski 50'	Report

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 43,368

Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)

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1 April 2009

19:30 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–1	Russia
	Report	Zyryanov 38'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 5,679

Referee: David McKeon (Republic of Ireland)

1 April 2009

19:45 UTC+1

Wales	0–2	Germany
	Report	Ballack 11' Williams 48' (o.g.)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 26,064

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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6 June 2009

20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	0–1	Wales
	Report	Edwards 42'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 26,728

Referee: Markus Strombergsson (Sweden)

6 June 2009

19:00 UTC+3

Finland	2–1	Liechtenstein
Forssell 33' Johansson 71'	Report	Frick 13'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 20,319

Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)

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10 June 2009

20:30 UTC+3

Finland	0–3	Russia
	Report	Kerzhakov 26', 53' Zyryanov 71'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 37,028

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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12 August 2009

21:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	0–2	Germany
	Report	Schweinsteiger 11' Klose 53'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

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5 September 2009

20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–2	Finland
Məmmədov 49'	Report	Tihinen 74' Johansson 85'

Lankaran City Stadium, Lankaran

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)

5 September 2009

19:00 UTC+4

Russia	3–0	Liechtenstein
V. Berezutski 17' Pavlyuchenko 40' (pen.), 45' (pen.)	Report

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Augustus Constantin (Romania)

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9 September 2009

19:30 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	1–1	Finland
Polverino 75'	Report	Litmanen 74' (pen.)

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 3,132

Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

9 September 2009

20:45 UTC+2

Germany	4–0	Azerbaijan
Ballack 14' (pen.) Klose 55', 65' Podolski 71'	Report

AWD-Arena, Hanover

Attendance: 35,369

Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Greece)

9 September 2009

19:45 UTC+1

Wales	1–3	Russia
Collins 53'	Report	Semshov 36' Ignashevich 71' Pavlyuchenko 90+1'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 14,505

Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

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10 October 2009

17:00 UTC+3

Finland	2–1	Wales
Porokara 5' Moisander 77'	Report	Bellamy 17'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

10 October 2009

19:00 UTC+4

Russia	0–1	Germany
	Report	Klose 35'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 72,100

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

10 October 2009

20:00 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–2	Azerbaijan
	Report	Javadov 55' Məmmədov 82'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 1,635

Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

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14 October 2009

21:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–1	Russia
Javadov 54'	Report	Arshavin 13'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

14 October 2009

18:00 UTC+2

Germany	1–1	Finland
Podolski 90'	Report	Johansson 11'

HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg

Attendance: 51,500

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

14 October 2009

20:00 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–2	Wales
	Report	Vaughan 16' Ramsey 80'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 1,858

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

7 goals

• Miroslav Klose

6 goals

• Lukas Podolski

5 goals

• Jonatan Johansson
• Roman Pavlyuchenko

4 goals

• Michael Ballack

3 goals

• Bastian Schweinsteiger
• Andrei Arshavin
• Konstantin Zyryanov

2 goals

• Vagif Javadov
• Elvin Mammadov
• Mikael Forssell
• Aleksandr Kerzhakov
• David Edwards

1 goal

• Shefki Kuqi
• Jari Litmanen
• Niklas Moisander
• Roni Porokara
• Daniel Sjölund
• Hannu Tihinen
• Mika Väyrynen
• Thomas Hitzlsperger
• Marcell Jansen
• Simon Rolfes
• Piotr Trochowski
• Heiko Westermann
• Mario Frick
• Michele Polverino
• Vasili Berezutski
• Sergei Ignashevich
• Pavel Pogrebnyak
• Igor Semshov
• Craig Bellamy
• James Collins
• Joe Ledley
• Aaron Ramsey
• David Vaughan
• Sam Vokes

1 own goal

• Petri Pasanen (against Russia)
• Veli Lampi (against Russia)
• Mario Frick (against Wales)
• Ashley Williams (against Germany)

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Average
Azerbaijan	26,728	12,000	22,046
Finland	37,150	14,000	26,195
Germany	65,607	35,369	48,069
Liechtenstein	6,021	1,635	3,665
Russia	72,100	21,000	42,020
Wales	26,064	13,356	18,727