2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Football tournament qualification stage July 2024 The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group was one of nine qualifying groups from UEFA and comprised Azerbaijan, Israel, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Portugal and Russia. The group winners, Russia, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Portugal placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Sweden.2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – European Zone https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/44/46/23/2014fwc_drawprocedures_europe_en.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110921174920/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/44/46/23/2014fwc%5fdrawprocedures%5feurope%5fen.pdf dead 21 September 2011 FIFA 29 July 2011 23 January 2012 They won both matches and thus also qualified for the World Cup. Standings main WDL complete FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football – table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2014/ soccer365.me 4 April 2024 RUS RUS POR POR ISR ISR AZE AZE NIR NIR LUX LUX 7 1 2 20 5 6 3 1 20 9 3 5 2 19 14 1 6 3 7 11 1 4 5 9 17 1 3 6 7 26 Q WC WCPO green1 Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to second round y flag 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 0–4 0–0 0–6 3–2 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 Matches The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, on 25 November 2011.http://ann.az/en/?p=1415 Azerbaijan begins with home match against Israel – MATCH SCHEDULE 25 November 2011 25 November 2011 Russia v Northern Ireland 7 September 2012 19:00 UTC+4 RUS 2–0 Report NIR Fayzulin 30Shirokov 78 pen. Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow 14,300 Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) Azerbaijan v Israel 7 September 2012 21:00 UTC+5 AZE 1–1 Report ISR Abishov 65 Natcho 50 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku 22,211 Matej Jug (Slovenia) Luxembourg v Portugal 7 September 2012 20:45 UTC+2 LUX 1–2 Report POR da Mota 13 Ronaldo 28Postiga 54 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City 8,125 Kristo Tohver (Estonia) Israel v Russia 11 September 2012 20:00 UTC+3 ISR 0–4 Report RUS Kerzhakov 7 64Kokorin 18Fayzulin 78 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan 28,131 Mark Clattenburg (England) Northern Ireland v Luxembourg 11 September 2012 19:45 UTC+1 NIR 1–1 Report LUX Shiels 14 da Mota 86 Windsor Park, Belfast 10,674 Vlado Glodjović (Serbia) Portugal v Azerbaijan 11 September 2012 20:15 UTC+1 POR 3–0 Report AZE Varela 63Postiga 85Alves 88 Estádio Municipal, Braga 29,971 Szymon Marciniak (Poland) Russia v Portugal 12 October 2012 19:00 UTC+4 RUS 1–0 Report POR Kerzhakov 6 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow 54,212 Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Luxembourg v Israel 12 October 2012 21:00 UTC+2 LUX 0–6 Report ISR Radi 4Ben Basat 12Hemed 27 74 90+1Melikson 61 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City 2,631 Leontios Trattou (Cyprus) Russia v Azerbaijan 16 October 2012 19:00 UTC+4 RUS 1–0 Report AZE Shirokov 84 pen. Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow 15,033 Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia) Israel v Luxembourg 16 October 2012 18:00 UTC+2 ISR 3–0 Report LUX Hemed 13 48Ben Basat 35 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan 20,400 Harald Lechner (Austria) Portugal v Northern Ireland 16 October 2012 20:45 UTC+1 POR 1–1 Report NIR Postiga 79 McGinn 30 Estádio do Dragão, Porto 48,711 Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany) Northern Ireland v Azerbaijan 14 November 2012 19:45 UTC±0 NIR 1–1 Report AZE Healy 90+6 Aliyev 5 Windsor Park, Belfast 12,372 Viktor Shvetsov (Ukraine) Israel v Portugal 22 March 2013 14:45 UTC+2 ISR 3–3 Report POR Hemed 24Ben Basat 40Gershon 70 Alves 2Postiga 72Coentrão 90+3 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan 38,600 Stéphane Lannoy (France) Luxembourg v Azerbaijan 22 March 2013 20:15 UTC+1 LUX 0–0 Report AZE Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City 1,324 Padraigh Sutton (Republic of Ireland) Azerbaijan v Portugal 26 March 2013 21:00 UTC+4 AZE 0–2 Report POR Alves 63H. Almeida 79 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku 24,558 Andre Marriner (England) Northern Ireland v Israel 26 March 2013 19:45 UTC±0 NIR 0–2 Report ISR Refaelov 77Ben Basat 84 Windsor Park, Belfast 11,200 Hannes Kaasik (Estonia) Azerbaijan v Luxembourg 7 June 2013 21:00 UTC+5 AZE 1–1 Report LUX Abishov 71 Bensi 80 Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku 9,258 Mihaly Fabian (Hungary) Portugal v Russia 7 June 2013 20:45 UTC+1 POR 1–0 Report RUS Postiga 9 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 54,697 Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Northern Ireland v Russia 14 August 2013Northern Ireland v Russia was originally to be played on 22 March 2013, 19:45 local time, but was postponed to the next day, 15:00 local time, due to heavy snowfall,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21894576 Northern Ireland v Russia World Cup qualifier postponed BBC 22 March 2013 22 March 2013 and was postponed again after a pitch inspection in the morning of 23 March 2013.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21910596 Northern Ireland v Russia World Cup qualifier called off again BBC 23 March 2013 23 March 2013 The match was rescheduled to be played on 14 August 2013.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=2057468/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130413093237/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=2057468/index.html dead 13 April 2013 Northern Ireland – Russia qualifier rescheduled FIFA 12 April 2013 12 April 2013 "nireland-russia" "note" 19:45 UTC+1 NIR 1–0 Report RUS Paterson 43 Windsor Park, Belfast 11,178 Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) Russia v Luxembourg 6 September 2013 19:30 UTC+4Russia v Luxembourg was originally to be kicked off at 18:30 local time, but was delayed by an hour due to rain.http://en.rsport.ru/football/20130906/685166996.html Rain Delays Russia-Luxembourg World Cup Qualifier R-Sport 6 September 2013 6 September 2013 "russia-luxembourg" "note" RUS 4–1 Report LUX Kokorin 1 36Kerzhakov 59Samedov 90+3 Joachim 90 Central Stadium, Kazan 18,525 Bobby Madden (Scotland) Northern Ireland v Portugal 6 September 2013 19:45 UTC+1 NIR 2–4 Report POR McAuley 36Ward 52 Alves 21Ronaldo 68 77 83 Windsor Park, Belfast 13,629 Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Israel v Azerbaijan 7 September 2013 20:45 UTC+3 ISR 1–1 Report AZE Shechter 73 Amirguliyev 61 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan 21,250 Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) Russia v Israel 10 September 2013 19:00 UTC+4 RUS 3–1 Report ISR V. Berezutski 49Kokorin 52Glushakov 74 Zahavi 90+3 Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg 21,107 Manuel Gräfe (Germany) Luxembourg v Northern Ireland 10 September 2013 20:15 UTC+2 LUX 3–2 Report NIR Joachim 45+1Bensi 78Jänisch 87 Paterson 14McAuley 82 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City 4,114 Robert Malek (Poland) Azerbaijan v Northern Ireland 11 October 2013 21:00 UTC+5 AZE 2–0 Report NIR Dadashov 58Shukurov 90+4 Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku 10,100 Andrea De Marco (Italy) Luxembourg v Russia 11 October 2013 20:30 UTC+2 LUX 0–4 Report RUS Samedov 9Fayzulin 39Glushakov 45+2Kerzhakov 73 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City 5,354 Stephan Studer (Switzerland) Portugal v Israel 11 October 2013 20:45 UTC+1 POR 1–1 Report ISR Costa 28 Ben Basat 85 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon 48,317 Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) Azerbaijan v Russia 15 October 2013 22:00 UTC+5 AZE 1–1 Report RUS Javadov 90 Shirokov 16 Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku 11,000 Milorad Mažić (Serbia) Israel v Northern Ireland 15 October 2013 20:00 UTC+3 ISR 1–1 Report NIR Ben Basat 43 Davis 72 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan 12,785 Laurent Duhamel (France) Portugal v Luxembourg 15 October 2013 18:00 UTC+1 POR 3–0 Report LUX Varela 30Nani 36Postiga 78 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra 18,955 Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey) Notes Goalscorers 82 30 ISR Eden Ben Basat ISR Tomer Hemed POR Hélder Postiga RUS Aleksandr Kerzhakov POR Bruno Alves POR Cristiano Ronaldo RUS Aleksandr Kokorin RUS Viktor Fayzulin RUS Roman Shirokov AZE Ruslan Abishov LUX Stefano Bensi LUX Daniel da Mota LUX Aurélien Joachim NIR Gareth McAuley NIR Martin Paterson POR Silvestre Varela RUS Denis Glushakov RUS Aleksandr Samedov AZE Rauf Aliyev AZE Rahid Amirguliyev AZE Rufat Dadashov AZE Vagif Javadov AZE Mahir Shukurov ISR Rami Gershon ISR Maor Melikson ISR Bibras Natcho ISR Maharan Radi ISR Lior Refaelov ISR Itay Shechter ISR Eran Zahavi LUX Mathias Jänisch NIR Steven Davis NIR David Healy NIR Niall McGinn NIR Dean Shiels NIR Jamie Ward POR Hugo Almeida POR Fábio Coentrão POR Ricardo Costa POR Nani RUS Vasili Berezutski Discipline Pos Player Country Suspended for match(es) Reason FW Rauf Aliyev AZE 3 1 vs Luxembourg (7 June 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match DF Gareth McAuley NIR 3 0 vs Portugal (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches GK Kamran Agayev AZE 2 0 vs Northern Ireland (14 November 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches ST Kyle Lafferty NIR 2 0 vs Israel (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Chris Baird NIR 2 0 vs Israel (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches FW Cristiano Ronaldo POR 4 0 vs Azerbaijan (26 March 2013)vs Luxembourg (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matchesBooked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches FW Tomer Hemed ISR 2 0 vs Northern Ireland (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Mathias Jänisch LUX 2 0 vs Belgium (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches FW Vüqar Nadirov AZE 2 0 vs Luxembourg (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Pepe POR 4 0 vs Russia (7 June 2013)vs Luxembourg (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matchesBooked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Chris Brunt NIR 4 1 vs Russia (14 August 2013)vs Luxembourg (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matchesSent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match ST Branimir Subasic AZE 0 1 vs Israel (6 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match DF Mario Mutsch LUX 2 0 vs Russia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Daniel Lafferty NIR 2 0 vs Portugal (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Vasili Berezutski RUS 2 0 vs Luxembourg (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Ben Payal LUX 2 0 vs Northern Ireland (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches ST Kyle Lafferty NIR 1 1 vs Luxembourg (10 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match DF Fábio Coentrão PRT 2 0 vs Israel (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches FW Hélder Postiga PRT 0 1 vs Israel (11 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match DF Eytan Tibi ISR 2 0 vs Russia (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Ruslan Abishov AZE 2 0 vs Northern Ireland (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Sergey Ignashevich RUS 2 0 vs Luxembourg (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches FW Aurélien Joachim LUX 2 0 vs Russia (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Rasim Ramaldanov AZE 2 0 vs Russia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Oliver Norwood NIR 2 0 vs Israel (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Jonny Evans NIR 0 1 vs Israel (15 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match MF Denis Glushakov RUS 2 0 vs TBD (2014) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches References External links Results and schedule for UEFA Group F (FIFA.com version) Results and schedule for UEFA Group F (UEFA.com version) F Category:2012–13 in Russian football qual Category:2012–13 in Northern Ireland association football Category:2013–14 in Northern Ireland association football Category:2012–13 in Portuguese football qual Category:2012–13 in Azerbaijani football Category:2013–14 in Azerbaijani football Category:2012–13 in Israeli football Category:2013–14 in Israeli football Category:2012–13 in Luxembourgian football Category:2013–14 in Luxembourgian football