2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualification UEFA Group A was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belgium, Croatia, Macedonia, Scotland, Serbia and Wales.

Serbia taking a corner versus Belgium in Belgrade in October 2012.

The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Croatia placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Iceland.[1][2] They drew the first match and won the second, thus also qualifying for the World Cup.[3]

Standings edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Belgium10820184+1426Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup1–12–12–01–11–0
2  Croatia10523129+317Advance to second round1–22–00–12–01–0
3  Serbia104241811+7140–31–12–06–15–1
4  Scotland10325812−4110–22–00–01–21–1
5  Wales10316920−11100–21–20–32–11–0
6  Macedonia10217716−970–21–21–01–22–1
Source: [4]

Matches edit

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 November 2011.[5]

Croatia  1–0  Macedonia
Jelavić 69'Report
Attendance: 13,883
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Wales  0–2  Belgium
ReportKompany 42'
Vertonghen 83'
Scotland  0–0  Serbia
Report
Attendance: 47,369

Serbia  6–1  Wales
Kolarov 16'
Tošić 24'
Đuričić 37'
Tadić 55'
Ivanović 80'
Sulejmani 90'
ReportBale 31'
Attendance: 10,660
Belgium  1–1  Croatia
Gillet 45+1'ReportPerišić 6'
Scotland  1–1  Macedonia
Miller 43'ReportNoveski 11'
Attendance: 32,430

Macedonia  1–2  Croatia
Ibraimi 16'ReportĆorluka 33'
Rakitić 60'
Attendance: 25,230
Serbia  0–3  Belgium
ReportBenteke 34'
De Bruyne 68'
Mirallas 90+1'
Wales  2–1  Scotland
Bale 80' (pen.), 87'ReportMorrison 27'
Attendance: 23,249

Croatia  2–0  Wales
Mandžukić 27'
Eduardo 57'
Report
Attendance: 17,500
Macedonia  1–0  Serbia
Ibraimi 59' (pen.)Report
Attendance: 26,181
Belgium  2–0  Scotland
Benteke 68'
Kompany 71'
Report

Croatia  2–0  Serbia
Mandžukić 23'
Olić 37'
Report
Attendance: 35,722
Macedonia  0–2  Belgium
ReportDe Bruyne 26'
Hazard 62' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,947
Scotland  1–2  Wales
Hanley 45+2'ReportRamsey 72' (pen.)
Robson-Kanu 74'
Attendance: 39,365

Serbia  2–0  Scotland
Đuričić 60', 66'Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Belgium  1–0  Macedonia
Hazard 62'Report
Wales  1–2  Croatia
Bale 21' (pen.)ReportLovren 77'
Eduardo 87'
Attendance: 12,534
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Croatia  0–1  Scotland
ReportSnodgrass 26'
Belgium  2–1  Serbia
De Bruyne 13'
Fellaini 60'
ReportKolarov 87'

Macedonia  2–1  Wales
Tričkovski 20'
Trajkovski 80'
ReportRamsey 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)
Serbia  1–1  Croatia
Mitrović 66'ReportMandžukić 53'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Scotland  0–2  Belgium
ReportDefour 34'
Mirallas 89'
Attendance: 40,284

Macedonia  1–2  Scotland
Kostovski 85'ReportAnya 60'
Maloney 89'
Attendance: 14,093
Wales  0–3  Serbia
ReportĐorđević 8'
Kolarov 38'
Marković 55'

Croatia  1–2  Belgium
Kranjčar 84'ReportLukaku 16', 38'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Wales  1–0  Macedonia
Church 67'Report
Attendance: 11,257

Serbia  5–1  Macedonia
Tošić 16'
Basta 19'
Kolarov 38' (pen.)
Tadić 54'
Šćepović 74'
ReportJahović 83'
Attendance: 8,294
Belgium  1–1  Wales
De Bruyne 64'ReportRamsey 88'
Scotland  2–0  Croatia
Snodgrass 28'
Naismith 73'
Report
Attendance: 30,172

Goalscorers edit

There were 72 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline edit

PosPlayerCountry Suspended for match(es)Reason
DFMilan Biševac  Serbia40vs Croatia (22 March 2013)
vs Croatia (6 September 2013)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFGuillaume Gillet  Belgium20vs Serbia (12 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFAaron Ramsey  Wales20vs Croatia (16 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFOgnjen Vukojević  Croatia30vs Wales (16 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWGoran Pandev  Macedonia30vs Serbia (16 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFDaniel Georgievski  Macedonia20vs Belgium (22 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFAleksandar Kolarov  Serbia20vs Scotland (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFBoban Grncarov  Macedonia20vs Belgium (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFMuhamed Demiri  Macedonia20vs Belgium (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFMatija Nastasić  Serbia20vs Belgium (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFCharlie Adam  Scotland20vs Croatia (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFVedran Ćorluka  Croatia30vs Scotland (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFDejan Lovren  Croatia20vs Scotland (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFLuka Modrić  Croatia30vs Scotland (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFFerhan Hasani  Macedonia20vs Wales (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFHal Robson-Kanu  Wales20vs Macedonia (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
GKAllan McGregor  Scotland20vs Belgium (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFAgim Ibraimi  Macedonia20vs Scotland (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
STAleksandar Mitrovic  Serbia20vs Wales (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFZoran Tošić  Serbia20vs Wales (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFDarijo Srna  Croatia20vs Belgium (11 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFSteven Whittaker  Scotland20vs Croatia (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFAndrew Crofts  Wales20vs Macedonia (11 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFLjubomir Fejsa  Serbia20vs Macedonia (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFMarouane Fellaini  Belgium20vs Wales (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFVanče Šikov  Macedonia20vs Serbia (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFJames Collins  Wales01vs Serbia (11 September 2012)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DFNenad Tomović  Serbia01vs Croatia (22 March 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFRobert Snodgrass  Scotland41vs Serbia (26 March 2013)
vs Macedonia (10 September 2013)
Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFAaron Ramsey  Wales01vs Croatia (26 March 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFNemanja Matić  Serbia21vs Wales (10 September 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DFJosip Šimunić  Croatia11vs Belgium (11 October 2013)
vs Scotland (15 October 2013)
Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match

References edit

  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. ^ "European play-off ties confirmed". FIFA. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Ten-man Croatia sink Iceland to qualify". FIFA. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Rode Duivels openen WK-kwalificatie met drieluik Wales-Kroatië-Servië" [Red Devils open World Cup qualifiers with Wales-Croatia-Serbia treble]. hln.be (in Dutch). 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-27. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

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