2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

UEFA Group E of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of six teams: Denmark, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Malta, and Montenegro. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 30 April 2021, ^[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. ^[2]

The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 16 September 2021 and 6 September 2022, with a pause for the Women's Euro 2022 in July. The group winners qualify for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs first round if they are one of the other six runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team). ^[3]

On 28 February 2022, Russia was suspended from the competition. ^{[4] [5]} On 2 May 2022, UEFA officially announced that Russia was no longer allowed to take part in the competition, and therefore Denmark qualified for the tournament with two games to spare. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	8	0	0	40	2	+38	24	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup		—	8–0	5–1	2–0	7–0	3–1
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	3	2	3	9	17	−8	11	Play-offs		0–3	—	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–4
3	Montenegro	8	3	0	5	9	17	−8	9			1–5	0–2	—	2–0	0–2	Canc.
4	Azerbaijan	8	2	1	5	5	16	−11	7 [a]			0–8	1–1	1–0	—	1–2	0–4
5	Malta	8	2	1	5	6	17	−11	7 [a]			0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	—	Canc.
6	Russia [b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified		Canc.	Canc.	5–0	2–0	3–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Azerbaijan +1, Malta −1.
2. On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ^{[4] [9]} On 2 May 2022, UEFA expelled Russia and declared all of their results to be null and void. ^{[10] [11]}

Matches

Times are CET/CEST, ^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

16 September 2021 (2021-9-16)

18:00

Denmark	7−0	Malta
Troelsgaard 14' Bruun 23', 48' S. Larsen 26' Harder 47' Sevecke 78' Thrige 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Viborg Stadium, Viborg ^[12]

Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)

17 September 2021 (2021-9-17)

16:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–3	Montenegro
M. Hasanbegović 12' Nikolić 19'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kuć 5', 9' Bulatović 60' (pen.)

FF BH Football Training Centre, Zenica

Referee: Justina Lavrenovaitė-Perez (Lithuania)

17 September 2021 (2021-9-17)

18:00 (19:00 MST)

Russia	Voided (2–0)	Azerbaijan
Fedorova 42' Korovkina 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Sportivnyy Gorodok, Moscow

Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)

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21 September 2021 (2021-9-21)

16:00 (17:00 MST)

Russia	Voided (5–0)	Montenegro
Korovkina 10' Smirnova 54', 59', 88' Belomyttseva 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Sportivnyy Gorodok, Moscow

Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

21 September 2021 (2021-9-21)

18:00 (20:00 AZT)

Azerbaijan	0–8	Denmark
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Bruun 3', 62' S. Larsen 11', 26', 60' Mollayeva 43' (o.g.) Gejl 75' Snerle 76'

ASK Arena, Baku

Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

21 September 2021 (2021-9-21)

18:30

Malta	2–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
M. Farrugia 81' S. Farrugia 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Nikolić 6' Jelčić 33'

Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

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21 October 2021 (2021-10-21)

14:00

Montenegro	2–0	Azerbaijan
Bulatović 5' Tošković 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Camp FSCG, Podgorica

Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)

21 October 2021 (2021-10-21)

16:00 (17:00 MSK)

Russia	Voided (3–0)	Malta
Korovkina 45' Mashkova 47' Belomyttseva 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Arena Khimki, Khimki

Referee: Miriama Matulova (Slovakia)

21 October 2021 (2021-10-21)

18:00

Denmark	8–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bruun 7', 27', 35', 39', 58' Gejl 65' Harder 80' Thrige 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Viborg Stadium, Viborg ^[12]

Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)

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26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)

14:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Voided (0–4)	Russia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Korovkina 36' Kozhnikova 45+2', 85' Abdullina 72'

FF BH Football Training Centre, Zenica

Referee: Cristina Trandafir (Romania)

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)

16:00 (18:00 AZT)

Azerbaijan	1–2	Malta
Seyfatdinova 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Theuma 57' (pen.) Xuereb 86'

ASK Arena, Baku

Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)

18:00

Montenegro	1−5	Denmark
Kuć 53'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	S. Larsen 17', 72' Bruun 27' Svava 40' Troelsgaard 54'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)

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25 November 2021 (2021-11-25)

13:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Denmark
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kühl 1' Bruun 14' Snerle 81'

FF BH Football Training Centre, Zenica

Referee: Zulema Gonzalez Gonzalez (Spain)

25 November 2021 (2021-11-25)

16:00 (19:00 AZT)

Azerbaijan	Voided (0–4)	Russia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Fedorova 16' Abdullina 28' Andreeva 43' Chernomyrdina 90+5'

Dalga Arena, Baku

Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

26 November 2021 (2021-11-26)

19:00

Malta	0–2	Montenegro
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kuč 30' Božić 82'

Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Referee: Kateryna Usova (Ukraine)

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30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)

13:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Malta
Jelčić 36'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

FF BH Football Training Centre, Zenica

Referee: Gamze Durmuş (Turkey)

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)

15:00 (18:00 AZT)

Azerbaijan	1–0	Montenegro
Ahmadova 24'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Dalga Arena, Baku

Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)

18:00

Denmark	Voided (3–1)	Russia
Bruun 65' Troelsgaard 76' (pen.) Gejl 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Korovkina 89'

Viborg Stadium, Viborg ^[12]

Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

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7 April 2022 (2022-4-7)

14:00

Montenegro	Cancelled	Russia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Camp FSCG, Podgorica

7 April 2022 (2022-4-7)

15:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Azerbaijan
Nikolić 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo

Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England)

8 April 2022 (2022-4-8)

18:00

Malta	0–2	Denmark
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Thomsen 5' Holdt 7'

Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)

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12 April 2022 (2022-4-12)

14:00

Montenegro	0–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Krajšumović 21' Nikolić 81'

Camp FSCG, Podgorica

Referee: Sofik Torosyan (Armenia)

12 April 2022 (2022-4-12)

18:00

Denmark	2–0	Azerbaijan
S. Larsen 2' K. Holmgaard 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Viborg Stadium, Viborg ^[12]

Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

12 April 2022 (2022-4-12)

Malta	Cancelled	Russia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

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1 September 2022 (2022-9-1)

18:00

Denmark	5–1	Montenegro
Holmgaard 3' Harder 25' (pen.) Pedersen 46' Bruun 50' Hasbo 82'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Vujadinović 22'

Viborg Stadium, Viborg ^[12]

Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)

2 September 2022 (2022-9-2)

19:30

Malta	0–2	Azerbaijan
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Bakarandze 10' D. Mammadova 60'

Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

2 September 2022 (2022-9-2)

Russia	Cancelled	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

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6 September 2022 (2022-9-6)

Russia	Cancelled	Denmark
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

6 September 2022 (2022-9-6)

18:00 (20:00 AZT)

Azerbaijan	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Parlak 67'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Gačanica 64'

Dalga Arena, Baku

Referee: Maika Vanderstichel (France)

6 September 2022 (2022-9-6)

18:00

Montenegro	0–2	Malta
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	M. Farrugia 28' Lipman 45'

Camp FSCG, Podgorica

Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England)

Goalscorers

There were 91 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.

13 goals

• Signe Bruun

7 goals

• Stine Larsen

5 goals

• Nelli Korovkina

4 goals

• Milena Nikolić
• Armisa Kuč

3 goals

• Mille Gejl
• Pernille Harder
• Sanne Troelsgaard
• Nadezhda Smirnova

2 goals

• Maja Jelčić
• Karen Holmgaard
• Emma Snerle
• Sara Thrige
• Maria Farrugia
• Slađana Bulatović
• Alsu Abdullina
• Anna Belomyttseva
• Marina Fedorova
• Anna Kozhnikova

1 goal

• Ayshan Ahmadova
• Kristina Bakarandze
• Diana Mammadova
• Nazlıcan Parlak
• Vusala Seyfatdinova
• Minela Gačanica
• Melisa Hasanbegović
• Sofija Krajšumović
• Stine Ballisager Pedersen
• Josefine Hasbo
• Olivia Holdt
• Kathrine Møller Kühl
• Rikke Sevecke
• Sofie Svava
• Janni Thomsen
• Stefania Farrugia
• Emma Lipman
• Dorianne Theuma
• Emma Xuerreb
• Helena Božić
• Anđela Tošković
• Jelena Vujadinović
• Alena Andreeva
• Margarita Chernomyrdina
• Kristina Mashkova

1 own goal

• Mana Mollayeva (against Denmark)

Notes

1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 28 March and 31 October 2021 and between 27 March and 30 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.

References

1. "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
2. "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients Overview March 2021" (PDF). UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
3. "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2021.
4. "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA . 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
5. UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". UEFA . Retrieved 2023-02-09.
6. "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022.
7. "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
8. Spencer, Jamie (2022-05-03). "Denmark qualify for first Women's World Cup since 2007 after Russia expulsion". 90min.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
9. UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
10. "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022.
11. "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
12. Program - Landshold - DBU, 23 July 2021

External links

• FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA.com