2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E
The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, and Kazakhstan.
The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1][2]
The group winners, Poland, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Denmark, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up, where they won against the Republic of Ireland and thus qualified too.[1]
Standings
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In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[3]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 25 | Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||
2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 20 | Advance to second round | 4–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||
3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 16 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | |||
4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | |||
5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 7 | 1–6 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–5 | — | 2–0 | |||
6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |
Matches
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.[1][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).[5]
Kazakhstan |
2–2 | |
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Romania |
1–1 | |
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Poland |
3–2 | |
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Poland |
2–1 | |
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Armenia |
3–2 | |
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Romania |
0–3 | |
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Armenia |
2–0 | |
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Montenegro |
1–2 | |
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Kazakhstan |
1–3 | |
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Poland |
3–1 | |
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Romania |
1–0 | |
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Poland |
3–0 | |
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Armenia |
1–6 | |
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Denmark |
1–1 | |
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1–1 | |
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Poland |
4–2 | |
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Goalscorers
There were 96 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.
- 16 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Gevorg Ghazaryan Artak Grigoryan Hovhannes Hambardzumyan Varazdat Haroyan Aras Özbiliz Marcos Pizzelli Peter Ankersen Kasper Dolberg Yussuf Poulsen Islambek Kuat Gafurzhan Suyumbayev Damir Kojašević Stefan Savić Marko Simić Marko Vešović Nikola Vukčević Jakub Błaszczykowski Kamil Glik Bartosz Kapustka Krzysztof Mączyński Arkadiusz Milik Łukasz Piszczek Rafał Wolski Alexandru Chipciu Ciprian Deac Claudiu Keșerü Răzvan Marin Alexandru Maxim Nicolae Stanciu
- 1 own goal
Hrayr Mkoyan (against Poland) Filip Stojković (against Poland) Kamil Glik (against Denmark)
Discipline
A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]
- Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
- Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Player | Team | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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Gor Malakyan | vs Poland (11 October 2016) | ||
Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | vs Romania (11 October 2016) | ||
Islambek Kuat | vs Denmark (11 November 2016) | ||
Gaël Andonian | vs Montenegro (11 November 2016) | ||
Thiago Cionek | vs Romania (11 November 2016) | ||
Yeldos Akhmetov | vs Armenia (26 March 2017) | ||
Florin Andone | vs Denmark (26 March 2017) | ||
Varazdat Haroyan | vs Montenegro (10 June 2017) | ||
Serhiy Malyi | vs Denmark (10 June 2017) | ||
Andreas Cornelius | vs Kazakhstan (10 June 2017) | ||
Marko Vešović | vs Armenia (10 June 2017) | ||
Kamil Glik | vs Romania (10 June 2017) | ||
Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | vs Montenegro (1 September 2017) vs Poland (4 September 2017) vs Romania (5 October 2017) | ||
Artak Grigoryan | vs Romania (1 September 2017) | ||
Cristian Săpunaru | vs Armenia (1 September 2017) | ||
Marko Simić | vs Romania (4 September 2017) | ||
Taron Voskanyan | vs Denmark (4 September 2017) | ||
Mihai Pintilii | vs Montenegro (4 September 2017) | ||
Gaël Andonian | vs Poland (5 October 2017) | ||
Varazdat Haroyan | vs Poland (5 October 2017) | ||
Yuriy Logvinenko | vs Romania (5 October 2017) | ||
Fatos Bećiraj | vs Denmark (5 October 2017) | ||
Cosmin Moți | vs Kazakhstan (5 October 2017) | ||
Islambek Kuat | vs Armenia (8 October 2017) | ||
Serhiy Malyi | vs Armenia (8 October 2017) | ||
Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | vs Armenia (8 October 2017) | ||
Stefan Savić | vs Poland (8 October 2017) | ||
Marko Vešović | vs Poland (8 October 2017) | ||
Romario Benzar | vs Denmark (8 October 2017) | ||
Alexandru Chipciu | vs Denmark (8 October 2017) |
Notes
- ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 11 November 2016, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
- ↑ Romania were sanctioned by FIFA to play one home match (against Denmark on 26 March 2017) away from Arena Națională, Bucharest due to a series of incidents during their home match against Poland, with a possible ban on a second match subject to a probation period of two years.[6]
- ↑ Romania were sanctioned by FIFA to play one home match (against Kazakhstan on 5 October 2017) away from Arena Națională, Bucharest due to a series of incidents during their home match against Armenia.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016.
- ↑ "European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com.
- ↑ "World Cup European Qualifiers fixtures confirmed". UEFA.com. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2015.
- ↑ "Several member associations sanctioned for incidents during FIFA World Cup qualifiers and friendlies". FIFA.com. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017.
- ↑ "FIFA announces latest disciplinary sanctions for incidents during FIFA World Cup qualifiers". FIFA.com. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017.
External links
- Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – Europe: Round 1, FIFA.com
- FIFA World Cup, UEFA.com
- Standings – Qualifying round: Group E, UEFA.com