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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 national football team|Netherlands]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], [[Norway national football team|Norway]], [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]] and [[Macedonia national football team|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 [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA second round|UEFA play-off stage]], but their record was the worst of all runners-up, and so they were eliminated.

==Standings==
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|team1=NED|name_NED={{fb|NED}}|short_NED={{fbicon|NED}}
|team2=NOR|name_NOR={{fb|NOR}}|short_NOR={{fbicon|NOR}}
|team3=SCO|name_SCO={{fb|SCO}}|short_SCO={{fbicon|SCO}}
|team4=MKD|name_MKD={{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}|short_MKD={{fbicon|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|team5=ISL|name_ISL={{fb|ISL}}|short_ISL={{fbicon|ISL}}
|win_NED=8|draw_NED=0|loss_NED=0|gf_NED=17|ga_NED=2
|win_NOR=2|draw_NOR=4|loss_NOR=2|gf_NOR=9|ga_NOR=7
|win_SCO=3|draw_SCO=1|loss_SCO=4|gf_SCO=6|ga_SCO=11
|win_MKD=2|draw_MKD=1|loss_MKD=5|gf_MKD=5|ga_MKD=11
|win_ISL=1|draw_ISL=2|loss_ISL=5|gf_ISL=7|ga_ISL=13

|result1=WC
|col_WC=green1  |text_WC=Qualification to {{nowrap|[[2010 FIFA World Cup]]}}

|match_ISL_MKD=[[#Iceland v FYR Macedonia|1–0]]
|match_ISL_NED=[[#Iceland v Netherlands|1–2]]
|match_ISL_NOR=[[#Iceland v Norway|1–1]]
|match_ISL_SCO=[[#Iceland v Scotland|1–2]]

|match_MKD_ISL=[[#FYR Macedonia v Iceland|2–0]]
|match_MKD_NED=[[#FYR Macedonia v Netherlands|1–2]]
|match_MKD_NOR=[[#FYR Macedonia v Norway|0–0]]
|match_MKD_SCO=[[#FYR Macedonia v Scotland|1–0]]

|match_NED_ISL=[[#Netherlands v Iceland|2–0]]
|match_NED_MKD=[[#Netherlands v FYR Macedonia|4–0]]
|match_NED_NOR=[[#Netherlands v Norway|2–0]]
|match_NED_SCO=[[#Netherlands v Scotland|3–0]]

|match_NOR_ISL=[[#Norway v Iceland|2–2]]
|match_NOR_MKD=[[#Norway v FYR Macedonia|2–1]]
|match_NOR_NED=[[#Norway v Netherlands|0–1]]
|match_NOR_SCO=[[#Norway v Scotland|4–0]]

|match_SCO_ISL=[[#Scotland v Iceland|2–1]]
|match_SCO_MKD=[[#Scotland v FYR Macedonia|2–0]]
|match_SCO_NED=[[#Scotland v Netherlands|0–1]]
|match_SCO_NOR=[[#Scotland v Norway|0–0]]

|update=complete|source=<ref name="soccer365 UEFA 2010">{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings |url=https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2010/ |website=soccer365.me |access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref>
}}</onlyinclude>

==Matches==
The fixtures were decided at a meeting held in [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands on 14 December 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Scots World Cup schedule revealed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7143572.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 December 2007 |access-date=14 December 2007 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/media/newsid=779200.html |publisher=FIFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206012616/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/media/newsid%3D779200.html |archive-date=2009-02-06 }}</ref>

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{{football box
|id = FYR Macedonia v Scotland
|date=6 September 2008
|time=15:00 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|score=1&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223014602/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041223/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|SCO}}
|goals1=[[Ilčo Naumoski|Naumoski]] {{goal|5}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Philip II Arena]], [[Skopje]] 
|attendance=9,000
|referee=[[Pavel Královec]] ([[Football Association of the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]]) }}

{{football box
|id = Norway v Iceland
|date=6 September 2008
|time=19:00 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|NOR}}
|score=2&ndash;2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150528073458/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041222/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|ISL}}
|goals1=[[Steffen Iversen|Iversen]] {{goal|36|pen.|50}}
|goals2=[[Heiðar Helguson|Helguson]] {{goal|39}}<br />[[Eiður Guðjohnsen|Guðjohnsen]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium=[[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]]
|attendance=17,254
|referee=[[Alon Yefet]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Iceland v Scotland
|date=10 September 2008
|time=18:30 [[UTC±0]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}
|score=1&ndash;2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223022052/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041221/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|SCO}}
|goals1=[[Eiður Guðjohnsen|Guðjohnsen]] {{goal|77|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Kirk Broadfoot|Broadfoot]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[James McFadden|McFadden]] {{goal|59}} 
|stadium=[[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]]
|attendance=9,767
|referee=[[Serge Gumienny]] ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]]) }}

{{football box
|id = FYR Macedonia v Netherlands
|date=10 September 2008
|time=20:30 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|score=1&ndash;2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223022039/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041220/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|NED}}
|goals1=[[Goran Pandev|Pandev]] {{goal|77|pen.}} 
|goals2=[[John Heitinga|Heitinga]] {{goal|46}}<br />[[Rafael van der Vaart|Van der Vaart]] {{goal|59}}
|stadium=[[Philip II Arena]], [[Skopje]] 
|attendance=11,000
|referee=[[Grzegorz Gilewski]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Scotland v Norway
|date=11 October 2008
|time=15:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score=0&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223021951/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041218/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|NOR}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]]
|attendance=50,205
|referee=[[Massimo Busacca]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]]) }}

{{football box
|id = Netherlands v Iceland
|date=11 October 2008
|time=20:45 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|NED}}
|score=2&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223034615/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041219/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|ISL}}
|goals1=[[Joris Mathijsen|Mathijsen]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar|Huntelaar]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Feijenoord Stadion]], [[Rotterdam]]
|attendance=37,500
|referee=[[Matteo Trefoloni|Matteo Simone Trefoloni]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Norway v Netherlands
|date=15 October 2008
|time=19:00 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|NOR}}
|score=0&ndash;1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223035036/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041217/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|NED}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Mark van Bommel|Van Bommel]] {{goal|62}}
|stadium=[[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]]
|attendance=23,840
|referee=[[Konrad Plautz]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]]) }}

{{football box
|id = Iceland v FYR Macedonia
|date=15 October 2008
|time=18:00 [[UTC±0]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}
|score=1&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151223111303/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041216/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|goals1=[[Veigar Páll Gunnarsson|V. Gunnarsson]] {{goal|16}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]]
|attendance=5,527
|referee=[[Selçuk Dereli]] ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Netherlands v Scotland
|date=28 March 2009
|time=20:45 [[UTC+1]]
|team1={{fb-rt|NED}}
|score=3&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306124847/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041215/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|SCO}}
|goals1=[[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar|Huntelaar]] {{goal|30}}<br />[[Robin van Persie|Van Persie]] {{goal|45+1}}<br />[[Dirk Kuyt|Kuyt]] {{goal|77|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Amsterdam Arena]], [[Amsterdam]]
|attendance=50,000
|referee=[[Laurent Duhamel]] ([[French Football Federation|France]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Netherlands v FYR Macedonia
|date=1 April 2009
|time=20:45 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|NED}}
|score=4&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160119190835/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041214/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|goals1=[[Dirk Kuyt|Kuyt]] {{goal|16||41}}<br />[[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar|Huntelaar]] {{goal|25}}<br />[[Rafael van der Vaart|Van der Vaart]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Amsterdam Arena]], [[Amsterdam]]
|attendance=47,750
|referee=[[Peter Rasmussen (referee)|Peter Rasmussen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]]) }}

{{football box
|id = Scotland v Iceland
|date=1 April 2009
|time=20:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score=2&ndash;1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306141843/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041213/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|ISL}}
|goals1=[[Ross McCormack|McCormack]] {{goal|39}}<br />[[Steven Fletcher (footballer)|S. Fletcher]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2=[[Indriði Sigurðsson|I. Sigurðsson]] {{goal|54}}
|stadium=[[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]]
|attendance=42,259
|referee=[[Thomas Einwaller]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = FYR Macedonia v Norway
|date=6 June 2009
|time=17:45 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|score=0&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306211738/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041212/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|NOR}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Philip II Arena]], [[Skopje]] 
|attendance=7,000
|referee=[[Paolo Tagliavento]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]]) }}

{{football box
|id = Iceland v Netherlands
|date=6 June 2009
|time=18:45 [[UTC±0]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}
|score=1&ndash;2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307093943/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041211/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|NED}}
|goals1=[[Kristján Örn Sigurðsson|K. Sigurðsson]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2=[[Nigel de Jong|De Jong]] {{goal|8}} <br> [[Mark van Bommel|Van Bommel]] {{goal|15}}
|stadium=[[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]]
|attendance=9,635
|referee=[[Mike Dean (referee)|Mike Dean]] ([[The Football Association|England]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = FYR Macedonia v Iceland
|date=10 June 2009
|time=17:45 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|score=2&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194628/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041209/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|ISL}}
|goals1=[[Aco Stojkov|Stojkov]] {{goal|10}} <br> [[Filip Ivanovski|Ivanovski]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Philip II Arena]], [[Skopje]] 
|attendance=7,000
|referee=[[Saïd Ennjimi]] ([[French Football Federation|France]]) }}

{{football box
|id = Netherlands v Norway
|date=10 June 2009
|time=20:45 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|NED}}
|score=2&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307164614/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041210/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|NOR}}
|goals1=[[André Ooijer|Ooijer]] {{goal|32}} <br /> [[Arjen Robben|Robben]] {{goal|50}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Feijenoord Stadion]], [[Rotterdam]]
|attendance=45,600
|referee=[[Yuri Baskakov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Norway v Scotland
|date=12 August 2009
|time=19:00 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|NOR}}
|score =4&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306211749/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041208/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|SCO}}
|goals1=[[John Arne Riise|J. Riise]] {{goal|35}} <br /> [[Morten Gamst Pedersen|Pedersen]] {{goal|45||90}} <br /> [[Erik Huseklepp|Huseklepp]] {{goal|60}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]]
|attendance=24,493
|referee=[[Alain Hamer]] ([[Luxembourg Football Federation|Luxembourg]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Scotland v FYR Macedonia
|date=5 September 2009
|time=15:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score=2&ndash;0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305131106/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041206/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|goals1=[[Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985)|Brown]] {{goal|56}} <br> [[James McFadden|McFadden]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]]
|attendance=50,214
|referee=[[Wolfgang Stark]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]]) }}

{{football box
|id = Iceland v Norway
|date=5 September 2009
|time=18:45 [[UTC±0]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}
|score=1&ndash;1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135854/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041207/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|NOR}}
|goals1=[[Eiður Guðjohnsen|Guðjohnsen]] {{goal|29}}
|goals2=[[John Arne Riise|J. Riise]] {{goal|11}}
|stadium=[[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]]
|attendance=7,321
|referee=[[Alexandru Tudor]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Norway v FYR Macedonia
|date=9 September 2009
|time=20:30 [[UTC+2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|NOR}}
|score= 2&ndash;1
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20151121083029/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041204/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|goals1=[[Thorstein Helstad|Helstad]] {{goal|2}} <br /> [[John Arne Riise|J. Riise]] {{goal|25}}
|goals2=[[Boban Grnčarov|Grnčarov]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium=[[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]]
|attendance= 14,776
|referee=[[Bruno Paixão]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]]) }}

{{football box
|id = Scotland v Netherlands
|date=9 September 2009
|time=19:30 [[UTC+1]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score= 0&ndash;1
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305105008/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=250471/match=300041205/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|NED}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Eljero Elia|Elia]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium=[[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]]
|attendance= 51,230
|referee=[[Claus Bo Larsen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]]) }}

==Goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers
|goals=44 |matches=20

|3 goals=
*{{fbicon|ISL}} [[Eiður Guðjohnsen]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Dirk Kuyt]]
*{{fbicon|NOR}} [[John Arne Riise]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Mark van Bommel]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Rafael van der Vaart]]
*{{fbicon|NOR}} [[Steffen Iversen]]
*{{fbicon|NOR}} [[Morten Gamst Pedersen]]
*{{fbicon|SCO}} [[James McFadden]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbicon|ISL}} [[Heiðar Helguson]]
*{{fbicon|ISL}} [[Veigar Páll Gunnarsson]]
*{{fbicon|ISL}} [[Indriði Sigurðsson]]
*{{fbicon|ISL}} [[Kristján Örn Sigurðsson]]
*{{fbicon|MKD}} [[Boban Grncarov]]
*{{fbicon|MKD}} [[Filip Ivanovski]]
*{{fbicon|MKD}} [[Ilčo Naumoski]]
*{{fbicon|MKD}} [[Goran Pandev]]
*{{fbicon|MKD}} [[Aco Stojkov]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Eljero Elia]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Nigel de Jong]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[John Heitinga]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Joris Mathijsen]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[André Ooijer]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Robin van Persie]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Arjen Robben]]
*{{fbicon|NOR}} [[Thorstein Helstad]]
*{{fbicon|NOR}} [[Erik Huseklepp]]
*{{fbicon|SCO}} [[Kirk Broadfoot]]
*{{fbicon|SCO}} [[Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985)|Scott Brown]]
*{{fbicon|SCO}} [[Steven Fletcher (footballer)|Steven Fletcher]]
*{{fbicon|SCO}} [[Ross McCormack]]
}}

==Attendances==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Highest
! Lowest
! Average
|- 
| {{fb|ISL}} || align="center" | 9,767 || align="center" | 5,527 || align="center" | 8,063
|- 
| {{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}} || align="center" | 11,000 || align="center" | 7,000 || align="center" | 8,500
|- 
| {{fb|NED}} || align="center" | 50,000 || align="center" | 37,500 || align="center" | 45,213
|- 
| {{fb|NOR}} || align="center" | 24,493 || align="center" | 14,776 || align="center" | 20,091
|-
| {{fb|SCO}} || align="center" | 51,230 || align="center" | 42,259 || align="center" | 48,477
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifiers}}

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[[Category:2008–09 in Scottish football]]
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[[Category:2008–09 in Republic of Macedonia football]]
[[Category:2009–10 in Republic of Macedonia football]]
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[[Category:Netherlands at the 2010 FIFA World Cup|qual]]
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[[Category:2009 in Icelandic football]]
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