2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G 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 G consisted of six teams: Gibraltar, Latvia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway and Turkey.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The group winners, Netherlands, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Turkey, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 10 7 2 1 33 8 +25 23 Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup — 6–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 6–0
2  Turkey 10 6 3 1 27 16 +11 21 Advance to play-offs 4–2 — 1–1 2–2 3–3 6–0
3  Norway 10 5 3 2 15 8 +7 18 1–1 0–3 — 2–0 0–0 5–1
4  Montenegro 10 3 3 4 14 15 −1 12 2–2 1–2 0–1 — 0–0 4–1
5  Latvia 10 2 3 5 11 14 −3 9 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 — 3–1
6  Gibraltar 10 0 0 10 4 43 −39 0 0–7 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–3 —
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).

Turkey 4–2 Netherlands
  • Yılmaz 15', 34' (pen.), 81'
  • Çalhanoğlu 46'
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[7][note 2]
Gibraltar 0–3 Norway
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[8][note 2]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Latvia 1–2 Montenegro
J. Ikaunieks 40' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Jovetić 41', 83'
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Montenegro 4–1 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 0[10][note 2]
Netherlands 2–0 Latvia
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Attendance: 5,000[11]
Norway 0–3 Turkey
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Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Gibraltar 0–7 Netherlands
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Attendance: 335[14]
Montenegro 0–1 Norway
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Attendance: 0[15][note 2]
Turkey 3–3 Latvia
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Attendance: 223[16]
Latvia 3–1 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 1,466[17]
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Norway 1–1 Netherlands
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Attendance: 6,711[19]
Turkey 2–2 Montenegro
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Attendance: 12,472[20]
Latvia 0–2 Norway
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Attendance: 2,520[21]
Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)
Gibraltar 0–3 Turkey
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Attendance: 702[22]
Netherlands 4–0 Montenegro
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Attendance: 20,458[23]
Montenegro 0–0 Latvia
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Attendance: 2,134[24]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
Netherlands 6–1 Turkey
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Attendance: 31,389[25]
Norway 5–1 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 9,442[26]
Referee: Nikolas Neokleous (Cyprus)
Gibraltar 0–3 Montenegro
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Attendance: 1,351[27]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Latvia 0–1 Netherlands
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Attendance: 4,711[28]
Turkey 1–1 Norway
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Attendance: 21,408[29]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Latvia 1–2 Turkey
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Attendance: 2,453[30]
Netherlands 6–0 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 31,583[31]
Norway 2–0 Montenegro
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Attendance: 23,748[32]
Norway 0–0 Latvia
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Attendance: 24,376[33]
Turkey 6–0 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 8,895[34]
Montenegro 2–2 Netherlands
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Attendance: 1,844[35]
Gibraltar 1–3 Latvia
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Attendance: 1,130[36]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Montenegro 1–2 Turkey
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Attendance: 2,885[37]
Netherlands 2–0 Norway
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[38][note 2]

Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match.

12 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[39]

  • 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:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Gibraltar Louie Annesley vs Norway (24 March 2021)
vs Latvia (1 September 2021)		 vs Turkey (4 September 2021)
Tjay De Barr vs Netherlands (30 March 2021)
vs Turkey (4 September 2021)		 vs Norway (7 September 2021)
Kyle Goldwin vs Montenegro (27 March 2021)
vs Montenegro (8 October 2021)		 vs Netherlands (11 October 2021)
Aymen Mouelhi vs Norway (24 March 2021)
vs Norway (7 September 2021)		 vs Montenegro (8 October 2021)
Jayce Olivero vs Turkey (13 November 2021) vs Latvia (16 November 2021)
 Latvia Antonijs Černomordijs vs Montenegro (24 March 2021)
vs Gibraltar (1 September 2021)		 vs Norway (4 September 2021)
Eduards Emsis vs Turkey (30 March 2021)
vs Norway (13 November 2021)		 vs Gibraltar (16 November 2021)
Vladislavs Fjodorovs vs Turkey (30 March 2021)
vs Norway (4 September 2021)		 vs Montenegro (7 September 2021)
Vladislavs Gutkovskis vs Norway (4 September 2021)
vs Montenegro (7 September 2021)		 vs Netherlands (8 October 2021)
Vladimirs Kamešs vs Montenegro (24 March 2021)
vs Turkey (30 March 2021)		 vs Gibraltar (1 September 2021)
Krišs Kārkliņš vs Montenegro (24 March 2021)
vs Netherlands (27 March 2021)		 vs Turkey (30 March 2021)
 Montenegro Uroš Đurđević vs Turkey (1 September 2021)
vs Latvia (7 September 2021)		 vs Gibraltar (8 October 2021)
Stefan Savić vs Turkey (1 September 2021)
vs Netherlands (4 September 2021)		 vs Latvia (7 September 2021)
Marko Vešović   vs Norway (11 October 2021) vs Netherlands (13 November 2021)
Igor Vujačić vs Latvia (24 March 2021)
vs Turkey (1 September 2021)		 vs Netherlands (4 September 2021)
 Netherlands Daley Blind vs Latvia (27 March 2021)
vs Norway (1 September 2021)		 vs Montenegro (4 September 2021)
Matthijs de Ligt vs Czech Republic in UEFA Euro 2020 (27 June 2021) vs Norway (1 September 2021)[40]
Georginio Wijnaldum vs Turkey (24 March 2021)
vs Turkey (7 September 2021)		 vs Latvia (8 October 2021)
 Norway Stian Rode Gregersen vs Turkey (27 March 2021)
vs Montenegro (11 October 2021)		 vs Latvia (13 November 2021)
Alexander Sørloth vs Turkey (27 March 2021)
vs Montenegro (30 March 2021)		 vs Netherlands (1 September 2021)
Morten Thorsby vs Netherlands (1 September 2021)
vs Turkey (8 October 2021)		 vs Montenegro (11 October 2021)
Kristian Thorstvedt vs Turkey (27 March 2021) vs Montenegro (30 March 2021)
vs Netherlands (1 September 2021)[41]
 Turkey Ozan Kabak vs Netherlands (24 March 2021)
vs Netherlands (7 September 2021)		 vs Norway (8 October 2021)
Orkun Kökçü vs Gibraltar (4 September 2021)
vs Netherlands (7 September 2021)
Mert Müldür vs Norway (27 March 2021)
vs Gibraltar (13 November 2021)		 vs Montenegro (16 November 2021)
Çağlar Söyüncü   vs Netherlands (7 September 2021) vs Norway (8 October 2021)
Yusuf Yazıcı vs Norway (8 October 2021)
vs Latvia (11 October 2021)		 vs Gibraltar (13 November 2021)
Burak Yılmaz vs Netherlands (24 March 2021)
vs Montenegro (1 September 2021)		 vs Gibraltar (4 September 2021)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1–2 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 3–8).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  3. ^ The Norway v Turkey match, originally to be played at Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, was moved to Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga (Spain), due to the travel ban in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[12]

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