2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I is one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consists of six teams: Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland, and Kosovo.

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. Kosovo was added to the group after the draw, after becoming FIFA members together with Gibraltar in May 2016, and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in group H together with Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons.

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.

Matches
The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Kosovo was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Goalscorers
There have been 38 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of goals per match.


 * 4 goals


 * Mario Mandžukić


 * 3 goals


 * 🇮🇸 Alfreð Finnbogason
 * 🇺🇦 Artem Kravets
 * 🇺🇦 Andriy Yarmolenko


 * 2 goals


 * Marcelo Brozović
 * Nikola Kalinić
 * 🇹🇷 Hakan Çalhanoğlu
 * 🇹🇷 Cenk Tosun


 * 1 goal


 * Matej Mitrović
 * Ivan Perišić
 * Ivan Rakitić
 * 🇫🇮 Paulus Arajuuri
 * 🇫🇮 Robin Lod
 * 🇫🇮 Teemu Pukki
 * 🇮🇸 Kári Árnason
 * 🇮🇸 Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson
 * 🇮🇸 Gylfi Sigurðsson
 * 🇮🇸 Ragnar Sigurðsson
 * Valon Berisha
 * Atdhe Nuhiu
 * 🇹🇷 Volkan Şen
 * 🇹🇷 Ozan Tufan
 * 🇹🇷 Burak Yılmaz
 * 🇺🇦 Ruslan Rotan


 * 1 own goal


 * 🇹🇷 Ömer Toprak (against Iceland)

Discipline
A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
 * 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: