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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

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The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group A is one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams will qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar.[1] Group A consists of five teams: Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland and Serbia.[2] The teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The group winner will qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the runner-up will advance to the second round (play-offs).

Qatar was also partnered with the five-team Group A, which enabled the 2022 World Cup hosts to play centralised friendlies against these countries on their "spare" match dates. However, these friendlies do not count in the qualifying group standings. Qatar will play their "home" matches in Europe in order to allow short travel times for their opponents.[4][5]

Standings

Template:2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA group tables

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[6][7][8] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Portugal 1–0 Azerbaijan
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Serbia 3–2 Republic of Ireland
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[10][note 2]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Republic of Ireland 0–1 Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Rodrigues 85'
Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Serbia 2–2 Portugal
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Azerbaijan 1–2 Serbia
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Luxembourg 1–3 Portugal
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[14][note 2]
Portugal v Republic of Ireland
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Report (UEFA)
Republic of Ireland v Azerbaijan
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Report (UEFA)
Serbia v Luxembourg
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Report (UEFA)
Azerbaijan v Portugal
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Report (UEFA)
Republic of Ireland v Serbia
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Report (UEFA)
Azerbaijan v Republic of Ireland
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Report (UEFA)
Portugal v Luxembourg
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Report (UEFA)
Serbia v Azerbaijan
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Report (UEFA)
Azerbaijan v Luxembourg
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Republic of Ireland v Portugal
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Report (UEFA)
Portugal v Serbia
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Report (UEFA)

Goalscorers

There have been 18 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of 30 March 2021).

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[16]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Luxembourg Maxime Chanot Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Portugal (30 March 2021) vs Azerbaijan (1 September 2021)
 Portugal Bruno Fernandes Yellow card vs Azerbaijan (24 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Serbia (27 March 2021)		 vs Luxembourg (30 March 2021)
 Serbia Nikola Milenković Red card vs Portugal (27 March 2021) vs Azerbaijan (30 March 2021)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1–2 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 3–8).
  2. ^ a b c d e f Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References

  1. ^ "UEFA preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup 2022: Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 22 October 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition – Draw Results" (PDF). UEFA. 7 December 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "UEFA preliminary competition format for the FIFA World Cup 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Group A matches with Qatar". UEFA. 11 December 2020. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. ^ "World Cup Qualifying Calendar – Group A with Qatar" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. ^ "European Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup: all the fixtures". UEFA. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Fixture List – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Fixture List by Group – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Portugal vs. Azerbaijan". Union of European Football Associations. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Serbia vs. Republic of Ireland". Union of European Football Associations. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Republic of Ireland vs. Luxembourg". Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Serbia vs. Portugal". Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Azerbaijan vs. Serbia". Union of European Football Associations. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Luxembourg vs. Portugal". Union of European Football Associations. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  15. ^ a b c "Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football - Actualités". Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

External links

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