2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Greece, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Latvia and Liechtenstein.

Bosnia and Herzegovina won the group on the ratio of head from Greece and thus qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, their first major tournament as an independent country.[1][2] Greece, as one of the eight best runners-up, advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Romania.[3] They won the first match and drew the second, thus also qualifying for the World Cup.

Standings edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina10811306+2425Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup3–10–13–04–14–1
2  Greece10811124+825Advance to second round0–01–02–01–02–0
3  Slovakia103431110+1131–20–11–12–12–0
4  Lithuania10325911−2110–10–11–12–02–0
5  Latvia102261020−1080–51–22–22–12–0
6  Liechtenstein10028425−2121–80–11–10–21–1
Source: [4]

Matches edit

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 18 November 2011.[5]

Liechtenstein  1–8  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Christen 60'ReportMisimović 26', 31'
Ibišević 33', 39', 82'
Džeko 46', 64', 80'
Attendance: 5,900
Referee: Marco Borg (Malta)
Lithuania  1–1  Slovakia
Žaliūkas 18'ReportSapara 41'
Attendance: 4,000
Latvia  1–2  Greece
Cauņa 41' (pen.)ReportSpyropoulos 57'
Gekas 69'
Attendance: 7,956
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  4–1  Latvia
Misimović 12', 54'
Pjanić 44'
Džeko 90+2'
ReportGorkšs 5'
Attendance: 11,900
Slovakia  2–0  Liechtenstein
Sapara 37'
Jakubko 79'
Report
Attendance: 4,326
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
Greece  2–0  Lithuania
Ninis 55'
Mitroglou 72'
Report
Attendance: 21,466
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Liechtenstein  0–2  Lithuania
ReportČesnauskis 50', 74'
Attendance: 1,112
Slovakia  2–1  Latvia
Hamšík 5' (pen.)
Sapara 9'
ReportVerpakovskis 84' (pen.)
Greece  0–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Attendance: 26,211

Latvia  2–0  Liechtenstein
Kamešs 29'
Gauračs 77'
Report
Attendance: 3,500
Slovakia  0–1  Greece
ReportSalpingidis 63'

Liechtenstein  1–1  Latvia
Polverino 17'ReportCauņa 30'
Attendance: 1,150
Slovakia  1–1  Lithuania
Jakubko 40'ReportŠernas 19'
Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–1  Greece
Džeko 29', 53'
Ibišević 36'
ReportGekas 90+3'

Latvia  0–5  Bosnia and Herzegovina
ReportLulić 48'
Ibišević 53'
Medunjanin 63'
Pjanić 80'
Džeko 82'
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
Liechtenstein  1–1  Slovakia
Büchel 13'ReportĎurica 73'
Lithuania  0–1  Greece
ReportChristodoulopoulos 20'

Latvia  2–1  Lithuania
Bulvītis 20'
Zjuzins 42'
ReportMatulevičius 44'
Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–1  Slovakia
ReportPečovský 77'
Attendance: 11,620
Liechtenstein  0–1  Greece
ReportMitroglou 72'

Lithuania  2–0  Liechtenstein
Matulevičius 18'
Kijanskas 40'
Report
Greece  1–0  Latvia
Salpingidis 58'Report

Lithuania  2–0  Latvia
Černych 7'
Mikoliūnas 68'
Report
Attendance: 2,900
Greece  1–0  Slovakia
Škrtel 44' (o.g.)Report
Attendance: 21,067

Greece  2–0  Liechtenstein
Salpingidis 7'
Karagounis 81'
Report
Latvia  2–2  Slovakia
Šabala 47'
Rode 90+2'
ReportJakubko 9'
Saláta 16'
Attendance: 3,813

Goalscorers edit

There were 76 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.53 goals per match.

10 goals

8 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline edit

PosPlayerCountry Suspended for match(es)Reason
FWTadas Labukas  Lithuania21vs Liechtenstein (12 October 2012)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DFDaniel Kaufmann  Liechtenstein21vs Latvia (22 March 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFViktor Pečovský  Slovakia01vs Liechtenstein (11 September 2012)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFAleksandrs Fertovs  Latvia01vs Lithuania (6 September 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFGediminas Vičius  Lithuania40vs Liechtenstein (12 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWMathias Christen  Liechtenstein40vs Lithuania (12 October 2012)
vs Lithuania (10 September 2013)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFEdgaras Česnauskis  Lithuania40vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 October 2012)
vs Latvia (11 October 2013)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFSaulius Mikoliūnas  Lithuania20vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFOskars Kļava  Latvia20vs Liechtenstein (16 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFRitus Krjauklis  Latvia20vs Liechtenstein (16 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFArūnas Klimavičius  Lithuania20vs Slovakia (22 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFDeniss Ivanovs  Latvia20vs Liechtenstein (22 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFMichal Breznaník  Slovakia20vs Lithuania (22 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFRitvars Rugins  Latvia21vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 June 2013)
vs Lithuania (11 October 2013)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFFranz Burgmeier  Liechtenstein40vs Slovakia (7 June 2013)
vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (11 October 2013)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFMichele Polverino  Liechtenstein30vs Slovakia (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFMartin Stocklasa  Liechtenstein30vs Slovakia (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWMartin Jakubko  Slovakia30vs Lithuania (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFMartin Škrtel  Slovakia20vs Lithuania (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFDeividas Šemberas  Lithuania20vs Greece (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWDarvydas Šernas  Lithuania20vs Greece (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFNicolas Hasler  Liechtenstein30vs Greece (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
STGeorgios Samaras  Greece20vs Liechtenstein (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
STDimitrios Salpingidis  Greece20vs Liechtenstein (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWArtjoms Rudņevs  Latvia20vs Greece (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
STValērijs Šabala  Latvia20vs Greece (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFMindaugas Panka  Lithuania30vs Liechtenstein (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFDavid Hasler  Liechtenstein21vs Lithuania (10 September 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFJosé Holebas  Greece31vs Latvia (10 September 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFSandro Wieser  Liechtenstein20vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (11 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFKonstantinos Katsouranis  Greece31vs Slovakia (11 October 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFGiannis Maniatis  Greece20vs Liechtenstein (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFVladimir Weiss  Slovakia20vs Latvia (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFMiroslav Stoch  Slovakia20vs Latvia (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFTomáš Hubočan  Slovakia20vs Latvia (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFPanagiotis Kone  Greece20vs Romania (15 November 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

References edit

  1. ^ "European World Cup qualifying: Bosnia-Hercegovina reach Brazil". BBC Sport. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  2. ^ Cerkez, Aida (2013-10-16). "Bosnians celebrate World Cup qualification". AP News. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Účastníci G-skupiny sa dohodli, Slováci začnú v Litve" [Group G participants agree – Slovaks begin in Lithuania] (in Slovak). 18 November 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

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