2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 10 7 1 2 20 5 +15 22  Portugal 10 6 3 1 20 9 +11 21  Israel 10 3 5 2 19 14 +5 14  Azerbaijan 10 1 6 3 7 11 −4 9  Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 9 17 −8 7  Luxembourg 10 1 3 6 7 26 −19 6

Azerbaijan  — 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 Israel  1–1 — 3–0 1–1 3–3 0–4 Luxembourg  0–0 0–6 — 3–2 1–2 0–4 Northern Ireland  1–1 0–2 1–1 — 2–4 1–0 Portugal  3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 — 1–0 Russia  1–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 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

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

Russia  v  Northern Ireland

7 September 2012 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	2–0	Northern Ireland
Fayzulin  30' Shirokov  78' (pen.)	Report

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Azerbaijan  v  Israel

7 September 2012 21:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–1	Israel
Abishov  65'	Report	Natkho  50'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Attendance: 22,211 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Luxembourg  v  Portugal

7 September 2012 20:45 UTC+2

Luxembourg	1–2	Portugal
da Mota  13'	Report	Ronaldo  28' Postiga  54'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 8,125 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

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Israel  v  Russia

11 September 2012 20:00 UTC+3

Israel	0–4	Russia
	Report	Kerzhakov  7', 64' Kokorin  18' Fayzulin  78'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 28,131 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Northern Ireland  v  Luxembourg

11 September 2012 19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	1–1	Luxembourg
Shiels  14'	Report	da Mota  86'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 10,674 Referee: Vlado Glodjović (Serbia)

Portugal  v  Azerbaijan

11 September 2012 20:15 UTC+1

Portugal	3–0	Azerbaijan
Varela  63' Postiga  85' Alves  88'	Report

Estádio Municipal, Braga Attendance: 29,971 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

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Russia  v  Portugal

12 October 2012 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	1–0	Portugal
Kerzhakov  6'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 54,212 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Luxembourg  v  Israel

12 October 2012 21:00 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–6	Israel
	Report	Radi  4' Ben Basat  12' Hemed  27', 74', 90+1' Melikson  61'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 2,631 Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

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Russia  v  Azerbaijan

16 October 2012 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	1–0	Azerbaijan
Shirokov  84' (pen.)	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 15,033 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Israel  v  Luxembourg

16 October 2012 18:00 UTC+2

Israel	3–0	Luxembourg
Hemed  13', 48' Ben Basat  35'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 20,400 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Portugal  v  Northern Ireland

16 October 2012 20:45 UTC+1

Portugal	1–1	Northern Ireland
Postiga  79'	Report	McGinn  30'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 48,711 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

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Northern Ireland  v  Azerbaijan

14 November 2012 19:45 UTC±0

Northern Ireland	1–1	Azerbaijan
Healy  90+6'	Report	Aliyev  5'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 12,372 Referee: Viktor Shvetsov (Ukraine)

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Israel  v  Portugal

22 March 2013 14:45 UTC+2

Israel	3–3	Portugal
Hemed  24' Ben Basat  40' Gershon  70'	Report	Alves  2' Postiga  72' Coentrão  90+3'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 38,600 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Luxembourg  v  Azerbaijan

22 March 2013 20:15 UTC+1

Luxembourg	0–0	Azerbaijan
	Report

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 1,324 Referee: Padraigh Sutton (Republic of Ireland)

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Azerbaijan  v  Portugal

26 March 2013 21:00 UTC+4

Azerbaijan	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Alves  63' H. Almeida  79'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Attendance: 24,558 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Northern Ireland  v  Israel

26 March 2013 19:45 UTC±0

Northern Ireland	0–2	Israel
	Report	Refaelov  77' Ben Basat  84'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

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Azerbaijan  v  Luxembourg

7 June 2013 21:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–1	Luxembourg
Abishov  71'	Report	Bensi  80'

Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku Attendance: 9,258 Referee: Mihaly Fabian (Hungary)

Portugal  v  Russia

7 June 2013 20:45 UTC+1

Portugal	1–0	Russia
Postiga  9'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 54,697 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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Northern Ireland  v  Russia

14 August 2013[note 1] 19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	1–0	Russia
Paterson  43'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 11,178 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

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Russia  v  Luxembourg

6 September 2013 19:30 UTC+4[note 2]

Russia	4–1	Luxembourg
Kokorin  1', 36' Kerzhakov  59' Samedov  90+3'	Report	Joachim  90'

Central Stadium, Kazan Attendance: 18,525 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Northern Ireland  v  Portugal

6 September 2013 19:45 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	2–4	Portugal
McAuley  36' Ward  52'	Report	Alves  21' Ronaldo  68', 77', 83'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 13,629 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Israel  v  Azerbaijan

7 September 2013 20:45 UTC+3

Israel	1–1	Azerbaijan
Shechter  73'	Report	Amirguliyev  61'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 21,250 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

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Russia  v  Israel

10 September 2013 19:00 UTC+4

Russia	3–1	Israel
V. Berezutski  49' Kokorin  52' Glushakov  74'	Report	Zahavi  90+3'

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 21,107 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

Luxembourg  v  Northern Ireland

10 September 2013 20:15 UTC+2

Luxembourg	3–2	Northern Ireland
Joachim  45+1' Bensi  78' Jänisch  87'	Report	Paterson  14' McAuley  82'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 4,114 Referee: Robert Malek (Poland)

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Azerbaijan  v  Northern Ireland

11 October 2013 21:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	2–0	Northern Ireland
Dadashov  58' Shukurov  90+4'	Report

Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku Attendance: 10,100 Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)

Luxembourg  v  Russia

11 October 2013 20:30 UTC+2

Luxembourg	0–4	Russia
	Report	Samedov  9' Fayzulin  39' Glushakov  45+2' Kerzhakov  73'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 5,354 Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

Portugal  v  Israel

11 October 2013 20:45 UTC+1

Portugal	1–1	Israel
Costa  28'	Report	Ben Basat  85'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 48,317 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

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Azerbaijan  v  Russia

15 October 2013 22:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–1	Russia
Javadov  90'	Report	Shirokov  16'

Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Israel  v  Northern Ireland

15 October 2013 20:00 UTC+3

Israel	1–1	Northern Ireland
Ben Basat  43'	Report	Davis  72'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 12,785 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Portugal  v  Luxembourg

15 October 2013 18:00 UTC+1

Portugal	3–0	Luxembourg
Varela  30' Nani  36' Postiga  78'	Report

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra Attendance: 18,955 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

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

Eden Ben Basat

Tomer Hemed

Hélder Postiga

5 goals

Aleksandr Kerzhakov

4 goals

Bruno Alves

Cristiano Ronaldo

Aleksandr Kokorin

3 goals

Viktor Fayzulin

Roman Shirokov

2 goals

Ruslan Abishov Stefano Bensi Daniel da Mota

Aurélien Joachim Gareth McAuley Martin Paterson

Silvestre Varela Denis Glushakov Aleksandr Samedov

1 goal

Rauf Aliyev Rahid Amirguliyev Rufat Dadashov Vagif Javadov Mahir Shukurov Rami Gershon Maor Melikson Bibras Natkho

Maharan Radi Lior Refaelov Itay Shechter Eran Zahavi Mathias Jänisch Steven Davis David Healy Niall McGinn

Dean Shiels Jamie Ward Hugo Almeida Fábio Coentrão Ricardo Costa Nani Vasili Berezutski

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
FW	Rauf Aliyev	Azerbaijan	3	1	vs Luxembourg (7 June 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Gareth McAuley	Northern Ireland	3	0	vs Portugal (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
GK	Kamran Agayev	Azerbaijan	2	0	vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST	Kyle Lafferty	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Israel (26 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Chris Baird	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Israel (26 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	4	0	vs 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
FW	Tomer Hemed	Israel	2	0	vs Northern Ireland (26 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Mathias Jänisch	Luxembourg	2	0	vs Belgium (26 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW	Vüqar Nadirov	Azerbaijan	2	0	vs Luxembourg (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Pepe	Portugal	4	0	vs 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
MF	Chris Brunt	Northern Ireland	4	1	vs 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
ST	Branimir Subasic	Azerbaijan	0	1	vs Israel (6 September 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Mario Mutsch	Luxembourg	2	0	vs Russia (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Daniel Lafferty	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Portugal (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Vasili Berezutski	Russia	2	0	vs Luxembourg (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Ben Payal	Luxembourg	2	0	vs Northern Ireland (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST	Kyle Lafferty	Northern Ireland	1	1	vs Luxembourg (10 September 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Fábio Coentrão	Portugal	2	0	vs Israel (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW	Hélder Postiga	Portugal	0	1	vs Israel (11 October 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Eytan Tibi	Israel	2	0	vs Russia (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Ruslan Abishov	Azerbaijan	2	0	vs Northern Ireland (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Sergey Ignashevich	Russia	2	0	vs Luxembourg (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW	Aurélien Joachim	Luxembourg	2	0	vs Russia (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Rasim Ramaldanov	Azerbaijan	2	0	vs Russia (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Oliver Norwood	Northern Ireland	2	0	vs Israel (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Jonny Evans	Northern Ireland	0	1	vs Israel (15 October 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Denis Glushakov	Russia	2	0	vs 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. 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. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
6. "Rain Delays Russia-Luxembourg World Cup Qualifier". R-Sport. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

External links

• Results and schedule for UEFA Group F (FIFA.com version)
• Results and schedule for UEFA Group F (UEFA.com version)