2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams will qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar. Group I consists of six teams: Albania, Andorra, England, Hungary, Poland and San Marino. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.

The group winner will qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the runner-up will advance to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
England	10	8	2	0	39	3	+36	26	Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup
Poland	10	6	2	2	30	11	+19	20	Advance to second round
Albania	10	6	0	4	12	12	0	18
Hungary	10	5	2	3	19	13	+6	17
Andorra	10	2	0	8	8	24	−16	6
San Marino	10	0	0	10	1	46	−45	0

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) 20:45	Andorra	0–1	Albania	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 0 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Bulgaria)
		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Lenjani  41'

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	England	5–0	San Marino	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)
	Ward-Prowse  14' Calvert-Lewin  21', 53' Sterling  31' Watkins  83'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) 20:45	Hungary	3–3	Poland	Puskás Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Sallai  6' Ád. Szalai  53' Orbán  78'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Piątek  60' Jóźwiak  61' Lewandowski  83'

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28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) 18:00	Albania	0–2	England	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana Attendance: 0 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kane  38' Mount  63'

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) 20:45	Poland	3–0	Andorra	Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
	Lewandowski  30', 55' Świderski  88'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) 20:45	San Marino	0–3	Hungary	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicholas Walsh (Scotland)
		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Ád. Szalai  13' (pen.) Sallai  71' Nikolić  88' (pen.)

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31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) 20:45	Andorra	1–4	Hungary	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 0 Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
	Pujol  90+3' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Fiola  45+2' Gazdag  51' Kleinheisler  58' Négo  90'

31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	England	2–1	Poland	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Kane  19' (pen.) Maguire  85'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Moder  58'

31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) 20:45	San Marino	0–2	Albania	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle Attendance: 0 Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)
		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Manaj  63' Uzuni  85'

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2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 20:45	Andorra	2–0	San Marino	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
	Vales  18', 24'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 20:45	Hungary	0–4	England	Puskás Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 58,260 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Sterling  55' Kane  63' Maguire  69' Rice  87'

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 20:45	Poland	4–1	Albania	PGE Narodowy, Warsaw Attendance: 38,254 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
	Lewandowski  12' Buksa  44' Krychowiak  54' Linetty  89'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Cikalleshi  25'

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5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) 18:00	Albania	1–0	Hungary	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Attendance: 4,135 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
	Broja  87'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) 18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)	England	4–0	Andorra	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 67,171 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
	Lingard  18', 78' Kane  72' (pen.) Saka  85'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) 20:45	San Marino	1–7	Poland	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle Attendance: 500 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
	Nanni  48'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Lewandowski  4', 21' Świderski  16' Linetty  44' Buksa  67', 90+2', 90+4'

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8 September 2021 (2021-09-08) 20:45	Albania	5–0	San Marino	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)
	Manaj  32' Laçi  58' Broja  61' Hysaj  68' Uzuni  80'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

8 September 2021 (2021-09-08) 20:45	Hungary	2–1	Andorra	Puskás Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 46,240 Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)
	Ád. Szalai  9' (pen.) Botka  18'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Llovera  82'

8 September 2021 (2021-09-08) 20:45	Poland	1–1	England	PGE Narodowy, Warsaw Attendance: 56,212 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
	Szymański  90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kane  72'

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9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) 20:45	Andorra	0–5	England	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 2,285 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Chilwell  17' Saka  40' Abraham  59' Ward-Prowse  79' Grealish  86'

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) 20:45	Hungary	0–1	Albania	Puskás Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 273 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Broja  80'

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) 20:45	Poland	5–0	San Marino	PGE Narodowy, Warsaw Attendance: 56,128 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
	Świderski  10' Brolli  20' (o.g.) Kędziora  50' Buksa  84' Piątek  90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

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12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) 20:45	Albania	0–1	Poland	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Świderski  77'

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	England	1–1	Hungary	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 69,380 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
	Stones  37'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Sallai  24' (pen.)

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) 20:45	San Marino	0–3	Andorra	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle Attendance: 243 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Pujol  10' Moreno  53' Fernández  89'

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12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) 20:45	Andorra	1-4	Poland	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
	Vales  45'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Lewandowski  5, 73' Jóźwiak  11' Milik  45+2'

12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	England	5-0	Albania	Wembley Stadium, London Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
	Maguire  9' Kane  18, 33, 45+2' Henderson  28'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) 20:45	Hungary	4-0	San Marino	Puskás Aréna, Budapest Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
	Szoboszlai  6, 83' Gazdag  22' Vécsei  88'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

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15 November 2021 (2021-11-15) 20:45	Albania	1-0	Andorra	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana Referee: Andris Treimanis
	Çekiçi  73 (pen.)'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

15 November 2021 (2021-11-15) 20:45	Poland	1-2	Hungary	PGE Narodowy, Warsaw Referee: Tiago Martins
	Świderski  61'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Schäfer  31' Gazdag  80'

15 November 2021 (2021-11-15) 20:45	San Marino	0-10	England	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Magugire  6' Fabbri  15 (o.g.)' Kane  27 (pen.), 32, 39 (pen.), 42' Smith-Rowe  58' Mings  69' Abraham  78' Saka  79'

Goalscorers

There had been 109 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.63 goals per match

12 goals

• Harry Kane

8 goals

• Robert Lewandowski

5 goals

• Adam Buksa
• Karol Świderski

4 goals

• Harry Maguire

3 goals

• Armando Broja
• Marc Vales
• Bukayo Saka
• Dániel Gazdag
• Ronald Sallai
• Ádám Szalai

2 goals

• Rey Manaj
• Myrto Uzuni
• Marc Pujol
• Tammy Abraham
• Dominic Calvert-Lewin
• Jesse Lingard
• Raheem Sterling
• James Ward-Prowse
• Dominik Szoboszlai
• Kamil Jóźwiak
• Karol Linetty
• Krzysztof Piątek

1 goal

• Endri Çekiçi
• Sokol Cikalleshi
• Elseid Hysaj
• Qazim Laçi
• Ermir Lenjani
• Ricard Fernández
• Max Llovera
• Sergi Moreno
• Ben Chilwell
• Jack Grealish
• Jordan Henderson
• Tyrone Mings
• Mason Mount
• Declan Rice
• Emile Smith-Rowe
• John Stones
• Ollie Watkins
• Endre Botka
• Attila Fiola
• László Kleinheisler
• Loïc Négo
• Nemanja Nikolić
• Willi Orbán
• András Schäfer
• Bálint Vécsei
• Tomasz Kędziora
• Grzegorz Krychowiak
• Arkadiusz Milik
• Jakub Moder
• Damian Szymański
• Nicola Nanni

1 own goal

• Cristian Brolli (against Poland)
• Filippo Fabbri (against England)

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)

External links

• Official website
  • Qualifiers – Europe, FIFA.com
• European Qualifiers, UEFA.com