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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J

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).

Standings

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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).

MSV-Arena, Duisburg
Attendance: 0[7][note 2]
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 0[8][note 2]
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 4,300[10]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 4,300[13]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
MSV-Arena, Duisburg
Attendance: 0[14][note 2]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 0[15][note 2]
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,961[16]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Kybunpark, St. Gallen (Switzerland)[note 3]
Attendance: 7,958[18]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 3,147[19]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,862[20]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
Attendance: 18,086[21]
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 9,404[22]
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 14,400[23]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 3,505[24]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 5,260[25]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 25,000[26]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,697[27]
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 1,628[28]
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 4,461[29]
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)
Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 16,182[30]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 13,576[31]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 7,200[32]
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Attendance: 25,984[33]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 0[34][note 2]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 12,800[35]
Referee: François Letexier (France)
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 2,237[36]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 15,986[37]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Goalscorers

There were 95 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.17 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:[38]

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 2–8).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  3. ^ Liechtenstein played their home match against Germany at Kybunpark in St. Gallen, Switzerland, instead of their regular home stadium, the Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz, which was being renovated.[17]

References

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