2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F#Goalscorers

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Malta.

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, England, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Slovakia, were eliminated as the worst runners-up.

Standings

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|match_ENG_LTU=2–0

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|match_SVK_SCO=3–0

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|match_SCO_LTU=1–1

|match_SCO_SVN=1–0

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|match_SCO_MLT=2–0

|match_SCO_SVK=1–0

|match_SVN_SVK=1–0

|match_SVN_ENG=0–0

|match_SVN_MLT=2–0

|match_SVN_LTU=4–0

|match_SVN_SCO=2–2

|match_LTU_SVN=2–2

|match_LTU_MLT=2–0

|match_LTU_SVK=1–2

|match_LTU_SCO=0–3

|match_LTU_ENG=0–1

|match_MLT_SCO=1–5

|match_MLT_SVN=0–1

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|match_MLT_LTU=1–1

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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 November 2016, 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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Černych {{goal|32}}
Slivka {{goal|34}}

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Krhin {{goal|77}}
Cesar {{goal|90+3}}

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Lallana {{goal|90+5}}

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Effiong {{goal|14}}

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Snodgrass {{goal|10||61|pen.|84}}
C. Martin {{goal|53}}
S. Fletcher {{goal|78}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=15,069

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|team2={{fb|MLT}}

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Sturridge {{goal|29}}
Alli {{goal|38}}

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|attendance=81,781

|referee=Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

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|team2={{fb|LTU}}

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McArthur {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

Černych {{goal|59}}

|stadium=Hampden Park, Glasgow

|attendance=35,966

|referee=Tobias Stieler (Germany)

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|team2={{fb|SVK}}

|goals1=

Kronaveter {{goal|74}}

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|attendance=10,492

|referee=Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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|team2={{fb|MLT}}

|goals1=

Černych {{goal|76}}
Novikovas {{goal|84|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance=5,067

|referee=Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

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|team2={{fb|SCO}}

|goals1=

Mak {{goal|18||56}}
Nemec {{goal|68}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava

|attendance=11,098

|referee=Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

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|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

|attendance=13,274

|referee=Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

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|time=20:45
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|team2={{fb|SCO}}

|goals1=

Sturridge {{goal|23}}
Lallana {{goal|50}}
Cahill {{goal|61}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance=87,258

|referee=Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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

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

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|score=0–1

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|team2={{fb|SVN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Verbič {{goal|47}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=4,207

|referee=Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

}}

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

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

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

|score=4–0

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|team2={{fb|LTU}}

|goals1=

Nemec {{goal|12}}
Kucka {{goal|15}}
Škrtel {{goal|36}}
Hamšík {{goal|86}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava

|attendance=9,653

|referee=Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

}}

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|date={{Start date|2017|3|26|df=y}}

|time=18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

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

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|LTU}}

|goals1=

Defoe {{goal|22}}
Vardy {{goal|66}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance= 77,690

|referee=Ruddy Buquet (France)

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|date={{Start date|2017|3|26|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–3

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|team2={{fb|SVK}}

|goals1=

Farrugia {{goal|14}}

|goals2=

Weiss {{goal|2}}
Greguš {{goal|41}}
Nemec {{goal|84}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=4,980

|referee=Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

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|date={{Start date|2017|3|26|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

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

|score=1–0

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|team2={{fb|SVN}}

|goals1=

C. Martin {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Hampden Park, Glasgow

|attendance=20,435

|referee=Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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|id=Scotland v England

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

|time=18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

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

|score=2–2

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|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=

Griffiths {{goal|87||90}}

|goals2=

Oxlade-Chamberlain {{goal|70}}
Kane {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium=Hampden Park, Glasgow

|attendance=48,520

|referee=Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

}}

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|id=Slovenia v Malta

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

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

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

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|MLT}}

|goals1=

Iličić {{goal|45+2}}
Novaković {{goal|84}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

|attendance=7,839

|referee=Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

}}

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|id=Lithuania v Slovakia

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

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

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

|score=1–2

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|team2={{fb|SVK}}

|goals1=

Novikovas {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2=

Weiss {{goal|32}}
Hamšík {{goal|58}}

|stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance=4,083

|referee=Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

}}

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|id=Lithuania v Scotland

|date={{Start date|2017|9|1|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–3

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|team2={{fb|SCO}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Armstrong {{goal|25}}
Robertson {{goal|30}}
McArthur {{goal|72}}

|stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance=5,067

|referee=Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

}}

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|id=Malta v England

|date={{Start date|2017|9|1|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–4

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|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Kane {{goal|53||90+2}}
Bertrand {{goal|86}}
Welbeck {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=16,994

|referee=Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Slovakia v Slovenia

|date={{Start date|2017|9|1|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–0

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|team2={{fb|SVN}}

|goals1=

Mevlja {{goal|81|o.g.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava

|attendance= 16,896

|referee=Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

}}

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|id=England v Slovakia

|date={{Start date|2017|9|4|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

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

|score=2–1

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|team2={{fb|SVK}}

|goals1=

Dier {{goal|37}}
Rashford {{goal|59}}

|goals2=

Lobotka {{goal|3}}

|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance=67,823

|referee=Clément Turpin (France)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Scotland v Malta

|date={{Start date|2017|9|4|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

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

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|MLT}}

|goals1=

Berra {{goal|9}}
Griffiths {{goal|49}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Hampden Park, Glasgow

|attendance=26,371

|referee=Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Slovenia v Lithuania

|date={{Start date|2017|9|4|df=y}}

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

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

|score=4–0

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|team2={{fb|LTU}}

|goals1=

Iličić {{goal|25|pen.|61|pen.}}
Verbič {{goal|82}}
Birsa {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

|attendance=6,230

|referee=István Kovács (Romania)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=England v Slovenia

|date={{Start date|2017|10|5|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

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

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231552/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332047/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|SVN}}

|goals1=

Kane {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance=61,598

|referee=Felix Zwayer (Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Malta v Lithuania

|date={{Start date|2017|10|5|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231600/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332052/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|LTU}}

|goals1=

Agius {{goal|23}}

|goals2=

Slivka {{goal|53}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=3,431

|referee=Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Scotland v Slovakia

|date={{Start date|2017|10|5|df=y}}

|time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

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

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150913053614/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332056/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|SVK}}

|goals1=

Škrtel {{goal|89|o.g.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Hampden Park, Glasgow

|attendance=46,773

|referee=Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Lithuania v England

|date={{Start date|2017|10|8|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231510/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332021/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017757/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Kane {{goal|27|pen.}}

|stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance=5,067

|referee=Orel Grinfeeld (Israel)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Slovakia v Malta

|date={{Start date|2017|10|8|df=y}}

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

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

|score=3–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231507/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332019/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017746/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|MLT}}

|goals1=

Nemec {{goal|33||62}}
Duda {{goal|69}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava

|attendance=17,774

|referee=Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Slovenia v Scotland

|date={{Start date|2017|10|8|df=y}}

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

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

|score=2–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231526/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332031/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017754/index.html Report (UEFA)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{fb|SCO}}

|goals1=

Bezjak {{goal|52||72}}

|goals2=

Griffiths {{goal|32}}
Snodgrass {{goal|88}}

|stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

|attendance=11,123

|referee=Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=74 |matches=30

|5 goals=

{{fbicon|ENG}} Harry Kane
{{fbicon|SVK}} Adam Nemec

|4 goals=

{{fbicon|SCO}} Leigh Griffiths
{{fbicon|SCO}} Robert Snodgrass

|3 goals=

{{fbicon|LTU}} Fiodor Černych
{{fbicon|SVN}} Josip Iličić

|2 goals=

{{fbicon|ENG}} Adam Lallana
{{fbicon|ENG}} Daniel Sturridge
{{fbicon|LTU}} Arvydas Novikovas
{{fbicon|LTU}} Vykintas Slivka
{{fbicon|SCO}} Chris Martin
{{fbicon|SCO}} James McArthur
{{fbicon|SVK}} Marek Hamšík
{{fbicon|SVK}} Róbert Mak
{{fbicon|SVK}} Vladimír Weiss
{{fbicon|SVN}} Roman Bezjak
{{fbicon|SVN}} Benjamin Verbič

|1 goal=

{{fbicon|ENG}} Dele Alli
{{fbicon|ENG}} Ryan Bertrand
{{fbicon|ENG}} Gary Cahill
{{fbicon|ENG}} Jermain Defoe
{{fbicon|ENG}} Eric Dier
{{fbicon|ENG}} Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
{{fbicon|ENG}} Marcus Rashford
{{fbicon|ENG}} Jamie Vardy
{{fbicon|ENG}} Danny Welbeck
{{fbicon|MLT}} Andrei Agius
{{fbicon|MLT}} Alfred Effiong
{{fbicon|MLT}} Jean Paul Farrugia
{{fbicon|SCO}} Stuart Armstrong
{{fbicon|SCO}} Christophe Berra
{{fbicon|SCO}} Steven Fletcher
{{fbicon|SCO}} Andrew Robertson
{{fbicon|SVK}} Ondrej Duda
{{fbicon|SVK}} Ján Greguš
{{fbicon|SVK}} Juraj Kucka
{{fbicon|SVK}} Stanislav Lobotka
{{fbicon|SVK}} Martin Škrtel
{{fbicon|SVN}} Valter Birsa
{{fbicon|SVN}} Boštjan Cesar
{{fbicon|SVN}} Rene Krhin
{{fbicon|SVN}} Rok Kronaveter
{{fbicon|SVN}} Milivoje Novaković

|1 own goal=

{{fbicon|SVK}} Martin Škrtel (against Scotland)
{{fbicon|SVN}} Miha Mevlja (against Slovakia)

}}

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%"
Mišo Brečko	{{fb\|SVN}}	{{sent off\|0}} vs Ukraine in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (17 November 2015)	vs Lithuania (4 September 2016)
Jonathan Caruana	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|MLT}}	rowspan=2\| {{sent off\|0}} vs Scotland (4 September 2016)	vs England (8 October 2016)
Luke Gambin	vs England (8 October 2016) vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)
Martin Škrtel	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|SVK}}	{{sent off\|2}} vs England (4 September 2016)	vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
Tomáš Hubočan	{{yel}} vs England (4 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)	vs Scotland (11 October 2016)
Jonathan Caruana	{{fb\|MLT}}	{{sent off\|0}} vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)	vs Slovenia (11 November 2016) vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)
Aljaž Struna	{{fb\|SVN}}	{{yel}} vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) {{yel}} vs England (11 October 2016)	vs Malta (11 November 2016)
Gary Cahill	{{fb\|ENG}}	{{yel}} vs Slovenia (11 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Scotland (11 November 2016)	vs Lithuania (26 March 2017)
Georgas Freidgeimas	{{fb\|LTU}}	{{yel}} vs Scotland (8 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Slovakia (11 November 2016)	vs England (26 March 2017)
Andrei Agius	{{fb\|MLT}}	{{yel}} vs Lithuania (11 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)	vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)
Egidijus Vaitkūnas	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|LTU}}	{{yel}} vs Scotland (8 October 2016) {{yel}} vs England (26 March 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)
Artūras Žulpa	{{yel}} vs Slovenia (4 September 2016) {{yel}} vs England (26 March 2017)
Jean Paul Farrugia	{{fb\|MLT}}	{{sent off\|2}} vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)	vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)
Juraj Kucka	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|SVK}}	{{yel}} vs Slovenia (8 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Malta (26 March 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
Adam Nemec	{{sent off\|2}} vs Malta (26 March 2017)
Valter Birsa	rowspan=3\| {{fb\|SVN}}	{{yel}} vs England (11 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Scotland (26 March 2017)	rowspan=3\| vs Malta (10 June 2017)
Boštjan Cesar	{{yel}} vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
Miral Samardžić	{{yel}} vs Lithuania (4 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
Eric Dier	{{fb\|ENG}}	{{yel}} vs Slovenia (11 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Scotland (10 June 2017)	vs Malta (1 September 2017)
Nerijus Valskis	{{fb\|LTU}}	{{yel}} vs Malta (11 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)	vs Scotland (1 September 2017)
Alfred Effiong	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|MLT}}	rowspan=2\| {{yel}} vs Scotland (4 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs England (1 September 2017)
Paul Fenech
Ján Ďurica	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|SVK}}	{{yel}} vs Slovenia (8 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Slovenia (1 September 2017)
Martin Škrtel	{{yel}} vs Malta (26 March 2017) {{yel}} vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
Linas Klimavičius	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|LTU}}	rowspan=2\| {{yel}} vs Slovakia (10 June 2017) {{yel}} vs Slovenia (4 September 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Malta (5 October 2017)
Darvydas Šernas
Ryan Fenech	{{fb\|MLT}}	{{yel}} vs Slovenia (10 June 2017) {{yel}} vs Scotland (4 September 2017)	vs Lithuania (5 October 2017)
Milan Škriniar	{{fb\|SVK}}	{{yel}} vs Lithuania (10 June 2017) {{yel}} vs England (4 September 2017)	vs Scotland (5 October 2017)
Mantas Kuklys	{{fb\|LTU}}	{{yel}} vs Scotland (8 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Malta (5 October 2017)	vs England (8 October 2017)
Zach Muscat	{{fb\|MLT}}	{{yel}} vs Slovenia (11 November 2016) {{yel}} vs Lithuania (5 October 2017)	vs Slovakia (8 October 2017)
Róbert Mak	{{fb\|SVK}}	{{sent off\|2}} vs Scotland (5 October 2017)	vs Malta (8 October 2017)
Valter Birsa	rowspan=2\| {{fb\|SVN}}	{{yel}} vs Slovakia (1 September 2017) {{yel}} vs England (5 October 2017)	rowspan=2\| vs Scotland (8 October 2017)
Rene Krhin	{{yel}} vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) {{yel}} vs England (5 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/20150921160641/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/standings/round=2000717/group=2004346/index.html Standings – Qualifying round: Group F], UEFA.com

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