2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus and Iceland.

The group winners, Switzerland, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Iceland placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Croatia.[1] However, they failed to qualify for the World Cup after drawing the first match and losing the second.

Standings

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 10 7 3 0 17 6 +1124
 Iceland 10 5 2 3 17 15 +217
 Slovenia 10 5 0 5 14 11 +315
 Norway 10 3 3 4 10 13 −312
 Albania 10 3 2 5 9 11 −211
 Cyprus 10 1 2 7 4 15 −115
  Albania Cyprus Iceland Norway Slovenia Switzerland
Albania  — 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2
Cyprus  0–0 — 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–0
Iceland  2–1 2–0 — 2–0 2–4 0–2
Norway  0–1 2–0 1–1 — 2–1 0–2
Slovenia  1–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 — 0–2
Switzerland   2–0 1–0 4–4 1–1 1–0 —
  Winner qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
  Runner-up (ranked as one of the eight best runners-up among all nine groups) advanced to the play-offs

Matches

A meeting was held in Zurich, Switzerland, on 22 November 2011 to determine the schedule. The delegates failed to reach agreement on the fixtures, which were then determined by a random draw at the conclusion of the meeting.[2]

7 September 2012
20:30 UTC+2
Albania  3–1  Cyprus
Sadiku  36'
Çani  84'
Bogdani  87' 		Report Laban  45+5'

7 September 2012
20:30 UTC+2
Slovenia  0–2   Switzerland
Report Xhaka  20'
Inler  51'
Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 13,213
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

7 September 2012
18:45 UTC±0
Iceland  2–0  Norway
Árnason  22'
Finnbogason  81' 		Report

11 September 2012
20:00 UTC+3
Cyprus  1–0  Iceland
Makrides  58' Report

11 September 2012
20:00 UTC+2
Norway  2–1  Slovenia
Henriksen  26'
J. A. Riise  90+3' (pen.) 		Report Waehler  16' (o.g.)
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 11,168
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

11 September 2012
20:30 UTC+2
Switzerland   2–0  Albania
Shaqiri  23'
Inler  68' (pen.) 		Report
Swissporarena, Lucerne
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)

12 October 2012
19:00 UTC+2
Albania  1–2  Iceland
Çani  28' Report Bjarnason  19'
Sigurðsson  81'
Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

12 October 2012
20:30 UTC+2
Switzerland   1–1  Norway
Gavranović  79' Report Hangeland  81'

12 October 2012
20:45 UTC+2
Slovenia  2–1  Cyprus
Matavž  38', 61' Report Aloneftis  83'
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 7,988
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

16 October 2012
21:00 UTC+3
Cyprus  1–3  Norway
Aloneftis  42' Report Hangeland  45'
Elyounoussi  81' (pen.)
King  83'

16 October 2012
18:30 UTC±0
Iceland  0–2   Switzerland
Report Barnetta  66'
Gavranović  79'

16 October 2012
20:45 UTC+2
Albania  1–0  Slovenia
Roshi  37' Report
Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

22 March 2013
18:00 UTC+1
Slovenia  1–2  Iceland
Novaković  34' Report Sigurðsson  55', 78'
Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Greece)

22 March 2013
19:00 UTC+1
Norway  0–1  Albania
Report Salihi  66'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 11,207
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

23 March 2013
18:30 UTC+2
Cyprus  0–0   Switzerland
Report
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 2,045
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

7 June 2013
20:30 UTC+2
Albania  1–1  Norway
Rama  40' Report Høgli  87'
Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 15,600
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

7 June 2013
19:00 UTC±0
Iceland  2–4  Slovenia
Bjarnason  22'
Finnbogason  26' (pen.) 		Report Kirm  11'
Birsa  31' (pen.)
Cesar  61'
Krhin  86'
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 9,202
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

8 June 2013
17:30 UTC+2
Switzerland   1–0  Cyprus
Seferović  90' Report
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 16,900
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

6 September 2013
19:00 UTC+2
Norway  2–0  Cyprus
Elyounoussi  43'
King  66' 		Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 11,295
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

6 September 2013
20:30 UTC+2
Slovenia  1–0  Albania
Kampl  19' Report
Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 13,843
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

6 September 2013
20:30 UTC+2
Switzerland   4–4  Iceland
Lichtsteiner  15', 30'
Schär  27'
Džemaili  54' (pen.) 		Report Guðmundsson  3', 68', 90+1'
Sigþórsson  56'
Stade de Suisse, Bern
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

10 September 2013
19:00 UTC+2
Norway  0–2   Switzerland
Report Schär  12', 51'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 16,631
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

10 September 2013
21:30 UTC+3
Cyprus  0–2  Slovenia
Report Novaković  12'
Iličić  80'
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 714
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

10 September 2013
19:00 UTC±0
Iceland  2–1  Albania
Bjarnason  13'
Sigþórsson  47' 		Report Rama  9'

11 October 2013
20:30 UTC+2
Albania  1–2   Switzerland
Salihi  89' (pen.) Report Shaqiri  47'
Lang  77'
Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

11 October 2013
18:45 UTC±0
Iceland  2–0  Cyprus
Sigþórsson  60'
Sigurðsson  76' 		Report
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 9,767
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

11 October 2013
20:45 UTC+2
Slovenia  3–0  Norway
Novaković  13', 14', 49' Report
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 10,890
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

15 October 2013
19:00 UTC+3
Cyprus  0–0  Albania
Report
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 341
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

15 October 2013
20:00 UTC+2
Norway  1–1  Iceland
Braaten  30' Report Sigþórsson  12'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 6,796
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

15 October 2013
20:00 UTC+2
Switzerland   1–0  Slovenia
Xhaka  74' Report
Stade de Suisse, Bern
Attendance: 22,014
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals in 30 matches, for an average of 2.37 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Discipline

Pos Player Country Red card Suspended for match(es) Reason
DF Boštjan Cesar  Slovenia 4 1 vs Albania (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Tranquillo Barnetta   Switzerland 2 1 vs Albania (11 September 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Andi Lila  Albania 2 1 vs Norway (7 June 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Sölvi Ottesen  Iceland 1 1 vs Albania (12 October 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Espen Ruud  Norway 4 0 vs Albania (22 March 2013)
vs Slovenia (11 October 2013) 		Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Vincent Laban  Cyprus 3 0 vs Slovenia (12 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Aron Gunnarsson  Iceland 3 0 vs Switzerland (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Eren Derdiyok   Switzerland 2 0 vs Iceland (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Valentinos Sielis  Cyprus 2 0 vs Norway (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Kári Árnason  Iceland 3 0 vs Slovenia (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Rúrik Gíslason  Iceland 2 0 vs Slovenia (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Grétar Steinsson  Iceland 2 0 vs Slovenia (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Josip Iličić  Slovenia 2 0 vs Iceland (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Andraž Kirm  Slovenia 3 0 vs Iceland (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Daniel Braaten  Norway 2 0 vs Albania (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson  Iceland 2 0 vs Slovenia (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Gylfi Sigurðsson  Iceland 3 0 vs Slovenia (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Lorik Cana  Albania 4 0 vs Norway (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Odise Roshi  Albania 2 0 vs Norway (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Armend Dallku  Albania 3 0 vs Slovenia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Gokhan Inler   Switzerland 2 0 vs Iceland (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Elias Charalambous  Cyprus 2 0 vs Norway (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Konstantinos Makridis  Cyprus 2 0 vs Norway (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Efstathios Aloneftis  Cyprus 3 0 vs Slovenia (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Jasmin Kurtic  Slovenia 2 0 vs Cyprus (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Ansi Agolli  Albania 2 0 vs Iceland (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Giorgos Merkis  Cyprus 2 0 vs Albania (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Steve von Bergen   Switzerland 2 0 vs Slovenia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

Attendances

Team Highest Lowest Average
 Albania 15,600 8,200 11,240
 Cyprus 2,493 342 1,439
 Iceland 9,768 8,352 9,091
 Norway 16,631 6,796 11,420
  Switzerland 30,712 16,500 22,425
 Slovenia 13,843 6,500 10,487

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. ↑ "Po žrebu najprej s Švico in Norveško" [After the draw – first Switzerland and Norway] (in Slovenian). nzs.si. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.

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