The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group A was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar.[1] Group A consisted of five teams: Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland and Serbia.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The group winners, Serbia, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Portugal, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
Qatar were partnered with the five-team group that does not contain a UEFA Nations League finalist, Group A, which enabled the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts to play centralized friendlies against these countries on their "spare" match dates. However, these friendlies did not count in the qualifying group standings. Also, Qatar played their "home" matches in Europe in order to allow short travel times for their opponents.[4][5][6]
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 20 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 17 | Advance to play-offs | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | |
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8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 9 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | ||
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | — |
Matches
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[7][8][9] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Serbia ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Serbia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Luxembourg ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Portugal ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Serbia ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Serbia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Portugal ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 59 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.95 goals per match.
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Maksim Medvedev (against Portugal)
Maxime Chanot (against Serbia)
Nikola Milenković (against Republic of Ireland)
Discipline
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[31]
- Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences)
- Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions were 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:
Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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Hojjat Haghverdi | ![]() ![]() |
vs Luxembourg (11 November 2021) |
Anton Krivotsyuk | ![]() ![]() |
vs Portugal (7 September 2021) | |
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Dirk Carlson | ![]() ![]() |
vs Republic of Ireland (14 November 2021) |
Maxime Chanot | ![]() ![]() |
vs Azerbaijan (1 September 2021) | |
Christopher Martins | ![]() ![]() |
vs Serbia (9 October 2021) | |
Gerson Rodrigues | ![]() ![]() | ||
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Bruno Fernandes | ![]() ![]() |
vs Luxembourg (30 March 2021) |
Nuno Mendes | ![]() ![]() |
vs Republic of Ireland (11 November 2021) | |
Pepe | ![]() ![]() |
vs Serbia (14 November 2021) | |
Cristiano Ronaldo | ![]() ![]() |
vs Azerbaijan (7 September 2021) | |
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Filip Đuričić | ![]() ![]() |
vs Azerbaijan (12 October 2021) |
Nikola Milenković | ![]() |
vs Azerbaijan (30 March 2021) | |
Strahinja Pavlović | ![]() ![]() |
vs Azerbaijan (12 October 2021) | |
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Alan Browne | ![]() ![]() |
vs Azerbaijan (9 October 2021) |
Jayson Molumby |
Notes
References
- ^ "UEFA preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup 2022: Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 22 October 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition – Draw Results" (PDF). UEFA. 7 December 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "UEFA preliminary competition format for the FIFA World Cup 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Qatar links into Euro World Cup qualifying for friendlies". AP News. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Group A matches with Qatar". UEFA. 11 December 2020. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "World Cup Qualifying Calendar – Group A with Qatar" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "European Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup: all the fixtures". UEFA. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Fixture List – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Fixture List by Group – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Portugal vs. Azerbaijan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Serbia vs. Republic of Ireland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland vs. Luxembourg" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Serbia vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Azerbaijan vs. Serbia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Luxembourg vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football - Actualités". Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Luxembourg vs. Azerbaijan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Portugal vs. Republic of Ireland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland vs. Azerbaijan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Serbia vs. Luxembourg" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Azerbaijan vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland vs. Serbia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Azerbaijan vs. Republic of Ireland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Luxembourg vs. Serbia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Portugal vs. Luxembourg" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Serbia vs. Azerbaijan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Azerbaijan vs. Luxembourg" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Luxembourg vs. Republic of Ireland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Portugal vs. Serbia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
External links
- Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – Europe, FIFA.com
- European Qualifiers, UEFA.com
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
- 2020–21 in Azerbaijani football
- 2021–22 in Azerbaijani football
- 2020–21 in Luxembourgian football
- 2021–22 in Luxembourgian football
- 2020–21 in Portuguese football
- 2021–22 in Portuguese football
- Portugal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
- 2021 in Republic of Ireland association football
- 2020–21 in Serbian football
- 2021–22 in Serbian football
- Serbia at the 2022 FIFA World Cup