# 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F 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. Group F consisted of six teams: Austria, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Israel, Moldova and Scotland. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The group winners, Denmark, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Scotland, and the fourth placed team, Austria, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | Denmark | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 | +27 | 27 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Scotland | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 23 | Advance to play-offs | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Israel | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 16 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Austria | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 16 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 0–4 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| 5 | Faroe Islands | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | Moldova | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 30 | −25 | 1 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

## Goalscorers

There were 101 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.37 goals per match.
8 goals
* Eran Zahavi
6 goals
* Mu'nas Dabbur
5 goals
* Marko Arnautović
* Joakim Mæhle
* Andreas Skov Olsen
4 goals
* Lyndon Dykes
* John McGinn
3 goals
* Christoph Baumgartner
* Saša Kalajdžić
* Klæmint Olsen
* Dor Peretz
* Ion Nicolaescu
* Ché Adams
2 goals
* Marcel Sabitzer
* Louis Schaub
* Mikkel Damsgaard
* Kasper Dolberg
* Simon Kjær
* Jonas Wind
* Manor Solomon
* Shon Weissman
* Ryan Fraser
1 goal
* Aleksandar Dragović
* Konrad Laimer
* Dejan Ljubicic
* Christopher Trimmel
* Martin Braithwaite
* Jacob Bruun Larsen
* Andreas Cornelius
* Thomas Delaney
* Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
* Marcus Ingvartsen
* Mathias Jensen
* Christian Nørgaard
* Yussuf Poulsen
* Robert Skov
* Jens Stryger Larsen
* Daniel Wass
* Sonni Nattestad
* Meinhard Olsen
* Sølvi Vatnhamar
* Heini Vatnsdal
* Nir Bitton
* Bibras Natkho
* Cătălin Carp
* Nicolae Milinceanu
* Grant Hanley
* Scott McTominay
* Nathan Patterson
* John Souttar

## Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
* 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:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
| Austria | Florian Grillitsch | vs Scotland (25 March 2021) vs Faroe Islands (28 March 2021) | vs Denmark (31 March 2021) |
| Austria | Martin Hinteregger | vs Scotland (7 September 2021) vs Israel (12 November 2021) | vs Moldova (15 November 2021) |
| Denmark | Christian Nørgaard | vs Israel (7 September 2021) vs Faroe Islands (12 November 2021) | vs Scotland (15 November 2021) |
| Faroe Islands | Brandur Hendriksson | vs Austria (28 March 2021) vs Scotland (12 October 2021) | vs Denmark (12 November 2021) |
| Faroe Islands | René Joensen | vs Denmark (4 September 2021) | vs Moldova (7 September 2021) |
| Faroe Islands | René Joensen | vs Israel (1 September 2021) vs Austria (9 October 2021) | vs Scotland (12 October 2021) |
| Faroe Islands | Gunnar Vatnhamar | vs Moldova (25 March 2021) vs Denmark (12 November 2021) | vs Israel (15 November 2021) |
| Israel | Hatem Abd Elhamed | vs Austria (4 September 2021) vs Denmark (7 September 2021) | vs Scotland (9 October 2021) |
| Moldova | Igor Armaș | vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021) vs Israel (31 March 2021) | vs Austria (1 September 2021) |
| Moldova | Cătălin Carp | vs Denmark (28 March 2021) vs Israel (31 March 2021) | vs Austria (1 September 2021) |
| Moldova | Artur Ioniță | vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021) vs Scotland (4 September 2021) | vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2021) |
| Moldova | Denis Marandici | vs Denmark (9 October 2021) vs Scotland (12 November 2021) | vs Austria (15 November 2021) |
| Moldova | Ion Nicolaescu | vs Israel (31 March 2021) | vs Austria (1 September 2021) vs Scotland (4 September 2021) |
| Moldova | Vadim Raţă | vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021) vs Israel (31 March 2021) | vs Austria (1 September 2021) |
| Moldova | Vadim Raţă | vs Israel (12 October 2021) vs Scotland (12 November 2021) | vs Austria (15 November 2021) |
| Moldova | Oleg Reabciuk | vs Austria (1 September 2021) vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2021) | vs Denmark (9 October 2021) |
| Moldova | Oleg Reabciuk | vs Israel (12 October 2021) | vs Scotland (12 November 2021) |
| Scotland | Ryan Christie | vs Austria (25 March 2021) vs Faroe Islands (12 October 2021) | vs Moldova (12 November 2021) |
| Scotland | Lyndon Dykes | vs Austria (25 March 2021) vs Faroe Islands (12 October 2021) | vs Moldova (12 November 2021) |
| Scotland | Grant Hanley | vs Austria (25 March 2021) vs Austria (7 September 2021) | vs Israel (9 October 2021) |
| Scotland | Nathan Patterson | vs Israel (9 October 2021) vs Moldova (12 November 2021) | vs Denmark (15 November 2021) |