2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Malta.

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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, England, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Slovakia, were eliminated as the worst runners-up. [1]

Standings

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of England.svgFlag of Slovakia.svgFlag of Scotland.svgFlag of Slovenia.svgFlag of Lithuania.svgFlag of Malta.svg
1Flag of England.svg  England 10820183+1526Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 10604177+1018 0–1 — 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–0
3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 105321712+518 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 2–0
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 10433127+515 0–0 1–0 2–2 — 4–0 2–0
5Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 10136720−136 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 — 2–0
6Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 10019325−221 0–4 1–3 1–5 0–1 1–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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]

Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg2–2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,114
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg0–1Flag of England.svg  England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 18,111
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg1–5Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 15,069
Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)
England  Flag of England.svg2–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,781
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg1–1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Report (FIFA)
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Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 35,966
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg1–0Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg2–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report (FIFA)
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LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–0Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 11,098
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg0–0Flag of England.svg  England
Report (FIFA)
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Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 13,274
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
England  Flag of England.svg3–0Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Report (FIFA)
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Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 87,258
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Report (FIFA)
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National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 4,207
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg4–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Report (FIFA)
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Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 9,653
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
England  Flag of England.svg2–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Report (FIFA)
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Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 77,690
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg1–3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
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National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 4,980
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg1–0Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Report (FIFA)
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Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 20,435
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg2–2Flag of England.svg  England
Report (FIFA)
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Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 48,520
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg2–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report (FIFA)
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Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 7,839
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg1–2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
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LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,083
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg0–3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Report (FIFA)
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LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–4Flag of England.svg  England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 16,994
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg1–0Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 16,896
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
England  Flag of England.svg2–1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
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Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 67,823
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg2–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report (FIFA)
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Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 26,371
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg4–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 6,230
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
England  Flag of England.svg1–0Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Report (FIFA)
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Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 61,598
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg1–1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 3,431
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg1–0Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 46,773
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg0–1Flag of England.svg  England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Israel)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA) [ dead link ‍]
Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 17,774
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg2–2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Report (FIFA)
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Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 11,123
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

PlayerTeamOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
Mišo Brečko Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Red card.svg vs Ukraine in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (17 November 2015)vs Lithuania (4 September 2016)
Jonathan Caruana Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Red card.svg vs Scotland (4 September 2016)vs England (8 October 2016)
Luke Gambin vs England (8 October 2016)
vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)
Martin Škrtel Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs England (4 September 2016)vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
Tomáš Hubočan Yellow card.svg vs England (4 September 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)		vs Scotland (11 October 2016)
Jonathan CaruanaFlag of Malta.svg  Malta Red card.svg vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)
vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)
Aljaž Struna Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Yellow card.svg vs Slovakia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs England (11 October 2016)		vs Malta (11 November 2016)
Gary Cahill Flag of England.svg  England Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (11 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Scotland (11 November 2016)		vs Lithuania (26 March 2017)
Georgas Freidgeimas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Yellow card.svg vs Scotland (8 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Slovakia (11 November 2016)		vs England (26 March 2017)
Andrei Agius Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Yellow card.svg vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)		vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)
Egidijus Vaitkūnas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Yellow card.svg vs Scotland (8 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs England (26 March 2017)		vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)
Artūras Žulpa Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (4 September 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs England (26 March 2017)
Jean Paul Farrugia Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)
Juraj Kucka Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Malta (26 March 2017)		vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
Adam Nemec Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Malta (26 March 2017)
Valter Birsa Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Yellow card.svg vs England (11 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Scotland (26 March 2017)		vs Malta (10 June 2017)
Boštjan Cesar Yellow card.svg vs Slovakia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
Miral Samardžić Yellow card.svg vs Lithuania (4 September 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
Eric Dier Flag of England.svg  England Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (11 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Scotland (10 June 2017)		vs Malta (1 September 2017)
Nerijus Valskis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Yellow card.svg vs Malta (11 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)		vs Scotland (1 September 2017)
Alfred Effiong Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Yellow card.svg vs Scotland (4 September 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)		vs England (1 September 2017)
Paul Fenech
Ján Ďurica Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)		vs Slovenia (1 September 2017)
Martin ŠkrtelYellow card.svg vs Malta (26 March 2017)
Yellow card.svg vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
Linas Klimavičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Yellow card.svg vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)
Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (4 September 2017)		vs Malta (5 October 2017)
Darvydas Šernas
Ryan Fenech Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)
Yellow card.svg vs Scotland (4 September 2017)		vs Lithuania (5 October 2017)
Milan Škriniar Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Yellow card.svg vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
Yellow card.svg vs England (4 September 2017)		vs Scotland (5 October 2017)
Mantas Kuklys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Yellow card.svg vs Scotland (8 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Malta (5 October 2017)		vs England (8 October 2017)
Zach Muscat Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Yellow card.svg vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs Lithuania (5 October 2017)		vs Slovakia (8 October 2017)
Róbert Mak Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Scotland (5 October 2017)vs Malta (8 October 2017)
Valter BirsaFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Yellow card.svg vs Slovakia (1 September 2017)
Yellow card.svg vs England (5 October 2017)		vs Scotland (8 October 2017)
Rene Krhin Yellow card.svg vs Slovakia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card.svg vs England (5 October 2017)

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 11 November 2016, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate". UEFA. 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. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013.
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