2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

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.

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Serbia 10 7 1 2 22 8 +14 22  France 10 6 3 1 18 9 +9 21  Austria 10 4 2 4 14 15 −1 14  Lithuania 10 4 0 6 10 11 −1 12  Romania 10 3 3 4 12 18 −6 12  Faroe Islands 10 1 1 8 5 20 −15 4

Austria  – 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 Faroe Islands  1–1 – 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 France  3–1 5–0 – 1–0 1–1 2–1 Lithuania  2–0 1–0 0–1 – 0–1 2–1 Romania  1–1 3–1 2–2 0–3 – 2–3 Serbia  1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 –

Matches

The representatives of the six federations met in Vienna, Austria on 8 December 2007 to decide on a fixture calendar.^[1] 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.^[2]

Romania  v  Lithuania

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)

Serbia  v  Faroe Islands

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)

Austria  v  France

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)

Faroe Islands  v  Romania

10 September 2008 17:30 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–1	Romania
	Report	Cociş  59'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 805 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

Lithuania  v  Austria

10 September 2008 20:30 UTC+3

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

Sūduva Stadium, Marijampole Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

France  v  Serbia

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)

Faroe Islands  v  Austria

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)

Serbia  v  Lithuania

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)

Romania  v  France

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)

Lithuania  v  Faroe Islands

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)

Austria  v  Serbia

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)

Romania  v  Serbia

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)

Lithuania  v  France

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)

Austria  v  Romania

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)

France  v  Lithuania

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)

Lithuania  v  Romania

6 June 2009 21:00 UTC+3

Lithuania	0–1	Romania
	Report	Marica  38'

Sūduva Stadium, Marijampole Attendance: 5,850 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Serbia  v  Austria

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)

Faroe Islands  v  Serbia

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)

Faroe Islands  v  France

12 August 2009 17:00 UTC+2

Faroe Islands	0–1	France
	Report	Gignac  41'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 2,974 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Austria  v  Faroe Islands

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)

France  v  Romania

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)

Faroe Islands  v  Lithuania

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)

Romania  v  Austria

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)

Serbia  v  France

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)

Austria  v  Lithuania

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)

Serbia  v  Romania

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)

France  v  Faroe Islands

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)

Lithuania  v  Serbia

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)

Romania  v  Faroe Islands

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)

France  v  Austria

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 during the 30 games, an average of 2.7 goals per game.

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Marc Janko	Austria	6
2	Milan Jovanović	Serbia	5
3	André-Pierre Gignac	France	4
	Thierry Henry	France
	Tomas Danilevičius	Lithuania
6	Franck Ribéry	France	3
	Marius Stankevičius	Lithuania
	Branislav Ivanović	Serbia
	Nikola Žigić	Serbia
10	Erwin Hoffer	Austria	2
	Nicolas Anelka	France
	Karim Benzema	France
	Mindaugas Kalonas	Lithuania
	Gheorghe Bucur	Romania
	Ciprian Marica	Romania
	Miloš Krasić	Serbia
	Nenad Milijaš	Serbia

1 goal

Austria René Aufhauser Andreas Ivanschitz Stefan Maierhofer Franz Schiemer Martin Stranzl Roman Wallner  Faroe Islands Egil á Bø Arnbjørn Hansen Bogi Løkin Andreas Lava Olsen Suni Olsen

France William Gallas Sidney Govou Yoann Gourcuff  Lithuania Saulius Mikoliūnas  Romania Iulian Apostol Răzvan Cociş Dorin Goian Ionuţ Mazilu Florentin Petre Dorel Stoica Cristian Tănase

Serbia Zdravko Kuzmanović Ivan Obradović Marko Pantelić Neven Subotić Zoran Tošić Own goals Jón Rói Jacobsen (for Serbia) Julien Escudé (for Romania) Dorel Stoica (for 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

References

1. ↑ Lhéritier, Bastien (8 December 2007). "Un compromis pour ces qualifications" (in French). fff.fr. Retrieved 29 March 2008. 
2. ↑ "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA. 

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