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. Group C consisted of five teams: Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Northern Ireland and Switzerland. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The group winners, Switzerland, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Italy, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
Standings
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).
Goalscorers
Discipline A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: 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:
TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es) Valentin Antov vs Northern Ireland (31 March 2021) vs Lithuania (9 October 2021) vs Northern Ireland (12 October 2021)Atanas Iliev vs Northern Ireland (31 March 2021) vs Lithuania (5 September 2021) vs Lithuania (9 October 2021)Nikolay Mihaylov vs Lithuania (5 September 2021)Georgi Yomov vs Italy (2 September 2021) vs Lithuania (9 October 2021) vs Northern Ireland (12 October 2021) Manuel Locatelli vs Bulgaria (28 March 2021) vs Lithuania (31 March 2021) vs Bulgaria (2 September 2021) Fedor Černych vs Switzerland (28 March 2021) vs Bulgaria (5 September 2021) vs Italy (8 September 2021)Domantas Šimkus vs Italy (31 March 2021) vs Bulgaria (5 September 2021)Egidijus Vaitkūnas vs Italy (31 March 2021) vs Bulgaria (9 October 2021) vs Switzerland (12 October 2021) Jamal Lewis vs Switzerland (9 October 2021) vs Bulgaria (12 October 2021)Paddy McNair vs Bulgaria (31 March 2021) vs Lithuania (2 September 2021) vs Switzerland (8 September 2021)George Saville vs Italy (25 March 2021) vs Bulgaria (31 March 2021) vs Lithuania (2 September 2021) Manuel Akanji vs Bulgaria (25 March 2021) vs Italy (12 November 2021) vs Bulgaria (15 November 2021)Fabian Frei vs Italy (5 September 2021) vs Northern Ireland (8 September 2021) vs Northern Ireland (9 October 2021)Remo Freuler vs Spain in UEFA Euro 2020 (2 July 2021) vs Italy (5 September 2021)Denis Zakaria vs Northern Ireland (8 September 2021) vs Northern Ireland (9 October 2021) vs Lithuania (12 October 2021)
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References
External links
Qualifiers – Europe, FIFA.com European Qualifiers, UEFA.com