Estonia national football team 2010 explained

Season:2010
Manager:Tarmo Rüütli
Captain:Raio Piiroja
Home Stadium:A. Le Coq Arena
Continentalcup1:2010 Baltic Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:third
Continentalcup2:UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:third (after 4 rounds)
Matches:13
Wins:3
Draws:4
Losses:6
Total Goals:13
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)
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason: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.

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.

Latvia vs Estonia

Sergei Mošnikov was capped for the first time.

Estonia vs Liechtenstein

Siim Luts was capped for the first time.

China vs Estonia

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

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.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Koondiseaasta numbrites 2010. Soccernet.ee. Estonian. 9 February 2011.