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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J

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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.^[1] Group J consisted of six teams: Armenia, Germany, Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, and Romania.^[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.^[3]

The group winners, Germany, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, North Macedonia, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:^[38]

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:

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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)
	Tigran Barseghyan	vs Iceland (28 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021)	vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021)
	Khoren Bayramyan	vs Liechtenstein (25 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021)
	Varazdat Haroyan	vs Iceland (28 March 2021) vs Romania (31 March 2021)
	Varazdat Haroyan	vs Germany (5 September 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021)	vs North Macedonia (11 November 2021)
	Eduard Spertsyan	vs Iceland (8 October 2021) vs Romania (11 October 2021)
	Taron Voskanyan	vs North Macedonia (2 September 2021) vs Romania (11 October 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)
	Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson	vs Romania (2 September 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021)	vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021)
	Birkir Már Sævarsson	vs England in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020)	vs Germany (25 March 2021)^[39]
	Birkir Már Sævarsson	vs North Macedonia (5 September 2021) vs Armenia (8 October 2021)	vs Liechtenstein (11 October 2021)
	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)
	Jens Hofer	vs Germany (11 November 2021)	vs Romania (14 November 2021)
	Daniel Kaufmann	vs Armenia (8 September 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 October 2021)	vs Iceland (11 October 2021)
	Martin Marxer	vs Iceland (11 October 2021)	vs Germany (11 November 2021)
	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)
	Visar Musliu	vs Armenia (2 September 2021) vs Romania (8 September 2021)	vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021)
	Goran Pandev	vs Romania (25 March 2021) vs Germany (31 March 2021)	vs Armenia (2 September 2021)
	Milan Ristovski	vs Romania (8 September 2021) vs Liechtenstein (8 October 2021)	vs Germany (11 October 2021)
	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)
	Alexandru Maxim		vs Iceland (2 September 2021)
	Valentin Mihăilă	vs North Macedonia (25 March 2021) vs Armenia (11 October 2021)	vs Iceland (11 November 2021)
	Dragoș Nedelcu	vs Iceland (2 September 2021) vs North Macedonia (8 September 2021)	vs Germany (8 October 2021)
	George Pușcaș	vs Armenia (31 March 2021)	vs Iceland (2 September 2021) vs Liechtenstein (5 September 2021)^[40]
	George Pușcaș	vs Armenia (31 March 2021) vs Germany (8 October 2021)	vs Armenia (11 October 2021)
	Andrei Rațiu	vs Germany (8 October 2021) vs Iceland (11 November 2021)	vs Liechtenstein (14 November 2021)

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CET (UTC+1) for matches until 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 2–8).

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

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Liechtenstein played their home match against Germany at Kybunpark in St. Gallen, Switzerland, instead of their regular home stadium, the Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz, which was being renovated.^[17]

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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	—

2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_–_UEFA_Group_J

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J

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