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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

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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.

Armenia vs Bulgaria

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.[1]

Standings

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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 —
Source: [2]

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

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The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, on 28 November 2011.[3]

Malta  0–1  Armenia
Report Sarkisov   70'
Attendance: 3,517
Referee: Rene Eisner (Austria)
Bulgaria  2–2  Italy
Manolev   30'
G. Milanov   66'		 Report Osvaldo   36', 40'
Attendance: 12,993
Denmark  0–0  Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 24,004
Bulgaria  1–0  Armenia
Manolev   43' Report
Attendance: 17,883
Italy  2–0  Malta
Destro   5'
Peluso   90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Czech Republic  3–1  Malta
Gebre Selassie   34'
Pekhart   52'
Rezek   67'		 Report Briffa   38'
Attendance: 10,358
Armenia  1–3  Italy
Mkhitaryan   28' Report Pirlo   11' (pen.)
De Rossi   64'
Osvaldo   82'
Attendance: 25,000[4]
Bulgaria  1–1  Denmark
Rangelov   7' Report Bendtner   40'
Attendance: 20,780
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Czech Republic  0–0  Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 16,163
Italy  3–1  Denmark
Montolivo   34'
De Rossi   37'
Balotelli   54'		 Report Kvist   45+1'
Attendance: 37,027
Bulgaria  6–0  Malta
Tonev   6', 38', 68'
I. Popov   47'
Gargorov   55'
Ivanov   78'		 Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)
Czech Republic  0–3  Denmark
Report Cornelius   57'
Kjær   67'
Zimling   83'
Attendance: 12,288
Armenia  0–3  Czech Republic
Report Vydra   47', 81'
Kolář   90+4'
Attendance: 14,403
Denmark  1–1  Bulgaria
Agger   63' (pen.) Report Manolev   51'
Attendance: 22,357
Malta  0–2  Italy
Report Balotelli   8' (pen.), 45'
Attendance: 17,011
Armenia  0–1  Malta
Report Mifsud   8'
Attendance: 8,500
Czech Republic  0–0  Italy
Report
Attendance: 18,235
Denmark  0–4  Armenia
Report Movsisyan   1', 59'
Özbiliz   19'
Mkhitaryan   82'
Attendance: 14,284
Czech Republic  1–2  Armenia
Rosický   70' Report Mkrtchyan   30'
Ghazaryan   90+2'
Attendance: 17,628
Malta  1–2  Denmark
Failla   38' Report Andreasen   2'
Camilleri   52' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,576
Italy  1–0  Bulgaria
Gilardino   38' Report
Attendance: 28,662
Armenia  0–1  Denmark
Report Agger   73' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,000
Malta  1–2  Bulgaria
Herrera   77' Report Dimitrov   9'
Gargorov   59'
Attendance: 4,884
Italy  2–1  Czech Republic
Chiellini   51'
Balotelli   54' (pen.)		 Report Kozák   19'
Attendance: 35,299
Armenia  2–1  Bulgaria
Özbiliz   45+1'
Movsisyan   87'		 Report Popov   61'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Malta  1–4  Czech Republic
Mifsud   47' Report Hübschman   3'
Lafata   33'
Kadlec   51'
Pekhart   90'
Attendance: 4,530
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Denmark  2–2  Italy
Bendtner   45+1', 79' Report Osvaldo   28'
Aquilani   90+1'
Attendance: 35,305
Bulgaria  0–1  Czech Republic
Report Dočkal   51'
Attendance: 25,464
Denmark  6–0  Malta
Rasmussen   8', 74'
Agger   11' (pen.), 39' (pen.)
Bjelland   28'
Nielsen   84'		 Report
Attendance: 11,479
Italy  2–2  Armenia
Florenzi   24'
Balotelli   76'		 Report Movsisyan   5'
Mkhitaryan   70'
Attendance: 22,000
Notes
  1. ^ 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.[5]

Goalscorers

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There were 80 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – European Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Čeští fotbalisté začnou boj o MS v září v Dánsku. Itálii vyzvou až v roce 2013" [Czech footballers will start fight for the World Championships in September in Denmark – head to Italy in 2013] (in Czech). 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. ^ Armenia vs Italy match report
  5. ^ "Hungary and Bulgaria sanctioned to play without spectators". FIFA. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
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