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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group A was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, and Luxembourg.

The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1][2]

The group winners, France, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Sweden, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best eight runners-up.

Standings

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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[3]
  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored
  4. Points in matches between tied teams
  5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
  6. Goals scored in matches between tied teams
  7. Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
  8. Fair play points
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
    • direct red card: minus 4 points
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
  9. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   France 10 7 2 1 18 6 +12 23 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup 2–1 4–0 4–1 0–0 2–1
2   Sweden 10 6 1 3 26 9 +17 19 Advance to second round 2–1 1–1 3–0 8–0 4–0
3   Netherlands 10 6 1 3 21 12 +9 19 0–1 2–0 3–1 5–0 4–1
4   Bulgaria 10 4 1 5 14 19 −5 13 0–1 3–2 2–0 4–3 1–0
5   Luxembourg 10 1 3 6 8 26 −18 6 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0
6   Belarus 10 1 2 7 6 21 −15 5 0–0 0–4 1–3 2–1 1–1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.[1][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).[5]

Belarus  0–0  France
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 12,920
Bulgaria  4–3  Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Sweden  1–1  Netherlands
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 36,128

France  4–1  Bulgaria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 65,475
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Luxembourg  0–1  Sweden
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Netherlands  4–1  Belarus
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 41,200

Belarus  1–1  Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 9,011
Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)
Netherlands  0–1  France
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 50,220
Sweden  3–0  Bulgaria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 21,777

France  2–1  Sweden
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 80,000
Bulgaria  1–0  Belarus
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Luxembourg  1–3  Netherlands
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

Sweden  4–0  Belarus
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 31,243
Bulgaria  2–0  Netherlands
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Luxembourg  1–3  France
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

Belarus  2–1  Bulgaria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Netherlands  5–0  Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 41,300
Sweden  2–1  France
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 48,783

Bulgaria  3–2  Sweden
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
France  4–0  Netherlands
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 79,551
Luxembourg  1–0  Belarus
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 2,752
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

Belarus  0–4  Sweden
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 6,431
Netherlands  3–1  Bulgaria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
France  0–0  Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

Sweden  8–0  Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 50,022
Belarus  1–3  Netherlands
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 6,850
Bulgaria  0–1  France
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

France  2–1  Belarus
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 74,037
Luxembourg  1–1  Bulgaria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Netherlands  2–0  Sweden
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 41,244

Goalscorers

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There were 93 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline

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A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[6]

  • 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:

Player Team Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
Kevin Malget   Luxembourg Yellow card  Yellow-red card  vs Sweden (7 October 2016) vs Belarus (10 October 2016)
Dirk Carlson Yellow card  Yellow-red card  vs Belarus (10 October 2016) vs Netherlands (13 November 2016)
Kevin Strootman   Netherlands Yellow card  vs Sweden (6 September 2016)
Yellow card  vs France (10 October 2016)
vs Luxembourg (13 November 2016)
Paul Pogba   France Yellow card  vs Netherlands (10 October 2016)
Yellow card  vs Sweden (11 November 2016)
vs Luxembourg (25 March 2017)
Alexander Hleb   Belarus Yellow card  Yellow-red card  vs Bulgaria (13 November 2016) vs Sweden (25 March 2017)
Aleksandar Aleksandrov   Bulgaria Yellow card  vs Sweden (10 October 2016)
Yellow card  vs Belarus (13 November 2016)
vs Netherlands (25 March 2017)
Alyaksandr Martynovich   Belarus Yellow card  vs Luxembourg (10 October 2016)
Yellow card  vs Sweden (25 March 2017)
vs Bulgaria (9 June 2017)
Aurélien Joachim   Luxembourg Yellow card  vs Belarus (10 October 2016)
Yellow card  vs France (25 March 2017)
vs Netherlands (9 June 2017)
Daniel da Mota Yellow card  vs Sweden (7 October 2016)
Yellow card  vs France (25 March 2017)
Chris Philipps
Svetoslav Dyakov   Bulgaria Yellow card  vs Belarus (13 November 2016)
Yellow card  vs Belarus (9 June 2017)
vs Sweden (31 August 2017)
Kevin Malget   Luxembourg Yellow card  vs Sweden (7 October 2016)
Yellow card  vs Netherlands (9 June 2017)
vs Belarus (31 August 2017)
Christopher Martins Yellow card  vs Bulgaria (6 September 2016)
Yellow card  vs Netherlands (9 June 2017)
Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski   Bulgaria Yellow card  vs Belarus (9 June 2017)
Yellow card  vs Sweden (31 August 2017)
vs Netherlands (3 September 2017)
Kevin Strootman   Netherlands Yellow card  Yellow-red card  vs France (31 August 2017) vs Bulgaria (3 September 2017)
Ola Toivonen   Sweden Yellow card  vs Luxembourg (7 October 2016)
Yellow card  vs Bulgaria (31 August 2017)
vs Belarus (3 September 2017)
Egor Filipenko   Belarus Yellow card  vs Bulgaria (9 June 2017)
Yellow card  vs Sweden (3 September 2017)
vs Netherlands (7 October 2017)
Nikita Korzun Yellow card  vs Luxembourg (10 October 2016)
Yellow card  vs Sweden (3 September 2017)
Ivaylo Chochev   Bulgaria Yellow card  vs Sweden (31 August 2017)
Yellow card  vs Netherlands (3 September 2017)
vs France (7 October 2017)
Ivelin Popov Yellow card  vs Luxembourg (6 September 2016)
Yellow card  vs Netherlands (3 September 2017)
Christoffer Nyman   Sweden Yellow card  vs Netherlands (6 September 2016)
Yellow card  vs Belarus (3 September 2017)
vs Luxembourg (7 October 2017)
Paul Pogba   France Yellow card  vs Sweden (9 June 2017)
Yellow card  vs Luxembourg (3 September 2017)
vs Bulgaria (7 October 2017)
Laurent Jans   Luxembourg Yellow card  vs Netherlands (9 June 2017)
Yellow card  vs France (3 September 2017)
vs Sweden (7 October 2017)
Syarhey Balanovich   Belarus Yellow card  vs Luxembourg (31 August 2017)
Yellow card  vs Netherlands (7 October 2017)
vs France (10 October 2017)
Alexei Rios Yellow card  vs Netherlands (7 October 2016)
Yellow card  vs Netherlands (7 October 2017)
Mikalay Signevich Yellow card  vs Luxembourg (10 October 2016)
Yellow card  vs Netherlands (7 October 2017)
Georgi Kostadinov   Bulgaria Yellow card  vs Sweden (31 August 2017)
Yellow card  vs France (7 October 2017)
vs Luxembourg (10 October 2017)

Notes

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  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 11 and 13 November 2016 and 25 March 2017, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
  2. ^ The France v Sweden match was moved from the original scheduled date of 13 November 2016 as it fell on the anniversary of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks.

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ "European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016.
  4. ^ "World Cup European Qualifiers fixtures confirmed". UEFA.com. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
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