2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

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

The group winners, Serbia, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Portugal, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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).

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24)
20:45
Portugal  1–0  Azerbaijan
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Juventus Stadium, Turin (Italy)
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24)
20:45
Serbia  3–2  Republic of Ireland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)
20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)
Republic of Ireland  0–1  Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Rodrigues Goal 85'

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)
20:45
Serbia  2–2  Portugal
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)
Azerbaijan  1–2  Serbia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)
20:45
Luxembourg  1–3  Portugal
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
20:45
Luxembourg  2–1  Azerbaijan
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
Portugal  2–1  Republic of Ireland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
Attendance: 7,831[17]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)
18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)
Republic of Ireland  1–1  Azerbaijan
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 21,287[18]
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)
18:00
Serbia  4–1  Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,078[19]
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)
Azerbaijan  0–3  Portugal
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 20,574[20]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
Republic of Ireland  1–1  Serbia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 25,415[21]
Referee: José María Sánchez (Spain)

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09)
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)
Azerbaijan  0–3  Republic of Ireland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 6,852[22]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09)
20:45
Luxembourg  0–1  Serbia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
Portugal  5–0  Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
Attendance: 18,553[24]
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)
20:45
Serbia  3–1  Azerbaijan
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)
18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)
Azerbaijan  1–3  Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)
20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Portugal
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 50,373[27]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

14 November 2021 (2021-11-14)
20:45
Luxembourg  0–3  Republic of Ireland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

14 November 2021 (2021-11-14)
20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)
Portugal  1–2  Serbia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 58,873[29]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Goalscorers

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Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[30]

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

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Azerbaijan Hojjat Haghverdi Booked vs Portugal (7 September 2021)
Booked vs Serbia (12 October 2021)		 vs Luxembourg (11 November 2021)
Anton Krivotsyuk Booked vs Luxembourg (1 September 2021)
Booked vs Republic of Ireland (4 September 2021)		 vs Portugal (7 September 2021)
 Luxembourg Dirk Carlson Booked vs Serbia (9 October 2021)
Booked vs Azerbaijan (11 November 2021)		 vs Republic of Ireland (14 November 2021)
Maxime Chanot Yellow cardYellow cardRed card vs Portugal (30 March 2021) vs Azerbaijan (1 September 2021)
Christopher Martins Booked vs Azerbaijan (1 September 2021)
Booked vs Serbia (4 September 2021)		 vs Serbia (9 October 2021)
Gerson Rodrigues Yellow cardYellow cardRed card vs Serbia (4 September 2021)
 Portugal Bruno Fernandes Booked vs Azerbaijan (24 March 2021)
Booked vs Serbia (27 March 2021)		 vs Luxembourg (30 March 2021)
Nuno Mendes Booked vs Azerbaijan (7 September 2021)
Booked vs Luxembourg (12 October 2021)		 vs Republic of Ireland (11 November 2021)
Pepe Yellow cardYellow cardRed card vs Republic of Ireland (11 November 2021) vs Serbia (14 November 2021)
Cristiano Ronaldo Booked vs Serbia (27 March 2021)
Booked vs Republic of Ireland (1 September 2021)		 vs Azerbaijan (7 September 2021)
 Serbia Filip Đuričić Booked vs Republic of Ireland (7 September 2021)
Booked vs Luxembourg (9 October 2021)		 vs Azerbaijan (12 October 2021)
Nikola Milenković Red card vs Portugal (27 March 2021) vs Azerbaijan (30 March 2021)
Strahinja Pavlović Booked vs Republic of Ireland (24 March 2021)
Booked vs Luxembourg (9 October 2021)		 vs Azerbaijan (12 October 2021)
 Republic of Ireland Alan Browne Booked vs Azerbaijan (4 September 2021)
Booked vs Serbia (7 September 2021)		 vs Azerbaijan (9 October 2021)
Jayson Molumby

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References

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