The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group was one of nine qualifying groups from UEFA and comprised Azerbaijan, Israel, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Portugal and Russia.

The group winners, Russia, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Portugal placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Sweden.[1] They won both matches and thus also qualified for the World Cup.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 10 7 1 2 20 5 +15 22 Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–1
2  Portugal 10 6 3 1 20 9 +11 21 Advance to second round 1–0 — 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0
3  Israel 10 3 5 2 19 14 +5 14 0–4 3–3 — 1–1 1–1 3–0
4  Azerbaijan 10 1 6 3 7 11 −4 9 1–1 0–2 1–1 — 2–0 1–1
5  Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 9 17 −8 7 1–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 — 1–1
6  Luxembourg 10 1 3 6 7 26 −19 6 0–4 1–2 0–6 0–0 3–2 —
Source:

Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, on 25 November 2011.[2]

Russia 2–0 Northern Ireland
Fayzulin 30'
Shirokov 78' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 14,300
Azerbaijan 1–1 Israel
Abishov 65' Report Natcho 50'
Attendance: 22,211
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Luxembourg 1–2 Portugal
da Mota 13' Report Ronaldo 28'
Postiga 54'
Attendance: 8,125
Israel 0–4 Russia
Report Kerzhakov 7', 64'
Kokorin 18'
Fayzulin 78'
Attendance: 28,131
Northern Ireland 1–1 Luxembourg
Shiels 14' Report da Mota 86'
Attendance: 10,674
Portugal 3–0 Azerbaijan
Varela 63'
Postiga 85'
Alves 88'		 Report
Attendance: 29,971
Russia 1–0 Portugal
Kerzhakov 6' Report
Attendance: 54,212
Luxembourg 0–6 Israel
Report Radi 4'
Ben Basat 12'
Hemed 27', 74', 90+1'
Melikson 61'
Attendance: 2,631
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Russia 1–0 Azerbaijan
Shirokov 84' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 15,033
Israel 3–0 Luxembourg
Hemed 13', 48'
Ben Basat 35'		 Report
Attendance: 20,400
Portugal 1–1 Northern Ireland
Postiga 79' Report McGinn 30'
Attendance: 48,711
Northern Ireland 1–1 Azerbaijan
Healy 90+6' Report Aliyev 5'
Attendance: 12,372
Israel 3–3 Portugal
Hemed 24'
Ben Basat 40'
Gershon 70'		 Report Alves 2'
Postiga 72'
Coentrão 90+3'
Attendance: 38,600
Luxembourg 0–0 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 1,324
Referee: Padraigh Sutton (Republic of Ireland)
Azerbaijan 0–2 Portugal
Report Alves 63'
H. Almeida 79'
Attendance: 24,558
Northern Ireland 0–2 Israel
Report Refaelov 77'
Ben Basat 84'
Attendance: 11,200
Azerbaijan 1–1 Luxembourg
Abishov 71' Report Bensi 80'
Attendance: 9,258
Referee: Mihaly Fabian (Hungary)
Portugal 1–0 Russia
Postiga 9' Report
Attendance: 54,697
Northern Ireland 1–0 Russia
Paterson 43' Report
Attendance: 11,178
Russia 4–1 Luxembourg
Kokorin 1', 36'
Kerzhakov 59'
Samedov 90+3'		 Report Joachim 90'
Attendance: 18,525
Northern Ireland 2–4 Portugal
McAuley 36'
Ward 52'		 Report Alves 21'
Ronaldo 68', 77', 83'
Attendance: 13,629
Israel 1–1 Azerbaijan
Shechter 73' Report Amirguliyev 61'
Attendance: 21,250
Russia 3–1 Israel
V. Berezutski 49'
Kokorin 52'
Glushakov 74'		 Report Zahavi 90+3'
Attendance: 21,107
Luxembourg 3–2 Northern Ireland
Joachim 45+1'
Bensi 78'
Jänisch 87'		 Report Paterson 14'
McAuley 82'
Attendance: 4,114
Referee: Robert Malek (Poland)
Azerbaijan 2–0 Northern Ireland
Dadashov 58'
Shukurov 90+4'		 Report
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)
Luxembourg 0–4 Russia
Report Samedov 9'
Fayzulin 39'
Glushakov 45+2'
Kerzhakov 73'
Attendance: 5,354
Portugal 1–1 Israel
Costa 28' Report Ben Basat 85'
Attendance: 48,317
Azerbaijan 1–1 Russia
Javadov 90' Report Shirokov 16'
Attendance: 11,000
Israel 1–1 Northern Ireland
Ben Basat 43' Report Davis 72'
Attendance: 12,785
Portugal 3–0 Luxembourg
Varela 30'
Nani 36'
Postiga 78'		 Report
Attendance: 18,955
Notes
  1. ↑ Northern Ireland v Russia was originally to be played on 22 March 2013, 19:45 local time, but was postponed to the next day, 15:00 local time, due to heavy snowfall,[3] and was postponed again after a pitch inspection in the morning of 23 March 2013.[4] The match was rescheduled to be played on 14 August 2013.[5]
  2. ↑ Russia v Luxembourg was originally to be kicked off at 18:30 local time, but was delayed by an hour due to rain.[6]

Goalscorers

There were 82 goals in 30 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match.

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Discipline

Pos Player Country Yellow card Red card Suspended for match(es) Reason
FWRauf Aliyev Azerbaijan31vs Luxembourg (7 June 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DFGareth McAuley Northern Ireland30vs Portugal (16 October 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
GKKamran Agayev Azerbaijan20vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2012)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
STKyle Lafferty Northern Ireland20vs Israel (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFChris Baird Northern Ireland20vs Israel (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWCristiano Ronaldo Portugal40vs Azerbaijan (26 March 2013)
vs Luxembourg (15 October 2013)		Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWTomer Hemed Israel20vs Northern Ireland (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFMathias Jänisch Luxembourg20vs Belgium (26 March 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWVüqar Nadirov Azerbaijan20vs Luxembourg (7 June 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFPepe Portugal40vs Russia (7 June 2013)
vs Luxembourg (15 October 2013)		Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFChris Brunt Northern Ireland41vs Russia (14 August 2013)
vs Luxembourg (10 September 2013)		Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
STBranimir Subasic Azerbaijan01vs Israel (6 September 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DFMario Mutsch Luxembourg20vs Russia (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFDaniel Lafferty Northern Ireland20vs Portugal (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFVasili Berezutski Russia20vs Luxembourg (6 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFBen Payal Luxembourg20vs Northern Ireland (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
STKyle Lafferty Northern Ireland11vs Luxembourg (10 September 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DFFábio Coentrão Portugal20vs Israel (11 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWHélder Postiga Portugal01vs Israel (11 October 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DFEytan Tibi Israel20vs Russia (10 September 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFRuslan Abishov Azerbaijan20vs Northern Ireland (11 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFSergey Ignashevich Russia20vs Luxembourg (11 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FWAurélien Joachim Luxembourg20vs Russia (11 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFRasim Ramaldanov Azerbaijan20vs Russia (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MFOliver Norwood Northern Ireland20vs Israel (15 October 2013)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DFJonny Evans Northern Ireland01vs Israel (15 October 2013)Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MFDenis Glushakov Russia20vs TBD (2014)Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Azerbaijan begins with home match against Israel – MATCH SCHEDULE". 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Northern Ireland v Russia World Cup qualifier postponed". BBC. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Northern Ireland v Russia World Cup qualifier called off again". BBC. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Northern Ireland – Russia qualifier rescheduled". FIFA.com. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rain Delays Russia-Luxembourg World Cup Qualifier". R-Sport. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
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