# 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group B was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia and Malta.
The group winners, Italy, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Denmark finished runners-up but were ranked as the poorest of the nine group runners-up and so did not advance to the play-offs.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | Italy | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 22 | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Denmark | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 16 | | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 15 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 13 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 5 | Armenia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 13 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 |
| 6 | Malta | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 28 | −23 | 3 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
Denmark was ranked as the worst runner-up among all nine groups (having scored fewer points than the other eight) and so they failed to advance to the play-offs.

## Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, on 28 November 2011.

### Notes

* ↑ Bulgaria v Malta was played without spectators due to sanctions imposed by FIFA as a result of racist chanting by Bulgarian supporters at the home match against Denmark.

## Goalscorers

There were 80 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.
5 goals
* Mario Balotelli
4 goals
* Yura Movsisyan
* Daniel Agger
* Pablo Daniel Osvaldo
3 goals
* Henrikh Mkhitaryan
* Stanislav Manolev
* Aleksandar Tonev
* Nicklas Bendtner
2 goals
* Aras Özbiliz
* Emil Gargorov
* Ivelin Popov
* Tomáš Pekhart
* Matěj Vydra
* Morten Rasmussen
* Daniele De Rossi
* Michael Mifsud
1 goal
* Gevorg Ghazaryan
* Karlen Mkrtchyan
* Artur Sarkisov
* Radoslav Dimitrov
* Ivan Ivanov
* Georgi Milanov
* Dimitar Rangelov
* Bořek Dočkal
* Theodor Gebre Selassie
* Daniel Kolář
* Libor Kozák
* Jan Rezek
* Tomáš Rosický
* Tomáš Hübschman
* David Lafata
* Václav Kadlec
* Leon Andreasen
* Andreas Bjelland
* Andreas Cornelius
* Simon Kjær
* William Kvist
* Nicki Bille Nielsen
* Niki Zimling
* Giorgio Chiellini
* Mattia Destro
* Alessandro Florenzi
* Alberto Gilardino
* Riccardo Montolivo
* Federico Peluso
* Andrea Pirlo
* Alberto Aquilani
* Roderick Briffa
* Clayton Failla
* Edward Herrera
1 own goal
* Ryan Camilleri (against Denmark)

## Discipline

| Pos | Player | Country | | | Suspended for match(es) | Reason |
| DF | Ivan Bandalovski | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | vs Denmark (12 October 2012) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| MF | Gevorg Ghazaryan | Armenia | 2 | 1 | vs Italy (12 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| FW | Mario Balotelli | Italy | 3 | 1 | vs Bulgaria (6 September 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| FW | Marcos Pizzelli | Armenia | 0 | 1 | vs Italy (12 October 2012) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| FW | Pablo Daniel Osvaldo | Italy | 0 | 1 | vs Armenia (12 October 2012) vs Malta (26 March 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| DF | Sargis Hovsepyan | Armenia | 2 | 0 | vs Italy (12 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| FW | Andreas Cornelius | Denmark | 2 | 0 | vs Italy (16 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | William Kvist | Denmark | 3 | 0 | vs Czech Republic (23 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Karlen Mkrtchyan | Armenia | 2 | 0 | vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Hrayr Mkoyan | Armenia | 2 | 0 | vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Arthur Yedigaryan | Armenia | 5 | 0 | vs Czech Republic (26 March 2013) vs Denmark (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Daniele De Rossi | Italy | 2 | 0 | vs Malta (26 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Yordan Minev | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | vs Denmark (26 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| FW | Nicolai Jørgensen | Denmark | 2 | 0 | vs Armenia (11 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Georgi Milanov | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | vs Italy (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Luke Dimech | Malta | 2 | 0 | vs Denmark (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Alex Muscat | Malta | 2 | 0 | vs Denmark (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Vladimír Darida | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | vs Armenia (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Robert Arzumanyan | Armenia | 3 | 0 | vs Denmark (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| FW | Yura Movsisyan | Armenia | 3 | 0 | vs Denmark (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Roderick Briffa | Malta | 2 | 0 | vs Bulgaria (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Varazdat Haroyan | Armenia | 3 | 1 | vs Bulgaria (11 October 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| MF | André Schembri | Malta | 2 | 0 | vs Czech Republic (11 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Daniel Kolář | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | vs Malta (11 October 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| ST | Libor Kozák | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | vs Malta (11 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Yordan Minev | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Svetoslav Dyakov | Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| DF | Nikolay Bodurov | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | vs Czech Republic (15 October 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| ST | Michael Mifsud | Malta | 2 | 0 | vs Denmark (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Tomáš Sivok | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | vs Bulgaria (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Niki Zimling | Denmark | 2 | 0 | vs Malta (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| FW | Nicklas Bendtner | Denmark | 2 | 0 | vs Malta (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Nicolai Boilesen | Denmark | 2 | 0 | vs Malta (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |

## Attendances

| Team | Total | Highest | Lowest | Average |
| Armenia | 81,903 | 25,000 | 8,500 | 16,381 |
| Bulgaria | 77,120 | 25,464 | 0 | 15,424 |
| Czech Republic | 74,672 | 18,235 | 10,358 | 14,934 |
| Denmark | 107,429 | 35,305 | 11,479 | 21,486 |
| Italy | 140,988 | 37,027 | 18,000 | 28,198 |
| Malta | 35,518 | 18,000 | 3,517 | 7,104 |