2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F is one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consists of six teams: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Malta.

The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[1]^[2]

The group winners will qualify directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Among the nine group runners-up, the eight best runners-up will advance to the play-offs, where they will be drawn into four home-and-away ties to determine the other four qualifiers.^[1]

Standings

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):^[3] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Goal difference Goals scored Points in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Goals scored in matches between tied teams Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams in home-and-away league format) Fair play points first yellow card: minus 1 point indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points direct red card: minus 4 points yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	10	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	5 Oct '17	4 Sep '17	26 Mar '17	3–0	2–0
2	Slovenia	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8	Possible second round^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–0	—	1–0	4 Sep '17	8 Oct '17	10 Jun '17
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	2	7	2	+5	6		0–1	1 Sep '17	—	4–0	3–0	8 Oct '17
4	Lithuania	4	1	2	1	5	7	−2	5		8 Oct '17	2–2	10 Jun '17	—	1 Sep '17	2–0
5	Scotland	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4		10 Jun '17	26 Mar '17	5 Oct '17	1–1	—	4 Sep '17
6	Malta	4	0	0	4	1	10	−9	0		1 Sep '17	0–1	26 Mar '17	5 Oct '17	1–5	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ The eight best runners-up across all groups will advance to the second round (play-offs). The ninth-ranked runners-up will be eliminated.

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.^[1]^[4] Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).^[5]

Lithuania v Slovenia

4 September 2016
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Lithuania	2–2	Slovenia
Černych 32' Slivka 34'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Krhin 77' Cesar 90+3'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,114
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Slovakia v England

4 September 2016
18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

Slovakia	0–1	England
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Lallana 90+5'

Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 18,111
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Malta v Scotland

4 September 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Malta	1–5	Scotland
Effiong 14'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Snodgrass 10', 61' (pen.), 84' C. Martin 53' S. Fletcher 78'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 15,069
Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

England v Malta

8 October 2016
18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

England	2–0	Malta
Sturridge 29' Alli 38'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,781
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Scotland v Lithuania

8 October 2016
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	1–1	Lithuania
McArthur 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Černych 59'

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 35,966
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Slovenia v Slovakia

8 October 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovenia	1–0	Slovakia
Kronaveter 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Lithuania v Malta

11 October 2016
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	2–0	Malta
Černych 76' Novikovas 84' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Slovakia v Scotland

11 October 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovakia	3–0	Scotland
Mak 18', 56' Nemec 68'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 11,098
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Slovenia v England

11 October 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovenia	0–0	England
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 13,274
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

England v Scotland

11 November 2016
20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

England	3–0	Scotland
Sturridge 23' Lallana 50' Cahill 61'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 87,258
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Malta v Slovenia

11 November 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Malta	0–1	Slovenia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Verbič 47'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 4,207
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Slovakia v Lithuania

11 November 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Slovakia	4–0	Lithuania
Nemec 12' Kucka 15' Škrtel 36' Hamšík 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 9,653
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

England v Lithuania

26 March 2017
18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

England	v	Lithuania
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Wembley Stadium, London

Malta v Slovakia

26 March 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Malta	v	Slovakia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Scotland v Slovenia

26 March 2017
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	v	Slovenia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Scotland v England

10 June 2017
18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

Scotland	v	England
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Slovenia v Malta

10 June 2017
18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

Slovenia	v	Malta
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Lithuania v Slovakia

10 June 2017
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	v	Slovakia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Lithuania v Scotland

1 September 2017
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	v	Scotland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Malta v England

1 September 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Malta	v	England
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Slovakia v Slovenia

1 September 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovakia	v	Slovenia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

England v Slovakia

4 September 2017
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

England	v	Slovakia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Wembley Stadium, London

Scotland v Malta

4 September 2017
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	v	Malta
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Slovenia v Lithuania

4 September 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovenia	v	Lithuania
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

England v Slovenia

5 October 2017
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

England	v	Slovenia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Wembley Stadium, London

Malta v Lithuania

5 October 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Malta	v	Lithuania
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Scotland v Slovakia

5 October 2017
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	v	Slovakia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Lithuania v England

8 October 2017
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Lithuania	v	England
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Slovakia v Malta

8 October 2017
18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

Slovakia	v	Malta
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Slovenia v Scotland

8 October 2017
18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

Slovenia	v	Scotland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Goalscorers

There have been 29 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.42 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:^[3]

Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Player	Team	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Mišo Brečko	Slovenia	vs Ukraine in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (17 November 2015)	vs Lithuania (4 September 2016)
Martin Škrtel	Slovakia	vs England (4 September 2016)	vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
Jonathan Caruana	Malta	vs Scotland (4 September 2016)	vs England (8 October 2016)
Luke Gambin	Malta	vs Scotland (4 September 2016)	vs England (8 October 2016)
Tomáš Hubočan	Slovakia	vs England (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)	vs Scotland (11 October 2016)
Jonathan Caruana	Malta	vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)	vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)
Aljaž Struna	Slovenia	vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) vs England (11 October 2016)	vs Malta (11 November 2016)
Gary Cahill	England	vs Slovenia (11 October 2016) vs Scotland (11 November 2016)	vs Lithuania (26 March 2017)
Georgas Freidgeimas	Lithuania	vs Scotland (8 October 2016) vs Slovakia (11 November 2016)	vs England (26 March 2017)
Andrei Agius	Malta	vs Lithuania (11 October 2016) vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)	vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)

Notes

↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 11 November 2016, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References

1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015.
↑ "European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015.
1 2 "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com.
↑ "World Cup European Qualifiers fixtures confirmed". UEFA.com. 26 July 2015.
↑ "Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com.

External links

Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – Europe: Round 1, FIFA.com
FIFA World Cup, UEFA.com
- Standings – Qualifying round: Group F, UEFA.com

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

AFC	First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round (play-off for 5th place)

CAF	First Round Second Round Third Round

CONCACAF	First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round Fifth Round

CONMEBOL	Round Robin

OFC	First Round Second Round (Nations Cup) Third Round

UEFA	First Round Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Group I Second Round (play-offs)

Play-offs	CONCACAF v AFC OFC v CONMEBOL

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