2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group C was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar.[1] Group C consisted of five teams: Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Northern Ireland and Switzerland.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The group winners, Switzerland, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Italy, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 8 5 3 0 15 2 +13 18 Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup — 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0
2  Italy 8 4 4 0 13 2 +11 16 Advance to play-offs 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 5–0
3  Northern Ireland 8 2 3 3 6 7 −1 9 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 1–0
4  Bulgaria 8 2 2 4 6 14 −8 8 1–3 0–2 2–1 — 1–0
5  Lithuania 8 1 0 7 4 19 −15 3 0–4 0–2 1–4 3–1 —
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[4][5][6] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Bulgaria 1–3  Switzerland
Despodov 46' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[7][note 2]
Italy 2–0 Northern Ireland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[8][note 2]
Bulgaria 0–2 Italy
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Switzerland 1–0 Lithuania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Lithuania 0–2 Italy
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Northern Ireland 0–0 Bulgaria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)
Italy 1–1 Bulgaria
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 14,366[15]
Lithuania 1–4 Northern Ireland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 1,612[16]
Bulgaria 1–0 Lithuania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 2,503[17]
Switzerland 0–0 Italy
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 31,500[18]
Italy 5–0 Lithuania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 10,578[19]
Northern Ireland 0–0  Switzerland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 15,660[20]
Lithuania 3–1 Bulgaria
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 2,526[21]
Switzerland 2–0 Northern Ireland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 19,129[22]
Bulgaria 2–1 Northern Ireland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 822[23]
Lithuania 0–4  Switzerland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 1,806[24]
Italy 1–1  Switzerland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 45,699[25]
Northern Ireland 1–0 Lithuania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 14,336[26]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Northern Ireland 0–0 Italy
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 15,969[27]
Switzerland 4–0 Bulgaria
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 14,300[28]

Goalscorers

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There were 44 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[29]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Bulgaria Valentin Antov Yellow card vs Northern Ireland (31 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (9 October 2021)		 vs Northern Ireland (12 October 2021)
Atanas Iliev Yellow card vs Northern Ireland (31 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (5 September 2021)		 vs Lithuania (9 October 2021)
Nikolay Mihaylov Red card vs Lithuania (5 September 2021)
Georgi Yomov Yellow card vs Italy (2 September 2021)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (9 October 2021)		 vs Northern Ireland (12 October 2021)
 Italy Manuel Locatelli Yellow card vs Bulgaria (28 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (31 March 2021)		 vs Bulgaria (2 September 2021)
 Lithuania Fedor Černych Yellow card vs Switzerland (28 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Bulgaria (5 September 2021)		 vs Italy (8 September 2021)
Domantas Šimkus Yellow card vs Italy (31 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Bulgaria (5 September 2021)
Egidijus Vaitkūnas Yellow card vs Italy (31 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Bulgaria (9 October 2021)		 vs Switzerland (12 October 2021)
 Northern Ireland Jamal Lewis Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Switzerland (9 October 2021) vs Bulgaria (12 October 2021)
Paddy McNair Yellow card vs Bulgaria (31 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (2 September 2021)		 vs Switzerland (8 September 2021)
George Saville Yellow card vs Italy (25 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Bulgaria (31 March 2021)		 vs Lithuania (2 September 2021)
  Switzerland Manuel Akanji Yellow card vs Bulgaria (25 March 2021)
Yellow card vs Italy (12 November 2021)		 vs Bulgaria (15 November 2021)
Fabian Frei Yellow card vs Italy (5 September 2021)
Yellow card vs Northern Ireland (8 September 2021)		 vs Northern Ireland (9 October 2021)
Remo Freuler Red card vs Spain in UEFA Euro 2020 (2 July 2021) vs Italy (5 September 2021)[30]
Denis Zakaria Yellow card vs Northern Ireland (8 September 2021)
Yellow card vs Northern Ireland (9 October 2021)		 vs Lithuania (12 October 2021)

Notes

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  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 2–8).
  2. ^ a b c d e f Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  3. ^ The Switzerland vs Lithuania match, originally to be played at 20:45 UTC+2, was delayed by 15 minutes to replace a wrong-sized goal.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup 2022: Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition – Draw Results" (PDF). UEFA. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "UEFA preliminary competition format for the FIFA World Cup 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ "European Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup: all the fixtures". UEFA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Fixture List – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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  13. ^ "Northern Ireland vs. Bulgaria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. ^ a b c "World Cup qualifying: Bulgaria and Lithuania matches to take place in Florence and Reggio Emilia". FIGC. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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  23. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Northern Ireland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  24. ^ "Lithuania vs. Switzerland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  25. ^ "Italy vs. Switzerland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  26. ^ "Northern Ireland vs. Lithuania" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  27. ^ "Northern Ireland vs. Italy" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  28. ^ "Switzerland vs. Bulgaria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  29. ^ "Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  30. ^ "Booking list" (PDF). UEFA.com. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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