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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Malta.

The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1][2]

The group winners, England, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Slovakia, were eliminated as the worst runners-up.[1]

Standings

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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[3]
  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored
  4. Points in matches between tied teams
  5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
  6. Goals scored in matches between tied teams
  7. Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
  8. Fair play points
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
    • direct red card: minus 4 points
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
  9. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 10 8 2 0 18 3 +15 26 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
2  Slovakia 10 6 0 4 17 7 +10 18 0–1 — 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–0
3  Scotland 10 5 3 2 17 12 +5 18 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 2–0
4  Slovenia 10 4 3 3 12 7 +5 15 0–0 1–0 2–2 — 4–0 2–0
5  Lithuania 10 1 3 6 7 20 −13 6 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 — 2–0
6  Malta 10 0 1 9 3 25 −22 1 0–4 1–3 1–5 0–1 1–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.[1][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).[5]

Lithuania 2–2 Slovenia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 4,114
Slovakia 0–1 England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 18,111
Malta 1–5 Scotland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 15,069
England 2–0 Malta
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 81,781
Scotland 1–1 Lithuania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 35,966
Slovenia 1–0 Slovakia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 10,492
Lithuania 2–0 Malta
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 5,067
Slovakia 3–0 Scotland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 11,098
Slovenia 0–0 England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 13,274
England 3–0 Scotland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 87,258
Malta 0–1 Slovenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 4,207
Slovakia 4–0 Lithuania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 9,653
England 2–0 Lithuania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 77,690
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Malta 1–3 Slovakia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 4,980
Scotland 1–0 Slovenia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 20,435
Scotland 2–2 England
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 48,520
Slovenia 2–0 Malta
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 7,839
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
Lithuania 1–2 Slovakia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 4,083
Lithuania 0–3 Scotland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 5,067
Malta 0–4 England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 16,994
Slovakia 1–0 Slovenia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 16,896
England 2–1 Slovakia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 67,823
Scotland 2–0 Malta
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 26,371
Slovenia 4–0 Lithuania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 6,230
England 1–0 Slovenia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 61,598
Malta 1–1 Lithuania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 3,431
Scotland 1–0 Slovakia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 46,773
Lithuania 0–1 England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 5,067
Slovakia 3–0 Malta
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 17,774
Slovenia 2–2 Scotland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 11,123

Goalscorers

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There were 74 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[6]

  • 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:

Player Team Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
Mišo Brečko  Slovenia Red card vs Ukraine in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (17 November 2015) vs Lithuania (4 September 2016)
Jonathan Caruana  Malta Red card vs Scotland (4 September 2016) vs England (8 October 2016)
Luke Gambin vs England (8 October 2016)
vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)
Martin Škrtel  Slovakia Yellow card Yellow-red card vs England (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
Tomáš Hubočan Yellow card vs England (4 September 2016)
Yellow card vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)		 vs Scotland (11 October 2016)
Jonathan Caruana  Malta Red card vs Lithuania (11 October 2016) vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)
vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)
Aljaž Struna  Slovenia Yellow card vs Slovakia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card vs England (11 October 2016)		 vs Malta (11 November 2016)
Gary Cahill  England Yellow card vs Slovenia (11 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Scotland (11 November 2016)		 vs Lithuania (26 March 2017)
Georgas Freidgeimas  Lithuania Yellow card vs Scotland (8 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Slovakia (11 November 2016)		 vs England (26 March 2017)
Andrei Agius  Malta Yellow card vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)		 vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)
Egidijus Vaitkūnas  Lithuania Yellow card vs Scotland (8 October 2016)
Yellow card vs England (26 March 2017)		 vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)
Artūras Žulpa Yellow card vs Slovenia (4 September 2016)
Yellow card vs England (26 March 2017)
Jean Paul Farrugia  Malta Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Slovakia (26 March 2017) vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)
Juraj Kucka  Slovakia Yellow card vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Malta (26 March 2017)		 vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
Adam Nemec Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Malta (26 March 2017)
Valter Birsa  Slovenia Yellow card vs England (11 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Scotland (26 March 2017)		 vs Malta (10 June 2017)
Boštjan Cesar Yellow card vs Slovakia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
Miral Samardžić Yellow card vs Lithuania (4 September 2016)
Yellow card vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
Eric Dier  England Yellow card vs Slovenia (11 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Scotland (10 June 2017)		 vs Malta (1 September 2017)
Nerijus Valskis  Lithuania Yellow card vs Malta (11 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)		 vs Scotland (1 September 2017)
Alfred Effiong  Malta Yellow card vs Scotland (4 September 2016)
Yellow card vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)		 vs England (1 September 2017)
Paul Fenech
Ján Ďurica  Slovakia Yellow card vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)		 vs Slovenia (1 September 2017)
Martin Škrtel Yellow card vs Malta (26 March 2017)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
Linas Klimavičius  Lithuania Yellow card vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)
Yellow card vs Slovenia (4 September 2017)		 vs Malta (5 October 2017)
Darvydas Šernas
Ryan Fenech  Malta Yellow card vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)
Yellow card vs Scotland (4 September 2017)		 vs Lithuania (5 October 2017)
Milan Škriniar  Slovakia Yellow card vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
Yellow card vs England (4 September 2017)		 vs Scotland (5 October 2017)
Mantas Kuklys  Lithuania Yellow card vs Scotland (8 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Malta (5 October 2017)		 vs England (8 October 2017)
Zach Muscat  Malta Yellow card vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (5 October 2017)		 vs Slovakia (8 October 2017)
Róbert Mak  Slovakia Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Scotland (5 October 2017) vs Malta (8 October 2017)
Valter Birsa  Slovenia Yellow card vs Slovakia (1 September 2017)
Yellow card vs England (5 October 2017)		 vs Scotland (8 October 2017)
Rene Krhin Yellow card vs Slovakia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card vs England (5 October 2017)

Notes

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  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 11 November 2016, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ "European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016.
  4. ^ "World Cup European Qualifiers fixtures confirmed". UEFA.com. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
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