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The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland, and Kosovo.

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] Kosovo was added to the group after the draw, after becoming FIFA members together with Gibraltar in May 2016,[3] and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in group H together with Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons.[4][5]

The group winners, Iceland, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Croatia, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up. This was the first time Ukraine was eliminated after the first round, as the team had been eliminated in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 after the play-offs, and qualified in 2006.

Standings

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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):[6]
  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored
  4. Points in matches between tied teams
  5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
  6. Goals scored in matches between tied teams
  7. Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
  8. 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
  9. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Iceland 10 7 1 2 16 7 +9 22 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–0
2   Croatia 10 6 2 2 15 4 +11 20 Advance to second round 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
3   Ukraine 10 5 2 3 13 9 +4 17 1–1 0–2 — 2–0 1–0 3–0
4   Turkey 10 4 3 3 14 13 +1 15 0–3 1–0 2–2 — 2–0 2–0
5   Finland 10 2 3 5 9 13 −4 9 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 — 1–1
6   Kosovo 10 0 1 9 3 24 −21 1 1–2 0–6 0–2 1–4 0–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Kosovo was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.[1][7] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).[8]

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Croatia  1–1  Turkey
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 0[note 2]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Finland  1–1  Kosovo
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Veritas Stadion, Turku

Attendance: 7,571

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
Ukraine  1–1  Iceland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 0[note 3]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)
Iceland  3–2  Finland
  • Finnbogason   90+1'
  • R. Sigurðsson   90+6'
    		•  Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
  • Lod   39'
    		•
    Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

    Attendance: 9,548

    Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

    20:45
    (20:45 UTC+2)
    Kosovo  0–6  Croatia
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
  • Mitrović   68'
  • Perišić   83'
  • N. Kalinić   90+2'
    		•
    Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania)[note 4]

    Attendance: 14,612

    Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

    20:45
    (21:45 UTC+3)
    Turkey  2–2  Ukraine
  • Çalhanoğlu   81' (pen.)
    		•  Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
  • Kravets   27'
    		•
    Torku Arena, Konya

    Attendance: 36,714

    Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

    18:00
    (19:00 UTC+3)
    Finland  0–1  Croatia
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Tampere Stadium, Tampere

    Attendance: 15,567

    Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

    18:00
    (18:00 UTC+2)
    Ukraine  3–0  Kosovo
  • Yarmolenko   81'
  • Rotan   87'
    		•  Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Józef Piłsudski Stadium, Kraków (Poland)[note 5]

    Attendance: 999

    Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

    20:45
    (18:45 UTC±0)
    Iceland  2–0  Turkey
  • Finnbogason   44'
    		•  Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

    Attendance: 9,775

    Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

    18:00
    (18:00 UTC+1)
    Croatia  2–0  Iceland
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

    Attendance: 0[note 2]

    Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

    18:00[note 6]
    (20:00 UTC+3)
    Turkey  2–0  Kosovo
  • Şen   55'
    		•  Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    New Antalya Stadium, Antalya

    Attendance: 26,555

    Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

    20:45
    (21:45 UTC+2)
    Ukraine  1–0  Finland
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Chornomorets Stadium, Odesa

    Attendance: 26,482

    Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

    18:00[note 6]
    (20:00 UTC+3)
    Turkey  2–0  Finland
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    New Antalya Stadium, Antalya

    Attendance: 28,990

    Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

    20:45
    (20:45 UTC+1)
    Croatia  1–0  Ukraine
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

    Attendance: 27,351

    Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

    20:45
    (20:45 UTC+1)
    Kosovo  1–2  Iceland
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
  • G. Sigurðsson   35' (pen.)
    		•
    Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania)[note 4]

    Attendance: 6,832

    Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

    18:00
    (19:00 UTC+3)
    Finland  1–2  Ukraine
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
  • Besyedin   75'
    		•
    Tampere Stadium, Tampere

    Attendance: 8,723

    Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

    20:45
    (18:45 UTC±0)
    Iceland  1–0  Croatia
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

    Attendance: 9,775

    Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

    20:45
    (20:45 UTC+2)
    Kosovo  1–4  Turkey
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
  • Ünder   31'
  • Yılmaz   61'
  • Tufan   82'
    		•
    Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania)[note 4]

    Attendance: 3,758

    Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

    18:00
    (19:00 UTC+3)
    Finland  1–0  Iceland
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Tampere Stadium, Tampere

    Attendance: 15,835

    Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

    20:45
    (20:45 UTC+2)
    Croatia  1–0[note 7]  Kosovo
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

    Attendance: 6,839

    Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

    20:45
    (21:45 UTC+3)
    Ukraine  2–0  Turkey
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

    Attendance: 36,796

    Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

    20:45
    (18:45 UTC±0)
    Iceland  2–0  Ukraine
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

    Attendance: 9,769

    Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

    20:45
    (20:45 UTC+2)
    Kosovo  0–1  Finland
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania)[note 4]

    Attendance: 2,446

    Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

    20:45
    (21:45 UTC+3)
    Turkey  1–0  Croatia
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    New Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir

    Attendance: 28,600

    Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

    20:45
    (20:45 UTC+2)
    Croatia  1–1  Finland
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka

    Attendance: 7,578

    Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

    20:45
    (20:45 UTC+2)
    Kosovo  0–2  Ukraine
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
  • Yarmolenko   88'
    		•
    Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania)[note 4]

    Attendance: 1,261

    Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

    20:45
    (21:45 UTC+3)
    Turkey  0–3  Iceland
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
  • Bjarnason   39'
  • Árnason   50'
    		•
    New Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir

    Attendance: 30,390

    Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

    20:45
    (21:45 UTC+3)
    Finland  2–2  Turkey
  • Pohjanpalo   88'
    		•  Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Veritas Stadion, Turku

    Attendance: 6,612

    Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

    20:45
    (18:45 UTC±0)
    Iceland  2–0  Kosovo
  • Guðmundsson   68'
    		•  Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

    Attendance: 9,775

    Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

    20:45
    (21:45 UTC+3)
    Ukraine  0–2  Croatia
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (UEFA)
    Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

    Attendance: 60,200

    Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

    Goalscorers

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    There were 70 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

    6 goals

    5 goals

  •   Cenk Tosun

    • 4 goals

    3 goals

  •   Artem Kravets

    • 2 goals

  •   Nikola Kalinić
  •   Andrej Kramarić
  •   Paulus Arajuuri
  •   Joel Pohjanpalo
  •   Teemu Pukki
  •   Kári Árnason
  •   Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
  •   Hakan Çalhanoğlu
  •   Volkan Şen
  •   Ozan Tufan
  •   Burak Yılmaz

    • 1 goal

  •   Ivan Perišić
  •   Ivan Rakitić
  •   Domagoj Vida
  •   Robin Lod
  •   Alexander Ring
  •   Pyry Soiri
  •   Birkir Bjarnason
  •   Theódór Elmar Bjarnason
  •   Hörður Björgvin Magnússon
  •   Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson
  •   Ragnar Sigurðsson
  •   Valon Berisha
  •   Atdhe Nuhiu
  •   Amir Rrahmani
  •   Cengiz Ünder
  •   Artem Besyedin
  •   Yevhen Konoplyanka
  •   Ruslan Rotan

    • 1 own goal

    Discipline

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    A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[15]

    The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

    Player Team Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
    Aron Gunnarsson   Iceland   vs Ukraine (5 September 2016)
      vs Finland (6 October 2016)    		 vs Turkey (9 October 2016)
    Niklas Moisander   Finland   vs Iceland (6 October 2016)
      vs Croatia (9 October 2016)    		 vs Ukraine (12 November 2016)
    Hekuran Kryeziu   Kosovo   vs Finland (5 September 2016)
      vs Ukraine (9 October 2016)    		 vs Turkey (12 November 2016)
    Emre Mor   Turkey   vs Ukraine (6 October 2016)
      vs Iceland (9 October 2016)    		 vs Kosovo (12 November 2016)
    Ivan Perišić   Croatia   vs Iceland (12 November 2016) vs Ukraine (24 March 2017)
    Thomas Lam   Finland   vs Kosovo (5 September 2016)
      vs Ukraine (12 November 2016)    		 vs Turkey (24 March 2017)
    Theódór Elmar Bjarnason   Iceland   vs Ukraine (9 October 2016)
      vs Croatia (12 November 2016)    		 vs Kosovo (24 March 2017)
    Enis Alushi   Kosovo   vs Finland (5 September 2016)
      vs Turkey (12 November 2016)    		 vs Iceland (24 March 2017)
    Eduard Sobol   Ukraine   vs Turkey (6 October 2016)
      vs Finland (12 November 2016)    		 vs Croatia (24 March 2017)
    Paulus Arajuuri   Finland   vs Iceland (6 October 2016)
      vs Turkey (24 March 2017)    		 vs Ukraine (11 June 2017)
    Alexander Ring   vs Croatia (9 October 2016)
      vs Turkey (24 March 2017)
    Bernard Berisha   Kosovo     vs Turkey (11 June 2017) vs Croatia (2 September 2017)
    Burak Yılmaz   Turkey   vs Kosovo (12 November 2016)
      vs Kosovo (11 June 2017)    		 vs Ukraine (2 September 2017)
    Yaroslav Rakitskiy   Ukraine   vs Finland (12 November 2016)
      vs Finland (11 June 2017)    		 vs Turkey (2 September 2017)
    Jere Uronen   Finland   vs Turkey (24 March 2017)
      vs Iceland (2 September 2017)    		 vs Kosovo (5 September 2017)
    Rúrik Gíslason   Iceland     vs Finland (2 September 2017) vs Ukraine (5 September 2017)
    Milan Badelj   Croatia   vs Iceland (12 November 2016)
      vs Turkey (5 September 2017)    		 vs Finland (6 October 2017)
    Robin Lod   Finland   vs Iceland (2 September 2017)
      vs Kosovo (5 September 2017)    		 vs Croatia (6 October 2017)
    Emil Hallfreðsson   Iceland   vs Finland (2 September 2017)
      vs Ukraine (5 September 2017)    		 vs Turkey (6 October 2017)
    Bernard Berisha   Kosovo   vs Turkey (11 June 2017)
      vs Finland (5 September 2017)    		 vs Ukraine (6 October 2017)
    Valon Berisha   vs Ukraine (9 October 2016)
      vs Finland (5 September 2017)
    Hakan Çalhanoğlu   Turkey   vs Ukraine (6 October 2016)
      vs Croatia (5 September 2017)    		 vs Iceland (6 October 2017)
    Viktor Kovalenko   Ukraine   vs Finland (11 June 2017)
      vs Iceland (5 September 2017)    		 vs Kosovo (6 October 2017)
    Oleksandr Zinchenko   vs Finland (12 November 2016)
      vs Iceland (5 September 2017)
    Hekuran Kryeziu   Kosovo   vs Iceland (24 March 2017)
      vs Ukraine (6 October 2017)    		 vs Iceland (9 October 2017)
    Caner Erkin   Turkey   vs Ukraine (6 October 2016)
      vs Iceland (6 October 2017)    		 vs Finland (9 October 2017)
    Artem Kravets   Ukraine   vs Finland (12 November 2016)
      vs Kosovo (6 October 2017)    		 vs Croatia (9 October 2017)
    Ivan Ordets   vs Turkey (6 October 2016)
      vs Kosovo (6 October 2017)

    Notes

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    1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 12 November 2016 and 24 March 2017, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
  • ^ a b Croatia were sanctioned by FIFA to play two home matches (against Turkey on 5 September 2016 and against Iceland on 12 November 2016) without spectators for two cases of discriminatory chants by fans, which occurred during friendly matches against Israel on 23 March 2016 and against Hungary on 26 March 2016, having already been sanctioned for similar incidents by FIFA and UEFA.[9]
  • ^ Ukraine were sanctioned by FIFA to play one home match (against Iceland on 5 September 2016) without spectators for racist behaviour in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against San Marino at Arena Lviv, Lviv. In addition, the Football Federation of Ukraine were ordered not to play any of its 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches at Arena Lviv.[10][11]
  • ^ a b c d e Kosovo play their home matches at Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër in Albania instead of their regular stadium, City Stadium, Pristina in Kosovo.[12]
  • ^ The Ukraine v Kosovo match was played in a neutral venue due to Ukraine's non-recognition of Kosovo's travel documents.[13]
  • ^ a b The home matches of Turkey against Kosovo and Finland were changed to 18:00 CET (20:00 local time) due to the decision of the Turkish government to use the UTC+3 time zone all year round starting from September 2016.
  • ^ The Croatia v Kosovo match was suspended after 21 minutes due to torrential rain, with the score 0–0 at the time. The match was resumed on 3 September, 14:30 UTC+2.[14]

    • References

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    1. ^ a b "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.
  • ^ "FIFA Congress drives football forward, first female secretary general appointed". FIFA.com. 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016.
  • ^ "Kosovo to play in Group I in European Qualifiers". uefa.org. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
  • ^ "Kosovo and Gibraltar assigned to 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying groups". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "FIFA sanctions several football associations after discriminatory chants by fans". FIFA.com. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016.
  • ^ "Sanctions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee against Ukraine and Peru". FIFA.com. 27 September 2013. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016.
  • ^ "FIFA rejects Ukraine appeal; sanctions for discrimination upheld". FIFA.com. 27 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016.
  • ^ ""Loro Boriçi", shtëpia e përkohshme e Kosovës". Radio Television of Kosovo. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  • ^ "Ukraine's national teams to play Kosovo at neutral venues". InSerbia. 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016.
  • ^ "Croatia v Kosovo qualifier to resume on Sunday". uefa.com. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017.
  • ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
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