2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group J 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 J consisted of six teams: Armenia, Germany, Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, and Romania.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The group winners, Germany, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, North Macedonia, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Germany |
10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 4 | +32 | 27 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 | |
| 2 | North Macedonia |
10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 18 | Advance to play-offs | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
| 3 | Romania |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 17 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Armenia |
10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 12 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | Iceland |
10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 9 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 6 | Liechtenstein |
10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 34 | −32 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | — |
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).
| Romania | 3–2 | North Macedonia |
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| Armenia | 2–0 | Iceland |
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| North Macedonia | 5–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Armenia | 3–2 | Romania |
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| Liechtenstein | 1–4 | Iceland |
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| Armenia | 1–1 | Liechtenstein |
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| Iceland | 1–1 | Armenia |
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| Iceland | 4–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Armenia | 0–5 | North Macedonia |
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Attendance: 7,200[32]
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
| Armenia | 1–4 | Germany |
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Attendance: 12,800[35]
Referee: François Letexier (France)
Goalscorers
There were 95 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Khoren Bayramyan- Varazdat Haroyan
- Kamo Hovhannisyan
- Eduard Spertsyan
Karim Adeyemi- Ridle Baku
- Leon Goretzka
- Jamal Musiala
- Antonio Rüdiger
Birkir Bjarnason- Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason
- Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
- Victor Pálsson
- Birkir Már Sævarsson
- Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson
- Stefán Teitur Þórðarson
- Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson
Noah Frick- Yanik Frick
Arijan Ademi- Darko Churlinov
- Ilija Nestorovski
- Boban Nikolov
- Goran Pandev
- Milan Ristovski
Nicușor Bancu- Cristian Manea
- Valentin Mihăilă
- Alexandru Mitriță
- Nicolae Stanciu
- Florin Tănase
- Alin Toșca
1 own goal
- Noah Frommelt (against Armenia)
- Maximilian Göppel (against Germany)
- Daniel Kaufmann (against Germany)
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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| Armenia | Sargis Adamyan |  vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021) |
| Tigran Barseghyan | vs Iceland (28 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) | |
| Khoren Bayramyan | vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | ||
| Varazdat Haroyan | vs Iceland (28 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | ||
| vs Germany (5 September 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021) | ||
| Eduard Spertsyan | vs Iceland (8 October 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | ||
| Taron Voskanyan | vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | ||
| Germany | Kai Havertz | vs Iceland (25 March 2021) vs North Macedonia (11 October 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (11 November 2021) |
| Antonio Rüdiger | vs North Macedonia (31 March 2021) vs Liechtenstein (11 November 2021) | vs Armenia (14 November 2021) | |
| Iceland | Albert Guðmundsson | vs Germany (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (28 March 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (31 March 2021) |
| Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson | vs Romania (2 September 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021) | |
| Birkir Már Sævarsson |  vs England in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) | vs Germany (25 March 2021)[39] | |
| vs North Macedonia (5 September 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021) | ||
| Ari Freyr Skúlason | vs Armenia (28 March 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) | ||
| Liechtenstein | Noah Frommelt | vs North Macedonia (28 March 2021) vs Armenia (8 September 2021) | vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) |
| Jens Hofer |  vs Germany (11 November 2021) | vs Romania (14 November 2021) | |
| Daniel Kaufmann | vs Armenia (8 September 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) | vs Iceland (11 October 2021) | |
| Martin Marxer | vs Iceland (11 October 2021) | vs Germany (11 November 2021) | |
| Fabio Wolfinger | vs North Macedonia (28 March 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) | vs Iceland (11 October 2021) | |
| North Macedonia | Tihomir Kostadinov | vs Armenia (2 September 2021) vs Romania (8 September 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021) |
| Visar Musliu | |||
| Goran Pandev | vs Romania (25 March 2021) vs Germany (31 March 2021) | vs Armenia (2 September 2021) | |
| Milan Ristovski | vs Romania (8 September 2021) vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021) | vs Germany (11 October 2021) | |
| Stefan Ristovski | vs Iceland (5 September 2021) vs Germany (11 October 2021) | vs Armenia (11 November 2021) | |
| Romania | Nicușor Bancu | vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (31 March 2021) | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) |
| Alexandru Maxim | |||
| Valentin Mihăilă | vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (11 October 2021) | vs Iceland (11 November 2021) | |
| Dragoș Nedelcu | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 September 2021) | vs Germany (8 October 2021) | |
| George Pușcaș | vs Armenia (31 March 2021) | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) vs Liechtenstein (5 September 2021)[40] | |
| vs Armenia (31 March 2021) vs Germany (8 October 2021) | vs Armenia (11 October 2021) | ||
| Andrei Rațiu | vs Germany (8 October 2021) vs Iceland (11 November 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (14 November 2021) |
Notes
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
- Liechtenstein played their home match against Germany at Kybunpark in St. Gallen, Switzerland, instead of their regular home stadium, the Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz, which was being renovated.[17]