2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group D was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Netherlands, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Estonia and Andorra.

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	10	9	1	0	34	5	+29	28	Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup		—	4–0	8–1	2–0	3–0	3–0
2	Romania	10	6	1	3	19	12	+7	19	Advance to second round		1–4	—	3–0	0–2	2–0	4–0
3	Hungary	10	5	2	3	21	20	+1	17			1–4	2–2	—	3–1	5–1	2–0
4	Turkey	10	5	1	4	16	9	+7	16			0–2	0–1	1–1	—	3–0	5–0
5	Estonia	10	2	1	7	6	20	−14	7			2–2	0–2	0–1	0–2	—	2–0
6	Andorra	10	0	0	10	0	30	−30	0			0–2	0–4	0–5	0–2	0–1	—

Source: ^[2]

Matches

A meeting was held on 24 October 2011 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to determine the fixtures. The meeting, however, was not successful and a schedule could not be determined. FIFA gave the teams involved until late December 2011 to finalise the schedule, with the set of fixtures determined by a draw held on 21 December in Amsterdam.^[3]

Estonia	0–2	Romania
	Report	Torje 56' Marica 76'

7 September 2012

21:00 UTC+3

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 7,936

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Andorra	0–5	Hungary
	Report	Juhász 12' Gera 33' Szalai 54' Priskin 68' Koman 82'

7 September 2012

20:30 UTC+2

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 815

Referee: Emir Alecković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Netherlands	2–0	Turkey
Van Persie 17' Narsingh 90+3'	Report

7 September 2012

20:30 UTC+2

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 49,500

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

---

Romania	4–0	Andorra
Torje 29' Lazăr 44' Găman 90' Maxim 90+3'	Report

11 September 2012

20:30 UTC+3

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 24,630

Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

Turkey	3–0	Estonia
Emre 44' Bulut 60' İnan 75'	Report

11 September 2012

21:00 UTC+3

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 44,168

Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

Hungary	1–4	Netherlands
Dzsudzsák 7' (pen.)	Report	Lens 3', 53' Martins Indi 19' Huntelaar 75'

11 September 2012

20:30 UTC+2

Ferenc Puskás Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 22,700

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

---

Turkey	0–1	Romania
	Report	Grozav 45'

12 October 2012

20:30 UTC+3

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 46,203

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Estonia	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Hajnal 46'

12 October 2012

21:30 UTC+3

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 5,661

Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Netherlands	3–0	Andorra
Van der Vaart 7' Huntelaar 15' Schaken 50'	Report

12 October 2012

20:30 UTC+2

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

---

Andorra	0–1	Estonia
	Report	Oper 57'

16 October 2012

19:00 UTC+2

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 723

Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)

Romania	1–4	Netherlands
Marica 40'	Report	Lens 9' Martins Indi 29' Van der Vaart 45+1' (pen.) Van Persie 86'

16 October 2012

21:00 UTC+3

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 53,329

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Hungary	3–1	Turkey
Koman 31' Szalai 50' Gera 57' (pen.)	Report	Erdinç 22'

16 October 2012

20:30 UTC+2

Ferenc Puskás Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 21,563

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

---

Andorra	0–2	Turkey
	Report	İnan 30' Yılmaz 45+1'

22 March 2013

19:15 UTC+1

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 910

Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas (Lithuania)

Hungary	2–2	Romania
Vanczák 16' Dzsudzsák 71' (pen.)	Report	Mutu 68' (pen.) Chipciu 90+2'

22 March 2013

20:30 UTC+1

Ferenc Puskás Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Netherlands	3–0	Estonia
Van der Vaart 47' Van Persie 72' Schaken 84'	Report

22 March 2013

20:30 UTC+1

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 48,675

Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

---

Estonia	2–0	Andorra
Anier 45+1' Lindpere 61'	Report

26 March 2013

19:00 UTC+2

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 5,237

Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

Turkey	1–1	Hungary
Yılmaz 64'	Report	Böde 71'

26 March 2013

20:30 UTC+2

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 37,904

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Netherlands	4–0	Romania
Van der Vaart 12' Van Persie 56', 65' (pen.) Lens 90'	Report

26 March 2013

20:30 UTC+1

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 47,496

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

---

Romania	3–0	Hungary
Marica 2' Pintilii 31' Tănase 88'	Report

6 September 2013

21:00 UTC+3

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 41,405

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Turkey	5–0	Andorra
Bulut 35', 39', 67' Yılmaz 64' Turan 90+2'	Report

6 September 2013

21:00 UTC+3

Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri

Attendance: 21,923

Referee: Sven Bindels (Luxembourg)

Estonia	2–2	Netherlands
Vassiljev 18', 57'	Report	Robben 2' Van Persie 90+4' (pen.)

6 September 2013

21:30 UTC+3

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 10,210

Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

---

Romania	0–2	Turkey
	Report	Yılmaz 22' Erdinç 90+4'

10 September 2013

21:00 UTC+3

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 44,537

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Andorra	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Van Persie 50', 54'

10 September 2013

20:30 UTC+2

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr. (Croatia)

Hungary	5–1	Estonia
Klavan 11' (o.g.) Hajnal 21' Böde 41' Németh 69' Dzsudzsák 85'	Report	Kink 48'

10 September 2013

20:30 UTC+2

Ferenc Puskás Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 7,741

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

---

Andorra	0–4	Romania
	Report	Keșerü 43' Stancu 53' Torje 63' (pen.) Lazăr 85'

11 October 2013

20:30 UTC+2

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

Estonia	0–2	Turkey
	Report	Bulut 22' Yılmaz 46'

11 October 2013

21:30 UTC+3

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 8,572

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Netherlands	8–1	Hungary
Van Persie 16', 44', 53' Strootman 25' Lens 38' Devecseri 65' (o.g.) Van der Vaart 86' Robben 90'	Report	Dzsudzsák 47' (pen.)

11 October 2013

20:30 UTC+2

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 52,027

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

---

Hungary	2–0	Andorra
Nikolić 51' Lima 76' (o.g.)	Report

15 October 2013

20:00 UTC+2

Ferenc Puskás Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Romania	2–0	Estonia
Marica 30' (pen.), 81'	Report

15 October 2013

21:00 UTC+3

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 18,852

Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

Turkey	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Robben 8' Sneijder 47'

15 October 2013

21:00 UTC+3

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 41,814

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Notes

1. Hungary v Romania was played without spectators due to sanctions imposed by FIFA as a result of racist chanting by Hungarian supporters at the friendly match against Israel on 15 August 2012.^[4]

Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

11 goals

• Robin van Persie

5 goals

• Jeremain Lens
• Rafael van der Vaart
• Ciprian Marica
• Umut Bulut
• Burak Yılmaz

4 goals

• Balázs Dzsudzsák

3 goals

• Arjen Robben
• Gabriel Torje

2 goals

• Konstantin Vassiljev
• Dániel Böde
• Zoltán Gera
• Tamás Hajnal
• Vladimir Koman
• Ádám Szalai
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
• Bruno Martins Indi
• Ruben Schaken
• Costin Lazăr
• Mevlüt Erdinç
• Selçuk İnan

1 goal

• Henri Anier
• Tarmo Kink
• Joel Lindpere
• Andres Oper
• Roland Juhász
• Krisztián Németh
• Nemanja Nikolić
• Tamás Priskin
• Vilmos Vanczak
• Luciano Narsingh
• Wesley Sneijder
• Kevin Strootman
• Alexandru Chipciu
• Valerică Găman
• Gheorghe Grozav
• Alexandru Maxim
• Adrian Mutu
• Mihai Pintilii
• Cristian Tănase
• Claudiu Keșerü
• Bogdan Stancu
• Emre Belözoğlu
• Arda Turan

1 own goal

• Ildefons Lima (against Hungary)
• Szilárd Devecseri (against Netherlands)
• Ragnar Klavan (against Hungary)

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
DF	Marc Vales	Andorra	3	1	vs Romania (11 September 2012)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Enar Jääger	Estonia	2	1	vs Hungary (12 October 2012) vs Turkey (11 October 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Hungary	2	0	vs Turkey (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Roland Juhász	Hungary	2	0	vs Turkey (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Hamit Altıntop	Turkey	2	0	vs Andorra (22 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Dorin Goian	Romania	2	0	vs Netherlands (26 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Victor Moreira	Andorra	2	0	vs Turkey (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Bekir İrtegün	Turkey	2	0	vs Andorra (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Aleksandr Dmitrijev	Estonia	2	0	vs Hungary (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Raio Piiroja	Estonia	2	1	vs Hungary (10 September 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Konstantin Vassiljev	Estonia	2	0	vs Hungary (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Zsolt Korcsmar	Hungary	2	0	vs Estonia (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Bruno Martins Indi	Netherlands	3	0	vs Andorra (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	2	0	vs Andorra (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Alexandru Bourceanu	Romania	2	0	vs Turkey (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Răzvan Raț	Romania	2	0	vs Andorra (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Moisés San Nicolás	Andorra	4	1	vs Romania (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Ildefonso Lima	Andorra	2	0	vs Romania (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Ats Purje	Estonia	2	0	vs Turkey (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Josep Ayala	Andorra	2	0	vs Hungary (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST	Marc Pujol	Andorra	2	0	vs Hungary (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Vlad Chiricheș	Romania	2	0	vs Estonia (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Nigel de Jong	Netherlands	2	0	vs Turkey (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Richárd Guzmics	Hungary	2	0	vs Andorra (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Caner Erkin	Turkey	2	0	vs Netherlands (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Daley Blind	Netherlands	2	0	TBD (2014)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches