The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group C was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar. [1] Group C consisted of five teams: Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Northern Ireland and Switzerland. [2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3]
The group winners, Switzerland, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Italy, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  |  | |
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| 1 | Switzerland | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 18 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Italy | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 16 | Advance to play-offs | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | |
| 3 | Northern Ireland | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 9 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Bulgaria | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 8 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Lithuania | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | — |
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw. [4] [5] [6] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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| Italy | 5–0 | Lithuania |
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| Bulgaria | 2–1 | Northern Ireland |
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| Lithuania | 0–4 | Switzerland |
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| Italy | 1–1 | Switzerland |
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There were 44 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Ivaylo Chochev Atanas Iliev Andrea Belotti Domenico Berardi Federico Chiesa Manuel Locatelli Giacomo Raspadori Stefano Sensi Rolandas Baravykas Justas Lasickas Daniel Ballard Shayne Lavery Paddy McNair Christian Fassnacht Remo Freuler Mario Gavranović Cedric Itten Noah Okafor Haris Seferovic Xherdan Shaqiri Renato Steffen Ruben Vargas Silvan Widmer 1 own goal
Benas Šatkus (against Northern Ireland) Edgaras Utkus (against Italy)A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [29]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | Valentin Antov |  vs Northern Ireland (31 March 2021) vs Lithuania (9 October 2021) | vs Northern Ireland (12 October 2021) |
| Atanas Iliev | vs Northern Ireland (31 March 2021) vs Lithuania (5 September 2021) | vs Lithuania (9 October 2021) | |
| Nikolay Mihaylov |  vs Lithuania (5 September 2021) | ||
| Georgi Yomov | vs Italy (2 September 2021) vs Lithuania (9 October 2021) | vs Northern Ireland (12 October 2021) | |
| Italy | Manuel Locatelli | vs Bulgaria (28 March 2021) vs Lithuania (31 March 2021) | vs Bulgaria (2 September 2021) |
| Lithuania | Fedor Černych | vs Switzerland (28 March 2021) vs Bulgaria (5 September 2021) | vs Italy (8 September 2021) |
| Domantas Šimkus | vs Italy (31 March 2021) vs Bulgaria (5 September 2021) | ||
| Egidijus Vaitkūnas | vs Italy (31 March 2021) vs Bulgaria (9 October 2021) | vs Switzerland (12 October 2021) | |
| Northern Ireland | Jamal Lewis |  vs Switzerland (9 October 2021) | vs Bulgaria (12 October 2021) |
| Paddy McNair | vs Bulgaria (31 March 2021) vs Lithuania (2 September 2021) | vs Switzerland (8 September 2021) | |
| George Saville | vs Italy (25 March 2021) vs Bulgaria (31 March 2021) | vs Lithuania (2 September 2021) | |
| Switzerland | Manuel Akanji | vs Bulgaria (25 March 2021) vs Italy (12 November 2021) | vs Bulgaria (15 November 2021) |
| Fabian Frei | vs Italy (5 September 2021) vs Northern Ireland (8 September 2021) | vs Northern Ireland (9 October 2021) | |
| Remo Freuler | vs Spain in UEFA Euro 2020 (2 July 2021) | vs Italy (5 September 2021) [30] | |
| Denis Zakaria | vs Northern Ireland (8 September 2021) vs Northern Ireland (9 October 2021) | vs Lithuania (12 October 2021) |
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