2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

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The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 7 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria and Faroe Islands.

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	10	7	1	2	22	8	+14	22	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–0
2	France	10	6	3	1	18	9	+9	21	Advance to second round		2–1	—	3–1	1–0	1–1	5–0
3	Austria	10	4	2	4	14	15	−1	14			1–3	3–1	—	2–1	2–1	3–1
4	Lithuania	10	4	0	6	10	11	−1	12			2–1	0–1	2–0	—	0–1	1–0
5	Romania	10	3	3	4	12	18	−6	12			2–3	2–2	1–1	0–3	—	3–1
6	Faroe Islands	10	1	1	8	5	20	−15	4			0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	—

Source: ^[1]

Matches

The representatives of the six federations met in Vienna, Austria on 8 December 2007 to decide on a fixture calendar.^[2] The August 2009 date in the international match calendar was moved forward by one week, from 19 August to 12 August, at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in May 2008.^[3]

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6 September 2008

21:00 UTC+3

Romania	0–3	Lithuania
	Report	Stankevičius 31' Mikoliūnas 69' Kalonas 86'

Dr. C. Rădulescu Stadium, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

6 September 2008

20:15 UTC+2

Serbia	2–0	Faroe Islands
J. Jacobsen 30' (o.g.) Žigić 88'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 9,615

Referee: Alexey Nikolaev (Russia)

6 September 2008

20:45 UTC+2

Austria	3–1	France
Janko 8' Aufhauser 41' Ivanschitz 72' (pen.)	Report	Govou 61'

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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10 September 2008

17:30 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–1	Romania
	Report	Cociş 59'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 805

Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

10 September 2008

20:30 UTC+3

Lithuania	2–0	Austria
Danilevičius 52', 58'	Report

Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

10 September 2008

21:00 UTC+2

France	2–1	Serbia
Henry 53' Anelka 63'	Report	Ivanović 75'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 53,027

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

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11 October 2008

16:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1–1	Austria
Løkin 47'	Report	Stranzl 49'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

11 October 2008

20:15 UTC+2

Serbia	3–0	Lithuania
Ivanović 6' Krasić 34' Žigić 82'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

11 October 2008

21:40 UTC+3

Romania	2–2	France
F. Petre 6' Goian 17'	Report	Ribéry 36' Gourcuff 69'

Stadionul Farul, Constanţa

Attendance: 12,800

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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15 October 2008

19:00 UTC+3

Lithuania	1–0	Faroe Islands
Danilevičius 20'	Report

S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

15 October 2008

20:30 UTC+2

Austria	1–3	Serbia
Janko 80'	Report	Krasić 15' Jovanović 18' Obradović 24'

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 47,998

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

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28 March 2009

19:45 UTC+2

Romania	2–3	Serbia
Marica 50' Stoica 74'	Report	Jovanović 18' Stoica 44' (o.g.) Ivanović 59'

Stadionul Farul, Constanţa

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

28 March 2009

21:45 UTC+2

Lithuania	0–1	France
	Report	Ribéry 67'

S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas

Attendance: 8,700

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

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1 April 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Austria	2–1	Romania
Hoffer 26', 44'	Report	Tănase 24'

Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

1 April 2009

21:00 UTC+2

France	1–0	Lithuania
Ribéry 75'	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 79,543

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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6 June 2009

21:00 UTC+3

Lithuania	0–1	Romania
	Report	Marica 38'

Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė

Attendance: 5,850

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

6 June 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Serbia	1–0	Austria
Milijaš 7' (pen.)	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

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10 June 2009

19:15 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–2	Serbia
	Report	Jovanović 44' Subotić 69'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 2,896

Referee: Meir Levi (Israel)

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12 August 2009

17:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–1	France
	Report	Gignac 41'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 2,974

Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

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5 September 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Austria	3–1	Faroe Islands
Maierhofer 1' Janko 15', 58' (pen.)	Report	A. Olsen 82'

UPC-Arena, Graz

Attendance: 12,300

Referee: Marco Borg (Malta)

5 September 2009

21:00 UTC+2

France	1–1	Romania
Henry 48'	Report	Escudé 55' (o.g.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 78,209

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

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9 September 2009

17:15 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	2–1	Lithuania
S. Olsen 13' A. Hansen 34'	Report	Danilevičius 22' (pen.)

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 1,942

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

9 September 2009

20:45 UTC+3

Romania	1–1	Austria
Bucur 54'	Report	Schiemer 83'

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 7,505

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

9 September 2009

21:00 UTC+2

Serbia	1–1	France
Milijaš 12' (pen.)	Report	Henry 36'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 49,456

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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10 October 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Austria	2–1	Lithuania
Janko 16' Wallner 80' (pen.)	Report	Stankevičius 66'

Tivoli Neu, Innsbruck

Attendance: 14,200

Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

10 October 2009

20:30 UTC+2

Serbia	5–0	Romania
Žigić 37' Pantelić 50' Kuzmanović 78' Jovanović 87', 90+3'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 39,839

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

10 October 2009

21:00 UTC+2

France	5–0	Faroe Islands
Gignac 34', 38' Gallas 52' Anelka 86' Benzema 88'	Report

Stade du Roudourou, Guingamp

Attendance: 16,755

Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

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14 October 2009

21:00 UTC+3

Lithuania	2–1	Serbia
Kalonas 20' (pen.) Stankevičius 68' (pen.)	Report	Tošić 60'

Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)

14 October 2009

21:00 UTC+3

Romania	3–1	Faroe Islands
Apostol 16' Bucur 65' Mazilu 87'	Report	á Bø 83'

Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamţ

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Alexander Gvardis (Russia)

14 October 2009

21:00 UTC+2

France	3–1	Austria
Benzema 18' Henry 26' (pen.) Gignac 66'	Report	Janko 49'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 78,099

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Goalscorers

There were 81 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.

6 goals

• Marc Janko

5 goals

• Milan Jovanović

4 goals

• André-Pierre Gignac
• Thierry Henry
• Tomas Danilevičius

3 goals

• Franck Ribéry
• Marius Stankevičius
• Branislav Ivanović
• Nikola Žigić

2 goals

• Erwin Hoffer
• Nicolas Anelka
• Karim Benzema
• Mindaugas Kalonas
• Gheorghe Bucur
• Ciprian Marica
• Miloš Krasić
• Nenad Milijaš

1 goal

• René Aufhauser
• Andreas Ivanschitz
• Stefan Maierhofer
• Franz Schiemer
• Martin Stranzl
• Roman Wallner
• Egil á Bø
• Arnbjørn Hansen
• Bogi Løkin
• Andreas Lava Olsen
• Suni Olsen
• William Gallas
• Sidney Govou
• Yoann Gourcuff
• Saulius Mikoliūnas
• Iulian Apostol
• Răzvan Cociş
• Dorin Goian
• Ionuţ Mazilu
• Florentin Petre
• Dorel Stoica
• Cristian Tănase
• Zdravko Kuzmanović
• Ivan Obradović
• Marko Pantelić
• Neven Subotić
• Zoran Tošić

1 own goal

• Jón Rói Jacobsen (against Serbia)
• Julien Escudé (against Romania)
• Dorel Stoica (against Serbia)

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Average
Austria	48,000	12,300	29,100
Faroe Islands	2,974	805	2,053
France	79,543	16,755	61,127
Lithuania	8,700	2,000	5,210
Romania	15,000	7,505	12,461
Serbia	49,456	9,615	32,382