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2010 Estonia national football team

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2010 Estonia national football team
Season2010
ManagerTarmo Rüütli
CaptainRaio Piiroja
Home stadiumA. Le Coq Arena
2010 Baltic Cupthird
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifyingthird (after 4 rounds)
Matches played13
Wins3
Draws4
Losses6
Goals scored13 (1 per match)
Goals against18
Top goalscorerKonstantin 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]

Matches

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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

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3 March 2010 Friendly Georgia  2 – 1  Estonia Lokomotivi Stadium, Tbilisi
17:00 UTC+3 Kobiashvili 45+4'
Siradze 90+4'
Report Purje 83' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Estonia vs Finland

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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
19:00 UTC+3 Oper 5'
Post 55'
Report Attendance: 5,650
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Estonia vs Croatia

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

Latvia vs Estonia

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Sergei Mošnikov was capped for the first time.

Lithuania vs Estonia

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Estonia vs Faroe Islands

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Estonia vs Italy

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3 September 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying Estonia  1 – 2  Italy A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:30 UTC+3 Zenjov 31' Report Cassano 60'
Bonucci 63'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Estonia vs Uzbekistan

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7 September 2010 Friendly Estonia  3 – 3  Uzbekistan A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
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

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8 October 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying Serbia  1 – 3  Estonia Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade
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

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12 October 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying Estonia  0 – 1  Slovenia A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:30 UTC+3 Report Sidorenkov 66' (o.g.) Attendance: 5,722
Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

Estonia vs Liechtenstein

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Siim Luts was capped for the first time.

17 November 2010 Friendly Estonia  1 – 1  Liechtenstein A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
18:45 UTC+3 Vassiljev 57' (pen.) Report Frick 36' Attendance: 1,909
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis (Russia)

China vs Estonia

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

Qatar vs Estonia

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Players

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

Goalscorers

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4 goals
2 goals
1 goals
Own goal

Debutants

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

References

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