2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G is one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consists of six teams: Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, Macedonia, and Liechtenstein.

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 53 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of goals per match.


 * 5 goals


 * 🇮🇹 Ciro Immobile


 * 4 goals


 * 🇲🇰 Ilija Nestorovski
 * 🇪🇸 Diego Costa
 * 🇪🇸 Vitolo


 * 3 goals


 * 🇮🇱 Tomer Hemed
 * 🇮🇹 Andrea Belotti
 * 🇪🇸 David Silva


 * 2 goals


 * 🇦🇱 Bekim Balaj
 * 🇮🇱 Tal Ben Haim II
 * 🇮🇹 Antonio Candreva
 * 🇮🇹 Daniele De Rossi
 * 🇪🇸 Álvaro Morata


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇱 Armando Sadiku
 * 🇮🇱 Eliran Atar
 * 🇮🇱 Dan Einbinder
 * 🇮🇱 Lior Refaelov
 * 🇮🇱 Eran Zahavi
 * 🇮🇹 Graziano Pellè
 * 🇱🇮 Maximilian Göppel
 * 🇲🇰 Ezgjan Alioski
 * 🇲🇰 Ferhan Hasani
 * 🇲🇰 Boban Nikolov
 * 🇪🇸 Aritz Aduriz
 * 🇪🇸 Isco
 * 🇪🇸 Nacho Monreal
 * 🇪🇸 Nolito
 * 🇪🇸 Sergi Roberto


 * 1 own goal


 * 🇱🇮 Peter Jehle (against Albania)
 * 🇲🇰 Darko Velkovski (against Spain)

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: