2010 Estonia national football team

2010 Estonia national football team

Season	2010
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 Estonia as an independent nation.[1]

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

Georgia  v  Estonia

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

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.

Estonia  v  Finland

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

Estonia  v  Croatia

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

Sergei Mošnikov was capped for the first time.

Latvia  v  Estonia

19 June 2010 2010 Baltic Cup	Latvia	0 – 0	Estonia	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
18:10 UTC+3		Report		Attendance: 300 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Lithuania vs Estonia

Lithuania  v  Estonia

20 June 2010 2010 Baltic Cup	Lithuania	2 – 0	Estonia	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
18:10 UTC+3	Savėnas 31' (pen.) Rimkevičius 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 600 Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)

Estonia vs Faroe Islands

Estonia  v  Faroe Islands

11 August 2010 Euro 2012 qualifying	Estonia	2 – 1	Faroe Islands	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
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

Estonia  v  Italy

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

Estonia  v  Uzbekistan

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

Serbia  v  Estonia

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

Estonia  v  Slovenia

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

Siim Luts was capped for the first time.

Estonia  v  Liechtenstein

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

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

China  v  Estonia

18 December 2010 Friendly	China	3 – 0	Estonia	Zhuhai Sports Center Stadium, Zhuhai
17:00 UTC+8	Du Wei 17' Yu Hai 20' Yang Xu 38'			Referee: Ko Hyung Jin (South Korea)

Qatar vs Estonia

Qatar  v  Estonia

22 December 2010 Friendly	Qatar	2 – 0	Estonia	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
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):

Mihkel Aksalu Rauno Alliku Alo Bärengrub Aleksandr Dmitrijev Alo Dupikov Enar Jääger Markus Jürgenson Gert Kams Tarmo Kink Ragnar Klavan

Oliver Konsa Artur Kotenko Dmitri Kruglov Pavel Londak Siim Luts Marko Meerits Igor Morozov Sergei Mošnikov Andres Oper Karl Palatu

Sergei Pareiko Raio Piiroja Sander Post Eino Puri Sander Puri Ats Purje Taavi Rähn Kaimar Saag Andrei Sidorenkov Andrei Stepanov

Tihhon Šišov Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Indrek Zelinski Sergei Zenjov Taijo Teniste Konstantin Vassiljev Vladimir Voskoboinikov Martin Vunk

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Konstantin Vassiljev (two penalties)

2 goals

• Ats Purje

1 goals

• Tarmo Kink
• Andres Oper
• Raio Piiroja
• Sander Post
• Kaimar Saag
• Sergei Zenjov

Own goal

• Aleksandar Luković

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.

References

• All national team games

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