2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G 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 G consisted of six teams: Gibraltar, Latvia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway and Turkey.^[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.^[3]

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	10	7	2	1	33	8	+25	23	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup		—	6–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	6–0
2	Turkey	10	6	3	1	27	16	+11	21	Advance to play-offs		4–2	—	1–1	2–2	3–3	6–0
3	Norway	10	5	3	2	15	8	+7	18			1–1	0–3	—	2–0	0–0	5–1
4	Montenegro	10	3	3	4	14	15	−1	12			2–2	1–2	0–1	—	0–0	4–1
5	Latvia	10	2	3	5	11	14	−3	9			0–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	—	3–1
6	Gibraltar	10	0	0	10	4	43	−39	0			0–7	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.^[4][5][6] Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Turkey	4–2	Netherlands
Yılmaz 15', 34' (pen.), 81' Çalhanoğlu 46'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Klaassen 75' L. de Jong 76'

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 0^{[7][note 2]}

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Gibraltar	0–3	Norway
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Sørloth 43' Thorstvedt 45' Svensson 57'

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24)

20:45

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

Attendance: 0^{[8][note 2]}

Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Latvia	1–2	Montenegro
J. Ikaunieks 40'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Jovetić 41', 83'

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 0^{[9][note 2]}

Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

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Montenegro	4–1	Gibraltar
Bećiraj 25' Simić 43' Tomašević 53' Jovetić 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Styche 30' (pen.)

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)

15:00

City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 0^{[10][note 2]}

Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Netherlands	2–0	Latvia
Berghuis 32' L. de Jong 69'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)

18:00

Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 5,000^[11]

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Norway	0–3	Turkey
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Tufan 4', 59' Söyüncü 28'

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)

18:00

La Rosaleda, Málaga (Spain)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 0^{[13][note 2]}

Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

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Gibraltar	0–7	Netherlands
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Berghuis 42' L. de Jong 55' Depay 61', 88' Wijnaldum 62' Malen 64' Van de Beek 85'

30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)

20:45

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

Attendance: 335^[14]

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Montenegro	0–1	Norway
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Sørloth 35'

30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)

20:45

City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 0^{[15][note 2]}

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Turkey	3–3	Latvia
Karaman 2' Çalhanoğlu 33' Yılmaz 52' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Savaļnieks 35' Uldriķis 58' D. Ikaunieks 79'

30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 223^[16]

Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

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Latvia	3–1	Gibraltar
Gutkovskis 50' (pen.), 85' Cigaņiks 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	De Barr 71' (pen.)

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 1,466^[17]

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Norway	1–1	Netherlands
Haaland 20'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Klaassen 37'

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)

20:45

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo^[18]

Attendance: 6,711^[19]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Turkey	2–2	Montenegro
Ünder 9' Yazıcı 31'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Marušić 40' Radunović 90+7'

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Vodafone Park, Istanbul

Attendance: 12,472^[20]

Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

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Latvia	0–2	Norway
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Haaland 20' (pen.) Elyounoussi 66'

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 2,520^[21]

Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

Gibraltar	0–3	Turkey
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Dervişoğlu 54' Çalhanoğlu 65' Karaman 83'

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)

20:45

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

Attendance: 702^[22]

Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Netherlands	4–0	Montenegro
Depay 38' (pen.), 62' Wijnaldum 70' Gakpo 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)

20:45

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven^[18]

Attendance: 20,458^[23]

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

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Montenegro	0–0	Latvia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

20:45

City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 2,134^[24]

Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Netherlands	6–1	Turkey
Klaassen 1' Depay 16', 38' (pen.), 54' Til 80' Malen 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Ünder 90+2'

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

20:45

Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam^[18]

Attendance: 31,389^[25]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Norway	5–1	Gibraltar
Thorstvedt 23' Haaland 27', 39', 90+1' Sørloth 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Styche 43'

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

20:45

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 9,442^[26]

Referee: Nikolas Neokleous (Cyprus)

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Gibraltar	0–3	Montenegro
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Marušić 7' Bećiraj 44' (pen.), 68'

8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)

20:45

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

Attendance: 1,351^[27]

Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Latvia	0–1	Netherlands
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Klaassen 19'

8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Daugava Stadium, Riga^[18]

Attendance: 4,711^[28]

Referee: Andrew Madley (England)

Turkey	1–1	Norway
Aktürkoğlu 6'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Thorstvedt 41'

8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 21,408^[29]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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Latvia	1–2	Turkey
Demiral 70' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Dursun 76' Yılmaz 90+9' (pen.)

11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 2,453^[30]

Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Netherlands	6–0	Gibraltar
Van Dijk 9' Depay 21', 45+3' (pen.) Dumfries 48' Danjuma 75' Malen 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)

20:45

Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam^[18]

Attendance: 31,583^[31]

Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

Norway	2–0	Montenegro
Elyounoussi 29', 90+6'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)

20:45

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,748^[32]

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

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Norway	0–0	Latvia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

18:00

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,376^[33]

Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Turkey	6–0	Gibraltar
Aktürkoğlu 11' Dervişoğlu 38', 41' Demiral 65' Dursun 81' Müldür 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 8,895^[34]

Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

Montenegro	2–2	Netherlands
Vukotić 82' Vujnović 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Depay 25' (pen.), 54'

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

20:45

City Stadium, Podgorica^[18]

Attendance: 1,844^[35]

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

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Gibraltar	1–3	Latvia
Walker 7'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Gutkovskis 25' Uldriķis 55' Krollis 75'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

20:45

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

Attendance: 1,130^[36]

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Montenegro	1–2	Turkey
Bećiraj 4'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Aktürkoğlu 22' Kökçü 60'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

20:45

City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 2,885^[37]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Netherlands	2–0	Norway
Bergwijn 84' Depay 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

20:45

Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam^[18]

Attendance: 0^{[38][note 2]}

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match.

12 goals

• Memphis Depay

5 goals

• Erling Haaland
• Burak Yılmaz

4 goals

• Fatos Bećiraj
• Davy Klaassen

3 goals

• Vladislavs Gutkovskis
• Stevan Jovetić
• Luuk de Jong
• Donyell Malen
• Mohamed Elyounoussi
• Alexander Sørloth
• Kristian Thorstvedt
• Kerem Aktürkoğlu
• Hakan Çalhanoğlu
• Halil Dervişoğlu

2 goals

• Reece Styche
• Roberts Uldriķis
• Adam Marušić
• Steven Berghuis
• Georginio Wijnaldum
• Serdar Dursun
• Kenan Karaman
• Ozan Tufan
• Cengiz Ünder

1 goal

• Tjay De Barr
• Liam Walker
• Andrejs Cigaņiks
• Dāvis Ikaunieks
• Jānis Ikaunieks
• Raimonds Krollis
• Roberts Savaļnieks
• Risto Radunović
• Marko Simić
• Žarko Tomašević
• Nikola Vujnović
• Ilija Vukotić
• Donny van de Beek
• Steven Bergwijn
• Arnaut Danjuma
• Virgil van Dijk
• Denzel Dumfries
• Cody Gakpo
• Guus Til
• Jonas Svensson
• Merih Demiral
• Orkun Kökçü
• Mert Müldür
• Çağlar Söyüncü
• Yusuf Yazıcı

1 own goal

• Merih Demiral (against Latvia)

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:^[39]

• 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)
Gibraltar	Louie Annesley	vs Norway (24 March 2021) vs Latvia (1 September 2021)	vs Turkey (4 September 2021)
	Tjay De Barr	vs Netherlands (30 March 2021) vs Turkey (4 September 2021)	vs Norway (7 September 2021)
	Kyle Goldwin	vs Montenegro (27 March 2021) vs Montenegro (8 October 2021)	vs Netherlands (11 October 2021)
	Aymen Mouelhi	vs Norway (24 March 2021) vs Norway (7 September 2021)	vs Montenegro (8 October 2021)
	Jayce Olivero	vs Turkey (13 November 2021)	vs Latvia (16 November 2021)
Latvia	Antonijs Černomordijs	vs Montenegro (24 March 2021) vs Gibraltar (1 September 2021)	vs Norway (4 September 2021)
	Eduards Emsis	vs Turkey (30 March 2021) vs Norway (13 November 2021)	vs Gibraltar (16 November 2021)
	Vladislavs Fjodorovs	vs Turkey (30 March 2021) vs Norway (4 September 2021)	vs Montenegro (7 September 2021)
	Vladislavs Gutkovskis	vs Norway (4 September 2021) vs Montenegro (7 September 2021)	vs Netherlands (8 October 2021)
	Vladimirs Kamešs	vs Montenegro (24 March 2021) vs Turkey (30 March 2021)	vs Gibraltar (1 September 2021)
	Krišs Kārkliņš	vs Montenegro (24 March 2021) vs Netherlands (27 March 2021)	vs Turkey (30 March 2021)
Montenegro	Uroš Đurđević	vs Turkey (1 September 2021) vs Latvia (7 September 2021)	vs Gibraltar (8 October 2021)
	Stefan Savić	vs Turkey (1 September 2021) vs Netherlands (4 September 2021)	vs Latvia (7 September 2021)
	Marko Vešović	vs Norway (11 October 2021)	vs Netherlands (13 November 2021)
	Igor Vujačić	vs Latvia (24 March 2021) vs Turkey (1 September 2021)	vs Netherlands (4 September 2021)
Netherlands	Daley Blind	vs Latvia (27 March 2021) vs Norway (1 September 2021)	vs Montenegro (4 September 2021)
	Matthijs de Ligt	vs Czech Republic in UEFA Euro 2020 (27 June 2021)	vs Norway (1 September 2021)[40]
	Georginio Wijnaldum	vs Turkey (24 March 2021) vs Turkey (7 September 2021)	vs Latvia (8 October 2021)
Norway	Stian Rode Gregersen	vs Turkey (27 March 2021) vs Montenegro (11 October 2021)	vs Latvia (13 November 2021)
	Alexander Sørloth	vs Turkey (27 March 2021) vs Montenegro (30 March 2021)	vs Netherlands (1 September 2021)
	Morten Thorsby	vs Netherlands (1 September 2021) vs Turkey (8 October 2021)	vs Montenegro (11 October 2021)
	Kristian Thorstvedt	vs Turkey (27 March 2021)	vs Montenegro (30 March 2021) vs Netherlands (1 September 2021)[41]
Turkey	Ozan Kabak	vs Netherlands (24 March 2021) vs Netherlands (7 September 2021)	vs Norway (8 October 2021)
	Orkun Kökçü	vs Gibraltar (4 September 2021) vs Netherlands (7 September 2021)
	Mert Müldür	vs Norway (27 March 2021) vs Gibraltar (13 November 2021)	vs Montenegro (16 November 2021)
	Çağlar Söyüncü	vs Netherlands (7 September 2021)	vs Norway (8 October 2021)
	Yusuf Yazıcı	vs Norway (8 October 2021) vs Latvia (11 October 2021)	vs Gibraltar (13 November 2021)
	Burak Yılmaz	vs Netherlands (24 March 2021) vs Montenegro (1 September 2021)	vs Gibraltar (4 September 2021)

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. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
3. The Norway v Turkey match, originally to be played at Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, was moved to Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga (Spain), due to the travel ban in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.^[12]

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External links

• Official FIFA World Cup website
• Qualifiers – Europe, FIFA.com
• European Qualifiers, UEFA.com