The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group J was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar. [1] Group J consisted of six teams: Armenia, Germany, Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, and Romania. [2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3]
The group winners, Germany, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, North Macedonia, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
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1 | Germany | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 4 | +32 | 27 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 | |
2 | North Macedonia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 18 | Advance to play-offs | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
3 | Romania | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 17 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Armenia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 12 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
5 | Iceland | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 9 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
6 | Liechtenstein | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 34 | −32 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | — |
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw. [4] [5] [6] Times are CET/ CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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Armenia | 2–0 | Iceland |
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North Macedonia | 5–0 | Liechtenstein |
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Romania | 0–1 | Germany |
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Armenia | 3–2 | Romania |
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Liechtenstein | 1–4 | Iceland |
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Liechtenstein | 0–2 | Germany |
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Armenia | 1–1 | Liechtenstein |
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Germany | 2–1 | Romania |
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Iceland | 1–1 | Armenia |
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Iceland | 4–0 | Liechtenstein |
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Romania | 1–0 | Armenia |
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Armenia | 0–5 | North Macedonia |
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Armenia | 1–4 | Germany |
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There were 95 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [38]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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Armenia | Sargis Adamyan | vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) |
vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021) |
Tigran Barseghyan | vs Iceland (28 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) |
vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) | |
Khoren Bayramyan | vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | ||
Varazdat Haroyan | vs Iceland (28 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | ||
vs Germany (5 September 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) |
vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021) | ||
Eduard Spertsyan | vs Iceland (8 October 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | ||
Taron Voskanyan | vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | ||
Germany | Kai Havertz | vs Iceland (25 March 2021) vs North Macedonia (11 October 2021) |
vs Liechtenstein (11 November 2021) |
Antonio Rüdiger | vs North Macedonia (31 March 2021) vs Liechtenstein (11 November 2021) |
vs Armenia (14 November 2021) | |
Iceland | Albert Guðmundsson | vs Germany (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (28 March 2021) |
vs Liechtenstein (31 March 2021) |
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson | vs Romania (2 September 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) |
vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021) | |
Birkir Már Sævarsson | vs England in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) | vs Germany (25 March 2021) [39] | |
vs North Macedonia (5 September 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) |
vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021) | ||
Ari Freyr Skúlason | vs Armenia (28 March 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) | ||
Liechtenstein | Noah Frommelt | vs North Macedonia (28 March 2021) vs Armenia (8 September 2021) |
vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) |
Jens Hofer | vs Germany (11 November 2021) | vs Romania (14 November 2021) | |
Daniel Kaufmann | vs Armenia (8 September 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) |
vs Iceland (11 October 2021) | |
Martin Marxer | vs Iceland (11 October 2021) | vs Germany (11 November 2021) | |
Fabio Wolfinger | vs North Macedonia (28 March 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) |
vs Iceland (11 October 2021) | |
North Macedonia | Tihomir Kostadinov | vs Armenia (2 September 2021) vs Romania (8 September 2021) |
vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021) |
Visar Musliu | |||
Goran Pandev | vs Romania (25 March 2021) vs Germany (31 March 2021) |
vs Armenia (2 September 2021) | |
Milan Ristovski | vs Romania (8 September 2021) vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021) |
vs Germany (11 October 2021) | |
Stefan Ristovski | vs Iceland (5 September 2021) vs Germany (11 October 2021) |
vs Armenia (11 November 2021) | |
Romania | Nicușor Bancu | vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (31 March 2021) |
vs Iceland (2 September 2021) |
Alexandru Maxim | |||
Valentin Mihăilă | vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (11 October 2021) |
vs Iceland (11 November 2021) | |
Dragoș Nedelcu | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 September 2021) |
vs Germany (8 October 2021) | |
George Pușcaș | vs Armenia (31 March 2021) | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) vs Liechtenstein (5 September 2021) [40] | |
vs Armenia (31 March 2021) vs Germany (8 October 2021) |
vs Armenia (11 October 2021) | ||
Andrei Rațiu | vs Germany (8 October 2021) vs Iceland (11 November 2021) |
vs Liechtenstein (14 November 2021) |