2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2010 FIFA World Cup winners Spain, along with France, Belarus, Georgia and Finland.

Spain won the group and thus qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. France ranked among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Ukraine.^[1] After losing the first match by two goals, they won the second by three, thus qualifying for the World Cup.

Standings

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	8	6	2	0	14	3	+11	20
France	8	5	2	1	15	6	+9	17
Finland	8	2	3	3	5	9	−4	9
Georgia	8	1	2	5	3	10	−7	5
Belarus	8	1	1	6	7	16	−9	4


Belarus	—	1–1	2–4	2–0	0–4
Finland	1–0	—	0–1	1–1	0–2
France	3–1	3–0	—	3–1	0–1
Georgia	1–0	0–1	0–0	—	0–1
Spain	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	—

Winner qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Runner-up (ranked as one of the eight best runners-up among all nine groups) advanced to the play-offs

Matches

The fixtures were decided at a meeting held in Paris, France, on 23 September 2011.^[2]

Georgia v Belarus

7 September 2012
21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	1–0	Belarus
Okriashvili 52'	Report

Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

Finland v France

7 September 2012
21:30 UTC+3

Finland	0–1	France
	Report	Diaby 20'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 35,111
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Georgia v Spain

11 September 2012
21:30 UTC+4

Georgia	0–1	Spain
	Report	Soldado 86'

Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 54,598
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

France v Belarus

11 September 2012
21:00 UTC+2

France	3–1	Belarus
Capoue 49' Jallet 68' Ribéry 80'	Report	Putsila 72'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 52,552
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Finland v Georgia

12 October 2012
18:30 UTC+3

Finland	1–1	Georgia
Hämäläinen 62'	Report	Kashia 56'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,607
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

Belarus v Spain

12 October 2012
21:00 UTC+3

Belarus	0–4	Spain
	Report	Alba 12' Pedro 21', 69', 79'

Dynama Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 28,800
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Belarus v Georgia

16 October 2012
19:00 UTC+3

Belarus	2–0	Georgia
Bressan 6' Drahun 28'	Report

Dynama Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 15,300
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Spain v France

16 October 2012
21:00 UTC+2

Spain	1–1	France
Ramos 25'	Report	Giroud 90+4'

Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Attendance: 46,825
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Spain v Finland

22 March 2013
20:45 UTC+1

Spain	1–1	Finland
Ramos 49'	Report	Pukki 79'

El Molinón, Gijón
Attendance: 27,637
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)

France v Georgia

22 March 2013
21:00 UTC+1

France	3–1	Georgia
Giroud 45+1' Valbuena 47' Ribéry 61'	Report	Kobakhidze 71'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 71,147
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

France v Spain

26 March 2013
21:00 UTC+1

France	0–1	Spain
	Report	Pedro 58'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,329
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Finland v Belarus

7 June 2013
19:00 UTC+3

Finland	1–0	Belarus
Shitov 57' (o.g.)	Report

Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 24,916
Referee: Eli Hacmon (Israel)

Belarus v Finland

11 June 2013
20:00 UTC+3

Belarus	1–1	Finland
Verkhovtsov 85'	Report	Pukki 24'

Central Stadium, Gomel
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)

Georgia v France

6 September 2013
22:15 UTC+4

Georgia	0–0	France
	Report

Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 26,360
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

Finland v Spain

6 September 2013
21:30 UTC+3

Finland	0–2	Spain
	Report	Alba 19' Negredo 86'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 37,492
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Georgia v Finland

10 September 2013
21:00 UTC+4

Georgia	0–1	Finland
	Report	R. Eremenko 74' (pen.)

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 25,321
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

Belarus v France

10 September 2013
22:00 UTC+3

Belarus	2–4	France
Filipenko 32' Kalachev 57'	Report	Ribéry 47' (pen.), 64' Nasri 71' Pogba 73'

Central Stadium, Gomel
Attendance: 12,203
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Spain v Belarus

11 October 2013
22:00 UTC+2

Spain	2–1	Belarus
Xavi 61' Negredo 78'	Report	Kornilenko 89'

Iberostar, Palma
Attendance: 22,900
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

France v Finland

15 October 2013
21:00 UTC+2

France	3–0	Finland
Ribéry 8' Toivio 75' (o.g.) Benzema 87'	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 70,156
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Spain v Georgia

15 October 2013
21:00 UTC+2

Spain	2–0	Georgia
Negredo 26' Mata 61'	Report

Carlos Belmonte, Albacete
Attendance: 16,133
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals in 20 matches, for an average of 2.20 goals per match.

5 goals

Franck Ribéry

4 goals

Pedro

3 goals

Álvaro Negredo

2 goals

Jordi Alba

Sergio Ramos

1 goal

1 Own goal

Igor Shitov (playing against Finland)

Joona Toivio (playing against France)

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
MF	Alexei Eremenko	Finland	2	1	vs Spain (22 March 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Paul Pogba	France	2	1	vs Georgia (6 September 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Pavel Nekhaichik	Belarus	2	1	vs Finland (11 June 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa	France	2	0	vs Spain (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Jaba Kankava	Georgia	4	1	vs France (22 March 2013) vs Spain (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Tornike Okriashvili	Georgia	3	0	vs France (22 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW	David Silva	Spain	2	0	vs France (26 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Niklas Moisander	Finland	2	0	vs Belarus (7 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Markus Halsti	Finland	2	0	vs Belarus (11 June 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Yohan Cabaye	France	2	0	vs Georgia (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Blaise Matuidi	France	2	0	vs Georgia (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Përparim Hetemaj	Finland	3	0	vs Spain (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
GK	Giorgi Loria	Georgia	2	0	vs Finland (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	David Targamadze	Georgia	2	0	vs Spain (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Gia Grigalava	Georgia	2	0	vs Spain (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Tim Sparv	Finland	2	0	vs France (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

References

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