2014 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION � UEFA GROUP G

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Greece, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Latvia and Liechtenstein.

Bosnia and Herzegovina won the group on the ratio of head from Greece and thus qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, their first major tournament as an independent country. Greece, as one of the eight best runners-up, advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Romania.^[1] They won the first match and drew the second, thus also qualifying for the World Cup.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	8	1	1	30	6	+24	25	Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup	—	3–1	0–1	3–0	4–1	4–1
2	Greece	10	8	1	1	12	4	+8	25	Advance to second round	0–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
3	Slovakia	10	3	4	3	11	10	+1	13		1–2	0–1	—	1–1	2–1	2–0
4	Lithuania	10	3	2	5	9	11	−2	11		0–1	0–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0
5	Latvia	10	2	2	6	10	20	−10	8		0–5	1–2	2–2	2–1	—	2–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	2	8	4	25	−21	2		1–8	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—

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Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 18 November 2011.^[3]

7 September 2012

19:00 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	1–8	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Christen 60'	Report	Misimović 26', 31' Ibišević 33', 39', 82' Džeko 46', 64', 80'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 5,900

Referee: Marco Borg ( Malta)

7 September 2012

21:15 UTC+3

Lithuania	1–1	Slovakia
Žaliūkas 18'	Report	Sapara 41'

LFF stadionas, Vilnius

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez ( Spain)

7 September 2012

21:30 UTC+3

Latvia	1–2	Greece
Cauņa 41' ( pen.)	Report	Spyropoulos 57' Gekas 69'

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 7,956

Referee: Ivan Bebek ( Croatia)

11 September 2012

20:00 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	4–1	Latvia
Misimović 12', 54' Pjanić 44' Džeko 90+2'	Report	Gorkšs 5'

Stadion Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 11,900

Referee: Deniz Aytekin ( Germany)

11 September 2012

20:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	2–0	Liechtenstein
Sapara 37' Jakubko 79'	Report

Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava

Attendance: 4,326

Referee: Simon Lee Evans ( Wales)

11 September 2012

21:45 UTC+3

Greece	2–0	Lithuania
Ninis 55' Mitroglou 72'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 21,466

Referee: Mark Courtney ( Northern Ireland)

12 October 2012

19:30 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–2	Lithuania
	Report	Česnauskis 50', 74'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 1,112

Referee: Slavko Vinčić ( Slovenia)

12 October 2012

20:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	2–1	Latvia
Hamšík 5' ( pen.) Sapara 9'	Report	Verpakovskis 84' ( pen.)

Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava

Attendance: 4,012

Referee: Danny Makkelie ( Netherlands)

12 October 2012

21:45 UTC+3

Greece	0–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 26,211

Referee: Antonio Damato ( Italy)

16 October 2012

20:00 UTC+3

Latvia	2–0	Liechtenstein
Kamešs 29' Gauračs 77'	Report

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: István Kovács ( Hungary)

16 October 2012

20:00 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Lithuania
Ibišević 29' Džeko 35' Pjanić 41'	Report

Stadion Bilino polje, Zenica

Attendance: 11,920

Referee: Miroslav Zelinka ( Czech Republic)

16 October 2012

20:30 UTC+2

Slovakia	0–1	Greece
	Report	Salpingidis 63'

Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava

Attendance: 7,494

Referee: William Collum ( Scotland)

22 March 2013

19:30 UTC+1

Liechtenstein	1–1	Latvia
Polverino 17'	Report	Cauņa 30'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 1,150

Referee: Kevin Clancy ( Scotland)

22 March 2013

20:10 UTC+1

Slovakia	1–1	Lithuania
Jakubko 40'	Report	Šernas 19'

Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina

Attendance: 4,560

Referee: Michael Oliver ( England)

22 March 2013

20:45 UTC+1

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Greece
Džeko 29', 53' Ibišević 36'	Report	Gekas 90+3'

Stadion Bilino polje, Zenica

Attendance: 11,100

Referee: Björn Kuipers ( Netherlands)

7 June 2013

19:30 UTC+3

Latvia	0–5	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report	Lulić 48' Ibišević 53' Medunjanin 63' Pjanić 80' Džeko 82'

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 7,700

Referee: Mike Dean ( England)

7 June 2013

20:00 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	1–1	Slovakia
Büchel 13'	Report	Ďurica 73'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 1,623

Referee: Martin Strömbergsson ( Sweden)

7 June 2013

21:45 UTC+3

Lithuania	0–1	Greece
	Report	Christodoulopoulos 20'

LFF stadionas, Vilnius

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Olegário Benquerença ( Portugal)

6 September 2013

21:10 UTC+3

Latvia	2–1	Lithuania
Bulvītis 20' Zjuzins 42'	Report	Matulevičius 44'

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 7,306

Referee: Sébastien Delferiere ( Belgium)

6 September 2013

20:15 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	Slovakia
	Report	Pečovský 77'

Stadion Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 11,620

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli ( Italy)

6 September 2013

20:45 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–1	Greece
	Report	Mitroglou 72'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 2,680

Referee: Stanislav Todorov ( Bulgaria)

10 September 2013

18:30 UTC+3

Lithuania	2–0	Liechtenstein
Matulevičius 18' Kijanskas 40'	Report

ARVI futbolo arena, Marijampolė

Attendance: 1,955

Referee: Lasha Silagava ( Georgia)

10 September 2013

20:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hamšík 43'	Report	Bičakčić 70' Hajrović 78'

Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina

Attendance: 9,438

Referee: David Fernández Borbalán ( Spain)

10 September 2013

21:45 UTC+3

Greece	1–0	Latvia
Salpingidis 58'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 18,983

Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson ( Iceland)

11 October 2013

18:30 UTC+3

Lithuania	2–0	Latvia
Černych 7' Mikoliūnas 68'	Report

LFF stadionas, Vilnius

Attendance: 2,900

Referee: Petur Reinert ( Faroe Islands)

11 October 2013

20:00 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	4–1	Liechtenstein
Džeko 27', 39' Misimović 34' Ibišević 38'	Report	Hasler 61'

Stadion Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 11,200

Referee: Richard Liesveld ( Netherlands)

11 October 2013

21:45 UTC+3

Greece	1–0	Slovakia
Škrtel 44' ( o.g.)	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 21,067

Referee: Deniz Aytekin ( Germany)

15 October 2013

20:00 UTC+3

Greece	2–0	Liechtenstein
Salpingidis 7' Karagounis 81'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 18,676

Referee: Libor Kovařík ( Czech Republic)

15 October 2013

20:00 UTC+3

Lithuania	0–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report	Ibišević 68'

Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas

Attendance: 6,239

Referee: Felix Zwayer ( Germany)

15 October 2013

21:10 UTC+3

Latvia	2–2	Slovakia
Šabala 47' Rode 90+2'	Report	Jakubko 9' Saláta 16'

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 3,813

Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy ( Ukraine)

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.53 goals per match.

10 goals

Edin Džeko

8 goals

Vedad Ibišević

5 goals

Zvjezdan Misimović

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Martin Škrtel (against Greece)

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
FW	Tadas Labukas	Lithuania	2	1	vs Liechtenstein (12 October 2012)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Daniel Kaufmann	Liechtenstein	2	1	vs Latvia (22 March 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Viktor Pečovský	Slovakia	0	1	vs Liechtenstein (11 September 2012)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Aleksandrs Fertovs	Latvia	0	1	vs Lithuania (6 September 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Gediminas Vičius	Lithuania	4	0	vs Liechtenstein (12 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW	Mathias Christen	Liechtenstein	4	0	vs Lithuania (12 October 2012) vs Lithuania (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Edgaras Česnauskis	Lithuania	4	0	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 October 2012) vs Latvia (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Saulius Mikoliūnas	Lithuania	2	0	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Oskars Kļava	Latvia	2	0	vs Liechtenstein (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Ritus Krjauklis	Latvia	2	0	vs Liechtenstein (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Arūnas Klimavičius	Lithuania	2	0	vs Slovakia (22 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Deniss Ivanovs	Latvia	2	0	vs Liechtenstein (22 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Michal Breznaník	Slovakia	2	0	vs Lithuania (22 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Ritvars Rugins	Latvia	2	1	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 June 2013) vs Lithuania (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Franz Burgmeier	Liechtenstein	4	0	vs Slovakia (7 June 2013) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Michele Polverino	Liechtenstein	3	0	vs Slovakia (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Martin Stocklasa	Liechtenstein	3	0	vs Slovakia (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW	Martin Jakubko	Slovakia	3	0	vs Lithuania (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Martin Škrtel	Slovakia	2	0	vs Lithuania (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Deividas Šemberas	Lithuania	2	0	vs Greece (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW	Darvydas Šernas	Lithuania	2	0	vs Greece (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Nicolas Hasler	Liechtenstein	3	0	vs Greece (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST	Georgios Samaras	Greece	2	0	vs Liechtenstein (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST	Dimitrios Salpingidis	Greece	2	0	vs Liechtenstein (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW	Artjoms Rudņevs	Latvia	2	0	vs Greece (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST	Valērijs Šabala	Latvia	2	0	vs Greece (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Mindaugas Panka	Lithuania	3	0	vs Liechtenstein (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	David Hasler	Liechtenstein	2	1	vs Lithuania (10 September 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	José Holebas	Greece	3	1	vs Latvia (10 September 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Sandro Wieser	Liechtenstein	2	0	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Konstantinos Katsouranis	Greece	3	1	vs Slovakia (11 October 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Giannis Maniatis	Greece	2	0	vs Liechtenstein (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Vladimir Weiss	Slovakia	2	0	vs Latvia (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Miroslav Stoch	Slovakia	2	0	vs Latvia (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Tomáš Hubočan	Slovakia	2	0	vs Latvia (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Panagiotis Kone	Greece	2	0	vs Romania (15 November 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

References

^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – European Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ "Účastníci G-skupiny sa dohodli, Slováci začnú v Litve" [Group G participants agree – Slovaks begin in Lithuania] (in Slovak). 18 November 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

External links

[UEFA_Draw-1] "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – European Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

[soccer365-2] "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[3] "Účastníci G-skupiny sa dohodli, Slováci začnú v Litve" [Group G participants agree – Slovaks begin in Lithuania] (in Slovak). 18 November 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

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v t e 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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AFC	First round Second round Third round Bahrain v Indonesia Fourth round Fifth round (play-off)
CAF	First round Second round Third round
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