2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E is one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consists of six teams: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, and Kazakhstan.

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.

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 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 57 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of goals per match.


 * 11 goals


 * 🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski


 * 6 goals


 * 🇲🇪 Stevan Jovetić


 * 4 goals


 * Christian Eriksen


 * 3 goals


 * 🇲🇪 Fatos Bećiraj


 * 2 goals


 * 🇰🇿 Sergei Khizhnichenko
 * 🇷🇴 Adrian Popa
 * 🇷🇴 Bogdan Stancu


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇲 Gevorg Ghazaryan
 * 🇦🇲 Artak Grigoryan
 * 🇦🇲 Varazdat Haroyan
 * 🇦🇲 Ruslan Koryan
 * 🇦🇲 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
 * 🇦🇲 Aras Özbiliz
 * 🇦🇲 Marcos Pizzelli
 * Peter Ankersen
 * Andreas Cornelius
 * Kasper Dolberg
 * Nicolai Jørgensen
 * Yussuf Poulsen
 * 🇰🇿 Islambek Kuat
 * 🇰🇿 Gafurzhan Suyumbayev
 * 🇲🇪 Damir Kojašević
 * 🇲🇪 Stefan Mugoša
 * 🇲🇪 Stefan Savić
 * 🇲🇪 Žarko Tomašević
 * 🇲🇪 Nikola Vukčević
 * 🇵🇱 Kamil Grosicki
 * 🇵🇱 Bartosz Kapustka
 * 🇵🇱 Łukasz Piszczek
 * 🇷🇴 Alexandru Chipciu
 * 🇷🇴 Răzvan Marin
 * 🇷🇴 Nicolae Stanciu


 * 1 own goal


 * 🇦🇲 Hrayr Mkoyan (against Poland)
 * 🇵🇱 Kamil Glik (against Denmark)

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: