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.
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.
Standings[]
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers |
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In home-and-away league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):
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Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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England | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 20 | Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup |
Slovakia | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 15 | Possible Second round |
Slovenia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 14 | |
Scotland | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 14 | |
Lithuania (E) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 5 | |
Malta (E) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 |
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).
4 September 2016 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3) |
Lithuania | 2–2 | Slovenia | LFF Stadium, Vilnius Attendance: 4,114 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
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Černych 32' Slivka 34' |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Krhin 77' Cesar 90+3' |
4 September 2016 18:00 (18:00 UTC+2) |
Slovakia | 0–1 | England | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava Attendance: 18,111 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Lallana 90+5' |
4 September 2016 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Malta | 1–5 | Scotland | National Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 15,069 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine) |
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Effiong 14' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Snodgrass 10', 61' (pen.), 84' C. Martin 53' S. Fletcher 78' |
8 October 2016 18:00 (17:00 UTC+1) |
England | 2–0 | Malta | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 81,718 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) |
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Sturridge 29' Alli 38' |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
8 October 2016 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) |
Scotland | 1–1 | Lithuania | Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) |
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McArthur 89' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Černych 59' |
8 October 2016 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Slovenia | 1–0 | Slovakia | Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) |
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Kronaveter 74' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
11 October 2016 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Lithuania | 2–0 | Malta | LFF stadionas, Vilnius Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) |
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Černych 76' Novikovas 84' (pen.) |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
11 October 2016 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Slovakia | 3–0 | Scotland | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden) |
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Mak 18', 56' Nemec 68' |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
11 October 2016 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Slovenia | 0–0 | England | Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 13,274 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany) |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
11 November 2016 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0) |
England | 3–0 | Scotland | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 87,258 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) |
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Sturridge 23' Lallana 50' Cahill 61' |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
11 November 2016 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1) |
Malta | 0–1 | Slovenia | National Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 4,207 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Verbič 47' |
11 November 2016 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1) |
Slovakia | 4–0 | Lithuania | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava Attendance: 9,653 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
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Nemec 12' Kucka 15' Škrtel 36' Hamšík 86' |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
26 March 2017 18:00 (17:00 UTC+1) |
England | 2–0 | Lithuania | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 77,690 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France) |
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Defoe 22' Vardy 66' |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
26 March 2017 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Malta | 1–3 | Slovakia | National Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 4,980 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey) |
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Farrugia 14' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Weiss 2' Greguš 41' Nemec 84' |
26 March 2017 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) |
Scotland | 1–0 | Slovenia | Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 20,435 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) |
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C. Martin 88' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
10 June 2017 18:00 (17:00 UTC+1) |
Scotland | 2–2 | England | Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) |
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Griffiths 87', 90' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Oxlade-Chamberlain 70' Kane 90+3' |
10 June 2017 18:00 (18:00 UTC+2) |
Slovenia | 2–0 | Malta | Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales) |
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Iličić 45+2' Novaković 84' |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
10 June 2017 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Lithuania | 1–2 | Slovakia | LFF stadionas, Vilnius Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany) |
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Šernas 90+3' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Weiss 32' Hamšík 58' |
1 September 2017 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Lithuania | 0–3 | Scotland | LFF stadionas, Vilnius Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Armstrong 25' Robertson 30' McArthur 72' |
1 September 2017 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Malta | 0–4 | England | National Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Kane 53', 90+2' Bertrand 86' Welbeck 90+1' |
1 September 2017 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Slovakia | 1–0 | Slovenia | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) |
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Nemec 81' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
4 September 2017 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) |
England | v | Slovakia | Wembley Stadium, London |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
4 September 2017 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) |
Scotland | v | Malta | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
4 September 2017 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Slovenia | v | Lithuania | |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
5 October 2017 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) |
England | v | Slovenia | Wembley Stadium, London |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
5 October 2017 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Malta | v | Lithuania | National Stadium, Ta' Qali |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
5 October 2017 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) |
Scotland | v | Slovakia | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
8 October 2017 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3) |
Lithuania | v | England | LFF stadionas, Vilnius |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
8 October 2017 18:00 (18:00 UTC+2) |
Slovakia | v | Malta | |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
8 October 2017 18:00 (18:00 UTC+2) |
Slovenia | v | Scotland | Ljudski vrt, Maribor |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Goalscorers[]
There have been 45 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
- 3 goals
- Fiodor Černych
- Robert Snodgrass
- Adam Nemec
- 2 goals
- Adam Lallana
- Daniel Sturridge
- Leigh Griffiths
- Chris Martin
- Marek Hamšík
- Róbert Mak
- Vladimír Weiss
- 1 goal
- Dele Alli
- Gary Cahill
- Jermain Defoe
- Harry Kane
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
- Jamie Vardy
- Arvydas Novikovas
- Vykintas Slivka
- Darvydas Šernas
- Alfred Effiong
- Jean Paul Farrugia
- Steven Fletcher
- James McArthur
- Ján Greguš
- Juraj Kucka
- Martin Škrtel
- Boštjan Cesar
- Josip Iličić
- Rene Krhin
- Rok Kronaveter
- Milivoje Novaković
- Benjamin Verbič
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:
Player | Team | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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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) |
Egidijus Vaitkūnas | Lithuania | vs Scotland (8 October 2016) vs England (26 March 2017) |
vs Slovakia (10 June 2017) |
Artūras Žulpa | Lithuania | vs Slovenia (4 September 2016) vs England (26 March 2017) |
vs Slovakia (10 June 2017) |
Jean Paul Farrugia | Malta | vs Slovakia (26 March 2017) | vs Slovenia (10 June 2017) |
Juraj Kucka | Slovakia | vs Slovenia (8 October 2016) vs Malta (26 March 2017) |
vs Lithuania (10 June 2017) |
Adam Nemec | Slovakia | vs Malta (26 March 2017) | vs Lithuania (10 June 2017) |
Valter Birsa | Slovenia | vs England (11 October 2016) vs Scotland (26 March 2017) |
vs Malta (10 June 2017) |
Boštjan Cesar | Slovenia | vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) vs Scotland (26 March 2017) |
vs Malta (10 June 2017) |
Miral Samardžić | Slovenia | vs Lithuania (4 September 2016) vs Scotland (26 March 2017) |
vs Malta (10 June 2017) |
Eric Dier | England | vs Slovenia (11 October 2016) vs Scotland (10 June 2017) |
vs Malta (1 September 2017) |
Alfred Effiong | Malta | vs Scotland (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (10 June 2017) |
vs England (1 September 2017) |
Paul Fenech | Malta | vs Scotland (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (10 June 2017) |
vs England (1 September 2017) |
Nerijus Valskis | Lithuania | vs Malta (11 October 2016) vs Slovakia (10 June 2017) |
vs Scotland (1 September 2017) |
Ján Ďurica | Slovakia | vs Slovenia (8 October 2016) vs Lithuania (10 June 2017) |
vs Slovenia (1 September 2017) |
Martin Škrtel | Slovakia | vs Malta (26 March 2017) vs Lithuania (10 June 2017) |
vs Slovenia (1 September 2017) |
External links[]
- Official 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 |