2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

UEFA Group A of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of five teams: Sweden, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, and Georgia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 30 April 2021,{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/news/0268-1215b38acfaf-11e5e7402d49-1000--2023-world-cup-qualifying-draw/|title=Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw|publisher=UEFA|access-date=2 May 2021|date=30 April 2021}} with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.{{cite web |title=UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients Overview March 2021 |url=https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0267-11b38d7a7c9d-c0bb78645ca4-1000/2021.02.24_womens_national_teams_coefficient_ranking.pdf |publisher=UEFA |date=2 March 2021 |access-date=2 May 2021}}

The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 17 September 2021 and 6 September 2022, with a pause for the Women's Euro 2022 in July. The group winners qualify for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs second round if they are one of the three best runners-up among all nine groups (counting results against the fifth-placed team).{{cite web|url=https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulations-of-the-UEFA-European-Qualifying-Competition-for-the-2023-FIFA-Women-s-World-Cup-2021-23-Online|title=Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup|publisher=UEFA|date=2 March 2021}}

Standings

{{2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA group tables|Group A|show_matches=yes}}

Matches

Times are CET/CEST,{{refn|group="note"|name="Time zone"|CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 28 March and 31 October 2021 and between 27 March and 30 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.}} as listed by UEFA{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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|time = 17:30

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|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbw|SWE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Rolfö {{goal|10}}

|stadium = NTC Senec, Senec

|attendance =

|referee = Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203175 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032295/ Report (UEFA)]

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|id = FIN v SVK

|date = {{Start date|2021|9|21|df=y}}

|time = 17:15 {{small|(18:15 EEST)}}

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

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbw|SVK}}

|goals1 =

Engman {{goal|37}}
Öling {{goal|68}}

|goals2 =

Mikolajová {{goal|63}}

|stadium = Veritas Stadion, Turku

|attendance =

|referee = Marta Frias Acedo (Spain)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203177 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032297/ Report (UEFA)]

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|id = SWE v GEO

|date = {{Start date|2021|9|21|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

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

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbw|GEO}}

|goals1 =

Angeldal {{goal|40}}
Eriksson {{goal|45+4}}
Seger {{goal|84|pen.|90+3}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

|attendance =

|referee = Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203178 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032296/ Report (UEFA)]

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|date = {{Start date|2021|10|21|df=y}}

|time = 17:00 {{small|(20:00 GET)}}

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GEO}}

|score = 0–3

|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Sällström {{goal|17}}
Franssi {{goal|68}}
Alanen {{goal|71|pen.}}

|stadium = Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance =

|referee = Liudmyla Telbukh (Ukraine)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203173 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032298/ Report (UEFA)]

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|id = IRL v SWE

|date = {{Start date|2021|10|21|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 {{small|(19:00 IST)}}

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|IRL}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbw|SWE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Lo. Quinn {{goal|39|o.g.}}

|stadium = Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

|attendance = 4,017

|referee = Deborah Anex (Switzerland)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203165 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032299/ Report (UEFA)]

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|date = {{Start date|2021|10|26|df=y}}

|time = 16:30

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

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbw|GEO}}

|goals1 =

Mikolajová {{goal|38}}
Šurnovská {{goal|40}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = NTC Poprad, Poprad

|attendance =

|referee = Lizzy Van Der Helm (Netherlands)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203171 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032300/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = FIN v IRL

|date = {{Start date|2021|10|26|df=y}}

|time = 17:15 {{small|(18:15 EEST)}}

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

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbw|IRL}}

|goals1 =

Engman {{goal|52}}

|goals2 =

Connolly {{goal|10}}
D. O'Sullivan {{goal|56}}

|stadium = Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

|attendance =

|referee = Alexandra Collin (France)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203163 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032301/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

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|id = SWE v FIN

|date = {{Start date|2021|11|25|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

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

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 =

Rolfö {{goal|11}}
Hurtig {{goal|80}}

|goals2 =

Sällström {{goal|29}}

|stadium = Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

|attendance =

|referee = Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203159 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032303/ Report (UEFA)]

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{{Football box

|id = IRL v SVK

|date = {{Start date|2021|11|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 {{small|(19:00 GMT)}}

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|IRL}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbw|SVK}}

|goals1 =

McCabe {{goal|65}}

|goals2 =

Šurnovská {{goal|47}}

|stadium = Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee = Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203167 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032302/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = SWE v SVK

|date = {{Start date|2021|11|30|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

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

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbw|SVK}}

|goals1 =

Hurtig {{goal|19}}
Rolfö {{goal|59}}
Ilestedt {{goal|69}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Eleda Stadion, Malmö

|attendance =

|referee = Angelika Söder (Germany)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203161 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032305/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = IRL v GEO

|date = {{Start date|2021|11|30|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 {{small|(19:00 GMT)}}

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|IRL}}

|score = 11–0

|team2 = {{fbw|GEO}}

|goals1 =

Bebia {{goal|4|o.g.}}
Carusa {{goal|21}}
Lu. Quinn {{goal|37}}
O'Sullivan {{goal|45+4||58||62}}
McCabe {{goal|70|pen.|||73}}
Noonan {{goal|82}}
Barrett {{goal|89}}
Caldwell {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee = Jurgita Mačikunytė (Lithuania)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203168 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032304/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = GEO v SWE

|date = {{Start date|2022|4|7|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(20:00 GET)}}

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GEO}}

|score = 0–15

|team2 = {{fbw|SWE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Rolfö {{goal|3}}
Angeldal {{goal|8||32||39}}
Blackstenius {{goal|15||21}}
Sembrant {{goal|18}}
Ilestedt {{goal|27}}
J. Andersson {{goal|29}}
Hurtig {{goal|35||42}}
Blomqvist {{goal|67}}
Asllani {{goal|76||81|pen.}}
Schough {{goal|90+4}}

|stadium = Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori

|attendance =

|referee = Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203172 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032306/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = SVK v FIN

|date = {{Start date|2022|4|8|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

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

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 =

Šurnovská {{goal|16}}

|goals2 =

Hyyrynen {{goal|6}}

|stadium = Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

|attendance =

|referee = Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203169 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032307/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = FIN v GEO

|date = {{Start date|2022|4|12|df=y}}

|time = 17:15 {{small|(18:15 EEST)}}

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

|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{fbw|GEO}}

|goals1 =

Alanen {{goal|24}}
Summanen {{goal|35|pen.|65}}
Engman {{goal|39}}
Kalandadze {{goal|55|o.g.}}
Danielsson {{goal|73}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bolt Arena, Helsinki

|attendance =

|referee = Reelika Turi (Estonia)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203164 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032308/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = SWE v IRL

|date = {{Start date|2022|4|12|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

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

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbw|IRL}}

|goals1 =

Asllani {{goal|79}}

|goals2 =

McCabe {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

|attendance = 12,123

|referee = Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203160 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032309/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = GEO v IRL

|date = {{Start date|2022|6|27|df=y}}{{refn|group=note|Following a request from the FAI, the game was rescheduled from 17 September 2021.{{Cite web|title=New date set for Georgia v Republic of Ireland|url=https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/new-date-set-for-georgia-v-wnt|access-date=2021-09-08|publisher=FAI|language=en}}}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(20:00 GET)}}

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GEO}}

|score = 0–9

|team2 = {{fbw|IRL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

McCabe {{goal|6||45+2||75}}
Fahey {{goal|13}}
Connolly {{goal|19}}
Lo. Quinn {{goal|49||73}}
Larkin {{goal|82}}
D. O'Sullivan {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori

|attendance =

|referee = Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203176 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032294/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = GEO v SVK

|date = {{Start date|2022|9|1|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(20:00 GET)}}

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|GEO}}

|score = 0–4

|team2 = {{fbw|SVK}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Hmírová {{goal|1}}
Fischerová {{goal|17}}
Šurnovská {{goal|63}}
Vojteková {{goal|79}}

|stadium = Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori

|attendance =

|referee = Viki De Cremer (Belgium)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203174 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032310/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = IRL v FIN

|date = {{Start date|2022|9|1|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 {{small|(19:00 IST)}}

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|IRL}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 =

Agg {{goal|54}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee = Stéphanie Frappart (France)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203166 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032311/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = FIN v SWE

|date = {{Start date|2022|9|6|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(19:00 EEST)}}

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

|score = 0–5

|team2 = {{fbw|SWE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Blackstenius {{goal|17}}
Hurtig {{goal|29}}
Sembrant {{goal|63}}
Blomqvist {{goal|68}}
Rolfö {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Tampere Stadium, Tampere

|attendance =

|referee = Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203162 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032313/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = SVK v IRL

|date = {{Start date|2022|9|6|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

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

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbw|IRL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

O'Sullivan {{goal|37}}

|stadium = NTC Senec, Senec

|attendance =

|referee = María Martínez (Spain)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400203170 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032312/ Report (UEFA)]

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=81|matches=20|ongoing=|updated=

|7 goals=

{{Fbwicon|IRL}} Katie McCabe

|6 goals=

{{Fbwicon|IRL}} Denise O'Sullivan

|5 goals=

{{fbwicon|SWE}} Lina Hurtig
{{Fbwicon|SWE}} Fridolina Rolfö

|4 goals=

{{Fbwicon|SVK}} Martina Šurnovská
{{fbwicon|SWE}} Filippa Angeldahl

|3 goals=

{{Fbwicon|FIN}} Adelina Engman
{{fbwicon|SWE}} Kosovare Asllani
{{fbwicon|SWE}} Stina Blackstenius

|2 goals=

{{Fbwicon|FIN}} Emmi Alanen
{{Fbwicon|FIN}} Linda Sällström
{{Fbwicon|FIN}} Eveliina Summanen
{{Fbwicon|IRL}} Megan Connolly
{{fbwicon|IRL}} Louise Quinn
{{Fbwicon|SVK}} Mária Mikolajová
{{fbwicon|SWE}} Rebecka Blomqvist
{{fbwicon|SWE}} Amanda Ilestedt
{{fbwicon|SWE}} Caroline Seger
{{fbwicon|SWE}} Linda Sembrant

|1 goals=

{{Fbwicon|FIN}} Jenny Danielsson
{{Fbwicon|FIN}} Sanni Franssi
{{Fbwicon|FIN}} Tuija Hyyrynen
{{Fbwicon|FIN}} Ria Öling
{{fbwicon|IRL}} Lily Agg
{{fbwicon|IRL}} Amber Barrett
{{fbwicon|IRL}} Diane Caldwell
{{fbwicon|IRL}} Kyra Carusa
{{fbwicon|IRL}} Niamh Fahey
{{fbwicon|IRL}} Abbie Larkin
{{fbwicon|IRL}} Saoirse Noonan
{{fbwicon|IRL}} Lucy Quinn
{{Fbwicon|SVK}} Patrícia Fischerová
{{Fbwicon|SVK}} Patrícia Hmírová
{{Fbwicon|SVK}} Jana Vojteková
{{fbwicon|SWE}} Jonna Andersson
{{Fbwicon|SWE}} Magdalena Eriksson
{{fbwicon|SWE}} Olivia Schough

|1 own goal=

{{fbwicon|GEO}} Maiko Bebia (against Republic of Ireland)
{{fbwicon|GEO}} Mariam Kalandadze (against Finland)
{{fbwicon|IRL}} Louise Quinn (against Sweden)

}}

Notes

References

External links

[https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/ FIFA Women's World Cup], UEFA.com

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Group A