2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

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Serbia taking a corner versus Belgium in Belgrade in October 2012.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualification UEFA Group A was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belgium, Croatia, Macedonia, Scotland, Serbia and Wales.

The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Croatia placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Iceland.[1][2] They drew the first match and won the second, thus also qualifying for the World Cup.[3]

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 10 8 2 0 18 4 +14 26 Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0
2  Croatia 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 17 Advance to second round 1–2 — 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
3  Serbia 10 4 2 4 18 11 +7 14 0–3 1–1 — 2–0 6–1 5–1
4  Scotland 10 3 2 5 8 12 −4 11 0–2 2–0 0–0 — 1–2 1–1
5  Wales 10 3 1 6 9 20 −11 10 0–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 — 1–0
6  Macedonia 10 2 1 7 7 16 −9 7 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 —
Source:[citation needed]

Matches[]

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 November 2011.[4]

Croatia 1–0 Macedonia
Jelavić Goal 69' Report
Attendance: 13,883
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Wales 0–2 Belgium
Report Kompany Goal 42'
Vertonghen Goal 83'
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 20,156
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
Scotland 0–0 Serbia
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 47,369
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Serbia 6–1 Wales
Kolarov Goal 16'
Tošić Goal 24'
Đuričić Goal 37'
Tadić Goal 55'
Ivanović Goal 80'
Sulejmani Goal 90'		 Report Bale Goal 31'
Attendance: 10,660
Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)
Belgium 1–1 Croatia
Gillet Goal 45+1' Report Perišić Goal 6'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 39,987
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Scotland 1–1 Macedonia
Miller Goal 43' Report Noveski Goal 11'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 32,430
Macedonia 1–2 Croatia
Ibraimi Goal 16' Report Ćorluka Goal 33'
Rakitić Goal 60'
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 25,230
Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)
Serbia 0–3 Belgium
Report Benteke Goal 34'
De Bruyne Goal 68'
Mirallas Goal 90+1'
Attendance: 21,650
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Wales 2–1 Scotland
Bale Goal 80' (pen.), 87' Report Morrison Goal 27'
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 23,249
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
Croatia 2–0 Wales
Mandžukić Goal 27'
Eduardo Goal 57'		 Report
Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 17,500
Macedonia 1–0 Serbia
Ibraimi Goal 59' (pen.) Report
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 26,181
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
Belgium 2–0 Scotland
Benteke Goal 68'
Kompany Goal 71'		 Report
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 44,132
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
Croatia 2–0 Serbia
Mandžukić Goal 23'
Olić Goal 37'		 Report
Attendance: 35,722
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Macedonia 0–2 Belgium
Report De Bruyne Goal 26'
Hazard Goal 62' (pen.)
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 15,947
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
Scotland 1–2 Wales
Hanley Goal 45+2' Report Ramsey Goal 72' (pen.)
Robson-Kanu Goal 74'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 39,365
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
Serbia 2–0 Scotland
Đuričić Goal 60', 66' Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Belgium 1–0 Macedonia
Hazard Goal 62' Report
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 44,230
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
Wales 1–2 Croatia
Bale Goal 21' (pen.) Report Lovren Goal 77'
Eduardo Goal 87'
Attendance: 12,534
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Croatia 0–1 Scotland
Report Snodgrass Goal 26'
Attendance: 25,016
Belgium 2–1 Serbia
De Bruyne Goal 13'
Fellaini Goal 60'		 Report Kolarov Goal 87'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 45,844
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Macedonia 2–1 Wales
Tričkovski Goal 20'
Trajkovski Goal 80'		 Report Ramsey Goal 39' (pen.)
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)
Serbia 1–1 Croatia
Mitrović Goal 66' Report Mandžukić Goal 53'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Scotland 0–2 Belgium
Report Defour Goal 34'
Mirallas Goal 89'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 40,284
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Macedonia 1–2 Scotland
Kostovski Goal 85' Report Anya Goal 60'
Maloney Goal 89'
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 14,093
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)
Wales 0–3 Serbia
Report Đorđević Goal 8'
Kolarov Goal 38'
Marković Goal 55'
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 10,923
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Croatia 1–2 Belgium
Kranjčar Goal 84' Report Lukaku Goal 16', 38'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Wales 1–0 Macedonia
Church Goal 67' Report
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 11,257
Referee: (Armenia)
Serbia 5–1 Macedonia
Tošić Goal 16'
Basta Goal 19'
Kolarov Goal 38' (pen.)
Tadić Goal 54'
Šćepović Goal 74'		 Report Jahović Goal 83'
Attendance: 8,294
Referee: (Slovakia)
Belgium 1–1 Wales
De Bruyne Goal 64' Report Ramsey Goal 88'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 45,401
Scotland 2–0 Croatia
Snodgrass Goal 28'
Naismith Goal 73'		 Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 30,172

Goalscorers[]

There were 72 goals scored over 30 games, for an average of 2.40 goals per game.

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Discipline[]

Pos Player Country Yellow card Red card Suspended for match(es) Reason
DF Milan Biševac  Serbia 4 0 vs Croatia (22 March 2013)
vs Croatia (6 September 2013)		 Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Guillaume Gillet  Belgium 2 0 vs Serbia (12 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Aaron Ramsey  Wales 2 0 vs Croatia (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Ognjen Vukojević  Croatia 3 0 vs Wales (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Goran Pandev  Macedonia 3 0 vs Serbia (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Daniel Georgievski  Macedonia 2 0 vs Belgium (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Aleksandar Kolarov  Serbia 2 0 vs Scotland (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Boban Grncarov  Macedonia 2 0 vs Belgium (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Muhamed Demiri  Macedonia 2 0 vs Belgium (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Matija Nastasić  Serbia 2 0 vs Belgium (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Charlie Adam  Scotland 2 0 vs Croatia (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Vedran Ćorluka  Croatia 3 0 vs Scotland (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Dejan Lovren  Croatia 2 0 vs Scotland (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Luka Modrić  Croatia 3 0 vs Scotland (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Ferhan Hasani  Macedonia 2 0 vs Wales (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Hal Robson-Kanu  Wales 2 0 vs Macedonia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
GK Allan McGregor  Scotland 2 0 vs Belgium (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Agim Ibraimi  Macedonia 2 0 vs Scotland (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST Aleksandar Mitrovic  Serbia 2 0 vs Wales (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Zoran Tošić  Serbia 2 0 vs Wales (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Darijo Srna  Croatia 2 0 vs Belgium (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Steven Whittaker  Scotland 2 0 vs Croatia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Andrew Crofts  Wales 2 0 vs Macedonia (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Ljubomir Fejsa  Serbia 2 0 vs Macedonia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Marouane Fellaini  Belgium 2 0 vs Wales (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Vanče Šikov  Macedonia 2 0 vs Serbia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF James Collins  Wales 0 1 vs Serbia (11 September 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Nenad Tomović  Serbia 0 1 vs Croatia (22 March 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF Robert Snodgrass  Scotland 4 1 vs Serbia (26 March 2013)
vs Macedonia (10 September 2013)		 Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Aaron Ramsey  Wales 0 1 vs Croatia (26 March 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF Nemanja Matić  Serbia 2 1 vs Wales (10 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Josip Šimunić  Croatia 1 1 vs Belgium (11 October 2013)
vs Scotland (15 October 2013)		 Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match

References[]

  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. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. ^ "European play-off ties confirmed". FIFA. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Ten-man Croatia sink Iceland to qualify". FIFA. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Rode Duivels openen WK-kwalificatie met drieluik Wales-Kroatië-Servië" [Red Devils open World Cup qualifiers with Wales-Croatia-Serbia treble]. hln.be (in Dutch). 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-27. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

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