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2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification %E2%80%93 UEFA Group B

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group B was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia and Malta.

Armenia vs Bulgaria

The group winners, Italy, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Denmark finished runners-up but were ranked as the poorest of the nine group runners-up and so did not advance to the play-offs.[1]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 10 6 4 0 19 9 +10 22 Qualification to — 3-1 2-1 1-0 2-2 2-0
2  Denmark 10 4 4 2 17 12 +5 16 2-2 — 0-0 1-1 0-4 6-0
3  Czech Republic 10 4 3 3 13 9 +4 15 0-0 0-3 — 0-0 1-2 3-1
4  Bulgaria 10 3 4 3 14 9 +5 13 2-2 1-1 0-1 — 1-0 6-0
5  Armenia 10 4 1 5 12 13 −1 13 1-3 0-1 0-3 2-1 — 0-1
6  Malta 10 1 0 9 5 28 −23 3 0-2 1-2 1-4 1-2 0-1 —
Source:[]

Denmark was ranked as the worst runner-up among all nine groups (having scored fewer points than the other eight) and so they failed to advance to the play-offs.

Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, on 28 November 2011.[2]

Malta 0-1 Armenia
Report Sarkisov Goal 70
Attendance: 3,517
Referee: Rene Eisner (Austria)
Bulgaria 2-2 Italy
Manolev Goal 30
G. Milanov Goal 66		 Report Osvaldo Goal 36, 40
Attendance: 12,993
Denmark 0-0 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 24,004
Bulgaria 1-0 Armenia
Manolev Goal 43 Report
Attendance: 17,883
Italy 2-0 Malta
Destro Goal 5
Peluso Goal 90+2		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Czech Republic 3-1 Malta
Gebre Selassie Goal 34
Pekhart Goal 52
Rezek Goal 67		 Report Briffa Goal 38
Attendance: 10,358
Armenia 1-3 Italy
Mkhitaryan Goal 28 Report Pirlo Goal 11 (pen.)
De Rossi Goal 64
Osvaldo Goal 82
Attendance: 25,000[3]
Bulgaria 1-1 Denmark
Rangelov Goal 7 Report Bendtner Goal 40
Attendance: 20,780
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Czech Republic 0-0 Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 16,163
Italy 3-1 Denmark
Montolivo Goal 34
De Rossi Goal 37
Balotelli Goal 54		 Report Kvist Goal 45+1
Attendance: 37,027
Bulgaria 6-0 Malta
Tonev Goal 6, 38, 68
I. Popov Goal 47
Gargorov Goal 55
Ivanov Goal 78		 Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)
Czech Republic 0-3 Denmark
Report Cornelius Goal 57
Kjær Goal 67
Zimling Goal 83
Attendance: 12,288
Armenia 0-3 Czech Republic
Report Vydra Goal 47, 81
Kolá? Goal 90+4
Attendance: 14,403
Denmark 1-1 Bulgaria
Agger Goal 63 (pen.) Report Manolev Goal 51
Attendance: 22,357
Malta 0-2 Italy
Report Balotelli Goal 8 (pen.), 45
Attendance: 17,011
Armenia 0-1 Malta
Report Mifsud Goal 8
Attendance: 8,500
Czech Republic 0-0 Italy
Report
Attendance: 18,235
Denmark 0-4 Armenia
Report Movsisyan Goal 1, 59
Özbiliz Goal 19
Mkhitaryan Goal 82
Attendance: 14,284
Czech Republic 1-2 Armenia
Rosický Goal 70 Report Mkrtchyan Goal 30
Ghazaryan Goal 90+2
Attendance: 17,628
Malta 1-2 Denmark
Failla Goal 38 Report Andreasen Goal 2
Camilleri Goal 52 (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,576
Italy 1-0 Bulgaria
Gilardino Goal 38 Report
Attendance: 28,662
Armenia 0-1 Denmark
Report Agger Goal 73 (pen.)
Attendance: 23,000
Malta 1-2 Bulgaria
Herrera Goal 77 Report Dimitrov Goal 9
Gargorov Goal 59
Attendance: 4,884
Italy 2-1 Czech Republic
Chiellini Goal 51
Balotelli Goal 54 (pen.)		 Report Kozák Goal 19
Attendance: 35,299
Armenia 2-1 Bulgaria
Özbiliz Goal 45+1
Movsisyan Goal 87		 Report Popov Goal 61
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Malta 1-4 Czech Republic
Mifsud Goal 47 Report Hübschman Goal 3
Lafata Goal 33
Kadlec Goal 51
Pekhart Goal 90
Attendance: 4,530
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Denmark 2-2 Italy
Bendtner Goal 45+1, 79 Report Osvaldo Goal 28
Aquilani Goal 90+1
Attendance: 35,305
Bulgaria 0-1 Czech Republic
Report Do?kal Goal 51
Attendance: 25,464
Denmark 6-0 Malta
Rasmussen Goal 8, 74
Agger Goal 11 (pen.), 39 (pen.)
Bjelland Goal 28
Nielsen Goal 84		 Report
Attendance: 11,479
Italy 2-2 Armenia
Florenzi Goal 24
Balotelli Goal 76		 Report Movsisyan Goal 5
Mkhitaryan Goal 70
Attendance: 22,000
Notes
  1. ^ Bulgaria v Malta was played without spectators due to sanctions imposed by FIFA as a result of racist chanting by Bulgarian supporters at the home match against Denmark.[4]

Goalscorers

There were 80 goals in 30 games for an average of 2.67 goals per game.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Discipline

Pos Player Country Yellow card Red card Suspended for match(es) Reason
DF Ivan Bandalovski  Bulgaria 2 1 vs Denmark (12 October 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF Gevorg Ghazaryan  Armenia 2 1 vs Italy (12 October 2012)
 Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Mario Balotelli  Italy 3 1 vs Bulgaria (6 September 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
FW Marcos Pizzelli  Armenia 0 1 vs Italy (12 October 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
FW Pablo Daniel Osvaldo  Italy 0 1 vs Armenia (12 October 2012)
vs Malta (26 March 2013)		 Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Sargis Hovsepyan  Armenia 2 0 vs Italy (12 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Andreas Cornelius  Denmark 2 0 vs Italy (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF William Kvist  Denmark 3 0 vs Czech Republic (23 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Karlen Mkrtchyan  Armenia 2 0 vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Hrayr Mkoyan  Armenia 2 0 vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Arthur Yedigaryan  Armenia 5 0 vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013)
vs Denmark (10 September 2013)		 Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Daniele De Rossi  Italy 2 0 vs Malta (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Yordan Minev  Bulgaria 2 0 vs Denmark (26 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Nicolai Jørgensen  Denmark 2 0 vs Armenia (11 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Georgi Milanov  Bulgaria 2 0 vs Italy (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Luke Dimech  Malta 2 0 vs Denmark (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Alex Muscat  Malta 2 0 vs Denmark (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Vladimír Darida  Czech Republic 2 0 vs Armenia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Robert Arzumanyan  Armenia 3 0 vs Denmark (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Yura Movsisyan  Armenia 3 0 vs Denmark (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Roderick Briffa  Malta 2 0 vs Bulgaria (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Varazdat Haroyan  Armenia 3 1 vs Bulgaria (11 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF André Schembri  Malta 2 0 vs Czech Republic (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Daniel Kolá?  Czech Republic 2 1 vs Malta (11 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
ST Libor Kozák  Czech Republic 2 0 vs Malta (11 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Yordan Minev  Bulgaria 2 0 vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Svetoslav Dyakov  Bulgaria 3 1 vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF Nikolay Bodurov  Bulgaria 1 1 vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
ST Michael Mifsud  Malta 2 0 vs Denmark (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Tomá? Sivok  Czech Republic 2 0 vs Bulgaria (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF Niki Zimling  Denmark 2 0 vs Malta (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW Nicklas Bendtner  Denmark 2 0 vs Malta (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF Nicolai Boilesen  Denmark 2 0 vs Malta (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

Attendances

Team Total Highest Lowest Average
 Armenia 81,903 25,000 8,500 16,381
 Bulgaria 77,120 25,464 0 15,424
 Czech Republic 74,672 18,235 10,358 14,934
 Denmark 107,429 35,305 11,479 21,486
 Italy 140,988 37,027 18,000 28,198
 Malta 35,518 18,000 3,517 7,104

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures - European Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 2012.
  2. ^ "?e?tí fotbalisté za?nou boj o MS v zá?í v Dánsku. Itálii vyzvou a? v roce 2013" [Czech footballers will start fight for the World Championships in September in Denmark - head to Italy in 2013] (in Czech). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 2011.
  3. ^ Armenia vs Italy match report
  4. ^ "Hungary and Bulgaria sanctioned to play without spectators". FIFA. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 2013.

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