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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualification UEFA Group A was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belgium, Croatia, Macedonia, Scotland, Serbia and Wales.

Serbia taking a corner versus Belgium in Belgrade in October 2012.

The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Croatia placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Iceland.[1][2] They drew the first match and won the second, thus also qualifying for the World Cup.[3]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Belgium 10 8 2 0 18 4 +14 26 Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0
2   Croatia 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 17 Advance to second round 1–2 — 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
3   Serbia 10 4 2 4 18 11 +7 14 0–3 1–1 — 2–0 6–1 5–1
4   Scotland 10 3 2 5 8 12 −4 11 0–2 2–0 0–0 — 1–2 1–1
5   Wales 10 3 1 6 9 20 −11 10 0–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 — 1–0
6   Macedonia 10 2 1 7 7 16 −9 7 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 —
Source: [4]

Matches

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The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 November 2011.[5]

Croatia  1–0  Macedonia
Jelavić   69' Report
Attendance: 13,883
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Wales  0–2  Belgium
Report Kompany   42'
Vertonghen   83'
Attendance: 20,156
Scotland  0–0  Serbia
Report
Attendance: 47,369
Serbia  6–1  Wales
Kolarov   16'
Tošić   24'
Đuričić   37'
Tadić   55'
Ivanović   80'
Sulejmani   90'		 Report Bale   31'
Attendance: 10,660
Belgium  1–1  Croatia
Gillet   45+1' Report Perišić   6'
Attendance: 39,987
Scotland  1–1  Macedonia
Miller   43' Report Noveski   11'
Attendance: 32,430
Macedonia  1–2  Croatia
Ibraimi   16' Report Ćorluka   33'
Rakitić   60'
Attendance: 25,230
Serbia  0–3  Belgium
Report Benteke   34'
De Bruyne   68'
Mirallas   90+1'
Attendance: 21,650
Wales  2–1  Scotland
Bale   80' (pen.), 87' Report Morrison   27'
Attendance: 23,249
Croatia  2–0  Wales
Mandžukić   27'
Eduardo   57'		 Report
Attendance: 17,500
Macedonia  1–0  Serbia
Ibraimi   59' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 26,181
Belgium  2–0  Scotland
Benteke   68'
Kompany   71'		 Report
Attendance: 44,132
Croatia  2–0  Serbia
Mandžukić   23'
Olić   37'		 Report
Attendance: 35,722
Macedonia  0–2  Belgium
Report De Bruyne   26'
Hazard   62' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,947
Scotland  1–2  Wales
Hanley   45+2' Report Ramsey   72' (pen.)
Robson-Kanu   74'
Attendance: 39,365
Serbia  2–0  Scotland
Đuričić   60', 66' Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Belgium  1–0  Macedonia
Hazard   62' Report
Attendance: 44,230
Wales  1–2  Croatia
Bale   21' (pen.) Report Lovren   77'
Eduardo   87'
Attendance: 12,534
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Croatia  0–1  Scotland
Report Snodgrass   26'
Attendance: 25,016
Belgium  2–1  Serbia
De Bruyne   13'
Fellaini   60'		 Report Kolarov   87'
Attendance: 45,844
Macedonia  2–1  Wales
Tričkovski   20'
Trajkovski   80'		 Report Ramsey   39' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)
Serbia  1–1  Croatia
Mitrović   66' Report Mandžukić   53'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Scotland  0–2  Belgium
Report Defour   34'
Mirallas   89'
Attendance: 40,284
Macedonia  1–2  Scotland
Kostovski   85' Report Anya   60'
Maloney   89'
Attendance: 14,093
Wales  0–3  Serbia
Report Đorđević   8'
Kolarov   38'
Marković   55'
Attendance: 10,923
Croatia  1–2  Belgium
Kranjčar   84' Report Lukaku   16', 38'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Wales  1–0  Macedonia
Church   67' Report
Attendance: 11,257
Serbia  5–1  Macedonia
Tošić   16'
Basta   19'
Kolarov   38' (pen.)
Tadić   54'
Šćepović   74'		 Report Jahović   83'
Attendance: 8,294
Belgium  1–1  Wales
De Bruyne   64' Report Ramsey   88'
Attendance: 45,401
Scotland  2–0  Croatia
Snodgrass   28'
Naismith   73'		 Report
Attendance: 30,172

Goalscorers

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There were 72 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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Pos Player Country     Suspended for match(es) Reason
DF Milan Biševac   Serbia 4 0 vs Croatia (22 March 2013)
vs Croatia (6 September 2013)		 Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Guillaume Gillet   Belgium 2 0 vs Serbia (12 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Aaron Ramsey   Wales 2 0 vs Croatia (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Ognjen Vukojević   Croatia 3 0 vs Wales (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Goran Pandev   Macedonia 3 0 vs Serbia (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Daniel Georgievski   Macedonia 2 0 vs Belgium (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Aleksandar Kolarov   Serbia 2 0 vs Scotland (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Boban Grncarov   Macedonia 2 0 vs Belgium (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Muhamed Demiri   Macedonia 2 0 vs Belgium (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Matija Nastasić   Serbia 2 0 vs Belgium (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Charlie Adam   Scotland 2 0 vs Croatia (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Vedran Ćorluka   Croatia 3 0 vs Scotland (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Dejan Lovren   Croatia 2 0 vs Scotland (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Luka Modrić   Croatia 3 0 vs Scotland (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Ferhan Hasani   Macedonia 2 0 vs Wales (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Hal Robson-Kanu   Wales 2 0 vs Macedonia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
GK Allan McGregor   Scotland 2 0 vs Belgium (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Agim Ibraimi   Macedonia 2 0 vs Scotland (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST Aleksandar Mitrovic   Serbia 2 0 vs Wales (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Zoran Tošić   Serbia 2 0 vs Wales (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Darijo Srna   Croatia 2 0 vs Belgium (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Steven Whittaker   Scotland 2 0 vs Croatia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Andrew Crofts   Wales 2 0 vs Macedonia (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Ljubomir Fejsa   Serbia 2 0 vs Macedonia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Marouane Fellaini   Belgium 2 0 vs Wales (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Vanče Šikov   Macedonia 2 0 vs Serbia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF James Collins   Wales 0 1 vs Serbia (11 September 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Nenad Tomović   Serbia 0 1 vs Croatia (22 March 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF Robert Snodgrass   Scotland 4 1 vs Serbia (26 March 2013)
vs Macedonia (10 September 2013)		 Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Aaron Ramsey   Wales 0 1 vs Croatia (26 March 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF Nemanja Matić   Serbia 2 1 vs Wales (10 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Josip Šimunić   Croatia 1 1 vs Belgium (11 October 2013)
vs Scotland (15 October 2013)		 Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match

References

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  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – European Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. ^ "European play-off ties confirmed". FIFA. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Ten-man Croatia sink Iceland to qualify". FIFA. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Rode Duivels openen WK-kwalificatie met drieluik Wales-Kroatië-Servië" [Red Devils open World Cup qualifiers with Wales-Croatia-Serbia treble]. hln.be (in Dutch). 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-27. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
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