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. 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 [edit]

Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 8 8 0 0 17 2 +15 24  Norway 8 2 4 2 9 7 +2 10  Scotland 8 3 1 4 6 11 −5 10  Macedonia 8 2 1 5 5 11 −6 7  Iceland 8 1 2 5 7 13 −6 5

Iceland  – 1 – 0 1 – 2 1 – 1 1 – 2 Macedonia  2 – 0 – 1 – 2 0 – 0 1 – 0 Netherlands  2 – 0 4 – 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 0 Norway  2 – 2 2 – 1 0 – 1 – 4 – 0 Scotland  2 – 1 2 – 0 0 – 1 0 – 0 –

Results [edit]

The fixtures were decided at a meeting held in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 14 December 2007.^[1] 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.^[2]

6 September 2008 15:00 UTC+1	Macedonia	1 – 0	Scotland	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
	Naumoski  5'	Report

6 September 2008 19:00 UTC+2	Norway	2 – 2	Iceland	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 17,254 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
	Iversen  36' (pen.), 50'	Report	Helguson  39' Guðjohnsen  69'

10 September 2008 18:30 UTC±0	Iceland	1 – 2	Scotland	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 9,767 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
	Guðjohnsen  77' (pen.)	Report	Broadfoot  18' McFadden  59'

10 September 2008 20:30 UTC+1	Macedonia	1 – 2	Netherlands	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
	Pandev  77' (pen.)	Report	Heitinga  46' Van der Vaart  59'

11 October 2008 15:00 UTC+1	Scotland	0 – 0	Norway	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,205 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
		Report

11 October 2008 20:45 UTC+2	Netherlands	2 – 0	Iceland	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Matteo Simone Trefoloni (Italy)
	Mathijsen  15' Huntelaar  65'	Report

15 October 2008 19:00 UTC+2	Norway	0 – 1	Netherlands	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 23,840 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
		Report	Van Bommel  62'

15 October 2008 18:00 UTC±0	Iceland	1 – 0	Macedonia	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 5,527 Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
	V. Gunnarsson  16'	Report

28 March 2009 20:45 UTC+1	Netherlands	3 – 0	Scotland	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
	Huntelaar  30' Van Persie  45+1' Kuyt  77' (pen.)	Report

1 April 2009 20:45 UTC+2	Netherlands	4 – 0	Macedonia	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 47,750 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)
	Kuyt  16', 41' Huntelaar  25' Van der Vaart  88'	Report

1 April 2009 20:00 UTC+1	Scotland	2 – 1	Iceland	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 42,259 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
	McCormack  39' S. Fletcher  65'	Report	I. Sigurðsson  54'

6 June 2009 17:45 UTC+1	Macedonia	0 – 0	Norway	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
		Report

6 June 2009 18:45 UTC±0	Iceland	1 – 2	Netherlands	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 9,635 Referee: Mike Dean (England)
	K. Sigurðsson  87'	Report	de Jong  8' van Bommel  15'

10 June 2009 17:45 UTC+1	Macedonia	2 – 0	Iceland	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)
	Stojkov  10' Ivanovski  86'	Report

10 June 2009 20:45 UTC+2	Netherlands	2 – 0	Norway	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 45,600 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
	Ooijer  32' Robben  50'	Report

12 August 2009 19:00 UTC+2	Norway	4 – 0	Scotland	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 24,493 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	J. Riise  35' Pedersen  45', 90' Huseklepp  60'	Report

5 September 2009 15:00 UTC+1	Scotland	2 – 0	Macedonia	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,214 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
	Brown  56' McFadden  80'	Report

5 September 2009 18:45 UTC±0	Iceland	1 – 1	Norway	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 7,321 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
	Guðjohnsen  29'	Report	J. Riise  11'

9 September 2009 20:30 UTC+2	Norway	2 – 1	Macedonia	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 14,776 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
	Helstad  2' J. Riise  25'	Report	Grnčarov  79'

9 September 2009 19:30 UTC+1	Scotland	0 – 1	Netherlands	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 51,230 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
		Report	Elia  82'

Goalscorers [edit]

There were 44 goals scored over 20 games, for an average of 2.2 goals per game.

Rank	Player	Country	Goals
1	Eiður Guðjohnsen	Iceland	3
	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Netherlands
	Dirk Kuyt	Netherlands
	John Arne Riise	Norway
5	Mark van Bommel	Netherlands	2
	Rafael van der Vaart	Netherlands
	Steffen Iversen	Norway
	Morten Gamst Pedersen	Norway
	James McFadden	Scotland

1 goal

Attendances [edit]

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 [edit]