
World Cup 2010
See the status and results from FIFA World Cup 2010.
Tournament Information
World Cup Winning Country:
Spain
Participant teams:
204 (final tournament: 32)
Matches played:
64
Goals scored:
145 (2.27 per match)
Best player/Golden Ball:
Diego Forlán (URU)
Top scorer/Golden Shoe:
Thomas Müller (GER) (Golden Shoe Winner), Diego Forlán (URU), David Villa (ESP) Wesley Sneijder (NED) 5 goals
Host:
South Africa
Attendance:
3,178,856 (49,670 per match)

Coach: Vicente del Bosque (ESP)
No.: | Position | Player | Date of Birth | Age | Caps | Club |
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1 | GK | Iker Casillas (c) | 20 May 1981 | 29 | 104 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Raúl Albiol | 4 September 1985 | 24 | 23 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Gerard Piqué | 2 February 1987 | 23 | 16 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Carlos Marchena | 31 July 1979 | 30 | 59 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Carles Puyol | 13 April 1978 | 32 | 83 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Andrés Iniesta | 11 May 1984 | 26 | 43 | ![]() |
7 | FW | David Villa | 3 December 1981 | 28 | 58 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Xavier Hernández | 25 January 1980 | 30 | 87 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Fernando Torres | 20 March 1984 | 26 | 73 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Francesc Fàbregas | 4 May 1987 | 23 | 49 | ![]() |
11 | DF | Joan Capdevila | 3 February 1978 | 32 | 46 | ![]() |
12 | GK | Víctor Valdés | 14 January 1982 | 28 | 1 | ![]() |
13 | MF | Juan Manuel Mata | 28 April 1988 | 22 | 8 | ![]() |
14 | MF | Xabi Alonso | 25 November 1981 | 28 | 69 | ![]() |
15 | DF | Sergio Ramos | 30 March 1986 | 24 | 60 | ![]() |
16 | MF | Sergio Busquets | 16 July 1988 | 21 | 13 | ![]() |
17 | DF | Álvaro Arbeloa | 17 January 1983 | 27 | 15 | ![]() |
18 | FW | Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma | 28 July 1987 | 22 | 3 | ![]() |
19 | FW | Fernando Llorente | 26 February 1985 | 25 | 7 | ![]() |
20 | MF | Javi Martínez | 2 September 1988 | 21 | 2 | ![]() |
21 | MF | David Silva | 8 January 1986 | 24 | 36 | ![]() |
22 | MF | Jesús Navas | 21 November 1985 | 24 | 6 | ![]() |
23 | GK | José Manuel Reina | 31 August 1982 | 27 | 20 | ![]() |
First round
Group A
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
Match 2 - June 11
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
Uruguay 

0 - 0

Match 17 - June 16
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
South Africa 

0 - 3

Match 18 - June 17
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
France 

0 - 2

Match 34 - June 22
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
France 

1 - 2

Group B
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
Match 4 - June 12
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
South Korea 

2 - 0

Match 19 - June 17
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Greece 

2 - 1

Match 35 - June 22
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Nigeria 

2 - 2

Match 36 - June 22
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Greece 

0 - 2

Group C
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
Match 5 - June 12
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
England 

1 - 1

Match 6 - June 13
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Algeria 

0 - 1

Match 22 - June 18
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Slovenia 

2 - 2

Match 23 - June 18
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
England 

0 - 0

Match 37 - June 23
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Slovenia 

0 - 1

Match 38 - June 23
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
USA 

1 - 0

Group D
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
Match 7 - June 13
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Germany 

4 - 0

Match 8 - June 13
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Serbia 

0 - 1

Match 21 - June 18
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Germany 

0 - 1

Match 24 - June 19
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Ghana 

1 - 1

Match 39 - June 23
Soccer City, Johannesburg
Soccer City, Johannesburg
Ghana 

0 - 1

Match 40 - June 23
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Australia 

2 - 1

Group E
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
Match 9 - June 14
Soccer City, Johannesburg
Soccer City, Johannesburg
Netherlands 

2 - 0

Match 10 - June 14
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Japan 

1 - 0

Match 25 - June 19
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Netherlands 

1 - 0

Match 26 - June 19
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Cameroon 

1 - 2

Match 43 - June 24
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Denmark 

1 - 3

Match 44 - June 24
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Cameroon 

1 - 2

Group F
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
Match 11 - June 14
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Italy 

1 - 1

Match 12 - June 15
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
New Zealand 

1 - 1

Match 27 - June 20
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Slovakia 

0 - 2

Match 28 - June 20
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Italy 

1 - 1

Match 41 - June 24
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Slovakia 

3 - 2

Match 42 - June 24
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Paraguay 

0 - 0

Group G
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0 |
Match 13 - June 15
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Côte d'Ivoire 

0 - 0

Match 30 - June 21
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Portugal 

7 - 0

Match 45 - June 25
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Portugal 

0 - 0

Match 46 - June 25
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
North Korea 

0 - 3

Group H
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
Match 15 - June 16
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Honduras 

0 - 1

Match 16 - June 16
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Spain 

0 - 1

Match 31 - June 21
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Chile 

1 - 0

Match 47 - June 25
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Chile 

1 - 2

Match 48 - June 25
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Switzerland 

0 - 0

Round of sixteen
Match 49 - June 26
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Uruguay 

2 - 1

Match 50 - June 26
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
USA 

1 - 2 (After 90 minutes 1 - 1)

Match 51 - June 27
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Germany 

4 - 1

Match 53 - June 28
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Netherlands 

2 - 1

Match 54 - June 28
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Brazil 

3 - 0

Match 55 - June 29
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Paraguay 

0 - 0
(AET 0 - 0, 5 - 3 PEN)
(AET 0 - 0, 5 - 3 PEN)

Match 56 - June 29
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Spain 

1 - 0

Quarter-finals
Match 57 - July 2
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Netherlands 

2 - 1

Match 59 - July 3
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Argentina 

0 - 4

Match 60 - July 3
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Paraguay 

0 - 1

Semi-finals
Match 61 - July 6
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
Uruguay 

2 - 3

Match 62 - July 7
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Germany 

0 - 1

Third place match
Final
Match 64 - July 11
Soccer City, Johannesburg
Attendance: 84,490
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Goal: Iniesta 116'
Soccer City, Johannesburg
Attendance: 84,490
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Goal: Iniesta 116'
Netherlands 

0 - 1(After 90 minutes 0 - 0)
