Estonia national football team 2008

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The 2008 season was the seventeenth full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation. The Estonia national football team played a total number of fifteen matches (including one unofficial) in 2008 and started in the qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. [1]

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Poland vs Estonia

Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2 – 0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Matusiak Soccerball shade.svg38'
Zahorski Soccerball shade.svg72'
Report
Wronki Stadion, Wronki
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

Estonia vs Canada

Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2 – 0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Stalteri Soccerball shade.svg59' (o.g.)
Zahovaiko Soccerball shade.svg90'
Report
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Audrius Zuta (Lithuania)

Estonia vs Georgia

Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1 – 1Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Kink Soccerball shade.svg64' (pen.) Report Kenia Soccerball shade.svg83'
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)

Latvia vs Estonia

Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg1 – 0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Laizāns Soccerball shade.svg48' (pen.) Report
Skonto stadions, Riga
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Zuta (Lithuania)

Estonia vs Lithuania

Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0 – 1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Report Mizigurskis Soccerball shade.svg89'
Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Roman Lajuks (Latvia)

Estonia vs Faroe Islands

Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 4 – 3Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
Zahovaiko Soccerball shade.svg9', 14'
Kink Soccerball shade.svg28'
Novikov Soccerball shade.svg75'
Report Holst Soccerball shade.svg63', 66'
Olsen Soccerball shade.svg70' (pen.)
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Sweden)

Estonia vs Malta

Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2 – 1Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Purje Soccerball shade.svg22'
Oper Soccerball shade.svg53'
Report Azzopardi Soccerball shade.svg8'
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Belgium vs Estonia

Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg3 – 2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Sonck Soccerball shade.svg39', 81'
Defour Soccerball shade.svg75'
Report Zenjov Soccerball shade.svg57'
Oper Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 17,992
Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Bosnia Herzegovina vs Estonia

Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg7 – 0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Misimović Soccerball shade.svg25', 30' (pen.), 56'
Muslimović Soccerball shade.svg58'
Džeko Soccerball shade.svg60', 73'
Ibričić Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report
Bilino Polje, Zenica
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Estonia vs Spain

Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0 – 3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report Juanito Soccerball shade.svg34'
Villa Soccerball shade.svg38' (pen.)
Puyol Soccerball shade.svg69'
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Estonia vs Turkey

Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0 – 0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Report
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

Estonia vs Latvia

Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1 – 1Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Kink Soccerball shade.svg52' Report Grebis Soccerball shade.svg75'
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Brage Sandmoen (Norway)

Estonia vs Moldova

Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1 – 0Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Voskoboinikov Soccerball shade.svg56' Report
Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (DEN)

Estonia vs Lithuania

Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1 – 1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Puri Soccerball shade.svg6' Report Kavaliauskas Soccerball shade.svg35'

Murcia vs Estonia

Flag of the Region of Murcia.svg Murcia 1 – 1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Toché Soccerball shade.svg45' Kink Soccerball shade.svg23'
Estadio Nueva Condomina, Lorca
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Franco Martínez (Spain)

Notes

  1. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Estonia played in Group 5.
  2. Unofficial match

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References

  1. "Koondiseaasta numbrites 2008" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 25 November 2008.