# 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group D 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 D consisted of five teams: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, France (the title holders), Kazakhstan and Ukraine. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The group winners, France, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Ukraine, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | France | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 18 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | Advance to play-offs | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Finland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 3 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |

## 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 53 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.
6 goals
* Teemu Pukki
* Antoine Griezmann
5 goals
* Kylian Mbappé
3 goals
* Karim Benzema
* Roman Yaremchuk
2 goals
* Luka Menalo
* Miralem Pjanić
* Smail Prevljak
* Ruslan Valiullin
* Andriy Yarmolenko
1 goal
* Anel Ahmedhodžić
* Edin Džeko
* Miroslav Stevanović
* Marcus Forss
* Robin Lod
* Daniel O'Shaughnessy
* Joel Pohjanpalo
* Ousmane Dembélé
* Anthony Martial
* Adrien Rabiot
* Islambek Kuat
* Serikzhan Muzhikov
* Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov
* Artem Dovbyk
* Júnior Moraes
* Mykola Shaparenko
* Danylo Sikan
* Serhiy Sydorchuk
* Oleksandr Zinchenko
1 own goal
* Serhiy Malyi (against France)

## 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) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Amir Hadžiahmetović | vs France (31 March 2021) vs France (1 September 2021) | vs Kazakhstan (7 September 2021) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Dennis Hadžikadunić | vs France (31 March 2021) vs Kazakhstan (7 September 2021) | vs Kazakhstan (9 October 2021) |
| Finland | Glen Kamara | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2021) vs Ukraine (28 March 2021) | vs Kazakhstan (4 September 2021) |
| Finland | Jukka Raitala | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2021) | vs France (16 November 2021) |
| Finland | Rasmus Schüller | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2021) vs France (7 September 2021) | vs Ukraine (9 October 2021) |
| Finland | Jere Uronen | vs Wales in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2021) |
| France | Jules Koundé | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 September 2021) | vs Ukraine (4 September 2021) vs Finland (7 September 2021) |
| Kazakhstan | Islambek Kuat | vs Lithuania in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) | vs France (28 March 2021) |
| Kazakhstan | Stas Pokatilov | vs Ukraine (31 March 2021) vs Ukraine (1 September 2021) | vs Finland (4 September 2021) |
| Kazakhstan | Vladislav Vasilyev | vs Ukraine (1 September 2021) vs Bosnia and Herzrgovina (7 September 2021) | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 October 2021) |
| Kazakhstan | Yan Vorogovsky | vs Ukraine (31 March 2021) vs Finland (12 October 2021) | vs France (13 November 2021) |
| Kazakhstan | Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 September 2021) vs Finland (12 October 2021) | vs France (13 November 2021) |
| Ukraine | Vitalii Mykolenko | vs Finland (28 March 2021) | vs Kazakhstan (31 March 2021) |
| Ukraine | Oleksandr Zinchenko | vs Kazakhstan (31 March 2021) vs Kazakhstan (1 September 2021) | vs France (4 September 2021) |