2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Goalscorers

All 53 UEFA national teams entered qualification, aiming to secure one of the 13 European Zone slots for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The draw for the qualification groups was held at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011. The qualification format was the same as 2010. The teams were drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five, with the nine group winners qualifying directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up (determined by records against the first-, third-, fourth- and fifth-placed teams in their groups to ensure equity between different groups) were drawn in two-legged play-offs that determined the remaining four qualifying nations.

The July 2011 FIFA World Rankings were used to seed the teams. In consideration of the delicate political situations of the relationships between Armenia and Azerbaijan as well as relations between Russia and Georgia, UEFA requested that FIFA maintain the current UEFA policy not to draw these teams into the same qualification groups – although as Armenia and Azerbaijan were in the same pot they could not be drawn together anyway. The mechanism for keeping Russia and Georgia apart was confirmed by the FIFA Organising Committee on 29 July 2011.

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The matches were played between 7 September 2012 and 15 October 2013. An initial schedule that includes matches before this date was not ratified by FIFA. A win was awarded 3 points, a draw was awarded 1 point, and a loss 0. The team with the most points in each group secured direct qualification for the final tournament of the World Cup.

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{{legend|#BBF3FF|The eight best runners-up among all nine groups advanced to the second round (play-offs)}}

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If two teams had the same number of points the criteria below were used.

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The eight best group runners-up contested the second round, where they were paired into four two-legged (home-and-away) fixtures. The four winners qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Because one group had one team fewer than the others, matches against the last-placed team in each of the six-team groups were not included in this ranking. Teams were ranked by the following parameters in order:

1. Highest number of points
2. Goal difference
3. Highest number of goals scored

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The second round draw took place at the headquarters of FIFA in Zurich on 21 October 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2109736/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618200917/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2109736/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 June 2013 |title=Dates set for African and European qualifying draws |publisher=FIFA |date=2013-06-15}} The October 2013 FIFA World Rankings were used to decide which of the teams would be seeded (shown below in brackets).

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The following 13 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

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In the qualification tournament, a player would be suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches. UEFA's Control and Disciplinary body has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card (e.g., for violent conduct). Single yellow card cautions would be erased prior to the play-off portion, and would not carry over. Single yellow cards and suspensions for yellow card accumulations do not carry over to the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament matches.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/euro/91/87/57/918757_download.pdf |title=Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010–12 |publisher=UEFA |page=27 |access-date=18 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215034039/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/euro/91/87/57/918757_download.pdf |archive-date=15 February 2010 |url-status=dead }} The following players were suspended during the final tournament – for one or more games – as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulations:

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• {{flagicon|NED}} Robin van Persie

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• {{flagicon|BIH}} Edin Džeko

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• {{flagicon|BIH}} Vedad Ibišević
• {{flagicon|GER}} Mesut Özil
• {{flagicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Zlatan Ibrahimović

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• {{flagicon|ENG}} Wayne Rooney

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• {{flagicon|AUT}} David Alaba
• {{flagicon|IRL}} Robbie Keane
• {{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Ben Basat
• {{flagicon|ISR}} Tomer Hemed
• {{flagicon|POR}} Hélder Postiga

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• {{flagicon|BIH}} Zvjezdan Misimović
• {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Franck Ribéry
• {{flagicon|GER}} Marco Reus
• {{flagicon|GRE}} Kostas Mitroglou
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Mario Balotelli
• {{flagicon|NED}} Jeremain Lens
• {{flagicon|NED}} Rafael van der Vaart
• {{flagicon|ROU}} Ciprian Marica
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Kerzhakov
• {{flagicon|SVN}} Milivoje Novaković
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Umut Bulut
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Burak Yılmaz
• {{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Yarmolenko

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Below are full goalscorer lists for all groups and the play-off rounds:

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• Group A
• Group B
• Group C
• Group D
• Group E
• Group F
• Group G
• Group H
• Group I
• Play-offs

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071129205128/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/index.html Results and schedule (FIFA.com version)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111007125340/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/matches/index.html Results and schedule (UEFA.com version)]

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