2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

Football tournament qualification stage thumb|280px|Serbia taking a corner versus Belgium in Belgrade in October 2012. The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualification UEFA Group A was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belgium, Croatia, Macedonia, Scotland, Serbia and Wales. The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Croatia placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Iceland.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 September 21, 2011 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 29 July 2011 23 January 2012European play-off ties confirmed https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=2199207/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131021035503/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=2199207/index.html dead October 21, 2013 FIFA 21 November 2013 18 October 2013 They drew the first match and won the second, thus also qualifying for the World Cup.Ten-man Croatia sink Iceland to qualify https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=2225266/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140709060246/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=2225266/ dead July 9, 2014 FIFA 19 November 2013 21 November 2013 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 BEL BEL CRO CRO SRB SRB SCO SCO WAL WAL MKD MKD Macedonia 8 2 0 18 4 5 2 3 12 9 4 2 4 18 11 3 2 5 8 12 3 1 6 9 20 2 1 7 7 16 Q WC WCPO green1 Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to second round y flag 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 5–1 2–0 6–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–3 Matches The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 November 2011.http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/949/Belgisch-Voetbal/article/detail/1352472/2011/11/23/Rode-Duivels-openen-WK-kwalificatie-met-drieluik-Wales-Kroatie-Servie.dhtml Rode Duivels openen WK-kwalificatie met drieluik Wales-Kroatië-Servië Red Devils open World Cup qualifiers with Wales-Croatia-Serbia treble hln.be 23 November 2011 24 November 2011 nl https://web.archive.org/web/20111127174509/http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/949/Belgisch-Voetbal/article/detail/1352472/2011/11/23/Rode-Duivels-openen-WK-kwalificatie-met-drieluik-Wales-Kroatie-Servie.dhtml 2011-11-27 dead Croatia v Macedonia 7 September 2012 20:15 UTC+2 CRO 1–0 Report MKD Macedonia Jelavić 69 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 13,883 Alon Yefet (Israel) Wales v Belgium 7 September 2012 19:45 UTC+1 WAL 0–2 Report BEL Kompany 42Vertonghen 83 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff 20,156 Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) Scotland v Serbia 8 September 2012 15:00 UTC+1 SCO 0–0 Report SRB Hampden Park, Glasgow 47,369 Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) Serbia v Wales 11 September 2012 20:30 UTC+2 SRB 6–1 Report WAL Kolarov 16Tošić 24Đuričić 37Tadić 55Ivanović 80Sulejmani 90 Bale 31 Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad 10,660 Duarte Gomes (Portugal) Belgium v Croatia 11 September 2012 20:45 UTC+2 BEL 1–1 Report CRO Gillet 45+1 Perišić 6 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels 39,987 Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Scotland v Macedonia 11 September 2012 20:00 UTC+1 SCO 1–1 Report MKD Macedonia Miller 43 Noveski 11 Hampden Park, Glasgow 32,430 Sergei Karasev (Russia) Macedonia v Croatia 12 October 2012 20:30 UTC+2 MKD Macedonia 1–2 Report CRO Ibraimi 16 Ćorluka 33Rakitić 60 Philip II Arena, Skopje 25,230 Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) Serbia v Belgium 12 October 2012 20:30 UTC+2 SRB 0–3 Report BEL Benteke 34De Bruyne 68Mirallas 90+1 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade 21,650 Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) Wales v Scotland 12 October 2012 19:45 UTC+1 WAL 2–1 Report SCO Bale 80 pen. 87 Morrison 27 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff 23,249 Florian Meyer (Germany) Croatia v Wales 16 October 2012 20:00 UTC+2 CRO 2–0 Report WAL Mandžukić 27Eduardo 57 Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek 17,500 Alexandru Tudor (Romania) Macedonia v Serbia 16 October 2012 20:30 UTC+2 MKD Macedonia 1–0 Report SRB Ibraimi 59 pen. Philip II Arena, Skopje 26,181 Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands) Belgium v Scotland 16 October 2012 20:45 UTC+2 BEL 2–0 Report SCO Benteke 68Kompany 71 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels 44,132 Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) Croatia v Serbia 22 March 2013 18:00 UTC+1 CRO 2–0 Report SRB Mandžukić 23Olić 37 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 35,722 Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) Macedonia v Belgium 22 March 2013 20:45 UTC+1 MKD Macedonia 0–2 Report BEL De Bruyne 26Hazard 62 pen. Philip II Arena, Skopje 15,947 Deniz Aytekin (Germany) Scotland v Wales 22 March 2013 20:00 UTC±0 SCO 1–2 Report WAL Hanley 45+2 Ramsey 72 pen.Robson-Kanu 74 Hampden Park, Glasgow 39,365 Antony Gautier (France) Serbia v Scotland 26 March 2013 20:30 UTC+1 SRB 2–0 Report SCO Đuričić 60 66 Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad 6,500 István Vad (Hungary) Belgium v Macedonia 26 March 2013 20:45 UTC+1 BEL 1–0 Report MKD Macedonia Hazard 62 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels 44,230 Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) Wales v Croatia 26 March 2013 19:45 UTC±0 WAL 1–2 Report CRO Bale 21 pen. Lovren 77Eduardo 87 Liberty Stadium, Swansea 12,534 Luca Banti (Italy) Croatia v Scotland 7 June 2013 20:15 UTC+2 CRO 0–1 Report SCO Snodgrass 26 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 25,016 David Fernández Borbalán (Spain) Belgium v Serbia 7 June 2013 20:45 UTC+2 BEL 2–1 Report SRB De Bruyne 13Fellaini 60 Kolarov 87 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels 45,844 Stéphane Lannoy (France) Macedonia v Wales 6 September 2013 19:00 UTC+2 MKD Macedonia 2–1 Report WAL Tričkovski 20Trajkovski 80 Ramsey 39 pen. Philip II Arena, Skopje 18,000 Sascha Kever (Switzerland) Serbia v Croatia 6 September 2013 20:45 UTC+2 SRB 1–1 Report CRO Mitrović 66 Mandžukić 53 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade 30,000 Felix Brych (Germany) Scotland v Belgium 6 September 2013 20:00 UTC+1 SCO 0–2 Report BEL Defour 34Mirallas 89 Hampden Park, Glasgow 40,284 Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) Macedonia v Scotland 10 September 2013 20:30 UTC+2 MKD Macedonia 1–2 Report SCO Kostovski 85 Anya 60Maloney 89 Philip II Arena, Skopje 14,093 Fredy Fautrel (France) Wales v Serbia 10 September 2013 19:45 UTC+1 WAL 0–3 Report SRB Đorđević 8Kolarov 38Marković 55 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff 10,923 Szymon Marciniak (Poland) Croatia v Belgium 11 October 2013 18:00 UTC+2 CRO 1–2 Report BEL Kranjčar 84 Lukaku 16 38 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 13,000 Howard Webb (England) Wales v Macedonia 11 October 2013 19:45 UTC+1 WAL 1–0 Report MKD Macedonia Church 67 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff 11,257 Suren Baliyan (Armenia) Serbia v Macedonia 15 October 2013 20:30 UTC+2 SRB 5–1 Report MKD Macedonia Tošić 16Basta 19Kolarov 38 pen.Tadić 54Šćepović 74 Jahović 83 Stadion Jagodina, Jagodina 8,294 Richard Trutz (Slovakia) Belgium v Wales 15 October 2013 21:00 UTC+2 BEL 1–1 Report WAL De Bruyne 64 Ramsey 88 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels 45,401 Sergei Karasev (Russia) Scotland v Croatia 15 October 2013 20:00 UTC+1 SCO 2–0 Report CRO Snodgrass 28Naismith 73 Hampden Park, Glasgow 30,172 Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) Goalscorers 72 30 BEL Kevin De Bruyne SRB Aleksandar Kolarov WAL Gareth Bale CRO Mario Mandžukić SRB Filip Đuričić WAL Aaron Ramsey BEL Eden Hazard BEL Vincent Kompany BEL Romelu Lukaku BEL Kevin Mirallas BEL Christian Benteke CRO Eduardo MKD Agim Ibraimi SCO Robert Snodgrass SRB Dušan Tadić BEL Steven Defour BEL Marouane Fellaini BEL Guillaume Gillet BEL Jan Vertonghen CRO Vedran Ćorluka CRO Nikica Jelavić CRO Niko Kranjčar CRO Dejan Lovren CRO Ivica Olić CRO Ivan Perišić CRO Ivan Rakitić MKD Adis Jahović MKD Jovan Kostovski MKD Nikolče Noveski MKD Aleksandar Trajkovski MKD Ivan Tričkovski SCO Ikechi Anya SCO Grant Hanley SCO Shaun Maloney SCO Kenny Miller SCO James Morrison SCO Steven Naismith SRB Dušan Basta SRB Filip Đorđević SRB Branislav Ivanović SRB Lazar Marković SRB Aleksandar Mitrović SRB Stefan Šćepović SRB Miralem Sulejmani SRB Zoran Tošić WAL Hal Robson-Kanu WAL Simon Church MKD Stefan Ristovski (against Serbia) Discipline Pos Player Country Suspended for match(es) Reason DF Milan Biševac SRB 4 0 vs Croatia (22 March 2013)vs Croatia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matchesBooked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Guillaume Gillet BEL 2 0 vs Serbia (12 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Aaron Ramsey WAL 2 0 vs Croatia (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Ognjen Vukojević CRO 3 0 vs Wales (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches FW Goran Pandev MKD Macedonia 3 0 vs Serbia (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Daniel Georgievski MKD Macedonia 2 0 vs Belgium (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Aleksandar Kolarov SRB 2 0 vs Scotland (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Boban Grncarov MKD Macedonia 2 0 vs Belgium (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Muhamed Demiri MKD Macedonia 2 0 vs Belgium (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Matija Nastasić SRB 2 0 vs Belgium (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Charlie Adam SCO 2 0 vs Croatia (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Vedran Ćorluka CRO 3 0 vs Scotland (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Dejan Lovren CRO 2 0 vs Scotland (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Luka Modrić CRO 3 0 vs Scotland (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Ferhan Hasani MKD Macedonia 2 0 vs Wales (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Hal Robson-Kanu WAL 2 0 vs Macedonia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches GK Allan McGregor SCO 2 0 vs Belgium (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Agim Ibraimi MKD Macedonia 2 0 vs Scotland (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches ST Aleksandar Mitrovic SRB 2 0 vs Wales (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Zoran Tošić SRB 2 0 vs Wales (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Darijo Srna HRV 2 0 vs Belgium (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Steven Whittaker SCO 2 0 vs Croatia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Andrew Crofts WAL 2 0 vs Macedonia (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Ljubomir Fejsa SRB 2 0 vs Macedonia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Marouane Fellaini BEL 2 0 vs Wales (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF Vanče Šikov MKD Macedonia 2 0 vs Serbia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches DF James Collins WAL 0 1 vs Serbia (11 September 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match DF Nenad Tomović SRB 0 1 vs Croatia (22 March 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match MF Robert Snodgrass SCO 4 1 vs Serbia (26 March 2013)vs Macedonia (10 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying matchBooked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches MF Aaron Ramsey WAL 0 1 vs Croatia (26 March 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match MF Nemanja Matić SRB 2 1 vs Wales (10 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match DF Josip Šimunić HRV 1 1 vs Belgium (11 October 2013)vs Scotland (15 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match References External links Results and schedule for UEFA Group A (FIFA.com version) https://archive.today/20130105095348/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/standings/round=2000294/group=2001656/index.html Results and schedule for UEFA Group A (UEFA.com version) el 2012–13 and 2013–14 football in the countries of the UEFA Group A A Category:2012–13 in Belgian football Qual Category:2012–13 in Republic of Macedonia football Category:2013–14 in Republic of Macedonia football Category:2012–13 in Scottish men's football Category:2013–14 in Scottish men's football Category:2012–13 in Welsh football Category:2013–14 in Welsh football Category:2012–13 in Serbian football Category:2013–14 in Serbian football Category:2012–13 in Croatian football Qual