2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F 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 F consisted of six teams: Austria, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Israel, Moldova and Scotland.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The group winners, Denmark, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Scotland, and the fourth placed team, Austria, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 10 9 0 1 30 3 +27 27 Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup — 2–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 8–0
2  Scotland 10 7 2 1 17 7 +10 23 Advance to play-offs 2–0 — 3–2 2–2 4–0 1–0
3  Israel 10 5 1 4 23 21 +2 16 0–2 1–1 — 5–2 3–2 2–1
4  Austria 10 5 1 4 19 17 +2 16 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–4 0–1 4–2 — 3–1 4–1
5  Faroe Islands 10 1 1 8 7 23 −16 4 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–2 — 2–1
6  Moldova 10 0 1 9 5 30 −25 1 0–4 0–2 1–4 0–2 1–1 —
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[4][5][6] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Israel 0–2 Denmark
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Attendance: 5,000[7][note 2]
Moldova 1–1 Faroe Islands
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Attendance: 0[8][note 3]
Scotland 2–2 Austria
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Attendance: 0[9][note 3]
Denmark 8–0 Moldova
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Attendance: 0[10][note 3]
Israel 1–1 Scotland
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Attendance: 5,000[12][note 2]
Austria 0–4 Denmark
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Attendance: 0[13][note 3]
Moldova 1–4 Israel
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Attendance: 0[14][note 3]
Scotland 4–0 Faroe Islands
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Attendance: 0[15][note 3]
Denmark 2–0 Scotland
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Attendance: 34,562[16]
Faroe Islands 0–4 Israel
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Attendance: 2,666[17]
Moldova 0–2 Austria
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Attendance: 3,945[19]
Faroe Islands 0–1 Denmark
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Attendance: 4,620[20]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Israel 5–2 Austria
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Attendance: 13,550[21]
Scotland 1–0 Moldova
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Attendance: 40,869[22]
Austria 0–1 Scotland
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Attendance: 18,800[23]
Denmark 5–0 Israel
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Attendance: 35,158[24]
Faroe Islands 2–1 Moldova
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Ricardo de Burgos (Spain
)
Faroe Islands 0–2 Austria
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Attendance: 3,021[27]
Moldova 0–4 Denmark
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Attendance: 2,642[28]
Denmark 1–0 Austria
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Attendance: 35,843[29]
Faroe Islands 0–1 Scotland
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Attendance: 4,233[30]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Israel 2–1 Moldova
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Be'er Sheva
Attendance: 9,000[31]
)
Austria 4–2 Israel
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Attendance: 4,300[33]
Denmark 3–1 Faroe Islands
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Radu Petrescu (Romania
)
Israel 3–2 Faroe Islands
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Attendance: 6,800[36]
Scotland 2–0 Denmark
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Attendance: 49,527[37]

Goalscorers

There were 101 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.37 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[38]

  • 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)
 Austria Florian Grillitsch Yellow card vs Scotland (25 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Faroe Islands (28 March 2021)		 vs Denmark (31 March 2021)
Martin Hinteregger Yellow card vs Scotland (7 September 2021)
Yellow card vs Israel (12 November 2021)		 vs Moldova (15 November 2021)
 Denmark Christian Nørgaard Yellow card vs Israel (7 September 2021)
Yellow card vs Faroe Islands (12 November 2021)		 vs Scotland (15 November 2021)
 Faroe Islands Brandur Hendriksson Yellow card vs Austria (28 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Scotland (12 October 2021)		 vs Denmark (12 November 2021)
René Joensen Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Denmark (4 September 2021) vs Moldova (7 September 2021)
Yellow card vs Israel (1 September 2021)
Yellow card vs Austria (9 October 2021)		 vs Scotland (12 October 2021)
Gunnar Vatnhamar Yellow card vs Moldova (25 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Denmark (12 November 2021)		 vs Israel (15 November 2021)
 Israel Hatem Abd Elhamed Yellow card vs Austria (4 September 2021)
Yellow card vs Denmark (7 September 2021)		 vs Scotland (9 October 2021)
 Moldova Igor Armaș Yellow card vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Israel (31 March 2021)		 vs Austria (1 September 2021)
Cătălin Carp Yellow card vs Denmark (28 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Israel (31 March 2021)
Artur Ioniță Yellow card vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Scotland (4 September 2021)		 vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2021)
Denis Marandici Yellow card vs Denmark (9 October 2021)
Yellow card vs Scotland (12 November 2021)		 vs Austria (15 November 2021)
Ion Nicolaescu Red card vs Israel (31 March 2021) vs Austria (1 September 2021)
vs Scotland (4 September 2021)[39]
Vadim Raţă
 Yellow card vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Israel (31 March 2021)		 vs Austria (1 September 2021)
Yellow card vs Israel (12 October 2021)
Yellow card vs Scotland (12 November 2021)		 vs Austria (15 November 2021)
Oleg Reabciuk Yellow card vs Austria (1 September 2021)
Yellow card vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2021)		 vs Denmark (9 October 2021)
Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Israel (12 October 2021) vs Scotland (12 November 2021)
 Scotland Ryan Christie Yellow card vs Austria (25 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Faroe Islands (12 October 2021)		 vs Moldova (12 November 2021)
Lyndon Dykes
Grant Hanley Yellow card vs Austria (25 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Austria (7 September 2021)		 vs Israel (9 October 2021)
Nathan Patterson Yellow card vs Israel (9 October 2021)
Yellow card vs Moldova (12 November 2021)		 vs Denmark (15 November 2021)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 2–8).
  2. ^ a b The Israeli authorities have allowed the attendance of audiences at football matches (up to 5,000 seats), thanks to over 50% of Israel's population who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by then.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  4. ^ The Moldova v Austria match, originally to be played at 21:45 UTC+3, was delayed by 30 minutes because a drone invaded the pitch.[18]

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