2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group B was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia and Malta.

The group winners, Italy, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Denmark finished runners-up, but were ranked as the poorest of the nine group runners-up and so did not advance to the play-offs.[1]

Standings

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 10640199+1022
 Denmark 104421712+516
 Czech Republic 10433139+415
 Bulgaria 10343149+513
 Armenia 104151213−113
 Malta 10109528−233
  Armenia Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Italy Malta
Armenia  — 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–3 0–1
Bulgaria  1–0 — 0–1 1–1 2–2 6–0
Czech Republic  1–2 0–0 — 0–3 0–0 3–1
Denmark  0–4 1–1 0–0 — 2–2 6–0
Italy  2–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 — 2–0
Malta  0–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 0–2 —
  Winner qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Denmark was ranked as the worst runner-up among all nine groups (having scored fewer points than the other eight) and so they failed to advance to the play-offs.

Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, on 28 November 2011.[2]

Malta  0–1  Armenia
Report Sarkisov  70'
Attendance: 3,517
Referee: Rene Eisner (Austria)

Bulgaria  2–2  Italy
Manolev  30'
G. Milanov  66'		 Report Osvaldo  36', 40'
Attendance: 12,993

Denmark  0–0  Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 24,004

Bulgaria  1–0  Armenia
Manolev  43' Report
Attendance: 17,883

Italy  2–0  Malta
Destro  5'
Peluso  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000

Czech Republic  3–1  Malta
Gebre Selassie  34'
Pekhart  52'
Rezek  67'		 Report Briffa  38'
Attendance: 10,358

Armenia  1–3  Italy
Mkhitaryan  28' Report Pirlo  11' (pen.)
De Rossi  64'
Osvaldo  82'
Attendance: 25,000[3]

Bulgaria  1–1  Denmark
Rangelov  7' Report Bendtner  40'
Attendance: 20,780
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Czech Republic  0–0  Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 16,163

Italy  3–1  Denmark
Montolivo  34'
De Rossi  37'
Balotelli  54'		 Report Kvist  45+1'
Attendance: 37,027

Bulgaria  6–0  Malta
Tonev  6', 38', 68'
I. Popov  47'
Gargorov  55'
Ivanov  78'		 Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]

Czech Republic  0–3  Denmark
Report Cornelius  57'
Kjær  67'
Zimling  83'
Attendance: 12,288

Armenia  0–3  Czech Republic
Report Vydra  47', 81'
Kolář  90+4'
Attendance: 14,403

Denmark  1–1  Bulgaria
Agger  63' (pen.) Report Manolev  51'
Attendance: 22,357

Malta  0–2  Italy
Report Balotelli  8' (pen.), 45'
Attendance: 17,011

Armenia  0–1  Malta
Report Mifsud  8'
Attendance: 8,500

Czech Republic  0–0  Italy
Report
Attendance: 18,235

Denmark  0–4  Armenia
Report Movsisyan  1', 59'
Özbiliz  19'
Mkhitaryan  82'
Attendance: 14,284

Czech Republic  1–2  Armenia
Rosický  70' Report Mkrtchyan  30'
Ghazaryan  90+2'
Attendance: 17,628

Malta  1–2  Denmark
Failla  38' Report Andreasen  2'
Camilleri  52' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,576

Italy  1–0  Bulgaria
Gilardino  38' Report
Attendance: 28,662

Armenia  0–1  Denmark
Report Agger  73' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,000

Malta  1–2  Bulgaria
Herrera  77' Report Dimitrov  9'
Gargorov  59'
Attendance: 4,884

Italy  2–1  Czech Republic
Chiellini  51'
Balotelli  54' (pen.)		 Report Kozák  19'
Attendance: 35,299

Armenia  2–1  Bulgaria
Özbiliz  45+1'
Movsisyan  87'		 Report Popov  61'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Malta  1–4  Czech Republic
Mifsud  47' Report Hübschman  3'
Lafata  33'
Kadlec  51'
Pekhart  90'
Attendance: 4,530
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Denmark  2–2  Italy
Bendtner  45+1', 79' Report Osvaldo  28'
Aquilani  90+1'
Attendance: 35,305

Bulgaria  0–1  Czech Republic
Report Dočkal  51'
Attendance: 25,464

Denmark  6–0  Malta
Rasmussen  8', 74'
Agger  11' (pen.), 39' (pen.)
Bjelland  28'
Nielsen  84'		 Report
Attendance: 11,479

Italy  2–2  Armenia
Florenzi  24'
Balotelli  76'		 Report Movsisyan  5'
Mkhitaryan  70'
Attendance: 22,000
Notes
  1. ↑ Bulgaria v Malta was played without spectators due to sanctions imposed by FIFA as a result of racist chanting by Bulgarian supporters at the home match against Denmark.[4]

Goalscorers

There were 80 goals in 30 games for an average of 2.67 goals per game.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Discipline

Pos Player Country Yellow card Red card Suspended for match(es) Reason
DFIvan Bandalovski Bulgaria21vs Denmark (12 October 2012)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFGevorg Ghazaryan Armenia21vs Italy (12 October 2012)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWMario Balotelli Italy31vs Bulgaria (6 September 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
FWMarcos Pizzelli Armenia01vs Italy (12 October 2012)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
FWPablo Daniel Osvaldo Italy01vs Armenia (12 October 2012)
vs Malta (26 March 2013)		Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DFSargis Hovsepyan Armenia20vs Italy (12 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWAndreas Cornelius Denmark20vs Italy (16 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFWilliam Kvist Denmark30vs Czech Republic (23 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFKarlen Mkrtchyan Armenia20vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFHrayr Mkoyan Armenia20vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFArthur Yedigaryan Armenia50vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013)
vs Denmark (10 September 2013)		Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFDaniele De Rossi Italy20vs Malta (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFYordan Minev Bulgaria20vs Denmark (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWNicolai Jørgensen Denmark20vs Armenia (11 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFGeorgi Milanov Bulgaria20vs Italy (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFLuke Dimech Malta20vs Denmark (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFAlex Muscat Malta20vs Denmark (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFVladimír Darida Czech Republic20vs Armenia (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFRobert Arzumanyan Armenia30vs Denmark (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWYura Movsisyan Armenia30vs Denmark (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFRoderick Briffa Malta20vs Bulgaria (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFVarazdat Haroyan Armenia31vs Bulgaria (11 October 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFAndré Schembri Malta20vs Czech Republic (11 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFDaniel Kolář Czech Republic21vs Malta (11 October 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
STLibor Kozák Czech Republic20vs Malta (11 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFYordan Minev Bulgaria20vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFSvetoslav Dyakov Bulgaria31vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DFNikolay Bodurov Bulgaria11vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
STMichael Mifsud Malta20vs Denmark (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFTomáš Sivok Czech Republic20vs Bulgaria (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFNiki Zimling Denmark20vs Malta (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWNicklas Bendtner Denmark20vs Malta (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFNicolai Boilesen Denmark20vs Malta (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

Attendances

Team Total Highest Lowest Average
 Armenia81,90325,0008,50016,381
 Bulgaria77,12025,464015,424
 Czech Republic74,67218,23510,35814,934
 Denmark107,42935,30511,47921,486
 Italy140,98837,02718,00028,198
 Malta35,51818,0003,5177,104

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – European Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Čeští fotbalisté začnou boj o MS v září v Dánsku. Itálii vyzvou až v roce 2013" [Czech footballers will start fight for the World Championships in September in Denmark – head to Italy in 2013] (in Czech). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ↑ Armenia vs Italy match report
  4. ↑ "Hungary and Bulgaria sanctioned to play without spectators". FIFA. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
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