The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualification UEFA Group A was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belgium, Croatia, Macedonia, Scotland, Serbia and Wales.
The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Croatia placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Iceland.[1][2] They drew the first match and won the second, thus also qualifying for the World Cup.[3]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Belgium
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10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 26 | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Croatia
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 17 | Advance to second round | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Serbia
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10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 14 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 | ||
| 4 | Scotland
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10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 11 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | Wales
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10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 10 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 | Macedonia
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10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |
The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 November 2011.[5]
| Croatia | 1–0 | Macedonia |
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Jelavić  69' |
Report |
Attendance: 13,883
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
| Wales | 0–2 | Belgium |
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| Report | Kompany 42' Vertonghen 83' |
Attendance: 20,156
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
| Scotland | 0–0 | Serbia |
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| Report |
Attendance: 47,369
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
| Serbia | 6–1 | Wales |
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| Kolarov 16' Tošić 24'Đuričić 37'Tadić 55'Ivanović 80'Sulejmani 90' |
Report | Bale 31' |
Attendance: 10,660
Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)
| Belgium | 1–1 | Croatia |
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| Gillet 45+1' |
Report | Perišić 6' |
Attendance: 39,987
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
| Scotland | 1–1 | Macedonia |
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| Miller 43' |
Report | Noveski 11' |
Attendance: 32,430
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
| Macedonia | 1–2 | Croatia |
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| Ibraimi 16' |
Report | Ćorluka 33' Rakitić 60' |
Attendance: 25,230
Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)
| Serbia | 0–3 | Belgium |
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| Report | Benteke 34' De Bruyne 68'Mirallas 90+1' |
Attendance: 21,650
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
| Wales | 2–1 | Scotland |
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| Bale 80' (pen.), 87' |
Report | Morrison 27' |
Attendance: 23,249
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
| Croatia | 2–0 | Wales |
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| Mandžukić 27' Eduardo 57' |
Report |
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
| Macedonia | 1–0 | Serbia |
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| Ibraimi 59' (pen.) |
Report |
Attendance: 26,181
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
| Belgium | 2–0 | Scotland |
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| Benteke 68' Kompany 71' |
Report |
Attendance: 44,132
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
| Croatia | 2–0 | Serbia |
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| Mandžukić 23' Olić 37' |
Report |
Attendance: 35,722
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
| Macedonia | 0–2 | Belgium |
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| Report | De Bruyne 26' Hazard 62' (pen.) |
Attendance: 15,947
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
| Scotland | 1–2 | Wales |
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| Hanley 45+2' |
Report | Ramsey 72' (pen.) Robson-Kanu 74' |
Attendance: 39,365
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
| Serbia | 2–0 | Scotland |
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| Đuričić 60', 66' |
Report |
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
| Belgium | 1–0 | Macedonia |
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| Hazard 62' |
Report |
Attendance: 44,230
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
| Wales | 1–2 | Croatia |
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| Bale 21' (pen.) |
Report | Lovren 77' Eduardo 87' |
Attendance: 12,534
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
| Croatia | 0–1 | Scotland |
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| Report | Snodgrass 26' |
Attendance: 25,016
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
| Belgium | 2–1 | Serbia |
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| De Bruyne 13' Fellaini 60' |
Report | Kolarov 87' |
Attendance: 45,844
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
| Macedonia | 2–1 | Wales |
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| Tričkovski 20' Trajkovski 80' |
Report | Ramsey 39' (pen.) |
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)
| Serbia | 1–1 | Croatia |
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| Mitrović 66' |
Report | Mandžukić 53' |
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
| Scotland | 0–2 | Belgium |
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| Report | Defour 34' Mirallas 89' |
Attendance: 40,284
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
| Macedonia | 1–2 | Scotland |
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| Kostovski 85' |
Report | Anya 60' Maloney 89' |
Attendance: 14,093
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)
| Wales | 0–3 | Serbia |
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| Report | Đorđević 8' Kolarov 38'Marković 55' |
Attendance: 10,923
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
| Croatia | 1–2 | Belgium |
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| Kranjčar 84' |
Report | Lukaku 16', 38' |
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
| Wales | 1–0 | Macedonia |
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| Church 67' |
Report |
Attendance: 11,257
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
| Serbia | 5–1 | Macedonia |
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| Tošić 16' Basta 19'Kolarov 38' (pen.)Tadić 54'Šćepović 74' |
Report | Jahović 83' |
Attendance: 8,294
Referee: Richard Trutz (Slovakia)
| Belgium | 1–1 | Wales |
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| De Bruyne 64' |
Report | Ramsey 88' |
Attendance: 45,401
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
| Scotland | 2–0 | Croatia |
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| Snodgrass 28' Naismith 73' |
Report |
Attendance: 30,172
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
There were 72 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.
4 goals
Gareth Bale Kevin De Bruyne3 goals
Aaron Ramsey Mario Mandžukić2 goals
Eden Hazard Vincent Kompany Romelu Lukaku Kevin Mirallas Christian Benteke Agim Ibraimi Robert Snodgrass Eduardo1 goal
Marouane Fellaini Guillaume Gillet Jan Vertonghen Vedran Ćorluka Nikica Jelavić Niko Kranjčar Dejan Lovren Ivica Olić Ivan Perišić Ivan Rakitić Adis Jahović Jovan Kostovski Nikolče Noveski Aleksandar Trajkovski Ivan Tričkovski Ikechi Anya Grant Hanley Shaun Maloney Kenny Miller James Morrison Steven Naismith Dušan Basta Filip Đorđević Branislav Ivanović Lazar Marković Aleksandar Mitrović Stefan Šćepović Miralem Sulejmani Zoran Tošić Hal Robson-Kanu Simon Church1 own goal
Stefan Ristovski (against Serbia)| Pos | Player | Country | 
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Suspended for match(es) | Reason |
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| DF | Milan Biševac | Serbia |
4 | 0 | vs Croatia (22 March 2013) vs Croatia (6 September 2013) |
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Guillaume Gillet | Belgium |
2 | 0 | vs Serbia (12 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Aaron Ramsey | Wales |
2 | 0 | vs Croatia (16 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Ognjen Vukojević | Croatia |
3 | 0 | vs Wales (16 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| FW | Goran Pandev | Macedonia |
3 | 0 | vs Serbia (16 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Daniel Georgievski | Macedonia |
2 | 0 | vs Belgium (22 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Aleksandar Kolarov | Serbia |
2 | 0 | vs Scotland (26 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Boban Grncarov | Macedonia |
2 | 0 | vs Belgium (26 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Muhamed Demiri | Macedonia |
2 | 0 | vs Belgium (26 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Matija Nastasić | Serbia |
2 | 0 | vs Belgium (7 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Charlie Adam | Scotland |
2 | 0 | vs Croatia (7 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Vedran Ćorluka | Croatia |
3 | 0 | vs Scotland (7 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Dejan Lovren | Croatia |
2 | 0 | vs Scotland (7 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Luka Modrić | Croatia |
3 | 0 | vs Scotland (7 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Ferhan Hasani | Macedonia |
2 | 0 | vs Wales (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Hal Robson-Kanu | Wales |
2 | 0 | vs Macedonia (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| GK | Allan McGregor | Scotland |
2 | 0 | vs Belgium (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Agim Ibraimi | Macedonia |
2 | 0 | vs Scotland (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| ST | Aleksandar Mitrovic | Serbia |
2 | 0 | vs Wales (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Zoran Tošić | Serbia |
2 | 0 | vs Wales (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Darijo Srna | Croatia |
2 | 0 | vs Belgium (11 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Steven Whittaker | Scotland |
2 | 0 | vs Croatia (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Andrew Crofts | Wales |
2 | 0 | vs Macedonia (11 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Ljubomir Fejsa | Serbia |
2 | 0 | vs Macedonia (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Marouane Fellaini | Belgium |
2 | 0 | vs Wales (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Vanče Šikov | Macedonia |
2 | 0 | vs Serbia (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | James Collins | Wales |
0 | 1 | vs Serbia (11 September 2012) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| DF | Nenad Tomović | Serbia |
0 | 1 | vs Croatia (22 March 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| MF | Robert Snodgrass | Scotland |
4 | 1 | vs Serbia (26 March 2013) vs Macedonia (10 September 2013) |
Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Aaron Ramsey | Wales |
0 | 1 | vs Croatia (26 March 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| MF | Nemanja Matić | Serbia |
2 | 1 | vs Wales (10 September 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| DF | Josip Šimunić | Croatia |
1 | 1 | vs Belgium (11 October 2013) vs Scotland (15 October 2013) |
Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
2012–13 and 2013–14 football in the countries of the UEFA Group A
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