2010 Estonia national football team

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2010 Estonia national football team
Season2010
Manager Tarmo Rüütli
Captain Raio Piiroja
Home stadium A. Le Coq Arena
2010 Baltic Cup third
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying third (after 4 rounds)
Matches played13
Wins3
Draws4
Losses6
Goals scored13 (1 per match)
Goals against18
Top goalscorer Konstantin Vassiljev (4 goals)
Players38
Goalscorers8
Debutants6
Highest attendance40,000 v Georgia (3 March 2010 in Georgia)
Lowest attendance300 v Latvia (19 June 2010 in Lithuania)
2009
2011

The 2010 season was the 19th full year of competitive football in Estonia as an independent nation. [1]

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Matches

The team played total of thirteen – four UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, two Baltic Cup and seven friendly – matches, of which they won three, drew four and lost six. They scored thirteen goals, averaging one goal per match, and conceded eighteen in these games.

Georgia vs Estonia

3 March 2010 Friendly Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg2 – 1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Lokomotivi Stadium, Tbilisi
17:00 UTC+3 Kobiashvili Soccerball shade.svg45+4'
Siradze Soccerball shade.svg90+4'
Report Purje Soccerball shade.svg83'Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Estonia vs Finland

It was the farewell match for Indrek Zelinski, who acquired total of 103 caps and 27 goals. Sander Post scored his first international goal, which helped Estonia overcome Finland for the first time in 73 years. Karl Palatu was capped for the first time.

21 May 2010 Friendly Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg2 – 0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
19:00 UTC+3 Oper Soccerball shade.svg5'
Post Soccerball shade.svg55'
Report Attendance: 5,650
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Estonia vs Croatia

26 May 2010 Friendly Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0 – 0Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:30 UTC+3 Report Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)

Latvia vs Estonia

Sergei Mošnikov was capped for the first time.

Lithuania vs Estonia

Estonia vs Faroe Islands

Estonia vs Italy

3 September 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg1 – 2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:30 UTC+3 Zenjov Soccerball shade.svg31' Report Cassano Soccerball shade.svg60'
Bonucci Soccerball shade.svg63'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Estonia vs Uzbekistan

7 September 2010 Friendly Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg3 – 3Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
19:00 UTC+3 Purje Soccerball shade.svg25'
Vassiljev Soccerball shade.svg63'
Vassiljev Soccerball shade.svg72' (pen.)
Report Shatskikh Soccerball shade.svg9'
Geynrikh Soccerball shade.svg55'
Shatskikh Soccerball shade.svg85'
Attendance: 2,055
Referee: Huw Jones (Wales)

Serbia vs Estonia

8 October 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1 – 3Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade
20:30 UTC+2 Žigić Soccerball shade.svg60' Report Kink Soccerball shade.svg63'
Vassiljev Soccerball shade.svg73'
Luković Soccerball shade.svg90+1' (o.g.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)

Estonia vs Slovenia

12 October 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0 – 1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:30 UTC+3 Report Sidorenkov Soccerball shade.svg66' (o.g.)Attendance: 5,722
Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

Estonia vs Liechtenstein

Siim Luts was capped for the first time.

17 November 2010 Friendly Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg1 – 1Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
18:45 UTC+3 Vassiljev Soccerball shade.svg57' (pen.) Report Frick Soccerball shade.svg36'Attendance: 1,909
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis (Russia)

China vs Estonia

Rauno Alliku, Markus Jürgenson and Marko Meerits were capped for the first time.

18 December 2010 Friendly China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3 – 0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Zhuhai Sports Center Stadium, Zhuhai
17:00 UTC+8 Du Wei Soccerball shade.svg17'
Yu Hai Soccerball shade.svg20'
Yang Xu Soccerball shade.svg38'
Referee: Ko Hyung Jin (South Korea)

Qatar vs Estonia

Players

These 38 players were capped during the 2010 season (listed alphabetically):

Goalscorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goals
Own goal

Debutants

All six were FC Flora Tallinn players at the time of their debuts.

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References

  1. "Koondiseaasta numbrites 2010" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 9 February 2011.