Qualifying to run from August 2008 to November 2009. Group winners qualify for Finals, with the eight best runners-up from the nine groups contesting two-legged play-offs to decide the other four finalists.European Qualifying Group 3
Teams.... Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Slovakia.. 10 7 1 2 22 10 .12 22
Slovenia.. 10 6 2 2 18 .4 .14 20 Play-Off
Czech Rep. 10 4 4 2 17 .6 .11 16
N. Ireland 10 4 3 3 13 .9 ..4 15
Poland.... 10 3 2 5 19 14 ..5 11
San Marino 10 0 0 10 1 47 -46 .0
Fixtures/Results:06-09-08 Slovakia...... a L 1-2 (0-0) Durica 81og; Skrtel 47, Hamsik 70
10-09-08 Czech Republic h D 0-0 (0-0) -; -
11-10-08 Slovenia...... a L 0-2 (0-0) -; Novakovic 83, Ljubijankic 84
15-10-08 San Marino.... h W 4-0 (2-0) Healy 31, McCann 43, Lafferty 56, Davis 75; -
11-02-09 San Marino.... a W 3-0 (2-0) McAuley 7, McCann 33, Brunt 63; -
28-03-09 Poland........ h W 3-2 (1-1) Feeney 10, Evans 47, Zewlakow 61og; Jelen 27, Saganowski 90+
01-04-09 Slovenia...... h W 1-0 (0-0) Feeney 73; -
05-09-09 Poland........ a D 1-1 (1-0) Lafferty 38; Hughes 80og
09-09-09 Slovakia...... h L 0-2 (0-1) -; Sestak 15, Holosko 66
14-10-09 Czech Republic a D 0-0 (0-0)
Appearances/Goals:
Healy David.... 10(0)/1
Hughes Aaron... 10(0)/0
Taylor Maik.... 10(0)/0
Davis Steven.... 8(0)/1
McAuley Gareth.. 8(0)/1
McCann Grant.... 8(0)/2
Craigan Stephen. 7(0)/0
Evans Jonny..... 7(0)/1
Clingan Sammy... 6(0)/0
Johnson Damien.. 6(0)/0
McCartney George 6(0)/0
Baird Chris..... 5(3)/0
Gillespie Keith. 4(0)/0
Lafferty Kyle... 4(0)/2
Feeney Warren... 3(4)/2
Paterson Martin. 3(3)/0
Brunt Chris..... 2(3)/1
McGinn Niall.... 1(1)/0
McGivern Ryan... 1(3)/0
O'Connor Michael 1(2)/0
Kirk Andy....... 0(1)/0
Little Andrew... 0(1)/0
McCourt Paddy... 0(1)/0
Shiels Dean..... 0(2)/0
Own Goals....... ----/2
