2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Malta.

The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The group winners, England, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Slovakia, were eliminated as the worst runners-up.

Standings

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7): Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Overall goal difference Overall goals scored Points in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Goals scored in matches between tied teams Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format) Fair play points first yellow card: minus 1 point indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points direct red card: minus 4 points yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers

In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):

Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
Overall goal difference
Overall goals scored
Points in matches between tied teams
Goal difference in matches between tied teams
Goals scored in matches between tied teams
Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
Fair play points
- first yellow card: minus 1 point
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
- direct red card: minus 4 points
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	8	2	0	18	3	+15	26	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
2	Slovakia	10	6	0	4	17	7	+10	18		0–1	—	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0
3	Scotland	10	5	3	2	17	12	+5	18		2–2	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–0
4	Slovenia	10	4	3	3	12	7	+5	15		0–0	1–0	2–2	—	4–0	2–0
5	Lithuania	10	1	3	6	7	20	−13	6		0–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	—	2–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	3	25	−22	1		0–4	1–3	1–5	0–1	1–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

4 September 2016 (2016-09-04)18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Lithuania	2–2	Slovenia
Černych 32' Slivka 34'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Krhin 77' Cesar 90+3'

LFF Stadium, VilniusAttendance: 4,114Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) 4 September 2016 (2016-09-04)18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

Slovakia	0–1	England
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Lallana 90+5'

Štadión Antona Malatinského, TrnavaAttendance: 18,111Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) 4 September 2016 (2016-09-04)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Malta	1–5	Scotland
Effiong 14'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Snodgrass 10', 61' (pen.), 84' C. Martin 53' S. Fletcher 78'

National Stadium, Ta' QaliAttendance: 15,069Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

England	2–0	Malta
Sturridge 29' Alli 38'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 81,781Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) 8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	1–1	Lithuania
McArthur 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Černych 59'

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 35,966Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) 8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovenia	1–0	Slovakia
Kronaveter 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stožice Stadium, LjubljanaAttendance: 10,492Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	2–0	Malta
Černych 76' Novikovas 84' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

LFF Stadium, VilniusAttendance: 5,067Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) 11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovakia	3–0	Scotland
Mak 18', 56' Nemec 68'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Štadión Antona Malatinského, TrnavaAttendance: 11,098Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden) 11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovenia	0–0	England
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stožice Stadium, LjubljanaAttendance: 13,274Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

England	3–0	Scotland
Sturridge 23' Lallana 50' Cahill 61'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 87,258Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) 11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Malta	0–1	Slovenia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Verbič 47'

National Stadium, Ta' QaliAttendance: 4,207Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) 11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Slovakia	4–0	Lithuania
Nemec 12' Kucka 15' Škrtel 36' Hamšík 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Štadión Antona Malatinského, TrnavaAttendance: 9,653Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

England	2–0	Lithuania
Defoe 22' Vardy 66'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 77,690Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France) 26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Malta	1–3	Slovakia
Farrugia 14'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Weiss 2' Greguš 41' Nemec 84'

National Stadium, Ta' QaliAttendance: 4,980Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey) 26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	1–0	Slovenia
C. Martin 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 20,435Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

Scotland	2–2	England
Griffiths 87', 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Oxlade-Chamberlain 70' Kane 90+3'

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 48,520Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) 10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

Slovenia	2–0	Malta
Iličić 45+2' Novaković 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stožice Stadium, LjubljanaAttendance: 7,839Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales) 10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	1–2	Slovakia
Novikovas 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Weiss 32' Hamšík 58'

LFF Stadium, VilniusAttendance: 4,083Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	0–3	Scotland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Armstrong 25' Robertson 30' McArthur 72'

LFF Stadium, VilniusAttendance: 5,067Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Malta	0–4	England
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kane 53', 90+2' Bertrand 86' Welbeck 90+1'

National Stadium, Ta' QaliAttendance: 16,994Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovakia	1–0	Slovenia
Mevlja 81' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Štadión Antona Malatinského, TrnavaAttendance: 16,896Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

4 September 2017 (2017-09-04)20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

England	2–1	Slovakia
Dier 37' Rashford 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Lobotka 3'

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 67,823Referee: Clément Turpin (France) 4 September 2017 (2017-09-04)20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	2–0	Malta
Berra 9' Griffiths 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 26,371Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark) 4 September 2017 (2017-09-04)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Slovenia	4–0	Lithuania
Iličić 25' (pen.), 61' (pen.) Verbič 82' Birsa 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stožice Stadium, LjubljanaAttendance: 6,230Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

England	1–0	Slovenia
Kane 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 61,598Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany) 5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Malta	1–1	Lithuania
Agius 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Slivka 53'

National Stadium, Ta' QaliAttendance: 3,431Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia) 5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	1–0	Slovakia
Škrtel 89' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 46,773Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

Lithuania	0–1	England
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kane 27' (pen.)

LFF Stadium, VilniusAttendance: 5,067Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Israel) 8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

Slovakia	3–0	Malta
Nemec 33', 62' Duda 69'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Štadión Antona Malatinského, TrnavaAttendance: 17,774Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy) 8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

Slovenia	2–2	Scotland
Bezjak 52', 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Griffiths 32' Snodgrass 88'

Stožice Stadium, LjubljanaAttendance: 11,123Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Martin Škrtel (against Scotland)
Miha Mevlja (against Slovakia)

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:

Player	Team	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Mišo Brečko	Slovenia	vs Ukraine in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (17 November 2015)	vs Lithuania (4 September 2016)
Jonathan Caruana	Malta	vs Scotland (4 September 2016)	vs England (8 October 2016)
Luke Gambin	Malta	vs Scotland (4 September 2016)	vs England (8 October 2016) vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)
Martin Škrtel	Slovakia	vs England (4 September 2016)	vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
Tomáš Hubočan	Slovakia	vs England (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)	vs Scotland (11 October 2016)
Jonathan Caruana	Malta	vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)	vs Slovenia (11 November 2016) vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)
Aljaž Struna	Slovenia	vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) vs England (11 October 2016)	vs Malta (11 November 2016)
Gary Cahill	England	vs Slovenia (11 October 2016) vs Scotland (11 November 2016)	vs Lithuania (26 March 2017)
Georgas Freidgeimas	Lithuania	vs Scotland (8 October 2016) vs Slovakia (11 November 2016)	vs England (26 March 2017)
Andrei Agius	Malta	vs Lithuania (11 October 2016) vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)	vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)
Egidijus Vaitkūnas	Lithuania	vs Scotland (8 October 2016) vs England (26 March 2017)	vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)
Artūras Žulpa	Lithuania	vs Slovenia (4 September 2016) vs England (26 March 2017)	vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)
Jean Paul Farrugia	Malta	vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)	vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)
Juraj Kucka	Slovakia	vs Slovenia (8 October 2016) vs Malta (26 March 2017)	vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
Adam Nemec	Slovakia	vs Malta (26 March 2017)	vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
Valter Birsa	Slovenia	vs England (11 October 2016) vs Scotland (26 March 2017)	vs Malta (10 June 2017)
Boštjan Cesar		vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
Miral Samardžić		vs Lithuania (4 September 2016) vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
Eric Dier	England	vs Slovenia (11 October 2016) vs Scotland (10 June 2017)	vs Malta (1 September 2017)
Nerijus Valskis	Lithuania	vs Malta (11 October 2016) vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)	vs Scotland (1 September 2017)
Alfred Effiong	Malta	vs Scotland (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)	vs England (1 September 2017)
Paul Fenech	Malta	vs Scotland (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)	vs England (1 September 2017)
Ján Ďurica	Slovakia	vs Slovenia (8 October 2016) vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)	vs Slovenia (1 September 2017)
Martin Škrtel	Slovakia	vs Malta (26 March 2017) vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)	vs Slovenia (1 September 2017)
Linas Klimavičius	Lithuania	vs Slovakia (10 June 2017) vs Slovenia (4 September 2017)	vs Malta (5 October 2017)
Darvydas Šernas	Lithuania	vs Slovakia (10 June 2017) vs Slovenia (4 September 2017)	vs Malta (5 October 2017)
Ryan Fenech	Malta	vs Slovenia (10 June 2017) vs Scotland (4 September 2017)	vs Lithuania (5 October 2017)
Milan Škriniar	Slovakia	vs Lithuania (10 June 2017) vs England (4 September 2017)	vs Scotland (5 October 2017)
Mantas Kuklys	Lithuania	vs Scotland (8 October 2016) vs Malta (5 October 2017)	vs England (8 October 2017)
Zach Muscat	Malta	vs Slovenia (11 November 2016) vs Lithuania (5 October 2017)	vs Slovakia (8 October 2017)
Róbert Mak	Slovakia	vs Scotland (5 October 2017)	vs Malta (8 October 2017)
Valter Birsa	Slovenia	vs Slovakia (1 September 2017) vs England (5 October 2017)	vs Scotland (8 October 2017)
Rene Krhin	Slovenia	vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) vs England (5 October 2017)	vs Scotland (8 October 2017)

Notes

CET (UTC+1) for matches on 11 November 2016, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References

^ "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016.
"European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
"Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016.
"World Cup European Qualifiers fixtures confirmed". UEFA.com. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.
"Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2015.
"Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.

External links

Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – Europe: Round 1, FIFA.com
FIFA World Cup, UEFA.com
- Standings – Qualifying round: Group F, UEFA.com

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