2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A#Goalscorers

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group A was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, and Luxembourg.

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}}

The group winners, France, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Sweden, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best eight runners-up.

Standings

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|match_NED_BLR=4–1

|match_NED_FRA=0–1

|match_NED_LUX=5–0

|match_NED_BUL=3–1

|match_NED_SWE=2–0

|match_FRA_BUL=4–1

|match_FRA_SWE=2–1

|match_FRA_NED=4–0

|match_FRA_LUX=0–0

|match_FRA_BLR=2–1

|match_SWE_NED=1–1

|match_SWE_BUL=3–0

|match_SWE_BLR=4–0

|match_SWE_FRA=2–1

|match_SWE_LUX=8–0

|match_BUL_LUX=4–3

|match_BUL_BLR=1–0

|match_BUL_NED=2–0

|match_BUL_SWE=3–2

|match_BUL_FRA=0–1

|match_BLR_FRA=0–0

|match_BLR_LUX=1–1

|match_BLR_BUL=2–1

|match_BLR_SWE=0–4

|match_BLR_NED=1–3

|match_LUX_SWE=0–1

|match_LUX_NED=1–3

|match_LUX_FRA=1–3

|match_LUX_BLR=1–0

|match_LUX_BUL=1–1

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|name_FRA={{fb|FRA|1974}} |short_FRA={{flagdeco|FRA|1974}}

|name_SWE={{fb|SWE}} |short_SWE={{flagdeco|SWE}}

|name_BUL={{fb|BUL}} |short_BUL={{flagdeco|BUL}}

|name_BLR={{fb|BLR}} |short_BLR={{flagdeco|BLR}}

|name_LUX={{fb|LUX}} |short_LUX={{flagdeco|LUX}}

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Matches

The fixture list 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 11 and 13 November 2016 and 25 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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|team1={{fb-rt|BLR}}

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|team2={{fb|FRA|1974}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Borisov Arena, Barysaw

|attendance=12,920

|referee=Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

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|date={{Start date|2016|9|6|df=y}}

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

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

|score=4–3

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|team2={{fb|LUX}}

|goals1=

Rangelov {{goal|16}}
Marcelinho {{goal|65}}
I. Popov {{goal|79}}
Tonev {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2=

Joachim {{goal|60||62}}
Bohnert {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=4,202

|referee=Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

}}

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|date={{Start date|2016|9|6|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–1

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|team2={{fb|NED}}

|goals1=

Berg {{goal|43}}

|goals2=

Sneijder {{goal|67}}

|stadium=Friends Arena, Solna

|attendance=36,128

|referee=Daniele Orsato (Italy)

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|date={{Start date|2016|10|7|df=y}}

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

|team1={{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}

|score=4–1

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|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=

Gameiro {{goal|23||59}}
Payet {{goal|26}}
Griezmann {{goal|38}}

|goals2=

M. Aleksandrov {{goal|6|pen.}}

|stadium=Stade de France, Saint-Denis

|attendance=65,475

|referee=Luca Banti (Italy)

}}

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|date={{Start date|2016|10|7|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–1

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|team2={{fb|SWE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Lustig {{goal|58}}

|stadium=Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

|attendance=5,057

|referee=Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

}}

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|id=Netherlands v Belarus

|date={{Start date|2016|10|7|df=y}}

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

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

|score=4–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20161011225749/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331895/report.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|BLR}}

|goals1=

Promes {{goal|15||31}}
Klaassen {{goal|56}}
Janssen {{goal|64}}

|goals2=

Rios {{goal|47}}

|stadium=De Kuip, Rotterdam

|attendance=41,200

|referee=Craig Thomson (Scotland)

}}

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|id=Belarus v Luxembourg

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

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

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

|score=1–1

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|team2={{fb|LUX}}

|goals1=

Savitski {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

Joachim {{goal|85}}

|stadium=Borisov Arena, Barysaw

|attendance=9,011

|referee=Tobias Welz (Germany)

}}

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|id=Netherlands v France

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

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

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

|score=0–1

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[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017617/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|FRA|1974}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Pogba {{goal|30}}

|stadium=Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

|attendance=50,220

|referee=Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Sweden v Bulgaria

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

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

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

|score=3–0

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20170805124438/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017626/index.html Report (UEFA)]

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=

Toivonen {{goal|39}}
Hiljemark {{goal|45}}
Lindelöf {{goal|58}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Friends Arena, Solna

|attendance=21,777

|referee=Michael Oliver (England)

}}

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|date={{Start date|2016|11|11|df=y}}{{refn|The France v Sweden match was moved from the original scheduled date of 13 November 2016 as it fell on the anniversary of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks.|group="note"|name="FRAvSWE"}}

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

|team1={{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}

|score=2–1

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20151027082004/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017622/index.html Report (UEFA)]

|team2={{fb|SWE}}

|goals1=

Pogba {{goal|58}}
Payet {{goal|65}}

|goals2=

Forsberg {{goal|55}}

|stadium=Stade de France, Saint-Denis

|attendance=80,000

|referee=Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Bulgaria v Belarus

|date={{Start date|2016|11|13|df=y}}

|time=18:00
(19:00 UTC+2)

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

|score=1–0

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20171010055238/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017629/index.html Report (UEFA)]

|team2={{fb|BLR}}

|goals1=

I. Popov {{goal|10}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=1,994

|referee=Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Luxembourg v Netherlands

|date={{Start date|2016|11|13|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–3

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20161220143652/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331878/report.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017642/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|NED}}

|goals1=

Chanot {{goal|44|pen.}}

|goals2=

Robben {{goal|36}}
Depay {{goal|58||84}}

|stadium=Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Anthony Taylor (England)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Sweden v Belarus

|date={{Start date|2017|3|25|df=y}}

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

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

|score=4–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170330084328/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331896/report.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017627/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|BLR}}

|goals1=

Forsberg {{goal|19|pen.|49}}
Berg {{goal|57}}
Kiese Thelin {{goal|78}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Friends Arena, Solna

|attendance=31,243

|referee=Harald Lechner (Austria)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Bulgaria v Netherlands

|date={{Start date|2017|3|25|df=y}}

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

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

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170330084642/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331899/report.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017635/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|NED}}

|goals1=

Delev {{goal|5||20}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=10,900

|referee=Willie Collum (Scotland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Luxembourg v France

|date={{Start date|2017|3|25|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–3

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170330084851/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331890/report.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017643/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|FRA|1974}}

|goals1=

Joachim {{goal|34|pen.}}

|goals2=

Giroud {{goal|28||77}}
Griezmann {{goal|37|pen.}}

|stadium=Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Belarus v Bulgaria

|date={{Start date|2017|6|9|df=y}}

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

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

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231209/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331906/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017641/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=

Sivakow {{goal|33|pen.}}
Savitski {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

Kostadinov {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium=Borisov Arena, Barysaw

|attendance=6,150

|referee=Matej Jug (Slovenia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Netherlands v Luxembourg

|date={{Start date|2017|6|9|df=y}}

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

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

|score=5–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231142/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331889/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017621/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|LUX}}

|goals1=

Robben {{goal|21}}
Sneijder {{goal|34}}
Wijnaldum {{goal|62}}
Promes {{goal|70}}
Janssen {{goal|84|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=De Kuip, Rotterdam

|attendance=41,300

|referee=Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Sweden v France

|date={{Start date|2017|6|9|df=y}}

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

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

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231157/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331898/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017634/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|FRA|1974}}

|goals1=

Durmaz {{goal|43}}
Toivonen {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2=

Giroud {{goal|37}}

|stadium=Friends Arena, Solna

|attendance=48,783

|referee=Martin Atkinson (England)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Bulgaria v Sweden

|date={{Start date|2017|8|31|df=y}}

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

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

|score=3–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231146/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331891/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017637/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|SWE}}

|goals1=

Manolev {{goal|12}}
Kostadinov {{goal|33}}
Chochev {{goal|79}}

|goals2=

Lustig {{goal|29}}
Berg {{goal|44}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=12,121

|referee=Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=France v Netherlands

|date={{Start date|2017|8|31|df=y}}

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

|team1={{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150913054022/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331903/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017632/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|NED}}

|goals1=

Griezmann {{goal|14}}
Lemar {{goal|73||88}}
Mbappé {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade de France, Saint-Denis

|attendance=79,551

|referee=Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Luxembourg v Belarus

|date={{Start date|2017|8|31|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231155/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331897/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017646/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|BLR}}

|goals1=

Da Mota {{goal|60}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

|attendance=2,752

|referee=Clayton Pisani (Malta)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Belarus v Sweden

|date={{Start date|2017|9|3|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–4

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231147/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331892/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017640/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|SWE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Forsberg {{goal|18}}
Nyman {{goal|24}}
Berg {{goal|37}}
Granqvist {{goal|84|pen.}}

|stadium=Borisov Arena, Barysaw

|attendance=6,431

|referee=Tobias Stieler (Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Netherlands v Bulgaria

|date={{Start date|2017|9|3|df=y}}

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

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

|score=3–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231149/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331893/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=

Pröpper {{goal|7||80}}
Robben {{goal|67}}

|goals2=

Kostadinov {{goal|69}}

|stadium=Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

|attendance=47,079

|referee=Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

}}

{{Football box

|id=France v Luxembourg

|date={{Start date|2017|9|3|df=y}}

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

|team1={{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}

|score=0–0

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|team2={{fb|LUX}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Municipal, Toulouse

|attendance=31,177

|referee=Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Sweden v Luxembourg

|date={{Start date|2017|10|7|df=y}}

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

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

|score=8–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231201/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331901/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017628/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|LUX}}

|goals1=

Granqvist {{goal|10|pen.|67|pen.}}
Berg {{goal|18||37||54||71}}
Lustig {{goal|60}}
Toivonen {{goal|76}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Friends Arena, Solna

|attendance=50,022

|referee=Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Belarus v Netherlands

|date={{Start date|2017|10|7|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–3

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231211/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331907/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017638/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|NED}}

|goals1=

Valadzko {{goal|55}}

|goals2=

Pröpper {{goal|25}}
Robben {{goal|84|pen.}}
Depay {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium=Borisov Arena, Barysaw

|attendance=6,850

|referee=Michael Oliver (England)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Bulgaria v France

|date={{Start date|2017|10|7|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231131/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331882/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|FRA|1974}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Matuidi {{goal|3}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=12,921

|referee=Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=France v Belarus

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

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

|team1={{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231206/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331904/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017624/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|BLR}}

|goals1=

Griezmann {{goal|27}}
Giroud {{goal|33}}

|goals2=

Saroka {{goal|44}}

|stadium=Stade de France, Saint-Denis

|attendance=74,037

|referee=Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Luxembourg v Bulgaria

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

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

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

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231128/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331880/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017645/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=

O. Thill {{goal|3}}

|goals2=

Chochev {{goal|68}}

|stadium=Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

|attendance=2,936

|referee=István Vad (Hungary)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Netherlands v Sweden

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

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

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

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231200/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331900/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017618/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|SWE}}

|goals1=

Robben {{goal|16||40}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

|attendance=41,244

|referee=Sergei Karasev (Russia)

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=93 |matches=30

|8 goals=

{{fbicon|SWE}} Marcus Berg

|6 goals=

{{fbicon|NED}} Arjen Robben

|4 goals=

{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Olivier Giroud
{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Antoine Griezmann
{{fbicon|LUX}} Aurélien Joachim
{{fbicon|SWE}} Emil Forsberg

|3 goals=

{{fbicon|BUL}} Georgi Kostadinov
{{fbicon|NED}} Memphis Depay
{{fbicon|NED}} Quincy Promes
{{fbicon|NED}} Davy Pröpper
{{fbicon|SWE}} Andreas Granqvist
{{fbicon|SWE}} Mikael Lustig
{{fbicon|SWE}} Ola Toivonen

|2 goals=

{{fbicon|BLR}} Pavel Savitski
{{fbicon|BUL}} Ivaylo Chochev
{{fbicon|BUL}} Spas Delev
{{fbicon|BUL}} Ivelin Popov
{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Kevin Gameiro
{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Thomas Lemar
{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Dimitri Payet
{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Paul Pogba
{{fbicon|NED}} Vincent Janssen
{{fbicon|NED}} Wesley Sneijder

|1 goal=

{{fbicon|BLR}} Alexei Rios
{{fbicon|BLR}} Anton Saroka
{{fbicon|BLR}} Mikhail Sivakow
{{fbicon|BLR}} Maksim Valadzko
{{fbicon|BUL}} Mihail Aleksandrov
{{fbicon|BUL}} Stanislav Manolev
{{fbicon|BUL}} Marcelinho
{{fbicon|BUL}} Dimitar Rangelov
{{fbicon|BUL}} Aleksandar Tonev
{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Blaise Matuidi
{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Kylian Mbappé
{{fbicon|LUX}} Florian Bohnert
{{fbicon|LUX}} Maxime Chanot
{{fbicon|LUX}} Daniel da Mota
{{fbicon|LUX}} Olivier Thill
{{fbicon|NED}} Davy Klaassen
{{fbicon|NED}} Georginio Wijnaldum
{{fbicon|SWE}} Jimmy Durmaz
{{fbicon|SWE}} Oscar Hiljemark
{{fbicon|SWE}} Isaac Kiese Thelin
{{fbicon|SWE}} Victor Lindelöf
{{fbicon|SWE}} Christoffer Nyman

}}

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%"
Kevin Malget	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|LUX}}	{{sent off\|2}} vs Sweden (7 October 2016)	vs Belarus (10 October 2016)
Dirk Carlson	{{sent off\|2}} vs Belarus (10 October 2016)	vs Netherlands (13 November 2016)
Kevin Strootman	{{fb\|NED}}	{{yel}} vs Sweden (6 September 2016) {{yel}} vs France (10 October 2016)	vs Luxembourg (13 November 2016)
Paul Pogba	{{fb\|FRA\|1974}}	{{yel}} vs Netherlands (10 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Sweden (11 November 2016)	vs Luxembourg (25 March 2017)
Alexander Hleb	{{fb\|BLR}}	{{sent off\|2}} vs Bulgaria (13 November 2016)	vs Sweden (25 March 2017)
Aleksandar Aleksandrov	{{fb\|BUL}}	{{yel}} vs Sweden (10 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Belarus (13 November 2016)	vs Netherlands (25 March 2017)
Alyaksandr Martynovich	{{fb\|BLR}}	{{yel}} vs Luxembourg (10 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Sweden (25 March 2017)	vs Bulgaria (9 June 2017)
Aurélien Joachim	rowspan=3\| {{fb\|LUX}}	{{yel}} vs Belarus (10 October 2016) {{yel}} vs France (25 March 2017)	rowspan=3\| vs Netherlands (9 June 2017)
Daniel da Mota	rowspan=2\| {{yel}} vs Sweden (7 October 2016) {{yel}} vs France (25 March 2017)
Chris Philipps
Svetoslav Dyakov	{{fb\|BUL}}	{{yel}} vs Belarus (13 November 2016) {{yel}} vs Belarus (9 June 2017)	vs Sweden (31 August 2017)
Kevin Malget	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|LUX}}	{{yel}} vs Sweden (7 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Netherlands (9 June 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Belarus (31 August 2017)
Christopher Martins	{{yel}} vs Bulgaria (6 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Netherlands (9 June 2017)
Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	{{fb\|BUL}}	{{yel}} vs Belarus (9 June 2017) {{yel}} vs Sweden (31 August 2017)	vs Netherlands (3 September 2017)
Kevin Strootman	{{fb\|NED}}	{{sent off\|2}} vs France (31 August 2017)	vs Bulgaria (3 September 2017)
Ola Toivonen	{{fb\|SWE}}	{{yel}} vs Luxembourg (7 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Bulgaria (31 August 2017)	vs Belarus (3 September 2017)
Egor Filipenko	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|BLR}}	{{yel}} vs Bulgaria (9 June 2017) {{yel}} vs Sweden (3 September 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Netherlands (7 October 2017)
Nikita Korzun	{{yel}} vs Luxembourg (10 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Sweden (3 September 2017)
Ivaylo Chochev	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|BUL}}	{{yel}} vs Sweden (31 August 2017) {{yel}} vs Netherlands (3 September 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs France (7 October 2017)
Ivelin Popov	{{yel}} vs Luxembourg (6 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Netherlands (3 September 2017)
Christoffer Nyman	{{fb\|SWE}}	{{yel}} vs Netherlands (6 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Belarus (3 September 2017)	vs Luxembourg (7 October 2017)
Paul Pogba	{{fb\|FRA\|1974}}	{{yel}} vs Sweden (9 June 2017) {{yel}} vs Luxembourg (3 September 2017)	vs Bulgaria (7 October 2017)
Laurent Jans	{{fb\|LUX}}	{{yel}} vs Netherlands (9 June 2017) {{yel}} vs France (3 September 2017)	vs Sweden (7 October 2017)
Syarhey Balanovich	rowspan=3\| {{fb\|BLR}}	{{yel}} vs Luxembourg (31 August 2017) {{yel}} vs Netherlands (7 October 2017)	rowspan=3\| vs France (10 October 2017)
Alexei Rios	{{yel}} vs Netherlands (7 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Netherlands (7 October 2017)
Mikalay Signevich	{{yel}} vs Luxembourg (10 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Netherlands (7 October 2017)
Georgi Kostadinov	{{fb\|BUL}}	{{yel}} vs Sweden (31 August 2017) {{yel}} vs France (7 October 2017)	vs Luxembourg (10 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://web.archive.org/web/20150905012738/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/standings/round=2000717/group=2004341/index.html Standings – Qualifying round: Group A], UEFA.com

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