2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7
Football tournament qualifying stage
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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 |  |
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| 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 | — |
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]
| Romania | 0–3 | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Stankevičius  31'Mikoliūnas 69'Kalonas 86' |
| Serbia | 2–0 | Faroe Islands |
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J. Jacobsen  30' (o.g.)Žigić 88' |
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| Faroe Islands | 0–1 | Romania |
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| Report | Cociş 59' |
| Lithuania | 2–0 | Austria |
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| Danilevičius 52', 58' |
Report |
| Faroe Islands | 1–1 | Austria |
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| Løkin 47' |
Report | Stranzl 49' |
| Lithuania | 1–0 | Faroe Islands |
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| Danilevičius 20' |
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| Faroe Islands | 0–2 | Serbia |
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| Report | Jovanović 44' Subotić 69' |
| Faroe Islands | 0–1 | France |
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| Report | Gignac 41' |
| Austria | 3–1 | Faroe Islands |
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| Maierhofer 1' Janko 15', 58' (pen.) |
Report | A. Olsen 82' |
| Faroe Islands | 2–1 | Lithuania |
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| S. Olsen 13' A. Hansen 34' |
Report | Danilevičius 22' (pen.) |
Goalscorers
There were 81 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
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)