2010 World Cup Qualifiers - Appearances
Made and Goals Scored
In Group 8 of the 2010
World Cup qualifiers the Irish team was drawn with Italy, Bulgaria,
Cyprus, Montenegro and Georgia. This was the first qualification campaign
for Giovanni
Trapattoni as Republic
of Ireland manager. Despite ending the qualification campaign without
being beaten the Irish team finished in second place and six points behind
the Italians. Six draws out of ten matches simply wasn't good enough to
win automatic qualification so Ireland had to face France in a two match
play-off. Following 0-1 defeat at home in Croke Park qualification looked
out of reach. In the return tie in Paris Robbie
Keane levelled the tie after 33 minutes and the Irish were playing
better than the French. The match went into extra time with the Irish
continuing to have the better chances to score when disaster struck. A
double hand ball by Thierry Henry went unnoticed by the match officials
and his dinked cross was nodded home from close range by William Gallas.
Despite vigorous appeals by the players at the time, and by the FAI
in the days after the match, there would be no Irish team in South Africa
for the 2010 World Cup finals.
Irish Player Appearances in World Cup
2010 Qualifiers
Trapattoni used 24 different Irish players
in twelve matches during the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. The following
players appeared for the Republic of Ireland during the 2010 World Cup
qualification campaign matches.
|
|
Player |
Appearances
|
| Shay Given |
12
|
| Robbie Keane |
12
|
| Richard Dunne |
12
|
| Kevin Kilbane |
12
|
| John
O'Shea |
12
|
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| Glen Whelan |
11
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| Stephen Hunt |
10
|
| Kevin Doyle |
10
|
| Aidan McGeady |
10
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| Keith Andrews |
8
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| Damien
Duff |
7
|
| |
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| Sean St Ledger |
6
|
| Paul McShane |
6
|
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| Leon Best |
4
|
| Caleb Folan |
4
|
| Andy Keogh |
4
|
| |
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| Liam Lawrence |
3
|
| Darron
Gibson |
3
|
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| Steven Reid |
2
|
| Steve
Finnan |
2
|
| Stephen Kelly |
2
|
| Noel Hunt |
2
|
| Martin Rowlands |
2
|
| Liam
Miller |
2
|
Irish Goal Scorers During World Cup 2010
Qualifiers
The following players scored goals for
the Republic of Ireland during the 2010 World Cup qualification campaign
matches.
| Player |
Goals
Scored
|
| Robbie Keane |
6
|
| Kevin Doyle |
2
|
| Richard Dunne |
2
|
| Glen Whelan |
2
|
| Sean St Ledger |
1
|
Irish World Cup Qualifying
Group Results
Number of Appearances and Goals Scored
in Irish World Cup Qualifying Campaigns
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World
Cup 2014 Appearances
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Number of Appearances and Goals Scored
in Irish Euro Championship Finals Qualifying Campaigns
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