2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J explained

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

Matches

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

------------------------------------

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[7]

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021)
vs Romania (11 October 2021)
vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021)
vs Iceland (28 March 2021)
vs Romania (31 March 2021)
vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021)
vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021)
vs Romania (31 March 2021)
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)
vs Iceland (8 October 2021)
vs Romania (11 October 2021)
vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021)
vs Romania (11 October 2021)
vs Iceland (25 March 2021)
vs North Macedonia (11 October 2021)
vs Liechtenstein (11 November 2021)
vs North Macedonia (31 March 2021)
vs Liechtenstein (11 November 2021)
vs Armenia (14 November 2021)
vs Germany (25 March 2021)
vs Armenia (28 March 2021)
vs Liechtenstein (31 March 2021)
vs Romania (2 September 2021)
vs Armenia (8 October 2021)
vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021)
vs England in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) vs Germany (25 March 2021)[8]
vs North Macedonia (5 September 2021)
vs Armenia (8 October 2021)
vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021)
vs Armenia (28 March 2021)
vs Armenia (8 October 2021)
vs North Macedonia (28 March 2021)
vs Armenia (8 September 2021)
vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021)
vs Germany (11 November 2021) vs Romania (14 November 2021)
vs Armenia (8 September 2021)
vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021)
vs Iceland (11 October 2021)
vs Iceland (11 October 2021) vs Germany (11 November 2021)
vs North Macedonia (28 March 2021)
vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021)
vs Iceland (11 October 2021)
vs Armenia (2 September 2021)
vs Romania (8 September 2021)
vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021)
Visar Musliu
vs Romania (25 March 2021)
vs Germany (31 March 2021)
vs Armenia (2 September 2021)
vs Romania (8 September 2021)
vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021)
vs Germany (11 October 2021)
vs Iceland (5 September 2021)
vs Germany (11 October 2021)
vs Armenia (11 November 2021)
vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021)
vs Armenia (31 March 2021)
vs Iceland (2 September 2021)
Alexandru Maxim
vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021)
vs Armenia (11 October 2021)
vs Iceland (11 November 2021)
vs Iceland (2 September 2021)
vs North Macedonia (8 September 2021)
vs Germany (8 October 2021)
vs Armenia (31 March 2021) vs Iceland (2 September 2021)
vs Liechtenstein (5 September 2021)[9]
vs Armenia (31 March 2021)
vs Germany (8 October 2021)
vs Armenia (11 October 2021)
vs Germany (8 October 2021)
vs Iceland (11 November 2021)
vs Liechtenstein (14 November 2021)

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: UEFA preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup 2022: Draw procedures . . PDF . 22 October 2020 . 22 October 2020.
  2. Web site: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition – Draw Results . UEFA . PDF . 7 December 2020 . 7 December 2020.
  3. Web site: UEFA preliminary competition format for the FIFA World Cup 2022 . FIFA . PDF . 4 December 2020 . 7 December 2020.
  4. Web site: European Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup: all the fixtures . UEFA . 9 December 2020 . 12 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Fixture List – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition . UEFA . 8 December 2020 . 8 December 2020.
  6. Web site: Fixture List by Group – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition . UEFA . 8 December 2020 . 8 December 2020.
  7. Web site: Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Competition . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . PDF . 2020 . 7 December 2020.
  8. Web site: Disciplinary matters . UEFA.com . 24 March 2021 . 24 March 2021 . 25 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210325171017/https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0267-11dfdf89f41c-bb5a45afaa07-1000/fifa_eq_booking_list_before_md1_20210324170843.pdf . dead .
  9. Web site: Booking list . UEFA.com . 10 August 2021 . 1 September 2021 . 1 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210901071527/https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/026c-12fb25f711c9-fd6859a07b41-1000/fifa_wc_eq_all_groups_before_md4.pdf . dead .