2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group C is one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consists of six teams: Germany, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Norway, Azerbaijan, and San Marino.

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.^[1]^[2]

The group winners will qualify directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Among the nine group runners-up, the eight best runners-up will advance to the play-offs, where they will be drawn into four home-and-away ties to determine the other four qualifiers.^[1]

Standings

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):^[3] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Goal difference 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 is 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	Germany	4	4	0	0	16	0	+16	12	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	8 Oct '17	3–0	4 Sep '17	10 Jun '17
2	Northern Ireland	4	2	1	1	8	2	+6	7	Possible second round^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5 Oct '17	—	4–0	4 Sep '17	26 Mar '17	4–0
3	Azerbaijan	4	2	1	1	2	4	−2	7		26 Mar '17	10 Jun '17	—	5 Oct '17	1–0	4 Sep '17
4	Czech Republic	4	1	2	1	2	4	−2	5		1 Sep '17	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	8 Oct '17
5	Norway	4	1	0	3	5	7	−2	3		0–3	8 Oct '17	1 Sep '17	10 Jun '17	—	4–1
6	San Marino	4	0	0	4	1	17	−16	0		0–8	1 Sep '17	0–1	26 Mar '17	5 Oct '17	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ The eight best runners-up across all groups will advance to the second round (play-offs). The ninth-ranked runners-up will be eliminated.

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.^[1]^[4] Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).^[5]

San Marino v Azerbaijan

4 September 2016
18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

San Marino	0–1	Azerbaijan
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Qurbanov 45'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 886
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

Czech Republic v Northern Ireland

4 September 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Czech Republic	0–0	Northern Ireland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 10,731
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Norway v Germany

4 September 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Norway	0–3	Germany
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Müller 16', 60' Kimmich 45'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 26,793
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Azerbaijan v Norway

8 October 2016
18:00
(20:00 UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	1–0	Norway
Medvedev 11'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

National Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Germany v Czech Republic

8 October 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Germany	3–0	Czech Republic
Müller 13', 65' Kroos 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 51,299
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Northern Ireland v San Marino

8 October 2016
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Northern Ireland	4–0	San Marino
Davis 26' (pen.) Lafferty 79', 90+4' Ward 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 18,234
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Czech Republic v Azerbaijan

11 October 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Czech Republic	0–0	Azerbaijan
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Municipal Stadium, Ostrava
Attendance: 12,148
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Germany v Northern Ireland

11 October 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Germany	2–0	Northern Ireland
Draxler 13' Khedira 17'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Attendance: 42,132
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Norway v San Marino

11 October 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Norway	4–1	San Marino
D. Simoncini 12' (o.g.) Diomandé 77' Samuelsen 82' King 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Stefanelli 54'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 8,214
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Czech Republic v Norway

11 November 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Czech Republic	2–1	Norway
Krmenčík 11' Zmrhal 47'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	King 87'

Eden Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,411
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Northern Ireland v Azerbaijan

11 November 2016
20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Northern Ireland	4–0	Azerbaijan
Lafferty 27' McAuley 40' McLaughlin 66' Brunt 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 18,404
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

San Marino v Germany

11 November 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

San Marino	0–8	Germany
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Khedira 7' Gnabry 9', 58', 76' Hector 32', 65' Stefanelli 82' (o.g.) Volland 85'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 3,851
Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)

Azerbaijan v Germany

26 March 2017
18:00
(20:00 UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	v	Germany
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

San Marino v Czech Republic

26 March 2017
18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

San Marino	v	Czech Republic
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Northern Ireland v Norway

26 March 2017
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Northern Ireland	v	Norway
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Windsor Park, Belfast

Azerbaijan v Northern Ireland

10 June 2017
18:00
(20:00 UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	v	Northern Ireland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Germany v San Marino

10 June 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Germany	v	San Marino
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadion Nürnberg, Nuremberg

Norway v Czech Republic

10 June 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Norway	v	Czech Republic
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Czech Republic v Germany

1 September 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Czech Republic	v	Germany
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Norway v Azerbaijan

1 September 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Norway	v	Azerbaijan
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

San Marino v Northern Ireland

1 September 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

San Marino	v	Northern Ireland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Azerbaijan v San Marino

4 September 2017
18:00
(20:00 UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	v	San Marino
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Germany v Norway

4 September 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Germany	v	Norway
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

Northern Ireland v Czech Republic

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

Northern Ireland	v	Czech Republic
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Windsor Park, Belfast

Azerbaijan v Czech Republic

5 October 2017
18:00
(20:00 UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	v	Czech Republic
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Northern Ireland v Germany

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

Northern Ireland	v	Germany
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Windsor Park, Belfast

San Marino v Norway

5 October 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

San Marino	v	Norway
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Czech Republic v San Marino

8 October 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Czech Republic	v	San Marino
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Germany v Azerbaijan

8 October 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Germany	v	Azerbaijan
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

Norway v Northern Ireland

8 October 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Norway	v	Northern Ireland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Goalscorers

There have been 34 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

4 goals

Thomas Müller

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Davide Simoncini (against Norway)
Mattia Stefanelli (against Germany)

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:^[3]

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

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Player	Team	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Cristian Brolli	San Marino	vs Azerbaijan (4 September 2016)	vs Northern Ireland (8 October 2016)
Stefan Johansen	Norway	vs Germany (4 September 2016) vs Azerbaijan (8 October 2016)	vs San Marino (11 October 2016)
David Pavelka	Czech Republic	vs Northern Ireland (4 September 2016) vs Germany (8 October 2016)	vs Azerbaijan (11 October 2016)
Mirko Palazzi	San Marino	vs Northern Ireland (8 October 2016)	vs Norway (11 October 2016)
Matteo Vitaioli	San Marino	vs Azerbaijan (4 September 2016) vs Northern Ireland (8 October 2016)	vs Norway (11 October 2016)
Shane Ferguson	Northern Ireland	vs Germany (11 October 2016) vs Azerbaijan (11 November 2016)	vs Norway (26 March 2017)
Haitam Aleesami	Norway	vs Azerbaijan (8 October 2016) vs Czech Republic (11 November 2016)	vs Northern Ireland (26 March 2017)

Notes

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

References

1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015.
↑ "European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015.
1 2 "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com.
↑ "World Cup European Qualifiers fixtures confirmed". UEFA.com. 26 July 2015.
↑ "Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (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 C, UEFA.com

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

AFC	First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round (play-off for 5th place)

CAF	First Round Second Round Third Round

CONCACAF	First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round Fifth Round

CONMEBOL	Round Robin

OFC	First Round Second Round (Nations Cup) Third Round

UEFA	First Round Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Group I Second Round (play-offs)

Play-offs	CONCACAF v AFC OFC v CONMEBOL

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