2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualification UEFA Group A was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belgium, Croatia, Macedonia, Scotland, Serbia and Wales.

Serbia taking a corner versus Belgium in Belgrade in October 2012.

The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Croatia placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Iceland.^[1][2] They drew the first match and won the second, thus also qualifying for the World Cup.^[3]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	10	8	2	0	18	4	+14	26	Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
2	Croatia	10	5	2	3	12	9	+3	17	Advance to second round		1–2	—	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0
3	Serbia	10	4	2	4	18	11	+7	14			0–3	1–1	—	2–0	6–1	5–1
4	Scotland	10	3	2	5	8	12	−4	11			0–2	2–0	0–0	—	1–2	1–1
5	Wales	10	3	1	6	9	20	−11	10			0–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	—	1–0
6	Macedonia	10	2	1	7	7	16	−9	7			0–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	—

Source: ^[4]

Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 November 2011.^[5]

Croatia	1–0	Macedonia
Jelavić 69'	Report

7 September 2012

20:15 UTC+2

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 13,883

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Wales	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Kompany 42' Vertonghen 83'

7 September 2012

19:45 UTC+1

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 20,156

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Scotland	0–0	Serbia
	Report

8 September 2012

15:00 UTC+1

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 47,369

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

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Serbia	6–1	Wales
Kolarov 16' Tošić 24' Đuričić 37' Tadić 55' Ivanović 80' Sulejmani 90'	Report	Bale 31'

11 September 2012

20:30 UTC+2

Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad

Attendance: 10,660

Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

Belgium	1–1	Croatia
Gillet 45+1'	Report	Perišić 6'

11 September 2012

20:45 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 39,987

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Scotland	1–1	Macedonia
Miller 43'	Report	Noveski 11'

11 September 2012

20:00 UTC+1

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 32,430

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

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Macedonia	1–2	Croatia
Ibraimi 16'	Report	Ćorluka 33' Rakitić 60'

12 October 2012

20:30 UTC+2

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 25,230

Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

Serbia	0–3	Belgium
	Report	Benteke 34' De Bruyne 68' Mirallas 90+1'

12 October 2012

20:30 UTC+2

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 21,650

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Wales	2–1	Scotland
Bale 80' (pen.), 87'	Report	Morrison 27'

12 October 2012

19:45 UTC+1

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 23,249

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

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Croatia	2–0	Wales
Mandžukić 27' Eduardo 57'	Report

16 October 2012

20:00 UTC+2

Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Macedonia	1–0	Serbia
Ibraimi 59' (pen.)	Report

16 October 2012

20:30 UTC+2

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 26,181

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Belgium	2–0	Scotland
Benteke 68' Kompany 71'	Report

16 October 2012

20:45 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 44,132

Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

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Croatia	2–0	Serbia
Mandžukić 23' Olić 37'	Report

22 March 2013

18:00 UTC+1

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 35,722

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Macedonia	0–2	Belgium
	Report	De Bruyne 26' Hazard 62' (pen.)

22 March 2013

20:45 UTC+1

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 15,947

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Scotland	1–2	Wales
Hanley 45+2'	Report	Ramsey 72' (pen.) Robson-Kanu 74'

22 March 2013

20:00 UTC±0

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 39,365

Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

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Serbia	2–0	Scotland
Đuričić 60', 66'	Report

26 March 2013

20:30 UTC+1

Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Belgium	1–0	Macedonia
Hazard 62'	Report

26 March 2013

20:45 UTC+1

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 44,230

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Wales	1–2	Croatia
Bale 21' (pen.)	Report	Lovren 77' Eduardo 87'

26 March 2013

19:45 UTC±0

Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Attendance: 12,534

Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

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Croatia	0–1	Scotland
	Report	Snodgrass 26'

7 June 2013

20:15 UTC+2

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 25,016

Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Belgium	2–1	Serbia
De Bruyne 13' Fellaini 60'	Report	Kolarov 87'

7 June 2013

20:45 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 45,844

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

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Macedonia	2–1	Wales
Tričkovski 20' Trajkovski 80'	Report	Ramsey 39' (pen.)

6 September 2013

19:00 UTC+2

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

Serbia	1–1	Croatia
Mitrović 66'	Report	Mandžukić 53'

6 September 2013

20:45 UTC+2

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Scotland	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Defour 34' Mirallas 89'

6 September 2013

20:00 UTC+1

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,284

Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

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Macedonia	1–2	Scotland
Kostovski 85'	Report	Anya 60' Maloney 89'

10 September 2013

20:30 UTC+2

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 14,093

Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

Wales	0–3	Serbia
	Report	Đorđević 8' Kolarov 38' Marković 55'

10 September 2013

19:45 UTC+1

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 10,923

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

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Croatia	1–2	Belgium
Kranjčar 84'	Report	Lukaku 16', 38'

11 October 2013

18:00 UTC+2

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Wales	1–0	Macedonia
Church 67'	Report

11 October 2013

19:45 UTC+1

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 11,257

Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

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Serbia	5–1	Macedonia
Tošić 16' Basta 19' Kolarov 38' (pen.) Tadić 54' Šćepović 74'	Report	Jahović 83'

15 October 2013

20:30 UTC+2

Stadion Jagodina, Jagodina

Attendance: 8,294

Referee: Richard Trutz (Slovakia)

Belgium	1–1	Wales
De Bruyne 64'	Report	Ramsey 88'

15 October 2013

21:00 UTC+2

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 45,401

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Scotland	2–0	Croatia
Snodgrass 28' Naismith 73'	Report

15 October 2013

20:00 UTC+1

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,172

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Goalscorers

There were 72 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.

4 goals

• Aleksandar Kolarov
• Gareth Bale
• Kevin De Bruyne

3 goals

• Filip Đuričić
• Aaron Ramsey
• Mario Mandžukić

2 goals

• Dušan Tadić
• Eden Hazard
• Vincent Kompany
• Romelu Lukaku
• Kevin Mirallas
• Christian Benteke
• Agim Ibraimi
• Robert Snodgrass
• Eduardo

1 goal

• Steven Defour
• Marouane Fellaini
• Guillaume Gillet
• Jan Vertonghen
• Vedran Ćorluka
• Nikica Jelavić
• Niko Kranjčar
• Dejan Lovren
• Ivica Olić
• Ivan Perišić
• Ivan Rakitić
• Adis Jahović
• Jovan Kostovski
• Nikolče Noveski
• Aleksandar Trajkovski
• Ivan Tričkovski
• Ikechi Anya
• Grant Hanley
• Shaun Maloney
• Kenny Miller
• James Morrison
• Steven Naismith
• Dušan Basta
• Filip Đorđević
• Branislav Ivanović
• Lazar Marković
• Aleksandar Mitrović
• Stefan Šćepović
• Miralem Sulejmani
• Zoran Tošić
• Hal Robson-Kanu
• Simon Church

1 own goal

• Stefan Ristovski (against Serbia)

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
DF	Milan Biševac	Serbia	4	0	vs Croatia (22 March 2013) vs Croatia (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Guillaume Gillet	Belgium	2	0	vs Serbia (12 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Aaron Ramsey	Wales	2	0	vs Croatia (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Ognjen Vukojević	Croatia	3	0	vs Wales (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW	Goran Pandev	Macedonia	3	0	vs Serbia (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Daniel Georgievski	Macedonia	2	0	vs Belgium (22 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Aleksandar Kolarov	Serbia	2	0	vs Scotland (26 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Boban Grncarov	Macedonia	2	0	vs Belgium (26 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Muhamed Demiri	Macedonia	2	0	vs Belgium (26 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Matija Nastasić	Serbia	2	0	vs Belgium (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Charlie Adam	Scotland	2	0	vs Croatia (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Vedran Ćorluka	Croatia	3	0	vs Scotland (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Dejan Lovren	Croatia	2	0	vs Scotland (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Luka Modrić	Croatia	3	0	vs Scotland (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Ferhan Hasani	Macedonia	2	0	vs Wales (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Hal Robson-Kanu	Wales	2	0	vs Macedonia (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
GK	Allan McGregor	Scotland	2	0	vs Belgium (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Agim Ibraimi	Macedonia	2	0	vs Scotland (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST	Aleksandar Mitrovic	Serbia	2	0	vs Wales (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Zoran Tošić	Serbia	2	0	vs Wales (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Darijo Srna	Croatia	2	0	vs Belgium (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Steven Whittaker	Scotland	2	0	vs Croatia (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Andrew Crofts	Wales	2	0	vs Macedonia (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Ljubomir Fejsa	Serbia	2	0	vs Macedonia (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Marouane Fellaini	Belgium	2	0	vs Wales (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Vanče Šikov	Macedonia	2	0	vs Serbia (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	James Collins	Wales	0	1	vs Serbia (11 September 2012)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Nenad Tomović	Serbia	0	1	vs Croatia (22 March 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Robert Snodgrass	Scotland	4	1	vs Serbia (26 March 2013) vs Macedonia (10 September 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Aaron Ramsey	Wales	0	1	vs Croatia (26 March 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Nemanja Matić	Serbia	2	1	vs Wales (10 September 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Josip Šimunić	Croatia	1	1	vs Belgium (11 October 2013) vs Scotland (15 October 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match

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 September 21, 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
2. "European play-off ties confirmed". FIFA. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
3. "Ten-man Croatia sink Iceland to qualify". FIFA. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
4. "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
5. "Rode Duivels openen WK-kwalificatie met drieluik Wales-Kroatië-Servië" [Red Devils open World Cup qualifiers with Wales-Croatia-Serbia treble]. hln.be (in Dutch). 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-27. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

External links

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