2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F 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 F consisted of six teams: Austria, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Israel, Moldova and Scotland.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The group winners, Denmark, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Scotland, and the fourth placed team, Austria, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Denmark |
10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 | +27 | 27 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Scotland |
10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 23 | Advance to play-offs | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Israel |
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 16 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Austria |
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 16 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 0–4 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
| 5 | Faroe Islands |
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 6 | Moldova |
10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 30 | −25 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
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).
| Israel | 0–2 | Denmark |
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| Scotland | 2–2 | Austria |
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| Denmark | 8–0 | Moldova |
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| Austria | 3–1 | Faroe Islands |
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| Israel | 1–1 | Scotland |
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| Austria | 0–4 | Denmark |
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| Moldova | 1–4 | Israel |
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| Moldova | 0–2 | Austria |
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| Israel | 5–2 | Austria |
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| Denmark | 5–0 | Israel |
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| Moldova | 0–4 | Denmark |
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| Israel | 2–1 | Moldova |
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| Austria | 4–2 | Israel |
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| Denmark | 3–1 | Faroe Islands |
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| Austria | 4–1 | Moldova |
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Goalscorers
There were 101 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.37 goals per match.
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Aleksandar Dragović- Konrad Laimer
- Dejan Ljubicic
- Christopher Trimmel
Martin Braithwaite- Jacob Bruun Larsen
- Andreas Cornelius
- Thomas Delaney
- Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
- Marcus Ingvartsen
- Mathias Jensen
- Christian Nørgaard
- Yussuf Poulsen
- Robert Skov
- Jens Stryger Larsen
- Daniel Wass
Sonni Nattestad- Meinhard Olsen
- Sølvi Vatnhamar
- Heini Vatnsdal
Nir Bitton- Bibras Natkho
Cătălin Carp- Nicolae Milinceanu
Grant Hanley- Scott McTominay
- Nathan Patterson
- John Souttar
Discipline
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[38]
- 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) |
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| Austria | Florian Grillitsch |  vs Scotland (25 March 2021) vs Faroe Islands (28 March 2021) | vs Denmark (31 March 2021) |
| Martin Hinteregger | vs Scotland (7 September 2021) vs Israel (12 November 2021) | vs Moldova (15 November 2021) | |
| Denmark | Christian Nørgaard | vs Israel (7 September 2021) vs Faroe Islands (12 November 2021) | vs Scotland (15 November 2021) |
| Faroe Islands | Brandur Hendriksson | vs Austria (28 March 2021) vs Scotland (12 October 2021) | vs Denmark (12 November 2021) |
| René Joensen |  vs Denmark (4 September 2021) | vs Moldova (7 September 2021) | |
| vs Israel (1 September 2021) vs Austria (9 October 2021) | vs Scotland (12 October 2021) | ||
| Gunnar Vatnhamar | vs Moldova (25 March 2021) vs Denmark (12 November 2021) | vs Israel (15 November 2021) | |
| Israel | Hatem Abd Elhamed | vs Austria (4 September 2021) vs Denmark (7 September 2021) | vs Scotland (9 October 2021) |
| Moldova | Igor Armaș | vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021) vs Israel (31 March 2021) | vs Austria (1 September 2021) |
| Cătălin Carp | vs Denmark (28 March 2021) vs Israel (31 March 2021) | ||
| Artur Ioniță | vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021) vs Scotland (4 September 2021) | vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2021) | |
| Denis Marandici | vs Denmark (9 October 2021) vs Scotland (12 November 2021) | vs Austria (15 November 2021) | |
| Ion Nicolaescu |  vs Israel (31 March 2021) | vs Austria (1 September 2021) vs Scotland (4 September 2021)[39] | |
| Vadim Raţă | vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021) vs Israel (31 March 2021) | vs Austria (1 September 2021) | |
| vs Israel (12 October 2021) vs Scotland (12 November 2021) | vs Austria (15 November 2021) | ||
| Oleg Reabciuk | vs Austria (1 September 2021) vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2021) | vs Denmark (9 October 2021) | |
| vs Israel (12 October 2021) | vs Scotland (12 November 2021) | ||
| Scotland | Ryan Christie | vs Austria (25 March 2021) vs Faroe Islands (12 October 2021) | vs Moldova (12 November 2021) |
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| Grant Hanley | vs Austria (25 March 2021) vs Austria (7 September 2021) | vs Israel (9 October 2021) | |
| Nathan Patterson | vs Israel (9 October 2021) vs Moldova (12 November 2021) | vs Denmark (15 November 2021) |
Notes
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.