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 would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament in Qatar. Group I consisted of six teams: Albania, Andorra, England, Hungary, Poland and San Marino. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The group winners, England, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Poland, 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) Keidi Bare vs England (28 March 2021) vs Poland (2 September 2021) vs Hungary (5 September 2021)Endri Çekiçi vs Hungary (5 September 2021) vs Hungary (9 October 2021) vs Poland (12 October 2021)Sokol Cikalleshi vs Andorra (25 March 2021) vs England (12 November 2021) vs Andorra (15 November 2021)Klaus Gjasula vs Andorra (25 March 2021) vs England (28 March 2021) vs San Marino (31 March 2021) vs Poland (2 September 2021) vs Hungary (5 September 2021) vs San Marino (8 September 2021) vs Hungary (9 October 2021) vs England (12 November 2021) vs Andorra (15 November 2021)Elseid Hysaj vs England (28 March 2021) vs Poland (2 September 2021) vs Hungary (5 September 2021)Ardian Ismajli vs Poland (12 October 2021) vs England (12 November 2021) vs Andorra (15 November 2021)Rey Manaj vs Andorra (25 March 2021) vs Poland (2 September 2021) vs Hungary (5 September 2021) Jordi Aláez vs Poland (28 March 2021) vs San Marino (2 September 2021) vs England (5 September 2021)Albert Alavedra vs Hungary (31 March 2021) vs Hungary (8 September 2021) vs England (9 October 2021)Ricard Fernández vs Poland (12 November 2021) vs Albania (15 November 2021)Christian García vs Latvia in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (17 November 2020) vs Albania (25 March 2021) vs Poland (28 March 2021) vs England (5 September 2021) vs Hungary (8 September 2021)Marc Pujol vs Hungary (31 March 2021) vs San Marino (2 September 2021) vs England (5 September 2021)Marc Rebés vs Albania (25 March 2021) vs England (5 September 2021) vs Hungary (8 September 2021)Chus RubioMoisés San Nicolás vs Hungary (31 March 2021) vs Hungary (8 September 2021) vs England (9 October 2021)Marc Vales vs Hungary (31 March 2021) vs England (5 September 2021) vs Hungary (8 September 2021)Márcio Vieira vs Albania (25 March 2021) vs Hungary (8 September 2021) vs England (9 October 2021) Tyrone Mings vs San Marino (25 March 2021) vs Andorra (5 September 2021) vs Poland (8 September 2021) Endre Botka vs San Marino (28 March 2021) vs Albania (9 October 2021) vs England (12 October 2021)Attila Fiola vs Poland (25 March 2021) vs San Marino (28 March 2021)Ádám Nagy vs Poland (25 March 2021) vs Andorra (31 March 2021) vs England (2 September 2021)Willi Orbán vs England (2 September 2021) vs Albania (5 September 2021) vs Andorra (8 September 2021) Jan Bednarek vs Albania (2 September 2021) vs Albania (12 October 2021) vs Andorra (12 November 2021)Grzegorz Krychowiak vs England (8 September 2021) vs Andorra (12 November 2021) vs Hungary (15 November 2021)Karol Linetty vs England (8 September 2021) vs San Marino (9 October 2021) vs Albania (12 October 2021)Tymoteusz Puchacz vs England (8 September 2021) vs Albania (12 October 2021) vs Andorra (12 November 2021) Manuel Battistini vs Hungary (28 March 2021) vs Andorra (2 September 2021) vs Poland (5 September 2021)Lorenzo Lunadei vs Hungary (28 March 2021) vs Poland (5 September 2021) vs Albania (8 September 2021)Marcello Mularoni vs Albania (31 March 2021) vs Poland (5 September 2021)Davide Simoncini vs Gibraltar in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (14 November 2020) vs England (25 March 2021)vs Hungary (28 March 2021) vs Albania (31 March 2021) vs Andorra (12 October 2021) vs Hungary (12 November 2021)
Notes
References
External links
Qualifiers – Europe, FIFA.com European Qualifiers, UEFA.com