2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group B was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia and Malta.

The winner of this group qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Among the nine group runners-up, the eight best runners-up (determined by records against the first-, third-, fourth- and fifth-placed teams only for balance between different groups) advanced to the play-offs, where they will be drawn into four home-and-away ties to determine the other four qualifiers.[1]

Standings

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  Winner qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Denmark was ranked as the worst runner-up among all nine groups and so they failed to advance to the second round (play-offs).

Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, on 28 November 2011.[2]

Malta 0–1 Armenia
Report Sarkisov 70'
Attendance: 3,517
Referee: Rene Eisner (Austria)
Bulgaria 2–2 Italy
Manolev 30'
G. Milanov 66'
Report Osvaldo 36', 40'
Denmark 0–0 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 24,004

Bulgaria 1–0 Armenia
Manolev 43' Report
Italy 2–0 Malta
Destro 5'
Peluso 90+2'
Report
Attendance: 18,000

Czech Republic 3–1 Malta
Gebre Selassie 34'
Pekhart 52'
Rezek 67'
Report Briffa 38'
Armenia 1–3 Italy
Mkhitaryan 28' Report Pirlo 11' (pen.)
De Rossi 64'
Osvaldo 82'
Attendance: 32,000[3]
Bulgaria 1–1 Denmark
Rangelov 7' Report Bendtner 40'

Czech Republic 0–0 Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 16,163
Italy 3–1 Denmark
Montolivo 34'
De Rossi 37'
Balotelli 54'
Report Kvist 45+1'
Attendance: 37,027

Bulgaria 6–0 Malta
Tonev 6', 38', 68'
I. Popov 47'
Gargorov 55'
Ivanov 78'
Report
Czech Republic 0–3 Denmark
Report Cornelius 57'
Kjær 67'
Zimling 83'
Attendance: 12,288

Armenia 0–3 Czech Republic
Report Vydra 47', 81'
Kolář 90+4'
Attendance: 14,403
Denmark 1–1 Bulgaria
Agger 63' (pen.) Report Manolev 51'
Attendance: 22,357
Malta 0–2 Italy
Report Balotelli 8' (pen.), 45'

Armenia 0–1 Malta
Report Mifsud 8'
Czech Republic 0–0 Italy
Report
Attendance: 18,235

Denmark 0–4 Armenia
Report Movsisyan 1', 59'
Özbiliz 19'
Mkhitaryan 82'
Attendance: 14,284

Czech Republic 1–2 Armenia
Rosický 70' Report Mkrtchyan 30'
Ghazaryan 90+2'
Attendance: 17,628
Malta 1–2 Denmark
Failla 38' Report Andreasen 2'
Camilleri 52' (o.g.)
Italy 1–0 Bulgaria
Gilardino 38' Report

Armenia 0–1 Denmark
Report Agger 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,000
Malta 1–2 Bulgaria
Herrera 77' Report Dimitrov 9'
Gargorov 59'
Attendance: 4,884
Italy 2–1 Czech Republic
Chiellini 51'
Balotelli 54' (pen.)
Report Kozák 19'
Attendance: 35,299

Armenia 2–1 Bulgaria
Özbiliz 45+1'
Movsisyan 87'
Report Popov 61'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Malta 1–4 Czech Republic
Mifsud 47' Report Hübschman 3'
Lafata 33'
Kadlec 51'
Pekhart 90'
Attendance: 4,530
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Denmark 2–2 Italy
Bendtner 45+1', 79' Report Osvaldo 28'
Aquilani 90+1'
Attendance: 35,305

Bulgaria 0–1 Czech Republic
Report Dočkal 51'
Denmark 6–0 Malta
Rasmussen 8', 74'
Agger 11' (pen.), 39' (pen.)
Bjelland 28'
Nielsen 84'
Report
Attendance: 11,479
Italy 2–2 Armenia
Florenzi 24'
Balotelli 76'
Report Movsisyan 5'
Mkhitaryan 70'
Attendance: 22,000
Notes
  1. ^ Bulgaria v Malta was played without spectators due to sanctions imposed by FIFA as a result of racist chanting by Bulgarian supporters.[4]

Goalscorers

There were 80 goals in 30 games for an average of 2.63 goals per game.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Discipline

Pos Player Country Yellow card Red card Suspended for match(es) Reason
DF Ivan Bandalovski  Bulgaria 2 1 vs Denmark (12 October 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF Gevorg Ghazaryan  Armenia 2 1 vs Italy (12 October 2012)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Mario Balotelli  Italy 3 1 vs Bulgaria (6 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
FW Marcos Pizzelli  Armenia 0 1 vs Italy (12 October 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
FW Pablo Daniel Osvaldo  Italy 0 1 vs Armenia (12 October 2012)
vs Malta (26 March 2013
Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Sargis Hovsepyan  Armenia 2 0 vs Italy (12 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Andreas Cornelius  Denmark 2 0 vs Italy (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF William Kvist  Denmark 3 0 vs Czech Republic (23 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Karlen Mkrtchyan  Armenia 2 0 vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Hrayr Mkoyan  Armenia 2 0 vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Arthur Yedigaryan  Armenia 5 0 vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013)
vs Denmark (10 September 2013)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Daniele De Rossi  Italy 2 0 vs Malta (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Yordan Minev  Bulgaria 2 0 vs Denmark (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Nicolai Jørgensen  Denmark 2 0 vs Armenia (11 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Georgi Milanov  Bulgaria 2 0 vs Italy (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Luke Dimech  Malta 2 0 vs Denmark (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Alex Muscat  Malta 2 0 vs Denmark (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Vladimir Darida  Czech Republic 2 0 vs Armenia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Robert Arzumanyan  Armenia 3 0 vs Denmark (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Yura Movsisyan  Armenia 3 0 vs Denmark (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Roderick Briffa  Malta 2 0 vs Bulgaria (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Varazdat Haroyan  Armenia 3 1 vs Bulgaria (11 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF André Schembri  Malta 2 0 vs Czech Republic (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Daniel Kolář  Czech Republic 2 1 vs Malta (11 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
ST Libor Kozák  Czech Republic 2 0 vs Malta (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Yordan Minev  Bulgaria 2 0 vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Svetoslav Dyakov  Bulgaria 3 1 vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Nikolay Bodurov  Bulgaria 1 1 vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
ST Michael Mifsud  Malta 2 0 vs Denmark (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Tomáš Sivok  Czech Republic 2 0 vs Bulgaria (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Niki Zimling  Denmark 2 0 vs Malta (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Nicklas Bendtner  Denmark 2 0 vs Malta (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Nicolai Boilesen  Denmark 2 0 vs Malta (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

Attendances

Team Highest Lowest Average
 Armenia 32,000 8,500 19,976
 Bulgaria 20,780 0 12,914
 Czech Republic 18,235 10,358 14,297
 Denmark 35,305 14,784 23,988
 Italy 37,027 18,000 27,513
 Malta 18,000 3,517 10,758

As of 6 September 2013

References

  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. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Čeští fotbalisté začnou boj o MS v září v Dánsku. Itálii vyzvou až v roce 2013" (in Czech). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Armenia vs Italy match report
  4. ^ "Hungary and Bulgaria sanctioned to play without spectators". FIFA. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.

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