2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

Belgium defending against a Serbian corner in an away match

The 2014 FIFA World Cup 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.

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

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belgium 10 8 2 0 18 4 +1426
 Croatia 10 5 2 3 12 9 +317
 Serbia 10 4 2 4 18 11 +714
 Scotland 10 3 2 5 8 12 −411
 Wales 10 3 1 6 9 20 −1110
 Macedonia 10 2 1 7 7 16 −97
  Belgium Croatia Republic of Macedonia Scotland Serbia Wales
Belgium  — 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Croatia  1–2 — 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0
Macedonia  0–2 1–2 — 1–2 1–0 2–1
Scotland  0–2 2–0 1–1 — 0–0 1–2
Serbia  0–3 1–1 5–1 2–0 — 6–1
Wales  0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–3 —
  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 Brussels, Belgium, on 23 November 2011.[4]

7 September 2012
20:15 UTC+2
Croatia  1–0  Macedonia
Jelavić  69' Report
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 13,883
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

7 September 2012
19:45 UTC+1
Wales  0–2  Belgium
Report Kompany  42'
Vertonghen  83'

8 September 2012
15:00 UTC+1
Scotland  0–0  Serbia
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 47,369
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

11 September 2012
20:30 UTC+2
Serbia  6–1  Wales
Kolarov  16'
Tošić  24'
Đuričić  37'
Tadić  55'
Ivanović  80'
Sulejmani  90'		 Report Bale  31'
Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad
Attendance: 10,660
Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

11 September 2012
20:45 UTC+2
Belgium  1–1  Croatia
Gillet  45+1' Report Perišić  6'

11 September 2012
20:00 UTC+1
Scotland  1–1  Macedonia
Miller  43' Report Noveski  11'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 32,430
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

12 October 2012
20:30 UTC+2
Macedonia  1–2  Croatia
Ibraimi  16' Report Ćorluka  33'
Rakitić  60'
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 25,230
Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

12 October 2012
20:30 UTC+2
Serbia  0–3  Belgium
Report Benteke  34'
De Bruyne  68'
Mirallas  90+1'

12 October 2012
19:45 UTC+1
Wales  2–1  Scotland
Bale  80' (pen.), 87' Report Morrison  27'
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 23,249
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

16 October 2012
20:00 UTC+2
Croatia  2–0  Wales
Mandžukić  27'
Eduardo  57'		 Report
Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

16 October 2012
20:30 UTC+2
Macedonia  1–0  Serbia
Ibraimi  59' (pen.) Report
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 26,181
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

16 October 2012
20:45 UTC+2
Belgium  2–0  Scotland
Benteke  68'
Kompany  71'		 Report

22 March 2013
18:00 UTC+1
Croatia  2–0  Serbia
Mandžukić  23'
Olić  37'		 Report
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 35,722
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

22 March 2013
20:45 UTC+1
Macedonia  0–2  Belgium
Report De Bruyne  26'
Hazard  62' (pen.)
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 15,947
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

22 March 2013
20:00 UTC±0
Scotland  1–2  Wales
Hanley  45+2' Report Ramsey  72' (pen.)
Robson-Kanu  74'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 39,365
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

26 March 2013
20:30 UTC+1
Serbia  2–0  Scotland
Đuričić  60', 66' Report
Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

26 March 2013
20:45 UTC+1
Belgium  1–0  Macedonia
Hazard  62' Report

26 March 2013
19:45 UTC±0
Wales  1–2  Croatia
Bale  21' (pen.) Report Lovren  77'
Eduardo  87'
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 12,534
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

7 June 2013
20:15 UTC+2
Croatia  0–1  Scotland
Report Snodgrass  26'

7 June 2013
20:45 UTC+2
Belgium  2–1  Serbia
De Bruyne  13'
Fellaini  60'		 Report Kolarov  87'

6 September 2013
19:00 UTC+2
Macedonia  2–1  Wales
Tričkovski  20'
Trajkovski  80'		 Report Ramsey  39' (pen.)
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

6 September 2013
20:45 UTC+2
Serbia  1–1  Croatia
Mitrović  66' Report Mandžukić  53'
Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

6 September 2013
20:00 UTC+1
Scotland  0–2  Belgium
Report Defour  34'
Mirallas  89'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 40,284
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

10 September 2013
20:30 UTC+2
Macedonia  1–2  Scotland
Kostovski  85' Report Anya  60'
Maloney  89'
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 14,093
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

10 September 2013
19:45 UTC+1
Wales  0–3  Serbia
Report Đorđević  8'
Kolarov  38'
Marković  55'

11 October 2013
18:00 UTC+2
Croatia  1–2  Belgium
Kranjčar  84' Report Lukaku  16', 38'
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

11 October 2013
19:45 UTC+1
Wales  1–0  Macedonia
Church  67' Report
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 11,257
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

15 October 2013
20:30 UTC+2
Serbia  5–1  Macedonia
Tošić  16'
Basta  19'
Kolarov  38' (pen.)
Tadić  54'
Šćepović  74'		 Report Jahović  83'
Stadion Jagodina, Jagodina
Attendance: 8,294
Referee: Richard Trutz (Slovakia)

15 October 2013
21:00 UTC+2
Belgium  1–1  Wales
De Bruyne  64' Report Ramsey  88'

15 October 2013
20:00 UTC+1
Scotland  2–0  Croatia
Snodgrass  28'
Naismith  73'		 Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 30,172
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Goalscorers

There were 72 goals scored over 30 games, for an average of 2.40 goals per game.

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Discipline

Pos Player Country Red card 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 FIFA World Cup qualifying match
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. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "European play-off ties confirmed". FIFA. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ten-man Croatia sink Iceland to qualify". FIFA. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "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. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

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