2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2010 FIFA World Cup winners Spain, along with France, Belarus, Georgia and Finland.

Spain won the group and thus qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. France ranked among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Ukraine.[1] After losing the first match by two goals, they won the second by three, thus qualifying for the World Cup.

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 8 6 2 0 14 3 +11 20 Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1
2  France 8 5 2 1 15 6 +9 17 Advance to second round 0–1 — 3–0 3–1 3–1
3  Finland 8 2 3 3 5 9 −4 9 0–2 0–1 — 1–1 1–0
4  Georgia 8 1 2 5 3 10 −7 5 0–1 0–0 0–1 — 1–0
5  Belarus 8 1 1 6 7 16 −9 4 0–4 2–4 1–1 2–0 —
Source:[citation needed]

Matches[]

The fixtures were decided at a meeting held in Paris, France, on 23 September 2011.[2]

Georgia 1–0 Belarus
Okriashvili Goal 52' Report
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 20,000
Finland 0–1 France
Report Diaby Goal 20'
Attendance: 35,111
Georgia 0–1 Spain
Report Soldado Goal 86'
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 54,598
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
France 3–1 Belarus
Capoue Goal 49'
Jallet Goal 68'
Ribéry Goal 80'		 Report Putsila Goal 72'
Attendance: 52,552
Finland 1–1 Georgia
Hämäläinen Goal 62' Report Kashia Goal 56'
Attendance: 12,607
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)
Belarus 0–4 Spain
Report Alba Goal 12'
Pedro Goal 21', 69', 79'
Dynama Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 28,800
Belarus 2–0 Georgia
Bressan Goal 6'
Drahun Goal 28'		 Report
Dynama Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 15,300
Spain 1–1 France
Ramos Goal 25' Report Giroud Goal 90+4'
Attendance: 46,825
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Spain 1–1 Finland
Ramos Goal 49' Report Pukki Goal 79'
Attendance: 27,637
France 3–1 Georgia
Giroud Goal 45+1'
Valbuena Goal 47'
Ribéry Goal 61'		 Report Kobakhidze Goal 71'
Attendance: 71,147
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
France 0–1 Spain
Report Pedro Goal 58'
Attendance: 78,329
Finland 1–0 Belarus
Shitov Goal 57' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 24,916
Referee: (Israel)
Belarus 1–1 Finland
Verkhovtsov Goal 85' Report Pukki Goal 24'
Attendance: 10,100
Georgia 0–0 France
Report
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 26,360
Finland 0–2 Spain
Report Alba Goal 19'
Negredo Goal 86'
Attendance: 37,492
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Georgia 0–1 Finland
Report R. Eremenko Goal 74' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,321
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Belarus 2–4 France
Filipenko Goal 32'
Kalachev Goal 57'		 Report Ribéry Goal 47' (pen.), 64'
Nasri Goal 71'
Pogba Goal 73'
Attendance: 12,203
Spain 2–1 Belarus
Xavi Goal 61'
Negredo Goal 78'		 Report Kornilenko Goal 89'
Iberostar, Palma
Attendance: 22,900
France 3–0 Finland
Ribéry Goal 8'
Toivio Goal 75' (o.g.)
Benzema Goal 87'		 Report
Attendance: 70,156
Spain 2–0 Georgia
Negredo Goal 26'
Mata Goal 61'		 Report
Attendance: 16,133

Goalscorers[]

There were 44 goals in 20 matches, for an average of 2.20 goals per match.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 Own goal

Discipline[]

Pos Player Country Yellow card Red card Suspended for match(es) Reason
MF Alexei Eremenko  Finland 2 1 vs Spain (22 March 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF Paul Pogba  France 2 1 vs Georgia (6 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF Pavel Nekhaichik  Belarus 2 1 vs Finland (11 June 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa  France 2 0 vs Spain (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Jaba Kankava  Georgia 4 1 vs France (22 March 2013)
vs Spain (15 October 2013)		 Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF Tornike Okriashvili  Georgia 3 0 vs France (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW David Silva  Spain 2 0 vs France (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Niklas Moisander  Finland 2 0 vs Belarus (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Markus Halsti  Finland 2 0 vs Belarus (11 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Yohan Cabaye  France 2 0 vs Georgia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Blaise Matuidi  France 2 0 vs Georgia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Përparim Hetemaj  Finland 3 0 vs Spain (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
GK Giorgi Loria  Georgia 2 0 vs Finland (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF David Targamadze  Georgia 2 0 vs Spain (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Gia Grigalava  Georgia 2 0 vs Spain (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Tim Sparv  Finland 2 0 vs France (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

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. ^ Составлен календарь матчей отборочного раунда ЧМ-2014 [List of qualifiers for 2014 World Cup] (in Russian). Belarus Football Federation. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

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