The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland, and Kosovo.
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. [1] [2] Kosovo was added to the group after the draw, after becoming FIFA members together with Gibraltar in May 2016, [3] and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in group H together with Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons. [4] [5]
The group winners, Iceland, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Croatia, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up. This was the first time Ukraine was eliminated after the first round, as the team had been eliminated in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 after the play-offs, and qualified in 2006.
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In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):
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10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 22 | Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
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10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 20 | Advance to second round | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 17 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
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10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 15 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
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10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 9 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | ||
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |
The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Kosovo was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw. [1] [7] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). [8]
Croatia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Finland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ukraine ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Iceland ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Kosovo ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
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Turkey ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Finland ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Ukraine ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Iceland ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Croatia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Turkey ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Kosovo ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Finland ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Iceland ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kosovo ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Finland ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ukraine ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Kosovo ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Turkey ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kosovo ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Turkey ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Finland ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Iceland ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ukraine ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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There were 70 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.
6 goals
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: [15]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Player | Team | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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vs Turkey (9 October 2016) |
Niklas Moisander | ![]() |
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vs Ukraine (12 November 2016) |
Hekuran Kryeziu | ![]() |
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vs Turkey (12 November 2016) |
Emre Mor | ![]() |
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vs Kosovo (12 November 2016) |
Ivan Perišić | ![]() |
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vs Ukraine (24 March 2017) |
Thomas Lam | ![]() |
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vs Turkey (24 March 2017) |
Theódór Elmar Bjarnason | ![]() |
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vs Kosovo (24 March 2017) |
Enis Alushi | ![]() |
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vs Iceland (24 March 2017) |
Eduard Sobol | ![]() |
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vs Croatia (24 March 2017) |
Paulus Arajuuri | ![]() |
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vs Ukraine (11 June 2017) |
Alexander Ring | ![]() ![]() | ||
Bernard Berisha | ![]() |
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vs Croatia (2 September 2017) |
Burak Yılmaz | ![]() |
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vs Ukraine (2 September 2017) |
Yaroslav Rakitskiy | ![]() |
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vs Turkey (2 September 2017) |
Jere Uronen | ![]() |
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vs Kosovo (5 September 2017) |
Rúrik GÃslason | ![]() |
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vs Ukraine (5 September 2017) |
Milan Badelj | ![]() |
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vs Finland (6 October 2017) |
Robin Lod | ![]() |
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vs Croatia (6 October 2017) |
Emil Hallfreðsson | ![]() |
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vs Turkey (6 October 2017) |
Bernard Berisha | ![]() |
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vs Ukraine (6 October 2017) |
Valon Berisha | ![]() ![]() | ||
Hakan Çalhanoğlu | ![]() |
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vs Iceland (6 October 2017) |
Viktor Kovalenko | ![]() |
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vs Kosovo (6 October 2017) |
Oleksandr Zinchenko | ![]() ![]() | ||
Hekuran Kryeziu | ![]() |
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vs Iceland (9 October 2017) |
Caner Erkin | ![]() |
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vs Finland (9 October 2017) |
Artem Kravets | ![]() |
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vs Croatia (9 October 2017) |
Ivan Ordets | ![]() ![]() |