Estonia national football team 2010
Season | 2010 |
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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 played | 13 |
Wins | 3 |
Draws | 4 |
Losses | 6 |
Goals scored | 13 (1 per match) |
Goals against | 18 |
Top goalscorer | Konstantin Vassiljev (4 goals) |
Players | 38 |
Goalscorers | 8 |
Debutants | 6 |
Highest attendance | 40,000 v Georgia (3 March 2010 in Georgia) |
Lowest attendance | 300 v Latvia (19 June 2010 in Lithuania) |
← 2009 2011 → |
The 2010 season was the 19th full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation.
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 | 2 – 1 | Estonia | Lokomotivi Stadium, Tbilisi |
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17:00 UTC+3 | Kobiashvili 45+4' Siradze 90+4' |
Report | Purje 83' | 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 | 2 – 0 | Finland | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
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19:00 UTC+3 | Oper 5' Post 55' |
Report | Attendance: 5,650 Referee: István Vad (Hungary) |
Estonia vs Croatia
26 May 2010 Friendly | Estonia | 0 – 0 | Croatia | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
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21:30 UTC+3 | Report | Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark) |
Latvia vs Estonia
Sergei Mošnikov was capped for the first time.
19 June 2010 2010 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 0 – 0 | Estonia | S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas |
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18:10 UTC+3 | Report | Attendance: 300 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania) |
Lithuania vs Estonia
20 June 2010 2010 Baltic Cup | Lithuania | 2 – 0 | Estonia | S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas |
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18:10 UTC+3 | Savėnas 31' (pen.) Rimkevičius 90+2' |
Report | Attendance: 600 Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia) |
Estonia vs Faroe Islands
11 August 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying | Estonia | 2 – 1 | Faroe Islands | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
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20:00 UTC+3 | Saag 90+1' Piiroja 90+3' |
Report | Edmundsson 28' | Attendance: 5,201 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr. (Croatia) |
Estonia vs Italy
3 September 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying | Estonia | 1 – 2 | Italy | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
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21:30 UTC+3 | Zenjov 31' | Report | Cassano 60' Bonucci 63' |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) |
Estonia vs Uzbekistan
7 September 2010 Friendly | Estonia | 3 – 3 | Uzbekistan | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
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19:00 UTC+3 | Purje 25' Vassiljev 63' Vassiljev 72' (pen.) |
Report | Shatskikh 9' Geynrikh 55' Shatskikh 85' |
Attendance: 2,055 Referee: Huw Jones (Wales) |
Serbia vs Estonia
8 October 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying | Serbia | 1 – 3 | Estonia | Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade |
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20:30 UTC+2 | Žigić 60' | Report | Kink 63' Vassiljev 73' Luković 90+1' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia) |
Estonia vs Slovenia
12 October 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying | Estonia | 0 – 1 | Slovenia | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
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21:30 UTC+3 | Report | Sidorenkov 66' (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 | 1 – 1 | Liechtenstein | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
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18:45 UTC+3 | Vassiljev 57' (pen.) | Report | Frick 36' | 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 PR | 3 – 0 | Estonia | Zhuhai Sports Center Stadium, Zhuhai |
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17:00 UTC+8 | Du Wei 17' Yu Hai 20' Yang Xu 38' |
Referee: Ko Hyung Jin (South Korea) |
Qatar vs Estonia
22 December 2010 Friendly | Qatar | 2 – 0 | Estonia | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha |
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16:00 UTC+3 | Soria 37' Fábio César 78' |
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland) |
Players
These 38 players were capped during the 2010 season (listed alphabetically):
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- Konstantin Vassiljev (two penalties)
- 2 goals
- 1 goals
- Own goal
Debutants
- Karl Palatu (#214) – on 21 May in a friendly match against Finland
- Sergei Mošnikov (#215) – on 19 June in a Baltic Cup match against Latvia
- Siim Luts (#216) – on 17 November in a friendly against Liechtenstein
- Rauno Alliku (#217–218) – on 18 December started in a friendly against China
- Markus Jürgenson (#217–218) – on 18 December started in a friendly against China
- Marko Meerits (#219) – on 18 December came on as a substitute in a friendly against China
All six were FC Flora Tallinn players at the time of their debuts.