2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Denmark10901303+2727Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup2–05–01–03–18–0
2  Scotland10721177+1023Advance to play-offs2–03–22–24–01–0
3  Israel105142321+2160–21–15–23–22–1
4  Austria105141917+216Advance to play-offs via Nations League0–40–14–23–14–1
5  Faroe Islands10118723−1640–10–10–40–22–1
6  Moldova10019530−2510–40–21–40–21–1
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).

Israel  0–2  Denmark
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Moldova  1–1  Faroe Islands
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Attendance: 0[8][note 3]
Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)
Scotland  2–2  Austria
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Denmark  8–0  Moldova
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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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Scotland  4–0  Faroe Islands
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Attendance: 0[15][note 3]
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

Denmark  2–0  Scotland
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Attendance: 34,562[16]
Faroe Islands  0–4  Israel
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Attendance: 2,666[17]
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Moldova  0–2  Austria
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Faroe Islands  0–1  Denmark
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Attendance: 4,620[20]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Israel  5–2  Austria
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Attendance: 13,550[21]
Scotland  1–0  Moldova
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Attendance: 40,869[22]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Austria  0–1  Scotland
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Denmark  5–0  Israel
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Attendance: 35,158[24]
Faroe Islands  2–1  Moldova
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Scotland  3–2  Israel
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Attendance: 50,585[26]
Faroe Islands  0–2  Austria
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Moldova  0–4  Denmark
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Denmark  1–0  Austria
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Attendance: 35,843[29]
Faroe Islands  0–1  Scotland
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Attendance: 4,233[30]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Israel  2–1  Moldova
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Moldova  0–2  Scotland
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Austria  4–2  Israel
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Denmark  3–1  Faroe Islands
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Attendance: 35,531[34]

Austria  4–1  Moldova
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Israel  3–2  Faroe Islands
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Scotland  2–0  Denmark
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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

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:

TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
 AustriaFlorian 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)
 DenmarkChristian Nørgaard vs Israel (7 September 2021)
vs Faroe Islands (12 November 2021)
vs Scotland (15 November 2021)
 Faroe IslandsBrandur 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)
 IsraelHatem Abd Elhamed vs Austria (4 September 2021)
vs Denmark (7 September 2021)
vs Scotland (9 October 2021)
 MoldovaIgor 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)
 ScotlandRyan Christie vs Austria (25 March 2021)
vs Faroe Islands (12 October 2021)
vs Moldova (12 November 2021)
Lyndon Dykes
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

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