2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H
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The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus, and Gibraltar.
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}} Gibraltar was added to the group after the draw, after becoming FIFA members together with Kosovo 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|archiveurl=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|archivedate=16 May 2016|df=dmy-all}} and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in same group as Bosnia and Herzegovina 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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611032542/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid%3D2373259.html|archivedate=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|archiveurl=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|archivedate=9 June 2016|df=dmy-all}}
The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Greece, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best eight runners-up.
Russia was initially partnered with the five-team Group H, which enabled the 2018 World Cup hosts to play centralised friendlies against these countries on their "spare" match dates.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/26/73/74/2267374_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Fixture List – Centralised friendlies |work=UEFA |year=2015 |access-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009034547/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/26/73/74/2267374_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2015 |url-status=live }} These friendlies would not have counted in the qualifying group standings. However, after the group was later expanded to include Gibraltar, these friendly matches were cancelled.
Standings
{{2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers}}
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|win_GRE=5 |draw_GRE=4 |loss_GRE=1 |gf_GRE=17|ga_GRE=6
|win_EST=3 |draw_EST=2 |loss_EST=5 |gf_EST=13|ga_EST=19
|win_CYP=3 |draw_CYP=1 |loss_CYP=6 |gf_CYP=9 |ga_CYP=18
|win_GIB=0 |draw_GIB=0 |loss_GIB=10|gf_GIB=3 |ga_GIB=47
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|match_BEL_BIH=4–0
|match_BEL_EST=8–1
|match_BEL_GRE=1–1
|match_BEL_GIB=9–0
|match_BEL_CYP=4–0
|match_BIH_EST=5–0
|match_BIH_CYP=2–0
|match_BIH_GIB=5–0
|match_BIH_GRE=0–0
|match_BIH_BEL=3–4
|match_GRE_CYP=2–0
|match_GRE_BIH=1–1
|match_GRE_EST=0–0
|match_GRE_BEL=1–2
|match_GRE_GIB=4–0
|match_EST_GIB=4–0
|match_EST_GRE=0–2
|match_EST_BEL=0–2
|match_EST_CYP=1–0
|match_EST_BIH=1–2
|match_CYP_BEL=0–3
|match_CYP_GIB=3–1
|match_CYP_EST=0–0
|match_CYP_BIH=3–2
|match_CYP_GRE=1–2
|match_GIB_GRE=1–4
|match_GIB_BEL=0–6
|match_GIB_CYP=1–2
|match_GIB_BIH=0–4
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Matches
The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Gibraltar 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 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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- Džeko {{goal|23|pen.}}
- Medunjanin {{goal|71}}
- Ibišević {{goal|83}}
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|attendance=8,820
|referee=Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
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|score=0–3
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|referee=Felix Zwayer (Germany)
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|time=20:45
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|score=1–4
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|attendance=460
|referee=Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
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|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
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|score=4–0
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- Hazard {{goal|29}}
- Alderweireld {{goal|60}}
- R. Lukaku {{goal|79}}
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|stadium=King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
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|stadium=Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
|attendance=4,678
|referee=Aleksei Eskov (Russia)
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|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
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|score=2–0
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|team2={{fb|CYP}}
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|stadium=Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
|attendance=16,512
|referee=Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
}}
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|date={{Start date|2016|10|10|df=y}}
|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
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|score=2–0
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|team2={{fb|CYP}}
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- Džeko {{goal|70||81}}
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|attendance=8,900
|referee=Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
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|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
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- Torosidis {{goal|2}}
- Stafylidis {{goal|60}}
|stadium=Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
|attendance=4,467
|referee=István Vad (Hungary)
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|time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
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|score=0–6
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|team2={{fb|BEL}}
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|goals2=
|stadium=Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé (Portugal)
|attendance=1,959
|referee=Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
}}
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|date={{Start date|2016|11|13|df=y}}
|time=18:00
(19:00 UTC+2)
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|score=3–1
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|team2={{fb|GIB}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
- L. Casciaro {{goal|51}}
|stadium=GSP Stadium, Nicosia
|attendance=3,151
|referee=Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
}}
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|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
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|score=8–1
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|team2={{fb|EST}}
|goals1=
- Meunier {{goal|8}}
- Mertens {{goal|16||68}}
- E. Hazard {{goal|25}}
- Carrasco {{goal|62}}
- Klavan {{goal|64|o.g.}}
- Lukaku {{goal|83||88}}
|goals2=
- Anier {{goal|29}}
|stadium=King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
|attendance=37,128
|referee=Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
}}
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|date={{Start date|2016|11|13|df=y}}
|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+2)
|team1={{fb-rt|GRE}}
|score=1–1
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|team2={{fb|BIH}}
|goals1=
- Tzavellas {{goal|90+5}}
|goals2=
- Pjanić {{goal|32}}
|stadium=Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
|attendance=20,075
|referee=Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
}}
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|time=18:00
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|score=5–0
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|goals2=
|stadium=Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
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|referee=Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)
}}
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|time=18:00
(19:00 UTC+2)
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|score=0–0
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|goals2=
|stadium=GSP Stadium, Nicosia
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|referee=Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
}}
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|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
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|score=1–1
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|team2={{fb|GRE}}
|goals1=
- Lukaku {{goal|89}}
|goals2=
- Mitroglou {{goal|46}}
|stadium=King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
|attendance=42,281
|referee=Felix Brych (Germany)
}}
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|date={{Start date|2017|6|9|df=y}}
|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
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|score=0–0
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|goals2=
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|referee=Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
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|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
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|score=0–2
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|goals2=
|stadium=Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
|attendance=10,176
|referee=John Beaton (Scotland)
}}
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|time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
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|score=1–2
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|goals1=
- Hernandez {{goal|30}}
|goals2=
- R. Chipolina {{goal|10|o.g.}}
- Sotiriou {{goal|87}}
|stadium=Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé (Portugal)
|attendance=488
|referee=Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)
}}
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|date={{Start date|2017|8|31|df=y}}
|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
|team1={{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score=9–0
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|team2={{fb|GIB}}
|goals1=
- Mertens {{goal|16}}
- Meunier {{goal|18||61||67}}
- R. Lukaku {{goal|21||38||82|pen.}}
- Witsel {{goal|27}}
- E. Hazard {{goal|45}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
|attendance=24,050
|referee=Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)
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|id=Cyprus v Bosnia and Herzegovina
|date={{Start date|2017|8|31|df=y}}
|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
|team1={{fb-rt|CYP}}
|score=3–2
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|team2={{fb|BIH}}
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|goals2=
|stadium=GSP Stadium, Nicosia
|attendance=4,143
|referee=Andre Marriner (England)
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|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
|team1={{fb-rt|GRE}}
|score=0–0
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|team2={{fb|EST}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
|attendance=12,379
|referee=Liran Liany (Israel)
}}
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|time=18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)
|team1={{fb-rt|EST}}
|score=1–0
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|team2={{fb|CYP}}
|goals1=
- Käit {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
|attendance=5,491
|referee=Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)
}}
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|id=Greece v Belgium
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|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
|team1={{fb-rt|GRE}}
|score=1–2
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|team2={{fb|BEL}}
|goals1=
- Zeca {{goal|73}}
|goals2=
- Vertonghen {{goal|70}}
- Lukaku {{goal|74}}
|stadium=Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
|attendance=29,465
|referee=Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
}}
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|time=20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
|team1={{fb-rt|GIB}}
|score=0–4
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|team2={{fb|BIH}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé (Portugal)
|attendance=805
|referee=Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
}}
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|id=Gibraltar v Estonia
|date={{Start date|2017|10|7|df=y}}
|time=18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)
|team1={{fb-rt|GIB}}
|score=0–6
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|team2={{fb|EST}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé (Portugal)
|attendance=750
|referee=Fran Jović (Croatia)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Bosnia and Herzegovina v Belgium
|date={{Start date|2017|10|7|df=y}}
|time=18:00
(18:00 UTC+2)
|team1={{fb-rt|BIH}}
|score=3–4
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231725/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332106/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|BEL}}
|goals1=
- Medunjanin {{goal|30}}
- Višća {{goal|39}}
- Đumić {{goal|82}}
|goals2=
- Meunier {{goal|4}}
- Batshuayi {{goal|59}}
- Vertonghen {{goal|68}}
- Carrasco {{goal|84}}
|stadium=Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo{{refn|Bosnia and Herzegovina were sanctioned by FIFA to play one home match (against Belgium on 7 October 2017) away from Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica due to a series of incidents during their home match against Greece.{{cite web |url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/90/21/59/fifa_disciplinaryoverview_2018fwcqualifiers_july2017_neutral.pdf |title=Disciplinary Overview - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Qualifiers (July 2017) |work=FIFA.com |date=27 July 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728201437/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/90/21/59/fifa_disciplinaryoverview_2018fwcqualifiers_july2017_neutral.pdf |archivedate=28 July 2017 |df=dmy-all }}|group="note"|name="Bosnia and Herzegovina"}}
|attendance=9,657
|referee=Willie Collum (Scotland)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Cyprus v Greece
|date={{Start date|2017|10|7|df=y}}
|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
|team1={{fb-rt|CYP}}
|score=1–2
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|team2={{fb|GRE}}
|goals1=
- Sotiriou {{goal|17}}
|goals2=
|stadium=GSP Stadium, Nicosia
|attendance=7,222
|referee=Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
}}
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{{Football box
|id=Belgium v Cyprus
|date={{Start date|2017|10|10|df=y}}
|time=20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
|team1={{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score=4–0
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|team2={{fb|CYP}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
|attendance=37,765
|referee=Luca Banti (Italy)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Estonia v Bosnia and Herzegovina
|date={{Start date|2017|10|10|df=y}}
|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
|team1={{fb-rt|EST}}
|score=1–2
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|team2={{fb|BIH}}
|goals1=
- Antonov {{goal|75}}
|goals2=
- Hajrović {{goal|48||84}}
|stadium=Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
|attendance=4,967
|referee=Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
}}
{{Football box
|id=Greece v Gibraltar
|date={{Start date|2017|10|10|df=y}}
|time=20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)
|team1={{fb-rt|GRE}}
|score=4–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160709061336/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300361581/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|GIB}}
|goals1=
- Torosidis {{goal|32}}
- Mitroglou {{goal|61||63}}
- Gianniotas {{goal|78}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
|attendance=12,739
|referee=Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
}}
Goalscorers
{{Goalscorers
|goals=109 |matches=30
|11 goals=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Romelu Lukaku
|6 goals=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Eden Hazard
- {{fbicon|GRE}} Konstantinos Mitroglou
|5 goals=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Dries Mertens
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Thomas Meunier
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Edin Džeko
|4 goals=
- {{fbicon|CYP}} Pieros Sotiriou
- {{fbicon|EST}} Mattias Käit
|3 goals=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Christian Benteke
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Yannick Carrasco
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Vedad Ibišević
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Edin Višća
- {{fbicon|EST}} Joonas Tamm
- {{fbicon|GRE}} Vasilis Torosidis
|2 goals=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Jan Vertonghen
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Axel Witsel
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Izet Hajrović
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Haris Medunjanin
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Emir Spahić
|1 goal=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Toby Alderweireld
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Michy Batshuayi
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Nacer Chadli
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Thorgan Hazard
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Ermin Bičakčić
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Dario Đumić
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Kenan Kodro
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Senad Lulić
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Miralem Pjanić
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Toni Šunjić
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Avdija Vršajević
- {{fbicon|CYP}} Demetris Christofi
- {{fbicon|CYP}} Vincent Laban
- {{fbicon|CYP}} Constantinos Laifis
- {{fbicon|CYP}} Valentinos Sielis
- {{fbicon|EST}} Henri Anier
- {{fbicon|EST}} Ilja Antonov
- {{fbicon|EST}} Siim Luts
- {{fbicon|EST}} Sergei Mošnikov
- {{fbicon|EST}} Konstantin Vassiljev
- {{fbicon|EST}} Sergei Zenjov
- {{fbicon|GIB}} Lee Casciaro
- {{fbicon|GIB}} Anthony Hernandez
- {{fbicon|GIB}} Liam Walker
- {{fbicon|GRE}} Kostas Fortounis
- {{fbicon|GRE}} Giannis Gianniotas
- {{fbicon|GRE}} Petros Mantalos
- {{fbicon|GRE}} Kostas Stafylidis
- {{fbicon|GRE}} Georgios Tzavellas
- {{fbicon|GRE}} Alexandros Tziolis
- {{fbicon|GRE}} Zeca
|1 own goal=
- {{fbicon|BIH}} Emir Spahić (against Belgium)
- {{fbicon|EST}} Ragnar Klavan (against Belgium)
- {{fbicon|GIB}} Roy Chipolina (against Cyprus)
- {{fbicon|GIB}} Scott Wiseman (against Greece)
}}
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|title=Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16|publisher=UEFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219025616/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/03/92/81/2039281_DOWNLOAD.pdf|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=dead}}
- 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:
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" | |||
| Player
! Team ! Offence(s) ! Suspended for match(es) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Marouane Fellaini | {{fb|BEL}} | {{yel}} vs Cyprus (6 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 October 2016) | vs Gibraltar (10 October 2016) |
| Edin Džeko | rowspan=4| {{fb|BIH}} | {{sent off|2}} vs Greece (13 November 2016) | rowspan=4| vs Gibraltar (25 March 2017) |
| Mato Jajalo | rowspan=2| {{yel}} vs Belgium (7 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Greece (13 November 2016) | ||
| Senad Lulić | |||
| Ognjen Vranješ | {{yel}} vs Estonia (6 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Greece (13 November 2016) | ||
| Jason Demetriou | rowspan=2| {{fb|CYP}} | {{yel}} vs Greece (7 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Gibraltar (13 November 2016) | rowspan=2| vs Estonia (25 March 2017) |
| Pieros Sotiriou | {{yel}} vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (10 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Gibraltar (13 November 2016) | ||
| Jayce Olivero | {{fb|GIB}} | {{sent off|2}} vs Cyprus (13 November 2016) | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (25 March 2017) |
| Kyriakos Papadopoulos | {{fb|GRE}} | {{sent off|0}} vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2016) | vs Belgium (25 March 2017) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 June 2017) |
| Sead Kolašinac | {{fb|BIH}} | {{yel}} vs Belgium (7 October 2016) {{yel}} vs Gibraltar (25 March 2017) | vs Greece (9 June 2017) |
| Vincent Laban | {{fb|CYP}} | {{yel}} vs Belgium (6 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Estonia (25 March 2017) | vs Gibraltar (9 June 2017) |
| Andreas Samaris | rowspan=3| {{fb|GRE}} | {{yel}} vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2016) {{yel}} vs Belgium (25 March 2017) | rowspan=3| vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 June 2017) |
| Panagiotis Tachtsidis | rowspan=2| {{sent off|2}} vs Belgium (25 March 2017) | ||
| Georgios Tzavellas | |||
| Konstantinos Laifis | {{fb|CYP}} | {{yel}} vs Belgium (6 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Gibraltar (9 June 2017) | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (31 August 2017) |
| Artjom Dmitrijev | rowspan=2| {{fb|EST}} | {{sent off|0}} vs Belgium (9 June 2017) | rowspan=2| vs Greece (31 August 2017) |
| Karol Mets | {{yel}} vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Belgium (9 June 2017) | ||
| Sokratis Papastathopoulos | {{fb|GRE}} | {{yel}} vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2016) {{yel}} vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 June 2017) | vs Estonia (31 August 2017) |
| Axel Witsel | {{fb|BEL}} | {{sent off|0}} vs Gibraltar (31 August 2017) | vs Greece (3 September 2017) |
| Miralem Pjanić | {{fb|BIH}} | {{yel}} vs Greece (13 November 2016) {{yel}} vs Cyprus (31 August 2017) | vs Gibraltar (3 September 2017) |
| Ragnar Klavan | {{fb|EST}} | {{yel}} vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2016) {{yel}} vs Greece (31 August 2017) | vs Cyprus (3 September 2017) |
| Erin Barnett | {{fb|GIB}} | {{sent off|0}} vs Belgium (31 August 2017) | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (3 September 2017) |
| Ervin Zukanović | {{fb|BIH}} | {{yel}} vs Greece (9 June 2017) {{yel}} vs Gibraltar (3 September 2017) | vs Belgium (7 October 2017) |
| Yannick Carrasco | {{fb|BEL}} | {{yel}} vs Greece (3 September 2017) {{yel}} vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 October 2017) | vs Cyprus (10 October 2017) |
| Anastasios Donis | rowspan=3| {{fb|GRE}} | rowspan=2| {{yel}} vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 June 2017) {{yel}} vs Cyprus (7 October 2017) | rowspan=3| vs Gibraltar (10 October 2017) |
| Kostas Manolas | |||
| Andreas Samaris | {{yel}} vs Belgium (3 September 2017) {{yel}} vs Cyprus (7 October 2017) |
Notes
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References
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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/20160718142326/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/standings/round=2000717/group=2004348/index.html Standings – Qualifying round: Group H], UEFA.com
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