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The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 9 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised the Netherlands, Scotland, Norway, Iceland and Macedonia. This group had one team fewer than the other eight.

The group was won by the Netherlands, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup without dropping a single point in qualification. As runners-up, Norway were in contention for the UEFA play-off stage, but their record was the worst of all runners-up, and so they were eliminated.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	8	8	0	0	17	2	+15	24	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–0
2	Norway	8	2	4	2	9	7	+2	10			0–1	—	4–0	2–1	2–2
3	Scotland	8	3	1	4	6	11	−5	10			0–1	0–0	—	2–0	2–1
4	Macedonia	8	2	1	5	5	11	−6	7			1–2	0–0	1–0	—	2–0
5	Iceland	8	1	2	5	7	13	−6	5			1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	—

Matches

The fixtures were decided at a meeting held in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 14 December 2007. 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.

Macedonia	1–0	Scotland
Naumoski 5'	Report

Norway	2–2	Iceland
Iversen 36' (pen.), 50'	Report	Helguson 39' Guðjohnsen 69'

Iceland	1–2	Scotland
Guðjohnsen 77' (pen.)	Report	Broadfoot 18' McFadden 59'

Macedonia	1–2	Netherlands
Pandev 77' (pen.)	Report	Heitinga 46' Van der Vaart 59'

Scotland	0–0	Norway
	Report

Netherlands	2–0	Iceland
Mathijsen 15' Huntelaar 65'	Report

Norway	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Van Bommel 62'

Iceland	1–0	Macedonia
V. Gunnarsson 16'	Report

Netherlands	3–0	Scotland
Huntelaar 30' Van Persie 45+1' Kuyt 77' (pen.)	Report

Netherlands	4–0	Macedonia
Kuyt 16', 41' Huntelaar 25' Van der Vaart 88'	Report

Scotland	2–1	Iceland
McCormack 39' S. Fletcher 65'	Report	I. Sigurðsson 54'

Macedonia	0–0	Norway
	Report

Iceland	1–2	Netherlands
K. Sigurðsson 87'	Report	De Jong 8' Van Bommel 15'

Macedonia	2–0	Iceland
Stojkov 10' Ivanovski 86'	Report

Netherlands	2–0	Norway
Ooijer 32' Robben 50'	Report

Norway	4–0	Scotland
J. Riise 35' Pedersen 45', 90' Huseklepp 60'	Report

Scotland	2–0	Macedonia
Brown 56' McFadden 80'	Report

Iceland	1–1	Norway
Guðjohnsen 29'	Report	J. Riise 11'

Norway	2–1	Macedonia
Helstad 2' J. Riise 25'	Report	Grnčarov 79'

Scotland	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Elia 82'

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

3 goals

• Eiður Guðjohnsen
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
• Dirk Kuyt
• John Arne Riise

2 goals

• Mark van Bommel
• Rafael van der Vaart
• Steffen Iversen
• Morten Gamst Pedersen
• James McFadden

1 goal

• Heiðar Helguson
• Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
• Indriði Sigurðsson
• Kristján Örn Sigurðsson
• Boban Grncarov
• Filip Ivanovski
• Ilčo Naumoski
• Goran Pandev
• Aco Stojkov
• Eljero Elia
• Nigel de Jong
• John Heitinga
• Joris Mathijsen
• André Ooijer
• Robin van Persie
• Arjen Robben
• Thorstein Helstad
• Erik Huseklepp
• Kirk Broadfoot
• Scott Brown
• Steven Fletcher
• Ross McCormack

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Average
Iceland	9,767	5,527	8,063
Macedonia	11,000	7,000	8,500
Netherlands	50,000	37,500	45,213
Norway	24,493	14,776	20,091
Scotland	51,230	42,259	48,477

References

1. "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
2. "Scots World Cup schedule revealed". BBC Sport. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
3. "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.

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• 2008 in Icelandic football
• 2009 in Icelandic football
• 2008 in Norwegian football
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