2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group was one of nine qualifying groups from UEFA and comprised Azerbaijan, Israel, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Portugal and Russia.

The group winners, Russia, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Portugal placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Sweden.[1] They won both matches and thus also qualified for the World Cup.

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 10 7 1 2 20 5 +15 22 Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–1
2  Portugal 10 6 3 1 20 9 +11 21 Advance to second round 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0
3  Israel 10 3 5 2 19 14 +5 14 0–4 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–0
4  Azerbaijan 10 1 6 3 7 11 −4 9 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1
5  Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 9 17 −8 7 1–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–1
6  Luxembourg 10 1 3 6 7 26 −19 6 0–4 1–2 0–6 0–0 3–2
Source: [2]

Matches[edit]

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, on 25 November 2011.[3]

Russia 2–0 Northern Ireland
Fayzulin 30'
Shirokov 78' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 14,300
Azerbaijan 1–1 Israel
Abishov 65' Report Natcho 50'
Luxembourg 1–2 Portugal
da Mota 13' Report Ronaldo 28'
Postiga 54'

Israel 0–4 Russia
Report Kerzhakov 7', 64'
Kokorin 18'
Fayzulin 78'
Northern Ireland 1–1 Luxembourg
Shiels 14' Report da Mota 86'
Attendance: 10,674
Portugal 3–0 Azerbaijan
Varela 63'
Postiga 85'
Alves 88'
Report
Attendance: 29,971

Russia 1–0 Portugal
Kerzhakov 6' Report
Attendance: 54,212
Luxembourg 0–6 Israel
Report Radi 4'
Ben Basat 12'
Hemed 27', 74', 90+1'
Melikson 61'
Attendance: 2,631
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

Russia 1–0 Azerbaijan
Shirokov 84' (pen.) Report
Israel 3–0 Luxembourg
Hemed 13', 48'
Ben Basat 35'
Report
Attendance: 20,400
Portugal 1–1 Northern Ireland
Postiga 79' Report McGinn 30'

Northern Ireland 1–1 Azerbaijan
Healy 90+6' Report Aliyev 5'
Attendance: 12,372

Israel 3–3 Portugal
Hemed 24'
Ben Basat 40'
Gershon 70'
Report Alves 2'
Postiga 72'
Coentrão 90+3'
Attendance: 38,600
Luxembourg 0–0 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 1,324
Referee: Padraigh Sutton (Republic of Ireland)

Azerbaijan 0–2 Portugal
Report Alves 63'
H. Almeida 79'
Northern Ireland 0–2 Israel
Report Refaelov 77'
Ben Basat 84'
Attendance: 11,200

Azerbaijan 1–1 Luxembourg
Abishov 71' Report Bensi 80'
Portugal 1–0 Russia
Postiga 9' Report
Attendance: 54,697

Northern Ireland 1–0 Russia
Paterson 43' Report
Attendance: 11,178

Russia 4–1 Luxembourg
Kokorin 1', 36'
Kerzhakov 59'
Samedov 90+3'
Report Joachim 90'
Attendance: 18,525
Northern Ireland 2–4 Portugal
McAuley 36'
Ward 52'
Report Alves 21'
Ronaldo 68', 77', 83'
Attendance: 13,629
Israel 1–1 Azerbaijan
Shechter 73' Report Amirguliyev 61'

Russia 3–1 Israel
V. Berezutski 49'
Kokorin 52'
Glushakov 74'
Report Zahavi 90+3'
Luxembourg 3–2 Northern Ireland
Joachim 45+1'
Bensi 78'
Jänisch 87'
Report Paterson 14'
McAuley 82'
Attendance: 4,114
Referee: Robert Malek (Poland)

Azerbaijan 2–0 Northern Ireland
Dadashov 58'
Shukurov 90+4'
Report
Luxembourg 0–4 Russia
Report Samedov 9'
Fayzulin 39'
Glushakov 45+2'
Kerzhakov 73'
Portugal 1–1 Israel
Costa 28' Report Ben Basat 85'

Azerbaijan 1–1 Russia
Javadov 90' Report Shirokov 16'
Israel 1–1 Northern Ireland
Ben Basat 43' Report Davis 72'
Attendance: 12,785
Portugal 3–0 Luxembourg
Varela 30'
Nani 36'
Postiga 78'
Report
Notes
  1. ^ Northern Ireland v Russia was originally to be played on 22 March 2013, 19:45 local time, but was postponed to the next day, 15:00 local time, due to heavy snowfall,[4] and was postponed again after a pitch inspection in the morning of 23 March 2013.[5] The match was rescheduled to be played on 14 August 2013.[6]
  2. ^ Russia v Luxembourg was originally to be kicked off at 18:30 local time, but was delayed by an hour due to rain.[7]

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 82 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline[edit]

Pos Player Country Yellow card Red card Suspended for match(es) Reason
FW Rauf Aliyev  Azerbaijan 3 1 vs Luxembourg (7 June 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Gareth McAuley  Northern Ireland 3 0 vs Portugal (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
GK Kamran Agayev  Azerbaijan 2 0 vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST Kyle Lafferty  Northern Ireland 2 0 vs Israel (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Chris Baird  Northern Ireland 2 0 vs Israel (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 4 0 vs Azerbaijan (26 March 2013)
vs Luxembourg (15 October 2013)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Tomer Hemed  Israel 2 0 vs Northern Ireland (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Mathias Jänisch  Luxembourg 2 0 vs Belgium (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Vüqar Nadirov  Azerbaijan 2 0 vs Luxembourg (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Pepe  Portugal 4 0 vs Russia (7 June 2013)
vs Luxembourg (15 October 2013)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Chris Brunt  Northern Ireland 4 1 vs Russia (14 August 2013)
vs Luxembourg (10 September 2013)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
ST Branimir Subasic  Azerbaijan 0 1 vs Israel (6 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Mario Mutsch  Luxembourg 2 0 vs Russia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Daniel Lafferty  Northern Ireland 2 0 vs Portugal (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Vasili Berezutski  Russia 2 0 vs Luxembourg (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Ben Payal  Luxembourg 2 0 vs Northern Ireland (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST Kyle Lafferty  Northern Ireland 1 1 vs Luxembourg (10 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Fábio Coentrão  Portugal 2 0 vs Israel (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Hélder Postiga  Portugal 0 1 vs Israel (11 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Eytan Tibi  Israel 2 0 vs Russia (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Ruslan Abishov  Azerbaijan 2 0 vs Northern Ireland (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Sergey Ignashevich  Russia 2 0 vs Luxembourg (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Aurélien Joachim  Luxembourg 2 0 vs Russia (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Rasim Ramaldanov  Azerbaijan 2 0 vs Russia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Oliver Norwood  Northern Ireland 2 0 vs Israel (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Jonny Evans  Northern Ireland 0 1 vs Israel (15 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF Denis Glushakov  Russia 2 0 vs TBD (2014) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

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 21 September 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Azerbaijan begins with home match against Israel – MATCH SCHEDULE". 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Northern Ireland v Russia World Cup qualifier postponed". BBC. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Northern Ireland v Russia World Cup qualifier called off again". BBC. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Northern Ireland – Russia qualifier rescheduled". FIFA.com. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Rain Delays Russia-Luxembourg World Cup Qualifier". R-Sport. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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