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.^[1] Group D consisted of five teams: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, France (the title holders), Kazakhstan and Ukraine.^[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.^[3]

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	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.^[4][5][6] Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Finland	2–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pukki   58', 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Pjanić   55' Stevanović   84'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 0^{[7][note 2]}

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24)

20:45

France	1–1	Ukraine
Griezmann   19'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Sydorchuk   57'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 0^{[8][note 2]}

Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

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28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)

15:00 (19:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	0–2	France
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Dembélé   19' Malyi   44' (o.g.)

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 0^{[9][note 2]}

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Ukraine	1–1	Finland
Moraes   80'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Pukki   89' (pen.)

NSK Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv

Attendance: 0^{[10][note 2]}

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

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31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)

20:45

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	France
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Griezmann   60'

Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo

Attendance: 0^{[11][note 2]}

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Ukraine	1–1	Kazakhstan
Yaremchuk   20'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Muzhikov   59'

NSK Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv

Attendance: 0^{[12][note 2]}

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

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1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)

16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	2–2	Ukraine
Valiullin   74', 90+6'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Yaremchuk   2' Sikan   90+3'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 6,274^[13]

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)

20:45

France	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Griezmann   40'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Džeko   36'

Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

Attendance: 21,754^[14]

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

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4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)

15:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

Finland	1–0	Kazakhstan
Pohjanpalo   60'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 10,167^[15]

Referee: Sergei Ivanov (Russia)

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Ukraine	1–1	France
Shaparenko   44'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Martial   50'

NSK Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv

Attendance: 48,000^[16]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

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7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

20:45

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–2	Kazakhstan
Pjanić   74' (pen.) Menalo   86'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kuat   52' Zaynutdinov   90+5'

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Attendance: 3,980^[17]

Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

20:45

France	2–0	Finland
Griezmann   25', 53'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon

Attendance: 57,057^[18]

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

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9 October 2021 (2021-10-09)

15:00 (19:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	0–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Prevljak   25', 66'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 12,897^[19]

Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Finland	1–2	Ukraine
Pukki   29'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Yarmolenko   4' Yaremchuk   34'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 29,485^[20]

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

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12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)

16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	0–2	Finland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Pukki   45', 48'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 8,365^[21]

Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Ukraine	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yarmolenko   15'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Ahmedhodžić   77'

Arena Lviv, Lviv

Attendance: 23,810^[22]

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

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13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

15:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Finland
Menalo   69'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Forss   29' Lod   51' O'Shaughnessy   73'

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Attendance: 10,000^[23]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

20:45

France	8–0	Kazakhstan
Mbappé   6', 12', 32', 87' Benzema   55', 59' Rabiot   75' Griezmann   84' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,551^[24]

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

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16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

20:45

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Ukraine
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Zinchenko   59' Dovbyk   79'

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Attendance: 3,370^[25]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Finland	0–2	France
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Benzema   66' Mbappé   76'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 31,890^[26]

Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

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:^[27]

• 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)
	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)
	Jukka Raitala	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2021)	vs France (16 November 2021)
	Rasmus Schüller	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2021)   vs France (7 September 2021)	vs Ukraine (9 October 2021)
	Jere Uronen	vs Wales in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020)	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2021)^[28]
France	Jules Koundé	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 September 2021)	vs Ukraine (4 September 2021) vs Finland (7 September 2021)^[29]
Kazakhstan	Islambek Kuat	vs Lithuania in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020)	vs France (28 March 2021)^[28]
	Stas Pokatilov	vs Ukraine (31 March 2021)   vs Ukraine (1 September 2021)	vs Finland (4 September 2021)
	Vladislav Vasilyev	vs Ukraine (1 September 2021)   vs Bosnia and Herzrgovina (7 September 2021)	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 October 2021)
	Yan Vorogovsky	vs Ukraine (31 March 2021)   vs Finland (12 October 2021)	vs France (13 November 2021)
	Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 September 2021)   vs Finland (12 October 2021)
Ukraine	Vitalii Mykolenko	vs Finland (28 March 2021)	vs Kazakhstan (31 March 2021)
	Oleksandr Zinchenko	vs Kazakhstan (31 March 2021)   vs Kazakhstan (1 September 2021)	vs France (4 September 2021)

Notes

1. 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).
2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

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External links

• Official FIFA World Cup website
• Qualifiers – Europe, FIFA.com
• European Qualifiers, UEFA.com