2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2257685.html |title=FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format |publisher=UEFA |date=16 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626094547/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/news/newsid%3D2257685.html |archive-date=26 June 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2267048.html|title=European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate|publisher=UEFA|date=25 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905025044/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/news/newsid%3D2267048.html|archive-date=5 September 2015|df=dmy-all}} Kosovo was added to the group after the draw, after becoming FIFA members together with Gibraltar in May 2016,{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=5/news=fifa-congress-drives-football-forward-first-female-secretary-general-a-2790957.html|title=FIFA Congress drives football forward, first female secretary general appointed|publisher=FIFA.com|date=13 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516152844/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y%3D2016/m%3D5/news%3Dfifa-congress-drives-football-forward-first-female-secretary-general-a-2790957.html|archive-date=16 May 2016|df=dmy-all}} and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in group H as the UEFA Emergency Panel considered that Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia should not play against Kosovo for security reasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=2373259.html|title=Kosovo to play in Group I in European Qualifiers|publisher=Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)|work=uefa.org|date=9 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611032542/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid%3D2373259.html|archive-date=11 June 2016|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=6/news=kosovo-and-gibraltar-assigned-to-2018-fifa-world-cup-qualifying-groups-2800709.html|title=Kosovo and Gibraltar assigned to 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying groups|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)|work=FIFA.com|date=9 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609202622/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y%3D2016/m%3D6/news%3Dkosovo-and-gibraltar-assigned-to-2018-fifa-world-cup-qualifying-groups-2800709.html|archive-date=9 June 2016|df=dmy-all}}

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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Matches

The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Kosovo was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2267367.html|title=World Cup European Qualifiers fixtures confirmed|publisher=UEFA|date=26 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408203354/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/news/newsid%3D2267367.html|archive-date=8 April 2016|df=dmy-all}} Times are CET/CEST,{{refn|CET (UTC+1) for matches on 12 November 2016 and 24 March 2017, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.|group="note"|name="Time zone"}} as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com//MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/26/73/73/2267373_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition|publisher=UEFA|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806220420/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/26/73/73/2267373_DOWNLOAD.pdf|archive-date=6 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}

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|time=20:45
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|score=1–1

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|team2={{fb|TUR}}

|goals1=

Rakitić {{goal|44|pen.}}

|goals2=

Çalhanoğlu {{goal|45+3}}

|stadium=Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance=0{{refn|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2016/m=5/news=fifa-sanctions-several-football-associations-after-discriminatory-chan-2792733.html|title=FIFA sanctions several football associations after discriminatory chants by fans|publisher=FIFA.com|date=27 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912025713/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y%3D2016/m%3D5/news%3Dfifa-sanctions-several-football-associations-after-discriminatory-chan-2792733.html|archive-date=12 September 2016|df=dmy-all}}|group="note"|name="Croatia"}}

|referee=Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

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|id=Finland v Kosovo

|date={{Start date|2016|9|5|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}

|score=1–1

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|team2={{fb|KOS}}

|goals1=

Arajuuri {{goal|18}}

|goals2=

V. Berisha {{goal|60|pen.}}

|stadium=Veritas Stadion, Turku

|attendance=7,571

|referee=Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

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|id=Ukraine v Iceland

|date={{Start date|2016|9|5|df=y}}

|time=20:45
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|team1={{fb-rt|UKR}}

|score=1–1

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|team2={{fb|ISL}}

|goals1=

Yarmolenko {{goal|41}}

|goals2=

Finnbogason {{goal|6}}

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

|attendance=0{{refn|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2013/m=9/news=sanctions-the-fifa-disciplinary-committee-against-ukraine-and-peru-2182133.html |title=Sanctions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee against Ukraine and Peru |publisher=FIFA.com |date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414232635/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y%3D2013/m%3D9/news%3Dsanctions-the-fifa-disciplinary-committee-against-ukraine-and-peru-2182133.html |archive-date=14 April 2016 |df=dmy }}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2013/m=11/news=fifa-rejects-ukraine-appeal-sanctions-for-discrimination-upheld-2230151.html|title=FIFA rejects Ukraine appeal; sanctions for discrimination upheld|publisher=FIFA.com|date=27 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803073805/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y%3D2013/m%3D11/news%3Dfifa-rejects-ukraine-appeal-sanctions-for-discrimination-upheld-2230151.html|archive-date=3 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}|group="note"|name="Ukraine"}}

|referee=Clément Turpin (France)

}}

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|date={{Start date|2016|10|6|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)

|team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}

|score=3–2

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|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

Árnason {{goal|37}}
Finnbogason {{goal|90+1}}
R. Sigurðsson {{goal|90+6}}

|goals2=

Pukki {{goal|21}}
Lod {{goal|39}}

|stadium=Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

|attendance=9,548

|referee=Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

}}

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|id=Kosovo v Croatia

|date={{Start date|2016|10|6|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

|team1={{fb-rt|KOS}}

|score=0–6

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|team2={{fb|CRO}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Mandžukić {{goal|6||24||35}}
Mitrović {{goal|68}}
Perišić {{goal|83}}
N. Kalinić {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium=Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania){{refn|Kosovo play their home matches at Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër in Albania instead of their regular stadium, City Stadium, Pristina in Kosovo.{{cite web|publisher=Radio Television of Kosovo|url=http://www.rtklive.com/sq/news-single.php?ID=83148|title="Loro Boriçi", shtëpia e përkohshme e Kosovës|access-date=28 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629202334/http://www.rtklive.com/sq/news-single.php?ID=83148|archive-date=29 June 2016|df=dmy-all}}|group="note"|name="Kosovo"}}

|attendance=14,612

|referee=David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

}}

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|id=Turkey v Ukraine

|date={{Start date|2016|10|6|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}

|score=2–2

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|team2={{fb|UKR}}

|goals1=

Tufan {{goal|45+1}}
Çalhanoğlu {{goal|81|pen.}}

|goals2=

Yarmolenko {{goal|24|pen.}}
Kravets {{goal|27}}

|stadium=Torku Arena, Konya

|attendance=36,714

|referee=Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

}}

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|id=Finland v Croatia

|date={{Start date|2016|10|9|df=y}}

|time=18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}

|score=0–1

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|team2={{fb|CRO}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Mandžukić {{goal|18}}

|stadium=Tampere Stadium, Tampere

|attendance=15,567

|referee=Ruddy Buquet (France)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Ukraine v Kosovo

|date={{Start date|2016|10|9|df=y}}

|time=18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)

|team1={{fb-rt|UKR}}

|score=3–0

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|team2={{fb|KOS}}

|goals1=

Kravets {{goal|31}}
Yarmolenko {{goal|81}}
Rotan {{goal|87}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Józef Piłsudski Stadium, Kraków (Poland){{refn|The Ukraine v Kosovo match was played in a neutral venue due to Ukraine's non-recognition of Kosovo's travel documents.{{cite web|url=http://inserbia.info/today/2016/09/ukraines-national-teams-to-play-kosovo-at-neutral-venues/|title=Ukraine’s national teams to play Kosovo at neutral venues|publisher=InSerbia|date=6 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006152857/https://inserbia.info/today/2016/09/ukraines-national-teams-to-play-kosovo-at-neutral-venues/|archive-date=6 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}|group="note"|name="Ukraine v Kosovo"}}

|attendance=999

|referee=Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Iceland v Turkey

|date={{Start date|2016|10|9|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)

|team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|TUR}}

|goals1=

T. Bjarnason {{goal|42|}}
Finnbogason {{goal|44}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

|attendance=9,775

|referee=Mark Clattenburg (England)

}}

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|id=Croatia v Iceland

|date={{Start date|2016|11|12|df=y}}

|time=18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)

|team1={{fb-rt|CRO}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|ISL}}

|goals1=

Brozović {{goal|15||90+1}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance=0

|referee=Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Turkey v Kosovo

|date={{Start date|2016|11|12|df=y}}

|time=18:00{{refn|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.|group="note"|name="Turkey"}}
(20:00 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|KOS}}

|goals1=

Yılmaz {{goal|51}}
Şen {{goal|55}}

|goals2=

|stadium=New Antalya Stadium, Antalya

|attendance=26,555

|referee=Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Ukraine v Finland

|date={{Start date|2016|11|12|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+2)

|team1={{fb-rt|UKR}}

|score=1–0

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|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

Kravets {{goal|25}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Chornomorets Stadium, Odesa

|attendance=26,482

|referee=Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

}}

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|id=Turkey v Finland

|date={{Start date|2017|3|24|df=y}}

|time=18:00
(20:00 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

Tosun {{goal|9||13}}

|goals2=

|stadium=New Antalya Stadium, Antalya

|attendance=28,990

|referee=Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Croatia v Ukraine

|date={{Start date|2017|3|24|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

|team1={{fb-rt|CRO}}

|score=1–0

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|team2={{fb|UKR}}

|goals1=

N. Kalinić {{goal|38}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance=27,351

|referee=Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Kosovo v Iceland

|date={{Start date|2017|3|24|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

|team1={{fb-rt|KOS}}

|score=1–2

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|team2={{fb|ISL}}

|goals1=

Nuhiu {{goal|52}}

|goals2=

B. Sigurðarson {{goal|25}}
G. Sigurðsson {{goal|35|pen.}}

|stadium=Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania)

|attendance=6,832

|referee=Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Finland v Ukraine

|date={{Start date|2017|6|11|df=y}}

|time=18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}

|score=1–2

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|team2={{fb|UKR}}

|goals1=

Pohjanpalo {{goal|72}}

|goals2=

Konoplyanka {{goal|51}}
Besyedin {{goal|75}}

|stadium=Tampere Stadium, Tampere

|attendance=8,723

|referee=Alon Yefet (Israel)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Iceland v Croatia

|date={{Start date|2017|6|11|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)

|team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231737/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332114/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|CRO}}

|goals1=

Magnússon {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

|attendance=9,775

|referee=Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Kosovo v Turkey

|date={{Start date|2017|6|11|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

|team1={{fb-rt|KOS}}

|score=1–4

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160709064813/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300361570/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2019961/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|TUR}}

|goals1=

Rrahmani {{goal|22}}

|goals2=

Şen {{goal|7}}
Ünder {{goal|31}}
Yılmaz {{goal|61}}
Tufan {{goal|82}}

|stadium=Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania)

|attendance=3,758

|referee=Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Finland v Iceland

|date={{Start date|2017|9|2|df=y}}

|time=18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231728/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332108/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017860/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|ISL}}

|goals1=

Ring {{goal|8}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Tampere Stadium, Tampere

|attendance=15,835

|referee=Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Croatia v Kosovo

|date={{Start date|2017|9|2|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

|team1={{fb-rt|CRO}}

|score=1–0{{refn|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/newsid=2497971.html |title=Croatia v Kosovo qualifier to resume on Sunday |publisher=UEFA |date=3 September 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902215912/http://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/newsid%3D2497971.html |archive-date=2 September 2017 |df=dmy-all }}|group="note"|name="CROvKOS"}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160709064809/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300361569/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2019962/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|KOS}}

|goals1=

Vida {{goal|74}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance=6,839

|referee=Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Ukraine v Turkey

|date={{Start date|2017|9|2|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|UKR}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150913054038/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332112/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017857/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|TUR}}

|goals1=

Yarmolenko {{goal|18||42}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

|attendance=36,796

|referee=David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Iceland v Ukraine

|date={{Start date|2017|9|5|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)

|team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231750/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332122/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017852/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|UKR}}

|goals1=

G. Sigurðsson {{goal|47||66}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

|attendance=9,769

|referee=Willie Collum (Scotland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Kosovo v Finland

|date={{Start date|2017|9|5|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

|team1={{fb-rt|KOS}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160709061326/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300361574/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2019963/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Pukki {{goal|83}}

|stadium=Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania)

|attendance=2,446

|referee=Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Turkey v Croatia

|date={{Start date|2017|9|5|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231731/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332110/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017863/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|CRO}}

|goals1=

Tosun {{goal|75}}

|goals2=

|stadium=New Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir

|attendance=28,600

|referee=Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Croatia v Finland

|date={{Start date|2017|10|6|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

|team1={{fb-rt|CRO}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231742/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332117/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

Mandžukić {{goal|57}}

|goals2=

Soiri {{goal|90}}

|stadium=Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka

|attendance=7,578

|referee=Daniel Stefański (Poland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Kosovo v Ukraine

|date={{Start date|2017|10|6|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

|team1={{fb-rt|KOS}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160709063746/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300361571/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2019964/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|UKR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Paqarada {{goal|60|o.g.}}
Yarmolenko {{goal|88}}

|stadium=Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër (Albania)

|attendance=1,261

|referee=Craig Pawson (England)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Turkey v Iceland

|date={{Start date|2017|10|6|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}

|score=0–3

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231729/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332109/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017864/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|ISL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Guðmundsson {{goal|32}}
Bjarnason {{goal|39}}
Árnason {{goal|50}}

|stadium=New Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir

|attendance=30,390

|referee=Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Finland v Turkey

|date={{Start date|2017|10|9|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|FIN}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231748/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332121/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017862/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|TUR}}

|goals1=

Arajuuri {{goal|76}}
Pohjanpalo {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

Tosun {{goal|57||83}}

|stadium=Veritas Stadion, Turku

|attendance=6,612

|referee=Benoît Bastien (France)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Iceland v Kosovo

|date={{Start date|2017|10|9|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(18:45 UTC±0)

|team1={{fb-rt|ISL}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160709064818/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300361573/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2019965/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|KOS}}

|goals1=

G. Sigurðsson {{goal|40}}
Guðmundsson {{goal|68}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

|attendance=9,775

|referee=Harald Lechner (Austria)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Ukraine v Croatia

|date={{Start date|2017|10|9|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

|team1={{fb-rt|UKR}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231732/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332111/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017855/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|CRO}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Kramarić {{goal|62||70}}

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

|attendance=60,200

|referee=Felix Brych (Germany)

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=70 |matches=30

|6 goals=

{{fbicon|UKR}} Andriy Yarmolenko

|5 goals=

{{fbicon|CRO}} Mario Mandžukić
{{fbicon|TUR}} Cenk Tosun

|4 goals=

{{fbicon|ISL}} Gylfi Sigurðsson

|3 goals=

{{fbicon|ISL}} Alfreð Finnbogason
{{fbicon|UKR}} Artem Kravets

|2 goals=

{{fbicon|CRO}} Marcelo Brozović
{{fbicon|CRO}} Nikola Kalinić
{{fbicon|CRO}} Andrej Kramarić
{{fbicon|FIN}} Paulus Arajuuri
{{fbicon|FIN}} Joel Pohjanpalo
{{fbicon|FIN}} Teemu Pukki
{{fbicon|ISL}} Kári Árnason
{{fbicon|ISL}} Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
{{fbicon|TUR}} Hakan Çalhanoğlu
{{fbicon|TUR}} Volkan Şen
{{fbicon|TUR}} Ozan Tufan
{{fbicon|TUR}} Burak Yılmaz

|1 goal=

{{fbicon|CRO}} Matej Mitrović
{{fbicon|CRO}} Ivan Perišić
{{fbicon|CRO}} Ivan Rakitić
{{fbicon|CRO}} Domagoj Vida
{{fbicon|FIN}} Robin Lod
{{fbicon|FIN}} Alexander Ring
{{fbicon|FIN}} Pyry Soiri
{{fbicon|ISL}} Birkir Bjarnason
{{fbicon|ISL}} Theódór Elmar Bjarnason
{{fbicon|ISL}} Hörður Björgvin Magnússon
{{fbicon|ISL}} Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson
{{fbicon|ISL}} Ragnar Sigurðsson
{{fbicon|KOS}} Valon Berisha
{{fbicon|KOS}} Atdhe Nuhiu
{{fbicon|KOS}} Amir Rrahmani
{{fbicon|TUR}} Cengiz Ünder
{{fbicon|UKR}} Artem Besyedin
{{fbicon|UKR}} Yevhen Konoplyanka
{{fbicon|UKR}} Ruslan Rotan

|1 own goal=

{{fbicon|KOS}} Leart Paqarada (against Ukraine)

}}

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/03/92/81/2039281_DOWNLOAD.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219025616/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/03/92/81/2039281_DOWNLOAD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2013|title=Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16|publisher=UEFA}}

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)
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
Aron Gunnarsson	{{fb\|ISL}}	{{yel}} vs Ukraine (5 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Finland (6 October 2016)	vs Turkey (9 October 2016)
Niklas Moisander	{{fb\|FIN}}	{{yel}} vs Iceland (6 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Croatia (9 October 2016)	vs Ukraine (12 November 2016)
Hekuran Kryeziu	{{fb\|KOS}}	{{yel}} vs Finland (5 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Ukraine (9 October 2016)	vs Turkey (12 November 2016)
Emre Mor	{{fb\|TUR}}	{{yel}} vs Ukraine (6 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Iceland (9 October 2016)	vs Kosovo (12 November 2016)
Ivan Perišić	{{fb\|CRO}}	{{sent off\|0}} vs Iceland (12 November 2016)	vs Ukraine (24 March 2017)
Thomas Lam	{{fb\|FIN}}	{{yel}} vs Kosovo (5 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Ukraine (12 November 2016)	vs Turkey (24 March 2017)
Theódór Elmar Bjarnason	{{fb\|ISL}}	{{yel}} vs Ukraine (9 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Croatia (12 November 2016)	vs Kosovo (24 March 2017)
Enis Alushi	{{fb\|KOS}}	{{yel}} vs Finland (5 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Turkey (12 November 2016)	vs Iceland (24 March 2017)
Eduard Sobol	{{fb\|UKR}}	{{yel}} vs Turkey (6 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Finland (12 November 2016)	vs Croatia (24 March 2017)
Paulus Arajuuri	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|FIN}}	{{yel}} vs Iceland (6 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Turkey (24 March 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Ukraine (11 June 2017)
Alexander Ring	{{yel}} vs Croatia (9 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Turkey (24 March 2017)
Bernard Berisha	{{fb\|KOS}}	{{sent off\|2}} vs Turkey (11 June 2017)	vs Croatia (2 September 2017)
Burak Yılmaz	{{fb\|TUR}}	{{yel}} vs Kosovo (12 November 2016) {{yel}} vs Kosovo (11 June 2017)	vs Ukraine (2 September 2017)
Yaroslav Rakitskiy	{{fb\|UKR}}	{{yel}} vs Finland (12 November 2016) {{yel}} vs Finland (11 June 2017)	vs Turkey (2 September 2017)
Jere Uronen	{{fb\|FIN}}	{{yel}} vs Turkey (24 March 2017) {{yel}} vs Iceland (2 September 2017)	vs Kosovo (5 September 2017)
Rúrik Gíslason	{{fb\|ISL}}	{{sent off\|2}} vs Finland (2 September 2017)	vs Ukraine (5 September 2017)
Milan Badelj	{{fb\|CRO}}	{{yel}} vs Iceland (12 November 2016) {{yel}} vs Turkey (5 September 2017)	vs Finland (6 October 2017)
Robin Lod	{{fb\|FIN}}	{{yel}} vs Iceland (2 September 2017) {{yel}} vs Kosovo (5 September 2017)	vs Croatia (6 October 2017)
Emil Hallfreðsson	{{fb\|ISL}}	{{yel}} vs Finland (2 September 2017) {{yel}} vs Ukraine (5 September 2017)	vs Turkey (6 October 2017)
Bernard Berisha	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|KOS}}	{{yel}} vs Turkey (11 June 2017) {{yel}} vs Finland (5 September 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Ukraine (6 October 2017)
Valon Berisha	{{yel}} vs Ukraine (9 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Finland (5 September 2017)
Hakan Çalhanoğlu	{{fb\|TUR}}	{{yel}} vs Ukraine (6 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Croatia (5 September 2017)	vs Iceland (6 October 2017)
Viktor Kovalenko	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|UKR}}	{{yel}} vs Finland (11 June 2017) {{yel}} vs Iceland (5 September 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Kosovo (6 October 2017)
Oleksandr Zinchenko	{{yel}} vs Finland (12 November 2016) {{yel}} vs Iceland (5 September 2017)
Hekuran Kryeziu	{{fb\|KOS}}	{{yel}} vs Iceland (24 March 2017) {{yel}} vs Ukraine (6 October 2017)	vs Iceland (9 October 2017)
Caner Erkin	{{fb\|TUR}}	{{yel}} vs Ukraine (6 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Iceland (6 October 2017)	vs Finland (9 October 2017)
Artem Kravets	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|UKR}}	{{yel}} vs Finland (12 November 2016) {{yel}} vs Kosovo (6 October 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Croatia (9 October 2017)
Ivan Ordets	{{yel}} vs Turkey (6 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Kosovo (6 October 2017)

Notes

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html|Official FIFA World Cup website}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071120193625/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/index.html#276483 Qualifiers – Europe: Round 1], FIFA.com
[https://archive.today/20130630123941/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/index.html FIFA World Cup], UEFA.com
[https://archive.today/20160718150046/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/standings/round=2000717/group=2004349/index.html Standings – Qualifying round: Group I], UEFA.com

Category:Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Category:Croatia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification&nbsp;– UEFA Group I

Standings

Matches

Goalscorers

Discipline

Notes

References

External links

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I