# 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J

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. Group J consisted of six teams: Armenia, Germany, Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, and Romania. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The group winners, Germany, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, North Macedonia, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 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 | — |

## 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 95 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
5 goals
* Serge Gnabry
* İlkay Gündoğan
* Timo Werner
4 goals
* Leroy Sané
* Enis Bardhi
* Elif Elmas
* Aleksandar Trajkovski
3 goals
* Kai Havertz
* Thomas Müller
* Ezgjan Alioski
2 goals
* Tigran Barseghyan
* Henrikh Mkhitaryan
* Jonas Hofmann
* Marco Reus
* Andri Guðjohnsen
* Albert Guðmundsson
* Darko Velkovski
* Alexandru Cicâldău
* Ianis Hagi
* Dennis Man
1 goal
* Khoren Bayramyan
* Varazdat Haroyan
* Kamo Hovhannisyan
* Eduard Spertsyan
* Karim Adeyemi
* Ridle Baku
* Leon Goretzka
* Jamal Musiala
* Antonio Rüdiger
* Birkir Bjarnason
* Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason
* Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
* Victor Pálsson
* Birkir Már Sævarsson
* Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson
* Stefán Teitur Þórðarson
* Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson
* Noah Frick
* Yanik Frick
* Arijan Ademi
* Darko Churlinov
* Ilija Nestorovski
* Boban Nikolov
* Goran Pandev
* Milan Ristovski
* Nicușor Bancu
* Cristian Manea
* Valentin Mihăilă
* Alexandru Mitriță
* Nicolae Stanciu
* Florin Tănase
* Alin Toșca
1 own goal
* Noah Frommelt (against Armenia)
* Maximilian Göppel (against Germany)
* Daniel Kaufmann (against Germany)

## 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) |
| Armenia | Sargis Adamyan | vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021) |
| Armenia | Tigran Barseghyan | vs Iceland (28 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) |
| Armenia | Khoren Bayramyan | vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) |
| Armenia | Varazdat Haroyan | vs Iceland (28 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021) | vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) |
| Armenia | Varazdat Haroyan | vs Germany (5 September 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021) |
| Armenia | Eduard Spertsyan | vs Iceland (8 October 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021) |
| Armenia | Taron Voskanyan | vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021) | vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021) |
| Germany | Kai Havertz | vs Iceland (25 March 2021) vs North Macedonia (11 October 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (11 November 2021) |
| Germany | 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) |
| Iceland | Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson | vs Romania (2 September 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021) |
| Iceland | Birkir Már Sævarsson | vs England in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) | vs Germany (25 March 2021) |
| Iceland | Birkir Már Sævarsson | vs North Macedonia (5 September 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021) |
| Iceland | Ari Freyr Skúlason | vs Armenia (28 March 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021) |
| Liechtenstein | Noah Frommelt | vs North Macedonia (28 March 2021) vs Armenia (8 September 2021) | vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) |
| Liechtenstein | Jens Hofer | vs Germany (11 November 2021) | vs Romania (14 November 2021) |
| Liechtenstein | Daniel Kaufmann | vs Armenia (8 September 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021) | vs Iceland (11 October 2021) |
| Liechtenstein | Martin Marxer | vs Iceland (11 October 2021) | vs Germany (11 November 2021) |
| Liechtenstein | 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) |
| North Macedonia | Visar Musliu | vs Armenia (2 September 2021) vs Romania (8 September 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021) |
| North Macedonia | Goran Pandev | vs Romania (25 March 2021) vs Germany (31 March 2021) | vs Armenia (2 September 2021) |
| North Macedonia | Milan Ristovski | vs Romania (8 September 2021) vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021) | vs Germany (11 October 2021) |
| North Macedonia | 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) |
| Romania | Alexandru Maxim | vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (31 March 2021) | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) |
| Romania | Valentin Mihăilă | vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (11 October 2021) | vs Iceland (11 November 2021) |
| Romania | Dragoș Nedelcu | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 September 2021) | vs Germany (8 October 2021) |
| Romania | George Pușcaș | vs Armenia (31 March 2021) | vs Iceland (2 September 2021) vs Liechtenstein (5 September 2021) |
| Romania | George Pușcaș | vs Armenia (31 March 2021) vs Germany (8 October 2021) | vs Armenia (11 October 2021) |
| Romania | Andrei Rațiu | vs Germany (8 October 2021) vs Iceland (11 November 2021) | vs Liechtenstein (14 November 2021) |