The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group J 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 J consisted of six teams: Armenia, Germany, Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, and Romania. [2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3]
The group winners, Germany, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, North Macedonia, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
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| 1 | Germany | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 4 | +32 | 27 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 | |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 18 | Advance to play-offs | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
| 3 | Romania | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 17 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Armenia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 12 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | Iceland | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 9 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 34 | −32 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | — |
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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| Armenia | 2–0 | Iceland |
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| North Macedonia | 5–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Romania | 0–1 | Germany |
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| Liechtenstein | 1–4 | Iceland |
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| Liechtenstein | 0–2 | Germany |
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| Germany | 2–1 | Romania |
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| Iceland | 1–1 | Armenia |
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| Iceland | 4–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Romania | 1–0 | Armenia |
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| Armenia | 0–5 | North Macedonia |
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There were 95 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
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Khoren Bayramyan Varazdat Haroyan Kamo Hovhannisyan Eduard Spertsyan Karim Adeyemi Ridle Baku Leon Goretzka Jamal Musiala Antonio Rüdiger Birkir Bjarnason Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson Victor Pálsson Birkir Már Sævarsson Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Stefán Teitur Þórðarson Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson Noah Frick Yanik Frick Arijan Ademi Darko Churlinov Ilija Nestorovski Boban Nikolov Goran Pandev Milan Ristovski Nicușor Bancu Cristian Manea Valentin Mihăilă Alexandru Mitriță Nicolae Stanciu Florin Tănase Alin Toșca 1 own goal
Noah Frommelt (against Armenia) Maximilian Göppel (against Germany) Daniel Kaufmann (against Germany)A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [38]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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| Armenia | Sargis Adamyan |  vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021) |
| Tigran Barseghyan | vs Iceland (28 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) | |
| Khoren Bayramyan | vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | ||
| Varazdat Haroyan | vs Iceland (28 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | ||
| vs Germany (5 September 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021) | ||
| Eduard Spertsyan | vs Iceland (8 October 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | ||
| Taron Voskanyan | vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | ||
| Germany | Kai Havertz | vs Iceland (25 March 2021) vs North Macedonia (11 October 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (11 November 2021) |
| Antonio Rüdiger | vs North Macedonia (31 March 2021) vs Liechtenstein (11 November 2021) | vs Armenia (14 November 2021) | |
| Iceland | Albert Guðmundsson | vs Germany (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (28 March 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (31 March 2021) |
| Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson | vs Romania (2 September 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021) | |
| Birkir Már Sævarsson |  vs England in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) | vs Germany (25 March 2021) [39] | |
| vs North Macedonia (5 September 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021) | ||
| Ari Freyr Skúlason | vs Armenia (28 March 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) | ||
| Liechtenstein | Noah Frommelt | vs North Macedonia (28 March 2021) vs Armenia (8 September 2021) | vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) |
| Jens Hofer |  vs Germany (11 November 2021) | vs Romania (14 November 2021) | |
| Daniel Kaufmann | vs Armenia (8 September 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) | vs Iceland (11 October 2021) | |
| Martin Marxer | vs Iceland (11 October 2021) | vs Germany (11 November 2021) | |
| Fabio Wolfinger | vs North Macedonia (28 March 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) | vs Iceland (11 October 2021) | |
| North Macedonia | Tihomir Kostadinov | vs Armenia (2 September 2021) vs Romania (8 September 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021) |
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| Goran Pandev | vs Romania (25 March 2021) vs Germany (31 March 2021) | vs Armenia (2 September 2021) | |
| Milan Ristovski | vs Romania (8 September 2021) vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021) | vs Germany (11 October 2021) | |
| Stefan Ristovski | vs Iceland (5 September 2021) vs Germany (11 October 2021) | vs Armenia (11 November 2021) | |
| Romania | Nicușor Bancu | vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (31 March 2021) | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) |
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| Valentin Mihăilă | vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (11 October 2021) | vs Iceland (11 November 2021) | |
| Dragoș Nedelcu | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 September 2021) | vs Germany (8 October 2021) | |
| George Pușcaș | vs Armenia (31 March 2021) | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) vs Liechtenstein (5 September 2021) [40] | |
| vs Armenia (31 March 2021) vs Germany (8 October 2021) | vs Armenia (11 October 2021) | ||
| Andrei Rațiu | vs Germany (8 October 2021) vs Iceland (11 November 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (14 November 2021) |
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